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1、Test Three(Chapter5-6 with answers)I. Each of the stateme nts below is followed by four alter native an swers.Choose the one that would best complete the stateme nt and put the letter in the brackets.1. What Preside nt reportedly claimed thatUn cle Toms Cstlainted theCivil War?A. GrantB. McKi nleyC.

2、 LincolnD. Bucha nan2. Emily Dickinson was sometimes curious about the feeling of speech ofdeath and in one of her poems she wrote about theof death ,the title of the poem is I heard a Fly buzz when I died.A. mome nt B. sufferi ng C. happ in ess D. meaning3. The poetic style Whitman devised is now c

3、alled, that is poetrywithout a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. sonnetB. BallardC. epic D. free verse4. By using the technique of contrast in Uncle Tom' Cabin, Stowe describes two opposite fates of the slave: one gained freedom by rebellious struggle; the other died due to his submission. W

4、ho theyare?A. Tom and CassyB. Eliza and TomC. Joh n and TomD. Tom and Marie5. More than five hundred poems that Dickinson wrote are aboutn ature , in which her gen eral about the relati on ship betwee nman and n ature is well expressed.A. scepticism B. eulogy C. happ in essD. denial6. In his cluster

5、 of poems called Leaves of Grass,gave America itsfirst genuine epic poem.A. Walt WhitmanB. Emily Dickso nC. Mrs. StoweD. Robert Frost7. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of poetic expression ofEmily Dickinson's ?A. War and peace B. Love and marriageC. Life and deathD. Religi on8. Thi

6、s is my letter to the World is a poem expressing Emily Dickinson'sabout her com muni cati on with the outside world.A. happ in ess B. an ger C. an xiety D. sorrow9. The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers tothe period from oA. 1861-1914B. 1863-1918C. 1865-1914D. 18

7、65-191810. is not the representative writer in the Age of Realism in theliterary history of the Un ited States.A. Henry JamesB. Emily Dick insonC. William Dean HowellsD. Mark Twain11. is not the work of Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. Life on the Mis

8、sissippiD. The Mill on the Floss12. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is against .A. British coloni stsB. slaveryC. chau vinismD. mono cracy13. American Literature produced only one female poet during the 19cen tury. This was LA. Jane AustenB. Watt WhitmanC. Emily Dick insonD. Harriet Beecher Stowe

9、14. The novelis not written by Henry James.A. The AmbassadorsB. The Wings of the DoveC. The Bost oniansD. The Mysterious Stra nger15. The Way of the Beaten: A Harp in the Wind is the title of one chapterin Dreiser ' s novel.A. An America n TragedyB. Sister CarrieC. Dreiser Looks at Russia D. Jan

10、nie Gerhardt16. The main theme ofThe Art of Fiction reveals his literary credothat representation of life should be the main object of the Novel.A. Henry Jamess B. Mark TwainC. Theodore Dreiser D. William Dea n Howells17. Daisy Miller is written by .A. Hawthor neB. Twai nC. MelvilleD. James18. Theod

11、ore Dreiser belonged to the school of literary whichemphasized heredity and environment as important deterministic forces shap ing in dividualized characters that were prese nted in specialand detailed circumsta nces.A. n aturalism B. realism C. determi nism D. huma nism19. Mark Twain wrote most of

12、his literary works with aIanguage.A. grand B. pompous C. simple D. vern acular20. After The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literaryin depe ndence to Tom's buddy Huck in a book called, and thebook from which "all moder n America n literature comes."A. Life on the Mississippi Riv

13、erB. The Gilded AgeC. Adve ntures of Huckleberry FinnD. The Sun Also Rises21. Win terbourne is used as ain Henry James's "Daisy Miller."A. Protag onistB. Narrator of the eve ntsC. A character of cen tral con scious nessD. Pers ona22. The author of "The Portrait of a Lady" is

14、best at.A. prob ing into the un searched secret part of huma n lifeB. a truthful delineation of the motives, the impulses, the principlesthat shape the lives of actual men and wome nC. a dramatiz ing the collisi ons betwee n two very differe nt culturalsystems on an intern ati onal sce neD. disclos

15、ing the social in justices and evils of a civilized society afterthe Civil War23. In the followi ng writers , who is gen erally regarded as the forerunnerof the 20th cen tury "Stream-of-co nscious ness" no vels and the foun derof psychological realism.A. Henry JamesB. Mark Twai nC. Emily D

16、icke nsonD. Theodore Dreiser24. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the themeof huma n "".A. bestiality B. good ness C. compassi on D. greed25. The Age of Realism is also what Mark Twain referred to as A. The Gilded AgeB. The Jazz AgeC. The Lost AgeD. The Golde n Age2

17、6. While Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention tothe “l(fā)ife ” of the American shad appare ntly laid greater emphasis on the “inner world ” of man.A. DreiserB. WhitmanC. JamesD. Fitzgerald27. The works of are characterized with local colors.A. WhitmanB. Mark Twai nC. Dicks onD. Jam

18、es28.is regardedas “ as true father of our n ati on al literatureA. Mark Twai nB. Jeffers onC. Fran kli nD. Hemin gway29. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is famous for its characterization ofA. Tom SawyerB. HuckC. JimD. a run away slave30. and the West Became Twa ins major theme.A. DeathB. The Missis

19、sippi valleyC. Adve nturesD. The South31. In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain makes sharp contrasts betwee nA. life and deathB. adve ntures and terrorsC. wealth and povertyD. n ature and culture (or wilder ness andcivilizati on)32. Henry James is famous for his novels ofA. love themeB. intern a

20、ti onal themeC. revoluti onary theme D. pastoral theme33. realism is characterized by his psychological approach to hissubject matter.A. Twain sB. Whitman 'C. James ' sD. Ste in beck s34. In the following statements,is not about the local colorism inAmerica n literary realism.A. Their writin

21、gs are concerned with the life of a small, well-definedregi on or provin ce.B. The characteristic setting is the isolated small town.C. Their materials were exte nsive or wide-ra nging and the topics wereconn ective.D. Local colorists were con sciously no stalgic historia ns of a vanishingway of lif

22、e, recorders of a prese nt that faded before their eyes.35. , a novella about a young American girl who gets“ killed ” by thewin ter in Rome, brought James intern ati onal fame for the first time.A. The America nB. Daisy MillerC. The Europea nsD. The Portrait of a Lady36. With the publication of , H

23、enry James ' reputation wasfirmly established on both sides of the Atlantic.A. Daisy MillerB. The Portrait of A LadyC. The America nD. The Wings of the Dove37. Emily Dickinson got inspiration from in her writing of poetry.A. hymnsB. sonn etsC. free verseD. heroic couplets38. Mark Twain ' s f

24、irst novel-, written in collaboration with CharlesD. Warner and published in 1873, though not an artistic success, givesits n ame to the America of the post-Civil War period which it attemptsto satirize.A. The Gilded AgeB. The Age of InnocenceC. The Rough ing TimeD. The Jazz Age39. Stylistically, He

25、nry James' fiction is characterized, byA. short, clear senten cesB. abundance of local imagesC. ordinary America n speechD. highly refi ned Ian guage40. The raft on which Huck and Jim float along the river in Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry Finn may symbolize all the following except.A. spir

26、itual freedomB. escape from different sorts of social oppressionC. mobility and in stabilityD. a small society where people of different colors can live like brothers41. Twain had become national sensations after he reworked a tale he hadheard in the California gold fields. The story is.A. The Celeb

27、rated Jump ing Frog of Calaveras CountryB. Tramp AbroadC. The Gilded AgeD. The Adve ntures of Tom Sawyer42. Which is not true description of Mark Twain?A. He is known as local colorist, who preferred social life through portraits of the local characters of his regi ons.B. He portrayeduniquelyAmerica

28、n subjects in a humorous,colloquial, poetic Ian guage.C. He wrote about the lower-class people.D. He was an admirer of ancient European civilization.43. is gen erally con sidered to be James masterpiece, which incarn atesthe clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an America n

29、 girl in a Europea n cultural en vir onment.A. The Portrait of a LadyB. Daisy MillerC. An America nD. Sister Carrie44. Which of the following descriptions is true of Whitman?A. He often uses variations of meters, esp. iambic tetrameter.B. He uses long lines.C. He explores the inner life of he in div

30、idual.D. He uses intense metaphors and a lot of ellipsis.45. In Because I Could not Stop for Death ”，the poet uses personification.Her compa nion is.A. travelerB. horseC. deathD. carriage46. Which of the following works was not written by Henry James?A. Daisy MillerB. The Golde nBowlC. The Beast in

31、the Jun gleD. The Prince and Pauper47. was an America n psychologist famous for his theory of stream of ” consciousness .A. Henry JamesB. William JamesC, Sigmu nd FreudD. William Faulk ner48. An American Tragedy is a masterpiece by .A. Hemi ngwayB. DreiserC. Faulk nerD. Fitzgerald49. The impact of o

32、n the America n thought and the in flue neeof the 19 th century French literature on the American men of lettersgave rise to America n n aturalism.A. Darwin ' s evolutionary theoryB. Marxist theoryC. TranscendentalismD. Purita nism50. In 1859, Darwin published The Origin of Species , which exert

33、ed greatin flue nee on America nA. Roma nticismB. RealismC. ModernismD. NaturalismII. Read the following statements and decide whether they are true orfalse. Write a T” for true andF” for false.1. Mrs. Stowe has n ever passed her own opinion to her no vel directly.()2. Closely related to Emily Dicki

34、nson's religious poetry are her poemsconcerning Death and immortality. ()3. The chief and immediate cause of the Civil War was slavery.()4. Abraham Lincoln was assass in ated on April 14, 1865 just after he wasselected preside nt of Un ited States the first time.()5. The subject matters of Walt

35、Whitman'poetry are always beautiful ruralsce nery.()6. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to asNaturalism in the literary history of the Un ited States.()7. After the Civil War, disillusionment and frustration were widely felt.What had been expected to be a Golden Age ” turne

36、d to be aGilden ”one.()8. Mark Twain' later works unmistakably showed his change from anoptimist and humorist to an almost despairi ng determ in ster.()9. The novel which was described by an American critic as“ an outraAmerica n girlhoodis Henry JaDasy Miller' s ()10. American Naturalism, li

37、ke realism, had come from Europe.()11. “ Local Colorism ” is a aniaqiioei vof American literary romanticism.()12. The Portrait of A Lady is one of the representative works of Henry James.()13. 20th Century American literature is also called the Age of Realism.()14. In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,

38、Huck and Jim have their journey tofreedom on the Hudson River. ()15. Twa in shumor is only of witty remarks mock ing at small thi ngs or offarcical eleme nts making people laugh. ( )16. Most of Emily Dickinson poems were published posthumously.()17. Darwin ' s impact of the idea“ survival of the

39、 fittest” on Dreise()18. James in 1915 became a naturalized British citizen.()19. Dreiser successfully used local color and historical settings to illustrateand shed light on the con temporary society.()20. Darwi nism was a big in flue nce over the writers of the modern period.()III. For each of the

40、 quotations listed below please give the name of theauthor and the title of the literary works from which it is taken1. One eighth of the whole populationwere colored slaves, notdistributed gen erally over the Union, but localized in the souther n partof it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and p

41、owerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the in surge nts would rend the Union, eve n by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enl ar

42、geme nt of it.2. I am satisfied - I see, dance, laugh, sing;As the hugg ing and loving bed-fellow sleeps at my side through the ni ght, and withdraws at the peep of the day with stealthy tread, Leav ing me baskets cover'd with white towels swelli ng the house with their ple nty,Shall I postp one

43、 my acceptati on and realizati on and scream at myeyes,That they tur n from gaz ing after and dow n the road,And forthwith cipher and show me to a cent,Exactly the value of one and exactly the value of two, and which is ahead?3. But who, sir, makes the trader? Who is most to blame? The enlightened,

44、cultivated, intelligent man, who supports the system ofwhich the trader is the in evitable result, or the poor trader himself?You make the public stateme nt that calls for his trade, that debauches and depraves him, till he feels no shame in it; and in what are you better tha n he?4. “ Mas ' r,

45、if you was sick, or in trouble, or dying, and I could save ye, Iem fregive ye my heart' s blood; and, if taking every drop of blood in thispoor old body would save your precious soul, I' d giveLord gave his for me. Oh, Mas ' r! don ' t bring this great sin on your soul! It will hurt

46、you more than ' wtll me! Do the worst you can, my troubles be lover soon; but, if ye don ' rfepent, yours won ' neverend! ”5. Sitting alone, she was now an illustration of the devious ways by whichone who feels, rather than reasons, may be led in the pursuit of beauty. Though often disil

47、lusioned, she was still waiting for that halcyon day when she would be led forth among dreams become real. Ames had poin ted out a farther step, but on and on bey ond that, if accomplished, would lie others for her. It was forever to be the pursuit of that radia nee of delight which ti nts the dista

48、 nt hilltops of the world.6. From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that camein to my Hands was ever laid out in Books. Pleas' with a Pilgrim s Progress, my first Collectio n was of Joh n Bunyan s Works, in separate little Volumes. In fact, the quality of this small ripe co

49、untry seemed as sweet to her as the taste of an October pear; and her satisfact ion was at the root of the good spirits which en abled her to take her cous in chaff and return it in kind. If her good-humour flagged at moments, it was not because she thought herself ill-used, but because she sudde nl

50、y felt sorry for Ralph. It seemed to her that he was talk ing as a blind and had little heart in what he said.7. As the eyes of half the regime nt swept in one machi nelike moveme nt,there was an instant' s picture of a horse in a great convulsive leap ofa death wound and a rider leaning back wi

51、th a crooked arm and spread fin gers before his face. On the ground was the crims on terror of an exploding shell, with fibers of flame that seemed like Iances. A glitteri ng bugle swung clear of the rider sback as fell headl ong the horse and the man. In the air was an odor as from a con flagratio

52、n.8. Because I could not stop for DeathHe kin dly stopped for meThe Carriage held but just OurselvesAnd Immortality9. Isabel thought this a better answer than she admitted; it was a tolerable description of her own manner of judging, but it would nothave sounded well fro her to say so. On the lips of a person less advaneed in life and less enlightened by experienee than Mrs.Touchett such a declaration would savour of immodesty, even of arroganee. She risked it nevertheless in talking with Ralph, w