信阳师范大学美国文学史_联大系统成人高考函授考试答案

Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not wha

答案是：Henry Wadsworth Longfellow|A Psalm of Life|His optimism which has characterized much of his poetry

Judge the authors of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet. 1. Gleanings in Europe 2. Oliver Goldsmith 3. The Te

Part A From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came: If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when yo

答案是：Philip Freneau ’s|The Wild Honey Suckle|It is written in iambic tetrameter, the rhyme scheme is ababcc|“Little being ” refers to the wild honey suckle.|“But anhour ” means the lifespan of a flower is very short.

From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came: If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die y

答案是：Philip Freneau ’s|The Wild Honey Suckle|It is written in iambic tetrameter, the rhyme scheme is ababcc|“Little being ” refers to the wild honey suckle| “But an hour ” means the lifespan of a flower is very short.

Judge the authors of these works and fill them on the Answer Sheet.1. Mosses from an Old Manse 2. “Israfel ” 3. “The Fle

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down

答案是：It is written in iambic tetrameter and rhymed abaab|Similarities: both of the roads are beautiful|The word “sigh ” is a tricky word|The real road, the life road and the road in career|Choices is inevitable but you never know what you choice will mean until you have lived it

When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes bett

答案是：The attraction of big city|One is to fall into the saving hands and becomes better; secondly|Simile, metaphor and synecdoche|The gleam of lights|Naturalist attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness

Success Success is counted sweetest Those who ne ’ er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of a

答案是：Emily Dickinson|he defeated person|the man who never succeeds

The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of th

答案是：Washington Irving ’s /Rip Van Wingkle|Nicholas Vedder is the owner of the inn/ a patriarch of the village/ and landlord of the inn|He expressed his opinion by the way of smoking

From the listless repose of the place, and the peculiar character of its inhabitants, who are descendants from[he origin

答案是：(1).Washington Irving (2). The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (3). A short story is a brief prose fiction

The way in which Hawthorne wrote () suggests that American omanticism adapted itself to American Puritan morality.

答案是：The Scarle Scarlet Letter

In The Pioneers , () represents the ideal American, living a virtuous and free life in God ‘s world.

答案是：Natty Bumppo

The American Romantic period stretches from the end of the 18 th century through the outburst of the () .

答案是：Civil War

For the whole 19 th century ()was the only woman poet who enjoys high academic esteem today. She has been acclaimed as a

答案是：Emily Dickinson

In ―I Hear America Singing ‖,() depicts the beauty of labor and laborers.

答案是：Walt Whitman

Herman Melville ‘s novel () is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white w

答案是：Moby Dick

In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece () , the story of a triangle love affair in colonial America

答案是：The Scarlet Letter

From Thoreau ‘s Concord jail experience, came his famous essay ―() ”.

答案是：Civil Disobedience

A superb book () came out of Thoreau ‘s two-year experience at Walden Pond.

答案是：Walden

Most of Allan Poe ‘s stories can be roughly divided into two kinds: tales of Gothic horror or grotesque like () , an inc

答案是：The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe ‘s poem ―The （） ‖ is perhaps the best example of onomatopoeia in the English language.

答案是：Raven

Among William Cullen Bryant ‘s most important later works are his translations of the Iliad and the （） into English blan

答案是：Odyssey

―To a Waterfowl ‖is perhaps the peak of （） Bryant ‘s work. It has been called by an eminent English critic ―the most per

答案是：William Cullen

The central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales is （） , who goes by the various names of Leatherstocking, Deerlayer, Pat

答案是：Natty Bumppo

The first important American novelist was （） .

答案是：James Fennimore Cooper

（） is famous for writing about the sea and the islands of the Southern Pacific. In his master piece Moby Dick , he tells

答案是：Melville

（） was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War.

答案是：Washington Irving

The short story ―（）Hollow ‖ is taken from Washington Irving ‘s work named The Sketch Book.

答案是：The Legend of Sleepy

In 1823 James Fenimore Cooper wrote The Pioneers, the first of the five novels that make up （）. The remaining four books

答案是：The Leatherstocking Tales

（） was regarded as the first great prose stylist of American Romanticism.

答案是：Washington Irving

Leaves of Grass , either in content or form, is an epoch-making work in American literature; its democratic content mark

答案是：Romanticism to Realism

The Civil War of 1861-1865 ended in the defeat of the Southerners and the abolition of（）

答案是：slavery

（）‘s poems have the musical quality and romantic beauty. The Raven is his best-known poem.

答案是：Allan Poe

In the early 19 th century, Washington Irving wrote （）which became the first work by an American writer to win financial

答案是：The Sketch Book

Ralph Waldo Emerson ‘s first book in 1836 （） brought American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England Tra

答案是：Nature

In the early 19 th century Rip Van Winkle established （） ‘s reputation at home and abroad, and designed the beginning of

答案是：Washington Irving

In American literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of （） and Revolution.

答案是：Reason

Philip Freneau was noteworthy first because of the nature of his poems. They were truly American and very patriotic. In

答案是：father

（） was considered as the ―poet of the American Revolution ‖, because he wrote impassioned verse in support of the Americ

答案是：Philip Freneau

Philip Freneau was a close friend and political associate of President （） Jefferson.

答案是：Thomas

Philip Freneau ‘s famous poem ―（） ” was written about his imprisoned experience.

答案是：The British Prison Ship

The most outstanding poet in America of the 18 th century was （） .

答案是：Philip Freneau

Paine ‘s second most important work （） Man was an impassioned plea against hereditary monarchy.

答案是：The Rights of

On January 10, 1776, Paine ‘s famous pamphlet （） appeared.

答案是：Common Sense

Thomas Paine, with his natural gift for pamphleteering and rebellion, was appropriately born into an age of （） .

答案是：revolution

Franklin ‘s beat writing is found in his masterpiece （） .

答案是：Autobiography

Franklin edited the first colonial magazine, which he called .

答案是：the Great Magazine

At the initial period the spread of ideas of the American Enlightenme nt was largely due to （）

答案是：journalism

The Puritan philosophy known as （） was important in New England during colonial time, and had a profound influence on th

答案是：Puritanism

The writer who best expressed the Puritan faith in the colonial period was （） .

答案是：John Winthrop

Bradstreet used a word ―（） ‖ to describe the community of believers who sailed from Southampton England, on the Mayflowe

答案是：pilgrim

The American poets who emerged in the seventeenth century adapted the style of established European poets to the subject

答案是：Anne

Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety, these were the （） values that dominated much of the early American writing.

答案是：puritan

Harvard College was （） in 1636, with a printing press set up nearly in 1639.

答案是：established

The term ―（） ‖ was applied to those settlers who originally were devout members of the Church of England.

答案是：Puritan

（） is usually acknowledged as the originator of detective stories. He is also credited with developing many of the stand

答案是：Allan Poe

Washington Irving, the Father of American Literature, developed （） as a genre in American literature.

答案是：the short story and the novel

Modern literary fiction has been dominated by two forms: （）.

答案是：the short story and the novel

As you read from writer to writer, from （）‘s ?Rip Van Winkle ‘to O’Connner ‘s ?A Good Man is Hard to Find ‘, you will se

答案是：Washington Irving

In the 20 th century, there have been many who have won fame abroad as well as in the US for their short stories: （）, an

答案是：Sherwood Anderson, Hemingway Faulkner, Anna Porter

（） is generally thought of as the true beginner of the short stories because he was the first writer who formulated a po

答案是：Edgar Allan Poe

American achievements in the short story have demanded international respect and admiration for more than a century and

答案是：Washington Irving

After the Civil War, the Frontier was closing. Disillusionment and frustration were widely felt. What had been expected

答案是：A

Roger Chillingworth is a character in Dreiser ’s An American Tragedy. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

Faulkner ’s works have been termed the Yoknapatawpha Saga, “one connected story”. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：A

Frost ’s concern with nature reflected his deep moral uncertainties. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：A

The American realists sought to describe the wide range of American experience and to present the subtleties of human pe

答案是：B

Henry James was a realist in the same way as one views the realism of Twain or Howells. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：A

“Young Goodman Brown” wan tso prove everyone possesses kindness in heart. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

American Romantic writers avoided writing about nature, medieval legends and with supernatural elements. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

Early in the 17th century, the English settlements in Virginia and began the main stream of what we recognize as the Ame

答案是：A

Emily Dickinson expresses her deep l ove in the poem “ Annabel Lee ”. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

As a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

Faulkner ’s works have been termed thoek Ynapatawpha Saga, “one connected story ”. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：A

Placed in historical perspective, Howells is found lacking in qualities and depth. But anyhow he is a literary figure wo

答案是：B

Faulkner’s region was the Deep North, with its bitter history of slavery, civil war and destruction. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

Hurstwood is a character in Dreiser ’s An American Tragedy. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

Most of the poems in Leaves of Grass are about human psychology. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

All his literary life, Hawthorne seemed to be haunted by his sense of sin and evil. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：A

Thomas Jefferson was the only American to sign the 4 documents that created the US. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

American literature is the oldest of all national literature. A.正确 B.错误

答案是：B

All the following novels are in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales except________ A.The Pioneers B.The Prairie C.The Deer

答案是：D

________ was often regarded as America ’s first man of letters, devoting much of his career to literature. A.Benjamin F

答案是：C

Rip Van Winkle is found in Irving ’s longer work, ________ A.The Sketch Book B.History of New York C.Tales of a Trave

答案是：A

Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story, Rip Van Winkle ,from a ________ A.Greek legend B.German lege

答案是：B

A new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18 th century.It spread to continental Europe and then came

答案是：C

Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the ______ who appear

答案是：B

The Minister ’s Black Veil was written by ________ A.Edgar Allan Poe B.Nathaniel Hawthorne C.Henry David Thoreau D.R

答案是：B

The Raven was written in 1844 by ________ A.Philip Freneau B.Edgar Allan Poe C.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D.Emily Di

答案是：B

________ was regarded as a poet of the American Revolution A.Philip Freneau B.Walt Whitman C.Robert Frost D.Cal Sand

答案是：A

Natty Bumppo is the hero in Cooper ’s ________ A.The Precaution B.The Spy C.The Gleanings in Europe D.Leatherstockin

答案是：D

The Spy was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1821. It is a novel about________ A.American Civil War B.American Revo

答案是：B

Rip Van Winkle was written by ________ A.James Fenimore Cooper B.Benjamin Franklin C.Washington Irving D.Walt Whitma

答案是：C

History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of ________ A.Washington Irving B.Diedrich Knickerboker C.Ja

答案是：B

During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brother ’s newspaper called ________ A.New York Times B.Washington P

答案是：C

The novel is about how a family of farmers cannot survive in Oklahoma and travel to California to seek a living and how

答案是：A

It is a trilogy including The 42nd Parallel , 1919, and The Big Money , with such techniques as biographies, newsreels a

答案是：C

It is a novel which uses the stream of consciousness technique and whose title is taken from Shakespeare ’s Macbeth. A.

答案是：B

It is a naturalistic work about how a country girl is seduced and how she becomes a famous actress and how her lover fal

答案是：B

The novel is set on the Mississippi with the protagonist telling us the story in the local dialect. It is a representati

答案是：C

The novel is a psychological study of a soldier (Henry Fleming) ’s reactions in the Civil War. A.An American Tragedy B

答案是：C

The poem is written in free verse in 52 cantos with the theme of the universality and equality in value of all people an

答案是：C

The novel is about how a group of people on a whaling ship kill a great whale but themselves are killed by the whale, wi

答案是：B

It is a philosophical essay in 8 chapters plus an introduction mainly concerned with the four uses of nature. A. Walden

答案是：B

An English ship brought 102 people from Plymouth, England on September16, 1620 and arrived in the present Provincetown h

答案是：B

_________ is father of American drama and in his dramatic career he wrote 49 plays. A. Tennessee Williams B. Eugene O’

答案是：B

_________ was the first American writer to write entirely American literature. A. Anne Bradstreet B. Washington Irving

答案是：C

_______ was the leader of American transcendentalism. A. Benjamin Franklin B. Washington Irving C. Ralph Waldo Emerso

答案是：C

______was the greatest woman poet in American literature and she wrote about 1,700 short lyric poems in her life time.

答案是：C

The novel by Hemingway is the best of its kind about World War I. A.A Farewell to Arms B.The Sun Also Rises C.The Old

答案是：A

William Dean Howells is concerned with the middle class life; ______ writes about the upper class society, and Mark Twai

答案是：D

Which of the following is a naturalistic writer? A. William Dean Howells B. Mark Twain C. Ernest Hemingway D.Theodor

答案是：D

His writings are characterized by simple, colloquial language and deep thoughts. He is______. A. Ernest Hemingway B. W

答案是：A

He wrote 18 novels all set in Jefferson Town, Y oknapatwapha County in the deep south. He is ______. A. William Faulkne

答案是：A

________is Jewish in origin and in many of his novels the American Jews are major characters. A. Sinclair Lewis B. Sau

答案是：B

_________ is often regarded as the greatest American woman poet and she wrote over 1,700 short lyric poems in her life t

答案是：D

________ is father of American drama and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936. A. John Steinbeck B. William Faul

答案是：C

He was the first black American to write a book about black life with great impact on the consciousness of the nation an

答案是：A

Hemingway wrote about American compatriots in Europe whereas ________wrote about the Jazz age, life in American society.

答案是：D

The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the settlement of America in the early 17th century th

答案是：A