美国文学（本科）试题5
I. Complete each of the following statements with proper words or phrases and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 1 point for each)
1. The first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestown, Virginia in . 2. became the first American writer. 3. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the values that dominated much of the early American writing.
4. In American literature, the 18th century was an age of and Revolution. 5. Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece . 6. On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine’s famous pamphlet appeared. 7. The signing of symbolized the birth of an independent American nation. 8. The most outstanding poet in America of the 18th century was . 9. Washington Irving’s became the first work by an American writer to win international fame.
10. is the summit of American Romanticism. 11. With the publication of Emerson’s in 1836, American Romanticism reached its summit. 12. Hester Prynne is the heroine in Hawthorne’s novel . 13. Henry James’ major fictional theme is . 14. brought the Romantic period to an end. So the age of Realism came into existence. 15. The Poetic style invented by Whitman is now called . 16. “Because I could not stop for Death---” is written by . 17. The term The Gilded Age is given by to describe the post-civil war years. 18. Theodore Dreiser’s first novel is . 19. The leader of the literary movement Imagism is . 20. is the spokesman for Lost Generation. II. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers
or completions. Choose the one that is the best in each case and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (30%, 1 point for each)
1. The first American writer of local color to achieve wide popularity was . A. Bret Harte B. Mark Twain
C. Henry James D. William Dean Howells 2. Which of the following is the masterpiece of Mark Twain? A. The Gilded Age B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. Jumping Frog
3. Which writer has no naturalist tendency? A. Mark Twain B. Jack London C. Theodore Dreiser D. Frank Norris
4. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in and Thoreau.
A. Jefferson B. Emerson C. Freneau D. Oversoul
5. Which of the following doesn’t belong to Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”? A. The Financier B. The Titan
C. The Stoic D. An American Tragedy
6. Which is the character who appears in the novel Moby Dick? A. Hester Prynne B. Mr. Hooper C. Ahab D. Pearl
7. written by Henry James brought him first international fame. A. The Golden Bowl B. The American C. The Tragic Muse D. Daisy Miller 8. “ ”was a term created by the French novelist, Emile Zola. A. realism B. naturalism C. transcendentalism D. veritism
9. Jack London was at his height of his powers when he wrote , which is deeply influenced by Darwinism.
A. The Sea Wolf B. To Build a Fire C. The Call of the Wild D. Martin Eden 10. The Cop and the Anthem is written by . A. O. Henry B. Henry James C. Jack London D. Mark Twain
11. “Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.” is a line in the poem The River-Merchant’s
Wife: A Letter written by . A. T. S. Eliot B. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound D. Carl Sandburg
12. The imagist poets followed three principles, they are , direct treatment and economy of expression.
A. blank verse B. rhythm C. free verse D. common speech 13. Of the following American writers, who has NOT been an expatriate in Paris? A. Ernest Hemingway B. Ezra Pound C. F. S. Fitzgerald D. Emily Dickinson
14. Who was the foremost novelist of the American Depression of the 1930s? A. Ernest Hemingway B. Ezra Pound C. John Steinbeck D. F. S. Fitzgerald
15. The first writings that we call American were the narratives and of the early settlements. A. journals B. poetry C. drama D. folklores
16. An American Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1828 by . A. Samuel Johnson B. Noah Webster C. Daniel Webster D. Daniel Defoe 17. Walden is written by . A. Emerson B. Thoreau C. Poe D. Hawthorne 18. is famous for psychological realism. A. Mark Twain B. William Dean Howells C. Henry James D. Walt Whitman
19. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism? A. Nature B. Walden C. On Beauty D. Self-Reliance
20. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”? A. The American Scholar B. English Traits C. The Conduct of Life D. Nature
21. Santiago is the character in Hemingway’s novel . A. In Our Time B. The Old Man and the Sea C. For Whom the Bell Tolls D. The Sun Also Rises 22. Which of the following is a much harsher realism?
A. local colorism B. naturalism C. romanticism D. imagism
23. Who is the arbiter of 19th century literary realism in America? A. Mark Twain B. Bret Harte C. William Dean Howells D. Henry James 24. F. S. Fitzgerald is NOT the author of . A. The Great Gatsby B. Tender is the Night C. A Farewell to the Arms D. This Side of Paradise
25. The pessimism and deterministic ideas of naturalism pervaded the works of such American
writers as . A. Mark Twain B. F. S. Fitzgerald C. Walt Whitman D. Stephen Crane 26. Charles Drouet is a character in the novel of ______.
A. The American B. The Portrait of a Lady C. Sister Carrie D. The Gift of the Magi
27. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. She was . A. Anne Bradstreet B. Jane Austen C. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher
28. read his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. A. Robert Frost B. T. S. Eliot C. Carl Sandburg D. Ezra Pound
29. With Howells, James and Mark Twain active on the scene, became the major trend in the 70s and 80s of the 19th century.
A. sentimentalism B. romanticism C. realism D. naturalism
30. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough”. This is the shortest poem written by . A. T. S. Eliot B. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound D. Wallace Stevens
III. Comment on the following poems. Put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 10 points
for each)
1. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by: Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake.
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