美国文学 选择题 诗歌分析题 有答案(6)

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Answer: C (P499)

8. Emily Dickinson’s verse is most aptly characterized as ___________.

A. exposing the evils of the society B. paving the way for the following generation of free verse poets

C. sharing the same poetic conventions as Walt Whitman D. exhibiting sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of experience, such as love, death, immortality and etc.

Answer: D (P518)

9. The author of "The Portrait of a Lady" is best at_______.

A. probing into the unsearched secret part of human life

B. a truthful delineation of the motives, the impulses, the principles that shape the lives of actual men and women.

C. a dramatizing the collisions between two very different cultural systems on an international scene

D. disclosing the social injustices and evils of a civilized society after the Civil War.

Answer: C (P496)

10. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____________.

A. the Age of Realism B. the Age of Modernism C. the Age of Romanticism D. the Age of Colonicalism Answer: A (P471)

11. Who exerts the simple most important influence on literary naturalism?

A. Emerson B. Jack London C. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin

Answer: D (P475)

12. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human "______".

A. bestiality B. goodness C. compassion D. greed

Answer: A (P476)

13. ______is considered by H.L. Mencken as "the true father of our national literature."

A. Hemingway B. Poe C. Irving D. Twain

Answer: D (P477)

14. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _______language.

A. grand B. pompous C. simple D. vernacular

Answer: D (P481)

15. Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with________.

A. international theme B. national theme C. European theme D. Regional theme

Answer: A (P497)

16. In the following writers, who is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century "Stream-of-consciousness" novels and the founder of psychological realism______________.

A. Henry James B. Mark Twain C. Emily Dickenson D. Theodore Dreiser

Answer: A (P498)

17. In Henry James’ "Daisy Miller", the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of ___________.

A. the corruption of the newly rich B. the free spirit of the New World C. the decline of aristocracy D. the force of convention

Answer: B (P499)

18. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinson’s?

A. War and peace B. Love and marriage C. Life and death D. Religion

Answer: A (P517)

19. The following titles are all related to the subject that escapes from the society and returns to nature except__________. 6 美国文学 单选题 诗歌分析题

A. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie B. Copper’s Leather-Stocking Tales C. Thoreau’s Walden D. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn