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美国文学单选题诗歌分析题1AmericanLiteratureChapter1TheRomanticPeriodI.Choosetherightanswer:1.Ofallthefollowingissues,_____isdefinitelyNOTthefocusoftheRomanticwritersintheAmericanliteraryhistory.A.PuritanmoralityB.HumanbestialityC.NoblesavagesD.Divinityofman2.HenryDavidThoreau’swork,________,hasalwaysbeenregardedasamasterpieceoftheNewEnglandTranscendentalMovement.A.WaldenB.ThePioneersC.NatureD.SongofMyself3.Nothingisatlastsacredbuttheintegrityofyourownmindisafamousquotefrom______’swritings.A.WaltWhitmanB.HenryDavidThoreauC.HermanMelvilleD.RalphWaldoEmerson4.’LeavesofGrass’commandsgreatattentionbecauseofitsuniquelypoeticembodimentof________,whicharewritteninthefoundingdocumentsofboththeRevolutionaryWarandtheAmericanCivilWar.A.thedemocraticidealsB.theromanticidealsC.theself-reliancespiritsD.thereligiousideals5.AccordingtoWhitman,thegenuineparticipationofapoetinacommonculturaleffortwastobehaveasasupreme_________.A.democratB.individualistC.romanticistD.leader6.TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas___________.A.TheNaturalistPeriodB.TheModernPeriodC.TheRomanticPeriodD.TheRealisticPeriod7.Inthefollowingworks,whichsignthebeginningoftheAmericanliterature?A.TheSketchBookB.LeavesofGrassC.LeatherStockingTalesD.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn8._____istheauthorofthework’TheLegendofSleepyHollow’.A.WashingtonIrvingB.JamesJoyceC.WaltWhitmanD.WilliamButlerYeats9.WashingtonIrving’s’RipVanWinkle’isfamousfor_________.A.Rip’sescapeintoamysteriousB.Thestory’sGermanlegendarysourcematerialC.Rip’sseekingforhappinessD.Rip’s20-yearssleep10.WhichofthefollowingstatementisnottrueaboutWashingtonIrving?A.WashingtonIrvingisregardedasFatheroftheAmericanshortstories.B.Irving’srelationshipwiththeOldWorldintermsofhisliteraryimaginationcanhardlybeignoredconsideringhissuccessbothabroadandathome.C.Irving’stastewasessentiallyprogressiveorradical.D.WashingtonIrvinghasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwhoperfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanliteratureeverproduced.11.ThePublicationof______establishedEmersonasthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.A.NatureB.Self-RelianceC.TheAmericanScholarD.TheOver-Soul12.Thephraseatransparenteye-ball’comparesphilosophicalmentationofEmerson’s.Itappearsin_________.A.TheAmericanScholarB.NatureC.TheoverSoulD.Essays:SecondSeries13.In1837,RalphWaldoEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_______atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliverWendellHolmeasas:OurIntellectualDeclarationofIndependence.A.Self-RelianceB.DivinitySchoolAddressC.TheAmericanScholarD.Nature14._____isthemostambivalent(有争议的)writersintheAmericanliteraryhistory.A.NathanielHawthorneB.WaltWhitmanC.RalphWaldoEmersonD.MarkTwain15.Thereisevilineveryhumanheart,whichmayremainlatent,perhaps,throughthewholelife;but美国文学单选题诗歌分析题2circumstancesmayrouseittoactivity,whichauthorofthefollowingauthorsdoesthementionbelongto________.A.WashingtonIrvingB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.NathanielHawthorneD.WaltWhitman16.InHawthorne’snovelsandshortstories,intellectualsusuallyappearas________.A.saviorsB.villainsC.commentatorsD.observers17.AllofthefollowingareworksbyNathanielHawthorneexcept_______.A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.WhiteJacketC.TheMarbleFaunD.TheBlithedaleRomance18.WaltWhitmanisradicallyinnovativeintheformofhispoetry.Whatheprefersforhisnewsubjectis__________.A.freeverseB.blankverseC.lyricpoemD.heroiccouplet19.WhichofthefollowingfeaturescannotcharacterizepoemsbyWaltWhitman?A.Lyricalandwell-structuredB.Free-flowingC.SimpleandrathercrudeD.Conversationalandcasual20.Thehorizon’sedge,theflyingsea-crow,thefragranceofsaltmarshandshoremud.Thesebecamepartofthatchildwhowentfortheveryday,andwhonowgoes,andwillalwaysgofortheveryday.Thetwolinesaretakenfrom____________.A.ThereWasaChildWentForthbyWaltWhitmanB.InaStationoftheMetrobyEzraPoundC.CavalryCrossingaFordbyWaltWhitmanD.UlyssesbyJoyceAnswer:A(P454)21.MobyDickisregardedasthefirstAmerican_________.A.ProseepicB.ComicepicC.DramaticfictionD.PoeticfictionAnswer:A(P460)22.ThegiantMobyDickmaysymbolizeallEXCEPT________.A.mysteryoftheuniverseB.sinofthewhaleC.powerofthegreatNatureD.eviloftheworldAnswer:B(P461)23.WhichofthefollowingcommentsonthewritingsbyHermanMelvilleisnottrue?A.Bartleby,theScrivenerisashortstory.B.BenitoCerenoisanovella.C.TheConfidence---Manhassomethingtodowiththeseaandsailors.D.Moby-DickisregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.Answer:C(P459---460)24.TheTranscendentalistsbelievethat,first,natureisennobling,andsecond,theindividualis____,therefore,self-reliant.A.insignificantB.viciousbynatureC.divineD.forward-lookingAnswer:C(P402)II.Readthequotedpartandanswerthequestions:1.TimegrewworseandworsewithRipVanWinkleasyearsofmatrimonyrolledon:atarttempermellowswithage,andasharptongueistheonlyedgetoolthatgrowskeenerbyconstantuse.Foralongwhileheusedtoperpetualclubofthesages,philosophers,andotheridlepersonagesofthevillage.Questions:1)Pleaseidentifytheauthorandthetitleofthework.2)What’sthemeaningofthispassage?参考答案:1)ThisisanexcerptfromRipVanWinklebyWashingtonIrving.(P408)2)Withhiswife’sdominanceathome,thesituationbecameharderandharderforRipVanWinkle.Hiswife’stemperbe