课程名称︰美国文学史1865以後 课程性质︰外文系必修 (英史美史六选五) 课程教师︰李欣颖 开课学院：文学院 开课系所︰外文系 考试日期（年月日）︰2008/04/29 考试时限（分钟）：三节课 是否需发放奖励金：是，谢谢 （如未明确表示，则不予发放） 试题 : American Literature Since 1865 -- Midterm Exam 说明: Identification and explication: Identify the author (full name) and the source (full title) of the following passages and answer the question: 1. But the raven still begueling all my sad soul into smiling, straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust, and door; ... This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore! Then methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by angles whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, " thy God hath lent thee-- by these angles he hath sent thee Respite--respite and Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Let me quaff this kind Nepenthe and forget this lose Lenore!" Quoth the raven, " Nevermore!" Author:_____; Title:_____ *What changes in emotion does the narrator go through here? What is the passage's significance in the whole poem? 2. "There," resumed the sable form, " are all whom ye have reverenced from youth. ... This night it shall be granted you to know their secret deeds. ... By the sympathy of your human hearts for sin, ye shall scent out all the places... where crime has been committed, and shall exult to behold the whole earth one stain of guilt, one mighty blood-spot. Far more than this! It shall be your's to penetrate, inevery bosom, the deep mystery of sin, the foundation of all wicked arts, and which, inexhaustibly supplies more evil impulses than human power-- than my power, at its utmost! -- can make manifest in deeds." Author:______; Title:_______ *Who is speaking to whom? What is the significance of this speech to the listener? 3. Poor fellow! thought I, he means no mischief; it is plain no insolence; his aspect sifficiently evinces that his eccentricities are involuntary. He is useful to me. I can get along with him. If I turn him away, chances are he will fall in with some less indulgent employer, and then he will be rudely treated, and perhaps driven forth miserably to starve. Yes. Here I can cheaply perchase a delicious self-approval. To befriend Bartleby; to humor him in his strange wilfulness, will cost me little or nothing, while I lay up in my soul what will eventually prove a sweet morsel for my conscience. Author:_______; Title:_________ *Who is the speaker and what does the passage tell us of his personality? 4. For a long time I was reporter to a journal, of no very wide circulation, whose editor has never yet seen fit to print the bulk of my contributions, and, as is common with writers, I got only my labor for my pains. However, in this case my pains were their own reward. Author:_______; Title:________ *What kind of past pursuits is the author talking about here? How does he look upon his past endeavors? For the teacher's reference: I will possibly be writing me term pare on___________________________ --

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