美国文学选读考试题库

美国文学史及作品选读 模拟试题一

I. Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)

1. C______was the first colony in American history.

A. Massachusetts B. New Jersey C. Virginia D.Georgia

2. _B_____ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One

of his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.”

A. John Smith B. Benjamin Franklin C. Thomas Jefferson D.Thomas Paine 3. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT __A____. A. common sense B. imagination C. intuiti

美国文学史及作品选读 模拟试题一

I. Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)

1. C______was the first colony in American history.

A. Massachusetts B. New Jersey C. Virginia D.Georgia

2. _B_____ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One

of his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.”

A. John Smith B. Benjamin Franklin C. Thomas Jefferson D.Thomas Paine 3. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT __A____. A. common sense B. imagination C. intuiti

英美文学史课程试题库

Fill in the blanks.

1. American achievements in the short story have demanded international respect and

admiration for more than a century and a half. The first successful American short stories came from Washington Irving in the early 19th century.

2. Edgar Allan Poe is generally thought of as the true beginner of the short stories because

he was the first writer who formulated a poetics of the short stories.

3. In the 20th century, there have been many who have won fame abroad as well as in the US

for their sho

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I. Each of the following below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.

1. All of the following are the features of Puritans EXCEPT _____.

A. wanting to make pure their religious beliefs and practices B. looking upon themselves as a chosen people

C. tolerating others‘ beliefs and sought for a happy and an easy life

D. wishing to restore simplicity to church serves and emphasized the image of a wrathful God

2. The se

History And Anthology of American Literature (VolumeⅠⅡ)

美国文学史及选读1、2

PartⅠThe Literature of Colonial America殖民主义时期的文学(at the beginning of 17th century) Part Ⅱ The Literature of Reason And Revolution理性和革命时期文学(by the mid-18th century)

1． Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence 独立宣言 (1776年 18世纪中后期)（仔细阅读知道意思）

Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography Thomas Paine: The American Crisis*

一、 Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林1706-1790

Symbol of America in the Age of Enlightenment 殖民地时期作家。独立战争前惟一的杰出的美国作家in the colonial period, the only g

History And Anthology of American Literature (VolumeⅠⅡ)

美国文学史及选读1、2

PartⅠThe Literature of Colonial America殖民主义时期的文学(at the beginning of 17th century) Part Ⅱ The Literature of Reason And Revolution理性和革命时期文学(by the mid-18th century)

1． Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence 独立宣言 (1776年 18世纪中后期)（仔细阅读知道意思）

Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography Thomas Paine: The American Crisis*

一、 Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林1706-1790

Symbol of America in the Age of Enlightenment 殖民地时期作家。独立战争前惟一的杰出的美国作家in the colonial period, the only g

美国文学选读------作家作品

Benjamin Franklin

Poor Richard’s Almanac The Autobiography

Edgar Allan Poe

Tamerlane and Other Poems Poems

The Raven and Other Poems

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Tales

“The Fall of the House of Usher” “The Masque of the Red Death”

“Ligeia”, “The Black Cat”, “The Cask of Amontillado”

“Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Purloined Letter”, “The Gold Bug” “The Philosophy of Composition”, “The Poetic Principle” Annabel Lee The Raven

Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature

The American Scholar

The Di

浙江省2010年7月高等教育自学考试

美国文学选读试题

课程代码：10055

Part I: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.(10%)

Section A

Column A Column B

( )1.Ezra Pound a. The Marble Faun

( )2.William Faulkner b. The Ambassadors

( )3.Mark Twain c. The American Tragedy

( )4.Henry James d. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

( )5.Theodore Dreiser e. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Section B

Column A Column B

( )1.Yank a. Indian Camp

( )2.Tom Sawyer b. Daisy Miller

( )3.Nick Adams c. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

浙江省2010年7月高等教育自学考试

美国文学选读试题

课程代码：10055

Part I: Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A.(10%)

Section A

Column A Column B

( )1.Ezra Pound a. The Marble Faun

( )2.William Faulkner b. The Ambassadors

( )3.Mark Twain c. The American Tragedy

( )4.Henry James d. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

( )5.Theodore Dreiser e. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Section B

Column A Column B

( )1.Yank a. Indian Camp

( )2.Tom Sawyer b. Daisy Miller

( )3.Nick Adams c. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

History And Anthology of American Literature(VolumeⅠ)

美国文学史及选读1

PartⅠThe Literature of Colonial America殖民主义时期的文学 1. 17世纪早期English and European explorers开始登陆美洲。在他们之前100多年Caribbean Islands, Mexico andother Parts of South America已被the Spanish占领。

2. 17th早期English settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts(弗吉尼亚和马萨诸塞)开始了美国历史 3.

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4. 美国早期文学主要为the narratives and journals of these settlements采用in dia