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Part1EarlyLiterature

1.ThePuritandominatingvalueswere.

a.hardworkb.thriftc.pietyd.sobriety

2.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“”whoappearedinAmerica.

a.NinthMuseb.TenthMuse

c.BestMused.FirstMuse

3.InAmericanliterature,theeighteencenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment._______wasthedominantspirit.

a.Humanismb.Rationalismc.Revolutiond.Evolution

4.usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

a.WilliamBradfordb.AnneBradstreet

c.EmilyDickinsond.CaptainJohnSmith

5.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe________.

a.Revolutionismb.Reason

c.Individualismd.Rationalism

6.From1732to1758,Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous_______,anannualcollectionofproverbs.

a.TheAutobiographyb.PoorRichard’sAlmanac

c.CommonSensed.TheGeneralMagazine

7.TheAmerican_______asaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvalues.

a.Puritanismb.Unitarianismc.Deismd.Protestantism

Part2RomanticLiterature

1.TheromanticperiodofAmericanliteraturestartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’s _______andendedwithWhiteman’sLeavesofGrass.

A.TheSketchBookB.TalesofATraveler

C.TheAlhambraD.AHistoryofNewYork

2.Inthemiddleof19thcentury,Americawitnessedaculturalfloweringwhichiscalled“________”.

A.theEnglishRenaissanceB.theAmericanRenaissance

C.theSecondRenaissanceD.theSalemRenaissance

3.______isusuallyagreedtobethesummitoftheAmericanRomanticisminthehistoryofAmericanliterature.

A.NewEnglandTranscendentalismB.EnglandTranscendentalism

C.theHarlemRenaissanceD.NewTranscendentalism

4.TheperiodbeforetheAmericanCivilWarisgenerallyreferredtoas__________.

A.TheNaturalistPeriodB.TheModernPeriod

C.TheRomanticPeriodD.TheRealisticPeriod

5.Inthefollowingworks,_______signsthebeginningoftheAmericanliterature.

A.TheSketchBookB.LeavesofGrass

C.LeatherStockingTalesD.AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

6.BeingaperiodofthegreatfloweringoftheAmericanliterature,theRomanticperiodisalsocalled____.

A.theAmericanEnlightenmentB.theAmericanRenaissance

C.theAmericanOptimisticMovementD.theAmericanliteraryRevolution

7.Accordingto________,man’scapacityisinfinite.

A.JamesCooperB.EmilyDickinson

C.WaltWhitmanD.RalphEmerson

8.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,TranscendentalismflourishedinNewEnglandfromthe1830stotheCivilWar,whosemostimportantrepresentativesare______.

A.EmersonandThoreauB.EmersonandWhitman

C.HawthorneandMelvilleD.AllanPoeandJamesCooper

9.WashingtonIrving’s______becamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlanticinthefirsthalfof19thcentury.

A.TheSketchBookB.CharlestheSecond

C.TheScarletLetterD.MobyDick

10.WhichofthefollowingpoetisNOTaromanticistinthehistoryofAmericanliterature?

_______

A.WaltWhitmanB.JamesRussellLowell

C.EdgarAllanPoeD.EmilyDickinson

11.Theessay_______,writtenbyRalphWaldoEmerson,hasbecomesoimportantthatmostpeopleconsideritanunofficialmanifestoforthe“TranscendentalClub.”

A.NatureB.Walden

C.TheOver-SoulD.Self-Reliance

12.Inspiteofstrongforeigninfluences,AmericanromanticwritingsaretypicallyAmericanwhichcanberevealedinthefollowingexcept.

A.adesireforanescapefromcivilizedsocietyandareturntotheennoblingnature

B.Americantypeofcharactersspeakinglocaldialectsappearedinthefiction

C.theAmericannationalexperienceof“pioneeringintothewest”

D.anemphasisonthefreeexpressionofemotions

13.WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheRomanticperiodinthehistoryofAmericanliteratureisNOTtrue?

_______

A.InmostoftheAmericanwritingsofthisperiodtherewasanewemphasisupontheimaginativeandemotionalqualitiesofliterature.

B.Thewritersofthisperiodplacedanincreasingemphasisonthefreeexpressionofemotionsanddisplayedanincreasingattentiontothepsychicstatesoftheircharacters.

C.Therewasastrongtendencytoexalttheindividualandthecommonman.

D.Mostheroesandheroinesinthewritingsofthisperiodexhibitedextremesofreasonandnationality.

14._______,Melville’smasterpiece,isregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.

A.TypeeB.Omoo

C.WhiteJacketD.MobyDick

15.Americanliteratureproducedonlyonefemalepoetduringthenineteenthcentury.Thiswas_________.

A.AnneBradstreetB.JaneAusten

C.EmilyDickinsonD.HarrietBeecher

16._____isnowrecognizednotonlyasagreatpoetessonherownrightbutasapoetessofconsiderableinfluenceuponAmerican