美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题

C.

democracy D. all the above

2. ______ is the narrator of Moby Dick.

A.

Ahab

B. C.

Ishmael

Flask D. Queequeg

3. In 1837, Ralph Emerson made a speech entitled _____ at Harvard, which was

hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as “Our Intellectual Declaration of Independence.” A. Declaration of Independence B. Self-Reliance C. Divinity School Address D.

The American Scholar

4. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling; and second,

the individual is ______. A.

vicious

by

nature B. insignificant

C.

forward-

looking D. divine

5. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as

_____. A.

saviors

B.

villains C. commentators D. observers

6. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is

a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _____.

A. Dreiser’s Sister Carrier

B. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. Cooper’s Leather-Stocking Tales D. Thoreau’s Walden

7. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume,

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” Who could have written these lines? _____. A.

Edgar

Allan

Poe B. Ralph Emerson

C.

Walt

Whitman D. Henry Thoreau

8. Which of the following is Not optimistic about human nature?

A.

Ralph

Emerson B. Walt Whitman

C.

Hawthorne Thoreau

9. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is Not true?

_____.

Nathaniel D.

Henry

A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic

desires.

B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.

C. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the

characters.

D. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a

whole.

10. Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _______.

A. Rip Van Winkle and Moby Dick

B. Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow C. Young Goodman Brown and Moby Dick

D. The Fall of the House of Usher and Rip Van Winkle

11. Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of the

following is Not a usual subject of her poetic expression? _____. A.

Religion B. Life and death

C.

Love

and

marriage D. War and peace

12. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a ____ language.

A.

grand

B.

pompous C. vernacular D. simple 13. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____.

A. the Age of Romanticism B. the Age of Realism

C. the Age of

Modernism D. the Age of Colonialism

14. ______ is called by Hemingway the one from which “all modern American

literature comes.”

A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. Life on the Mississippi

C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. The Gilded Age

15. The main theme of _______’s The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that

representation of life should be the main object of the novel. A.

Mark

Twain B. Henry James

C.

Theodore

Dreiser D. William Dean Howells

16. It is not surprising to find in _____’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill

or to be killed” was the law. A.

Mark

Twain B. Emily Dickinson

C.

Theodore

Dreiser D. Henry James

17. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet Letter “A” which originally stands for

“_____”, finally obtains the meaning of “able” or “angel” through Hester’s efforts.