美國簡史選擇題及答案(1-16章)

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From1622unithisdeath,_____,oneofthegreatestofcolonialAmerican,wasreelectedthirtytimesasgovernor..

A.AnneBradstreetB.WilliamBradford.

C.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasPaine.

____carriesthevoicenotofanindividualbutofawholepeople.ItismorethanwritingoftheRevolutionaryperiod,itdefinedthemeaningoftheAmericanRevolution..

CommonSenseB.TheAmericanCrisis.

C.DeclarationofIndependenceD.DefenceoftheEnglishPeople.

____usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter..

WilliamBradfordB.AnneBradstreet.

EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohnSmith.

AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“____”whoappearedinAmerica..

NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse.

Theship“——”carriedaboutonehundredpilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts..

SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Pequod.

From1733to1758,BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous____,anannalcollectionofproverbs.B.

A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichard’sAlmanac.

C.CommonSenseD.TheGeneralMagazine.

WhichisnotconnectedwithThomasPaine?.

CommonSenseB.TheAmericanCrisis.

C.TheRightsofManD.TheAutobiography.

”Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls”,thesewordswereoncereadtoWashington’stroopsanddidmuchtospurexcitementtofurtheractionwithhopeandconfidence.Whoistheauthorofthesewords?.

BenjaminFranklinB.ThomasPaine.

C.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington.

Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?.

AnneBradstreetB.EdwardTaylor.

C.MichaelWigglesworthD.PhilipFreneau.

ThesecularidealsoftheAmericanEnlightenmentwereexemplifiedinthelifeandcareerof____..

ThomasHoodB.BenjaminFranklin.

C.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington.

ItwasnotuntilJanuary1776thatawidelyheardpublicvoicedemandedcompleteseparationfromEngland.Thevoicewasthatof___,whosepamphletCommonSense,withitsheatedlanguage,increasedthegrowingdemandforseparation..

ThomasPaineB.ThomasJefferson.

GeorgeWashingtonD.PatrickHenry.

InAmericanliterature,theeighteencenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.____wasthedominantspirit.B.

HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution.

AttheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe____.C.

ChartistMovementB.RomanticistMovement.

C.EnlightenmentMovementD.ModernistMovement.

InAmericanliterature,theenlightenerswerefavorableto_____.D.

thecolonialorderB.religiousobscurantism.

C.thePuritantraditionD.thesecularliterature.

TheEnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandtheContinentalCongressadopted____in1776.A.

theDeclarationofIndependenceB.theSugarAct.

C.theStampActD.theMayflowerCompact.

Chapters3.

____isrespectfullyrememberedasamasterofadventurousnarrativeandasthecreatorofanAmericanhero-myth.C.

WashingtonIrvingB.JohnGreenleafWhittier.

C.JamesFenimoreCooperD.OliverWendellHolmes.

Anew____hadappearedinEnglandinthelastyearsoftheeighteenthcentury.ItspreadtocontinentalEuropeandthentoAmericanearlyinthenineteenthcentury.C.

realismB.criticalrealismC.romanticismD.naturalism.

TheimportanceofthefrontierandthewildernessinAmericanliteratureisforthefirsttimewellillustratedinthefollowingworks:___.C.

BenjaminFranklin’sTheAutobiography.

WashingtonIrving’sTheSketchBook.

JamesFenimoreCooper’sTheLeatherstockingTales.

RalphWaldoEmerson’sNature.

ChooseWashingtonIrving’sworksfromthefollowing.D.

TheSketchBookB.BracebridgeHall.

C.AHistoryofNewYorkD.TalesofaTravelers.

TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas_____.A.

theRomanticPeriodB.theModernPeriod.

C.theNaturalistPeriodD.theRealisticPeriod.

ThereisagoodreasontostatethatNewEnglandTranscendentalismwasactually____onthePuritansoil.A.

RomanticismB.PuritanismC.MysticismD.Unitarianism.

In1826asanAmericandiplomaticattache,WashingtonIrvingwassenttoSpainwherehegatheredmaterialforhisfollowingworksEXCEPT____.C.

A.TheHistoryoftheLifeandVoyagesofChristopherColumbus,1828.

B.TheChroniclesoftheConquestofGranada,1829.

C.TheLifeofGoldsmith,1829.

D.TheAlhambra,1832.

9.Thereisthefamous___,inwhichthereisthememorableeventofanapparentlyheadlesshorsemanthrowinghisheadathisrivalinlove,andthememorablecharacterofIchabodCranewithhismixtureofshrewdness,credulity,self-as-sertiveness,andcowardice.B.

A.RipVanWinkleB.TheLegendofSleepHollow.

C.ThePioneersD.TheAmericanScholar.

Chapters4-7.

In1836,alittlebookentitled____writtenbyRalphWaldoEmersoncameoutwhichmadeatremendousimpactontheintellectuallifeofAmerica.A.

NatureB.TheTranscendentalist.

C.PowerD.Wealth.

Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,____flourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar.D.

modernismB.rationalism.

C.sentimentalismD.transcendentalism.

Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin___HenryDavidThoreau.B.

ThomasJeffersonB.RalphWaldoEmerson.

C.PhilipFreneauD.EdgarAllanPoe.

Transcendentalistrecognized____asthe“highestpowerofthesoul”.A.

intuitionB.logicC.dataofthesensesD.thinking.

EdgarAllanPoe’s____wasaningeniousdetectivestoryandbecametheancestorofthegenre,influencing,amongothers,ConanDoyle.C.

TheFalloftheHouseofUsherB.TheGoldBug.

C.TheMurdersintheRueMorgueD.ThePurloinedLetter.

Fromthefollowing,whichoneisNOTthecharacteristicofRalphWaldoEmerson’spoetry?D.

BeinghighlyindividualB.Harshrhythms.

C.LackofformandpolishD.Lackofoptimism.

Thepublicationof___establishedRalphWaldoEmersonasthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.A.

NatureB.Self-Reliance.

C.TheAmericanScholarD.TheDivinitySchoolAddress.

FromHenryDavidThoreau’sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,___,whichstatesThoreau’sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment..

WaldenB.Nature.

C.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense.

9.HermanMelvillecalledhisfriendNathanielHawthorne____inAmericanliterature.A.

A.thelargestbrainwiththelargestheart.

B.fatherofAmericanpoetry.

C.thetranscendentalist.

D.theAmericanscholar.

10.”TheuniverseiscomposedofNatureandthesoul...Spiritispresenteverywhere”.ThisisthevoiceofthebookNaturewrittenbyEmerson,whichpushedAmericanRomanticismintoanewphase,thephaseofNewEngland___.B.

A.RomanticismB.Transcendentalism.

C.NaturalismD.Symbolism.

11.Whichofthefollowingworksisgenerallyregardedas“theBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism”?D.

A.OnBeautyB.Walden.

C.TheConductofLifeD.Nature.

12.___isanappallingfictionalversionofNathanielHawthorne’sbeliefthat“thewrongdoingofonegenerationlivesintothesuccessiveones”andthatevilwillcomeoutevilthoughitmaytakemanygenerationstohappen.B.

A.TheMarbleFaunB.TheHouseofSevenGables.

C.TheBlithedaleRomanceD.YoungGoodmanBrown.

13.ThegiantMobyDickmaysymbolizeallEXCEPT____.B.

A.mysteryoftheuniverseB.sinofthewhale.

C.poweroftheGreatNatureD.Eviloftheworld.

14.InMobyDick,thevoyagesymbolizes____.B.

A.natureB.asearchfortruth.

C.theunknownworldD.themicrocosmofhumansociety.

Chapters8-10.

Generallyspeaking,allthosewriterswithanaturalisticapproachtohumanrealitytendtobe___.C.

transcendentalistsB.idealists.

C.pessimistsD.impressionists.

MarkTwain,oneofthegreatest19thcenturyAmericanwriters,iswellknownforhis____.C.

internationalthemeB.waste-landimagery.

C.localcolorD.symbolism.

InHenryJames’DaisyMiller,theauthortriestoportraytheyoungwomanasanembodimentof____.B.

theforceofconventionB.thefreespiritoftheNewWorld.

C.thedeclineofaristocracyD.thecorruptionofthenewlyrich.

WhichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbyHenryJames?D.

ThePortraitofALadyandTheEuropeans.

TheWingsoftheDoveandTheAmbssadors.

WhatMaisieKnowsandTheBostonians.

TheGeniusandTheGildedAge.

HenryJamesexperimentedwithdifferentthemesinhisliterarycareer,themostinfluentialonebeing____.C.

nothingnessB.disillusionment.

C.internationalthemeD.relationshipbetweenmenandwomen.

TheodoreDreiser’sTrilogyofDesireincludesthreenovels.TheyareTheFinancier,TheTitanand____.A.

TheStoicB.TheGiant.

TheTycoonD.TheGenius.

Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby___.A.

A.highlyrefinedlanguageB.ordinaryAmericanspeech.

short,clearsentencesD.abundanceoflocalimages.

Thebookfromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes”refersto___.D.

TheGreatGatsby.

TheSunAlsoRises.

MobyDick.

TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.

TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe19th-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:_____.B.

AmericanmodernismB.Americannaturalism.

AmericanvernacularismD.Americanlocalcolorism.

WhileembracingthesocialismofMarx,JackLondonalsobelievedinthetriumphofthestrongestindividuals.Thiscontradictionismostvividlyprojectedinthepatentlyautobiographicalnovel___.C.

TheCalloftheWildeB.TheSeaWolf.

MartinEdenD.TheIronHeel.

StephenCrane’sbestshortstoriesincludeOpenBoat,AnExperimentand___,allreinforcingthebasicCranemotifenvironmentandheredityoverwhelmingman.C.

TheBlackRidersB.AManSaidtotheUniverse.

C.TheBlueHotelD.TheRedBadgeofCourage.

Themainthemeof____TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.A.

HenryJames’B.WillianDeanHowells’.

C.MarkTwain’sD.JackLondon’s.

WhichstatementsaboutO.HenryisNOTright?D.

HisstoriesareapenetratingcriticismofAmericaofthetime..

Theendsofhisstoriesarealwayssurprising.A.

Theplotsofhisstoriesareexceedinglycleverandinteresting..

Manyofhisstoriescontainagreatdealofslangandcolloquialexpressions..

Thepublicationofthenovel____stirredagreatnationtoitsdepthsandhurriedonagreatwar.D.

MyBondageandMyFreedomB.StanzasonFreedom.

VoicesofFreedomD.UncleTom’sCabin.

Warinthenovel____byStephenCraneisaplainslaughter-house.Thereisnothinglikevalororheroismonthebattlefield,andifthereisanything,itisthefearofdeath,cowardice,thenaturalinstinctofmantorunfromdanger.D.

WarIsKind.

TheManThatCorruptedHandleyburg.

TheBlackRiders.

TheRedBadgeofCourage.

Chapters11-16.

Inwhichofthefollowingworks,Hemingwaypresentshisphilosophyaboutlifeanddeaththroughthedepictionofthebull-fightasakindofmicrocosmictragedy?D.

TheGreenHillsofAfricaB.TheSnowsofKilimanjaro.

ToHaveandHaveNotD.DeathintheAfternoon.

___isHemingway’sfirsttruen