《美国文学》期末考试试卷(A卷)答案

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1、湖州师范学院外国语学院2008—2009学年第二学期《美国文学》期末考试试卷（A卷）答案暨评分标准I.Writethenamesoftheauthors.(10%)①　WaltWhitman②　EdgarAllenPoe③　WallaceStevens④　FranklinNorris⑤　StephenCrane⑥　WilliamFaulkner⑦　SinclairLewis⑧　JohnSteinbeck ⑨　LangstonHughes⑩　TennesseeWilliams II.Fillinthefollowingblankswithapprop

2、riateinformation.（10%）①　NewEngland②　RegionalismorLocalcolorwriting③　semi-autobiographical④　anti-realism⑤　Imagist⑥　Santiago⑦　multiplenarrationsorpointsofview⑧　1930⑨　HarlemRenaissance⑩　EugeneO’NeillIII.Chooseonlyoneanswerformthefourchoicesasthemostappropriateanswer.（20%）1－5.ADCB

3、B6－10.DBEBAIV.Identifytheauthorandthetitleoftheworkfromwhicheachofthefollowingexcerptsistaken.Andthenanswerthequestionaftereachexcerpt.(20%)Passage1theauthor:WaltWhitman(1%)thetitleofthework:SongsofMyself(1%)Question:Whatisthepoetcelebrating?(2%)ØThepoetiscelebratingindividua

4、lismandnationalism,singingofallthosepeoplewhoformtheAmericannationality.3Passage2theauthor:EugeneO’Neill(1%)thetitleofthework:DesireUndertheElms(1%)Question:WhatdoyouthinkisAbbie’srealintentionofshowingaffectiontoEben?ØToseduceEben,withtheintentiontobepregnantwithasonthatcould

5、inheritthefarm.(2%)Passage3theauthor:EmilyDickinson(1%)thetitleofthework:“BecauseIcouldnotstopfordeath”(1%)Question:Whatistheimplicationofthisfinalstanza?(2%)ØDeathleadsustoimmortality.Passage4theauthor:F.ScottFitzgerald(1%)thetitleofthework:TheGreatGatsby(1%)Question:Whatisth

6、eauthor'sattitudetowardsuchpersonsasTomandDaisy?ØTheauthorcriticizedthemasselfish,hypocriticalpersons.(2%)Passage5theauthor:EdgarAllanPoe(1%)thetitleofthework:“ToHelen”(1%)Question:Commentonthebeautyofthispoem.(2%)ØThebeautyofform.（diction，rhymeandrhythm，rhetoricaldevices..）ØT

7、hebeautyofcontent.V.Answerthefollowingquestionsbriefly.（20%）1.MarkTwain,“TheNotoriousJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty”:（1）Whatrealisticelementscanyoufindinthisstory?(5%)①　Background:GoldRush(2%)②　Californiawasaworldofmen,isolated,homesick,andeagerforentertainment.(1%)③　Gamblingwas

8、oneoftheeasiestandmostpopularwaystoamusethemselves.(1%)④　TheE