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7. O’Neill’s inventiveness seemingly knew no limits. He was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms for his plays, especially during the twenties when ______was in full swing.

A. Symbolism B. Expressionism C. Romanticism D. Realism

Answer: B (P571)

8. "He got me, aw right. I’m trou. Even him didn’t tink I belonged." In these sentences taken from ’The Hairy Ape’, the words “he” and “him” both refer to__________.

A. Yank B. God C. The ape in the zoo D. A person unnamed

Answer: B (P575)

9. ______is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.

A. Expressionism B. Impressionism C. Cubism D. Imagism

Answer: C (P546)

10. In a class which discuss the Imagist Movement in the United States, we will definitely NOT include________.

A. William Carlos Williams B. Ezra Pound C. Gary Snyder D. Wallance Stevens

Answer: C (P547-548)

11. In which of the following poems by Ezra Pound did you find the allusion to Wi-shang? ____________

A. In a Station of the Metro B. The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter C. A Pact D. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Answer: B (P559)

12. In 1915, Ezra Pound began writing his great work_______, which spanned from 1917 to 1959.

A. Cantos B. Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound C. Personae D. Hygh Selwyn Mauberley

Answer: A (P554)

13. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer winner on ______ occasions.

A. twoB. Three C. four D. five

Answer: C (P560)

13. The founder of the American drama is _______.

A. Arthur Miller B. Clifford Odets C. Tennesee Williams D. Eugene O’Neill

Answer: D (P568)

14. The first full-length play written by Eugene O’Neill is ______.

A. The Straw B. Beyond the Horizon C. Bound East for Cardiff D. The Hairy Ape

Answer: B (P568)

14. Eugene O’Neill’s ’The Hairy Ape’ explores the problem of________.

A. human disillusionment B. the corruption of human desire C. human responsibility D. the loss of human identity

answer: D (P572)

15. Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of_______.

A. the Jazz age B. the Romantic Period C. the Renaissance Period D. the Neoclassical Period

Answer: A (P577)

16. Fitzgerald wrote the following except_________.

A. The Great Gatsby B. In Our Time C. Tender is the Night D. This Side of Paradise

Answer: B (P578)

17. "There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the chamoagne and the stars...", the two sentences are taken from________. 12 美国文学 单选题 诗歌分析题

A. ’The Great Gatsby’ by Fitzgerald B. ’Sister Carrie’ by Theodore Dreiser C. ’Moby-Dick’ by Herman Melville D. ’Daisy Miller’ by Henry James