30.Which terms can best describe the modernists’ concern of the human situation in their fiction?
[A]Fragmentation and alienation.
[B]Courage and honor.
[C]Tradition and faith.
[D]Poverty and desperation.
31.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
32.All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly .
[A]prolific [B]artistic.
[C]optimistic [D]pessimistic
33.The poem “I like to see it lap the Miles－” is an interesting poem written by Emily Dickinson. What does “it” in the poem stand for?
[A]The hound. [B]The star.
[C]The horse. [D]The train.
34.Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Henry James’s writing style?
[A] exquisite and elaborate language
[B]minute and detailed descriptions
[C]lengthy psychological analyses
[D]American colloquialism
35.In the beginning paragraph of Chapter 3, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald describes a big party by saying that “men and girls came and went like moths.” The author most likely indicates that .
[A]there was a crowd of party-goers
[B]such life does not have real meaning
[C]these people were light-hearted
[D]these were crazy and ignorant characters
36.In Hemingway’s “Indian Camp,” Nick, the main character, witnesses
[A]a tragic killing of the Indians by the white men
[B]real friendship between the white men and the Indians
[C]a senseless killing of each other
[D]terrible scenes of birth and death
37.Which one of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner?
[A]He is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.
[B]His writing is often complex and difficult to understand.
[C]He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.
[D]He represents a new group of Southern writers.
38.American “Transcendentalists most typically believe that .
[A]man is divine in name [B]art is superior to life
[C]man can transform nature [D]poetry is the highest form of art
39.By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes, “It was forever to the pursuit of that radiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world.” Dreiser implies that .
[A]there is a bright future lying ahead
[B]there is no end to man’s desire
[C]one should always be forward-looking
[D]happiness is found in the end
40.We can perhaps describe Emily Grierson in Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily” in all the following ways except that .
[A]she is psychologically deformed
[B]she is wicked and morally corrupted
[C]she is a symbol of the Old South
[D]she is a prisoner and victim of the past |
