美国文学二期末复习资料.doc

Part I Fill in the blanks:(20 points, 2point for each) 1. The First World War stands as a great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American literature. 2. American writers of the first postwar era self-consciously acknowledged that they were a _Lost Generation , devoid of faith and alienated from a civilization. 3. The most significant American poem of the twentieth century was The Waste Land. 4. The publication of The Waste Land, written by Thomas Ste?arns Eliot , helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive thought. 5. F. Scott Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s decade in his masterpiece novel The Great Gatsby . 6. The Great Depression of the 1930s greatly weakened the American nations self-con?fidence. 7. An American woman writer named Gertrude Stein who had lived in Paris since 1903, welcomed the young expatriates to her literary salon, and gave them a name the Lost Generation. 8. Ezra Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the Imagist movement. 9. Ezra Pounds major work of poetry is the long poem called The Cantos . 10. Robert Frost s first book A Boys Will brought him to the attention of influential critics, such as Ezra Pound, who praised him as an authentic poet. Part I Multiple choice :( 20points, 1 point for each) Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1. Dreiser’s naturalism and his choice of subject often echo his predecessor, __B____, but his style and method are very different. A. Mark Twain B. Stephen Crane C. Henry James D. Emerson 2. Sister Carrie written by ___B___ is considered as one of the representative naturalistic novel in the American literature. A. Sinclair Lewis B. Theodore