美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题

1、美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题一I. Fill in the following blanks and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 1point for each)publication of established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of NewEngland Transcendentalism.work, thrift, and sobriety were the Puritan values that dominated much of theearliest Ameri

2、can writing.87, read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.Londons masterwork is somewhat autobiographical., the tragic hero ofMoby Dick , burning with a baleful fire, becomes evil himself inhis thirst to destroy evil.Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he ca

3、lled the “movement.7. “The Custom House is an introductory note to the novel .the works attacki ng the “American Dream, by Fitzgerald is a powerfulpiece.Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all liesin his use of , poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme sc

4、heme.1954, won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of the art ofmodern narration .American literary history, is called “the Recluse of Amherst since sheisolated herself from the outside almost for life.12. “The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story written by .launched two kinds of

5、 immensely popular stories: the sea adventure and the frontiersaga, represented by The Leatherstocking Tales.publication of T. S. Eliots in 1922, the most significant American poem ofthe 20th century, helped to establish a modern tradition of literature rich withlearning and allusive thought.15. “Th

6、e Cop and the Anthem is a short story written by .II. Each of thefollowing statements is followed byfour alternative answers.Choosethe one that would best complete the statement. Then put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 1 point for each)Melville, as well as for the reader and , the narrator,

7、 Moby Dick is still amystery, an ultimately mystery of the universe.A. Stubb B. Ishmael C. Ahab D. Starbuckof the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the “en- mass and the asB. self-well.A. nature of the following is Not one of the main ideas advocated by Ralph EmersonrelianceC. selfD. lifeA.

8、Importance of the Individual B. Faith in ChristianityC. The OverSoul D. SelfRelianceHawthornes novels and short stories,intellectuals usually appear as .A.saviorsB. villainsC.comme ntatorsD. observersAmerica n literature.escaping from the society and returningto nature is a com monsubject. The follo

9、wing titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except.s Sister CarrierTwain s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finns Leatherstocking Taless Waldenof the followi ng is Not optimistic about huma n n atureA.RalphEmers onB. Walt WhitmanC.Natha nielD. He nryHawthor neThoreauIrving was be

10、st known for his famous short stories such as.Van Win kle and Moby DickVan Win kle and The Lege nd of Sleepy HollowGoodman Brownand Moby DickFall of the House of Usher and Rip Van Win kleDickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of the followingis Not a usual subject of her

11、 poetic expressi onA.Religio nB. Life and death marriage D. War and peaceJames is mostly concerned with in his fiction.A. the inner life of human beingsB. small town life in backward regionsC. suffering of the agedD. violent events in historyis called by Hemingway the one from which“all modern Ameri

12、can literature comes.A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. Life on the MississippiC. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. The Gilded AgeFaulkner s works mainly concern the American .A. New England B. South C. Mid West D. Westof Mark Twains contributions to American literature is that he made anaccepte

13、d standard literary medium.A. talltaleB.localcolorismC. humorDcolloquial speechDickinson wrote 1775 poems, but only _ of which had appeared during her life time.A. 7B8C9D. 10writing In a Station of the Metro, Pound got his inspiration from A.EnglishB.sonnetD. FrenchJapanese haikuC. Chinese classical

14、 poetrythe following American writers,has Not won the Nobel Prize for Literature.A.WilliamFaulknerB.Ernest HemingwayC.JohnSteinbeckD. F. S. FitzgeraldFrost is a regional poet in the sense that his poems are mainly concerned about theA.lifeinNewB.York country life in New EnglandC.seaadventuresD. life

15、on the Mississippi Riverworks ofrevealthe misery of the migrant workers becauseofthe AmericanDepression.A.F.S.FitzgeraldB. John SteinbeckC.ErnestHemingwayD. WilliamHowellsMrs.George kill or tobeMarkTheodoreD.C.1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the littlewoman who wrote the bookthat star

16、ted this great war! Who is this woman referred to A.StoweB. Emily DickinsonC.EliotC. Jane Austenis not surprising to find in s fiction a world of jungle, wherekilled was the law.A.TwainB. Emily DickinsonC.DreiserHenry James20.“Lets portray man and woman in a way that we meet them in our real life. m

17、ay be a principle for the characterization of .A. romanticism B. realismnaturalismC. modernismIII. Explain the following and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 5 points for each)color fictionJohn Smith3. “Annabel Lee IV. Answer the following questions briefly, and put your answers on the An

18、swer Sheet.(30%, 10 points for each) s the difference between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson s the symbolic significance ofThe Scarlet Letter美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题二I. Fill in the following blanks and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 1 point for each)was a founding figure of American poetry, who

19、se innovation first of all lies in his use of the free verse, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.publication of Nature established as the most eloquent spokesman of New EnglandTranscendentalism.work, thrift, and sobriety were the Puritan values that dominated much of theearliest Ame

20、rican writing.is considered to be the founder of psychological realism, who believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator.Eden is the novel into which put most of himself.publication of written by T. S. Eliot helped to establish a modern traditionof literature rich with

21、 learning and allusive thought.7. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. This isthe shortest poem written by .the publication ofThe Sun Also Rises , became the spokesman for what GertrudeStein had called “a Lost Generation .9. “The Custom House is an introductory

22、note to the novel .the works attacking the “American Dream, by Fitzgerald is a powerfulpiece.Dickinson wrote 1775 poems, but only of which had appeared during her life time., the tragic hero ofMoby Dick , burning with a baleful fire, becomes evil himself inhis thirst to destroy evil.a poet, heralded

23、 American literary independence: his close observation ofnature distinguished his treatment of indigenous wild life and other native Americansubjects, e. g:The Wild Honey Suckle .publication of Washington Irving s , a collection of essays, sketches andtales, marks the beginning of American romantici

24、sm.15. “The Cop and the Anthem is a short story written by .II. Each of the following statements is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. Put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (30%, 1 point for each)Leaves of Grass , is all that concerned Whitma

25、n.A.individualismB. freedomC. democracyD. all the aboveis the narrator ofA.Moby Dick.AhabB.C.FlaskIshmaelD. Queequeg1837, Ralph Emerson made a speech entitled at Harvard, which was hailed byB. Self-RelianceD.A. Declaration of IndependenceC. Divinity School AddressThe American ScholarTranscendentalis

26、tsindividual is believe that,first, nature is ennobling;and second, theA.viciousbynatureB.insignificantC.forward-lookingD. divineHawthorne s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as .A. saviors B.villainsC. commentatorsD.observersAmerican literature,escaping from the society and ret

27、urningto nature is a commonsubject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subjectexcept s Sister CarrierTwains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finns Leather-Stocking Taless Walden 7. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom be

28、longing to me as good belongs to you.Who could have written these lines .PoeRalph EmersonC.WhitmanD. Henry Thoreauof the following is Not optimistic about human natureA.EmersonB. Walt WhitmanC.HawthorneThoreauof the following statements aboutThe Scarlet Letter is Not true .explores man s never -endi

29、ng search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires. relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters. is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.Irving was best known for his

30、 famous short stories such as .Van Winkle and Moby DickVan Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Goodman Brownand Moby DickFall of the House of Usherand Rip Van WinkleB.WaltRalphNathanielD. HenryDickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is Not a usual subj

31、ect of her poetic expression .A.ReligionB. Life and deathC.LoveandmarriageD. Warand peaceTwain wrote most of his literary works with a language.A. grandpompousC. vernacularperiod ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as A. the Age of RomanticismB.D. simpleB. the Age ofRealismC.theAgeofModer

32、nismColonialismD. the Age ofis called by Hemingway the one from whichall modern American literature comes.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Life on theMississippiC. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD. The Gilded Agemain theme ofs The Art of Fictionreveals his literarycredo thatrepresentation of lif

33、e should be the main object of the novel.A.MarkTwainB. Henry JamesTheodoreC.D.DreiserWilliam Dean Howellsis not surprising to find in killed was the law.s fiction a world of jungle, wherekill or to beA.TwainMarkB. Emily Dickinson C.DreiserTheodoreD.Henry Jamesto Hawthorne, the scarlet LetterA which

34、originally stands for, finallyobtains the meaning ofable or “angel through Hester s efforts.A.arroganceB. adulteryC.agonyC. accomplishmentthe period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark Twainreferred to asA.Agethe Modern AgeC.thetheGoldenB.GildedAgeC. thePuritan AgeFrost is

35、 generally considered to be a regional poet in the sense that his subject22. “In a Station of the MetroimagistB.D.RenaissanceB. the NeoclassicalJazzEngland D. Mid WestFaulkner s works mainly concern the American .A. New England B. South C. Mid West D. West1954, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Litera

36、ture for his“ mastery of the art ofmodern narration. A. T. S. EliotB. Ernest HemingwayC. JohnSteinbeckD. William Faulkneris regarded by critics as a classic specimen of A. the poetry the absurd poetryC. the romantic poetrythe transcendental poetry s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spir

37、it of A. the PeriodPeriodC. the AgeC. the Romantic Periodusually was regarded as the first American writer.A.WilliamBradfordB. Anne BradstreetEmilyC.Dickinsonworks ofC. Captain John Smithreveal the misery of the migrant workers because of the AmericanDepression.A.FitzgeraldB. John SteinbeckC.Hemingw

38、ayWilliam Howellsis NOT a fictional character inA.PearlF.S.ErnestD.The Scarlet LetterB. Arthur DimmesdaleRogerD.C.ChillingworthSantiago87, read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.A.EdwinRobinsonB. Wallace StevensC.CarlSandburgC. Robert Frost28.“Lets portray man and woman in

39、a way that we meet them in our real life. Thismay be a principle for the characterization of .A. romanticism B. realism C. naturalism D. modernism1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the littlewoman who wrote the bookthat started this great war! Who is this woman referred to .A. Mrs. Stowe

40、B. Emily DickinsonC. George EliotD. Jane Austenhis novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly .A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. confidentD. contentedIII. Explain the following and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (15%, 5 points for each)1. New England literary renaissanc

41、e2. “My Lost Youth (by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)3. William Dean HowellsIV. Make a brief comment on the following and put your answers on the Answer Sheet.(20%, 10 points for each)Romanticism.Meeber in Sister Carrier美国文学期末考试试卷模拟试题三I. Complete eachof the following statements with properwords orphras

42、es. (20%, 1point for each)1817, the statelypoem called “Thanatopsis introducedthe bestpoet, toappear in America up to that time.Fennimore Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popularstories:the sea adventureandEmerson was recognized throughout his life as the leaderofmovement, yet henever applied

43、the term to himself or to his beliefs and ideas.Melville s novelis a tremendous chronicleof a whaling voyage in pursuit of aseemingly supernatural white whale.the early 19 th century, Washington Irving wrote which became the first work byan American writer to win financial success on both sides of t

44、he Atlantic.1845, Henry David Thoreau began a two-year residence at Pond.his death, became the only American to be honored with a bust in the PoetsCorner of Westminster Abbey.American Romantic period stretches from the end of the 18th century through the outburst of the .arbiter of 19 th century lit

45、erary realism in America was .poetic style Walt Whitman devised is now called , which is poetry without afixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.is considered the founder of psychological realism. He believed that reality lies inthe impressions made by life on the spectator.is the novel into which Jack L

46、ondon put most of himself. Henry s is a very moving story of a young couple who sell their bestpossessions in order to get money for a Christmas present for each other.was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the“ Imagist movement.1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald completed his best novel

47、. It is the story of anidealist who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.Hemingway s stature as a writer was confirmed with the publication of his novel in 1929. The novel portrayed a farewell both to war and to love.was the foremost novelist of the Ameri

48、can Depression of the 1930s.Fau lkner considered to be“ the first truly American writer.a genre, naturalism emphasized heredity and as important deterministic forcesshaping individualized characters that were presented in special and detailed circumstances.series of sixteen pamphlets by Thomas Paine

49、 was entitled .II. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers or completions. Choose the one that is the best in each case. (30%, 1 point for each)Dick was dedicated to .A. Ralph Emerson B. Nathaniel HawthorneC. HenryThoreau D. Henry Longfellowwas Mark Twains mast

50、erpiece from which, as Hemingway noted, “all modern American literature comes. A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Life on the MississippiD. The Gilded Ageusually was regarded as the first American writer.A. Emily BradfordBradstreetC.DickinsonSmithFranklin was the

51、epitome of the .A. American EnlightenmentC. Chartist movementRomanticistJefferson s attitude, that is, a firm happiness, is typical of the period we now call _A.EvolutionReasonB. AnnEmilyD. JohnB. Sugar ActD.belief in progress, and t he pursuit ofofB. Age ofB.B. Self-RelianceC. Age of Romanticism D.

52、 Age of Regionalisma literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the 1830sto the Civil War.A. modernismrationalismC.sentimentalismD. transcendentalismis NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American ScholarC. The Divinity School Address D. Civil Disobedience is a good re

53、ason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actually on thePuritan soil. A.RomanticismB. SymbolismC.MysticismC. Rationalismliterature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was .A.BradstreetJane AustenC.DickinsonHarriet Beecherof the following statements about O. Henry

54、is NOT rightA. He wrote about the poor people.B. The ends of his stories are always surprising.C. Many of his stories contain a great deal of slang and colloquial expressions.D. The plots are usually clumsy.main theme of s The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credorepresentation of life should be the main object of the novel.A.JamesAnneB.EmilyD.thatHenryB.William HowellsC.MarkTwainD. O. Henryof the following does NOT have a naturalist tendencyA.Ste