浙江省2009年7月自学考试美国文学选读试题.doc

浙江省2009年7月自学考试美国文学选读试题课程代码：10055Part . Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (10 points in all, 1 point for each)Group 1Column A Column B( )1. Washington Irving A. The Scarlet Letter( )2. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. An American Tragedy( )3. Theodore Dreiser C. As I Lay Dying( )4. Ezra Pound D. In a Station of the Metro( )5. William Faulkner E. The Sketch BookGroup 2Column A Column B( )6. Nick Carraway A. Indian Camp( )7. Hurstwood B. Moby Dick( )8. Miss Waston C. Sister Carrie( )9. Ahab D. The Great Gatsby( )10. Nick Adams E. Adventures of huckleberry FinnPart . Select from the four choices A, B, C and D of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. (50 points in all, 2 points for each) 11. Henry David Thoreaus work, _, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the New England Transcendental Movement.( )A. WaldenB. NatureC. The PioneersD. Song of Myself 12. Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possibly read as symbolic of all the following EXCEPT_.( )A. malignancy B. GodC. adultery D. beauty13. The Romantic Period in the history of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irvings The Sketch Book and ended with Whitmans _.( )A. Drum Taps B. Leaves of GrassC. Rip Van Winkle D. Walden14. _is worth the honor of being “the American Goldsmith” for his literary craftsmanship.( )A. Walt Whitman B. Washington IrvingC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo Emerson15. “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind”is a famous quote from _s writings.( )A. Henry David Thoreau B. Mark TwainC. Henry James D. Ralph Waldo Emerson16. In the history of American literature _is unanimously agreed to be the summit of the Romantic period. ( )A. New England Transcendentalism B. the Harlem RenaissanceC. England Unitarianism D. New Transcendentalism17. The Civil War affected both the social and the value system of the country. After the Civil War America transformed from _to _.( )A. an agrarian communitya society of freedom and equalityB. an agrarian communitya highly developed society C. a poor and backward societyan agrarian community D. an agrarian communityan industrialized and commercialized society18. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the Age of _in the history of the United States.( )A. Symbolism B. ImagismC. Realism D. Modernism19. Mark Twain preferred to have his own class and people at the forefront of his stories. This particular concern about the local character of a region came about as “_”, a unique variation of American literary realism.( )A. national colorism B. American colorismC. International colorism D. local colorism20. _is a great literary giant in America, whom H. L. Mencken considered “the true father of our national literature.”( )A. Mark Twain B. Jack LondonC. Henry James D. Emily Dickinson21. Hemingway once regarded the novel _as the one book from which “all modern American literature comes.”( )A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. Life on the Mississippi D. The Mysterious Stranger 22. The first American writer to conceive his career in international terms was _.( )A. Henry JamesB. Ezra PoundC. Ernest Hemingway D. William Faulkner23. About Henry James, which of the following statements is right? ( )A. His language is often refined and insightful and easy to understand.B. Daisy Miller is generally regarded as his masterpiece.C. He was considered to be the forerunner of the 20th century “stream-of-consciousness” novels.D. He was the founder of expressional realism.24. To William Faulkner, the primary duty of a writer was to explore and represent the infinite possibilities inherent in _.( )A. the outside worldB. the natural circleC. human life D. the authors mind 25. _is now recognized not only as a great poetess on her own right but as a poetess of considerable influence upon American poetry of the 20th century.( )A. George Eliot B. Jane AustenC. Walt Whitman D. Emily Dickinson26. Walt Whitman writes his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called free verse, that is_.( )A. poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelingB. poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatC. poetry without a fixed beat or regular schemeD. lyrical poetry with changing refrains27. The most recognizable literary movement that gave rise to the 20th century American literature, or we may say, the second American Renaissance, is the _movement.( )A. Imagist B. ExpatriateC. Symbolism D. Expressionism28. In the first part of the 20th century, apart from Darwinism, there were two thinkers_, whose ideas had the greatest impact on the period. ( )A. the American Sigmund Freud and the German Karl MarxB. the Austrian Sigmund Freud and the German Karl MarxC. the American Sigmund Freud and the Swiss Karl MarxD. the Swiss Sigmund Freud and the Australian Karl Marx29. As to the descriptions of the American Modern novelists, which of the following is NOT right? ( )A. Hemingway dramatizes in his novels the sense of loss and despair among the post-war generation.B. Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors the decline of the Southern societyC. Lewis is a sociological writer and his The Great Gatsby presents a documentary picture of the narrow and limited middle-class mind. D. John Steinbeck is a representative of the 1930s, when “novels of social protest” became dominant on the American literary scene.30. Winterbourne is used as a _in Henry Jamess Daisy Miller.( )A. protagonist B. narrator of the eventsC. character of central consciousnessD. persona31. Hemingway once said, “I always write on the principle of the _. There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shoes.” Hemingway was extremely grudging in his description.( )A. iceberg B. grace under pressureC. stream-of-consciousness D. art-for-arts-sake32. _has become an allegory or a parable of the Old South in William Faulkners novel.( )A. Plymouth B. MississippiC. Oxford D. Yoknapatawpha33. Which of the following is not written by Ernest Hemingway, one of the best-known American authors of the 20th century?( )A. The Old Man and the SeaB. The Sun Also RisesC. The Green Hills of AfricaD. Mosses from the Old Manse34. Fitzgeralds fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of the _, in which he shows a particular interest in the upper-class society, especially the upper-class young people.( )A. Modern Age B. Jazz AgeC. Lost Age D. Beat Age35. Which of the following is NOT right about American fiction from 1945 onwards?( )A. Black fiction began to attract critical attention after the 1950s.B. A group of new writers who survived the war wrote about their ideals within the artistic field.C. African-Americans started to question their identity as a group and as an individual.D. American fiction in the 1960s and 1970s proves to be different from its predecessors in that the writers started to depart from the conventions of the novel writing and experimented with new forms.Part . Interpretation Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Write your answers in the corresponding space. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)36. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself.And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. Briefly interpret “I” in the poem.37. “We passed the school, where Children stroveAt Recess in the RingWe passed the Fields of Gazing GrainWe passed the Setting SunQuestions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. In the poem the poet used many images. For example, the school, the Fields of Gazing Grain and the Setting Sun are three typical images. What does the poet actually mean by the use of these three images? 38. “For a long while we just stood there, looking down at the profound and fleshless grin. The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but now the long sleep that outlasts love, that conquers even the grimace of love, had cuckolded him. What was left of him, rotted beneath what was left of the nightshirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust.Then we noticed that in the second pillow was the in