常耀信《美国文学简史》(第3版)章节题库-霍桑(4)

12.All his life,Hawthorne seems to be haunted by the theme of_____.Evil exist in

the human heart.Everyone possesses some evil secret as tales like_____set out to show.

【答案】sin and evil;Young Goodman Brown

【解析】霍桑一生心中都萦绕着罪恶感，因此我们可以在他的作品中感受到“黑色视觉”——邪恶的力量。他认为罪恶是人生来所带的标记。几乎他的每一部作品都涉及到了罪与恶。

13.Moby Dick represents the sum total of Melville’s bleak view of the world.Man in it lives a meaningless and futile life.He must place himself at the mercy of nature.Once he attempts to seek power over it he is doomed.The idea that man can make the world for himself is nothing but a_____folly.

【答案】meaningless

【解析】《白鲸》代表了麦尔维尔对他所生活的时代悲凉的世界观。这里没有上帝也毫无意义可言。西方现代生活中信仰的丢失、无用感及无意义等淋漓尽致地表现在梅尔维尔的这部作品中，因此20世纪人们发现它伟大且引人入胜。

Ⅱ.Multiple Choice

1.The most influential novelist in Romantic period is_____.[北二外2009研]

A.Nathaniel Hawthorne

B.Edgar Allan Poe

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