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苏州科技学院期末考试试题（卷)
B卷

院系: 专业： 考试科目:美国文学史及选读
考试形式：闭   卷                      考试时间:  100 分钟
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I. Multiple choice:（20 points， 1 point for each)
Directions： In this part of the test, there are twenty items。 Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet。
1. Whitman published his first edition of ______ in 1855.
a. Leaves of Grass b. The Scarlet Letter
c. “Hymn to The Night” d. “The Secret of the Sea”
2. Dreiser’s naturalism and his choice of subject often echo his predecessor， ______， but his style and method are very different.
a. Mark Twain b。 Stephen Crane
c。 Henry James d. Emerson
3. Sister Carrie written by ______ is considered as one of the representative naturalistic novel in the American literature。
a. Sinclair Lewis b. Theodore Dreiser
c. F。 Scott Fitagerald d. H.L。Mencken
4． Mark Twain’s ______ tells a story of his boyhood ambitious to become a riverboat pilot， up and down the Mississippi。
a. Roughing It
b. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
c. Life on the Mississippi
d. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
5. Stephen Crane's style has been called realistic, ______ and impressionistic.
a。 romantic b。 naturalistic
c。 classical d. imagining
6. ______ is the scene of Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.
a。 New York b。 Chicago
c。 California d。 Washington
7. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism？
a. Nature b. Walden
c. On Beauty d. Self-Reliance
8。 Melville’s _______ is an encyclopedia of everything， history, philosophy， religion, etc, in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry。
a。 The Old Man and the Sea b。 Moby Dick
c。 White Jacket d。 Billy Budd
9。 Mark Twain created， in _______， a masterpiece of American realism that is also one of the great books of world literature.
a. Huckleberry Finn
b。 Tom Sawyer
c。 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
d。 The Gilded Age
10. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century。 This was _______。
a。 Anne Bradstreet b。 Jane Austen
c. Emily Dickinson d。 Harriet Beecher
11。 With Howells， James， and Mark Twain active on the scene， ______ became the major trend in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century。
a. sentimentalism b. Romanticism
c。 realism d。 naturalism
12。 Leaves of Grass has _______ editions。
a。 nine b. five
c。 six d。 seven
13. _______ is not among the artistic features of Whitman's writing。
a。 The use of the poetic “I” b. Free verse
c。 Musicality or rhythm d. Allegory
14. Melville’s _______ is a semi-autobiographical novel concerning the sufferings of a gentle youth among brutal sailors。
a. Typee b。 Redburn
c. White Jacket d. Billy Budd
15. _______ is not among the writing features of Melville’s works.
a. symbolism b。 allgory
c. psychological analyses d. Dramatic monologue
16. The realistic period is referred to as “the Gilded Age” by _______.
a。 Mark Twain b。 Henry James
c. Emily Dickinson d. Theodore Dreiser
17. _______ is regarded by H. L. Menken as “the true father of American national literature.”
a。 Emily Dickinson b。 Henry James
c. Mark Twain d。 Theodore Dreiser
18. _______， being a boy's book specially written for the adults, is Mark Twain's most representative book。
a。 Roughing It
b。 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
c. Life on the Mississippi
d。 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
19. Henry James’s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with ________.
a。 the love and marriage theme
b. the theme of humor and satire on life
c。 the theme of revealing the miserable life of the poor and criticizing the capitalism
d。 the international theme
20. Within Dickinson’s little lyrics, she addresses those issues that concern the whole human beings， which exclude ________.
a。 religion b。 Friendship
c. love d。 immortality

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II. Match。 (20 points, 1 point for each）
Directions: Choose the correct letters from the list of the authors for the following works and put them onto the Answer Sheet。

A。 Ralph Waldo Emerson B。 Henry David Thoreau
C. Herman Melville D。 Henry W。 Longfellow
E。 Walt Whitman F。 Emily Dickinson
G。 Mark Twain H。 Stephen Crane
I。 Henry James

1. Self—reliance （ ）
2. There Was a Child Went Forth ( ）
3. There Was a Child Went Forth （ )
4. White Jacket （ ）
5. Moby Dick ( )
6. Life on the Mississippi （ )
7. Daisy Miller ( )
8. What Maisie Knew （ )
9. This is My Letter to the World （ )
10. I Like to See It Lap the Miles ( )
11. A Red Badge of Courage （ )
12. Civil Disobedience （ ）
13. Voices of the Night （ )
14. The Gilded Age （ ）
15. Hiawatha ( ）
16. Maggie, A Girl of the Streets ( ）
17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( )
18. I Heard a Fly Buzz—When I Died ( )
19. The American Scholar ( ）
20. Song of Myself ( )

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III. Terms （20 points， 4 points for each）
Directions: In this part of the test， there are five terms。 Please give the definition for these terms。 Scores will be given for the related contents。 Four individual contents will be enough for four points.
1. Free Verse
2. Transcendentalism
3. American Realism
4. American Naturalism
5. Local Color

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IV. Appreciation （10 points， 5 points for each）
Directions: In this part of the test, there are two excerpts. Each of the excerpts is followed by three questions. Read the excerpts and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.
Part A
Success

Success is counted sweetest
Those who ne’er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag today
Can tell the definition，
So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated， dying，
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break， agonized and clear。

1. Who is the author of the poem? （1')
2. According to the poem, what best understands success? （1’)
3. In your opinion， who wants most to succeed? (1'）
4. Translate the first stanza into Chinese. （2’)

Part B

I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
From the celestial walls！

I felt her presence， by its spell of might,
Stoop o’er me from above;
The calm， majestic presence of the Night,
As of the one of I love。

I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight,
The manifold, soft chimes,
That fill the haunted chambers of the Night,
Like some old poet’s rhymes.

From the cool cisterns of the midnight air
My spirit drank repose；
The fountain of perpetual peace flows there，——
From those deep cisterns flows.

O holy Night！ from thee I learn to bear
What man has borne before!
Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care,
And they complain no more.

Peace! Peace！ Orestes—like I breathe this prayer！
Descend with broad—winged flight,
The welcome, the thrice—prayed for, the most fair，
The best—beloved Night！

1. What is the title of the poem？ Who is the author？
2. How does the poet personify the Night？
3. What does he learn from her?

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V. Identification (20 points, 2 point for each）
Directions: In this part of the test, there are ten excertps。 Judge the authors and titles of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.
1. As the door of Mrs。 Pocock’s salon was pushed open for him, the next day, well before noon, he was reached by a voice with a charming sound that made him just falter before crossing the threshold. Madame de Vionnet was already on the field…

2. Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives.
This world is a place of business。 What an infinite bustle! I am awaked almost every night by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams。 There is no Sabbath。 It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once。 It is nothing but work, work, work。

3. Come up from the fields father, here’s a letter from our Pete,
And come to the front door mother， here’s a letter from thy dear son。

4. Thus advance of the enemy had seemed to the youth like a ruthless hunting. He began to fume with rage and exasperation. He beat his foot upon the ground, and scowled with hate at the swirling smoke that was approaching like a phantom flood.

5. I’m nobody！ Who are you？
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us—don’t tell！
They’d banish us， you know。

6. I taste a liquor never brewed，
From tankards scooped in pearl;
Not all the vats upon the Rhine
Yield such an alcohol！

7. Now I had often seen pilots gazing at the water and pretending to read it as if it were a book; but it was a book that told me nothing. A time came at last， however， when Mr。 Bixby seemed to think me far enough advanced to bear a lesson on water-reading.

8. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness。 Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind…

9. Whether fagged by the three days’ running chase, and the resistance to his swimming in the knotted hamper he bore; or whether it was some latent deceitfulness and malice in him： whichever was true, the White Whale’s way now began to abate, as it seemed， from the boat so rapidly nearing him once more； though indeed the whale’s last start had not been so long a one as before.

10. Ah！ what pleasant visions haunt me
As I gaze upon the sea!
All the old romantic legends,
All my dreams， come back to me。

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VI. Comment. （10 points）
Directions: In this part of the test, you are given two selections. Choose ONE of them and give a comment on the Answer Sheet. Scores will be given according to the content， grammar and the completeness of the related knowledge.

This Is My Letter to the World

This is my letter to the world，
That never wrote to me，-—
The simple news that Nature told,
With tender majesty.

Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her， sweet coutrymen,
Judge tenderly of me!

I Hear America Singing

I hear America singing， the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong，
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam，
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work， or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat， the deck—hand singing on the steamboat deck，

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench， the hatter singing as he stands，
The wood-cutter’s song, the plowboy’s on his way in the morning， or at noon intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother， or of the young wife at work， or of the girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day-at night the party of young fellows， robust， friendly，
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs。
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