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1、 Exercises of Chapter 2 I. Multiple Choice 1. Which of the following is NOT one part of The LeatherStocking TaledDy Cooper? A. The Spy B. The Pathfi nderC. The Pio neers D. The Deerslayer 2. Which stateme nt about Thoreau was NOT right? A. He was a lover of n ature. B. He was a particular ki nd of r

2、oma ntic. C. He was a polemicist. D. He was a thorough tran sce nden talist. 3. Which of the following has been called fhe manifesto of American tran sce nden talism? A. Divi nity School AddressB. Self-Relia nee C. NatureD. The American Scholar 4. As a philosophical and literary movement, flourished

3、 in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War. A. sen time ntalismB. transcenden talismC. modernism D. rati on alism 5. The period before the America n Civil War is gen erally referred to a. A. the Moder n PeriodB. the Realistic Period C. the Roma ntic PeriodD. the Naturalist Period 6. All of the

4、following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne EXCEPT . A. The Marble FaunB. Typee C. The Scarlet LetterD. Mosses form an Old Manse 7. Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinson ? A. I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died B. The Raven C. This is My Letter to the World D. I Like to See it Lap the Mi

5、les 8. Whitman poems are characterized by all the following featureEXCEPT . A. the strict poetic form B. the free and natural rhythm C. the easy flow of feeli ngs D. the simple and con versati on al la nguage 9. Poes first collection of stories is A. Tales of a Traveler B. Leather Stock ing Tales C.

6、 Can terbury Tales D. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 10. Which book is not writte n by Emers on? A. The America n ScholarB. Self-Relia nee C. NatureD. Civil Disobedie nee 11. The first example of Hawthorn symbolism is the recreati on of Purita n Bost on in A. The Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodma

7、 n Brow n C. The Marble FaunD. The Ambitious Guest 12. The chief spokesma n of New En gla nd Transcenden talism is. A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Ralph Waldo Emers on C. Henry David ThoreauD. Wash ington Irvi ng 13. Transcendentalists recognize as the highest power of the sou”. A. intuitionB. logic C. d

8、ata of the senses D. thinking 14. Which is regarded as the Declaration of Intellectual Independence? A. The America n ScholarB. En glish Traits C. The Con duct of LifeD. Represe ntative Men 15. American literature producedonly one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was. A. Anne Bradstre

9、etB. Jane Austi n C. Emily Dick insonD. Harriet Beecher 16. Captain. My Captain is written for . A. Li ncolnB. Whitman C. Washi ngt onD. Hemi nway 17. Which of the following books is a tremendous chronicle of an appalling voyage in pursuit of a seem in gly super natural white whale? A. The Scarlet L

10、etterB. Moby Dick C. The Marble Fau nD. Moses from an Old Manse 18. was the first man of letters from the United States to win and international reputati on. A. Natha niel Hawthor neB. Washi ngton Irvi ng C. James Fenimore CooperD. Lon gfellow 19. Ralph Waldo Emerson is the most outstanding of all t

11、he_ writers in literature. A. tran sce nden tal/ En glishB. tran sce nden tal/ America n C. realistic/ En glishD. realistic/ America n 20. Edgar Allan Poe occupies an important position in American literature as a poet and a. A. short story writer B. no velistC. dramatistD. tran slator 21. In Walden

12、 who urges people to simplify their lives and look to nature for meaning? A. Robert FrostB. Walt Whitman C. He nry David ThoreauD. Herman Melville 22. The setting of the novelThe Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel Hawthorne is in. A. En gla nd during World War II B. Paris during the French Revolution C. the

13、 Middle Ages in Italy D. Purita n America 23. In Moby-Dick, the voyage symbolizes. A. the microcosm of huma n societyB. a search for truth C. the unknown worldD. n ature 24. Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual com muni cati on with A. n ature C. huma n beings B. tr

14、an sce nden talist ideas D. celestial beings 25. tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways. A. Twice-told TalesB. The Scarlet Letter C. The House of the Seven GablesD. The Marble Faun

15、26. is regarded as the first American prose epic. A. NatureB. The Scarlet Letter C. Walde nD. Moby-Dick 27. Washington Irving social conservation and literary for the past is revealed, to some exte nt, i n his famous story,. A. The Lege nd of Sleepy Hollow”B. Rip Van Win kle C. The Custom-HousdD. Th

16、e Birthmark ” 28. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT . A. mystery of the uni verseB. sin of the whale C. power of the Great NatureD. evil of the world 29. In HawthorneThe Scarlet Letter A” may stands for. A. Adultery B. An gel C. Amiable D. all the above 30. For Melville, as well as for th

17、e reader and, the n arrator, Moby-Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the uni verse. A. Starbuck B. Stubb C. Ishmael D. Arab 31. was a roma nticized acco unt of Melville stay among the Polyn esia ns. The success of the book soon made Melville become known as thema n who lived among canni

18、 bals. A. Moby-Dick B. Typee C. Omoo D. Billy Budd 32. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except. A. religio nB. love and marriage C. life and deathD. war and peace 33. Emily Dick inson poetic idiom is no ted for the followi ng except. A. brevity B. direct nessC. pla in est words D.

19、obscure 34. is the most ambivale nt writer in the America n literary history. A. Natha niel HawthorneB. Walt Whitman C. Ralph Waldo Emers onD. Mark Twai n 35. I n Hawthor neno vels and short stories, in tellectuals usually appear A. saviors B. villai ns C. comme ntators D. observers 36. In the histo

20、ry of literature, Roma nticism is regarded as. A. the thought that desig nates a literary and philosophical theory which tends to see the in dividual as the very cen ter of all life and all experie nce B. the thought that desig nates man as a social ani mal C. the orie ntatio n that emphasizes those

21、 features which men have in com mon D. the modes of thi nking 37. In the poem Song of Myself”，Whitman sets forth the principle beliefs of. A. the theory of uni versality B. sin gularity and equality of all beings in value C. both A and B D. none above 38. Most of the poems in Whitmanleaves of Grass

22、sing of theen-mas and the _ as well. A. n atureB. life C. self D. self-relia nee 39. Which of the followi ng features cannot characterize poems by Walt Whitma n? A. Lyrical and well-structuredB. Free-flow ing C. Simple and rather crudeD. Conv ersatio nal and casual 40. In f heard a Fly buzz-when I d

23、ied ”，Emily Dickinson describes the moment of death. A. passi on atelyB. pessimisticallyC. i n despair D. peacefully II. Bland Filling 1. The Romantic period in the American literary history covers the time between the end of the 18th cen tury to the outbreak of the civil war. It started with the publication of Irving The Sketch Book and ended with Whitman Leaves of Grass. This period is also called Romanticism. 2. Irvi