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1、Quiz 11. Long before European settlers arrived in North America, Asians, known as the ancestors of American Indians or Native Americans, had been living there for thousands of years.2. America was rediscovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.3. The early Puritans who arrived in New England in 1620 o

2、n a ship called the Mayflower were called the Pilgrim Fathers.4. Puritanism as a cultural heritage exerted great influence over American moral values and American literature.5. American Puritans accepted as their theological foundation the Calvinistic doctrine of predestination, original sin, total

3、depravity, and salvation of a selected few through a special infusion of grace from God.6. For its early colonial years American literature reflected the settlement and growth of the American colonies, largely through diaries, travel books, letters, journals, sermons, and histories.7. Anne Bradstree

4、t is the first female poet in North America.8. George Washington is the Commander -in-Chief of the Continental Army in the War of Independence against the British colonial rule and the first President of the United States.9. Thomas Jefferson is the chief author of the Declaration of Independence and

5、 the third President of the United States.10. Beniamin Franklin did an experiment with a kite to prove that lightning was electricity;11. The revolutionary period of the American literature is called the age of revolution, as well as the Age of Reason because of the American Enlightenment.12. Benjam

6、in Franklin summarized 13 virtues as a project of arriving at moral perfection in his work The Autobiography.Quiz 2 (Week 8): The Literature of the Romantic Period1. The Romantic Period in American Literature started with the publication ofB.A. Washington Irving ales of A Traveler B. Washington Irvi

7、ng The Sketch BookC. Whitman s Leaves of GrassD. James Fenimore Cooper sLeather Stocking Tales2. Rip Van Winkle is a short story written by A .A. Washington IrvingB. James Fenimore CooperC. Edgar Allan PoeD. Mark Twain3. “ TheAmerican Renaissance w is the period of _C_in the history of American lite

8、rature.A. Local ColorismB. ColonismC. RomanticismD. New England Transcendentalism4. Which of the following features of American Romanticism is different from that of British Romanticism?BA. Expression of the artist s imaginations, emotions, impressions, or beliefs.B. A strong sense of optimism and t

9、he mood of“feeling good ” of the whole nation.C. Love for the remote, supernatural, mysterious, exotic and illogical quality of things.D. To see nature as a source of mental cleanness and spiritual understanding.5. The Publication ofDestablished Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New EnglandT

10、ranscendentalism.A. Self-Reliance B.The Over -Soul C.The American ScholarD. Nature6. In 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitledCat Harvard, which was hailed byOliver Wendell Holmeasas:“Our Intellectual Declaration of IndependenceA. “ Se- lRf eliance ” B. “ Divinity School Address ” C. “The

11、American Scholar ” D. “ Nature ”7. Henry David Thoreaus work, _B, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the NewEngland Transcendental Movement.A. Nature B. Walden C.The Pioneers D. “Song of Myself ”8. Hawthorne is generally preoccupied with such issues as _D_ in his writings.A. cultural confl

12、icts of different races.C. social injustice and inequality9. Which of the following statement aboutB. pursuit of material interestD. sin and evil in mans heartScarlet Letter is NOT true?AA. It explores man s ne-venrding search for satisfaction of materialistic desires.B. It relates the conflict betw

13、een intellect and natural emotion.C. It is about the effect of the sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.D. It analyzes the inward tension or internal conflicts of the characters.10. Moby Dick, the white whale, as a symbol may stand for all the following EXCEPT _BA. agent of an evil

14、forceC. power of the great NatureB. divine loveD. instrument of God s vengeanM upon evil man11. Walt Whitman is radically innovative in the form of his poetry. What he prefers for his new subjectisDA. blank verse B. heroic couplet C. lyric poem D. free verse12. Whitman s poems are characterized by a

15、ll the following features EXCEPT _C.A. the easy flow of feelings B. the free and natural rhythmC. The strict poetic formD. the simple and conversational language13. B is the only American to be honored with a bust （半身像 ） in the PoetsCorner atWestminster AbbeyA. Mark Twain B. Henry Wadsworth Longfell

16、ow C. Walt Whitman D. Edgar Allan Poe14. During the nineteenth century, American literature produced only one female poet, whose name is_A.A. Emily DickinsonB. Elizabeth BishopC. Anne Bradstreet D. Sylvia Plath15. Emily Dickinson s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT _B.A. d

17、irect and plain words, simple syntax B. rich images and subject mattersC. capital letters as a means of emphasisD. dashes as a musical device to create cadence16. Emily Dickinson s verse is most aptly characterized as D.A. exposing the evils of the societyB. paving the way for the following generati

18、on of free verse poetsC. sharing the same poetic conventions as Walt WhitmanD. exhibiting sensitiveness to the symbolic implications of experience, such as love, death, immortality and etc.17. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of poetic expression of Emily Dickinsons?AA. War and peaceB.

19、Love and marriage C. Life and death D. Religion18. Closely related to Emily Dickinsons religious poetry are her poems concerning D.A. Childhood B. Youth and happiness C. Loneliness D. Death and immortality1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.Quiz 3The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referre

20、d to as _A_A. the Age of RealismB. the Age of ModernismC. the Age of Romanticism D. the Age of ColonialismThe Age of American Realism is also called _A_.A. the Gilded AgeB. the Golden AgeC. the Jazz AgeD. the Renaissance AgeRealism was a reaction against_C_ or a move away from the bias towards roman

21、ce and self -creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. Neoclassicism C. Romanticism D. EnlightenmentTheodore Dreiser belonged to the school of literary _C_which emphasized heredity and environment as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were p

22、resented in special and detailed circumstances.A. determinismB. realismC. naturalism D. humanisms buddy Huck inTheAfter The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom a book called_D_, and the book from which all modern American literature comes.A. Life on the Mississippi R

23、iver B. The Gilded AgeC. The Sun Also Rises D. Adventures of Huckleberry FinnD is the first American poet who had the honor to be invited to read one of his poems (Gift Outright ” ) at the inaugurate就職典禮)of an American President.A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. Theodore Dreiser D. Robert FrostD_ had

24、been an evident influence on Naturalism. It seemed to stress the animal impulse of man, to suggest that man was dominated by the irresistible forces of evolution.A. UnitarianismB. Capitalist EconomyC. Puritanism and InfluenceD. Origins of Species_A_is considered by H.L. Mencken as the true father of

25、 our national literature.A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. Robert Frost D. Theodore DreiserOne of the characteristics that have made Mark Twain one of the major literary figures in the 19century American literature is the use of _AA. vernacularB. interior monologueC. point of viewD. free verseHenry James s fame generally rests upon his novels and stories withCA. European theme B. national theme C. international theme D. regional themeIn the following writers, who is generally