期末复习题美国文学简史.docx

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期末复习题美国文学简史

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I.Blanks:

（10points,1pointforeachblank）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,thereare9itemsand10blanks.FillinthebestanswerontheAnswerSheetaccordingtotheknowledgeyouhavelearned.

1.ThefirstAmericanliteraturewasneither____norreally____.

2.OftheimmigrantswhocametoAmericainthefirstthreequartersoftheseventeenthcentury,theoverwhelmingmajoritywas_____.

3.TheEnglishimmigrantswhosettledonAmerica’snorthernseacoastwerecalled_____,sonamedafterthosewhowishedto“purify”theChurchofEngland.

4.WashingtonIrving,theFatherofAmericanliterature,developedthe_____asagenreinAmericanliterature.

5.Franklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece_____.

6.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas_____.

7.Intheearly19thcentury,“RipVanWinkle”hadestablished_____’sreputationathomeandabroad,anddesignatedthebeginningofAmericanRomanticism.

8._____hassometimesbeenconsideredthefatherofthemodernshortstory.

9.In1850,NathanielHawthornebroughtouthismasterpiece_____,thestoryofatriangularloveaffairincolonialAmerica.

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II.Multiplechoice:

（20points,1pointforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearetwentyitems.ChoosethebestanswerandwritethecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

1.TheColonialPeriodofAmericanliteraturestretchedroughlyfromthesettlementofAmericaintheearly17thcenturythroughtheendof________century.

A.the18thB.the19th

C.the20thD.21th

2.New-England’sPlantationwaspublishedin1630by________

A.FrancisHigginsonB.WilliamBradford

C.JohnSmithD.MichaelWigglesworth

3.OfallthebookswrittenbyMichaelWigglesworththebeatknownis________

A.TheFleshandtheSpiritB.TheTrueTravels

C.TheDayofDoomD.ChristopherColumbus

4.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe______.

A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarAct

C.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist

5.InthefirstsectionofAutobiographythewriteraddressedto________

A.hissonB.hisfriends

C.hiswifeD.himself

6.During1807-1808,WashingtonIrvingwroteforhisbrother’snewspapercalled________

A.NewYorkTimesB.WashingtonPost

C.SalmagundiD.DailyNews

7.HistoryofNewYorkwaspublishedin1807underthenameof________

A.WashingtonIrvingB.DiedrichKnickerboker

C.JamesFenimoreCooperD.JohnWhittier

8.RipVanWinklewaswrittenby________

A.JamesFenimoreCooperB.BenjaminFranklin

C.WashingtonIrvingD.WaltWhitman

9.TheSpywaswrittenbyJamesFenimoreCooperin1821.Itisanovelabout________

A.AmericanCivilWarB.AmericanRevolution

C.AmericanWestExpansionD.TheFirstWorldWar

10.NattyBumppoistheheroinCooper’s________

A.ThePrecautionB.TheSpy

C.TheGleaningsinEuropeD.LeatherstockingTales

11.________wasregardedasapoetoftheAmericanRevolution

A.PhilipFreneauB.WaltWhitman

C.RobertFrostD.CalSandburg

12.TheRavenwaswrittenin1844by________

A.PhilipFreneauB.EdgarAllanPoe

C.HenryWadsworthLongfellowD.EmilyDickinson

13.TheMinister’sBlackVeilwaswrittenby________

A.EdgarAllanPoeB.NathanielHawthorne

C.HenryDavidThoreauD.RalphWaldoEmerson

14.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe______whoappearedinAmerica.

A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuse

C.BestMuseD.FirstMuse

15.Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.

A.SunflowerB.Armada

C.MayflowerD.Titanic

16.Anew_____hadappearedinEnglandinthelastyearsofthe18thcentury.ItspreadtocontinentalEuropeandthencametoAmericaearlyinthe19thcentury.

A.RealismB.Criticalrealism

C.RomanticismD.Naturalism

17.WashingtonIrvinggothisideaforhismostfamousstory,RipVanWinkle,froma________

A.GreeklegendB.Germanlegend

C.FrenchlegendD.Englishlegend

18.RipVanWinkleisfoundinIrving’slongerwork,________

A.TheSketchBookB.HistoryofNewYork

C.TalesofaTravelerD.ThePrecaution

19.________wasoftenregardedasAmerica’sfirstmanofletters,devotingmuchofhiscareertoliterature.

A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneau

C.WashingtonIrvingD.JamesFenimoreCooper

20.AllthefollowingnovelsareinCooper’sLeatherstockingTalesexcept________

A.ThePioneersB.ThePrairie

C.TheDeerslayerD.TheSpy

III.Identification（20points,1pointforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearetwentytitles.JudgetheauthorsoftheseworksandfillthemontheAnswerSheet.

1.GleaningsinEurope

2.OliverGoldsmith

3.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica

4.“TheDayofDoom”

5.AHistoryofNewYork

6.TheLastoftheMohicans

7.TheHouseoftheNight

8.AForestHymn

9.“TheRaven”

10.“TheCaskofAmontillado”

11.MossesfromanOldManse

12.“Israfel”

13.“TheFleshandtheSpirit”

14.LifeofGeorgeWashington

15.ThePathfinder

16.“theWildHoneySuckle”

17.TheFloodofYears

18.“ThePoeticPrinciple”

19.TheBlithedaleRomance

20.“TheIndianBuryingGround”

IV.Terms（20points,4pointsforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearefiveterms.Pleasegivethedefinitionfortheseterms.Scoreswillbegivenfortherelatedcontents.Fourindividualcontentswillbeenoughforfourpoints.

1.Knickerbocker

2.PoorRichard’sAlmanac

3.LeatherstockingTales

4.Puritanism

5.BenjaminFranklin

V.Appreciation（10points,5pointsforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearetwoexcerpts.Eachoftheexcerptsisfollowedbythreequestions.ReadtheexcerptsandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.

PartA

Frommorningsunsandeveningdews

Atfirstthylittlebeingcame:

Ifnothingonce,younothinglose,

Forwhenyoudieyouarethesame;

Thespacebetween,isbutanhour,

Thefraildurationofaflower.

1.Whoisthepoetofthepoemandwhatisthetitleofthepoem?

（2points）

2.Tellthemetricalstructureandrhymeschemeofthepoem.（1point）

3.Whatdoesthe“littlebeing”referto?

Whatmeaningissuggestedbythephrase“butanhour”?

（2points）

PartB

TheopinionsofthisjuntowerecompletelycontrolledbyNicholasVedder,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）

VI.Comment.（20points,10pointsforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,youaregivenfivetopics.ChooseTWOofthemandgiveacommentontheAnswerSheet.Scoreswillbegivenaccordingtothecontent,grammarandthecompletenessoftherelatedknowledge.

1.WhatarethefeaturesofliteratureinColonialAmerica?

2.CommentonBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiography.

3.CommentonNathanielHawthorne’swritingtechniques.

4.WhatphilosophicalmeaningisimpliedinPhilipFreneau’s“TheWildHoneySuckle”?

5.WhataretheartisticachievementsofEdgarAllanPoe?

答案

I.Blanks:

（10%）

（每题1分，共10分，答错不给分）

1.Americanliterature2.English3.Puritans4.shortstory

5.Autobiography6.PhilipFreneau7.WashingtonIrving

8.EdgarAllanPoe9.TheScarletLetter

II.MultipleChoice:

（20%）

（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）

1.A2.B3.C4.A5.A

6.C7.B8.C9.B10.D

11.A12.B13.B14.B15.C16.C17.B18.A19.C20.D

III.Identification（20%）

（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）

1.JamesFenimoreCooper

2.WashingtonIrving

3.AnneBradstreet

4.MichaelWigglesworth

5.WashingtonIrving

6.JamesFenimoreCooper

7.PhilipFreneau

8.WilliamCullenBryant

9.EdgarAllanPoe

10.EdgarAllanPoe

11.NathanielHawthorne

12.EdgarAllanPoe

13.AnneBradstreet

14.WashingtonIrving

15.JamesFenimoreCooper

16.PhilipFreneau

17.WilliamCullenBryant

18.EdgarAllanPoe

19.NathanielHawthorne

20.PhilipFreneau

IV.Terms（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。

）

1.Transcendentalism

Keywords:

Emerson,Thoreau,nature,intuition,oversoul,individualism,spirit,idealism,Romanticism,etc.

2.FreeVerse

Keywords:

withoutfixedbeat,regularrhymescheme,Whitman,LeavesofGrass,etc.

3.LeatherstockingTales

Keywords:

Cooper,fivenovels,NattyBumppo,frontier,frontiersman,lifefromyouthtooldage,ThePioneer,TheLas