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1、华南农业大学美国文学史期末考. Explain the following literary terms.（本大题共2小题，每小题5分，共10分）1.Darwinism 2.Lost generation3.Imagism 4.Free Verse . Matching（本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）1. John Steinbeck2. T.S. Eliot3. Carl Sandburg4. F. Scott Fitzgerald5. Harriet Beecher Stowe6. O Henry7. Thomas Paine8. Ernest Hemingway9. Ralph
2、 Waldo Emerson10. Nathaniel Hawthornea. A Farewell to Armsb. Common Sensec. Uncle Toms Cabind. The Cop and the Antheme. The Grapes of Wrath f. Fogg. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrockh. Naturei. The Great Gatsbyj. The Scarlet Letter.Multiple choice.（本大题共 35 小题，每小题 1 分，共 35 分）1.Intheearlynineteenthc
3、enturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid_.A.PuritanismBRomanticismCRationalismDSentimentalism2.Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous_,anannulcollectionofproverbs.A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichardsAlmanackC.CommonSenseD.TheGeneral
4、Magazine3.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment._wasthedominantspirit.A.HumanismBRationalismCRevolutionDEvolution4._usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.A.WilliamBradfordB.AnneBradstreetC.EmilyDickinsonD.CaptainJohnSmith5.WhichisnotIrvingsworksinthefollowing.A.Th
5、eSketchBookB.TalesofaTravellerC.AHistoryofNewYorkDToAWaterfowl6.ChooseFreneauspoemfromthefollowing.A.TheRavenB.ToaWaterfowlC.ToHellenD.ThewildHoneySuckle7.In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoet_toappearinAmericauptothattime.A.EdwardTaylorB.PhilipFreneauC.WilliamCullenBryantD.Edg
6、arAllanPoe8.Comparedwithhiscontemporaries,_wasnodoubtthebestinexploringthewildnessandfrontierinfiction.A.WashingtonIrvingB.JamesFenimoreCooperC.WilliamCullenBryantDPhilipFreaneau9.WashingtonIrvingsRipVanWinkleisfamousfor_.A.RipsescapeintoamysteriousvalleyB.ThestorysGermanlegendarysourcematerialC.Rip
7、sseekingforhappinessD.Rips20-yearssleep10.ChoosePoesworkfromthefollowingA.TheDayofDoomB.TheLastoftheMohicansC.TheIndianBuryingGroundDThe Fall of the House of Usher11.ChooseIrvingsworkfromthefollowing.A.TheSketchBookB.Thanatopsis C.TheSpyD.TheBritishPrisonShip12._isthemostcommonlyusedinEnglishpoetry,
8、inwhichanunstressedsyllablecomesfirstfollowedbyastressed.A.thetrochaicfootB.ananapesticfoot C. aquatrainD.aiambicfoot13.TheIndianBuryingGroundby_istheearliestpoemwhichromanticizestheIndianasachildofnature.A.WashingtonIrvingB.AdgarAlanPoeC.PhilipFreneauD.NathanielHawthorne14._isapoeticdeviceusedtoinc
9、reasethemusicalqualityandlinkthelinesandstanzasofapoem.A.meter B.repetitionC.rhymeD.foot15.Poetryisaimedatconveyingandenrichinghumanexperiencewhichisformedthroughsenseimpressions._istherepresentationofsenseexperiencethroughlanguage.A.meterB.imageC.themeD.assonance16.In American literature, the 18th
10、century was the age of Enlightenment. _ was the dominant.A. humanism B. rationalismC. romanticism D. evolution17.The short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is taken from Irvings work named _.A. The Leatherstocking TalesB. The Sketch BookC. The AutobiographyD. The History of New York18.Which of th
11、e following is not the characteristic of American Romanticism?A. Rationalism B. inner selfC. personal feelings D. individualism19.The short story “Rip Van Winkle” reveals the _ attitude of its author.A. optimistic B. pessimisticC. conservative D. ironic20.Transcendentalist doctrines found their grea
12、test literary advocates in _ and Thoreau.A. Jefferson B. EmersonC. Freneau D. Mark Twain21.Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American Scholar B. EnglishTraitsC. Oversoul D. Self-reliance22._ is the father of American Literature.A. Benjamin Franklin B. PhilipF
13、reneau C. Paine D. Washington Irving23._ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. Thoreau B. EmersonC. Hawthorne D. Whitman24.Most of the poems in Whitmans Leaves of Grass sing of the “en-mass” and the _ as well.A. nature B. self-relianceC. self D. life25.For Melville, as well as for the reader and _, the narrator, Moby Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe.A. Ahab B. StubbC. Ishmael D. Starbuck26.The poem is written in free verse in 52 cantos with the theme of the
