浙江省2008年4月高等教育自学考试美国文学选读试题.doc

浙江省2008年4月高等教育自学考试 美国文学选读试题 课程代码：10055 Part Ⅰ: Choose the relevant match from Column B for each item in Column A. (5%) Group 1 Column A Column B ( ) 1. Henry James a. Tender is the Night ( ) 2. Herman Melville b. The Ambassadors ( ) 3. Mark Twain c. Moby Dick ( ) 4. F. Scott Fitzgerald d. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( ) 5. Theodore Dreiser e. Sister Carrie Group 2 Column A Column B ( ) 1.Charles Drouet a. Daisy Miller ( ) 2. Jim b. The Great Gatsby ( ) 3. Nick Carraway c. Moby Dick ( ) 4. Frederic Winterboure d. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( ) 5. Ahab e. Sister Carrie Part Ⅱ: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement. (60%) 1. American literature from the early 1800s to the beginning of the Civil War can be described as the following except that ________.( ) A. There was a stress on law and reason in literary writings of the time B. There was a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling nature C. There was faith in the value of individualism and self-reliance D. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fiction 2. According to the two romanticists Hawthorne and Melville, every person is a sinner and therefore ________ is indispensable for the improvement of human nature. ( ) A. grace under pressure B. great courage under pressure C. courage before difficulties D. great moral courage 3. Despite strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American which can be revealed in the following ________.( ) A. a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling nature B. the American national experience of “pioneering into the west”. C. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fiction D. all of the above 4. About Washington Irving, Father of American sho