has become a famous document in the history of_________. A. Symbolism C. Imagism
B. Cubism D. Expressionism
32. Which of the following statements is NOT true of William Faulkner? A. He represents a new group of Southern writers.
B. He often depicts slum life in New York and Chicago.
C. His writing is often complex and a little difficult to understand. D. He is master of stream-of-consciousness narrative.
33. In “Indian Camp”, the first and the typical of the seven Nick stories written by Hemingway, Nick?s night trip to the Indian Village and his experience inside the hut can be considered to be_________.
A. an important lesson about Indian tribes C. a confrontation with evil and sin
B. an initiation to the harshness of life D. a leading process in human relationship
34. To William Faulkner, the primary duty of a writer was to explore and represent the _________ inherent in human life. A. finite impossibilities C. infinite possibilities
B. infinite impossibilities
D. finite possibilities
35. Which of the following statements is right about Hemingway?s A Farewell to Arms? A. The author favored the idea of nature as an expression of either god?s design or his beneficence.
B. The author emphasizes his belief that man is trapped both physically and mentally and suggests that man is doomed to be entrapped.
C. It tells a story about the tragic love affair of a wounded American soldier with an Italian nurse. D. The author attempted to write the epitaph to a decade and to the whole generation in the 1940s. Part Ⅲ： Interpretation
Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. (20 points in all, 5 points for each)
36. “It was you that broke the new wood, Now is a time for carving. We have one sap and one root—
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Let there be commerce between us.” Questions:
A. What does “broke the new wood” mean here?
B. What is the purpose of the poet in writing the poem “A Pact” from which these lines are taken from?
37. “The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun, and the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music, and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word. The groups change more swiftly, swell with new arrivals, dissolve and form in the same breath; already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp, joyous moment the center of a group, then excited with triumph, glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light. ...
I believed that on the first night I went to Gatsby?s house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited－they went there. They got into automobiles which bore them out to Long Island, and somehow they ended up at Gatsby?s door. Once there they were introduced by somebody who knew Gatsby, and after that they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park.” Questions:
A. Who is the narrator here?
B. What kind of person do you think Jay Gatsby is? 38. “I heard a Fly buzz—when I died— The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air— Between the Heavens of Storm— The Eyes around—had wrung them dry— And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset—when the King Be witnessed—in the Room—” Questions:
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A. Who is the author of the poem? What does “the King” refer to? B. Please give an explanation of “Fly.”
39. “So I was full of trouble, full as I could be; and didn?t know what to do. At last I had an idea; and I says, I?ll go and write the letter—and then see if I can pray. Why, it was astonishing, the way I felt as light as a feather, right straight off, and my troubles all gone. So I got a piece of paper and pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote:
Miss Watson your runaway nigger Jim is down here two mile below Pikesville and Mr. Phelps has got him and he will give him up for the reward if you send. …
It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a trembling, because I?d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:
?All right, then, I?ll go to hell? —and tore it up.” Questions:
A. Identify the author and the novel.
B. Briefly explain the narrator?s inner workings. Part Ⅳ： Topic Discussion
Give brief answers to the following questions. (20 points in all, 10 points for each)
40. “My faith is gone!” cried he, after one stupefied moment. “There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For to thee is this world given.” Young Goodman Brown exemplifies what is called the “power of blackness in Hawthorne?s works. Please make a brief comment on Hawthorne?s Young Goodman Brown.
41.Explain the symbolic use of rose in Faulkner?s A Rose for Emily in relation to its theme and character.
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