英美文学题库.docx

PAGE PAGE 1 / 171 / 17 《英美文学》练习测试题库及答案 本科 I Of the four alternative answer, choose the one that would best complete the statement: Benjamin Franklin was born in the family of a small . A. Landlord B. merchant C. lawyer D. clergyman Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘lesading reputation began with the publication of . A. Essays B. Nature C. Oversoul D. Self-Relience Ellen Poe was both a poet and a . A. dramatist B. essayist C actor D. fiction writer. Nathaniel Hawthorne ‘vsiew of man and human history originates in . A. Puritanism B. Socialism C. Transcendentalism D. naturalism Walt Whitman was born and brought up in a family of a . A. Peasant B. carpenter C. captain D. printer Mark Twain ‘fisrst successful literary work is . A. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of CalaverasCounty B. Life on the Mississippi C. The Adventure of Tom Sawyer D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Closely related to Emily Dickinson r‘elisgious poetry are her poems concerning . A. Childhood B.youth and happiness C. loneliness D. death and immortality Among the works of Dreiser, the bet known to the Chinese readers is . A. An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. Th Financier D. The Titan Robert Frost ‘wosrks mainly focus on the landscape and people in . A. the West B. American South C. New England D. Mississippi Most of the plays Eugene O‘ Neilwl rote are . A. comedies B. . romances C. historical plays D tragedies Scott Fitzgerald is often acclaimed literary spokesman of the . A. modern time B. young Americans C.JazzAge D. Guilded Age is Hemingway ‘msasterpiece, which is about the old fi sherman Santiago and his losing battle with a giant marlin. A. Farewell to Arms B. For wh om the Bell Tolls C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and The Sea As a great fiction writer, William Faulker devotes most of his works to the description of the lif e and the people in the . A. American West B. New Eng land in America C. American South D. American