美国文学自测题及答案

美国文学自测题及答案得分评分人I. Multiple choice:(20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.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”2. Dreisers naturalism and his choice of subject often echo his predecessor, _, but his style and method are very different.a. Mark Twainb. Stephen Cranec. Henry Jamesd. Emerson3. Sister Carrie written by _ is considered as one of the representative naturalistic novel in the American literature.a. Sinclair Lewisb. Theodore Dreiserc. F. Scott Fitageraldd. H.L.Mencken4 Mark Twains _ tells a story of his boyhood ambitious to become a riverboat pilot, up and down the Mississippi.a. Roughing Itb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer5. 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. Washington7. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?a. Natureb. Waldenc. On Beautyd. Self-Reliance8. Melvilles _ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.a. The Old Man and the Sea b. Moby Dickc. White Jacket d. Billy Budd9. Mark Twain created, in _, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.a. Huckleberry Finn b. Tom Sawyerc. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg d. The Gilded Age10. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was _.a. Anne Bradstreet b. Jane Austenc. Emily Dickinson d. Harriet Beecher11. 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. naturalism12. Leaves of Grass has _ editions.a. nine b. fivec. six d. seven13. _ is not among the artistic features of Whitmans writing.a. The use of the poetic “I” b. Free versec. Musicality or rhythm d. Allegory14. Melvilles _ is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a gentle youth among brutal sailors.a. Typee b. Redburnc. White Jacket d. Billy Budd15. _ is not among the writing features of Melvilles works.a. symbolism b. allgoryc. psychological analyses d. Dramatic monologue16. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by _.a. Mark Twain b. Henry Jamesc. Emily Dickinson d. Theodore Dreiser17. _ is regarded by H. L. Menken as “the true father of American national literature.”a. Emily Dickinson b. Henry Jamesc. Mark Twain d. Theodore Dreiser18. _, being a boys book specially written for the adults, is Mark Twains most representative book.a. Roughing It b. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer19. Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _.a. the love and marriage themeb. the theme of humor and satire on lifec. the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalismd. the international theme 20. Within Dickinsons little lyrics, she addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which exclude _.a. religion b. Friendshipc. love d. immortality得分评分人II. Match. (20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and put them onto the Answer Sheet.A. Ralph Waldo EmersonB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Henry W. LongfellowE. Walt WhitmanF. Emily DickinsonG. Mark TwainH. Stephen CraneI. Henry James1.A 2.E 3.E 4.C 5.C6.G7. I 8.I9. F 10.F11. H 12.B13. D 14.G15. D16. H 17.G 18.F19. A 20.E1. Self-reliance( )2. There Was a Child Went Forth( )3. There Was a Child Went Forth( )4. White Jacket( )5. Moby Dick( )6. Life on the Mississippi( )7. Daisy Miller( )8. What Maisie Knew( )9. This is My Letter to the World( )10. I Like to See It Lap the Miles( )11. A Red Badge of Courage( )12. Civil Disobedience( )13. Voices of the Night( )14. The Gilded Age( )15. Hiawatha( )16. Maggie, A Girl of the Streets( )17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer( )18. I Heard a Fly BuzzWhen I Died( )19. The American Scholar( )20. Song of Myself( )得分评分人III. Terms (20 points, 4 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1. Free Verse2. Transcendentalism3. American Realism4. American Naturalism5. Local Color得分评分人IV. Appreciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part A SuccessSuccess is counted sweetestThose who neer succeed.To comprehend a nectarRequires sorest need.Not one of all the purple hostWho took the flag todayCan tell the definition,So clear, of victory,As he, defeated, dying,On whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBreak, agonized and clear.1. Who is the author of the poem? (1)2. According to the poem, what best understands success? (1)3. In your opinion, who wants most to succeed? (1)4. Translate the first stanza into Chinese. (2)Part BI 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. How does the poet personify the Night?3. What does he learn from her?得分评分人V. Identification (20 points, 2 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are ten excertps. Judge the authors and titles of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1. As the door of Mrs. Pococks salon was pushed open for him, the next day, well before noon, he was reached by a voice with a charming sound that made him just falter before crossing the threshold. Madame de Vionnet was already on the field2. Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no Sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.3. Come up from the fields father, heres a letter from our Pete,And come to the front door mother, heres a letter from thy dear son.4. Thus advance of the enemy had seemed to the youth like a ruthless hunting. He began to fume with rage and exasperation. He beat his foot upon the ground, and scowled with hate at the swirling smoke that was approaching like a phantom flood.5. Im nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?Then theres a pair of usdont tell!Theyd banish us, you know.6. I taste a liquor never brewed,From tankards scooped in pearl;Not all the vats upon the RhineYield such an alcohol!7. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. 8. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind9. Whether fagged by the three days running chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the White Whales way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whales last start had not been so long a one as before.10. Ah! what pleasant visions haunt meAs I gaze upon the sea!All the old romantic legends,All my dreams, come back to me.得分评分人VI. Comment. (10 points)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given two selections. Choose ONE of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge. This Is My Letter to the WorldThis is my letter to the world,That never wrote to me,-The simple news that Nature told,With tender majesty.Her message is committedTo hands I cannot see;For love of her, sweet coutrymen,Judge tenderly of me! I Hear America SingingI hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deck-hand singing on the steamboat deck,The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The wood-cutters song, the plowboys on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the dayat night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.标准答案I. Multiple Choice: ( 20%)(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分)1. a 2.b 3.b 4.b 5.b6. b 7.a 8.b 9.a 10.c11. c 12.a 13.d 14.b 15.d16.a 17.c 18.b 19.d 20.bII. Match (20%)（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）1.A 2.E 3.E 4.C 5.C6.G7. I 8.I9. F 10.F11. H 12.B13. D 14.G15. D16. H 17.G 18.F19. A 20.EIII. Terms (20%)（每题4分，共20分。答案中给出多个知识点，答对其中四个知识点即得满分，多于四个不加分，少则扣分。超出所给出答案部分的，评卷人可根据相关内容和知识酌情给分。）1. Free VerseKey words: without fixed beat, regular rhyme scheme, Whitman, Leaves of Grass, etc.2. TranscendentalismKey words: Emerson, Thoreau, nature, intuition, oversoul, individualism, spirit, idealism, Romanticism, etc.3. American RealismKey words: Mark Twain, Henry Ja