滁州学院2010/2011学年度第二学期期末考试试卷英语专业2010专升本《美国文学史与选读》试卷(A)（时间120分钟）I. Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Make your choice by writing the corresponding letter [A]，[B], [C] or [D] on the answer sheet . (40 points in all; 2 for each)1. From 1732 to 1758, Franklin wrote and published his famous __________, an annualcollection of proverbs.A. the Autobiography B Poor Richard ’s Almanac C Common Sense D. The General Magazine 2. Which is not Hawthorne ’s long novel?A. the Scarlet Letter B the Marble FaunC. Dr. Heidegger ’s ExperimentD. the House of Seven Gables 3. Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as __________A. NecklaceB. The Legend of Sleeping HollowC. Life of GoldsmithD. Life of Washington4. Which of the following works is regarded as the Declaration of Intellectual Independence ”?A. the American ScholarB. English TraitsC. The Conduct of LifeD. Representative Men5. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteen century. This was__________.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Katherine Anne PorteD. Emily Dickinson6. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, __________ became the majortrend in the seventies and eighties of the nineteenth century.A. SentimentalismB. romanticismC. RealismD. Naturalism7. The first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was a sharp social critic, whose namewas __________.A. T.S. EliotB. Sinclair LewisC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner8. In 1954, __________ was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his “mastery of the art ofmodern narration”.A. John SteinbeckB. Sinclair LewisC. Ernest HemingwayD. William Faulkner9. Which of the following is not included in Dreiser ’s trilogy of desire concerning about theruthlessness of capitalists?A. The GeniusB. The FinancierC. The TitanD. The Stoic10. Who is called “the true father of our national literature ” by the writer H.L. Mencken?A. Benjamin FranklinB. Mart TwainC. HemingwayD. William Faulkner11. The first American writer is ----------A. Captain John SmithB. Thomas JeffersonC. William Byrd IID. John Winthrop12. __________ is considered the tenth muse in American literature after her famous poem the Tenth Muse Lately Spring up in America.A. Anne BradstreetB. Emily DicksonC. KateD. Edward Tylor 13. ________ doesn't belong to the leather-stocking tales.题号 一 二 三 总分 分值 40 30 3 0 100 得分专业： 年级/班级： 姓名： 学号：装 订 线 内 不 要 答 题A. The DeerslayerB. The PathfinderC. The TitanD. The Prairie14._________ is considered the American revolutionary poet.A. Robert FrostB. Ezra PoundC. William Cullen BryantD. Philip Freneau15.According to Matthew Arnold, "the most perfect brief short poem in English language is _____________A. The Wild Honey SuckleB. ThanatopsisC. To a WaterfowlD. Song of Myself16.The following are some famous American realistic writers but _______________-A. Mark TwainB. Henry JamesC. WilliamD. Howells D. Edgar Allan Poe17.Local colorism usually has all the following ways of expression but_________A. RealismB. ModernismC. RomanticismD. Puritanism18.The following writers all belong to one school but________--A.Bret HarteB. Harmlin GarlandC. Mark TwainD. Jack London19.The following literature works belong to one group but________-A.The Hairy ApeB. The Call of the WildC. The Gilded AgeD. Moby Dick20.The following writers belong to one group but_______________A.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowB. T. S. EliotC. Walt WhitmanD. Herman MelvilleII. Match the following writers, works and heroes or heroines.(30 points )1.Washington Irving a. Uncle Tom's Cabin A Natty Bampoo2.Mark Twain b. The Pioneers B Buck3.Henry James c. The Call of the Wild C Mr Skaggs4.Nathanial Hawthorn d. Daicy Miller D Knicherbocker5.Jack London e. A History of New York E Irene Lapham6.James F. Cupper f. The Gilded Age F Jim7.Harriet B. Stow g. Moby Dick G Ahab8.Margret Michill h.the Scarlet Letter H Pearl9.Herman Melville i. Gone with the wind I Ashelay10.William D. Howells j. The Rise of Silas Lapham J DaicyIII. Select three of the following questions to answer . Make sure your answer is brief and well-organized.1.What's the main feature of local colourism?2.What are the mine subjects of modernism?3.Why is puritanism important in American literature?4.Give a brief introduction to the philosophical background of modernism.5.What is the features of colonial American literature ? And why?6. Give a brief introduction to the writing principles of imageism poetry .滁州学院2010/2011学年度第一学期期末考试答题卷英语专业2010专升本《美国文学史与选读》试卷（A ）（时间120分钟）I.Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Make your choice by writing the corresponding letter [A]，[B], [C] or [D] on the answer sheet . (40 points in all; 2 for each) 1—5, ___________________ 6—10 ____________________________ 11—15______________________ 16--20_____________________________II. Match the following writers, works and heroes or heroines.(30 points)1__________ 2 ___________3_________4___________5____________ 6__________7____________8_________9__________10___________III. Select three of the following questions to answer . Make sure your answer is brief andwell-organized.题号 一 二 三 总分 分值 40 30 3 0 100 得分专业： 年级/班级： 姓名： 学号：装 订 线 内 不 要 答 题。