MOOC 美国文学经典(北京第二外国语学院)1207439806 最新慕课完整章节测试答案
第一讲 绪论
文章目录
第一讲单元测验
1、单选题:
What are considered as the most universal and everlasting themes of all great literature?
选项:
A: love and hatred
B: truth, beauty, and goodness
C: loyalty and betrayal
D: war and peace
答案: 【 truth, beauty, and goodness】
2、单选题:
Which of the following is NOT an influential factor for the opening up of the literary canon during the mid-20th century?
选项:
A: the Cold War
B: the Civil Rights Movement
C: the Women’s Rights Movement
D: The countercultural movement
答案: 【 the Cold War】
3、单选题:
What did “canon” mean in the Middle Ages?
选项:
A: ancient books
B: Holy Scriptures
C: official documents
D: a measuring rod
答案: 【 Holy Scriptures】
4、单选题:
Which school of poets did T. S. Eliot help canonize?
选项:
A: the imagist poets
B: the romantic poets
C: the metaphysical poets
D: the neo-classist poets
答案: 【 the metaphysical poets】
5、单选题:
Who is the first American writer to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
选项:
A: Theodore Dreiser
B: T. S. Eliot
C: Eugene O’Neill
D: Sinclair Lewis
答案: 【 Sinclair Lewis】
6、单选题:
Which of the following works can serve as an example of the social engagement of literature?
选项:
A: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B: The Scarlet Letter
C: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
D: The Pioneers
答案: 【 Uncle Tom’s Cabin】
7、单选题:
According to Harold Bloom, literary classics are ____.
选项:
A: works of artistic excellence
B: works of temporary and transient fad
C: products of ideological and political prejudice
D: representations of interests of certain groups of people
答案: 【 works of artistic excellence】
8、多选题:
In the opening up of the literary canon, which groups of people were given more and more consideration?
选项:
A: the ethnic minorities
B: the white men
C: elite and upper class
D: women
答案: 【 the ethnic minorities;
women】
9、多选题:
Which group of people is not included in the acronym WASP?
选项:
A: Protestants
B: Native Americans
C: Anglo-Saxons
D: Women
答案: 【 Native Americans;
Women】
10、多选题:
Which of the following is a common feature of the four major literary histories of American literature?
选项:
A: Editor’s absolute authority
B: Consensus
C: Dissensus
D: Inclusiveness
答案: 【 Dissensus;
Inclusiveness】
第二讲富兰克林和他的《自传》(上)
第二讲单元测验(一)
1、单选题:
What did Benjamin Franklin do in his brother’s shop at the age of 12?
选项:
A: As a printing apprentice
B: As a salesman
C: As a worker
D: As a proof reader
答案: 【 As a printing apprentice 】
2、单选题:
Which of the following roles did Benjamin Franklin value most?
选项:
A: Printer
B: Statesman
C: Writer
D: Scientist and inventor
答案: 【 Printer】
3、单选题:
Which version of the Autobiography is considered as the most standard edition?
选项:
A: his grandson’s edition
B: the Robinson edition
C: John Bigelow’s edition
D: Henry Stuber and Mathew Carey’s edition
答案: 【 John Bigelow’s edition】
4、单选题:
Which portrayal of Franklin set him up as the archetype of American Dream?
选项:
A: An intelligent man
B: A self-made man
C: A wealthy man
D: An international man
答案: 【 A self-made man 】
5、单选题:
Franklin’s life spanned almost the entire period of ____ ?
选项:
A: the Industrial Revolution
B: the Age of Romanticism
C: the Age of Enlightenment
D: the Westward Movement
答案: 【 the Age of Enlightenment】
6、单选题:
In politics, religion, morality, as well as in his works of science, Benjamin Franklin has showed his ____ ?
选项:
A: idealism
B: pragmatism
C: prevision
D: religious piety
答案: 【 pragmatism】
7、单选题:
In the eyes of Herman Melville, Franklin was everything but a ____ ?
选项:
A: moralist
B: scientist
C: politician
D: poet
答案: 【 poet】
8、单选题:
Which of the following is NOT one of Franklin’s Thirteen Virtues?
选项:
A: Frugality
B: Punctuality
C: Order
D: Moderation
答案: 【 Punctuality 】
9、多选题:
Which of the following has exerted great influence on Franklin’s Thirteen Virtues?
选项:
A: Athesism
B: Puritanism
C: Deism
D: Enlightenment
答案: 【 Puritanism;
Enlightenment】
10、多选题:
Who of the following was neglected in the Autobiography?
选项:
A: His sisters
B: His mother
C: His brothers
D: His daughter
答案: 【 His sisters;
His daughter】
第二讲富兰克林和他的《自传》(下)
第二讲单元测验(二)
1、单选题:
All of the following ideals were celebrated by the Enlightenment, EXCEPT _______.
选项:
A: liberty
B: equality
C: loyalty
D: democracy
答案: 【 loyalty】
2、单选题:
Founded by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill in the late 18th century, ______ holds that the aim of action should be the largest possible balance of pleasure over pain or the greatest hapiness of the greatest number.
选项:
A: pragmatic
B: utilitarianism
C: egoism
D: elitism
答案: 【 utilitarianism】
3、单选题:
Which of the following was not initiated by Benjamin Franklin?
选项:
A: the Academy of Philadelphia
B: the subscription library
C: the volunteer fire company
D: the Philadelphia hospital
答案: 【 the Philadelphia hospital】
4、单选题:
Moderation, cleanness, and chastity, these virtues project an image close to ______.
选项:
A: puritan asceticism
B: self-discipline
C: predestination
D: industry
答案: 【 puritan asceticism】
5、单选题:
We can read Franklin’s Autobiography as a documentary account of the history of _____.
选项:
A: the American Revolutionary War
B: the American Civil War
C: the Westward Movement
D: the early colonial period
答案: 【 the American Revolutionary War】
6、单选题:
Which of the following makes Autobiography a work of literature and should be read critically?
选项:
A: It gives an account of personal history.
B: It’s a combination of facts and fiction.
C: It has interesting characters and plots.
D: It depicts truthfully a historical period.
答案: 【 It’s a combination of facts and fiction.】
7、单选题:
Which of the following does NOT embody Franklin’s Enlightenment thinking?
选项:
A: the interest in scientific discoveries
B: the founding of the Junto
C: the emphasis of education
D: the practice of vegetarianism
答案: 【 the practice of vegetarianism】
8、单选题:
To Franklin, which of the following functions of religion is the most important?
选项:
A: Source of identity
B: Rite of Passage
C: Moral discipline
D: Emotional support
答案: 【 Moral discipline】
9、单选题:
Which aspect of Franklin’s version of the American Dream was over-emphasized by his 19th and 20th century followers?
选项:
A: Social progress
B: Material success
C: Religious reform
D: Moral regeneration
答案: 【 Material success】
10、单选题:
Writers of the 19th century disliked Franklin for all of the reasons EXCEPT ____.
选项:
A: his industry
B: his utilitarianism
C: his hypocrisy
D: his self-complacency
答案: 【 his industry】
第三讲华盛顿·欧文和他的两个短篇故事(上)
第三讲单元测验(一)
1、单选题:
The election of _______ as the president of America in 1828 filled people with idealistic aspiration for equality and democracy.
选项:
A: Andrew Jackson
B: Thomas Jefferson
C: John Adams
D: Franklin Pierce
答案: 【 Andrew Jackson】
2、单选题:
In the 18th century and early 19th century, the _____ was generally held to be pernicious to the young mind.
选项:
A: poetry
B: novel
C: autobiography
D: theater
答案: 【 novel 】
3、单选题:
The historical novels of ____’s not only made the novel a respectable, but even an elevated genre.
选项:
A: Washington Irving
B: Walter Scott
C: James Fenimore Cooper
D: Edgar Allan Poe
答案: 【 Walter Scott 】
4、单选题:
Which book by Irving made great contribution to the popularity of the personal travel book?
选项:
A: A History of New York
B: The Life of Oliver Goldsmith
C: Mahomet and His Successors
D: The Sketch Book
答案: 【 The Sketch Book】
5、单选题:
Authors such as Irving, Cooper, and Bryant placed a special emphasis on the importance of ____for the development of America’s national literature.
选项:
A: economic growth
B: ideals of democracy
C: natural landscape
D: expansion of territory
答案: 【 natural landscape】
6、单选题:
Both of the stories of “Rip Van Winkle” and “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” are of____ origin.
选项:
A: American
B: English
C: Spanish
D: German
答案: 【 German】
7、单选题:
Irving was often credited as the precursor of ____, which saw a flourishing in America in the 1860s.
选项:
A: the local-color movement
B: the Great Awakening
C: the Transcendentalist movement
D: the Romantic movement
答案: 【 the local-color movement 】
8、单选题:
Irving deftly solved the common anxiety among American writers for the _____ by borrowing legends and folklore from European traditions.
选项:
A: want of material and history
B: lack of leadership
C: lack of financial support
D: shortage of publish attention
答案: 【 want