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美国文学选读考试————————————————————————————————作者：————————————————————————————————日期：美国文学史及作品选读模拟试题一I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1.C______was the first colony in American history.A. MassachusettsB. New JerseyC. VirginiaD.Georgia2. _B_____ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. Oneof his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.”A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine3. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT __A____.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism4. The Raven was written in 1844 by __B______A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson5. The ship __C____ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beatits way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic6. Melville’s novel __D____ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage inpursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick7. As a philosophical and literary movement, __D____ flourished in New Englandfrom the 1830s to the Civil War.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism8. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in ___A______.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea9. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ___B___ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious10. Realism was a reaction against____B__ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment11. __C______ was a poet in American modern period who was deeply influence by eastern culture.A. T. S EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman12. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is NOT true?DA. After 1862 she became a total recluse, not leaving her house nor seeing close friends.B. She once felt a deep affection for Charles Wadsworth, a married aged minister, but it proved to be a frustrated love affair for Dickinson.C. She wrote about death, immortality, nature, success and failure.D. During her lifetime, all her poems are published.13. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by __A_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser14. Which of the following works is NOT by Ernest Hemingway?CA. The Old Man and SeaB. A Farewell to ArmsC. Sound and FuryD. For Whom the Bell Tolls15. Which one is NOT the characteristic of modernism?DA. Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, anti-realism, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.B. Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.C. The work of Marx, and Freud, had mounted an assault against orthodox religious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.D. Modernists believe that human nature is kind.II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)Column A Column B( c ) 1. Dimmesdale a. Robert Frost( e ) 2. Ahab b. Mark Twain( i ) 3. Drouet c. The Scarlet Letter( a ) 4. Pulitzer Prizer d. Thomas Jefferson( h ) 5. Reclusive poet e. Moby Dick( b ) 6. humorist and satirist f. Ernest Heminway( d ) 7. The Decalration of Indepenence g. Henry David Thoreau( g ) 8. transcendentalist h. Emily Dickinson( j ) 9. The Great Gatsby i. Sister Carrie( f ) 10. The Lost Generation j. F. Scott FitzgeraldIII.Define the following words within one phrase(2’×5=10’)1. free verse2. Ralph Waldo Emerson3. Mark Twain4. Benjamin Franklin5. Ezra PoundIV.Simple questions (5’×4=20’)1.What are Puritan thoughts?2.What is Transcedentalism and list some representative figures?3. Explain the symbolic meanings of “A” in The Scarlet Letter.4. Illustrate the three principles of Imagist Poetry.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 1When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things.Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidlyassumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse. Of anintermediate balance, under the circumstances, there is no possibility. Thecity has its cunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and morehuman tempter. There are large forces which allure with all thesoulfulness of expression possible in the most cultured human. The gleamof a thousand lights is often as effective as the persuasive light in awooing and fascinating eye. Half the undoing of the unsophisticated andnatural mind is accomplished by forces wholly superhuman. A blare ofsound, a roar of life, a vast array of human hives, appeal to the astonishedsenses in equivocal terms. Without a counsellor at hand to whisper cautious interpretations, what falsehoods may not these things breathe into the unguarded ear! Unrecognised for what they are, their beauty, like music, too often relaxes, then weakens, then perverts the simpler human perceptions.Questions1.Please use one phrase to summarize the above paragraph (2’)2.What are the two possibilities for a girl of eighteen leaving her home?(2’)3.Please find out the figures of speech (2’)4.What are the attractive forces mentioned in a big city? (4’)5.How are naturalist views are reflected in this paragraph? Illustrate yourpoints with examples (5’)Text 2Because I could not stop for Death –He kindly stopped for me --The Carriage held but just Ourselves --And Immortality.We slowly drove -- He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility –We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess -- in the Ring --We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --We passed the Setting Sun –…Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses' HeadsWere toward Eternity –Questions:1.Identify the poet and the title of this poem? (2’)2.Explain the underlined words (4’)3.What are the implications of “the School”, “the fields of Gazing Grain”, “the SettingSun”? (3’)4.How do you understand “Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet / Feelsshorter than the Day” ? (3’)5.What are the speaker’s opinions about death? (3’)Text 3Two roads diverged in ayellow wood,And sorry I could not travelbothAnd be one traveler, long IstoodAnd looked down one as faras I couldTo where it bent in theundergrowth.Then took the other, as justas fair,And having perhaps thebetter claim,Because it was grassy andwanted wear;Though as for that thepassing thereHad worn them really aboutthe same.And both that morningequally layIn leaves no step had troddenblack.Oh, I kept the first foranother day!Yet knowing how way leadson to way,I doubted if I should evercome back.I shall be telling this with asighSomewhere ages and ageshence:Two roads diverged in awood, and I--I took the one less traveledby,And that has made all thedifference.Questions:1.Please examine the poetic form (rhyme and meter) (2’)2.Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does thespeaker take? (3’)3.How do you understand the word “sigh”? (4’)4.What might the two roads stand for in the speaker’s mind? (4’)5.What is the theme of this poem? (2’)参考答案I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1. _C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__ 10.__B___11._C__ 12.__D__ 13._A_ 14._C __ 15._D__II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)1.( c )2.( e )3.( i )4.( a )5.( h )6.( b )7.( d )8.( g )9.(j ) 10.( f )III.Define the following words within one phrase (2’×5=10’)(Any related information can be given marks)1. poetry without a fived beat or regular rhyme scheme, produced by Walt Whitman2. is the representative of transcedentalists, who believes in individualism andself-reliance and brings transcendentalism to New England3．is a humorist and satirist, who uses broad humor and biting social satire4．is one of Thoreau’s masterpieces, which is the result of the author’s two years of living near Walden lake.5. is regarded as the classical poem of imagist poetry by Ezra Pound, conveyingthe theme of the speaker’s sudden pleasure of finding some beautiful faces inthe subwayIV.Simple Questions (5’×4=20’) (Answers should be to the points. 1 score for time, 2 scores for features and 1 score for representative figures when defining theliterary terms)a)Puritan thoughts: to make pure their religious beliefs and practices, to restoresimplicity, to live a hard and disciplined life and oppose pleasure and arts.b)Transcendentalism is the climax of American Romanticism.First, the Transcendentalist placed emphasis on spirit, or the oversoul, as the mostimportant thing in the universe.Secondly, Transcendentalists stressed the importance of the individual.Thirdly, the Transcendentalists offered a fresh perception of nature as symbolicofthe spirit.3. a. The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes. Originally intended to mark Hester asan adulterer, the “A”eventually comes to stand for “Able”or“Angel”.b. Besides Hester, Dimmesdale also ironed the letter A on his body, which provokedhis self-consciousness and showed his repent for what he did.c. Pearl, their baby, wore a green letter a in a piece of seaweed while playing on thebeach. This green letter A symbolizes vitality or new life, and also suggests herinheritance from her mother.4. a. direct treatment of the “thing”（no fuss, frill, or ornament）,b. exclusion of superfluous words（precision and economy of expression）,c. the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than the sequence of a metronome（free verse form and music）.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 11. The attraction of big city (2’)2. One is to fall into the saving hands and becomes better; secondly, she may admitthemoral value of big city and becomes worse. (2’)3. Simile, metaphor and synecdoche (2’)4. The gleam of lights, a blare of sound, a roar of life, and a vast array of humanhives (4’)5. Naturalist attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness, presentingcharacters of low social and economic classes who were dominated by theirenvironment and heredity. In this novel, the major female character CarrieMeeber is deeply influenced by the present environment and heredity, whichleads to the result of her dynamic character.(5’) (the features of naturalism 3scores, examples 2 scores)Text 21. Emily Dickinson and “Because I Could not Stop for Death”(2’)2. He: death; civility: politeness; Recess: break Surmised: guessed (4’)3. They represent three stages of life. The school is the childhood and young age;the fields of gazing grain refers to the mature period and the setting sun the old age, that is the end of one’s life. (3’)4. Because this day is towards death, immortal and eternal (3’)5. Death is immortality (3’)Text 31. It is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymed abaab.(2’)2. Similarities: both of the roads are beautiful (fair)Differences: one is quiet and grassy, less-traveled; the other is trodden by manypeople and flatHe took the less-travelled road (3’)3. The word “sigh”is a tricky word. Because sigh can be interpreted into nostalgicrelief or regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambigous here for the speaker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong. (4’)4. The real road; the life road and the road in career (4’)5.Choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you havelived it. This is also the theme of the poem. (2’)第 8页。
美国文学史及选读试卷（1）
美国文学史及选读试卷（1）美国文学史及选读试卷Ⅰ.Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (60points in all, 2 for each)1. Which of following can be said of the common features which are shared by the English and American Romanticists ?A. An increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions.B. An increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.C. An increasing emphasis on the desire to return to nature.D. both A and B.2. Which of the following statements about the Romantic period in the history of American literature is NOT true? （）A. In most of the American writings of this period there was a new emphasis upon the imaginative and emotional qualities of literature.B. The writers of this period placed an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions and displayed an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.C. There was a strong tendency to exalt the individual and the common man.D. Most heroes and heroines in the writings of this period exhibited extremes of reason and nationality.3.______ is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the American Romanticism in the history of American literature.A. New England TranscendentalismB. England TranscendentalismC. the Harlem RenaissanceD. New Transcendentalism4.Hawthorn e’s unique gift was for the creation of ______ which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature.A. symbolic storiesB. romantic storiesC. gothic storiesD. humorous stories5. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is not right?A. It's very hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin.B. It's a highly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism.C. It's mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the main characters and the people in general.D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.6. Which of the following statements is said about most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?A. They identify his ego with the conservative America.B. They celebrate the self and ignore sexuality.C. They sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.D. They reject the pursuit of love and happiness of individuals.7.Realism was a reaction against （）or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. SymbolismB. ImagismC. RomanticismD. Mysticism8. The subjects of Emily Dickinson’s poems are mainl y about .A. religionB. death and immortalityC. love and natureD. all of the above9. The three dominant figures in the period of Realism of American are William Dean Howells, Mark Twain and_________. （）A. Henry JamesB. Tom JamesC. James JoyceD. Henry Joyce10. In his masterpiece The Portrait of A Lady Henry James _________ .A. incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environmentB. tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European life as well as the American societyC. describes a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Ro meD. tells about some Europeans who learn with difficulty to adapt themselves to the American life11. Which of the following can be said about the titular heroine in the novel Daisy Miller?A. She has become a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the new world.B. The author’s sympathy for her, a tender flower crushedby the harsh winter in Rome was easily felt.C. Her innocence turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality in the new world.D. all of the above12. As Emily Dickinson’s poems about love are concerned, which of the following is not right ?A. Many of them give original depictions of the longing for shared moments, the pain of separation, and the futility of finding happiness.B. Some of her love poems treat the suffering and frustration love can cause.C. Her love poems show people’s feelings of rapture and happiness coming from their love experience.13. More than five hundred poems Emily Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general ________ about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed.（）A. denialB. eulogyC. skepticismD. happiness14. In his “Trilogy of Desire”, Theodore Dreiser’s focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the society to the power of the American financial tycoons in the late 19th century. The “Trilogy of Desire”includes The Financial, The Titan and _________.（）A. The StoicB. The GeniusC. An American TragedyD. Jennie Gerhardt15.In the first part of the 20th century, apart from Darwinism,which was still a big influence upon the writers of this period, there were two thinkers____whose ideas had the greatest impact on the period.A. the German Karl Marx and the American Sigmund FreudB. the German Karl Marx and the Austrian Sigmund FreudC. the Swiss Car Jung and the American William JamesD. the Austrian Karl Marx and the German Sigmund Freud16. Eugene O'Neill is remembered for his tragic view of life and most of his plays are about ______.A. the root, the truth of human desires and human frustrationsB. the moral nature of the modern mankindC. the relationship between man and nature as well as man and womanD. the inner contradiction of men before the real world17. In general terms, much serious American literature written from 1912 onwards attempted to convey ______.A. a vision of social breakdown and moral decayB. a vision of social continuity and harmonyC. the continuity and discontinuity between the past and the modern timeD. all of the above18. Which of the following is not said about the main principles of the Imagist Movement? ______A. a direct treatment of poetic subjectsB. the elimination of merely ornamental or superfluous wordsC. the rhythmical composition in the sequence of the musical phrase rather than in the sequence of a metronomeD. the treatment of the medium of poetry in agreement withRomanticism19. Most of O'Neill's plays are concerned about the following except______.A. success and failure in man's literary careerB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. alienation and communication, self and society, desire and frustrationD. the basic issues of human existence and predicament20. Which of the following can be said about a typical modern literary work?A. It is a record of sequence and coherence of the history and the world.B. It is a juxtaposition of the past and present, of the history and the memory.C. It is a book of integrity drawn from diverse areas of experience.D. Its perspective is shifted from the internal to the external, from the private to the public.21. Which of following is not right about the thematic concerns of Robert Frost ?A. The terror and tragedy in nature as well as its beauty.B. His sense of failure and meaninglessness about human life.C. His love of life and his belief in a serenity coming from working.D. The loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being.22. Which of the following can be said about O’Neill’s plays?A. His plays concern especially the relationship between man and women of the modern age.B. His expressionistic experimentations contained hisoptimistic vision in some non-realistic forms.C. His plays of expressionistic experimentation daringly penetrate into race religions, class conflicts, sexual bondage, and social critiques.D. Many of them are attached with a profound insight into nature and tremendous skill and logic.23. Hemingway's first true novel （）casts light on a whole generation after the First World War and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “The LostGeneration.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. The Old Man and the SeaC. For Whom the Bell TollsD.A Farewell to Arms24.In 1950, William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist （）.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Intruder in the DustC. The UnvanquishedD. Light in August25. As to Ezra Pound, which of the following statements is not correct?A. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.B. For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literary achievement and influence are somewhat reduced.C. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poetic language in concrete, perceptual reality, and to organize images into larger patterns through juxtaposition.D. His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense with personal, literary, and historical allusions.26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century _________ novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. localB. colorC. physicalD. stream-of-consciousness27. In Henry James’ Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of_________.A. the free spirit of the New WorldB. the corruption of the newly richC. the force of convictionD. the change of the social force28. “It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated wi th cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street.” This is a detailed description of Emily’s old house. The purpose of such description is to imply the person living in it_________.A. is an old womanB. has good tasteC. is a conservative aristocratD. is a prisoner of the past29. In his novels, Faulkner creates his own kingdom that mirrors _________.A. the frivolity and carelessness of the young generation and the sense of loss and despair of the whole society.B. the spiritual wasteland of the Southern society and the decline of the whole American societyC. the sense of loss and despair among the post-war generation and the decline of the whole American societyD. the decline of the Southern society and the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society30. Which of the following can be said about Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily ?A. The “stream of consciousness” technique is employed in it .B. The chronology of narration is displaced.C. Its language is too symbolic and the dialogues are fragmented.D. There are too many characters whose relations are too complicated.Ⅱ. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 2 point for each)（）1. Theodore Dreiser A. The Cantos（）2. Mark Twain B. The Great Gatsby（）3. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Sister Carrie（）4 . F. S. Fitzgerald D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（）5. Ezra Pound E. The Scarlet LetterⅢ. Explain the following terms. (25points in total, 5 points for each)1.American naturalism2.Lost Generation3.Imagism4.Modernism5.Harlem RenaissanceⅣ. Answer the following question.(5points) What is theChinese culture over Pound?。
华师自考美国文学史及选读试题
美国文学史及选读试题I. Multiple Choice 10’1. Who is different from others according to the division of writingperiod?A. Washington IrvingB.William Cullen BryantC. Captain John SmithD. James Fenimore Cooper2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____.A. 1798-1832B. 1810-1860C. 1860-1864D. 1776-17833. How many syllables(音节) are there in this first line of Raven? (“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”)A. 11B. 12C. 13D. 164. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing?A. theologyB. literatureC. estheticsD. revolution5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment(启蒙) was largely due to ____.A. typographyB. journalismC. revolutionD. the development of paper-making industry6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”?A. Walt ScottB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Washington IrvingD. Philip Freneau7. Who is the first American prose (散文)stylist that acquired international fame?A. Captain John SmithB. Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD.E. A. Poe8. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl?致水鸟A. Anne BradstreetB. Thomas HardyC. William Cullen BryantD. Walt Whitman9. Thomas Paine is a ____?A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. pamphleteer小册子作者10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes ____A. short storiesB. literary critic theoriesC. poemsD. dramasII. Blank-Filling 20’1.____’s reports of exploration, published in the early 1600s, havebeen described as the first distinctly American literature to be written in English.2.Hard work, ____, piety, and ____were the Puritan values thatdominated much of the earliest American writing, including the sermons, books and letters of such noted Puritan clergymen as John Cotton and Cotton Mather.3. Most Puritan verse was decidedly plodding, but the work of twowriters, Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor, rose to the level of____ 4.From 1732 to 1785, Franklin wrote and published his famous____, an annual collection of proverbs.5.On January 10, 1776, Paine’s famous pamphlet ____ appeared. Itboldly advocated a “Declaration for Independence”, and brought the separatist agitation to a crisis.6.As a poet, ____heralded American literary independence: his closeobservation of nature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native American subjects.7.The attitudes of America’s writers were shaped by their____environment and an array of ideas inherited from the ____traditions of Europe.8.Romantic writers placed increasing value on the ____ expression ofemotion and displayed increasing attention to the ____ states of their characters.9.Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: ____ and____.10.T he central figure in Cooper’s Novels, ____ goes by various namesof Leatherstocking, Deerslyer, Pathfinder, and Hawkeye.III. Chinese Alternation of En glish Literary Terms 10’1.Puritanism2.Romanticism3.Sketch Book4.Thanatopsis5.The Wild Honey SuckleIV. Give a brief comment on American Crisis. 15’V. Answer the following questions. 25’1. What does the word “Power” in To a Waterfowl refer to? 5’2. What is your understanding on Helen in the poem To Helen? 5’3. What is the tone of Thanatopsis? 5’4. List some sound devices used in Raven 10’VI. Translate this poem by E. Dickinson. 20’There is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,Nor any horses like a pageOf prancing poetry.This traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of toll;How frugal is the chariotThat bears a human soul!。
美国文学选读试题(最新整理)
美国文学史及作品选读模拟试题一I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1.C______was the first colony in American history.A. MassachusettsB. New JerseyC. VirginiaD.Georgia2. _B_____ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. Oneof his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.”A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine3. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT __A____.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism4. The Raven was written in 1844 by __B______A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson5. The ship __C____ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days tobeatits way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore atPlymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic6. Melville’s novel __D____ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyageinpursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick7. As a philosophical and literary movement, __D____ flourished in NewEnglandfrom the 1830s to the Civil War.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism8. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in ___A______.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea9. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ___B___American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status isnot determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious10. Realism was a reaction against____B__ or a move away from the bias towardsromance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment11. __C______ was a poet in American modern period who was deeply influenceby eastern culture.A. T. S EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman12. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is NOT true?DA. After 1862 she became a total recluse, not leaving her house nor seeingclose friends.B. She once felt a deep affection for Charles Wadsworth, a married agedminister, but it proved to be a frustrated love affair for Dickinson.C. She wrote about death, immortality, nature, success and failure.D. During her lifetime, all her poems are published.13. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by __A_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser14. Which of the following works is NOT by Ernest Hemingway?CA. The Old Man and SeaB. A Farewell to ArmsC. Sound and FuryD. For Whom the Bell Tolls15. Which one is NOT the characteristic of modernism?DA. Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, anti-realism,individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.B. Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.C. The work of Marx, and Freud, had mounted an assault against orthodoxreligious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.D. Modernists believe that human nature is kind.II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)Column A Column B( c ) 1. Dimmesdale a. Robert Frost( e) 2. Ahab b. Mark Twain( i ) 3. Drouet c. The Scarlet Letter( a ) 4. Pulitzer Prizer d. Thomas Jefferson( h ) 5. Reclusive poet e. Moby Dick(b ) 6. humorist and satirist f. Ernest Heminway( d) 7. The Decalration of Indepenence g. Henry David Thoreau( g ) 8. transcendentalist h. Emily Dickinson( j) 9. The Great Gatsby i. Sister Carrie( f ) 10. The Lost Generation j. F. Scott FitzgeraldIII.Define the following words within one phrase(2’×5=10’)1. free verse2. Ralph Waldo Emerson3. Mark Twain4. Benjamin Franklin5. Ezra PoundIV.Simple questions (5’×4=20’)1.What are Puritan thoughts?2.What is Transcedentalism and list some representative figures?3. Explain the symbolic meanings of “A” in The Scarlet Letter.4. Illustrate the three principles of Imagist Poetry.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 1When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things.Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumesthe cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse. Of an intermediatebalance, under the circumstances, there is no possibility. The city has itscunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human tempter.There are large forces which allure with all the soulfulness of expression possible in the most cultured human. The gleam of a thousand lights is often as effective as the persuasive light in a wooing and fascinating eye. Half the undoing of the unsophisticated and natural mind is accomplished by forces wholly superhuman. A blare of sound, a roar of life, a vast array of human hives, appeal to the astonished senses in equivocal terms. Without a counsellor at hand to whisper cautious interpretations, what falsehoods may not these things breathe into the unguarded ear! Unrecognised for what they are, their beauty, like music, too often relaxes, then weakens, then perverts the simpler human perceptions.Questions1.Please use one phrase to summarize the above paragraph (2’)2.What are the two possibilities for a girl of eighteen leaving her home?(2’)3.Please find out the figures of speech (2’)4.What are the attractive forces mentioned in a big city? (4’)5.How are naturalist views are reflected in this paragraph? Illustrate yourpoints with examples (5’)Text 2Because I could not stop for Death –He kindly stopped for me --The Carriage held but just Ourselves --And Immortality.We slowly drove -- He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility –We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess -- in the Ring --We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --We passed the Setting Sun –…Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses' HeadsWere toward Eternity –Questions:1.Identify the poet and the title of this poem? (2’)2.Explain the underlined words (4’)3.What are the implications of “the School”, “the fields of Gazing Grain”, “the SettingSun”? (3’)4.How do you understand “Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet / Feelsshorter than the Day” ? (3’)5.What are the speaker’s opinions about death? (3’)Text 3Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth.Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same.And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Questions:1.Please examine the poetic form (rhyme and meter) (2’)2.Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does thespeaker take? (3’)3.How do you understand the word “sigh”? (4’)4.What might the two roads stand for in the speaker’s mind? (4’)5.What is the theme of this poem? (2’)参考答案I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1. _C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__ 10.__B___11._C__ 12.__D__ 13._A_ 14._C __ 15._D__II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)1.( c )2.( e )3.( i )4.( a )5.( h )6.( b )7.( d )8.( g )9.(j ) 10.( f )III.Define the following words within one phrase (2’×5=10’)(Any related information can be given marks)1. poetry without a fived beat or regular rhyme scheme, produced by Walt Whitman2. is the representative of transcedentalists, who believes in individualism and self-reliance and brings transcendentalism to New England3．is a humorist and satirist, who uses broad humor and biting social satire4．is one of Thoreau’s masterpieces, which is the result of the author’s two years ofliving near Walden lake.5. is regarded as the classical poem of imagist poetry by Ezra Pound, conveying thetheme of the speaker’s sudden pleasure of finding some beautiful faces in the subwayIV.Simple Questions (5’×4=20’) (Answers should be to the points. 1 score for time, 2 scores for features and 1 score for representative figures when defining theliterary terms)a)Puritan thoughts: to make pure their religious beliefs and practices, to restoresimplicity, to live a hard and disciplined life and oppose pleasure and arts.b)Transcendentalism is the climax of American Romanticism.First, the Transcendentalist placed emphasis on spirit, or the oversoul, as the mostimportant thing in the universe.Secondly, Transcendentalists stressed the importance of the individual.Thirdly, the Transcendentalists offered a fresh perception of nature as symbolic ofthe spirit.3. a. The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes. Originally intended to mark Hester asan adulterer, the “A”eventually comes to stand for “Able”or“Angel”.b. Besides Hester, Dimmesdale also ironed the letter A on his body, which provokedhis self-consciousness and showed his repent for what he did.c. Pearl, their baby, wore a green letter a in a piece of seaweed while playing on thebeach. This green letter A symbolizes vitality or new life, and also suggests herinheritance from her mother.4. a. direct treatment of the “thing”（no fuss, frill, or ornament）,b. exclusion of superfluous words（precision and economy of expression）,c. the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than the sequence of a metronome（free verse form and music）.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 11. The attraction of big city (2’)2. One is to fall into the saving hands and becomes better; secondly, she may admit the moral value of big city and becomes worse. (2’)3. Simile, metaphor and synecdoche (2’)4. The gleam of lights, a blare of sound, a roar of life, and a vast array of humanhives (4’)5. Naturalist attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness, presentingcharacters of low social and economic classes who were dominated by their environment and heredity. In this novel, the major female character Carrie Meeber is deeply influenced by the present environment and heredity, which leads to the result of her dynamic character.(5’) (the features of naturalism 3 scores, examples2 scores)Text 21. Emily Dickinson and “Because I Could not Stop for Death”(2’)2. He: death; civility: politeness; Recess: break Surmised: guessed (4’)3. They represent three stages of life. The school is the childhood and young age; the fields of gazing grain refers to the mature period and the setting sun the old age, that is the end of one’s life. (3’)4. Because this day is towards death, immortal and eternal (3’)5. Death is immortality (3’)Text 31. It is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymed abaab.(2’)2. Similarities: both of the roads are beautiful (fair)Differences: one is quiet and grassy, less-traveled; the other is trodden by many people and flatHe took the less-travelled road (3’)3. The word “sigh”is a tricky word. Because sigh can be interpreted into nostalgic relief or regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambigous here for the speaker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong. (4’)4. The real road; the life road and the road in career (4’)5.Choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you havelived it. This is also the theme of the poem. (2’)。
华师自考美国文学史及选读试题
华师自考美国文学史及选读试题美国文学史及选读试题I. Multiple Choice 10’1. Who is different from others according to the division of writingperiod?A. Washington IrvingB.William Cullen BryantC. Captain John SmithD. James Fenimore Cooper2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____.A. 1798-1832B. 1810-1860C. 1860-1864D. 1776-17833. How many syllables are there in this first line of Raven?(“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I po ndered, weak and weary,”)A. 11B. 12C. 13D. 164. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing?A. theologyB. literatureC. estheticsD. revolution5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of theEnlightenment was largely due to ____.A. typographyB. journalismC. revolutionD. the development of paper-making industry6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”?A. Walt ScottB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Washington IrvingD. Philip Freneau7. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fame?A. Captain John SmithB. Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD.E. A. Poe8. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl?A. Anne BradstreetB. Thomas HardyC. William Cullen BryantD. Walt Whitman9. Thomas Paine is a ____?A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. pamphleteer10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes ____A. short storiesB. literary critic theoriesC. poemsD. dramasII. Blank-Filling 20’1.____’s reports of explo ration, published in the early 1600s, havebeen described as the first distinctly American literature to be written in English.2.Hard work, ____, piety, and ____were the Puritan values thatdominated much of the earliest American writing, including the sermons, books and letters of such noted Puritan clergymen as John Cotton and Cotton Mather.3. Most Puritan verse was decidedly plodding, but the work of twowriters, Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor, rose to the level of____ 4.From 1732 to 1785, Franklin wrote and published his famous____, an annual collection of proverbs.5.On January 10, 1776, Paine’s famous pamphlet ____ appeared. Itboldly advocated a “Declaration for Independence”, and brought the separatist agitation to a crisis.6.As a poet, ____heralded American literary independence: his closeobservation of nature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native American subjects.7.The attitudes of America’s writers were shaped by their____environment and an array of ideas inherited from the ____traditions of Europe.8.Romantic writers placed increasing value on the ____ expression ofemotion and displayed increasing attention to the ____ states of their characters.9.Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: ____ and____.10.T he central figure in Cooper’s Novels, ____ goes by various namesof Leatherstocking, Deerslyer, Pathfinder, and Hawkeye.III. Chinese Alternation of English Literary Terms 10’1.Puritanism2.Romanticism3.Sketch Book4.Thanatopsis5.The Wild Honey SuckleIV. Give a brief comment on Ame rican Crisis. 15’V. Answer the following questions. 25’1. What does the word “Power” in To a Waterfowl refer to? 5’2. What is your understanding on Helen in the poem To Helen? 5’3. What is the tone of Thanatopsis? 5’4. List some sound devices used in Raven 10’VI. Translate this poem by E. Dickinson. 20’There is no frigate like a bookTo take us lands away,Nor any horses like a pageOf prancing poetry.This traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of toll;How frugal is the chariotThat bears a human soul!。
南京师范大学《美国文学史及选读 》期末考试试卷(A卷)
专业课复习资料（最新版）封面《美国文学史及选读》期末考试试卷（A卷）学院班级学号姓名成绩题号一二三四五六七八九十总分分数得分Ⅰ.Write the names of the authors.(10%)1.Walden2.Maggie,A Girl of the Streets3.A Farewell to Arms4.White Fang5.“Legend of Sleepy Hollow”6.The Cantos7.“Birches”8.Poor Richard’s Almanac9.“One’s Self I sing”10.Twice Told Tales得分Ⅱ.Fill in the following blanks.(10%)1._________________________was one of the founders of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in1607and is known for his work describing the colonies.2.__________________________was a determined revolutionary whose work helped the cause ofthe American Revolution considerably,but who lost his popularity long before his death.3.The term refers to the group ofpeople,some of them important to American literature(especially secular essay writing), who led the American Revolution and helped create the early American Republic.4.________________________was an early form of horror fiction that originated in18thcentury Europe and was very popular in America during the Romantic Period.5._____________________________,known for her deeply personal poems and radicallydifferent poetic themes and form,didn’t achieve fame as a poet until long after her death.得分Ⅲ.Choose only one answer form the four choices as the most appropriate answer.(15%)1.Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet.When her poems were published in England,she became know as the“______”who appeared in America.A Ninth MuseB Tenth MuseC Best MuseD First Muse2.______is the sometimes exaggerated use of local language,characters and customs in regional literature.A purple proseB waste-land imageryC local colorD symbolism3.The first great flourishing of African American literature that appealed to a relatively large literate Black readership was known as_____.A The HolocaustB The Harlem RenaissanceC AbolitionismD The Civil Rights Movement4._______was a leading19th century feminist and one of the core members of the Transcendentalist movement.A Margaret FullerB Sylvia PlathC Hilda DoolittleD Gloria Stein5.Which of the following is not typical of modern poetry?A gushing sentimentalism and comfortable imagesB abandonment of earlier verse formsC use of free verseD an effort to find and/or explore a new role for the poet in a changing world6.Who was perhaps the most popular of all20th century American poets?A Ezra PoundB Walt WhitmanC Robert FrostD Allen Ginsburg7.The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F.Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties,liquor,entertaining their friends and traveling.It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the1920s as_______.A The Jazz AgeB The Gilded AgeC The Roaring AgeD The Beat Age8.Which is true of the“Fireside Poets”?A They were generally strongly in favor of abolishing slavery.B They were deeply involved in the Transcendentalist movement.C They were a group of19th century New England poets who were tremendously popular and respected at the time they wrote.D They opposed to tradition and were in favor of radical change.9.Ernest Hemingway was badly wounded in Italy and sent to a hospital where he fell in love witha nurse.These two persons later became the characters of his novel________.A The Old Man and the SeaB For Whom the Bell TollsC The Sun Also RisesD Farewell to Arms10.The Brahmists or Boston Brahmi,in American literature,refers to_______.A The highest ranking of the Hindu castes.B A movement that emerged from rebellion against Puritan religious ideas and systems.C A group of New England writers known for their scholarship and/or conservative philosophy.D A school of imaginative writing.11.Which of the following is one of Ben Franklin’s famous proverbs?A“A stitch in time saves nine”B“God helps those who help themselves”C“A Friend in need is a friend indeed”D“Ask not who the bell tolls,the bell tolls for thee”12.___________was a reaction to the ideas of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment.A RomanticismB RealismC NaturalismD Modernism13.Although her poems were never published in her lifetime and a complete collection of them didn’t appear until the1950’s,_____had a major impact on20th century poetry.A Anne BradstreetB Gertrude SteinC Emily DickinsonD Amy Lowell14.Which of the following writers died a natural death in his old age?A Jack LondonB Ernest HemingwayC Stephen CraneD Mark Twain15.Who of the following is NOT a20th century American poet?A Henry Wordsworth LongsfellowB Amy LowellC Ezra PoundD Robert Frost得分IV.Decide whether the statements are true or false.(10%)1.Hawthorne was a firm believer in Puritan principles and mourned their passing in his works.2.Frederick Douglas was a major19th century black writer.3.The sound of Whitman’s words casts a magic,romantic spell over readers.His tone isawesome,sad and melancholy.4.Haiku,a form of traditional Japanese poetry,greatly influenced the Imagist movement.5.Leaves of Grass is Whitman’s life work.6.Thanks in part to the efforts of Ezra Pound,Robert Frost was published in England andquickly became recognized as a major American poet.7.In1954,T.S.Eliot was awarded a Nobel Prize for his“mastery of the art of modernnarration.”8.Hemingway believed that a man could find meaning in life by facing is death with dignityand courage.9.Thomas Jefferson was famous for powerful,persuasive essays,such as his pamphlet CommonSense,which persuaded many people to support the American Revolution.10.William Hill Brown’s The Power of Sympathy,written in1789,is often called“the firstAmerican novel”.得分V.Identify the following fragments and then answer questions.(20%)Passage OneThe apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet,black bough.Questions:1.Who is the writer of this poem?_______________2.What is the title of this poem?_______________3.What images in this poem suggest Haiku poetry and what images are “modern”?4.What is the effect of the parallel between lines one and two of the poem?And what feeling and meaning does the poem express to you?Passage 2It was late and everyone had left the caféexcept an old man who sat in the shadowthe leaves of the tree made against the electric light.In the daytime the street was dusty,but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference.Questions:1.This part is from the novel ,writtenby.2.Why does the old man get drunk every night and why did he commit suicide?3.What does the young waiter think of the old man and how does he treat him?VI.Discuss the difference between Henry James’s realism and Mark Twain’s realism.(20%)VII.Analyze Robert Frost’s lyrical poem “The Road Not Taken”(15%)《美国文学史及选读》期末考试试卷（A 卷）答案I．Write the names of the authors.(1*10=10%)1.Henry David Thoreau2.Stephen Crane3.Ernest Hemingway4.Jack London5.Washington Irving得分得分6.Ezra Pound7.Robert Frost8.Benjamin Franklin9.Walt Whitman10.Nathaniel HawthorneII.Fill in the following blanks.(2*5=10%)1.John Smith2.Thomas Paine3.“founding fathers”4.Gothic Fiction5.Emily DickensonⅢ.Choose only one answer form the four choices as the most appropriate answer.(1*15=15%)1B2C3B4A5A6C7A8D9D10C11B12A13C14D15AIV.Decide whether the statements are true or false.(1*10=10%)1T2T3F4T5T6T7F8T9F10TV.Identify the following fragments and then answer questions.(20%)Passage11.Ezra Pound(1)2.In A Station of the Metro(1)3.Answer should comment on the parallel between the“modern”imagery(description of urbancrowds and transportation,loneliness)of the first line and the traditional“Oriental”imagery(budding flowers on a tree,wetness)of the second line.(4)4.What is the effect of the parallel between lines one and two of the poem?Describe thestylistic result of the parallel and the feelings it evokes(4)Passage21.This part if from the short story“A Clean Well Light Room”written by Ernest Hemingway.(2)2.Describe the old man’s character and relate it to the nihilist philosophy expressed inthe story.(3)3.What does the young waiter think of the old man(and why)and how does he treat him?Describethe young man’s character,his lack of understanding of the old man and the significance of how he treats the old man as described in the story.(5)VI.Discuss the difference between Henry James’s realism and Mark Twain’s realism.(20%)∙Although Henry James and Mark Twain both worked for realism,there were obvious differences between them.In thematic terms,James wrote mostly of the upper reaches of American society,whereas Mark Twain dealt largely with the lower strata of society.（4’）Technically,James pursued the Psychological realism,but Mark Twain’s contribution to the development of realism and to American literature as a whole was partly through his colloquial style.（4’）∙Henry James believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator, and not in any facts of which the spectator is unaware.Such realism is therefore merely the obligation that the artist assumes to represent life as he sees it,which may not be the same life as it“really”is.James shifted the ground of realistic art from the outer to the inner world.（6’）∙Mark Twain preferred to represent social life through portraits of local places that he knew best.He drew heavily from his own rich fund of knowledge of people and places.He confined himself to the life with which he was familiar.By quoting from his own experience, Mark Twain managed to transform art into the freedom and humor,in short,the finest elements of western culture.（6’）VII.Write about120words to comment on Ezra Pound’s contribution to American Poetry of twenty century.(15%)∙Answer should mention his being an American poet writing from Europe and contacting American poets and discuss his role in the imagist movement,as a translator and hissupport(editing,assuring publication)of American writers.。
美国文学史及选读试卷（A卷）包含评分标准及答案
美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）A 卷院系： 专业： 考试科目：美国文学史及选读美国文学史及选读 考试形式：闭 卷 考试时间： 100 分钟 姓名： 学号： 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 总分 得分得分 评分人I. Blanks: ( 10points, 1 point for each blank) Directions: In this part of the test, there are 9 items and 10 blanks. Fill in the best answer on the Answer Sheet according to the knowledge you have learned. 1. The first American literature was neither ____ nor really ____. 2. Of the immigrants who came to America in the first three quarters of the seventeenth century, the overwhelming majority was _____. 3. The English immigrants immigrants who who who settled settled settled on on America’s northern northern seacoast seacoast were called _____, so named after those who wished to “purify purify”” the Church of England. 4. Washington Washington Irving, Irving, Irving, the the the Father Father Father of of of American American American literature, literature, literature, developed developed developed the the _____ as a genre in American literature. 5. Franklin Franklin’’s best writing is found in his masterpiece _____. 6. The most outstanding poet in America of the 18th century was _____. 7.In In the the the early early early 1919th century, century, ““Rip Van Winkle Winkle”” had established __________’’s reputation reputation at at at home home home and and and abroad, abroad, abroad, and and and designated designated designated the the the beginning beginning beginning of of American Romanticism. 8. _____ has sometimes been considered the father of the modern short story. 9.In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece _____, the story of a triangular love affair in colonial America. 得分 评分人II. Multiple choice:(20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. 1. 1. The The The Colonial Colonial Colonial Period Period Period of of of American American American literature literature literature stretched stretched stretched roughly roughly roughly from from from the the settlement settlement of of of America America America in in in the the the early early early 1717thcentury century through through through the the the end end end of of ________ century. A. the 18thB. the 19thC. the 20thD. 21th 2. New-England ’s Plantation was published in 1630 by ________ A. Francis Higginson B. William Bradford C. John Smith D. Michael Wigglesworth 3. 3. Of Of Of all all all the the the books books books written written written by by by Michael Michael Michael Wigglesworth Wigglesworth Wigglesworth the the the beat beat beat known known known is is ________ A. The Flesh and the Spirit B. The True Travels C. The Day of Doom D. Christopher Columbus 4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ______. A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar Act C. Chartist movement D. Romanticist 5. In the first section of Autobiography the writer addressed to ________ A. his son B. his friends C. his wife D. himself 6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brother ’s newspaper called ________ A. New York Times B. Washington Post C. Salmagundi D. Daily News 7. History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of ________ A. Washington Irving B. Diedrich Knickerboker C. James Fenimore Cooper D. John Whittier 8. Rip Van Winkle was written by ________ was written by ________ A. James Fenimore Cooper B. Benjamin Franklin C. Washington Irving D. Walt Whitman 9. The Spy was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1821. It is a novel about ________ A. American Civil War B. American Revolution C. American West Expansion D. The First World War 10. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Cooper ’s ________ A. The Precaution B. The Spy C. The Gleanings in Europe D. Leatherstocking Tales 11. ________ was regarded as a poet of the American Revolution A. Philip Freneau B. Walt Whitman C. Robert Frost D. Cal Sandburg 12. The Raven was written in 1844 by ________ A. Philip Freneau B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Emily Dickinson 13. The Minister ’s Black Veil was written by ________ A. Edgar Allan Poe B. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Henry David Thoreau D. Ralph Waldo Emerson 14. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the ______ who appeared in America. A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse 15. The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts. A. Sunflower B. Armada C. Mayflower D. Titanic 16. A new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It It spread spread spread to to to continental continental continental Europe Europe Europe and and and then then then came came came to to to America America America early early early in in in the the the 1919th century. A. Realism B. Critical realism C. Romanticism D. Naturalism 17. Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story, Rip Van Winkle , , from a ________ A. Greek legend B. German legend C. French legend D. English legend 18. Rip Van Winkle is found in Irving is found in Irving ’s longer work, ________ A. The Sketch Book B. History of New York C. Tales of a Traveler D. The Precaution 19. 19. ________ ________ ________ was was was often often often regarded regarded regarded as as as America America America’’s s first first first man man man of of of letters, letters, letters, devoting devoting much of his career to literature. A. Benjamin Franklin B. Philip Freneau C. Washington Irving D. James Fenimore Cooper 20. 20. All All All the the the following following following novels novels novels are are are in in in Cooper Cooper Cooper’’s Leatherstocking Tales Tales except except ________ A. The Pioneers B. The Prairie C. The Deerslayer D. The Spy 得分 评分人III. Identification (20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty titles. Judge the authors of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet. 1. Gleanings in Europe 2. Oliver Goldsmith 3. The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America 4. “The Day of Doom ”5. A History of New York 6. The Last of the Mohicans 7. The House of the Night 8. A Forest Hymn 9. “The Raven ”10. “The Cask of Amontillado ” 11. Mosses from an Old Manse 12. “Israfel Israfel””13. “The Flesh and the Spirit ” 14. Life of George Washington 15. The Pathfinder 16. “the Wild Honey Suckle ” 17. The Flood of Years 18. “The Poetic Principle ” 19. The Blithedale Romance 20. “The Indian Burying Ground ”得分 评分人IV . Terms (20 points, 4 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are f0ur terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1. Poor Richard’s Almanac 2. Leatherstocking Tales 3. Puritanism 4. Benjamin Franklin 得分 评分人V. Appreciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of theexcerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part AFrom morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came: If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between, is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower. 1. Who is the poet of the poem and what is the title of the poem? (2 points) 2. Tell the metrical structure and rhyme scheme of the poem. (1 point) 3. 3. What What What does does does the the the ““little little being being being”” refer refer to? to? to? What What What meaning meaning meaning is is is suggested suggested suggested by by by the the phrase “but an hour ”? (2 points) Part BThe The opinions opinions opinions of of of this this this junto junto junto were were were completely completely completely controlled controlled controlled by by by Nicholas Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving sufficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sundial. It is true he was rarely heard to speak, but smoked his pipe incessantly. His adherents, however (for every great man has his adherents), perfectly understood him, and knew how to gather his opinions. When anything that was read or related displeased him, he he was was was observed observed observed to to to smoke smoke smoke his his his pipe pipe pipe vehemently, vehemently, vehemently, and and and to to to send send send forth forth forth short, short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the the pipe pipe from from his his his mouth, mouth, mouth, and and and letting letting letting the the the fragrant fragrant fragrant vapor vapor vapor curl curl curl about about about his his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant termagant wife, wife, wife, who who who would would would suddenly suddenly suddenly break break break in in in upon upon upon the the the tranquility tranquility tranquility of of of the the assemblage and call the members all to naught; nor was that august personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness. 1. 1. Who Who Who was was was the the the writer writer writer of of of this this this story? story? story? What What What is is is the the the title title title of of of this this this story? story? story? (2 (2 points) 2. Who was Nicholas Vedder? (1 point) 3. How did he express his opinions on public matters? (2 points) 得分 评分人VI. Comment. (20 points, 10 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given five topics. Choose TWO of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge.1. What are the features of literature in Colonial America? 2. Comment on Benjamin Franklin ’s Autobiography . 3. Comment on Nathaniel Hawthorne ’s writing techniques. 4. What What philosophical philosophical philosophical meaning meaning meaning is is is implied implied implied in in in Philip Philip Philip Freneau Freneau Freneau’’s s ““The The Wild Wild Honey Suckle ”? 5. What are the artistic achievements of Edgar Allan Poe? 美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）评分标准及标准答案A卷院系：专业：考试科目：美国文学史及选读美国文学史及选读 考试形式：闭卷考试时间： 100 分钟I.Blanks: (10%)(每题1分，共10分，答错不给分)1. American literature 2. English 3. Puritans 4. short story 5. Autobiography 6. Philip Freneau 7. Washington Irving 8. Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Scarlet Letter II.Multiple Choice: ( 20%)(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分) 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C 16.C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. D III.Identification (20%)（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）1.James Fenimore Cooper 2.Washington Irving 3.Anne Bradstreet 4.Michael Wigglesworth 5.Washington Irving 6.James Fenimore Cooper 7.Philip Freneau 8.William Cullen Bryant 9. Edgar Allan Poe 10. Edgar Allan Poe 11. Nathaniel Hawthorne 12. Edgar Allan Poe 13. Anne Bradstreet 14. Washington Irving 15. James Fenimore Cooper 16. Philip Freneau 17. William Cullen Bryant 18. Edgar Allan Poe 19. Nathaniel Hawthorne 20. Philip Freneau IV. Terms (20%)（每题4分，共20分）1. Poor Richard ’s Almanac key words: Benjamin Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Franklin, sayings, sayings, sayings, hard hard hard work, work, work, thrift, thrift, thrift, Puritan, Puritan, Puritan, quotes, quotes, printed himself, etc. 2. Leatherstocking Tales Key words: Cooper, Cooper, five five five novels, novels, novels, Natty Natty Natty Bumppo, Bumppo, Bumppo, frontier, frontier, frontier, frontiersman, frontiersman, frontiersman, life life from youth to old age, The Pioneer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, etc. 3. Puritanism key words:C alvin, purify, hard work, thrift, predestination, salvation, sin, God, Calvin, purify, hard work, thrift, predestination, salvation, sin, God, from England to America, immigration, etc. 4. Benjamin Franklin key words: statesman, statesman, scientist scientist scientist and and and writer, writer, writer, Autobiography, Autobiography, Autobiography, Poor Poor Poor Richard Richard Richard’’s Almanac, puritan, hard work and thrift, successful, contributions, printer, etc. V. Appreciation (10%)（每题5分，共10分） Part Aa) Philip Freneau ’s （1分）分） The Wild Honey Suckle （1分）分）b) It is written in iambic tetrameter, the rhyme scheme is ababcc.（1分）分） c) “Little being ” refers to the wild honey suckle. （1分）“But an hour hour”” means the lifespan of a flower is very short. （1分）分）Part B 1. Washington Irving ’s （1分）分） Rip V an Wingkle （1分）分）2. 2. Nicholas Nicholas Nicholas V edder V edder is is is the the the owner owner owner of of of the the the inn/ inn/ inn/ a a a patriarch patriarch patriarch of of of the the the village/ village/ village/ and and landlord of the inn,（1分）分）3. He expressed his opinion by the way of smoking. / When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation.（2分）分） VI. Comment. (20%)(每题10分，此题共20分) 答案：（略）。
2023年10月自考00604英美文学选读试题及答案含评分标准
绝密★启用前2023年10月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考（课程代码00604）一、单项选择题：本大题共40小题，每小题1分，共40分。
1. B2. A3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. D9. C 10. A11. D 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C16. D 17. A 18. C 19. B 20. D21. D 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A26. D 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. D31. B 32. B 33. A 34. C 35. B36. D 37. C 38. A 39. A 40. D二、阅读理解题：本大题共4小题，每小题4分，共16分。
41. A. Henry Fielding; The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (or Tom Jones). (2分)B. Daughter of the well-off squire Western. (1分)C. Human nature. (1分)42. A. Charles Dickens; Oliver Twist (2分)B. A chimney-sweeper. (1分)C. Character-portrayal. (1分)43. A. Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie.(2分)B. Hurstwood. (1分)C. He turned on the gas in a cheap lodging-house and ended his life. (1分)英美文学选读试题答案及评分参考第1页（共3页）44. A. Robert Lee Frost. (1分)B. The speaker tells us how the course of his life was determined when he came upon tworoads that diverged in a wood. (2分)C. The speaker took the road less traveled by. (1分)三、简答题：本大题共4小题，每小题6分，共24分。
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苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷）
评分标准及标准答案
A卷
院系：专业：考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭卷考试时间： 100 分钟
I.Blanks: (10%)(每题1分，共10分，答错不给分)
1. American literature
2. English
3. Puritans
4. short story
5. Autobiography
6. Philip Freneau
7. Washington Irving
8. Edgar Allan Poe
9. The Scarlet Letter
II.Multiple Choice: ( 20%)(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分) 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. B 10. D
11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C
16.C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. D
III.Identification (20%)（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）
1.James Fenimore Cooper
2.Washington Irving
3.Anne Bradstreet
4.Michael Wigglesworth
5.Washington Irving
6.James Fenimore Cooper
7.Philip Freneau
8.William Cullen Bryant
9.Edgar Allan Poe
10.Edgar Allan Poe
11.Nathaniel Hawthorne
12.Edgar Allan Poe
13.Anne Bradstreet
14.Washington Irving
15.James Fenimore Cooper
16.Philip Freneau
17.William Cullen Bryant
18.Edgar Allan Poe
19.Nathaniel Hawthorne
20.Philip Freneau
IV.Terms (20%)（每题4分，共20分）
1. Poor Richard’s Almanac
key words: Benjamin Franklin, sayings, hard work, thrift, Puritan, quotes, printed himself, etc.
2. Leatherstocking Tales
Key words: Cooper, five novels, Natty Bumppo, frontier, frontiersman, life from youth to old age, The Pioneer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, etc.
3. Puritanism
key words: Calvin, purify, hard work, thrift, predestination, salvation, sin, God, from England to America, immigration, etc.
4. Benjamin Franklin
key words: statesman, scientist and writer, Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanac, puritan, hard work and thrift, successful, contributions, printer, etc.
V.Appreciation (10%)（每题5分，共10分）
Part A
a)Philip Freneau’s（1分）The Wild Honey Suckle （1分）
b)It is written in iambic tetrameter, the rhyme scheme is ababcc.
（1分）
c)“Little being” refers to the wild honey suckle. （1分）“But an
hour” means the lifespan of a flower is very short. （1分）
Part B
1. Washington Irving’s（1分）Rip Van Wingkle（1分）
2. Nicholas Vedder is the owner of the inn/ a patriarch of the village/ and landlord of the inn,（1分）
3. He expressed his opinion by the way of smoking. / When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light and placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation.（2分）
ment. (20%)(每题10分，此题共20分)
答案：（略）。