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ts the free spirit of the New World.D. She is a reflection of the corruption of the newly rich.( ) 35. Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _______A. international theme B. national themeC. European theme D. regional theme( ) 36. Mark twain’s first novel _____, published in 1873, though not an artistic success, gives its name to the getrichquickyears of the Post Civil War period which it attempts to satirize.A. The Age of Innocence B. The Roughing TimeC. The Jazz Age D. The Gilded Age( ) 37. In the literary history of America, the Age of Realism refers to ______.A. the period ranging from 1865 to 1914B. the period stretching from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the Civil WarC. the period ranging from 1860 to 1914D. All the above are not true.( ) 38. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by _______.A. highly refined language B. ordinary American speechC. short, clear sentences D. abundance of local images( ) 39. Sinclair Lewis’ Babbit presents a documentary picture of the narrow and limited _______.A. upperclass mind B. middleclass mindC. proletarian D. ordinary people ( ) 40. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is best know for Mark Twain’s wonderful characterization of _____ a typical American boy.A. Jim B. Huck C. Tom Sawyer D. Miss Watson( ) 1. Ezra Pound is a leading spokesman of the ________.A. Imagist Movement B. Chartist MovementC. Modernist Movement D. Romantic Movement( ) 2. Strong affinity to the Chinese and Oriental literature can be found in the works of ______.A. Mark Twain B. Ezra PoundC. Emily Dickinson D. Arthur Miller( ) 3. “In a Station of the Metro” is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of ___.A. the romantic poetry B. the imagist poetryC. the absurd poetry D. the transcendental poetry( ) 4. In 1915, Ezra Pound began writing his great work _______, which spanned from 1917 to 1959.A. CantosB. Collected Early Poems of Ezra PoundC. PersonaeD. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley( ) 5. “I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence: / Two roads diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” The poem from which the stanza is taken must be _______.A. Robert Lee Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”B. Alfred Tennyson’s “Break, Break, Break”C. Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene”D. Samuel Johnson’s “London”( ) 6. “And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.”It is the end of Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. Symbolically, the word “sleep” may imply _________.A. a rest B. deathC. happiness D. peace( ) 7. The first book Robert Frost wrote was _________.A. Mountain Interval B. New HampshireC. A Further Range D. A Boy’s Will( ) 8. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer Prize winner on __________ occasions.A. two B. three C. four D. five( ) 9. The founder of the American drama is ________.A. Arthur Miller B. Clifford OdetsC. Tennessee Williams D. Eugene O’Neil( ) 10. The first fulllength play written by Eugene O’Neil is ________.A. The Straw B. Beyond the HorizonC. Bound East for Cardiff D. The hairy Ape( ) 11. Eugene O’Neil’s The Hairy Ape explores the problem of __________ in the early twenties century.A. human disillusionmentB. the corruption of human desireC. human responsibilityD. the loss of human identity( ) 12. Among the works by Eugene O’Neil, ________ has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the Climax of O’Neil’s literary career and the ing age of American drama.A. Long Day’s Journey into NightB. Strange InterludeC. Bound East for CardiffD. The Great God Brown( ) 13. From Eugene O’Neil’s works, we can see he is ________.A. a man of optimism B. a man of PessimismC. a man of apathy D. a man of inactivity( ) 14. Fitzgerald makes great efforts in his fiction to deal with theme of the bankruptcy of _________.A. the ruling class B. the rich capitalistsC. the American Dream D. the modern civilization( ) 15. Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of _______.A. the Jazz Age B. the Romantic PeriodC. the Renaissance Period D. the Neoclassical Period( ) 16. Fitzgerald wrote the following except ________,A. The Great Gatsby B. In Our TimeC. Tender is the Night D. This Side of Paradise( ) 17. “There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars …”, the two sentences are taken from _______.A. The Great Gatsby B. Sister CarrieC. Daisy Miller D. MobyDick( ) 18. Which of the following ments on the novel The Great Gatsby is not true _________. A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is set against the ending of the war.B. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.C. Gatsby is a mysterious figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a mind that embodies American itself.D. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes.( ) 19. _________is Hemingway’s masterpiece.A. A Farewell to Arms B. For