《美国文学》期末考试试卷(A卷)

1适用班级060511-3考试时间120分钟学院班级学号姓名题号一二三四五六七八九十总分分数Ⅰ.ChooseTENofthefollowingworksandwritethenamesoftheauthors.(10%)1.Octopus()2.Maggie,AGirloftheStreets()3.Babbitt()4.WhiteFang()5.“LegendofSleepyHollow”()6.MyAntonia()7.“Birches”()8.PoorRichard’sAlmanac()9.LightinAugust()10.TwiceToldTales()11.TheDeclarationofIndependence()12.“RipVanWinkle”()13.Nature()14.TheSongofHiawatha()15.UncleTom’sCabin()16.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn()17.SisterCarrie()18.TheWasteLand()19.ForWhomtheBellTolls()20.TheEmperorJones()得分得分2Ⅱ.ChooseFIVEofthefollowingandfillintheblanks.(10%)1._________________________wasoneofthefoundersoftheJamestowncolonyinVirginiain1607andisknownforhisworkdescribingthecolonies.2.__________________________wasadeterminedrevolutionarywhoseworkhelpedthecauseoftheAmericanRevolutionconsiderably,butwholosthispopularitylongbeforehisdeath.3.Thetermreferstothegroupofpeople,someofthemimportanttoAmericanliterature(especiallysecularessaywriting),wholedtheAmericanRevolutionandhelpedcreatetheearlyAmericanRepublic.4.________________________wasanearlyformofhorrorfictionthatoriginatedin18thcenturyEuropeandwasverypopularinAmericaduringtheRomanticPeriod.5._____________________________,knownforherdeeplypersonalpoemsandradicallydifferentpoeticthemesandform,didn’tachievefameasapoetuntillongafterherdeath.6.ThefirstofAmericanliteraturewasnotwrittenbyanAmerican,butby___________________,aBritishcaptain,whothusbecamethefirstAmericanwriter.7._________________hasbeenentitledthe“FatherofAmericanPoetry.8._______________________wasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism,authorofthefirstAmericanshortstoriesandfamiliaressays,thefirstAmericanauthortoachieveinternationaldistinction,andhasasignificantpositioninthehistoryofAmericanliterature.9._____________________isthefirstAmericanprofessionalwriterandthefirstwriterofthedetectivestoryintheworld.10._______________________isalsocallednoveloftheroad,itstringstheincidentsonthelineofthehero’stravel.Ⅲ.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.(30%)得分31.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.WhenherpoemswerepublishedinEngland,shebecameknowasthe“______”whoappearedinAmerica.ANinthMuseBTenthMuseCBestMuseDFirstMuse2.______isthesometimesexaggerateduseoflocallanguage,charactersandcustomsinregionalliterature.ApurpleproseBwaste-landimageryClocalcolorDsymbolism3.ThefirstgreatflourishingofAfricanAmericanliteraturethatappealedtoarelativelylargeliterateBlackreadershipwasknownas_____.ATheHolocaustBTheHarlemRenaissanceCAbolitionismDTheCivilRightsMovement4._______wasaleading19thcenturyfeministandoneofthecoremembersoftheTranscendentalistmovement.AMargaretFullerBSylviaPlathCHildaDoolittleDGloriaStein5.Whichofthefollowingisnottypicalofmodernpoetry?AgushingsentimentalismandcomfortableimagesBabandonmentofearlierverseformsCuseoffreeverseDanefforttofindand/orexploreanewroleforthepoetinachangingworld6.Whowasperhapsthemostpopularofall20thcenturyAmericanpoets?AEzraPoundBWaltWhitman4CRobertFrostDAllenGinsburg7.TheFitzgeraldslivedsoextravagantlythattheyfrequentlyspentmoremoneythanF.ScootFitzgeraldearnedforparties,liquor,entertainingtheirfriendsandtraveling.Itwasthislivingstylethatnicknamedthedecadeofthe1920sas_______.ATheJazzAgeBTheGildedAgeCTheRoaringAgeDTheBeatAge8.Whichistrueofthe“FiresidePoets”?ATheyweregenerallystronglyinfavorofabolishingslavery.BTheyweredeeplyinvolvedintheTranscendentalistmovement.CTheywereagroupof19thcenturyNewEnglandpoetswhoweretremendouslypopularandrespectedatthetimetheywrote.DTheyopposedtotraditionandwereinfavorofradicalchange.9.ErnestHemingwaywasbadlywoundedinItalyandsenttoahospitalwherehefellinlovewithanurse.Thesetwopersonslaterbecamethecharactersofhisnovel________.ATheOldManandtheSeaBForWhomtheBellTollsCTheSunAlsoRisesDAFarewelltoArms10.TheBrahmistsorBostonBrahmi,inAmericanliterature,refersto_______.AThehighestrankingoftheHinducastes.BAmovementthatemergedfromrebellionagainstPuritanreligiousideasandsystems.CAgroupofNewEnglandwritersknownfortheirscholarshipand/orconservativephilosophy.DAschoolofimaginativewriting.11.WhichofthefollowingisoneofBenFranklin’sfamousproverbs?A“Astitchintimesavesnine”B“Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves”5C“AFriendinneedisafriendindeed”D“Asknotwhothebelltolls,thebelltollsforthee”12.___________wasareactiontotheideasoftheAgeofReasonandtheEnlightenment.ARomanticismBRealismCNaturalismDModernism13.Althoughfewofherpoemswerepublishedinherlifetimeandacompletecollectionofthemdidn’tappearuntilthe1950’s,_____hadamajorimpacton20thcenturypoetry.AAnneBradstreetBGertrudeSteinCEmilyDickinsonDAmyLowell14.Whichofthefollowingwritersdiedanaturaldeathinhisoldage?AJackLondonBErnestHemingwayCStephenCraneDMarkTwain15.WhoofthefollowingisNOTa20thcenturyAmericanpoet?AHenryWordsworthLongfellowBAmyLowellCEzraPoundDRobertFrostIV.ChooseTENofthefollowinganddecidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.(10%)1.HawthornewasafirmbelieverinPuritanprinciplesandmournedtheirpassinginhisworks.2.FrederickDouglaswasamajor19thcenturyblackwriter.得分63.ThesoundofWhitman’swordscastsamagic,romanticspelloverreaders.H