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1、201 3201 4年第 一 学期武昌理工学院试题 课程名称：美国文学名著选读 适用专业班级：英语1101-1104班 考试时间：90分钟 A B 卷 开 闭 卷题号IIIIIIIVVVI总分阅卷人题分103020101020100得分 Part I. True or false statements. ( 10 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are 10 statements. Decide whether they are true or false; if they true, w

2、rite T; if false, write F.1.Early in the sixth century, the English settlements in California and Massachusetts began the main stream of what we recognize as the American national history. 2.The first writings that we call American were the narratives and journals of the native Indians.3.The colonie

3、s that became the first United States were for the most part English.4.At the initial period the spread of ideas of the American Enlightenment was largely due to journalism. 5.Benjamin Franklin seemed to represent the age of reason and revolution in his paradoxical faith in both social order and in

4、natural rights, in love of stability and devotion to revolutionary change.6.As a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical.7.Romantic writers in the 19th century placed increasing value on the free expression of emotion and displayed increasing attention to the psychic

5、 states of their characters.8.With a vast group of supporting characters, virtuous or villainous, James Fenimore Cooper made the America conscious of his past, and made the European conscious of America.9. In 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson published his first book, Nature, which met with a wild reception

6、.10.All his literary life, Nathaniel Hawthorne seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil in life.Part II. Multiple choices.(30 points, 1 point for each)1. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the settlement of America in the early 17th century through the end of

7、_ century.A. the 18th B. the 19th C. the 20th D. the 21st2. New-Englands Plantation was published in 1630 by _ A. Francis Higginson B. William BradfordC. John Smith D. Michael Wigglesworth3. Of all the books the one written by Herman Melville is _ A. The Flesh and the Spirit B. Moby DickC. The True

8、Travels D. Christopher Columbus4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the _.A. Sugar Act B. American EnlightenmentC. Chartist movement D. Romanticist5. What style did the seventeenth century American poets adapt to the subject matter confronted in a strangely new environment?A.The style of their ow

9、n.B.The style of established European poets.C.The style mixed with native-American and British tradition.D.The style mixed with English and American elements.6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brothers newspaper called _ A. New York Times B. Washington PostC. Salmagundi D. Daily Ne

10、ws7. History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of _ A. Washington Irving B. Diedrich KnickerbokerC. James Fenimore Cooper D. John Whittier8. Rip Van Winkle was written by _ A. James Fenimore Cooper B. Washington Irving C. Benjamin Franklin D. Walt Whitman9. The Spy was written by Jame

11、s Fenimore Cooper in 1821. It is a novel about _ A. American Civil War B. American RevolutionC. American West Expansion D. The First World War10. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Coopers _ A. The Precaution B. Leatherstocking Tales C. The Gleanings in Europe D. The Spy11. _ was regarded as a poet of the

12、American RevolutionA. Philip Freneau B. Walt WhitmanC. Robert Frost D. Cal Sandburg12. The Raven was written in 1844 by _ A. Philip Freneau B. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Emily Dickinson13. The Ministers Black Veil was written by _ A. Edgar Allan Poe B. Nathaniel HawthorneC. Henr

13、y David Thoreau D. Ralph Waldo Emerson14. 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 Muse15. The ship _ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat i

14、ts way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. Sunflower B. MayflowerC. Armada D. Titanic16. A new _ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th ce

15、ntury.A. Realism B. Critical realismC. Romanticism D. Naturalism17. Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story, Rip Van Winkle, from a _ A. Greek legend B. German legendC. French legend D. English legend18. Rip Van Winkle is found in Irvings longer work, _ A. History of New York B. The

16、 Sketch BookC. Tales of a Traveler D. The Precaution19. _ was often regarded as Americas first man of letters, devoting much of his career to literature.A. Benjamin Franklin B. Washington IrvingC. Philip Freneau D. James Fenimore Cooper20. All the following novels are in Coopers Leatherstocking Tale

17、s except _ A. The Pioneers B. The SpyC. The Deerslayer D. The Prairie 21. _ defined realism as nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material”, and he best exemplified his theories in three novels. Choose them from the following.A. William Dean Howells B. Mark TwainC. Henry Ja

18、mes D. Walt Whitman22. Mark Twain created, in_ , a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry FinnC. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgD. The Gilded Age23. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth

19、 century. This was _.A. Anne Bradstreet B. Emily Dickinson C. Jane Austen D. Harriet Beecher24. Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the en-mass and the _ as well.A. nature B. self C. self-reliance D. life25. _is not the representative writer in the Age of Realism in the literary hi

20、story of the United States.A. Henry James B. Emily DickinsonC. William Dean Howells D. Mark Twain26. _explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives its name to the get-rich-quick years of the post Civil War era.A. Innocents Abroad B. Roughin

21、g ItC. The Gilded Age D. The Middle Years27. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A. Sentimentalism B. realism C.Romanticism C. D. naturalism 28. Whitmans “There was a child

22、went forth” is a poem aboutA. a soldier going into the battlefieldB.the birth of a new lifeC.a tragic boyhood experienceD.the growth of a child29. We can perhaps summarize that Walt Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features except they are A. conversational and crude B.lyrical a

23、nd well-structuredC.wimple and rather crude D.free-flowing30. Who among the following is a poet of free verse?A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Walt WhitmanC. Herman Melville D. Theodore DreiserPart III. Short easy questions. (20 points, 5 points for each)1. What are the main features of Puritanism?2. What

24、is the main plot of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? Summarize it in one sentence.3. What are the symbols used in The Scarlet Letter? List at least five of them.4. What is alliteration? Use examples to illustrate this.Part IV. Passage Identification. (10 points, 2 points for each)Directions: In this par

25、t of the test, there are 5 passages. Please give the name of the work for them. Passage 1Tom Sawyer stepped forward with conceited confidence and soared into the unquenchable and indestructible Give me liberty or give me death speech, with fine fury and frantic gesticulation, and broke down in the m

26、iddle of it. A ghastly stage fright seized him, his legs quaked under him, and he was like to choke. True, he had the manifest sympathy of the house - but he had the house s silence, too, which was even worse than its sympathy. The master frowned, and this completed the disaster. Tom struggled awhil

27、e and then retired, defeated.Work _Passage 2nWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness? That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, derivin

28、g their just powers from the consent of the governed; That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.Work _Passage 3Arms and the clarion for the battle, but the song of thanksgiving to the victory! answered the liberate

29、d David. Friend, he added, thrusting forth his lean, delicate hand forwards Hawkeye, in kindness, while his eyes twinkled and grew moist, I thank thee the hairs of my head still grow where they were first rooted by Providence for, though those of other men may be more glossy and curling, I have ever

30、 found mine own well suited to the brain they shelter. That I did not join myself been to the battle, was less owing to disinclination, than to the bonds of the heathen. Valiant and skilful hast thou proved thyself in the conflict, and I hereby thank thee, before proceeding to discharge other and mo

31、re important duties, because thou hast proved thyself well worthy of a Christian s praise. .Work _Passage 4Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some on

32、e gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber doorOnly this, and nothing more. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had tried to b

33、orrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow -sorrow for the lost.Work _Passage 5I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.Work _Part V. Appreciation. (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there

34、 are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by several questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. Part AIf nothing once, you nothing lose,For when you die you are the same;The space between, is but an hour,The frail duration of a flower.Questions:1. Who is the

35、 poet of the poem and what is the title of the poem?2. Tell the rhyme scheme of the poem. Part BThe opinions of this Junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning till night, just moving su

36、fficiently to avoid the sun and keep in the shade of a large tree; so that the neighbors could tell the hour by his movements as accurately as by a sundial. It is true he was rarely heard to speak, but smoked his pipe incessantly. His adherents, however (for every great man has his adherents), perfe

37、ctly understood him, and knew how to gather his opinions. When anything that was read or related displeased him, he was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently, and to send forth short, frequent and angry puffs; but when pleased, he would inhale the smoke slowly and tranquilly, and emit it in light an

38、d placid clouds; and sometimes, taking the pipe from his mouth, and letting the fragrant vapor curl about his nose, would gravely nod his head in token of perfect approbation. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife, who would suddenly break in upon the t

39、ranquility of the assemblage and call the members all to naught; nor was that august personage, Nicholas Vedder himself, sacred from the daring tongue of this terrible virago, who charged him outright with encouraging her husband in habits of idleness.Questions:1. Who was the writer of this story? W

40、hat is the title of this story? 2. Who was Nicholas Vedder? How did he express his opinions on public matters? Part VI. Essay writing. (20 points)Directions : choose one from the following topics and write an essay within 100 words.1. One theme of American literary works is American Dream. Explain i

41、t and comment it. You can use literary works as quotations if necessary.2. What do you know about Gothic style? Explain it from different aspects.3. What are the differences and similarities between American Realism and Naturalism?4. What are the differences and similarities between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson?