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Exercise1:
.Fillintheblanks.
1.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas___AmericanPuritanism_______.
2.AmongthemembersofthesmallbandofJamestownsettlerswas__JohnSmith_______________,anEnglishsoldiersoffortune,whosereportsofexploration,publishedintheearly1600s,havebeendescribedasthefirstdistinctAmericanliteraturewritteninEnglish.
3.AlmostahundredyearsearliertheCaribbeanIslands,Mexico,andotherpartsofCentralandSouthAmericanwereoccupiedbythe_Spanish___________.
4.Theterm“Puritan”wasappliedtothosesettlerswhooriginallyweredevoutmembersoftheChurchof___England_____________.
5.__Harvard_______________Collegewasestablishedin1636,withaprintingpresssetupnearlyin1639.
6.AmongallthesettlersintheNewContinent,____English___________settlerswerethemostinfluential.
7.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedat__Jamestown__________,Virginia.
8._JohnSmith____wasafamousexplorerandcolonist.HeestablishedJamestown.
9.Inthebook__ADescriptionofNewEnglandJohnSmithwrotethat“herenatureandlibertyaffordusthatfreelywhichinEnglandwewant,oritcostsupdearly.”
10.GeneralHistoryofVirginiacontainsSmith’smostfamoustaleofhowtheIndianprincessnamed__Pochahontassavedhimfromthewrathofherfather.
11.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe__Puritan________valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.
12.TheAmericanpoetswhoemergedinthe17thcenturyadaptedthestyleofestablishedEuropeanpoetstothesubjectmatterconfrontedinastrange,newenvironment.___Anne_______________Bradstreetwasonesuchpoet.
13.WilliamBradfordhimselfusedaword“__Pilgrims__”todescribethecommunityofbelieverswhosailedfromSouthampton,England,ontheMayflowerandsettledinPlymouth,Massachusettsin1620.
14.In1620,___WilliamBradford__waselectedGovernorofPlymouth,Massachusetts.
15.From1621untilhisdeath,___WilliamBradford_____________________probablypossessedmorepowerthananyothercolonialgovernor.
16.WilliamBradford’swork___Mayflower___consistsoftwobooks.ThefirstbookdealswiththepersecutionsoftheSeparatistsinScrooby,England,andthesecondbookdescribesthesigningofthe“Compact”.
17.TheHistoryofNewEnglandisapricelessgiftleftusby__JohnWinthrop_.
18.__CottonMatherwrotehismostimpressiveworkTheMagnaliaChristiAmerica.
19.ThePuritanphilosophyknownas__Puritanism__wasimportantinNewEnglandduringcolonialtime,andhadaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmindforseveralgenerations.
20.ManyPuritanswroteverse,buttheworkoftwowriters,AnneBradstreetand__EdwardTaylor_,rosetothelevelofrealpoetry.
21.Beforehisdeath,__EdwardTaylorhadgainedapositionasAmerica’sfirstsystematicphilosopher.
22.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericaisacollectionofpoemscomposedby__AnneBradstreet.
23.____EdwardTaylor‘sbestverseistobefoundinaseriescalled“PreparatoryMeditations”.
24.LiteratureintheperiodofAmericanRevolutionwaspredominantly_public_________and_utilitarian_.
25.ThemorecharacteristicformsofwritingintheperiodofAmericanRevolutionincluded_essays_,__pamphlets_,and__politicaldocuments_.
26.__PhilipFreneau____wasperhapsthebestpoetoftheperiodofAmericanRevolution.
27.BenjaminFranklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece_Autobiography__.
29.ThomasPaine,withhisnaturalgiftforpamphleteeringandrebellion,wasappropriatelybornintoanageof__revolution__.
30.OnJanuary10.1776,ThomasPaine’sfamouspamphlet___CommonSenseappeared.
31.AseriesofsixteenpamphletsbyThomasPainewasentitled_TheAmericanCrisis__.
32.ThomasPaine’ssecondmostimportantwork___TheRightsofMan__wasanimpassionedpleaagainsthereditarymonarchy.
33._PhilipFreneau__hasbeencalledthe“FatheroftheAmericanPoetry”.
34.In1791,probablywithThomasJefferson’ssupport,FreneauestablishedinPhiladelphia“_theNationalGazette_”.
35.TheCalvinistbeliefsbroughtabouttheGreatAwakeningduringthe1730sand1740s.___JonathanEdward____wasthemostinfluentialamongthebelievers.
.Makemultiplechoices.
1.EnglishliteratureintheAmericaisonlyaboutmorethan___________yearsold.
A.500B.400C.200D.100
2.TheestablisherofJamestownwasthefamousexplorerandcolonist________.
A.JohnWinthropB.JohnSmith
C.WilliamBradfordD.JohnGoodwin
3.Thepuritandominatingvalueswere_______________.
A.hardworkB.thriftC.pietyD.sobriety
4.ChoosethosethatwerenamedafterEnglishmonarchofland.
A.GeorgiaB.NewYork
C.CarolinaD.NewHampshire
5.WhichstatementaboutCottonMatherisnottrue?
A.HewasagreatPuritanhistorian.
B.Hewasaninexhaustiblewriter.
C.Hewasaskillfulpreacherandaneminenttheologian.
D.HewasagraduateofOxfordCollege.
6.JonathanEdwards’bestandmostrepresentativesermonwas____________.
A.ATrueSightofSin
B.SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod
C.AModelofChristianCharity
D.God’sDeterminations
7.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe_________.
A.RevolutionismB.Reason
C.IndividualismD.Rationalism
8.From1622untilhisdeath,____________,oneofthegreatestofcolonialAmerican,wasreelectedthirtytimesasgovernor.
A.AnneBradstreetB.WilliamBradford
C.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasPaine
9._____________carriesthevoicenotofanindividualbutofawholepeople.ItismorethanwritingoftheRevolutionaryperiod,itdefinedthemeaningoftheAmericanRevolution.
A.CommonSense
B.TheAmericanCrisis
C.DeclarationofIndependence
D.DefenseoftheEnglishpeople
10.______________usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.
A.WilliamBradford
B.AnneBradstreet
C.EmilyDickinson
D.CaptainJohnSmith
11.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“__________”whoappearedinAmerica
A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuse
C.BestMuseD.FirstMuse
12.Theship“__________”carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.
A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Pequod
13.From1733to1758,BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous__________,anannualcollectionofproverbs.
A.TheAutobiography
B.PoorRichards’Almanac
C.CommonSense
D.TheGeneralMagazine
14.WhichisnotconnectedwithThomasPaine?
A.CommonSense
B.TheAmericanCrisis
C.TheRightsofMan
D.TheAutobiography
15.“Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls”,thesewordswereoncereadtoWashington’stroopsanddidmuchtospurexcitementtofurtheractionwithhopeandconfident.Whoistheauthorofthesewords?
A.BenjaminFranklin
B.ThomasPaine
C.ThomasJefferson
D.GeorgeWashington
16.Whowasconsideredasthe“PoetofAmericanRevolution”?
A.AnneBradstreet
B.EdwardTaylor
C.MichaelWigglesworth
D.PhilipFreneau
17.ThesecularidealsoftheAmericanEnlightenmentwereexemplifiedinthelifeofandcareerof____________.
A.ThomasHoodB.BenjaminFranklin
C.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington
18.ItwasnotuntilJanuary1776thatawidelyheardpublicvoicedemandedcompleteseparationfromEngland.Thevoicewasthatof____________,whosepamphletCommonSense,withitsheatedlanguage,increasedthegrowingdemandforseperation.
A.ThomasPaineB.ThomasJefferson
C.GeorgeWashingtonD.PatrickHenry
19.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenmentand______________wasthedominantspirit.
A.HumanismB.RationalismC.RevolutionD.Evolution
20.AttheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe_____________.
A.ChartistMovement
B.RomanticismMovement
C.Enlightenment
D.ModernistMovement
21.TheEnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandtheContinentalCongressadopted____________in1776.
A.TheDeclarationofIndependence
B.theSugarAct
C.thStampAct
D.theMayflowerCompact
.Literaryterms
1.AmericanPuritanism2.AmericanDream
.Questions:
1.WhatkindofbookisPoorRichard’sAlmanac?
Whatqualitiesinthisbookareliterary?
HowdidFranklintransformsomeofthewell-knownproverbs?
2.Readthefollowingpassageandanswerthequestions:
Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls:
thesummersoldierandthesunshinepatriotwillinthiscrisis,shrinkfromtheserviceoftheircountry;buthethatstandsitnow,deservestheloveandthanksofmanandwoman.Tyranny,likehell,isnoteasilyconquered;yetwehavethisconsolationwithus,thatthehardertheconflict,themoregloriousthetriumph.Whatweobtaintoocheap,weesteemtoolightly–Thisdearnessonlythatgiveseverythingitsvalue.Heavenknowshowtoputproperpriceuponitsgoods.
1)Whichbookisthispassagetakenfrom?
2)Whoistheauthorofthisbook?
3)Whomistheauthorpraising?
Whomistheauthorcriticizing?
4)Whatdoyouthinkofthelanguage?
.FindtherelevantmatchfromcolumnBforeachitemincolumnA.
AB
1.(j)JohnSmitha.TheDeclarationofIndependence
2.(d)JohnWinthropb.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungupinAmerica
3.(f)WilliamBradfordc.SinnersintheHandsofanA