美国文学史及选读第一册 练习题

美国文学史及选读试题I. Multiple Choice 10’1. Who is different from others according to the division of writing period?A. Washington IrvingB.William Cullen BryantC. Captain John SmithD. James Fenimore Cooper2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____.A. 1798-1832B. 1810-1860C. 1860-1864D. 1776-17833. How many syllables are there in this first line of Raven?(“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”)A. 11B. 12C. 13D. 164. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing?A. theologyB. literatureC. estheticsD. revolution5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment was largely due to ____.A. typographyB. journalismC. revolutionD. the development of paper-making industry6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”?A. Walt ScottB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Washington IrvingD. Philip Freneau7. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fame?A. Captain John SmithB. Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD.E. A. Poe8. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl?A. Anne BradstreetB. Thomas HardyC. William Cullen BryantD. Walt Whitman9. Thomas Paine is a ____?A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. pamphleteer10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes ____A. short storiesB. literary critic theoriesC. poemsD. dramasII. Blank-Filli ng 20’1.____’s reports of exploration, published in the early 1600s, have beendescribed as the first distinctly American literature to be written in English. 2.Hard work, ____, piety, and ____were the Puritan values thatdominated much of the earliest American writing, including the sermons, books and letters of such noted Puritan clergymen as John Cotton and Cotton Mather.3. Most Puritan verse was decidedly plodding, but the work of two writers, AnneBradstreet and Edward Taylor, rose to the level of____4.From 1732 to 1785, Franklin wrote and published his famous ____, anannual collection of proverbs.5.On January 10, 1776, Paine’s famous pamphlet ____ appeared. It boldlyadvocated a “Declaration for Independence”, and brought the separatist agitation to a crisis.6.As a poet, ____heralded American literary independence: his close observationof nature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native American subjects.7.The attitudes of America’s writers were shaped by their ____en vironment andan array of ideas inherited from the ____traditions of Europe.8.Romantic writers placed increasing value on the ____ expression of emotionand displayed increasing attention to the ____ states of their characters.9.Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: ____ and ____.10.T he central figure in Cooper’s Novels, ____ goes by various names ofLeatherstocking, Deerslyer, Pathfinder, and Hawkeye.。

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 Cullen BryantC. Captain John SmithD. James Fenimore Cooper2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____.A. 1798-1832B. 1810-1860C. 1860-1864D. 1776-17833. How many syllables are there in this first line of Raven?(“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,”)A. 11B. 12C. 13D. 164. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing?A. theologyB. literatureC. estheticsD. revolution5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment was largely due to ____.A. typographyB. journalismC. revolutionD. the development of paper-making industry6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”?A. Walt ScottB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Washington IrvingD. Philip Freneau7. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fame?A. Captain John SmithB. Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD.E. A. Poe8. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl?A. Anne BradstreetB. Thomas HardyC. William Cullen BryantD. Walt Whitman9. Thomas Paine is a ____?A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. pamphleteer10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes ____A. short storiesB. literary critic theoriesC. poemsD. dramasII. Blank-Filli ng 20’1.____’s reports of exploration, published in the early 1600s, have beendescribed as the first distinctly American literature to be written in English.2.Hard work, ____, piety, and ____were the Puritan values thatdominated much of the earliest American writing, including the sermons, books and letters of such noted Puritan clergymen as John Cotton andCotton 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 ____, anannual collection of proverbs.5.On January 10, 1776, Paine’s famous pamphlet ____ appeared. It boldlyadvocated a “Declaration for Independence”, and brought the separatist agitation to a crisis.6.As a poet, ____heralded American literary independence: his closeobservation of nature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native American subjects.7.The attitudes of America’s writers were shaped by their ____en vironmentand an array of ideas inherited from the ____traditions of Europe.8.Romantic writers placed increasing value on the ____ expression ofemotion and displayed increasing attention to the ____ states of theircharacters.9.Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: ____ and ____.10.T he central figure in Cooper’s Novels, ____ goes by various names ofLeatherstocking, Deerslyer, Pathfinder, and Hawkeye.。

1. “God helps them that help themselves.” is found in ____________work.A. Paine’sB. Franklin’sC. Freneau’sD. Jefferson’s2. Which of the following stirred the world and helped form the American republic?A. The American Crisis.B. The Federalist.C. Declaration of Independence.D. The Age of Reason.3. “These are the times that try men’s souls”, these words were once read to Washington’s troops and did much to spur excitement to further action with hope and confidence. Who is the author of these words?A. Benjamin FranklinB. Thomas PaineC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington4. Which work is written by Freneau?A. The Right of ManB. The Wild honey SuckleC. Poor Richard’s AlmanacD. The Day of Doom5. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Anne BradstreetB. Edward TaylorC. Michael WiggleworthD. Philip Freneau6. In Moby Dick, the voyage symbolizes ___________.A. the microcosm of human societyB. the search for truthC. the unknown worldD. nature7.Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communication with _________________.A. natureB. transcendentalist ideasC. human beingsD. celestial beings8. The Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers America has produced so far, Emerson and ____________-.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Washington IrvingC. Nathanel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman9. ___________is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet letterC. WaldenD. Moby Dick10. The Romantic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving’s ___________ and ended with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A History of New York11. The convention of the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature in American literature is particularly evident in ___________________.A. Cooper’s Leatherstocking TalesB. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.C. Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.D. Irving’s Rip Van Winkle.12. As a philosophical and literary movement, _________ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism13. For Melville, as well as for the reader and ____________, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. StarbuckB. StubbC. IshmaelD. Arab14. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_____________.A. The House of Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithdale Romance15. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves of GrassC. Leatherstocking Tales..D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn16. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_______________.A. religionB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. war and peace17. Emily Dickinson’s poetic idiom is noted for the following except_____________.A. brevityB. directnessC. plainestD. obscure18. “There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, trough the whole life, but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which of the following writings is the thought reflected in?A. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Yo ung Goodman Brown.B. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.C. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.D. Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.19. The publication of ____________established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over Soul20. Most of the poems in Whitman’s leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the ___________as well.A. natureB. lifeC. selfD. self-relianceII. Fill into the blanks with suitable phrase or term. (2x10=20%)1.The American of Scholar is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”.2.In 1620, a number of Puritans who tried to purify or reform the church of Englandstepped on the New England shore at Plymouth in the ship named Mayflower3.Among all the settlers in the New Continent, English settlers were the mostinfluential.4.In American Literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of Reason andRevolution.5.In Franklin’s Autobiography he talks first of all about how he studied language.6.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as Rip Van Winklewhich is about a good-natured lazy husband who falls into a 20-year sleep. 7．Published in 1823, The Pioneers was the first of the Leatherstocking Tales, in their order.8．Philip Freneau was considered as the “poet of the American Revolution” and the “Father of American Poetry.”9．A superb book Walden came out of Thoreau’s two-year experiment at Walden pond. 10．As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorists, Mark Twain , the pen name of Samuel Langhorne. Clemens, usually wrote about his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experiences.III. Match the writer in Column A with the works in Column B (1X10=10%)Column A Column Ba.Franklinb.John Smithc.William Cullen Bryantd.James Fennimore Coopere.Philip Freneauf.Washington Irvingg.Nathaniel Hawthorneh.Edgar Allan Poei.Ralph Waldo Emersonj.Walt Whitman1.( b) A Description of New England2.( h) The Raven3.( g) The Scarlet Letter4.( a) Autobiography5.( e) The Wild Honey Suckle6.( c) To a Waterfowl7.( d) The Deerslayer8 ( j)Leaves of Grass9.( f) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow10.( i ) Nature。

美国文学史及选读试题上册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 IrvingB.William Cullen BryantC. Captain John SmithD. James Fenimore Cooper2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____.A. 1798-1832B. 1810-1860C. 1860-1864D. 1776-17833. How many syllables are there in this first line of Raven?(“Once upon a midnight dreary, w hile I pondered, weak and weary,”)A. 11B. 12C. 13D. 164. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writing?A. theologyB. literatureC. estheticsD. revolution5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of theEnlightenment was largely due to ____.A. typographyB. journalismC. revolutionD. the development of paper-making industry6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”?A. Walt ScottB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Washington IrvingD. Philip Freneau7. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fame?A. Captain John SmithB. Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD.E. A. Poe8. Who is the writer of To a Waterfowl?A. Anne BradstreetB. Thomas HardyC. William Cullen BryantD. Walt Whitman9. Thomas Paine is a ____.A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. pamphleteer10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes ____A. short storiesB. literary critic theoriesC. poemsD. dramasII. Blank-Filling 20’1. ____’s reports of 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“Declaration for Independence”, and brought the separatist agitation to a crisis.6. As a poet, ____heralded American literary independence: his close observation of nature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native American subjects.1. Annabel Lee ,a poem from_____________ ,mourns the death of a beautiful girl .7. Romantic writers placed increasing value on the ____ expression of emotion and displayed increasing attention to the ____ states of their characters.8. Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: ____ and ____.9. The central figure in Cooper’s Novels, ____ goes byvarious names of Leatherstocking, Deerslyer, Pathfinder, and Hawkeye.III. Chinese Alternation of English Literary Terms 10’1. Puritanism2. Romanticism3. Sketch Book4. Thanatopsis5. Self-RelianceIV.Identificaiton .25’author:________________ work:_________________1.I had begun in 1733 to study languages; I soon made my self so much a master of the French as to be able to read the books with ease. I then undertook the Italian. An acquaintance, who was also learning it, used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length refused to play any more…2.At the next moment, the breech of Hawkeye’s rifle fell on the naked head of his adversary, whose muscles appeared to wither under the shock, as he sank from the arms of Duncan, flexible and motionless.3.From morning suns and evening dewsAt first thy little being came:If nothing once, you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;”4.I was a child and she was a childIn this kingdom by the sea;But we loved with a love that was more than love---5. On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes----it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping andtwittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze “ Surely,” thought Rip, “ I have not slept here all night.” He recalled the occurrences before he fell asleep.V. Answer the following q uestions. 25’1. What does the word “Power” in To a Wate rfowl refer to? 5’2. What is your understanding on Helen in the poem To Helen? 5’3. What is the tone of Thanatopsis? 5’4. What is American Transcendentalism ?. 10’。

美国文学史及选读试卷（1）美国文学史及选读试卷Ⅰ.Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternatives. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (60points in all, 2 for each)1. Which of following can be said of the common features which are shared by the English and American Romanticists ?A. An increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions.B. An increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.C. An increasing emphasis on the desire to return to nature.D. both A and B.2. Which of the following statements about the Romantic period in the history of American literature is NOT true? （）A. In most of the American writings of this period there was a new emphasis upon the imaginative and emotional qualities of literature.B. The writers of this period placed an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions and displayed an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.C. There was a strong tendency to exalt the individual and the common man.D. Most heroes and heroines in the writings of this period exhibited extremes of reason and nationality.3.______ is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the American Romanticism in the history of American literature.A. New England TranscendentalismB. England TranscendentalismC. the Harlem RenaissanceD. New Transcendentalism4.Hawthorn e’s unique gift was for the creation of ______ which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature.A. symbolic storiesB. romantic storiesC. gothic storiesD. humorous stories5. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is not right?A. It's very hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin.B. It's a highly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism.C. It's mainly about the moral, emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the main characters and the people in general.D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.6. Which of the following statements is said about most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?A. They identify his ego with the conservative America.B. They celebrate the self and ignore sexuality.C. They sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.D. They reject the pursuit of love and happiness of individuals.7.Realism was a reaction against （）or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. SymbolismB. ImagismC. RomanticismD. Mysticism8. The subjects of Emily Dickinson’s poems are mainl y about .A. religionB. death and immortalityC. love and natureD. all of the above9. The three dominant figures in the period of Realism of American are William Dean Howells, Mark Twain and_________. （）A. Henry JamesB. Tom JamesC. James JoyceD. Henry Joyce10. In his masterpiece The Portrait of A Lady Henry James _________ .A. incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environmentB. tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European life as well as the American societyC. describes a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Ro meD. tells about some Europeans who learn with difficulty to adapt themselves to the American life11. Which of the following can be said about the titular heroine in the novel Daisy Miller?A. She has become a celebrated cultural type who embodies the spirit of the new world.B. The author’s sympathy for her, a tender flower crushedby the harsh winter in Rome was easily felt.C. Her innocence turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality in the new world.D. all of the above12. As Emily Dickinson’s poems about love are concerned, which of the following is not right ?A. Many of them give original depictions of the longing for shared moments, the pain of separation, and the futility of finding happiness.B. Some of her love poems treat the suffering and frustration love can cause.C. Her love poems show people’s feelings of rapture and happiness coming from their love experience.13. More than five hundred poems Emily Dickinson wrote are about nature, in which her general ________ about the relationship between man and nature is well-expressed.（）A. denialB. eulogyC. skepticismD. happiness14. In his “Trilogy of Desire”, Theodore Dreiser’s focus shifted from the pathos of the helpless protagonists at the bottom of the society to the power of the American financial tycoons in the late 19th century. The “Trilogy of Desire”includes The Financial, The Titan and _________.（）A. The StoicB. The GeniusC. An American TragedyD. Jennie Gerhardt15.In the first part of the 20th century, apart from Darwinism,which was still a big influence upon the writers of this period, there were two thinkers____whose ideas had the greatest impact on the period.A. the German Karl Marx and the American Sigmund FreudB. the German Karl Marx and the Austrian Sigmund FreudC. the Swiss Car Jung and the American William JamesD. the Austrian Karl Marx and the German Sigmund Freud16. Eugene O'Neill is remembered for his tragic view of life and most of his plays are about ______.A. the root, the truth of human desires and human frustrationsB. the moral nature of the modern mankindC. the relationship between man and nature as well as man and womanD. the inner contradiction of men before the real world17. In general terms, much serious American literature written from 1912 onwards attempted to convey ______.A. a vision of social breakdown and moral decayB. a vision of social continuity and harmonyC. the continuity and discontinuity between the past and the modern timeD. all of the above18. Which of the following is not said about the main principles of the Imagist Movement? ______A. a direct treatment of poetic subjectsB. the elimination of merely ornamental or superfluous wordsC. the rhythmical composition in the sequence of the musical phrase rather than in the sequence of a metronomeD. the treatment of the medium of poetry in agreement withRomanticism19. Most of O'Neill's plays are concerned about the following except______.A. success and failure in man's literary careerB. life and death, illusion and disillusion, dream and realityC. alienation and communication, self and society, desire and frustrationD. the basic issues of human existence and predicament20. Which of the following can be said about a typical modern literary work?A. It is a record of sequence and coherence of the history and the world.B. It is a juxtaposition of the past and present, of the history and the memory.C. It is a book of integrity drawn from diverse areas of experience.D. Its perspective is shifted from the internal to the external, from the private to the public.21. Which of following is not right about the thematic concerns of Robert Frost ?A. The terror and tragedy in nature as well as its beauty.B. His sense of failure and meaninglessness about human life.C. His love of life and his belief in a serenity coming from working.D. The loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being.22. Which of the following can be said about O’Neill’s plays?A. His plays concern especially the relationship between man and women of the modern age.B. His expressionistic experimentations contained hisoptimistic vision in some non-realistic forms.C. His plays of expressionistic experimentation daringly penetrate into race religions, class conflicts, sexual bondage, and social critiques.D. Many of them are attached with a profound insight into nature and tremendous skill and logic.23. Hemingway's first true novel （）casts light on a whole generation after the First World War and the effects of the war by way of a vivid portrait of “The LostGeneration.”A. The Sun Also RisesB. The Old Man and the SeaC. For Whom the Bell TollsD.A Farewell to Arms24.In 1950, William Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize for the anti-racist （）.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Intruder in the DustC. The UnvanquishedD. Light in August25. As to Ezra Pound, which of the following statements is not correct?A. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the Imagist Movement.B. For he was politically controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literary achievement and influence are somewhat reduced.C. From his analysis of the Chinese ideogram Pound learned to anchor his poetic language in concrete, perceptual reality, and to organize images into larger patterns through juxtaposition.D. His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense with personal, literary, and historical allusions.26. Henry James is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century _________ novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. localB. colorC. physicalD. stream-of-consciousness27. In Henry James’ Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of_________.A. the free spirit of the New WorldB. the corruption of the newly richC. the force of convictionD. the change of the social force28. “It was a big, squarish frame house that had once been white, decorated wi th cupolas and spires and scrolled balconies in the heavily lightsome style of the seventies, set on what had once been our most select street.” This is a detailed description of Emily’s old house. The purpose of such description is to imply the person living in it_________.A. is an old womanB. has good tasteC. is a conservative aristocratD. is a prisoner of the past29. In his novels, Faulkner creates his own kingdom that mirrors _________.A. the frivolity and carelessness of the young generation and the sense of loss and despair of the whole society.B. the spiritual wasteland of the Southern society and the decline of the whole American societyC. the sense of loss and despair among the post-war generation and the decline of the whole American societyD. the decline of the Southern society and the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society30. Which of the following can be said about Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily ?A. The “stream of consciousness” technique is employed in it .B. The chronology of narration is displaced.C. Its language is too symbolic and the dialogues are fragmented.D. There are too many characters whose relations are too complicated.Ⅱ. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 2 point for each)（）1. Theodore Dreiser A. The Cantos（）2. Mark Twain B. The Great Gatsby（）3. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Sister Carrie（）4 . F. S. Fitzgerald D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn（）5. Ezra Pound E. The Scarlet LetterⅢ. Explain the following terms. (25points in total, 5 points for each)1.American naturalism2.Lost Generation3.Imagism4.Modernism5.Harlem RenaissanceⅣ. Answer the following question.(5points) What is theChinese culture over Pound?。

[0171]《美国文学史及选读》第一次作业[判断题]Faith in Christianity is one of the main ideas advocated by Raph Waldo Emerson, the chief spokesman of American Romanticism.参考答案：错误[判断题]In Desire Under the Elms by Eugene G. O'Neill, Abbie is the second wife of Cabot after his first wife dies.参考答案：错误[判断题]Langston Hughes is often entitled "New England Poet”.参考答案：错误[判断题]Franklin was a symbol of the American dream.参考答案：正确[判断题]Rip Van Winkle was written by James Cooper.参考答案：错误[判断题]Fitzgerald was the spokesman of the Jazz Age.参考答案：正确[判断题]Allan Poe wrote the first detective stories in America.参考答案：正确[判断题]The Beat Generation and the Lost Generation are the same.参考答案：错误[判断题]Beyond the Horizon was the first full-length play of O'Neill.参考答案：正确[判断题]Irving was the first American writer to get an international reputation.参考答案：正确第二次作业[判断题]Chinese poetry and philosophy had exerted great influence on Ezra Pound.参考答案：正确[判断题]Howl is a symbol in the movement of the Beat Generation, which was written by Allen Ginsberg.参考答案：正确[判断题] Joseph Heller was an American satirical novelist, poet and short story writer.参考答案：错误[判断题]Mark Twain was the Lincoln of American literature.参考答案：正确[判断题]The best work of Whitman was The Leaves of Grass参考答案：正确[判断题]Anne Bradstreet was father of American poetry.参考答案：错误[判断题]The Autobiography was the masterpiece of Franklin.参考答案：正确[判断题]The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story参考答案：正确[判断题]The Scarlet Letter is a novel of symbolism.参考答案：正确[判断题]The Sun Also Rises is a novel about the Lost Generation.参考答案：正确第三次作业[单选题]The time setting of Looking for Mr. Green by Saul Bellow is ______.A：springB：summerC：autumnD：winter参考答案：D[单选题]_______was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called "Imagist” movement.A：T. S. EliotB：Robert FrostC：Ezra PoundD：Emily Dickinson参考答案：C[单选题]Allen Ginsberg is the representative poet of ________.A：The Lake PoetsB：The Lost GenerationC：The Beat GenerationD：The Imagist参考答案：C[单选题]____ was Sherwood Anderson's most important work.A：Windy McPherson's SonB：Beyond DesireC：The triumph of the EggD：Winesburg, Ohio参考答案：D[单选题]Transcendentalists recognized as the "highest power of the soul”.A：intuitionB：logicC：data of the sensesD：thinking参考答案：A[单选题]Ralph Waldo Emerson's is regarded as the "Declaration of Intellectual Independence”.A：NatureB：The Conduct of LifeC：Representative MenD：The American Scholar参考答案：D[单选题]Which may NOT be one of the causes for the rise of American Romantic Movement? A：The westward territorial expansionB：The great increase in populationC：The victory of the settlers in the Indian warD：The rapid economic transformation参考答案：C[单选题]Edgar Allan Poe occupies an important position in American literature as a poet and a .A：short story writerB：novelistC：dramatistD：translator参考答案：A[单选题]The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American nation were quite a few of the .A： QuakersB：AnglicansC：CatholicsD：Puritans参考答案：D[单选题]Herman Melville described as "master of each and mastered by none―the type and genius of his land.”A： John SmithB：Thomas JeffersonC：Benjamin FranklinD：Thomas Paine参考答案：C第四次作业[单选题]"Ripeness was all” in the chapter 41 of Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is quoted from Shakespeare's play______.A：The Merchant of VeniceB：OthelloC：Romeo and JulietD：King Lear参考答案：D[单选题]The four survivors in "The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane are_______.A：The oiler, the cook, the businessman, and the correspondentB：The captain, the sailor, the cook, and the correspondentC：The captain, the oiler, the cook, and the sailorD：The captain, the oiler, the cook, and the correspondent参考答案：C[单选题]As to American naturalism, which of the following statements is NOT true?A：Artistically, naturalistic writings are unpolished in language and unwieldy in structure.B：Philosophically, the naturalists believe that the real and true is partially from peo ple’s eyes.C：The tone in the writing more ironic and pessimistic than that of realism.D：They usually chose their subjects from the higher ranks of society.参考答案：D[单选题]Willa's novel, ____, is the story of a female singer's growth and development from childhood to maturity.A：My AntoniaB：The Song of the LarkC：The Professor‘s HouseD：Death Comes for the Archbishop参考答案：B[单选题]The time setting of Looking for Mr. Green by Saul Bellow is ______.A：springB：summerC：autumnD：winter参考答案：D[单选题]What is Ralp W. Ellison's attitude toward Booker T. Washington's philosophy of race relations in Invisible Man?A：He embraces it wholeheartedly.B：He advocates it with some reservations.C：He regards it with ambivalence.D：He rejects it fiercely and repeatedly.参考答案：D[单选题]What is the essay Once More to the Lake by E.B. White about?A：the writer and his son’s camping experience on the lakeB：the great changes that took place on the lakeC：the natural beauty of the lakeD：the writer’s pilgrimage b ack to a lakefront resort he visited as a child参考答案：D[单选题]Who is called "the Singer” of the Lost Generation?A：William FaulknerB：Ernest HemingwayC：F. Scott FitzgeraldD：Dos Passos参考答案：B[单选题]Faulkner set many of his short stories and novels in______.A：MississippiB：OxfordC：Yoknapatawpha CountyD：Massachusetts参考答案：C[单选题]Which literary school does F. Scot Fitzgerald belong to? A：modernismB：realismC：romanticismD：post-modernism参考答案：A第五次作业[论述题]Define the Lost Generation.参考答案：Lost Generation: A term invented by Gertrude Stein, it denotes a group of writers after the First World War. They were characterized with their loss of ideals and values resulting fromthe War and other social evils. When talking with Hemingway, Stein said: "You are all a lost generation.” Hemingway later used it as a preface to his novel The Sun Also Rises, the hero of which is often referred to as the archetype of the generation. Other major representatives of theLost Generation were F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hart Crane, Louis Bromfield, and Malcolm Cowley. These writers had either participated in the War or lived for a long time in Europe. Disillusioned and disenchanted, they were anti-traditional, cynical, desperate, and hedonistic. The term is sometimes used for those killed in the War and those who survived it but could not find their spiritual belonging.[论述题]Why is looking for Green so important to Grebe in Saul Bellow's Looking for Mr. Green? What you think Green symbolize?参考答案：From the short story we can know that Grebe is a rather diligent, careful and persistent man. He treats his work seriously. To him, to fulfill his responsibility is a great issue, therefore to deliver the check to Mr. Green becomes important. Besides, the setting of this short story is in the Great Depression, in the process of looking for Mr. Green, Grebe witnesses the miserable life of the lower class. This makes himmore insistent to the search. To some extent, Green has been endowed with more profound meaning. He is transfigured into a belief, an attitude of life.第六次作业[论述题]What is the relationship between man and nature as presented in Stephen Crane's The Open Boat?参考答案：Key points:1. the plot of the story;2. Nature seems to be indifferent to man;3. Nature consists of opposite force;4.Man should form a dialogue with nature and learn from nature.[论述题]What is naturalism in American literature?参考答案：Naturalism was a literary movement taking place from 1880s to 1940s that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. It was depicted as a literary movement that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as Romanticism or Surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic, idealistic, or even supernatural treatment. Naturalism Naturalistic writers were influenced by the evolution theory of Charles Darwin. They believed that one's heredity and social environment determine one's character. Naturalism also attempts to determine "scientifically" the underlying forces (e.g. the environment or heredity) influencing the actions of its subjects.。

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 writingperiodA. Washington Irving Cullen BryantC. Captain John SmithD. James Fenimore Cooper2. The American Romantic Period lasted roughly from ____ to ____.A. 1798-1832B. 1810-1860C. 1860-1864D. 1776-17833. How many syllables are there in this first line of Raven(“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak andweary,”)A. 11B. 12C. 13D. 164. What dominated the Puritan phase of American writingA. theologyB. literatureC. estheticsD. revolution5. At the initial period of the spread of ideas of the Enlightenment was largely due to ____.A. typographyB. journalismC. revolutionD. the development of paper-making industry6. Who has been called the “Father of American Literature”A. Walt ScottB. Geoffrey ChaucerC. Washington IrvingD. Philip Freneau7. Who is the first American prose stylist that acquired international fameA. Captain John SmithB. Washington IrvingC. Benjamin FranklinD.E. A. Poe8. Who is the writer of To a WaterfowlA. Anne BradstreetB. Thomas HardyC. William Cullen BryantD. Walt Whitman9. Thomas Paine is a ____A. novelistB. dramatistC. poetD. pamphleteer10. Edgar Allan Poe mainly writes ____A. short storiesB. literary critic theoriesC. poemsD. dramasII. Blank-Filling 20’1.____’s reports of exploration, published in the early 1600s, havebeen described as the first distinctly American literature to be written in English.2.Hard work, ____, piety, and ____were the Puritan valuesthat dominated much of the earliest American writing, includingthe sermons, books and letters of such noted Puritan clergymen asJohn Cotton and Cotton Mather.3. Most Puritan verse was decidedly plodding, but the work of twowriters, Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor, rose to the level of____4.From 1732 to 1785, Franklin wrote and published his famous____, an annual collection of proverbs.5.On January 10, 1776, Paine’s famous pamphlet ____ appeared. Itboldly advocated a “Declaration for Independence”, and brought the separatist agitation to a crisis.6.As a poet, ____heralded American literary independence: his closeobservation of nature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native American subjects.7.The attitudes of America’s writers were shaped by their____environment and an array of ideas inherited from the____traditions of Europe.8.Romantic writers placed increasing value on the ____ expression ofemotion and displayed increasing attention to the ____ states of their characters.9.Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: ____ and____.10.T he cent ral figure in Cooper’s Novels, ____ goes by various namesof Leatherstocking, Deerslyer, Pathfinder, and Hawkeye.。

美国文学史及作品选读模拟试题一I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1.C______was the first colony in American history.A. MassachusettsB. New JerseyC. VirginiaD.Georgia2. _B_____ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. Oneof his fellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.”A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine3. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT __A____.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism4. The Raven was written in 1844 by __B______A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson5. The ship __C____ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beatits way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic6. Melville’s novel __D____ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage inpursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick7. As a philosophical and literary movement, __D____ flourished in New Englandfrom the 1830s to the Civil War.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism8. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in ___A______.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea9. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ___B___ American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious10. Realism was a reaction against____B__ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment11. __C______ was a poet in American modern period who was deeply influence by eastern culture.A. T. S EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman12. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is NOT true?DA. After 1862 she became a total recluse, not leaving her house nor seeing close friends.B. She once felt a deep affection for Charles Wadsworth, a married aged minister, but it proved to be a frustrated love affair for Dickinson.C. She wrote about death, immortality, nature, success and failure.D. During her lifetime, all her poems are published.13. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by __A_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser14. Which of the following works is NOT by Ernest Hemingway?CA. The Old Man and SeaB. A Farewell to ArmsC. Sound and FuryD. For Whom the Bell Tolls15. Which one is NOT the characteristic of modernism?DA. Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, anti-realism, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.B. Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.C. The work of Marx, and Freud, had mounted an assault against orthodox religious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.D. Modernists believe that human nature is kind.II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)Column A Column B( c ) 1. Dimmesdale a. Robert Frost( e) 2. Ahab b. Mark Twain( i ) 3. Drouet c. The Scarlet Letter ( a ) 4. Pulitzer Prizer d. Thomas Jefferson( h ) 5. Reclusive poet e. Moby Dick(b ) 6. humorist and satirist f. Ernest Heminway( d) 7. The Decalration of Indepenence g. Henry David Thoreau( g ) 8. transcendentalist h. Emily Dickinson( j) 9. The Great Gatsby i. Sister Carrie( f ) 10. The Lost Generation j. F. Scott FitzgeraldIII.Define the following words within one phrase(2’×5=10’)1. free verse2. Ralph Waldo Emerson3. Mark Twain4. Benjamin Franklin5. Ezra PoundIV.Simple questions (5’×4=20’)1.What are Puritan thoughts?2.What is Transcedentalism and list some representative figures?3. Explain the symbolic meanings of “A” in The Scarlet Letter.4. Illustrate the three principles of Imagist Poetry.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 1When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things.Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she rapidly assumesthe cosmopolitan standard of virtue and becomes worse. Of an intermediatebalance, under the circumstances, there is no possibility. The city has itscunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human tempter.There are large forces which allure with all the soulfulness of expressionpossible in the most cultured human. The gleam of a thousand lights is often aseffective as the persuasive light in a wooing and fascinating eye. Half theundoing of the unsophisticated and natural mind is accomplished by forceswholly superhuman. A blare of sound, a roar of life, a vast array of human hives,appeal to the astonished senses in equivocal terms. Without a counsellor at handto whisper cautious interpretations, what falsehoods may not these things breathe into the unguarded ear! Unrecognised for what they are, their beauty, like music, too often relaxes, then weakens, then perverts the simpler human perceptions.Questions1.Please use one phrase to summarize the above paragraph (2’)2.What are the two possibilities for a girl of eighteen leaving her home?(2’)3.Please find out the figures of speech (2’)4.What are the attractive forces mentioned in a big city? (4’)5.How are naturalist views are reflected in this paragraph? Illustrate yourpoints with examples (5’)Text 2Because I could not stop for Death –He kindly stopped for me --The Carriage held but just Ourselves --And Immortality.We slowly drove -- He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility –We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess -- in the Ring --We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --We passed the Setting Sun –…Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses' HeadsWere toward Eternity –Questions:1.Identify the poet and the title of this poem? (2’)2.Explain the underlined words (4’)3.What are the implications of “the School”, “the fields of Gazing Grain”, “the SettingSun”? (3’)4.How do you understand “Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet / Feelsshorter than the Day” ? (3’)5.What are the speaker’s opinions about death? (3’)Text 3Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth.Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same.And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Questions:1.Please examine the poetic form (rhyme and meter) (2’)2.Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does thespeaker take? (3’)3.How do you understand the word “sigh”? (4’)4.What might the two roads stand for in the speaker’s mind? (4’)5.What is the theme of this poem? (2’)参考答案I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1. _C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__ 10.__B___11._C__ 12.__D__ 13._A_ 14._C __ 15._D__II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)1.( c )2.( e )3.( i )4.( a )5.( h )6.( b )7.( d )8.( g )9.(j ) 10.( f )III.Define the following words within one phrase (2’×5=10’)(Any related information can be given marks)1. poetry without a fived beat or regular rhyme scheme, produced by Walt Whitman2. is the representative of transcedentalists, who believes in individualism andself-reliance and brings transcendentalism to New England3．is a humorist and satirist, who uses broad humor and biting social satire4．is on e of Thoreau’s masterpieces, which is the result of the author’s two years of living near Walden lake.5. is regarded as the classical poem of imagist poetry by Ezra Pound, conveying thetheme of the speaker’s sudden pleasure of finding some beautiful faces in the subwayIV.Simple Questions (5’×4=20’) (Answers should be to the points. 1 score fortime, 2 scores for features and 1 score for representative figures when defining theliterary terms)a)Puritan thoughts: to make pure their religious beliefs and practices, to restoresimplicity, to live a hard and disciplined life and oppose pleasure and arts.b)Transcendentalism is the climax of American Romanticism.First, the Transcendentalist placed emphasis on spirit, or the oversoul, as the mostimportant thing in the universe.Secondly, Transcendentalists stressed the importance of the individual.Thirdly, the Transcendentalists offered a fresh perception of nature as symbolic ofthe spirit.3. a. The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes. Originally intended to mark Hester asan adulterer, the “A”eventually comes to stand for “Able”or“Angel”.b. Besides Hester, Dimmesdale also ironed the letter A on his body, which provokedhis self-consciousness and showed his repent for what he did.c. Pearl, their baby, wore a green letter a in a piece of seaweed while playing on thebeach. This green letter A symbolizes vitality or new life, and also suggests herinheritance from her mother.4. a. direct treatment of the “thing”（no fuss, frill, or ornament）,b. exclusion of superfluous words（precision and economy of expression）,c. the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than the sequence of a metronome（free verse form and music）.V.Interpreting the following texts (45’)Text 11. The attraction of big city (2’)2. One is to fall into the saving hands and becomes better; secondly, she may admit themoral value of big city and becomes worse. (2’)3. Simile, metaphor and synecdoche (2’)4. The gleam of lights, a blare of sound, a roar of life, and a vast array of humanhives (4’)5. Naturalist attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness, presentingcharacters of low social and economic classes who were dominated by their environment and heredity. In this novel, the major female character Carrie Meeber is deeply influenced by the present environment and heredity, which leads to the result of her dynamic character.(5’) (the features of naturalism 3 scores, examples2 scores)Text 21. Emily Dickinson and “Because I Could not Stop for Death”(2’)2. He: death; civility: politeness; Recess: break Surmised: guessed (4’)3. They represent three stages of life. The school is the childhood and young age; the fields of gazing grain refers to the mature period and the setting sun the old age, that is the end of one’s life. (3’)4. Because this day is towards death, immortal and eternal (3’)5. Death is immortality (3’)Text 31. It is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymed abaab.(2’)2. Similarities: both of the roads are beautiful (fair)Differences: one is quiet and grassy, less-traveled; the other is trodden by many people and flatHe took the less-travelled road (3’)3. The word “sigh”is a tricky word. Because sigh can be interpreted into nostalgic relief or regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambigous here for the speaker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong. (4’)4. The real road; the life road and the road in career (4’)5.Choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you havelived it. This is also the theme of the poem. (2’)。

Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1.______was the first colony in American history.A. MassachusettsB. New JerseyC. VirginiaD.Georgia2. ______ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. Oneof his fellow Americans said, "His shadow lies heavier than any other man’s onthis young nation.〞A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine3. Romantics put emphasis on the following E*CEPT ______.A. mon senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism4. The Raven was written in 1844 by ________A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson5. The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beatits way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic6. Melville’s novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage inpursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick7. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New Englandfrom the 1830s to the Civil War.A.ModernismB.RationalismC.SentimentalismD.Transcendentalism8. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea9. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser sets himself to project the ______ American values.For e*ample, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status isnot determined economically.A. PuritanB. materialisticC. psychologicalD. religious10. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romance andself-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment11. ________ was a poet in American modern period who was deeply influence by eastern culture.A. T. S EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman12. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is NOT true"A. After 1862 she became a total recluse, not leaving her house nor seeingclose friends.B. She once felt a deep affection for Charles Wadsworth, a married aged minister, but it provedto be a frustrated love affair for Dickinson.C. She wrote about death, immortality, nature, success and failure.D. During her lifetime, all her poems are published.13. The realistic period is referred to as "the Gilded Age〞 by _______.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Emily DickinsonD. Theodore Dreiser14. Which of the following works is NOT by Ernest Hemingway"A. The Old Man and SeaB. A Farewell to ArmsC. Sound and FuryD. For Whom the Bell Tolls15. Which one is NOT the characteristic of modernism"A. Modernism in literature is characterized by e*perimentation, anti-realism, individualism anda stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.B. Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.C. The work of Mar*, and Freud,had mounted an assault against orthodo* religious faith that lastedinto the twentieth century.D. Modernists believe that human nature is kind.I.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)Column A Column B( ) 1. Dimmesdale a. Robert Frost( ) 2. Ahab b. Mark Twain( ) 3. Drouet c. The Scarlet Letter( ) 4. Pulitzer Prizer d. Thomas Jefferson( ) 5. Reclusive poet e. Moby Dick( ) 6. humorist and satirist f. Ernest Heminway( ) 7. The Decalration of Indepenence g. Henry David Thoreau( ) 8. transcendentalist h. Emily Dickinson( ) 9. The Great Gatsby i. Sister Carrie( ) 10. The Lost Generation j. F. Scott FitzgeraldII.Define the following words within one phrase(2’×5=10’)1. free verse2. Ralph Waldo Emerson3. Mark Twain4. Benjamin Franklin5. Ezra PoundIII.Simple questions (5’×4=20’)1.What are Puritan thoughts"2.What is Transcedentalism and list some representative figures"3. E*plain the symbolic meanings of "A〞 in The Scarlet Letter.4. Illustrate the three principles of Imagist Poetry.IV.Interpreting the following te*ts (45’)Te*t 1When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and bees better, or she rapidly assumes the cosmopolitan standard of virtue and bees worse. Of an intermediate balance, under the circumstances, there is no possibility. The city has its cunning wiles, no less than the infinitely smaller and more human tempter. There are large forces which allure with all the soulfulness of e*pression possible in the most cultured human. The gleam of a thousand lights is often as effective as the persuasive light in a wooing and fascinating eye. Half the undoing of the unsophisticated and natural mind is acplished by forces wholly superhuman. A blare of sound, a roar of life, a vast array of human hives, appeal to the astonished senses in equivocal terms. Without a counsellor at hand to whisper cautious interpretations, what falsehoods may not these things breathe into the unguarded ear! Unrecognised for what they are, their beauty, like music, too often rela*es, then weakens, then perverts the simpler human perceptions.Questions1.Please use one phrase to summarize the above paragraph (2’)2.What are the two possibilities for a girl of eighteen leaving her home"(2’)3.Please find out the figures of speech (2’)4.What are the attractive forces mentioned in a big city" (4’)5.How are naturalist views are reflected in this paragraph" Illustrate your points withe*amples (5’)Te*t 2Because I could not stop for Death –He kindly stopped for me --The Carriage held but just Ourselves --And Immortality.We slowly drove -- He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility–We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess -- in the Ring --We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain --We passed the Setting Sun –…Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses' HeadsWere toward Eternity –Questions:1.Identify the poet and the title of this poem" (2’)2.E*plain the underlined words (4’)3.What are the implications of "the School〞, "the fields of Gazing Grain〞, "the Setting Sun〞" (3’)4.How do you understand "Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet / Feelsshorter than the Day〞 " (3’)5.What are the speaker’s opinions about death" (3’)Te*t 3Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth.Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,Because it was grassy and wanted wear;Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same.And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.Oh, I kept the first for another day!Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever e back.I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.Questions:1.Please e*amine the poetic form (rhyme and meter) (2’)2.Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does the speakertake" (3’)3.How do you understand the word "sigh〞" (4’)4.What might the two roads stand for in the speaker’s mind" (4’)5.What is the theme of this poem" (2’)V.Interpreting the following te*ts (45’)Te*t 11. Please use one phrase to summarize the above paragraph (2’)2. What are the two possibilities for a girl of eighteen leaving her home"(2’)3. Please find out the figures of speech (2’)4. What are the attractive forces mentioned in a big city" (4’)5. How are naturalist views are reflected in this paragraph" Illustrate your points withe*amples (5’)Te*t 21. Identify the poet and the title of this poem" (2’)2. E*plain the underlined words (4’)3. What are the implications of "the School〞, "the fields of Gazing Grain〞, "the SettingSun〞" (3’)4. How do you understand "Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet / Feels shorter than the Day〞 " (3’)5. What are the speaker’s opinions about death" (3’)Te*t 3V.Please e*amine the poetic form (rhyme and meter) (2’)VI.Describe the similarities and differences of these two roads. Which one does the speaker take"(3’)VII.How do you understand the word "sigh〞" (4’)VIII.What might the two roads stand for in the speaker’s mind" (4’)IX.What is the theme of this poem" (2’)参考答案I.Multiple Choice (1’×15=15’)1. _C___2._B__3.__A__4.__B__5.__C___6.__D_7.__D__8._A__9.__B__ 10.__B___11._C__ 12.__D__ 13._A_ 14._C __ 15._D__II.Match the Column A with Column B (1’×10=10’)1.( c )2.( e )3.( i )4.( a )5.( h )6.( b )7.( d )8.( g )9.(j ) 10.( f )III.Define the following words within one phrase (2’×5=10’)(Any related information can be given marks)1. poetry without a fived beat or regular rhyme scheme, produced by Walt Whitman2. is the representative of transcedentalists, who believes in individualism and self-relianceand brings transcedentalism to New England3．is a humorist and satirist, who uses broad humor and biting social satire4．is one of Thoreau’s masterpieces, which is the result of the author’s two years of livingnear Walden lake.5. is regarded as the classical poem of imagist poetry by Ezra Pound, conveying the theme ofthe speaker’s sudden pleasure of finding some beautiful faces in the subwayIV.Simple Questions (5’×4=20’) (Answers should be to the points. 1 score for time, 2 scores for features and 1 score for representative figures when defining the literary terms)a)Puritan thoughts: to make pure their religious beliefs and practices, to restore simplicity,to live a hard and disciplined life and oppose pleasure and arts.b)Transcendentalism is the clima* of American Romanticism.First, the Transcendentalist placed emphasis on spirit, or the oversoul, as the mostimportant thing in the universe.Secondly, Transcendentalists stressed the importance of the individual.Thirdly, the Transcendentalists offered a fresh perception of nature as symbolic ofthe spirit.3. a. The letter’s meaning shifts as time passes. Originally intended to mark Hester asan adulterer, the "A〞 eventually es to stand for "Able〞 or"Angel〞.b. Besides Hester, Dimmesdale also ironed the letter A on his body, which provokedhis self-consciousness and showed his repent for what he did.c. Pearl, their baby, wore a green letter a in a piece of seaweed while playing on thebeach. This green letter A symbolizes vitality or new life, and also suggests herinheritance from her mother.4. a. direct treatment of the "thing〞〔no fuss, frill, or ornament〕,b. e*clusion of superfluous words〔precision and economy of e*pression〕,c. the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than the sequence of a metronome〔free verse form and music〕.V.Interpreting the following te*ts (45’)Te*t 11. The attraction of big city (2’)2. One is to fall into the saving hands and bees better; secondly, she may admit themoral value of big city and bees worse. (2’)3. Simile, metaphor and synecdoche (2’)4. The gleam of lights, a blare of sound, a roar of life, and a vast array of humanhives (4’)5. Naturalist attempted to achieve e*treme objectivity and frankness, presenting charactersof low social and economic classes who were dominated by their environment and heredity.In this novel, the major female character Carrie Meeber is deeply influenced by the present environment and heredity, which leads to the result of her dynamic character.(5’) (the features of naturalism 3 scores, e*amples 2 scores)Te*t 21. Emily Dickinson and "Because I Could not Stop for Death〞(2’)2. He: death; civility: politeness; Recess: break Surmised: guessed (4’)3. They represent three stages of life. The school is the childhood and young age; the fields of gazing grain refers to the mature period and the setting sun the old age, that is the end of one’s life. (3’)4. Because this day is towards death, immortal and eternal (3’)5. Death is immortality (3’)Te*t 31. It is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymed abaab.(2’)2. Similarities: both of the roads are beautiful (fair)Differences: one is quiet and grassy, less-traveled; the other is trodden by manypeople and flatHe took the less-travelled road (3’)3. The word "sigh〞 is a tricky word. Because sigh can be interpreted into nostalgic reliefor regret. If it is the relief sigh, then the difference means the speaker feels glad with the road he took. If it is the regret sigh, then the difference would not be good, and the speaker would be sighing in regret. Hence, sigh is ambigous here for the speaker is not showing whether his choice is right or wrong. (4’)4. The real road; the life road and the road in career (4’)5.Choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it.This is also the theme of the poem. (2’)。

美国文学史及选读选择题1-9刘婵1. The arbiter of the 19th century American realism was _____, who defined realism as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of martial.”A. Frank NorrisB. William Dean HowellsC. Mark TwainD. Henry James2. _______ is not a dominant figure of the Realistic Period.A. William Dean HowellsB. Mark TwainC. Henry JamesD. James F. Cooper3. With Howells，Henry James，and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, ____ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism4. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his________.A. international themeB. waste-land imageryC. local colorD. symbolism5. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________.A. rationalB. humorousC. optimisticD. pessimistic6. 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. naturalism7. 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 description8. After the Civil War America was transformed from ______ to _________.A. an agrarian community … an industrialized and commercialized societyB. an agrarian community … a society of freedom and equalityC. a poor and ba ckward society … an industrialized and commercialized societyD. an industrialized and commercialized society … a highly developed society9. 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 usually an isolated town.C. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing harsh environment.D. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inherited attributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forces.10. Which of the following is not right about Mark Twain’s style of language?A.His sentence structures are long, ungrammatical and difficult to read.B. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect.C. His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns, straight-faced exaggeration，repetition and anti-climax.D. His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.Questions and answers:1.What makes Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer more than a child’sadventure story? Briefly discuss the question from THREE of the following aspects: the setting, the language, the character(s), the theme and the style.2.Discuss the differences between realism and naturalism.。

美国文学史及选读试题美国文学历史悠久，涵盖了从殖民时期到现代的丰富多样的文学作品。

通过选读这些经典之作，我们可以深入了解美国的文化和历史发展。

下面是一些关于美国文学史和选读作品的试题，请读者根据自己的知识进行回答。

一、选择题1. 第一部英文小说《战争与和平》是哪位美国作家创作的？A. 小仲马B. 杰克伦敦C. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑D. 瓦尔特·司各特2. 下列哪位作家是美国现实主义文学的代表人物？A. 威廉·福克纳B. 马克·吐温C. 弗兰西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德D. 亨利·大卫·梭罗3. 著名的美国黑人女作家托妮·莫里森是哪位作家的学生？A. 马克·吐温B. 弗拉纳里欧·康拉德C. 托马斯·惠特塞D. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑4. “美国小说的诞生”被广泛认为是现代美国小说的开山之作，该小说的作者是：A. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔B. 弗兰西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德C. 马克·吐温D. 弗朗西斯·帕斯科尔·斯科特·凯·菲茨杰拉德5. 下列作品中，哪部是美国南方文学的代表作？A. 《老人与海》B. 《汤姆·索亚历险记》C. 《失乐园》D. 《白鲸记》二、简答题1. 简述美国现代主义文学的特点及代表作品。

2. 简述美国儿童文学的发展历程和重要作品。

3. 简述美国南方文学的特点及主要代表人物。

4. 阅读穆迪·爱伦·波尔的《黑猫》，简述其所具有的恐怖文学特色。

5. 简述哈兰·埃里森的《看不见的人》中所反映的黑人社会问题和意义。

三、论述题请根据你对美国文学史及选读作品的理解，选择一个主题或观点进行论述，并引用相关作品作为支持。

（提示：主题可以是美国梦、自由、社会问题等，观点可以是对某位作家、作品的评价、文学风格等。

吴伟仁《美国⽂学史及选读》模拟试题及详解（⼀）【圣才出品】第⼀章吴伟仁《美国⽂学史及选读》模拟试题及详解（⼀）I. Fill in the blanks1. ______, by Ezra Pound, employs the complex association of scholarly lore, anthropology, modern history and personages, private history and Witticism, and obscure literary interpolations in various languages.【答案】The Cantos【解析】庞德的《诗章》包罗万象，是庞德的代表作。

2. ______ was regarded as the first great prose stylist of American romanticism. 【答案】Washington Irving【解析】华盛顿·欧⽂是美国著名作家，他被誉为美国第⼀位浪漫主义散⽂⽂体作家。

3. The protagonist of Theodore Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire is ______.【答案】Frank Cowperwood【解析】西奥多·德莱塞的《欲望三部曲》（Trilogy of Desire）包括《⾦融家》（The Financier），《巨⼈》（The Titan），《斯多葛》（The Stoic）。

《欲望三部曲》的主⼈公是法兰克·柯帕乌（Frank Cowperwood）。

4. The great work ______ not only demonstrates Emersonian ideas of self-reliance but also develops and tests Thoreau’s own transcendental philosophy.【答案】Self-Reliance【解析】富兰克林的《论⾃⽴》不仅表现了爱默⽣关于⾃⽴的思想，同时也表达了他的超验主义思想。

1. “God helps them that help themselves.” is found in ____________work.A. Paine’sB. Franklin’sC. Freneau’sD. Jefferson’ｓ2. Which of the following stirred the world and helped form the American republic?A. The American Crisis.B. The Federalist.C. Declaration of Independence.D. The Age of Reason.3. “These are the times that try men’s souls”, these words were once read to Washington’s troops and did much to spur excitement to further action with hope and confidence. Who is the author of these words?A. Benjamin FranklinB. Thomas PaineC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington4. Which work is written by Freneau?A. The Right of ManB. The Wild honey SuckleC. Poor Richard’s AlmanacD. The Day of Doom5. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”？A. Anne BradstreetB. Edward TaylorC. Michael WiggleworthD. Philip Freneau6. In Moby Dick, the voyage symbolizes ___________.A. the microcosm of human societyB. the search for truthC. the unknown worldD. nature7.Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communication with _________________.A. natureB. transcendentalist ideasC. human beingsD. celestial beings8. The Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers Americahas produced so far, Emerson and ____________-.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Washington IrvingC. Nathanel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman9. ___________is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet letterC. WaldenD. Moby Dick10. The Romantic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving’s ___________ and ended with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A History of New York11. The convention of the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature in American literature is particularly evident in ___________________.A. Cooper’s Leatherstocking TalesB. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.C. Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.D. Irving’s Rip Van Winkle.12. As a philosophical and literary movement, _________ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism13. For Melville, as well as for the reader and ____________, the narrator, MobyDick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. StarbuckB. StubbC. IshmaelD. Arab14. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_____________.A. The House of Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithdale Romance15. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves of GrassC. Leatherstocking Tales..D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn16. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_______________.A. religionB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. war and peace17. Emily Dickinson’s poetic idiom is noted for the following except_____________.A. brevityB. directnessC. plainestD. obscure18. “There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, trough the whole life, but circumstances may rouse it to activity.”　Which of the following writings is the thought reflected in?ung Goodman Brown.A. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s YoB. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.C. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.D. Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.19. The publication of ____________established E merson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over Soul-mass” and the 20. Most of the poems in Whitman’s leaves of Grass sing of the “en___________as well.A. natureB. lifeC. selfD. self-relianceII. Fill into the blanks with suitable phrase or term. (2x10=20%).1.The American of Scholar is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”2.In 1620, a number of Puritans who tried to purify or reform the church of Englandstepped on the New England shore at Plymouth in the ship named Mayflower3.Among all the settlers in the New Continent, English settlers were the mostinfluential.4.In American Literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of Reason andRevolution.Autobiography he talks first of all about how he studied language.5.In Franklin’s6.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as Rip Van Winklewhich is about a good-natured lazy husband who falls into a 20-year sleep.7．Published in 1823, T he Pioneers was the first of the Leatherstocking Tales, in their order.8．Philip Freneau was considered as the “poet of the American Revolution” and the “Father of American Poetry.”two-year experiment at Walden9．A superb book Walden came out of Thoreau’spond.10．As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorists, Mark Twain , thepen name of Samuel Langhorne. Clemens, usually wrote about his own personalexperiences and things he knew about from firsthand experiences.III. Match the writer in Column A with the works in Column B (1X10=10%)Column A Column Ba.Franklinb.John Smithc.William Cullen Bryantd.James Fennimore Coopere.Philip Freneauf.Washington Irvingg.Nathaniel Hawthorneh.Edgar Allan Poei.Ralph Waldo Emersonj.Walt Whitman1.( b) A Description of New England2.( h) The Raven3.( g) The Scarlet Letter4.( a) Autobiography5.( e) The Wild Honey Suckle6.( c) To a Waterfowl7.( d) The Deerslayer8 ( j)Leaves of Grass9.( f) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow10.( i ) Nature。

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( ) 2. Herman Melville B. The Sketch Book( ) 3. Washington Irving C. Typee( ) 4. O Henry D. Leaves of Grass( ) 5. Nathaniel Hawthorne E. The Gift of the MagiSection B I II( ) 1. Hester Prynne A. The Portrait of A Lady( ) 2. George Hurstwood B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin( ) 3. Isabel Archer C. Moby Dick( ) 4. Ahab D. Sister Carrie( ) 5. Eva Clare E. The Scarlet LetterSection C I II( ) 1. Benjamin Franklin A. Martin Eden( ) 2. Thomas Paine B. Leather-Stocking Tales( ) 3. James Fenimore Cooper C. Rights of Man( ) 4. Mark Twain D. Poor Richars’s Almanac( ) 5. Jack London E. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnII. 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 ” .4 A superb book entitled ______ came out of Henry David Thoreau’s two-year lifeexperience 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 across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth,Massachusetts.12______was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War．13American Romanticism started with the publication of Washington Irving’s ______ .14The 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.15Benjamin Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece .16On January 10,1776, Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet appeared. 17Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the values that dominated much of the early American writing.18The most outstanding poet in America of 18th century was .19was the first American lyric poet.20was responsible for bring Transcendentalism to New England.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 BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. Harriet Beecher2. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Michael WigglesworthB. Edward TaylorC. Anne BradstreetD. Philip Freneau3. ______ 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 SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine4. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism5. Melville’s novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick6. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. ModernismB. RationalismC. SentimentalismD. Transcendentalism7. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea8. 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. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment9. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. Whitman10. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham11. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. The Conduct of LifeD. Representative Men12. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in andThoreau.A. JeffersonB. EmersonC. FreneauD. Oversoul13. Which of the following doesn’t belong to Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”?A. The FinancierB. The TitanC. The StoicD. An American Tragedy14. written by Henry James brought him first international fame.A. The Golden BowlB. The AmericanC. The Tragic MuseD. Daisy Miller15.Walden is written by .A. EmersonB. ThoreauC. PoeD. Hawthorne16. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Jack LondonD. Mark Twain17. is famous for psychological realism.A. Mark TwainB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Walt Whitman18. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-Reliance19. Who was the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War.A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas PaineD. Thomas Jefferson20. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism21. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American ScholarB. Self-RelianceC. The Divinity School AddressD. Civil Disobedience22.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 peace23. 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 FinnB. BelovedB. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin24. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.A. individualismB. freedomC. democracyD. all the above25. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what MarkTwain referred to as ____.A. the Golden AgeB. the Modern AgeC. the Gilded AgeD. the Puritan Age26. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was _______.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. Harriet Beecher27. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Michael WigglesworthB. Edward TaylorC. Anne BradstreetD. Philip Freneau28. ______ 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 SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine29. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism30. Melville’s novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick31. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. ModernismB. RationalismC. SentimentalismD. Transcendentalism32. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea33. 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. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment34. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. Whitman35. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham36. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. The Conduct of LifeD. Representative Men37. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in andThoreau.A. JeffersonB. EmersonC. FreneauD. Oversoul38. Which of the following doesn’t belong to Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”?A. The FinancierB. The TitanC. The StoicD. An American Tragedy39. written by Henry James brought him first international fame.A. The Golden BowlB. The AmericanC. The Tragic MuseD. Daisy Miller40.Walden is written by .A. EmersonB. ThoreauC. PoeD. Hawthorne41. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Jack LondonD. Mark Twain42. is famous for psychological realism.A. Mark TwainB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Walt Whitman43. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-Reliance44. Who was the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War.A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas PaineD. Thomas Jefferson45. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism46. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American ScholarB. Self-RelianceC. The Divinity School AddressD. Civil Disobedience47.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 peace48. In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started thi s great war!” The book refers to ____.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. BelovedB. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin49. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.A. individualismB. freedomC. democracyD. all the above50. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what MarkTwain referred to as ____.A. the Golden AgeB. the Modern AgeC. the Gilded AgeD. the Puritan AgeIV: Define the literary terms listed below.1Transcendentalism2Free Verse3 Local ColorV: 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?。

美国文学史考试题第一部分：选择题（每题10分，共10题）1. 美国的英语文学起源于哪个时期？A. 开拓殖民时期B. 独立战争时期C. 革命战争时期D. 后现代主义时期2. 下列哪位作家被誉为美国南方文学的代表人物？A. 威廉·福克纳B. 纳撒尼尔·霍桑C. 马克·吐温D. 索尔·贝娄3. 哪位作家是美国失落一代文学的代表人物？A. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德B. 约翰·斯坦贝克C. 伊莎贝尔·艾伦德D. 埃米莉·狄金森4. 以下哪本小说是托尼·莫里森的代表作？A. 《傻白甜心理学》B. 《百年孤独》C. 《百年孤寂》D. 《亲爱的安德烈》5. 下列哪本经典小说是赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的作品？A. 《百年孤独》B. 《白鲸记》C. 《傲慢与偏见》D. 《诺大卡尼亚号》6. 以下哪位作家是美国现代主义文学运动的重要代表人物？A. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙B. 《钢铁是怎样炼成的》C. 奥斯卡·王尔德D. 约翰·欧文7. 哪位作家被称为黑人文学的奠基人？A. 托尼·莫里森B. 朱莉娅·阿尔瓦雷兹C. 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔D. 菲利普·罗斯8. 美国浪漫主义文学的代表作是哪部？A. 《大卫·科波菲尔》B. 《老人与海》C. 《寻找失去的时光》D. 《丛林中的莫娜·利萨》9. 下列哪本小说是约翰·斯坦贝克的代表作？A. 《雾都孤儿》B. 《西游记》C. 《钢铁是怎样炼成的》D. 《愤怒的葡萄》10. 哪位作家是美国现代主义诗歌的代表人物？A. 罗伯特·佩斯B. 艾米莉·狄金森C. 西奥多·德莱塞D. 菲利普·罗斯第二部分：简答题（每题20分，共4题）1. 简要介绍美国哈莱姆文艺复兴运动及其对美国文学的影响。

美国文学史及作品选读练习1I. Match the works with the authors given below. (10%)a.Michael Wigglesworthb. .Franklinc. John Smithd. William Cullen Bryante. James Fennimore Cooperf. Philip Freneaug. Washington Irving1.( ) A Description of New England2.( ) Rip Van Winkle3.( ) The Day of Doom4.( ) Autobiography5.( ) The Wild Huoney suckle6.( ) To a Waterfowl7.( ) The Deerslayer8 ( ) The Thanatopsis9.( ) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow10.( ) The SpyII. Blank Filling. （20%）1. The first permanent English settlement in North American was established at________, Virginia.2. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety, these were the ________values that dominated much of theearly American writing.3. The first American Literature was neither American nor really literature It was not American becauseit was the work mainly immigrants from __________.4. __________ was regarded as the “Poet of the American Revolution.”5. In American Literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of ________ and Revolution.6. Annabel Lee ,a poem from_____________ ,mourns the death of a beautiful girl .7. The first important American novelist is ____________.8. _________was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after theRevolutionary War.9. The central figure in the Leatherstocking T ales is __________, who goes by the various names ofLeatherstocking, Deerslayer, Pathinder and Hawkeye.10. Thanatopsis is Bryant‟s best –known poem. The title of the poem means________.III.Multiple Choice （30%）1. The establisher of Jamestown was the famous explorer and colonist_________.A. John WinthropB. John SmithC. William BradfordD. John Goodwin2. The Puritan dominating values were:A. hard workB. thriftC. pietyD. sobriety3. Which writer is not a poet?A. Michael WigglesworthB. Anne BradstreetC. Edward TaylorD. Thomas Hooker4.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 MuseC. Best MuseD. First Muse5. 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. Pequod6._______________ another important colonial poet, achieved wide popularity among his contemporaries with his gloomy entitled “ The Day of Doom”.A. Edward TaylorB. Michael WigglesworthC. Anne BradstreetD. Cotton Mather7.Franklin was the epitome of the ________.A.American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Chartist movementD. Romanticist8.The following proverbs------ There are no gains without pains.------ One today is worth two tomorrows.come from_________.A. Autobiography B Poor Richard‟s Almanack C The Sketch Book D A Description of New England9. Much of the beauty of the poem__________ lies in the sounds of the words and the effect created through changes in rhythm.A. To a WaterfowlB. Thanatopsis C The Wild Honey suckle D.The Indian Burying Ground10. _______usually start with standard characters----- the lazy husbands or the termagant wife.A. Washington IrvingB. James Fennimore CooperC. William Cullen Bryant D Philip Freaneau11.Which poem is not written by Freneau?A .the British Prison Ship B. The Wild Honey SuckleC. The Indian Burying GroundD. The Day of Doom12. _____is the author of the work ‟The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‟.A. Washington IrvingB. James JoyceC. Walt WhitmanD. William Butler Yeats13. Which of the following statement is not true about Washington Irving?A. Washington Irving is regarded as Father of the American short stories.B. Irving‟s relationship with the Old World in terms of his literary imaginationcan hardly be ignored considering his success both abroad and at home.C. Irving‟s taste was essentially progressive or radical.D. Washington Irving has always been regarded as a writer who "perfected thebest classic style that American literature ever produced."14. 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. PuritanismB. Romanticism C Rationalism D. Sentimentalism15.Poe‟s first collection of short stories is __________.A. Tales of a TravellerB. Leatherstoking TalesC. Canterbury TalesD. Tales of the Grotesque and ArabesqueIV. Decide Whether the Statements Are True or False.(10%)1.American literature is the oldest of all national literature.2. The colonies that became the first United States were for the most part English.3.In 1620 a number of Puritans came to settle in Massachusetts .4.The seventeenth century American poets adapted the style of established European poets to the subject matter confronted in a strangely –new environment.5.In Franklin‟s Poor Richard‟s Almanack, he talked first of all about how he studied language..6. Philip was the first American Lyric poet of distinction , he could make his poems sing melodies that might be stately.7.The Wild Honey Suckle was suggested by the fact that some Indian tribes buried their dead in a sitting. .8. The Last of The Mohicans were the best work by Adgar Allan Poe.9.Freneau wrote impassioned verse in support of the American Revolution.10.In the poem Israfel , Poe expresses a keen awareness of the loveliness and transience of nature. V. Explain the following literature terms.(10%)PuritanismVI .Identification of Fragments. ( 4%)1. I had begun in 1733 to study languages; I soon made my self so much a master of the French as to be able to read the books with ease. I then undertook the Italian. An acquaintance, who was also learning it, used often to tempt me to play chess with him. Finding this took up too much of the time I had to spare for study, I at length refused to play any more…author:________________ work:_________________2.If nothing once, you nothing lose,For when you die you are the sameThe space between , is but an hour,The frail duration of a flower.Author:_______________ work: ________________VII. Read the quoted part and answer the questions: (16%). "Time grew worse and worse with Rip Van Winkle as years of matrimony rolled on: a tart temper mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener by constant use. For a long while he used to perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village.Questions:1) Please identify the author and the title of the work. (2%)2）Please give a summary of the story. 8%3) Give a brief analysis of the symbolic meaning of this work. (6%)参考答案1) This is an excerpt from "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. (2%)2) (a) Rip Van Winkle was the hero in Irving‟s works. 1‟ He was a good-natured man, a henpecked husband. 1‟ (b) Because his wife‟s shrewish (泼妇一样的) treatment, Rip had to escape from his home to the little inn in the village. 1 … When it failed to give him some restful air, he had to go hunting in the high mountain, 1‟ where Rip met a stranger, and the man asked Rip to carry keg for him. Then Rip reached the place in the valley, where many strangers were playing nine-pins. 1‟ Later Rip got drunk after drinking the liquor, which made him sleep for 20 years. 1‟ (c) Rip woke up as an old man, entering the village learned that his wife had died, he got the freedom of his own, 1‟ an d the American had been dependent from the control of Britain, he had changed from a subject of the King (George III) into a citizen of the independent new U.S. 1‟ ( 8%)3).Rip Van Winkle has been seen as a symbol of several aspects of America. 1‟ Rip, like America, is immature, self-centered, careless, anti-intellectual, imaginative, and jolly as the overgrown child. 1‟ The Dame is another symbol –of puritanical discipline and the work ethic of Franklin. 1‟ The town itself is emproblematic of America-forever and rapidly changing. 1‟ Washington Irving has Rip sleep through his own country‟s history, and return to the “busy, bustling, disputatious” self-consciously adult United States of America. His conflicts and dreams are those of the nation-the conflict of innocence and experience, work and leisure, the old and the new, the head and the heart. 2参考答案：I(10%): 1.-5 C. G A .B F 6-10 D E D G EII. (20%)1. Jamestown2. Puritan3. England4. Philip Freneau5. reason6. Adgar Allan Poe7.James Fenimore Cooper 8. Washington Irving 9. Natty Bumppo 10. view of deathIII. (30%)1-5 B A D B C 6-10 B A B C A 11-15 D A C A DIV.(10%) F T T T F F F F T FV. (10%)1. Puritanism is the practices and beliefs of the Puritans. The Puritans were originally members of adivision of he Protestant Church. The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American nation were quite a few of them Puritans. They came to America out of various reasons, but it should be remembered that they were a group of serious, religious people, advocating highly religious and moral principles .Puritans wanted to purify their religious beliefs and practices. They were idealists, believing that the church should be restored to complete “purity”. They accept ed the doctrine of predestination, original sin and total depravity, and limited atonement through a special infusion of grace from God. Puritans‟ lives were extremely disciplined and hard, but in the grim struggle for survival that followed after their arrival in America, they became more and more practical. As a culture heritage, Puritanism did have a profound influence on the early American mind. American Puritanism also had a enduring influence on American literatureVI. (4%) 1.Franklin Autobiography 2. Freneau The Wild Honey suckleVII. (16%)。

1 Basic Literary KnowledgeⅠ. Fill in the blanks1。

The _____is the most commonly used foot in English poetry， in which an unstressed syllable comes first, followed by a ______syllable.2. Rhyme is the _____of sounds in two or more words or phrases that usually appear closeto each other in a poem。

For example: we/thee, man/can， and gold/hold。

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A _____is a sign that suggests more than its literal meaning.4。

The two-line stanza form is called the _____, the best-known being the _____which is written in iambic pentameter with an end rhyme.5。

The _____foot, which is the reverse of the iambic foot, also consists of one stressed and one unstressed syllables， but with the stressed one coming first.6。

An anapestic foot is made up of two _____and one stressed syllables， with the two unstressed in front.7. American achievements in the short story have demanded international respect and admiration for more from ______in the early 19th century.8。