練習題：?

1."Gold?Rush"?was?vividly?depicted?in?____?novels.

A?Hemingway’s?B?Mark?Twain’s?C?Henry?Jame’s?D?Faulkner’s

2.The?period?of?Old?English?literatue?refers?to?____

A?449-1066

B?14thcentury?-?mid?17th?century

C?14th?century-?mid?18th?century

D?16th?century-?mid?18th?century

3.The?great?transcendental?work?by?Henry?David?Thoreau?is?____

A?Nature?B?Walden?C?Experience?D?Essays

4.____has?been?entitled?the?"Father?of?American?Poetry".

A?Philip?Freneau?B?Ralph?Waldo?Emerson?C?William?Cullen?Bryant?D?Walt?Whitman

5.?The?emotional?effect?and?social?significance?made?____?the?first?well-known?sociological?novel?in?American?Literature.

A?The?Sun?Also?Rises?B?Uncle?Tom’s?Cabin

C?The?Old?Man?and?The?Sea?D?Sister?Carrie

6.?Stephen?Crane?is?famous?for?____

A?An?American?Tragedy?B?The?Ambassadors

C?Main?Street?D?The?Red?Badge?of?Courage

7.Which?of?the?following?is?NOT?true?for?Benjamin?Franklin?

A?He?was?a?famous?writer?B?He?was?a?member?to?draft?the?Declaration?of?Independence

C?He?was?a?great?scientist?D?He?was?once?elected?American?President

8.?Whitman’s?poems?are?characterized?by?all?the?following?features?EXCEPT____

A?a?strict?poetic?form?B?a?simple?and?conversational?language?C?a?free?and?natural?rhythmic?pattern?D?an?easy?flow?of?feelings

9.American?fiction?in?the?1960s?is?retered?to?as?____

A?imagism?B?black?humor?C?new?fiction?D?the?Beat?Generation

10.William?Faukener?is?the?author?of?____

A?Far?From?the?Madding?Crowd?B?Sound?and?Fury?C?For?Whom?the?Bell?Tolls?D?Scarlet?Letter

答案（反白可見）

1.B?馬克吐溫的很多短篇小說對Gold?Rush（淘金）進行了很形象的描繪。

2.A?Anglo-Saxons所說的語言被稱為古英語，Anglo-Saxons是在五世紀中侵入英國領土的，直到1066年諾曼公爵政府英格蘭，建立諾曼底王朝，才代替了Anglo-Saxons。

3.B?瓦爾登湖是梭羅最杰出的超驗主義作品。

4.A?Philip?Freneau（17521832）被稱為“美國詩歌之父”。著有：The?wild?Honey?Suckle；To?The?Memory?of?Brave?Americans。

5.B?湯姆叔叔家的小屋是美國文學史上第一部揭示黑人被虐待，宣揚反奴隸制度的小說，激發(fā)了社會各界人士的感情，是一部社會性質(zhì)很強的小說。

6.D?The?Red?Badge?of?Courage《紅色英勇勛章》是Stephen?Grane的代表作。

7.D?Benjamin?Franklin?是偉大的作家，科學家，還是美國獨立宣言的撰寫人之一，但是未曾擔任過美國總統(tǒng)。

8.A?Whitman主張自由詩體，認為詩歌不應該收到格律約束。他的代表作《草葉集》標志著真正意義上美國詩歌的誕生。

9.B?黑色幽默是二十世紀六十年代盛行的小說類型，用幽默的手法來揭示可悲的現(xiàn)實。

10.B?Far?From?the?Madding?Crowd為?托馬斯哈代的作品；For?Whom?the?Bell?Tolls為海明威的作品；Scarlet?Letter為霍桑的作品。