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21.American writers after World War Ⅰ self-consciously acknowledged that they were （a） “_______”， devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization.

A. Lost Generation B. Beat Generation C. Sons of Liberty D. Angry Young Men

22. Which of the following statements about E. Grierson， the protagonist in Faulkner‘s story “A Rose for Emily，” is NOT true？

A. She has a distorted personality.

B. She is physically deformed and paralyzed.

C. She is the symbol of the old values of the South.

D. She is the victim of the past glory.

23. Fitzgerald wrote the following except _______.

A. The Great Gatsby B. In Our Time C. Tender Is the Night D. This Side of Paradise

24. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer Prize winner on _______ occasions.

A. two B. three C. four D. five

25. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkner‘s “a Rose for Emily”？

A. She is a conservative aristocrat.

B. She is a wealth lady.

C. She is a prisoner of the past.

D. She has good taste.

26. “I shall be telling this with a sign Somewhere ages and ages hence：

Two roads diverged in a wood， and I I took the one less traveled by，The passage is taken from _______.

And that has made all the difference.“

A. Robert Lee Frost‘s “The Road Not Taken”

B. Alfred Tennyson‘s “Break， Break， Break”

C. Edmund Spenser‘s “The Faerie Queene”

D. Samuel Johnson‘s “London”

27.“There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars……”， the two sentences are taken from _______.

A. The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald B. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser C. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville D. Daisy Miller by Henry James

28. Which of the following comments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true？

A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war.

B. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself.

C. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes.

D. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.

29. Who， disregarding grammar and punctuation， always used “i” instead of “I” to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance？

A. Wallace Stevens B. Cummings C. Fitzgerald D. Ernest Hemingway

30. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _______.

A. Mountain Interval B. New Hampshire C. A Further Range D. A Boy‘s Will

31. 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

32. “Because I could not stop for Death” is a famous poem written by _______.

A. Ezra pound B. Walt Whitman C. Robert Frost D. Emily Dickinson

33.Daisy Miller‘s tragedy of indiscretion is intensified and enlarged by its narration from the point of view of _______.

A. the American youth Winterbourne B. the author of Henry James C. her mother Mrs. Miller D. the Italian youth Giovanelli

34. 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

35. Stylistically， Henry James‘ fiction is characterized _______.

A. highly refined language B. ordinary American speech C. short， clear sentences D. abundance of local images

36. 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 Dickinson D. Theodore Dreiser

37. Henry James‘s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with the _______.

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

38. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a _______ language.

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

39. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to _______.

A. The Great Gatsby B. The Sun Also Rises C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. Moby Dick

40. Mark Twain shaped the world‘s view of America and made a combination of _______ and serious literature.

A. English folk lore B. funny jokes C. American folk humor D. American traditional values

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