美國(guó)文學(xué)史及選讀試題

1、美國(guó)文學(xué)史及選讀試題I. Multiple Choice 101. Who is different from others according to the division ofwriting periodA. Washington IrvingB.William Cullen BryantC. Captain John SmithD. James Fenimore Cooper2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from _ to_.A. 1798-1832B. 1810-1860C. 1860-1864D. 1776-17833

2、.How many syllables are there in this first line ofRaven( “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak andweary, ”)A. 11B. 12C. 13D. 164.What dominated the Puritan phase of American writingA.theologyB. literatureC. estheticsD.revolution5.Atthe initialperiodof the spread of ideasof theEnlight

3、enment was largely due to _.A. typographyB. journalismC. revolutionD. the development of paper-making industryTo a Waterfowl B. Thomas HardyD. Walt Whitman6. Who has been called the“Father of American Literature”A. Walt ScottB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Washington IrvingD. Philip Freneau7.Who isthefirstAme

4、ricanprosestylistthatacquiredinternational fameA. Captain John SmithB. Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD. E. A. Poe8. Who is the writer of A. Anne BradstreetC. William Cullen Bryant9. Thomas Paine is a _A. novelist B. dramatist C. poet D. pamphleteer10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes _A. short s

5、toriesB. literary critic theoriesC. poemsD. dramasII. Blank-Filling201.2._s reports of exploration,published in the1600s, have been describedas the firstdistinctlyliterature to be written in English.Hard work, _, piety, and _werethe PuritanvaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearliestearlyAmericanAmericanwri

6、ting, including the sermons, books and letters of suchnoted Puritan clergymen as John Cotton and Cotton Mather.3. Most Puritan verse was decidedly plodding, but the work oftwo writers,Anne Bradstreetand Edward Taylor,rose tothelevel of_4.From 1732to 1785, Franklinwroteand publishedhisfamous _, an an

7、nual collection of proverbs.5.On January 10, 1776, Paine s famous pamphlet _ appeared.It boldly advocated a “Declaration for Independence”,andbrought the separatist agitation to a crisis.6.As a poet,_heralded American literaryindependence: hisclose observation of nature distinguishedhistreatmentofin

8、digenous wild life and other native American subjects.7. The attitudes of Americas writers were shaped by their_environment and an array of ideas inherited from the_traditions of Europe.8. Romantic writers placed increasing value on the _expression of emotion and displayed increasing attention to the _ states of their characters.9. Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stor