I. Blank filling.（每小题2分，共20分)
1. The Puritan philosophy known as ____________ was important in New England during colonial time, and had a profound influence on the early American mind for several generations.
2. The term “ Puritan” was applied to those settlers who originally were devout members of the Church of _________.
3. ___________ was considered as the “ Poet of the American Revolution”, because he wrote impassioned verse in support of the American Revolution. 4. In American literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of _____________and Revolution.
5. In 1823 James Fenimore Cooper wrote The Pioneers, the first of the five novels that make up___________.
6. In the early 19th century, Washington Irving wrote _________which became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic.
7. The central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales is __________, who goes by the various names of Leatherstocking, Deerslayer, Pathfinder and Hawkeye. 8. The ________ is the most commonly used foot in English poetry, in which an unstressed syllable comes first, followed by a stressed syllable.
9. _________ is the repetition of similar vowel sounds situated in a sentence, a verse line or series of words.
10. ____________’s poetry embodies his conviction that the function of poetry is not to summarize and interpret earthly experience, but to create a mood in which the soul soars toward supernal beauty.
II. Make the best choice. （每小题2分，共20分)
1. The first American literature was neither American nor literature. It was not American because it was the work mainly of immigrants from________ A. England B. France C. Dutch D. Spain
2. Hard work , thrift, piety and sobriety, these were the __________values that
dominated much of the early American writing. A. Calvinism B. Romantic C. Puritan D. British
3. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ___________. A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar Act C. Chartist D. Romanticist
4. The appearance of _____________ marked the maturity of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a novelist. A. Young Goodman Brown B The Prairie
C The Scarlet letter
D. The House of the Seven Gables
5. In the 19th century America, Romanticism had certain general characteristics. Which statement is not the characteristic of Romanticism? A. Sobriety and simplicity
B. Faith in the value of individualism C. Intuitive perception
D. Adoration for the natural world
6._____________ is a fantasy tale about a man who somehow stepped outside the main stream of life.
A. The Wild Honey Suckle B. Rip Van Winkle C. The Pioneer
D. The Scarlet Letter
7. Choose the work written by Poe. A. The Wild Honey Suckle B. Israfel
C. The Indian Burying Ground D. The Day of Doom
8.In the poem____________, the poet expresses a keen awareness of the loveliness and transience of nature. A. Israfel
B. Annabel Lee
C. The Wild Honey Suckle
D.The Indian Burying Ground
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9.__________ is the representation in poetry of sensory experiences; in other words, it is a device by which poets appeal to our senses. A. rhyme B. meter C.stanza D. imagery
10. The best known two-line stanza form is called the ___________ which is written in iambic pentameter with an end rhyme. A. tercet B. terza rima C. heroic couplet D. quintain
III. Decide whether the statements are true or false. (每小题 1 分，共10分)
1. Among the colonists in the seventeenth century could be found poets and essayists, but no novelists.
2. In Poor Richard’s Almanac, Benjamin Franklin talks first of all about how he studied language.
3. Many of the Puritans migrated to the colonies in order to find freedom from religious persecution.
4. The sound of Poe’s words casts a magic spell over the readers. His tone is awesome, sad and melancholy.
5. Young Goodman Brown seems to prove everyone possesses some evil secrets. 6. The Last of the Mohicans, written in 1826, is the first novel in Cooper’s the Leatherstocking Series.
7.In American literature, The Cask of Amontillado written by Hawthorne is one of
the great tales of revenge.
8. Hawthorne’s unique gift was for the creation of strongly symbolic stories
which touch the deepest roots of man’s moral nature.
9. Puritan influence over American Romanticism was conspicuously noticeable. 10. The plot is the main idea that the writer communicates to the reader.
IV . Identification of fragments. （每小题4分，共20分)
1. …and his only alternative, to escape from the labor of the harm and clamor of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods. Here he
would sometimes seat himself at the foot of a tree, and share the contents of his wallet with Wolf, with whom he sympathized a fellow-sufferer in persecution.
author:___________________ work: _______________________
2. I have already mentioned that I had only one year’s instruction in a Latin school, and that when very young, after which I neglected that language entirely. But, when I had attained an acquaintance with the French, Italian, and Spanish, I was surprised to find, on looking over a Latin Testament, that I understood so much more of that language than I had imagined, which encouraged me to apply myself again to the study of it , and I met with more success, as those preceding languages had greatly smoothed my way. author:____________________ work: ________________________
3. The HURONs stood aghast at this sudden visitation of death on one of their band. But, as they regarded the fatal accuracy of an aim which had dared to immolate an enemy at so much hazard to a friend, the name of “La Longue Carabine” burst simultaneously from every lip, and was succeeded by a wild and a sort of plaintive howl. The cry was answered by a loud shout from a little thicket, where the incautious part had piled their arms; and at the next moment Hawkeye, too eager to load the rifle he had regained, was seen advancing upon them…
author: _____________________ work: _________________________
4. From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came: If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space between, is but an hour, The frail duration of a flower.
author:_____________________ work: _________________________ 5. She was a child and I was a child, In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love---- I and my Annabel Lee----
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me.
author:______________________ work: _________________________
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V. Short answer questions.（每小题 2分，共 10分）
1. What great historical event is a literary subject for Freneau? 2. What great geographical setting is celebrated by Cooper?
3. What great friendship is depicted in Cooper’s the Leatherstcking Series. ? 4. What great political changes are indicated in Irving’s Rip Van Winkle? 5. What great contribution to short story writing is made by Irving?
VI. Essay questions. (共20分)
Section A. (12分)
At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious. Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris. Three sides of this interior crypt were still ornamented in this manner. From the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size. Questions:
1. What is the title of this work? （1分） 2. Who is the author of this work? （1分）’
3. What’s the author’s idea concerning the creation of short story?（10分） Section B. （8分）
On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes----it was a bright sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft, and breasting the pure mountain breeze “ Surely,” thought Rip, “ I have not slept here all night.” He recalled the occurrences before he fell asleep. Questions:
1. What is the title of this work? (1分) 2. Who is the author of this work? （1分）
3. What’s the significance of the creation of such a character in the background of the American Revolution? （6分）
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参考答案
I. Blank filling.（每小题2分，共20分)（拼写错误不得分） 1.Puritanism 2. England 3. Philip Freneau 4.Rationalism
5. (The) Leatherstocking Tales/ Series 6. The Sketch Book 7. Natty Bumppo 8. iambic (foot) 9. Assonance 10. Edgar Allan Poe II. Make the best choice. （每小题2分，共20分) 1-5:ACACA 6-10 BBCDC
III. Decide whether the statements are true or false. (每小题 1 分，共10分) 1-5 T F T T T 6-10 F F T T F
IV．Identification of fragments. （每小题4分，共20分)（拼写错误不得分） 1. Washington Irving ; Rip Van Winkle
2. Benjamin Franklin ; (The )Autobiography 3. James Fenimore Cooper; The Last of the Mohicans 4. Philip Freneau; The Wild Honey Suckle 5. Edgar Allan Poe; Annabel Lee
V. Short answer questions .(每小题2分，共10分) (大义接近即可，拼写错误酌情扣分)
1. American Revolution 2. American frontiers 3. The friendship between the whites and the Indians 4. American Revolution 5. He first made short story as a genre in American literature. VI．Essay questions.（20 分） Section A. （12分）
(第1、2小题每题各1分；第3小题参考答案包含五点，每一点为2分，满分为10分。三题共计12分。拼写错误及表达不当处酌情扣分,最小评分单位为0.5分。)
1. The Cask of Amontillado. (1分) 2. Edgar Allan Poe (1分)
3. Poe’s theories concerning poetry creation：（10分）
1)The primary purpose of a short story is to create an effect, then the writer may proceed to find the events and characters in aid of constructing the effect. (2分)
2) The very first sentence of the story should bring out this effect.(2分)
3)A short story, according to Poe, must be work of brevity--- to be read at one sitting;(2分)
4) The work should have the totality of effect----- the unity of tone, setting, characters etc. No word should be used which doesn’t contribute to the “pre-established design of the work (2分);
5) A reader should feel a sense of full satisfaction from having read the story. The last sentence should leave the reader with a sense of finality.(2分)
Section B. （8分）
(第1、2小题每题各1分；第3小题参考答案包含六点，每一点为1分，满分为6分。三题共计8分。拼写错误及表达不当处酌情扣分，最小评分单位为0.5分。)
1. Rip Van Winkle （1分） 2. Washington Irving （1分）
3. Rip is created as a man who escapes from his responsibilities and who has trouble facing the advancing age. (1分). His experiences illustrate man’s impulse to seek leisure, which runs against the puritan attitude toward work. (1分). His refusal to passage of time and change reflects the author’s conservative attitude towards the change brought about by the Revolution, which is not always for the better. (1分) Rip, on the other hand, can also be seen as a symbol of many aspects of America---- immature, self-centered, careless, imaginative and jolly as child. (1分) Rip’s conflicts are simply those of the nation newly born after the Revolution (1分)---- innocence versus experience, work versus leisure, the old and the new, the head and the heart. (1分)
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