美国文学复习材料1.doc

I. Multiple choice:(15 points, 1 point for each)1. Whitman published his first edition of _ in 1855.a. Leaves of Grassb. The Scarlet Letterc. “Hymn to The Night”d. “The Secret of the Sea”5. Stephen Cranes style has been called realistic, _ and impressionistic.a. romanticb. naturalisticc. classicald. imagining6. _ is the scene of Dreisers Sister Carrie.a. New Yorkb. Chicagoc. California d. Washington9. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, _ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a. sentimentalism b. Romanticismc. realism d. naturalism10. Leaves of Grass has _ editions.a. nine b. fivec. six d. seven12_ is regarded by H. L. Menken as “the true father of American national literature.”a. Emily Dickinson b. Henry Jamesc. Mark Twain d. Theodore Dreiser14Within Dickinsons little lyrics, she addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which exclude _.a. religion b. Friendshipc. love d. immortality 15. WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwainslanguage?a.vernacularb.colloquial c.elegantd.humorousII. Match. (15 points, 1 point for each)A. Walt WhitmanB. Emily DickinsonC. Mark TwainD. Stephen CraneE. Theodore Dreiser F. Ernest Hemingway G. Nathaniel Hawthorne H. William Faulkner I. John Steinbeck J. Sherwood Anderson K. Robert Frost1. The Scarlet Letter( )2. Life on the Mississippi( )3. A Farewell to Arms( )4. The Grapes of Wrath( )5. Winesburg, Ohio ( )6. Because I could not stop for death( )7. A Red Badge of Courage( )8. The Sound and the Fury( )9. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening( )10. The Gilded Age( )11. Maggie, A Girl of the Streets( )12. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer( )13. I Heard a Fly BuzzWhen I Died( )14. Song of Myself( )15. An American Tragedy ( )H C F J K B D I L C D C B A EIII. True or False. (10 points)1. American literature is the oldest of all national literature.2. Thomas Jefferson was the only American to sign the 4 documents that created the US.3. All his literary life, Hawthorne seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil.4. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about human psychology.5. Hurstwood is a character in Dreisers An American Tragedy.6. Faulkners region was the Deep North, with its bitter history of slavery, civil war and destruction.7. Placed in historical perspective, Howells is found lacking in qualities and depth. But anyhow he is a literary figure worthy of notice.1-5 F F T F F 6-7 F F IV. Poem Appreciation (10 points)I heard the trailing garments of the NightSweep through her marble halls!I saw her sable skirts all fringed with lightFrom the celestial walls!I felt her presence, by its spell of might,Stoop oer me from above;The calm, majestic presence of the Night,As of the one of I love.I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight,The manifold, soft chimes,That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poets rhymes.From the cool cisterns of the midnight airMy spirit drank repose;The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,-From those deep cisterns flows.O holy Night! from thee I learn to bearWhat man has borne before!Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care,And they complain no more.Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer!Descend with broad-winged flight,The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night!1. What is the title of the poem? Who is the author?2. What does he learn from her?1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellows Hymn to the Night.3. He learns to bear what man has borne before!VI. Discuss Mark Twains art of fiction: the setting, the language, the characters ect. based on the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (30 points)1. The story Setting: around 1850s, before the Civil War; a small town near the Mississippi, inspired by many of the authors own experiences as a riverboat pilot, the book tells of two runawaysa white boy and a black manand their journey down the mighty Mississippi River.2. Theme: a. The theme of self-realization and of seeking ones identity ; a journey of growth and maturity and about how Huck changed his prejudice against the Black people;b. The contrasts between innocence and experience, nature and culture, wilderness and civilization;c. The growth of a child and the relationship between human beings are universal theme: Humanism ultimately triumphs. Section B. Answer the questions from 47 to 50 listed on ANSWER SHEET TWO concerning the short story The Cats written by Ernest Hemingway48. Concerning the salutation (称呼)of the heroine, there are some changes like: the wife, the American wife, the American girl. What do