美国文学自测题及答案.docx

1、美国文学自测题及答案美国文学自测题及答案得分 评分人I.Multiple choice:(20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.1. Whitman published his first edition of _ in 1855.a. Leaves of Grass b. The Scarlet L

2、etterc. “Hymn to The Night” d. “The Secret of the Sea”2.Dreisers naturalism and his choice of subject often echo his predecessor, _, but his style and method are verydifferent.a. Mark Twain b. Stephen Crane c. Henry James d. Emerson3.Sister Carrie written by _ is considered as one of therepresentati

3、ve naturalistic novel in the American literature.a. Sinclair Lewis b. Theodore Dreiser c. F. Scott Fitagerald d. H.L.Mencken4 Mark Twain s _ tells a story of his boyhood ambitiousto become a riverboat pilot, up and down the Mississippi.a.Roughing Itb.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc.Life on the M

4、ississippid.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer5.Stephen Cranes style has been called realistic, _ and impressionistic.a. romantic b. naturalisticc. classical d. imagining6. _ is the scene of Dreisers Sister Carrie.a. New York b. Chicagoc. California d. Washington7.Which is generally regarded as the Bible

5、of New England Transcendentalism?精选文档a. Nature b. Waldenc. On Beauty d. Self-Reliance8.Melville s _ is an encyclopedia of everything, history, philosophy, religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry.a. The Old Man and the Sea b. Moby Dickc. White Jacket

6、 d. Billy Budd9.Mark Twain created, in _, a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.a. Huckleberry Finnb.Tom Sawyerc.The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburgd.The Gilded Age10.American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was

7、 _.a. Anne Bradstreet b. Jane Austenc. Emily Dickinson d. Harriet Beecher11.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene,_ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.a. sentimentalism b. Romanticismc. realism d. naturalism12. Leaves of Grasshas _ editions.a.

8、nine b. fivec. six d. seven13. _ is not among the artistic features of Whitman swriting.a. The use of the poetic“I” b. Free versec. Musicality or rhythm d. Allegory14.Melville s _ is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a gentle youth among brutal sailors.a. Typee b. Redburnc.

9、White Jacket d. Billy Budd15._ is not among the writing features of Melville s works.a. symbolism b. allgory 2精选文档c. psychological analyses d. Dramatic monologue16.The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age”by_.a. Mark Twain b. Henry Jamesc. Emily Dickinson d. Theodore Dreiser17. _ is re

10、garded by H. L. Menken as “the true father ofAmerican national literature.”a. Emily Dickinson b. Henry Jamesc. Mark Twain d. Theodore Dreiser18._, being a boys book specially written for the adults, is Mark Twains most representative book.a.Roughing Itb.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnc.Life on th

11、e Mississippid.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer19.Henry Jamess fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with _.a.the love and marriage themeb.the theme of humor and satire on lifec.the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalismd.the international theme20.Wit

12、hin Dickinsons little lyrics, she addressesthose issuesthat concern the whole human beings, which exclude_.a. religion b. Friendshipc. love d. immortality得分 评分人II.Match. (20 points, 1 point for each)Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and put t

13、hem onto the Answer Sheet.A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman Melville D. Henry W. LongfellowE. Walt Whitman F. Emily Dickinson 3精选文档G. Mark TwainH. Stephen CraneI. Henry James1.A2.E3.E4.C5.C6.G7. I8.I9. F10.F11. H12.B13. D14.G15. D16. H17.G18.F19. A20.E1.Self-reliance()2.There Wa

14、s a Child Went Forth()3.There Was a Child Went Forth()4.White Jacket()5.Moby Dick()6.Life on the Mississippi()7.Daisy Miller()8.What Maisie Knew()9.This is My Letter to the World()10.I Like to See It Lap the Miles()11.A Red Badge of Courage()12.Civil Disobedience()13.Voices of the Night()14.The Gild

15、ed Age()15.Hiawatha()16.Maggie, A Girl of the Streets()17.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer()18.I Heard a Fly BuzzWhen I Died()19.The American Scholar()20.Song of Myself()得分 评分人III. Terms (20 points, 4 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are five terms. Please give the definition

16、for these terms. Scores will be given for the related contents. Four individual contents will be enough for four points.1.Free Verse 4精选文档2.Transcendentalism3.American Realism4.American Naturalism5.Local Color得分 评分人IV . Appreciation (10 points, 5 points for each)Directions: In this part of the test,

17、 there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.Part ASuccessSuccess is counted sweetestThose who neer succeed.To comprehend a nectarRequires sorest need.Not one of all the purple hostWho took the flag today

18、Can tell the definition,So clear, of victory,As he, defeated, dying,On whose forbidden earThe distant strains of triumphBreak, agonized and clear.1.Who is the author of the poem? (1)2.According to the poem, what best understands success?(1)3.In your opinion, who wants most to succeed? (1)4.Translate

19、 the first stanza into Chinese. (2)Part BI heard the trailing garments of the Night 5精选文档Sweep through her marble halls!I saw her sable skirts all fringed with lightFrom the celestial walls!I felt her presence, by its spell of might,Stoop oer me from above;The calm, majestic presence of the Night,As

20、 of the one of I love.I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight,The manifold, soft chimes,That fill the haunted chambers of the Night,Like some old poet s rhymes.From the cool cisterns of the midnight airMy spirit drank repose;The fountain of perpetual peace flows there,-From those deep cisterns flow

21、s.O holy Night! from thee I learn to bearWhat man has borne before!Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care,And they complain no more.Peace! Peace! Orestes-like I breathe this prayer!Descend with broad-winged flight,The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair,The best-beloved Night!1.What is

22、 the title of the poem? Who is the author?2.How does the poet personify the Night?3.What does he learn from her?得分 评分人V.Identification (20 points, 2 point for each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are ten excertps. Judge the authors and titles of these works and fill them on the Answer 6精

23、选文档Sheet.1.As the door of Mrs. Pococks salon was pushed open for him, the next day, well before noon, he was reached by a voice with a charming sound that made him just falter before crossing the threshold. Madame de Vionnet was already on the field2.Let us consider the way in which we spend our liv

24、es. This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle!I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no Sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.3.Come up from the fields father,

25、heres a letter from our Pete, And come to the front door mother, here s a letter from thy dear son.4.Thus advance of the enemy had seemed to the youth like a ruthless hunting. He began to fume with rage and exasperation. He beat his foot upon the ground, and scowled with hate at the swirling smoke t

26、hat was approaching like a phantom flood.5.I m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?Then theres a pair of usdonttell! Theyd banish us, you know.6.I taste a liquor never brewed, From tankards scooped in pearl; Not all the vats upon the Rhine Yield such an alcohol!7.Now I had often seen pilots gaz

27、ing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last, however, when Mr. 7精选文档Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading.8.Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immo

28、rtal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind9.Whether fagged by the three daysrunning chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent de

29、ceitfulness and malice in him: whichever was true, the White Whales way now began to abate, as it seemed, from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more; though indeed the whales last start had not been so long a one as before.10.Ah! what pleasant visions haunt meAs I gaze upon the sea!All the old r

30、omantic legends,All my dreams, come back to me.得分 评分人VI. Comment. (10 points)Directions: In this part of the test, you are given two selections. Choose ONE of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge.This Is My Letter to the WorldThis is my letter to the world,That never wrote to me,-The simple news