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PartI.TheLiteratureofColonialAmerica

I.FillinthefollowingBlanks.

1.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas______.

2.AmongthemembersofthesmallbandofJamestownsettlerswas_____,anEnglishsoldieroffortune,whosereportsfoexploratin,publiseedintheearly1600s,havebeendescribedasthefirstdistinctAmericanliteraaturewritteninEnglish.

3.AlmostahundredyearsearliertheCaribbeanIslands,Mexicl,andotherpartsofCentralandSouthAmericawereoccupiedbythe_____.

4.Theterm"Puritan"wasappliedtothosesettlerswhooriginallyweredevoutmembersoftheChurchof_____.

5._____Collegewasestablishedin1636,withaprintingpresssetupnearlyin1639.

6.AmongallthesettlersintheNewContinent,_____settlerswerethemostinfluential.

7.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedat_____,Virginia.

8._____wasafamousexplorerandcolonist.HeestablishedJamestown.

9.Inthebook_____JohnSmithwrotethat"herenatureandlibertyaffordusthatfreelywhichinEnglandwewant,oritcostsusdearly."

10.GenearlHistoryofVirginiacontainsSmith'smostfamoustaleofhowtheIndianprincessnamed_____savedhimfromthewrathofherfather.

11.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe_____valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.

12.TheAmericanpoetswhoemergedintheseventeenthcenturyadaptedthestyleofestablishedEuropeanpoetstothesubjectmattercomfronledinaslrang,newenvironment. __________Bradstreetwasonesuchpoet.

13.WilliamBradfordhimselfusedaword"     ________" todescribethecommunityofbelieverswhosailedfromSouthampton,England,ontheMayflowerandsettledinPlymouth,Massachusettsin1620.

14.In1620,____________waselectedGovernorofPlymouth,Massachusetts.

15.From1621untilhisdeath,  ___________probablypossessedmorepowerthananyothercolonialgovernor.

16.WilliamBradford'swork ___________consistsoftwobooks. Thefirstbook

dealswiththepersecutions oftheSeptuaEiatemScrooby,England,andihe

secondbookdcscribesthesigningofthe"Compact".

17.TheHistory-ofNewEnglandisapricelessgiftleftusby_______.

18.__________wrotehismostimpressivewortTheMagnaliaCkristiAmerica.

19.ThewriterwhobestexpressedthePuritanfaithinthecolonialperiodwas_______

20.ThePuritanphilosophyknownas   ________ wasimportantinNewEnglandduringcolonialtime,andhadaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmindforseveralgenerations.

21.ManyPuritanswroteverse,buttheworkoftwowriters,AnneBradsLiteland_________,roseloJhelevelofrealpoetry.

22.ArepresentativesermonATrueStgkiofSinis____________'smainwork.

23.Beforehisdeath,  _________ had gainedaposition asAmerica;sfirstsystematicphilosopher.

24.JonathanEdwards'smasterpieceis____________.

25.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericaisacollectionofpoemscomposedby__________.

26._________'sbestverseistobefoundinajuriescalled"PreparatoryMeditations".

27.TheDayofDoom,along-standingbest-sellerbothinAmerieaandinEngland,  writtenby________.

28.CharlesBiuckdenBrown'sfirstnovel______________,or___________hasbeenregardedasthefirstAmericannovel.

29.Withhiselaboratemetaphors, __________ wasreminiscentofRichaidCrashawandGeorgeHerbertinEngland.

III.Makemultiplechoices.

1.  EnglishliteratureintheAmericaisonlyaboutmorethan________yearsold.

A.500            

B.400               

C.200              

D.100

2.  TheestablisherofJamestownwasthefamousexplorerandcolonist____________.

A.JohnWinthrop                     

B.JohnSmith

C.WilliamBradford                 

D.JohnGoodwin

3.  ThePuritandominatingvalueswere___________.

A.hardwork       

B.thrift          

C.piety                

D.sobriety

4.  Theearlyhistoryof___________ColonywasthehistoryofBradford'sleadership.

A.Plymouth                                                  

B.Jamestown

C.NewEngland                                            

D.Mayflower

5.  ChoosethosenamesthatwerenamedafterEnglishmonarchorland.

A.Georgia                                                     

B.NewYork

C.Carolina                                                   

D.NewHampshire

6.__________usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.WilliamBradford   

B.AnneBradstreet

C.EmilyDickinson

D.CaptainJohnSmith

7.  WhichstatementaboutCottonMatherisnottrue?

A.  HewasagreatPuritanhistorian.

B.  Hewasaninexhaustiblewriter.

C.  Hewasaskillfulpreacherandaneminenttheologian.

D.  HewasagraduateofOxfordCollege.

8.  JonathanEdwards'bestandmostre