Test Two
(Chapter3-4 with answers)
I.Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choo the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.
1.____ was American’s first man of letters and he was usually called “the Father of American Literature.”
A. Philip Freneau B. Thomas Paine
C. Washington Irving D. William Cullen Bryant
2.____ enduring fame rests on his frontier stories.
A. Irving’s B. Cooper’s
C. Poe’s D. Melville’s
3.The period before the American Civil War is Commonly referred to as ____
A. the Romantic Period B. the Realistic Period
欧美音乐C. the Naturalist Period D. the Modern Period
一件难忘的事作文300字4.It is on his ____ that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested.
A.childhood recollections
B.选房技巧sketches about his European tours
C.early poetry
D.tales about America
5.Which of the following is NOT a theme revealed in Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle?
A. Escape from one’s responsibilities and even one’s history.
B. Man’s ea in facing his advancing age.
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C. Nostalgia for the unrecoverable past.
D. The loss of identity.
6.Which group of writers are among tho who may be called early pioneers of American literature?
关于友谊的名言警句A.Mark Twain and Henry James.
B.Ernst Hemingway and William Faulkner.
C.Jack London and O’Henry
D.Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving.
7.____ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendentalism.
A. Hawthorne B. Whitman
C. Emerson D. Thoreau
8.Romantics shared certain general characteristics: moral enthusiasm, faith in the value of ____ and intuitive perception.
A. nationalism B. naturalism
C. individualism D. regionalism
9.The problem evil is central to Melville’s work, which is shown in his famous work, ____.
A. The Scarlet Letter B. Moby Dick
C. Life in the Woods炸螃蟹 D. This Side of Paradi
10.Irving’s Sleeping Hollow talks about the ghost stories among _____ people.
A. British B. Dutch
C. French D. German
11. has always been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that A
merican Literature ever produced.”
A. Irving B. Hawthorne
C. Melville D. Allan Poe
12.Which is not written by Washington Irving?
A.The legend of Sleepy Hollow
B.A History of York
C.Rip Van Winkle
D.The Black Cat
13.Which trend does not belong to American Romanticism?
A.A great interest in the picturesque elements of the past
B.A emphasis upon emotion in literature
C.An attempt not to model their works upon English and European masters
D.An enthusiasm about portraying national life and character.
14.____ was the first American writer of imaginative literature to gain international fame.
A. Irving B. Emerson
B. Jefferson D. Franklin
15. is not the member of Transcendental Club.
A. Emerson B. Thoreau
C. Whitman D. Fuller
16.The unofficial manifesto for the Transcendental Club was .
A. Walden B. Nature
C. Self-reliance D. The American Scholar
17.In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, “A” may stand for .
A. Adultery B. Angel
C. Amiable D. all the above
18.In the early 19th century, nothing has left a deeper imprint on the characters of the American people as a whole than did .
A. Romanticism B. Rationalism
C. Puritanism D. Modernism
19.The Romantic Period in the history of American Literature began at 酒酿饼.
A.the beginning of the 18th century
B.the end of the 18th century
C.the civil War
D.the beginning of the 19th century
20.Death is the theme of ____ literary writings.
A. Allan Poe B. Hawthorne
C. Thoreau D. Irving
21.In _____ writing, there isn’t much action, or physical movement going on in his works and he is good at exploring the complexity of human psychology.
A. Hawthorne’s B. Mark Twain’s
C. Poe’s D. Dreir’s
22.风说Henry W. Longfellow was a poet in the ______ period.
A. Realistic B. Modern
C. Romantic D. Colonial
23.The Raven is written by ____.
A. Emerson B. Whitman
C. Allan Poe D. Longfellow
24.Which is not written by Henry Longfellow?
A.The Song of Hiawatha
B.The Song of Mylf
C.My Lost Youth
D.The Tide Ris and the Tide Falls
25.Which is not written by Allan Poe?
