美国文学作业10

美国⽂学作业10卷号：（A ）（ 2016 年 7 ⽉ 5⽇）机密济宁学院2015-2016学年第2学期2013级及2015级专升本英语专业美国⽂学期末考试试卷I. Multiple Choices . (40%)（本⼤题共40⼩题，每⼩题1分，共40分）1. It is on his____________ that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested. A. childhood recollections B. sketches about his European tours C. early poetry D.tales about America2. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “____________________”.A. the English RenaissanceB. the Second RenaissanceC. the American RenaissanceD. the Salem Renaissance3. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning ____________________. A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism4. 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. 5. The great sea adventure story Moby-Dick is usually considered____________.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universe.B. an adventurous exploration into man’s relationship with natu reC. a simple whaling tale or sea adventureD. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the artistic truth and beauty6. In his poems, Walt Whitman is innovative in the terms of the form of his poetry, which is called “____________________.”A. free verseB. blank verseC. alliterationD. end rhyming7. Emily Dickinson wrote many short poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is not a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. Religion.B. Life and death.C. Love and marriage.D. War and peace.8. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled _______ at Harvard, which was hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as "Our intellectual Declaration of Independence."A. "Nature"B. "Self-Reliance"C. "Divinity School Address"D. "The American Scholar"9. In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fame on both sides of the Atlantic Oceanis_______________. A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman10. Though Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were romantic poets in theme and technique, they differ from each other in a variety of ways. For one thing, whereasWhitman likes to keep his eye on human Society at large, Dickinson often addresses such issues as_______, immortality, religion, love and nature. A. progress B. freedom C. beauty D. death11. Which of the following is NOT the virtue that Franklin enumerated in his The Autobiography ? A. Temperance B. Humanity (Humility) C. Frugality D. Immoderation12. _________ believes that the chief aim of literary creation is beauty, and “the dea th of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.” A. Walt Whitman B. Edgar Allen PoeC. Anne BradstreetD. Ralph Waldo Emerson13. In Emily Dickinson’s Because I Could Not Stop for Death , ______________. A. death is personified as a devilB. death is described as the tragic end of a person’s lifeC. death is a stage of life and it leads people to the Heaven of immortalityD. death is described as a beautiful girl who couldn’t find her final destinati on14. Which is generally regarded as the manifesto and the Bible of American Transcendentalism? A. Thoreau’s Walden B. Emerson’s Nature C. Poe’s Poetic Principle D. Thoreau’s Nature15. Henry David Thoreau’s work, ________, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the New England Transcendental Movement.A. WaldenB. The PioneersC. NatureD. "Song of Myself"年级专业学号姓名装订线16. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________. A. rational B. humorous C. optimistic D. pessimistic17. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century?A. The Sun Also RisesB. The Old Man and the SeaC. Mosses from the Old ManseD. Hills Like White Elephant18. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues Except the __________ in the American history.A. individual feelingB. survival of the fittestC. strong imaginationD. return to nature19. Almost all Faulkner’s heroes turned out to be tragic because__________. A. all enjoyed living in the declining American South.B. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and Social institutions.C. most of them were prisoners of the past.D. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable.20. Which of the following statements is right about Robert Frost’s poetry?A. He combined traditional verse forms with the difficult and highly ornamental language.B. He combined traditional verse forms with the pastoral language of the Southern area.C. He combined traditional verse forms with a simple spoken language, the speech of New England farmers.D. He combined traditional verse forms with the experimental.21. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Fa ulkner’s novels? A. Cambridge B. OxfordC. MississippiD. Yoknapatawpha22. The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck reveals the miserable lives of __________ . A. factory workers B. sailorsC. landless farm laborersD. veterans23. Among the American realistic writers, _________ focused his attention on the rising middle class and the way they lived.A. Herman MelvilleB. Henry JamesC. Mark TwainD. William Dean Howells24. The first symbol of self-made American man is _________. A. Benjamin Franklin B. Washington Irving C. George Washington D. Mark Twain25. The Imagist writers followed three principles. They respectively are direct treatment, economy of expression and________. A. local color B. ironyC. clear rhythmD. blank verse26. Robert Frost is famous for his lyric poems. Which of the following lyric poems was not written byRobert Frost?A. “The Raven”B. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”C. “After Apple -picking”D. “The Road Not Taken”27. “The lost generation” refers to the writers who relocated to Paris in the post WW Ⅰyears to reject to values of American materialism. All the following but ________ are involved in this group. A. F. S. Fitzgerald B. Ernest Hemingway C. Theodore Dreiser D. John Dos Passos28. The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American nation were quite a few of them _________. A. Anglicans B. Catholics C. Normans D. Puritans29. Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism? A. It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.B. Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.C. Man has no free-will.D. It holds that determinism governs everything.30. In __________, Captain Ahab is obsessed with the revenge on a whale which sheared off his leg on a previous voyage, and his crazy chasing of it eventually brings death to all on board the whaler except Ishmael, who survives to tell the tale.A. TypeeB. White JacketC. Moby DickD. Billy Budd31. Whitman’s poems are ch aracterized by all the following features EXCEPT.( ) A. a free and natural rhythmic pattern B. a simple and conversational language C. a strict poetic formD. an easy flow of feelings32. Another fact that made ______ unique is his magic power with language, his use of vernacular. His words are colloquial, concrete and direct in effect, and his sentence structures are simple, even ungrammatical, which is typical of the spoken language.( ) A. Mark Twain B. Washington Irving C. Henry JamesD. Theodore Dreiser33. Mark Twain’s pen name is .( ) A. Samuel Langhorne Clemens B. Langhorne Clemens Samuel C. Langhorne Samuel ClemensD. Samuel Clemens Langhorne 34. About Naturalism, which of the following statements is NOT correct?( )A. They portrayed misery and poverty of the “underdogs”, who were demonstrably victims of society and nature.B. Naturalists chose their subjects from the lower ranks of society.C. American Naturalism is a reaction against Realism.D. One of the most familia r themes in American Naturalism is the theme of human “bestiality,” especially an explanation of sexual desire.年级专业学号姓名装订线35. Which of the following is a typical feature of Henry James’s writing style?( ) A. exquisite and elaborate language B. minute detailed descriptionC. Lengthy psychological analysisD. all of them36. Which of the following statements about Mark Twain is NOT true?( ) A. He is a humorist. B. He is a realist. C. He is a local colorist.D. He is a psychologist37. Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Emily Dickinson’s poetry?( ) A. Her poems have no titles, hence are always quoted by their first lines. B. Dickinson’s poetry is unique and conventional in its own way. C. In her poetry there is a particular stress pattern. D. Her poems tend to be very impersonal and meditative.38. Henry James’ fame generally rests upon his novels and s tories with the ______ theme.( ) A. Deep South B. local color C. internationalD. national39. In the poem “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died —” Emily Dickinson gives a tense description of the greatest rending of the moment of ______.( ) A. death B. immortality C. loveD. nature40. ______ fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of Jazz Age, in which he shows a particular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people.( ) A. Eugene O’ Neill’s B. Scott Fitzgerald’s C. Ernest Hemingway’s D. William Faulkner’sII. Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%)（本⼤题共10⼩题，每⼩题1分，共10分）Group 1Column A Column B1. Nathaniel Hawthorne A. White Jacket2. Herman Melville B. The Sketch Book3. Washington Irving C. The Scarlet Letter4. Ernest Hemingway D. A Farewell to Arms5. F. Scott Fitzgerald E. This Side of ParadiseGroup 2Column A Column B6.Ahab A. The Great Gatsby7. George Hurstwood B . A Farewell to Arms 8. Yank C. Moby Dick 9. Tom Buchanan D. Sister Carrie 10. Henry E. The Hairy ApeIII. Explain the following terms.（15%）（本⼤题共3⼩题，每⼩题5分，共15分） 1. Local Colorism 2. Transcendentalism 3. The Lost GenerationIV. Interpreting the following texts. （15%）（本⼤题共2⼩题，共15分）Text 1In a Station of the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowd ；Petals on a wet, black bough.Questions:1. Who is the author? (2’)2. Please analyze this poem. (5’)Text 2Hurstwood put his hand, red from cold, down in his pockets. Tears came into his eyes. “That ’s right,” he said; “I ’m no goodnow. I was all right. I had money. I ’m going to quit this,” and, with death in his heart, he started down toward the Bowery. People had turned on the gas before and died; why shouldn ’t he? He remembered a lodging house where there were little, close rooms, with gas-jets in them, almost pre-arranged, he thought, for what he wanted to do, which rented for fifteen cents. Then he remembered that he had no fifteen cents.Hurstwood moved on, wondering. The sight of the large, bright coin pleased him a little. He remembered that he was hungry and that he could get a bed for ten cents. With this, the idea of death passed, for the time being, out of his mind. It was only when he could get nothing but insults that death seemed worthwhile. 3. Please identify the author and the novel. (2’)4. Pleasegive a naturalistic understanding of the novel. (6’)Ⅴ. Give a brief answer to the following question. (20%) (本⼤题共1⼩题，共20分)1. The relationship between man and nature is a recurrent theme, perhaps one of the most important themes, in American literature. Write a short essay on it by contrasting two or three American literary works, or two or three American literary movements, to tell what you know about their different views of nature.年级专业学号姓名装订线卷号：（A ）（ 2016年 7⽉5⽇）机密济宁学院2015-2016学年第⼆学期2013级及2015级专升本英语专业美国⽂学期末考试答题纸I. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.（本⼤题共40⼩题，每⼩题1分，共40分）1-5_______________ 6-10 ________________ 11-15 ______________ 16-20 _________________21-25_______________ 26-30 ________________31-35_______________ 35-40_______________Ⅱ. Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A.（本⼤题共10⼩题，每⼩题1分，共10分）1-5_______________ 6-10 ________________Ⅲ. Interpretation.（本⼤题共2⼩题，共15分） Passage 1Passage 2年级专业学号姓名装订线Ⅳ. Define the following terms.（本⼤题共3⼩题，每⼩题5分，共15分） 1. Local Colorism2. Transcendentalism3. The Lost GenerationⅤ. Make a brief answer to the question.（本⼤题共1⼩题，每⼩题20分，共20分）年级专业学号姓名装订线。

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《美国文学》期末考试试卷（B卷）1.Poor Richard’s Almanac（）2.The House of the Seven Gables ( ）3.“Raven” ( )4.My Antonia ( ）5.Babbitt （ )6.A Streetcar Named Desire （ )7.Maggie: A Girl of the Streets ( )8.A Farewell to Arms ( ）9.The Call of the Wild （）10.Long Day’s Journey into Night ( ）11. Common Sense ( )12。

“Rip Van Winkle”( )13。

Walden（ )14。

The Song of Hiawatha（ )15。

Uncle Tom’s Cabin( ）16。

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn( ）17. Sister Carrie( )18。

The Waste Land( )19。

A Farewell to Arms（ )20. The Great Gatsby（ )1. defined poetry as the rhythmical creation of beauty。

《美国⽂学》题库及答案《美国⽂学》题库及答案I.Multiple Choice1. American literature is only more than ____ years old.A. 500B.400C. 200D.1002. The Puritan values did no include______.A. wastefulnessB. thriftC. pietyD. hard work3. The 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment.______was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RomanticismD. Realism4. Franklin was the epitome of the______.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Charlist movementD. Romanticism5. _____was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.A. FranklinB. HawthorneC. PaineD. Emerson6. “Moby Dick was written by_____A. Mark TwainB. ThoreauC. MelvilleD. Whitman7. “The Scarlet Letter” is characterized by its______.C. PlatonismD. classicism8. “Huckleberry Finn is the masterpiece of________.A. Henry JamesB. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. Stephen Crane9. Choose the novel written by Henry JamesA. The Golden BowlB. The Portrait of a LadyC. Sister CarrieD. Daisy Miller10. Early in the 20th century, _____ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T.S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. both A and B11._____ is the founder of “Imagist” movement.A. Ezra PoundB. HemingwayC. Robert FrostD. Steinbeck12. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by_____A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism13. ________ is said to be the father of American poetryA. T.S. EliotB. E.D. RobinsonC. Philip FreneauD. Dreiser14. Hawthorne is regarded as a _______.C. realistD. romanticist15. ______ represents the most leading spirit of American Transcendentalism.A. EmersonB. FranklinC. Mark TwainD. Whitman16.“The Art of Fiction” was written by_____A. LongfellowB. Henry JamesC. FitzgeraldD. Faulkner17. Imagination plays the most important part in________.A. realismB. romanticismC. naturalismD. classicism18. ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.A. Mending WallB. Dry SeptemberC. A Farewell to ArmsD. The Grapes of Wrath19. Uncle Tom in the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n)______A. Negro slaveB. salesmanC. industrialistD. officer20. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism21. “The Great Gatsby” is the masterpiece of_____C. DickinsonD. Hemingway22. The United States of America was founded in______.A. 1776B. 1876C. 1789D.168923. The ancestors of American Indians were______A. AsiansB. AfricansC. EuropeansD. Australians24. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by______.A. H.B. Stowe B. John SteinbeckC. HawthorneD. Mark Twain25. ______ does not belong to the lost generation.A. DreiserB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Hemingway26. ______ was well known for his story “Rip Van Winkle.”A. BryantB. Washington IrvingC. Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau27. “Farewell to Arms” is the master pieced produced by______A. FaulknerB. DreiserC. HemingwayD. Longfellow28. It was ______ who wrote the formal declaration of independence.A. Thomas JeffersonB. Benjamin FranklinC. WashingtonD. Washington Irving29. _____has been exerting a great and enduring influence upon world literature, especially that of France and European symbolism.A. FranklinB. BradstreetC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau30. The masterpiece of Hawthorne is _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. Richard CoryD. A Psalm of Life31. Engene O’Neill is a _______.A. novelistB. poetC. puritanD. dramatist32.Hemingway’s style of writing is characterized by______.A. high-sounding wordsB. simple dictionC. complicated sentencesD. mix metaphor33. T.S. Eliot is not only a poet but also a ______.A. criticB. statesmanC. churchmanD. novelists34. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by_____.A. T.S. EliotB. O’NeillC. Stephen CraneD. Saul Bellow35. “The Grape of Wrath” is one of the remarkable novels of_____.A. the Civil WarB. DepressionC. SuppressionD. Aggression36. Theodore Dreiser showed the_____ tendency in his novels.A. PuritanismB. classicismC. romanticismD. naturalism37. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading figure of________.A. TranscendentalismB. RomanticismC. RationalismD. Naturalism38. “The Sound and the Fury” was the masterpiece of ______A. Robert Lee FrostB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Steinbeck39. Emily Dickinson is an American________.A. dramatistB. novelistC. female poetD. male poet40. “Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______A. materialismB. classicismC. socialismD. colorism41. “The Portrait of a Lady” is one of best novels of_________.A. Henry JamesB. John SteinbeckC. William FaulknerD. Walt Whitman42. What Whitman is famous for his_________.A. “Leaves of Grass”B. “Mending Wall”C. “Richard Cory”D. “The Burial of the Dead”43. “Catch-22” is the masterpiece of______A. Saul BellowB. Joseph HellerC. DreiserD. Fitzgerald44. The English settlement in America began in_________A.1507B.1607C.1707D.180745. The first World War broke out in______.A.1614B.1714C.1814D.191446. The jazz age refers to the decade ofA.1950’sB.1980’sC.1920’sD.1820’s47. Franklin was a _____.A. PuritanB. romanticistC. classicistD. imagist48. “Rip Van Winkle” was written by_______.A. FreneauB. Allan PoeC. Washington IrvingD. Thomas Jefferson49.“The Scarlet Letter” is the masterpiece of______.C. BradstreetD. Allan Poe50.It was______who wrote “The Age of Reason”A. WashingtonB. JeffersonC. Benjamin FranklinD. Thomas Paine51.“Song of Myself” is a ______written by Whitman.A. novelB. poemC. dramaD. essay52.Tom in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a _____.A. Negro slaveB. American IndianC. School masterD. industrialist53. Mark Twain belongs to the literary school of_____.A. transcendentalismB. realismC. romanticismD. naturalism54._______is a famous American female poet.A. Allan PoeB. FreneauC. Emily DickinsonD. Robinson55. “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” is the masterpiece of_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Stephen CraneD. Robert Lee Frost56. It was____ who wrote the poem “The Road Not Taken.”C. Robert Lee FrostD. T.S.EliotⅡ Define the literary terms briefly in English1. American Transcendentalism2. Romanticism3. The Puritans4. Realism5. Enlightenment6. Transcendentalism7. EnlightenmentIII Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.2. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference.3. Let us, then, be up and doing, With heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.4. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked.5. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!_____6. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.7. But still he fluttered pulses when he said,“Good morning”, and he glittered when he walked.8. something there is that doesn’t love a wall,He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.”9. Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat10. But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today11. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Why is American literature important for you?2. What is the theme of “The Waste Land”?3. Whose novel (or which novel) do you enjoy most?Why?4. What is the style of Hemingway’s novel?5. What is the significance of American literature?6. Do you like American literature? Why?7. What is the real theme in “Sister Carrie”?8. What is the central subject and primary significance of Hawthorne’s major works?9. Which American writer do you like best? Why?10. What is the theme of “Catch-22”?11. What are the features of Emily Dickinson’s poems?12. Why should we learn American literature?13. Which poem do you enjoy most? Why?《美国⽂学》作业参考答案I.Multiple Choice1.C2.A3.B4.A5.D6.C7.A8.C9.B 10.D11.A 12.C 13.C 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.C21.B 22.C 23.A 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.C 30.A31.D 32.B 33.A 34.B 35.B 36.D 37.A 38.C 39.C 40.D41.A 42.A 43.B 44.B 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.B 49. A 50.D51.B 52.A 53.B 54.C 55. A 56. CII.Define the literary terms briefly in English1.American transcendentalism was a philosophical dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favor of the idealism of Kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalismemphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.2. Romanticism is characterized by the pursuit of freedom, emphasis of individualism, a reliance upon the good of nature and “natural” man, and an abiding faith in the boundless resources of the human spirit and imagination.3.The Puritans were members of the church of England who at first wished to reform or “Purify its doctrines. They kept in common with all advocates o f strict Christian orthodox, insisting on man’s original sin and depravity.4. Realism is a literary school. The American realist William Dean Howells refered to the method of realistic literary creation as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material. The realists tended to be highly selective in their choice of material, focusing upon what seemed real to their largely middle-class readers.5. Enlightenment in America was a progressive “intellectual movement which contributed to free the Americans from the limitation of Puritanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for the establishment of their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress by education and appealed to Reason.6．American transcendentalism was a political dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favour of the idealism of kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalists emphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.7. Enlightenment in America was a progressive intellectual movement which contributed to free the Americans fromthe limitations of Purtanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress of education and appealed to reason.III Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Those who have never succeeded before will enjoy the sweetness o success most.2. In my life and literary creation, I did not follow others’ footsteps (or footprints). SometimesI chose a different way. That was the reason why I was unique and different from them both in life and poetic writing.3. Let us rise up and take actionTo meet any challenge in our life.We should learn to work and to be patientAnd persevere in pursuing our goalTill we reap the fruit of achievement one after another.4. He always dressed himself properly and elegantly And he showed his kindness and considerateness when talked with others.5. Don’t tell me in sad voice that life is nothing but an meaningless and empty dream.6. Only when you feel thirstiest and bitterest, can you really understand and enjoy the holy sweet drink.7. He stirred the pulses of the persons he was greeting with “Good morning”. While he was walking, his manners appeared to be so brilliant and attractive that he drow much public attention.8. Wall, as a barrier for communication or mutual understanding, is not good at all. Sometimes, it is necessary to remove the wall.Wall, as a boundary or limitation or border, is needed sometimes, so that good relations can be kept among different strata of people, or different countries.Wall is a paradox, which is both good and bad in haman life9.The honeysuckle qrows so agreeably and beautifully.However the beautiful flower hid its beauty in the quiet and lonely place.10.We had better take action every day, not remain idle and inactive so that we can make progress each day.11.I have a lot of obligations and duties to fulfill, so there is still a long way for me to go beforeI can relax or leave this world.Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Key points:① the significance of American literature in the world literature ② the manifestation of American life and culture③the requirement of improving English2. The theme of the poem is modern spiritual barrenness, the despair and depression that followed the first world war, the sterility and turbulence of the modern world, and the decline and breakdown of Western culture.3. The answer depends on individual student’s inclination.4. His style of writing is characterized by short and terse sentences, simple diction filled with emotion, vivid colloquialisms, and particularly the simplicity of his laconic statements.5. Key points: ① its place in the world literature② the manifestation of American life and culture③ the requirement of professional knowledge and skills as English majon.6. The answer is flexible. It de pends on an individual Student’s inclination.7. The real theme in Sister Carrie is the purposelessness of life. While looking at individuals with warm, human sympathy, he also sees the disorder and cruelty of life in general.8. The central subject of Haw thorne’s major works was the human soul. His exploration of the soul resulted from his skeptical attitude toward the social reality that was characterized by a rapid change in almost all aspects of social life, and from his ambition to probe into the nature of man. The primary significance of his major works dwells in the interect and the consistend vitality of his criticism of life.9. The answer is flexible, depending on students’ inclination, logic and language skills.10. Its real theme is to expose the dehumanization of all contemporary institutions, the absurd and corrupt bureancracy and the alienation of individuals existing in a systemized chaotic condition, such as war.punctuation and capitalization. Her mode of expression is characterized by clear-cut and delicately original imagery, precise diction, and fragmentary and enigmatic metrical pattern.12. Key points: ①the significance of American literature in the world literature ② the manifestation of American life and culture ③ the requirement of improving English.13. The answer is flexible and depends on student’s inclination.。

美国文学作业作业1．第9题A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was written by _______.A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Jack LondonD.Theodore Dreiser答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.02．第10题“all sappy as maples ａnd flat as the prairie” is a comment made by james russell lowell on the female characters in novels written by______.A.Washington IrvingB.James Fenimore CooperC.Philip FreneauD.George Washington答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.03．第11题Among the following novels, only one was not written by Herman Melville. It is _____________.A.The Confidence-ManB.The PIlotC.Moby Dick答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.04．第12题Sister Carrie is a noel written by ___.A.Theodore DreiserB.Stephen CranceC. Frank Norris答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.05．第13题The central character’s name in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel series The Leatherstocking Tales is ______________.A.Isabelle ArcherB.Natty BumpoC.Ishmael答案:B您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.06．第14题_______ does not belong to the school of naturalism in history.A.Stephen CraneB.Frank NorrisC.Jack LondonD.Walt Whitman答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.07．第15题In 1881, Henry James published his novel____, which is generally considered as his masterpiece.A.Daisy MillerB.watch ａnd wardC.The Wings of the DoveD.The Portrait of a Lady答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.08．第16题Hawthorne’s ____ deals with the effects of a curse.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of Seven GablesC.Stone FaceD.Salem答案:B您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.09．第17题"The Apparition of these faces in the crowd" is a line in a famous short poem written by ---.A.Ezra PoundB. Carl SandburgC.Walt Whitman答案:A您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.010．第18题The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by_____________.A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.Benjamine Franklin答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.011．第19题the sound ａnd the fury is a novel written by __________.A.Stephen CraneB.Theodore DreiserC.MacbethD.William Faulkner答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.012．第20题the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome” were quoted ｆrom poe’s poem __________.A.The RavenB.To HelenC.Annabel Lee答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.013．第21题The short novel The Turn of the Screw was written by ________.A.Henry JamesB.FitzgeraldC.Ernest HemingwayD.William Faulkner答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.014．第22题Among the four novels written by Henry James, the one written first in chronological order is _________.A.The Portrait of a LadyB.The Golden BowlC.The AmbassadorsD. The Wing of the Dove答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.015．第23题Billy Budd was a short novel written by the American novelist ---.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Walt Whitman答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.016．第24题A poetic line of two feet is called ___________.A.monometerB.dimeterC.trimeterD.tetrameter答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.017．第25题“ we hold these truths to be elf-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, ａnd the pursuit of happiness.” this sentence is taken ｆrom ___.mon SenseB.The Declaration of IndependenceC.The AutobiographyD.The American Crisis答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.018．第26题___ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy.A.Thomas PaineB.Benjamin FranklinC.George WashingtonD.Jefferson答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.019．第27题“Two roads diverged in a yellow woods” is the first line in a poem written by Robert Frost entitled __________.A.The Road Not TakenB.Mending WallC.Two Yellow RoadsD.After Apple Picking答案:A您的答案：A此题得分：2.020．第28题The leader of the American Transcendentalism is _________.A.Henry David ThoreauB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Henry James答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.021．第30题The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by __________.A.Henry JamesB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Fenimore Cooper答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.022．第31题Among the following short stories, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is _________.A.Young Goodman BrownB.WakefieldC.The BirthmarkD.the pit ａnd the pendulum答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.023．第32题The last finished novel written by Fitzgerald is __________.A.This Side of ParadiseB.All the Sad Young MenC.The Great GatsbyD.Tender Is the Night答案:D您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.024．第33题Among the following authors the one who once visited China was ---.A.Henry JamesB.William FaulknerC.Ernest Hemingway答案:C您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.025．第34题Among the following novels, only one is not written by William Faulkner. It is _____________.A.Light in AugustsB.As I Lay DyingC.The Golden BowlD.Go Down, Moses答案:C您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.026．第35题Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A.Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s CabinB.James’s The P ortrait of a Lady.C.Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms ？D.Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.答案:D您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.027．第36题“ I heard the merry grasshopper then sing,/The black-clad cricket bear a second part” These lines written by ____________.A.Roger WilliamsB.John EliotC.Anne BradstreetD.Washington Irving答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.028．第37题Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was ---.A.Mark TwainB. FitzgeraldC.Henry James答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.029．第38题Nathaniel Hawthorne gave a definition to the term "romance" in his Preface to the novel ---.A.The House of the Seven GablesB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Marble Faun答案:A您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.030．第39题The first American writer who propounded that a piece of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is ___.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Edgar Ellan Poe答案:C您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.031．第41题The Wasteland is a long modern poem written by ---.A. Ezra PoundB. Sylvia PlathC. T. S. Eliot答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.032．第42题Among the following titles, only one is not among the Leather-Stoking Tales series. It is__________.A.The Last of the MohicansB.The PrairieC.The PathfinderD.Moby Dick答案:D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.033．第43题The Iceberg style is most thoroughly reflected in the writings of the American novelist _____________.A.Jack LondonB.Ernest HemingwayC.Mark Twain答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.034．第44题"Two roads diverged in a yellow woods" is a line in a poem written by ---.A.T. S. EliotB.Wallace StevensC.Robert Frost答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.035．第45题“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repose.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________.A.abababB.ababccC.aabbcc答案:B您的答案：B此题得分：2.036．第46题The Fall of the House of Usher was a horror story by ______.A.Nathaniel HawthorneB.Edgar Allan PoeC.MelvilleD.Longfellow答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.037．第47题Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Ro se for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except______.A.old valuesB.rigid ideas of social statusC.bigotry ａnd eccentricityD.harmony ａnd integrity答案:D您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.038．第48题The School Room Poets did not include _____.A.LongfellowB.LowellC.HolmesD.Poe答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.039．第49题Among the following 3 authors the one who did not win a Nobel Prize is ---.A.William FaulknerB. F. S. FitzgeraldC. John Steinbeck答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.040．第50题Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is ___________.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The Blithedale RomanceC.The Marble FaunD.The Fall of the House of Usher答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.041．第1题Henry James’s greatest influence was exerted not on his own age but on the one that followed.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.042．第2题The Puritan style of writing is characterized by simplicity, which left an indelible imprint on American writings.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.043．第3题Emerson’s prose style was sometimes as highly individualistic as his dramas.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.044．第4题Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact t hat he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.045．第5题Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was about the Spanish Civil War.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.046．第6题John Stwinbeck didn't win a Nobel Prize because he was sympathetic with the working class people.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.047．第7题The famous philosopher Williams James was the novelist Henry James' brother.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.048．第8题"In a Station of the Metro" is a short poem written by Ezra Pound.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.049．第29题A Shakespearean Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed ababcdcdefefgg.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.050．第40题The first American poet to be translated into Chinese is Walt Whitman.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.051．第51题The 19th century female poet Emily Dickinson was a forerunner of the modern Imagist poetry.答案:正确您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.052．第52题Poe was a predecessor of the later British detective writer Conan Doyle.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.053．第53题Jack London was usually considered as a romanticist for his portrayal of superman heroes.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.054．第54题benjamin franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the romantic ideals of clarity, restraint, simplicity ａnd balance.答案:错误您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.055．第55题As a novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne was deeply influenced by Puritanism.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.056．第56题An Italian Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed abbaabbacdecde.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.057．第57题Besides Moby Dick, Melville also wrote some other sea novels.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.058．第58题The Second World War led the American intellectuals to a bitter disillusionment, breeding what is called modernism.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.059．第59题thoreau was an active transcendentalist who was an escapist ｏr a recluse detached ｆrom the life of his day.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.060．第60题Ralph Waldo Emerson was a representative figure of the American Transcendentalism.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.0作业总得分：78.0作业总批注：。

2012-2013学年 第二学期 《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A 卷）专业：英语 年级：2010级 考试方式：闭卷 学分：2 考试时间：110分钟I ．Multiple Choices (每小题 1分，共20分)Directions: Select from the four choices of each item the one thatbest answers the question.1. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more_____________. A . rational B . humorous C. optimisticD . pessimistic2. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century? A. The Sun Also Rises B. The Old Man and the Sea C. Mosses from the Old ManseD. Hills Like White Elephant3. The Romantic writers would focus on all the following issues Except the __________ in the American history. A. individual feeling B. survival of the fittest C. strong imaginationD. return to nature4. Almost all Faulkner ’s heroes turned out to be tragic because__________. A. all enjoyed living in the declining American South.B. none of them was conditioned by the civilization and Social institutions.C. most of them were prisoners of the past.D. none were successful in their attempt to explain the inexplicable.5. As an autobiograp hical play, O’Neill’s ________ (1955) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama._.A. The Iceman ComethB. Long Day’s Journey into NightC. Beyond the HorizonD. Bound East for Cardiff6. Which of the following statements is right about Robert Frost’s poetry?A. He combined traditional verse forms with the difficult and highly ornamental language.B. He combined traditional verse forms with the pastoral language of the Southern area.C. He combined traditional verse forms with a simple spoken language, the speech of New England farmers.D. He combined traditional verse forms with the experimental.7. Edgar Allen Poe was characterized by his __________.A. psycho-analysisB. novels set in the WestC. free verseD. political pamphlets8. Which of the following is depicted as the mythical county in William Faulkner’s novels?A. CambridgeB. OxfordC. MississippiD. Yoknapatawpha9. ____________ was the first great American writer to write for pleasure rather than utility. He is considered to be founder of American literature by some critics.A. James Fenimore CooperB. Washington IrvingC. Ezra PoundD. Mark Twain10. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features except that they are _______________.A. lyrical and well-structuredB. conversational and crudeC. simple and rather crudeD. free-flowing11. The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck reveals the miserable lives of __________ .A. factory workersB. sailorsC. landless farm laborersD. veterans12. Among the American realistic writers, _________ focused his attention on the rising middle class and the way they lived.A. Herman MelvilleB. Henry JamesC. Mark TwainD. William Dean Howells13. Which of the following is a representative novel of naturalism by an American writer? 2A. Innocents AbroadB. McTeagueC. Daisy MillerD. The Grapes of Wrath14. The first symbol of self-made American man is _________.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Washington IrvingC. George WashingtonD. Mark Twain15. The Imagist writers followed three principles. They respectively are direct treatment, economy of expression and ________.A. local colorB. ironyC. clear rhythmD. blank verse16. Robert Frost is famous for his lyric poems. Which of the following lyric poems wasnot written by Robert Frost?A. “The Raven”B. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”C. “After Apple-picking”D. “The Road Not Taken”17. “The lost generation”refers to the writers who relocated to Paris in the post WWⅠyears to reject to values of American materialism. All the following but ________are involved in this group.A. F. S. FitzgeraldB. Ernest HemingwayC. Theodore DreiserD. John Dos Passos18. The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American nation were quite a few of them _________.A. AnglicansB. CatholicsC. NormansD. Puritans19. Which one of the following statements is applicable to the understanding of Transcendentalism?A. It is strongly influenced by social Darwinism.B. Belief in individualism, independence of mind, and self-reliance.C. Man has no free-will.D. It holds that determinism governs everything.20. In __________, Captain Ahab is obsessed with the revenge on a whale which shearedoff his leg on a previous voyage, and his crazy chasing of it eventually brings death to allon board the whaler except Ishmael, who survives to tell the tale.《美国文学》A卷第3页共18页4A. TypeeB. White JacketC. Moby DickD. Billy BuddII ．Explain the Following Literary Terms Briefly (每小题7分，共14分)Directions : Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.21. Local Colorism 22. Stream of ConsciousnessIII ．Identification of Fragments (每小题7分，共21分)Directions : Please give the name of the author and the title of the literary work from which it is taken and then briefly comment on itin English. Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.23. “‘That ’s right.’ He said; ‘I ’m no good now. I was all right. I had money. I ’m going to quit this,’ and, with death in his heart, he started down toward the Bowery. People had turned on the gas before and died; why shouldn ’t he? He remembered a lodging house where there were little, close rooms, with gas-jet in them, almost pre-arranged, he thought, for what he wanted to do, which rented for fifteen cents. Then he remembered that he had no fifteen cents.”24. “All day Buck brooded by the pool or roamed restlessly above the camp. Death, as a cessation of movement, as a passing out and away from the lives of the living, he knew, and he knew John Thornton was dead. It left a great void in him, somewhat akin to hunger, but a void which ached and ached, and which food could not fill.25. “Her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why that would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue.IV . Short Essay Questions (每小题10分，共 30 分)Directions : Please write down the answers on the Answer Sheet.《美国文学》A 卷 第5页 共18页26. The relationship between man and nature is a recurrent theme, perhaps one of the most important themes, in American literature. Write a short essay on it by contrasting tow or three American literary works, or two or three American literary movements, to tell what you know about their different views of nature. 27. Please make a comment on Eugene O ’Neil.28. Please briefly comment on Theodore Dreiser ’s novel Sister Carrie.V ．Appreciating a Literary Work (计 15 分)Directions:In this part, you are required to write a commentary paper in no less than 100 words. Please write it on the AnswerSheet .A Clean, Well-Lighted PlaceErnest HemingwayIt was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him."Last week he tried to commit suicide," one waiter said. "Why?""He was in despair." "What about?" "Nothing.""How do you know it was nothing?" "He has plenty of money."They sat together at a table that was close against the wall near the door of the cafe and looked at the terrace where the tables were all empty except where the old man sat in the shadow of the leaves of the tree that moved slightly in the wind. A girl and a soldier went by in the street. The street light shone on the brass number on his collar. The girl wore no head covering and hurried beside him."The guard will pick him up," one waiter said. "What does it matter if he gets what he's after?""He had better get off the street now. The guard will get him. They went by five minutes ago."The old man sitting in the shadow rapped on his saucer with his glass. The youngerwaiter went over to him."What do you want?"The old man looked at him. "Another brandy," he said."You'll be drunk," the waiter said. The old man looked at him. The waiter went away."He'll stay all night," he said to his colleague. "I'm sleepy now. I never get into bed before three o'clock. He should have killed himself last week."The waiter took the brandy bottle and another saucer from the counter inside the cafe and marched out to the old man's table. He put down the saucer and poured the glass full of brandy."You should have killed yourself last week," he said to the deaf man. The old man motioned with his finger. "A little more," he said. The waiter poured on into the glass so that the brandy slopped over and ran down the stem into the top saucer of the pile. "Thank you," the old man said. The waiter took the bottle back inside the cafe. He sat down at the table with his colleague again."He's drunk now," he said."He's drunk every night.""What did he want to kill himself for?""How should I know.""How did he do it?""He hung himself with a rope.""Who cut him down?""His niece.""Why did they do it?""Fear for his soul.""How much money has he got?" "He's got plenty.""He must be eighty years old.""Anyway I should say he was eighty.""I wish he would go home. I never get to bed before three o'clock. What kind of hour is that to go to bed?""He stays up because he likes it.""He's lonely. I'm not lonely. I have a wife waiting in bed for me.""He had a wife once too.""A wife would be no good to him now.""You can't tell. He might be better with a wife.""His niece looks after him. You said she cut him down.""I know." "I wouldn't want to be that old. An old man is a nasty thing.""Not always. This old man is clean. He drinks without spilling. Even now, drunk. Look at him.""I don't want to look at him. I wish he would go home. He has no regard for those 6《美国文学》A 卷 第7页 共18页who must work."The old man looked from his glass across the square, then over at the waiters."Another brandy," he said, pointing to his glass. The waiter who was in a hurry came over."Finished," he said, speaking with that omission of syntax stupid people employ when talking to drunken people or foreigners. "No more tonight. Close now.""Another," said the old man."No. Finished." The waiter wiped the edge of the table with a towel and shook his head.The old man stood up, slowly counted the saucers, took a leather coin purse from his pocket and paid for the drinks, leaving half a peseta(西班牙货币单位) tip. The waiter watched him go down the street, a very old man walking unsteadily but with dignity."Why didn't you let him stay and drink?" the unhurried waiter asked. They were putting up the shutters. "It is not half-past two.""I want to go home to bed." "What is an hour?""More to me than to him." "An hour is the same.""You talk like an old man yourself. He can buy a bottle and drink at home." "It's not the same.""No, it is not," agreed the waiter with a wife. He did not wish to be unjust. He was only in a hurry."And you? You have no fear of going home before your usual hour?" "Are you trying to insult me?""No, hombre （老兄）, only to make a joke.""No," the waiter who was in a hurry said, rising from pulling down the metal shutters. "I have confidence. I am all confidence.""You have youth, confidence, and a job," the older waiter said. "You have everything.""And what do you lack?" "Everything but work.""You have everything I have.""No. I have never had confidence and I am not young." "Come on. Stop talking nonsense and lock up.""I am of those who like to stay late at the cafe," the older waiter said."With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night.""I want to go home and into bed.""We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. "It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those things are very beautiful. Each night I am reluctant to close up because there may be some one who needs the cafe.""Hombre, there are bodegas open all night long.""You do not understand. This is a clean and pleasant cafe. It is well lighted. The light is very good and also, now, there are shadows of the leaves.""Good night," said the younger waiter."Good night," the other said. Turning off the electric light he continued the conversation with himself, It was the light of course but it is necessary that the place be clean and pleasant. You do not want music. Certainly you do not want music. Nor can you stand before a bar with dignity although that is all that is provided for these hours. What did he fear? It was not a fear or dread, It was a nothing that he knew too well. It was all a nothing and a man was a nothing too. It was only that and light was all it needed and a certain cleanness and order. Some lived in it and never felt it but he knew it all was nada （没有，虚无）y（所以）pues（既然，那么）nada y nada y pues nada. Our nada who art in nada, nada be thy name thy kingdom nada thy will be nada in nada as it is in nada. Give us this nada our daily nada and nada us our nada as we nada our nadas and nada us not into nada but deliver us from nada; pues nada. Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee. （这是一段模仿祷告词，其中的名词和动词都被虚无所取代，表明一切事物和行为都是虚无。

Unit10 What is the relationship between the man and the nature? (Stephen Crane<<The Open Boat>>)1.People as a part of nature, will be subject to environmental restrictionsand constraints2.The nature（environment) is like a cage, trample the peoplementally and physically3.Nature is indifferent and cold. It has its own laws, and alwayschallenge human in the real environment. When people meet disasters, it is also indifferent.Which can be reflected from many aspects in this novel, such as:① When People battle with the wind and waves on the sea, the natureis indifferent without any mercy, let them feel hope-disappointment- hope(again) - disappointment(again) and let them feel the threat of death, which reveals that people can never get rid of the influence of the environment② When the boat is overturned, the seagulls fly around the people overtheir heads, staring at the men with weenose eyes, which makespeople feel unlucky and just confirms the death of the oilers.Actually the seagulls are a part of nature , they are indifferent tothe sufferings of the people, even stare at them, which suggests the indifference of nature.③ The people curse the nature is heartless on the sea. They don't wantto give in to the nature, but can't compete with them since the natural turns a blind eye to the suffering of the people. All of these indicate that people's strength is small in the nature.Unit14 Do you think Gatsby’s death is worthwhile?( F. Scott Fitzgerald <<The Great Gatsby>>)Gatsby's death is not worthwhile.1. Because Daisy is a shallow, ignorant, selfish woman. She doesn’t love him. She only has the desire for money and the pursuit for material. Even when he decides to take the rap for Daisy, Daisy has jointed Tom and shifted the accusation to him.2. He never realized that in Daisy's eyes, no matter how much wealth he has, he is always an outsider, and a nouveau riche.3. Gatsby doesn't see the hypocrisy and deceit of the people and the world around him, he doesn't realize his ideal itself is a fantasy, unreal dream4. He can succeed and have his own sky if he has a realistic ideal, and doesn’t regard daixi as his goddess and make money through illegal means. He shouldn’t enlarge t he role of money and have the idea that daixi can love him when he has enough money,Unit16 In what way, is Hemingway different from Faulkner in writing form?(Ernest Hemingway <<A Clean, Well-lighted Place>>In Hemingway’s writing,1.His writing has iceberg principle, which means the facts floatabove water, and the supporting structure and symbolism operateout-of-sight. Specifically speaking, eighth of the novel is wordsand image, while seven-eighths of it is emotion and thinking. Heproposals that the seven-eighths part should leave for the reader tofeel.2.The words are always concrete, specific, the plots are ordinary,there is no narrative clue, event or plot, no carve or rendering, justuse "free direct speech sentences" .Though the article is short, itmake people feel dejected after reading.3.The words are direct, clear , but the meaning is highly connotative.Just as the meaning in this novel: The story describes outside aroadside cafe, sit a drunk old man who don't come home at night.A old and young shop waiter discusses the eight more than ten -year - old man. Relative to the two waiters interminably to discussthe mysterious old man sitting in the dark, not speaking a wordexcept for wine. It is the contrast of light and dark, a contrast ofthe youth and the old, a contrast of birth and death, a contrast ofthe glitz and emptiness.4.The ending of his novel is called “degree zero ending”, That is tosay, the ending doesn’t Point out topics, express intentions, andrefuses to give interpretation and judgment. Which makes thereaders dazed.In Faulkner’s writing1.It has a complex plot.2.It expresses the idea of stream of consciousness, which eplicatedindividual’s thought processes(or the way we draw on memories,perceptions and fantasies)3.He always probe into the psychology of characters in his novel,which is called characterization.4.The most noticeable feature is long and embedded sentenceswhich are full of interruptions.5.He has a multiple narrations and time shifts within narrative form,he jumps backward and forward in time, and suspends time.6.The pronouns in his novel may be vague, the readers need to thinkit when reading.。

全部美国美国文学部分练习（全）美国文学部分大作业Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第一章)1. 选择题1. Which of the following statements is NOT a famous concept of Transcendentalism?[A]Nature is ennobling[B] The individual is divine and self-reliant.[C] Man is capable of knowing truth by intuition[D] Man is corrupted in nature.2. Which of the following works began to make Irving internationally known?[A] The Sketch Book[B] A History of New York to the End of the Dutch Dynasty[C] Bracebridge Hall[D] Tales of Traveler3. Which of the following is NOT true concerning Irving?[A] He is the father of the American short stories.[B] He is the American Goldsmith.[C] He is the first American writer[D] He is the first writer to declare the independence of American literature.4. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne is mainly concerned with ___________.:[A] the corruption of the society[B] the consequence of sin and guilt[C] the wrong doing of one generation that lives in,, successive ones[D] "overreaching intellect"5. Rip Van Winkle has taken from ________.[A] Spanish stories [B] A German Legend[C] English tales [D] Italian folktales6. "But it would have been worth any statesman's money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place, when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands, from some passing traveler. " What is the rhetorical device used in this sentence?[A] Hyperbole. [B] Metaphor. [C] Irony. [D] Paradox.7. Which of the following statements about Emerson is NOT true?[A] He was generally known as an essayist.[B] He was the chief spokesman of Transcendentalism.[C] He practiced the theory by living a simple life.[D] For him, nature is symbolic.8. For Emerson, nature could symbolize the following except ________.[A] God [B] Spirit [C] Oversoul [D] the whole universe9. What is Hawthorne's attitude toward Puritanism?[Al Negative. [B] Affirmative. [C] Indifferent. [D] Mixed.10. One typical feature of Irving's writing is _________.[A] always preaching [B] his best classic style[C] short and difficult to [D] symbolic11. " I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. "Who could have written these lines?[A] Edgar Allen Poe. [B] Walt Whitman.[C] Ralph Waldo Emerson. [D] Henry David Thoreau.12. Which of the following is NOT true withTranscendentalism?[A] It inherited much from American Puritanism and European realism.[B] It focused on the intuitive knowledge.[C] Nature is its unofficial manifesto.[D] It is related in some way with the German idealism.13. What kind of narrative point of view is adopted in Moby Dick?[A] The first person.[B] The second person.[C] The third person limited.[D] The third person omniscient.14. Which of the following has influenced Melville's: EXCEPT ________.[A] Shakespearean tragic vision [B] Emersonian Transcendentalism [C] Hawthorne's black vision of life [D] Irving's writing15. Which of the following writers is NOT optimistic about human nature?[A] Ralph Waldo Emerson. [B] Nathaniel Hawthorne[C] Walt Whitman. [D] Henry David Thoreau16. Which of the following cannot poetry?[A] Elegant and gentle. [B] Simple and open.[C] Unconventional. [D] Colloquial.17. When Emerson states in the introduction to his Nature:"Our age is retrospective. " Which of the following is closest to its understanding?[A] We are conservative.[B] We see this world through our ancestors' eyes.[C] We usually look back upon the good old days.[D] We write a lot of books about the past.18. Which of the following novels does not represent the theme return to nature?[A] Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.[B] Thoreau's Walden .[C] Cooper's Leather-Stocking Tales.[D] Melville's Moby Dick .19. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of the American Romantic writings?[A] Expression of the artist's imaginations, emotions, impressions, or beliefs.[B] Emphasis on rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.[C] Love for the remote, supernatural, mysterious, exotic and illogical quality of things.[D] T o see nature as a source of mental cleanness and spiritual understanding.20. The statement that a man's journey to the dark forest and his encounter with the devil are symbolic of man's life journey from innocence to knowledge, from good to evil may well sum up one of the major themes of ________.[A] Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"[C] Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"[D] O. Henry's "The Cop and the Anthem"21. Here is a short passage from a story: "He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, …and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. " The story must be ________.[A] Cooper's "Leather-stocking Tales"[B] Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"[C] Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"[D] Hemingway's "Indian Camp"22. "The universe is composed of Nature and the soul . . present everywhere. " This is the voice of the book _______ which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase of New England Transcendentalism.[A] Walden by Thoreau [B] The Scarlet Lette r by Hawthorne[C] Moby Dick by Melville [D] Nature by Emerson23. In Whitman's giant work, Leaves of Grass, and, above all, ________.are all that concerned him.[A] individualism [B] divine love[C] sympathy [D] the power of blackness24. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Hawthorn "Young Goodman Brown"?[A] Allegory. [B] Ambiguity.[C] Interior monologue. [D] Symbolism.25. In Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" all the drastic changes lapsed20 years displeased Rip EXCEPT that ________.[A] he has got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony[B] the country has finally got its independence from the yoke of the British colonial rule[C] there comes now the scramble for powers between parties.[D] past glories and a tranquil life of the small village are gone.B. 阅读理解题(Reading comprehension)1. "In like manner, nature is already, in its forms and describing its own design. Let us interrogate apparition, thatshines so peacefully around us. Let to what end is nature?"Questions :A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is "the great apparition"?C. What is the writing style?2.... Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of witch-meeting?Be it so, if you will. But, alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become; from the night of that fearful dream. "Questions:A. Identity the work and the author.B. What is the general idea of this passage?C. Did the author tell for sure whether it was only a dream or not?3. "I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. "Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What is the meaning of the phrase "a spear of summer grass" ?C. What is the implied meaning of the two lines?4. "Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf;a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled 5, 000 years ago.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is the basic tone of this passage?C. What is the meaning of the underlined part?5. "God knows, ... I'm not myself-I'm somebody else-. . . I'm changed, and I can't tell what's my name, or who I am.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. The speaker says he is changed. Do you think changed, or the social environment changed?C. What idea does the quoted sentence express?6. "Standing on the bare ground, -my head bathed by the blitl air and uplifted into infinite space, -all mean egotism vanishI become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. Tl currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am pa or particle of God. "Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What does the word "blithe" mean here?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?C. 回答题(Questions and answers)1. Nature is a philosophic work, in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of the Oversoul. What is your understanding of Emersonian " Oversoul " and its relationship with "a transparent eyeball"?2. One of the most distinctive features of Hawthorne's writing is his art of ambiguity. Exemplify it with his story, "Young Goodman Brown".3. Like Hawthorne, Melville is fond of symbolism in his writings. The white whale, Moby-Dick, is the most important symbol in the novel. What symbolic meaning does Moby Dick stand for?4. Whitman is one of the most important figures in American poetic history. He has carried on a sort of experiment on the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitman's free verse?5. Literary critics have seen Rip Van Winkle as a symbol of several aspects of America. What are the aspects that the story and its hero symbolize?D. 论述题(Topic discussion)1 . Melville's Moby Dick is more than a great whale story that reflects the American whale industry in 19th century; it is capable of multiple interpretations. Discuss the themes you can find in the fiction.2. In his whole life, Hawthorne is preoccupied with sin and evil in man; and in almost every novel he wrote, Hawthorne discussed sin and evil. Then what makes Hawthorne obsessed with all this sin and evil?Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第二章)A．多项选择(Multiple choice questions)1: Who is generally considered to be the one “with but a deformed conscience" in Mark Twain's works ？[A] Tom Sawyer.[B] Huckleberry Finn.[C] Hank Morgan. [D] Widow Douglas2. Which of the following is Twain's language?[A] Vernacular. [B] Colloquial.[C] Elegant. [D] Humorous.3. Which of the following writers is famous for his "international theme"?[A] Henry James. [B] William James.[C] Mark Twain. [D] Theodore Dreise4. Winterbourne is used as a narrator of the events in HenryJames __________.[A ] Daisy Miller[B] The American[C] The Turn of the Screw[D] The Wing of the Dove5.Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is true?[A] Since she scarcely goes out of her house, she pays little attention to the outsideworld.[B] She prefers to explore the inner life of herself rather that the social one.[C] She is strongly influenced by Calvinism and has a firm: belief in after-life.[D] She is not interested in love because she herself never gets married.6. Which of the following does NOT belong to Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire? "[A] The Financier'.[B] The American[C] The Titan. [D] The Stoic.7. Which' of the following is a correct match between the writer? and his work? , .[A] Mark Twain: The Financier[B] Theodore Dreiser: Daisy Miller[C] Henry James; The Turn of the Screw[D] Emily Dickinson: The Wing of the Dove8. " Her Message is committed/To hands I can not see---" The above two lines are taken from________.[A] Whitman's: "Song of Myself"[B] Dickinson's "This is my letter to the World"[C] Pound's: "A Pact"[D] Frost's: "The Road Not Taken"9. Theodore Dreiser gives his novel the title of "An American Tragedy" mostlybecause__________.[A] he tries to give an ironical meaning to the story.[B] he attempts-,to reproduce an authentic trial fictionally[C] it is the typical thing that can happen to an American in the pursuit of riches[D] he is surprised that such tragedy should happen in America.10.Isabel, the heroine in The Portrait of a Lady, returns to her unhappy home in Rome at the end of the novel because__________.[A] she is still naive and immature[B] she wants to be responsible to her husband[C] she- wants to be responsible to her own choice[D] she has nowhere else to go11.. Which of the following statements is NOT true?[A] Mark Twain became doubtful about the' idea of develop?ment and skeptical of the goodness of human nature in his later years.[B] Henry James; who never: criticizes his fellowmen, is the spokesman for the wealthy and leisured class in America.[C] From Emily Dickinson's poetry, one can hardly find any traces of political movement in the society of her time.[D] To Theodore Dreiser, communism is a likely means improving the social organizationof man. , :12. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark Twain, referred to as __________.[A] the Golden Age [B] the Puritan Age[C] the Gilded Age [D] the Modern Age13. Local colorism is a unique variation, of American literary realism, the representatives of which does NOT include __________.[A] Sarah Orne Jewett [B] Bret Harte[C] Hamlin Garland [D] Stephen Crane ,14. "I was letting on to give up sin, but away. inside of me; I was holding on to the biggest oneof all. " The sentence, which taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is written: in a(n) __________ tone.[A] ironic, [B] regretful[C] sincere [D] delightful15. Henry James' idea of realism differs from that of the realist writers because his emphasisis on man's__________.[A] language [B] inner world[C] surroundings [D] real actions16. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by __________.[A] Mark Twain [B] Charles Darwin[C] Henry James [DI Ralph Wa1do Emerson17. However, innocence, the keynote of Daisy Miller's character, turns out to be an admiringbut a dangerous quality and her __________ of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.[A] admiration [B] sympathy,[C] disgusting [D] defiance18. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson's verse is true?[A] It exposes the evils of the society.[B] It paves the way for the following generation of free verse poets; .[C] It shares the same poetic conventions with Walt Whitman.[D] It exhibits a sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of her experience oflove, death, and immortality.19. Compared with the writings of Mark Twain's, Henry James's fiction is noted for their__________.[A] frontier vernacular [B] rich colloquialism[C] refined elegant language [D] vulgarly descriptive words20. By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes; "It was forever to be the pursuit of thatradiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world. " Dreiser implies that__________.[A] there is a bright future lying ahead[B] one can never fulfill one's desire[C] one should 'always :have forward looking[D] happiness is found in the end21. Emily Dickinson wrote many short' poems .an various' aspects of life. Which of thefollowing is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? .[A] Religion and immortality [B] Life and death.[C] War and peace. [D] Nature and society22. In Daisy Miller, James chose the Castle of Chillon as the setting of the story clearlybecause of its status-as a shrine to ___________, consecrated by Byron in his association with Daisy whose American habits of free social intercourse runs up the elaborately regulated code of manners in Europe.[A] integrity [B] freedom[C] constancy . [D] autocracy23. The sentence "only the fittest can survive in a completive amoral society" may beregarded as an appropriate summary of _________.[A] Jack London's Martin Eden [B] `Hemingway's For Whom. the bell Tolls[C] Drsiser's Sister Carrie[D] M elv ille’s Moby Dick24. Here is a passage from, a novel: "The man gave him a last push and closed the door. As hedid so, Hurstwood slipped and fell in the snow: It hurt him, and some vague sense of shame returned. He began to cry and swear -foolishly. " The novel must be_________.[A] Dreiser's Sister Carrie[B] Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath[C] London's Martin Eden[D] Twain’s The Adventures of T om Sawyer25. Here are a few lines from a poem: " With Blue-uncertain stumbling Buzz─/Betweenthe light ─and me─/And the Windows failed─and then/I could not see .to see─." The poem must be _______.[A] Emily Dickenson's “I Heard a Fly buzz-when I died─"[B] Edgar Allen Poe's "Annabel Lee"[C] Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" .[D] Robert Frost's. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"B.阅读理解题(Reading comprehension)1. “I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: `All right, then;:I'll go, to hell' -,─and tore it up."Questions:A. Identify the novel and the writer.B. Why do "I" decide to go to hell?C. How do you understand this decision of going to hell?2. "Tell All the Truth, but Tell it Slant. "Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What special feature can you draw from the form-of this line?C. What idea does this statement convey?3. "And neigh like boanerges─Then─prompter than a StarStop─docile and omnipotentAt its own stable door, ─(Emily Dickinson: “I like to see it lag the:Miles”)Questions:A. What is being described *in, this, poem?B. What rhetoric devices are used in this stanza?C. What is the poet's attitude toward this object being described?4. "In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In yourrocking-chair, by your, window, shall y dream such hap piness as you may never feel.”(Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie)Questions:A. Who does "you" in the quotation refer to?B. What mood; do you think, was the narrator in, judging from this quotation?C. What idea can you draw from the "rocking-chair"?5 . "'Terrible-! ' said, that little lady, joi ning her, “ I hope itsnows enough to go sleigh riding.“ “ Oh, dear,”said Carrie, with whom the sufferings of Father Goriot were still keen.“That's all you think of.Aren't you sorry for the people who haven’t anything tonight?"”(Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie ) Questions:A. What does snow mean to the little lady?B. What kind of mood, do you think, was Carrie in, judo from the above dialogue?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?C. 回答题(Questions and answers)1. "Poor Winterbourne was amused, perplexed-above all he'a charmed. He has never yetheard a young girl express herself just this fashion; ... Certainly she was very charming, but how extraordinarily communicative and how tremendously easy(Daisy Miller by Henry James)Question: What kind of narrative point of view is employed 114 What does this quotation reveal of the character of the young (Daisy Miller)?2. "Since then─'tis Centuries─:.and yet Feels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses 's Heads Were toward Eternity─"("Because I could not stop for Death-" by Emily Dickinson.Question: What kind of meaning, can you get from the first two lines in the above quotation?What is Dickinson's understanding of death?3. Mark Twain and Henry James are both; considered to be great realistic writers. What are thedifferences ,between ;them in the aspects of theme andlanguage?4; What literary group does Theodore Dreiser belong t?? What are the characteristics of this group? Name two more American representatives that belong to this group.5. "The only thing I don't like, she proceeded, is, the. society. "(Daisy Miller by Henry James)Question: What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why?D论述题(Topic discussions)1. Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:. can be interpreted in many, ways and, has-won its :lasting, place in the American canon. Discuss the image ?f Huck Finn,and the social significance bf this character.2. Henry James is regarded as an -international messenger who bridges the New-America withthe Old Europe: His characters are inevitably encountered with cultural conflicts. Take -Daisy Miller as an example to analyze the two characters; Daisy Miller and Winterbourne and the cultural conflicts they undergo.综合美国文学第三章综合练习(Exercises)A. 多项选择(Multiple choice questions)1. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. ”The above four lines are taken from_______.[A] Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"[B] Dickinson's "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-"[C] Frost's "After Apple-Picking"[D] Dickinson's “Because I could not stop for Death”2. In writing the poem “The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter”Pound took its material from the ancient _______ poetry:[A] French [B] Italian[C] Chinese [D] Japanese3. In "After Apple-Picking", Robert Frost wrote: "For I have too much/Ofapple-picking: I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired. " From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ________.[A] happy about the harvest[B] wearing out the freshness of apple-picking[C] still desired of apple-picking when seeing the harvest[D] indifferent of what once desired4. In The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape, O'Neill adopted ______ to portraythe helpless situation of human beings in a hostile universe.[A] expressionist techniques [B] surrealistic approach[C] romantic approach [D] dramatic monologues5. In " petals on a wet, black bough", the f igure of speech used here is______.[A] metaphor [B] hyperbole[C] pun [D] simile6. "My little horse must think it queer/To stop without a farm house near."The above two lines are taken from Frost’s "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", a beautifully structured poem which follows______.[A] iambic tetrameter [B] iambic pentameter[C] trochaic tetrameter [D] trochaic pentameter7. Here are four lines from a short poem: "I feel the laddersway as the boughsbend. /And I keep hearing from the cellar bin/The rumbling sound/Of load on load of apples coming in. " The poem must be______.[A] Frost's "After Apple-Picking"[B] Dickenson's "Because I could not stop for Death"[C] Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"[D] Whitman's "There Was a Child Went Forth"8. Eugine O'Neill's play, The Hairy Ape, is often said to be concernedwith______.[A] the wretched situation of working people[B] the problem of modern man's identity[C] the conflict between illusion and reality[D] the inevitability of man's final salvation9. Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Frost's poetry?[A] It is usually presented in the dramatic monologue.[B] It is rich in images, metaphors and symbols.[C] Nature is one of the most impor tant thematic concerns in his poetry.[D] Most of his poems are written in the form of free verse.10.Which of the following plays is regarded as a semi-autobiographic play byO'Neill?[A] Beyond the Horizon. [B] he Emperor Jones.[C] Long Day's Journey Into Night. [D] The Iceman Cometh.11.Nick Carraway is both a character and a narrator in the novel: entitled[A] This Side of Paradise [B] The Sun Also Rises[C] Tender is the Night [D] The Great Gatsby12，Who is the person that used the term "The Lost Generation" fc - the first time.to refer to writers like Hemingway?[A] Gertrude Stein [B] T. S. Eliot[C] Sherwood Anderson [D] Ezra Pound13. “Grace under pressure” is a major feature of______'s novels.[A] William Faulkner[B] Henry James[C]Theodore Dreiser[D] Ernest Hemingway14.Hemingway won his Nobel Prize for the book entitled______.[A] The Sun Also Rises[B] The Old Man and the Sea[C] A Fare-veil to arms[D] For Whom the Bell Tolls16. William Faulkner was worldly famous not only for his ingenuous mastery ofthe streams of consciousness technique, but also for imaginative creation of a mythic kingdom called______.[A] The Mississippi River[B] Yoknapatawpha County[C] Oxford County[D] The Town of Jeffeson17. Which of the following works by Faulkner involves Shakespearean allusion inits title?[A] The Sound and the Fury. [B] Light in August.[C] Absalom , Absalom [D] Go Down, Moses.18. "A week later the mayor wrote her himself, offering to call or to send his carfor her, and received in reply a note on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin, flowingcalligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all. The tax noticewas also enclosed, without comment. " The above two sentences must be taken from______.[A] Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily"[C] Hemingway's story "Indian Camp"[D] James's story "Daisy Miller"19. The statement that a poor young man from the West trying make his fortune inthe East but disillusioned in the quest of idealized dream may well sum up the theme of______. .[A] The Hairy Ape[B] For Whom the Bell Tolls[C] The Great Gatsby [D] Go Down , Moses20. "In a Station of the Metro"is a typical imagist poem that fully displaysPound's definition of image, which is______..[A] to present an intellectual and emotional instant of time[B] to reveal a poet's instantaneous experience of life[C] to bring out a natural outburst of the poet's emotions 689[D] to retell a poet's past moment of experience21. That profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language andthe simple form may be a very appropriate statement to describe ______'s poetry.[A] T.S. Eliot [B] Ezra Pound[C] Robert Frost [DI Emily Dickenson22. "Later when he started to operate Uncle George and three Indian men held thewoman still. She bit Uncle George on the arm and Uncle George said, 'Damn squaw bitch! ' and the young Indian who had rowed Uncle George over laughed at him.” The above two sentences must be taken from______.[A] Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily"[C] James's story "Daisy Miller"[D] Hemingway's story "Indian Camp"23. Which of the following statements i s NOT a typical feature imagism?[A] To use the language of common speech, but to employ always the exact word.[B] T o create new rhythms, as the expressions of a new mood[C] To recommend heroic couplet as a preferable verse form.[D] To allow absolute freedom in the choice of subject.24. When we say that a boy's night journey to an Indian village witness theviolence of both birth and death provides all i possibilities of a learning experience, we are probably discussi about______'s thematic concern i n his fiction writing.[A] William Faulkner [B] Ernest Hemingway[C] Mark Twain [D] Henry James25. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner's story "A Rose 2~ Emily", can beregarded as a symbol standing for all the following qualities EXCEPT______.。

美国文学试题及答案# 美国文学试题及答案## 一、选择题（每题2分，共20分）1. 马克·吐温的代表作是以下哪部作品？A. 《了不起的盖茨比》B. 《汤姆·索亚历险记》C. 《白鲸》D. 《草叶集》2. 以下哪位作家被誉为“美国现代主义文学之父”？A. 欧内斯特·海明威B. 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德C. 亨利·詹姆斯D. 埃德加·爱伦·坡3. 《飘》的作者是谁？A. 玛格丽特·米切尔B. 哈珀·李C. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫D. 乔治·奥威尔4. 《老人与海》的主人公是以下哪位？A. 汤姆·索亚B. 哈克贝利·芬C. 桑地亚哥D. 盖茨比5. 以下哪部作品是威廉·福克纳的代表作？A. 《喧哗与骚动》B. 《熊》C. 《我弥留之际》D. 《太阳照常升起》## 二、填空题（每空2分，共20分）6. 爱伦·坡的《_________》被认为是侦探小说的开山之作。

7. 《了不起的盖茨比》中，盖茨比的豪宅位于_________。

8. 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》是美国内战前的一部重要作品，它由_________所著。

9. 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫是_________文学流派的代表人物之一。

10. 哈珀·李的《杀死一只知更鸟》通过_________的视角探讨了种族歧视问题。

## 三、简答题（每题15分，共30分）11. 简述《白鲸》中主人公艾哈布船长的性格特点。

12. 描述《草叶集》中惠特曼的诗歌风格。

## 四、论述题（30分）13. 论述《飘》中斯嘉丽·奥哈拉的人物形象及其在小说中的意义。

## 参考答案1. B2. C3. A4. C5. A6. 莫格街谋杀案7. 长岛8. 哈里特·比彻·斯托9. 现代主义10. 斯库特·芬奇11. 艾哈布船长是一个坚定、固执且有些偏执的人。

1．第4题Tales of a Traveller was written by the American author__________.A.James Fenimore CooperB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.02．第5题The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by __________.A.Henry JamesB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Fenimore Cooper答案:B您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.03．第6题Among the following philosophers, only one did not have an influence over the writings of Jack London. He is________.A.Karl MarxB.NietzscheC.SpencerD.Foucault答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.04．第7题The salesman whom Sister Carrie met with on her way to Chicago was named _____________.A.Charles DrouetB.HurstwoodC.Stephen CraneD.Frank Norris答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.05．第8题Of Mice ａnd Men is a novel written by ---.A. John SteinbeckB.Sherwood AndersonC.Sinklair Lewis答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.06．第9题Among the following novels, only one is not written by William Faulkner. It is _____________.A.Light in AugustsB.As I Lay DyingC.The Golden BowlD.Go Down, Moses答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.07．第10题As a Modernist poet, Pound is noted for his active involvement in the ______A.cubist school of modern paintingB.Imagist MovementC.stream-of-consciousness techniqueD.German Expressionism答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.08．第11题william faulkner once declared that ___ was the first truly american writer ｆrom whom we are descended.A.Washington IrvingB.CooperC.HawthorneD.Mark Twain答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.09．第12题The poem “The Indian Burying Ground” was written by the American poet ---.A. Ann BradstreetB.Edgar PoeC.Philip Freneau答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.010．第13题in 1836, a small book was published in the united states ａnd has hence been called the manifesto of the american transcendentalism. its author was___.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Walt WhitmanC.Ralph Waldo Emerson答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.011．第14题Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except______.A.old valuesB.rigid ideas of social statusC.bigotry ａnd eccentricityD.harmony ａnd integrity答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.012．第15题The School Room Poets did not include _____.A.LongfellowB.LowellC.HolmesD.Poe答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.013．第16题Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was ---.A.Mark TwainB. FitzgeraldC.Henry James答案:C您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.014．第22题Among the following writers, only one does not belong to the naturalistic school. He is___.A.Henry JamesB.Stephen CraneC.Theodore Dreiser答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.015．第23题Among the following works written by T. S. Eliot, only one is not a poem. It is _____________.A.The Waste LandB.The Hollow MenC.Ash WednesdayD.Murder in the Cathedral答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.016．第24题The real name of the author Mark Twain is ___.A.Samuel Langhorne ClemensB.Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Tylor Coleridge答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.017．第25题Among the following authors the one who once visited China was ---.A.Henry JamesB.William FaulknerC.Ernest Hemingway答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.018．第28题Among the following, only one is not a feature of Mark Twain’s style. It is __________.A.his ｕｓｅ of vernacular languageB.local colorC.the influence of the Tall TaleD.Puritanism答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.019．第29题The central character Huckleberry Finn in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also appears in Twain’s novel ________.A.The Adventures of Tom SawyerB.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CourtC.An American TragedyD.Life On Mississippi答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.020．第30题“ we hold these truths to be elf-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, ａnd the pursuit of happiness.” this sentence is taken ｆrom ___.mon SenseB.The Declaration of IndependenceC.The AutobiographyD.The American Crisis答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.021．第31题___ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy.A.Thomas PaineB.Benjamin FranklinC.George WashingtonD.Jefferson答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.022．第32题The sentence “whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” is quoted ｆrom Emerson’s essay _________.A.NatureB.The Over-SoulC.Self-Reliance答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.023．第33题Among the following stories written by Poe, only one belongs to the category of the detective story. It is ___.A.The Purloined LetterB. LigeiaC.The Tell-tale Heart答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.024．第34题Billy Budd was a short novel written by the American novelist ---.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Walt Whitman答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.025．第35题_______ does not belong to the school of naturalism in history.A.Stephen CraneB.Frank NorrisC.Jack LondonD.Walt Whitman答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.026．第36题_____was the only American of his generation who could chide the British with humor.A.CooperB.Washington IrvingC.ThoreauD.Edgar Allan Poe答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.027．第37题______ is not a character in the novel The Scarlet Letter.A.Arthur DimmesdaleB.Roger ChillingworthC.Goodman BrownD.Pearl答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.028．第38题Among the following authors, only one has been called the American Scott. He is _______.A.Washington IrvingB.James Fenimore CooperC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.029．第48题The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _____________.A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.Benjamine Franklin答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.030．第49题“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repo se.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________.A.abababB.ababccC.aabbcc答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.031．第50题Eugene O’Neil did not write ______.A.The Emperor JonesB.Anna ChristieC.The Hairy ApeD.The Saloon答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.032．第51题Jack London did not write ______.A.The Sea WolfB.The Call of the WildC.The AmbassadorsD.White Fang答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.033．第52题“ i am monarch of all i survey,/ my right there is none to dispute.” this line i s ｆrom ____.A.NatureB.Civil DisobedienceC.WaldenD.Representative Men答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.034．第53题“The Black Cat” written by Poe is a _________.A.gothic StoryB.love StoryC.detective storyD.lyrical poem答案:A您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.035．第55题"Lost Generation" is a term first coined by ---.A.Ernest HemingwayB.FitzgeraldC. Gertrude Stein答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.036．第56题The short poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” was written by _________.A.Tennessee WilliamsB.William Carlos WilliamsC.Wallace StevensD.Hilda Doolittle答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.037．第57题The Waste Land was dedicated to another poet who was __________.A.Ernest HemingwayB.Ezra PoundC.T. S. EliotD.William Carlos Williams答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.038．第58题The author who was famous for his novels of the international theme was ___________.A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Theodore DreiserD.Stephen Crane答案:A您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.039．第59题In Poe’s tale “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the major female character Madeline is the titular hero Usher’s _____________.A.wifeernessC.cousinD.sister答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.040．第60题when we say that a poor young man ｆrom the west tried to make his fortune in the east but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A.Henry JamesB.Scott FitzgeraldC.HemingwayD.William Faulkner答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.041．第1题As a novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne was deeply influenced by Puritanism.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.042．第2题Henry James’s greatest influence was exerted not on his own age but on the one that followed.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.043．第3题emerson always applied the term transcendentalist to himself ｏr to his beliefs, fｏr he was the acknowledged leader of the movement.答案:错误您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.044．第17题american naturalism, like romanticism, had comeｆrom germany.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.045．第18题Leatherstocking Tales is a novel of the series The Last of Mohicans written by James Fenimore Cooper.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.046．第19题John Stwinbeck didn't win a Nobel Prize because he was sympathetic with the working class people.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.047．第20题The most important Southern writer is Robert Penn Warren who was the author of the poem “All the King’s Men”.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.048．第21题The House of the Seven Gables is a novel writtenby Nathaniel Hawthorne based on his experience in the Brook Farm.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.049．第26题Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation.答案:正确您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.050．第27题The poet Robert Frost wrote in traditional rhyme schemes, but his themes are very modern.答案:正确您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.051．第39题Puritan influence over American Romanticism was conspicuously noticeable.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.052．第40题Hawthorne, who seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin ａnd veil, never showed a positive part of the life.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.053．第41题“The Purloined Letter” is a detective story.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.054．第42题An Italian Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed abbaabbacdecde.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.055．第43题thoreau was an active transcendentalist who was an escapist ｏr a recluse detached ｆrom the life of his day.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.056．第44题Immediately after their arrival in america, theamerican puritans became more preoccupied with business ａnd profits, as they had to be in the grim struggle for survival.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.057．第45题"A Rose for Emily" is a Gothic short story written by William Faulkner.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.058．第46题Though Emily Dickinson married twice in her life, love had never been a major theme in her poetry.答案:错误您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.059．第47题Henry David Thoreau once built a cabin beside the lake of Walden on the land of his neighbor Ralph Waldo Emerson.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.060．第54题A Shakespearean Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed ababcdcdefefgg.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.0作业总得分：88.0作业总批注：。

Part I Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement。

1。

In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment。

__C_______ was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. Rationalism C。

Revolution D。

Evolution2. Which statement about Franklin is not true? AA. He instructed his countrymen as a printer。

B。

He was a scientist.C。

He was a master of diplomacy.D. He was a Puritan.3。

What is regarded as the first American prose epic? AA. Nature B。

The Scarlet Letter C。

Walden D。

Moby-Dick4. The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving's __A______ and ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass。

A。

The Sketch Book B。

Tales of a TravelerC. The Alhambra D。

A history of New York5。