美国文学 选择题及答案3. The Old Man and the Seais one of the great works by .a. Jack Londonb. Charles Dickensc. Samuel Coleridged. Earnest Hemingway4. ____ refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.a. Allegoryb. Conflictc. Ironyd. Flashback5. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is . a. Nature b. Waldenc. Experienced. Essays6. Mark Twain shaped the world 's view of America and made a combination of _ and serious literature.a. American folk humorb. funny jokesc. English folklored. American values7. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?a. Fennimore Cooper. c. Walt Whitman.8. I Have a Dream is addressed bya. Abraham Lincolnb. John F. Kennedyc. Martin Luther Kingd. Ralph Waldo Emerson9. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson?a. This is my letter to the worldb. I heard a Fly buzz — when I diedc. This is just to sayd. Because I could not stop for death10. Eugene O 'Neil is an American .a. novelistb. playwrightc. poetd. essayist11. The period from 1865 — 1914 has been referred to as the history of the UnitedStates.a. Age of Realismc. Age of Romanticism12. With “Collected Poems ”, __1. William Faulkner is theauthor of _ a. Far From the Madding Crowdc. For Whom the Bell Tolls 2. Robert Frost is a famous ___ b. Sound andFuryc. poetd. literary criticb. NathanielHawthorn. d. Washington in the literary b. Age of Classicalism d. Age of Renaissance won the second PulitzerPrize. b. e. e. cummingsa. Ezra Pond c. Robert Frost13.Grass is a poem written byb. Carl Sandburgc. Langston Hughesd. Allen Ginsberg14. Moby Dick is the most important work by .a. Jack Londonb. Herman Melvillec. Sinclair Lewisd. Ralph Ellison15. O. Henry earned his fame mainly for his .a. novelsb. poemsc. short storiesd. dramas16. ____ is NOT a novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.a. Tender Is the Nightb. Anna Christiec. The Beautiful and Dammedd. The Great Gatsby17. The American literature in modern period is divided into two parts by the event ofa. the expatriate movementb. the Great Depressionc. the First World Ward. the Second World War18. Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreiser 's Trilogy of Desire? a. The Titan b. The Financier c. The “Genius ” d. The Stoic19. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to art of modern narration ”. a.William Faulkner c. Saul Bellow 20. Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of a. romantic c. neo-classic 21. The Octopusis written by __ a. Frank Norris b. Sherwood Andersonc. Willa Catherd. Stephen Crane22. James Baldwin 's most famous short story is .a. A Rose for Emilyb. The Story of an Hourc. Sonny 's Bluesd. A Clean, Well-lighted Place23. ______ w rote several novels with the name o “f Rabbit ”.a. Arthur Millerb. Thomas Pynchonc. John Updiked. Wallace Stevens24. The Road Not Taken is a poem written by .a. Robert Frostb. Longfellowc. Ezra Pondd. Carl Sandburg25. “ Godhelp them that help themselves ”is found in 's work. a. Franklin b. Freneauc. Jeffersond. Painea. Walt Whitman for his “mastery of theb. John Steinbeckd. Earnest Hemingwaywork.b. classicd. naturalistic26. T. S. Eliot 's most famous long poem is .a. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrockb. A Boy 's Willc. The Waste Landd. The Golden Bough27. Daisy Miller is a great work by .a. Henry James c. Dreiser 28. Hester is a character ina. Gone with the Windb. The Fall of the House of Usherc. Babbittd. Scarlet Letter29. Jack London 's __ is his patently autobiographical novel.a. The Call of the Wildb. The Sea Wolfc. Martin Edend. The Iron Heel30. The black man Jim is a character in Mark Twain 's .a. The Adventures of Tom Sawyerb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Prince and the Pauper31. O Captain! My Captain! was written in memory of .a. Walt Whitmanb. Benjamin Franklinc. Abraham Lincolnd. Martin Luther King32. The Grapes of Wrathis the masterpiece of .a. John Steinbeckb. John Cheeverc. John Updiked. John Dos Passos33. ____ i s NOT a play written by Tennessee Williams.a. Cat on a Hot Tin Roofb. The Glass Menageriec. Light in Augustd. A Streetcar Named Desire34. Seize the Dayis regarded the best novel written by .a. Flannery O 'Connerb. Saul Bellowc. Ralph Ellisond. Sherwood Anderson35. ____ i s NOT among the postwar poets in modern American literature. a. Robert Lowell b. Gary Synderc. Allen Ginsbergd.e. e. cummings36. The image of the famous “henpecked husband ”is created by . a. Washington Irving b. Fennimore Cooperc. Edith Whartond. William Dean Howells37. The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be . a. O 'Neil b. Poundc. Robert Frostd. Scott Fitzgerald38. __ was the most important person of the transcendental club. a. Hawthorn b. Whitmanc. Emersond. Thoreau39. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following EXCEPT . b. MarkTwaina. religionb. love and marriagec. life and deathd. war and peace40. American diction in the 1960s and 1970s proves different from its predecessors. It is referred toas _________________ .a. Imagismc. new fiction41． Stephen Crane is famous fora.AnAmerican Tragedyc. Main Street 42．a.c. 43．a.c. John Dos Passosd. Willa Cather44． Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Modernism? a. To elevate the individual and inner being over the social being. b. To put the stress on traditional values.c. T o portray the distorted and alienated relationships between man and his environment.d. To advocate a conscious break with the past. 45．Whitman ' s poems are characterized by all the following featurEeXs CEPT ______________ .a. a strict poetic formb. a simple and conversational languagec. a free and natural rhythmic patternd. an easy flow of feelings46． Who initiated the name of the Lost Generation?a. Hemingwayb. Fitzgeraldc. Gertrude Steind. William Faulkner47． The high tide of Romanticism in American literature occurred around __________________________________________________________________ . a. 1820 b. 1850c. 1880d. 192048．The publication of __ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesmanof the New England Transcendentalism.b. black humor d. the Beat Generation ___and b. The Ambassadorsd. The Red Badge of Courage _____ has won the Pulitzer Prize four times and one Nobel Prize. Earnest Hemingway b. John SteinbeckEugene O 'Neil d. William FaulknerBelovedis the masterpiece of __ .Tony Morrison b. Ralph Ellisona. Natureb. Self-Reliancec. The Over-Sould. The American Scholar49．Chinese poetry and philosophy have exerted great influence over .a. Ezra Poundb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Robert Frostd. Emily Dickinson 50．____ is the representative work of the Beat Generation.a. The Great Gatsbyb. On the Road51． Emily Grierson is a literary figure created by .a. Willa Catherb. Doris Lessingc. William Faulknerd. Nathaniel Hawthorn52． 53． Thomas Pynchon can also be categorized as a Black Humor writer, as well as a writer. a. classical c. postmodernist Who is considered the father of American poetry?b.transcendental d. realistic 54． a. Philip Freneau b. William Cullen Bryant c. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow d. Henry David Thoreau In America, “a little woman started agreat war .W ”ho is she? a. Anne Bradstreet b. Harriet Beecher Stowe c. Edith Wharton d. Catharine Anne Porter 55． _____ is NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe. a. The Raven b. Annabel Lee c. The Fall of the House of Usher d. Song to Celia 56． Arthur Miller is an American a. novelist b. poetd. essayist c. playwright 57．Iceberg Theory is a writing principle proposed and closely followed by a. Jack London b. Sinclair Lewisd. Ernest Hemingway is featured by black humor. a. Caricature b. Catch-22 c. William Faulkner 58． c. Death of a Salesman c. The Catcher in the Rye59． Who is the only woman writer that has won both Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize? a. Pearl Buckb. Virginia Woolf d. Katharine Mansfield 1 . b 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. b 6a 7. d 8. c 9. c 10. b 11. a12. c 13. b 14. b 15. c 16. b 17. d 18. c 19. d 20. d 21. a 22. c 23. c 24. a 25. a 26. c 27. a 28. d 29. c 30. b 31. c32. a 33. c 34. b 35. d 36. a 37. d 38. c 39. d 40. c 41. d 42. c 43. a 44. b 45. a 46. c 47. a 48. a 49. a 50. b 51. c 52. c 53 a 54. b 55. d 56. c 57. d 58. b 59. a 60.c. Tony Morrison。