__1__ Henry James’ novels are referred to as ___.
A novels of humor
B novels of criticism
C novels of manners
D novels of history
__2__ Henry James’ fame rested largely upon his handling of his major fictional theme, “the international theme”, which includes all the following but ___.
A the meeting of American and Europe
B American innocence in contact and contrast with European decadence
C the moral and psychological complications
D the nostalgic feeling of ancient Europe
__3__ In his whole writing career James was concerned with ___ which is at the center of his aesthetic of the novel.
A “point of wiew”
B “character”
C “plot”
D “theme”
__4__ Most of William Dean Howells’s literary-aesthetic ideas are best elucidated in his ___.
A Aspects of fiction
B Philosophy of Composition
C Arts of Fiction
D Criticism and Fiction
__5__ As a poet, Ezra Pound is best known for his active involvement in ___.
A the Beat Generation movement
B the radical political protests
C the poetic revolution
D the school of Naturalism
__6__ F. Scott Fitzgerald shows an interest in the spiritual predicament of ___ in his fiction.
A the working class people
B the upper class society
C the exiles in Paris
D intellectuals and artists
__7__ which of the following is NOT written by Theodore Dreiser?
A The Genius
B The Titan
C Light in August
D Jennie Gerhardt
__8__ Which of the Hemingway’s novels describe the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?
A The Sun Also Rises
B A Farewell to Arms
C For Whom the Bell Tolls
D The Old Man and the Sea
__9__ Which statement about Eugene O’Neill is NOT true?
A He was awarded the Nobel Prize
B He experimented with expressionism
C He has produced over 40 plays in his lifetime
D His later works are generally inferior in quality
__10__ Apart form the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ___, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.
A impressionism
B expressionism
C multiple points of view
D first person point of view
答案：
1. 選C。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）的作品屬于“世態(tài)小說”（novels of manners）。
2. 選D。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）的作品的基本主題是：純真而粗俗的美國人和虛偽但有教養(yǎng)的歐洲人之間的矛盾與對比；物質(zhì)與精神的矛盾和人生的道德選擇；現(xiàn)實生活同藝術(shù)的矛盾以及藝術(shù)家的孤獨。
3. 選A。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）在長期的藝術(shù)實踐中發(fā)現(xiàn)和使用了不少新的小說技巧，其中的貢獻是“敘事視角”（point of view）和“多視角敘事”（multiple point of view）。
4. 選D。豪威爾斯（William Dean Howell）在美國文學(xué)的作用在于為現(xiàn)實主義文學(xué)提出了一系列的理論原則和指導(dǎo)方針，這些理論和觀點集中在他的論文集《批評與小說》（Criticism and Fiction）中。
5. 選C。龐德（Ezra Pound）是美國詩歌革命的重要代表，他曾創(chuàng)立意象派（imagism）詩歌，雖然后來脫離意象派，但他的詩歌理論沖擊了陳舊的詩歌傳統(tǒng)，為美國詩歌的發(fā)展開辟了道路。
6. 選B。菲茨杰拉德（F. Scott Fitzgerald）是典型的迷惘一代作家，他的小說真實地反映了爵士時代上層社會人們醉生夢死的空虛精神面貌。
7. 選C?！栋嗽轮狻罚↙ight in August）是威廉.?？思{（William Faulkner）的小說。
8. 選A?！短栒諛由稹罚═he Sun Also Rises）反映大戰(zhàn)后再歐洲彷徨游蕩的美國青年絕望和幻滅的情緒?！队绖e了武器》（A Farewell to Arms）表現(xiàn)戰(zhàn)爭如何粉碎人們的理想和生活?！秵淑姙檎l而鳴》（For Whom the Bell Tolls）描寫的是西班牙內(nèi)戰(zhàn)?！独先伺c?！罚═he Old Man and the Sea）則體現(xiàn)了海明威推崇的在失敗中保持尊嚴從而取得精神勝利的原則。
9. 選D。奧尼爾的戲劇創(chuàng)作隨著實踐的推移不斷實踐創(chuàng)新，他的后期劇作最終達到完美的境界。
10.選C。?？思{（Faulkner）以他的出色技巧和試驗手法獲得世人的稱贊，除了意識流的技巧，他的作品還大量采用多視角敘述（multiple points of view）、象征、隱喻等手法，運用這種撲朔迷離，紛亂復(fù)雜的文體表明世間實物和人心的復(fù)雜性。
A novels of humor
B novels of criticism
C novels of manners
D novels of history
__2__ Henry James’ fame rested largely upon his handling of his major fictional theme, “the international theme”, which includes all the following but ___.
A the meeting of American and Europe
B American innocence in contact and contrast with European decadence
C the moral and psychological complications
D the nostalgic feeling of ancient Europe
__3__ In his whole writing career James was concerned with ___ which is at the center of his aesthetic of the novel.
A “point of wiew”
B “character”
C “plot”
D “theme”
__4__ Most of William Dean Howells’s literary-aesthetic ideas are best elucidated in his ___.
A Aspects of fiction
B Philosophy of Composition
C Arts of Fiction
D Criticism and Fiction
__5__ As a poet, Ezra Pound is best known for his active involvement in ___.
A the Beat Generation movement
B the radical political protests
C the poetic revolution
D the school of Naturalism
__6__ F. Scott Fitzgerald shows an interest in the spiritual predicament of ___ in his fiction.
A the working class people
B the upper class society
C the exiles in Paris
D intellectuals and artists
__7__ which of the following is NOT written by Theodore Dreiser?
A The Genius
B The Titan
C Light in August
D Jennie Gerhardt
__8__ Which of the Hemingway’s novels describe the drifting life of American exiles in Europe?
A The Sun Also Rises
B A Farewell to Arms
C For Whom the Bell Tolls
D The Old Man and the Sea
__9__ Which statement about Eugene O’Neill is NOT true?
A He was awarded the Nobel Prize
B He experimented with expressionism
C He has produced over 40 plays in his lifetime
D His later works are generally inferior in quality
__10__ Apart form the dislocation of time and the modern stream-of-consciousness, the other narrative techniques Faulkner used to construct his stories include ___, symbolism and mythological and biblical allusions.
A impressionism
B expressionism
C multiple points of view
D first person point of view
答案：
1. 選C。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）的作品屬于“世態(tài)小說”（novels of manners）。
2. 選D。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）的作品的基本主題是：純真而粗俗的美國人和虛偽但有教養(yǎng)的歐洲人之間的矛盾與對比；物質(zhì)與精神的矛盾和人生的道德選擇；現(xiàn)實生活同藝術(shù)的矛盾以及藝術(shù)家的孤獨。
3. 選A。亨利.詹姆斯（Henry James）在長期的藝術(shù)實踐中發(fā)現(xiàn)和使用了不少新的小說技巧，其中的貢獻是“敘事視角”（point of view）和“多視角敘事”（multiple point of view）。
4. 選D。豪威爾斯（William Dean Howell）在美國文學(xué)的作用在于為現(xiàn)實主義文學(xué)提出了一系列的理論原則和指導(dǎo)方針，這些理論和觀點集中在他的論文集《批評與小說》（Criticism and Fiction）中。
5. 選C。龐德（Ezra Pound）是美國詩歌革命的重要代表，他曾創(chuàng)立意象派（imagism）詩歌，雖然后來脫離意象派，但他的詩歌理論沖擊了陳舊的詩歌傳統(tǒng)，為美國詩歌的發(fā)展開辟了道路。
6. 選B。菲茨杰拉德（F. Scott Fitzgerald）是典型的迷惘一代作家，他的小說真實地反映了爵士時代上層社會人們醉生夢死的空虛精神面貌。
7. 選C?！栋嗽轮狻罚↙ight in August）是威廉.?？思{（William Faulkner）的小說。
8. 選A?！短栒諛由稹罚═he Sun Also Rises）反映大戰(zhàn)后再歐洲彷徨游蕩的美國青年絕望和幻滅的情緒?！队绖e了武器》（A Farewell to Arms）表現(xiàn)戰(zhàn)爭如何粉碎人們的理想和生活?！秵淑姙檎l而鳴》（For Whom the Bell Tolls）描寫的是西班牙內(nèi)戰(zhàn)?！独先伺c?！罚═he Old Man and the Sea）則體現(xiàn)了海明威推崇的在失敗中保持尊嚴從而取得精神勝利的原則。
9. 選D。奧尼爾的戲劇創(chuàng)作隨著實踐的推移不斷實踐創(chuàng)新，他的后期劇作最終達到完美的境界。
10.選C。?？思{（Faulkner）以他的出色技巧和試驗手法獲得世人的稱贊，除了意識流的技巧，他的作品還大量采用多視角敘述（multiple points of view）、象征、隱喻等手法，運用這種撲朔迷離，紛亂復(fù)雜的文體表明世間實物和人心的復(fù)雜性。