41._______ is considered by H.L. Mencken as “the true father of our national literature”?

　　A. Hemingway B. Pope C. Irving D. Mark Twain

　　42. Statement “_______” is not true in describing American naturalists.

　　A. they were deeply influenced by Darwinism.

　　B. they were identified with French novelist and theorist Emile Zola.

　　C. they chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.

　　D. they used more serious and more sympathetic tone in writing than realists.

　　43. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _______.

　　A. bestiality B. goodness C. compassion D. greed

　　44. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author‘s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more _______.

　　A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. humorous D. rational

　　45. Who exerts the single most important influence on literary naturalism?

　　A. Emerson B. Jack London C. Theodore Dreiser D. Darwin

　　46. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _______.

　　A. the Age of Realism B. the Age of Modernism C. the Age of Romanticism D. the Age of Colonialism

　　47. Which of the following comments on the writings by Herman Melville is not true?

　　A. “Bartleby， the Scrivener” is a short story.

　　B. “Benito Cereno” is a novella.

　　C. “The Confidence-Man” has something to do with the sea and sailors.

　　D. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American prose epic.

　　48. Which of the following writers is not the dominant figure of the realistic period in American?

　　A. Herman Melville B. William Dean Howells C. Henry James D. Mark Twain

　　49. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all except _______.

　　A. mystery of the universe B. sin of the whale C. power of the great nature D. evil of the world

　　50. “Moby-Dick” is regarded as the first American _______.

　　A. prose epic B. comic epic C. dramatic fiction D. poetic fiction

　　51. “The horizon‘s edge， the flying sea-crow， the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud. These became part of that child who went forth every day， and who now goes， and will always go forth every day.” The two lines are taken from _______.

　　A. “There Was a Child Went Forth” by Walt Whitman B. “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound C. “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” by Walt Whitman D. “Ulysses” by Joyce

　　52. Which of the following features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitman?

　　A. lyrical and well-structed B. free-flowing C. simple and rather crude D. conversational and casual

　　53. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subject is _______.

　　A. free verse B. blank verse C. lyric poem D. heroic couplet

　　54._______ is the author of “The Scarlet Letter”。

　　A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. George Eliot

　　55. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _______.

　　A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun D. The Blithedale Romance

　　56. In Hawthorne‘s novels and short stories， intellectuals usually appear as _______.

　　A. Saviors B. villains C. commentators D. observers

　　57. “There is evil in every human hear， which may remain latent， perhaps， through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which is the author of it?

　　A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman

　　58._______ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.

　　A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Walt Whitman C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Mark Twain

　　59. In the following works， which signs the beginning of the American literature?

　　A. The Sketch Book B. Leaves Of Grass C. Leather Stocking Tales D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

　　60. The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _______.

　　A. the naturalist period B. the modern period C. the romantic period D. the realistic period

　　41. 正確答案：D答案解析：參見教材477頁。

　　42. 正確答案：D答案解析：參見教材475-476頁。

　　43. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材476頁。

　　44. 正確答案：B答案解析：參見教材476頁。

　　45. 正確答案：D答案解析：參見教材475頁。

　　46. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材471頁。

　　47. 正確答案：C答案解析：參見教材459-460頁。

　　48. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材473-474頁。

　　49. 正確答案：B答案解析：參見教材461頁。

　　50. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材460頁。

　　51. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材454頁。

　　52. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材450頁。

　　53. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材450頁。

　　54. 正確答案：C答案解析：參見教材431頁。

　　55. 正確答案：B答案解析：B項的作者是Herman Melville.

　　56. 正確答案：B答案解析：參見教材432頁。

　　57. 正確答案：C答案解析：參見教材431頁。

　　58. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材429頁。

　　59. 正確答案：A答案解析：參見教材399頁。

　　60. 正確答案：C答案解析：參見教材399頁。

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