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1、lit exercisePart 1 Early Literature1. The Puritan dominating values were .a. hard work b. thrift c. piety d. sobriety2. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the“ ” who appeared in America.a. Ninth Muse b. Tenth Musec. Best Muse d. First M

2、use3. In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. _was the dominant spirit.a. Humanism b. Rationalism c. Revolution d. Evolution4. usually was regarded as the first American writer.a. William Bradford b. Anne Bradstreetc. Emily Dickinson d. Captain John Smith5. The

3、 common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on the _.a. Revolutionism b. Reasonc. Individualism d. Rationalism6. From 1732 to 1758, Franklin wrote and published his famous _, an annual collection of proverbs. a. The Autobiography b. Poor Richards Almanacc. Common Sense d. The

4、 General Magazine7. The American _ as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values.a. Puritanism b. Unitarianism c. Deism d. ProtestantismPart 2 Romantic Literature1. The romantic period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irvings_and ended wi

5、th Whitemans Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of A Traveler C. The Alhambra D. A History of New York 2. In the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_”.A. the English Renaissance B. the American RenaissanceC. the Second Renaissance D. the Salem R

6、enaissance3._ is usually agreed to be the summit of the American Romanticism in the history of American literature.A. New England Transcendentalism B. England TranscendentalismC. the Harlem Renaissance D. New Transcendentalism4. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as _.

7、A. The Naturalist Period B. The Modern PeriodC. The Romantic Period D. The Realistic Period 5. In the following works, _ signs the beginning of the American literature.A. The Sketch Book B. Leaves of GrassC. Leather Stocking Tales D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn6. Being a period of the great flowe

8、ring of the American literature, the Romantic period is also called _ . A. the American Enlightenment B. the American RenaissanceC. the American Optimistic Movement D. the American literary Revolution7. According to _, mans capacity is infinite.A. James Cooper B. Emily DickinsonC. Walt Whitman D. Ra

9、lph Emerson8. As a philosophical and literary movement, Transcendentalism flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War, whose most important representatives are _.A. Emerson and Thoreau B. Emerson and WhitmanC. Hawthorne and Melville D. Allan Poe and James Cooper9. Washington Irvings _

10、became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic in the first half of 19th century.A. The Sketch Book B. Charles the SecondC. The Scarlet Letter D. Moby Dick10. Which of the following poet is NOT a romanticist in the history of American literature? _

11、A. Walt Whitman B. James Russell LowellC. Edgar Allan Poe D. Emily Dickinson11. The essay_, written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, has become so important that most people consider it an unofficial manifesto for the “Transcendental Club.”A. Nature B. Walden C. The Over-Soul D. Self-Reliance12. In spite of

12、strong foreign influences, American romantic writings are typically American which can be revealed in the following except .A. a desire for an escape from civilized society and a return to the ennobling natureB. American type of characters speaking local dialects appeared in the fictionC. the Americ

13、an national experience of “pioneering into the west”D. an emphasis on the free expression of emotions13. Which of the following statements about the Romantic period in the history of American literature is NOT true? _A. In most of the American writings of this period there was a new emphasis upon th

14、e imaginative and emotional qualities of literature.B. The writers of this period placed an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions and displayed an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters. C. There was a strong tendency to exalt the individual and the common ma

15、n.D. Most heroes and heroines in the writings of this period exhibited extremes of reason and nationality. 14. _, Melvilles masterpiece, is regarded as the first American prose epic. A. Typee B. OmooC. White Jacket D. Moby Dick15. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _.A. Anne Bradstreet B. Jane AustenC. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher16. _ is now recognized not only as a great poetess on her own right but as a poetess of considerable influence upon American