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