美国文学秋季学期练习题3 有答案.pdfVIP

美国文学史及作品选读练习3

I.Makethebestchoice.（每小题1.5分，共30分)

1.Puritanismistheattitudeofapartywhichstressesthefollowingexcept_______

a.restorationofthechurchb.predestinationandoriginalsin

c.hardworkingandthriftd.loosemorality

2.ThefirstAmericanliteraturewasthework________

a.mainlyofimmigrantsfromEngland.b.ofgreatliterarymerits

c.intheformofpoetry,essaysorfictiond.aboutthenativesubjectsofAmerica.

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofcolonialAmericanliterature?

a.fullofreligioussermons

b..showingadistrustofthemystical

b.mainlyintheformofdiary,autobiographyandtravelaccount

c.characterizedwithlogicalstructureandsimplicityofdiction.

4..Withanunshakablebeliefinthepowerofreason,the18thcenturyEnlightenersregarded__________as

theprincipalmeansofthedevelopmentofsociety

a.educationandreasonb.hardworkingc.self-inspectiond.freethinking

5.BenFranklinwasauniversalgeniuswhosemasterpiece_______becameaclassicofitskind.

a.PoorRichard’sAlmanacb.Autobiographyc.RipVanWinkled.TheSketchBook

6.ThefollowingwordsbestdescribeRipVanWinkleexcept_______

a.kindb.Gentlec.hardworkingd.lazy

7.ThefirstAmericanwriterofimaginativeliteratureandshortstorieswas________

A.NathanielHawthorneBBenjaminFranklin

CJamesFenimoreCooperD.WashingtonIrving

8.NattyBumppo’sfriendshipwithChingachgookissymbolicof________.

A.theunderstandingsbetweentwodifferentpeoples.

therelationshipbetweenthecivilizedandthesavages

theconflictbetweenthewhitesandtheAmericanIndians

thedevelopmentofthefrontiers

9.Romanticismcanbestbedescribedbywhichofthefollowingwords?

A.realismB.LogicC.imagination