美国文学期末试卷B.doc

(完整版)美国文学期末试卷B系班 姓名 学号-密-封-线-衡水学院外语系 英语专业 2004级普本20072008学年第一学期期末考试美国文学史及选读 课程试卷（B）命题教师：徐常兰 试题审核人:孙艳 题 号一二三四五六七总 分合分人核分人得 分阅卷人复核人I。 WorkAuthor pairingup: （15）（ ) 1. The ConfidenceMan A. Walt Whitman( ) 2. The House of the Seven Gables B。 Ralph Waldo Emerson（ ） 3。 The OverSoul C。 Nathaniel Hawthorne( ) 4。 There Was a Child Went Forth D. Herman Melville （ ） 5。 The Turn of the Screw E。 Emily Dickenson（ ） 6。 This is My Letter to the World F。 Henry James( ) 7. The Hairy Ape G。. F。 Scott Fitzgerald( ) 8。 The Sound and the Fury H. Eugene O Nell( ） 9。 Tender Is the Night I。 William Faulkner（ ) 10。 For Whom the Bell Tolls . J. Eugene ONell( ） 11. Emperor Jones K. Ernest Hemingway （ ） 12. After Apple -Picking L。 Ezra Pound( ） 13. In a Station of the Metro M。 Robert Frost( ） 14。 North of Boston（ ) 15。 In Our TimeII。 Choose one suitable answer for each statement。 （20)( ) 1. In Robert Frosts famous poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”， there are four lines like these: “The woods are lovely， dark and deep, /But I have promises to keep， / And miles to go before I sleep， /And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to _A. die B。 calm downC。 fall into sleep D。 stop walking（ ） 2. Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America? A。 Robert Frost B。 Walt Whitman C。 Emily Dickenson D. Wallace Stevens （ ） 3. In these lines “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; /Petals on a wet, black bough”， Ezra Pound uses the figure of speech of _. A。 metaphor B。 simile C. hyperbole D. contrast （ ) 4. Chinese poetry and philosophy had great influence on _ A. Robert Frost B。 Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Ezra Pound D。 Emily Dickenson( ) 5. The Hemingway code heroes are best remembered for their_.A. indestructible spirit B. pessimistic view of life C. war experiences D。 masculinity( ) 6. Lots of people rushed to Gatsbys party at the weekend and they clustered around Gatsbys wealth like_。A. gluttons B。 fliesC。 insects D。 moths（ ) 7. In a class which discusses the Imagist Movement in the United States， we will definitely NOT include _A。 William Carlos Williams B。 Ezra PoundB。 Gary Snyder D。 Wallance Stevens（ ） 8。 Emily Dickenson was sometimes curious about the feeling of death and in one of her poems she wrote about the _of death， the title of the poem is “ I heard a Fly buzz when I died”。 A. moment B. suffering C。 happiness D。 meaning( ）9。 In all his novels Theodore Dresier set himself to project the materialistic American values。 For example, in Sister Carrie, there is not one character whose status is not determined _。 A。 hereditarily B. economically C. by his or her literalness D。 historically( )10。 Theodore Dresier was influenced by many writers whose works he had read. But his true literary influence did not come from _. A。 Balzac B。 Charles Darwin C. Herbert Spencer D. Ralph Waldo Emerson（ ) 11. One of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain one of the major literary figures in the 19th century American literature is the use of _. A. vernacular B。 interior monologue C. point of view D。 photographic description( ） 12。 The novelistic technique of projecting the narrative through feelings and thoughts of the characters, reached a perfected form in the works of _. A. Henry James B。 William Dean Howells C。 Washington Irving D。 Emily Dickenson( )13. The author of The Portrait of a Lady is best at _.A. probing into the unsearched secret part of human life.B. A truthful delineation of the motives， the impulses， the principles that shape the lives of actual men and women。C. A dramatizing the collisions between two very different cultural systems on an international scene。D. Disclosing the social injustices and evils of a civilized society after the Civil War.( ） 14. Generally speaking， all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality are_. A。 transcendentalism B。 idealists C。 pessimists D。 impressionist( ） 15. Of all the following issues， _ is definitely NOT the focus of the Romantic writers in the American literary history。 A. Puritan morality B。 human bestiality C。 noble savages D. divinity of man（ ）16。 “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind” is a famous quote from _ writings.A. Walt Whitman B。Henry David Thoreau C. Herman Melville D。 Ralph Emersion( ) 17。 Moby Dick， the big white whale, is possibly read as symbolic of all the following EXCEPT_。 A。 malignancy B。 beauty C. adultery D. God（ ） 18。 According to Nathaniel Hawthorne， romance should be _。A. both imaginative and creativeB. full of adventuresC. a true record of human lifeD. a mixture of facts and fancy( ） 19。 Whitman is noted for his use of _ language。 A. oral B。 poetic C. formal D. archaic（ ） 20. According to Whitman， the genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural effort was to behave as a supreme_. A。 democrat B。 individualist C。 romanticist D。 leaderIII. Define the following literary terms: (15%）1. Jazz Age2. Local colorism3. The “Hemingway Code of hero4. picaresque5. imagismIV。 Reading comprehension:（12%)Directions： Read the following selected readings and answer the questions。 1 I make a pact with you, Walt Whitman-I have detested you long enough，I come to you as a grown childWho has had a pig-headed father；I am old enough now to make friends. Questions：1）。 What is the title of the poem？2） Who writes the poem?3） What does the poem describes？2. “ Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blither air and uplifted into infinite space，-all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball； I am nothing； I see all； the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me； I am part or particle of God.Questions：(1）。 What is the title of the essay？（2） Who writes it?(3) How do you understand the philosophical ideas in these world?3. Tell me not， in mournful numbers，Life is but an empty dream！For the soul is dead that slumbers，And things are not what they seem.Questions：1）。 What is the title of the whole poem from which the stanza is taken?2） Who writes the poem?3) Summarize the poets advice on living。4. The apparition of these faces in the crowd；Petals on a wet, black bough.Questions：1). What is the title of the poem？2) Who writes the poem？ 3）。 How do you appreciate this poem?V。 Questions：(18%） Directions： For each of the following questions you are asked to concentrate on the essential points。1. What is writing features of Henry James? 2. Give a brief analysis of the character of Huckleberry Finn。VII。 Essay questions （20%）1. Give a brief analysis of Gatsbys tragedy in Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby.2。 Analyze Henrys illusions in the forest in Stephen Cranes The Red Badge of Courage.First， Henry convinced himself that nature is benevolent， that she does not blame him for running。 Next, he finds himself in a part of the woods which he interprets as a kind of religious place. The insects are praying, and the forest has the appearance of a chapel。 Henry becomes satisfied with himself until he discovered a dead soldier in the “chapel”。 Henry sees an ant carrying a bundle across the face of the dead man。 Shifting to a belief in nature as malevolent indifferent， Henry moves back toward the front。 系-班 姓名- 学号-密-封-线-衡水学院外语系 英语专业 2004普本2006-2007学年第一学期期末考试英国文学史及选读 课程试卷（A）Terminal Exam Paper on English Literature Answer Sheet题型IIIIIIIVVVIVII得分评卷人I Workauthor pairingup: (15） （each 1 point）1-5: 610: 1115： II. Choose one suitable anwer for each statement. (10) （each 1 point）15： 6-10： III。 True-false statement (10）(each 1 point)1-5: 610: 1115: IV Define the following literary terms: (15%)(each 3points）V Reading comprehension：（24%) （each 6points）VI Questions：(10%) （each 5 points）VII. Essay Questions(16） (each 8points)