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美国文学期末考试复习 Part one: Multiple choices. (25题，每题2分，共50分) 1 Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind is a famous quote from __D__’s writings.　　A. Walt Whitman　B. Henry David Thoreau C. Herman Melville D. Ralph Waldo Emerson2 Which of Hemingway’s novels describes the drifting life of American exiles流亡者in Europe? B　　A. The Sun Also Rises. B. A Farewell to Arms.　　C. For Whom the Bell Tolls. 　D. The Old Man and the Sea.3 The theme of ___C____ may be well stated as It sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self in 　　relation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death.　　A. Edgar Allan Poe’s To Helen 　B. Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken　　C. Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself 　D. Emily Dickenson’s Because I could not stop for Death 4 The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage遗产 benefited the Americans in ___A____.　　A. strengthening their moral values　　B. weakening their religious faith　　C. knowing truth intuitively　　D. developing their science and technology 5 Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his ___C___.　　A. international theme　　B. waste-land imagery　　C. local color　　D. symbolism 6 Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mind 　　now began to misgive him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was his 　　native village, which he had left but the day before. The above passage is taken from __A____.　　A. Irving’s Rip Van Winkle　　B. Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown　　C. James’ Daisy Miller　　D. Hemingway’s Indian Camp 7 According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter A which originally stood for ___A____ finally obtained 　　the meaning of able or angel through Hester’s efforts.　　A. adultery B. arrogance C. accomplishment D. agony 8 As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by ___B____.　　A. Nathaniel Hawthor