专八人文知识冲刺(5)

练习题：

1."Gold Rush" was vividly depicted in ____ novels.

A Hemingway’s B Mark Twain’s C Henry Jame’s D Faulkner’s

2.The period of Old English literatue refers to ____

A 449-1066

B 14thcentury - mid 17th century

C 14th century- mid 18th century

D 16th century- mid 18th century

3.The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is ____

A Nature B Walden C Experience D Essays

4.____has been entitled the "Father of American Poetry".

A Philip Freneau B Ralph Waldo Emerson C William Cullen Bryant D Walt Whitman

5. The emotional effect and social significance made ____ the first well-known sociological novel in American Literature.

A The Sun Also Rises B Uncle Tom’s Cabin

C The Old Man and The Sea D Sister Carrie

6. Stephen Crane is famous for ____

A An American Tragedy B The Ambassadors

C Main Street D The Red Badge of Courage

7.Which of the following is NOT true for Benjamin Franklin?

A He was a famous writer B He was a member to draft the Declaration of Independence

C He was a great scientist D He was once elected American President

8. Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT____

A a strict poetic form B a simple and conversational language C a free and natural rhythmic pattern D an easy flow of feelings

9.American fiction in the 1960s is retered to as ____

A imagism B black humor C new fiction D the Beat Generation

10.William Faukener is the author of ____

A Far From the Madding Crowd B Sound and Fury C For Whom the Bell Tolls D Scarlet Letter