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1. _ is John Smiths most important work. A. Of Plymouth PlantationB. A Model of Christian Charity C. Common SenseD. A Description of New England2. _ came out in the hard times of revolution, and when Washington read it to the soldiers it turned out to be a great stimulus.A. Common SenseB. The Rights of ManC. American CrisisD. The Rising Glory of America3._ is regarded as the pioneer of Transcendentalism.A. Jonathan EdwardsB. Phillip FreneauC. John SmithD. John Winthrop4.Herman Melville described _ as “master of each and mastered by none the type and genius of his land.”A. John SmithB. Thomas JeffersonC. Benjamin FranklinD. Thomas Paine5. Which one is not the characteristic of the puritan style?A. Fresh.B. Simple.C. Grand.D. Direct.6.Which one is the most popular literature genre in colonial land?A. Novel.B. Poetry.C. Diary.D. Drama.7. _ wrote about his legend of being captured by the Indians and rescued by the famous Indian princess, Pocahontas.A. John SmithB. William BradfordC. Thomas JeffersonD. John Winthrop8. “Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one”, this quotation is from _s work.A. William BradfordB. John SmithC. Thomas PaineD. Benjamin Franklin9. Which of the following famous sentences belongs to Thomas Paine?A. A penny saved is a penny earned.B. God helps those who help themselves.C. Fish and visitors stink in three days.D. These are the times that try mens souls.10.These two lines are the quotation of _.Fair flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat.A. The Indian Burying GroundB. The Wild Honey SuckleC. HuswiferyD. To My Dear and Loving Husband11.Which is not connected to Benjamin Franklin?A. He was born into a poor candle-maker family.B. He helped found the University of Pennsylvania.C. He was phrased as” Jack of all trades”.D. His work includes The Nature of True Virtue.12. Which statement about Jonathan Edwards is not correct?A. American Crisis is Jonathan Edwards work.B. The Freedom of Will is Jonathan Edwards work.C. Jonathan Edwards had a famous sermon” Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”.D.Jonathan Edwards believed in the regeneration of man.13.It is a critical commonplace now that American literature is based on a myth, that is, _. A. the ancient Greek myth of ZeusB. the British myth of the Saint GrailC. the Biblical myth of the Garden of EdenD. the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow14.The first settlers who became the founding fathers of the American nation were quite a few of the_.A. Quakers B. AnglicansC. Catholics D. Puritans1. “Diedrich Knickerbocker” is the pseudonym of _ for whose works which combines European legends with New England reality.A. CooperB. Washington IrvingC. Nathaniel HawthorneD. Philip Freneau2. Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the greatest American litterateurs whose call for an independent American culture played a crucial part in the American intellectual history. The following works are all his except_ _.A. NatureB. The PoetC. The American ScholarD. Walden3. _ is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. NatureB. The Scarlet LetterC. WaldenD. Moby Dick4. Romanticism in American literature stretches from the _ to the breakforth of American Civil War. A. early 17th CB. early 19th CC. early 18th CD. Spanish-American War5. Ralph Waldo Emersons _ is regarded as the” Declaration of Intellectual Independence”.A. NatureB. The Conduct of lifeC. Representative Men D. The American Scholar6.Which poet does not belong to the New England poets?A. William Culler Bryant.B. Walt Whitman.C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.D. James Russell Lowell.7.Which is not the characteristic of the American Romanticism?A. Having the heritage of Puritanism.B. Intending more to moralize than to entertain.C. Having both the imitative and independent sides.D. Imitating the Britain peers totally.8.Which work does not belong to Washington Irving?A. Rip Van Winkle.B. The Raven.C. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.D. The Alhambra.9.Which is not consisted in James Coopers Leatherstocking Tales? _.A. The Marble FaunB. The Last of the MohicansC. The PrairieD. The Pathfinder10. Which of the following choice does not belong to the point of view of Transcendentalists?A. Believing in the Transcendence of the Oversoul.B. Believing in the “the infinitude of man”.C. Believing in rational and logical of the nature.D. Believing in making himself by making his world.11.Which one is regarded as one of the most important works in the Transcendentalist period?A. Nature.B. The Marble Faun.C. Leaves of Grass.D. The Raven.12. Which one is not written by Herman Melville?A. Omoo.B. Moby Dick.C. Mosses from an Old Manse.D. White Jacket.13.Which one does not belong to Herman Melvilles writing style?A. The use of supernatural.B. The use of the periodic chapters.C. Full of symbolism.D. Metaphorical.14. The following excerpt is from Whitmans _.I celebrate myself, and sing myself,And what I assume you shall assume,For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.A. O Captain! My Captain!”B. “Song of MyselfC. “There Was a Child Went Forth”D. “Passage to India”15.Which one does not belong to Whitmans poetic style?A. The use of certain “!” B. Writing in free verse.C. Long list of names, long poem sentences. D. Frequent use of hyphen.16.Which one is not concluded in Edgar Allan Poes poetic theory?A. The poetry should be short.B. Poetry does not have to moralize.C. Poe thinks misery is the most legitimate of the poetic tone.D. Poe emphasizes the rhythm.17. Which character is not from Scarlet Letter?A. Hester Prynne.B. Roger Chillingworth.C. Ahab.D. Pearl.1.One of Mark Twains significant contributions to American literature lies in the fact that he made an accepted, respectable literary medium in the literary history of the country. A. colloquial speechB. tall talesC. fierce humorD. social satire2. The term of “the gilded age” comes from_s work with the same name. A. F. S. FitzgeraldB. William FaulknerC. Mark TwainD. James Joyce3. The following authors are famous American realist novelists except _.A. Henry JamesB. Jack LondonC. Mark TwainD. Stephen Crane4.Major American naturalist writers at the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century include all listed be low but_.A. Frank NorrisB. Stephen CraneC. Henry JamesD. Theodore Dreiser5.Henry James was fascinated with the “international theme”, according to which American innocence is conflicting with European sophistication, In the following novels, does not belong to the type. A. The Wings of the DoveB. The Turn of the ScrewC. The Golden BowlD. The Portrait of a Lady 6. Which book does not belong to the first period of Henry Jamess writing career?A. The American.B. The Ambassadors.C. The Wings of the Dove.D. The Spy.7. Which work of Henry James does not finish when the author dies?A. What Maisie Knew.B. The Wings of the Dove.C. The Art of Fiction.D. The Ivory Tower.8.Which of the following writing feature is not Henry James”?A.Showing the psychological realism in his novel.B.The vocabulary of his works is large.C.The construction of the sentence is simple and concise.D.The language is highly-refined and polished.9. Which writer is not in the group of local colorists?A. Mark Twain.B. Stephen Crane.C. Kate Chopin.D. Sarah Orne Jewett.10. The following novel _ is Mark Twains first novel.A. The Gilded AgeB. Life on MississippiC. Innocents AbroadD. Roughing It11. In Mark Twains _, it clearly shows the depressed atmosphere. Some critics think that it may relate to Twains tragic life of his later life.A. The Gilded AgeB. life on MississippiC. The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgD. Roughing It12.The following work _ does not belong to Dreisers Cowperwood trilogy.A. The FinancierB. The BulwarkC. The TitanD. The Stoic13.Who is considered to be the forefather of using the modern stream-of-consciousness technique in the novel?A. James Cooper.B. Mark Twain.C. Stephen Crane.D. Henry James.14.Which is not the background of American realism?A. The conflict between the industrialized North and the agrarian South.B. The urbanization of the society.C. The conflicts during the frontier movement.D. The conflict between the culturally-East and the newly-developed West.15.The appearance of _s The Luck of Roaring Camp marked a significant development in the history of local colorist fiction.A. Bret HarteB. Mark TwainC. Kate ChopinD. Gertrude Atherton1.Faulkners works have been termed the _ saga, in which he invented the geography, history, and people of an imaginary county in the Deep South. A.WinesburgB. YoknapatawphaC. ForsyteD. Olinger2.The staging of Death of a Salesman, his masterpiece, won _ the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, and established him as a great American dramatist. A. Eugene ONeilB. Elmer RiceC. Arthur MillerD. Tennessee Williams3.Most of Saul Bellows heroes are _ intellectuals or writers who, facing violence and victimization, try to discover “the queerness of existence” and overcome it.A. schizophrenicB. JewishC. puritanicalD. Afro-American4._ is best known for his “Rabbit” pentalogy. “Rabbit” is the nickname for the main character, Harry Angstrom, a person of no importance in American middle-class society.A. Sinclair LewisB. John SteinbeckC. J. D. SalingerD. John Updike5.One of the notable transformations that occurred in novel-writing in the postwar period since the 1960s was what has come to be known as a form of writing about fiction in the form of fiction. A.counter-narrativeB. metafictionC. the cosmic jokeD. deconstruction6.“The Lost Generation” refers to the young who experienced the disillusion after WW II. One of its representative writers is_. A. William FaulknerB. F. S. FitzgeraldC. Langston Hughes D. Vladimir Nabokov7._ is the only Afro-American woman writer who won the Nobel Prize in literature. A. Toni MorrisonB. Lalita TademyC. Catherine Ann PorterD. Alice Walker8.Direct treatment of the “thing”, rigid economy of words, organic rhythm and the image as a fusion of idea and emotion are principles laid down by _ for the new poetry he championed. A.Amy LowellB. T. S. EliotC. Wallace StevensD. Ezra Pound9. Imagist poems are mainly composed in the form on _.A. blank verseB. free verseC. sonnetD. quatrain10. William Faulkner is NOT the writer of _.A. HerzogB. A Rose for EmilyC. As I Lay DyingD. Go Down, Moses11.In The Great Gatsby, Nick is the narrator who belongs to the type of _. A. participantB. non-participantC. unreliableD. innocent eye12. Among the many novels written by William Faulkner, the title of is associated with the Bible.A. The Sound and the FuryB. Absalom, Absalom!C. As I Lay DyingD. Light in August13. Ernest Hemingway is noted for the following EXCEPT _A.Lost GenerationB. iceberg theoryC. American DreamD. grace under pressure14.Which time can be regarded as the second renaissance of the American literature? _A. the 1910sB. the 1920sC. the 1930sD. the 1940s15.Imagery Movement has gone through three stages, of which the second is dominated by _.A. T. E. Hulme B. Ezra Pound C. Amy Lowell D. T. S. Eliot16.Which of the following statements is not true about the Imagism?A.It rebels against the traditional ways of poetry.B.It calls for that does not use extra words that does not express the feeling.C.It only get