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