美国文学史及作品选读练习7
I. Multiple Choice.(每小题1分，共20春夏秋冬的英文分)
1. Transcendentalists took their ideas from_________.
A. the romantic literature in Europe B. neo-Platonism C German idealistic philosophy D .All of the above
2. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.
A. modernism B. rationalism C. ntimentalism D. transcendentalism
3. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in ________ And Thoreau.
A. Jefferson B. Emerson C. Freneau D. Oversoul
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4. The appearance of The Scarlet Letter marked the maturity of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a novelist. Soon he compod the other three important novels including ______, The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun.
A. The hou of the Seven GablesB. The PrairieC. The Fall of the Hou of UsherD. Walden
5. ________was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.
A. Thoreau B. Emerson C. Hawthorne D. Whitman
6. Transcendentalists recognized _________as the “highest power of the soul”.
A. intuition B. Logic C. data of the ns D. thinking
7. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature, evident in ________.
A. James Fennimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales B. Henry David Thoreau’s Walden
C. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn D. All of the above
8. Herman Melville’s ______ is not only an adventure story, but also a significant philosophical work on spiritual exploration.
A. Moby Dick B. The Egg C. Nature D. The Over-Soul
9. In the 19th century America, Romanticism had certain general characteristics. Choo such characteristics from the following items.
A. Moral enthusiasm B. Faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perception挑动
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10. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s first book________ is the fundamental document of his philosophy, and express his constant, deeply felt love for the natural scenes.
A. Walden B . Nature C. Daisy Miller D. Leatherstocking Tales.
11. Which essay is not written by Raqlph Waldo Emerson?
A. Of Studies B. Self –Reliance C.The American Scholar D. The Divinity School Address
12. From Henry David Thoreau’s jail experience, came his famous essay, ____ which states Thoreau’s belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.
tdcA. Walden B. Nature C. Civil Disobedience D. Common Sen
13.The finest example of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in ________.
A. The Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodman Brown C. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest
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14.Nathaniel Hawthorne is a master of psychological insight and the central subject of his major works is the human soul. Choo his short story from the following ones.
A. Young Goodman Brown B. Omoo C. Uncle Tom’s cabin D. The Pearl
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15.Which is not Nathaniel Hawthorne’s long novel?
A. The Scarlet Letter B. The Marble Faun
C. The Hou of Severn Gables D. Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
16.Choo form the following items the one written by Melville Herman.
A. Typee B. The Sea-Wolf C. The Spy D. Twice-Told Tales
17. ________’s stories still had many unrealistic qualities: “tall tales” and unlikely coincidences. He is never a pure realist.
A. Henry James B. Mark Twain C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D Henry David Thoreau
18.______in the 1860s was the first American writer of local color to achieve wide popularity.aba
A. Mark Twain B. William Dean Howells C. Bret Harte D.Harriet Beecher Stowe
19. Mark Twain’s first novel, ______ was an artistic failure , but it gave its name to the America of the postbellum period which it attempts to satirize.
A. The Giled Age B. Life on the Mississippi C.The Innocents Abroad D. The Mysterious Stranger
20. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn was Mark Twain’s masterwork form which, as __________noted, “all modern American literature comes.”
A. Henry James B. William Dean Howells C. Ernest Hemingway D. Theodore Dreir
II Fill in the blanks.(每小题2 分，共20分英语四级真题听力)
1. Ralph _________ Emerson was responsible for bringing Transcendentalism to New England.
2. Emerson’s truest disciple, the man who put into practice many of Emerson’s theories, was Henry ________ Thoreau.
