期末复习题-美国文学简史

得分评分人Blanks:(10points,1pointforeachblank)Directions:Inthispartofthetest,thereare9itemsand10blanks.FillinthebestanswerontheAnswerSheetaccordingtotheknowledgeyouhavelearned.ThefirstAmericanliteraturewasneither____norreally____.OftheimmigrantswhocametoAmericainthefirstthreequartersoftheseventeenthcentury,theoverwhelmingmajoritywas_____.TheEnglishimmigrantswhosettledonAmerica’snorthernseacoastwerecalled_____,sonamedafterthosewhowishedto“purify”theChurchofEngland.WashingtonIrving,theFatherofAmericanliterature,developedthe_____asagenreinAmericanliterature.Franklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece_____.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas_____.Intheearly19thcentury,“RipVanWinkle”hadestablished_____’sreputationathomeandabroad,anddesignatedthebeginningofAmericanRomanticism._____hassometimesbeenconsideredthefatherofthemodernshortstory.In1850,NathanielHawthornebroughtouthismasterpiece_____,thestoryofatriangularloveaffairincolonialAmerica.得分评分人Multiplechoice:(20points,1pointforeach)Directions:Inthispartofthetest,therearetwentyitems.ChoosethebestanswerandwritethecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.1.TheColonialPeriodofAmericanliteraturestretchedroughlyfromthesettlementofAmericaintheearly17thcenturythroughtheendof________century.A.the18thB.the19thC.the20thD.21th2.New-England’sPlantationwaspublishedin1630by________A.FrancisHigginsonB.WilliamBradfordC.JohnSmithD.MichaelWigglesworth3.OfallthebookswrittenbyMichaelWigglesworththebeatknownis________A.TheFleshandtheSpiritB.TheTrueTravelsC.TheDayofDoomD.ChristopherColumbus4.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe______. A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarAct C.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist5.InthefirstsectionofAutobiographythewriteraddressedto________A.hissonB.hisfriendsC.hiswifeD.himself6.During1807-1808,WashingtonIrvingwroteforhisbrother’snewspapercalled________A.NewYorkTimesB.WashingtonPostC.SalmagundiD.DailyNews7.HistoryofNewYorkwaspublishedin1807underthenameof________A.WashingtonIrvingB.DiedrichKnickerbokerC.JamesFenimoreCooperD.JohnWhittier8.RipVanWinklewaswrittenby________A.JamesFenimoreCooperB.BenjaminFranklinC.WashingtonIrvingD.WaltWhitman9.TheSpywaswrittenbyJamesFenimoreCooperin1821.Itisanovelabout________A.AmericanCivilWarB.AmericanRevolutionC.AmericanWestExpansionD.TheFirstWorldWar10.NattyBumppoistheheroinCooper’s________A.ThePrecautionB.TheSpyC.TheGleaningsinEuropeD.LeatherstockingTales11.________wasregardedasapoetoftheAmericanRevolutionA.PhilipFreneauB.WaltWhitmanC.RobertFrostD.CalSandburgPartAFrommorningsunsandeveningdewsAtfirstthylittlebeingcame:Ifnothingonce,younothinglose,Forwhenyoudieyouarethesame;Thespacebetween,isbutanhour,Thefraildurationofaflower.1.Whoisthepoetofthepoemandwhatisthetitleofthepoem?(2points)2.Tellthemetricalstructureandrhymeschemeofthepoem.(1point)3.Whatdoesthe“littlebeing”referto?Whatmeaningissuggestedbythephrase“butanhour”?(2points)PartBTheopinionsofthisjuntowerecompletelycontrolledbyNicholasVedder,apatriarchofthevillage,andlandlordoftheinn,atthedoorofwhichhetookhisseatfrommorningtillnight,justmovingsufficientlytoavoidthesunandkeepintheshadeofalargetree;sothattheneighborscouldtellthehourbyhismovementsasaccuratelyasbyasundial.Itistruehewasrarelyheardtospeak,butsmokedhispipeincessantly.Hisadherents,however(foreverygreatmanhashisadherents),perfectlyunderstoodhim,andknewhowtogatherhisopinions.Whenanythingthatwasreadorrelateddispleasedhim,hewasobservedtosmokehispipevehemently,andtosendforthshort,frequentandangrypuffs;butwhenpleased,hewouldinhalethesmokeslowlyandtranquilly,andemititinlightandplacidclouds;andsometimes,takingthepipefromhismouth,andlettingthefragrantvaporcurlabouthisnose,wouldgravelynodhisheadintokenofperfectapprobation.FromeventhisstrongholdtheunluckyRipwasatlengthroutedbyhistermagantwife,whowouldsuddenlybreakinuponthetranquilityoftheassemblageandcallthemembersalltonaught;norwasthataugustpersonage,NicholasVedderhimself,sacredfromthedaringtongueofthisterriblevirago,whochargedhimoutrightwithencouragingherhusbandinhabitsofidleness.1.Whowasthewriterofthisstory?Whatisthetitleofthisstory?(2points)2.WhowasNicholasVedder?(1point)3.Howdidheexpresshisopinionsonpublicmatters?(2points)Comment.(20points,10pointsforeach)Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youaregivenfivetopics.ChooseTWOofthemandgiveacommentontheAnswerSheet.Scoreswillbegivenaccordingtothecontent,grammarandthecompletenessoftherelatedknowledge.WhatarethefeaturesofliteratureinColonialAmerica?CommentonBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiography.CommentonNathanielHawthorne’swritingtechniques.WhatphilosophicalmeaningisimpliedinPhilipFreneau’s“TheWildHoneySuckle”?WhataretheartisticachievementsofEdgarAllanPoe?答案Blanks:(10%)(每题1分，共10分，答错不给分)1.Americanliterature2.English3.Puritans4.shortstory5.Autobiography6.PhilipFreneau7.WashingtonIrving8.EdgarAllanPoe9.TheScarletLetterMultipleChoice:(20%)(每题1分，共20分，答错不给分)1.A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.C 9.B 10.D11.A 12.B 13.B 14.B 15.C 16.C 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.DIdentification(20%)（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）JamesFenimoreCooperWashingtonIrvingAnneBradstreetMichaelWigglesworthWashingtonIrvingJamesFenimoreCooperPhilipFreneauWilliamCullenBryantEdgarAllanPoeEdgarAllanPoeNathanielHawthorneEdgarAllanPoeAnneBradstreetWashingtonIrvingJamesFenimoreCooperPhilipFreneauWilliamCullenBryantEdgarAllanPoeNathanielHawthornePhilipFreneauTerms(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。）TranscendentalismKeywords:Emerson,Thoreau,nature,intuition,oversoul,individualism,spirit,idealism,Romanticism,etc.FreeVerseKeywords:withoutfixedbeat,regularrhymescheme,Whitman,LeavesofGrass,etc.3.LeatherstockingTalesKeywords:Cooper,fivenovels,NattyBumppo,frontier,frontiersman,lifefromyouthtooldage,ThePioneer,TheLastoftheMohicans,ThePrairie,ThePathfinder,TheDeerslayer,etc.4.Puritanismkeywords:Calvin,purify,hardwork,thrift,predestination,salvation,sin,God,fromEnglandtoAmerica,immigration,etc.5.BenjaminFranklinkeywords:statesman,scientistandwriter,Autobiography,PoorRichard’sAlmanac,puritan,hardworkandthrift,successful,contributions,printer,etc.Appreciation(10%)（每题5分，共10分。评卷人可以按照问题及内容酌情给分）PartAPhilipFreneau’s（1分）TheWildHoneySuckle（1分）Itiswritteniniambictetrameter,therhymeschemeisababcc.（1分）“Littlebeing”referstothewildhoneysuckle.（1分）“Butanhour”meansthelifespanofafloweri