美国文学所有练习题

美国文学史及作品选读练习1

I.Matchtheworkswiththeauthorsgivenbelow.(10%)

a.MichaelWigglesworthb..Franklin

c.JohnSmithd.WilliamCullenBryant

e.JamesFennimoreCooperf.PhilipFreneau

g.WashingtonIrving

1.()ADescriptionofNewEngland

2.()RipVanWinkle

3.()TheDayofDoom

4.()Autobiography

5.()TheWildHuoneysuckle

6.()ToaWaterfowl

7.()TheDeerslayer

8()TheThanatopsis

9.()TheLegendofSleepyHollow

10.()TheSpy

ILBlankFilling.(20%)

1.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericanwasestablishedat,Virginia.

2.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethevaluesthatdominatedmuchoftheearly

Americanwriting.

3.ThefirstAmericanLiteraturewasneitherAmericannorreallyliteratureItwasnotAmericanbecauseitwas

theworkmainlyimmigrantsfrom.

4.wasregardedasthe“PoetoftheAmericanRevolution.^^

5.InAmericanLiterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeofandRevolution.

6.AnnabelLee,apoemfrom,mournsthedeathofabeautifulgirl.

7.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistis.

8.wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar.

9.ThecentralfigureintheLeatherstockingTalesis,whogoesbythevariousnamesof

Leatherstocking,Deerslayer,PathinderandHawkeye.

10.ThanatopsisisBryant'sbest-knownpoem.Thetitleofthepoemmeans.

IILMultipleChoice(30%)

1.TheestablisherofJamestownwasthefamousexplorerandcolonist.

A.JohnWinthropB.JohnSmithC.WilliamBradfordD.JohnGoodwin

2.ThePuritandominatingvalueswere:

A.hardworkB.thriftC.pietyD.sobriety

3.Whichwriterisnotapoet?

A.MichaelWigglesworthB.AnneBradstreet

C.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasHooker

4.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe

“"whoappearedinAmerica.

A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse

5.Theship""carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.In

Decemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.

A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Pequod

6.anotherimportantcolonialpoet,achievedwidepopularityamonghiscontemporarieswithhis

gloomyentitled“TheDayofDoom”.

A.EdwardTaylorB.MichaelWigglesworth

C.AnneBradstreetD.CottonMather

7.Franklinwastheepitomeofthe.

A.AmericanEnlightenment

B.SugarAct

C.Chartistmovement

D.Romanticist

8.Thefollowingproverbs

------Therearenogainswithoutpains.

------Onetodayisworthtwotomorrows.

comefrom.

Autobiography

PoorRichard9sAlmanack

TheSketchBook

ADescriptionofNewEngland

9.Muchofthebeautyofthepoemliesinthesoundsofthewordsandtheeffectcreatedthrough

changesinrhythm.

A.ToaWaterfowl

B.Thanatopsis

CTheWildHoneysuckle

D.TheIndianBuryingGround

10.usuallystartwithstandardcharacters-----thelazyhusbandsorthetermagantwife.

A.WashingtonIrving

B.JamesFennimoreCooper

C.WilliamCullenBryant

DPhilipFreaneau

11.WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyFreneau?

A.theBritishPrisonShip

B.TheWildHoneySuckle

C.TheIndianBuryingGround

D.TheDayofDoom

12.istheauthorofthework9TheLegendofSleepyHollow'.

A.WashingtonIrving

B.JamesJoyce

C.WaltWhitman

D.WilliamButlerYeats

13.WhichofthefollowingstatementisnottrueaboutWashingtonIrving?

A.WashingtonIrvingisregardedasFatheroftheAmericanshortstories.

B.Irving'srelationshipwiththeOldWorldintermsofhisliteraryimagination

canhardlybeignoredconsideringhissuccessbothabroadandathome.

C.Irving'stastewasessentiallyprogressiveorradical.

D.WashingtonIrvinghasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwho"perfectedthe

bestclassicstylethatAmericanliteratureeverproduced."

14.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,AmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeper

imprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid.

A.Puritanism

B.Romanticism

CRationalism

D.Sentimentalism

15.Poe'sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis.

A.TalesofaTraveller

B.LeatherstokingTales

C.CanterburyTales

D.TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque

IV.DecideWhethertheStatementsAreTrueorFalse.(10%)

1.Americanliteratureistheoldestofallnationalliterature.

2.ThecoloniesthatbecamethefirstUnitedStateswereforthemostpartEnglish.

3.In1620anumberofPuritanscametosettleinMassachusetts.

4.TheseventeenthcenturyAmericanpoetsadaptedthestyleofestablishedEuropeanpoetstothesubjectmatter

confrontedinastrangely-newenvironment.

5.InFranklin'sPoorRichard'sAlmanack,hetalkedfirstofallabouthowhestudiedlanguage..

6.PhilipwasthefirstAmericanLyricpoetofdistinction,hecouldmakehispoemssingmelodiesthatmightbe

stately.

7.TheWildHoneySucklewassuggestedbythefactthatsomeIndiantribesburiedtheirdeadinasitting..

8.TheLastofTheMohicanswerethebestworkbyAdgarAllanPoe.

9.FreneauwroteimpassionedverseinsupportoftheAmericanRevolution.

10.InthepoemIsrafel,Poeexpressesakeenawarenessofthelovelinessandtransienceofnature.

V.Explainthefollowingliteratureterms.(10%)

Puritanism

VI.IdentificationofFragments.(4%)

1.1hadbegunin1733tostudylanguages;IsoonmademyselfsomuchamasteroftheFrenchastobeableto

readthebookswithease.IthenundertooktheItalian.Anacquaintance,whowasalsolearningit,usedoftento

temptmetoplaychesswithhim.FindingthistookuptoomuchofthetimeIhadtospareforstudy,Iatlength

refusedtoplayanymore...

author:work:

2.1fnothingonce,younothinglose,

Forwhenyoudieyouarethesame

Thespacebetween,isbutanhour,

Thefraildurationofaflower.

Author:work:

VILReadthequotedpartandanswerthequestions:(16%)

."TimegrewworseandworsewithRipVanWinkleasyearsofmatrimonyrolledon:atarttempermellowswith

age,andasharptongueistheonlyedgetoolthatgrowskeenerbyconstantuse.Foralongwhileheusedto

perpetualclubofthesages,philosophers,andotheridlepersonagesofthevillage.

Questions:

1)Pleaseidentifytheauthorandthetitleofthework.(2%)

2)Pleasegiveasummaryofthestory.8%

3)Giveabriefanalysisofthesymbolicmeaningofthiswork.(6%)

参考答案：

1(10%):1.-5C.GA.BF6-10DEDGE

IL(20%)

1.Jamestown2.Puritan3.England4.PhilipFreneau5.reason6.AdgarAllanPoe

7.JamesFenimoreCooper8.WashingtonIrving9.NattyBumppo10.viewofdeath

III.(30%)1-5BADBC6-10BABCA11-15DACAD

IV.(10%)FTTTFFFFTF

V.(10%)

1.PuritanismisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans.ThePuritanswereoriginallymembersofadivisionof

heProtestantChurch.ThefirstsettlerswhobecamethefoundingfathersoftheAmericannationwerequitea

fewofthemPuritans.TheycametoAmericaoutofvariousreasons,butitshouldberememberedthatthey

wereagroupofserious,religiouspeople,advocatinghighlyreligiousandmoralprinciples.Puritanswanted

topurifytheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices.Theywereidealists,believingthatthechurchshouldberestored

tocomplete“purity”.Theyacceptedthedoctrineofpredestination,originalsinandtotaldepravity,andlimited

atonementthroughaspecialinfusionofgracefromGod.Puritans9liveswereextremelydisciplinedandhard,

butinthegrimstruggleforsurvivalthatfollowedaftertheirarrivalinAmerica,theybecamemoreandmore

practical.Asacultureheritage,PuritanismdidhaveaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmind.

AmericanPuritanismalsohadaenduringinfluenceonAmericanliterature

VI.(4%)1.FranklinAutobiography2.FreneauTheWildHoneysuckle

VIL(16%)

1)Thisisanexcerptfrom"RipVanWinkle"byWashingtonIrving.(2%)

2)(a)RipVanWinklewastheheroinIrving'sworks.1'Hewasagood-naturedman,ahenpeckedhusband.1'

(b)Becausehiswife'sshrewish(泼妇一样的)treatment,Riphadtoescapefromhishometothelittleinninthe

village.1'Whenitfailedtogivehimsomerestfulair,hehadtogohuntinginthehighmountain,1'whereRip

metastranger,andthemanaskedRiptocarrykegfbrhim.ThenRipreachedtheplaceinthevalley,wheremany

strangerswereplayingnine-pins.VLaterRipgotdrunkafterdrinkingtheliquor,whichmadehimsleepfor20

years.1'(c)Ripwokeupasanoldman,enteringthevillagelearnedthathiswifehaddied,hegotthefreedom

ofhisown,1'andtheAmericanhadbeendependentfromthecontrolofBritain,hehadchangedfromasubject

oftheKing(GeorgeIII)intoacitizenoftheindependentnewU.S.1'(8%)

3).RipVanWinklehasbeenseenasasymbolofseveralaspectsofAmerica.1'Rip,likeAmerica,isimmature,

self-centered,careless,anti-intellectual,imaginative,andjollyastheovergrownchild,1'TheDameisanother

symbol-ofpuritanicaldisciplineandtheworkethicofFranklin.1'Thetownitselfisemproblematicof

America-foreverandrapidlychanging.1'WashingtonIrvinghasRipsleepthroughhisowncountry'shistory,

andreturntothe"busy,bustling,disputatious"self-consciouslyadultUnitedStatesofAmerica.Hisconflictsand

dreamsarethoseofthenation-theconflictofinnocenceandexperience,workandleisure,theoldandthenew,the

headandtheheart.2

美国文学史及作品选读练习2

I.Matchtheworkswiththeauthorsgivenbelow.(10%)

a.MichaelWigglesworthb..Franklin

c.JohnSmithd.WilliamCullenBryant

e.JamesFennimoreCooperf.PhilipFreneaug.WashingtonIrving

1.()ADescriptionofNewEngland

2.()RipVanWinkle

3.()TheDayofDoom

4.()Autobiography

5.()TheWildHuoneysuckle

6.()ToaWaterfowl

7.()TheDeerslayer

8()TheThanatopsis

9.()TheLegendofSleepyHollow

10.()TheSpy

ILLBlankFilling.(20%)

10.Theterm“Puritan^^wasappliedtothosesettlerswhooriginallyweredevoutmembersoftheChurchof

11.MichaelWiigglesworth,anotherimportantcolonialpoet,achievedwidepopularityamonghiscontemporaries

withhisgloomyentitled.

12.In1620,anumberofPuritanswhotriedtopurifyorreformthechurchofEnglandsteppedontheNew

EnglandshoreatPlymouthintheshipnamed.

13.AmongallthesettlersintheNewContinent,settlerswerethemostinfluential.

14.InAmericanLiterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeofandRevolution.

15.InFranklin's,hetalksfirstofallabouthowhestudiedlanguage.

16.Irvingwasbestknownforhisfamousshortstoriessuchaswhichisaboutagood-naturedlazy

husbandwhofallsintoa20-yearsleep.

17.“Supernalbeauty“isbelievedbytobetheprincipleofPoetry.

18.9.Publishedin1823,wasthefirstoftheLeatherstockingTales,intheirorderofpublicationtime,

andprobablythefirsttrueromanceofthefrontierinAmericanliterature.

10.wasconsideredasthe“poetoftheAmericanRevolution.,,Andthe"FatherofAmerican

Poetry.”

III.MultipleChoice.(30%)

l.IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprint

onthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid.

A.Puritanism

BRomanticism

CRationalism

DSentimentalism

2.Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous,anannulcollectionofproverbs.

A.TheAutobiography

B.PoorRichard'sAlmanack

C.CommonSense

D.TheGeneralMagazine

3.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.wasthedominant

spirit.

A.HumanismBRationalismCRevolutionDEvolution

4.usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.WilliamBradfordB.AnneBradstreet

C.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohnSmith

5..WhichisnotIrving'sworksinthefollowing.

A.TheSketchBook

B.TalesofaTraveller

C.AHistoryofNewYork

DToAWaterfowl

6.ChooseFreneau'spoemfromthefollowing.

A.TheRaven

B.ToaWaterfowl

C.ToHellen

D.ThewildHoneySuckle

7.In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet__toappearinAmericauptothattime.

A.EdwardTaylor

B.PhilipFreneau

C.WilliamCullenBryant

D.EdgarAllanPoe

8.Comparedwithhiscontemporaries,wasnodoubtthebestinexploringthewildnessandfrontierin

fiction.

A.WashingtonIrving

B.JamesFenimoreCooper

C.WilliamCullenBryant

DPhilipFreaneau

9.WashingtonIrving's'RipVanWinkle'isfamousfor.

A.Rip'sescapeintoamysteriousvalley

B.Thestory9sGermanlegendarysourcematerial

C.Rip'sseekingforhappiness

D.Rip's20-yearssleep

10.ChoosePoe'sworkfrom由efollowing

A.TheDayofDoom

B.TheLastoftheMohicans

C.TheIndianBuryingGround

DTheCaskofAmontillado

11.ChooseIrving'sworkfromthefollowing.

A.TheSketchBook

B.Thanatopsis

C.TheSpy

D.TheBritishPrisonShip

12.isthemostcommonlyusedinEnglishpoetry,inwhichanunstressedsyllablecomesfirstfollowed

byastressed.

A.thetrochaicfoot

B.ananapesticfoot

C.aquatrain

D.aiambicfoot

13.TheIndianBuryingGroundbyistheearliestpoemwhichromanticizestheIndianasachildof

nature.

A.WashingtonIrving

B.AdgarAlanPoe

C.PhilipFreneau

D.NathanielHawthorne

14.isapoeticdeviceusedtoincreasethemusicalqualityandlinkthelinesandstanzasofapoem.

A.meter

B.repetition

C.rhyme

D.foot

15.Poetryisaimedatconveyingandenrichinghumanexperiencewhichisformedthroughsenseimpressions.

istherepresentationofsenseexperiencethroughlanguage.

A.meter

B.image

C.theme

D.assonance

IV.DecideWhethertheStatementsareTrueorFalse.(10%)

1.ThePuritansinNewEnglandembracedhardships,togetherwiththedisciplineofaharshchurch.

2.In1625anumberofPuritanscametosettleinMassachusetts

3.MayflowerinAmericanhistoryisthenameofaflower.

4.Americanpoetryoftheeighteenthcenturyhasanimitativecharacter,imitatingthereigningEnglishmodelsof

theeighteencentury.

5.InFranklin'sAutobiography,hetalksfirstofallabouthowhestudiedlanguage

6.PhilipFreneauwasamostimportantwriterinAmericanpoetryoftheeighteenthcentury.

7.TheearlyAmericanromanticismgaveemphasistoemotion,feeling,intuitioninsteadofreason.

8.Cooperlaunchedtwokindsofimmenselypopularstories:theseaadventuretale,andthefrontierstories.

9.Inthe19lhcenturyAmericanliterature,writersofGothicterrornovelssoughttoarouseintheirreadersa

turbulentsenseoftheremote,thesupernatural,andtheterrifyingbydescribingoldcastles,deepvalleysorbleak

mountaintops.

10.PuritaninfluenceoverAmericanRomanticismwasconspicuouslynoticeable.

丫・Choosethetermfromtheboxtomatchthefollowingdefinitions.(10%)

a.iambicfootb.meterc.imaged.rhymee.stanzf.

alliteration

g.trochaicfoot

h.consonance

1.istherepetitionofsoundsintwoormorewordsorphrasesthatusuallyappearclosetoeachotherin

apoem.

2.isaregularpatternofstressedandunstressedsyllables.

3.isastructuraldivisionofapoem,consistingofaseriesofverselineswhichusuallycomprisea

recurringpatternofmeterandrhyme.

4.isthemostcommonlyusedfootinEnglishpoetry,inwhichanunstressedsyllablecomesfirst,

followedbyastressedsyllable.

5.istherepetitionofthesameinitialconsonantsoundwithinalineoragroupofwords.

VI.Identifythefragmentsandanswerthefollowingquestions.(20%)

SectionA.

Fairflower,thatdoessocomelygrow,

Hidinthissilent,dullretreat,

Untouchedthyhoniedbolssomsblow,

Unseenthylittlebranchesgreet;

Norovingfootshallcrushtheehere,

Nobusyhandprovokeatear.

Questions:(10%)

l.Whatisthetitleofthispoemfromwhichtheselectionisselected?

2.Themeterofthispoemis.

A.iambicpentameterB.tetrameterCanapesticrhythmDsonnet

3.Whoisthewriterofthepoem?

4.Towhatdoesthewritercomparetheflowefscharms?'

5.Whatdoesthewriterexpressinthispoem?

SectionB.(10%)

“Beitso,“Isaid,replacingthetoolbeneaththecloak,andagainofferinghimmyarm.Helearneduponitheavily.

WecontinuedourrouteinsearchoftheAmontillado.Wepassedthrougharangeoflowarches,descended,passed

onanddescendingagainarrivedatadeepcrypt,inwhichthefoulnessoftheaircausedourflambeausratherto

glowthanflame.

1.Whatisthetitleofthiswork?1'

2.Whatistheauthorofthiswork?2'

3.Whatisthethemeofthisstory?2'

4.Pleasewriteouttherulesofthisauthor'sprinciplesforshortstory.5'

Keytotest2:

1(10%):1.-5C.GA.BF6-10DEDGE

IL(20%)

1.England2.TheDayofDoom3.MayFlower4.English5.reason6.Autobiograph

7.RipVanWinkle8.AdgarAllanPoe9.ThePioneer10,PhilipFreaneau

III.(30%)

1-5ABBDD6-10DCBDD11-15.ADCCB

IV.(10%)

TFFTTTTTTT

V.(10%)dbeaf

VI.(20%)

SectionA

1.TheWildHoneySuckle

2.B

3.PhilipFreneau

4.Thewritercomparestheflower'scharmstotheprimetimeofhumanbeing.

5.Inthispoem,thepoetexpressesakeenawarenessofthelovelinessandtransienceofnature.

SectionB.

1.TheCaskofAmontillado

2.AdgarAllanPoe

3.murder,revenge

4.1).Astoryshouldtrytoachieveasingleeffect.

2)Allincidentsandeventsofashortstoryshouldhelptheauthortoestablishthiseffect.

3).Theveryfirstsentenceofthestoryshouldbringoutthiseffect.

4)Thewholecompositionshouldfollowtheauthor'spre-establisheddesign.

5_Areadershouldfeelasenseoffullsatisfactionfromhavingreadthestory.

美国文学史及作品选读练习39.Romanticismcanbestbedescribedbywhichofthe

followingwords?

LMakethebestchoice.（每小题1.5分，共30分）

a.realismb.logic

1.Puritanismistheattitudeofapartywhichstresses

c.imaginationd.reason

thefollowingexcept_c

a.restorationofthechurchb.predestination

10.JamesFenimoreCooperwasaRomanticistbecause

andoriginalsinhe

c.hardworkingandthriftd.loosemoralitya.glorifiednatureb.lovedpeople

2.ThefirstAmericanliteraturewastheworkc.lovedsocietyd.wrotepoetry

___a_____

a.mainlyofimmigrantsfromEngland.b.of11.JamesFenimoreCooperwasthefirstAmerican

greatliterarymeritswritertowriteabout

c.intheformofpoetry,essaysorfictiond.a.theAmericanSouthb.the

aboutthenativesubjectsofAmerica.Americanfrontierslife

3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueofcolonialc.theAmericanlegendsd.the

Americanliterature?Americanculture

a.fullofreligioussermons

b..showingadistrustofthemystical12.wasknownas“thepoetofAmerican

b.mainlyintheformofdiary,autobiographyandRevoIution^^.

travelaccounta.Franklinb.Irvingc.Freneau

c.characterizedwithlogicalstructureandsimplicityd.Poe

ofdiction.

4..Withanunshakablebeliefinthepowerofreason,13.PhillipFreneau7spoemTheWildHoneySuckleis

the18thcenturyEnlightenersregardedasabout________

theprincipalmeansofthedevelopmentofsocietya.thedeathofaflowerb.thebeautyof

a.educationandreasonnature

b.hardworkingc.thetransienceoflifed.theblessof

c.self-inspectionGod

d.freethinking

14.“Andplantedheretheguardianshade

5.BenFranklinwasauniversalgeniuswhose

andsentsoftwatersmurmuringby”

masterpiecebecameaclassicofitskind.

Theformsofrhyminginthesetwolinesare

a.PoorRichard'sAlmanacb.Autobiography

c.RipVanWinkled.TheSketchBooka.assonanceandconsonance

b.alliterationandconsonance

6.ThefollowingwordsbestdescribeRipVanWinklec.assonanceandalliteration

except_______d.slantrhymeandalliteration

a.kindb.gentle15.There'sacertainslantoflight,

c.hardworkingd.lazyOnwinterafternoons,

Thatappearsliketheweight

7.ThefirstAmericanwriterofimaginativeliteratureOfcathedraltunes”

andshortstorieswasTheimagesusedinthesefewlinesaremainly

a.NathanielHawthorne

b.BenjaminFranklina.visualandolfactory

c.JamesFenimoreCooperb.visualandtactile

d.WashingtonIrvingc.visualandauditory

d.kinesthetic

8.NattyBumppo'sfriendshipwithChingachgookis

symbolicof.16..Poetryisaliterarygenrethatusesmetricalformto

theunderstandingsbetweentwodifferentpeoples.chiefly_____________

therelationshipbetweenthecivilizedandthea.communicateinformationb.createimagery

savagesc.revealcharacterd.expressemotionalexperience.

theconflictbetweenthewhitesandtheAmerican

Indians17.Poebelievedthegreatestthemeforpoetryis

thedevelopmentofthefrontiers

a.deathofarelative.

b.deathofahonorableman.

c.deathofalover

d.deathofabeautifulwoman..

18.AccordingtoPoe,allelementsofastoryorapoem

shouldhaveonepurpose.Thatis

a.totellthestoryb.tocreatean

effect.

a.tokeepthereaderinsuspense.d..tobe

humorous

19.Inthedevelopmentoftheplot,,which

pushesthestoryforward,isoftheprimaryimportance

a.conflictb.pointofviewc.theme

d.climax

2O.EdgarAllanPoe'spoemsareofthefollowing

featuresexcept

a.beingmelancholicb.beingmusicalc.

beingbriefd.beingmoralistic

ILMatchtheworkswiththeauthorsgivenbelow.Theworksgivenaremorethantheauthorsgiven.（每

题1分，共10分）

a.BenFranklin

b.WashingtonIrving

c.JamesFenimoreCooper

d.PhillipFreneau

e.EdgarAllanPoe

1.()PoorRichard'sAlmanac

2.()RipVanWinkle

3.()TheSketchBook

4.()Autobiography

5.()TheWildHoneysuckle

6.()Israfel

7.()TheDeerslayer

8()TheCaskofAmontillado

9.()TheLegendofSleepyHollow

10.()TheIndianBuryingGround

III.Decidethefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

WriteTfortrueandFforfalse.（每小题1分，共20分）

1.ThecolonialAmericanliteraturewasintheformofpoetry,novelsandshortstories

2.Americanpoetryoftheeighteenthcenturyhasanimitativecharacter,imitatingthereigningEnglishmodelsof

the18lhcentury.

3.TheearlyAmericanromanticismstressedemotion,feeling,intuitioninsteadofreason.

4.PhilipFreneauwasamostimportantpoetinthe18thcenturyAmericanliterature.

5.Cooperlaunchedtwokindsofimmenselypopularstories:theseaadventuretale,andthefrontierstories.

6.AmericanPuritanismderiveditstheologicalprinciplesfromCalvinismandaimedatathoroughreformofthe

church.

7.ThefirstAmericansettlerscametoAmericatoescapereligiouspersecution...

8.BenFranklinwasversatileineverypossiblefieldandhewaschieflynotedas.amanofcivicmind.

9.AutobiographybyFranklinwasafascinatingrecordoftheageofAmericanRevolution,inwhichgreatpolitical

turmoilwasfaithfullydepicted.

10.AmericanRomanticliterarymovementwascharacterizedwithaninterestinnature,imaginationaswellasthe

atendencytodepictthegrotesque.

11.WashingtonIrvingwasthefirstAmericanwriterwhowrotepoetryinitstruesense.

12.JamesF,CooperwasnotableforhisfirstexplorationofthenativethemeofAmericanfrontierlife.

13.TheLeatherStockingTalesconsists.ofthreenovels---ThePioneers,ThePrairieandTheLastofthe

Mohicans.

14.PhilipFreneauwasrememberedmostlyforhispatrioticpoemssuchasTheWildHoneySuckleandtheIndian

BurialGround.

15.TheWildHoneySuckleisapoemonthethemeofglorifyingtheIndianCulture.

16.Theonlystandardbywhichwedesignateashortstoryisitslength.

17..Poeisapoetofthefirstrank,aliterarycriticofgreatinsightandashortstorywriteroflargepopularity.

18..Poedefinedpoetryastherhythmiccreationofbeauty.

19.Israfelexpressesthepoet'sdeepregretfortheearthlyexistenceandstronglongingforsuperiorbeauty..

20.."Thedeathofabeautifulwoman“isthemostlegitimatepoeticthemetoPoe.

IV.Identifythefollowingexcerpts.（每小题4分，共28分）

1.Atthemostremoteendofthecryptthere

appearedanotherlessspacious.Itswallshadbeen

linedwithhumanremains,piledtothevault

overhead,inthefashionofthegreatcatacombsof

Paris.

2.6tIfIcoulddwell

WhereIsrafel

Hathdwelt,andhewhereI,

Hemightnotsingsowildlywell

Amortalmelody

3.Atthenextmoment,thebreechofHawkeye'srifle

fellonthenakedheadofhisadversary,whose

musclesappearedtowitherundertheshock,ashe