根据英语专业八级考试人文考试部分的要求，我们总结了美国各个历史时期的文学知识，并精选出以下习题，祝各位考生考出好成绩。 In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. was the dominant spirit. A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution Which statement about Franklin is not true? A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer. B. He was a scientist. C. He was a master of diplomacy. D. He was a Puritan. Who is regarded as the first American prose epic. A. Nature B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden D. Moby-Dick The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving s and ended with Whiteman s Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveler C. The Alhambra D. A history of New York In Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter, "A" may stand for . A. Adultery B. Angel C. Amiable D. All the above The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as . A. the Naturalist Period B. the Modern Period C. the Romantic Period D. the Realistic Period The Age of Realism is the literary history of the United States refers to the period from to . A. 1861 – 1914 B. 1863 – 1918 C. 1865 – 1914 D. 1865 – 1918 Who is described by Mark Twain as a boy with "a sound heart and a deformed conscience?" A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry Finn C. Jim D. Tony Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his . A. international theme B. waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism The impact of Darwin s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the nineteenth-century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: American . A. modernism B. naturalism C. vernacularism D. local colorism In 1900, London published his first collection of short stories, named . A. The son of the Wolf B. The Sea Wolf C. The Law of Life D. White Fang In which of the following works, Hemingway presents his philosophy about life and death through the depiction of the bull-fight as a kind of microcosmic tragedy? A. The Green Hills of Africa. B. The Snows of Kilimanjaro. C. To Have and Have Not. D. Death in the Afternoon. Which of the following figures does not belong to "The Lost Generation"? A. Ezra Pound B. William Carlos Williams C. Robert Frost D. Theodore Dreiser Who is a dramatist that holds the central position in American drama the modernistic period? A. Sinclair Levis B. Eugene O Neil C. Arthur Miller D. Tennessee Williams The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except . A. William Faulkner B. F. Scott Fitzgerald C. John Steinbeck D. Ernest Hemingway In 1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his "mastery of the art of modern narration". A. T.S. Eliot B. Ernest Hemingway C. John Steinbeck D. William Faulkner Who is the author of the work: "The Grapes of Wrath"? A. John Steinbeck B. Eugene O Neil C. F. Scott Fitzgerald D. Theodore Dreiser In 1920 Sinclair Lewis published his memorable denunciation of American small-town provincialism in . A. Main Street B. An American Tragedy C. Winesburg, Ohio D. Sister Carrie