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美国文学（本科）试题5

I.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorphrasesand  

 putyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.（20%,1pointforeach）

1.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedat  

Jamestown,Virginiain   1607   . 

2.           becamethefirstAmericanwriter. 

3.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethe      valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.

4.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywasanageof     andRevolution.

5.Franklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece       .

6.OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphlet      appeared. 

7.Thesigningof         symbolizedthebirthofanindependentAmericannation.

8.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas         .

9.WashingtonIrving’s            becamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowininternationalfame.

10.              isthesummitofAmericanRomanticism.  

11.WiththepublicationofEmerson’s         in1836,AmericanRomanticismreacheditssummit.

12.HesterPrynneistheheroineinHawthorne’snovel               .

13.HenryJames’majorfictionalthemeis              .

14.               broughttheRomanticperiodtoanend.SotheageofRealismcameintoexistence.

15.ThePoeticstyleinventedbyWhitmanisnowcalled             .

16. “BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath---”iswrittenby             .

17.ThetermTheGildedAgeisgivenby               todescribethepost-civilwaryears.

18. TheodoreDreiser’sfirstnovelis                    .

19. TheleaderoftheliterarymovementImagismis            .

20.          isthespokesmanforLostGeneration.  

II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers

orcompletions.Choosetheonethatisthebestineachcaseandputyour  answersontheAnswerSheet.（30%,1pointforeach）

1.ThefirstAmericanwriteroflocalcolortoachievewidepopularitywas     .

 A.BretHarte                                            B.MarkTwain

 C.HenryJames                                    D.WilliamDeanHowells

2.WhichofthefollowingisthemasterpieceofMarkTwain?

 A.TheGildedAge                                

B.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer    

 C.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn        

D.JumpingFrog

3.Whichwriterhasnonaturalisttendency?

 A.MarkTwain                                   B.JackLondon

 C.TheodoreDreiser                             D.FrankNorris

4.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin    and     

Thoreau.

A.Jefferson                                              B.Emerson                

C.Freneau                                               D.Oversoul

5.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”?

A.TheFinancier                                      B.TheTitan

C.TheStoic                                              D.AnAmericanTragedy

6.WhichisthecharacterwhoappearsinthenovelMobyDick?

 A.HesterPrynne                                       B.Mr.Hooper

 C.Ahab                                                    D.Pearl

7.         writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame.

 A.TheGoldenBowl                                 B.TheAmerican 

 C.TheTragicMuse                                  D.DaisyMiller

8.“    ”wasatermcreatedbytheFrenchnovelist,EmileZola.

A.realism                                                 B.naturalism   

C.transcendentalism                                  D.veritism

9.JackLondonwasathisheightofhispowerswhenhewrote      ,whichisdeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinism.  

 A.TheSeaWolf                                       B.ToBuildaFire 

 C.TheCalloftheWild                            D.MartinEden

10.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby    .

  A.O.Henry                                            B.HenryJames  

  C.JackLondon                                       D.MarkTwain

11.“Twosmallpeople,withoutdislikeorsuspicion.”isalineinthepoemTheRiver-Merchant’sWife:

ALetterwrittenby     .

  A.T.S.Eliot                                      B.RobertFrost  

  C.EzraPound                              D.CarlSandburg

12.Theimagistpoetsfollowedthreeprinciples,theyare     ,directtreatmentandeconomyofexpression.

  A.blankverse             B.rhythm         C.freeverse              D.commonspeech

13.OfthefollowingAmericanwriters,whohasNOTbeenanexpatriateinParis?

  A.ErnestHemingway                             B.EzraPound

 C.F.S.Fitzgerald                           D.EmilyDickinson

14.WhowastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe1930s?

   A.ErnestHemingway                              B.EzraPound

 C.JohnSteinbeck                                  D.F.S.Fitzgerald

15.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesand    oftheearlysettlements.

  A.journals       B.poetry                    C.drama               D.folklores

16.AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewaspublishedin1828by     .

  A.SamuelJohnson                          B.NoahWebster   

  C.DanielWebster                    D.DanielDefoe

17.Waldeniswrittenby      . 

  A.Emerson                                            B.Thoreau 

  C.Poe                                 D.Hawthorne

18.       isfamousforpsychologicalrealism.

  A.MarkTwain                                    B.WilliamDeanHowells 

C.HenryJames                                 D.WaltWhitman

19. WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?

  A.Nature                                              B.Walden

C.OnBeauty                             D.Self-Reliance

20.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

  A.TheAmericanScholar                       B.EnglishTraits

  C.TheConductofLife                          D.Nature

21.SantiagoisthecharacterinHemingway’snovel       .

  A.InOurTime                                       B.TheOldManandtheSea  

  C.ForWhomtheBellTolls                    D.TheSunAlsoRises

22.Whichofthefollowingisamuchharsherrealism?

  A.localcolorism                                      B.naturalism　　　

  C.romanticism                                        D.imagism

23.Whoisthearbiterof19thcenturyliteraryrealisminAmerica?

  A.MarkTwain                                        B.BretHarte       

C.WilliamDeanHowells                         D.HenryJames

24.F.S.FitzgeraldisNOTtheauthorof          .

  A.TheGreatGatsby                                     B.TenderistheNight 　

  C.AFarewelltotheArms                            D.ThisSideofParadise

25.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwritersas        . 

  A.MarkTwain                                               B.F.S.Fitzgerald  

  C.WaltWhitman                                            D.StephenCrane

26.CharlesDrouetisacharacterinthenovelof______.

  A.TheAmerican                                 B.ThePortraitofaLady

  C.SisterCarrie                                     D.TheGiftoftheMagi

27.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.She   was       .

  A.AnneBradstreet                                      B.JaneAusten

 C.EmilyDickinson                                 D.HarrietBeecher

28.        readhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedy.

   A.RobertFrost                                B.T.S.Eliot  

  C.CarlSandburg                                 D.EzraPound     

29.WithHowells,JamesandMarkTwainactiveonthescene,      becamethemajortrendinthe70sand80softhe19thcentury. 

  A.sentimentalism                                  B.romanticism

C.realism                                           D.naturalism

30. “Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough”.Thisistheshortestpoemwrittenby      .             

  A.T.S.Eliot                                              B.RobertFrost   

C.EzraPound                                         D.WallaceStevens

III.Commentonthefollowingpoems.PutyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.（20%,10pointsforeach）

1.                       StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening

by:

RobertFrost

WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.

Hishouseisinthevillagethough;

Hewillnotseemestoppinghere

Towatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.

Mylittlehorsemustthinkitqueer

Tostopwithoutafarmhousenear

Betweenthewoodsandfrozenlake

Thedarkesteveningoftheyear.

Hegiveshisharnessbellsashake

Toaskifthereissomemistake.

Theonlyothersound’sthesweep

Ofeasywindanddownyflake.

Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep.

ButIhavepromisestokeep,

AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,

AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.

1.        IHeardaFlyBuzz—WhenIDied—

by:

EmilyDickinson

I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—

The Stillness in the Room 

Was like the Stillness in the Air— 

Between the Heaves of Storm—

The Eyes around—had wrung them dry—        

And Breaths were gathering firm 

For that last Onset—when the King 

Be witnessed—in the Room—

I willed my Keepsakes—Signed away

What portion of me be                     

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