美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题

C. Theodore

Dreiser D. Frank Norris

4. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in and Thoreau. A.

Jefferson B. Emerson C.

Freneau D. Oversoul

5. Which of the following doesn’t belong to Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”? A.

The Financier B. The Titan

C.

The Stoic D. An American Tragedy

6. Which is the character who appears in the novel Moby Dick?

A.

Hester

Prynne B. Mr. Hooper

C.

Ahab D. Pearl

7. written by Henry James brought him first international fame.

A.

The Golden Bowl B. The American C.

The Tragic D. Muse Daisy Miller

8. “ ”was a term created by the French novelist, Emile Zola. A.

realism B. naturalism C.

transcendentalism D. veritism

9. Jack London was at his height of his powers when he wrote , which is deeply influenced by Darwinism.

A.

The Sea Wolf B. To Build a Fire

C.

The Call of the Wild D. Martin Eden

10. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .

A. O.

Henry B. Henry James

C.

Jack

London D. Mark Twain

11. “Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.” is a line in the poem

The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter written by .

A.

T.

S.

Eliot B. Robert Frost

C. Ezra

Pound Sandburg

D. Carl

12. The imagist poets followed three principles, they are , direct treatment and economy of expression.

A. blank verse B. rhythm C. free verse D. common speech

13. Of the following American writers, who has NOT been an expatriate in Paris?

A.

Ernest

Hemingway B. Ezra Pound

C. F. S. Fitzgerald D. Emily Dickinson

14. Who was the foremost novelist of the American Depression of the 1930s? A.

Ernest

Hemingway B. Ezra Pound C.

John

Steinbeck D. F. S. Fitzgerald

15. The first writings that we call American were the narratives and of the early settlements.

A.

journals

B. C.

poetry drama D. folklores

16. An American Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1828 by .

A. Samuel Johnson B. Noah Webster

C. Daniel Webster D. Daniel Defoe 17. Walden is written by .

A.

Emerson B. Thoreau

C. Poe D. Hawthorne

18. is famous for psychological realism.