1美国文学史及选读考试试题(卷)B卷院系:专业:考试科目:美国文学史及选读考试形式:闭卷考试时间:100分钟姓名:学号:题号一二三四五六总分得分得分评分人I.Multiplechoice:(20points,1pointforeach)Directions:Inthispartofthetest,therearetwentyitems.ChoosethebestanswerandwritethecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.1.Whitmanpublishedhisfirsteditionof______in1855.a.LeavesofGrassb.TheScarletLetterc.“HymntoTheNight”d.“TheSecretoftheSea”2.Dreiser’snaturalismandhischoiceofsubjectoftenechohispredecessor,______,buthisstyleandmethodareverydifferent.a.MarkTwainb.StephenCranec.HenryJamesd.Emerson3.SisterCarriewrittenby______isconsideredasoneoftherepresentativenaturalisticnovelintheAmericanliterature.a.SinclairLewisb.TheodoreDreiserc.F.ScottFitageraldd.H.L.Mencken4.MarkTwain’s______tellsastoryofhisboyhoodambitioustobecomeariverboatpilot,upanddowntheMississippi.a.RoughingItb.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnc.LifeontheMississippid.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer5.StephenCrane’sstylehasbeencalledrealistic,______andimpressionistic.2a.romanticb.naturalisticc.classicald.imagining6.______isthesceneofDreiser’sSisterCarrie.a.NewYorkb.Chicagoc.Californiad.Washington7.WhichisgenerallyregardedastheBibleofNewEnglandTranscendentalism?a.Natureb.Waldenc.OnBeautyd.Self-Reliance8.Melville’s_______isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry.a.TheOldManandtheSeab.MobyDickc.WhiteJacketd.BillyBudd9.MarkTwaincreated,in_______,amasterpieceofAmericanrealismthatisalsooneofthegreatbooksofworldliterature.a.HuckleberryFinnb.TomSawyerc.TheManThatCorruptedHadleyburgd.TheGildedAge10.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcentury.Thiswas_______.a.AnneBradstreetb.JaneAustenc.EmilyDickinsond.HarrietBeecher11.WithHowells,James,andMarkTwainactiveonthescene,______becamethemajortrendintheseventiesandeightiesofthe19thcentury.a.sentimentalismb.Romanticismc.realismd.naturalism12.LeavesofGrasshas_______editions.a.nineb.fivec.sixd.seven13._______isnotamongtheartisticfeaturesofWhitman’swriting.a.Theuseofthepoetic“I”b.Freeversec.Musicalityorrhythmd.Allegory14.Melville’s_______isasemi-autobiographicalnovelconcerningthesufferingsofagentleyouthamongbrutalsailors.a.Typeeb.Redburn3c.WhiteJacketd.BillyBudd15._______isnotamongthewritingfeaturesofMelville’sworks.a.symbolismb.allgoryc.psychologicalanalysesd.Dramaticmonologue16.Therealisticperiodisreferredtoas“theGildedAge”by_______.a.MarkTwainb.HenryJamesc.EmilyDickinsond.TheodoreDreiser17._______isregardedbyH.L.Menkenas“thetruefatherofAmericannationalliterature.”a.EmilyDickinsonb.HenryJamesc.MarkTwaind.TheodoreDreiser18._______,beingaboy’sbookspeciallywrittenfortheadults,isMarkTwain’smostrepresentativebook.a.RoughingItb.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnc.LifeontheMississippid.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer19.HenryJames’sfamegenerallyrestsuponhisnovelsandstorieswith________.a.theloveandmarriagethemeb.thethemeofhumorandsatireonlifec.thethemeofrevealingthemiserablelifeofthepoorandcriticizingthecapitalismd.theinternationaltheme20.WithinDickinson’slittlelyrics,sheaddressesthoseissuesthatconcernthewholehumanbeings,whichexclude________.a.religionb.Friendshipc.loved.immortality得分评分人II.Match.(20points,1pointforeach)Directions:ChoosethecorrectlettersfromthelistoftheauthorsforthefollowingworksandputthemontotheAnswerSheet.4A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.HenryDavidThoreauC.HermanMelvilleD.HenryW.LongfellowE.WaltWhitmanF.EmilyDickinsonG.MarkTwainH.StephenCraneI.HenryJames1.Self-reliance()2.ThereWasaChildWentForth()3.ThereWasaChildWentForth()4.WhiteJacket()5.MobyDick()6.LifeontheMississippi()7.DaisyMiller()8.WhatMaisieKnew()9.ThisisMyLettertotheWorld()10.ILiketoSeeItLaptheMiles()11.ARedBadgeofCourage()12.CivilDisobedience()13.VoicesoftheNight()14.TheGildedAge()15.Hiawatha()16.Maggie,AGirloftheStreets()17.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer()18.IHeardaFlyBuzz—WhenIDied()19.TheAmericanScholar()20.SongofMyself()得分评分人III.Terms(20points,4pointsforeach)Directions:Inthispartofthetest,therearefiveterms.Pleasegivethedefinitionfortheseterms.Scoreswillbegivenfortherelatedcontents.Fourindividualcontentswillbeenoughforfourpoints.51.FreeVerse2.Transcendentalism3.AmericanRealism4.AmericanNaturalism5.LocalColor得分评分人IV.Appreciation(10points,5pointsforeach)Directions:Inthispartofthetest,therearetwoexcerpts.Eachoftheexcerptsisfollowedbythreequestions.ReadtheexcerptsandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.PartASuccessSuccessiscountedsweetestThosewhone’ersucceed.TocomprehendanectarRequiressorestneed.NotoneofallthepurplehostWhotooktheflagtodayCantellthedefinition,Soclear,ofvictory,Ashe,defeated,dying,OnwhoseforbiddenearThedistantstrainsoftriumphBreak,agonizedandclear.1.Whoistheauthorofthepoem?(1’)2.Accordingtothepoem,whatbestunderstandssuccess?(1’)3.Inyouropinion,whowantsmosttosucceed?(1’)4.TranslatethefirststanzaintoChinese.(2’)6PartBIheardthetrailinggarmentsoftheNightSweepthroughhermarblehalls!IsawhersableskirtsallfringedwithlightFromthecelestialwalls!Ifeltherpresence,byitsspellofmight,Stoopo’ermefromabove;Thecalm,majesticpresenceoftheNight,AsoftheoneofIlove.Iheardthesoundsofsorr