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美国文学试题
专业八级美国文学（本科）试题
I.Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithproperwordsorphrasesand
putyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.
1.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedat
Jamestown,Virginiain .
2. becamethefirstAmericanwriter.
3.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethe valuesthatdominatedmuch
oftheearlyAmericanwriting.
4.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywasanageof andRevolution.
5.Franklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece .
6.OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphlet appeared.
7.Thesigningof symbolizedthebirthofanindependentAmericannation.
8.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas .
9.WashingtonIrving’s becamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowininternationalfame.
10. isthesummitofAmericanRomanticism.
11.WiththepublicationofEmerson’s in1836,AmericanRomanticismreacheditssummit.
12.HesterPrynneistheheroineinHawthorne’snovel .
13.HenryJames’majorfictionalthemeis .
14. broughttheRomanticperiodtoanend.SotheageofRealismcameintoexistence.
15.ThePoeticstyleinventedbyWhitmanisnowcalled .
16. “BecauseIcouldnotstopforDeath---”iswrittenby .
17.ThetermTheGildedAgeisgivenby todescribethepost-civilwaryears.
18. TheodoreDreiser’sfirstnovelis .
19. TheleaderoftheliterarymovementImagismis .
20. isthespokesmanforLostGeneration.
II.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers
orcompletions.Choosetheonethatisthebestineachcaseandputyour answersontheAnswerSheet.
1.ThefirstAmericanwriteroflocalcolortoachievewidepopularitywas .
A.BretHarte B.MarkTwain
C.HenryJames D.WilliamDeanHowells
2.WhichofthefollowingisthemasterpieceofMarkTwain?
A.TheGildedAge
B.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer
C.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn
D.JumpingFrog
3.Whichwriterhasnonaturalisttendency?
A.MarkTwain B.JackLondon
C.TheodoreDreiser D.FrankNorris
4.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin and
Thoreau.
A.Jefferson B.Emerson
C.Freneau D.Oversoul
5.Whichofthefollowingdoesn’tbelongtoDreiser’s“TrilogyofDesire”?
A.TheFinancier B.TheTitan
C.TheStoic D.AnAmericanTragedy
6.WhichisthecharacterwhoappearsinthenovelMobyDick?
A.HesterPrynne B.Mr.Hooper
C.Ahab D.Pearl
7. writtenbyHenryJamesbroughthimfirstinternationalfame.
A.TheGoldenBowl B.TheAmerican
C.TheTragicMuse D.DaisyMiller
8.“ ”wasatermcreatedbytheFrenchnovelist,EmileZola.
A.realism B.naturalism
C.transcendentalism D.veritism
9.JackLondonwasathisheightofhispowerswhenhewrote ,whichisdeeplyinfluencedbyDarwinism.
A.TheSeaWolf B.ToBuildaFire
C.TheCalloftheWild D.MartinEden
10.TheCopandtheAnthemiswrittenby .
A.O.Henry B.HenryJames
C.JackLondon D.MarkTwain
11.“Twosmallpeople,withoutdislikeorsuspicion.”isalineinthepoemTheRiver-Merchant’sWife:
ALetterwrittenby .
A.T.S.Eliot B.RobertFrost
C.EzraPound D.CarlSandburg
12.Theimagistpoetsfollowedthreeprinciples,theyare ,directtreatmentandeconomyofexpression.
A.blankverse B.rhythm C.freeverse D.commonspeech
13.OfthefollowingAmericanwriters,whohasNOTbeenanexpatriateinParis?
A.ErnestHemingway B.EzraPound
C.F.S.Fitzgerald D.EmilyDickinson
14.WhowastheforemostnovelistoftheAmericanDepressionofthe1930s?
A.ErnestHemingway B.EzraPound
C.JohnSteinbeck D.F.S.Fitzgerald
15.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesand oftheearlysettlements.
A.journals B.poetry C.drama D.folklores
16.AnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagewaspublishedin1828by .
A.SamuelJohnson B.NoahWebster
C.DanielWebster D.DanielDefoe
17.Waldeniswrittenby .
A.Emerson B.Thoreau
C.Poe D.Hawthorne
18. isfamousforpsychologicalrealism.
A.MarkTwain B.WilliamDeanHowells
C.HenryJames D.WaltWhitman
19. WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?
A.Nature B.Walden
C.OnBeauty D.Self-Reliance
20.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?
A.TheAmericanScholar B.EnglishTraits
C.TheConductofLife D.Nature
21.SantiagoisthecharacterinHemingway’snovel .
A.InOurTime B.TheOldManandtheSea
C.ForWhomtheBellTolls D.TheSunAlsoRises
22.Whichofthefollowingisamuchharsherrealism?
A.localcolorism B.naturalism
C.romanticism D.imagism
23.Whoisthearbiterof19thcenturyliteraryrealisminAmerica?
A.MarkTwain B.BretHarte
C.WilliamDeanHowells D.HenryJames
24.F.S.FitzgeraldisNOTtheauthorof .
A.TheGreatGatsby B.TenderistheNight
C.AFarewelltotheArms D.ThisSideofParadise
25.ThepessimismanddeterministicideasofnaturalismpervadedtheworksofsuchAmericanwritersas .
A.MarkTwain B.F.S.Fitzgerald
C.WaltWhitman D.StephenCrane
26.CharlesDrouetisacharacterinthenovelof______.
A.TheAmerican B.ThePortraitofaLady
C.SisterCarrie D.TheGiftoftheMagi
27.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.She was .
A.AnneBradstreet B.JaneAusten
C.EmilyDickinson D.HarrietBeecher
28. readhispoetryattheinaugurationofPresidentJohnF.Kennedy.
A.RobertFrost B.T.S.Eliot
C.CarlSandburg D.EzraPound
29.WithHowells,JamesandMarkTwainactiveonthescene, becamethemajortrendinthe70sand80softhe19thcentury.
A.sentimentalism B.romanticism
C.realism D.naturalism
30. “Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;Petalsonawet,blackbough”.Thisistheshortestpoemwrittenby .
A.T.S.Eliot B.RobertFrost
C.EzraPound D.WallaceStevens
III.Commentonthefollowingpoems.PutyouranswersontheAnswerSheet.（20%,10pointsforeach）
1. StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening
by:
RobertFrost
WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow.
Hishouseisinthevillagethough;
Hewillnotseemestoppinghere
Towatchhiswoodsfillupwithsnow.
Mylittlehorsemustthinkitqueer
Tostopwithoutafarmhousenear
Betweenthewoodsandfrozenlake
Thedarkesteveningoftheyear.
Hegiveshisharnessbellsashake
Toaskifthereissomemistake.
Theonlyothersound’sthesweep
Ofeasywindanddownyflake.
Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep.
ButIhavepromisestokeep,
AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,
AndmilestogobeforeIsleep.
1. IHeardaFlyBuzz—WhenIDied—
by:
EmilyDickinson
I heard a Fly buzz—when I died—
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air—
Between the Heaves of Storm—
The Eyes around—had wrung them dry—
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset—when the King
Be witnessed—in the Room—
I willed my Keepsakes—Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable—and then it was
There interposed a Fly—
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