美国文学期末试卷B

———系————班姓名————学号——--------------------------密---------------------封---------------------线-------衡水学院外语系英语专业2004级普本2007—2008学年第一学期期末考试美国文学史及选读课程试卷（B）命题教师：徐常兰试题审核人：孙艳题号一二三四五六七总分合分人核分人得分阅卷人复核人I.Work-Authorpairing-up:(15%)()1.TheConfidence-ManA.WaltWhitman()2.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.RalphWaldoEmerson()3.TheOver-SoulC.NathanielHawthorne()4.ThereWasaChildWentForthD.HermanMelville()5.TheTurnoftheScrewE.EmilyDickenson()6.ThisisMyLettertotheWorldF.HenryJames()7.TheHairyApeG..F.ScottFitzgerald()8.TheSoundandtheFuryH.EugeneO’Nell()9.TenderIstheNightI.WilliamFaulkner()10.ForWhomtheBellTolls.J.EugeneO’Nell()11.EmperorJonesK.ErnestHemingway()12.AfterApple-PickingL.EzraPound()13.InaStationoftheMetroM.RobertFrost()14.NorthofBoston()15.InOurTimeII.Chooseonesuitableanswerforeachstatement.(20%)()1.InRobertFrost’sfamouspoem“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”,therearefourlineslikethese:“Thewoodsarelovely,darkanddeep,/ButIhavepromisestokeep,/AndmilestogobeforeIsleep,/AndmilestogobeforeIsleep”.Thesecondsleeprefersto____A.dieB.calmdownC.fallintosleepD.stopwalking()2.OfthefollowingAmericanpoets,whoseworkwasfirstrecognizedinEnglandandtheninAmerica?A.RobertFrostB.WaltWhitmanC.EmilyDickensonD.WallaceStevens()3.Intheselines“Theapparitionofthesefacesinthecrowd;/Petalsonawet,blackbough”,EzraPoundusesthefigureofspeechof___.A.metaphorB.simileC.hyperboleD.contrast()4.Chinesepoetryandphilosophyhadgreatinfluenceon______A.RobertFrostB.RalphWaldoEmersonC.EzraPoundD.EmilyDickenson()5.TheHemingwaycodeheroesarebestrememberedfortheir_____.A.indestructiblespiritB.pessimisticviewoflifeC.warexperiencesD.masculinity()6.LotsofpeoplerushedtoGatsby’spartyattheweekendandtheyclusteredaroundGatsby’swealthlike_____.A.gluttonsB.fliesC.insectsD.moths()7.InaclasswhichdiscussestheImagistMovementintheUnitedStates,wewilldefinitelyNOTinclude___A.WilliamCarlosWilliamsB.EzraPoundB.GarySnyderD.WallanceStevens()8.EmilyDickensonwassometimescuriousaboutthefeelingofdeathandinoneofherpoemsshewroteaboutthe_________ofdeath,thetitleofthepoemis“IheardaFlybuzzwhenIdied”.A.momentB.sufferingC.happinessD.meaning()9.InallhisnovelsTheodoreDresiersethimselftoprojectthematerialisticAmericanvalues.Forexample,inSisterCarrie,thereisnotonecharacterwhosestatusisnotdetermined____.A.hereditarilyB.economicallyC.byhisorherliteralnessD.historically()10.TheodoreDresierwasinfluencedbymanywriterswhoseworkshehadread.Buthistrueliteraryinfluencedidnotcomefrom___.A.BalzacB.CharlesDarwinC.HerbertSpencerD.RalphWaldoEmerson()11.OneofthecharacteristicsthathavemadeMarkTwainoneofthemajorliteraryfiguresinthe19thcenturyAmericanliteratureistheuseof_____.A.vernacularB.interiormonologueC.pointofviewD.photographicdescription()12.Thenovelistictechniqueofprojectingthenarrativethroughfeelingsandthoughtsofthecharacters,reachedaperfectedformintheworksof____.A.HenryJamesB.WilliamDeanHowellsC.WashingtonIrvingD.EmilyDickenson()13.TheauthorofThePortraitofaLadyisbestat______.A.probingintotheunsearchedsecretpartofhumanlife.B.Atruthfuldelineationofthemotives,theimpulses,theprinciplesthatshapethelivesofactualmenandwomen.C.Adramatizingthecollisionsbetweentwoverydifferentculturalsystemsonaninternationalscene.D.DisclosingthesocialinjusticesandevilsofacivilizedsocietyaftertheCivilWar.()14.Generallyspeaking,allthosewriterswithanaturalisticapproachtohumanrealityare_____.A.transcendentalismB.idealistsC.pessimistsD.impressionist()15.Ofallthefollowingissues,_____isdefinitelyNOTthefocusoftheRomanticwritersintheAmericanliteraryhistory.A.PuritanmoralityB.humanbestialityC.noblesavagesD.divinityofman()16.“Nothingisatlastsacredbuttheintegrityofyourownmind”isafamousquotefrom____’writings.A.WaltWhitmanB.HenryDavidThoreauC.HermanMelvilleD.RalphEmersion()17.MobyDick,thebigwhitewhale,ispossiblyreadassymbolicofallthefollowingEXCEPT_____.A.malignancyB.beautyC.adulteryD.God()18.AccordingtoNathanielHawthorne,romanceshouldbe____.A.bothimaginativeandcreativeB.fullofadventuresC.atruerecordofhumanlifeD.amixtureoffactsandfancy()19.Whitmanisnotedforhisuseof____language.A.oralB.poeticC.formalD.archaic()20.AccordingtoWhitman,thegenuineparticipationofapoetinacommonculturaleffortwastobehaveasasupreme_____.A.democratB.individualistC.romanticistD.leaderIII.Definethefollowingliteraryterms:(15%)1.JazzAge2.Localcolorism3.The“HemingwayCode”ofhero4.picaresque5.imagismIV.Readingcomprehension:(12%)Directions:Readthefollowingselectedreadingsandanswerthequestions.1Imakeapactwithyou,WaltWhitman—Ihavedetestedyoulongenough,IcometoyouasagrownchildWhohashadapig-headedfather;Iamoldenoughnowtomakefriends.Questions:1).Whatisthetitleofthepoem?2)Whowritesthepoem?3)Whatdoesthepoemdescribes?2.“Standingonthebareground,----myheadbathedbytheblitherairandupliftedintoinfinitespace,---allmeanegotismvanishes.Ibecomeatransparenteyeball;Iamnothing;Iseeall;thecurrentsoftheUniversalBeingcirculatethroughme;IampartorparticleofGod.Questions:(1).Whatisthetitleoftheessay?(2)Whowritesit?(3)Howdoyouunderstandthephilosophicalideasintheseworld?3.Tellmenot,inmournfulnumbers,Lifeisbutanemptydream!Forthes