美国文学练习题答案8.docVIP

I. Multiple Choices . (40%) 1-5 ABABB 6-10 BBBDA 11-15 CDCDA 16-20 DDDBC 21-25 ABCDD 26-30 ACACD 31-35CAACD 36-40 DDCAB II. Choose the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. (10%) 1-5 cbaed 6-10 cebad III. Interpreting the following texts. （15%） Passage 1 1. The attraction of big city (2’) 2. One is to fall into the saving hands and becomes better; secondly, she may admit the moral value of big city and becomes worse. (2’) 3. Simile, metaphor and synecdoche (2’) 4. Naturalist attempted to achieve extreme objectivity and frankness, presenting characters of low social and economic classes who were dominated by their environment and heredity. In this novel, the major female character Carrie Meeber is deeply influenced by the present environment and heredity, which leads to the result of her dynamic character.(2’) Passage 2 1. Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken(2’) 2. Similarities: both of the roads are beautiful (fair) Differences: one is quiet and grassy, less-traveled; the other is trodden by many people and flat. He took the less-travelled road (2’) 7. Choice is inevitable but you never know what your choice will mean until you have lived it. This is also the theme of the poem. (3’) IV. Explain the following terms（15%） 1. The term naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings. (1分)Unlike realism, which focuses on literary technique, naturalism implies a philosophical position, for naturalistic writers, since human beings are, in Emile Zolas phrase, human beasts, characters can be studied through their relationships to their surroundings. (2分)Through this objective study of human beings, naturalistic writers believed that the laws behind the forces that govern human lives might be studied and understood. (2分) 2. American realism: As a literary movement realism came in the latter half of the nineteenth century as a r