美国文学史及选读练习题I. Choose the relevant match from Column II for each item in Column I.Section A I II( ) 1. Walt Whitman A. The Scarlet LetterB. The Sketch Book) 2. Herman Melville (C. ) 3. Washington Irving Typee (D. Leaves of Grass ( ) 4. O HenryE. The Gift of the Magi) 5. Nathaniel Hawthorne (Section B I II( ) 1. Hester Prynne A. The Portrait of A LadyB. Uncle Tom') 2. George Hurstwood s Cabin (C. Moby Dick ( ) 3. Isabel ArcherD. Sister Carrie ) 4. Ahab (E. The Scarlet Letter ( ) 5. Eva ClareSection C I II( ) 1. Benjamin Franklin A. Martin EdenB. Leather-Stocking Tales ( ) 2. Thomas PaineC. ) 3. James Fenimore Cooper Rights of Man (D. Poor Richars's Almanac ( ) 4. Mark TwainE. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) 5. Jack London (II. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phraseaccording to the textbook. (10%)1In Washington Irving's work appeared the first modern Short stories andthe first great American juvenile literature.2The first important American novelist was .3To a Waterfowl is perhaps the peak of ______'s work, it regarded as “the most perfectbrief poem in the language ”.4A superb book entitled ______ came out of Henry David Thoreau's two-year lifeexperience near a small lake.5William Sidney Porter，whose pen name was ______，was the author of The Cop and theAnthem．6Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the values that dominated much ofthe early American writing.7American Romanticism ended with the Walt Whiteman's .8was called “the father of the American detective stories”.9was responsible for bring Transcendentalism to New England.10Theodore Dreiser's first novel is.11The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its wayPlymouth,at ashore Pilgrims the put it 1620, of December In Atlantic. the across Massachusetts.______was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after 12theRevolutionary War．American Romanticism started with the publication of Washington Irving13 's ______ .The ship ______ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way 14across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth,Massachusetts.Benjamin Franklin's best writing is found in his masterpiece15 .On January 10,1776, Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet 16appeared.Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety were the 17values that dominated much ofthe early American writing.th century was 18The most outstanding poet in America of 18 .19 was the first American lyric poet.was responsible for bring Transcendentalism to New England. 20III: Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternativeanswers. Choose the ONE that would best complete the statement.1. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This was_______.A. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD. HarrietBeecher2. Who was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”?A. Michael WigglesworthB. Edward TaylorC. Anne BradstreetD. Philip Freneau3. ______ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One of hisfellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man's on this young nation.”A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine4. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism5. Melville's novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of aseemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick6. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the1830s to the Civil War.A. ModernismB. RationalismC. SentimentalismD. Transcendentalism7. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea8. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment9. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. Whitman10. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.Innocents AbroadB. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer A.C. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham11. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. The Conduct of LifeD. Representative Men12. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in andThoreau.A. JeffersonB. EmersonC. FreneauD. Oversoul13. Which of the following doesn't belong to Dreiser's “Trilogy of Desire”?A. The FinancierB. The TitanC. The StoicD. An American Tragedy14. written by Henry James brought him first international fame.A. The Golden BowlB. The AmericanC. The Tragic MuseD. Daisy Miller15.Walden is written by .D. Hawthorne C. Poe A. Emerson B. Thoreau16. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Jack LondonD. Mark Twain17. is famous for psychological realism.A. Mark TwainB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Walt Whitman18. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-Reliance19. Who was the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War.A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas PaineD. Thomas Jefferson20. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism21. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American ScholarB. Self-RelianceC. The Divinity School AddressD. Civil Disobedience22.Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of thefollowing is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. ReligionB. Life and deathC. Love and marriageD. War and peace23. In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman who wrote the bookthat started this great war!” The book refers to ____.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. BelovedB. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom's Cabin24. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.A. individualismB. freedomC. democracyD. all the above25. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what MarkTwain referred to as ____.A. the Golden AgeB. the Modern AgeC. the Gilded AgeD. the Puritan Age26. American literature produced only one female poet during the 19th century. This wasA. Anne BradstreetB. Jane AustenC. Emily DickinsonD.HarrietBeecherWho was considered as the “Poet of American Revolution”? 27.A. Michael WigglesworthB. Edward TaylorC. Anne BradstreetD. Philip Freneau28. ______ was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War. One of hisfellow Americans said, “His shadow lies heavier than any other man's on this young nation.”A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas JeffersonD.Thomas Paine29. Romantics put emphasis on the following EXCEPT ______.A. common senseB. imaginationC. intuitionD. individualism30. Melville's novel ______ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of aseemingly supernatural white whale.A. TypeeB. OmooC. White JacketD. Moby Dick31. As a philosophical and literary movement, ______ flourished in New England from the1830s to the Civil War.A. ModernismB. RationalismC. SentimentalismD. Transcendentalism32. The theme of original sin is fully reflected in _________.A. The Scarlet LetterB. Sister CarrieC. The Great GatsbyD. The Old Man and Sea33. Realism was a reaction against______ or a move away from the bias towards romanceand self-creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.A. RationalismB. RomanticismC. NeoclassicismD. Enlightenment34. ____________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. ThoreauB. EmersonC. HawthorneD. Whitman35. Choose the work NOT written by Mark Twain.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. Innocents AbroadC. Life on the MississippiD. The Rise of Silas Lapham36. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American ScholarB. English TraitsC. The Conduct of LifeD. Representative Men37. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in andThoreau.A. JeffersonB. EmersonC. FreneauD. Oversoul38. Which of the following doesn't belong to Dreiser's “Trilogy ofA. The FinancierB. The TitanC. The StoicD. An American Tragedy39. written by Henry James brought him first international fame.A. The Golden BowlB. The AmericanC. The Tragic MuseD. Daisy Miller40.Walden is written by .D. Hawthorne B. Thoreau C. Poe A. Emerson41. The Cop and the Anthem is written by .A. O. HenryB. Henry JamesC. Jack LondonD. Mark Twain42. is famous for psychological realism.A. Mark TwainB. William Dean HowellsC. Henry JamesD. Walt Whitman43. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism?A. NatureB. WaldenC. On BeautyD. Self-Reliance44. Who was the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War.A. John SmithB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas PaineD. Thomas Jefferson45. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the1830s to the Civil War.A. modernismB. rationalismC. sentimentalismD. transcendentalism46. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American ScholarB. Self-RelianceC. The Divinity School AddressD. Civil Disobedience47.Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of thefollowing is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression?A. ReligionB. Life and deathC. Love and marriageD. War and peace48. In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman who wrote the bookthat started this great war!” The book refers to ____.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. BelovedB. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom's Cabin49. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.A. individualismB. freedomC. democracyD. all the above50. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what MarkTwain referred to as ____.A. the Golden AgeB. the Modern AgeC. the Gilded AgeD. thePuritanAgeIV: Define the literary terms listed below.1Transcendentalism2Free Verse3 Local ColorV: Answer the following questions briefly based on your understanding of thetexts studied.To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I amnot solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone,let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separatebetween him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparentwith this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime.Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in athousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations theremembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out theseenvoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.Questions:a. This paragraph is taken from a famous essay. What is the name of the essay?b. Who is the author?c. What does the author say would happen if the stars appeared one night in a thousandyears?d. Give a specific term to cover the author's belief?。