07级美国文学1B卷

20092010学年第2学期英美文学2-美国文学期末试卷 1B卷 考试时间: 120分钟 考试对象: 07英语专业1.答题前用钢笔或圆珠笔在答题卡上写清姓名和准考证号，用2B铅笔认真填涂姓名区位码、准考证号和A、B卷标识（填涂准考证号时，右对齐，左边首位涂“0”补位）。不涂A、B卷标识者，试卷按0分处理。2.答题卡不填涂时必须扣置桌面，明显外推按违纪处理。3.考试结束后，回收全部答题卡、主观答题纸和试题卷。班级:_姓名:_American LiteratureI Choose the most appropriate answer for the following questions. 501.Who was considered as the Poet of American Revolution?_A. Michael Wigglesworth B. Edward TaylorC. Anne Bradstreet D. Philip Freneau2.During the Reason and Revolution Period, Americans were influenced by the European movement called the_ .A. Chartist Movement B. Romanticist MovementC. Enlightenment Movement D. Modernist Movement3.As a philosophical and literary movement, _ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernism B. rationalismC. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism4.Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in_ and Henry David Thoreau.A. Thomas Jefferson B. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Philip Freneau D. Oversoul5. _ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. Henry David Thoreau B. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman6.Transcendentalists recognized_ as the highest power of the soul. A. intuition B.logicC.data of the senses D.thinking7.Led by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _ , there arose a kind of teachings of transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century.A. Herman Melville B.Henry David ThoreauC.Mark Twain D.Theodore Dreiser8.A new_ had appeared in England in the last years of the eighteenth century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the nineteenth century.A. realism B.critical realismC.romanticism D.naturalism9.Which book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? _A. Representative Men B. English TraitsC. Nature D. The Rhodora10.Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? _A. Of Studies B. Self-RelianceC. The American Scholar D. The Divinity School Address11.From Henry David Thoreau s jail experience, came his famous essay, _, which states Thoreaus belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government.A. Walden B. NatureC. Civil Disobedience D. Common Sense12. The finest example of Nathaniel Hawthornes symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in_ .A. The Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodman BrownC. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest13. The House of Seven Gables is a famous mystery-haunted novel written by_ A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Nathaniel HathorneC. Nathanal Hawthorne D. Nathanial Hathorne14.Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. Nature B.WaldenC. On Beauty D. Self-Reliance15.Which is regarded as the Declaration of Intellectual Independence?A. The American Scholar B. English TraitsC. The Conduct of Life D. Representative Men16. _ is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne s belief that the wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones and that evil will come out of evil though it may take many generations to happen.A. The Marble Faun B. The House of Seven GablesC. The Blithedale Romance D.Young Goodman Brown17.Mark Twain created, in_ , a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Huckleberry FinnB. Tom SawyerC. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgD. The Gilded Age18. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _.A. Anne Bradstreet B. Jane AustenC. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher19.The publication of the novel_ stirred a great nation to its depths and hurried on a great war.A. My Bondage and My Freedom B. Stanzas on FreedomC. Voices of Freedom D. Uncle Tom s Cabin20.Where Mark Twain and William Dean Howells satirized European manners at times, _ was an admirer.A. O. Henry B. Henry JamesC. Walt Whitman D. Jack London21.While embracing the socialism of Marx, London also believed in the triumph of the strongest individuals. This contradiction is most vividly projected in the patently autobiographical novel_ .A. The Call of the Wild B. The Sea WolfC. Martin Eden D. The Iron Heel22.In 1900, London published his first collection of short stories, named_ A. The Son of the Wolf B. The Sea WolfC. The Law of Life D. White Fang23.The Lure of the Spirit; The Flesh in Pursuit is the title of one chapter in Dreisers novel_ .A. An American Tragedy B. Sister CarrieC. Dreiser Looks at Russia D. Jannie Gerhardt24.The main theme of_ The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that representation of life should be the main object of the novel.A. Henry James B. William Dean HowellsC. Mark Twains D. O. Henrys25.With William Dean Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, _ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.A. sentimentalism B. romanticismC. realism D. naturalism26.The best-selling American books in the first decades of the twentieth century were_ .A. traveling books B. commercial booksC. historical romances D. news reports27.Early in the 20th century, _ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra Pound B. T. S. EliotC. Robert Frost D. Both A and B28.The American social upheavals and the literary concerns of the Great Depression years ended with the prosperity and turmoil brought by the _ .A. First World War B. Second World WarC. Civil War D. War of Independence29.In the Thirties, poets like Archibald Macleish and_ wrote compassionately about common people, workers and farmers.A. Emily Dickinson B. Ezra PoundC. Robert Frost D. Langston Hughes30.The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by_ .A. Thomas Stearns Eliot B. Robert FrostC. Ezra Pound D. E. E. Cummings31. _ showed great interest in Chinese literature and translated the poetry of Li Po (Li Bai) into English, and was influenced by Confucian ideas.A. Ezra Pound B. Robert FrostC. T. S. Eliot D. E. E. Cummings32.Ezra Pound s long poem_ contained more than one hundred poems loosely connected.A. The Waste Land B. The CantosC. Don Juan D. Queen Mab33.When Robert Frost was eighty-seven, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President_ .A. Thomas JeffersonB. Theodore RooseveltC. Abraham Lincoln D. John F. Kennedy34.Carl Sandburg had also taken interest in folk songs which he tried to collect and sing during his travels. These folk songs appeared eventually in print in his well-known_ .A. Good Morning, America B. The People, YesC. In Reckless Ecstasy D. The American Songbag35.Thomas Sutpen is a character in William Faulkners novel _ .A. Absalom, Absalom! B. Light in AugustC. Go Down, Moses D. The Sound and the Fury36.Wallace Stevens s poetry is primarily motivated by the belief that true ideas correspond with an innate order in nature. Many of his good poems derive their emotional power from reasoned revelation. This philosophical intention is supported by the titles Wallace Stevens gave to his volumes such as_ .A. Harmonium B. Ideas of OrderC. Parts of a World D. all of the above37. _ tells the Joad family s life from the time they were evicted from their farm in Oklahoma until their first winter in California.A. Of Mice and Men B. The Grapes of WrathC. The Great Gatsby D. For Whom the Bell Tolls38.In William Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called_ , in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character.A. stream of consciousness B. imagismC. symbolism D. naturalism39. William Faulkners novel_ describes the decay and downfall of an old southern aristocratic family, symbolizing the old social order, to了d from four different points of view.A. The Sound and the Fury B. StartorisC. The Unvanquished D. The Town40.William Faulkners novel_ is about a poor white family s journey through fire and flood to bury the mother in her hometown, Yoknapatawpha.A. Intruder in the Dust B. As I Lay DyingC. Absalom, Absalom! D. Light in August41.The establisher of Jamestown was the famous explorer and colonist _ .A. John WinthropB. John SmithC. William Bradford D. John Goodwin42.The early history of_ Colony was the history of Bradford s leadership.A. PlymouthB. JamestownC. New England D. Mayflower43. _ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A. William Bradford B. Anne BradstreetC. Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith44. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet.Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the _ who appeared in America.A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth MuseC. Best Muse D. First Muse45. The ship _ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. Sunflower B. ArmadaC. Mayflower D. Pequod46. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. _ was the dominant spirit.A. Humanism B. RationalismC. Revolution D. Evolution47.The English colonies in North America rose in arms against their parent country and the Continental Congress adopted_ in 1776.A. the Declaration of IndependenceB. the Sugar ActC. the Stamp ActD. the Mayflower Compact48.From 1732 to 1758, Benjamin Franklin wrote and published his famous _, an annul collection of proverbs.A. The Autobiography B. Poor Richards AlmanacC. Common Sense D. The General Magazine49. The first pamphlet published in America to urge immediate independence from Britain is_ .A. The Rights of Man B. Common SenseC. The American Crisis D. Declaration of Independence50.These are the times that try men s souls, these words were once read to George Washington s troops and did much to shore up the spirits of the revolutionary soldiers. Who is the author of these words? _A. Benjamin Franklin B. Thomas JeffersonC. Thomas Paine D. George WashingtonII. Identify the fragments. -writing your answers on the answer sheet 20Passage One These are the times that try mens souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly This dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods.Questions:1. Which book is this passage taken from? 12. Who is the author of this book? 13. Whom is the author praising? Whom is the author criticizing? 24. What do you think of the language? 1Passage Two Hester Prynne s term of confinement was now at an end. Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no other purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast. Perhaps there was a more real torture in her first unattended footsteps from the threshold of the prison, than even in the procession and spectacle that have been described, where she was made the common infamy, at which all mankind was summoned to point its finger. Then, she was supported by an unnatural tension of the nerves, and by all the combative energy of her character, which enabled her to convert the scene into a kind of lurid triumph.Questions:1. Which novel is this selection taken from? 12. What is the name of the novelist? 13. What are the symbolic meanings of the scarlet letter on Hesters breast? 3Passage Three It was not very long after speaking the Goney that another homeward-bound whaleman, the Town-Ho, was encountered. She was manned almost wholly by Polynesians. In the short gam that ensued she gave us strong news of Moby Dick. To some the general interest in the White Whale was now wildly heightened by a circumstance of the Town-Hos story, which seemed obscurely to involve with the whale a certain wondrous, inverted visitation of one of those so called judgments of God which at times are said to overtake some men. This latter circumstance, with its own particular accompaniments, forming what may be called the secret part of the tragedy about to be narrated, never reached the ears of Captain Ahab or his mates. For that secret part of the story was unknown to the captain of the Town-Ho himself. It was the private property of three confederate white seamen of t