美国文学复习资料概要.doc

选择题 ( ) 1. About Washington Irving, Father of American short stories, which of the following statement is right? A. As a writer, he remained a democratic and always exalted a disappearing past. B. He preferred the Old World to the New. C. Many of his writings are focused on American subjects, landscapes, particularly the legends of the Hudson River region of the fresh young land. D. He is well-known for his international theme across the Atlantic. ( ) 2. Despite strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American which can be revealed in the following ______. A. a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling nature B. the American national experience of “pioneering into the west” C. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fiction D. all of the above ( ) 3. In the well-known story Rip Van Winkle, Rip is asleep for 20 years during which ______ takes place. A. World War I B. the Civil War C. World War II D. the Revolutionary War ( ) 4. According to Emerson, which of the following is not mentioned as the special terms in his Nature ? A. “unity of Nature” B. “Over-Soul” C. “supernature” D. “a transparent eyeball” ( ) 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson hates ______. A. Unitarianism B. Puritanism C. Protestantism D. Transcendentalism ( ) 6. Which of the following statements is said about most of the poems in Whitman抯 Leaves of Grass? A. They identify his ego with the conservative America. B. They sing of the a“en-masse” and the self as well. C. They celebrate the self and ignore sexuality. D. They reject the pursuit of love and happiness of individuals. ( ) 7. Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______. A. Puritanism B. Modernism C. Postmodernism D. Materialism ( ) 8. ______ is considered “the true father of American national literature.” A. Mark Twain B. Washington Ir