2012年自考“英美文学选读”模拟练习(3)
41._______ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”?
A. Hemingway B. Pope C. Irving D. Mark Twain
42. Statement “_______” is not true in describing American naturalists.
A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism.
B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.
C. they chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.
D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.
43. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _______.
A. bestiality B. goodness C. compassion D. greed
44. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author‘s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _______.
A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. humorous D. rational
45. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?
A. Emerson B. Jack London C. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin
46. 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 Colonialism
47. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?
A. “Bartleby, the Scrivener” is a short story.
B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella.
C. “The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors.
D. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American prose epic.
48. Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?
A. Herman Melville B. William Dean Howells C. Henry James D. Mark Twain
49. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _______.
A. mystery of the universe B. sin of the whale C. power of the great nature D. evil of the world
50. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American _______.
A. prose epic B. comic epic C. dramatic fiction D. poetic fiction
51. “The horizon‘s edge, the flying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day.” The two lines are taken from _______.
A. “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt Whitman B. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound C. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt Whitman D. “Ulysses” by Joyce
52. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?
A. lyrical and well-structed B. free-flowing C. simple and rather crude D. conversational and casual
53. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _______.
A. free verse B. blank verse C. lyric poem D. heroic couplet
54._______ is the author of “The Scarlet Letter”。
A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. George Eliot
55. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _______.
A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun D. The Blithedale Romance
56. In Hawthorne‘s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______.
A. Saviors B. villains C. commentators D. observers
57. “There is evil in every human hear, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which is the author of it?
A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman
58._______ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Walt Whitman C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Mark Twain
59. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?
A. The Sketch Book B. Leaves Of Grass C. Leather Stocking Tales D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
60. The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _______.
A. the naturalist period B. the modern period C. the romantic period D. the realistic period
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