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美国文学期中测试卷
Mid
–
term Examination
I.
Put the following literary terms into
English. (1*20=20*)
1.
清教主义
2.
史诗
3.
诗节
4.
< br>押头韵
5.
浪漫主义
6.
现实主义
7.
当代
文学
8.
十四行诗
9.
民谣
10.
挽歌
11.
超验主义
12.
科
幻小说
13.
启蒙主义文学
14.
独白
15.
自传
16.
抒情诗
17.
< br>哥特式小说
18.
人物角色
19
.
题材
20.
寓言诗歌
II
．
Name the authors of the following
works. (1*20=20*)
1. My Lost Youth/ A
Psalm of Life Budd -Reliance
Blithedale Romance
5.
To
a
Waterfowl
Fall
of
the
House
of
Usher
Deerslayer
9.
Rip
Van
Winkle
Indian
Buying
Ground
Autobiography
Helen
To
m
′
s
Cabin 14. The Scarlet Letter
15. The Old man and the Sea Cop and
The Anthem
17. A Farewell
to Arms Adventures of Tom Sawyer
19. Moby Dick Tenth Muse Lately sprung
up in America
III. Fill in the blanks.
(1*10=10*)
1. The first permanent
English settlement in North America was
established at ______, Virginia in
1607.
2.
For the
puritans, they have led a way of life that
stressed hard
work, thrift, ______ and
sobriety.
3.
_______, the main representative of
American Enlightenment,
is
generally
regarded
as
the
embodiment
of
the
American
Dream.
4.
As
a
poet,
______
heralded
American
literary
independence
for he has
produced many natural lyrics like
The
Wild Honey
Suckle
.
5.
For those New
England Transcendentalists, their main belief
is
the
________,
an
all-pervading
power
for
goodness
from
which all things come and of which all
things are a part.
6.
The
publication
of
the
book
_____,
written
by
Emerson
in
1836
announced the birth of Transcendentalism.
7.
It
is
generally
acknowledged
that
Washington
Irving
is
the
father
of
American
short
stories.
He
established
his
reputation with the publication of his
________.
8.
James
Fenimore
Cooper
has
launched
two
kinds
of
immensely
popular
stories:
the
sea
adventure
tale
and
the
________
saga.
9.
The
father of American gothic novels is _________.
10.
The
famous
novel
The
Scarlet
Letter
uses
a
puritanical
background that
is ________ century (time) Boston.
IV
. Multiple choices.
(1*20=20*)
1. Which of the following
statements about
The Scarlet
Letter
is
NOT true?
A. It explores man’s
never
-ending search for the
satisfaction of
materialistic desires.
B. It relates the conflicts between the
society and the individual.
C.
It
is
about
the
effect
of
sin
on
the
people
involved
and
the
society
as a whole.
D. It presents a
psychological analysis of the inward tensions of
the characters.
2.
is a famous quote from
_____
_’s writings.
A. Walt Whitman
B. Henry
David Thoreau
C. Herman Melville
D. Ralph Waldo Emerson
3.
All
the
following
historical
figures
helped
to
build
a
new
Nation in
America except _____.
A. Thomas
Jefferson
B.
Thomas
Paine
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Philip Freneau
4.
About
the
puritans,
which
of
the
following
statement
is
not
true?
A. The Puritans believed in and
embraced hardships.
B. Puritans wanted
to purify their religious beliefs and practices
and that is how they got the name.
C. When those puritans got to America
on the ship of Mayflower,
they
immediately
split
into
two
groups
by
living
in
different
places.
D. It is not against their doctrine to
seek pleasure and arts, thus,
the
puritans
could
laugh
and
enjoy
themselves
to
their
hear
t
s′
content.
5. The American Puritanism as a
cultural heritage benefited the
Americans in ____.
A.
strengthening their moral values
B.
weakening their religious faith
C.
knowing truth intuitively
D. developing
their science and technology
6.
It
is
on
his______
that
Washington
Irving’s
fame
mainly
rested.
A. childhood
recollections
B. sketches about his
European tours
C. early poetry
D. tales about America
7.
names
were
over
the
doors
-strange
faces
at
the