大学课程《美国文学史》期末试卷及参考答案.doc
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大学课程《美国文学史》期末试卷
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Ⅰ.Explainthefollowingliteraryterms.(本大题共2小题,每小题5分,共10分)
1.Darwinism
2.Lostgeneration
3.Imagism
4.FreeVerse
Ⅱ.Matching(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
1.JohnSteinbeck
2.T.S.Eliot
3.CarlSandburg
4.F.ScottFitzgerald
5.HarrietBeecherStowe
6.O’Henry
7.ThomasPaine
8.ErnestHemingway
9.RalphWaldoEmerson
10.NathanielHawthorne
a.AFarewelltoArms
b.CommonSense
c.UncleTom’sCabin
d.TheCopandtheAnthem
e.TheGrapesofWrath
f.Fog
g.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock
h.Nature
i.TheGreatGatsby
j.TheScarletLetter.
Ⅲ.Multiplechoice.(本大题共35小题,每小题1分,共35分)
1.In the early nineteenth century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did_______.
A.Puritanism B Romanticism C Rationalism D Sentimentalism
2. Franklin wrote and published his famous__________, an annul collection of proverbs.
A. The Autobiography B. Poor Richard‘s Almanack C. Common Sense D. The General Magazine
3. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. _______was the dominant spirit.
A. Humanism B Rationalism C Revolution D Evolution
4.________ usually was regarded as the first American writer.
A.William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet C.Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith
5..Which is not Irving‘s works in the following.
A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveller C .A History of New York D To A Waterfowl
6. Choose Freneau‘s poem from the following.
A. The Raven B. To a Waterfowl C. To Hellen D. The wild Honey Suckle
7. In 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced the best poet___to appear in America up to that time.
A. Edward Taylor B. Philip Freneau C. William Cullen Bryant D. Edgar Allan Poe
8.Compared with his contemporaries, _________was no doubt the best in exploring the wildness and frontier in fiction.
A. Washington Irving B. James Fenimore Cooper
C. William Cullen Bryant D Philip Freaneau
9. Washington Irving‘s ‘Rip Van Winkle‘ is famous for_________.
A.Rip‘s escape into a mysterious valley
B.The story‘s German legendary source material
C. Rip‘s seeking for happinessD. Rip‘s 20-years sleep
10. Choose Poe‘s work from the following
A. The Day of Doom B.The Last of the Mohicans
C. The Indian Burying Ground D TheFalloftheHouseofUsher
11.Choose Irving‘s work from the following .
A. The Sketch Book B. Thanatopsis C. The Spy D.The British Prison Ship
12._______ is the most commonly used in English poetry, in which an unstressed syllable comes first followed by a stressed.
A. the trochaic foot B. an anapestic foot C.a quatrain D.a iambic foot
13. The Indian Burying Ground by___________ is the earliest poem which romanticizes the Indian as a child of nature.
A. Washington Irving B. Adgar Alan Poe C.Philip Freneau D.Nathaniel Hawthorne
14._______ is a poetic device used to increase the musical quality and link the lines and stanzas of a poem.
A. meter B. repetition C. rhyme D.foot
15.Poetry is aimed at conveying and enriching human experience which is formed through sense impressions. _____ is the representation of sense experience through language.
A .meter B. image C.theme D.assonance
16.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.______wasthedominant.
A.humanismB.rationalism C.romanticismD.evolution
17.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed______.
A.TheLeatherstockingTales B.TheSketchBook
C.TheAutobiography D.TheHistoryofNewYork
18.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?
A.RationalismB.innerself C.personalfeelingsD.individualism
19.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe____attitudeofitsauthor.
A.optimisticB.pessimistic C.conservativeD.ironic
20.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin___andThoreau
A.JeffersonB.Emerson C.FreneauD.MarkTwain
21.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?
A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.OversoulD.Self-reliance
22.______isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.
A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneauC.PaineD.WashingtonIrving
23._____wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.
A.ThoreauB.Emerson C.HawthorneD.Whitman
24.MostofthepoemsinWhitman’sLeavesofGrasssingofthe“en-mass”andthe____aswell.
A.natureB.self-reliance C.selfD.life
25.ForMelville,aswellasforthereaderand____,thenarrator,MobyDickisstillamystery,anultimatemysteryoftheuniverse.
A.AhabB.Stubb C.IshmaelD.Starbuck
26.Thepoemiswritteninfreeversein52cantoswiththethemeoftheuniversalityandequalityinvalueofallpeopleandallthings.
a.Cantos b.TheRaven c.SongofMyselfd.Chicago
27.Thenovelisabouthowagroupofpeopleonawhalingshipkillagreatwhalebutthemselvesarekilledbythewhale,withtheconflictbetweenmanandhisfate.
a.TheOctopusb.Moby-Dickc.TheRiseofSilasLaphamd.LeavesofGrass
28.AnEnglishshipbrought102peoplefromPlymouth,EnglandonSeptember16,1620andarrivedinthepresentProvincetownharboronNovember21inthesameyear.Thisshipwasnamed____________.
a.ThePilgrimsb.Mayflowerc.Americad.Titanic
29._______wasthegreatestwomanpoetinAmericanliteratureandshewroteabout1,700shortlyricpoemsinherlifetime.
a.PearlS.Buckb.HarrietBicherStowec.EmilyDickensond.WalterWhitman
30.._________isfatherofthedetectivestoryandofpsychoanalyticcriticism.
a.WashingtonIrvingb.RalphWaldoEmersonc.WaltWhitmand.EdgarAllanPoe
31.InAmericanliterature,theeighteencenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.——wasthedominantspirit.
A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution
32.——WhichstatementaboutFranklinisnottrue?
A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.B.Hewasascientist.
C.Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.D.HewasaPuritan.
33.WhoisregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.
A.NatureB.TheScarletLetterC.WaldenD.Moby-Dick
34.TheRomanicPeriodofAmericanliteraturestartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving's——andendedwithWhiteman'sLeavesofGrass.
A.TheSketchBookB.TalesofaTravelerC.TheAlhambraD.AhistoryofNewYork
35.TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas
A.theNaturalistPeriodB.theModernPeriod
C.theRomanticPeriodD.theRealisticPeriod
IV.IdentificationofFragments(本大题共有7个诗歌或小说选段,请选5个选段并回答其后的问题,答题时请先注明选段,再回答问题。
每个选段两个问题,共25分)
A.WhenCarolineMeeberboardedtheafternoontrainforChicago,hertotaloutfitconsistedofasmalltrunk,acheapimitationalligator-skinsatchel,asmalllunchinapaperbox,andayellowleathersnappurse,containingherticket,ascrapofpaperwithhersister'saddressinVanBurenStreet,andfourdollarsinmoney.ItwasinAugust,1889.Shewaseighteenyearsofage,bright,timid,andfulloftheillusionsofignoranceandyouth.
1.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)
2.Whydidauthorspecificallydescribeherbelongings?
(3’)
B.Standingonthebareground,myheadbathedbytheblitheair,andupliftintoinfinitespace,allmeanegotismvanished.Ibecomeatransparenteye-ball;Iamnothing;Iseeitall.ThecurrentsoftheUniversalBeingcirculatethroughme;IampartorparticleofGod.
1.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)
2.Howdoyouunderstandthephilosophyofthisparagraph?
(3’)
C.AlittlebeforethreetheLutheranministerarrivedfromFlushingandIbegantolookinvoluntarilyoutthewindowsforothercars.SodidGatsby'sfather.Andasthetimepassedandtheservantscameinandstoodwaitinginthehall,hiseyesbegantoblinkanxiouslyandhespokeoftheraininaworrieduncertainway.TheministerglancedseveraltimesathiswatchsoItookhimasideandaskedhimtowaitforhalfanhour.Butitwasn'tanyuse.Nobodycame……ItriedtothinkaboutGatsbythenforamomentbuthewasalreadytoofarawayandIcouldonlyremember,withoutresentment,thatDaisyhadn'tsentamessageoraflower.DimlyIheardsomeonemurmur"Blessedarethedeadthattherainfallson,"andthentheowl-eyedmansaid"Amentothat,"inabravevoice.
1.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)
2.Whatisthenarrator’sattitude.(3’)
D.HesterPrynne'stermofconfinementwasnowatanend.Herprison-doorwasthrownopen,andshecameforthintothesunshine,which,fallingonallalike,seemed,tohersickandmorbidheart,asifmeantfornootherpurposethantorevealthescarletletteronherbreast……
1.Identifytheworkandtheauthor.(2’)
2.WhatarethesymbolicmeaningsoftheletteronHesterPrynne'sbreast?
E.
Helen,thybeautyistome
LikethoseNiceanbarksofyore,
Thatgently,o'eraperfumedsea,
Theweary,waywornwandererbore
Tohisownnativeshore.
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Ondesperateseaslongwonttoroam,
Thyhyacinthhair,thyclassicface,
ThyNaiadairshavebroughtmehome
TotheglorythatwasGreece
AndthegrandeurthatwasRome.
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Lo!
inyonbrilliantwindow-niche
Howstatue-likeIseetheestand,
Theagatelampwithinthyhand!
Ah,Psyche,fromtheregionsw
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