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2009—2010
学年第
—学期
《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A卷）
适用班级考试时间120
分钟
学院
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学号
姓名
题号
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Ⅰ.ChooseTENofthefollowingworksandwritethenamesoftheauthors.（10%）
得分
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Octopus（
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Maggie,AGirloftheStreets（
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Babbitt（
WhiteFang（
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“LegendofSleepyHollow”（
MyAntonia（“Birches”（
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PoorRichard’sAlmanacLightinAugust（
TwiceToldTales（
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TheDeclarationof
“RipVanWinkle”（
Nature（
Independence（
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TheSongofHiawatha（UncleTom’sCabin（
TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn（SisterCarrie（
TheWasteLand（
ForWhomtheBellTolls（TheEmperorJones（
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1
Ⅱ.ChooseFIVEofthefollowingandfillintheblanks.（10%）
得分
1.
wasoneofthefoundersoftheJamestowncolonyinVirginiain1607andisknownforhisworkdescribingthecolonies.
wasadeterminedrevolutionarywhoseworkhelpedthecauseoftheAmericanRevolutionconsiderably,but
wholosthispopularitylongbeforehisdeath.
2.
3.
Theterm
referstothegroupofpeople,someofthem
importanttoAmericanliterature（especiallysecularessaywriting）,wholedtheAmericanRevolutionandhelpedcreatetheearlyAmericanRepublic.
wasanearlyformofhorrorfictionthat
4.
18th
originatedin
centuryEuropeandwasverypopularinAmerica
duringtheRomanticPeriod.
,knownforherdeeplypersonalpoemsandradicallydifferentpoeticthemesandform,didn’tachievefameasapoetuntillongafterherdeath.
ThefirstofAmericanliteraturewasnotwrittenbyanAmerican,butby
,aBritishcaptain,whothusbecamethefirstAmericanwriter.
hasbeenentitledthe“FatherofAmericanPoetry.
wasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism,authorofthefirstAmericanshortstoriesandfamiliaressays,thefirstAmericanauthortoachieveinternationaldistinction,andhasasignificantpositioninthehistoryofAmericanliterature.
isthefirstAmericanprofessionalwriterandthefirst writerofthedetectivestoryintheworld.
isalsocallednoveloftheroad,itstrings
theincidentsonthelineofthehero’stravel.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Ⅲ.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.（30%）
得分
2
1.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.Whenherpoemswerepublishedin
England,shebecameknowasthe“ ”whoappearedinAmerica.
ABC
D
NinthMuseTenthMuseBestMuse
FirstMuse
2. isthesometimesexaggerateduseoflocallanguage,charactersand
customsinregionalliterature.
ABC
D
purpleprose
waste-landimagery
localcolorsymbolism
3.ThefirstgreatflourishingofAfricanAmericanliteraturethatappealedtoa
relativelylargeliterateBlackreadershipwasknownas .
ABC
D
TheHolocaust
TheHarlemRenaissanceAbolitionism
TheCivilRightsMovement
4. wasaleading19thcenturyfeministandoneofthecoremembersoftheTranscendentalistmovement.
ABC
D
MargaretFullerSylviaPlathHildaDoolittle
GloriaStein
5.Whichofthefollowingisnottypicalofmodernpoetry?
ABCD
world
gushingsentimentalismandcomfortableimagesabandonmentofearlierverseforms
useoffreeverse
anefforttofindand/orexploreanewroleforthepoetinachanging
6.Whowasperhapsthemostpopularofall20thcenturyAmericanpoets?
A
B
EzraPound
WaltWhitman
3
C
D
RobertFrost
AllenGinsburg
7.TheFitzgeraldslivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanF.ScootFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas
.
ABC
D
TheJazzAgeTheGildedAgeTheRoaringAge
TheBeatAge
8.Whichistrueofthe“FiresidePoets”?
A
BC
Theyweregenerallystronglyinfavorofabolishingslavery.TheyweredeeplyinvolvedintheTranscendentalistmovement.Theywereagroupof19thcenturyNewEnglandpoetswhoweretremendouslypopularandrespectedatthetimetheywrote.
Theyopposedtotraditionandwereinfavorofradicalchange.
D
9.ErnestHemingwaywasbadlywoundedinItalyandsenttoahospitalwherehefellinlovewithanurse.Thesetwopersonslaterbecamethecharactersofhis
novel .
ABC
D
TheOldManandtheSeaForWhomtheBellTollsTheSunAlsoRises
AFarewelltoArms
10.TheBrahmistsorBostonBrahmi,inAmericanliterature,refersto .
AB
ideas
C
ThehighestrankingoftheHinducastes.
AmovementthatemergedfromrebellionagainstPuritanreligiousandsystems.
AgroupofNewEnglandwritersknownfortheirscholarshipand/or
conservativephilosophy.
D
Aschoolofimaginativewriting.
11.WhichofthefollowingisoneofBenFranklin’sfamousproverbs?
A
B
“Astitchintimesavesnine”
“Godhelpsthosewho
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