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(完整版)全部美国美国文学部分练习(全) 美国文学部分大作业 Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature（第一章） 1. 选择题 1. Which of the following statements is NOT a famous concept of Transcendentalism? [A]Nature is ennobling [B] The individual is divine and self-reliant。 [C] Man is capable of knowing truth by intuition ［D］ Man is corrupted in nature。 2. Which of the following works began to make Irving internationally known？ [A］ The Sketch Book ［B] A History of New York to the End of the Dutch Dynasty [C］ Bracebridge Hall ［D］ Tales of Traveler 3。 Which of the following is NOT true concerning Irving? ［A] He is the father of the American short stories. [B］ He is the American Goldsmith。 [C] He is the first American writer [D］ He is the first writer to declare the independence of American literature. 4. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne is mainly concerned with ___________.： [A] the corruption of the society [B］ the consequence of sin and guilt ［C] the wrong doing of one generation that lives in,， successive ones [D] "overreaching intellect" 5. Rip Van Winkle has taken from ________。 [A] Spanish stories [B］ A German Legend [C］ English tales [D] Italian folktales 6. ”But it would have been worth any statesman's money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place， when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands， from some passing traveler。 ” What is the rhetorical device used in this sentence? ［A] Hyperbole. ［B］ Metaphor. ［C］ Irony。［D] Paradox。 7. Which of the following statements about Emerson is NOT true? [A] He was generally known as an essayist。［B］ He was the chief spokesman of Transcendentalism。 [C] He practiced the theory by living a simple life。 [D］ For him, nature is symbolic。 8。 For Emerson， nature could symbolize the following except ________。 [A］ God [B］ Spirit [C］ Oversoul [D］ the whole universe 9。 What is Hawthorne's attitude toward Puritanism？ [Al Negative。 [B］ Affirmative. ［C] Indifferent. [D］ Mixed。 10. One typical feature of Irving's writing is _________. [A] always preaching ［B] his best classic style [C］ short and difficult to ［D] symbolic 11. " 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 Allen Poe。［B］ Walt Whitman。［C] Ralph Waldo Emerson。［D］ Henry David Thoreau。 12. Which of the following is NOT true with Transcendentalism？ [A］ It inherited much from American Puritanism and European realism. [B］ It focused on the intuitive knowledge. [C] Nature is its unofficial manifesto。 [D] It is related in some way with the German idealism. 13。 What kind of narrative point of view is adopted in Moby Dick？［A] The first person。 [B］ The second person。 [C］ The third person limited。 [D］ The third person omniscient。 14。 Which of the following has influenced Melville’s: EXCEPT ________。［A］ Shakespearean tragic vision [B] Emersonian Transcendentalism ［C] Hawthorne's black vision of life [D] Irving's writing 15。 Which of the following writers is NOT optimistic about human nature？ [A] Ralph Waldo Emerson。［B] Nathaniel Hawthorne ［C] Walt Whitman。 [D］ Henry David Thoreau 16。 Which of the following cannot poetry? [A] Elegant and gentle。 [B］ Simple and open. ［C］ Unconventional。 [D] Colloquial。 17. When Emerson states in the introduction to his Nature: ”Our age is retrospective. ” Which of the following is closest to its understanding？［A] We are conservative. ［B] We see this world through our ancestors' eyes. ［C] We usually look back upon the good old days。［D] We write a lot of books about the past. 18. Which of the following novels does not represent the theme return to nature？［A］ Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn。［B］ Thoreau's Walden 。 [C] Cooper’s Leather-Stocking Tales。［D］ Melville’s Moby Dick . 19。 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of the American Romantic writings? [A］ Expression of the artist’s imaginations， emotions， impressions, or beliefs. ［B］ Emphasis on rules of order, reason， logic, restrained emotion， good taste and decorum. [C］ Love for the remote， supernatural， mysterious， exotic and illogical quality of things. [D] To see nature as a source of mental cleanness and spiritual understanding. 20. The statement that a man’s journey to the dark forest and his encounter with the devil are symbolic of man’s life journey from innocence to knowledge, from good to evil may well sum up one of the major themes of ________. ［A] Irving's ”The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" ［B］ Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher” ［C] Hawthorne’s ”Young Goodman Brown" ［D] O. Henry's "The Cop and the Anthem" 21. Here is a short passage from a story: "He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, …and underneath was painted in large characters， GENERAL WASHINGTON. ” The story must be ________. [A] Cooper's "Leather-stocking Tales” ［B] Hawthorne’s ”Young Goodman Brown” [C］ Irving’s ”Rip Van Winkle" [D] Hemingway's "Indian Camp” 22. ”The universe is composed of Nature and the soul 。。 present everywhere. " This is the voice of the book _______ which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase of New England Transcendentalism. ［A] Walden by Thoreau [B] The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne ［C］ Moby Dick by Melville [D] Nature by Emerson 23。 In Whitman's giant work, Leaves of Grass, and， above all， ________。are all that concerned him。［A] individualism ［B] divine love ［C] sympathy ［D］ the power of blackness 24。 Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Hawthorn "Young Goodman Brown"? ［A] Allegory. [B] Ambiguity. ［C] Interior monologue. [D］ Symbolism。 25. In Irving’s ”Rip Van Winkle" all the drastic changes lapsed 20 years displeased Rip EXCEPT that ________. ［A] he has got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony ［B］ the country has finally got its independence from the yoke of the British colonial rule [C］ there comes now the scramble for powers between parties。［D] past glories and a tranquil life of the small village are gone. B. 阅读理解题（Reading comprehension) 1. ”In like manner， nature is already, in its forms and describing its own design。 Let us interrogate apparition， that shines so peacefully around us. Let to what end is nature？" Questions ： A. Identify the work and the author。 B。 What is ”the great apparition”？ C。 What is the writing style？ 2..。. Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest， and only dreamed a wild dream of witch-meeting? Be it so， if you will. But， alas！ It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown。 A stern, a sad， a darkly meditative， a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become; from the night of that fearful dream。 " Questions： A。 Identity the work and the author. B. What is the general idea of this passage？ C。 Did the author tell for sure whether it was only a dream or not? 3。 "I loafe and invite my soul, I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. " Questions: A. Identify the poem and the poet。 B. What is the meaning of the phrase "a spear of summer grass" ？ C。 What is the implied meaning of the two lines? 4。 ”Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf； a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed， and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled 5， 000 years ago. Questions: A。 Identify the work and the author. B. What is the basic tone of this passage？ C. What is the meaning of the underlined part？ 5。 "God knows，。。。 I'm not myself—I’m somebody else-。。。 I’m changed， and I can’t tell what’s my name， or who I am。 Questions: A。 Identify the work and the author。 B。 The speaker says he is changed。 Do you think changed， or the social environment changed? C。 What idea does the quoted sentence express? 6. "Standing on the bare ground, -my head bathed by the blitl air and uplifted into infinite space, —all mean egotism vanishI become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing。 I see all. Tl currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am pa or particle of God。 " Questions： A. Identify the work and the author。 B。 What does the word ”blithe” mean here? C。 What idea does the quoted passage express？ C。回答题(Questions and answers） 1。 Nature is a philosophic work， in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of the Oversoul。 What is your understanding of Emersonian " Oversoul ” and its relationship with ”a transparent eyeball”? 2. One of the most distinctive features of Hawthorne’s writing is his art of ambiguity. Exemplify it with his story, "Young Goodman Brown". 3. Like Hawthorne， Melville is fond of symbolism in his writings. The white whale， Moby—Dick, is the most important symbol in the novel. What symbolic meaning does Moby Dick stand for？ 4。 Whitman is one of the most important figures in American poetic history。 He has carried on a sort of experiment on the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression。 What are the characteristics of Whitman’s free verse？ 5。 Literary critics have seen Rip Van Winkle as a symbol of several aspects of America。 What are the aspects that the story and its hero symbolize? D. 论述题 (Topic discussion) 1 。 Melville's Moby Dick is more than a great whale story that reflects the American whale industry in 19th century； it is capable of multiple interpretations. Discuss the themes you can find in the fiction. 2. In his whole life， Hawthorne is preoccupied with sin and evil in man; and in almost every novel he wrote, Hawthorne discussed sin and evil. Then what makes Hawthorne obsessed with all this sin and evil? Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第二章） A．多项选择（Multiple choice questions） 1: Who is generally considered to be the one “with but a deformed conscience" in Mark Twain’s works ？［A］ Tom Sawyer。［B] Huckleberry Finn. [C] Hank Morgan。［D] Widow Douglas 2. Which of the following is Twain's language? ［A] Vernacular。 [B] Colloquial. [C] Elegant。 [D］ Humorous. 3. Which of the following writers is famous for his ”international theme"? [A］ Henry James。 [B］ William James。［C］ Mark Twain。 [D] Theodore Dreise 4。 Winterbourne is used as a narrator of the events in Henry James __________. ［A ] Daisy Miller [B］ The American [C] The Turn of the Screw [D] The Wing of the Dove 5。Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is true？［A] Since she scarcely goes out of her house, she pays little attention to the outside world. ［B］ She prefers to explore the inner life of herself rather that the social one. [C] She is strongly influenced by Calvinism and has a firm： belief in after-life。 [D] She is not interested in love because she herself never gets married. 6. Which of the following does NOT belong to Theodore Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire？ " [A］ The Financier’。 [B］ The American [C］ The Titan. ［D] The Stoic。 7。 Which' of the following is a correct match between the writer¬ and his work？， . ［A] Mark Twain： The Financier [B] Theodore Dreiser: Daisy Miller [C] Henry James； The Turn of the Screw [D］ Emily Dickinson: The Wing of the Dove 8. ” Her Message is committed/To hands I can not see—--" The above two lines are taken from ________。［A] Whitman’s: "Song of Myself” [B］ Dickinson’s "This is my letter to the World" [C] Pound’s： "A Pact” [D］ Frost’s: ”The Road Not Taken" 9。 Theodore Dreiser gives his novel the title of ”An American Tragedy" mostly because__________. ［A］ he tries to give an ironical meaning to the story。［B］ he attempts-,to reproduce an authentic trial fictionally ［C] it is the typical thing that can happen to an American in the pursuit of riches [D］ he is surprised that such tragedy should happen in America。 10。Isabel, the heroine in The Portrait of a Lady， returns to her unhappy home in Rome at the end of the novel because__________. ［A］ she is still naive and immature [B] she wants to be responsible to her husband ［C] she— wants to be responsible to her own choice [D] she has nowhere else to go 11.。 Which of the following statements is NOT true? ［A］ Mark Twain became doubtful about the’ idea of develop¬ment and skeptical of the goodness of human nature in his later years. [B］ Henry James; who never: criticizes his fellowmen, is the spokesman for the wealthy and leisured class in America。 [C］ From Emily Dickinson's poetry， one can hardly find any traces of political movement in the society of her time. [D］ To Theodore Dreiser, communism is a likely means improving the social organization of man。， : 12. During the period after the Civil War， the American society entered in what Mark Twain, referred to as __________. ［A] the Golden Age [B] the Puritan Age [C］ the Gilded Age [D］ the Modern Age 13。 Local colorism is a unique variation, of American literary realism， the representatives of which does NOT include __________。 [A] Sarah Orne Jewett ［B］ Bret Harte ［C] Hamlin Garland ［D］ Stephen Crane , 14。 "I was letting on to give up sin， but away. inside of me； I was holding on to the biggest one of all. " The sentence， which taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is written: in a(n) __________ tone。［A] ironic, [B] regretful ［C] sincere [D］ delightful 15。 Henry James' idea of realism differs from that of the realist writers because his emphasis is on man’s__________. [A］ language [B］ inner world ［C] surroundings [D］ real actions 16。 As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by __________。［A] Mark Twain [B］ Charles Darwin ［C] Henry James [DI Ralph Wa1do Emerson 17。 However， innocence, the keynote of Daisy Miller’s character， turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her __________ of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures。 [A］ admiration [B] sympathy, [C］ disgusting [D］ defiance 18. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson’s verse is true？［A] It exposes the evils of the society. [B] It paves the way for the following generation of free verse poets；。［C] It shares the same poetic conventions with Walt Whitman. ［D］ It exhibits a sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of her experience of love, death, and immortality. 19。 Compared with the writings of Mark Twain’s, Henry James’s fiction is noted for their __________。 [A] frontier vernacular ［B] rich colloquialism ［C］ refined elegant language [D］ vulgarly descriptive words 20。 By the end of Sister Carrie， Dreiser writes

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