英语专业 英美文学试卷及答案 期末.doc

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英美文学试卷A
I.Markthefollowingstatementsastrue(T)orfalse(F).(10x1’=10’)

1.()ChauceristhefirstEnglishshort-storytellerandthefounderofEnglishpoetryaswellasthefounderofEnglishrealism.HismasterpieceTheCanterburytalescontains26stories.
2.()EnglishRenaissanceisanageofessayanddrama.
3.()Theriseofthemodernnoveliscloselyrelatedtotheriseofthemiddleclassandanurbanlife.
4.()TheFrenchRevolutionandtheAmericanWarofIndependenceweretwobiginfluencesthatbroughtabouttheEnglishRomanticMovement.
5.()Charlotte’snovelsareallaboutlonelyandneglectedyoungwomenwithafiercelongingforlifeandlove.Hernovelsaremoreorlessbasedonherownexperienceandfeelingsandthelifeassheseesaround.
6.()Theleadingfiguresofthenaturalismattheturnof19thcenturyareThomasHardy,JohnGalsworthyandBernardShaw.
7.()EmilyDickinsonisrememberedasthe“AllAmericanWriter”.
8.()TheCivilWardividestheAmericanliteratureintoromanticliteratureandrealistliterature.
9.()MarkTwainisthefirstAmericanwritertodiscoveranAmericanlanguageandAmericanconsciousness.
10.()Inthedecadeofthe1910s,Americanliteratureachievedanewdiversityandreacheditsgreatestheights.

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11.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas___________.
12.TheWarofIndependencelastedeightyearstill__________.
13.RalphWaldoEmerson'sessay__________hasbeenregardedas"America'sDeclarationofIntellectualIndependence".ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowriteaboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.
14.TheAmerican___________writerspaidagreatinterestintherealitiesoflifeanddescribedtheintegrityofhumancharacterreactingundervariouscircumstancesandpicturedthepioneersoftheFarWest,thenewimmigrantsandthestrugglesoftheworkingclass.Theleadingfigureswere____________,____________,____________,____________,etc.
15.NoperiodinAmericanhistoryismoreeventfulthanthatbetweenthetwoworldwars.Theliteraryfeaturesofthetimecanbeseeninthewritingsofthose________writersasEzraPound,andthewritersoftheLostGenerationas___________.
16.TwofeaturesofEnglishRenaissanceare