专八人文：美国文学部分精选练习题

根据英语专业八级考试人文考试部分的要求，我们总结了美国各个历史时期的文学知识，并精选出以下习题，祝各位考生考出好成绩。
In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment.           was the dominant¹ spirit.
A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution
Which statement about Franklin is not true?
A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer. B. He was a scientist.
C. He was a master of diplomacy². D. He was a Puritan.
Who is regarded as the first American prose epic³.
A. Nature B. The Scarlet⁴ Letter C. Walden D. Moby-Dick
The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving's          and ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass.
A. The Sketch⁵ Book B. Tales of a Traveler C. The Alhambra D. A history of New York
In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, "A" may stand for         .
A. Adultery B. Angel C. Amiable⁶ D. All the above
The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as               .
A. the Naturalist⁷ Period B. the Modern Period C. the Romantic Period D. the Realistic Period
The Age of Realism is 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
Who is described by Mark Twain as a boy with "a sound heart and a deformed⁸ conscience?"
A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry Finn C. Jim D. Tony
Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his          .
A. international theme B. waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism
The impact of Darwin's evolutionary⁹ theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American              .
A. modernism B. naturalism C. vernacularism¹⁰ D. local colorism
In 1900, London published his first collection of short stories, named              .
A. The son of the Wolf B. The Sea Wolf C. The Law of Life D. White Fang¹¹
In which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction¹² of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy?
A. The Green Hills of Africa. B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
C. To Have and Have Not. D. Death in the Afternoon.
Which of the following figures does not belong to "The Lost Generation"?
A. Ezra Pound B. William Carlos Williams C. Robert Frost D. Theodore Dreiser
Who is a dramatist that holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period?
A. Sinclair Levis B. Eugene O'Neil C. Arthur Miller¹³ D. Tennessee Williams
The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except           .
A. William Faulkner B. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. John Steinbeck D. Ernest Hemingway
In 1954,            was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his "mastery of the art of modern narration¹⁴".
A. T.S. Eliot B. Ernest Hemingway C. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner
Who is the author of the work: "The Grapes of Wrath"?
A. John Steinbeck B. Eugene O'Neil C. F. Scott Fitzgerald D. Theodore Dreiser
In 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable¹⁵ denunciation of American small-town provincialism in              .
A. Main Street B. An American Tragedy C. Winesburg, Ohio D. Sister Carrie