美国文学二期末复习资料2

Part I Fill in the blanks:
1.The central character’s name in Henry James novel The Portrait of a Lady is
__________.
2.American writers of the first postwar era self-consciously acknowledged that
they were a "__________ " , devoid of faith and alienated from a civilization.
3."The Cop and the Anthem" is a short story written by __________.
4.The publication of The Waste Land, written by____________ , helped to
establish a modern tradition of literature rich with learning and allusive
thought.
5. F. Scott Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s
decade in his masterpiece novel___________ .
6.The__________ of the 1930s greatly weakened the American nation's
self-confidence.
7.An American woman writer named ____________ who had lived in Paris
since 1903, welcomed the young expatriates to her literary salon, and gave
them a name "the Lost Generation".
8.Ezra Pound was the leader of a new movement in poetry which he called the
"__________ " movement.
9.Ezra Pound's major work of poetry is the long poem called______________ .
10.Robert Frost' s first book___________ brought him to the attention of
influential critics, such as Ezra Pound, who praised him as an authentic poet.
Part II Identification
Directions: Decide whether the following statements are true or false.
1.Many of O. Henry' s stories contain a lot of slang and colloquial expressions,
just like his own speech.
2.Henry James was not only one of the most important realists of the period
before the First World War, but also one of the most expert stylists of his time.
3.In subject matter, Henry James began as a realist and ended as a psychological
novelist.
4.Henry James was a realist in the same way as one views the realism of Mark
Twain or William Dean Howells.
5.Henry James was a pioneer in utilizing psychological devices which com-
municated a more intense realization of character and situation.
6.Generally speaking, Jack London was much more interested in ideas than
Stephen Crane and less sentimental than Benjamin Frank Norris.
7.Jack London was usually considered as a naturalist by literary historians.
8.Theodore Dreiser is half socialist and half cosmological pessimist.
9.Sister Carrie is generally regarded as Theodore Dreiser's masterpiece.
10.Hurstwood is a character in Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie.
Part III Appreciation
Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by several questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.
Part A
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
Questions:
1.Who is the writer of this poem? _______________(2%)
2.What is the title of this poem? _______________(2%)
3.What images in this poem suggest Haiku poetry and what images are “modern”? (3%)
4.What is the effect of the parallel between lines one and two of the poem? And what
feeling and meaning does the poem express to you? (3%)
Part B
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—
They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. . .
Questions:
1.Which novel is this passage taken from? (2)
2.Who is the writer of this novel? (2)
3.What is the author' s attitude toward such persons as Tom and Daisy? (6)
Part IV Comment.
Directions: In this part of the test, you are given three topics. Choose TWO of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content, grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge. If you comment on all the three topics, additional points will be given to your final marks.
1.Does Gatsby deserve to be called "the great"? Why?
2.What is the implication of the ending of Sister Carrie?
3.What is your response towards "The Road Not Taken"?。