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美国文学本科试题

美国文学（本科）试题2

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I. FillinthefollowingblanksandputyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.（15%,1pointforeach）

1.     _____wasafoundingfigureofAmericanpoetry,whoseinnovationfirstofallliesinhisuseofthefreeverse,poetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.

2.     ThepublicationofNatureestablished______asthemosteloquentspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism.

3.     Hardwork,thrift,______andsobrietywerethePuritanvaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearliestAmericanwriting.

4.     _________isconsideredtobethefounderofpsychologicalrealism,whobelievedthatrealityliesintheimpressionsmadebylifeonthespectator.

5.     MartinEdenisthenovelintowhich______putmostofhimself.

6.     Thepublicationof_______writtenbyT.S.Eliothelpedtoestablishamoderntraditionofliteraturerichwithlearningandallusivethought.

7.     “Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough.”Thisistheshortestpoemwrittenby_____.

8.     WiththepublicationofTheSunAlsoRises,________becamethespokesmanforwhatGertrudeSteinhadcalled“aLostGeneration”.

9.     “TheCustomHouse”isanintroductorynotetothenovel_______.

10. Amongtheworksattackingthe“AmericanDream”,__________byFitzgeraldisapowerfulpiece.

11. EmilyDickinsonwrote1775poems,butonly____ofwhichhadappearedduringherlifetime.

12. ______,thetragicheroofMobyDick,burningwithabalefulfire,becomesevilhimselfinhisthirsttodestroyevil.

13. Asapoet,________heraldedAmericanliteraryindependence:

hiscloseobservationofnaturedistinguishedhistreatmentofindigenouswildlifeandothernativeAmericansubjects,e.g:

TheWildHoneySuckle.

14. ThepublicationofWashingtonIrving’s_________,acollectionofessays,sketchesandtales,marksthebeginningofAmericanromanticism.

15. “TheCopandtheAnthem”isashortstorywrittenby______.

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II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcomplete

thestatement.PutyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.（30%,1pointforeach）

1.       InLeavesofGrass,_______isallthatconcernedWhitman.

A.individualism                                             B.freedom                 

C.democracy                                                D.alltheabove

2.       ______isthenarratorofMobyDick.

A.Ahab                     B.Ishmael                  C.Flask                     D.Queequeg

3.       In1837,RalphEmersonmadeaspeechentitled_____atHarvard,whichwashailedbyOliverWendellHolmesas“OurIntellectualDeclarationofIndependence.”

A.DeclarationofIndependence                  B.Self-Reliance

C.DivinitySchoolAddress                          D.TheAmericanScholar

4.       TheTranscendentalistsbelievethat,first,natureisennobling;andsecond,theindividualis______.

A.viciousbynature                                       B.insignificant             

C.forward-looking                                        D.divine

5.       InHawthorne’snovelsandshortstories,intellectualsusuallyappearas_____.

A.saviors                   B.villains                    C.commentators        D.observers

6.       InAmericanliterature,escapingfromthesocietyandreturningtonatureisacommonsubject.Thefollowingtitlesareallrelated,inonewayoranother,tothesubjectexcept_____.

A.    Dreiser’sSisterCarrier

B.    MarkTwain’sTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

C.    Cooper’sLeather-StockingTales

D.    Thoreau’sWalden

7.       “Icelebratemyself,andsingmyself,

AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,

Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou.”

Whocouldhavewrittentheselines?

_____.

A.EdgarAllanPoe                                        B.RalphEmerson       

C.WaltWhitman                                           D.HenryThoreau

8.       WhichofthefollowingisNotoptimisticabouthumannature?

A.RalphEmerson                                         B.WaltWhitman        

C.NathanielHawthorne                                D.HenryThoreau

9.       WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutTheScarletLetterisNottrue?

_____.

A.    Itexploresman’snever-endingsearchforthesatisfactionofmaterialisticdesires.

B.    Itrelatestheconflictsbetweenthesocietyandtheindividual.

C.    Itpresentsapsychologicalanalysisoftheinwardtensionsofthecharacters.

D.    Itisabouttheeffectofsinonthepeopleinvolvedandthesocietyasawhole.

10.   WashingtonIrvingwasbestknownforhisfamousshortstoriessuchas_______.

A.    RipVanWinkleandMobyDick

B.    RipVanWinkleandTheLegendofSleepyHollow

C.    YoungGoodmanBrownandMobyDick

D.    TheFalloftheHouseofUsherandRipVanWinkle

11.   EmilyDickinsonwrotemanyofherpoemsonvariousaspectsoflife.WhichofthefollowingisNotausualsubjectofherpoeticexpression?

_____.

A.Religion                                                    B.Lifeanddeath        

C.Loveandmarriage                                    D.Warandpeace

12.   MarkTwainwrotemostofhisliteraryworkswitha____language.

A.grand                     B.pompous                C.vernacular       D.simple

13.   Theperiodrangingfrom1865to1914hasbeenreferredtoas_____.

A.theAgeofRomanticism                      B.theAgeofRealism

C.theAgeofModernism                               D.theAgeofColonialism

14.   ______iscalledbyHemingwaytheonefromwhich“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer             B.LifeontheMississippi

C.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn      D.TheGildedAge

15.   Themainthemeof_______’sTheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.

A.MarkTwain                                              B.HenryJames                 

C.TheodoreDreiser                                      D.WilliamDeanHowells

16.   Itisnotsurprisingtofindin_____’sfictionaworldofjungle,where“killortobekilled”wasthelaw.

A.MarkTwain                                              B.EmilyDickinson            

C.TheodoreDreiser                                      D.HenryJames

17.   AccordingtoHawthorne,thescarletLetter“A”whichoriginallystandsfor“_____”,finallyobtainsthemeaningof“able”or“angel”throughHester’sefforts.

A.arrogance                                                B.adultery           

C.agony                                                     D.accomplishment

18.   DuringtheperiodaftertheCivilWar,theAmericansocietyenteredinwhatMarkTwainreferredtoas_____.

A.theGoldenAge                                         B.theModernAge            

C.theGildedAge                                   D.thePuritanAge

19.   RobertFrostisgenerallyconsideredtobearegionalpoetinthesensethathissubjectmattersmainlyfocusonthelandscapeandpeoplein_____.

A.NewYork       B.theWest                C.NewEngland         D.MidWest

20.   WilliamFaulkner’sworksmainlyconcerntheAmerican_____.

A.NewEngland         B.South              C.MidWest              D.West

21.   In1954,_____wasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteratureforhis“masteryoftheartofmodernnarration.”

A.T.S.Eliot                                                 B.ErnestHemingway 

C.JohnSteinbeck                                         D.WilliamFaulkner

22.   “InaStationoftheMetro”isregardedbycriticsasaclassicspecimenof_____.

A.theimagistpoetry                                      B.theabsurdpoetry   

C.theromanticpoetry                            D.thetranscendentalpoetry

23.   Fitzgerald’sfictionalworldisthebestembodimentofthespiritof______.

A.theRenaissancePeriod                             B.theNeoclassicalPeriod

C.theJazzAge                                              D.theRomanticPeriod

24.   _____usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.WilliamBradford                                       B.AnneBradstreet

C.EmilyDickinson                                        D.CaptainJohnSmith

25.   Theworksof_______revealthemiseryofthemigrantworkersbecauseoftheAmericanDepression.

A.F.S.Fitzgerald                                         B.JohnSteinbeck

C.ErnestHemingway                                  D.WilliamHowells

26.   _______isNOTafictionalcharacterinTheScarletLetter.

A.Pearl                                                       B.ArthurDimmesdale

C.RogerChillingworth                                  D.Santiago

27.   At87,______readhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedy.

A.EdwinRobinson                                        B.WallaceStevens 

C.CarlSandburg                                          D.RobertFrost

28.   “Let’sportraymanandwomaninawaythatwemeettheminourreallife.”Thismaybeaprincipleforthecharacterizationof_______.

A.romanticism       B.realism             C.naturalism       D.modernism

29.   In1862,PresidentLincolnexclaimed:

“Soyouarethelittlewomanwhowrotethebookthatstartedthisgreatwar!

”Whoisthiswomanreferredto?

______.

A.Mrs.Stowe                                              B.EmilyDickinson

C.GeorgeEliot                                             D.JaneAusten

30.   Allhisnovelsrevealthat,astimewenton,MarkTwainbecamein