美国文学秋季学期练习题4

美国文学史及作品选读练习4I. Match the works with the authors given below. (每小题1分，共10分)a.Michael Wigglesworthb. Franklinc.John Smithd. William Cullen Bryante.James Fennimore Cooperf.Philip Freneaug.Washington Irving1.( ) A Description of New England2.( ) Rip Van Winkle3.( ) The Day of Doom4.( ) Autobiography5.( ) The Wild Honey suckle6.( ) To a Waterfowl7.( ) The Deerslayer8 ( ) The Thanatopsis9.( ) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow10.( ) The SpyII. Blank Filling. （每小题2分，共20分）1.The term “ Puritan” was applied to those settlers whooriginally were devout members of the Church of ________. 2.Michael Wigglesworth, another important colonial poet,achieved wide popularity among his contemporaries with his gloomy entitled ___________.3.In 1620, a number of Puritans who tried to purify or reform thechurch of England stepped on the New England shore at Plymouth in the ship named ________.4.Among all the settlers in the New Continent, _________settlers were the most influential.5.In American Literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of________ and Revolution.6.In Franklin’s ________________, he talks first of all about howhe studied language.7.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as____________ which is about a good-natured lazy husband who falls into a 20-year sleep.8.“Supernal beauty” is believed by ___________ to be theprinciple of Poetry.9.Published in 1823, ___________was the first of theLeatherstocking Tales, in their order of publication time, and probably the first true romance of the frontier in American literature.10.____________was considered as the “poet of the American Revolution” and the “Father of American Poetry.”III. Multiple Choice.(每小题2分，共30分)1.In the early nineteenth century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did_______.A. Puritanism B Romanticism C Rationalism DSentimentalism2. Franklin wrote and published his famous__________, an annul collection of proverbs.A. The AutobiographyB. Poor Richard’s AlmanacC. Common SenseD. The General Magazine3. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. _______was the dominant spirit.A. Humanism B Rationalism C Revolution D Evolution 4.________ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A.William BradfordB. Anne BradstreetC.Emily DickinsonD. Captain John Smith5.Which is not Ir ving’s works in the following.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a Travelle rC. A History of New York D．To A Waterfowl6. Choose Freneau’s poem from the following.A. The RavenB. To a WaterfowlC. To HellenD. TheWild Honey Suckle7. In 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced the best poet_ _____to appear in America up to that time.A. Edward TaylorB. Philip FreneauC. William CullenBryant D. Edgar Allan Poepared with his contemporaries, _________was no doubt the best in exploring the wildness and frontier in fiction.A. Washington IrvingB. James Fenimore CooperC. William Cullen BryantD. Philip Freneau9. Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle is famous for_________.A. Rip’s escape into a m ysterious valleyB. The story’s German legendary source materialC. Rip’s seeking for happinessD. Rip’s 20-years sleep10. Choose Poe’s work from the followingA. The Day of DoomB. The Last of the MohicansC. The Indian Burying Ground D The Cask of Amontillado11.Choose Irving’s work from the following .A. The Sketch BookB. ThanatopsisC. The SpyD. The British Prison Ship12._______ is the most commonly used in English poetry, in which an unstressed syllable comes first followed by a stressed.A. the trochaic footB. an anapestic footC.a quatrainD.a iambic foot13. The Indian Burying Ground by___________ is the earliest poem which romanticizes the Indian as a child of nature.A. Washington IrvingB. Adgar Allan PoeC. Philip FreneauD. Nathaniel Hawthorne14._______ is a poetic device used to increase the musical quality and link the lines and stanzas of a poem.A. MeterB. RepetitionC. RhymeD. foot15. Poetry is aimed at conveying and enriching human experience which is formed through sense impressions. __________ is the representation of sense experience through language.A .Meter B. Image C. Theme D. Assonance IV. Decide Whether the Statements are True or False. (每小题1分，共10分)1.The Puritans in New England embraced hardships, togetherwith the discipline of a harsh church.2.In 1625 a number of Puritans came to settle in Massachusetts3.Mayflower in American history is the name of a flower.4.American poetry of the eighteenth century has an imitativecharacter, imitating the reigning English models of the eighteen century.5.In Franklin’s Autobiography, he talks first of all about how hestudied language6. Philip Freneau was a most important writer in American poetry of the eighteenth century.7. The early American romanticism gave emphasis to emotion, feeling, intuition instead of reason.8. Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: the sea adventure tale, and the frontier stories.9. In the 19th century American literature, writers of Gothic terrornovels sought to arouse in their readers a turbulent sense of the remote, the supernatural, and the terrifying by describing old castles ,deep valleys or bleak mountain tops.10.Puritan influence over American Romanticism wasconspicuously noticeable.V. Choose the correct terms to match the following definitions. (每小题2分，共10分)a. iambic footb. meterc. image d . rhyme e. stanza f. alliterationg. trochaic foot h. consonance1._______ is the repetition of sounds in two or more words orphrases that usually appear close to each other in a poem.2.________ is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressedsyllables.3.________ is a structural division of a poem, consisting of aseries of verse lines which usually comprise a recurring pattern of meter and rhyme.4.________ is the most commonly used foot in English poetry, inwhich an unstressed syllable comes first, followed by a stressed syllable.5.________ is the repetition of the same initial consonant soundwithin a line or a group of words.VI. Identify the fragments and answer the following questions.(共20分)Section A.(每小题2分，共10分)Fair flower, that does so comely grow,Hid in this silent, dull retreat,Untouched thy honied blossoms blow,Unseen thy little branches greet;No roving foot shall crush thee here,No busy hand provoke a tear.Questions:1.What is the title of this poem from which the selection is selected?2.The meter of this poem is_______.A. iambic pentameter B .tetrameter C anapestic rhythm D sonnet 3.Who is the writer of the poem?4.To what does the writer compare the flower’s charms? ’5.What does the writer express in this poem?Section A1.The Wild Honey Suckle2. B3.Philip Freneau4.The writer compares t he flower’s charms to the primetime of human being.5.In this poem, the poet expresses a keen awareness ofthe loveliness and transience of nature.Section B（共10分）It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the seaThat a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee----And this maiden she lived with no other thought Then to love and be loved by meShe was a child and I was a child,In this kingdom by the sea,But we loved with a love that was more than love—I and my Annabel Lee---With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven Croveted her and me.And this was the reason that, long ago,In this kingdom by the sea,A wind blew out of a cloud by night Chilling my Annabel Lee;So that her highborn kinsmen cameAnd bore her away from me,To shut her up in a sepulchreIn this kingdom by the sea.The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me---Yes! That was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea)That wind came out of the cloud, chilling And killing by the sea)… …Comment on the poem by answering the following questions:1.What’s the theme of the poem? （1分）2.How many poetic devices does the poet use to create a mood appropriate to thetheme? （9分）参考答案：1.The death of a beautiful woman--- the recurrent theme of Poe’s poems(1%)2. The poet creates a melancholic tone in the poem In creating the mood, He usesalliteration-----her high born kinsman…. ; not half so happy in Heaven…(2%)the accumulative repetition----- It was many and many a year ago… She was a child and I was a child….(2%):assonance----- To shut her up in a sepulchre… A wind blew out of a cloud by night;(2%) and makes the even lines and end lines of each stanza rhyme strongly with the name of the girl to have the effect of a refrain, thus best echoing the insistent tolling of the church bell at the funeral. In this solemnity, the poem reaches its emotional climax of melancholy.(3%)参考答案:I (10%): 1.-5 C. G A .B F 6-10 D E D G EII. (20%)1.England2. The Day of Doom3. May Flower4. English5.reason 6. Autobiograph7. Rip Van Winkle 8. Adgar Allan Poe 9. The Pioneer 10. Philip FreaneauIII. (30%)1-5 A B B D D 6-10 D C B D D 11-15. A D C C BIV. (10%)。