美国文学综合练习3附标答.doc

Test Three (Chapter5-6 with answers) Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. What President reportedly claimed that Uncle Tom’s Cabin started the Civil War? A. Grant B. McKinley C. Lincoln D. Buchanan Emily Dickinson was sometimes curious about the feeling of speech of death and in one of her poems she wrote about the______ of death，the title of the poem is I heard a Fly buzz when I died. A. moment B. suffering C. happiness D. meaning The poetic style Whitman devised is now called ________, that is poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. A. sonnet B. Ballard C. epic D. free verse By using the technique of contrast in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe describes two opposite fates of the slave: one gained freedom by rebellious struggle; the other died due to his submission. Who they are? A. Tom and Cassy B. Eliza and Tom C. John and Tom D. Tom and Marie More than five hundred poems that Dickinson wrote are about nature， in which her general _____about the relationship between man and nature is well expressed. 　　 A. scepticism　　B. eulogy　　C. happiness　　D. denial In his cluster of poems called Leaves of Grass, ________gave America its first genuine epic poem. A. Walt Whitman B. Emily Dickson C. Mrs. Stowe D. Robert Frost Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinsons？ 　 　A. War and peace　　B. Love and marriage 　 C. Life and death　　D. Religion This is my letter to the World is a poem expressing Emily Dickinsons _____about her communication with the outside world. 　　 A. happiness　　B. anger　　C. anxiety　　D. sorrow The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers to the period from .to . A. 1861---1914 B. 1863---1918 C. 1865---1914 D. 1865---1918 is not the representative writer i