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

期末复习题美国文学简史

得分评分人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.得分评分人II.Multiplechoice:

（20points,1pointforeach）Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearetwentyitems.ChoosethebestanswerandwritethecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

1.TheColonialPeriodofAmericanliteraturestretchedroughlyfrom

thesettlementofAmericaintheearly17thcenturythroughtheendof________century.

A.the18th　　B.the19thC.the20th　　D.21th

2.New-England’sPlantationwaspublishedin1630by________

A.FrancisHigginson　　B.WilliamBradfordC.JohnSmith　　D.MichaelWigglesworth

3.OfallthebookswrittenbyMichaelWigglesworththebeatknown

is________

A.TheFleshandtheSpirit　　B.TheTrueTravelsC.TheDayofDoom　　D.ChristopherColumbus4.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe______.A.AmericanEnlightenment　　B.SugarActC.Chartistmovement　　D.Romanticist

5.InthefirstsectionofAutobiographythewriteraddressedto

________

A.hisson　　B.hisfriendsC.hiswife　　D.himself

6.During1807-1808,WashingtonIrvingwroteforhisbrother’s

newspapercalled________

A.NewYorkTimes　　B.WashingtonPostC.Salmagundi　　D.DailyNews

7.HistoryofNewYorkwaspublishedin1807underthenameof

________

A.WashingtonIrving　　B.DiedrichKnickerbokerC.JamesFenimoreCooper　　D.JohnWhittier8.RipVanWinklewaswrittenby________

A.JamesFenimoreCooper　　B.BenjaminFranklinC.WashingtonIrving　　D.WaltWhitman

9.TheSpywaswrittenbyJamesFenimoreCooperin1821.Itisa

novelabout________

A.AmericanCivilWar　　B.AmericanRevolutionC.AmericanWestExpansion　　D.TheFirstWorldWar10.NattyBumppoistheheroinCooper’s________

A.ThePrecaution　　B.TheSpy

C.TheGleaningsinEurope　　D.LeatherstockingTales11.________wasregardedasapoetoftheAmericanRevolution

A.PhilipFreneau　　B.WaltWhitmanC.RobertFrost　　D.CalSandburg

12.TheRavenwaswrittenin1844by________

A.PhilipFreneau　　B.EdgarAllanPoe

C.HenryWadsworthLongfellow　　D.EmilyDickinson13.TheMinister’sBlackVeilwaswrittenby________

A.EdgarAllanPoe　　B.NathanielHawthorne

C.HenryDavidThoreau　　D.RalphWaldoEmerson

14.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe______whoappearedinAmerica.

A.NinthMuse　　B.TenthMuseC.BestMuse　　D.FirstMuse

15.Theship______carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.A.Sunflower　　B.ArmadaC.Mayflower　　D.Titanic

16.Anew_____hadappearedinEnglandinthelastyearsofthe18thcentury.ItspreadtocontinentalEuropeandthencametoAmericaearlyinthe19thcentury.

A.Realism　　B.Criticalrealism

C.Romanticism　　D.Naturalism

17.WashingtonIrvinggothisideaforhismostfamousstory,RipVan

Winkle,froma________

A.Greeklegend　　B.GermanlegendC.Frenchlegend　　D.Englishlegend

18.RipVanWinkleisfoundinIrving’slongerwork,________

A.TheSketchBook　　B.HistoryofNewYorkC.TalesofaTraveler　　D.ThePrecaution

19.________wasoftenregardedasAmerica’sfirstmanofletters,

devotingmuchofhiscareertoliterature.A.BenjaminFranklin　　B.PhilipFreneau

C.WashingtonIrving　　D.JamesFenimoreCooper

20.AllthefollowingnovelsareinCooper’sLeatherstockingTales

except________

A.ThePioneers　　B.ThePrairieC.TheDeerslayer　　D.TheSpy

III.Identification（20points,1pointforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearetwentytitles.JudgetheauthorsoftheseworksandfillthemontheAnswerSheet.

1.GleaningsinEurope2.OliverGoldsmith

3.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica4.“TheDayofDoom”5.AHistoryofNewYork6.TheLastoftheMohicans7.TheHouseoftheNight8.AForestHymn9.“TheRaven”

10.“TheCaskofAmontillado”11.MossesfromanOldManse12.“Israfel”

13.“TheFleshandtheSpirit”14.LifeofGeorgeWashington15.ThePathfinder

16.“theWildHoneySuckle”17.TheFloodofYears18.“ThePoeticPrinciple”19.TheBlithedaleRomance

20.“TheIndianBuryingGround”

IV.Terms（20points,4pointsforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearefiveterms.Pleasegivethedefinitionfortheseterms.Scoreswillbegivenfortherelatedcontents.Fourindividualcontentswillbeenoughforfourpoints.

1.Knickerbocker

2.PoorRichard’sAlmanac3.LeatherstockingTales4.Puritanism

5.BenjaminFranklin

V.Appreciation（10points,5pointsforeach）

Directions:

Inthispartofthetest,therearetwoexcerpts.Eachoftheexcerptsisfollowedbythreequestions.ReadtheexcerptsandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.

PartA

FrommorningsunsandeveningdewsAtfirstthylittlebeingcame:

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.American　　literature2.English3.Puritans4.shortstory5.Autobiography6.PhilipFreneau7.WashingtonIrving8.EdgarAllanPoe9.TheScarletLetter

II.MultipleChoice:

（20%）

（每题1分，共20分，答错不给分）

1.A　　2.B　　3.C　　4.A　　5.A　　6.C7.B8.C9.B10.D11.A12.B13.B14.B15.C　　17.B18.A19.C20.D

III.Identification（20%）

1.JamesFenimoreCooper2.WashingtonIrving3.AnneBradstreet

4.MichaelWigglesworth5.WashingtonIrving

6.JamesFenimoreCooper7.PhilipFreneau

8.WilliamCullenBryant9.EdgarAllanPoe10.EdgarAllanPoe

11.NathanielHawthorne12.EdgarAllanPoe13.AnneBradstreet14.WashingtonIrving

15.JamesFenimoreCooper16.PhilipFreneau

17.WilliamCullenBryant18.EdgarAllanPoe

19.NathanielHawthorne20.PhilipFreneau

IV.Terms（20%）

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,l