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1.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore_____________.

A.rationalB.humorous

C.optimisticD.pessimistic

2.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:

American___________.

A.localcolorismB.vernacularism

C.modernismD.naturalism

3.____________wereidealists,believingthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete“purity”anddreamingthattheywouldbuildthenewlandtoanEdenonearth.

A.CalvinistsB.Puritans

C.RomanticistsD.Transcendentalists

4.AllofthefollowingarethefeaturesofPuritansEXCEPT_____.

A.wantingtomakepuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices

B.lookinguponthemselvesasachosenpeople

C.toleratingothers’beliefsandsoughtforahappyandaneasylife

D.wishingtorestoresimplicitytochurchservesandemphasizedtheimageofawrathfulGod

5.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikelyCharactersin_______.

A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetter

C.ThePortraitofaLadyD.Thepioneers

6.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthattheywere（a）

“_______,”devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization．

A.LostGenerationB.BeatGeneration

C.SonsofLibertyD.AngryYoungMen

7.InJamesFenimoreCooper’snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen.Choosethemfromthefollowingitems.

A.TheMohicanChiefChingachgookB.Uncas

C.TomeJonesD.BothAandB

8.The“FatherofAmericanPoetry”is____.

A.WilliamCullenBryant

B.PhilipFreneau

C.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

D.EdgarAllanPoe

9.HermanMelville’s______isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry.

 A.TheOldManandtheSea          B.MobyDick

C.WhiteJacket                    D.BillyBudd

10.Inadditiontohisnovels,_______wroteabout120shortstoriesandsketches.AmongthemareYoungGoodmanBrownandTheMinister’sBlackVeil.

 A.HenryDavidThoreau             B.NathanielHawthorne

 C.RalphWaldoEmerson             D.HermanMelville

11.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhymingcouplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechof_______farmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.

A.SouthernB.Western

C.NewHampshireD.NewEngland

12.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe_____intheAmericanliteraryhistory.

A.individualfeelings

B.ideaofsurvivalofthefittest

C.strongimagination

D.returntonature

13.Cooper’sstoryofthe“frontiersaga”ismadeupof5famousnovelsthatcomprisethe________Tales,inwhichthemaincharacterisNattyBumppo.

A.Leatherstockingtales

B.TheDeerSlayer

C.SeaAdventure

D.TheRomantic

14.MorethanfivehundredpoemsDickinsonwroteareaboutnature,inwhichhergeneralSkepticismabouttherelationshipbetween______iswell-expressed.

A.manandmanB.menandwomen

C.manandnatureD.menandGod

15.FromHenryDavidThoreau’sjailexperiencecamehisfamousessay,______whichstatesThoreau’sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofagovernment.

  A.Walden                          B.Nature

  C.CivilDisobedience                 D.CommonSense

16.ChoosetheauthorswhobelongtotheromanticgroupinAmericanliterature.

  A.RalphWaldoEmerson            B.HenryDavidThoreau

  C.NathanielHawthorne             D.HermanMelville

  E.WaltWhitman                   F.Alloftheabove

17ThedesireforanescapeformsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature,evidentin____.

  A.JamesFenimoreCooper’sLeatherstockingTales

  B.HenryDavidThoreau’sWalden

  C.MarkTwain’sHuckleberryFinn

  D.Alloftheabove

18.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby____________.

A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimages

C.ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefinedlanguage

19.Emersonbasedhisreligiononanintuitivebeliefinanultimateunity,whichhecalled________.

A.theSpirit

B.theOver-lord

C.theoversoul

D.theSelf

20.OneofthecharacteristicsthathavemadeMarkTwainamajorliteraryfigureinthe19thcenturyAmericaishisuseof____________.

A.vernacularB.interiormonologue

C.pointofviewD.photographicdescription

IV.Readthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestions.

1“WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstrove/AtRecess—intheRing—/WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain—/WepassedtheSettingSun—”

1）Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

2）Whodoes“we”referto?

3）Whatdoes“theSchool”,“theFieldsofGazingGrain”,and“theSettingSun”implyrespectively?

4）Whereare“we”going?

2．Readthepassageandanswerquestions.

Togointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfromsociety.IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadandwrite,thoughnobodyiswithme.Butifamanwouldbealone,lethimlookatthestars.Theraysthatcomefromthoseheavenlyworldswillseparatebetweenhimandvulgarthings.Onemightthinktheatmospherewasmadetransparentwiththisdesign,togiveman,intheheavenlybodies,theperceptualpresenceofthesublime.Seeninthestreetsofcities,howgreattheyare!

Ifstarsshouldappearonenightinathousandyears,howwouldmenbelieveandadore:

andpreserveformanygenerationstheremembranceofthecityofGodwhichhadbeenshown!

Buteverynightcomeoutthesepreachersofbeauty,andlighttheuniversewiththeiradmonishingsmile.

Questions:

Whereisthispassagetakenandwhoistheauthor?

Whatdoestheauthorsaywouldhappenifthestarsappearedonenightinathousandyears?

3.TrustnoFuture,howe’erpleasant!

LetthedeadPastburyitsdead!

Act—actinthegloriousPresent!

Heartwithin,andGodo’erhead!

1）Whoisthepoet?

2）Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

3）Whatdoesthepoetwanttotellintheselines?

4.“IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesandageshence：

Tworoadsdivergedinawood，andI—Itooktheonelesstraveledby，Andthathasmadeallthedifference.”

1）Identifythepoemandthepoet.

2）Whatdoesthephrase“agesandageshence”mean?

3）Whydoesthepoetsay“thathasmadeallthedifference”?

4）Whatideadoesthequotedpassageexpress?

5“ButIhavepromisestokeep,/AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep,/AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep.”

1）Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

2）Whatdoes“promises”meaninthispoem?

3）Whydoesthepoetsay“AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep,/AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep.”?

4）Whatdoes“AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep,/AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep”mean?

6.Readapassageandanswerquestions（10”）

 HesterPrynne’stermofconfinementwasnowatanend.Herprison-doorwasthrownopen,andshecameforthintosunshinewhich,fallingonallalike,seemed,tohersickandmorbidheart,asifmeantfornootherpurposethantorevealthescarletletteronherbreast.Perhapstherewasamorerealtortureinherfirstunattendedfootstepsfromthethresholdoftheprison,thanevenintheprocessionandspectaclethathavebeendescribed,whereshewasmadethecommoninfamy,atwhichallmankindwassummonedtopointitsfinger.Then,shewassupportedbyanunnaturaltensionofthenerves,andbyallthecombativeenergyofhercharacter,whichenabledhertoconvertthesceneintoakindofluridtriumph.

Questions;

Whichnovelisthisselectiontakenfrom?

Whatisthenameofthenovelist?

WhatdoyouthinkisthesymbolicmeaningofthescarletletteronHester’sbreast?

VI.Topicdiscussionsorbriefanswers.

1WhyisitsaidthatNewEnglandfromthebeginninghadaliteratureofideas?

13.ThefollowingpoemwaswrittenbytheAmericanpoetHenryWadsworthLongfellowAPsalmofLifeStudyitcarefully,thenanalyzethepoemstanzabystanzaandcommentthethemeofthepoem.

3.WhatsymbolsdoesthewriteruseinthestoryofTheScarletLetterandwhatdotheyeachsymbolize,includingthenamesofthemaincharacters?

4.WhataretheartisticachievementsofEdgarAllanPoe?

.（10”）

5.WhatarethethematicconcernsandtheartisticcharacteristicsofEmilyDickenson’spoetry?

.（10”）

6.WhatisthethemeofRipVanWrinkle?

ListthemajorworksofWashingtonIrvinganddiscusstheartisticcharacteristicsofhisworks.（10”）

7.WhatisAmericanRomanticism?

（Youranswershouldincludesuchaspectsasthetime,characteristics,representatives,andinfluences,etc）?

8.WhatisTranscendentalism?

9.WhatisAmericanrealism?

10.WhatisAmericannaturalism?