11. In Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman sang praise of _______ .
A. equality
B. equality, democracy and the common people
C. democracy
D. democracy and the common people
12. Most of the poems written by Emily Dickinson were _______ .
A. lost B. published during her lifetime
C. buried with her D. published after her death
13. The two great themes of Dickinson's poetry were _______.
A. death and search for faith B. the grave and the soul
C. the grave and faith D. death and the soul
14. The novel Sister Carrie describes ________ .
A. the death of Hurstwood
B. the degeneration of Carrie Meeber
C. how Carrie climbed up the social ladder
D. Carrie's love affair with Drouet
15. T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land is important because it ______ .
A. deals with the cultural glories of the past
B. praises the lost generation
C. is highly traditional
D. reveals the spiritual crisis of post-WWI Europe and it is original
in form
16. The "Lost Generation" refers to those who _______ .
A. have no ambition in life
B. are physically and spiritually impotent
C. are homeless
D. are expatriates
17. In the Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway praises the old fisherman's ______.
A. courage to face the risks of the high seas
B. courage to fight the sharks
C. courage to accept defeat of not catching anything for 84 days
D. attitude towards defeat and failure
18. Langston Hughes was noted for his _______ .
A. true description of urban Blacks in poetry
B. unconventional portrayal of Harlem
C. singing of black America
D. None of the above
19. In the Native Son, Richard Wright makes readers see that _____ .
A. the Blacks are alienated
B. the social situation of Bigger Thomas' tragedy
C. the Blacks are bitter
D. the life of the Blacks is miserable
20. Popular music is different from classical music and folk music in that
_______ .
A. it is very noisy
B. it is anonymous
C. it is written as a commercial product for mass distribution
D. it is an individual artistic creation
1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.B 11.B 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.D 18.A 19.B 20 C