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1美国文学（本科）试题5I.CompleteeachofthefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorphrasesandputyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.(20%,1pointforeach)1.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedatJamestown,Virginiain1607.2.becamethefirstAmericanwriter.3.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethevaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.4.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywasanageofandRevolution.5.Franklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece.6.OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphletappeared.7.ThesigningofsymbolizedthebirthofanindependentAmericannation.8.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas.9.WashingtonIrving’sbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowininternationalfame.10.isthesummitofAmericanRomanticism.11.WiththepublicationofEmerson’sin1836,AmericanRomanticismreacheditssummit.12.HesterPrynneistheheroineinHawthorne’snovel.13.HenryJames’majorfictionalthemeis.14.broughttheRomanticperiodtoanend.SotheageofRealismcameintoexistence.15.ThePoeticstyleinventedbyWhitmanisnowcalled.16.“BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath---”iswrittenby.17.ThetermTheGildedAgeisgivenbytodescribethepost-civilwaryears.18.TheodoreDreiser’sfirstnovelis.19.TheleaderoftheliterarymovementImagismis.20.isthespokesmanforLostGeneration.II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswersorcompletions.ChoosetheonethatisthebestineachcaseandputyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.(30%,1pointforeach)1.ThefirstAmericanwriteroflocalcolortoachievewidepopularitywas.A.BretHarteB.MarkTwainC.HenryJamesD.WilliamDeanHowells2.WhichofthefollowingisthemasterpieceofMarkTwain?A.TheGildedAgeB.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerC.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnD.JumpingFrog3.Whichwriterhasnonaturalisttendency?A.MarkTwainB.JackLondonC.TheodoreDreiserD.FrankNorris4.TranscendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesinandThoreau.A.JeffersonB.EmersonC.FreneauD.Oversoul5.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”?A.TheFinancierB.TheTitanC.TheStoicD.AnAmericanTragedy6.WhichisthecharacterwhoappearsinthenovelMobyDick?A.HesterPrynneB.Mr.Hooper2C.AhabD.Pearl7.writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame.A.TheGoldenBowlB.TheAmericanC.TheTragicMuseD.DaisyMiller8.“”wasatermcreatedbytheFrenchnovelist,EmileZola.A.realismB.naturalismC.transcendentalismD.veritism9.JackLondonwasathisheightofhispowerswhenhewrote,whichisdeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinism.A.TheSeaWolfB.ToBuildaFireC.TheCalloftheWildD.MartinEden10.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby.A.O.HenryB.HenryJamesC.JackLondonD.MarkTwain11.“Twosmallpeople,withoutdislikeorsuspicion.”isalineinthepoemTheRiver-Merchant’sWife:ALetterwrittenby.A.T.S.EliotB.RobertFrostC.EzraPoundD.CarlSandburg12.Theimagistpoetsfollowedthreeprinciples,theyare,directtreatmentandeconomyofexpression.A.blankverseB.rhythmC.freeverseD.commonspeech13.OfthefollowingAmericanwriters,whohasNOTbeenanexpatriateinParis?A.ErnestHemingwayB.EzraPoundC.F.S.FitzgeraldD.EmilyDickinson14.WhowastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe1930s?A.ErnestHemingwayB.EzraPoundC.JohnSteinbeckD.F.S.Fitzgerald15.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesandoftheearlysettlements.A.journalsB.poetryC.dramaD.folklores16.AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewaspublishedin1828by.A.SamuelJohnsonB.NoahWebsterC.DanielWebsterD.DanielDefoe17.Waldeniswrittenby.A.EmersonB.ThoreauC.PoeD.Hawthorne18.isfamousforpsychologicalrealism.A.MarkTwainB.WilliamDeanHowellsC.HenryJamesD.WaltWhitman19.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?A.NatureB.WaldenC.OnBeautyD.Self-Reliance20.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.TheConductofLifeD.Nature21.SantiagoisthecharacterinHemingway’snovel.A.InOurTimeB.TheOldManandtheSeaC.ForWhomtheBellTollsD.TheSunAlsoRises22.Whichofthefollowingisamuchharsherrealism?A.localcolorismB.naturalism3C.romanticismD.imagism23.Whoisthearbiterof19thcenturyliteraryrealisminAmerica?A.MarkTwainB.BretHarteC.WilliamDeanHowellsD.HenryJames24.F.S.FitzgeraldisNOTtheauthorof.A.TheGreatGatsbyB.TenderistheNightC.AFarewelltotheArmsD.ThisSideofParadise25.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwritersas.A.MarkTwainB.F.S.FitzgeraldC.WaltWhitmanD.StephenCrane26.CharlesDrouetisacharacterinthenovelof______.A.TheAmericanB.ThePortraitofaLadyC.SisterCarrieD.TheGiftoftheMagi27.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Shewas.A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher28.readhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedy.A.RobertFrostB.T.S.EliotC.CarlSandburgD.EzraPound29.WithHowells,JamesandMarkTwainactiveonthescene,becamethemajortrendinthe70sand80softhe19thcentury.A.sentimentalismB.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism30.“Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough”.Thisistheshortestpoemwrittenby.A.T.S.EliotB.RobertFrostC.EzraPoundD.WallaceStevensIII.Commentonthefollowingpoems.PutyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.(20%,10pointsforeach)1.StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEveningby:RobertFrostWhosewoodstheseareIthink