美国文学自测题及答案.docx

1、美国文学自测题及答案 美国文学自测题及答案得分评分人I. Multiple choice:(20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. Whitman published his first edition of _ in 1855.a. Leaves of Grass b. The Scarlet

2、Letterc. “Hymn to The Night” d. “The Secret of the Sea”2. Dreisers naturalism and his choice of subject often echo his predecessor, _, but his style and method are very different.a. Mark Twain b. Stephen Cranec. Henry James d. Emerson3. Sister Carrie written by _ is considered as one of the represen

3、tative naturalistic novel in the American literature.a. Sinclair Lewis b. Theodore Dreiserc. F. Scott Fitagerald d. H.L.Mencken4 Mark Twains _ tells a story of his boyhood ambitious to become a riverboat pilot, up and down the Mississippi.a. Roughing Itb. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc. Life on

4、 the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer5. Stephen Cranes style has been called realistic, _ and impressionistic.a. romantic b. naturalisticc. classical d. imagining6. _ is the scene of Dreisers Sister Carrie.a. New York b. Chicagoc. California d. Washington7. Which is generally regarded as t

5、he Bible of New England Transcendentalism?a. Nature b. Waldenc. On Beauty d. Self-Reliance8. Melvilles _ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.a. The Old Man and the Sea b. Moby Dickc. White J

6、acket d. Billy Budd9. Mark Twain created, in _, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.a. Huckleberry Finn b. Tom Sawyerc. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg d. The Gilded Age10. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th centu

7、ry. This was _.a. Anne Bradstreet b. Jane Austenc. Emily Dickinson d. Harriet Beecher11. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, _ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a. sentimentalism b. Romanticismc. realism d. naturalism12. Leaves of Grass has

8、 _ editions.a. nine b. fivec. six d. seven13. _ is not among the artistic features of Whitmans writing.a. The use of the poetic “I” b. Free versec. Musicality or rhythm d. Allegory14. Melvilles _ is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a gentle youth among brutal sailors.a. Typ

9、ee b. Redburnc. White Jacket d. Billy Budd15. _ is not among the writing features of Melvilles works.a. symbolism b. allgoryc. psychological analyses d. Dramatic monologue16. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by _.a. Mark Twain b. Henry Jamesc. Emily Dickinson d. Theodore Dreis

10、er17. _ is regarded by H. L. Menken as “the true father of American national literature.”a. Emily Dickinson b. Henry Jamesc. Mark Twain d. Theodore Dreiser18. _, being a boys book specially written for the adults, is Mark Twains most representative book.a. Roughing It b. The Adventures of Huckleberr

11、y Finnc. Life on the Mississippid. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer19. Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _.a. the love and marriage themeb. the theme of humor and satire on lifec. the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalismd. the

12、international theme 20. Within Dickinsons little lyrics, she addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings, which exclude _.a. religion b. Friendshipc. love d. immortality得分评分人II. Match. (20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for

13、 the following works and put them onto the Answer Sheet.A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman Melville D. Henry W. LongfellowE. Walt Whitman F. Emily DickinsonG. Mark Twain H. Stephen CraneI. Henry James1.A 2.E 3.E 4.C 5.C 6.G 7. I 8.I 9. F 10.F11. H 12.B 13. D 14.G 15. D 16. H 17.G

14、 18.F 19. A 20.E1. Self-reliance ( )2. There Was a Child Went Forth ( )3. There Was a Child Went Forth ( )4. White Jacket ( )5. Moby Dick ( )6. Life on the Mississippi ( )7. Daisy Miller ( )8. What Maisie Knew ( )9. This is My Letter to the World ( )10. I Like to See It Lap the Miles ( )11. A Red Ba

15、dge of Courage ( )12. Civil Disobedience ( )13. Voices of the Night ( )14. The Gilded Age ( )15. Hiawatha ( )16. Maggie, A Girl of the Streets ( )17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( )18. I Heard a Fly BuzzWhen I Died ( )19. The American Scholar ( )20. Song of Myself ( )得分评分人III. Terms (20 points, 4 p

16、oints for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1. Free Verse2. Transcendentalism3. American Realism4. American Naturalism5. L

17、ocal Color得分评分人IV. Appreciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part A Success Success is counted sweetest Those who neer su

18、cceed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple host Who took the flag today Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory, As he, defeated, dying, On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Break, agonized and clear.1. Who is the author of the poem? (1)2. Ac

19、cording to the poem, what best understands success? (1)3. In your opinion, who wants most to succeed? (1)4. Translate the first stanza into Chinese. (2)Part BI heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls!I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial wal

20、ls!I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop oer me from above;The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one of I love.I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold, soft chimes,That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poets rhymes.From the cool cisterns

21、of the midnight air My spirit drank repose;The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,- From those deep cisterns flows.O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before!Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care, And they complain no more.Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this pr

22、ayer! Descend with broad-winged flight,The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night!1. What is the title of the poem? Who is the author?2. How does the poet personify the Night?3. What does he learn from her?得分评分人V. Identification (20 points, 2 point for each)Directions:

23、 In this part of the test, there are ten excertps. Judge the authors and titles of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1. As the door of Mrs. Pococks salon was pushed open for him, the next day, well before noon, he was reached by a voice with a charming sound that made him just falter bef

24、ore crossing the threshold. Madame de Vionnet was already on the field2. Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no Sabbath. It w

25、ould be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.3. Come up from the fields father, heres a letter from our Pete,And come to the front door mother, heres a letter from thy dear son.4. Thus advance of the enemy had seemed to the youth like a ruthless hunting. He

26、 began to fume with rage and exasperation. He beat his foot upon the ground, and scowled with hate at the swirling smoke that was approaching like a phantom flood.5. Im nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?Then theres a pair of usdont tell!Theyd banish us, you know.6. I taste a liquor never brewe

27、d,From tankards scooped in pearl;Not all the vats upon the RhineYield such an alcohol!7. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. Bixby seemed to think me far enough

28、advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading. 8. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind9. Whether fagged by the three

29、 days running chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the White Whales way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whales la

30、st start had not been so long a one as before.10. Ah! what pleasant visions haunt meAs I gaze upon the sea!All the old romantic legends,All my dreams, come back to me.得分评分人VI. Comment. (10 points)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given two selections. Choose ONE of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge. This Is My Letter to the WorldThis is my letter to the world, That never wrote to me,-The simp