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英美文学考前串讲（7）

American Literature

Chapter 1 The Romantic Period I. Choose the right answer:

1. Of all the following issues, _____is definitely NOT the focus of the Romantic writers in the American literary history. A. Puritan morality B. Human bestiality C. Noble savages D. Divinity of man Answer: B (P401)

2.Henry David Thoreau’s work, ________, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the New England Transcendental Movement.

A. Walden B. The Pioneers C. Nature D. \of Myself\ Answer: A (P402)

3. \is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind\is a famous quote from______’s writings. A. Walt Whitman B. Henry David Thoreau C. Herman Melville D. Ralph Waldo Emerson Answer: D (P402)

4. Leaves of Grass’ commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodiment of________, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War.

A. the democratic ideals B. the romantic ideals C. the self-reliance spirits D. the religious ideals Answer: A (P447)

5. According to Whitman, the genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural effort was to behave as a supreme_________. A. democrat B. individualist C. romanticist D. leader Answer: B (P448)

6. 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 Answer: C (P399)

7. In the following works, which sign the beginning of the American literature? A. The Sketch Book B. Leaves of Grass C. Leather Stocking Tales D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B (P399)

8._____is the author of the work ’The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’. A. Washington Irving B. James Joyce C. Walt Whitman D. William Butler Yeats Answer: A (P404)

9. Washington Irving’s ’Rip Van Winkle’ is famous for_________. A. Rip’s escape into a mysterious

B. The story’s German legendary source material C. Rip’s seeking for happiness D. Rip’s 20-years sleep Answer: D (P406)

10. Which of the following statement is not true about Washington Irving?

A. Washington Irving is regarded as Father of the American short stories. B. Irving’s relationship with the Old World in terms of his literary imagination can hardly be ign

ored considering his success both abroad and at home. C. Irving’s taste was essentially progressive or radical.

B.D. Washington Irving has always been regarded as a writer who \the best classic style that American literature ever produced.\Answer: C (P403---406)

11. The Publication of ______established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism. A. Nature B. Self-Reliance C. The American Scholar D. The Over-Soul Answer: A (P420)

12. The phrase \transparent eye-ball’ compares philosophical mentation of Emerson’s. It appears in_________.

A. The American Scholar B. Nature C. The over Soul D. Essays: Second Series Answer: B (P423)

13. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmeasas :Our Intellectual Declaration of Independence\

A. \B. \School Address\C. \American Scholar\D. \Answer: C (P423)

14. _____is the most ambivalent (有争议的) writers in the American literary history.

A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Walt Whitman C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Mark Twain Answer: A (P429)

15. \is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity\which author of the following authors does the mention belong to________.

A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman Answer: C (P431)

16.InHawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as________. A. saviors B. villains C. commentators D. observers Answer: B (P432)

17. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_______.

A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun D. The Blithedale Romance Answer: B (P431)

18. 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 Answer: A (P450)

19. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?

A. Lyrical and well-structured B. Free-flowing C. Simple and rather crude D. Conversational and casual Answer: A (P450---451)

20.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. \Was a Child Went Forth\by Walt Whitman B. \a Station of the Metro\by Ezra Pound C. \Crossing a Ford\by Walt Whitman D. \by Joyce Answer: A (P454)

21. \Dick\is regarded as the first American_________.

A. Prose epic B. Comic epic C. Dramatic fiction D. Poetic fiction Answer: A (P460)

22. 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 Answer: B (P461)

23. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true? A. \the Scrivener\is a short story. B. \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. Answer: C (P459---460)

24. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling, and second, the individual is____, therefore, self-reliant.

A. insignificant B. vicious by nature C. divine D. forward-looking Answer: C (P402) II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions:

1. \grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on: a tart temper mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village. Questions:

1) Please identify the author and the title of the work. 2) What’s the meaning of this passage? 参考答案:

1) This is an excerpt from \Van Winkle\by Washington Irving. (P408) 2) With his wife’s dominance at home, the situation became harder and harder for Rip Van Winkle. His wife’s temper became worse and she scolded him for more often. He had to stay in the club with idle people. (P407) 附:

Question: Please describe the changes Rip Van Winkle experienced. Answer: 1) Rip Van Winkle was the hero in Irving’s works. He was a good-natured man, a henpecked (惧内的，妻管严的) husband. 2) Because his wife’s shrewish (泼妇一样的) treatment, Rip had to escape from his home to the little inn in the village. When it failed to give him some restful air, he had to go hunting in the high mountain, where Rip met a stranger, and the man asked Rip to carry keg for him. Then Rip reached the place in the valley, where many strangers were playing nine-pins. Later Rip got drunk after drinking the liquor, which made him sleep for 20 years.

3) Rip woke up as an old man, entering the village learned that his wife had died, he got the freedom of his own,; and the American had been dependent from the control of Britain, he had changed from a subject of the King (George III) into a citizen of the independent new U.S.....

1) The two Romanticism both stress the imaginative and emotional qualities of literature;

2) They all pay attention to psychic states of the characters and exalt the individual and common man;

3) American Romanticism revealed unique characteristics: (difference)

<1> American authors describe their native land,, especially the spirit of the pioneering into the west, the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature; <2> American writers use local dialect in language;