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1. ________is not a play written by Tennessee Williams.A. Cat on Hot Tin RoofB. The Glass MenagerieC. Death of a SalesmanD. A Streetcar Named Desire2. From ______ in the 1920s, Black(or African- American) literature started one upsurge after another.A. The Harlem RenaissanceB. The Beat MovementC. The Lost GenerationD. The worker’s movement3. Which of the following is not said about Ezra Pound?A. For he was politically, controversial and notorious for what he did in the wartime, his literary achievement and influence are somewhat reduced.B. His artistic talents are on full display in the history of the imagist movement.C. From his analysis of Chinese ideogram Pound learned to another his poetic language in concrete, perceptual reality and to organize images into large patterns through juxtaposition.D. His language is usually oblique yet marvelously compressed and his poetry is dense with personal literary and historical allusions.4. In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway_______.A. emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically and mentally and suggests that m an is doomed to be entrapped.B. Wrote the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1930sC. Favored the idea of nature as an expression of either god’s design or his beneficence.D. Tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with a French nurse5. Eugene O’neill is remembered for his tragic view of life, and most of his plays are about_____.A. The root, the truth of human desires and human frustrationsB. The moral nature of the modern mankindC. The relationship between man and nature as well as an and womanD. The inner contradiction of men before the red world6. Which of the following does not describe the strikingly successful artistic techniques in Catch-22？A. BurlesqueB. black humorC. anti-heroD.simple plot7. In his poems, Robert Frost combined traditional verse to forms with________.A. A simple spoken language the speech of New England farmersB. The pastoral language of the southern areaC. The difficult and highly ornamental languageD. Both A and B8. The literary characters of the America type in early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following Features except that they_______.A. Speak local dialectsB. are polite and elegant gentlemanC..are simple and crude farmersD. are noble savage (red and white) untainted by society9. The Raven was written in 1844 by_______.A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson10. The main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism and generally philosophically concerning______.A. The cold, rigid rationalism of UnitarianismB. The relationship between man and womenC. He development of Romanticism in AmericaD. Nature man and the universe11. ______ can be broadly defined as“the faithful representation of reality”or “verisimilitude”it includes the period of time from the civil war to the turn of the century.A. American Realism C.American SentimentalismB. American Transcendentalism D. American Romanticism12. Which of the following works is not be Ernest Hemingway?A. The Old Man and SeaB. A Farewell to ArmsC.Sound and FuryD. For whom to Bell Tolls13. Iceberg Theory is a writing principle proposed and closely followed by________.A. Jack LondonB. Sinclair LewisC. William FaulknerD. Ernest Hemingway14. Which of the following is said of the American Naturalism?A. They preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the storiesB. Their characteristic setting is an isolated townC. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations or inherited attributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forcesD. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing environmental conditions15. As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called_______, that is_________.A. Hymn, poetry with chanting refrains.B. Blank verse, poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beat.C. Free verse, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.D. Ode, poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feeling.16. By the end of he 19th century, the realists had rejected the portrayal of idealized characters and event, instead, sought to______.A. Describe the wide range of American experienceB. Present the subtleties of human personalityC. Show animal nature of human beingsD. Both A and B17. In all his novels Theodore Dreiser set himself to project the _____American values. For example, in Sister Carrie, there is no one character whose status is not determined economically.A. PuritansB. MaterialisticC. PsychologicalD. Religions18. _______was poet in American modern period who was deeply influence by Eastern culture.A. T.S.EliotB. Robert FrostC. Ezra PoundD. Walt Whitman19. Which of the following is not a typical feature of Henry James’s writing style?A. Exquisite and elaborateB. minute and detailed descriptionsB. lengthy psychological analyses D. American colloquialism20. In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment. ______was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. rationalismC. DevolutionD. Evolution21. About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statement is not right?A. It is a love story and a story of sinB. It is a highly symbolic story as the author is a master of symbolismC. It is mainly about the moral emotional and psychological effects of the sin upon the main characters and the people in generalD. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel22. American Colonial literature is longer than any other literary and sermons, which started when the first settlers kept diaries and sermons and developed till________.A. The mid of 18th centuryB. early 17th centuryB. the end of 17th century D. the end of 18th century23. Which of the following works concerns most concentrated the Calvinistic view of original sin?A. The WastelandB. The Scarlet LetterC. Leaves of GrassD. As I Lay Dying24. Whitman’s poem are characterized by all the following features except______.A. Strict poetic formB. a simple and conversationallanguageB. a free and natural rhythmic pattern D. an easy flow of feelings25.Which of the following is not written by Faulkner? A. The Sound and Fury B.A Rose for EmilyD. Tender is the night26._______ is considered to be a spokesman for the alienated youth in the post-war era and his The Catcher in the Rye is regarded as a students’classic.A. Allen SalingerB.E.E. CummingsC.J.D. Salinger D. Henry James27.Which one of the following statement is NOT True of William Faulkner?A. He is master of stream of consciousness narrativeB. His writing is often complex and difficult to understandC. He represents a new group pf Southern writers28.As a spokesman of the“Roaring 20s’”. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed ______.A. the problems of the human heart in conflict with itselfB. the psychological journey of the modern man and his helplessness in the modern worldC. the primitive struggle of individuals in the context of irresistible natural forcesD. the hollowness of the American worship of riches and the unending American dream of fulfillment29.In the beginning paragraph of chapter 3. The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald describes a big party by saying that “men and girls came and went like moths”. The author most likely indicates that______.A. there was a crowd of party goersB. these people were light -heartedC. these were crazy and ignorant charactersD. such life does not have red meaning30.______ is generally regarded as the forerunner of the 20th century “stream -of consciousness ”novels and the founder of psychological realism.A. Theodore DreiserB. William Faulkner D. His often depicts slum life in New York and ChicagoC. Light in AugustC. Henry JamesD. Mark Twain31.As the leader of the Harlem writers who created the Black Renaissance ______ as known as the“Poet Laureate of Harlem”.A. Ralph EllisonB. Langston HughesC. Richard WrightD. Alice Walker32.Hemingway once described Mark Twain’s novel ________ the one book from which“all modern American literature comes”.A. The Adventure of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventure of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg33.Romantics put emphasis on the following Expect _______.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism34.In the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called ________.A. the English RenaissanceB. the American RenaissanceC. the Second RenaissanceD. the Salem Renaissance35.The main theme of The Art of Fiction written by ______ clearly indicates that the aim of the novel is to present life.A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. Theodore DreiserD. Ernest Hemingway36.In the line“We slowly drove-He knew on haste/ And I had put away /My labor and my leisure too. /For his Civility -”, the word“civility”means______.A. abilityB. politenessC. kindnessD. pleasure37.Which one is not the characterized of modernism?A. Modernism in literature is characterized by experimentation, anti-realism, individualism and a stress on the cerebral rather than emotive aspects.B. Modernism is greatly influenced by the two world wars.C. The work of Mary and Freud had mounted an assault against orthodox religious faith that lasted into the twentieth century.D. Modernists believe that human nature is kind38.Which of the following plays by O’Neill can be read autobiographicall y?A. The Hairy ApeB. The Emperor TonesC. The Iceman ComethD. Long Day’s Tourney Into Night39.The Civil War had transformed America from _____ to _____.A.an agrarian community, a society of freedom and equalityB.an agrarian community, an industrialized and commercialized societyC.an industrialized and commercialized society, a highly -developed societyD. a poor and backward society, an industrialized and commercial society40.Robert Frost combined traditional verse from -sonnet, rhyming couplet, blank verse -with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of ______ farmers with its idiosyncratic diction and syntax.A. southernB. westernC. New EnglandD. New Hampshire41.The realistic period is referred to as“the Gilded Age”by______.42.Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating flections and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment43.With Howells, James and Mark Twain active on the literary scene _______ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.A. sentimentalismB. romanticismC. realismD. naturalism44.Anna Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poem made such a stir in England that she become known as the“_______”who appeared in America.45.Apart from The Autobiography, Franklin is perhaps best remembered in print for his _______.A. The Way to WealthB. The Sketch BookC. The Biography Christopher ColumbusD. Poor Richard’s Almanac46.Moby Dick is usually considered ______.A. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the truth and knowledge of the universeB. a spiritual exploration into man’s deep reality and psychologyC. a simple whaling tale or sea adventure47.The image of the famous“henpecked husband”is created by _______.D. both A and BTenth Muse Mark Twain A. B. Ninth Muse C. Best Muse D. First MuseA. B. Henry James C. Emily Dickinson D. Theodore DreiserA. Washington IrvingB. Fennimore CooperC. William Dean HowellsD.Mark Twain48.As a philosophical and literary moment, _______ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. ModernismB. RationalismC. SentimentalismD. Transcendentalism。
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美国文学部分练习（全，并带全部答案）美国文学部分大作业大作业Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第一章) 1. 选择题1. Which of the following statements is NOT a famous concept of Transcendentalism?[A]Nature is ennobling[B] The individual is divine and self-reliant.[C] Man is capable of knowing truth by intuition[D] Man is corrupted in nature.2. Which of the following works began to make Irving internationally known?[A] The Sketch Book[B] A History of New York to the End of the Dutch Dynasty[C] Bracebridge Hall[D] Tales of Traveler3. Which of the following is NOT true concerning Irving?[A] He is the father of the American short stories.[B] He is the American Goldsmith.[C] He is the first American writer[D] He is the first writer to declare the independence of American literature.4. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne is mainly concerned with ___________.:[A] the corruption of the society[B] the consequence of sin and guilt[C] the wrong doing of one generation that lives in,, successive ones[D] "overreaching intellect"5. Rip Van Winkle has taken from ________.[A] Spanish stories [B] A German Legend[C] English tales [D] Italian folktales6. "But it would have been worth any statesman's money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place, when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands, from some passing traveler. " What is the rhetorical device used in this sentence?[A] Hyperbole. [B] Metaphor. [C] Irony. [D] Paradox.7. Which of the following statements about Emerson is NOT true?[A] He was generally known as an essayist.[B] He was the chief spokesman of Transcendentalism.[C] He practiced the theory by living a simple life.[D] For him, nature is symbolic.8. For Emerson, nature could symbolize the following except ________.[A] God [B] Spirit [C] Oversoul [D] the whole universe9. What is Hawthorne's attitude toward Puritanism?[Al Negative. [B] Affirmative. [C] Indifferent. [D] Mixed.10. One typical feature of Irving's writing is _________.[A] always preaching [B] his best classic style[C] short and difficult to [D] symbolic11. " I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. "Who could have written these lines?[A] Edgar Allen Poe. [B] Walt Whitman.[C] Ralph Waldo Emerson. [D] Henry David Thoreau.12. Which of the following is NOT true with Transcendentalism?[A] It inherited much from American Puritanism and European realism.[B] It focused on the intuitive knowledge.[C] Nature is its unofficial manifesto.[D] It is related in some way with the German idealism.13. What kind of narrative point of view is adopted in Moby Dick?[A] The first person.[B] The second person.[C] The third person limited.[D] The third person omniscient.14. Which of the following has influenced Melville's: EXCEPT________.[A] Shakespearean tragic vision [B] Emersonian Transcendentalism[C] Hawthorne's black vision of life [D] Irving's writing15. Which of the following writers is NOT optimistic about human nature?[A] Ralph Waldo Emerson. [B] Nathaniel Hawthorne [C] Walt Whitman. [D] Henry David Thoreau16. Which of the following cannot poetry?[A] Elegant and gentle. [B] Simple and open. [C] Unconventional. [D] Colloquial.17. When Emerson states in the introduction to his Nature: "Our age is retrospective. " Which of the following is closest to its understanding?[A] We are conservative.[B] We see this world through our ancestors' eyes.[C] We usually look back upon the good old days.[D] We write a lot of books about the past.18. Which of the following novels does not represent the theme return to nature?[A] Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.[B] Thoreau's Walden .[C] Cooper's Leather-Stocking Tales.[D] Melville's Moby Dick .19. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of the American Romantic writings?[A] Expression of the artist's imaginations, emotions, impressions, or beliefs.[B] Emphasis on rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.[C] Love for the remote, supernatural, mysterious, exotic and illogical quality of things.[D] To see nature as a source of mental cleanness and spiritual understanding.20. The statement that a man's journey to the dark forest and his encounter with the devil are symbolic of man's life journey from innocence to knowledge, from good to evil may well sum up one of the major themes of ________.[A] Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"[C] Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"[D] O. Henry's "The Cop and the Anthem"21. Here is a short passage from a story: "He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, …and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. " The story must be ________.[A] Cooper's "Leather-stocking Tales"[B] Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"[C] Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"[D] Hemingway's "Indian Camp"22. "The universe is composed of Nature and the soul . . present everywhere. " This is the voice of the book _______ which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase of New England Transcendentalism.[A] Walden by Thoreau [B] The Scarlet Lette r by Hawthorne[C] Moby Dick by Melville [D] Nature byEmerson23. In Whitman's giant work, Leaves of Grass, and, above all, ________.are all that concerned him.[A] individualism [B] divine love[C] sympathy [D] the power of blackness24. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Hawthorn "Young Goodman Brown"?[A] Allegory. [B] Ambiguity.[C] Interior monologue. [D] Symbolism.25. In Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" all the drastic changes lapsed 20 years displeased Rip EXCEPT that ________.[A] he has got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony[B] the country has finally got its independence from the yoke of the British colonial rule[C] there comes now the scramble for powers between parties.[D] past glories and a tranquil life of the small village are gone.B. 阅读理解题(Reading comprehension)1. "In like manner, nature is already, in its forms and describing its own design. Let us interrogate apparition, that shines so peacefully around us. Let to what end is nature?"Questions :A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is "the great apparition"?C. What is the writing style?2.... Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of witch-meeting?Be it so, if you will. But, alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become; from the night of that fearful dream. "Questions:A. Identity the work and the author.B. What is the general idea of this passage?C. Did the author tell for sure whether it was only a dream or not?3. "I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass."Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What is the meaning of the phrase "a spear of summer grass" ?C. What is the implied meaning of the two lines?4. "Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf;a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled 5, 000 years ago.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is the basic tone of this passage?C. What is the meaning of the underlined part?5. "God knows, ... I'm not myself-I'm somebody else-. . . I'm changed, and I can't tell what's my name, or who I am. Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. The speaker says he is changed. Do you think changed, or the social environment changed?C. What idea does the quoted sentence express?6. "Standing on the bare ground, -my head bathed by the blitl air and uplifted into infinite space, -all mean egotism vanishI become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. Tl currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am pa or particle of God. "Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What does the word "blithe" mean here?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?C. 回答题(Questions and answers)1. Nature is a philosophic work, in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of the Oversoul. What is your understanding of Emersonian " Oversoul " and its relationship with "a transparent eyeball"?2. One of the most distinctive features of Hawthorne's writing is his art of ambiguity. Exemplify it with his story, "Young Goodman Brown".3. Like Hawthorne, Melville is fond of symbolism in his writings. The white whale, Moby-Dick, is the most importantsymbol in the novel. What symbolic meaning does Moby Dick stand for?4. Whitman is one of the most important figures in American poetic history. He has carried on a sort of experiment on the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitman's free verse?5. Literary critics have seen Rip Van Winkle as a symbol of several aspects of America. What are the aspects that the story and its hero symbolize?D. 论述题(Topic discussion)1 . Melville's Moby Dick is more than a great whale story that reflects the American whale industry in 19th century; it is capable of multiple interpretations. Discuss the themes you can find in the fiction.2. In his whole life, Hawthorne is preoccupied with sin and evil in man; and in almost every novel he wrote, Hawthorne discussed sin and evil. Then what makes Hawthorne obsessed with all this sin and evil?Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第二章)A．多项选择(Multiple choice questions)1: Who is generally considered to be the one “with but a deformed conscience" in MarkTwain's works ？[A] Tom Sawyer.[B] Huckleberry Finn. [C] Hank Morgan. [D] Widow Douglas2. Which of the following is Twain's language?[A] Vernacular. [B] Colloquial.[C] Elegant. [D] Humorous.3. Which of the following writers is famous for his"international theme"?[A] Henry James. [B] William James.[C] Mark Twain. [D] Theodore Dreise4. Winterbourne is used as a narrator of the events in HenryJames __________.[A ] Daisy Miller[B] The American[C] The Turn of the Screw[D] The Wing of theDove5.Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson istrue?[A] Since she scarcely goes out of her house, she pays littleattention to the outsideworld.[B] She prefers to explore the inner life of herself rather thatthe social one.[C] She is strongly influenced by Calvinism and has a firm:belief in after-life.[D] She is not interested in love because she herself never getsmarried.6. Which of the following does NOT belong to TheodoreDreiser's Trilogy of Desire? "[A] The Financier'.[B] The American [C] The Titan. [D] The Stoic.7. Which' of the following is a correct match between thewriter¬ and his work? , .[A] Mark Twain: The Financier[B] Theodore Dreiser:Daisy Miller[C] Henry James; The Turn of the Screw[D] Emily Dickinson: The Wing of the Dove8. " Her Message is committed/To hands I can not see---" Theabove two lines are taken from ________.[A] Whitman's: "Song of Myself"[B] Dickinson's "This is my letter to the World"[C] Pound's: "A Pact"[D] Frost's: "The Road Not Taken"9. Theodore Dreiser gives his novel the title of "An AmericanTragedy" mostlybecause__________.[A] he tries to give an ironical meaning to the story.[B] he attempts-,to reproduce an authentic trial fictionally[C] it is the typical thing that can happen to an American in thepursuit of riches[D] he is surprised that such tragedy should happen inAmerica.10.Isabel, the heroine in The Portrait of a Lady, returns to herunhappy home in Rome at theend of the novel because__________.[A] she is still naive and immature[B] she wants to be responsible to her husband[C] she- wants to be responsible to her own choice[D] she has nowhere else to go11.. Which of the following statements is NOT true?[A] Mark Twain became doubtful about the' idea ofdevelop¬ment and skeptical of thegoodness of human nature in his later years.[B] Henry James; who never: criticizes his fellowmen, is thespokesman for the wealthy andleisured class in America.[C] From Emily Dickinson's poetry, one can hardly find anytraces of political movement inthe society of her time.[D] To Theodore Dreiser, communism is a likely meansimproving the social organizationof man. , :12. During the period after the Civil War, the American societyentered in what Mark Twain,referred to as __________.[A] the Golden Age [B] the Puritan Age[C] the Gilded Age [D] the Modern Age13. Local colorism is a unique variation, of American literaryrealism, the representatives ofwhich does NOT include __________.[A] Sarah Orne Jewett [B] Bret Harte[C] Hamlin Garland [D] Stephen Crane ,14. "I was letting on to give up sin, but away. inside of me; Iwas holding on to the biggest one of all. " The sentence, which taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is written: in a(n) __________ tone.[A] ironic, [B] regretful[C] sincere [D] delightful15. Henry James' idea of realism differs from that of the realistwriters because his emphasisis on man's__________.[A] language [B] inner world[C] surroundings [D] real actions16. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatlyinfluenced by __________.[A] Mark Twain [B] Charles Darwin[C] Henry James [DI Ralph Wa1do Emerson17. However, innocence, the keynote of Daisy Miller'scharacter, turns out to be an admiring but a dangerous quality and her __________ of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.[A] admiration [B] sympathy,[C] disgusting [D] defiance18. Which of the following statements about EmilyDickinson's verse is true?[A] It exposes the evils of the society.[B] It paves the way for the following generation of free versepoets; .[C] It shares the same poetic conventions with Walt Whitman.[D] It exhibits a sensitiveness to the symbolic implications ofher experience oflove, death, and immortality.19. Compared with the writings of Mark Twain's, HenryJames's fiction is noted for their __________.[A] frontier vernacular [B] richcolloquialism[C] refined elegant language [D] vulgarlydescriptive words20. By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes; "It was foreverto be the pursuit of that radiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world. " Dreiser implies that__________.[A] there is a bright future lying ahead[B] one can never fulfill one's desire[C] one should 'always :have forward looking[D] happiness is found in the end21. Emily Dickinson wrote many short' poems .an various'aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? .[A] Religion and immortality [B] Life and death.[C] War and peace. [D] Nature and society22. In Daisy Miller, James chose the Castle of Chillon as thesetting of the story clearly because of its status-as a shrine to ___________, consecrated by Byron in his association with Daisy whose American habits of free social intercourse runs up the elaborately regulated code of manners in Europe.[A] integrity [B] freedom[C] constancy . [D] autocracy23. The sentence "only the fittest can survive in a completiveamoral society" may be regarded as an appropriate summary of _________.[A] Jack London's Martin Eden [B] `Hemingway'sFor Whom. the bell Tolls[C] Drsiser's Sister Carrie[D] Melville’s MobyDick24. Here is a passage from, a novel: "The man gave him a lastpush and closed the door. As he did so, Hurstwood slipped and fell in the snow: It hurt him, and some vaguesense of shame returned. He began to cry and swear -foolishly. " The novel must be_________.[A] Dreiser's Sister Carrie[B] Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath[C] London's Martin Eden[D] Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer25. Here are a few lines from a poem: " WithBlue-uncertain stumbling Buzz─/Between the light ─and me─/And the Windows failed─and then/I could not see .to see─." The poem must be _______.[A] Emily Dickenson's “I Heard a Fly buzz-when I died─"[B] Edgar Allen Poe's "Annabel Lee"[C] Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" .[D] Robert Frost's. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"B.阅读理解题(Reading comprehension)1. “I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and thensays to myself: `All right, then;: I'll go, to hell' -,─and tore it up."Questions:A. Identify the novel and the writer.B. Why do "I" decide to go to hell?C. How do you understand this decision of going to hell?2. "Tell All the Truth, but Tell it Slant. "Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What special feature can you draw from the form-of thisline?C. What idea does this statement convey?3. "And neigh like boanerges─Then─prompter than a StarStop─docile and omnipotentAt its own stable door, ─(Emily Dickinson: “I like to see it lag the:Miles”)Questions:A. What is being described *in, this, poem?B. What rhetoric devices are used in this stanza?C. What is the poet's attitude toward this object beingdescribed?4. "In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall youlong, alone. In your rocking-chair, by your, window, shall y dream such happiness as you may never feel.”(Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie)Questions:A. Who does "you" in the quotation refer to?B. What mood; do you think, was the narrator in, judging fromthis quotation?C. What idea can you draw from the "rocking-chair"?5 . "'Terrible-! ' said, that little lady, joining her, “ I hope itsnows enough to go sleigh riding. “ “ Oh, dear,”said Carrie, with whom the sufferings of Father Goriot were still keen. “That's all you think of.Aren't you sorry for the people who haven’t anything tonight?"”(Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie )Questions:A. What does snow mean to the little lady?B. What kind of mood, do you think, was Carrie in, judo fromthe above dialogue?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?C. 回答题(Questions and answers)1. "Poor Winterbourne was amused, perplexed-above all he' acharmed. He has never yet heard a young girl express herself just this fashion; ... Certainly she was very charming, but how extraordinarily communicative and how tremendously easy(Daisy Miller by Henry James)Question: What kind of narrative point of view is employed 114 What does this quotation reveal of the character of the young (Daisy Miller)?2. "Since then─'tis Centuries─:.and yet Feels shorter thanthe DayI first surmised the Horses 's Heads Were toward Eternity─" ("Because I could not stop for Death-" by Emily Dickinson. Question: What kind of meaning, can you get from the first two lines in the above quotation? What is Dickinson's understanding of death?3. Mark Twain and Henry James are both; considered to begreat realistic writers. What are the differences ,between ;them in the aspects of theme and language?4; What literary group does Theodore Dreiser belong t©?What are the characteristics of this group? Name two more American representatives that belong to this group.5. "The only thing I don't like, she proceeded, is, the. society. " (Daisy Miller by Henry James)Question: What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why?D论述题(Topic discussions)1. Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:. can beinterpreted in many, ways and, has- won its :lasting, place in the American canon. Discuss the image ©f Huck Finn,and the social significance bf this character.2. Henry James is regarded as an -international messenger whobridges the New-America with the Old Europe: His characters are inevitably encountered with cultural conflicts. Take -Daisy Miller as an example to analyze the two characters; Daisy Miller and Winterbourne and the cultural conflicts they undergo.综合美国文学第三章综合练习(Exercises)A. 多项选择(Multiple choice questions)1. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I havepromises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go beforeI sleep. ”The above four lines are taken from_______.[A] Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"[B] Dickinson's "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-"[C] Frost's "After Apple-Picking"[D] Dickinson's “Because I could not stop for Death”2. In writing the poem “The River-Merchant's Wife: ALetter”Pound took its material from the ancient _______ poetry:[A] French [B] Italian[C] Chinese [D] Japanese3. In "After Apple-Picking", Robert Frost wrote: "For Ihave too much/Of apple-picking: I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired. " From theselines we can conclude that the speaker is ________.[A] happy about the harvest[B] wearing out the freshness of apple-picking[C] still desired of apple-picking when seeing theharvest[D] indifferent of what once desired4. In The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape, O'Neilladopted ______ to portray the helpless situation of human beings in a hostile universe.[A] expressionist techniques [B] surrealistic approach [C] romantic approach [D] dramatic monologues5. In " petals on a wet, black bough", the figure of speechused here is______.[A] metaphor [B] hyperbole[C] pun [D] simile6. "My little horse must think it queer/To stop without afarm house near."The above two lines are taken from Frost’s "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", a beautifullystructured poem which follows______.[A] iambic tetrameter [B] iambic pentameter [C] trochaic tetrameter [D] trochaic pentameter7. Here are four lines from a short poem: "I feel theladder sway as the boughs bend. /And I keep hearing from the cellar bin/The rumbling sound/Of load on load of apples coming in. " The poem must be______.[A] Frost's "After Apple-Picking"[B] Dickenson's "Because I could not stop for Death"[C] Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"[D] Whitman's "There Was a Child Went Forth"8. Eugine O'Neill's play, The Hairy Ape, is often said tobe concerned with______.[A] the wretched situation of working people[B] the problem of modern man's identity[C] the conflict between illusion and reality[D] the inevitability of man's final salvation9. Which of the following statements is NOT a typicalfeature of Frost's poetry?[A] It is usually presented in the dramatic monologue.[B] It is rich in images, metaphors and symbols.[C] Nature is one of the most important thematicconcerns in his poetry.[D] Most of his poems are written in the form of freeverse.10.Which of the following plays is regarded as asemi-autobiographic play by O'Neill?[A] Beyond the Horizon. [B] he Emperor Jones.[C] Long Day's Journey Into Night. [D] The IcemanCometh.11.Nick Carraway is both a character and a narrator inthe novel: entitled[A] This Side of Paradise [B] The Sun Also Rises [C] Tender is the Night [D] The Great Gatsby12，Who is the person that used the term "The Lost Generation" fc - the first time. to refer to writers like Hemingway?[A] Gertrude Stein [B] T. S. Eliot[C] Sherwood Anderson [D] Ezra Pound13. “Grace under pressure” is a major feature of______'s novels.[A] William Faulkner[B] Henry James[C]Theodore Dreiser[D] Ernest Hemingway14.Hemingway won his Nobel Prize for the bookentitled______.[A] The Sun Also Rises[B] The Old Man and the Sea[C] A Fare-veil to arms[D] For Whom the Bell Tolls16. William Faulkner was worldly famous not only forhis ingenuous mastery of the streams of consciousness technique, but also for imaginative creation of a mythic kingdom called______.[A] The Mississippi River[B] Yoknapatawpha County[C] Oxford County[D] The Town of Jeffeson17. Which of the following works by Faulkner involvesShakespearean allusion in its title?[A] The Sound and the Fury. [B] Light inAugust.[C] Absalom , Absalom [D] Go Down,Moses.18. "A week later the mayor wrote her himself, offeringto call or to send his carfor her, and received in reply a note on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin, flowingcalligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all. The tax noticewas also enclosed, without comment. " The above two sentences must be takenfrom______.[A] Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily"[C] Hemingway's story "Indian Camp"[D] James's story "Daisy Miller"19. The statement that a poor young man from the Westtrying make his fortune in the East but disillusioned in the quest of idealized dream may well sum up the theme of______. .[A] The Hairy Ape[B] For Whom the Bell Tolls [C] The Great Gatsby [D] Go Down , Moses20. "In a Station of the Metro" is a typical imagist poemthat fully displays Pound's definition of image, which is______. .[A] to present an intellectual and emotional instant oftime[B] to reveal a poet's instantaneous experience of life[C] to bring out a natural outburst of the poet's emotions689[D] to retell a poet's past moment of experience21. That profound ideas are delivered under the disguiseof the plain language and the simple form may be a very appropriate statement to describe ______'s[A] T.S. Eliot [B] Ezra Pound[C] Robert Frost [DI Emily Dickenson22. "Later when he started to operate Uncle George andthree Indian men held the woman still. She bit Uncle George on the arm and Uncle George said, 'Damn squaw bitch! ' and the young Indian who had rowed Uncle George over laughed at him.” The above two sentences must be taken from______.[A] Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily"[C] James's story "Daisy Miller"[D] Hemingway's story "Indian Camp"23. Which of the following statements is NOT a typicalfeature imagism?[A] To use the language of common speech, but toemploy always the exact word.[B] To create new rhythms, as the expressions of a newmood[C] To recommend heroic couplet as a preferable verse。
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1. “God helps them that help themselves.” is found in ____________work.A. Paine’sB. Franklin’sC. Freneau’sD. Jefferson’s2. Which of the following stirred the world and helped form the American republic?A. The American Crisis.B. The Federalist.C. Declaration of Independence.D. The Age of Reason.3. “These are the times that try men’s souls”, these words were once read to Washington’s troops and did much to spur excitement to further action with hope and confidence. Who is the author of these words?A. Benjamin FranklinB. Thomas PaineC. Thomas JeffersonD. George Washington4. Which work is written by Freneau?A. The Right of ManB. The Wild honey SuckleC. Poor Richard’s AlmanacD. The Day of Doom5. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Anne BradstreetB. Edward TaylorC. Michael WiggleworthD. Philip Freneau6. In Moby Dick, the voyage symbolizes ___________.A. the microcosm of human societyB. the search for truthC. the unknown worldD. nature7.Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communication with _________________.A. natureB. transcendentalist ideasC. human beingsD. celestial beings8. The Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers America has produced so far, Emerson and ____________-.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Washington IrvingC. Nathanel HawthorneD. Walt Whitman9. ___________is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet letterC. WaldenD. Moby Dick10. The Romantic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving’s ___________ and ended with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A History of New York11. The convention of the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature in American literature is particularly evident in ___________________.A. Cooper’s Leatherstocking TalesB. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.C. Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.D. Irving’s Rip Van Winkle.12. As a philosophical and literary movement, _________ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism13. For Melville, as well as for the reader and ____________, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. StarbuckB. StubbC. IshmaelD. Arab14. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_____________.A. The House of Seven GablesB. White JacketC. The Marble FaunD. The Blithdale Romance15. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature?A. The Sketch BookB. Leaves of GrassC. Leatherstocking Tales..D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn16. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_______________.A. religionB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. war and peace17. Emily Dickinson’s poetic idiom is noted for the following except_____________.A. brevityB. directnessC. plainestD. obscure18. “There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, trough the whole life, but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which of the following writings is the thought reflected in?A. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Yo ung Goodman Brown.B. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.C. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.D. Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.19. The publication of ____________established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism.A. NatureB. Self-RelianceC. The American ScholarD. The Over Soul20. Most of the poems in Whitman’s leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the ___________as well.A. natureB. lifeC. selfD. self-relianceII. Fill into the blanks with suitable phrase or term. (2x10=20%)1.The American of Scholar is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”.2.In 1620, a number of Puritans who tried to purify or reform the church of Englandstepped on the New England shore at Plymouth in the ship named Mayflower3.Among all the settlers in the New Continent, English settlers were the mostinfluential.4.In American Literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of Reason andRevolution.5.In Franklin’s Autobiography he talks first of all about how he studied language.6.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as Rip Van Winklewhich is about a good-natured lazy husband who falls into a 20-year sleep. 7．Published in 1823, The Pioneers was the first of the Leatherstocking Tales, in their order.8．Philip Freneau was considered as the “poet of the American Revolution” and the “Father of American Poetry.”9．A superb book Walden came out of Thoreau’s two-year experiment at Walden pond. 10．As one of America’s first and foremost realists and humorists, Mark Twain , the pen name of Samuel Langhorne. Clemens, usually wrote about his own personal experiences and things he knew about from firsthand experiences.III. Match the writer in Column A with the works in Column B (1X10=10%)Column A Column Ba.Franklinb.John Smithc.William Cullen Bryantd.James Fennimore Coopere.Philip Freneauf.Washington Irvingg.Nathaniel Hawthorneh.Edgar Allan Poei.Ralph Waldo Emersonj.Walt Whitman1.( b) A Description of New England2.( h) The Raven3.( g) The Scarlet Letter4.( a) Autobiography5.( e) The Wild Honey Suckle6.( c) To a Waterfowl7.( d) The Deerslayer8 ( j)Leaves of Grass9.( f) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow10.( i ) Nature。
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美国文学综合练习1附标答第一篇：美国文学综合练习1附标答Test One(Chapter1-2 with answers)I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers.Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.1.____, whose unfinished Autobiography has become a classic of world literature.A.IrvingB.FranklinC.CooperD.Bryant2.The Declaration of Independence was drafted by ___.A.PaineB.WashingtonC.FranklinD.Jefferson3.The American literature is aboutyears old.A.200B.300C.400D.5004.Diaries, histories, journals, letters, commonplace book, travel books occupy a major position in the literature of the ____ period.A.classicalB.romanticC.realisticD.colonial5.To what rights does the Declaration of Independence say all men are entitled?A.Life, liberty and pursuit of happinessB.Freedom of Speech and pressC.Freedom of Thought and educationD.Abolishing all evil forms6.____ was the only American to sign the four documents that created the United StatesA.FranklinB.JeffersonC.EmersonD.Washington7.The Pilgrims, a small religious group which left their mother country on the ship “Mayflower”, A.1492B.1628C.1620D.16038.Which does not belong to the official documents that created the United States?A.A.the Declaration of IndependenceB.the ConstitutionC.the CrisisD.the treaty of alliance with France9.As an explorer and leader,was been known as a national hero in America.A.Christopher ColumbusB.Captain John SmithC.William BradfordD.Edward Taylor10.Amid the tumult of the American Revolution, the political philosopher Thomas Paine, whose ____ awakened American enthusiasm for independence?mon SenseB.AutobiographyC.WaldenD.History of the Dividing Line11.“Government is a necessary evil, but its purpose was the benefit of the individual, not his exploitation.” is ____ point of view.A.Paine’sB.Jefferson’sC.Cooper’sD.Emerson’s12.The American Puritanism had been a healthy legacy to the Americans.The rhetoric is plain, with a touch of nobility traceable to the direct influence of ____A.the ConstitutionB.the BibleC.French symbolismD.Shakespeare13.The secular ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of ____.A.FranklinB.EmersonC.JeffersonD.Hawthorne14.Whose writing style is fresh, simple and direct while therhetoric is plain and honest?.A.RomanticistsB.TranscendentalistsC.American PuritansD.British settlers15.“Nothing can settle our affairs so expeditiously as an open and ditermined De claration for Independence” is from ____.A.JeffersonB.PaineC.CooperD.Emerson16.Of the Puritan values, which one of the following is not included?A.hard workB.thriftC.pietyD.predestination17.____ is the only good American author before the Revolutionary War.A.FranklinB.JeffersonC.EmersonD.John Smith18.The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America was passed on July 4, ___A.1775B.1777C.1778D.177619.____was a Puritan and he was also one of the pilgriims who were on the Mayflower a nd signed the “Mayflower Conpact”.A.William FradfordB.Captain John SmithC.John CalvinD.Edward Taylor20.Which line is from Jefferson?A.He has refused his Assent to Laws the most wholesome and necessaryfor the public good.B.To a man laboring under calamity, the heat of his own fire hath sadnessin it.Then there is a kind of contempt of the landscape felt by him.C.There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at theconviction the envy is ignorance.D.Let him not quit his belief that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancientand honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom.II.Read the following statements and decide whether they are true or false.Write a “T” for true and “F” for false.1.Franklin was already a successful businessman when Washington, Jefferson, and other founders of the nation were born.()2.American Puritanism was one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and American literature.()3.The book “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford was not the earliest and most reliable record of the hardships and triumphs of the Pilgrims.()4.Franklin helped establish a tradition in American writing of complex, utilitarian style.()5.Captain John Smith’s writings helped set the form of the exploration and travel narratives that inspired men to move westward to America and across the continent.()6.The American Puritans, like their brothers back in England, were not idealists.()7.Jefferson thought that natural rights of man must be secured by law and government is not necessary.()8.Franklin hoped that some form of reconciliation with Great Britain could be worked out.Pain, on the other hand, welcomed the idea of separation.()9.The Way to Wealth shows how a child discovers through purchase of a toy that one may pay more for something than it is worth.()10.In the formal, largely factual presentation of the Declaration there was no place for the metahpors and allusions upon which Paine relied so frequently.()11.Thomas Paine’s attitude toward separation fromEnglanddiffer from the attitude of most Americans including Franklin.()12.William Bradford was an adventurer, while Captain John Smith was a Puritan.()III.For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary works from which it is taken.1.When in the Course of human events, if becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, …2.And if a string do slip, by chance, they soonDo screw it up again: wherebyThey set it in a more melodious tuneAnd a diviner harmony.For in Christ’s coach they sweetly sing.As they to glory ride therein.3.Six or seven weeks those barbarians kept him prisoner, many strange triumphs and conjurations they made of him, yet he so demeaned himself amongst them, and he not only diverted them from surprising the fort, butprocured his own liberty, and got himself and his company such estimation amongst them, that those savages admired him more than their own Quiyouckosucks.The manner how they used and delivered him is as follows.4.After these things he returned to his place called Sowans, some 40 miles from this place, but Squanto continued with them, and was their interpreter, and was a special instrument sent of God for their good beyond their expectation, he directed them how to set their corn, where to take fish, and to procure other commodities, and was also their pilot to bring them to unknown places for their profit, and neverleft them till he died.5.From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.Pleas’d with a Pilgrim’s Progress, my first Collection was of John Bunyan’s Works, in separate little Volumes.Key to Chapter 1-2 练习答案I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers.Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.1.B2.D3.C4.D5.A6.A7.C8.C9.B10.A11.B12.B13.A14.C15.B16.D17.A18.D19.A20.AII.Read the following statements and decide whether they are true or false.Write a “T” for true and “F” for false.1.T2.T3.F4.F5.T6.F7.F8.T9.F10.T11.T12.FIII.For each of the quotations listed below please give the name of the author and the title of the literary works from which it is taken.1.Jefferson’s the Declaration of Independence2.Edward Taylor’s The Joy of Church Fellowship Rightly Attended3.Captain John Smith’s The Gene rall Historie4.William Bradford’s The Pilgrims Meet the Indians5.Franklin’s The Autobiography第二篇：文学概论综合练习文学概论综合练习题题型及分数分布一、填空题，共15空，每空2分，共30分二、列举题，共3题，每题10分，共30分三、简答题，共1题，15分四、论述题，共1题，25分填空题1、中国的第一部诗歌总集是________________，其中的作品大部分是四言一句，称为_____________。
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美国文学作业作业1．第9题A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was written by _______.A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Jack LondonD.Theodore Dreiser答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.02．第10题“all sappy as maples ａnd flat as the prairie” is a comment made by james russell lowell on the female characters in novels written by______.A.Washington IrvingB.James Fenimore CooperC.Philip FreneauD.George Washington答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.03．第11题Among the following novels, only one was not written by Herman Melville. It is _____________.A.The Confidence-ManB.The PIlotC.Moby Dick答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.04．第12题Sister Carrie is a noel written by ___.A.Theodore DreiserB.Stephen CranceC. Frank Norris答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.05．第13题The central character’s name in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel series The Leatherstocking Tales is ______________.A.Isabelle ArcherB.Natty BumpoC.Ishmael答案:B您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.06．第14题_______ does not belong to the school of naturalism in history.A.Stephen CraneB.Frank NorrisC.Jack LondonD.Walt Whitman答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.07．第15题In 1881, Henry James published his novel____, which is generally considered as his masterpiece.A.Daisy MillerB.watch ａnd wardC.The Wings of the DoveD.The Portrait of a Lady答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.08．第16题Hawthorne’s ____ deals with the effects of a curse.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of Seven GablesC.Stone FaceD.Salem答案:B您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.09．第17题"The Apparition of these faces in the crowd" is a line in a famous short poem written by ---.A.Ezra PoundB. Carl SandburgC.Walt Whitman答案:A您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.010．第18题The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by_____________.A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.Benjamine Franklin答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.011．第19题the sound ａnd the fury is a novel written by __________.A.Stephen CraneB.Theodore DreiserC.MacbethD.William Faulkner答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.012．第20题the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome” were quoted ｆrom poe’s poem __________.A.The RavenB.To HelenC.Annabel Lee答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.013．第21题The short novel The Turn of the Screw was written by ________.A.Henry JamesB.FitzgeraldC.Ernest HemingwayD.William Faulkner答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.014．第22题Among the four novels written by Henry James, the one written first in chronological order is _________.A.The Portrait of a LadyB.The Golden BowlC.The AmbassadorsD. The Wing of the Dove答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.015．第23题Billy Budd was a short novel written by the American novelist ---.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Walt Whitman答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.016．第24题A poetic line of two feet is called ___________.A.monometerB.dimeterC.trimeterD.tetrameter答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.017．第25题“ we hold these truths to be elf-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, ａnd the pursuit of happiness.” this sentence is taken ｆrom ___.mon SenseB.The Declaration of IndependenceC.The AutobiographyD.The American Crisis答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.018．第26题___ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy.A.Thomas PaineB.Benjamin FranklinC.George WashingtonD.Jefferson答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.019．第27题“Two roads diverged in a yellow woods” is the first line in a poem written by Robert Frost entitled __________.A.The Road Not TakenB.Mending WallC.Two Yellow RoadsD.After Apple Picking答案:A您的答案：A此题得分：2.020．第28题The leader of the American Transcendentalism is _________.A.Henry David ThoreauB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Henry James答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.021．第30题The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by __________.A.Henry JamesB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Fenimore Cooper答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.022．第31题Among the following short stories, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is _________.A.Young Goodman BrownB.WakefieldC.The BirthmarkD.the pit ａnd the pendulum答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.023．第32题The last finished novel written by Fitzgerald is __________.A.This Side of ParadiseB.All the Sad Young MenC.The Great GatsbyD.Tender Is the Night答案:D您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.024．第33题Among the following authors the one who once visited China was ---.A.Henry JamesB.William FaulknerC.Ernest Hemingway答案:C您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.025．第34题Among the following novels, only one is not written by William Faulkner. It is _____________.A.Light in AugustsB.As I Lay DyingC.The Golden BowlD.Go Down, Moses答案:C您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.026．第35题Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A.Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s CabinB.James’s The P ortrait of a Lady.C.Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms ？D.Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.答案:D您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.027．第36题“ I heard the merry grasshopper then sing,/The black-clad cricket bear a second part” These lines written by ____________.A.Roger WilliamsB.John EliotC.Anne BradstreetD.Washington Irving答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.028．第37题Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was ---.A.Mark TwainB. FitzgeraldC.Henry James答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.029．第38题Nathaniel Hawthorne gave a definition to the term "romance" in his Preface to the novel ---.A.The House of the Seven GablesB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Marble Faun答案:A您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.030．第39题The first American writer who propounded that a piece of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is ___.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Edgar Ellan Poe答案:C您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.031．第41题The Wasteland is a long modern poem written by ---.A. Ezra PoundB. Sylvia PlathC. T. S. Eliot答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.032．第42题Among the following titles, only one is not among the Leather-Stoking Tales series. It is__________.A.The Last of the MohicansB.The PrairieC.The PathfinderD.Moby Dick答案:D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.033．第43题The Iceberg style is most thoroughly reflected in the writings of the American novelist _____________.A.Jack LondonB.Ernest HemingwayC.Mark Twain答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.034．第44题"Two roads diverged in a yellow woods" is a line in a poem written by ---.A.T. S. EliotB.Wallace StevensC.Robert Frost答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.035．第45题“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repose.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________.A.abababB.ababccC.aabbcc答案:B您的答案：B此题得分：2.036．第46题The Fall of the House of Usher was a horror story by ______.A.Nathaniel HawthorneB.Edgar Allan PoeC.MelvilleD.Longfellow答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.037．第47题Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Ro se for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except______.A.old valuesB.rigid ideas of social statusC.bigotry ａnd eccentricityD.harmony ａnd integrity答案:D您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.038．第48题The School Room Poets did not include _____.A.LongfellowB.LowellC.HolmesD.Poe答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.039．第49题Among the following 3 authors the one who did not win a Nobel Prize is ---.A.William FaulknerB. F. S. FitzgeraldC. John Steinbeck答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.040．第50题Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is ___________.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The Blithedale RomanceC.The Marble FaunD.The Fall of the House of Usher答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.041．第1题Henry James’s greatest influence was exerted not on his own age but on the one that followed.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.042．第2题The Puritan style of writing is characterized by simplicity, which left an indelible imprint on American writings.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.043．第3题Emerson’s prose style was sometimes as highly individualistic as his dramas.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.044．第4题Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact t hat he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.045．第5题Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was about the Spanish Civil War.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.046．第6题John Stwinbeck didn't win a Nobel Prize because he was sympathetic with the working class people.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.047．第7题The famous philosopher Williams James was the novelist Henry James' brother.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.048．第8题"In a Station of the Metro" is a short poem written by Ezra Pound.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.049．第29题A Shakespearean Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed ababcdcdefefgg.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.050．第40题The first American poet to be translated into Chinese is Walt Whitman.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.051．第51题The 19th century female poet Emily Dickinson was a forerunner of the modern Imagist poetry.答案:正确您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.052．第52题Poe was a predecessor of the later British detective writer Conan Doyle.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.053．第53题Jack London was usually considered as a romanticist for his portrayal of superman heroes.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.054．第54题benjamin franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the romantic ideals of clarity, restraint, simplicity ａnd balance.答案:错误您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.055．第55题As a novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne was deeply influenced by Puritanism.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.056．第56题An Italian Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed abbaabbacdecde.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.057．第57题Besides Moby Dick, Melville also wrote some other sea novels.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.058．第58题The Second World War led the American intellectuals to a bitter disillusionment, breeding what is called modernism.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.059．第59题thoreau was an active transcendentalist who was an escapist ｏr a recluse detached ｆrom the life of his day.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.060．第60题Ralph Waldo Emerson was a representative figure of the American Transcendentalism.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.0作业总得分：78.0作业总批注：。
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美国文学作业作业1．第9题A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was written by _______.A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Jack LondonD.Theodore Dreiser答案:B您的答案：B2．第10题“all sappy as maples ａnd flat as the prairie〞 is a comment made byjames russell lowell on the female characters in novels writtenby______.A.Washington IrvingB.James Fenimore CooperC.Philip FreneauD.George Washington答案:B您的答案：B3．第11题Among the following novels, only one was not written by HermanMelville. It is _____________.A.The Confidence-ManB.The PIlotC.Moby Dick答案:B您的答案：B4．第12题Sister Carrie is a noel written by ___.A.Theodore DreiserB.Stephen CranceC. Frank Norris答案:A您的答案：A5．第13题The central character’s name in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel series The Leatherstocking Tales is ______________.A.Isabelle ArcherB.Natty BumpoC.Ishmael答案:B您的答案：C6．第14题_______ does not belong to the school of naturalism in history.A.Stephen CraneB.Frank NorrisC.Jack LondonD.Walt Whitman答案:D您的答案：D7．第15题In 1881, Henry James published his novel____, which is generally considered as his masterpiece.A.Daisy MillerB.watch ａnd wardC.The Wings of the DoveD.The Portrait of a Lady答案:D您的答案：D8．第16题Hawthor ne’s ____ deals with the effects of a curse.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of Seven GablesC.Stone FaceD.Salem答案:B您的答案：D9．第17题"The Apparition of these faces in the crowd" is a line in a famous short poem written by ---.A.Ezra PoundB. Carl SandburgC.Walt Whitman答案:A您的答案：B10．第18题The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _____________.A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.Benjamine Franklin答案:B您的答案：B11．第19题the sound ａnd the fury is a novel written by __________.A.Stephen CraneB.Theodore DreiserC.MacbethD.William Faulkner答案:D您的答案：D12．第20题the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome〞 were quoted ｆrom poe’s poem __________.A.The RavenB.To HelenC.Annabel Lee答案:B您的答案：B13．第21题The short novel The Turn of the Screw was written by ________.A.Henry JamesB.FitzgeraldC.Ernest HemingwayD.William Faulkner答案:A您的答案：A14．第22题Among the four novels written by Henry James, the one written first in chronological order is _________.A.The Portrait of a LadyB.The Golden BowlC.The AmbassadorsD. The Wing of the Dove答案:A您的答案：A15．第23题Billy Budd was a short novel written by the American novelist ---.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Walt Whitman答案:B您的答案：B16．第24题A poetic line of two feet is called ___________.A.monometerB.dimeterC.trimeterD.tetrameter答案:B您的答案：B17．第25题“ we hold these truths to be elf-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, ａnd the pursuit of happiness.〞 this sentence is taken ｆrom ___.mon SenseB.The Declaration of IndependenceC.The AutobiographyD.The American Crisis答案:B您的答案：B18．第26题___ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy.A.Thomas PaineB.Benjamin FranklinC.George WashingtonD.Jefferson答案:A您的答案：A19．第27题“Two roads diverged i n a yellow woods〞 is the first line in a poem written by Robert Frost entitled __________.A.The Road Not TakenB.Mending WallC.Two Yellow RoadsD.After Apple Picking答案:A您的答案：A20．第28题The leader of the American Transcendentalism is _________.A.Henry David ThoreauB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Henry James答案:B您的答案：B21．第30题The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by __________.A.Henry JamesB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Fenimore Cooper答案:B您的答案：B22．第31题Among the following short stories, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is _________.A.Young Goodman BrownB.WakefieldC.The BirthmarkD.the pit ａnd the pendulum答案:D您的答案：D23．第32题The last finished novel written by Fitzgerald is __________.A.This Side of ParadiseB.All the Sad Young MenC.The Great GatsbyD.Tender Is the Night答案:D您的答案：B24．第33题Among the following authors the one who once visited China was ---.A.Henry JamesB.William FaulknerC.Ernest Hemingway答案:C您的答案：B25．第34题Among the following novels, only one is not written by William Faulkner. It is _____________.A.Light in AugustsB.As I Lay DyingC.The Golden BowlD.Go Down, Moses答案:C您的答案：A26．第35题Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?A.Stowe’s Uncle Ton’s CabinB.James’s The Portrait of a Lady.C.Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms ？D.Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.答案:D您的答案：C27．第36题“ I heard the merry grassh opper then sing,/The black-clad cricket bear a second part〞 These lines written by ____________.A.Roger WilliamsB.John EliotC.Anne BradstreetD.Washington Irving答案:C您的答案：C28．第37题Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was ---.A.Mark TwainB. FitzgeraldC.Henry James答案:C您的答案：C29．第38题Nathaniel Hawthorne gave a definition to the term "romance" in his Preface to the novel ---.A.The House of the Seven GablesB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Marble Faun答案:A您的答案：B30．第39题The first American writer who propounded that a piece of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is ___.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Edgar Ellan Poe答案:C您的答案：A31．第41题The Wasteland is a long modern poem written by ---.A. Ezra PoundB. Sylvia PlathC. T. S. Eliot答案:C您的答案：C32．第42题Among the following titles, only one is not among the Leather-StokingTales series. It is__________.A.The Last of the MohicansB.The PrairieC.The PathfinderD.Moby Dick答案:D您的答案：D33．第43题The Iceberg style is most thoroughly reflected in the writings of the American novelist _____________.A.Jack LondonB.Ernest HemingwayC.Mark Twain答案:B您的答案：B34．第44题"Two roads diverged in a yellow woods" is a line in a poem written by ---.A.T. S. EliotB.Wallace StevensC.Robert Frost答案:C您的答案：C35．第45题“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repose.〞the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________.A.abababB.ababccC.aabbcc答案:B您的答案：B36．第46题The Fall of the House of Usher was a horror story by ______.A.Nathaniel HawthorneB.Edgar Allan PoeC.MelvilleD.Longfellow答案:B您的答案：B37．第47题Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualitiesexcept______.A.old valuesB.rigid ideas of social statusC.bigotry ａnd eccentricityD.harmony ａnd integrity答案:D您的答案：B38．第48题The School Room Poets did not include _____.A.LongfellowB.LowellC.HolmesD.Poe答案:D您的答案：D39．第49题Among the following 3 authors the one who did not win a Nobel Prize is ---.A.William FaulknerB. F. S. FitzgeraldC. John Steinbeck答案:B您的答案：B40．第50题Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is ___________.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The Blithedale RomanceC.The Marble FaunD.The Fall of the House of Usher答案:D您的答案：D41．第1题Henry James’s greatest influence was exerted not on his own age but on the one that followed.答案:正确您的答案：正确42．第2题The Puritan style of writing is characterized by simplicity, which left an indelible imprint on American writings.答案:正确您的答案：正确43．第3题Emerson’s prose style was sometimes as highly individualistic as his dramas.答案:错误您的答案：错误44．第4题Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation.答案:正确您的答案：正确45．第5题Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was about the Spanish CivilWar.答案:正确您的答案：正确46．第6题John Stwinbeck didn't win a Nobel Prize because he was sympathetic with the working class people.答案:错误您的答案：错误47．第7题The famous philosopher Williams James was the novelist Henry James' brother.答案:正确您的答案：正确48．第8题"In a Station of the Metro" is a short poem written by Ezra Pound.答案:正确您的答案：正确49．第29题A Shakespearean Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymedababcdcdefefgg.答案:正确您的答案：正确50．第40题The first American poet to be translated into Chinese is Walt Whitman.答案:错误您的答案：错误51．第51题The 19th century female poet Emily Dickinson was a forerunner of the modern Imagist poetry.答案:正确您的答案：错误52．第52题Poe was a predecessor of the later British detective writer Conan Doyle.答案:正确您的答案：正确53．第53题Jack London was usually considered as a romanticist for his portrayal of superman heroes.答案:错误您的答案：错误54．第54题benjamin franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the romantic ideals of clarity, restraint, simplicity ａnd balance.答案:错误您的答案：正确55．第55题As a novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne was deeply influenced by Puritanism.答案:正确您的答案：正确56．第56题An Italian Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed abbaabbacdecde.答案:正确您的答案：正确57．第57题Besides Moby Dick, Melville also wrote some other sea novels.答案:正确您的答案：正确58．第58题The Second World War led the American intellectuals to a bitter disillusionment, breeding what is called modernism.答案:错误您的答案：错误59．第59题thoreau was an active transcendentalist who was an escapist ｏr a recluse detached ｆrom the life of his day.答案:错误您的答案：错误60．第60题Ralph Waldo Emerson was a representative figure of the American Transcendentalism.答案:正确您的答案：正确作业总批注：。
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第一部分殖民地时期的美国文学What are the characteristics of Colonial America?All of the works written during this period are utilitarian , polemical , or didactic .The purpose of literature for these Puritans was first of all usefulness . It should teach some kond of lesson . In content , the literature of the colonial settlement served either God or colonial expansion or both . The literary style of the earliest American writers , in fact seems to have been determined by a practical consideration of the sort of impression each writer wanted to make upon a selected group of readers . Puritans’metaphorical mode of perception helped to develop literary symbolism as they saw the physical world a symbol of God . Hence symbolism as a technique was a common practice in writing . The Piritans placed unusual stress upon plainness in writing because they were unusually interested in influencing the simp;e-minded people . Bearing the direct influence fo the Christian Biblical poetics , the Puritan writings are fresh , simp;e ,direct , and with a touch of nobility . As it faithfully imitated and transplanted European forms to the new experience , early American literature was as much a product of continuities as an indigenous creation.第二部分理性文学和革命文学1 As we have seen , theology dominated the Puritan phase of American writing . Politics was the next great subject to command the attention of the best minds.2 From 1732 to 1758 , Franklin wrote and published his famous Poor Richard’s Alman ac , an annual collection of proverbs .3 EnlightementThe eighteenth –century England is also , and better , known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age fo Reason . The Enlightenment was a progressive intellectual movement going on throughout Europe at the time , with France in the vanguard . The Enlightenment celebrated reason (rationality) , equality , science and human beings’ ability to perfect themselves and their society . The movement was based on the basic theories provided by the philosophers of the age , which ranged from John Locke’s materialism , Lord Shaftsbury’s deism , and George Berkeley’s immaterialism to David Hume’s skepticism . Whatever philosophical beliefs they might have , they held the eommom faith in human rationality and the possibility of human perfection through education . They believed that when reason served as the yardstick for the measurement of all human activities and social relations , superstition , injustice , privilege and oppression were to yield place to “eternal truth” ,”eternal justice” , and “natural equality” or inalienable rights of men . Everything was put under scrutiny , to be measured by reason . No authorities , political or religious or otherwise , were acepted unchallenged while almost allthe old societies and governments and all the traditional concepts , including Christianity , were examined and criticized . The belief provided theory for the French Revolution in 1789 and the American War of Independence in 1776 .Alexander Pope (1688~1744) , Joseph Addison (1672~1719) , Richard Steele (1672~1792) , Jonathan Swift (1667~1745) , Daniel Defoe (1660~1731) , Henry Fielding (1707~1754) , Richard B. Sheridan (1751~1816) , Oliver Goldsmith (1730~1774) , Edward Gibbon (1737~1794) , and Samuel Johnson (1709~1784) were among the famous enlighteners in England . As England had already gone through its bourgeois revolution , what the English enlighteners were lege to do was to strive the bring the revolution to and end by clearing away the feudal remnants and rep;ace them with bourgeois ideology .第三部分美国的浪漫主义文学1 In 1828 the election of the frontier hero Andrew Jackson as the seventh President of the United States had brought an effective end to the “Virginia Dynasty” of American Presidents .2 Wsahington Irvi ng’s Skwtch Book bacame the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic .3 Washington Irving was the first great prose stylist of American romanticism , and his familiar style was destined to outlive the formal prose of such eontemporaries as Acott and Cooper ,and to provide a model for the prevailing prose narrative fo the future .4 What are the unique features of American Romanticism? Although foreign influnences wre strong,American romanticism exhibited from the very outset distinct features of its own.It was different from its English and European counterpart because it originated from an amalgam of factors which were altogether American rather than anything else.American romanticism was in essence the e xpression of”a real new experience”and contained”an alien quality”for the simple reason that “the spirit of the place”was radically new and alen.Foe instance ,the American national experience of “pioneering “ into the west proved to be a rich fund of material for Ameican writers to draw upon.The wilderness with its virgin forests ,the sound of the axe cutting its way westward, the exotic landscape with its different sights, smells,and sounds(the robin rather than the nightingale is Emily Dicckinson’s “criterion of tone,”for example), and the quaint,picturesque civilization of a primitive race—all these constituted an incomparably superior source of inspiration for native authors.A rude Natty Bumppo in buckskin, dweling in a fromtier blockhouse, treading a solitary bridle path through virgin forests was ,perhaps , matter enough for any romantic genius.And indeed, American authors were quite responsive to thestimulus which American life offered.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s tentive treatment of the frontier and the Indians in his works such as Hudson valley, William Cullen Bryant’s sketches of the wild west prairie where no human being had ever set foot and James Fenimore Cooper’s five Leatherstocking tales with”their majestic descriptions of American’s limitles s forests and broad blue inland lake”—these are but aafew instances whereby the new American sensibility began to make itself felt.And ,of course , we should not forget to mention Emerson,Thoreau,Hawthorne,Melville and Whitman, all people who were instrumental ,in one way or another ,in creating an indigenous American literature.Then there is American Puritanism as a cultural heritage to consider.American moral values were essentially Puritan.Public opinion was overwhelmingly Puritan;social life and cultural taste were predominantly conditioned by the Puritan and cultural taste were predominantly conditioned by the Puritan atmosphere of the nation.Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did Puritanism;no one has been so successful in imposing his way of thinking on the continent as the American Puritan.puritanical influence over Ameican romanticism w3as conspicuously noticeable.One of its palpable manifestations is the fact that American romantic authors tended more to moralize than their English and European brothers.It is true that Edgar Allan poe fought vehemently against “the heresy of the didactic”,and writers like John Greenleaf Whittier tried to advocate both beauty and goodness.But the fact remains, nonetheless ,that many American romantic writings intended to edify more than theyentertained.There seemed to be areas of life which it was better for them to leave alone, taboos of a kind that most of the literary world agreed,however tacit it may have been, on not breaking.Sex and love werem for instance, subjects American authors were particularly careful in approaching.Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter talks eloquently about the sin itself ,and Whitman was for a long time misunderstood by his own countrymen because Leaves of Grass contains lines and passages not at all palatable to their “genteel” taste.练习二1.Emerson was recognized throughout his life as the leaderof_________ movement, yet he never applied the term to himself or to his beliefs and ideas.2.Emerson’s truest disciple, the man who put into practice many ofEmerson’s theories, was_________.Define the literary terms listed belowAmerican TranscendentalismKeys: 1. Transcendentalist, 2, H.D ThoreauTerm: American Transcendentalism or “New English Transcendentalism” or “American Renaissance” is more of a tendency, an attitude, than the philosophy of Transcendentalists.To “transcend” something is to rise above it, to pass beyond its limits. Transcendentalists took their ideas from the romantic literature of Europe, from new-Platoism, from German idealistic philosophy, and from the revelations of Oriental-mysticism. They spoke for cultural rejuvenation and against the materialism of American society. The major features of New England Transcendentalism can be summarized as the follows.Firstly, the Transcendentalists placed emphasis on spirit, or the Oversoul, as the most important thing in the Universe. Secondly, they stressed the importance of the individual. To them, the individual was the most important element of society. Thirdly, they offered a fresh perception of nature as symbolic of the Spi rit or God. Nature was , to them, alive, filled with God’s overwhelming presence. Transcendentalism is based on the belief that the most fundamental truths about life and death can be reached only by going beyond the world of the senses.As a philosophical and literary movement, Transcendentalism flourished in New England from 1830s to the Civil War. Its doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in Emerson and Thoreau. Emerson’s Nature has been called the “Manifesto of American Transcendentalism” an d his The American Scholar has been rightly regarded as America’s “Declaration of Intellectual Independence.” Thoreau built and went to live in a small cottage on Walden Pond for a little over two years, and then came back to write about his experience there in his famous book Walden. To later generations, scarred by the horrors of the Civil War, the transcendentalist persuation that humanity was godlike and that evil was non-existent appeared to be an optimistic folly. As a philosophy, Transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical. It exalted feeling over reason, individual expression over the restraints of law and custom. Yet Transcendentalism wasa powerful expression of the intellectual mood of the age, and theideas it represented have remained a strong influence on great American writers from the days of Hawthorne and Whitman to the present.练习31．_________deals with the effects of a curse, and though the tale itself is fiction, the germ of the story sprang from the author’s family history.2. Hawthorne’s unique gift was for the creation of strongly_________stories which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature. The finest example is the recreation of Puritan Boston, _________.3. _________ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage inpursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.Define the literary terms listed belowSymbolismKeys:1.The House of the Seven Gables 2, symbolic The scarlet letter3. Moby-Dick.Symbolism: Symbolism is the writing technique of using symbols. A symbol is something that conveys two kinds of meaning; it is simply itself, and it stands for something other than itself. In other words, a symbol is both literal and figurative. People, places, things and even events can be used symbolically. A symbol is a way of telling a story and a way of conveying meaning. The best symbols are those that are believable in the lives of the characters and also convincing as they convey a meaning beyond the literal level of the story. Hawthorn and Melville were the two masters of symbolism. For example, the scarlet letter “A” on Hester’s breast can give you symbolic meanin gs. If the symbol is obscure or ambiguous, then the very obscurity and the ambiguity may also be part of the meaning of the story.Answer the following questions.1.Give a brief analysis of the main characters in The scarlet Letter2.Give a brief analysis of the character Ahab in Moby-Dick.3.What is the theme in Moby-Dick?4.What is Hawthorn’s style?Keys:2, The way in which Hawthorn wrote The Scarlet Letter suggests that American Romanticism adapted itself to American Puritan moralism. The load of didacticism is nowhere heavier and the desire to elevate nowhere stronger than it is, perhaps, in this 19th American classic. Reading it, one wonders whether it is a story of love. The answer is yes, but then no, because the love part of the story is long over before the book begins. One wonders whether it is a story if sin. The answer is yes, but then no, for the sinning part is long over before the book opens Modern and contemporary authors would have written pageswhere Hawthorn uttered not a word, What he was predominantly concerned was the moral, emotional, and psychological effect of the sin on the people in general and those complicated in it in particular. In the strong character of Hester Psynne we see the tension between society and solitude which, as Marius Bewley put it, lies near the center of all Hawthorn’s art, The Scarlet Letter is not a praise of a Hester Prynne sinning, but a hymn on the moral growth of the woman when sinned against. Hawthorn’s female characters tend to fall into two broad categories. (答案未完)4．Ahab may have been Melville’s portrait of an Emersonian self-reliant individual. Melville lost no opportunity in his criticism of New England Transcendentalism. Constantly under his attack is its emphasis on individualism and Oversoul. To say that the whole of Moby-Dick is a negative reflection upon Transcendentalism is not in fact an exaggeration. Take Emerson’s self-reliance for instance. Ahab is too much of a self-reliant individual to be a good human being. He stands alone on his own one leg among the millions of the peopled earth, For him the only law is his own will. To him the world exists for his sake. His selfhood must be asserted at the expense of all else: lives may be sacrificed, and nature may have to be vanquished in order that he may do what he will. He never stops to think---and he never bothers about it---that, in asserting his private personality, he denies ruthlessly the humanity and individuality of his fellowmen. Ahab is no Odysseus, and this crew seems to be a ship of fools too much under the captain’s evil spell to exercise their discretion. Between them, they encompass their own undoing. Richard Chase is right when he says that the idea Melville conveys in Moby-Dick is “Death-spiritual, emotional, physical,” which is the p rice of self-reliance when it is pushed to the point of solipsism. Ahab is, to be more exact, a victim of solipsism, his tragedy stemming in the main from extreme individualism, selfish will, a spirit too much withdrawn to itself to warrant salvation, Moby-Dick thus reveals the basic pattern of 19th century American life: loneliness and suicidal individualism in a self-styled democracy,5. One of the major themes in Melville is alienation, which he sensed existing in the life of his time on different levels, between man and man, man and society, and man and nature. Captain Ahab seems to be the best illustration of it all. He cuts himself off from his wife and kid, and stays away most of the time from his crew, and he hates Moby---Dick which is am embodiment of nature. He is angry because his pride is wounded. After the loss of his leg in his encounter with the white whale, he seems to hold God responsible for the presence of evil in the universe. Thus his anger assumes the proportions of a cosmicnature. He is bent on avenging himself. He hears of no objection. In his egocentric obsession within “the masoned, walled town of a captain’s exclusiveness,” he loses his sanity and humanity and becomes a devilish creature rushing headlong toward his doom. And he know s it most clearly of all. When D.H Lawrence remarks,”“he {Melville}records also, almost beyond pain or pleasure, the extreme transitions of the isolated, far-driven soul, the soul which is now alone, without any real human contact” he had Ahad topmost in his mind. In a sense Ahab embodies all of the evil he once consigned to Moby-Dick9. A. Hawthorne wrote romance because he thought it the predestined form of American narrative. He presented material on the alienation between fact and fancy. The purpose of a novel, as it developed in 18th century Europe, was to record the actual events of life, to stick to what actually happened, but Hawthorn explained that the purpose of romance was to present the truth of the human heart by the writer’s own choice or cre ation. He wanted to reveal reality and satirize it but not to offend the Puritan conventions, For Hawthorne, romance, unlike the novel, was not tied to conventional reality. Romance had the freedom to depart from novelistic realism. Hawthorne felt that the literary artist was justified in changing events around if that could better get to the truth of the individual psychology. Psychological truth was more important than actual truth. Hawthorne used atmosphere to help reach the truth of the heart. Often he would use shadow to create effect. He used this because the world of light and shadow was the world of imagination. Therefore, for Hawthorne romance was the meeting place of the actual and the imaginary. In this stories, there is a strong fairytale element, He would use his imagination to change the actual events, but the purpose was to reach psychological truth. Hawthorne mingled the supernatural with the actual and developed analytic, psychological romanticism.B, Hawthorne used symbols and setting to reveal the psychology of the characters. It is characteristic of Hawthorne. He used masks, veils, shadows, emblems to give dramatic forms to the universal dilemmas of humanity. A black veil stands for the wickedness of man; a marble heart symbolizes an indivi dual’s unpardonable sin; and a garden of poisonous flowers represents hell.C. He wrote stories with narrative interest, ease in transition, coherence, and complexity, One of the means he adopted is making stories parable in form and symbolic in style.D. His style is soft, flowing, and almost feminine. His touch is light, but his observation is somber.E. He used ambiguity to keep the reader in a world of uncertainty. Important questions are never fully resolved. The simple word “or”enjoys high frequency in his stories. Hawthorne gave the reader many ways to interpret the story and then he stopped without telling the reader which one he wanted the reader to choose. To create ambiguity, the author often employed the technique of multiple views.。
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全部美国美国文学部分练习（全）美国文学部分大作业Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第一章)1. 选择题1. Which of the following statements is NOT a famous concept of Transcendentalism?[A]Nature is ennobling[B] The individual is divine and self-reliant.[C] Man is capable of knowing truth by intuition[D] Man is corrupted in nature.2. Which of the following works began to make Irving internationally known?[A] The Sketch Book[B] A History of New York to the End of the Dutch Dynasty[C] Bracebridge Hall[D] Tales of Traveler3. Which of the following is NOT true concerning Irving?[A] He is the father of the American short stories.[B] He is the American Goldsmith.[C] He is the first American writer[D] He is the first writer to declare the independence of American literature.4. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne is mainly concerned with ___________.:[A] the corruption of the society[B] the consequence of sin and guilt[C] the wrong doing of one generation that lives in,, successive ones[D] "overreaching intellect"5. Rip Van Winkle has taken from ________.[A] Spanish stories [B] A German Legend[C] English tales [D] Italian folktales6. "But it would have been worth any statesman's money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place, when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands, from some passing traveler. " What is the rhetorical device used in this sentence?[A] Hyperbole. [B] Metaphor. [C] Irony. [D] Paradox.7. Which of the following statements about Emerson is NOT true?[A] He was generally known as an essayist.[B] He was the chief spokesman of Transcendentalism.[C] He practiced the theory by living a simple life.[D] For him, nature is symbolic.8. For Emerson, nature could symbolize the following except ________.[A] God [B] Spirit [C] Oversoul [D] the whole universe9. What is Hawthorne's attitude toward Puritanism?[Al Negative. [B] Affirmative. [C] Indifferent. [D] Mixed.10. One typical feature of Irving's writing is _________.[A] always preaching [B] his best classic style[C] short and difficult to [D] symbolic11. " I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. "Who could have written these lines?[A] Edgar Allen Poe. [B] Walt Whitman.[C] Ralph Waldo Emerson. [D] Henry David Thoreau.12. Which of the following is NOT true withTranscendentalism?[A] It inherited much from American Puritanism and European realism.[B] It focused on the intuitive knowledge.[C] Nature is its unofficial manifesto.[D] It is related in some way with the German idealism.13. What kind of narrative point of view is adopted in Moby Dick?[A] The first person.[B] The second person.[C] The third person limited.[D] The third person omniscient.14. Which of the following has influenced Melville's: EXCEPT ________.[A] Shakespearean tragic vision [B] Emersonian Transcendentalism [C] Hawthorne's black vision of life [D] Irving's writing15. Which of the following writers is NOT optimistic about human nature?[A] Ralph Waldo Emerson. [B] Nathaniel Hawthorne[C] Walt Whitman. [D] Henry David Thoreau16. Which of the following cannot poetry?[A] Elegant and gentle. [B] Simple and open.[C] Unconventional. [D] Colloquial.17. When Emerson states in the introduction to his Nature:"Our age is retrospective. " Which of the following is closest to its understanding?[A] We are conservative.[B] We see this world through our ancestors' eyes.[C] We usually look back upon the good old days.[D] We write a lot of books about the past.18. Which of the following novels does not represent the theme return to nature?[A] Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.[B] Thoreau's Walden .[C] Cooper's Leather-Stocking Tales.[D] Melville's Moby Dick .19. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of the American Romantic writings?[A] Expression of the artist's imaginations, emotions, impressions, or beliefs.[B] Emphasis on rules of order, reason, logic, restrained emotion, good taste and decorum.[C] Love for the remote, supernatural, mysterious, exotic and illogical quality of things.[D] T o see nature as a source of mental cleanness and spiritual understanding.20. The statement that a man's journey to the dark forest and his encounter with the devil are symbolic of man's life journey from innocence to knowledge, from good to evil may well sum up one of the major themes of ________.[A] Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"[C] Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"[D] O. Henry's "The Cop and the Anthem"21. Here is a short passage from a story: "He recognized on the sign, however, the ruby face of King George, under which he had smoked so many a peaceful pipe, …and underneath was painted in large characters, GENERAL WASHINGTON. " The story must be ________.[A] Cooper's "Leather-stocking Tales"[B] Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"[C] Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"[D] Hemingway's "Indian Camp"22. "The universe is composed of Nature and the soul . . present everywhere. " This is the voice of the book _______ which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase of New England Transcendentalism.[A] Walden by Thoreau [B] The Scarlet Lette r by Hawthorne[C] Moby Dick by Melville [D] Nature by Emerson23. In Whitman's giant work, Leaves of Grass, and, above all, ________.are all that concerned him.[A] individualism [B] divine love[C] sympathy [D] the power of blackness24. Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Hawthorn "Young Goodman Brown"?[A] Allegory. [B] Ambiguity.[C] Interior monologue. [D] Symbolism.25. In Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" all the drastic changes lapsed20 years displeased Rip EXCEPT that ________.[A] he has got his neck out of the yoke of matrimony[B] the country has finally got its independence from the yoke of the British colonial rule[C] there comes now the scramble for powers between parties.[D] past glories and a tranquil life of the small village are gone.B. 阅读理解题(Reading comprehension)1. "In like manner, nature is already, in its forms and describing its own design. Let us interrogate apparition, thatshines so peacefully around us. Let to what end is nature?"Questions :A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is "the great apparition"?C. What is the writing style?2.... Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of witch-meeting?Be it so, if you will. But, alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he become; from the night of that fearful dream. "Questions:A. Identity the work and the author.B. What is the general idea of this passage?C. Did the author tell for sure whether it was only a dream or not?3. "I loafe and invite my soul,I learn and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. "Questions:A. Identify the poem and the poet.B. What is the meaning of the phrase "a spear of summer grass" ?C. What is the implied meaning of the two lines?4. "Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf;a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled 5, 000 years ago.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What is the basic tone of this passage?C. What is the meaning of the underlined part?5. "God knows, ... I'm not myself-I'm somebody else-. . . I'm changed, and I can't tell what's my name, or who I am.Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. The speaker says he is changed. Do you think changed, or the social environment changed?C. What idea does the quoted sentence express?6. "Standing on the bare ground, -my head bathed by the blitl air and uplifted into infinite space, -all mean egotism vanishI become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. Tl currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am pa or particle of God. "Questions:A. Identify the work and the author.B. What does the word "blithe" mean here?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?C. 回答题(Questions and answers)1. Nature is a philosophic work, in which Emerson gives an explicit discussion on his idea of the Oversoul. What is your understanding of Emersonian " Oversoul " and its relationship with "a transparent eyeball"?2. One of the most distinctive features of Hawthorne's writing is his art of ambiguity. Exemplify it with his story, "Young Goodman Brown".3. Like Hawthorne, Melville is fond of symbolism in his writings. The white whale, Moby-Dick, is the most important symbol in the novel. What symbolic meaning does Moby Dick stand for?4. Whitman is one of the most important figures in American poetic history. He has carried on a sort of experiment on the form of poetry by choosing free verse as his medium of expression. What are the characteristics of Whitman's free verse?5. Literary critics have seen Rip Van Winkle as a symbol of several aspects of America. What are the aspects that the story and its hero symbolize?D. 论述题(Topic discussion)1 . Melville's Moby Dick is more than a great whale story that reflects the American whale industry in 19th century; it is capable of multiple interpretations. Discuss the themes you can find in the fiction.2. In his whole life, Hawthorne is preoccupied with sin and evil in man; and in almost every novel he wrote, Hawthorne discussed sin and evil. Then what makes Hawthorne obsessed with all this sin and evil?Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第二章)A．多项选择(Multiple choice questions)1: Who is generally considered to be the one “with but a deformed conscience" in Mark Twain's works ？[A] Tom Sawyer.[B] Huckleberry Finn.[C] Hank Morgan. [D] Widow Douglas2. Which of the following is Twain's language?[A] Vernacular. [B] Colloquial.[C] Elegant. [D] Humorous.3. Which of the following writers is famous for his "international theme"?[A] Henry James. [B] William James.[C] Mark Twain. [D] Theodore Dreise4. Winterbourne is used as a narrator of the events in HenryJames __________.[A ] Daisy Miller[B] The American[C] The Turn of the Screw[D] The Wing of the Dove5.Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson is true?[A] Since she scarcely goes out of her house, she pays little attention to the outsideworld.[B] She prefers to explore the inner life of herself rather that the social one.[C] She is strongly influenced by Calvinism and has a firm: belief in after-life.[D] She is not interested in love because she herself never gets married.6. Which of the following does NOT belong to Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire? "[A] The Financier'.[B] The American[C] The Titan. [D] The Stoic.7. Which' of the following is a correct match between the writer? and his work? , .[A] Mark Twain: The Financier[B] Theodore Dreiser: Daisy Miller[C] Henry James; The Turn of the Screw[D] Emily Dickinson: The Wing of the Dove8. " Her Message is committed/To hands I can not see---" The above two lines are taken from________.[A] Whitman's: "Song of Myself"[B] Dickinson's "This is my letter to the World"[C] Pound's: "A Pact"[D] Frost's: "The Road Not Taken"9. Theodore Dreiser gives his novel the title of "An American Tragedy" mostlybecause__________.[A] he tries to give an ironical meaning to the story.[B] he attempts-,to reproduce an authentic trial fictionally[C] it is the typical thing that can happen to an American in the pursuit of riches[D] he is surprised that such tragedy should happen in America.10.Isabel, the heroine in The Portrait of a Lady, returns to her unhappy home in Rome at the end of the novel because__________.[A] she is still naive and immature[B] she wants to be responsible to her husband[C] she- wants to be responsible to her own choice[D] she has nowhere else to go11.. Which of the following statements is NOT true?[A] Mark Twain became doubtful about the' idea of develop?ment and skeptical of the goodness of human nature in his later years.[B] Henry James; who never: criticizes his fellowmen, is the spokesman for the wealthy and leisured class in America.[C] From Emily Dickinson's poetry, one can hardly find any traces of political movement in the society of her time.[D] To Theodore Dreiser, communism is a likely means improving the social organizationof man. , :12. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark Twain, referred to as __________.[A] the Golden Age [B] the Puritan Age[C] the Gilded Age [D] the Modern Age13. Local colorism is a unique variation, of American literary realism, the representatives of which does NOT include __________.[A] Sarah Orne Jewett [B] Bret Harte[C] Hamlin Garland [D] Stephen Crane ,14. "I was letting on to give up sin, but away. inside of me; I was holding on to the biggest oneof all. " The sentence, which taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is written: in a(n) __________ tone.[A] ironic, [B] regretful[C] sincere [D] delightful15. Henry James' idea of realism differs from that of the realist writers because his emphasisis on man's__________.[A] language [B] inner world[C] surroundings [D] real actions16. As a naturalist writer, Theodore Dreiser was greatly influenced by __________.[A] Mark Twain [B] Charles Darwin[C] Henry James [DI Ralph Wa1do Emerson17. However, innocence, the keynote of Daisy Miller's character, turns out to be an admiringbut a dangerous quality and her __________ of social taboos in the Old World finally brings her to a disaster in the clash between two different cultures.[A] admiration [B] sympathy,[C] disgusting [D] defiance18. Which of the following statements about Emily Dickinson's verse is true?[A] It exposes the evils of the society.[B] It paves the way for the following generation of free verse poets; .[C] It shares the same poetic conventions with Walt Whitman.[D] It exhibits a sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of her experience oflove, death, and immortality.19. Compared with the writings of Mark Twain's, Henry James's fiction is noted for their__________.[A] frontier vernacular [B] rich colloquialism[C] refined elegant language [D] vulgarly descriptive words20. By the end of Sister Carrie, Dreiser writes; "It was forever to be the pursuit of thatradiance of delight which tints the distant hilltops of the world. " Dreiser implies that__________.[A] there is a bright future lying ahead[B] one can never fulfill one's desire[C] one should 'always :have forward looking[D] happiness is found in the end21. Emily Dickinson wrote many short' poems .an various' aspects of life. Which of thefollowing is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? .[A] Religion and immortality [B] Life and death.[C] War and peace. [D] Nature and society22. In Daisy Miller, James chose the Castle of Chillon as the setting of the story clearlybecause of its status-as a shrine to ___________, consecrated by Byron in his association with Daisy whose American habits of free social intercourse runs up the elaborately regulated code of manners in Europe.[A] integrity [B] freedom[C] constancy . [D] autocracy23. The sentence "only the fittest can survive in a completive amoral society" may beregarded as an appropriate summary of _________.[A] Jack London's Martin Eden [B] `Hemingway's For Whom. the bell Tolls[C] Drsiser's Sister Carrie[D] M elv ille’s Moby Dick24. Here is a passage from, a novel: "The man gave him a last push and closed the door. As hedid so, Hurstwood slipped and fell in the snow: It hurt him, and some vague sense of shame returned. He began to cry and swear -foolishly. " The novel must be_________.[A] Dreiser's Sister Carrie[B] Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath[C] London's Martin Eden[D] Twain’s The Adventures of T om Sawyer25. Here are a few lines from a poem: " With Blue-uncertain stumbling Buzz─/Betweenthe light ─and me─/And the Windows failed─and then/I could not see .to see─." The poem must be _______.[A] Emily Dickenson's “I Heard a Fly buzz-when I died─"[B] Edgar Allen Poe's "Annabel Lee"[C] Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" .[D] Robert Frost's. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"B.阅读理解题(Reading comprehension)1. “I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: `All right, then;:I'll go, to hell' -,─and tore it up."Questions:A. Identify the novel and the writer.B. Why do "I" decide to go to hell?C. How do you understand this decision of going to hell?2. "Tell All the Truth, but Tell it Slant. "Questions:A. Identify the poet.B. What special feature can you draw from the form-of this line?C. What idea does this statement convey?3. "And neigh like boanerges─Then─prompter than a StarStop─docile and omnipotentAt its own stable door, ─(Emily Dickinson: “I like to see it lag the:Miles”)Questions:A. What is being described *in, this, poem?B. What rhetoric devices are used in this stanza?C. What is the poet's attitude toward this object being described?4. "In your rocking-chair, by your window dreaming, shall you long, alone. In yourrocking-chair, by your, window, shall y dream such hap piness as you may never feel.”(Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie)Questions:A. Who does "you" in the quotation refer to?B. What mood; do you think, was the narrator in, judging from this quotation?C. What idea can you draw from the "rocking-chair"?5 . "'Terrible-! ' said, that little lady, joi ning her, “ I hope itsnows enough to go sleigh riding.“ “ Oh, dear,”said Carrie, with whom the sufferings of Father Goriot were still keen.“That's all you think of.Aren't you sorry for the people who haven’t anything tonight?"”(Theodore Dreiser: Sister Carrie ) Questions:A. What does snow mean to the little lady?B. What kind of mood, do you think, was Carrie in, judo from the above dialogue?C. What idea does the quoted passage express?C. 回答题(Questions and answers)1. "Poor Winterbourne was amused, perplexed-above all he'a charmed. He has never yetheard a young girl express herself just this fashion; ... Certainly she was very charming, but how extraordinarily communicative and how tremendously easy(Daisy Miller by Henry James)Question: What kind of narrative point of view is employed 114 What does this quotation reveal of the character of the young (Daisy Miller)?2. "Since then─'tis Centuries─:.and yet Feels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses 's Heads Were toward Eternity─"("Because I could not stop for Death-" by Emily Dickinson.Question: What kind of meaning, can you get from the first two lines in the above quotation?What is Dickinson's understanding of death?3. Mark Twain and Henry James are both; considered to be great realistic writers. What are thedifferences ,between ;them in the aspects of theme andlanguage?4; What literary group does Theodore Dreiser belong t?? What are the characteristics of this group? Name two more American representatives that belong to this group.5. "The only thing I don't like, she proceeded, is, the. society. "(Daisy Miller by Henry James)Question: What kind of society does Daisy not like? Why?D论述题(Topic discussions)1. Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:. can be interpreted in many, ways and, has-won its :lasting, place in the American canon. Discuss the image ?f Huck Finn,and the social significance bf this character.2. Henry James is regarded as an -international messenger who bridges the New-America withthe Old Europe: His characters are inevitably encountered with cultural conflicts. Take -Daisy Miller as an example to analyze the two characters; Daisy Miller and Winterbourne and the cultural conflicts they undergo.综合美国文学第三章综合练习(Exercises)A. 多项选择(Multiple choice questions)1. “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 above four lines are taken from_______.[A] Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"[B] Dickinson's "I heard a Fly buzz-when I died-"[C] Frost's "After Apple-Picking"[D] Dickinson's “Because I could not stop for Death”2. In writing the poem “The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter”Pound took its material from the ancient _______ poetry:[A] French [B] Italian[C] Chinese [D] Japanese3. In "After Apple-Picking", Robert Frost wrote: "For I have too much/Ofapple-picking: I am overtired/Of the great harvest I myself desired. " From these lines we can conclude that the speaker is ________.[A] happy about the harvest[B] wearing out the freshness of apple-picking[C] still desired of apple-picking when seeing the harvest[D] indifferent of what once desired4. In The Emperor Jones and The Hairy Ape, O'Neill adopted ______ to portraythe helpless situation of human beings in a hostile universe.[A] expressionist techniques [B] surrealistic approach[C] romantic approach [D] dramatic monologues5. In " petals on a wet, black bough", the f igure of speech used here is______.[A] metaphor [B] hyperbole[C] pun [D] simile6. "My little horse must think it queer/To stop without a farm house near."The above two lines are taken from Frost’s "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", a beautifully structured poem which follows______.[A] iambic tetrameter [B] iambic pentameter[C] trochaic tetrameter [D] trochaic pentameter7. Here are four lines from a short poem: "I feel the laddersway as the boughsbend. /And I keep hearing from the cellar bin/The rumbling sound/Of load on load of apples coming in. " The poem must be______.[A] Frost's "After Apple-Picking"[B] Dickenson's "Because I could not stop for Death"[C] Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"[D] Whitman's "There Was a Child Went Forth"8. Eugine O'Neill's play, The Hairy Ape, is often said to be concernedwith______.[A] the wretched situation of working people[B] the problem of modern man's identity[C] the conflict between illusion and reality[D] the inevitability of man's final salvation9. Which of the following statements is NOT a typical feature of Frost's poetry?[A] It is usually presented in the dramatic monologue.[B] It is rich in images, metaphors and symbols.[C] Nature is one of the most impor tant thematic concerns in his poetry.[D] Most of his poems are written in the form of free verse.10.Which of the following plays is regarded as a semi-autobiographic play byO'Neill?[A] Beyond the Horizon. [B] he Emperor Jones.[C] Long Day's Journey Into Night. [D] The Iceman Cometh.11.Nick Carraway is both a character and a narrator in the novel: entitled[A] This Side of Paradise [B] The Sun Also Rises[C] Tender is the Night [D] The Great Gatsby12，Who is the person that used the term "The Lost Generation" fc - the first time.to refer to writers like Hemingway?[A] Gertrude Stein [B] T. S. Eliot[C] Sherwood Anderson [D] Ezra Pound13. “Grace under pressure” is a major feature of______'s novels.[A] William Faulkner[B] Henry James[C]Theodore Dreiser[D] Ernest Hemingway14.Hemingway won his Nobel Prize for the book entitled______.[A] The Sun Also Rises[B] The Old Man and the Sea[C] A Fare-veil to arms[D] For Whom the Bell Tolls16. William Faulkner was worldly famous not only for his ingenuous mastery ofthe streams of consciousness technique, but also for imaginative creation of a mythic kingdom called______.[A] The Mississippi River[B] Yoknapatawpha County[C] Oxford County[D] The Town of Jeffeson17. Which of the following works by Faulkner involves Shakespearean allusion inits title?[A] The Sound and the Fury. [B] Light in August.[C] Absalom , Absalom [D] Go Down, Moses.18. "A week later the mayor wrote her himself, offering to call or to send his carfor her, and received in reply a note on paper of an archaic shape, in a thin, flowingcalligraphy in faded ink, to the effect that she no longer went out at all. The tax noticewas also enclosed, without comment. " The above two sentences must be taken from______.[A] Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily"[C] Hemingway's story "Indian Camp"[D] James's story "Daisy Miller"19. The statement that a poor young man from the West trying make his fortune inthe East but disillusioned in the quest of idealized dream may well sum up the theme of______. .[A] The Hairy Ape[B] For Whom the Bell Tolls[C] The Great Gatsby [D] Go Down , Moses20. "In a Station of the Metro"is a typical imagist poem that fully displaysPound's definition of image, which is______..[A] to present an intellectual and emotional instant of time[B] to reveal a poet's instantaneous experience of life[C] to bring out a natural outburst of the poet's emotions 689[D] to retell a poet's past moment of experience21. That profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language andthe simple form may be a very appropriate statement to describe ______'s poetry.[A] T.S. Eliot [B] Ezra Pound[C] Robert Frost [DI Emily Dickenson22. "Later when he started to operate Uncle George and three Indian men held thewoman still. She bit Uncle George on the arm and Uncle George said, 'Damn squaw bitch! ' and the young Indian who had rowed Uncle George over laughed at him.” The above two sentences must be taken from______.[A] Irving's story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"[B] Faulkner's story "A Rose for Emily"[C] James's story "Daisy Miller"[D] Hemingway's story "Indian Camp"23. Which of the following statements i s NOT a typical feature imagism?[A] To use the language of common speech, but to employ always the exact word.[B] T o create new rhythms, as the expressions of a new mood[C] To recommend heroic couplet as a preferable verse form.[D] To allow absolute freedom in the choice of subject.24. When we say that a boy's night journey to an Indian village witness theviolence of both birth and death provides all i possibilities of a learning experience, we are probably discussi about______'s thematic concern i n his fiction writing.[A] William Faulkner [B] Ernest Hemingway[C] Mark Twain [D] Henry James25. Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner's story "A Rose 2~ Emily", can beregarded as a symbol standing for all the following qualities EXCEPT______.。
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美国文学练习1I.Multiple choice・ Please choose the best answer among the four items. (10x V= 10，)B 1> In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment. ______________was the dominant.A. humanismB. rationalismC. romanticismD. evolutionB 2、The short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow^^ is taken from Irving^ work named___________ .A. The Leatherstocking TalesB. The Sketch BookC. The AutobiographyD. The History of New YorkA 3、Which of the following is not the characteristic of American Romanticism?A. RationalismB. inner selfC. personal feelingsD. individualismC 4、The short story "Rip Van Winkle" reveals the _________ a ttitude of its author.A. optimisticB. pessimisticC. conservativeD. ironicB 5、Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in ___________ andThoreau.A. JeffersonB. EmersonC. FreneauD. Mark TwainA 6、Which is regarded as the "Declaration of Intellectual Independence^^?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. OversoulD. Self-relianceD 7、_______ is the father of American Literature.A. Benjamin FranklinB. Philip FreneauC. PaineD. Washington IrvingB 8、_______ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. WhitmanC 9、Most of the poems in Whitman's Leaves of Grass sing of the mass^^ and the__ as well.A. natureB. self-relianceC. selfD. lifeC 10、For Melville, as well as for the reader and _________ ，the narrator, Moby Dick isstill a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. AhabB. StubbC. IshmaelD. StarbuckC 11、The poem is written in free verse in 52 cantos with the theme of the universality andequality in value of all people and all things.a.Cantosb. The Ravenc. Song of Myselfd. ChicagoB 12、The novel is about how a group of people on a whaling ship kill a great whale butthemselves are killed by the whale, with the conflict between man and his fate.a.The Octopusb. Moby-Dickc. The Rise of Silas Laphamd. Leaves of GrassB 13、An English ship brought 102 people from Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620and arrived in the present Provincetown harbor on November 21 in the same year. This ship was named ____________________________ .a. The Pilgrimsb. Mayflowerc. Americad. TitanicB. the Modem PeriodD. the Realisticas .A. the Naturalist Period C. the Romantic PeriodC 14> __________ was the greatest woman poet in American literature and she wrote about 1,700 short lyric poems in her life time.a. Pearl S. Buckb. Harriet Bicher Stowec. Emily Dickensond. Walter WhitmanD 15、. ____________ is father of the detective story and of psychoanalytic criticism.a. Washington Irvingb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Walt Whitmand. Edgar Allan PoeB 16、In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment.was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RevolutionD. EvolutionA 17、 ------- Which statement about Franklin is not true?A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.B. He was a scientist.C. He was a master of diplomacy.D. He was a Puritan.A 18、Who is regarded as the first American prose epic. A. Nature B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden D. Moby-DickA 19、The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of WashingtonIrving's ----------------------------- a nd ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravelerC. The AlhambraD. A history of New YorkC 20、The period before the American Civil War is generally referred toII. True or false choices: 1. Franklin's autobiography, published after his death, has become one of the classics of thegenre.2. The Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, is an American novel written by Nathaniel3. Hawthorne and is generally considered to be his representative work.4. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of theImagist movement in the early 19th century.5. —The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Poe's poems.6. In The Scarlet Letter, Pear is Hester 9s illegitimate daughter.7. The famous poem 一A Psalm of Life was written by Edgar Allen Poe.8. —The Raven is a short story written by Edgar Allen Poe.9. In Moby Dick, the voyage symbolizes a search for truth.Ill Simple questions1、 What are Puritan thoughts?2、 What is Transcendentalism and list some representative figures?3、 American Renaissance4、 Explain the symbolic meanings of "A" in The Scarlet Letter.5、 How does E. A. Poe anticipate the 20th century literatureIV・ Interpreting the following textText IBecause I could not stop for Death —He kindly stopped for meThe Carriage held but just OurselvesAnd Immortality.We slowly drove He knew no hasteAnd I had put awayMy labor and my leisure too,For His Civility —We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess in the RingWe passed the Fields of Gazing Grain ・・We passed the Setting Sun —Since then ・・ *tis Centuries ・・ and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses1 2 3 4 5 6 HeadsWere toward Eternity —Questions:1 Identify the poet and the title of this poem? （2，）2 Explain the underlined words （4，）3 What are the implications of "the School", "the fields of Gazing Grain"，he Setting Sun”？（3‘）4 How do you understand “Since then 'tis Centuries and yet / Feels5 shorter than the Day" ? （3‘）6 What are the speaker's opinions about death? （3‘）Text IIOnce upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weakry,Over many a quint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one rapping, rapping at my chamber door."Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door --------------Only this, and nothing more."Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;—— vainly I had tried to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow —— sorrow for the lost Lenore—— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name LenoreNameless here for evermore.And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me 一filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "1 Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door 一Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door ; 一This it is and nothing more."n Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting ・ "Get thee back into the tempest and the Night!s plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! -quit the bust above my door!Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming,And the lamp-light o' er him streaming throve his shadow on the floor;And my soul from out chat shadow that lies floating on the floorShall be lifted・nevemiore!7.Identify the poet and the title of this poem?8.Explain the images "the raven^^ and "the chamber door".9.Why did the author used a non-human creature to utter the word?10.Try to explain the theme of the poem.。
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1．第4题Tales of a Traveller was written by the American author__________.A.James Fenimore CooperB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.02．第5题The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by __________.A.Henry JamesB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Fenimore Cooper答案:B您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.03．第6题Among the following philosophers, only one did not have an influence over the writings of Jack London. He is________.A.Karl MarxB.NietzscheC.SpencerD.Foucault答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.04．第7题The salesman whom Sister Carrie met with on her way to Chicago was named _____________.A.Charles DrouetB.HurstwoodC.Stephen CraneD.Frank Norris答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.05．第8题Of Mice ａnd Men is a novel written by ---.A. John SteinbeckB.Sherwood AndersonC.Sinklair Lewis答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.06．第9题Among the following novels, only one is not written by William Faulkner. It is _____________.A.Light in AugustsB.As I Lay DyingC.The Golden BowlD.Go Down, Moses答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.07．第10题As a Modernist poet, Pound is noted for his active involvement in the ______A.cubist school of modern paintingB.Imagist MovementC.stream-of-consciousness techniqueD.German Expressionism答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.08．第11题william faulkner once declared that ___ was the first truly american writer ｆrom whom we are descended.A.Washington IrvingB.CooperC.HawthorneD.Mark Twain答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.09．第12题The poem “The Indian Burying Ground” was written by the American poet ---.A. Ann BradstreetB.Edgar PoeC.Philip Freneau答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.010．第13题in 1836, a small book was published in the united states ａnd has hence been called the manifesto of the american transcendentalism. its author was___.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Walt WhitmanC.Ralph Waldo Emerson答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.011．第14题Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except______.A.old valuesB.rigid ideas of social statusC.bigotry ａnd eccentricityD.harmony ａnd integrity答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.012．第15题The School Room Poets did not include _____.A.LongfellowB.LowellC.HolmesD.Poe答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.013．第16题Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was ---.A.Mark TwainB. FitzgeraldC.Henry James答案:C您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.014．第22题Among the following writers, only one does not belong to the naturalistic school. He is___.A.Henry JamesB.Stephen CraneC.Theodore Dreiser答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.015．第23题Among the following works written by T. S. Eliot, only one is not a poem. It is _____________.A.The Waste LandB.The Hollow MenC.Ash WednesdayD.Murder in the Cathedral答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.016．第24题The real name of the author Mark Twain is ___.A.Samuel Langhorne ClemensB.Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Tylor Coleridge答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.017．第25题Among the following authors the one who once visited China was ---.A.Henry JamesB.William FaulknerC.Ernest Hemingway答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.018．第28题Among the following, only one is not a feature of Mark Twain’s style. It is __________.A.his ｕｓｅ of vernacular languageB.local colorC.the influence of the Tall TaleD.Puritanism答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.019．第29题The central character Huckleberry Finn in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also appears in Twain’s novel ________.A.The Adventures of Tom SawyerB.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CourtC.An American TragedyD.Life On Mississippi答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.020．第30题“ we hold these truths to be elf-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, ａnd the pursuit of happiness.” this sentence is taken ｆrom ___.mon SenseB.The Declaration of IndependenceC.The AutobiographyD.The American Crisis答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.021．第31题___ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy.A.Thomas PaineB.Benjamin FranklinC.George WashingtonD.Jefferson答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.022．第32题The sentence “whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” is quoted ｆrom Emerson’s essay _________.A.NatureB.The Over-SoulC.Self-Reliance答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.023．第33题Among the following stories written by Poe, only one belongs to the category of the detective story. It is ___.A.The Purloined LetterB. LigeiaC.The Tell-tale Heart答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.024．第34题Billy Budd was a short novel written by the American novelist ---.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Walt Whitman答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.025．第35题_______ does not belong to the school of naturalism in history.A.Stephen CraneB.Frank NorrisC.Jack LondonD.Walt Whitman答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.026．第36题_____was the only American of his generation who could chide the British with humor.A.CooperB.Washington IrvingC.ThoreauD.Edgar Allan Poe答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.027．第37题______ is not a character in the novel The Scarlet Letter.A.Arthur DimmesdaleB.Roger ChillingworthC.Goodman BrownD.Pearl答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.028．第38题Among the following authors, only one has been called the American Scott. He is _______.A.Washington IrvingB.James Fenimore CooperC.Herman MelvilleD.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.029．第48题The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _____________.A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.Benjamine Franklin答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.030．第49题“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repo se.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________.A.abababB.ababccC.aabbcc答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.031．第50题Eugene O’Neil did not write ______.A.The Emperor JonesB.Anna ChristieC.The Hairy ApeD.The Saloon答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.032．第51题Jack London did not write ______.A.The Sea WolfB.The Call of the WildC.The AmbassadorsD.White Fang答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.033．第52题“ i am monarch of all i survey,/ my right there is none to dispute.” this line i s ｆrom ____.A.NatureB.Civil DisobedienceC.WaldenD.Representative Men答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.034．第53题“The Black Cat” written by Poe is a _________.A.gothic StoryB.love StoryC.detective storyD.lyrical poem答案:A您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.035．第55题"Lost Generation" is a term first coined by ---.A.Ernest HemingwayB.FitzgeraldC. Gertrude Stein答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.036．第56题The short poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” was written by _________.A.Tennessee WilliamsB.William Carlos WilliamsC.Wallace StevensD.Hilda Doolittle答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.037．第57题The Waste Land was dedicated to another poet who was __________.A.Ernest HemingwayB.Ezra PoundC.T. S. EliotD.William Carlos Williams答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.038．第58题The author who was famous for his novels of the international theme was ___________.A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Theodore DreiserD.Stephen Crane答案:A您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.039．第59题In Poe’s tale “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the major female character Madeline is the titular hero Usher’s _____________.A.wifeernessC.cousinD.sister答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.040．第60题when we say that a poor young man ｆrom the west tried to make his fortune in the east but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.A.Henry JamesB.Scott FitzgeraldC.HemingwayD.William Faulkner答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.041．第1题As a novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne was deeply influenced by Puritanism.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.042．第2题Henry James’s greatest influence was exerted not on his own age but on the one that followed.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.043．第3题emerson always applied the term transcendentalist to himself ｏr to his beliefs, fｏr he was the acknowledged leader of the movement.答案:错误您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.044．第17题american naturalism, like romanticism, had comeｆrom germany.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.045．第18题Leatherstocking Tales is a novel of the series The Last of Mohicans written by James Fenimore Cooper.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.046．第19题John Stwinbeck didn't win a Nobel Prize because he was sympathetic with the working class people.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.047．第20题The most important Southern writer is Robert Penn Warren who was the author of the poem “All the King’s Men”.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.048．第21题The House of the Seven Gables is a novel writtenby Nathaniel Hawthorne based on his experience in the Brook Farm.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.049．第26题Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation.答案:正确您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.050．第27题The poet Robert Frost wrote in traditional rhyme schemes, but his themes are very modern.答案:正确您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.051．第39题Puritan influence over American Romanticism was conspicuously noticeable.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.052．第40题Hawthorne, who seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin ａnd veil, never showed a positive part of the life.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.053．第41题“The Purloined Letter” is a detective story.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.054．第42题An Italian Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed abbaabbacdecde.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.055．第43题thoreau was an active transcendentalist who was an escapist ｏr a recluse detached ｆrom the life of his day.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.056．第44题Immediately after their arrival in america, theamerican puritans became more preoccupied with business ａnd profits, as they had to be in the grim struggle for survival.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.057．第45题"A Rose for Emily" is a Gothic short story written by William Faulkner.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.058．第46题Though Emily Dickinson married twice in her life, love had never been a major theme in her poetry.答案:错误您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.059．第47题Henry David Thoreau once built a cabin beside the lake of Walden on the land of his neighbor Ralph Waldo Emerson.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.060．第54题A Shakespearean Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed ababcdcdefefgg.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.0作业总得分：88.0作业总批注：。
美国文学作业答案
Part I Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement。
1。
In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment。
__C_______ was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. Rationalism C。
Revolution D。
Evolution2. Which statement about Franklin is not true? AA. He instructed his countrymen as a printer。
B。
He was a scientist.C。
He was a master of diplomacy.D. He was a Puritan.3。
What is regarded as the first American prose epic? AA. Nature B。
The Scarlet Letter C。
Walden D。
Moby-Dick4. The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving's __A______ and ended with Whiteman's Leaves of Grass。
A。
The Sketch Book B。
Tales of a TravelerC. The Alhambra D。
A history of New York5。
《美国文学》题库及答案
《美国文学》题库及答案I.Multiple Choice1. American literature is only more than ____ years old.A. 500B.400C. 200D.1002. The Puritan values did no include______.A. wastefulnessB. thriftC. pietyD. hard work3. The 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment.______was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RomanticismD. Realism4. Franklin was the epitome of the______.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Charlist movementD. Romanticism5. _____was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.A. FranklinB. HawthorneC. PaineD. Emerson6. “Moby Dick was written by_____A. Mark TwainB. ThoreauC. MelvilleD. Whitman7. “The Scarlet Letter” is characterized by its______.A. symbolismB. rationalismC. PlatonismD. classicism8. “Huckleberry Finn is the masterpiece of________.A. Henry JamesB. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. Stephen Crane9. Choose the novel written by Henry JamesA. The Golden BowlB. The Portrait of a LadyC. Sister CarrieD. Daisy Miller10. Early in the 20th century, _____ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T.S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. both A and B11._____ is the founder of “Imagist” movement.A. Ezra PoundB. HemingwayC. Robert FrostD. Steinbeck12. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by_____A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism13. ________ is said to be the father of American poetryA. T.S. EliotB. E.D. RobinsonC. Philip FreneauD. Dreiser14. Hawthorne is regarded as a _______.A. naturalistB. classicistC. realistD. romanticist15. ______ represents the most leading spirit of American Transcendentalism.A. EmersonB. FranklinC. Mark TwainD. Whitman16.“The Art of Fiction” was written by_____A. LongfellowB. Henry JamesC. FitzgeraldD. Faulkner17. Imagination plays the most important part in________.A. realismB. romanticismC. naturalismD. classicism18. ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.A. Mending WallB. Dry SeptemberC. A Farewell to ArmsD. The Grapes of Wrath19. Uncle Tom in the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n)______A. Negro slaveB. salesmanC. industrialistD. officer20. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism21. “The Great Gatsby” is the masterpiece of_____A. WhitmanB. FitzgeraldC. DickinsonD. Hemingway22. The United States of America was founded in______.A. 1776B. 1876C. 1789D.168923. The ancestors of American Indians were______A. AsiansB. AfricansC. EuropeansD. Australians24. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by______.A. H.B. Stowe B. John SteinbeckC. HawthorneD. Mark Twain25. ______ does not belong to the lost generation.A. DreiserB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Hemingway26. ______ was well known for his story “Rip Van Winkle.”A. BryantB. Washington IrvingC. Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau27. “Farewell to Arms” is the master pieced produced by______A. FaulknerB. DreiserC. HemingwayD. Longfellow28. It was ______ who wrote the formal declaration of independence.A. Thomas JeffersonB. Benjamin FranklinC. WashingtonD. Washington Irving29. _____has been exerting a great and enduring influence upon world literature, especially that of France and European symbolism.A. FranklinB. BradstreetC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau30. The masterpiece of Hawthorne is _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. Richard CoryD. A Psalm of Life31. Engene O’Neill is a _______.A. novelistB. poetC. puritanD. dramatist32.Hemingway’s style of writing is characterized by______.A. high-sounding wordsB. simple dictionC. complicated sentencesD. mix metaphor33. T.S. Eliot is not only a poet but also a ______.A. criticB. statesmanC. churchmanD. novelists34. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by_____.A. T.S. EliotB. O’NeillC. Stephen CraneD. Saul Bellow35. “The Grape of Wrath” is one of the remarkable novels of_____.A. the Civil WarB. DepressionC. SuppressionD. Aggression36. Theodore Dreiser showed the_____ tendency in his novels.A. PuritanismB. classicismC. romanticismD. naturalism37. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading figure of________.A. TranscendentalismB. RomanticismC. RationalismD. Naturalism38. “The Sound and the Fury” was the masterpiece of ______A. Robert Lee FrostB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Steinbeck39. Emily Dickinson is an American________.A. dramatistB. novelistC. female poetD. male poet40. “Th Emily Dickinson is an American ark Twain’s______A. materialismB. classicismC. socialismD. colorism41. “The Portrait of a Lady” is one of best novels of_________.A. Henry JamesB. John SteinbeckC. William FaulknerD. Walt Whitman42. What Whitman is famous for his_________.A. “Leaves of Grass”B. “Mending Wall”C. “Richard Cory”D. “The Burial of the Dead”43. “Catch-22” is the masterpiece of______A. Saul BellowB. Joseph HellerC. DreiserD. Fitzgerald44. The English settlement in America began in_________A.1507B.1607C.1707D.180745. The first World War broke out in______.A.1614B.1714C.1814D.191446. The jazz age refers to the decade ofA.1950’sB.1980’sC.1920’sD.1820’s47. Franklin was a _____.A. PuritanB. romanticistC. classicistD. imagist48. “Rip Van Winkle” was written by_______.A. FreneauB. Allan PoeC. Washington IrvingD. Thomas Jefferson49.“The Scarlet Letter” is the masterpiece of______.A. HawthorneB. EmersonC. BradstreetD. Allan Poe50.It was______who wrote “The Age of Reason”A. WashingtonB. JeffersonC. Benjamin FranklinD. Thomas Paine51.“Song of Myself” is a ______written by Whitman.A. novelB. poemC. dramaD. essay52.Tom in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a _____.A. Negro slaveB. American IndianC. School masterD. industrialist53. Mark Twain belongs to the literary school of_____.A. transcendentalismB. realismC. romanticismD. naturalism54._______is a famous American female poet.A. Allan PoeB. FreneauC. Emily DickinsonD. Robinson55. “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” is the masterpiece of_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Stephen CraneD. Robert Lee Frost56. It was____ who wrote the poem “The Road Not Taken.”A. WhitmanB. FreneauC. Robert Lee FrostD. T.S.EliotⅡ Define the literary terms briefly in English1. American Transcendentalism2. Romanticism3. The Puritans4. Realism5. Enlightenment6. Transcendentalism7. EnlightenmentIII Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Success is counted sweetest By those who ne’er succeed.2. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference.3. Let us, then, be up and doing, With heart for any fate;Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.4. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked.5. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!_____6. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.7. But still he fluttered pulses when he said,“Good morning”, and he glittered when he walked.8. something there is that doesn’t love a wall,He says again, “Good fences make good neighbors.”9. Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat10. But to act, that each tomorrow Find us farther than today11. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Why is American literature important for you?2. What is the theme of “The Waste Land”?3. Whose novel (or which novel) do you enjoy most?Why?4. What is the style of Hemingway’s novel?5. What is the significance of American literature?6. Do you like American literature? Why?7. What is the real theme in “Sister Carrie”?8. What is the central subject and primary significance of Hawthorne’s major works?9. Which American writer do you like best? Why?10. What is the theme of “Catch-22”?11. What are the features of Emily Dickinson’s poems?12. Why should we learn American literature?13. Which poem do you enjoy most? Why?《美国文学》作业参考答案I.Multiple Choice1.C2.A3.B4.A5.D6.C7.A8.C9.B 10.D11.A 12.C 13.C 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.B 18.D 19.A 20.C21.B 22.C 23.A 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.C 28.A 29.C 30.A31.D 32.B 33.A 34.B 35.B 36.D 37.A 38.C 39.C 40.D41.A 42.A 43.B 44.B 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.B 49. A 50.D51.B 52.A 53.B 54.C 55. A 56. CII.Define the literary terms briefly in English1.American transcendentalism was a philosophical dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favor of the idealism of Kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalismemphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.2. Romanticism is characterized by the pursuit of freedom, emphasis of individualism, a reliance upon the good of nature and “natural” man, and an abiding faith in the boundless resources of the human spirit and imagination.3.The Puritans were members of the church of England who at first wished to reform or “Purify its doctrines. They kept in common with all advocates o f strict Christian orthodox, insisting on man’s original sin and depravity.4. Realism is a literary school. The American realist William Dean Howells refered to the method of realistic literary creation as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material. The realists tended to be highly selective in their choice of material, focusing upon what seemed real to their largely middle-class readers.5. Enlightenment in America was a progressive “intellectual movement which contributed to free the Americans from the limitation of Puritanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for the establishment of their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress by education and appealed to Reason.6．American transcendentalism was a political dissent from Unitarianism. Transcendentalists rejected the materialistic psychology in favour of the idealism of kant who asserted that intuition could surpass reason as a guide to the truth. To transcendentalists, spirit is inherent and pervading and is the only reality in the universe in which nature stood as a symbol of Spirit. Transcendentalists emphasized the divinity of man, the significance and right of the individual, and the possibility of the self-perfection of the individual.7. Enlightenment in America was a progressive intellectual movement which contributed to free the Americans fromthe limitations of Purtanism which had been prevailing in American society, and stimulate them to strive for their independent and democratic nation. The enlighteners were confident in the proqress of education and appealed to reason.III Explain the following quotations in your own words.1. Those who have never succeeded before will enjoy the sweetness o success most.2. In my life and literary creation, I did not follow others’ footsteps (or footprints). SometimesI chose a different way. That was the reason why I was unique and different from them both in life and poetic writing.3. Let us rise up and take actionTo meet any challenge in our life.We should learn to work and to be patientAnd persevere in pursuing our goalTill we reap the fruit of achievement one after another.4. He always dressed himself properly and elegantly And he showed his kindness and considerateness when talked with others.5. Don’t tell me in sad voice that life is nothing but an meaningless and empty dream.6. Only when you feel thirstiest and bitterest, can you really understand and enjoy the holy sweet drink.7. He stirred the pulses of the persons he was greeting with “Good morning”. While he was walking, his manners appeared to be so brilliant and attractive that he drow much public attention.8. Wall, as a barrier for communication or mutual understanding, is not good at all. Sometimes, it is necessary to remove the wall.Wall, as a boundary or limitation or border, is needed sometimes, so that good relations can be kept among different strata of people, or different countries.Wall is a paradox, which is both good and bad in haman life9.The honeysuckle qrows so agreeably and beautifully.However the beautiful flower hid its beauty in the quiet and lonely place.10.We had better take action every day, not remain idle and inactive so that we can make progress each day.11.I have a lot of obligations and duties to fulfill, so there is still a long way for me to go beforeI can relax or leave this world.Ⅳ Answer the following questions in English1. Key points:① the significance of American literature in the world literature ② the manifestation of American life and culture ③the requirement of improving English2. The theme of the poem is modern spiritual barrenness, the despair and depression that followed the first world war, the sterility and turbulence of the modern world, and the decline and breakdown of Western culture.3. The answer depends on individual student’s inclination.4. His style of writing is characterized by short and terse sentences, simple diction filled with emotion, vivid colloquialisms, and particularly the simplicity of his laconic statements.5. Key points: ① its place in the world literature② the manifestation of American life and culture③ the requirement of professional knowledge and skills as English majon.6. The answer is flexible. It de pends on an individual Student’s inclination.7. The real theme in Sister Carrie is the purposelessness of life. While looking at individuals with warm, human sympathy, he also sees the disorder and cruelty of life in general.8. The central subject of Haw thorne’s major works was the human soul. His exploration of the soul resulted from his skeptical attitude toward the social reality that was characterized by a rapid change in almost all aspects of social life, and from his ambition to probe into the nature of man. The primary significance of his major works dwells in the interect and the consistend vitality of his criticism of life.9. The answer is flexible, depending on students’ inclination, logic and language skills.10. Its real theme is to expose the dehumanization of all contemporary institutions, the absurd and corrupt bureancracy and the alienation of individuals existing in a systemized chaotic condition, such as war.punctuation and capitalization. Her mode of expression is characterized by clear-cut and delicately original imagery, precise diction, and fragmentary and enigmatic metrical pattern.12. Key points: ①the significance of American literature in the world literature ② the manifestation of American life and culture ③ the requirement of improving English.13. The answer is flexible and depends on student’s inclination.。
美国文学试题及答案
美国文学试题及答案美国文学试题：1. 请描述美国文学的起源和发展过程。
2. 简要介绍美国文学中的几位重要作家及其代表作品。
3. 分析美国文学对社会和文化的影响。
4. 探讨美国文学在世界文学中的地位和影响力。
5. 比较美国文学与其他国家文学的异同之处。
6. 讨论美国文学中的主题和风格变化。
7. 探究美国文学与历史事件的关联。
美国文学答案：1. 美国文学的起源可以追溯到17世纪，当时美洲殖民地的英国移民开始写作并记录他们在新大陆的生活。
这些作品以宗教、开拓和探索为题材，如《普利茅斯的劝导师》(1620)等。
美国文学的发展经历了启蒙时代、浪漫主义运动、现实主义时期等阶段，并逐渐形成了独特的美国文学风格。
2. 以下是几位重要的美国作家及其代表作品：- 马克·吐温：《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》、《汤姆·索亚历险记》 - 菲利普·罗斯：《美国牧歌》、《喧哗与骚动》- 艾米丽·狄金森：《狄金森诗选》- 弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉德：《了不起的盖茨比》- 威廉·福克纳：《喧哗与骚动》、《把狗放了吧》3. 美国文学对社会和文化具有重要影响。
例如，哈莱姆复兴时期的作家们为非洲裔美国人争取了平等的机会，并反映了种族和身份认同的问题。
此外，20世纪美国现实主义文学通过揭示社会问题和不公正现象，推动了社会改革运动。
美国文学也塑造了美国人的国家意识和身份认同。
4. 美国文学在世界文学中占据重要地位，被广泛翻译和阅读。
美国作家的作品对世界文学发展产生了巨大影响，例如海明威、福克纳、杰克·伦敦等作家的作品具有全球影响力。
美国文学代表了美国独特的价值观和文化传统，吸引着世界各地读者的关注。
5. 美国文学与其他国家文学相比具有明显的不同。
美国文学更加关注个人主义、自由和追求幸福的主题。
与欧洲文学相比，美国文学较少涉及庄重的古典主题，更倾向于写实和现实主义的描写方式。
美国文学作业
1．第1题The poem “Thanatopsis” was written by__________.A.Emily DickinsonB.William Cullen BryantC.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.02．第2题The Fall of the House of Usher was a horror story by ______.A.Nathaniel HawthorneB.Edgar Allan PoeC.MelvilleD.Longfellow答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.03．第3题_____was the only American of his generation who could chide the British with humor.A.CooperB.Washington IrvingC.ThoreauD.Edgar Allan Poe答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.04．第4题It is on his______ that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested.A.childhood recollectionsB.sketches about his European toursC.early poetryD.tales about America答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.05．第6题_______ does not belong to the school of naturalism in history.A.Stephen CraneB.Frank NorrisC.Jack LondonD.Walt Whitman答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.06．第8题“ i am monarch of all i survey,/ my right there is none to dispute.” this line is ｆrom ____.A.NatureB.Civil DisobedienceC.WaldenD.Representative Men答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.07．第9题The Waste Land was dedicated to another poet whowas __________.A.Ernest HemingwayB.Ezra PoundC.T. S. EliotD.William Carlos Williams答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.08．第10题Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except______.A.old valuesB.rigid ideas of social statusC.bigotry ａnd eccentricityD.harmony ａnd integrity答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.09．第12题Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is___________.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The Blithedale RomanceC.The Marble FaunD.The Fall of the House of Usher答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.010．第14题Among the following novels, only one was not written by Herman Melville. It is_____________.A.The Confidence-ManB.The PIlotC.Moby Dick答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.011．第16题Among the following novels, only one is not written by William Faulkner. It is _____________.A.Light in AugustsB.As I Lay DyingC.The Golden BowlD.Go Down, Moses答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.012．第18题the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome” were quotedｆrom poe’s poem __________.A.The RavenB.To HelenC.Annabel Lee答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.013．第20题The most famous sea story written by Jack London is _______.A.Martin EdenB.The Iron HeelC.The Sea WolfD.The Call of the Wild答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.014．第21题_______, the ruthless, amoral protagonist of the The Sea Wolf, best realizes the ideal of the “Superman.”A.HurstwoodB.Wolf LarsenC.PrufrockD.Santiago答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.015．第22题The most popular novel to do with the abolition movement written by Harriet Beecher Stowe is________.A.Martin EdenB.Uncle Tom’s CabinC.White FangD.The Call of the Wild答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.0the village near boston in which both emersonａnd thoreau lived was called _________.A.BostonB.ConcordC.Jamestown答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.017．第24题The salesman whom Sister Carrie met with on her way to Chicago was named _____________.A.Charles DrouetB.HurstwoodC.Stephen CraneD.Frank Norris答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.018．第26题The Iceberg style is most thoroughly reflected in the writings of the American novelist_____________.A.Jack LondonB.Ernest HemingwayC.Mark Twain答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.0Twice-told Tales is a collection of stories written by ___.A.Nathaniel HowthorneB.Edgar Ellan PoeC.Washington Irving答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.020．第30题The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by __________.A.Henry JamesB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Fenimore Cooper答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.021．第31题The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _____________.A.Thomas JeffersonB.Thomas PaineC.Benjamine Franklin答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.022．第33题william faulkner once declared that ___ was the first truly american writer ｆrom whom we aredescended.A.Washington IrvingB.CooperC.HawthorneD.Mark Twain答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.023．第34题The sentence “whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” is quoted ｆrom Emerson’s essay _________.A.NatureB.The Over-SoulC.Self-Reliance答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.024．第36题robert frost once said that a poem should begin with delight ａnd end in__________.A.pleasureB.uglinessC.deathD.wisdom答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.025．第37题Among the following, only one can not be a possible theme of the novel The Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn. It is _________.A.equality between menB.escapismC.conflict between nature ａnd civilizationD.spiritual emptiness答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.026．第38题___ is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A.Self-relianceB.NatureC.The American ScholarD. The Bells答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.027．第40题“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repose.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________.A.abababB.ababccC.aabbcc答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.028．第41题Among the following sentences, only one is uttered by Henry David Thoreau. It is__________.A.I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberatelyB. I went to the city because I wished to live deliberatelyC. I went to the woods because I wanted to escapeD. I went to the woods because I wished to shoot some birds答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.029．第42题Jack London did not write ______.A.The Sea WolfB.The Call of the WildC.The AmbassadorsD.White Fang答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.030．第43题____ Bryant’s best-known poem, was written when he was only sixteen years old.A.To a WaterfowlB.ThanatopsisC.To HelenD.Annabel Lee答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.031．第44题Nathaniel Hawthorne gave a definition to the term "romance" in his Preface to the novel ---.A.The House of the Seven GablesB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Marble Faun答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.032．第45题Among the following writers, only one does not belong to the naturalistic school. He is___.A.Henry JamesB.Stephen CraneC.Theodore Dreiser答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.033．第46题William Sidney Porter was the real name of________.A.Mark TwainB.O’ HenryC.Jack LondonD.William Dean Howells答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.034．第47题Tales of a Traveller was written by the American author__________.A.James Fenimore CooperB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.035．第49题"The Spectre Bridegroom" was written by the American author ---.A.Washington IrvingB.Nathaniel HawthorneC.James Feminore Cooper答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.036．第50题Among the following authors the one who received 4 pulitzer prizes was ---.A.Robert FrostB.Jack LondonC.Mark Twain答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.037．第52题"Lost Generation" is a term first coined by ---.A.Ernest HemingwayB.FitzgeraldC. Gertrude Stein答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.038．第53题Ernest Hemingway's Last important literary work is ---.A.the old man ａnd the seaB.The Sun Also RisesC. For Whom the Bell Tolls答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.039．第55题“all sappy as maples ａnd flat as the prairie” is a comment made by james russell lowell on the female characters in novels written by______.A.Washington IrvingB.James Fenimore CooperC.Philip FreneauD.George Washington答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.040．第58题Among the following, only one is not a representative feature of O Henry’s short stories. It is _________.A. conversational openingB.improbable coincidenceC.Surprise endingD.multiple points of view答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.041．第5题benjamin franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the romantic ideals of clarity, restraint, simplicity ａnd balance.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.042．第7题The Great Gatsby was a novel written by Fitzgerald partially based on his own life experience.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.043．第11题The foundation of American national literature was laid by the early American romanticists.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.044．第13题Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the Americannation.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.045．第15题Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was about the Spanish Civil War.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.046．第17题Emerson’s prose style was sometimes as highly individualistic as his dramas.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.047．第19题"Declaration of Independence" was drafted by Benjamin Franklin alone.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.048．第25题Longfellow’s poems belong to the darker aspect of the Romantic Movement.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.049．第27题american naturalism, like romanticism, had come ｆrom germany.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.050．第28题The House of the Seven Gables is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne based on his experience in the Brook Farm.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.051．第32题Leatherstocking Tales is a novel of the series The Last of Mohicans written by James Fenimore Cooper.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.052．第35题Though Emily Dickinson married twice in her life, love had never been a major theme in her poetry.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.053．第39题An Italian Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed abbaabbacdecde.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.054．第48题"Tell me not, in mournful numbers" is a line in Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life".答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.055．第51题Jack London was usually considered as a romanticist for his portrayal of superman heroes.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.056．第54题Immediately after their arrival in america, the american puritans became more preoccupied with business ａnd profits, as they had to be in the grim struggle for survival.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.057．第56题By the end of the nineteenth century, the realists rejected the portrayal of idealized characters ａnd events.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.058．第57题Many of Poe’s Gothic tales bear the theme of claustrophobia.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.059．第59题Poe was a predecessor of the later British detective writer Conan Doyle.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.060．第60题The most important Southern writer is Robert Penn Warren who was the author of the poem “All the King’s Men”.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.0作业总得分：100.0作业总批注：。
200511美国文学 作业(专升本)
《美国文学》作业一、单选题1. American literature is only more than ____ years old.A. 500B.400C. 200D.1002. The Puritan values did no include______.A. wastefulnessB. thriftC. pietyD. hard work3. The 18th century was the age of the Enlightenment.______was the dominant spirit.A. HumanismB. RationalismC. RomanticismD. Realism4. Franklin was the epitome of the______.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Charlist movementD. Romanticism5. _____was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.A. FranklinB. HawthorneC. PaineD. Emerson6. “Moby Dick was written by_____A. Mark TwainB. ThoreauC. MelvilleD. Whitman7. “The Scarlet Letter” is characterized by its______.A. symbolismB. rationalismC. PlatonismD. classicism8. “Huckleb erry Finn is the masterpiece of________.A. Henry JamesB. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. Stephen Crane9. Choose the novel written by Henry JamesA. The Golden BowlB. The Portrait of a LadyC. Sister CarrieD. Daisy Miller10. Early in the 20th century, _____ published works that would change the nature of American poetry.A. Ezra PoundB. T.S. EliotC. Robert FrostD. both A and B11._____ is the founder of “Imagist” movement.A. Ezra PoundB. HemingwayC. Robert FrostD. Steinbeck12. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by_____A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism13. ______ is a poet of profound simplicity.A. T.S. EliotB. Robert FrostC. Langston HughesD. Robert Burns14. Which writer has naturalist tendency?A. CraneB. NorrisC. Theodore DreiserD.T.S. Eliot15. “The Portrait of a Lady” was written by______A. Henry JamesB. FranklinC. EmersonD. Hawthorn16. During the 19th century the only American female poet was_____.A. Jane AustinB. Anne BradstreetC. Gorge EliotD. Emily Dickinson17. ______ is the most important playwright in AmericaA. HemingwayB. Eugene O’NeillC. T.S. EliotD. Faulkner18. Hester Prynne is the main character in______.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. Farewell to ArmsD. The Great Gatsby19. “Leaves of Grass” is a collection written by______.A. Emily DickinsonB. Robert FrostC. Walt WhitmanD. Longfellow20. F. Scott Fitzgerald is famous for his masterpiece,______.A. The Grape of WrathB. Cup of GoldC. The old Man and the SeaD. The Great Gatsby21. ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.A. Mending WallB. Dry SeptemberC. A Farewell to ArmsD. The Grapes of Wrath22. Uncle Tom in the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n)______A. Negro slaveB. salesmanC. industrialistD. officer23. Mark Twain’s wo rks are characterized by______A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism24. “The Great Gatsby” is the masterpiece of_____A. WhitmanB. FitzgeraldC. DickinsonD. Hemingway25. The United States of America was founded in______.A. 1776B. 1876C. 1789D.168926. The ancestors of American Indians were______A. AsiansB. AfricansC. EuropeansD. Australians27. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by______.A. H.B. Stowe B. John SteinbeckC. HawthorneD. Mark Twain28. ______ does not belong to the lost generation.A. DreiserB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Hemingway29. ______ was well known for his story “Rip Van Winkle.”A. BryantB. Washington IrvingC. Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau30. “Farewell to Arms” is the master pieced produced by______A. FaulknerB. DreiserC. HemingwayD. Longfellow31.“Catch-22” was written by______.A. Mark TwainB. Joseph HellerC. T.S. EliotD. O’Nell32.“The Waste Land is a long _______ written by T.S. Eliot”A. novelB. dramaC. essayD. poem33. The Enlightenment is characterized by______A. reasonB. emotionC. humanismD. joint venture34. The representative of American Enlightenment was________A. FranklinB. Robert Lee FrostC. SteinbeckD. Stephene Crane35. Emily Dickinson is an American_______A. dramatistB. essayistC. female poetD. male poet36. ________ is said to be the father of American poetryA. T.S. EliotB. E.D. RobinsonC. Philip FreneauD. Dreiser37. Hawthorne is regarded as a _______.A. naturalistB. classicistC. realistD. romanticist38. ______ represents the most leading spirit of American Transcendentalism.A. EmersonB. FranklinC. Mark TwainD. Whitman39. “The Art of Fiction” was written by_____A. LongfellowB. Henry JamesC. FitzgeraldD. Faulkner40. Imagination plays the most important part in________.A. realismB. romanticismC. naturalismD. classicism41. ______ is considered to be the masterpiece of John Steinbeck.A. Mending WallB. Dry SeptemberC. A Farewell to ArmsD. The Grapes of Wrath42. Uncle Tom in the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a(n)______A. Negro slaveB. salesmanC. industrialistD. officer43. Mark Twain’s works are characterized by______A. NaturalismB. TranscendentalismC. Local ColorismD. Imagism44. “The Great Gatsby” is the masterpiece of_____A. WhitmanB. FitzgeraldC. DickinsonD. Hemingway45. The United States of America was founded in______.A. 1776B. 1876C. 1789D.168946. The ancestors of American Indians were______A. AsiansB. AfricansC. EuropeansD. Australians47. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by______.A. H.B. Stowe B. John SteinbeckC. HawthorneD. Mark Twain48. ______ does not belong to the lost generation.A. DreiserB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Hemingway49. ______ was well known for his story “Rip Van Winkle.”A. BryantB. Washington IrvingC. Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau50. “Farewell to Arms” is the master pieced produced by______A. FaulknerB. DreiserC. HemingwayD. Longfellow51. William Faulkner is the author of ______.A Far From the Madding CrowdB Sound and FuryC For Whom the Bell TollsD Scarlet Letter52. Robert Frost is a famous_______.A novelistB playwrightC poetD literary critic53. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ________.A Jack LondonB Charles DickensC Samuel ColeridgeD Earnest Hemingway54. _______refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.A AllegoryB ConflictC IronyD Flashback55. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is______.A NatureB WaldenC ExperienceD Essays56. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _____and serious literature.A American folk humorB funny jokesC English folkloreD American values57. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?A Fennimore Cooper.B Nathaniel Hawthorn.C Walt Whitman.D Washington Irving.58. I Have a Dream is addressed by _____.A Abraham LincolnB John F. KennedyC Martin Luther KingD Ralph Waldo Emerson59. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson?A This is my letter to the worldB I heard a Fly buzz—when I diedC This is just to sayD Because I could not stop for death60. Eugene O’Neil is an American ______.A novelistB playwrightC poetD essayist61. The American civil war ended in______A.1765B.1865C.1761D.186162. The Cuban missile crisis resulted from between America and the soviet Union.A. the cold warB. the Hot WarC. the Civil WarD. World War Ⅱ63. “Song of Myself” was wri tten by______.A. LongfellowB. FrostC. T.S. EliotD. Whitman64.The romantic writers believed that ______ was superior to rationalism.A. transcendentalismB. naturalismC. imaginationD. Puritanism65. It was ______ who wrote the formal declaration of independence.A. Thomas JeffersonB. Benjamin FranklinC. WashingtonD. Washington Irving66. _____has been exerting a great and enduring influence upon world literature, especially that of France and European symbolism.A. FranklinB. BradstreetC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Philip Freneau67. The masterpiece of Hawthorne is _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. Richard CoryD. A Psalm of Life68. Engene O’Neill is a _______.A. novelistB. poetC. puritanD. dramatist69.Hemingway’s style of writing is characterized by______.A. high-sounding wordsB. simple dictionC. complicated sentencesD. mix metaphor70. T.S. Eliot is not only a poet but also a ______.A. criticB. statesmanC. churchmanD. novelists71. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” was written by_____.A. T.S. EliotB. O’NeillC. Stephen CraneD. Saul Bellow72. “The Grape of Wrath” is one of the remarkable novels of_____.A. the Civil WarB. DepressionC. SuppressionD. Aggression73. Theodore Dreiser showed the_____ tendency in his novels.A. PuritanismB. classicismC. romanticismD. naturalism74. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading figure of________.A. TranscendentalismB. RomanticismC. RationalismD. Naturalism75. “The Sound and the Fury” was the masterpiece of ______A. Robert Lee FrostB. T.S. EliotC. FaulknerD. Steinbeck76. Emily Dickinson is an American________.A. dramatistB. novelistC. female poetD. male poet77. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shows Mark Twain’s______A. materialismB. classicismC. socialismD. colorism78. “The Portrait of a Lady” is one of best novels of_________.A. Henry JamesB. John SteinbeckC. William FaulknerD. Walt Whitman79. What Whitman is famous for his_________.A. “Leaves of Grass”B. “Mending Wall”C. “Richard Cory”D. “The Burial of the Dead”80. “Catch-22” is the masterpiece of______A. Saul BellowB. Joseph HellerC. DreiserD. Fitzgerald81. The period from 1865—1914 has been referred to as the _______in the literary history of the United States.a. Age of Realismb. Age of Classicalismc. Age of Romanticismd. Age of Renaissance82. With “Collected Poems”, ______won the second Pulitzer Prize.a. Ezra Pondb. e. e. cummingsc. Robert Frostd. William Cullen Bryant83. Grass is a poem written by _______.a. Walt Whitmanb. Carl Sandburgc. Langston Hughesd. Allen Ginsberg84. Moby Dick is the most important work by ______.a. Jack Londonb. Herman Melvillec. Sinclair Lewisd. Ralph Ellison85. O. Henry earned his fame mainly for his ______.a. novelsb. poemsc. short storiesd. dramas86. ______ is NOT a novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.a. Tender Is the Nightb. Anna Christiec. The Beautiful and Dammedd. The Great Gatsby87. The American literature in modern period is divided into two parts by the event of ______.a. the expatriate movementb. the Great Depressionc. the First World Ward. the Second World War88. Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire?a. The Titanb. The Financierc. The “Genius”d. The Stoic89. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to ______for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”.a. William Faulknerb. John Steinbeckc. Saul Bellowd. Earnest Hemingway90. Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of _______work.a. romanticb. classicc. neo-classicd. naturalistic91. The English settlement in America began in_________A.1507B.1607C.1707D.180792. The first World War broke out in______.A.1614B.1714C.1814D.191493. The jazz age refers to the decade ofA.1950’sB.1980’sC.1920’sD.1820’s94. Franklin was a _____.A. PuritanB. romanticistC. classicistD. imagist95. “Rip Van Winkle” was written by_______.A. FreneauB. Allan PoeC. Washington IrvingD. Thomas Jefferson96.“The Scarlet Letter” is the masterpiece of______.A. HawthorneB. EmersonC. BradstreetD. Allan Poe97.It was______who wrote “The Age of Reason”A. WashingtonB. JeffersonC. Benjamin FranklinD. Thomas Paine98.“Song of Myself” is a ______written by Whitman.A. novelB. poemC. dramaD. essay99.Tom in Beecher Stowe’s novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a _____.A. Negro slaveB. American IndianC. School masterD. industrialist 100. Mark Twain belongs to the literary school of_____.A. transcendentalismB. realismC. romanticismD. naturalism 101._______is a famous American female poet.A. Allan Poe .B. FreneauC. Emily DickinsonD. Robinson 102. “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” is the mast erpiece of_____.A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. Stephen CraneD. Robert Lee Frost103. It was____ who wrote the poem “The Road Not Taken.”A. WhitmanB. FreneauC. Robert Lee FrostD. T.S.Eliot 104. “The Portrait of A Lady ”was written by_______.A. Mark TwainB. DreiserC. Eugene O’NeillD. Henry James 105. The settling of “The Grapes of Wrath” was during the_____.A. the first world warB. the great economic depressionC. the civil wasD. the Vietnam War106. Hemingway’s works belong to______.A. RomanticismB. American modernismC. NaturalismD. transcendentalism107. “The Great Gatsby”made_____ famous in American literature.A. HawthornB. Mark TwainC. FitzgeraldD. Steinbeck 108. “The Sound and the Fury” was written by_____A. FaulknerB. WhitmanC. LongfellowD. Hemingway109. Eugene O’Neill is an American______.A. novelistB. criticC. romanticistD. dramatist110. “Catch-22” is well known for its_____.A. SimplicityB. black humorC. poetic touchD. exaggeration111. O Captain! My Captain! was written in memory of _______.A. Walt WhitmanB. Benjamin FranklinC. Abraham LincolnD. Martin Luther King112. The Grapes of Wrath is the masterpiece of ______.A. John SteinbeckB. John CheeverC. John UpdikeD. John Dos Passos113. ______is NOT a play written by Tennessee Williams.A. Cat on a Hot Tin RoofB. The Glass MenagerieC. Light in AugustD. A Streetcar Named Desire114. Seize the Day is regarded the best novel written by ______.A. Flannery O’ConnerB. Saul BellowC. Ralph EllisonD. Sherwood Anderson115. ______is NOT among the postwar poets in modern American literature.A. Robert LowellB. Gary SynderC. Allen GinsbergD. e. e. cummings116. The image of the famous “henpecked husband” is created by_____.A. Washington IrvingB. Fennimore CooperC. Edith WhartonD. William Dean Howells117. The literary spokesman of the Jazz is often thought to be______.A. O’NeilB. PoundC. Robert FrostD. Scott Fitzgerald118. _____was the most important person of the transcendental club.A. HawthornB. WhitmanC. EmersonD. Thoreau119. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following EXCEPT_______.A. religionB. love and marriageC. life and deathD. war and peace120. American diction in the 1960s and 1970s proves different from its predecessors. It is referred to as ______.A. ImagismB. black humorC. new fictionD. the Beat Generation二、多选题1. William Faulkner is the author of ______.A Far From the Madding CrowdB Sound and FuryC For Whom the Bell TollsD As I Lay Dying2. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following _______.A religionB love and marriageC life and deathD war and peace3. The following are the women writers, except_______.A William FaulknerB Emily DickinsonC Mark TwainD Harriet Beecher Stowe4. Mark Twain is the author of _______.A The Adventures of Tom SawyerB the Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC Far From the Madding CrowdD Sound and Fury5. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _____and _____.A American folk humorB funny jokesC serious literatureD English folklore6. ______ is novels of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.A Tender Is the NightB Anna ChristieC The Beautiful and DammedD The Great Gatsby7. Which of the following are poems by Emily Dickinson?A This is my letter to the worldB I heard a Fly buzz—when I diedC This is just to sayD Because I could not stop for death8. _______are not the representative work of the Beat Generation.A The Great GatsbyB On the RoadC Look Back in AngerD The Sun Also Rises9. The following writers, who is not the author of Grass_______.A Walt WhitmanB Carl SandburgC Langston HughesD Allen Ginsberg10. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to ______for his “______”.A mastery of imagismB John SteinbeckC mastery of the art of modern narrationD Earnest Hemingway11. Mark Twain is the author of _______.A The Adventures of Tom SawyerB the Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC Far From the Madding CrowdD Sound and Fury12. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _____and _____.A American folk humorB funny jokesC serious literatureD English folklore13. ______ is novels of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.A Tender Is the NightB Anna ChristieC The Beautiful and DammedD The Great Gatsby14. Which of the following are poems by Emily Dickinson?A This is my letter to the worldB I heard a Fly buzz—when I diedC This is just to sayD Because I could not stop for death15. _______are not the representative work of the Beat Generation.A The Great GatsbyB On the RoadC Look Back in AngerD The Sun Also Rises16. Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more _______ and more _______.A rationalB ironicC humorousD pessimistic17. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______, the narrator, _______ is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A IshmaelB Moby DickC AhabD Starbuck18. Which of following is a typical feature of Mark Twain’s language?.A vernacularB colloquialC elegantD humorous19. _______is father of American drama and in his dramatic career he wrote _______ plays.A Eugene O’NeillB 49C Tennessee WilliamsD 5020._______was the first American writer to write entirely American literature. _______was the leader of American transcendentalism.A Mark TwainB Ernest HemingwayC Ralph Waldo EmersonD Benjamin Franklin21. Which of the following are poems by Emily Dickinson?A This is my letter to the worldB I heard a Fly buzz—when I diedC This is just to sayD Because I could not stop for death22. Naturalism is evolved fro m realism when the author’s tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more _______ and more _______.A rationalB ironicC humorousD pessimistic23. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______, the narrator, _______ is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A IshmaelB Moby DickC AhabD Starbuck24. _______is father of American drama and in his dramatic career he wrote _______ plays.A Eugene O’NeillB 49C Tennessee WilliamsD 5025._______was the first American writer to write entirely American literature. _______was the leader of American transcendentalism.A Mark TwainB Ernest HemingwayC Ralph Waldo EmersonD Benjamin Franklin26. _______was the greatest woman poet in American literature and she wrote about_______ short lyric poems in her life time .A Mark TwainB Emily DickensonC 900D 1,70027._______is father of the detective story and of _______.A Edgar Allan PoeB Ernest HemingwayC transcendentalismD psychoanalytic criticism28. Which of the following is not naturalistic writers?A Mark TwainB Ernest HemingwayC William Dean HowellsD Theodore Dreiser29._______is concerned with the middle class life; _______writes about the upper class society, and_______ deals with the lower class reality..A Ralph Waldo EmersonB William Dean HowellsC Henry JamesD Mark Twain30.The American Civil War broke out in_______between the Northern states and the South states, which are known respectively as the _______ and the _______ .A 1861B 1888C Union, ConfederacyD Slavery, Anti-Slavery31. For Melville, as well as for the reader and _______, the narrator, _______ is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A IshmaelB Moby DickC AhabD Starbuck32. _______is father of American drama and in his dramatic career he wrote _______ plays.A Eugene O’NeillB 49C Tennessee WilliamsD 5033. Which of the following is not naturalistic writers?A Mark TwainB Ernest HemingwayC William Dean HowellsD Theodore Dreiser34._______is concerned with the middle class life; _______writes about the upper class society, and_______ deals with the lower class reality..A Ralph Waldo EmersonB William Dean HowellsC Henry JamesD Mark Twain35.The American Civil War broke out in_______between the Northern states and the South states, which are known respectively as the _______ and the _______ .A 1861B 1888C Union, ConfederacyD Slavery, Anti-Slavery36. The greatest American poet and the first writer of _______ is _______ .A free verseB dramaC Ezra PoundD Walt Whitman37. ______ was the first black American to write a book about black life with great impact on the consciousness of the nation and his masterpiece is one of the three classic about _______ .A Harriet Beecher StoweB Ralph EllisonC Black AmericansD Chinese38. _______ are the greatest figures in “Lost Generation” .A Ezra PoundB Robert FrostC Walt WhitmanD Hemingway39. _______is the father of American literature. _______ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A PaineB Washington IrvingC ThoreauD Emerson40. An _______ ship brought 102 people from Plymouth, England on September 16, 1620 and arrived in the present Provincetown harbor on November 21 in the same year. This ship was name _______ .A EnglishB GermanC TitanicD Mayflower三、判断题1. The Calvinist doctrine of “original sin” exerted great influence on Hawthorne. ()2. Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about human psychology. ( )3. Walt Whitman used parallelism and refrain in his poems. ( )4. Walt Whitman was regarded as the Zenith in American romantic poetry. ( )5. The first important American novelist is Adgar Allan Poe. ( )6. According to Allan Poe, art serves for pleasure. The chief •aim •of •poetry •is •beauty,•namely,•to produce a feeling of beauty in the reader. ( )7. According to Henry James,the aim of the novel is to reflect life reality. ( )8. Allan Poe was regarded as the forerunner of American Imagism. ( )9. All his literary life, Thoreau seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil in life. ( )10. Traditional novelists, especially the critical realistic novelists,•generally focused their attention on social significance. ( )11. The subjects of Walt Whitman are often war and its effects on people, or contests, such as hunting or bullfighting, which demand stamina and courage.( )12. O.Henry paid little attention to plot in writing. ( )13. Mark Twain was the father of American language. ( )14. Frost’s concern with nature reflected his deep moral uncertainties. ( )15. Faulkner’s region was the Deep North, with its bitter history of slavery, civil war and destruction. ( )16. In American Literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of reason and Revolution. ( )17. In 1836, Whitman published his first book, Nature, which met with a wild reception. ( )18. Transcendentalism exalted feeling over reason, individual expression over the restraints of law and custom. ( )19. Mark Twin should be remembered both as a great literary artist and a great social critic in the history of the U.S. ( )20. In 1836, Whitman published his first book, Nature, which met with a wild reception. ( )21. Annabel Lee, a poem from Adgar Allan Poe, mourns the death of a beautiful girl. ( )22. Washington Irving was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War. ( )23. In 1836, Whitman published his first book, Nature, which met with a wild reception. ( )24. Scarlet Letter is set in the seventeenth century. It is an elaboration of a fact which theauthor took out of the life of the Puritan pat. ( )25.Melville devised a unique poetic style called free verse that refers to the poetrywithout fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme. ( )26.Henry James abandoned traditional way of telling a story in some •of •his short stories and novels. ( )27 Mark Twain's influence upon modern American writers isn't so strong, he mainly influenced some local writers. ( )28. American literature is the oldest of all national literature. ( )29. All his literary life, Hawthorne seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil. ( )30. In 1620 a number of Puritans came to settle in Massachusetts . ( )31 Emerson was recognized as the leader of transcendentalist movement , and he always applied the term “Transcendentalist” to himself or to his belief and ideas. ( )32. Mark Twain never touched upon the problem of slavery system in his novels. ( )33. N.Hawthorne was a symbolic writer in some sense. ( )。
思考题及作业美国文学1
1. Questions on Ben FranklinTask 11.Read the first excerpt from The Autobiography in the textbook and answer1)What are the ideas conveyed by each of the three paragraphs?2)What do they reveal altogether as to Franklin’s belief and secret to success?2.Read the second excerpt from The Autobiography in the textbook and answer1)What are the ideas conveyed by each of the five paragraphs?2)What do they reveal altogether as to Franklin’s belief and secret to success?3.Read the following excerpt from The Autobiography•“Then I walked up the street, gazing about till near the market-house I met a boy with bread.I had made many a meal on bread, and, inquiring where he got it, I went immediately to the baker’s he directed me to, in Second Street, and asked for bisc uit, intending such as we had in Boston; but they, it seems, were not made in Philadelphia. Then I asked for a three-penny loaf, and was told they had none such. So not considering or knowing the difference of money, and the greater cheapness nor the names of his bread, I made him give me three-penny worth of any sort. He gave me, accordingly, three great puffy (膨胀的) rolls. I was surpriz’d at the quantity, but took it, and, having no room in my pockets, walk’d off with a roll under each arm, and eating the other. Thus I went up Market-street as far as Fourth-street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife’s father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.•Then I turned and went down Chestnut-street and part of Walnut-street, eating my roll all the way, and, corning round, found myself again at Market-street wharf(码头), near the boat I came in, to which I went for a draught (一口)of the river water; and, being filled with one of my rolls, gave the other two to a woman and her child that came down the river in the boat with us, and were waiting to go farther.•Thus refreshed, I walked again up the street.”•Questions:1)What do you think is the background for this selected piece?2)Comment on the stylistic features3)Use some adjectives to describe Franklin’s character based on his behaviors in thislittle piece.4)How can writing an autobiography contribute to self-knowledge? By way ofexample, explain what Ben Franklin the autobiographer comes to see about Ben Franklin the young man?Task 2Translate the following sayings from Poor Richard’s Almanac by Franklin–“A little neglect may breed mischief:•for want of a nail the shoe was lost;•for want of a shoe the horse was lost;•for want of a horse the rider was lost.•For want of a rider the battle was lost.•“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”••“God helps those who help themselves.”••“Little strokes fell great oaks.”••“Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.”••“Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.”••“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”••“The sleeping fox catches no poultry.”••“There are no gains without pains.”••“He that lives upon hope will die fasting.”••Lost time is never found again.••A penny saved is a penny earned.••To err is human，to repent divine，to persist devilish．•“Fish and visitors smell in three days.”Task 3As a self-made man and cultural hero, Franklin set the keynote of American dream and has influenced generations of Americans.Can you1)Find out what American dream is?2)Name some great people in American history who are also successfullyself-made?3)Think about why American dream is more easily realized in America, but notin such European countries like Britain?2. Questions on Thomas PaineTask 1Study the selected part from “The American Crisis” and answer the following questions: Recalling:1)According to the first paragraph, whom is Paine criticizing? Whom is hepraising?2)According to the first paragraph, what is the purpose of Britain’s army? Whathas Britain declared?3)What “simple opinion” does Paine state in his second paragraph?4)What does the third paragraph state about the possibility of happiness inAmerica? What does it say must be accomplished before America can be happy?Interpreting5)What is the price of freedom, according to Paine? For what is Paine, therefore,criticizing the “summer soldiers,” the “sunshine patriots,” and the tavernkeeper in Amboy?6)To what emotions does Paine appeal when he describes the king of Britain?Where in this selection does Paine rely on reason rather than emotion?Extending7)The “crisis” Paine speak s of was nothing less than the potential defeat of theAmerican armies. Do you think Paine’s words have a more general application as well?Viewpoint8)Tom Paine himself once said that his purpose as a writer was to use plainlanguage “to make those who can scarcely read understand …[and] to fit the powers of thinking and the turn of language to the subject, so as to bring out a clear conclusion that shall hit the point in question and nothing else”.Cite at least one sentence from Crisis in which you think Paine achieves this purpose.Task 2Showing the class what methods of persuasion Paine adopts in “The American Crisis” by learning the following detailed analysis.Methods of PersuasionPaine’s Crisis is a superb example of persuasive writing (see page 22). To persuade colonial men and women to stand firm, take courage, and continue fighting, he uses a number of methods:Concrete examples. Good persuasion supports general statements with facts, quotations, and other examples to convince the audience that the general statements are true. In paragraph 1 Paine declares that Britain’s army “enforces tyranny”; to support this statement, he quotes directly from the British themselves.Vivid language. Vivid language and images appeal to the audience’s emotions and make persuasive writing powerful. Consider how much weaker Paine’s opening statement would be if he merely said, “These are bad times.”Exaggeration.Persuasive writers often exaggerate in order to rouse the emotions of their audiences. Paine says, for example, that Americans have sought to avoid war “by every decent method which wisdom could invent.” By overstating, he makes his point.Repetition.By repeating words and ideas, the persuasive writer emphasizes their importance and lodges them even more firmly in the minds of the audience. When Paine wants to say that King George has committed crimes against the Americans, he combines exaggeration an d repetition: He compares the king to “a common murderer, a highwayman, or a housebreaker.”Parallelism.Parallelism is the repeating of phrases or sentences so that the repeated parts are alike in structure or in meaning. By using balanced sentences with parallel structures,a persuasive writer creates a rhythm that reinforces the message. Paine says, “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” Parallel structures add a feeling of completeness and sureness of thought to what the writer has to say.Compose a short speech, a radio or television commercial, or a newspaper editorial intended to persuade someone to take action on something.●You may want to analyze a few examples from recent media before writingyour own●Try to include concrete examples, vivid language, exaggeration, repetitionand parallel structure to make your argument more persuasiveon Thomas Jefferson:Task 1 Study questions:Recalling1)According to the first paragraph, what does “a decent respect to the opinionsof mankind” require?2)According to the second paragraph, what truths are self-evident? What is thepurpose of government, and when should a government be replaced?3)Moving from a theory of government to the situation in 1776, what doesJefferson claim King George’s “direct object”has been in the colonies? How does Jefferson set out to prove his claim?4)What does Jefferson say the Americans have done “in every stage of theseOppressions”? To what does he say “our British brethren” have been deaf?5)What does the final paragraph “publish and declare”?Interpreting6)Why does including Jefferson’s bill of particulars make the Declaration moreeffective?7)How is the faith in reason characteristic of the eighteenth century reflected inthe opening paragraph? In Jefferson’s remarks about Prudence in the second paragraph?In the description of the colonists’ peaceful attempts to redress their grievances?Extending8)In the final sentence of the Declaration, the signers pledge their “Fortunes,” orfate. What do you think their fate would have been if Britain had been the victor in the Revolution?9)The historian Garry Wills explains the following about the Declaration ofIndependence:When Jefferson spoke of pursuing happiness, he had nothing vague or private in mind. He meant a public happiness which is measurable, which is, indeed, the test andjustification of any government.—Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of IndependenceList three statements from the Declaration that suggest what Jefferson’s idea of “public happiness” was.VocabularyLoaded wordsA loaded word has a particularly strong set of associations for the reader. Such a word arouses strong feelings and appeals to the emotions. A writer often deliberately uses loaded words to move people to action by appealing to their feelings, to their fears and prejudices, or to their hopes and illusions.Jefferson uses very strong, loaded nouns when describing the behavior of King George. For example, he writes about usurpations, despotism, and tyranny. Jefferson also selects verbs with very negative associations. He says, for example, that King George “has refused”and “has endeavored to prevent.”Find five more verbs that describe the king’s actions in such a way as to rouse Jefferson’s audience to anger.Task 2Composition- Citing evidenceWriting a brief composition in which you give three reasons why you think the Declaration of Independence is a successful political statement. Is it its clarity, its reasonableness, its passion, its rhetoric? State your opinion, and then cite specific examples to support it.4. Questions on Philip Freneau’s poemsTask 1:What do the three poems show Philip Freneau as a poet? Please comment on his concerns and beliefs.Among the three poems by Freneau, which one do you like the best? Why?Task 2:Please paraphrase “The Indian Burying Ground” in fluent Chinese. ”Prepare for a recitation of “To a Caty-did”5. Questions on Washington Irving’s worksTask 1Recalling1. How did Tarry Town get its name? How did Sleepy Hollow get its name?2. What mood does the setting of this story create?3. Who do the villagers believe the headless horseman is? How did he lose his head?4. What do the villagers think he is doing out at night? Why is he said to be in such ahurry?5. What is Ichabod Crane’s job? What other job did he do to earn a little more money?6. Where does Ichabod Crane live? Why does he need to be able to have all of his belongings in a small bundle?7. What are two things that Ichabod would do to make himself useful to the farmers?How does he help the wives?8. Why do the women in the countryside think he is an important person? How do themothers treat him as a result? How do the younger girls respond to him?9. What subject does Ichabod like to read about? What has increased his interest in this?subject?10. What would happen to Ichabod when he would walk home at night after spending theafternoon reading? How would he handle that?11. What are the two main things that Katrina Van Tassel is known for? What differentthings does she wear that demonstrate each of these?12. The author, Washington Irving says, “When he entered the house, the conquest of hisheart was complete.” What does the rest of that paragraph on page 18 tell us aboutwhy Ichabod liked Katrina?13. What two things make it difficult for Ichabod to fulfill his goal of marrying Katrina?14. Why would it have been crazy for Ichabod to be open about his feelings for Katrina?What gives Ichabod an excuse to visit Katrina at her house?15. What approach does Brom Bones (Brom Van Brunt) want to take when he discoversIchabod is interested in Katrina? Why can’t he do that?16. What are two things Brom Bones does to get back at Ichabod for trying to stealKatrina?17. Ichabod takes great care in his appearance as he gets ready for the party at Baltus VanTassel’s. What is funny about the horse he is riding as he starts off like a “knight inquest of adventures”?18. How is Brom Bone’s horse, Daredevil, similar to him in its appearance and actions?19. What explanation is given for why there are more ghost stories in a long-settledvillage?20. What story is told about Brouwer’s encounter with the headless horseman?21. What story does Brom Bones tell about his encounter with the headless horseman?22. What mood is Ichabod in when he leaves Katrina’s house that night? What evidenceis there of his mood? What speculation does the author make as to what happened?23. What logical explanation is there for three of the things Ichabod sees or hears whenhe is near the old, large tree?24. What happens when Ichabod tries to get across the bridge?25. When Ichabod sees something huge and black by the brook, why doesn’t he turn and run away? What two things does he do instead?26. What happens when Ichabod slows down or speeds up in an attempt to get away fromthe dark horse and its rider? What does Ichabod see that makes him so terrified that hesends his horse into full flight?27. Instead of following the road to Sleepy Hollow, where does Gunpowder go? Whatmakes it even harder for Ichabod to hold onto his run-away horse?28. What four traces of the chase do the searchers find the next day?29. When news of Ichabod is reported years later, what do we learn about why he left?30. What makes it seem that Brom Bones knew something about what happened thatnight?31. What did the people of the town believe about what happened that night?Extending1. Read the PPT on Romanticism and answer the following questions1)What characteristics of Romanticism can you detect in Irving’s “The Author’sAccount of Himself”?2)What elements of Romanticism can you discover in “The Legend of SleepyHollow”? Please support your answers with examples2. Read “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, and Watch the movie version of the story.1)Find at least three differences between the two2)Make a comparative comment on the two from such aspects asplotting, characterization, mood and atmosphere.3)Which one do you like better? Why?Task 2•Please dramatize part of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in any of the three ways:–Faithfully represented–Partially adapted–Totally recreated–Dubbing6. Questions on Cooper’s The Last of the MohicansTask 11)About the historical background of the novelThe Last of the Mohicans is often seen as a tribute to the doomed cultures of Native Americans. Research the history of Native American clearances in the eighteenth century. How historically accurate is Cooper's depiction?2)About the uniqueness of the novelCooper is considered the first successful American novelist, and The Last of the Mohicans is often read as the first truly American novel. What is American about it?3)Your own reflectionsWhat do you like and dislike about The Last of the Mohicans? You may comment on the language style, characterization, plotting, or anything else.Task 2Please dramatize any part of The Last of the Mohicans in one of the three ways:●Faithfully represented●Partially adapted●Totally recreated7. Questions on Bryant’s poems:Task 1Study QuestionsRecalling1)According to lines 1-8, to whom does nature speak? To what two different human moods does nature respond?2)What do lines 14-17 recommend to those who “grow sick at heart”when they think of death?3)According to lines 22-30, what will happen to all people? What two points should people remember, according to lines 31-33?4)What do lines 61-66 tell the readers will happen after their own deaths?5)What simile does Bryant use in the last two lines to suggest the way the reader should “approach thy grave”?Interpreting6)What lesson about death does the poet expect us to learn from closely observing nature? What is the overall relationship between human beings and nature, according to the poet?7)What comforting observation about human experience does the poet make repeatedly throughout the poem (lines 31-32, 48-50, 60-61, 64-66, 70-72, and 75-76)?8)With what emotion does Bryant suggest people face death?9)In what way does the subject matter of the poem reflect the Romantic interest in the self or the individual?VocabularyAntonyms are words that have opposite or nearly opposite meanings. The following words in capitals are from “Thanatopsis.” Choose the word that is an antonym of each word in capitals, as the word is used in this selection.10)Blight: (a) disease (b) light (c) health (d) darkness11)Vales: (a) dreams (b) hills (c) valleys (d) laughter12)Pall: (a) boredom (b) paleness (c) brightness (d) shroud13)Insensible: (a) aware (b) stupid (c) mighty (d)unconscious14)Hoary: (a) elderly (b) white (c) frosted (d)youthfulExtending15)Poets often use the image of the seasons of human life. Tell in your own wordswhat this expression means. How does the image of human seasons reflect the central idea of Bryant’s poem?ViewpointIn his biography of Bryant, critic Charles H. Brown writes:To him, as he said in his lectures on poetry, “the great spring of poetry is emotion.” . . .Nevertheless, Bryant’s practice in composition was not to warble as a bird does, for he held that poetry not only appeals to “the passions and the imagination”but also to the understanding.—William Cullen BryantFind at least two passages in “Thanatopsis” that show how Bryant blends emotions and ideas. First find a controlled and thoughtful presentation of a feeling; then find an emotional presentation of an idea.Task 2Composition—Writing about themeWrite a composition about the theme of “Thanatopsis.”Begin by stating the theme. Then discuss lines 1-17 and 66-81, which Bryant added during a revision. Tell what those lines add to the poem’s theme. Show how Bryant illuminates his theme through setting, through the specific events that he discusses, and through the kinds of people he refers to.Writing about NatureLike Bryant, many artists have heard the “voice” of nature. Find a paragraph describing one natural phenomenon—for example, the seasons, a storm, plants, or animals —and tell what you think the “voice” of nature seems to be saying about life itself.8. Questions on Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”Task 1Study QuestionsRecalling1)What adjective does the narrator first use to describe the house of Usher? According to the third paragraph, what do the peasants mean when they say “House of Usher”?2)Upon meeting the narrator, what does Roderick say about the nature of his “malady”? To what terror is he a “slave”? What does he admit is the natural cause of his gloomy condition?3)What three things does the narrator do in an attempt to alleviate Roderick’s melancholy (page 140)? What does the narrator understand for the first time when he hears Roderick perform “The Haunted Palace”?4)What does the narrator notice while turning aside the lid of Madeline’s coffin? What does Roderick explain?5)What “observable change”comes over Roderick after the entombment of Madeline? What does his condition do to the narrator?6)What interruptions occur when the narrator reads passages from “Mad Trist”to Roderick? What does Roderick reveal about Madeline’s entombment?7)What does the narrator see when the doors open “their ponderous and ebony jaws”? what happens to Roderick?8)What happens to the house in the last paragraph?Interpreting9)What does Roderick’s condition when the narrator arrives reveal about his relationship with his sister? Why is it significant that they are twins?10)Why might Roderick have put Madeline in the tomb while she was alive? Whatother mysteries or supernatural elements does the story contain?11)Name at least three character traits the narrator reveals about Roderick, eitherdirectly or indirectly. Does the narrator really understand his friend? How do you know?12)Try to explain Roderick’s deterioration. What in hi sown behavior might be thecause of his destruction?13)What is the dual meaning of the story’s title? Why is it significant that the Usherfamily has no “collateral issue” (paragraph 3)?14)The English Romantic writer, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, said that we experience a“willing suspension of disbelief”when we read literature. In other words, we ignore our doubts about the possibility of events happening and willingly accept what the author tells us.Did you suspend your disbelief as you read “The Fall of the House of Usher”? Do you think the suspension of disbelief is necessary for the full enjoyment of a work of fiction? Why or why not?ViewpointAn expert on Poe, Arthur Hobson Quinn, writes of this story:One of the most common errors in Poe criticism lies in the assumption of the absence of heart in his characters. But the narrator has come a long distance simply because the appeal of Roderick Usher has clutched at his friendship through that quality—“It was the apparent heart that went with his request.”— Edgar Allan Poe15)Do you agree that the narrator and Roderick are believable characterswith genuine, heartfelt emotions? Or do you find the characters artificial and mechanical? Support your opinion with details from the story itself.Literary focus—Setting: atmosphere and moodIn “The Fall of the House of Usher” the setting —the time and place in which the events occur —is as important as the characters themselves. It would be impossible, for example, toimagine the Ushers living anywhere else than in their ancient house near the black tarn. If they did, they would not be the same people we find in this story. As characters, they not only contribute to the setting, but they are created in part by the setting.In what country is the story set? It is certainly not America, for in Poe’s time the United States was not old enough to have produced this ancient family and crumbling mansion. Where is the House of Usher? Nowhere, except within the pages of the story itself. Yet the setting seems “real,”with highly specific details about the rooms and the furnishings. The setting is a combination of reality and unreality that contributes to the unearthly effect of the story.Notice, too, how Poe uses the setting to control the atmosphere, or mood —the general feelings —of the story by surrounding almost every object with adjectives piled upon adjectives: dull, dark, dreary, bleak, decayed, pestilent, leaden-hued. Each adjective has a separate meaning, of course, but more important is the way they merge, building an atmosphere of gloom and unreality. That atmosphere conveys not only the physical appearance of the house, but the Ushers’mental and spiritual conditions as well.Thinking about setting16)Choose a passage in the story —the description of Usher’s studio, forexample — and point out the adjectives that create the atmosphere and mood.VocabularyRecognizing shades of meaningThough several adjectives can combine to create a single effect, it is equally important to be aware of the shades of meanings of individual adjectives. Dull and bleak, for example, do not mean exactly the same thing. Dull suggests a quality of light; bleak suggests a wider picture of emptiness and hopelessness.Use your dictionary to define the following words from “The Fall of the House of Usher,”paying special attention to the differences in meaning among the words in each group:17)Group 1: decayed, morbid, pestilent18)Group 2: pallid, ghastly, insipid19)Group 3: dreary, somber, grimTask 2:Composition: writing about the total effect20)Describe the total effect of “The Fall of the House of Usher.” How does Poeuse the following literary elements to achieve this effect: (1) the setting, (2) the characters, (3) the plot, and (4) the theme of the story?9. Questions on Poe’s poemsTask 1➢Study Questions on “To Helen”Recalling1)To what does the poet compare Helen’s beauty in the first stanza? Who is brought “to his own native shore”?2)What images describe Helen in the second stanza? Who is brought home in thisstanza? To what is he brought home?3)What is Helen doing in the third stanza? With whom is she associated in line 14?From where does she come?Interpreting4)State in your own words the condition the speaker was in beforeencountering Helen.5)Considering the places to which Helen brings the speaker and the place fromwhich she comes, name the three kinds of joys or comforts she seems to provide. What might the agate lamp represent? What has Helen done for the speaker to explain why he calls her Psyche?6)In what way is this poem idealistic? Which of the other characteristics ofRomanticism (listed in the Introduction to this unit) does this poem display?➢Study Questions on “The Raven”Recalling7)In stanzas 1-3 what is the speaker doing when he first hears the tapping? What does he seek “to borrow”? What does he say “to still the beating” of his heart?8)In stanzas 4-5 what does the speaker see when he opens the door? What does he whisper?9)What does the speaker hope is making the tapping noise in stanza 6? What happens when he opens the shutter?10)What is the only word the raven speaks? In stanza 9 to what does the speaker think the word relates? How does he explain the word when the raven first repeats it (lines 62-66)?11)About what does the speaker begin to think when he wheels his chair in front of the raven (lines 69-72)?12)What question does the speaker ask in lines 88-90? In lines 93-95? What does the raven reply? What does it say when ordered to leave?13)Where is the raven now? What will never be lifted from the raven’s shadow?Interpreting14)Does the speaker believe the words he says in lines 16-18 and line 36? How do you know?15)Who is “she”in line 78? Who is the “wretch”in line 81? Trace the speaker’s thoughts in lines 78-83.16)What does the speaker interpret “nevermore”in line 84 and in line 96 to mean? What do you know about the raven’s answers that the speaker does not realize?17)What does the raven come to represent for the speaker? What does “Plutonian shore” (line 98) suggest about the speaker’s final evaluation of the raven? Of himself?18)Evaluate the speaker’s emotional state at the beginning of the poem, in thenext-to-the-last stanza, and in the last stanza. What does the future probably hold for the speaker?19)Describe the mood of the poem. Which expressions in stanzas 1-2 help establishthe mood?Extending20)Poe felt the death of a beautiful woman was “the most poetical topic in the world.”What do you think makes a topic “poetical”? Name at least three topics you find poetical, and tell why they are suitable for poetry?Literary focusPoe and the single effectIn a review of Twice-Told Tales by his contemporary, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Poe asserted that a work of literature must arrange all of its elements so that they combine to achieve a single effect. In fact, Poe believed that a poet or a short story writer must begin with an idea of a single effect and then create the characters and incidents to produce that effect. He said, “in the whole composition there should be no word written, of which the tendency, direct or indirect, is not to the one preestablished design.”He added, “If [an author’s] very initial sentence tend not to the outbringing of this [single] effect, then he has failed in his first step.”Poe believed, in other words, that one clear, powerfully felt emotion should carry the reader through the work. Of course, literature may display many different emotions, but Poe believed they must all ultimately combine into one overwhelming feeling for the reader.Thinking about single effect21)What is the single effect of “The Raven”?22)Discuss the first sentence of “The Raven,” pointing out how each element ofit contributes to the single effect.。
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美国文学作业选择：1．The scarlet letter “A” in the novel The Scarlet Letter at first stands for _____________. 2．Among the following stories written by Poe, only one belongs to the category of the detective story. It is ___.Purloined Letter3．The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by _____________. Paine 4．the sound ａnd the fury is a novel written by __________. Faulkner5．The Wasteland is a long modern poem written by ---. C. T. S. Eliot6．the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome” were quoted ｆrom poe’s poem __________. Helen7．Among the following titles, only one is not among the Leather-Stoking Tales series. It Dick 8．“I become a transparent eye-ball. i am nothing. i see all. the currents of the universal being circulate through me; i am part ｏr particle of god.” the passage above is quoted ｆrom emerson’s essay __________.9．The short poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” was written by _________. Carlos Williams 10．The Author of the short story "A Gift for Maggie" is ---. A. O. Henry11．“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repose.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________. 12．In Poe’s tale “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the major female character Madelineis the titular hero Usher’s _____________.13．Of Mice ａnd Men is a novel written by ---. A. John Steinbeck14．The central character’s name in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel series The Leatherstocking Tales is ______________. Bumpo15．Puritans emphasized a ____God.16． In 1881, Henry James published his novel____, which is generally considered as his masterpiece.Portrait of a Lady17．_______, the ruthless, amoral protagonist of the The Sea Wolf, best realizes the ideal of the “Superman.”Larsen18．___ is not a name to refer to Natty Bumppo in Cooper’s frontier saga.19．The School Room Poets did not include _____.20．According to Mathew Arnold, one poem written by William Cullen Bryant was the “most perfect brief poem in the language”. The title of the poem is __________. B.“To a Waterfowl”21．“Civil Disobedience” is a famous essay written by ___________. David Thoreau 22．The first American writer to win an international fame is ___. Irving23．A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was written by _______. Twain 24．Among the following writers, only one does not belong to the naturalistic school. He is___. James25．The American writer whose one essay greatly influenced later civil right leader Martin Luther King is ___.26．“all sappy as maples ａnd flat as the prairie” is a comment made by james russell lowell on the female characters in novels written by______. Fenimore Cooper27．Among the following short stories, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is_________.pit ａnd the pendulum28．Among the following works written by T. S. Eliot, only one is not a poem. It is in the Cathedral29．Billy Budd was a short novel written by the American novelist ---. Melville 30．Martin Eden was an autobiographical novel written by ---. London31．In Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, the central character Hester Prynne had a secret affair with _____________.32．Sister Carrie is a noel written by ___. Dreiser33．robert frost once said that a poem should begin with delight ａnd end in__________. 34．Ernest Hemingway's Last important literary work is ---. old man ａnd the sea 35．among the following three american writers, only one has never been married in his ｏr her life. the person is ___. Dickinson36． Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is___________.Fall of the House of Usher37．___ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy. Paine 38．Hawthorne’s ____ deals with the effects of a curse. House of Seven Gables39．The sentence “whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist” is quoted ｆrom Emerson’s essay _________.40． Among the following authors, only one has been called the American Scott. He is _______.Fenimore Cooper41．William Sidney Porter was the real name of ________. ’ Henry42．Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Rose for Emily, can be regarded as a symbol for all the following qualities except______. ａnd integrity43．Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?’s The Scarlet Letter.44．“Two roads diverged in a yellow woods” is the first line in a poem written by Robert Frost entitled __________. Road Not Taken45．The novel Sister Carrie opens with a description of Carrie on a train trip to the cityof _______ looking for a factory job.1．According to Mathew Arnold, one poem written by William Cullen Bryant was the “most perfect brief poem in the language”. The title of the poem is __________. B.“To a Waterfowl”2．"The American Scholar" is an essay written by the famous philosopher ---. C. Ralph Waldo Emerson3．Among the following, only one can not be a possible theme of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It is _________. emptiness4．Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was---. James5．Ernest Hemingway's Last important literary work is ---. old man ａnd the sea6．The leader of the American Transcendentalism is _________. Waldo Emerson7．The “green light” in The Great Gatsby symbolizes __________. American dream8．the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome” were quotedｆrom poe’s poem __________. Helen9．The short novel The Turn of the Screw was written by ________. James10．The Author of the short story "A Gift for Maggie" is ---. A. O. Henry11．Henry David Thoreau built his cabin beside the lake of Walden in the year ___. 12．The first American writer who propounded that a piece of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is ___. Ellan Poe13．Among the following 3 poets the one who was once imprisoned for political reasons is ---. Pound14．Among the following authors the one who once visited China was ---. Hemingway 15．Emily Grierson, the protagonist in Faulkner’s story A Rose for Emily, can be regardedas a symbol for all the following qualities except______. ａnd integrity16．william faulkner once declared that ___ was the first truly american writer from whom we are descended.Twain17．____ was considered to be the first American writer. Smith18．William Sidney Porter was the real name of ________. ’ Henry19．The poem “The Indian Burying Ground” was written by the American poet ---. Freneau 20．___ is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. D. The Bells21．__was the only American of his generation who could chide the British with humor. Irving 22．Among the following philosophers, only one did not have an influence over the writingsof Jack London. He is________.23．The Waste Land was dedicated to another poet who was __________. Pound24． Among the four novels written by Henry James, the one written first in chronological orderis _________.Portrait of a Lady25．The most popular novel to do with the abolition movement written by Harriet Beecher Stoweis ________.Tom’s Cabin26．The most famous sea story written by Jack London is _______. Sea Wolf27．the village near boston in which both emerson ａnd thoreau lived was called _________. 28．Martin Eden was an autobiographical novel written by ---. London29．The writer who once said that all american literature came ｆrom Mark Twain’s Huck Finnis ___.Hemingway30．“The Black Cat” written by Poe is a _________. Story31．Benjy is a central character in Faulkner's novel ---. sound ａnd the fury 32．Among the following fictions written by John Steinbeck, only one is about the Second World War. It is ______________. C. “The Moon Is Down”33．among the following three american writers, only one has never been married in his ｏr her life. the person is ___. Dickinson34．The famous pamphlet Common Sense appearing in 1776 was written by __________. Paine 35． Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is___________.36．“Ishmale” is the name of the narrator in the novel ___. A. Moby Dick37．The American writer whose one essay greatly influenced later civil right leader Martin Luther King is ___.David Thoreau38．“I become a transparent eye-ball. i am nothing. i see all. the currents of the universal being circulate through me; i am part ｏr particle of god.” the passage above is quoted ｆrom emerson’s essay _____.39．The Iceberg style is most thoroughly reflected in the writings of the American novelist ____.Hemingway40．____ Bryant’s best-known poem, was written when he was only sixteen years old. 41．After the success of ____, Herman Melville became known as a man who lived among cannibals. 42．Jack London did not write ______. Ambassadors43．. the jazz age, characterized by frivolity ａnd carelessness, refers to ________. 44．_______, the ruthless, amoral protagonist of the The Sea Wolf, best realizes the idealof the “Superman.”Larsen45．___ is not a name to refer to Natty Bumppo in Cooper’s frontier saga.判断：46． american naturalism, like romanticism, had come ｆrom germany. 答案:错误47．Puritan influence over American Romanticism was conspicuously noticeable. 答案:正确48．Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation. 答案:正确49．The 19th century female poet Emily Dickinson was a forerunner of the modern Imagist poetry. 答案:正确50．The short story writer was once put into prison because he was a Nazi. 答案:错误51．Though Emily Dickinson married twice in her life, love had never been a major theme in her poetry.答案:错误52．"In a Station of the Metro" is a short poem written by Ezra Pound. 答案:正确53．Henry David Thoreau once built a cabin beside the lake of Walden on the land of his neighbor Ralph Waldo Emerson. 答案:正确46． emerson always applied the term transcendentalist to himself ｏr to his beliefs, fｏr he was the acknowledged leader of the movement. 答案:错误47．The famous philosopher Williams James was the novelist Henry James' brother. 答案:正确48．Puritan influence over American Romanticism was conspicuously noticeable. 答案:正确49． The Second World War led the American intellectuals to a bitter disillusionment, breeding what is called modernism. 答案:错误50．The foundation of American national literature was laid by the early American romanticists. 答案:正确51．Cooper’s claim to greatness in American literature lies in the fact that he created a myth about the formative period of the American nation. 答案:正确52． Hawthorne, who seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin ａnd veil, never showed a positive part of the life.答案:错误53．“The Premature Burial” is a detective story written by Poe. 答案:错误54．The iceberg style refers to the writing style of the American writer __________. 答案:Ernest Hemingway55．Isabel Archer is the heroine of the novel ___, Henry James’s masterpiece. 答案:The Portrait of a Lady56．Ezra pound’s major work of poetry is a long poem called ____. 答案:The Cantos 57．the title of the novel the sound ａnd the fury comes ｆrom a play written by ____.答案:William Shakespeare58．The first edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass was published in the year______. 答案:185559．The short novel The Mysterious Stranger was written by __________. 答案:Mark Twain 60．“The Young Housewife” is a poem written by __________. 答案:William Carlos Williams 61．The poet who won Nobel Prize in 1948 was _________. 答案: T. S. Eliot62．The novelist Henry James had a brother who was famous for his study in psychology. The brother’s name is _______. 答案:William James63．The poem “The Slave’s Dream” was written by ___________. 答案:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow64．One of Edwin Arlington Robinson’s early books, Captain Craig, came to the attention of president _____, who then offered him a clerk’s job in a customhouse. 答案:Theodore Roosevelt65．Sister Carrie traces the material rise of carrie meeber ａnd the tragic decline of _____.答案:G. W. Hurstwood66．in the 1920s, faulkner wrote a novel the first part of which was narrated ｆrom the view point of an idiot. the novel is _________. 答案:the sound ａnd the fury67．The American author who was a direct predecessor of Conan Doyle was _________.答案:Edgar Allan Poe68．Ezra Pound’s most famous short poem “In the Station of the Metro” has only ______ lines. 答案:two54．The first permanent English settlement in North was established at ____ , Virginia. 答案:Jamestown55． _____ is the novel into which Jack London put most of himself. 答案:Martin Eden 56．The iceberg style refers to the writing style of the American writer __________. 答案:Ernest Hemingway57．According to the Chinese scholar 钱钟书, the first English poem to be translated into Chinese was _____________. 答案:A Psalm of Life58．"Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Rocking” is a poem written by __________. 答案:Walt Whitman59．The novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne that bears a direct allusion to the notorious Salem witchcraft trials is ________________. 答案:The House of the Seven Gables60．The first line in the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is _________.答案:Whose woods these are I think I know61． After his publication of ____, Whitman was praised by Emerson, who saw some transcendentalist trace in the poet. 答案:Leaves of Grass62． At the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, ____ was invited to read his poetry when he was eighty-seven.答案:Robert Frost63. The novelist Henry James had a brother who was famous for his study in psychology. The brother’s name is _______. 答案:William James64．“he was a gentleman ｆrom sole to crown,/ clean favored, ａnd imperially slim” are lines quoted ｆrom edwin arlington robinson’s poem _______. 答案:Richard Cory65．The American writer who won Nobel Prize for literature in 1962 was _______. 答案:Ernest Hemingway66．In Dickinson’s poem “Because I could not stop for Death”, the image of the “School”in the third stanza stands for _____________. 答案:youth67．The second line in Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro” is _____.答案:Petals on a wet, black bough.68．The famous poem “The British Prison Ship” was written by _______________.答案:Philip Freneau阅读理解题第69题 during the whole of a dull, dark, ａnd soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, i had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; ａnd at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy house of usher. i know not how it was --but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.is the title of the work ｆrom which this passage is taken? 答案 The Fall of the House of Usher2．Who was the author? 答案 Edgar Allan Poe3 What is the author's writing style as indicated by this passage?答案 All the words should work for a single aim of effect.第70题i celebrate myself, ａnd sing myself,ａnd what i assume you shall assume, The Fall of the House of Usherfor every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.i loafe ａnd invite my soul,i lean ａnd loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.my tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd ｆrom this soil, this air,born here of parents born here ｆrom parents the same, ａnd theirparents the same,i, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,hoping to cease not till death.分 who is the poet who wrote these lines? Walt Whitman2．分 what is the title of the poem ｆrom which the quoted lines are taken? Song of Myself 3．分 What’s the poet’s style as these lines manifest? free and passionate 第71题分When Caroline Meeber boarded the afternoon train for chicago, her total outfit consisted of a small trunk, a cheap imitation alligator-skin satchel, a small lunch in a paper box, ａnd a yellow leather snap purse, containing her ticket, a scrap of paper with her sister's address in van buren street, ａnd four dollars in money. it was in august, 1889. she was eighteen years of age, bright, timid, ａnd full of the illusions of ignorance ａnd youth. caroline, ｏr sister carrie, as she had been half affectionately termed by the family, was possessed of a mind rudimentary in its power of observation ａnd analysis. self-interest with her was high, butpretty with the insipid prettiness of the fｏrmative period, possessed of a figure promising eventual shapeliness ａnd an eye alight with certain native intelligence, she was a fair exampleof the middle american class—two generations removed ｆrom the emigrant.1．分 who was the author of the work ｆrom which the words are taken? Theodore Dreiser 2．分what is the title of the story ｆrom which the words are taken? Sister Carrie3．分 What is the meaning of the underlined word “sister?” a way to address a girl 4．分 What does this quoted passage indicate? Sister Carrie was a country girl full of dreams for life.第72题分isabel archer was a young person of many theories; her imagination was remarkably active. it had been her fortune to possess a finer mind than most of the persons among whom her lot was cast; to have a larger perception of surrounding facts ａnd to care for knowledge that was tinged with the unfamiliar. it is true that among her contemporaries she passed for a young woman of extraordinary profundity; for these excellent people never withheld their admiration ｆrom a reach of intellect of which they themselves were not conscious, ａnd spoke of isabel as a prodigy of learning, a creature reported to have read the classic authors--in translations. her paternal aunt, mrs. varian, once spread the rumor that isabel was writing a book--mrs. varian having a reverence for books, ａnd averred that the girl would distinguish herself in print. mrs. varian thought highly of literature, for which she entertained that esteem thatis connected with a sense of privation.1．分 who was the author of the work ｆrom which the words are taken? Henry James2．分 what is the title of the story ｆrom which the words are taken? The Portrait of a Lady 3. What does this quoted passage indicate? Isabel Archer was a talented woman ignorant of social vices.第73题分hester prynne’s term of confinement was now at an end. her prison–door was thrown open, ａnd she came forth into the sunshine, which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick ａnd morbid heart, as if meant for no other purpose than to reveal the scarlet letter on her breast. perhaps there was a more real torture in her first unattended footsteps ｆrom the threshold of the prison than even in the procession ａnd spectacle that have been described, ｗhere she was made the common infamy, at which all mankind was summoned to point its finger. then, she was supported by an unnatural tension of the nerves, ａnd by all the combative energy of her character, which enabled her to convert the scene into a kind of lurid triumph. it was, moreover,a separate ａnd insulated event, to occur but once in her lifetime, ａnd to meet which, therefore, reckless of economy, she might call up the vital strength that would have sufficed for many quiet years. the very law that condemned her—a giant of stem featured but with vigor to support, as well as to annihilate, in his iron arm—had held her up through the terrible ｏrdeal of her ignominy. but now, with this unattended walk ｆrom her prison door, began the daily custom; ａnd she must either sustain ａnd carry it forward by the ｏrdinary resources of her nature, ｏr sink beneath it.1．分 Who wrote the passage quoted here? Nathniel Hawthorne2．分 what is the title of the story ｆrom which the quoted passage is taken? The Scarlet Letter3．分 What is the theme of the story? sinning ａnd redemption作业Puritans emphasized a ____God.答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：2．第2题After the success of ____, Herman Melville became known as a man who lived among cannibals. JacketDick答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：3．第3题_______ does not belong to the school of naturalism in history.CraneNorrisLondonWhitman答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：4．第4题The best of Cooper’s sea romances was ____.prairiePilotPoineerspathfinder答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：5．第5题______ is not a character in the novel The Scarlet Letter.ChillingworthBrown答案:C标准答案：C您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：6．第6题“Civil Disobedience” is a famous essay written by ___________.Waldo EmersonDavid Thoreau. B. White答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：7．第7题Poe invented the detective story, however he was also a first rate poet, ａnd his most important poem is ___.RavenFall of the House of ArthurHellen答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：8．第8题“Two roads diverged in a yellow woods” is the first line in a poem written by Robert Frost entitled __________.Road Not TakenWallYellow RoadsApple Picking答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：9．第9题Among the following stories written by Poe, only one belongs to the category of the detective story. It is ___.Purloined LetterTell-tale Heart答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：10．第10题Tales of a Traveller was written by the American author__________.Fenimore CooperIrvingHawthorne答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：11．第11题Among the following fictions, only one is not written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is___________.Scarlet LetterBlithedale RomanceMarble FaunFall of the House of Usher答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：12．第12题The first American writer to win an international fame is ___.A. Henry JamesFenimore CooperIrving答案:C标准答案：C您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：13．第13题Among the following, only one is not a representative feature of O Henry’s short stories. It is _________.A. conversational openingcoincidenceendingpoints of view标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：14．第14题The Wasteland is a long modern poem written by ---.A. Ezra PoundB. Sylvia PlathC. T. S. Eliot答案:C标准答案：C您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：15．第15题the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome” were quoted ｆrom poe’s poem __________.RavenHelenLee答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：16．第16题Among the following writers, only one does not belong to the naturalistic school. He is___. JamesCraneDreiser答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：17．第17题The Iceberg style is most thoroughly reflected in the writings of the American novelist_____________.LondonHemingwayTwain答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：18．第18题The Author of the short story "A Gift for Maggie" is ---.A. O. HenryB. Mark TwainLondon答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：19．第19题Of Mice ａnd Men is a novel written by ---.A. John SteinbeckAndersonLewis答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：20．第20题the village near boston in which both emerson ａnd thoreau lived was called _________.答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：21．第21题In Poe’s tale “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the major female character Madeline is the titular hero Usher’s _____________.答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：22．第35题The arbiter of nineteen-century literary realism in America was ______.Twain’HenryDean Howells答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：23．第36题The Fall of the House of Usher was a horror story by ______.HawthorneAllan Poe答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：24．第46题Which of the following works best illustrates the Calvinistic view of original sin?’s Uncle Ton’s Cabin’s The Portrait of a Lady.’s A Farewell to Arms ？’s The Scarlet Letter.答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：25．第47题when we say that a poor young man ｆrom the west tried to make his fortune in the east but was disillusioned in the quest of an idealized dream, we are probably discussing about ______’s thematic concern in his fiction writing.JamesFitzgeraldFaulkner答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：26．第48题_____was the only American of his generation who could chide the British with humor.Allan Poe答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：27．第49题________ was the first writer of local color to achieve wide popularity.TwainStoweHarteJames答案:C标准答案：C您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：28．第50题William Sidney Porter was the real name of ________.Twain’ HenryLondonDean Howells答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：29．第51题_______, the ruthless, amoral protagonist of the The Sea Wolf, best realizes the ideal of the “Superman.”Larsen答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：30．第52题The School Room Poets did not include _____.答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：31．第53题Benjy is a central character in Faulkner's novel ---.A. As I Lay DyingB. A Rose For Emilysound ａnd the fury答案:C标准答案：C您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：32．第54题in 1836, a small book was published in the united states ａnd has hence been called the manifesto of the american transcendentalism. its author was ___.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Walt WhitmanWaldo Emerson答案:C标准答案：C您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：33．第55题Pound’s poem “the river-merchant’s wife” was translated ｆrom a poem by the chinese poet __________.A.李白B.杜甫C.白居易D.王安石答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：34．第56题The leader of the American Transcendentalism is _________.David ThoreauWaldo EmersonJames答案:B题目分数：此题得分：35．第57题In terms of subject matter, “The Turn of the Screw” is a ___.storyfictiontale答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：36．第58题The scarlet letter “A” in the novel The Scarlet Letter at first stands for _____________.答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：37．第59题“Ishmale” is the name of the narrator in the novel ___.A. Moby DickScarlet LetterBlithdale Romance答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：38．第60题Among the following novelists, the only one who had the working experience as a seal hunter is__________.JamesB. Mark TwainLondon答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：The Blithedale Romance is a novel about the Brook Farm experiment written by __________.JamesHawthorneFenimore Cooper答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：40．第62题“all sappy as maples ａnd flat as the prairie” is a comment made by james russell lowell on the female characters in novels written by______.IrvingFenimore CooperFreneauWashington答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：41．第63题Among the following, only one is not a feature of Mark Twain’s style. It is __________.ｕｓｅ of vernacular languagecolorinfluence of the Tall Tale答案:D标准答案：D您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：42．第64题The salesman whom Sister Carrie met with on her way to Chicago was named _____________.DrouetCraneNorris答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：43．第65题Langhorne ClemensJohnsonTylor Coleridge答案:A标准答案：A您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：44．第66题Among the following authors the one who once visited China was ---.JamesFaulknerHemingway答案:C标准答案：C您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：45．第67题“by nature’s self in white arrayed\ she bade thee shun the vulgar eye,\ ａnd planted here the guarding shade,\ ａnd sent soft waters murmuring by; \ thus quietly thy summer goes,\ thy days declining to repose.” the rhyme scheme of the lines above is ______________.答案:B标准答案：B您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：46．第22题benjamin franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the romantic ideals of clarity, restraint, simplicity ａnd balance.答案:错误标准答案：0您的答案：题目分数：此题得分：47．第23题By the end of the nineteenth century, the realists rejected the portrayal of idealized characters ａnd events.答案:正确标准答案：1您的答案：题目分数：。
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美国文学作业1．第5题The novel Sister Carrie opens with a description of Carrie on a train trip to the city of _______ looking for a factory job.A.New YorkB.BeijingC.BostonD.Chicago答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.02．第7题Among the following, only one is not a representative feature of O Henry’s short stories. It is _________.A. conversational openingB.improbable coincidenceC.Surprise endingD.multiple points of view答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.03．第8题the lines “to the glory that was greece, ／ａnd the grａndeur that was rome” were quoted ｆrom poe’s poem __________.A.The RavenB.To HelenC.Annabel Lee答案:B您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：0.04．第9题The short poem “The Red Wheelbarrow” was written by _________.A.Tennessee WilliamsB.William Carlos WilliamsC.Wallace StevensD.Hilda Doolittle答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.05．第10题The American writer whose one essay greatly influenced later civil right leader Martin Luther King is ___.A.Ralph Waldo EmersonB.Philip FreneauC.Henry David Thoreau答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.06．第11题“I become a transparent eye-ball. i am nothing. i see all. the currents of the universal being circulate through me; i am part ｏr particle of god.” the passage above is quoted ｆrom emerson’s essay __________.A.The American ScholarB.NatureC.Self-Reliance答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.07．第12题The real name of the author Mark Twain is ___.A.Samuel Langhorne ClemensB.Samuel JohnsonC.Samuel Tylor Coleridge答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.08．第13题Martin Eden was an autobiographical novel written by ---.A.Mark TwainB.Jack LondonC.Robert Frost答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.09．第14题William Sidney Porter was the real name of________.A.Mark TwainB.O’ HenryC.Jack LondonD.William Dean Howells答案:B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.010．第15题“ i am monarch of all i survey,/ my right there is none to dispute.” this line is ｆrom ____.A.NatureB.Civil DisobedienceC.WaldenD.Representative Men答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.011．第16题Among the following, only one can not be a possible theme of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It is _________.A.equality between menB.escapismC.conflict between nature ａnd civilizationD.spiritual emptiness答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.012．第17题Twice-told Tales is a collection of stories written by ___.A.Nathaniel HowthorneB.Edgar Ellan PoeC.Washington Irving答案:A您的答案：A此题得分：2.013．第18题The leader of the American Transcendentalism is _________.A.Henry David ThoreauB.Ralph Waldo EmersonC.Henry James答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.014．第19题Among the following titles, only one is not among the Leather-Stoking Tales series. Itis__________.A.The Last of the MohicansB.The PrairieC.The PathfinderD.Moby Dick答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.015．第20题Among the four novels written by Henry James, the one written first in chronological order is_________.A.The Portrait of a LadyB.The Golden BowlC.The AmbassadorsD. The Wing of the Dove答案:A您的答案：A此题得分：2.016．第21题The central character’s name in James Fenimore Cooper’s novel series The Leatherstocking Tales is ______________.A.Isabelle ArcherB.Natty BumpoC.Ishmael答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.017．第22题_____was the only American of his generation who could chide the British with humor.A.CooperB.Washington IrvingC.ThoreauD.Edgar Allan Poe答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.018．第23题___ wrote Rights of Man in 1792 to suggest the overthrow of the British monarchy.A.Thomas PaineB.Benjamin FranklinC.George WashingtonD.Jefferson答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.019．第24题“Civil Disobedience” is a famous essay written by ___________.A.Ralph Waldo EmersonB.Henry David ThoreauC.E. B. White答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.020．第25题in 1836, a small book was published in the united states ａnd has hence been called the manifesto of the american transcendentalism. its author was ___.A. Henry David ThoreauB. Walt WhitmanC.Ralph Waldo Emerson答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.021．第26题Nathaniel Hawthorne gave a definition to the term "romance" in his Preface to the novel ---.A.The House of the Seven GablesB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Marble Faun答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.022．第32题The first American writer who propounded that a piece of literary work should focus on the production of a single emotional effect is ___.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Edgar Ellan Poe答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.023．第36题The first American writer to win an international fame is ___.A. Henry JamesB.James Fenimore CooperC.Washington Irving答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.024．第39题Of Mice ａnd Men is a novel written by ---.A. John SteinbeckB.Sherwood AndersonC.Sinklair Lewis答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.025．第40题Eugene O’Neil did not write ______.A.The Emperor JonesB.Anna ChristieC.The Hairy ApeD.The Saloon答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.026．第41题In 1881, Henry James published his novel____, which is generally considered as his masterpiece.A.Daisy MillerB.watch ａnd wardC.The Wings of the DoveD.The Portrait of a Lady答案:D您的答案：D题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.027．第42题Hawthorne’s ____ deals with the effects of a curse.A.The Scarlet LetterB.The House of Seven GablesC.Stone FaceD.Salem答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.028．第43题Benjy is a central character in Faulkner's novel---.A. As I Lay DyingB. A Rose For EmilyC.the sound ａnd the fury答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.029．第44题Ernest Hemingway's Last important literary work is ---.A.the old man ａnd the seaB.The Sun Also RisesC. For Whom the Bell Tolls答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.030．第48题Tales of a Traveller was written by the American author__________.A.James Fenimore CooperB.Washington IrvingC.Nathaniel Hawthorne答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.031．第49题“Ishmale” is the name of the narrator in the novel ___.A. Moby DickB.The Scarlet LetterC.The Blithdale Romance答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.032．第52题Billy Budd was a short novel written by the American novelist ---.A. Nathaniel HawthorneB.Herman MelvilleC.Walt Whitman答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.033．第53题Puritans emphasized a ____God.A.mercifulB.wrathfulC.benevolentD.learned答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.034．第54题Jack London did not write ______.A.The Sea WolfB.The Call of the WildC.The AmbassadorsD.White Fang答案:C此题得分：2.035．第55题The writer who once said that all american literature came ｆrom Mark Twain’s Huck Finn is ___.A.William FaulknerB.Stephen CraneC.Ernest HemingwayD.Chairman答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.036．第56题Among the following 3 authors the one who later became a naturalized British citizen was ---.A.Mark TwainB. FitzgeraldC.Henry James答案:C您的答案：C题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.037．第57题Among the following stories written by Poe, only one belongs to the category of the detective story. It is ___.A.The Purloined LetterB. LigeiaC.The Tell-tale Heart答案:A您的答案：A38．第58题A Connec ticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court was written by _______.A.Henry JamesB.Mark TwainC.Jack LondonD.Theodore Dreiser答案:B您的答案：B题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.039．第59题Among the following writers, only one does not belong to the naturalistic school. He is___.A.Henry JamesB.Stephen CraneC.Theodore Dreiser答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.040．第60题The Author of the short story "A Gift for Maggie" is ---.A. O. HenryB. Mark TwainC.Jack London答案:A您的答案：A题目分数：2.0此题得分：2.041．第1题benjamin franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the romantic ideals of clarity, restraint, simplicity ａnd balance.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.042．第2题emerson always applied the term transcendentalist to himself ｏr to his beliefs, fｏr he was the acknowledged leader of the movement.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.043．第3题"Tell me not, in mournful numbers" is a line in Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life".答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.044．第4题Stream of Consciousness is a minor technique that William Faulkner employed in his novels.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.045．第6题"In a Station of the Metro" is a short poem written by Ezra Pound.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.046．第27题Emerson’s prose style was sometimes as highly individualistic as his dramas.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.047．第28题The poet Robert Frost wrote in traditional rhyme schemes, but his themes are very modern.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.048．第29题Ralph Waldo Emerson was a representative figure of the American Transcendentalism.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.049．第30题The Great Gatsby was a novel written by Fitzgerald partially based on his own life experience.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.050．第31题A Shakespearean Sonnet is a short poem with fourteen iambic pentameter lines rhymed ababcdcdefefgg.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.051．第33题"Declaration of Independence" was drafted by Benjamin Franklin alone.答案:错误您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：0.052．第34题John Stwinbeck didn't win a Nobel Prize because he was sympathetic with the working class people.答案:错误您的答案：错误此题得分：1.053．第35题The first American poet to be translated into Chinese is Walt Whitman.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.054．第37题thoreau was an active transcendentalist who was an escapist ｏr a recluse detached ｆrom the life of his day.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.055．第38题The famous philosopher Williams James was the novelist Henry James' brother.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.056．第45题The short story writer O.Henry was once put into prison because he was a Nazi.答案:错误您的答案：错误题目分数：1.057．第46题“The Purloined Letter” is a detective story.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.058．第47题Hemingway's novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was about the Spanish Civil War.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.059．第50题The foundation of American national literature was laid by the early American romanticists.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.060．第51题The 19th century female poet Emily Dickinson was a forerunner of the modern Imagist poetry.答案:正确您的答案：正确题目分数：1.0此题得分：1.0作业总得分：97.0作业总批注：。