英语专业八级人文知识练习:美国文学

1. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ____.

A. Jack London B. Charles Dickens C. Samuel Coleridge D. Ernest Hemingway

2. In which novel can "Yahoo" be found?

A. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress B. Edmund Spencer's The Faerie Queen C. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels D Henry Fielding's Tom Jones

3. The Catcher in the Rye is written by ____.

A. J. D. Salinger B. Jack London C. Flannery O'Connor D. Saul Bellow

4. The image of the famous "henpecked husband" is created by____

A. Washington Irving B. Fennimore Cooper C. Edith Wharton D. William Dean Howells

5. The literary spokesman of the Jazz Age is often thought to be ____.

A. Eugene O'Neill B. Ezra Pound C. Robert Frost D. Scott Fitzgerald

6. ____ is the most important person of the transcendental club.

A. Hawthorn B. Whitman C. Emerson D. Hemingway

7. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except____.

A. fridendship B. love and marriage C. life and death D. war and peace

8. Robert Frost is a famous ____

A. novelist B. playwright C. poet D. literary critic

9. Dover Beach is written by ____

A. Robert Browning B. Alfred Tennyson C. Mathew Arnold D. Dylan Thomas

10. The period from 1865-1914 has been referred to as the ____ in the literary history of the United States.

A. Age of Realism B. Age of Clasicalism C. Age of Romanticism D. Age of Renaissance

重点单词

playwright ['pleirait] n. 剧作家

transcendental [.trænsen'dentl]

adj. 超越经验的，形而上学的，先验的

pilgrim ['pilgrim]

n. 朝圣者

Pilgrim: 1620年移居

联想记忆 X 联想记忆：pil药丸，g鬼，rim边上：有药和鬼在边上－鬼就是上帝，朝圣客就是朝圣上帝，药是用来镇定的，万一上帝真是鬼怎么办?

renaissance [r 'neis ns]

n. 文艺复兴，再生

联想记忆 X 联想记忆：re反复，nai奶，ssance：反复吃奶－新生儿－复兴

literary ['lit r ri]

adj. 文学的

联想记忆 X 联想记忆：liter=letter文字,字母+ary→文学的