美国文学史及选读试卷(A卷)

苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷）

A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

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Directions: In this part of the test, there are 9 items and 10 blanks. Fill in the best answer on the Answer Sheet according to the knowledge you have learned.

1.The first American literature was neither ____ nor really ____.

2.Of the immigrants who came to America in the first three quarters of

the seventeenth century, the overwhelming majority was _____.

3.The English immigrants who settled on America’s northern seacoast

were called _____, so named after those who wished to “purify” the

Church of England.

4.Washington Irving, the Father of American literature, developed the

_____ as a genre in American literature.

5.Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece _____.

6.The most outstanding poet in America of the 18th century was _____.

7.In the early 19th century, “Rip Van Winkle”had established _____’s

reputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning of

American Romanticism.

8._____ has sometimes been considered the father of the modern short

story.

9.In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece _____, the

story of a triangular love affair in colonial America.

Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the

settlement of America in the early 17th century through the end of

________ century.

A. the 18th

B. the 19th

C. the 20th

D. 21th

2. New-England’s Plantation was published in 1630 by ________

A. Francis Higginson

B. William Bradford

C. John Smith

D. Michael Wigglesworth

3. Of all the books written by Michael Wigglesworth the beat known is

________

A. The Flesh and the Spirit

B. The True Travels

C. The Day of Doom

D. Christopher Columbus

4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ______.

A. American Enlightenment

B. Sugar Act

C. Chartist movement

D. Romanticist

5. In the first section of Autobiography the writer addressed to ________

A. his son

B. his friends

C. his wife

D. himself

6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brother’s newspaper called ________

A. New York Times

B. Washington Post

C. Salmagundi

D. Daily News

7. History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of ________

A. Washington Irving

B. Diedrich Knickerboker

C. James Fenimore Cooper

D. John Whittier

8. Rip Van Winkle was written by ________

A. James Fenimore Cooper

B. Benjamin Franklin

C. Washington Irving

D. Walt Whitman

9. The Spy was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1821. It is a novel about

________