美国文学史习题文件管理序列号：[K8UY-K9IO69-O6M243-OL889-I.Multiple choice. Please choose the best answeramong the four items. (10 x 1’= 10’)1.In American literature, the 18th century was theage of Enlightenment. ____ was the dominant.2.The short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”is taken from Irving’s work named ____.3.Which of the following is not the characteristicof American Romanticism4.The short story “Rip Van Winkle” reveals the __attitude of its author.5.Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction ischaracterized by ___.6.Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatestliterary advocates in ___ and Thoreau.7.Which is regarded as the “Declaration ofIntellectual Independence”8.____ is considered Mark Twain’s greatestachievement.9.___ is not among those greatest figures in “LostGeneration”.10.Naturalism is evolved from realism when theauthor’s tone in writing becomes less seriousand less sympathetic but more ironic and more ___.II.among the four items. (10 x 1’= 10’)11.______ is the father of American Literature.12._____ is a fantasy tale about a man who somehowstepped outside the main stream of life.13._____ was the most leading spirit of theTranscendental Club.14.Which of following is NOT a typical feature ofMark Twain’s languageFrom Thoreau’s jail experience, came his famous essay, _____ which states his belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.A. WaldenB. NatureC. Civil DisobedienceD. Common Sense16.Which is regarded as the “Declaration ofIntellectual Independence”17.Most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grasssing of the “en-mass” and the ____ as well.18.What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s19.Naturalism is evolved from realism when theauthor’s tone in writing becomes less seriousand less sympathetic but more ironic and more____.20.For Melville, as well as for the reader and ____,the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, anultimate mystery of the universe.II. Identify Works as Described Below (1’×15=15’):1.The novel has a sole black protagonist who tellshis own story but whose name in unknown to us.a.Native Sonb.Uncle Tom’s Cabinc.InvisibleMan d. Go Tell It on the Mountains2.The main conflict of the play is theprotagonist’s false value of fine appearance and popularity with people and the cruel reality of the society in which money is everything.a.A Street Car Named Desireb. The Hairy Apec.Long Day’s Journey into Nightd. Death ofSalesman3.It is an autobiographical play and Edmund in theplay is based on the playwright himself.a. Long Day’s Journey into Nightb. Hendersonthe Rain Kingc. The Hairy Aped. The GlassMenageries4.The novel tells of how a black man kills a whitewoman by accident and how the society isresponsible for the murder.a.Native Sonb.Uncle Tom’s Cabinc.InvisibleMan d. Go Tell It on the Mountains5._________ is one of the best works in Americanliterature about the Second World War.a.A Farewell to Armsb.The Catcher in the Ryec.The Red Badge of Couraged. The Naked and theDead6. The novel by Hemingway is the best of its kind about World War I.a.A Farewell to Armsb.The Sun Also Risesc.The Old Man and the Sead. The Naked and the Dead7.The novel is about how a family of farmers cannotsurvive in Oklahoma and travel to California to seek a living and how they suffer hunger inCalifornia.a.The Grapes of Wrathb. U.S. A.c.Babbittd. The Adventures of AugieMarch8.It is a trilogy including The 42nd Parallel, 1919,and The Big Money, with such techniques asbiographies, newsreels and camera eye.9.It is a novel which uses the stream ofconsciousness technique and whose title is taken from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.a. Absolom, Absolom!b. The Sound and theFuryc.A Farewell to Armsd. The Great Gatsby10. It is a naturalistic work about how a countrygirl is seduced and how she becomes a famousactress and how her lover falls into a beggarand finally commits suicide.a.An American Tragedyb. Sister Carriec. McTeagued.Maggie, A Girl of the Streets11. The novel is set on the Mississippi with theprotagonist telling us the story in the localdialect. It is a representative work of localcolorism.a.Sister Carrieb.TheAdventures of Tom Sawyerc. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnd.ThePortrait of a Lady12.The novel is a psychological study of a soldier(Henry Fleming)’s reactions in the Civil War.a.An American Tragedyb. Sister Carriec.The Red Badge of Couraged. McTeague13. The poem is written in free verse in 52 cantoswith the theme of the universality and equality in value of all people and all things.a.Cantosb. The Ravenc. Song of Myselfd.Chicago14. The novel is about how a group of people on awhaling ship kill a great whale but themselvesare killed by the whale, with the conflictbetween man and his fate.a.The Octopusb. Moby-Dickc. The Rise of Silas Laphamd. Leaves of Grass15. It is a philosophical essay in 8 chapters plusan introduction mainly concerned with the fouruses of nature.a. Waldenb. Naturec. The Scarlet Letterd. The American ScholarI.Choose the Best Answer for Each of the Following (1’×15=15’):1.An English ship brought 102 people from Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620 andarrived in the present Provincetown harbor on November 21 in the same year. This ship was named ____________.a. The Pilgrimsb. Mayflowerc. Americad. Titanic2._________ is father of American drama and in his dramatic career he wrote 49 plays.a. Tennessee Williamsb. Eugene O’Neillc. Arthur Millerd. Elmer Rice3._________ was the first American writer to write entirely American literature.a. Anne Bradstreetb. Washington Irvingc. Mark Twaind. Ernest Hemingway4. _______ was the leader of American transcendentalism.a. Benjamin Franklinb. Washington Irvingc. Ralph Waldo Emersond. Henry DavidThoreau5._______was the greatest woman poet in Americanliterature and she wrote about 1,700 short lyricpoems in her life time.a. Pearl S. Buckb.Harriet Bicher Stowec. Emily Dickensond. Walter Whitman6._________ is father of the detective story and of psychoanalytic criticism.a. Washington Irvingb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Walt Whitmand. Edgar Allan Poe7.William Dean Howells is concerned with the middle class life; ______ writes about the upper class society, and Mark Twain deals with the lower class reality.a. Stephen Craneb. Frank Norrisc. Theodore Dreiserd. Henry James8. Which of the following is a naturalistic writera. William Dean Howellsb. Mark Twainc. Ernest Hemingwayd.Theodore Dreiser9. His writings are characterized by simple, colloquial language and deep thoughts. He is______.a. Ernest Hemingwayb. William Faulknerc. F. Scott Fitzgeraldd. Mark Twain10. He wrote 18 novels all set in Jefferson Town,Yoknapatwapha County in the deep south. He is______.a. William Faulknerb. John Steinbeckc. Ernest Hemingwayd. Mark Twain11. ________is Jewish in origin and in many of hisnovels the American Jews are major characters.a. Sinclair Lewisb. Saul Bellowc. Norman Mailerd. Jerome David Salinger12._________ is often regarded as the greatest American woman poet and she wrote over 1,700 short lyric poems in her life time.a. Anne Bradstreetb. Robert Frostc. H.D.d. Emily Dickinson13.________ is father of American drama and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936.a. John Steinbeckb. William Faulknerc. Eugene O’Neilld. Arthur Miller14. He was the first black American to write a bookabout black life with great impact on theconsciousness of the nation and his masterpieceis one of the three classics about blackAmericans. Who is hea.Richard Wrightb. Harriet Beecher Stowec.Langston Hughes d. Ralph Ellison15. Hemingway wrote about American compatriots inEurope whereas ________ wrote about the Jazz age, life in American society.a.William Carlos Williamsb. William Faulknerc.John Steinbeck d. F. Scott FitzgeraldI.Choose the Best Answer for Each of the Following (1×15 %):2.The American Civil War broke out in 1861 between the Northern states and the South states, which are known respectively as the ______andthe______.a. N, Sb. Revolutionaries, Reactionariesc. Union, Confederacyd. Slavery, Anti-Slavery2._____________was praised by the British as the “Tenth Muse in America”.a.Anne Bradstreetb. Edward Taylorc. Thomas Pained. Philip Freneau3.Mark Twain was a representative of ________ in American literature.a. transcendentalismb. naturalismc. local colorismd. imagism4. _______ was the leader of American transcendentalism.a. Benjamin Franklinb. Washington Irvingc. Ralph Waldo Emersond. Henry DavidThoreau5.The greatest American poet and the first writer of free verse is ____________.a. Washington Irvingb.Ezra Poundc. Walt Whitmand. Emily Dickinson6._________ is father of the detective story and of psychoanalytic criticism.a. Washington Irvingb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Walt Whitmand. Edgar Allan Poe7.Henry James is concerned with the upper class life; ______ writes about the middle class society, and Mark Twain deals with the lower class reality.a. Stephen Craneb. Frank Norrisc. Theodore Dreiserd. William Dean Howells8. Which of the following is a naturalistic writera. William Dean Howellsb. Mark Twainc. Ernest Hemingwayd.Theodore Dreiser9. ________’s writings are characterized by simple, colloquial language and deep thoughts.a. Ernest Hemingwayb. William Faulknerc. F. Scott Fitzgeraldd. Mark Twain10. ______ wrote 18 novels all set in JeffersonTown, Yoknapatwapha County in the deep south. .a. William Faulknerb. John Steinbeckc. Ernest Hemingwayd. Mark Twain11. ________is Jewish in origin and in many of hisnovels the American Jews are major characters.a. Sinclair Lewisb. Saul Bellowc. Norman Mailerd. Jerome David Salinger12._________ is often regarded as the greatest American woman poet and she wrote over 1,700 short lyric poems in her life time.a. Anne Bradstreetb. Robert Frostc. H.D.d. Emily Dickinson13.________ is father of American drama and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936.a. John Steinbeckb. William Faulknerc. Eugene O’Neilld. Arthur Miller14. _______ was the first black American to write abook about black life with great impact on theconsciousness of the nation and his masterpieceis one of the three classics about blackAmericans.b.Richard Wright b. Harriet Beecher Stowec. Langston Hughesd. Ralph Ellison15. ________ first used the “Jazz age” as thetitle of a collection of short storiesa. F. Scott Fitzgeraldb. William Faulknerc.John Steinbeck d. Ernest HemingwayII. Identify Works as Described Below (1×15 %):6.The play is about a stoker whose identity as ahuman being is not recognized by his fellow human beings and who tries to find affinity with amonkey in the zoo and is finally killed by the animal.a. The Hairy Apeb. Hendersonthe Rain Kingc. Long Day’s Journey into Nightd. TheGlass Menageries7.The protagonist in this play is a crippled girlnamed Amanda.a.A Street Car Named Desireb. The Hairy Apec.Long Day’s Journey into Nightd.The Glass Menageries8.The hero of this novel tells about his own storyto us but his name is unknown.a.Native Sonb.Uncle Tom’s Cabinc.Invisible Mand. Go Tell It on the Mountains4. It is an autobiographical play and Edmund in the play is based on the playwright himself.a. Long Day’s Journey into Nightb. Hendersonthe Rain Kingc. The Hairy Aped. The GlassMenageries5.The novel tells of how a black man kills a whitewoman by accident and how he is finally arrested and tried and sentenced to death.a.Native Sonb.Uncle Tom’s Cabinc.InvisibleMan d. Go Tell It on the Mountains6._________ is one of the best works in Americanliterature about the Second World War.a.A Farewell to Armsb.The Catcher in the Ryec.The Red Badge of Couraged. The Naked and the Dead6. The novel by Hemingway is the best of its kind about World War I.a.A Farewell to Armsb.The Sun Also Risesc.The Old Man and the Sead. The Naked and the Dead10.The novel is about how a family of farmers cannotsurvive in Oklahoma and travel to California to seek a living and how they suffer hunger inCalifornia.b.The Grapes of Wrath b. U.S. A.c.Babbittd. The Adventures of AugieMarch11.It is a trilogy including The 42nd Parallel, 1919,and The Big Money, with such techniques asbiographies, newsreels and camera eye.12.It is a novel which uses the stream ofconsciousness technique and whose title is taken from Shakespeare’s Macbeth.a. Absolom, Absolom!b. The Sound and theFuryc.A Farewell to Armsd. The Great Gatsby10. It is a naturalistic work about how a countrygirl is seduced and elopes with Hurstwood andhow she becomes a famous actress and how herlover falls into beggary and finally commitssuicide.a.An American Tragedyb. Sister Carriec. McTeagued.Maggie, A Girl of the Streets11. It is a novel with 135 chapters plus an epilog;in it a group of people on a whaling ship kill a great whale but they themselves are killed bythe whale in the end, except Ishmael thenarrator who survives by adhering to a coffin.b.Sister Carrie b.TheAdventures of Tom Sawyerc. Moby Dickd. The Portraitof a Lady12.The novel is a psychological study of a soldier(Henry Fleming)’s reactions in the Civil War,in which wound is called the red badge whichsymbolizes courage.a.An American Tragedyb. Sister Carriec.The Red Badge of Couraged. McTeague13. The poem is written in free verse in 52 cantoswith the theme of the universality and equality in value of all people and all things.a.Cantosb. The Ravenc. Song of Myselfd.Chicago14. The novel is about how a man falls economicallyand socially but who rises morally because hegives up the opportunity to sell his factory to an English Syndicate, which would otherwise meana ruin to that syndicate.a.The Octopusb. The Rise of Silas Laphamc. Moby-Dickd. Leaves of Grass15. It is a speech delivered at Harvard University.It is often hailed as the “declaration ofintellectual independence” in America.a. The American Scholarb. Naturec. The Scarlet Letterd. WaldenII. Match the following (1×20%)A. Match Works with Their Authors1.Hugh Selwyn Mauberly2.Walden3. Autobiography4. The Scarlet Letter5.Leaves of Grass6.The Raven7. The Rise of Silas Lapham8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer9. Long Day’s Journey into Night10. The Old Man and the Seaa.Mark Twain b . Ernest Hemingway c. Eugene O’Neill d. William Dean Howellse. Edgar Allan Poef. Walt Whitmang. Nathaniel Hawthorne h. Benjamin Franklin i.Henry David Thoreau j. Ezra Poundk.Thomas Jefferson l. T.S. EliotB. Match the Characters with the works in which they appear.1.Hester Prynne2.Mrs. Touchett3.Frederick Henry4.Benjy Compson5.the Joads6.General Edward Cummings7.Holden Caulfield 7.Bigger Thomas8.Yank 9.Happya.The Portrait of a Ladyb. The Scarlet Letterc. The Hairy Aped. A Farewell to Armse.The Sound and the Furyf. The Grapes of Wrathg. The Naked and the Dead h. The Catcher in the Ryei. Native Son j. Death of a Salesmank.Invisible Man l.Catch-22III. Match the following (1’×20=20’)A. Match works with their authors1.Nature2.Rip Van Winkle3. Nature4. The Scarlet Letter5.Leaves of Grass6.The Raven7. The Rise of Silas Lapham8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn9. Cantos10. The Old Man and the Seaa.Ezra Poundb. Ernest Hemingwayc. Mark Twaind. William Dean Howellse. Edgar Allan Poef. Walt Whitmang. Nathaniel Hawthorneh. Ralph Waldo Emersoni.Washington Irving j. Waldo Emerson B. Match characters with the works in which they appear.2.Captain Ahab and Starbuck 2.Isabel Archer3.Frederic Henry and Catherine4.Benjy Compson5.the Joads6.General Edward Cummings7.Holden Caulfield 8.Bigger Thomas9.The Tyrones 10.Willy Lomana.The Portrait of a Ladyb. Moby-Dickc. Death of a Salesmand. A Farewell to Armse.The Sound and the Furyf. The Grapes of Wrathg. The Naked and the Dead h. The Catcher inthe Ryei. Native Son j. Long Day’s Journey into Nightk.Absalom, Absalom l. The Old Man andthe SeaV. Essay Questions (30%; c hoose only ONE of the following three topics and write a short essay of at least 300 words. Note: [1]Your essay should have at least 3 paragraphs; you are not simply to make alist of facts.[2] You may give a title to your essay, but you are required to indicate which of the 3topics it belongs to. [3]You are not to write on a topic of your own.1.T o the best of your knowledge, analyze and make comments on Emerson’s Nature2.C omment on any American poet you like.3.A nalyze and/or comment on any one of the American novels or plays you have read.V. Essay Questions (30%; c hoose only ONE of the following three topics and write a short essay ofat least 300 words. Note: [1]Your essay shouldhave at least 3 paragraphs; you are not simply to make a list of facts.[2] You may give a title toyour essay, but you are required to indicate whichof the 3 topics it belongs to. [3]You are not towrite on a topic of your own.)4.M ake comments on an American novel we have discussed in this course.5.C omment on an American poet.6.D escribe how your knowledge of Americanliterature is improved after taking this course..IV. Please answer the following questions briefly.(2 x 10’ = 20’)1.Why do people think Franklin is the embodiment ofAmerican dream2.What is “Lost Generation”V. Discussion. (1 x 20’ = 20’)State your own interpretations of Hemingway’siceberg theory of writingIV. Please answer the following questions briefly.(2 x 10’ = 20’)3.What is Hawthorne’s style Explain the style withexamples.4.At the end of the 19th century, there were threefighters for Realism. Who are they What are theirdifferences________True or False. (10 x 2’= 20’)1. American literature is the oldest of all national literature.2. Thomas Jefferson was the only American to sign the 4 documents that created the US.3. All his literary life, Hawthorne seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil.4. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about human psychology.5. Hurstwood is a character in Dreiser’s An American Tragedy.6. Faulkner’s region was the Deep North, with its bitter history of slavery, civil war and destruction.7. Placed in historical perspective, Howells is found lackingin qualities and depth. But anyhow he is a literary figure worthy of notice.8. Faulkner’s works have been termed the Yoknapatawpha Saga, “one connected story”.9. As a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical.10. Emily Dickinson expresses her deep love in the poem “Annabel Lee”.II. Decide whether the statements are True or False.(10 x 2’= 20’)1. Early in the 17th century, the English settlements in Virginia and began the main stream of what we recognize as the American national history.2. American Romantic writers avoided writing about nature, medieval legends and with supernatural elements.3. As a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical.4. “Young Goodman Brown” wants to prove everyone possesses kindness in heart.5. Henry James was a realist in the same way as one views the realism of Twain or Howells.6. The American realists sought to describe the wide range of American experience and to present the subtleties of human personality.7. Frost’s concern with nature reflected his deep moral uncertainties.8. Faulkner’s works have been termed the Yoknapatawpha Saga, “one connected story”.9. Roger Chillingworth is a character in Dreiser’s An AmericanTragedy.10. After the Civil War, the Frontier was closing. Disillusionment and frustration were widely felt. What had been expected to be a “Golden Age” turned to be a “Gilded” one.。