美国文学史及选读试题

1美国文学史及选读试题I.MultipleChoice10’1.Whoisdifferentfromothersaccordingtothedivisionofwritingperiod?A.WashingtonIrvingB.WilliamCullenBryantC.CaptainJohnSmithD.JamesFenimoreCooper2.TheAmericanRomanticPeriodlastedroughlyfrom____to____.A.1798-1832B.1810-1860C.1860-1864D.1776-17833.HowmanysyllablesarethereinthisfirstlineofRaven?(“Onceuponamidnightdreary,whileIpondered,weakandweary,”)A.11B.12C.13D.164.WhatdominatedthePuritanphaseofAmericanwriting?A.theologyB.literatureC.estheticsD.revolution5.AttheinitialperiodofthespreadofideasoftheEnlightenmentwaslargelydueto____.A.typographyB.journalismC.revolutionD.thedevelopmentofpaper-makingindustry6.Whohasbeencalledthe“FatherofAmericanLiterature”?A.WaltScottB.GeoffreyChaucer2C.WashingtonIrvingD.PhilipFreneau7.WhoisthefirstAmericanprosestylistthattacquiredinternationalfame?A.CaptainJohnSmithB.WashingtonIrvingC.BenjaminFranklinD.E.A.Poe8.WhoisthewriterofToaWaterfowl?A.AnneBradstreetB.ThomasHardyC.WilliamCullenBryantD.WaltWhitman9.ThomasPaineisa____?A.novelistB.dramatistC.poetD.pamphleteer10.EdgarAllanPoemainlywrites____A.shortstoriesB.literarycritictheoriesC.poemsD.dramasII.Blank-Filling20’1.____’sreportsofexploration,publishedintheearly1600s,havebeendescribedasthefirstdistinctlyAmericanliteraturetobewritteninEnglish.2.Hardwork,____,piety,and____werethePuritanvaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearliestAmericanwriting,includingthesermons,booksandlettersofsuchnotedPuritanclergymenasJohnCottonandCottonMather.3.MostPuritanversewasdecidedlyplodding,buttheworkoftwo3writers,AnneBradstreetandEdwardTaylor,rosetothelevelof____4.From1732to1785,Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous____,anannualcollectionofproverbs.5.OnJanuary10,1776,Paine’sfamouspamphlet____appeared.Itboldlyadvocateda“DeclarationforIndependence”,andbroughttheseparatistagitationtoacrisis.6.Asapoet,____heraldedAmericanliteraryindependence:hiscloseobservationofnaturedistinguishedhistreatmentofindigenouswildlifeandothernativeAmericansubjects.7.TheattitudesofAmerica’swriterswereshapedbytheir____environmentandanarrayofideasinheritedfromthe____traditionsofEurope.8.Romanticwritersplacedincreasingvalueonthe____expressionofemotionanddisplayedincreasingattentiontothe____statesoftheircharacters.9.Cooperlaunchedtwokindsofimmenselypopularstories:____and____.10.ThecentralfigureinCooper’sNovels,____goesbyvariousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslyer,Pathfinder,andHawkeye.III.ChineseAlternationofEnglishLiteraryTerms10’1.Puritanism2.Romanticism43.SketchBook4.Thanatopsis5.TheWildHoneySuckleIV.GiveabriefcommentonAmericanCrisis.15’V.Answerthefollowingquestions.25’1.Whatdoestheword“Power”inToaWaterfowlreferto?5’2.WhatisyourunderstandingonHeleninthepoemToHelen?5’3.WhatisthetoneofThanatopsis?5’4.ListsomesounddevicesusedinRaven10’VI.TranslatethispoembyE.Dickinson.20’ThereisnofrigatelikeabookTotakeuslandsaway,NoranyhorseslikeapageOfprancingpoetry.ThistraversemaythepooresttakeWithoutoppressoftoll;HowfrugalisthechariotThatbearsahumansoul!