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1、美国文学史及作品选读练习2I. Match the works with the authors given below. (10%)a. Michael Wigglesworth b. .Franklin c. John Smith d. William Cullen Bryant e. James Fennimore Cooper f.Philip Freneau g. Washington Irving1.( ) A Description of New England 2.( ) Rip Van Winkle3.( ) The Day of Doom4.( ) Autobiograph

2、y 5.( ) The Wild Huoney suckle6.( ) To a Waterfowl7.( ) The Deerslayer8 ( ) The Thanatopsis9.( ) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow10.( ) The SpyILI. Blank Filling. (20%)1. The term “ Puritan” was applied to those settlers who originally were devout members of the Church of _.2. Michael Wiigglesworth, anot

3、her important colonial poet, achieved wide popularity among his contemporaries with his gloomy entitled _. 3. In 1620, a number of Puritans who tried to purify or reform the church of England stepped on the New England shore at Plymouth in the ship named _.4. Among all the settlers in the New Contin

4、ent, _ settlers were the most influential.5. In American Literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of _ and Revolution.6. In Franklins _, he talks first of all about how he studied language.7. Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _ which is about a good-natured lazy husband

5、 who falls into a 20-year sleep.8. “Supernal beauty” is believed by _ to be the principle of Poetry.9. 9. Published in 1823, _was the first of the Leatherstocking Tales, in their order of publication time, and probably the first true romance of the frontier in American literature.10. _was considered

6、 as the “poet of the American Revolution.” And the “Father of American Poetry.”III. Multiple Choice.(30%)1.In the early nineteenth century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did_.A.PuritanismB RomanticismC

7、RationalismD Sentimentalism 2. Franklin wrote and published his famous_, an annul collection of proverbs.A. The Autobiography B. Poor Richards AlmanackC. Common SenseD. The General Magazine3. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. _was the dominant spirit.A.

8、 Humanism B Rationalism C Revolution D Evolution 4._ usually was regarded as the first American writer.A.William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet C.Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith 5.Which is not Irvings works in the following.A. The Sketch BookB. Tales of a TravellerC .A History of New YorkD To A W

9、aterfowl 6. Choose Freneaus poem from the following.A. The RavenB. To a WaterfowlC. To HellenD. The wild Honey Suckle 7. In 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced the best poet_to appear in America up to that time.A. Edward Taylor B. Philip Freneau C. William Cullen Bryant D. Edgar All

10、an Poe 8.Compared with his contemporaries, _was no doubt the best in exploring the wildness and frontier in fiction.A. Washington IrvingB. James Fenimore CooperC. William Cullen BryantD Philip Freaneau 9. Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle is famous for_.A. Rips escape into a mysterious valleyB. The

11、storys German legendary source materialC. Rips seeking for happinessD. Rips 20-years sleep10. Choose Poes work from the following A. The Day of DoomB.The Last of the MohicansC. The Indian Burying GroundD The Cask of Amontillado11.Choose Irvings work from the following .A. The Sketch BookB. Thanatops

12、isC. The SpyD.The British Prison Ship 12._ is the most commonly used in English poetry, in which an unstressed syllable comes first followed by a stressed.A. the trochaic footB. an anapestic footC.a quatrainD.a iambic foot 13. The Indian Burying Ground by_ is the earliest poem which romanticizes the

13、 Indian as a child of nature. A. Washington IrvingB. Adgar Alan PoeC.Philip FreneauD.Nathaniel Hawthorne14._ is a poetic device used to increase the musical quality and link the lines and stanzas of a poem.A. meterB. repetitionC. rhymeD.foot15.Poetry is aimed at conveying and enriching human experie

14、nce which is formed through sense impressions. _ is the representation of sense experience through language.A .meterB. imageC.themeD.assonanceIV. Decide Whether the Statements are True or False. (10%)1. The Puritans in New England embraced hardships, together with the discipline of a harsh church. 2

15、. In 1625 a number of Puritans came to settle in Massachusetts3. Mayflower in American history is the name of a flower. 4. American poetry of the eighteenth century has an imitative character, imitating the reigning English models of the eighteen century. 5. In Franklins Autobiography, he talks firs

16、t of all about how he studied language. 6. Philip Freneau was a most important writer in American poetry of the eighteenth century. 7. The early American romanticism gave emphasis to emotion, feeling, intuition instead of reason.8. Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: the sea adve

17、nture tale, and the frontier stories.9. In the 19th century American literature, writers of Gothic terror novels sought to arouse in their readers a turbulent sense of the remote, the supernatural, and the terrifying by describing old castles ,deep valleys or bleak mountain tops.10. Puritan influenc

18、e over American Romanticism was conspicuously noticeable.V. Choose the term from the box to match the following definitions. (10%)a. iambic foot b. meter c. image d . rhyme e. stanz f. alliteration g. trochaic footh. consonance1. _ is the repetition of sounds in two or more words or phrases that usu

19、ally appear close to each other in a poem.2. _ is a regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.3. _ is a structural division of a poem, consisting of a series of verse lines which usually comprise a recurring pattern of meter and rhyme.4. _ is the most commonly used foot in English poetry,

20、 in which an unstressed syllable comes first, followed by a stressed syllable.5. _ is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound within a line or a group of words.VI. Identify the fragments and answer the following questions.(20%)Section A. Fair flower, that does so comely grow, Hid in this

21、silent, dull retreat, Untouched thy honied bolssoms blow, Unseen thy little branches greet;No roving foot shall crush thee here,No busy hand provoke a tear.Questions: (10%)1.What is the title of this poem from which the selection is selected? 2.The meter of this poem is_. A.iambic pentameter B .tetr

22、ameter C anapestic rhythm D sonnet3.Who is the writer of the poem? 4.To what does the writer compare the flowers charms? 5.What does the writer express in this poem? Section B. (10%)“Be it so,” I said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak, and again offering him my arm. He learned upon it heavily. W

23、e continued our route in search of the Amontillado. We passed through a range of low arches, descended , passed on and descending again arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaus rather to glow than flame.1. What is the title of this work? 12. What is the author o

24、f this work? 23. What is the theme of this story? 24. Please write out the rules of this authors principles for short story. 5Key to test 2:I (10%): 1.-5 C. G A .B F 6-10 D E D G EII. (20%) 1. England 2. The Day of Doom 3. May Flower 4. English 5. reason 6. Autobiograph7. Rip Van Winkle 8. Adgar All

25、an Poe 9. The Pioneer 10. Philip FreaneauIII. (30%)1-5 A B B D D 6-10 D C B D D 11-15. A D C C BIV. (10%)T F F T T T T T T TV. (10%) d b e a f VI.(20%)Section A1. The Wild Honey Suckle2. B3. Philip Freneau4. The writer compares the flowers charms to the prime time of human being.5. In this poem, the

26、 poet expresses a keen awareness of the loveliness and transience of nature.Section B.1. The Cask of Amontillado2. Adgar Allan Poe3. murder, revenge 4. 1). A story should try to achieve a single effect.2) All incidents and events of a short story should help the author to establish this effect.3). The very first sentence of the story should bring out this effect.4) The whole composition should follow the authors pre-established design.5_A reader should feel a sense of full satisfaction from having read the story.5 / 5文档可自由编辑打印吨