唐师美国文学期末

2011级外语系试卷 （A卷）

I.Fill in the blanks

1. As we have seen, dominated the Puritan phase of American writing. was the next great subject to command the attention of the best minds.

2. Freedom was won as much by the fiery rhetoric of Thomas Paine’s and the eloquence of

the as by the weapons of Washington or Lafayette.

3. hampered colonial economy by requiring Americans to ship raw materials aboard and to import finished goods at prices higher than the cost of making them in this country. 4. American dealt a decisive blow upon the puritan traditions and brought to life and literature.

5. The secular ideas of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of , who instructed his countrymen as , not .

6. In 1783, the year the United States achieved its independence, declared, ?American must

be as independent in literature as she is in politics, as famous for the arts as for arms?.

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7. Born in Boston in 1706, Benjamin Franklin went to Philadelphia as a young man and began his career as .

8. From 1732 to 1758, Franklin wrote and published his famous , an annual collection of proverbs.

9.On January 10, 1766, Paine’s famous pamphlet appeared. It boldly advocated a

?Declaration for Independence?, and brought the separatist agitation to a crisis.

10. is perhaps the most outstanding writer of the post-revolutionary period.

II. Multiple choice:(20 points, 1 point for each) Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

1. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the settlement of America in the early 17th century through the end of ________ century.

A. the 18th B. the 19th C. the 20th D. 21th 2. New-England’s Plantation was published in 1630 by ________ A. Francis Higginson B. William Bradford C. John Smith D. Michael Wigglesworth

3. Of all the books written by Michael Wigglesworth the

beat known is ________ A. The Flesh and the Spirit B. The True Travels C. The Day of Doom D. Christopher Columbus

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4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ______. A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar Act C. Chartist movement D. Romanticist

5. In the first section of Autobiography the writer addressed to ________ A. his son B. his friends C. his wife D. himself 6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brother’

s newspaper called ________ A. New York Times B. Washington Post C. Salmagundi D. Daily News

7. History of New York was published in 1807 under the name of ________ A. Washington Irving B.

Diedrich Knickerboker C. James Fenimore Cooper D. John Whittier

8. Rip Van Winkle was written by ________

A. James Fenimore Cooper B. Benjamin Franklin C. Washington Irving D. Walt Whitman

9. The Spy was written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1821.

It is a novel about ________ A. American Civil War B. American Revolution

C. American West Expansion D. The First World War 10. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Cooper’s ________ A. The Precaution B. The Spy C. The Gleanings in Europe D. Leatherstocking Tales

11. ________ was regarded as a poet of the American Revolution A. Philip Freneau B. Walt Whitman C. Robert Frost D. Cal Sandburg 12. The Raven was written in 1844 by ________ A. Philip Freneau B. Edgar Allan Poe C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Emily Dickinson

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13. The Minister’s Black Veil was written by ________ A. Edgar Allan Poe B. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Henry David Thoreau D. Ralph Waldo Emerson 14. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the ______ who appeared in America. A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse

15. The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts. A. Sunflower B. Armada C. Mayflower D. Titanic 16. A new _____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then

came to America early in the 19th century. A. Realism B. Critical realism C. Romanticism D. Naturalism

17. Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story,

Rip Van Winkle, from a ________ A. Greek legend B. German legend C. French legend D. English legend

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

19. ________ was often regarded as America’s first man of letters, devoting much of his career to literature. A. Benjamin Franklin B. Philip Freneau C. Washington Irving D. James Fenimore Cooper

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