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Writing the names of the authors.(20%)1. Twice Told Tale 故事新编 2. An American Tragedy3. Maggie: A Girl of the Street 4. The Prince and the Pauper 5. The Autobiography6. Nature7. Moby-Dick 8. Daisy Miller 9. The Call of the Wild10. Song of MyselfII Defining the following literary terms (20%)TranscendentalismAmerican Dreamthe Lost GenerationFree verseIII Multiple choice (20%)1.Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. When her poems were published in England, she became known as the “_” who appeared in America.A Ninth MuseB Tenth MuseC Best MuseD First Muse2._ is the sometimes exaggerated use of local language, characters and customs in regional literature.A purple proseB waste-land imageryC local colorD symbolism3. The Fitzgeralds lived so extravagantly that they frequently spent more money than F. Scoot Fitzgerald earned for parties, liquor, entertaining their friends and traveling. It was this living style that nicknamed the decade of the 1920s as _.A The Jazz AgeB The Gilded AgeC The Glorious AgeD The Beat Age4. _ was a reaction to the ideas of the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment.A RomanticismB RealismC NaturalismD Modernism5. Although only few of her poems were published in her lifetime and a complete collection of them didnt appear until the 1950s, _ had a major impact on 20th century poetry.A Anne BradstreetB Gertrude SteinC Emily DickinsonD Amy Lowell6. Who of the following is NOT a 20th century American poet?A Henry Wordsworth LongsfellowB Amy LowellC Ezra PoundD Robert Frost7.Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his _.A International themeB Waste-land imageryC Local colorD Symbolism8.Ezra Pound, Hilda Dolittle and Amy Lowell help found and promote a movement in Modern Poetry known as _.A French symbolismB The Beat GenerationC confessional poetryD Imagism9.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _ became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19thcentury.A sentimentalismB romanticismC realismD naturalism10._ wrote a series of historical novels set in the American Midwest and was known as “the American Sir Walter Scot.”A Nathaniel HawthorneB Mary RenaltC Stephan CraneD James Fenimore Cooper11.Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _and Thoreau.A JeffersonB EmersonC FreneauD Over-soul12. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly from the settlement of America in the early 17th century through the end of _ century.A the 18thB the 19thC the 20th D 21th13. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the _.A. American EnlightenmentB. Sugar ActC. Chartist movementD. Romanticist14. Rip Van Winkle was written by _ A. James Fenimore CooperB. Benjamin FranklinC. Washington IrvingD. Walt Whitman15. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Coopers _ A. The PrecautionB. The SpyC. The Gleanings in EuropeD. Leatherstocking Tales16. _ was regarded as a poet of the American RevolutionA. Philip FreneauB. Walt WhitmanC. Robert FrostD. Cal Sandburg17. The Raven was written in 1844 by _ A. Philip FreneauB. Edgar Allan PoeC. Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD. Emily Dickinson18. The ship _ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the Atlantic. In December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.A. SunflowerB. ArmadaC. MayflowerD. Titanic19. A new _ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century.A. RealismB. Critical realismC. RomanticismD. Naturalism20. All the following novels are in Coopers Leatherstocking Tales except _ A. The PioneersB. The PrairieC. The DeerslayerD. The SpyIV Blank filling (20%)1. In the novel , Hemingway portrayed an old fisherman named Santiago who shows triumphant even in defeat.2. When it was first published, Walt Whitmans collection of poems _, failed to gain acceptance from either the majority of critics or the general public.3. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety, these were the _ values that dominated much of the early American writing.4. In the early 19th century Rip Van Winkle had established _s reputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning of American Romanticism.5. Emersons truest disciple, the man who put into practice many of Emersons theories, was Henry _ Thoreau.6. Hester Prynne is the heroine in Hawthornes novel _.7. After his death, _ became the only American to be honored with a bust in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.8. Ernest Hemingway, whose own style is based on Twains, once said, “All modern American literature comes from_.”9. Fitzgerald summarized the experiences and attitudes of the 1920s decade in his masterpiece novel _.10. Franklins best writing is found in his masterpiece _.V Discuss the themes of The Scarlet Letter (20%)参考答案：Writing the names of the authors.(20%)1. Nathaniel Hawthorne2. Theodore Dreiser3. Stephen Crane4. Mark Twain5. Benjamin Franklin6. Emerson7. Herman Melville8. Henry James9. Jack London10. Walt WhitmanII Defining the following literary terms (20%)TranscendentalismAmerican Dreamthe Lost GenerationFree verseIII. Multiple choice (20%)1. B 2.C 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. A 14. C 15. D 16.A 17. B 18. C 19. C 20. D IV Blank filling1. The Old Man and the Sea2. Leaves of Grass3. puritan4. Was