美国文学史及选读练习题
I. Choose the relevant match from Column II for each item in Column I.
Section A I II
( ) 1. Walt Whitman A. The Scarlet Letter
B. The Sketch Book) 2. Herman Melville (
C. ) 3. Washington Irving Typee (
D. Leaves of Grass ( ) 4. O Henry
E. The Gift of the Magi) 5. Nathaniel Hawthorne (
Section B I II
( ) 1. Hester Prynne A. The Portrait of A Lady
B. Uncle Tom') 2. George Hurstwood s Cabin (
C. Moby Dick ( ) 3. Isabel Archer
D. Sister Carrie ) 4. Ahab (
E. The Scarlet Letter ( ) 5. Eva Clare
Section C I II
( ) 1. Benjamin Franklin A. Martin Eden
B. Leather-Stocking Tales ( ) 2. Thomas Paine
C. ) 3. James Fenimore Cooper Rights of Man (
D. Poor Richars's Almanac ( ) 4. Mark Twain
E. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) 5. Jack London (
II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase
according to the textbook. (10%)
1In Washington Irving's work appeared the first modern Short stories and
the first great American juvenile literature.
2The first important American novelist was .
3To a Waterfowl is perhaps the peak of ______'s work, it regarded as “the most perfect
brief poem in the language ”.
4A superb book entitled ______ came out of Henry David Thoreau's two-year life
experience near a small lake.
5William Sidney Porter，whose pen name was ______，was the author of The Cop and the
Anthem．
6Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the values that dominated much of
the early American writing.
7American Romanticism ended with the Walt Whiteman's .
8was called “the father of the American detective stories”.
9was responsible for bring Transcendentalism to New England.
10Theodore Dreiser's first novel is.
11The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way
Plymouth,
at ashore Pilgrims the put it 1620, of December In Atlantic. the across Massachusetts.
______was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after 12the
Revolutionary War．
American Romanticism started with the publication of Washington Irving13 's ______ .
The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way 14
across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth,
Massachusetts.
Benjamin Franklin's best writing is found in his masterpiece
15 .
On January 10,1776, Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet 16
appeared.
Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the 17values that dominated much of
the early American writing.
th century was 18The most outstanding poet in America of 18 .
19 was the first American lyric poet.
was responsible for bring Transcendentalism to New England. 20
III: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative
answers. Choose the ONE that would best complete the statement.
1. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was
_______.
A. Anne Bradstreet
B. Jane Austen
C. Emily Dickinson
D. Harriet
Beecher
2. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?
A. Michael Wigglesworth
B. Edward Taylor
C. Anne Bradstreet
D. Philip Freneau
3. ______ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One of his
fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man's on this young nation.”
A. John Smith
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D.Thomas Paine
4. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______.
A. common sense
B. imagination
C. intuition
D. individualism
5. Melville's novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a
seemingly supernatural white whale.
A. Typee
B. Omoo
C. White Jacket
D. Moby Dick
6. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the
1830s to the Civil War.
A. Modernism
B. Rationalism
C. Sentimentalism
D. Transcendentalism
7. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.
A. The Scarlet Letter
B. Sister Carrie
C. The Great Gatsby
D. The Old Man and Sea
8. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romance
and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.
A. Rationalism
B. Romanticism
C. Neoclassicism
D. Enlightenment
9. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.
A. Thoreau
B. Emerson
C. Hawthorne
D. Whitman
10. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.
Innocents Abroad
B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer A.
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. The Rise of Silas Lapham
11. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?
A. The American Scholar
B. English Traits
C. The Conduct of Life
D. Representative Men
12. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in and
Thoreau.
A. Jefferson
B. Emerson
C. Freneau
D. Oversoul
13. Which of the following doesn't belong to Dreiser's “Trilogy of Desire”?
A. The Financier
B. The Titan
C. The Stoic
D. An American Tragedy
14. written by Henry James brought him first international fame.
A. The Golden Bowl
B. The American
C. The Tragic Muse
D. Daisy Miller
15.Walden is written by .
D. Hawthorne C. Poe A. Emerson B. Thoreau
16. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .
A. O. Henry
B. Henry James
C. Jack London
D. Mark Twain
17. is famous for psychological realism.
A. Mark Twain
B. William Dean Howells
C. Henry James
D. Walt Whitman
18. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?
A. Nature
B. Walden
C. On Beauty
D. Self-Reliance
19. Who was the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War.
A. John Smith
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Paine
D. Thomas Jefferson
20. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the
1830s to the Civil War.
A. modernism
B. rationalism
C. sentimentalism
D. transcendentalism
21. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A. The American Scholar
B. Self-Reliance
C. The Divinity School Address
D. Civil Disobedience
22.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. Religion
B. Life and death
C. Love and marriage
D. War and peace
23. In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman who wrote the book
that started this great war!” The book refers to ____.
A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B. Beloved
B. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom's Cabin
24. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.
A. individualism
B. freedom
C. democracy
D. all the above
25. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark
Twain referred to as ____.
A. the Golden Age
B. the Modern Age
C. the Gilded Age
D. the Puritan Age
26. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was
A. Anne Bradstreet
B. Jane Austen
C. Emily Dickinson
D.
Harriet
Beecher
Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”? 27.
A. Michael Wigglesworth
B. Edward Taylor
C. Anne Bradstreet
D. Philip Freneau
28. ______ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One of his
fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man's on this young nation.”
A. John Smith
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D.Thomas Paine
29. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______.
A. common sense
B. imagination
C. intuition
D. individualism
30. Melville's novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a
seemingly supernatural white whale.
A. Typee
B. Omoo
C. White Jacket
D. Moby Dick
31. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the
1830s to the Civil War.
A. Modernism
B. Rationalism
C. Sentimentalism
D. Transcendentalism
32. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.
A. The Scarlet Letter
B. Sister Carrie
C. The Great Gatsby
D. The Old Man and Sea
33. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romance
and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.
A. Rationalism
B. Romanticism
C. Neoclassicism
D. Enlightenment
34. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.
A. Thoreau
B. Emerson
C. Hawthorne
D. Whitman
35. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.
A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B. Innocents Abroad
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. The Rise of Silas Lapham
36. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?
A. The American Scholar
B. English Traits
C. The Conduct of Life
D. Representative Men
37. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in and
Thoreau.
A. Jefferson
B. Emerson
C. Freneau
D. Oversoul
38. Which of the following doesn't belong to Dreiser's “Trilogy of
A. The Financier
B. The Titan
C. The Stoic
D. An American Tragedy
39. written by Henry James brought him first international fame.
A. The Golden Bowl
B. The American
C. The Tragic Muse
D. Daisy Miller
40.Walden is written by .
D. Hawthorne B. Thoreau C. Poe A. Emerson
41. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .
A. O. Henry
B. Henry James
C. Jack London
D. Mark Twain
42. is famous for psychological realism.
A. Mark Twain
B. William Dean Howells
C. Henry James
D. Walt Whitman
43. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?
A. Nature
B. Walden
C. On Beauty
D. Self-Reliance
44. Who was the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War.
A. John Smith
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Paine
D. Thomas Jefferson
45. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the
1830s to the Civil War.
A. modernism
B. rationalism
C. sentimentalism
D. transcendentalism
46. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A. The American Scholar
B. Self-Reliance
C. The Divinity School Address
D. Civil Disobedience
47.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. Religion
B. Life and death
C. Love and marriage
D. War and peace
48. In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman who wrote the book
that started this great war!” The book refers to ____.
A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B. Beloved
B. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom's Cabin
49. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.
A. individualism
B. freedom
C. democracy
D. all the above
50. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark
Twain referred to as ____.
A. the Golden Age
B. the Modern Age
C. the Gilded Age
D. the
Puritan
Age
IV: Define the literary terms listed below.
1Transcendentalism
2Free Verse
3 Local Color
V: Answer the following questions briefly based on your understanding of the
texts studied.
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 come from those heavenly worlds, will separate
between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent
with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.
Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the 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 been shown! But every night come out these
envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.
Questions:
a. This paragraph is taken from a famous essay. What is the name of the essay?
b. Who is the author?
c. What does the author say would happen if the stars appeared one night in a thousand
years?
d. Give a specific term to cover the author's belief?
美国文学史及选读试卷 Ⅰ.Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (60points in all, 2 for each) 1. Which of following can be said of the common features which are shared by the English and American Romanticists ? A. An increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions. B. An increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters. C. An increasing emphasis on the desire to return to nature. D. both A and B. 2. Which of the following statements about the Romantic period in the history of American literature is NOT true? （） A. In most of the American writings of this period there was a new emphasis upon the imaginative and emotional qualities of literature. B. The writers of this period placed an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions and displayed an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters. C. There was a strong tendency to exalt the individual and the common man. D. Most heroes and heroines in the writings of this period exhibited extremes of reason and nationality. 3.______ is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the American Romanticism in the history of American literature. A. New England Transcendentalism B. England Transcendentalism C. the Harlem Renaissance D. New Transcendentalism 4.Hawthorn e’s unique gift was for the creation of ______ which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature. A. symbolic stories B. romantic stories
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1.Captain John Smith became the first American writer. 2.The puritans looked upon themselves as a chosen people. is an annual collection of proverbs written by Benjamin Franklin. 4.Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet Common Sense boldly advocated a “Declaration for Independence”. 5.Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston.
has been called the “Father of American Poetry”. 7.In Washington I rving’s appeared the first modern short stories and the first great American juvenile literature. 8.Cooper’s enduring fame rests on his William Cullen Bryant’s wok. is considered “father of American detective stories and American gothic stories”. 10.Emerson believed above all in
Captain John Smith (first American writer). Anne Bradstreet；The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America （colonists living） Edward Taylor(the best puritan poet) John Cotton ”the Patriarch of New England” teacher spiritual leader Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography Poor Richard’s Almanack Thomas Jefferson： Political Career Thoughts The Declaration of Independence we hold truth to be self-evidence Philip Freneau“Father of American Poetry” The Wild Honey Suckle American Romanticism optimism and hope Nationalism Washington Irving“Father of American Literature short story”The first “Pure Writer” A History of New York The Sketch Book marked the beginning of American Romanticism! “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”Rip Van Winkle James Fenimore Cooper Father of American sea and frontier novels Leather stocking Tales The Last of the Mohicans The Pioneers The Prairie The Pathfinder The Deerslayer Edgar Allan Poe father of detective story and horror fiction Tales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque “MS. Found in a Bottle” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” “The Fall of the House of Usher”“The Masque of the Red Death”“The
美国文学史及选读试题 I. Multiple Choice 10’ 1. Who is different from others according to the division of writing period? A. Washington Irving B.William Cullen Bryant C. Captain John Smith D. James Fenimore Cooper 2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____. A. 1798-1832 B. 1810-1860 C. 1860-1864 D. 1776-1783 3. How many syllables are there in this first line of Raven? (“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”) A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 16 4. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing? A. theology B. literature C. esthetics D. revolution 5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment was largely due to ____. A. typography B. journalism C. revolution D. the development of paper-making industry 6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”? A. Walt Scott B. Geoffrey Chaucer
1.C aptain John Smith became the first American writer. 2.T he puritans looked upon themselves as a chosen people. collection of proverbs written by Benjamin Franklin. 4.T homas Paine’s famous pamphlet Common Sense boldly advocated a “Declaration for Independence”.
5.T homas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. has been called the “Father of American Poetry”. 7.I n Washington Irving’s appeared the first modern short stories and the first great American juvenile literature.
8.C ooper’s enduring fame rests on his frontier stories, especially the five novels that comprise the is perhaps the peak of William Cullen Bryant’s wok. “father of American detective stories and American gothic stories”.
History And Anthology of American Literature （6） 附：作者及作品 一、殖民主义时期The Literature of Colonial America 1．船长约翰·史密斯Captain John Smith 《自殖民地第一次在弗吉尼亚垦荒以来发生的各种事件的真实介绍》 “A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony” 《弗吉尼亚地图，附：一个乡村的描述》 “A Map of Virginia: with a Description of the Country” 《弗吉尼亚通史》“General History of Virginia” 2．威廉·布拉德福德William Bradford 《普利茅斯开发历史》“The History of Plymouth Plantation”3．约翰·温思罗普John Winthrop 《新英格兰历史》“The History of New England” 4．罗杰·威廉姆斯Roger Williams 《开启美国语言的钥匙》”A Key into the Language of America” 或叫《美洲新英格兰部分土著居民语言指南》 Or “A Help to the Language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New England ” 5．安妮·布莱德斯特Anne Bradstreet 《在美洲诞生的第十个谬斯》 ”The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America” 二、理性和革命时期文学The Literature of Reason and Revolution 1。本杰明·富兰克林Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) ※《自传》“ The Autobiography ” 《穷人理查德的年鉴》“Poor Richard’s Almanac” 2。托马斯·佩因Thomas Paine (1737-1809) ※《美国危机》“The American Crisis” 《收税官的案子》“The Case of the Officers of the Excise”《常识》“Common Sense” 《人权》“Rights of Man” 《理性的时代》“The Age of Reason” 《土地公平》“Agrarian Justice” 3。托马斯·杰弗逊Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) ※《独立宣言》“The Declaration of I ndependence” 4。菲利浦·弗瑞诺Philip Freneau (1752-1832) ※《野忍冬花》“The Wild Honey Suckle” ※《印第安人的坟地》“The Indian Burying Ground” ※《致凯提·迪德》“To a Caty-Did” 《想象的力量》“The Power of Fancy” 《夜屋》“The House of Night” 《英国囚船》“The British Prison Ship” 《战争后期弗瑞诺主要诗歌集》 “The Poems of Philip Freneau Written Chiefly During the Late War” 《札记》“Miscellaneous Works” 三、浪漫主义文学The Literature of Romanticism 1。华盛顿·欧文Washington Irving (1783-1859) ※《作者自叙》“The Author’s Account of Himself” ※《睡谷传奇》“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” 《见闻札记》“Sketch Book” 《乔纳森·欧尔德斯泰尔》“Jonathan Oldstyle” 《纽约外史》“A History of New York” 《布雷斯布里奇庄园》“Bracebridge Hall” 《旅行者故事》“Tales of Traveller” 《查理二世》或《快乐君主》“Charles the Second” Or “The Merry Monarch” 《克里斯托弗·哥伦布生平及航海历史》 “A History of the Life and V oyages of Christopher Columbus” 《格拉纳达征服编年史》”A Chronicle of the Conquest of Grandada” 《哥伦布同伴航海及发现》 ”V oyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus” 《阿尔罕布拉》“Alhambra” 《西班牙征服传说》“Legends of the Conquest of Spain” 《草原游记》“A Tour on the Prairies” 《阿斯托里亚》“Astoria” 《博纳维尔船长历险记》“The Adventures of Captain Bonneville” 《奥立弗·戈尔德史密斯》”Life of Oliver Goldsmith” 《乔治·华盛顿传》“Life of George Washington” 2．詹姆斯·芬尼莫·库珀James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) ※《最后的莫希干人》“The Last of the Mohicans” 《间谍》“The Spy” 《领航者》“The Pilot” 《美国海军》“U.S. Navy” 《皮袜子故事集》“Leather Stocking Tales” 包括《杀鹿者》、《探路人》”The Deerslayer”, ”The Pathfinder” 《最后的莫希干人》“The Last of the Mohicans” 《拓荒者》、《大草原》“The Pioneers”, “The Praire” 3。威廉·卡伦·布莱恩特William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) ※《死之思考》“Thanatopsis” ※《致水鸟》“To a Waterfowl” 4。埃德加·阿伦·坡Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) ※《给海伦》“To Helen” ※《乌鸦》“The Raven” ※《安娜贝尔·李》“Annabel Lee” ※《鄂榭府崩溃记》“The Fall of the House of Usher” 《金瓶子城的方德先生》“Ms. Found in a Bottle” 《述异集》“Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque” 5。拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) ※《论自然》“Nature” ※《论自助》“Self-Reliance” 《美国学者》“The American Scholar” 《神学院致辞》“The Divinity School Address” 《随笔集》“Essays” 《代表》“Representative Men” 《英国人》“English Traits” 《诗集》“Poems” 6。亨利·戴维·梭罗Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) ※《沃尔登我生活的地方我为何生活》 1
Washington Irving Bracebridge Hall 布雷斯布里奇田庄 (1822) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Tales of a Traveller 旅客谈 (1824) Christopher Columbus (1828) c. writing characteristics (1) humorous: the function of his writing is to amuse, to entertain instead of teaching or instruction (2) vivid and true character portrayal (3) finished (refined) and musical language, thus regarded as “the Amn. Goldsmith ” d. analysis on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow(选自the sketch book 见闻札记 ) 1. the story:setting,character, plot 2. theme:conflicts and praise conflict betw. Ichabod and Brom conflict betw. the village and the outside world James Fenimore Cooper The Spy (1821): a historical novel The Pilot (1824): a sea novel Leatherstocking Tales 皮裹腿故事集(1823-1841): frontier novels The Last Mohicans (1826) (Colonial War betw. Britain and France) e. writing features: strong points: we can see a variety of incidents and tensions, complicated plot and structure and a beautiful description of nature. Weak points: characterization is weak. There is unsatisfactory description of characters (esp. female). He is not free from syntactical awkwardness, heavy-handed attempt at humor. “Where Irving excels Cooper is weak.” Dialect is not authentic. Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House Usher Feature: i. brevity (15 pages) ii. Single effect iii. originality in theme To Helen It was inspired by the beauty of the mother of a schoolmate of Poe in Richmond, Virginia. The poem is famous for a number of things: 1. its rhyme scheme: ababb 2. its varied line lengths 3. its metaphor of a travel on the sea 4. its oft-quoted lines: "To the glory that was Greece,/And the grandeur that was Rome." theme: praise the ideal love and beauty and ancient Greek and Roman civilizations The Raven 乌鸦 theme: the lament over the death of a beautiful woman tone: melancholy Transcendentalism (essayists, poets, novelists) Their journal is “The Dial ” . Definition: Transcendentalism is idealism. (Emerson) b. features (1) stress on Oversoul, that is spirit. (2) stress the importance of individual. (3) fresh conception of nature. c. significance (1) inspired a whole generation of writers such as Whitman, Melville and Dickinson. (2) dresses man ’s subjective initiative as opposed to materialism. (3) liberated people from Calvin ’s original sin d. limitation (1) shallow: cut off from real life or reality; initiated by the rich, they were limited in a certain circle. So, in some degree, they have been cut off from social life and can ’t understand the sufferings of the common people. (2) inward contradiction: gain knowledge by intuition, shows its idealistic aspect. R.W. Emerson (Ralph Waldo) Nature (1836): the Bible of New England transcendentalism The American Scholar (1837): "America's Declaration of Intellectual The Divinity School Address 神学院致辞 (1838) Essays (1841/1847) Representative Men (1850) English Traits (1856)
美国文学史及选读试卷 Ⅰ. Multiple choices. (60 points in total, 2 for each) 1. The Romantic Period in American literature started from the publication of Washington Irving's ______ and ended with Whitman's Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveller C. A History of New York D. The Scarlet Letter 2. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_____”. A. the English Renaissance B. the Second Renaissance C. the American Renaissance D. the Salem Renaissance 3. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning ______. A. nature , man and the universe B. the relationship between man and woman C. the development of Romanticism in American literature D. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism 14. In the following statements, _________ is NOT true about Washington Irving’s famous story “Rip Van Winkle.” A. The story is not only well-kno wn for Rip’s 20-year sleep but also considered a model of perfect English in American literature. B. The story is set against the background of the inevitably changing America. C. The social conservatism and literary preference for the past is revealed, to some extent, in the story. D. Irving describes Rip’s response and reaction in a dramatic way, so that we see clearly both the narrator and Irving agree on the preferability of the present to the past. 15. Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay Experience is a serous discussion about the conflict between _________ and ordinary life.
WORD 练习题 第一题根据下列要求完成下段文本的编排. 1.将标题（居中）下第一段中的“海水”全部改为蓝色、行楷、倾斜、2号字“河水”，并加着重号。 2.将标题文字设置成斜体绿色字。 3.将“海洋里的鱼类品种繁多，……“所在段落设置行距为1.1倍行距，字间距加宽1磅。 4.设置页脚文字为“水中生物“（不包括引号）。 5.为文字“海洋里的鱼类品种繁多，不能一概而论。”设置底纹填充色为黄色、下线、黑体、阳文。 6.以文件名“鱼类需要喝水吗？”存本文于“我的文档” 鱼类需要喝水吗？ 由于海水鱼类血液和体液的浓度高于周围的海水，水分就从外界经过鱼鳃半渗透性薄膜的表皮，不断地渗透到鱼体内，因此，海水鱼类不管体内是否需要水分，水总是不间断地渗透进去。所以海水鱼类不仅不需要喝水，而且还经常不断地将体内多余的水分排队出去，否则，鱼体还有被危险。 海洋里的鱼类品种繁多,不能一概而论。虽然，海水浓度高，但极大部分软骨鱼体内血液里，含有比海水浓度更高的尿素，因此，和淡水鱼一样，也不需要喝水。而生活在海洋里的硬骨鱼，则由于周围海水浓度高于体内的浓度，体内失水情况相当严重，需要及时补充水分，因此，海中的硬骨鱼是需要大口大口地喝水。 第二题根据下列要求完成下段文本的编排. 1.录入文字，一次性将各段首行缩进2字符。 2.交换第一段、第二段文字，将正文三、四段合为一段。 3.将句子“含羞草为什么会有这种奇怪的行为？”设置成七彩霓虹的动态效果。 4.将“含羞草的叶子非常有趣，……”所在段落设置段前距为6磅、段后距为8磅，设第一段行中的 双倍行距，第二段行距30磅。 5.设置页脚，页脚文字为“含羞草”三个字（不包括引号）。 6.给文中“含羞草”三字加绿色边框。 7.对正文（不包括红框内的题目部分“添加行号，起始行号为2，其他使用缺省设置。 8.以文档名“含羞草.DOC”保存到桌面。 含羞草是一种叶片会运动的草本植物。身体开头多种多样，有的直立生长，有的爱攀爬到别的植物身上，也有的索性躺在地上向四周蔓生。在它的枝条上长着许多锐利尖刺，绿色的叶片分出3～4张羽片，很像一个害羞的小姑娘，只要碰它一下，叶片很快会合拢起来，仿佛在表示难为情。手碰得轻，叶子合拢得慢；碰得重，合拢得快，有时连整个叶柄都会下垂，但是过一会后，它又会慢慢恢复原状。 含羞草为什么会有这种奇怪的行为？原来它的老家在热带美洲地区，那儿常常有猛烈的狂风暴雨，而含羞草的枝叶又很柔弱，在刮风下雨时将叶片合拢就养活了被摧折的危险。 最近有个科学家在研究中还发现了另外一个原因，他说含羞草合拢叶片是为了保护叶片不被昆虫吃掉，因为当一些昆虫落脚在它的叶片上时，正准备大嚼一顿，而叶片突然关闭，一下子就把毫无准备的昆虫吓跑了。含羞草还可以做药，主要医治失眠、肠胃炎等病症。在所有会运动的植物中，最有趣的是一种印度的跳舞草，它的叶子就像贪玩的孩子，不管是白天还是黑夜，不管是有风还是没风，问题做着舞蹈家在永不疲倦地跳着华尔兹舞。 第三题根据下列要求完成下段文本的编排.
苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷） 评分标准及标准答案 A卷 院系：专业：考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭卷考试时间： 100 分钟 I.Blanks: (10%)(每题1分，共10分，答错不给分) 1. American literature 2. English 3. Puritans 4. short story 5. Autobiography 6. Philip Freneau 7. Washington Irving 8. Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Scarlet Letter II.Multiple Choice: ( 20%)(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分) 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. C 16.C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. D III.Identification (20%)（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分） 1.James Fenimore Cooper 2.Washington Irving 3.Anne Bradstreet 4.Michael Wigglesworth 5.Washington Irving 6.James Fenimore Cooper 7.Philip Freneau 8.William Cullen Bryant
9.Edgar Allan Poe 10.Edgar Allan Poe 11.Nathaniel Hawthorne 12.Edgar Allan Poe 13.Anne Bradstreet 14.Washington Irving 15.James Fenimore Cooper 16.Philip Freneau 17.William Cullen Bryant 18.Edgar Allan Poe 19.Nathaniel Hawthorne 20.Philip Freneau IV.Terms (20%)（每题4分，共20分） 1. Poor Richard’s Almanac key words: Benjamin Franklin, sayings, hard work, thrift, Puritan, quotes, printed himself, etc. 2. Leatherstocking Tales Key words: Cooper, five novels, Natty Bumppo, frontier, frontiersman, life from youth to old age, The Pioneer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, etc. 3. Puritanism key words: Calvin, purify, hard work, thrift, predestination, salvation, sin, God, from England to America, immigration, etc. 4. Benjamin Franklin key words: statesman, scientist and writer, Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanac, puritan, hard work and thrift, successful, contributions, printer, etc. V.Appreciation (10%)（每题5分，共10分） Part A a)Philip Freneau’s（1分）The Wild Honey Suckle （1分） b)It is written in iambic tetrameter, the rhyme scheme is ababcc. （1分） c)“Little being” refers to the wild honey suckle. （1分）“But an hour” means the lifespan of a flower is very short. （1分）
美国文学史及选读试题上册 姓名：班级：学号 I. Multiple Choice 20’ I. 1. Who is different from others according to the division of writing period? A. Washington Irving B.William Cullen Bryant C. Captain John Smith D. James Fenimore Cooper 2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____. A. 1798-1832 B. 1810-1860 C. 1860-1864 D. 1776-1783 3. How many syllables are there in this first line of Raven? (“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”) A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 16 4. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing? A. theology B. literature C. esthetics D. revolution 5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment was largely due to ____. A. typography B. journalism C. revolution D. the development of paper-making industry 6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”? A. Walt Scott B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Washington Irving D. Philip Freneau 7. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fame? A. Captain John Smith B. Washington Irving C. Benjamin Franklin D. E. A. Poe 8. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl? A. Anne Bradstreet B. Thomas Hardy C. William Cullen Bryant D. Walt Whitman 9. Thomas Paine is a ____. A. novelist B. dramatist C. poet D. pamphleteer 10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes ____ A. short stories B. literary critic theories C. poems D. dramas II. Blank-Filling 20’ 1. ____’s reports of exploration, published in the early 1600s, have been described as the first distinctly American literature to be written in English. 2. Hard work, ____, piety, and ____were the Puritan values that dominated much of the earliest American writing, including the sermons, books and letters of such noted Puritan clergymen as John Cotton and Cotton Mather. 3. Most Puritan verse was decidedly plodding, but the work of two writers, Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor, rose to the level of____ 4. From 1732 to 1785, Franklin wrote and published his famous ____, an annual collection of proverbs. 5. On January 10, 1776, Paine’s famous pamphlet ____ appeared. It boldly advocated a