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美国⽂学史及选读试卷（A卷）苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷）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 分钟姓名：学号：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 ofthe seventeenth century, the overwhelming majority was _____.3.The English immigrants who settled on America’s northern seacoastwere called _____, so named after those who wished to “purify” theChurch of England.4.Washington Irving, the Father of American literature, developed the_____ as a genre in American literature.5.Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece _____.6.The most outstanding poet in America of the 18th century was _____.7.In the early 19th century, “Rip Van Winkle”had established _____’sreputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning ofAmerican Romanticism.8._____ has sometimes been considered the father of the modern shortstory.9.In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece _____, thestory of a triangular love affair in colonial America.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. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from thesettlement of America in the early 17th century through the end of________ century.A. the 18thB. the 19thC. the 20thD. 21th2. New-England’s Plantation was published in 1630 by ________A. Francis HigginsonB. William BradfordC. John SmithD. Michael Wigglesworth3. Of all the books written by Michael Wigglesworth the beat known is________A. The Flesh and the SpiritB. The True TravelsC. The Day of DoomD. Christopher Columbus4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ______.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Chartist movementD. Romanticist5. In the first section of Autobiography the writer addressed to ________A. his sonB. his friendsC. his wifeD. himself6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brother’s newspaper called ________A. New York TimesB. Washington PostC. SalmagundiD. Daily News7. History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of ________A. Washington IrvingB. Diedrich KnickerbokerC. James Fenimore CooperD. John Whittier8. Rip Van Winkle was written by ________A. James Fenimore CooperB. Benjamin FranklinC. Washington IrvingD. Walt Whitman9. The Spy was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1821. It is a novel about________A. American Civil WarB. American RevolutionC. American West ExpansionD. The First World War10. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Cooper’s ________A. The PrecautionB. The SpyC. The Gleanings in EuropeD. Leatherstocking Tales11. ________ was regarded as a poet of the American RevolutionA. Philip FreneauB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Cal Sandburg12. The Raven was written in 1844 by ________A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson13. The Minister’s Black Veil was written by ________A. Edgar Allan PoeB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry David ThoreauD. Ralph Waldo Emerson14. 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 MuseB. Tenth MuseD. First Muse15. 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. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic16. A new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. Critical realismC. RomanticismD. Naturalism17. Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story, Rip Van Winkle,from a ________A. Greek legendB. German legendC. French legendD. English legend18. Rip Van Winkle is found in Irving’s longer work, ________A. The Sketch BookB. History of New YorkC. Tales of a TravelerD. The Precaution19. ________ was often regarded as America’s first man of letters, devotingmuch of his career to literature.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Philip FreneauC. Washington IrvingD. James Fenimore Cooper20. All the following novels are in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales except________A. The PioneersB. The PrairieC. The DeerslayerIII.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 Europe2.Oliver Goldsmith3.The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America4.“The Day of Doom”5. A History of New York6.The Last of the Mohicans7.The House of the Night8. A Forest Hymn9.“The Raven”10.“The Cask of Amontillado”11.Mosses from an Old Manse12.“Israfel”13.“The Flesh and the Spirit”14.Life of George Washington15.The Pathfinder16.“the Wild Honey Suckle”17.The Flood of Years18.“The Poetic Principle”19.The Blithedale Romance20.“The Indian Burying Ground”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 Almanac2. Leatherstocking Tales3. Puritanism4. Benjamin FranklinDirections: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read theexcerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part AFrom morning suns and evening dewsAt 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. What does the “little being”refer to? What meaning is suggested by the phrase “but an hour”? (2 points)Part BThe opinions of this junto were completely controlled by 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 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.From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the tranquility of 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. Who was the writer of this story? What is the title of this story? (2 points)2. Who was Nicholas Vedder? (1 point)3. How did he express his opinions on public matters? (2 points)/doc/6dce1306e87101f69e319588.html ment. (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?/doc/6dce1306e87101f69e319588.html ment on Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography./doc/6dce1306e87101f69e319588.html ment on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing techniques.4.What philosophical meaning is implied in Philip Freneau’s “The WildHoney Suckle”?5.What are the artistic achievements of Edgar Allan Poe?。
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1. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing bees less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________.A. rationalB. humorousC. optimisticD. pessimistic2.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. local colorismB. vernacularismC. modernismD. naturalism3.____________were idealists, believing the church should be restored to plete “purity〞and dreaming that they would build the new land to an Eden on earth.A. CalvinistsB. PuritansC. RomanticistsD. Transcendentalists4. All of the following are the features of Puritans EXCEPT _____.A. wanting to make pure their religious beliefs and practicesB. looking upon themselves as a chosen peopleC. tolerating others’ beliefs and sought for a happy and an e asy lifeD. wishing to restore simplicity to church serves and emphasized the image of a wrathful God5. Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth and Pearl are most likely Characters in_______.A. The House of the Seven GablesB. The Scarlet LetterC. The Portrait of a LadyD. The pioneers6. American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were(a)“_______,〞devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilization．A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men7. In James Fenimore Cooper’s novels, close after Natty Bumppo in romantic appeal, e the two noble red men. Choose them from the following items.A. The Mohican Chief ChingachgookB. UncasC. Tome JonesD. Both A and B8. The “Father of American Poetry〞is ____.A. William Cullen BryantB. Philip FreneauC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Edgar Allan Poe9. Herman Melville’s ______ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.A. The Old Man and the SeaB. Moby DickC. White JacketD. Billy Budd10. In addition to his novels, _______ wrote about 120 short stories and sketches. Among them are Young Goodman Brown and The Minister’s Black Veil.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Ralph Waldo EmersonD. Herman Melville11. Robert Frost bined traditional verse forms -the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _______farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. SouthernB. WesternC. New HampshireD. New England12. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXCEPT the _____ in the American literary history.A. individual feelingsB. idea of survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature13. Cooper’s story of the “frontier saga〞is made up of 5 famous novels that prise the ________ Tales, in which the main character is Natty Bumppo.A. Leatherstocking talesB. The Deer SlayerC. Sea AdventureD. The Romantic14. More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general Skepticism about the relationship between ______ is well-expressed.A. man and manB. men and womenC. man and natureD. men and God15. From Henry David Thoreau’s jail experience came his famous essay, ______ which states Thoreau’s belief that no man should violate his conscience at the mand of a government.A. WaldenB. NatureC. Civil DisobedienceD. mon Sense16. Choose the authors who belong to the romantic group in American literature.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Henry David ThoreauC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Herman MelvilleE .Walt Whitman F. All of the above17The desire for an escape form society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature, evident in ____.A. James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking TalesB. Henry David Thoreau’s WaldenC. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry FinnD. All of the above18. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by____________.A. short, clear sentencesB. abundance of local imagesC. ordinary American speechD. highly refined language19. Emerson based his religion on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called ________.A. the SpiritB. the Over-lordC. the oversoulD. the Self20. One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain a major literary figure in the 19th century America is his use of____________ .A. vernacularB. interior monologueC. point of viewD. photographic descriptionIV. Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions.1 “We passed the School, where Children strove/ At Recess—in theRing—/We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain—/We passed the Setting Sun—〞1) What is the title of the poem"2) Who does “we〞refer to"3) What does “the School〞, “th e Fields of Gazing Grain〞, and“the Setting Sun〞imply respectively"4) Where are “we〞going"2．Read the passage and answer questions.To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that e from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perceptual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore: and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had beenshown! But every night e out these preachers of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.Questions:Where is this passage taken and who is the author"What does the author say would happen if the stars appeared one night in a thousand years"3. Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!Let the dead Past bury its dead!Act—act in the glorious Present!Heart within, and God o’er head!1) Who is the poet"2) What is the title of the poem"3) What does the poet want to tell in these lines"4. “I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence：Tworoads diverged in a wood，and I—I took the one less traveled by，And that has made all the difference.〞1) Identify the poem and the poet.2) What does the phrase “ages and ages hence〞mean"3) Why does the poet say “that has made all the difference〞"4) What idea does the quoted passage express"5 “But I have promises to keep,/ And many miles to go before Isleep,/And many miles to go before I sleep.〞1) What is the title of the poem"2) What does “promises〞mean in this poem"3) Why does the poet say “And many miles to go before I sleep,/Andmany miles to go before I sleep.〞"4) What does “And many miles to go before I sleep,/And many milesto go before I sleep〞mean"6.Read a passage and answer questions (10”)Hester Prynne’s term of confinement was now at an end. Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into sunshine which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no other purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast. Perhaps there was a more real torture in her first unattended footsteps from the threshold of the prison, than even in the procession and spectacle that have been described, where she was made the mon infamy, at which all mankind was summoned to point its finger. Then, she was supported by an unnatural tension of the nerves, and by all the bative energy of her character, which enabled her to convert the scene into a kind of lurid triumph. Questions;Which novel is this selection taken from"What is the name of the novelist"What do you think is the symbolic meaning of the scarlet letter on Hester’s breast"VI. Topic discussions or brief answers.1 Why is it said that New England from the beginning had a literature ofideas"13. The following poem was written by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow A Psalm of LifeStudy it carefully, then analyze the poem stanza by stanza and ment the theme of the poem.3. What symbols does the writer use in the story of The Scarlet Letter andwhat do they each symbolize, including the names of the main characters"4. What are the artistic achievements of Edgar Allan Poe".(10”)5. What are the thematic concerns and the artistic characteristics of Emily Dickenson’s poetry" .(10”)6.What is the theme of Rip Van Wrinkle" List the major works of Washington Irving and discuss the artistic characteristics of his works.(10”)7. What is American Romanticism" (Your answer should include suchaspects as the time, characteristics, representatives, and influences, etc)"8. What is Transcendentalism"9. What is American realism"10. What is American naturalism"。
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美国文学（本科）试题3I. Complete each of the following statements with proper words or phrases.(20%, 1 point for each)1.In 1817, the stately poem called “Thanatopsis” introduced the best poet, ______, to appear in America up to that time.2.James Fennimore Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories:the sea adventure and ______.3.Ralph Emerson was recognized throughout his life as the leader of ______movement, yet he never applied the term to himself or to his beliefs and ideas.4.Herman Melville’s novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.5.In the early 19th century, Washington Irving wrote ______ which became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic.6.In 1845, Henry David Thoreau began a two-year residence at ______ Pond.7.After his death, ______ became the only American to be honored with abust in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey.8.The American Romantic period stretches from the end of the 18th centurythrough the outburst of the ______.9.The arbiter of 19th century literary realism in America was ______.10.The poetic style Walt Whitman devised is now called ______, which is poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.11.______ is considered the founder of psychological realism. He believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator.12.______ is the novel into which Jack London put most of himself.13.O. Henry’s ______ is a very moving story of a young couple who sell their best possessions in order to get money for a Christmas present for each other.14.______ was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the“Imagist” movement.15.In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald completed his best novel ______. It is the story of an idealist who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasu re-seeking people around him.16.Ernest Hemingway’s stature as a writer was conf irmed with the publicationof his novel ______ in 1929. The novel portrayed a farewell both to war and to love.17.______ was the foremost novelist of the American Depression of the 1930s.18.William Faulkner considered __________ to be “the first trul y American writer”.19.As a genre, naturalism emphasized heredity and ______ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters that were presented in spec ial and detailed circumstances.20.A series of sixteen pamphlets by Thomas Paine was entitled ______.II. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers or completions. Choose the one that is the best in each case.(30%, 1 point for each)1.Moby Dick was dedicated to ____.A. Ralph EmersonB. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henry ThoreauD. Henry Longfellow2.____ was Mark Twain’s masterpiece from which, as Hemingway noted, “all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Life on the MississippiD.The Gilded Age3.____ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A. Emily BradfordB. Ann BradstreetC. Emily DickinsonD. John Smith4.Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ____.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Chartist movementD. Romanticist5.Thomas Jefferson’s attitude, that is, a firm belief in progress, and the pursuit of happiness, is typical of the period we now call ____.A. Age of EvolutionB. Age of ReasonC. Age of RomanticismD. Age of Regionalism6.As a literary and philosophical movement, ____ flourished in New Englandfrom the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism7.____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American ScholarB. Self-RelianceC. The Divinity School AddressD. Civil Disobedience8.There is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism wasactually ____ on the Puritan soil.A. RomanticismB. SymbolismC. MysticismD. Rationalism9.American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century.This was ____.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. Harriet Beecher10.Which of the following statements about O. Henry is NOT right?A. He wrote about the poor people.B. The ends of his stories are always surprising.C. Many of his stories contain a great deal of slang and colloquial expressions.D. The plots are usually clumsy.11.The main theme of ____’s The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry JamesB. William HowellsC. Mark TwainD. O. Henry12.Which of the following does NOT have a naturalist tendency?A. Stephan CraneB. Frank NorrisC. Jack LondonD. Walt Whitman13.For Melville, as well as for the reader and _____, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimately mystery of the universe.A. StubbB. IshmaelC. AhabD. Starbuck14.Which of the following is NOT optimistic about human nature?A. Ralph EmersonB. Walt WhitmanC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Henry Thoreau15.Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. ReligionB. Life and deathC. Love and marriageD. War and peace16.Of the following American writers, _____ had won the Nobel Prize for Literature.A. Mark TwainB. Ernest HemingwayC. Henry JamesD. F. S. Fitzgerald17.In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman whowrote the book that started this great war!” The book refers to ____.A.The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB.BelovedB.Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin18.The works of _____ reveals the misery of the migrant workers because ofthe American Depression.A. F. S. FitzgeraldB. John SteinbeckC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Howells19.In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.A. individualismB. freedomC. democracyD. all the above20.It is not surprising to find in _____’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed” was the law.A. Mark TwainB. Emily DickinsonC. Theodore DreiserD. Henry James21.During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark Twain referred to as ____.A. the Golden AgeB. the Modern AgeC. the Gilded AgeD. the Puritan Age22.“The Custom-House” is an introductory note to _____.A. Moby-DickB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Marble FaunD.The Blithedale Romance23.When we say that a poor young man from the West tried to make his fortune in the East but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A. Henry JamesB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner24.American writers after World War I self-consciously acknowledged that they were (a) “____”, devoid of faith and alienated from the Western civilizat ion.A. Lost GenerationB. Beat GenerationC. Sons of LibertyD. Angry Young Men25.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 writers26.The setting of the novel The Scarlet Letter is in ____.A. England during World War IB. Paris during the French RevolutionC. Puritan AmericaD. America after the Revolutionary War27.Which statement is NOT true of the American naturalist?A. They ventured the forbidden subjects such as sex, death, and violence.B. They stressed the possible triumph of human will.C. They wrote in a daring, open, and direct manner.D. They see human beings no more than a physical object.28.____ is often acclaimed as the literary spokesman of the Jazz Age.A. Ernest HemingwayB. F. Scott FitzgeraldC. William FaulknerD. John Steinbeck29.____, one of America’s greatest playwrights, won the Nobel Prize in 1936,the first American playwright to receive the honor. Some of his most fam ous works include The Hairy Ape, Long Day’s Journey into Night.A. Arthur MillerB. Tennessee WilliamsC. Bernard MalamudD. Eugene O’Neill30.Edgar Allan Poe occupies an important position in American literature as apoet and a ____.A. short story writerB. novelistC. dramatistD. translatorIII. Read the poems carefully and answer the questions that follow. Put yo ur answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 10 points for each poem)1. Because I could not stop for Death —Because 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 —Or rather —He passed Us —The Dews drew quivering and Chill —For only Gossamer, my Gown —My Tippet —only Tulle —We paused before a House that seemedA Swelling of the Ground —The Roof was scarcely visible —The Cornice —in the Ground —Since then —’tis Centuries —and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses’ HeadsWere toward Eternity —Questions:1.1 Who wrote this poem? (1%)1.2 What is the poet or the speaker in the poem watching and recording? (1%)1.3 What is death compared to in the poem? (1%)1.4 What is depicted in the 3rd stanza? How is it related to the whole poem? (2%)1.5 What is depicted in the 4th stanza? (1%)1.6 What does the poet or the speaker in the poem think of eternity? (2%)1.7 What is the attitude of the poet or the speaker in the poem towards death? (2%)2. Annabel LeeIt was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of Annabel Lee; -And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.I was a child and she 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 wingéd seraphs in Heaven Coveted her and me.And this was the reason that, long ago,In this kingdom by the sea,A wind blew out of a cloud, chillingMy beautiful Annabel Lee;So that her high-born kinsmen cameAnd bore her away from me,To shut her up in a sepulcher,In 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 the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.But our love it was stronger by far than the loveOf those who were older than we -Of many far wiser than we -And neither the angels in Heaven above,Nor the demons down under the sea,Can ever dissever my soul from the soulOf the beautiful Annabel Lee: -For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreamsOf the beautiful Annabel Lee;And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyesOf the beautiful Annabel Lee: -And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the sideOf my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,In her sepulcher there by the sea -In her tomb by the sounding sea.Questions:2.1 Who wrote this poem? (1%)2.2 What is the theme of the poem? (2%)2.3 What is the mood of the poem? (1%)2.4 How does the poem coincide with Poe’s poetics or theory of poetry writin g? (3%)2.5 What makes you think the poem reads like a fairy tale? (3%)IV. Answer the following questions, and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (30%, 15 points for each)1. What is local color fiction? List at least 5 of the best known writers of local color.2. Instead of having her punished for her life of sin, Dreiser let Caroline Meeber in Sister Carrier become successful. Can you tell why?。
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Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author's tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________。
A。
rational B. humorousC. optimistic D。
pessimistic2.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。
local colorism B. vernacularism C。
modernism D。
naturalism3。
____________were idealists, believing the church should be restored to complete “purity” and dreaming that they would build the new land to an Eden on earth.A。
Calvinists B。
PuritansC。
Romanticists D。
Transcendentalists4. All of the following are the features of Puritans EXCEPT _____.A。
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学（本科）试题2I. Fill in the following blanks and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 1 point for each)1._____ was a founding figure of American poetry, whose innovation first of all lies in his use of the free verse, poetry withou t a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.2.The publication of Nature established ______ as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.3.Hard work, thrift, ______ and sobriety were the Puritan values that dominated much of the earliest American writing.4._________ is considered to be the founder of psychological realism, who believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator.5.Martin Eden is the novel into which ______ put most of himself.6.The publication of _______ written by T. S. Eliot helped toestablish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive thought.7.“The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet,black bough.” This is the shortest poe m written by _____.8.With the publication of The Sun Also Rises, ________ becamethe spokesman for what Gertrude Stein had called “a Lost Generati on”.9.“The Custom House” is an introductory note to the novel _______.10.Among the works att acking the “American Dream”, __________by Fitzgerald is a powerful piece.11.Emily Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, but only ____ of which had appeared during her life time.12.______, the tragic hero of Moby Dick, burning with a baleful fire, becomes evil himself in his thirst to destroy evil.13.As a poet, ________ heralded American literary independence: hisclose observation of nature distinguished his treatment of indige nous wild life and other native American subjects, e. g: The Wild Honey Suckle.14.The publication of Washington Irving’s _________, a collectionof essays, sketches and tales, marks the beginning of American rom anticism.15.“The Cop and the Anthem” is a short story written by ______.II. Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would be st completethe statement. Put your answers on the Answer Sheet.(30%, 1 point for each)1.In Leaves of Grass, _______ is all that concerned Whitman.A.i n d i v i d u a l i s mB. freedomC.d e m o c r a c yD. all the above2.______ is the narrator of Moby Dick.A. AhabB. Ishmae lC.F l a s kD. Queequeg3.In 1837, Ralph Emerson made a speech entitled _____ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as “Our Intellect ual Declaration of Independence.”A.D e c l a r a t i o n o f I n d e p e n d e n c eB. Self-RelianceC.D i v i n i t y S c h o o l A d d r e s sD. The American Scholar4.The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling; and second, the individual is ______.A.v i c i o u s b y n a t u r eB. insignificantC.f o r w a r d-l o o k i n gD. divine5.In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _____.A. saviorsB. villain sC.c o m m e n t a t o r sD. observers6.In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _____.A.Dreiser’s Sister CarrierB.Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC.Cooper’s Leather-Stocking TalesD.Thoreau’s Walden7.“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”Who could have written these lines? _____.A.E d g a r A l l a n P o eB. Ralph EmersonC.W a l t W h i t m a nD. Henry Thoreau8.Which of the following is Not optimistic about human nature?A.R a l p h E m e r s o nB. Walt WhitmanC.N a t h a n i e l H a w t h o r n eD. Henry Thoreau9.Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letteris Not true? _____.A.It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.B.It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.C.It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.D.It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.10.Washington Irving was best known for his famous short storiessuch as _______.A.Rip Van Winkle and Moby DickB.Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy HollowC.Young Goodman Brown and Moby DickD.The Fall of the House of Usher and Rip Van Winkle11.Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects oflife. Which of the following is Not a usual subject of her poetic expression? _____.A.R e l i g i o nB.L i f e a n d d e a t hC.L o v e a n d m a r r i a g eD. War and peace12.Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a ____ language.A. grandB. pompou sC. vernacularD. simp le13.The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____.A.t h e A g e o f R o m a n t i c i s mB. the Age of RealismC.t h e A g e o f M o d e r n i s mD. the Age of Colonialism14.______ is called by Hemingway the one from which “all modernAmerican literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Lif e on the MississippiC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. The Gilded A ge15.The main theme of _______’s The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main objec t of the novel.A.M a r k T w a i nB.H e n r y J a m e sC.T h e o d o r e D r e i s e rD. William Dean Howells16.It is not surprising to find in _____’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill or to be killed” was the law.A.M a r k T w a i nB. Emily DickinsonC.T h e o d o r e D r e i s e rD. Henry James17.According to Hawthorne, the scarlet Letter “A” which originally stands for “_____”, finally obtains the meaning of “able”or “angel” through Hester’s efforts.A.a r r o g a n c eB. adulteryC.a g o n yD. accomplishment18.During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark Twain referred to as _____.A.t h e G o l d e n A g eB. the Modern AgeC.t h e G i l d e d A g eD. the Puritan Age19.Robert Frost is generally considered to be a regional poet inthe sense that his subject matters mainly focus on the landscape and people in _____.A.N e w Y o r kB.t h e W e s tC. New EnglandD. Mid West20.William Faulkner’s works mainly concern the A merican _____.A.N e w E n g l a n dB.S o u t hC.M i d W e s tD. West21.In 1954, _____ was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature forhis “mastery of the art of modern narration.”A.T.S.E l i o tB. Ernest HemingwayC.J o h n S t e i n b e c kD. William Faulkner22.“In a Station of the Metro” is regarded by critics as a classic specimen of _____.A.t h e i m a g i s t p o e t r yB. the absurd poetryC.t h e r o m a n t i c p o e t r yD. the tran scendental poetry23.Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of ______.A.t h e R e n a i s s a n c e P e r i o dB. the Ne oclassical PeriodC.t h e J a z z A g eD. the Romantic Period24._____ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A.W i l l i a m B r a d f o r dB. Anne BradstreetC.E m i l y D i c k i n s o nD. Captain John Smith25.The works of _______ reveal the misery of the migrant workersbecause of the American Depression.A.F.S.F i t z g e r a l dB. John SteinbeckC.E r n e s t H e m i n g w a yD. William Howells26._______ is NOT a fictional character in The Scarlet Letter.A.P e a r lB. Arthur DimmesdaleC.R o g e r C h i l l i n g w o r t hD. Santiago27.At 87, ______ read his poetry at the inauguration of PresidentJohn F. Kennedy.A.E d w i n R o b i n s o nB. Wallace StevensC.C a r l S a n d b u r gD. Robert Frost28.“Let’s portray man and woman in a way that we meet them in our real life.” This may be a principle for the characterization of _______.A.r o m a n t i c i s mB.r e a l i s mC. naturalismD. modernis m29.In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the littlewoman who wrote the book that started this great war!” Who is thi s woman referred to? ______.A.M r s.S t o w eB. Emily DickinsonC.G e o r g e E l i o tD. Jane Austen30.All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain becameincreasingly ______.A. optimisticB. pessimisticD. contentedIII. Explain the following and put your answers onthe Answer Sheet. (15%, 5 points for each)1. New England literary renaissance2. “My Lost Youth” (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)3. William Dean HowellsIV. Read the poems carefully and answer the questions that follow. Put your answers on the Answer Shee t. (20%, 10 pointsfor each poem)1. I Sit and Look OutI sit and look out upon all the sorrows of the world, and upon all oppression and shame;I hear secret convulsive sobs from young men, at anguish with themselves, remorseful after deeds done;I see in low life, the mother misused by her children, dying, neglected, gaunt, desperate;I see the wife misused by her husband — see the treacherous seducer of young women;I mark the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited love attempted to be hid,I see these sights on the earth;I see the workings of battle, pestilence, tyranny — I see martyrs andprisoners;I observe a famine at sea — I observe the sailors casting lots who shallbe kill’d to preserve the lives of the rest;I observe the slights and degradations cast by arrogant persons upon laborers, the poor, and upon negroes, and the like;All these — all the meanness and agony without, end, I sitting, look out upon,See, hear, and am silent.Questions:1.1 Who wrote this poem? (1%)1.2 What kind of poetical style is employed in the poem? (1%)1.3 What is the function of the line “All these — all the meannessand agony without, end, I sitting, look out upon”? (2%)1.4 What is the theme of the poem? (3%)1.5 Why is the poem entitled “I Sit and Look Out” instead of “I Walk Around and See”, and the like? (3%)2. I heard a Fly buzz — when I died —I heard a Fly buzz — when I died —The Stillness in the RoomWas like the Stillness in the Air —Between the Heaves of Storm —The Eyes around — had wrung them dry —And Breaths were gathering firmFor that last Onset — when the KingBe witnessed — in the Room —I willed my Keepsakes — Signed awayWhat portion of me beAssignable — and then it wasThere interposed a Fly —With Blue — uncertain stumbling Buzz —Between the light — and me —And then the Windows failed — and thenI could not see to see —Questions:2.1 Who wrote this poem? (1%)2.2 What is the poet or the speaker in the poem watching and recordin g? (1%)2.3 What does “that Onset” in the 2nd stanza refer to? What kind ofonset is that? (1%)2.4 What do “uncertain stumbling Buzz” and “And then the Windows failed” in the last stanza suggest respectively? (1%)2.5 Where do es the “light” in the last stanza come from? (1%)2.6 What does the “Fly” in the poem suggest? (2%)2.7 What is the theme of the poem? (3%)V. Make a brief comment on the following and putyour answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 10 points for each)1.American Romanticism.2.Caroline Meeber in Sister Carrier.。
美国文学选读期末试卷
美国文学选读期末试卷美国文学选读期末试卷(A);PartⅠ:Choosetherelevantm;(10pointsinall,2pointfor;Group1;ColumnACol umnB;1.BenjaminFranklina.Mo;2.EdgarAllanPoeb.TheCa;3.RalphWaldoEmersonc. T;4.NathanielHawtho美国文学选读期末试卷 (A)Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.(10 points in all, 2 point for each)Group 1Column A Column B1. Benjamin Franklin a. Moby Dick2.Edgar Allan Poe b. The Cast of Amontillado3. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. The Scarlet letter4. Nathaniel Hawthorne d. Self-Reliance5. Herman Melville e. The AutobiographyPart ⅠⅠ: Gap filling (10 points in all, 1 point for each).1.2.3.4. ?The Old Man and the Sea? is written by _______ . Samuel Langhorne Clemens is better known by the pen name ______ _______ . ?the remains of my relations? means __________________ in Chinese. ?I must not only punish but punish with impunity? means___________________________in Chinese.5. _________ is regarded as the first person to write the detective novel in the west.6. Ralph Waldo Emerson is the supporter of _________.7. Herman Melville is the famous _________and poet of America.8. In 1836, a little book came out which made a tremendous impact on the intellectual life of America. It was entitled _________ by Emerson.9. The historical novel ?Scarlet Letter? describes the17th century?s life style of the___________________________ in North America.10. In Herman Melville?s Moby Dick?, as the opposite of the human being, the whale stands for __________________.Part ⅠⅠⅠ: Reading Comprehension (40 points in all, 2 points for each).AI travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” (风格) of directions every time 1 ask “How can I get to the post office?”Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) in Japan because most streets there don?t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post offi ce?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it?sabout five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don?t know. It?s true that a person doesn?t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, ?Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don?t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “Idon?t know” is impolite, they usually give an answer, often a wrong one.A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!1. When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________A. describe the place carefullyB. show him a map of the placeC. tell him the names of the streetsD. refer to recognizable buildings and places2. What is the place where people measure distance in time?_________A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. Kansas.D. Iowa.3. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________A. in order to save timeB. as a testC. so as to be politeD. for fun4. What can we infer from the text? _________A. It?s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.B. It?s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.C. People have similar understandings of politeness.D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.BHeroes of Our TimeA good heartDikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa among great poverty and disease. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarshipto study medicine ―but Coach John Thompson got a look at Dikembe and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the NBA, and a citizen of the United States.But he never forgot the land of his birth, or the duty to share hisfortune with others. He built a new hospital in his old hometown in the Congo. A friend has said of this good-hearted man: “Mutombo believesthat God has given him this chance to do great things.”Success and kindnessAfter her daughter was born, Julie Aigner-Clark searched for ways to share her love of music and art with her child. So she borrowed some equipment, and began filming children?s videos in her own house. The Baby Einstein Company was born, and in just five years her business grew to more than $20 million in sales. And she is using her success to help others ― producing child safety videos with John Walsh of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Julie says of her new program: “I believe it?s the most important thing that I have ever done. I believe that children have the right to live in a world that is safe.”Bravery and courageA few weeks ago, Wesley Autrey was waiting at a Harlem subwaystation with his two little girls when he saw a man fall into the pathof a train. With seconds to act, Wesley jumped onto the tracks, pulled the man into the space between the rails, and held him as the train passed right above their heads. He insists he?s not a hero. He says: “We have got to show each other some love.”A. Being a star in the NBA.B. Being a student of medicine.C. His work in the church.D. His willingness to help the needy..A. helpful to his personal developmentB. something he should do for his homelandC. a chance for his friends to share his moneyD. a way of showing his respect to the NBAA. Produce safety equipment for children.B. Make videos to help protect children.C. Sell children?s music and artwork.D. Look for missing and exploited children.A. He helped a man get across the rails.B. He stopped a man from destroying the rails.C. He protected two little girls from getting hurt.D. He saved a person without considering his own safety.CTom was one of the brightest boys in the year, with supportive parents. But when he was 15 he suddenly stopped trying. He left school at 16 with only two scores for secondary school subjects. One of the reasons that made it cool for him not to care was the power of his peer group.The lack of right male role models in many of their lives ― at home and particularly in the school environment ― means that their peers are the only people they have to judge themselves against.They don?t see men succeeding in society so it doesn?t occur to them that they could make something of themselves. Without male teachers as a role model, the effect of peer actions and street culture is all powerful. Boys want to be part of a club. However, schools can provide the environment for change, and provide the right role models for them. Teachers need to be trained to stop that but not in front of a child?s peers. You have to do it one to one, because that is when you see the real child.It?s pointless sending a child home if he or she has done wrong. They see it as a welcome day off to watch television or play computer games. Instead, schools should have a special unit where a child who has done wrong goes for the day and gets advice about his problems ― somewhere he can work away from his peers and go home after the other children.A. He disliked his teachers.B. His parents no longer supported him.C. It?s cool for boys of his age not to care about studies.D. There were too many subjects in his secondary school..A. Peer groups.B. A special unit.C. The student judges.D. The home environment.A. Wait for their change patiently.B. Train leaders of their peer groups.C. Stop the development of street culture.D. Give them lessons in a separate area.12. A teacher?s work is most effective with a schoolboy when heA. is with the boy alone B. teaches the boy a lessonC. sends the boy home as punishmentD. works together with another teacherDFar from the land of Antarctica, a huge shelf of ice meets the ocean. At the underside of the shelf there lives a small fish, the Antarctic cod.For forty years scientists have been curious about that fish. How does it live where most fish would freeze to death? It must have some secret. The Antarctic is not a comfortable place to work and researchhas been slow. Now it seems we have an answer.Research was begun by cutting holes in the ice and catching the fish. Scientists studied the fish?s blood and measured its freezing point.The fish were taken from seawater that had a temperature of-1.88°C and many tiny pieces of ice floating in it. The blood of the fish didnot begin to freeze until its temperature was lowered to -2.05°C. That small difference is enough for the fish to live at the freezing temperature of the ice-salt mixture.The scientists? next research job was clear: Find out what in the fish?s blood kept it from freezing. Their search led to some really strange thing made up of a protein never before seen in put back, the blood again had its antifreeze quality and a lowered freezing point.Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecules(分子)held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content, it is called a glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein, or AFGP..A. The terrible conditions in the Antarctic.B. A special fish living in freezing waters.C. The ice shelf around Antarctica.D. Protection of the Antarctic cod..A. The seawater has a temperature of -1.88°C.B. it loves to live in the ice-salt mixtureC. A special protein keeps it from freezing.D. Its blood has a temperature lower than -2.05°C.15. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refer to?A.A type of ice-salt mixture. B. A newly found protein.C. Fish blood.D. Sugar molecule.16. What does “glyco-” in the underlined word “glycoprotein” in the last paragraphA. sugarB. iceC. bloodD. moleculeEIf your boss asks you to work in Moscow this year, he?d better offer you more money to doso ― or even double that depending on where you live now. That?s because Moscow has just been found to be the world?s most expensive city for the second year in a row by Mercer Human Resources Consulting.Using the cost of living in New York as a base, Mercer determined Moscow is 34.4 percent more expensive including the cost of housing, transportation, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment.A two-bedroom flat in Moscow now costs $4,000 a month; a CD $24.83, and an international newspaper $6.30, according to Mercer. By comparison, a fast food meal with a hamburger is London takes the No. 2 place, up from No. 5 a year ago, thanks to higher cost of housing and a stronger British pound relative to the dollar. Mercer estimates London is 26 percent more expensive than New York these days. Following Londonclosely are Seoul and Tokyo, both of which are 22 percent more expensive than New York, while No. 5 Hong Kong is 19 percent more costly.Among North American cities, New York and Los Angeles are the most expensive and are the only two listed in the top 50 of the world?s most expensive cities. But both have fallen since last year?s study ― New York came in 15th, down from 10th place, while Los Angeles fell to 42nd from 29th place a year ago. San Francisco came in a distant third at No. 54, down 20 places from a year earlier.Toronto, meanwhile, is Canada?s most expensive city but fell 35 places to take 82nd place worldwide. In Australia, Sydney is thepriciest place to live in and No. 21 worldwide.17. What do the underlined words “a steal” in Paragraph 3 mean?_________A. an act of stealingB. something deliciousC. something very cheapD. an act of buying18. London has become the second most expensive city because of_________A. the high cost of clothingB. the stronger pound against thedollarC. its expensive transportationD. the high prices of fast food meals19. Which city is the third most expensive on the list? _________A. Tokyo.B. Hong Kong.C. Moscow.D. Sydney.20. Which city has dropped most on the list in North America?A. New York.B. Los Angeles.C. San Francisco.D. Toronto.Part IV: Translation (40 points in all, 20 points for each).1. When he found I would leave him, he took care to prevent me getting employment in anyother printing house of the town by going round and speaking to every master, who accordingly refused to give me work. I then thought of going to New York as the nearest place where there was a printer; and I was the rather inclined to leave Boston when I reflected that I had already made myself a little obnoxious to the governing party; and from the arbitrary proceeding of the Assembly in my brother?s case, it was likely I might if I stayed soon bring myself into scrapes, and further that my indiscreet disputations about religion began to make me pointed at with horror by good people as an infidel or atheist. I determined on the point, but my father now siding with my brother, I was sensible that if I attempted to go openly means would be used to prevent me.2. He had a weak point--this Fortunato--although in other regards he was a man to be[美国文学选读期末试卷]。
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浙江师范大学外国语学院美国文学选读试题库Ⅰ.Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%)Write your answers on the Answer sheet.Section AColumn A Column B( ) 1.Nathaniel Hawthorne A. This Side of Paradise( ) 2.Herman Melville B. The Sketch Book( ) 3.F.Scott Fitzgerald C. The Scarlet Lette r( ) 4.Ernest Hemingway D.A Farewell to Arms( ) 5.Washington Irving E.White JacketSection BColumn A Column B( ) 1.Fedallah A. The Great Gatsby( ) dred Douglas B. A Rose for Emily( ) 3.George Hurstwood C. Moby Dick( ) 4.Tom Buchanan D.Sister Carrie( ) 5.Homer Barren E.The Hairy ApeⅡ.Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.(10%) Write your answers on the Answer sheet.( ) 1.To Hawthorne and Melville every person is a sinner, therefore great moral ______ is indispensable for the improvement of human nature.( ) 2.In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry. In his Leaves of Grass he sings of the “______” and the self as well.( ) 3.The three dominant figures of the American Realistic Period are William Dean Howells, ______, and Henry James.( ) 4.Henry James's emphasis on psychology and on the human consciousness proves to be a big breakthrough in novel writing and had great influence on the coming generations. That is why he is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th-century “______”.( ) 5.More than five hundred poems Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general ______ about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed.( ) 6.The expatriate writers in American modern literature were later called “______”.( ) 7.In his novels, Hemingway dramatizes the sense of ______ among the post-war generation who are physically and psychologically scarred.( ) 8.John Steinbeck is a novelist of the 1930s. His The Grapes of Wrath is a record of the life of the dispossessed and the wretched farmers during ______.( ) 9.Robert Frost, unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century, he learned from the ______,especially the familiar conventions of nature poetry and of classical pastoral poetry. ( ) 10.Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County has become an allegory or a parable of the _____ of America.Ⅲ.Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.(50%)( ) 1.In the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “______”.A. the English RenaissanceB. the American RenaissanceC. the Second RenaissanceD.the Salem Renaissance( ) 2.The main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally philosophical, concerning ______.A. the cold, rigid rationalism of UnitarianismB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in AmericaD. nature, man and the universe( ) 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 Transcendentalism( ) 4.About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is right?A. It's a love story and a story of sin.B. It's not a highly symbolic story though the author is a master of symbolism.C. It's mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the maincharacters and the people in general.D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.( ) 5.Moby-Dick is usually considered ______.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universeB. a spiritual exploration into man's deep reality and psychologyC. a simple whaling tale or sea adventureD. both A and B( ) 6.The Civil War had transformed America from ______ to ______.A. an agrarian community…a society of freedom and equalityB. an agrarian community…an industrialized and commercialized societyC. an industrialized and commercialized society…a highly developed societyD. a poor and backward society…an industrialized and commercialized society( ) 7.Which of the following is said of the American naturalism?A. They preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the stories.B. Their characteristic setting is an isolated town.C. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inherited attributes, theirhabits conditioned by social and economic forces.D. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing environmentalconditions.( ) 8.Which of the following is not right about Mark Twain's style of language?A. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect.B. His sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical, which is typical of the spoken language.C. His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggeration, repetition andanti-climax.D. His style of language had exerted only a limited influence on the contemporary writers.( ) 9.Which of the following is not written by Henry James?A. The Portrait of A Lady and The EuropeansB. The Wings of the Dove and The AmbassadorsC. The Marble Faun and The Gilded AgeD. What Maisie Knows and The Bostonians( ) 10.Dickinson's poems are usually based on her own experiences, her sorrows and joys. But many of her little lyrics concern ______.A. the whole human beings, which include religion, death, immortality, love, and natureB. the lower-class working people who live a life of poverty and sordidnessC. the middle-class people who live in confusion and in void of faithD. the upper-class people who live in comfort and idleness( ) 11.Which of the following is not right about Emily Dickinson's poems about nature?A. In them, she expressed her general skepticism about the relationship between man and natureB. Some of them showed her belief that there existed a mythical bond between man and nature.C. Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beingsD. Many of them showed her feeling of nature's inscrutability and indifference to the life andinterests of human beings( ) 12.As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called ______,that is ______.A. hymn…poetry with chanting refrainsB. blank verse…poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatC. free verse…poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeD. ode…poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings( ) 13.One of the features of Emily Dickinson's poetry is that ______.A. they are long and whimsical in imageryB. they are short and often based on one single imageC. they are very musical and colorfulD. they are very political and situational( ) 14.By the end of the 19th century, the realists had rejected the portrayal of idealized characters and events and, instead, sought to______.A. describe the wide range of American experienceB. present the subtleties of human personalityC. show animal nature of human beingsD. both A and B( ) 15.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 Freud( ) 16.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 world( ) 17.Which of the following is not said about a typical modern work?A. It is no longer a record of sequence and coherence of the history and the world.B. It is a juxtapostition of the past and present, of the history and the memory.C. It is a book of fragments drawn from diverse areas of experience.D. Its perspective is shifted from the internal to the external, from the private to the public.( ) 18.Which of the following is not said about Ezra Pound?A. For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literaryachievement and influence are somewhat reduced.B. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist MovementC. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poetic language inconcrete, 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 withpersonal, literary, and historical allusions.( ) 19.In his poems, Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms with ______.A. a simple spoken language ---the speech of New England farmersB. the pastoral language of the Southern areaC. the difficult and highly ornamental languageD. both A and B( ) 20.Most of O'Neill's plays are tragedies, dealing with ______.A. the basic issues of human existence and predicamentB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. alienation and communication, self and society, desire and frustrationD. all of the above( ) 21.As a spokesman of the “Roaring 20s”, Scott Fitzgerald portrayed ______.A. the problems of the human heart in conflict with itselfB. the psychological journey of the modern man and his helplessness in the modern worldC. the primitive struggle of individuals in the context of irresistible natural forcesD. the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream offulfillment( ) 22.Which of the following is not said of Fitzgerald's writing style?A. The scenic method is explored, each of which consists of one or more dramatic scenes.B. His intervening passages of narration leaves the tedious process of transition to the readers'imaginationC. The device of having events observed by a “central consciousness”is dropped off.D. His diction and metaphors are completely original and details accurate.( ) 23.As one of the best-known American authors of this century, Ernest Hemingway wrote all the following novels except______.A. For Whom the Bell TollsB. The Green Hills of AfricaC. The Sound and the FuryD. The Old Man and the Sea( ) 24.In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway ______.A. emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically and mentally and suggests that man isdoomed to be entrapped.B. wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1930s.C. favored the idea of nature as an expression of either god's design or his beneficence.D. tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a French nurse. ( ) 25.Which of the following is not written by Faulkner?A. The Sound and the FuryB. A Rose for EmilyC. Light in AugustD. Tender Is the NightⅣ.Interpretation(16%)Read the following selections and then answer the questions. Write your answers on the Answer Shee t.Passage 1I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.My tongue, every atom if my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and there parents the same,I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death.Creeds and schools in abeyance,Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten,I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard,Nature without check with original energy,1.Who is the poet celebrating? Whom do lines2—3 also include in the celebration?2.What beliefs of the poet are set forth in this poem?Passage 2Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York—every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his lack door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler's thumb.…As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host, but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts stared at me in such an amazed way, and denied so vehemently any knowledge of his movements, that I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table —the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone.…I was on my way to get roaring drunk from sheer embarrassment when Jordan Bakercame out of the house and stood at the head of the marble steps, leaning a little backward and looking with contemptuous interest down into the garden.Welcome or not, I found it necessary to attach myself to some one beforeI should begin to address cordial remarks to the passersby.…“I like to come”, Lucille said. “I never care what I do, so I always have a good time.When I was here last I tore my gown on a chair, and he asked me my name and address —inside of a week I got a package from Croirier's with a new evening gown in it.”“Did you keep it?”asked Jordan.“Sure I did. I was going to wear it tonight, but it was too big in the bust and had to be altered. It was gas blue with lavender beads. Two hundred and sixty-five dollars.”“There's something funny about a fellow that'll do a thing like that,”said the other girl eagerly. “He doesn't want any trouble with anybody.”3.Which novel is this passage taken from? Who is the writer?4.Who is the narrator here? Were the people to the parties familiar with host?Why did they go to hisparties?Ⅴ.Give brief answers to the following questions.(14%) Write your answers on the Answer sheet.1.Please give a brief analysis of the major features of American romanticism.2.How do you think about the hero Gatsby in The Great Gatsby and its significance in Americanliterature?。
美国文学试题库
美国文学试题库
一、选择题
1. 下列哪位作家被誉为“美国短篇小说之父”？
A.马克·吐温
B.爱默生
C.莎士比亚
D.海明威
2. 著名小说《傲慢与偏见》的作者是？
A.查尔斯·狄更斯
B.简·奥斯汀
C.夏洛蒂·勃朗特
D.莫言
3. 哪位作家被称为“美国现代诗歌之母”？
A.西莉亚·普拉斯
B.艾米丽·狄金森
C.露易丝·格莱兹
D.玛丽·奥利弗
4. 林肯总统的“葬礼演说”是由哪位作家完成的？
A.埃德加·爱伦·坡
B.拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生
C.赫尔曼·梅尔维尔
D.爱米莉·狄金森
5. 下列哪部作品是由海明威创作的？
A.《傲慢与偏见》
B.《老人与海》
C.《威尼斯商人》
D.《包法利夫人》
二、简答题
1. 请简要介绍一下美国文学的发展历程以及其代表作品。
2. 谈谈你对马克·吐温作品的理解以及他在美国文学史上的地位。
3. 分析简·奥斯汀小说《傲慢与偏见》中人物形象和情节发展。
4. 通过阅读爱默生的论文，你认为他对美国文学和文化的影响是什么？
5. 谈谈海明威的小说创作风格及其代表作品对世界文学的影响。
三、论述题
请结合你对美国文学史上的经典作品和作家进行深入分析，论述美国文学对世界文学的影响以及其独特之处。
重庆大学美国文学选读试卷及答案
美国文学选读试卷及答案（重庆大学）Part IDirections：Identify the names of both the authors and the works from which each of the following extract is taken and then answer briefly the questions after each extract.1.As the boat bounced from the top of each wave the win tore through the hair of the hatless men，and as the craft plopped her stern down again the sprays splashed past them. The crest of each of these waves was a hill，from the top of which the men surveyed for a moment a broad tumultuous expanse，shining and wind-riven. It was probable splendid，it was probable glorious，this play of the free sea，wild with lights of emerald and whit and amber.1）This extract is taken from____________________by _______________________.2）What is being described in this excerpt？3）What is the basic tone of this excerpt？（cite at least two examples to support your claim）2.…，he saw the house for the first time and at that instant he forgot his father and the terror and despair both，and even when he remembered his father again （who had not stopped）the terror and despair did not return. Because，for all the twelve movings，they had sojourned until now in a poor country，a land of small farms and fields and houses，and he had never seen a house like this before. Hit’s big as a courthouse he thought quietly，with a surge of peace and joy whose reason he could not have thought into words，being too young for that：they are safe from him. People whose lives are part of this peace and dignity are beyond his touch，he no more to them than buzzing wasp：capable of stinging for a little moment but that’s all；the spell of this peace and dignity rendering even the barns and stable and cribs which belong to it impervious to the puny flames he might contrive…4）. This extract is taken from ___________________by__________________.5）What do the italicized words function in the excerpt？6）What awakening is the character experiencing in the context？3. Hard work？No. it wasn’t really so hard. He wasn’t used to walking and s tair-climbing，but the physical difficulty of his new job was not what George Grebe felt most. He wasdelivering relief checks in the Negron district，and although he was a native Chicagoan this was not part of the city he knew much about—it needed a depression to introduce him to it. No，it wasn’t literally hared work，not as reckoned in foot-pounds，but yet he was beginning to feel the strain of it，to grow aware of it peculiar difficulty. He could find the streets and numbers，but the clients were not where they were supposed to be，and he felt like a hunter inexperienced in the camouflage of his game. In was an unfavorable day too—fall，and cold，and dark weather，windy.7）The extract is taken from ____by .8）As an opening paragraph，how many questions does it answer？9）In addition to the questions you give in the above，what implied information can the audience infer about the character George Grebe ？4. Had there been a papist among the crowd of Puritans，he might have seen in this beautiful woman，so picturesque in her attire and mien，and with the infant at her bosoms，an object to remind him of the image of Divine maternity，which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent；something which should remind him，indeed，but only by contrast，of that sacred image of sinless motherhood，whose infant was to redeem the world. Here，there was the taint of deepest sin in the most sacred quality of human life，working such effect，that the world was only the darker for this woman’s beauty，and the more lost for the infant that she had borne.10）The extract is takenfrom by____________________.11）What portrait of the woman with her baby is presented in the excerpt？12）What does the excerpt suggest about the author’s attitude toward the woman and the religion？5. Yossoarin was cold，too，and shivering uncontrollablely. He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden has spilled al over the messy floor. It was easy to read the message in his entrails. Man was matter，that was Snowden’s secret. Drop him out window and he’ll fall. Set fire to him and he’ll burn. Buryhim and he’ll rot，like other kinds of garbage. The spirit gone，man is garbage. That was Snowden’s secret. Ripeness was all.13）The extract is taken from ___________________by _______________________.14）What horror is Yorroarin experiencing？15）How is the distinct of the author’s language use in this extract？6）. Of physiology from top to toe I sing，Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse，I say theForm complete is worthier far，The Female equally with the Male I sing.Of Life immense in passion，pulse，and power，Cheerful，for freest action form’d under the law divine，The Modern Man I sing.16）The stanzas are taken from ____________________ by_______________.17）How is the poet’s American Romanticism reflected in this poem？18）Though the poem is written in the form of free verse，what poetic devices are employed to create the musicality of the poem？（Give at least three examples）7. I have frequently seen a poet withdraw，having enjoyed the most valuable part pf a farm while the crusty farmer supposed that he had got a few wild apples only. Why，the owner does no know it for many years when a poet has put his farm in rhyme，the most admirable kind of invisible fence，has fairly impounded it，milked it，skimmed it，and got all the cream，and left the farm only the skimmed milk.19）The extract is taken from ________________________by____________________________.20）Why is implied in the author claim that a poet enjoys a farm better than does its owner—the farmer？21）In this excerpt，what metaphorical language is used by the author to suggest that the poet，rather than the farmer，is the real owner of the farmer？Part IIDirections：In this part you are required to write short a short essay about 350 words in which you discuss the thematic meaning of the following poem by analyzing the poet’s use of metaphors and images.Success Is Counted SweetestEmily DickinsonSuccess is counted sweetestBy those who ne’er succeed.To comprehend a nectarRequires sorest need.Not one of all the purple HostWho took the Flag todayCan tell the definitionSo clear of VictoryAs he defeated-dyingOn whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBurst agonized and clear！Key to AnswersPart I1）“Looking for Mr Green” by Saul Bellow2）Reality refers to the spiritual aspect of the world，the essence of the world，which is permanent，unchanging，whilst the phenomenon refers to the physical aspect of the world which is ever changing，and illusional and ephemeral.3）Based on the difference which he thinks he has figured out，he believe that the true meaning of the life lies in one’s personal pursuit，especially，the pursuit of the a meaningful spiritual life.4）“Barn Burning” by William Faulkner5）These words reflect the mental activities going on when the boy saw the big mansion. It employs a kind of stream-of-consciousness technique.of Major de Spain 6）The boy was awakened by his view of the splendid house and the life symbolized by this environment. He became eager for a quiet，peaceful and stable life，as lived by the owner of the big house. He seemed to have a look at his father’s resentful revenge upon the rich，and the miserable life his father brought his family.7）“A Clean，Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway8）It answers at least four questions：When，Where，Who，What9）In addition，the opening paragraph also tells the reader the old man’s living situation，his character，his relation with this café，and why he likes to sit late in the café.10）The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne11）The woman is compared to Virgin Mother Mary who is pure and sinless.12）The author showed his sympathy with the woman while suggested his suspicion about the values of the Puritanism13）Catch-22 by Joseph Heller14）The scene describes that The protagonist Yossoarin is experiencing the imminent death of his companion Snowden who is fatally wound in the aircraft battle. Yossoarin felt frightened by the view and the idea that human beings were so fragile，so vulnerable. Like anything else in the world，man can be so easily be destroyed.15）In this excerpt，the author deliberately used short sentence and parallel structures which usually sound powerful. This usage，on the one hand，works as a kind of mimicry，suggesting the brevity of human life，and on the other，works as an irony，suggesting a contrast to the weakness and fragility of human life.16）“Skunk Hour” by Robert Lowel l17）The quotation “I myself am hell by Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost serves twofold functions. One the one hand，it suggests that man is evil by nature，engaged inself-destruction. On the other，this claim presents a contrast to the existentialist belief that “others are hell”. Again，this contrast helps to reinforce the speaker’s belief that man is his own destroyer.18）a. allusion：“the hill’s skull” alludes Jesus’ crucifixtion，implying that Jesus death in vain，that is，the dysfunction of religion in the modern world.b. metaphor：“hull to hull”，implying the spiritual emptiness of the modern people.c. analogy：“bleat”，which suggests the lustful life of modern people.19）“Self-Reliance” by Waldo Emerson20）The sentence suggests the author’s belief in individualism and heroism. That is，the real power that drives the history forward comes from individuals who refuse to conform to the established values and authorities. The author provides a number of examples in human history where single great man created history，such as Jessus，Julius Caesar，Martin Luther，John Milton.21）From this passage，it may conclude that the Waldo Emerson’s hero-worship view on history，that is，history is always created some extraordinary people，rather than by common people.Part II Essay Writing22）Key points for essay writing9）The central metaphor that runs through the whole poem is “house”，with poetry being one，the prose，being the other. Then a number of more images which are related to a house-metaphor are further employed to suggest the superiority of poetry over prose.10）In general，according to the speaker，poetry is superior to prose because the former provides more opportunities for human potentials. Essentially，poetry demands more imaginative power of human beings，and consequently，it leads to more possibilities and bring us greater pleasures in life.The distinct language features of this poem mainly lies in the poet’s use deviational use capitalization and the punctuation marks，especially，dashes. Capitalization is used to highlight the meaning of the word. Except for the period in the last line and heavily used dashes，there are no other punctuation marks used in this poem. This creates a lot of suspense’s for the reader in the actual reading process and also leaves great space to for the reader to use his or her imagination in the reading，which is a mimicry of writing a poem，i.e.imagination is crucial to human work，especially，artistic creations.。
美国文学试题模拟卷与答案
美国文学试题模拟卷与答案美国文学期末考试模拟试题及答案I.True or false choices: 20% (One point for each item)(T ) 1. Franklin’s autobiography, published after his death, has become one of the classics of the genre.(F ) 2. In Catch-22, Yossarian devises multiple strategies to fly combat missions, but the militarybureaucracy is always able to find a way to make him stay.(F ) 3. Eben kills the infant in Desire under the Elm and confesses his crime in the end of theplay.(T ) 4. “Dreams” has the meaning to encourage other black people not to give up hope or lose their ideal of a better world, for without hope, life is unbearable.(T ) 5. The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his representative work.(F ) 6. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of theImagist movement in the early 19th century.(F ) 7. “The Fall of the House of Usher” is one of Poe’s poems.(F ) 8. Saul Bellow’s perceptions center around the black people, the big city, and the spirit ofAmerican life in the second half of the 20th century.(T ) 9. In The Scarlet Letter, Pear is Hester’s illegitimate daughter.(T ) 10. Some present-day critics consider Pound’s Cantos the best long poem in modern literature.(T ) 11. In 1895, Stephen Crane published Maggie: A Girl of Street, which exerted great influence on Theodore Dreiser’s realism.( T) 12. The setting of The Flowering Judas is the Mexican Revolution is the 1920s.(F ) 13. Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the romantic period.(F ) 14. William Faulkner’s woks mainly concerned the decay in economy and moral in theAmerican North.(F ) 15. In Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called imagism, in which thewhole story was told through the thoughts of one character.(T ) 16. With the publication of The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway became the spokesman of the lost generation.(T ) 17. The novel A Farewell to Arms portrays a farewell both to war and love.(F ) 18. The famous poem “A Psalm of Life” was written by Edgar Allen Poe.(F ) 19. “The Raven” is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe.(F ) 20. T oni Morrison was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her novel The Bluest Eye.II.Match the following writers and their works: 10% (One point for each item)Writers:( g ) 1. Benjamin Franklin Works:a.Ars Poetica( d ) 2. T oni Morrison ( f ) 3. William Faulkner ( a ) 4. Archibald MacLeish( c ) 5. Nathaniel Hawthorne( e ) 6. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( b ) 7. Stephen Crane ( j ) 8. Katherine Anne Porter( h ) 9. William Carlos Williams( i ) 10. Saul Bellowb.Maggie: A Girl of the Streetsc.Twice-told Talesd.Belovede. A Psalm of Lifef.Barn Burningg.Poor Richard’s Almanach.Patersoni.Anderson the Rain King j.The Flowering JudasIII.Identify the following by choosing the author’s name and the name of the works: 20% (1 points for each item)1.And now I speak of thanking God, I desire with all humility to acknowledge that I owethe mentioned happiness of my past life to his kind providence, which led me to the means I used and gave them success. My belief of this induces me to hope, though I must not presume, that the same goodness will still be exercised toward me, in continuing that happiness, or enabling me to bear a fatal reverse, which I may experience as others have done, the complexion of my future fortune being known to him only in whose power it is to bless to us even our afflictions.Author: A. William Faulkner B. Benjamin Franklin C. Ralph Waldo EllisonWork: A. The Autobiography B. Barn Burning C. The Great Gatsby2.It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had Igiven Fortunato cause to doubtmy good will. I continued as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile NOW was at the thought of his immolation.Author: A. William Faulkner B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Ralph Waldo EllisonWork: A. The Autobiography B. Barn Burning C.The Cask of Amontillado3.Virtues are, in the popular estimate, rather the exception than the rule. There is the man_and_ his virtues. Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance on parade.Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in the world, -- as invalids and the insane pay a high board. Their virtues are penances. I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady.Author: A. Walt Whitman B. William Faulkner C. Ralph W. EmersonWork: A. The Road Not Taken B.I Shot An Arrow C. Self-reliance4.The door of the jail being flung open from within there appeared, in the first place, like ablack shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and gristly presence of the town-beadle, with a sword by his side, and his staff of office in his hand. This personage prefigured and represented in his aspect the whole dismal severity of the Puritanic code of law, which it was his business to administer inits final and closest application to the offender.Stretching forth the official staff in his left hand, he laid his right upon the shoulder of a young woman, whom he thus drew forward, until, on the threshold of the prison-door, she repelled him, by an action marked with natural dignity and force of character, and stepped into the open air as if by her own free will.Author: A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. William Faulkner C. Emily DickensonWork: A. Moby Dick B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden5. A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting onewave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats. In a ten-foot dingey one can get an idea of the resources of the sea in the line of waves that is not probable to the average experience which is never at sea in a dingey. As each slatey wall of water approached, it shut all else from the view of the men in the boat, and it was not difficult to imagine that this particular wave was the final outburst of the ocean, the last effort of the grim water.Author: A. Henry James B. William Faulkner C. Stephen Crane Work: A.Catch-22 B. The Open Boat C. Miss Jewett6.Doctor Harry spread a warm paw like a cushion on her forehead where the forked greenvein danced and made her eyelids t witch. “Now, now, be a good girl, and we’ll have you up in no time.”Author: A. Oscar Wilde B.H. W. Longfellow C. Katherine Anne PorterWork: A. The Jilting of Granny Weatherall B. Moby Dick C. The Jolly Corner7.But all this part of it seemed remote and unessential. I found myself on Gatsby’s side,and alone. From the moment I telephoned news of the catastrophe to West Egg village, every surmise about him, and every practical question, was referred to me. At first I was surprised and confused; then, as he lay in his house and didn’t move or breathe or speak, hour upon hour, it grew upon me that I was responsible, because no one else was interested—interested, I mean, with that intense personal interest to which every one has some vague right at the end.Author: A. F. S. Fitzgerald B. Arther Miller C. H. W. Longfellow Work: A. Once More To the Lake B. Barn Burning C. The Great Gatsby8. The store in which the justice of the Peace's court was sitting smelled of cheese. The boy,crouched on his nail keg at the back of the crowded room, knew he smelled cheese, and more: from where he sat he could see the ranked shelves close-packed with the solid, squat, dynamic shapes of tin cans whose labels his stomach read, not from the lettering which meant nothing to his mind but from the scarlet devils and the silver c urve of fish…Author: A. F. S. Fitzgerald B. William Faulkner C. Robert FrostWork: A. Invisible Man B. Barn Burning C. The Happy Prince9.It was late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow theleaves 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. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk,and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him.Author: A. Wallace Stevens B. William Faulkner C. Ernest HemingwayWork: A. Death of a Salesman B.A Clean, Well-lighted PlaceC. Recitatif10.CABOT--Thunder 'n' lightnin', Abbie! I hain't slept this late in fifty year! Looks 's if thesun was full riz a'most. Must've been the dancin' an' likker. Must be gittin' old. I hope Eben's t' wuk. Ye might've tuk the trouble t' rouse me, Abbie. (He turns--sees no one there--surprised) Waal--whar air she? Gittin' vittles, I calc'late. (He tiptoes to the cradle and peers down--proudly) Mornin', sonny. Putty's a picter! Sleepin' sound. He don't beller all night like most o' 'em. (He goes quietly out the door in rear--a few moments later enters kitchen--sees Abbie--with satisfaction) So thar ye be. Ye got any vittles cooked?Author: A.W. C. Williams B. E. G. O’neill C. Saul BellowWork:A. Desire Under the Elms B. Looking for Mr. Green C. Catch-22IV: Complete the following: 20%1.I shot an __ arrow ___ into the air.It fell to __ earth ___ I knew not ___ where __;For so swiftly it __ flew ___ the sightCould not __ follow ___ it in its __ flight ___. (6%)2.Life is __ real ___! Life is __ earnest ___!And the grave is not its __ goal ___;__ Dust __ thou art, to ___ dust __ returnest,Was not spoken of the __ soul ___. (6%)3.Helen, thy ___ beauty __ is to meLike those Nicean barks of yoreThat gently, o’er a __ perfumed ___ sea,The weary, way-worn ___ wanderer __ boreTo his own native _ shore ____. (4%)4.My captain does not answer, his lips are __ pale ___ and __ still ___,My father does not feel my arm, he has no ___ pulse __ nor __ will ___ (4%)V. Rewrite the following into modern English: 10%Of physiology from top to toe I sing,Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say theForm complete is worthier far,The Female equally with the Male I sing.Of Life immense in passion, pulse, and power,Cheerful, for freest action form’d under the laws divine,The Modern Man I sing.I sing for physiology from top to toe. Neither looks alone nor intelligence is worthy for the praise. I say the form is far worthier.I also sing for the equality betweenthe sexes. I sing for the modern man of their life full of passion, pulse and power. They can cheerfully and freely take actions formed under the divine laws./doc/9aad4da05a0216fc700abb68a98 271fe910eaf96.html ment: 20%1.The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitely settled—but the verydefinitiveness with which it was resolved precluded me the idea of risk. I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. It must be understood that neither by word nor deed had I given Fortunado cause to doubt my good will. I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.Answer the following questions:(1) Who is the narrator? What wrong does he want to redress? (5%)(2) What kind of person do you think the narrator is according to the above passage? (5%)2.On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth, surrounded with an elaborate embroidery and fantastic flourishes of gold thread, appeared the letter A. It was so artistically done, and with so much fertility and gorgeous luxuriance of fancy, that it had all the effect of a last and fitting decoration to the apparel which she wore; and which was of a splendor in accordance with the taste of the age, but greatly beyond what was allowed by the sumptuary regulations of the colony. Answer the following questions:(1)What has happened to Hester? Why does she make the embroidery of the letter A so elaborate?(5%)(2)How does this tell us about her character? (5%)____________________________________________美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题二IV.True or false choices: 20% (One point for each item)(T ) 1. The short story, Poe says, must be of such length as to be read at one sitting, so as to ensure the totality of impression.(F ) 2. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates inJefferson and Thoreau.(T ) 3. Williams’ poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” is considered an example of the Imagist movement's style and principles.(F ) 4. Simeon and Peter are the farm owners in Desire under the Elms.(T ) 5. The quotation—“Whatsoever thy hand f indeth to do, do it with thy might…” is the theme of “Looking for Mr. Green”.(T ) 6. Capt. John Yossarian is a fictional character in Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22.(T ) 7. Set in Puritan Boston in the seventeenth century, The Scarlet Letter tells thestory of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery, refuses toname the father, and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.(F ) 8. Franklin says that because his wife may wish to know about his life, he istaking his one week vacation in the English countryside to record his past.(F ) 9. The jar in “Anecdote of the Jar” symbolizes social regulation.(F ) 10. In “The Cask of Amontillado”, Fortunato decides to use Montresor’s fondnessfor wine against him.(T ) 11. Stephen Cra ne’s Maggie: A Girl of Street relates astory of a good woman’s downfall and destruction in a slum environment.(T ) 12. Katherine Anne Porter is characterized by her employment of the stream of consciousness to probe into the inner world of human reality.(T ) 13. F·Scott Fitzgerald is often claimed the literary spokesman of the Jazz Age. (F ) 14. The Sound and the Fury won O·Henry Award in 1939 and is considered as therepresentative of his short story.(T ) 15. In the novel The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway portrayed an old man shows triumphant event in defeat.(T ) 16. Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises pained the image of the whole generation, the lost generation.(T ) 17. In “I Shot an Arrow”, Longfellow takes the traditional verse forms—the sonnet with the rhythm of aabb aacc ddee.(F ) 18. In “Sonnet—To Science”, Poe praised science for it emancipated the poet’simagination.(T ) 19. Emerson has great influence on Emily Dickinson’s poems.(T ) 20. Toni Morrison is the first American black woman who wins the Nobel Prize. V.Match the following writers and their works: 10% (One point for each item)Writers:( j ) 1. Walt Whiteman( b ) 2. Edgar Allan Poe( f ) 3. Ralph Waldo Emerson ( h ) 4. F·Scott Fitzgerald( a ) 5. Wallace Stevens( i ) 6. Joseph Heller( c ) 7. Eugene Glastone O’Neill ( d ) 8. Ernest Hemingway ( g ) 9. Katherine Anne Porter ( e ) 10. Langston Hughes Works:a.The Man with the Blue Guitarb.The Ravenc.Desire under the Elmsd.For Whom the Bell Tollse.Fine Clothes to the Jewf.Natureg.The Leaning Towerh.The Side of Paradisei.God Knowsj.Leaves of GrassVI.Identify the following by choosing the author’s name and the name of the works: 20% (1 points for each item)1.I have ever had pleasure in obtaining any little anecdotes of myancestors. You may remember the inquiries I made among the remains of my relations when you were with me in England, and the journey I undertook。
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美国文学 1．第7题 __C__ was considered to be the first American writer. A.Washington Irving B.Benjamin Franklin C.John Smith D.Hoffman 答案:C 您的答案：C 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
2．第8题 The School Room Poets did not include _____. A.Longfellow B.Lowell C.Holmes D.Poe 答案:D 您的答案：D 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
3．第9题 pound’s poem “the river-merchant’s wife” was translated ｆrom a poem by
the chinese poet __________.
A.李白 B.杜甫 C.白居易 D.王安石 答案:A 您的答案：A 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
4．第14题 Tales of a Traveller was written by the American author__________. A.James Fenimore Cooper B.Washington Irving C.Nathaniel Hawthorne 答案:B 您的答案：B 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
5．第18题 The modern critic Van W. Brooks calls _____ a shredded Shakespeare play. A.The Scarlet Letter B.Moby Dick C.Billy Budd D.Mardi 答案:B 您的答案：B 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
6．第19题 “Civil Disobedience” is a famous essay written by ___________. A.Ralph Waldo Emerson B.Henry David Thoreau C.E. B. White 答案:B 您的答案：B 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
7．第20题 among the following three american writers, only one has never been married in his ｏr her life. the person is ___. A. Edgar Ellan Poe B.Herman Melville C.Emily Dickinson 答案:C 您的答案：C 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
8．第21题 The first American writer who propounded that a piece of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is ___. A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B.Herman Melville C.Edgar Ellan Poe 答案:C 您的答案：C 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
9．第22题 The poem “Thanatopsis” was written by __________. A.Emily Dickinson B.William Cullen Bryant C.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 答案:B 您的答案：B 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
10．第23题 "Two roads diverged in a yellow woods" is a line in a poem written by ---. A.T. S. Eliot B.Wallace Stevens C.Robert Frost 答案:C 您的答案：C 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
11．第24题 The Fall of the House of Usher was a horror story by ______. A.Nathaniel Hawthorne B.Edgar Allan Poe C.Melville D.Longfellow 答案:B 您的答案：B 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
12．第25题 Most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass sing of man and ____. A.nature B.self-reliance C.self D.life 答案:A 您的答案：A 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
13．第26题 ____ Bryant’s best-known poem, was written when he was only sixteen years old. A.To a Waterfowl B.Thanatopsis C.To Helen D.Annabel Lee 答案:B 您的答案：B 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
14．第27题 1.牋牋？ ________ was the first writer of local color to achieve wide popularity. A.Mark Twain B.Harriet Stowe C.Bret Harte D.Henry James 答案:C 您的答案：C 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
15．第28题 ______ translated the Bible into the Indian tongue. A.Benjamin Franklin B.Roger Williams C.. John Eliot D.John Cotton 答案:C 您的答案：C 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
16．第29题 The best-selling books in the first decades of the twentieth century were ___. A.news report B.travel books C.commercial books D.historical romances 答案:D 您的答案：D 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
17．第30题 Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except______. A.old values B.rigid ideas of social status C.bigotry and eccentricity D.harmony and integrity 答案:D 您的答案：D 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
18．第38题 ___ is not a name to refer to Natty Bumppo in Cooper’s frontier saga. A.deerslayer B.pathfinder C.hawkeye D.Mohican 答案:D 您的答案：D 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
19．第39题 "To a Waterfowl" is a poem written by ---. A.Edgar Ellan Poe B.William Cullen Bryant C. Whittier 答案:B 您的答案：B 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
20．第40题 Among the following stories written by Poe, only one belongs to the category of the detective story. It is ___. A.The Purloined Letter B. Ligeia C.The Tell-tale Heart 答案:A 您的答案：A 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
21．第41题 The novel Sister Carrie opens with a description of Carrie on a train trip to
the city of _______ looking for a factory job. A.New York B.Beijing C.Boston D.Chicago 答案:D 您的答案：D 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
22．第42题 The short novel The Turn of the Screw was written by ________. A.Henry James B.Fitzgerald C.Ernest Hemingway D.William Faulkner 答案:A 您的答案：A 题目分数：2.0 此题得分：2.0
23．第43题 The most famous sea story written by Jack London is _______. A.Martin Eden B.The Iron Heel C.The Sea Wolf D.The Call of the Wild 答案:C