1、华南农业大学美国文学史期末考 . Explain the following literary terms.（本大题共 2 小题，每小题 5 分，共 10 分） 1.Darwinism 2.Lost generation 3.Imagism 4.Free Verse . Matching（本大题共 10 小题，每小题 1 分，共 10 分） 1. John Steinbeck 2. T.S. Eliot 3. Carl Sandburg 4. F. Scott Fitzgerald 5. Harriet Beecher Stowe 6. O Henry 7. Thomas Paine 8. E
2、rnest Hemingway 9. Ralph Waldo Emerson 10. Nathaniel Hawthorne a. A Farewell to Arms b. Common Sense c. Uncle Toms Cabin d. The Cop and the Anthem e. The Grapes of Wrath f. Fog g. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock h. Nature i. The Great Gatsby j. The Scarlet Letter. .Multiple choice.（本大题共 35 小题，每小
3、题 1 分，共 35 分） 1.In the early nineteenth century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did_. A.Puritanism B Romanticism C Rationalism D Sentimentalism 2. Franklin wrote and published his famous_, an annul colle
4、ction of proverbs. A. The Autobiography B. Poor Richards Almanack C. Common Sense D. The General Magazine 3. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. _was the dominant spirit. A. Humanism B Rationalism C Revolution D Evolution 4._ usually was regarded as the f
5、irst American writer. A.William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet C.Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith 5.Which is not Irvings works in the following. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveller C .A History of New York D To A Waterfowl 6. Choose Freneaus poem from the following. A. The Raven B. To a Wat
6、erfowl C. To Hellen D. The wild Honey Suckle 7. In 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced the best poet_to appear in America up to that time. A. Edward Taylor B. Philip Freneau C. William Cullen Bryant D. Edgar AllanPoe 8.Compared with his contemporaries, _was no doubt the best in expl
7、oring the wildness and frontier in fiction. A. Washington Irving B. James Fenimore Cooper C. William Cullen Bryant D Philip Freaneau 9. Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle is famous for_. A. Rips escape into a mysterious valley B. The storys German legendary source material C. Rips seeking for happine
8、ss D. Rips 20-years sleep 10. Choose Poes work from the following A. The Day of Doom B.The Last of the Mohicans C. The Indian Burying Ground D The Fall of the House of Usher 11.Choose Irvings work from the following . A. The Sketch Book B. Thanatopsis C. The Spy D.The British Prison Ship 12._ is the
9、 most commonly used in English poetry, in which an unstressed syllable comes first followed by a stressed. A. the trochaic foot B. an anapestic foot C. a quatrain D.a iambic foot 13. The Indian Burying Ground by_ is the earliest poem which romanticizes the Indian as a child of nature. A. Washington
10、Irving B. Adgar Alan Poe C.Philip Freneau D.Nathaniel Hawthorne 14._ is a poetic device used to increase the musical quality and link thelines and stanzas of a poem. A. meter B. repetition C. rhyme D.foot 15.Poetry is aimed at conveying and enriching human experience which is formed through sense im
11、pressions. _ is the representation of sense experience through language. A .meter B. image C.theme D.assonance 16.In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment. _ was the dominant. A. humanism B. rationalism C. romanticism D. evolution 17.The short story “The Legend of Sleepy
12、 Hollow” is taken from Irvings work named _. A. The Leatherstocking Tales B. The Sketch Book C. The Autobiography D. The History of New York 18.Which of the following is not the characteristic of American Romanticism? A. Rationalism B. inner self C. personal feelings D. individualism 19.The short st
13、ory “Rip Van Winkle” reveals the _ attitude of its author. A. optimistic B. pessimistic C. conservative D. ironic 20.Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _ and Thoreau. A. Jefferson B. Emerson C. Freneau D. Mark Twain 21.Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Inte
14、llectual Independence”? A. The American Scholar B. English Traits C. Oversoul D. Self-reliance 22._ is the father of American Literature. A. Benjamin Franklin B. Philip Freneau C. Paine D. Washington Irving 23._ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club. A. Thoreau B. Emerson C. Hawthor
15、ne D. Whitman 24.Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the _ as well. A. nature B. self-reliance C. self D. life 25.For Melville, as well as for the reader and _, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe. A. Ahab B. Stubb C. Is
16、hmael D. Starbuck 26.The poem is written in free verse in 52 cantos with the theme of the universality and equality in value of all people and all things. a.Cantos b. The Raven c. Song of Myself d. Chicago 27.The novel is about how a group of people on a whaling ship kill a great whale but themselve
17、s are killed by the whale, with the conflict between man and his fate. a.The Octopus b. Moby-Dick c. The Rise of Silas Lapham d. Leaves of Grass 28.An English ship brought 102 people from Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620 and arrived in the present Provincetown harbor on November 21 in the sam
18、e year. This ship was named _. a. The Pilgrims b. Mayflower c. America d. Titanic 29._was the greatest woman poet in American literature and she wrote about 1,700 short lyric poems in her life time. a. Pearl S. Buck b. Harriet Bicher Stowe c. Emily Dickenson d. Walter Whitman 30._ is father of the d
19、etective story and of psychoanalytic criticism. a. Washington Irving b. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. Walt Whitman d. Edgar Allan Poe 31.In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. was the dominant spirit. A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution 32.Which sta
20、tement about Franklin is not true? A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer. B. He was a scientist. C. He was a master of diplomacy. D. He was a Puritan. 33.Who is regarded as the first American prose epic. A. Nature B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden D. Moby-Dick 34.The Romanic Period of American
21、literature started with the publication of Washington Irvings and ended with Whitemans Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveler C. The Alhambra D. A history of New York 35.The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as A. the Naturalist Period B. the Modern Pe
22、riod C. the Romantic Period D. the Realistic Period IV. Identification of Fragments（本大题共有 7 个诗歌或小说选段，请选 5 个选段并回答其后的问题，答题时请先注明选段 , 再回答问题。每个选段有两个问题，共 25 分。） A. When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for Chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin sa
23、tchel, a small lunch in a paper box, and a yellow leather snap purse, containing her ticket, a scrap of paper with her sisters address in Van Buren Street, and four dollars in money. It was in August, 1889. She was eighteen years of age, bright, timid, and full of the illusions of ignorance and yout
24、h. 1. Identify the work and the author. (2) 2. Why did author specifically describe her belongings? (3) B. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplift into infinite space, all mean egotism vanished. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see it all. The curren
25、ts of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God. 1. Identify the work and the author. (2) 2. How do you understand the philosophy of this paragraph? (3) C. A little before three the Lutheran minister arrived from Flushing and I began to look involuntarily out the windows
26、 for other cars. So did Gatsbys father. And as the time passed and the servants came in and stood waiting in the hall, his eyes began to blink anxiously and he spoke of the rain in a worried uncertain way. The minister glanced several times at his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for
27、half an hour. But it wasnt any use. Nobody cameI tried to think about Gatsby then for a moment but he was already too far away and I could only remember, without resentment, that Daisy hadnt sent a message or a flower. Dimly I heard someone murmur “Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on,“ and t
28、hen the owl-eyed man said “Amen to that,“ in a brave voice. 1. Identify the work and the author. (2) 2. What is the narrators attitude. (3) D. Hester Prynnes term of confinement was now at an end. Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine, which, falling on all alike, see
29、med, to her sick and morbid heart, as if meant for no other purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast 1. Identify the work and the author. (2) 2.What are the symbolic meanings of the letter on Hester Prynnes breast? E. Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That ge
30、ntly, oer a perfumed sea, The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. - On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. - Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How sta
31、tue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land! 1. Identify the work and the author. (2) 2. What is the theme of this poem? (3) F. Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me - The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality. We slowly drove - He knew no haste And I had put away
