美国文学期末试卷及答案

《美国文学》期末考试试卷（艮卷）

/.PoorRichard'sAlmanac()

2.TheHouseoftheSevenGables()

3.“Raven”()

4.MyAntonia()

5.Babbitt()

6.AStreetcarNamedDesire()

7.Maggie:AGirloftheStreets()

8.AFarewelltoArms()

9.TheCalloftheWild()

10.LongDay'sJourneyintoNight()

11.CommonSense()

12.€tRipVanWinkled)

13.Walden^)

14.TheSongofHiawatha()

15.UncleTom'sCahin{)

16.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn()

17.SisterCarrie()

18.TheWasteLand()

19.AFarewelltoAn?is()

2().TheGreatGatsby{)

1.definedpoetiyastherhythmicalcreationofbeauty.

2.WhileworkingfortheVirginiaCityTerritorialEnterprise,SamuelLanghorne

Clemensadoptedthepseudonym,thewayofaboatmantaking

soundings,andmeaningtwofathoms.

3.EzraPoundinitiatedacampaignfor,whichemphasizedthedirect

treatmentofanobjectorsituation.Healsoadvocatedthelanguageofcommon

speech,butalwaystheexactword.

4.Fitzgeraldsummarizedtheexperiencesandattitudesofthe1920sdecadeinhis

masterpiecenovel.

5.isthefirstAmericantowintheNobelPrizeforLiteratureforhis

vigorousandgraphicartofdescriptionandhisabilitytocreate,withwitandhumor,

newtypesofcharacters.

6.ThefirstofAmericanliteraturewasnotwrittenbyanAmerican,butby

.aBritishcaptain,whothusbecamethefirstAmerican

writer.

7.hasbeenconsideredthe<4FatherofmodernAmericanPoetry.'

8.wasagreatdemocraticpoet.Heisalsothegreatpoetto

usetheformoffreeverse.

9.isthefirstAmericanlyricpoet.

1().isalsocallednoveloftheroad,itstringstheincidents

onthelineofthehero'stravel.

HI.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriate

answer.(30%)

1.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment,

wasthedominantspirit.

A.Humanism

B.Rationalism

C.Revolution

D.Evolution

2.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution^?

A.MichaelWigglesworth

B.EdwardTaylor

C.AnneBradstreet

D.PhilipFreneau

3.ThefinestexampleofHawthorne'ssymbolisniistherecreationofPuritanBostonin

A.TheScarletLetter

B.YoungGoodmanBrown

C.TheMarbleFaun

D.TheAmbitiousGuest

4.wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.

A.Thoreau

B.Emerson

C.Hawthorne

D.Whitman

5.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.InnocentsAbroad

C.LifeontheMississippi

D.TheRiseofSilasLapham

6.Whichisregardedasthe^DeclarationofIntellectualIndcpcndcnce^^?

A.TheAmericanScholar

B.EnglishTraits

C.TheConductofLife

D.RepresentativeMen

7.Melville'sisanencyclopediaofeverything,history,

philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthe

whalingindustry.

A.TheOldManandtheSea

B.MobyDick

C.WhiteJacket

D.BillyBudd

8.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.This

was.

A.AnneBradstreet

B.JaneAusten

C.EmilyDickinson

D.HarrietBeecher

9.ThemainthemeofTheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothat

representationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.

A.HenryJames'

B.WilliamDeanHowells'

C.MarkTwain's

D.O.Henry's

10.showedgreatinterestinChineseliteratureandtranslatedthepoetryof

LiPointoEnglish,andwasinfluencedbyConfucianideas.

A.EzraPound

B.RobertFrost

C.T.S.Eliot

D.E.E.Cummings

11.WithWilliamDeanHowells,HenryJames,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,

becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthenineteenth

century.

A.sentimentalism

B.romanticism

C.realism

D.naturalism

12.EzraPound'slongpoemcontainedmorethanonehundredpoems

looselyconnected.

A.TheWasteLand

B.TheCantos

C.DonJuan

D.QueenMab

13.InParis,ErnestHemingway,alongwith,accomplishedarevolution

inliterarystyleandlanguage.

A.GertrudeStein

D.EzraPound

C.JamesJoyce

D.alloftheabove

14.tellstheJoadfamily'slifefromthetimetheywereevictedfromtheir

farminOklahomauntiltheirfirstwinterinCalifornia.

A.OfMiceandMen

B.TheGrapesofWrath

C.TheGreatGatsby

D.ForWhomtheBellTolls

15.ThetwoareasonwhichthemodemAmericanwritersconcentratedtheircriticism

werethefailuresofAmericansocietyand.

A.thefailureofcommunicationamongAmericans

B.theeconomicdepression

C.theextremeprosperityofAmerica

D.theparadiseofNewLand

IV.ChooseTENofthefollowinganddecidewhetherthestatementsare

trueorfalse.(10%)

1.Allhisliterarylife,Hawthorneseemedtobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandevilin

life.

2.MostofthepoemsinLeavesofGrassareaboutloveandreligion.

3.TheFirstWorldWarledtheAmericanintellectualstoabitterdisillusionment.

4.Hemingway'sworkshavesometimesbeenreadasanessentiallynegativecommentary

onamodernworldfilledwithsterility,failure,anddeath.

5.MarkTwain'sregionwastheDeepSouth,withitsbitterhistoryofslavery,civilwar

anddestruction.

6.ErnestHemingwaydevelopedaspare,tight,reportorialprosebasedonsimplesentence

structureandusingarestrictedvocabulary,preciseimagery,andanimpersonal,dramatic

tone.

7.JohnSteinbeck*sthemewasusuallythatsimplehumanvirtuessuchaskindnessand

fairtreatmentwerefarsuperiortoofficialhard-heartedness,orthedehumanizingcruelty

ofexploitersfortheirowncommercialadvantage.

8.Short-lived,theImagistmovementfailedtoexertatremendousinfluenceonmodern

poetry.

9.RobertFrostwonfourNobelPrizesinhislife.

1().Inhisnovels,F.ScottFitzgeraldhadrevealedthestridencyofanageofglittering

innocence,hehadportrayedthehollownessoftheAmericanworshipofrichesandthe

unendingAmericandreamoflove,splendorandfulfilleddesires.

1\.OfPlymouthPlantationwaswrittenbyWilliamBradford.

12.Realiststhoughthighlyofindividualstatusandrcleintheworld.Theromanticists

preferredtheinnateorintuitiveperceptionbytheheartofman.Theythoughtthatman

wasessentiallyofgoodwill,onlythecivilizedsocietymadehimdegenerate.They

pointedout,themeanstouprootevilsandtosavemankindwashabits,andtoreturnto

“naturalprimitivestate”.

13.DeistsbelievedinaCreatorGod,butrejectedprovidcnce(Godlydirection)and

revelation(divinewillorGodly"truth")infavorofreason.

14..PresidentLincolnpraisedAnneBradstreetas“ihelittlewomanwhowrotethebook

thatmadethisgreatwar.”

15.EdgarAllanPoewrotetwopoemsbothentitled"ToHelen”.

16.ThethinkingofLocke,Hobbes,andRousseaualsogreatlyinfluencedtheactive

thinkingofAmericanswhobecameincreasinglyconcernedwiththepossibilityof

buildingagovernment.LockeandRousseaurepresentedtheimpulsefora

Jeffersoniandemocracy,andHobbesrepresentedthepointofview,oftenexpressed

byHamilton,ofastrongcentralgovernment.

17.Hemingway,Pound.Cummings,DosPassos,andFitzgerald,belongtotheschoolof

“BeatGeneration”.

18.F.ScottFitzgeraldiscalledtheleaderandpoetlaureateoftheJazzAgewhowrotethe

novelsoftheJazzAge.

19.YoknapatawphasagaisanameforJohnSteinbeck'snovels.

20.“Thanatopsis“isawordBryantborrowedfromGreekmeaning^meditationondea:hM.

V.ChooseTHREEofthefollowingfragmentsandanswerthe

questions.(20%)

PassageOne

Lo!inyoubrilliantwindow-niche

Howstatue-likeIseetheestand,

Theagatelampwithinthyhand!

Ah,Psyche,fromtheregionswhich

ArcHoly-Land!

Questions:

1.Thisisthelaststanzaofapoem叮oHelen”.Itswriteris.(1%)

2.WithwhomisHelenassociatedinthisstanza?(1%)

3.Howtoappreciatethebeautyofthispoem?(3%)

Passage2

Ishallbetellingthiswithasigh

Somewhereagesandageshcncc:

Tworoadsdivergedinawood,andI-

Itooktheonelesstraveledby,

Andthathasmadeallthedifference

Questions:

I.Whois;thewriterofthis;poem?(1%)

2.Whatisthetitleofthispoem?(1%)

3.Whatkindoffeelingdoesthisstanzashow?(3%)

4.Howdoyouappreciatethispoem?(3%)

Passage3

IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfacts

oflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcametodie,

discoverthat1hadnotlived.1didnotwishtolivewhatwasnotlite,livingissodear;nor

didIwishtopractiseresignation,unlessitwasquitenecessary.Iwantedtolivedeepand

suckoutallthemarrowoflife,tolivesosturdilyandSpartan-likeastopultoroutallthat

wasnotlife,tocutabroadswathandshaveclose,todrivelifeintoacomer,andreduceit

toitslowestterms,and,ifitprovedtobemean,whythentogetthewholeandgenuine

meannessofit,andpublishitsmeannesstotheworld;orifitweresublime,toknowitby

experience,andbeabletogiveatrueaccountofitinmynextexcursion.Formostmen,it

appearstome,areinastrangeuncertaintyaboutit,whetheri(isofthedevilorofGod.

Questions:

1.Thispassageis:akenfromafamousworkentitled.(1%)

2.Theauthoroftheworkis.(1%)

3.Listbyyourselfatleastfivereasonsthattheauthorgivesforgoingtoliveinthe

woods.(5%)

Passage4

But,ononesideoftheportal(入口)，androotedalmostatthethreshold,wasawild

rose-bush,covered,inthismonthofJune,withitsdelicategems,whichmightbe

imaginedtooffertheirfragranceandfragilebeautytotheprisonerashewentin,andto

(hecondemnedcriminalashecameforthtohisdoom,intokenthatthedeepheartof

Naturecouldpityandbekindlohim.

Questions:

1.Thispartisfromthenovel,writtenby.(2%)

2.Whatdoes"ihewildrosebush“symbolizeaccordingtoyouropinion?(5%)

Passage5

OftenIthinkofthebeautifultown

Thatisseatedbythesea;

Ofteninthoughtgoupanddown

Thepleasantstreetsofthatdearoldtown,

Andmyyouthcomesbacktome.

AndaverseofaLaplandsong

Ishauntingmymemorystill:

"Aboy'swillisthewind'swill,

Andthethoughtsofyoutharelong,longthoughts."

Questions:

I.ThestanzaisUkenfromthepoem?(1%)

2.Theauthorofthepoemis.(1%)

3.TheseventhlineineachStanzaofthispoemcontainsakeyword,usuallya

verb,whichsumsupthefeelingestablishedinthestanza.Whatisiheverband

whatkindfeelingthatitconveys?(4%)

Passage6

Thouhastanhouseonhigherect.

FramedbythatmightyArchitect,

Withgloryrichlyfurnished,

Standspermanentthoughthisbefled.

Ifspurchasedandpaidfbrtoo

ByHimwhohathenoughtodo.

Questions:

1.Thisstanzaistakenfromthepoemby.(2%)

2.Whalisone'srealhouseaccordingtothepoet?(5%)

VI.ChooseTWOofthefollowingandCommentonthem.(20%)

1.NathanielHawthorne^TheScarletLetter.(10%)

2.EmilyDickinson'suBecauseICouldnotstopforDeath0.(10%)

3.RalphWaldoEmerson'sSelf-Reliance.(10%)

《美国皇文学》期末考试试卷2卷答案暨评分标准

I.ChooseTENofthefollowingworksandwritethenamesofthe

authors.(1*10=10%)

1.BenjaminFranklin

2.NathanielHawthorne

3.EdgarAllanPoc

4.WillaCather

5.SinclairLewis

6.TennesseeWilliams

7.StephenCrane

8.ErnestHemingv/ay

9.JackLondon

10.EugeneO'Neill

11.ThomasPaine

12.WashingtonIrving

13.HenryDavidThoreau

14.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

15.HarrietBeecherStowe

16.MarkTwin

17.TheodoreDreiser

18.T.S.Eliot

19.ErnestHemingv/ay

20.F.ScottFitzgerald

II・ChooseFIVEofthefollowingandfillintheblanks.(2*5=10%)

1.EdgarAllanPoe

2.MarkTwain

3.Imagism

4.TheGreatGatsby

5.SinclairLewis

6.JohnSmith

7.EzraPound

8.WaltWhitman

9.WilliamCullenBryant

1().Picaresquenovel

HI.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriate

answer.(2*15=30%)

1B2D3A4B5D

6A7B8C9A10A

11C12B13D14B15A

IV.ChooseTENofthefollowinganddecidewhetherthestatementsare

trueorfalse.(1*10=10%)

1T.F3T4T5F

6T7r8F9F10T

11r12F13T14F15r

16T17F18T19F2()T

V.ChooseTHREEofthefollowingfragmentsandanswerthe

questions.(20%)

Passage1

1.EdgarAllanPoe(1)

2.Psyche(1)

3.Thebeautyofform.(diction,rhymeandrhythm,rhetoricaldevices.)

Thebeautyofcontent.(3)

Passage2

1.RobertFrost(1)

2."StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening"⑴

3.Thispoemiswritteninclassicfive-linestanzas,withtherhymeschemea-b-a-a-b

andconversationalrhythm.Thepoemseemstobeaboutthepoet,walkinginthewood