美国文学考试范围

1. The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the Americans in ____A__.

A. strengthening their moral values

B. weakening their religious faith

C. knowing truth intuitively

D. developing their science and technology

2. The Puritan dominating values were ___A__.

A. hard work B. thrift C. piety D. sobriety

3. ____D___ usually was regarded as the first American writer.

A. William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet

C. Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith

4. Which writer is not a poet? D

A. William Cullen Bryant B. Anne Bradstreet C. Edward Taylor D. Thomas Hooker

5. The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on the __C___.

A. Revolutionism B. Reason C. Individualism D. Rationalism

6. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the “__B___” who appeared in America.

A. 9th Muse B. 10th Muse C. Best Muse D. 1st Muse

7. The ship “___C____” carried about 100 Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat it way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

A. Sunflower B. Armada C. Mayflower D. Pequod

8. American literature, the 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment. ___B___ was the dominant spirit.

A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution

9. Which statement about Benjamin Franklin is not true? D

A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.

B. He was a scientist

C. He was a master of diplomacy.

D. He was a Puritan

10. Which is not connected with Thomas Paine? D

A. Common sense B. The American Crisis

C. Pennsylvania Magazine D. The Autobiography

11. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”? A

A. Michael Wigglesworth B. Edward Taylor C. Anne Bradstreet D. Philip Freneau

12. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter “A” which originally stood for “___A__” finally obtained the meaning of “able” or “angel” through Hester’s efforts.

A. adultery B. arrogance C. accomplishment D. agony

13. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues except the ____B____ in the American literature history.

A. individual feelings B. idea of survival of the fittest

C. strong imagination D. return to nature

14. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ____A____ has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the New England Transcendentalism.

A. Walden B. The Pioneers C. Nature D. Song of Myself

15. The literary characters of the American type in early 19th century are generally characterized

by all the following features except that they ____B_____.

A. speak local dialects B. are polite and elegant gentlemen

C. are simple and crude farmers D. are noble savages (red and white) untainted by society

16. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is ___C__.

A. insignificant B. vicious by nature C. divine D. forward-looking

17. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as ____C___.

A. commentators B. observers C. villains D. Saviors

18. For Melville, as well as for the reader and __A___, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.

A. Ahab B. Ishmael C. Stubb D. Starbuck

19. ___B___ exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism, of which Theodore Dreiser and Jack London are among the best representative writers.

A. Freud B. Darwin C. W. D. Howells D. Emerson

20. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject, the following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except ___B____.

A. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

B. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie

C. Copper’s Leather Stocking Tales

D. Thoreau’s Walden

21. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of ___C__, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.

A. blank verse B. heroic couplet C. free verse D. iambic pentameter

22. Most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the ___C____ as well.

A. nature B. self-reliance C. self D. life

23. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features except that they are __B___.

A. conversational and crude B. lyrical and well-structured

C. simple and rather crude D. free-flowing

24. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usual subject of her poetic expression? D

A. religion and immortality B. life and death

C. love and marriage D. war and peace

25. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ____C____.

A. international theme B. waste-land imagery

C. local color D. symbolism

26. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by ____B_____.

A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Charles Darwin

C. Henry James D. Ralph Waldo Emerson

27. Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”, includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and ____C____.

A. The Genius B. The Tycoon C. The Stoic D. The Giant

28. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by ___D_____.

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