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I. Write the Names of the Authors. 1.Poor Richards Almanac 2. Common Sense 3.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 4.A Streetcar Named Desire 5.The Waste Land 6.Sister Carrie 7.The House of the Seven Gables 8.The Great Gatsby 9.The Bluest Eye 10.A Farewell to Arms 11.Rip Van Winkle 12. Raven 13.The Call of the Wild 14.The Marble Faun 15.Moby Dick 16. The Wing of the Dove 17.Of Mice and Men 18.The Bluest Eye 19.The Great Gatsby 20.The Bluest Eye 21.The Sound and the Fury II. Multiple Choices(Choose the best answer from the four choices). 1. From 1622 until his death, , one of the greatest of colonial American, was reelected thirty times as governor.A. Anne Bradstreet B. William Bradford C. Edward Taylor D. Thomas Pain2. carries the voice not of an individual but of a whole people. It is more than writing of the Revolutionary period, it defined the meaning of the American Revolution.A. Common Sense B. The American Crisis C. Declaration of Independence D. Defense of the English People 3. usually was regarded as the first American writer.A. William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet C. Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith4. 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 Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse 5. _ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club. A. Henry David Thoreau B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Nathanial Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman6.Melvilles_isanencyclopediaofeverything,history,philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailed accountoftheoperationsofthewhalingindustry. A.TheOldManandtheSea B.MobyDick C.WhiteJacket D.BillyBudd7. O Captain! My Captain! was written in memory of _. A. Walt Whitman B. Benjamin Franklin C. Abraham Lincoln D. Martin Luther King8. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following EXCEPT_. A. religion B. love and marriage C. life and death D. war and peace9. “The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.” This is the shortest poem written by _. A.T. S. EliotB. Robert Frost C. Ezra PoundD. E. E. Cummings10. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his _. A. international theme B. waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism11. Which of the following is not written by Henry James? A. The Portrait of A Lady and The Europeans B. The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors C. What Maisie Knows and The Bostonians D. The Genius and The Gilded Age12. The following writers were awarded Nobel Prize for literature except _. A. William Faulkner B. F. Scott. Fitzgerald C. John Steinbeck D. Ernest Hemingway13. Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _. A. The Stoic B. The Giant C. The Tycoon D. The Genius14. In Faulkners The Sound and the Fury, he used a technique called _ in which the whole story was told through the thoughts of one character. A. stream of consciousnessB. imagism C. symbolismD. naturalism15. The Road Not Taken is a long poem written by _. A. Edwin Arlington Robinson B. Robert Frost C. Ezra Pound D. T.S. Eliot16. _, one of Americas greatest playwrights, won the Nobel Prize in 1936, the first American playwright to receive the honor. Some of his most famous works include The Hairy Ape, Long Days Journey into Night. A. Arthur Miller B. Tennessee Williams C. Bernard Malamud D. Eugene ONeill17. The Catcher in the Rye is a story of a 16 year old boy written by _.A. J.D. Salinger B. Saul Bellow C. Norman Mailer D. Ralph Ellison18. Joseph Hellers Catch-22 is a popular novel of black humor, the action of which takes place in the Air Force during _.A. World War I B. World War II C. Spanish War D The Civil War19.The Color Purple, written by _, centers on the life of Celie, a black woman who has been raped by the man she believed to be her father. A. Toni Morrison B. Thomas Pynchon C. Flannery OConnor D. Alice Walker20. Who is the only woman writer that has won both Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize? A. Pearl Buck B. Virginia Woolf C. Tony Morrison D. Katharine Mansfield21. “God help them that help themselves” is found in _s work. A. Franklin B Freneau C. Jefferson D. Paine 22. Who is considered the father of American poetry? A. Philip Freneau B. William Cullen Bryant C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Henry David Thoreau23. Natty Bumppo is the hero in Coopers _ A. The Precaution B. Leatherstocking Tales C. The Gleanings in Europe D. The Spy24. The publication of _ established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism. A. NatureB. Self-reliance C. The American ScholarD. The Over-soul 25. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual Independence”? A. The American Scholar B. English Traits C. The Conduct of Life D. Nature26. Whitmans poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT_. A. a strict poetic form B. a simple and conversational language C. a free and natural rhythmic pattern D. an easy flow of feelings27. _is NOT written by Edgar Allan Poe. A. The Raven B. Annabel Lee C. The Fall of the House of Usher D. Song to Celia28. Hester is a character in _. A. Gone with the Wind B. The Fall of the House of Usher C. Babbitt D. The Scarlet Letter29. The Portrait of A Lady is generally considered to be James masterpiece, which _. A. incarnates the clash between the Old World and the New in the life journey of an American girl in a European cultural environment B. tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the European life C. is about a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome D. tells about some Europeans who learn with difficulty to adapt themselves to the American life30. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for his _. A. international theme B. water-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism31. In Henry Jamess Daisy Miller, the author tries to portray the young woman as an embodiment of _. A. the force of convention B. the free spirit of the New World C. the decline of aristocracy D. the corruption of the newly rich32. 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 19th century A. Sentimentalism B. Romanticism C. Realism D. Naturalism33. Who, one of the most import poets in his time, is a leading spokesman of the “Imagist Movement”? A. J. D. SalingerB. Ezra Pound C. Richard WrightD. Ralph Ellison34. Jack London was at his height of his powers when he wrote _ , which is deeply influenced by Darwinism. A. The Sea Wolf B. To Build a Fire C. The Call of the Wild D. Martin Eden 35. Eugene ONeills_ tells about the strong, proud, brutish coal-stoker in the engine room of a passenger ship.A. The Hairy Ape B. Long Days Journey Into Night C. Desire Under The Elms D. The Iceman Cometh36. Beloved is the masterpiece of _. A. Tony Morrison B. Ralph Ellison C. John Dos Passos D. Willa Cather37. The Cop and the Anthem is written by _. . A. O. Henry B. Henry James C. Jack London D. Mark Twain 38. _is not the representative writer in the Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States. A. Henry James B. Emily Dickinson C. William Dean Howells D. Mark Twain39. WilliamFaulknersworksmainlycon