Answer: B (P556)
3. In Robert Frost’s famous poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", there are four lines like these: “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, / But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep,/ And miles to go before I sleep”. The second sleep refers to______.
A. die B. calm down C. fall into sleep D. stop walking
Answer: A (P567)
4. Of the following American poets, whose work was first recognized in England and then in America?
A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman  C. Emily Dickinson D. Wallace Stevens
Answer: A (P561)
5. "For I have had too much/ Of apple-picking: I am overtired/ Of the great harvest I myself desired" From these lines we can conclude that the speaker __________.
A. is happy about the harvest B. is tired of the work of apple-picking
C. is not tired when seeing the harvest D. becomes indifferent of the job
Answer: B (P565)

6. In these lines "The apparition of these faces in the crowd; / Petals on a wet, black bough", Ezra Pound uses the figure of speech of ________.
A. metaphor B. simile C. hyperbole D. contrast
Answer: A (P557)
7. O’Neill’s inventiveness seemingly knew no limits. He was constantly experimenting with new styles and forms for his plays, especially during the twenties when ______was in full swing.
A. Symbolism B. Expressionism C. Romanticism D. Realism
Answer: B (P571)
8. "He got me, aw right. I’m trou. Even him didn’t tink I belonged." In these sentences taken from ’The Hairy Ape’, the words “he” and “him” both refer to__________.
A. Yank B. God C. The ape in the zoo D. A person unnamed
Answer: B (P575)
9. ______is a school of modern painting, whose emphasis is on the formal structure of a work of art and especially on the multiple-perspective viewpoints.
A. Expressionism B. Impressionism C. Cubism D. Imagism
Answer: C (P546)
10. In a class which discuss the Imagist Movement in the United States, we will definitely NOT include________.
A. William Carlos Williams B. Ezra Pound C. Gary Snyder D. Wallance Stevens
Answer: C (P547-548)
11. In which of the following poems by Ezra Pound did you find the allusion to Wi-shang? ____________
A. In a Station of the Metro B. The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter C. A Pact D. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
Answer: B (P559)
12. In 1915, Ezra Pound began writing his great work_______, which spanned from 1917 to 1959.
A. Cantos B. Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound C. Personae D. Hygh Selwyn Mauberley
Answer: A (P554)
13. Robert Frost was the Pulitzer winner on ______ occasions.
A. twoB. Three C. four D. five
Answer: C (P560)

13. The founder of the American drama is _______.
A. Arthur Miller B. Clifford Odets C. Tennesee Williams D. Eugene O’Neill
Answer: D (P568)
14. The first full-length play written by Eugene O’Neill is ______.
A. The Straw B. Beyond the Horizon C. Bound East for Cardiff D. The Hairy Ape
Answer: B (P568)
14. Eugene O’Neill’s ’The Hairy Ape’ explores the problem of________.
A. human disillusionment B. the corruption of human desire  C. human responsibility D. the loss of human identity
answer: D (P572)
15. Fitzgerald’s fictional world is the best embodiment of the spirit of_______.
A. the Jazz age B. the Romantic Period C. the Renaissance Period D. the Neoclassical Period
Answer: A (P577)
16. Fitzgerald wrote the following except_________.
A. The Great Gatsby B. In Our Time C. Tender is the Night D. This Side of Paradise
Answer: B (P578)
17. "There was music from my neighbor’s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the chamoagne and the stars...", the two sentences are taken from________.
A. ’The Great Gatsby’ by Fitzgerald B. ’Sister Carrie’ by Theodore Dreiser C. ’Moby-Dick’ by Herman Melville D. ’Daisy Miller’ by Henry James
Answer: A (P583)
18. Which of the following comments on the novel ’The Great Gatsby’ is not true?
A. The Great Gatsby is a novel that is a set against the ending of the war.
B. Gatsby is a mystical figure whose intensity of dream partakes of a state of mind that embodies American itself.
C. Gatsby is the last of the romantic heroes. D. Gatsby is wealthy but unintelligent and brutal.
Answer: D (P581-582)
19. _____is Hemingway’s masterpiece.
A. Farewell to Arms B. For Whom the bell Tolls C. The Sun Also Rises D. The Old Man and the Sea
Answer: D (P601)
20. Which of the following best describes the protagonist of William Faulkner’s "A Rose for Emily"?
A. She is a conservative aristocrat. B. She is a wealth lady. C. She is a prisoner of the past. D. She has good taste.
Answer: C (P617)
21. Who, disregarding grammar and punctuation, always used "I" instead of "I" to refer to himself as a protest against self-importance?
A. Cummings B. Wallance Stevens C. Fitzgerald D. Ernest Hemingway
Answer: A (P548)
22. Who is the author of the writing "The Grapes of Wrath"?
A. John Steinbeck B. Eugene O’Neill C. Fitzgerald D. Theodore Dreiser
Answer: A (P548-549)

II. Read the quoted part and answer the questions:
1. "The apparition of these faces in the crowded; / Petals on a wet, black bough."
1) From which poem does the stanza come? Who is the author?2) What does the “petals”mean?3) Briefly interpret the two lines.
Answers: 1) The lines are taken from "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound. (P557) 2) Here "petals" stands for "human faces". (P557)
3) The two lines compare human faces to petals on a wet, black bough. This way of making poetry comes from Chinese poetics. (P557)

2. "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth"

Questions:
1) Please identify the poem and the poet; 2) Please briefly interpret this poem.
Answers:
1) It is taken from Robert Lee Frost’s "The Road Not Taken" (P566)
2) In this meditative poem, the speaker tells us how the course of his life determined when he came upon two rods that diverged in a wood. Forced to choose, he “took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”He seems to be giving a suggestion to the reader: "Make good choice of your life." (P555-556)

3. "The caterwauling horns had reached a crescendo and I turned away and cut across the lawn toward home. I glanced back once. A wafer of a moon was shining over Gatsby’s house, making his still glowing garden. A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the lost, who stood on the porch, his stand up in a formal gesture of farewell."
Questions:
1) Name the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.
2) What is the setting of the novel?
3) What implied meaning can you get from reading this passage?
Answers:
1) The passage comes from "The Great Gatsby" written by Fitzgerald. (P597)
2) The Great Gatsby is a novel that is set against the ending of the war. (P581)
3) The passage hints at the meaninglessnes, spiritual emptiness and vanity of such a lift of pleasure-seeking. There is a tragic sense that the "party" will be over. Gatsby’s failure magnifies to a great extent the end of the American Dream. (However, the affirmation of hope and expectation is self-asserted in Fitzgerald’s artistic manipulation of the central symbol in the novel, the green light).
(P582)

III Questions and answers:
1. Analyze the background of the Modern Period.
Answer:
(1) The U.S. participated in The First World War marked a crucial stage in the nation’s evolution/development to a world power.
(2) The technology has brought about great changes in the life of the American people. (P544)

2. The ideology analyses about the people and especially the authors.
(The ideology analysis of "The Lost Generation)
Answer:
(1) People became less certain about what might arise in this changing world and more cynical about accepted standards of honesty and morality. The idea of "seize the day" or "enjoy the present" was pervasive.
(2) There was a decline in moral standard and the first few decades of the twentieth century was described as a spiritual wasteland. The censor/standard of a great civilization being destroyed or destroying itself, social breakdown, and individual powerlessness and hopelessness became part of the American experience as a result of the First World War, with resulting feelings of fear, loss, disorientation and disillusionment.
(3) Disillusioned and disgusted by the frivolous, greedy, and heedless way of life in America, they began to write and they wrote from their own experience in the war.
(4) The sense of loss and despair prevails among the post-war generation who are physically and psychologically scarred; Faulkner creates his own mythical kingdom that mirrors not only the decline of the Southern society but also the spiritual wasteland of the whole American society.