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1《美国文学》期末考试试卷（B卷）适用班级考试时间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.PoorRichard’sAlmanac()2.TheHouseoftheSevenGables()3.“Raven”()4.MyAntonia()5.Babbitt()6.AStreetcarNamedDesire()7.Maggie:AGirloftheStreets()8.AFarewelltoArms()9.TheCalloftheWild()10.LongDay'sJourneyintoNight()11.CommonSense()12.“RipVanWinkle”()13.Walden()14.TheSongofHiawatha()15.UncleTom’sCabin()16.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn()17.SisterCarrie()18.TheWasteLand()19.AFarewelltoArms()20.TheGreatGatsby()Ⅱ.ChooseFIVEofthefollowingandfillintheblanks.(10%)得分得分21.definedpoetryastherhythmicalcreationofbeauty.2.WhileworkingfortheVirginiaCityTerritorialEnterprise,SamuelLanghorneClemensadoptedthepseudonym,thewayofaboatmantakingsoundings,andmeaningtwofathoms.3.EzraPoundinitiatedacampaignfor,whichemphasizedthedirecttreatmentofanobjectorsituation.Healsoadvocatedthelanguageofcommonspeech,butalwaystheexactword.4.Fitzgeraldsummarizedtheexperiencesandattitudesofthe1920sdecadeinhismasterpiecenovel_________.5.isthefirstAmericantowintheNobelPrizeforLiteratureforhisvigorousandgraphicartofdescriptionandhisabilitytocreate,withwitandhumor,newtypesofcharacters.6.ThefirstofAmericanliteraturewasnotwrittenbyanAmerican,butby___________________,aBritishcaptain,whothusbecamethefirstAmericanwriter.7._________________hasbeenconsideredthe“FatherofmodernAmericanPoetry.\8._______________________wasagreatdemocraticpoet.Heisalsothegreatpoettousetheformoffreeverse.9._____________________isthefirstAmericanlyricpoet.10._______________________isalsocallednoveloftheroad,itstringstheincidentsonthelineofthehero’stravel.Ⅲ.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.(30%)1.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment,_______________wasthedominantspirit.A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution2.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylorC.AnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau3.ThefinestexampleofHawthorne’ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritanBostonin_______.A.TheScarletLetterB.YoungGoodmanBrownC.TheMarbleFaunD.TheAmbitiousGuest得分34.____________wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.A.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman5.ChoosetheworkNOTwrittenbyMarkTwain.A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerB.InnocentsAbroadC.LifeontheMississippiD.TheRiseofSilasLapham6.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.TheConductofLifeD.RepresentativeMen7.Melville’s____________________isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry.A.TheOldManandtheSeaB.MobyDickC.WhiteJacketD.BillyBudd8.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas___________.A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAustenC.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher9.Themainthemeof_______________TheArtofFictionrevealshisliterarycredothatrepresentationoflifeshouldbethemainobjectofthenovel.A.HenryJames’B.WilliamDeanHowells’C.MarkTwain’sD.O.Henry’s10.___________showedgreatinterestinChineseliteratureandtranslatedthepoetryofLiPointoEnglish,andwasinfluencedbyConfucianideas.A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrostC.T.S.EliotD.E.E.Cummings11.WithWilliamDeanHowells,HenryJames,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,_______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthenineteenthcentury.A.sentimentalism4B.romanticismC.realismD.naturalism12.EzraPound'slongpoem____________containedmorethanonehundredpoemslooselyconnected.A.TheWasteLandB.TheCantosC.DonJuanD.QueenMab13.InParis,ErnestHemingway,alongwith_____________,accomplishedarevolutioninliterarystyleandlanguage.A.GertrudeSteinB.EzraPoundC.JamesJoyceD.alloftheabove14.__________tellstheJoadfamily'slifefromthetimetheywereevictedfromtheirfarminOklahomauntiltheirfirstwinterinCalifornia.A.OfMiceandMenB.TheGrapesofWrathC.TheGreatGatsbyD.ForWhomtheBellTolls15.ThetwoareasonwhichthemodemAmericanwritersconcentratedtheircriticismwerethefailuresofAmericansocietyand___________.A.thefailureofcommunicationamongAmericansB.theeconomicdepressionC.theextremeprosperityofAmericaD.theparadiseofNewLandIV.ChooseTENofthefollowinganddecidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.(10%)1Allhisliterarylife,Hawthorneseemedtobehauntedbyhissenseofsinandevilinlife.2.MostofthepoemsinLeavesofGrassareaboutloveandreligion.3.TheFirstWorldWarledtheAmericanintellectualstoabitterdisillusionment.4.Hemingway’sworkshavesometimesbeenreadasanessentiallynegativecommentaryonamodernworldfilledwithsterility,failure,anddeath.5.MarkTwain’sregionwastheDeepSouth,withitsbitterhistoryofslavery,civilwaranddestruction.得分56.ErnestHemingwaydevelopedaspare,tight,reportorialprosebasedonsimplesentencestructureandusingarestrictedvocabulary,preciseimagery,andanimpersonal,dramatictone.7.JohnSteinbeck'sthemewasusuallythatsimplehumanvirtuessuchaskindnessandfairtreatmentwerefarsuperiortoofficialhard-heartedness,orthedehumanizingcrueltyofexploitersfortheirowncommercialadvantage.8.Short-lived,theImagistmovementfailedtoexertatremendousinfluenceonmodernpoet