美国文学期末试卷及答案.doc

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《美国文学》期末考试试卷（B卷）

1.PoorRichard’sAlmanac（）

2.TheHouseoftheSevenGables（）

3.“Raven”（）

4.MyAntonia（）

5.Babbitt（）

6.AStreetcarNamedDesire（）

7.Maggie:

AGirloftheStreets（）

8.AFarewelltoArms（）

9.TheCalloftheWild（）

10.LongDay'sJourneyintoNight（）

11.CommonSense（）

12.“RipVanWinkle”（）

13.Walden（）

14.TheSongofHiawatha（）

15.UncleTom’sCabin（）

16.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn（）

17.SisterCarrie（）

18.TheWasteLand（）

19.AFarewelltoArms（）

20.TheGreatGatsby（）

1.definedpoetryastherhythmicalcreationofbeauty.

2.WhileworkingfortheVirginiaCityTerritorialEnterprise,SamuelLanghorneClemensadoptedthepseudonym,thewayofaboatmantakingsoundings,andmeaningtwofathoms.

3.EzraPoundinitiatedacampaignfor,whichemphasizedthedirecttreatmentofanobjectorsituation.Healsoadvocatedthelanguageofcommonspeech,butalwaystheexactword. 

4.Fitzgeraldsummarizedtheexperiencesandattitudesofthe1920sdecadeinhismasterpiecenovel_________.

5.isthefirstAmericantowintheNobelPrizeforLiteratureforhisvigorousandgraphicartofdescriptionandhisabilitytocreate,withwitandhumor,newtypesofcharacters.

6.ThefirstofAmericanliteraturewasnotwrittenbyanAmerican,butby___________________,aBritishcaptain,whothusbecamethefirstAmericanwriter.

7._________________hasbeenconsideredthe“FatherofmodernAmericanPoetry.\

8._______________________wasagreatdemocraticpoet.Heisalsothegreatpoettousetheformoffreeverse.

9._____________________isthefirstAmericanlyricpoet.

10._______________________isalsocallednoveloftheroad,itstringstheincidentsonthelineofthehero’stravel.

Ⅲ.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer. （30%）

 1.  InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment,_______________wasthedominantspirit.

A.    Humanism

B.    Rationalism

C.    Revolution

D.    Evolution 

2. Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?

A.    MichaelWigglesworth

B.    EdwardTaylor

C.    AnneBradstreet

D.    PhilipFreneau

3.ThefinestexampleofHawthorne’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin_______.

A.TheScarletLetter

B.YoungGoodmanBrown

C.TheMarbleFaun

D.TheAmbitiousGuest

4.____________wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.

A.     Thoreau

B.     Emerson

C.     Hawthorne

D.    Whitman

5.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.

A.  TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.  InnocentsAbroad

C.  LifeontheMississippi

D.  TheRiseofSilasLapham

6.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?

A.TheAmericanScholar

B.EnglishTraits

C.TheConductofLife

D.RepresentativeMen

7.Melville’s____________________isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry.

A.TheOldManandtheSea

B.MobyDick

C.WhiteJacket

D.BillyBudd

8.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas___________.

A.     AnneBradstreet

B.     JaneAusten

C.     EmilyDickinson

D.    HarrietBeecher

9.Themainthemeof_______________TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.

A.     HenryJames’

B.     WilliamDeanHowells’

C.     MarkTwain’s

D.    O.Henry’s

10. ___________showedgreatinterestinChineseliteratureandtranslatedthepoetryofLiPointoEnglish,andwasinfluencedbyConfucianideas.

A.   EzraPound

B. RobertFrost

C.   T.S.Eliot

D. E.E.Cummings

11. WithWilliamDeanHowells,HenryJames,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthenineteenthcentury.

A.sentimentalism                                      

B.romanticism

C.realism                                                    

D.naturalism

12.  EzraPound'slongpoem____________containedmorethanonehundredpoemslooselyconnected.

A.TheWasteLand                                   

B.TheCantos

C.DonJuan                                                 

D.QueenMab

13. InParis,ErnestHemingway,alongwith_____________,accomplishedarevolutioninliterarystyleandlanguage.

A.GertrudeStein                                          

B.EzraPound                       

C.JamesJoyce

D.alloftheabove

14.__________tellstheJoadfamily'slifefromthetimetheywereevictedfromtheirfarminOklahomauntiltheirfirstwinterinCalifornia.