美国文学秋季学期练习题1--有答案

1美国文学史及作品选读练习1I.Matchtheworkswiththeauthorsgivenbelow.(10%)a.MichaelWigglesworthb..Franklinc.JohnSmithd.WilliamCullenBryante.JamesFennimoreCooperf.PhilipFreneaug.WashingtonIrving1.()ADescriptionofNewEngland2.()RipVanWinkle3.()TheDayofDoom4.()Autobiography5.()TheWildHuoneysuckle6.()ToaWaterfowl7.()TheDeerslayer8()TheThanatopsis9.()TheLegendofSleepyHollow10.()TheSpyII.BlankFilling.（20%）1.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericanwasestablishedat________,Virginia.2.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe________valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.3.ThefirstAmericanLiteraturewasneitherAmericannorreallyliteratureItwasnotAmericanbecauseitwastheworkmainlyimmigrantsfrom__________.4.__________wasregardedasthe“PoetoftheAmericanRevolution.”5.InAmericanLiterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeof________andRevolution.6.AnnabelLee,apoemfrom_____________,mournsthedeathofabeautifulgirl.7.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistis____________.8._________wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar.9.ThecentralfigureintheLeatherstockingTalesis__________,whogoesbythevariousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,PathinderandHawkeye.10.ThanatopsisisBryant’sbest–knownpoem.Thetitleofthepoemmeans________.III.MultipleChoice（30%）1.TheestablisherofJamestownwasthefamousexplorerandcolonist_________.A.JohnWinthropB.JohnSmithC.WilliamBradfordD.JohnGoodwin2.ThePuritandominatingvalueswere:A.hardworkB.thriftC.pietyD.sobriety3.Whichwriterisnotapoet?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.AnneBradstreetC.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasHooker4.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“____________”whoappearedinAmerica.A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse5.Theship“________”carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Pequod6._______________anotherimportantcolonialpoet,achievedwidepopularityamonghiscontemporarieswithhisgloomyentitled“TheDayofDoom”.A.EdwardTaylorB.MichaelWigglesworthC.AnneBradstreetD.CottonMather27.Franklinwastheepitomeofthe________.A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarActC.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist8.Thefollowingproverbs------Therearenogainswithoutpains.------Onetodayisworthtwotomorrows.comefrom_________.A.AutobiographyBPoorRichard’sAlmanackCTheSketchBookDADescriptionofNewEngland9.Muchofthebeautyofthepoem__________liesinthesoundsofthewordsandtheeffectcreatedthroughchangesinrhythm.A.ToaWaterfowlB.ThanatopsisCTheWildHoneysuckleD.TheIndianBuryingGround10._______usuallystartwithstandardcharacters-----thelazyhusbandsorthetermagantwife.A.WashingtonIrvingB.JamesFennimoreCooperC.WilliamCullenBryantDPhilipFreaneau11.WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyFreneau?A.theBritishPrisonShipB.TheWildHoneySuckleC.TheIndianBuryingGroundD.TheDayofDoom12._____istheauthorofthework’TheLegendofSleepyHollow’.A.WashingtonIrvingB.JamesJoyceC.WaltWhitmanD.WilliamButlerYeats13.WhichofthefollowingstatementisnottrueaboutWashingtonIrving?A.WashingtonIrvingisregardedasFatheroftheAmericanshortstories.B.Irving’srelationshipwiththeOldWorldintermsofhisliteraryimaginationcanhardlybeignoredconsideringhissuccessbothabroadandathome.C.Irving’stastewasessentiallyprogressiveorradical.D.WashingtonIrvinghasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwhoperfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanliteratureeverproduced.14.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,AmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid__________.A.PuritanismB.RomanticismCRationalismD.Sentimentalism15.Poe’sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis__________.A.TalesofaTravellerB.LeatherstokingTalesC.CanterburyTalesD.TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesqueIV.DecideWhethertheStatementsAreTrueorFalse.(10%)1.Americanliteratureistheoldestofallnationalliterature.2.ThecoloniesthatbecamethefirstUnitedStateswereforthemostpartEnglish.3.In1620anumberofPuritanscametosettleinMassachusetts.4.TheseventeenthcenturyAmericanpoetsadaptedthestyleofestablishedEuropeanpoetstothesubjectmatterconfrontedinastrangely–newenvironment.5.InFranklin’sPoorRichard’sAlmanack,hetalkedfirstofallabouthowhestudiedlanguage..6.PhilipwasthefirstAmericanLyricpoetofdistinction,hecouldmakehispoemssingmelodiesthatmightbestately.7.TheWildHoneySucklewassuggestedbythefactthatsomeIndiantribesburiedtheirdeadinasitting..8.TheLastofTheMohicanswerethebestworkbyAdgarAllanPoe.9.FreneauwroteimpassionedverseinsupportoftheAmericanRevolution.10.InthepoemIsrafel,Poeexpressesakeenawarenessofthelovelinessandtransienceofnature.V.Explainthefollowingliteratureterms.(10%)3PuritanismVI.IdentificationofFragments.(4%)1.Ihadbegunin1733tostudylanguages;IsoonmademyselfsomuchamasteroftheFrenchastobeabletoreadthebookswithease.IthenundertooktheItalian.Anacquaintance,whowasalsolearningit,usedoftentotemptmetoplaychesswithhim.FindingthistookuptoomuchofthetimeIhadtospareforstudy,Iatlengthrefusedtoplayanymore…author:________________work:_________________2.Ifnothingonce,younothinglose,Forwhenyoud