课程名称︰文学作品读法下
课程性质︰外文系一年级必修
课程教师︰王沐岚
开课学院：文学院
开课系所︰外国语文学系
考试日期（年月日）︰103.4.14
考试时限（分钟）：120分钟
是否需发放奖励金：是
（如未明确表示，则不予发放）
试题 :
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I. True or False: Answer with a "T" if you think the statement is true or an
"F" if you don't. [2% each]
1. When she sees her husband, Josephine dies of shock rather than
happiness. [Kate Chopin: "The Story of an Hour"]
2. Montresor is an unreliable narrator because he drinks too much.
[Edgar Allan Poe: "The Cask of Amontillado"]
3. Lantin's desire to jump over a statue of Napoleon reflects his
extraordinary joy. [Guy de Maupassant: "The Jewelry"]
4. Unlike Sammy or Stokesie, McMahon reacts ungentlemanly towards the
girls when he first sees them. [John Updike: "A & P"]
5. At the end of the forty-day fast, the young ladies selected to help the
Hunger Artist are for show only because the impresario knows that they
will be largely useless in assisting the Artist to the table.
[Franz Kafka: "A Hunger Artist"]
6. For some reason, the Thing withdraws from the full moon.
[A. S. Byatt: "The Thing in the Forest"]
7. At the end of the story, June May finally accepts her mother's quirks
and flaws by using the phrase "let it go" grammatically.
[Amy Tan: "A Pair of Tickets"]
8. In both "The Shabbat" and "A Pair of Tickets" an artefact is used to
signal family presence during a time of military conflict. In the
former, it is an American doll, while it is a bracelet in the latter.
II. Multiple Choice: Choose the most suitable answer for each of the following
questions. [2% each]
1. What about the protagonist's mother in "A Pair of Tickets" is untrue?
a) Her name can mean "Long-Cherished Wish."
b) Her name can mean "Long-Held Grudge."
c) The twins share the word "Spring" in their names.
d) "June May" is named in the memory of her sisters.
2. Which of the following is untrue?
a) Stokesie has a wife and two kids. ["A & P"]
b) Barbara Ansley is Grace Ansley's daughter.
[Edith Wharton: "Roman Fever"]
c) Amontillado is a variety of Sherry. ["The Cask of Amontillado"]
d) Alida Slade uses knitting as a shield. ["Roman Fever"]
3. Which is not an issue to the hunger artist? ["A Hunger Artist"]
a) The smell and sound of birds and animals.
b) The limit of forty days set on his fast.
c) Meat being and carried past his cage.
d) The glaring flashlight of persistent watchers.
4. Which of the following is not a foil for the protagonist(s) in its
perspective narrative?
a) Babs. ["Roman Fever"]
b) Stokesie. ["A & P"]
c) The impresario. ["A Hunger Artist"]
d) Goethe. [Jorge Luis Borges: "The Garden of Forking Paths"]
III. Fill in the Blank: Fill in the word(s) missing in each of the following
lines. [2% each]
1. _____ is the author of a piece of melodramatic fiction that is almost
entirely set on a restaurant over looking the Palatine.
2. _____ wrote a story in the every day setting of a supermarket store.
3. _____ is the author of a story in which a dedicated performer who ends
up in a circus cage.
4. _____ wrote "A Pair of Tickets" based on issues she [felt about her
ethnicity.][此处文字脱漏，仅记载大意]
5. Yu Tsun is the protagonist in a magic realism fiction written by _____.
6. _____ is best known for his Nobel Prize in Literature and his novel,
"The Old Man and the Sea."
7. _____ is the author of a micro fiction that powerfully express the
predicaments of women in the late nineteenth century.
8. _____ is an American poet and novelist. His style is mainly considered
to be gothic in both genres, and this is fully reflected in his most
well-known poem, "The Raven."
IV. Definition: Provide the following literary terms with a suitable definition
in one or two sentences. [5% each]
1. Exposition.
2. Memento Mori. [Latin]
3. Irony.
4. Metonymy.
V. Short Essay Questions: For each question, answer in English sentences in
50-100 words. [10% each]
1. Explain the role of the barkeeper in "Hills Like White Elephants."
[Ernest Hemingway: "Hills Like White Elephants"]
2. Discuss "The Garden of Forking Paths" in terms of the two historical
works (Liddell Hart's "History of World War I" & the "Annals" of
Tacitus).
3. How would you interpret Sammy's decision to quit his job? Does the act
have any value or significance? ["A & P"]
4. Is the Thing in the forest real or not? Why (cite your evidence and
examples from the text)?
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前三大题参考解答：
I. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. F
II. 1. b. 2. d. 3. d. 4. d.
III. 1. Edith Wharton 5. Jorge Luis Borges
2. John Updike 6. Ernest Hemingway
3. Franz Kafka 7. Kate Chopin
4. Amy Tan 8. Edgar Allan Poe