《美国文学》作业
I.Multiple Choice
- American literature is only more than ____ years old.
A. 500 B.400 C. 200 D.100 - The Puritan values did no include______.
A. wastefulness B. thrift C. piety D. hard work - The 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment.
______was the dominant spirit.
A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Romanticism D. Realism - Franklin was the epitome of the______.
A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar Act
C. Charlist movement D. Romanticism - _____was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.
A. Franklin B. Hawthorne C. Paine D. Emerson - “Moby Dick was written by_____
A. Mark Twain B. Thoreau C. Melville D. Whitman - “The Scarlet Letter” is characterized by its______.
A. symbolism B. rationalism C. Platonism D. classicism - “Huckleberry Finn is the masterpiece of________.
A. Henry James B. Jack London C. Mark Twain D. Stephen Crane - Choose the novel written by Henry James
A. The Golden Bowl B. The Portrait of a Lady
C. Sister Carrie D. Daisy Miller - Early in the 20th century, _____ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.
A. Ezra Pound B. T.S. Eliot C. Robert Frost D. both A and B
11._____ is the founder of “Imagist” movement.
A. Ezra Pound B. Hemingway C. Robert Frost D. Steinbeck - Mark Twain’s works are characterized by_____
A. Naturalism B. Transcendentalism C. Local ColorismD. Imagism - ________ is said to be the father of American poetry
A. T.S. Eliot B. E.D. Robinson
C. Philip Freneau D. Dreiser - Hawthorne is regarded as a _______.
A. naturalist B. classicist C. realist D. romanticist - ______ represents the most leading spirit of American Transcendentalism.
A. Emerson B. Franklin C. Mark Twain D. Whitman
16.“The Art of Fiction” was written by_____
A. Longfellow B. Henry James C. Fitzgerald D. Faulkner - Imagination plays the most important part in________.
A. realism B. romanticism C. naturalism D. classicism - ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.
A. Mending Wall B. Dry September
C. A Farewell to Arms D. The Grapes of Wrath - Uncle Tom in the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n)______
A. Negro slave B. salesman C. industrialist D. officer - Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______
A. Naturalism B. Transcendentalism
C. Local Colorism D. Imagism - “The Great Gatsby” is the masterpiece of_____
A. Whitman B. Fitzgerald C. Dickinson D. Hemingway - The United States of America was founded in______.
A. 1776 B. 1876 C. 1789 D.1689 - The ancestors of American Indians were______
A. Asians B. Africans C. Europeans D. Australians - “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by______.
A. H.B. Stowe B. John Steinbeck C. Hawthorne D. Mark Twain - ______ does not belong to the lost generation.
A. Dreiser B. T.S. Eliot C. Faulkner D. Hemingway - ______ was well known for his story “Rip Van Winkle.”
A. Bryant B. Washington Irving C. Allan Poe D. Philip Freneau - “Farewell to Arms” is the master pieced produced by______
A. Faulkner B. Dreiser C. Hemingway D. Longfellow - It was ______ who wrote the formal declaration of independence.
A. Thomas Jefferson B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Washington D. Washington Irving - _____has been exerting a great and enduring influence upon world literature, especially that of France and European symbolism.
A. Franklin B. Bradstreet
C. Edgar Allan Poe D. Philip Freneau - The masterpiece of Hawthorne is _________.
A. The Scarlet Letter B. Sister Carrie
C. Richard Cory D. A Psalm of Life - Engene O’Neill is a _.
A. novelist B. poet C. puritan D. dramatist
32.Hemingway’s style of writing is characterized by.
A. high-sounding words B. simple diction
C. complicated sentences D. mix metaphor - T.S. Eliot is not only a poet but also a ______.
A. critic B. statesman C. churchman D. novelists - “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by_____.
A. T.S. Eliot B. O’Neill
C. Stephen Crane D. Saul Bellow - “The Grape of Wrath” is one of the remarkable novels of_____.
A. the Civil War B. Depression C. Suppression D. Aggression - Theodore Dreiser showed the_____ tendency in his novels.
A. Puritanism B. classicism C. romanticism D. naturalism - Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading figure of________.
A. Transcendentalism B. Romanticism
C. Rationalism D. Naturalism - “The Sound and the Fury” was the masterpiece of ______
A. Robert Lee Frost B. T.S. Eliot C. Faulkner D. Steinbeck - Emily Dickinson is an American________.
A. dramatist B. novelist C. female poet D. male poet - “Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______
A. materialism B. classicism
C. socialism D. colorism - “The Portrait of a Lady” is one of best novels of_________.
A. Henry James B. John Steinbeck
C. William Faulkner D. Walt Whitman - What Whitman is famous for his_________.
A. “Leaves of Grass” B. “Mending Wall”
C. “Richard Cory” D. “The Burial of the Dead” - “Catch-22” is the masterpiece of______
A. Saul Bellow B. Joseph Heller
C. Dreiser D. Fitzgerald - The English settlement in America began in_________
A.1507 B.1607 C.1707 D.1807 - The first World War broke out in______.
A.1614 B.1714 C.1814 D.1914 - The jazz age refers to the decade of
A.1950’s B.1980’s C.1920’s D.1820’s - Franklin was a _____.
A. Puritan B. romanticist C. classicist D. imagist - “Rip Van Winkle” was written by_______.
A. Freneau B. Allan Poe C. Washington Irving D. Thomas Jefferson
49.“The Scarlet Letter” is the masterpiece of______.
A. Hawthorne B. Emerson C. Bradstreet D. Allan Poe
50.It was______who wrote “The Age of Reason”
A. Washington B. Jefferson C. Benjamin Franklin D. Thomas Paine
51.“Song of Myself” is a ______written by Whitman.
A. novel B. poem C. drama D. essay
52.Tom in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a _____.
A. Negro slave B. American Indian C. School master D. industrialist - Mark Twain belongs to the literary school of_____.
A. transcendentalism B. realism C. romanticism D. naturalism
54._______is a famous American female poet.
A. Allan Poe B. Freneau C. Emily Dickinson D. Robinson - “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” is the masterpiece of_____.
A. Mark Twain B. Henry James
C. Stephen Crane D. Robert Lee Frost - It was____ who wrote the poem “The Road Not Taken.”
A. Whitman B. Freneau C. Robert Lee Frost D. T.S.Eliot
Ⅱ Define the literary terms briefly in English - American Transcendentalism
- Romanticism
- The Puritans
- Realism
- Enlightenment
- Transcendentalism
- Enlightenment
III Explain the following quotations in your own words. - Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.
- Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference.
- Let us, then, be up and doing, With heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
- And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked.
- Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!_____
- To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.
- But still he fluttered pulses when he said,“Good morning”, and he glittered when he walked.
- something there is that doesn’t love a wall,He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.”
- Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat
- But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today
- But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English - Why is American literature important for you?
- What is the theme of “The Waste Land”?
- Whose novel (or which novel) do you enjoy most?Why?
- What is the style of Hemingway’s novel?
- What is the significance of American literature?
- Do you like American literature? Why?
- What is the real theme in “Sister Carrie”?
- What is the central subject and primary significance of Hawthorne’s major works?
- Which American writer do you like best? Why?
- What is the theme of “Catch-22”?
- What are the features of Emily Dickinson’s poems?
- Why should we learn American literature?
- Which poem do you enjoy most? Why?
