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Quiz on Benjamin Franklin1. “God help them that help themselves” is found in As work. A.Franklin B.Freneau C.Jefferson D.Paine2. Which statement about Franklin is not true? DA. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.B. He was a scientist.C. He was a master of diplomacy.D. He wasa Unitarian.3. Poor Richards Almanac contained A.A. many proverbs B. Franklins autobiographyC. voyages to the new land D. climate and crops4. In his last years and for a generation after his death, _A_ was more often referred to as “the father of his country” than was George Washington himselfA. Benjamin Franklin B. Washington IrvingC. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Nathaniel Hawthorne5._A_ is outstanding as a tradesman, citizen, scientist, statesman and political revolutionary. He aided Jefferson in the writing of the Declaration of the Independence. A. Benjamin Franklin B. Washington IrvingC. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Nathaniel Hawthorne6. Benjamin Franklins best writing is found in his masterpiece A.A. Autobiography B. Poor Richards AlmanacC. Common Sense D. The Way to Wealth7. Benjamin Franklin also edited the first colonial magazine, which he called C.A. Time B. PeopleC. the General MagazineD. Redbook8. If we say Jonathan Edwards represents the upper levels of the American mind, represents the lower levels. BA. Thomas Paine B. Benjamin FranklinC. Philip FreneauD. Washington IrvingPhilip Freneau: “The Poet of American Revolution”.9. The ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career ofB .A. Thomas HoodB. Benjamin FranklinC. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington10. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome(representative) of the A.A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar ActC. Chartist Movement D. Romanticist11. Benjamin Franklin shaped his writing after the Aof the English essayists Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.A. Spectator PapersB. WaldenC. NatureD. The Sacred Wood12. Benjamin Franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the neoclassic ideal ofD .A. clarity B. restraint C. simplicity D. all the above13. Franklins claim to a place in literature rests chiefly on his Aand A.A. Poor Richards Almanac, AutobiographyB. Common Sense, American CrisisC. The Wild Honeysuckle, The Indian Burying GroundD. Rights of Man, The Age of ReasonPhilip Freneau（1752-1832）美国殖民时期著名诗人，美国革命战争后期最杰出的作家。生于纽约一酒商家庭。1768年进入普林斯顿大学，次年发起建立北美第一个革命学生组织。他写于内战时期的诗集内战时期及其他(1864)，歌颂内战时期反蓄奴制斗争中的英雄主义精神，欢庆黑奴解放，以鼓励士气。1781年发表英国囚船一诗，揭露英军虐待战俘的暴行。1786年出版弗瑞诺诗集，被誉为“美国独立革命的诗人”。战后，他支持杰弗逊，为美国政府做出巨大贡献但50岁后，他在贫穷中度过余生。主要作品The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲；The British Prison Ship英国囚船； To the Memory of the Brave Americans纪念美国勇士- The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花； The Indian Burying Ground印第安人殡葬地14. Which statement is not true about Autobiography? DA. It is recognized as a classic of its kind.B. It epitomizes the spirit of Franklin.C. It is pervaded with a pragmatic philosophy and the teaching of ethical principles.D. It describes the whole life of Franklin.Quiz on Ralph Waldo Emerson1. In the early 19th century The Sketch Book had established _Washington Irving_s reputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning of American Romanticism. 2. Ralph Waldo Emersons first book in 1836 _Nature_ brought American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England Transcendentalism. 3. The American Transcendeatalists formed a club called _The Transcendental Club_.4. _Ralph Waldo Emerson_ was responsible for bringing Transcendentalism to New England.5. Emersons truest disciple门徒, the man who put into practice many of Emersons theories, was _Henry David Thoreau_6. THe American Scholar_was called the Intellectual Declaration of Independence.7. Nature_ is regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism. 1. Transcendentalists took their ideas from _E_.A. the romantic literature in Europe B. neo-PlatonismC. German idealistic philosophy D. The revelation of oriental mysticismE. All of the above2. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _B_ and Thoreau.A. Jefferson B. EmersonC. Freneau D. Oversoul3. Philip Freneau_ was considered as the Poet of American Revolution?4. _B_ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.A. Thoreau B. EmersonC. Hawthorne D. Whitman5. Transcendentalists recognized _A_ as the highest power of the soul.A. intuition B.logicC. data of the sneses D. thinking6. A new _C_ 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. Realism B. Critical realismC. Romanticism D. Naturalism7. Which one is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? DA. Nature B. Self-RelianceC. The Oversoul D. Walden8. Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? AA. Of Studies B. Slef-RelianceC. The American Scholar D. The Divinity School Address9. There is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actually _A_ on the Puritan soil.A. Romanticism B. PuritanismC. Mysticism D. Unitarianism10. Following the rise of Romanticism, Transcendetalism appeared after 1830 in the works of such man of letters as _ E_, _ and Margaret Fuller.A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Henry ThoreauC. Mark Twain D. Nathaniel HawthorneE. Both A and B F. Both C and DQuiz on Nathaniel Hawthorne1.Which statement expresses a central theme of the story, The Ministers Black Veil? C a.) People are attracted by unsolved mysteries. b.) People with faith can overcome any hardship. c.) People are often unwilling to face the truth about themselves. d .) People who sin should not be forgiven.2. What message about human nature is most strongly conveyed by Elizabeths nursing of Mr. Hopper on his deathbed? A a.) Love for someone endures despite what the person does. b.) Curiosity leads people to do odd things c.) Loyalty always leads to learning the truth. d.) Hard work is seldom rewarded in this life.3. What can you infer about the authors attitude toward his Puritain ancestors? A a.) He considered them hypocritical. b.) He admired their fortitude. disaprproved of their immorality. c.) He dissaprproved of their immorality. d.) He envied their piety.4. Over what group does the veiled minister seem to have the most power? B a.) his congregation b.) souls in agony for sinning c.) other clergymen in the area. d) his fiancee Elizabeth5. Hawthorne subtitled his story A Parable to suggest that readers will find in it AA. a moral lesson B. a Gothic mysteryC. witty sayings D. vivid imagery6. Hawthorne portrays the veil as C A. a punishment B. a jokeC. a symbol D. a whim异想天开7. Hawthorne based The Ministers Black Veil on the life of DA. Jonathan EdwardsB.Franklin PierceC.a Salem witch D.a New England clergyman8. The climax of the story occurs when CA. Elizabeth decides not to marry HooperB.Reverend Clark tries to remove the veilC.Hooper utters his dying wordsD. Hooper is buried9. Hawthorne presents Hoopers character as C A. happy and contentedB. evil and dangerous C. lonely and tormented D. witty and charming10. The best meaning for perturbation is DA. wiseB. imitationC. strong dislikeD. a troubled or agitated condition11. The best meaning for vagary is A A. an extravagant notion or act B. showiness or pretentiousness to attract attention C. strong dislike D. imitationT or F questions 1. Mr. Hoopers parishoners are amazed when he appears with a veil over his face. 2. At first, some people assume that the parson is crazy.3. There is a movement to have Hooper dismissed from his post.4. The church sends a delegation to the parson to inquire about the reason for the veil. 5. Hooper confides his guilty secret to Elizabeth.6. The parson is relieved to break his engagement with Elizabeth. 7. Children flee from Hooper in fright.8. The veil enables Hooper to become a more effective minister. 9. As Hooper lies dying, he agrees to remove the veil. 10. Only at the ministers burial is the veil finally removed.1-5 T T F T F6-10 F T T F F 1. Hester Prynne is the heroine in Hawthornes novel _The Scarlet Letter_.2. The House of Seven Gables is a famous mystery-haunted novel written by AA. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Allan PoeC. Mark Twain D. Ernest Hemingway3. Which is not Nathaniel Hawthornes long novel? DA. The Scarlet Letter B. The Marble FaunC. The Blithedale RomanceD. Young Goodman BrownQuiz on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1.Henry Wadsworth Longfellows first collection of poems entitled _Voices of the Night_ appeared in 1838.2. The most scholarly of Henry Wadsworth Longfellows writings is his translation of Dantes _Divine Comedy_3. After his death, _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ became the only American to be honored with a bust in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.4. With the appearance of _C_ in 1855, which is about American Indians, Longfellows poetical reputation was established. A. Evangeline B. The Courtship of Miles StandishC. Song of HiawathaD. Michael Angelo5. What are the artistic achievements of Henry Wadsworth Longfellows poetry?1) Longfellow was the best known of the Fireside poets, it was with him that American poetry began its emergence from the shadow of the British parentage.2) His poetic narrative helped create National historical myth, transforming colorful aspects of the American past into memorable romance. They include Evangeline, which concerns lovers who are separated during the French and Indian War. (1754-1763)Song of Hiawatha derives its theme from native American folklore. 3) No Amerian poet before or since was as widely celebrated during his or her lifetime as Longfellow. 4) He became the first and only American poet to be honored with a bust in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey in London, England. fire-side poetsREPRESENTATIVES: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. who were the first American poets whose popularity rivaled that of British poets, both at home and abroad. The name Fireside Poets is derived from that popularity: The Fireside Poets general adherence to poetic conventionstandard forms, regular meter, and rhymed stanzasmade their body of work particularly suitable for memorization and recitation in school and also at home, where it was a source of entertainment for families gathered around the fire. The poets primary subjects were the domestic life, mythology, and politics of America, in which several of the poets were directly involved. The Fireside Poets wrote for the common people. They meant to have their stories told for families.Quiz on Edgar Allan Poe and Walt WhitmanDefine the following termsfireside poetsfree versequestionsThe significance of the collection Leaves of GrassWhy did Whitman entitle the collection of poems Leaves of Grass?1. _Edgar Allan Poe_is called the father of detective stories. 2. _Edgar Allan Poe_ is called the jingle man by Ralph Emerson.3. _Walt Whitman_was the first man in America to use the free verse.4. _Leaves of Grass is Whitmans masterpiece.5. Leaves of Grass is called the Bible of DemocracyQuiz on Emily Dickinson1.The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_D_.A. religion B. love and marriage C. life and death D. war and peace2. Emily Dickinsons poetic idiom is noted for the following except_D_.A. brevity B. directness C. plainest words D. obscure3.which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinsons? CA. This is my letter to the worldB. I heard a Fly buzz-when I diedC. The road not takenD. I like to see it lap the miles4. Emily Dickinsons poems “this is my letter to the world” expresses the poets _C_ about her communication with the outside world.A. indignation B. joy C. anxiety D. indifference5.American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was _C_.A master of imagery that makes the spiritual materialize in surprising ways,Dickinson managed manifold variations within her simple form: She usedimperfect rhymes, subtle breaks of rhythm, and idiosyncratic syntax andpunctuation to create fascinating word puzzles, which have producedgreatly divergent interpretations over the years.Quiz on Theodore Dreiser1._A_ is considered to be Theodore Dreisers greatest work.A.An American Tragedy B. Sister Carrie C. The Financier D. The Titan 2.Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of Americans _A_.A.naturalists B. realists C. modernists D. romanticists3.Dreisers trilogy of desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and _A_.A.The Stoic B. The Giant C. The Tycoon D. The Genius4.The centre character of the novel An American tragedy is_A_.A. Clyde Griffiths B. Samuel Griffiths C. Roberta Alden D. Sondra 5. Which of the following is NOT Theodore Dreisers work? DA. An American TragedyB. Free And Other Stories C. Sister CarrieD. The Black RidersThe Black Riders was written by Stephen Crane6.The story in An American Tragedy happened in _B_ century.A.19th B. 20th C. 18th D. 17th 7.In Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser described a _C_s fortune.A. boy B. male C. female D. old man 8.The stories both in Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt are based on the experience of Theodore Dreisers _B_.A. mother B. sister C. brother D. Aunt9. Which of the following is NOT Dreisers work? DA. Jennie GerhardtB. The TitanC. The FinancierD. The Call of the Wild10. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets is the first Naturalistic novel written by Stephen Crane. 11. Define the term Naturalism12. Analyze the characters of Clyde?13. Why did Dreiser call it an American tragedy?Quiz on Robert Lee Frost1. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms-the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse-with a clear American local speech rhythm, the speech of _D_ farmers with its idiosyncratic 特有的diction and syntax.A. southern B. western C. New Hampshire D. New England 2.”Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both”In the above two lines of Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken, the poet , by implication, was referring to _D_.A.a travel experience B. a marriage decision C. a middle-age crisis D. ones course of life 3. In the Thirties, poets like Archibald Macleish and _C_wrote compassionately about common people, workers and farmers.A. Emily Dickinson B. Ezra Pound C. Robert Frost D. Ezra Pound4.When Robert Frost was eighty-seven, he read his poetry at the inauguration of President _D_.A. Thomas Jefferson B. Theodore Roosevelt C. Abraham Lincoln D. John F. Kennedy5.Which of the following was NOT written by Robert Frost ? AA. “Success” B. “A Witness Tree” C. “Mending Wall” D. “In the Clearing”6. Robert Frost is famous for his lyric poems. Which of the following lyric poems was NOT written by Robert Frost ? DA. “Birches” B. “after Apple-picking” C. “The Road Not Taken” D. “In a Station of the Metro7. Which of the following is Robert Frosts first book of poems? AA. A Boys Will B. North of Boston C. In the Clearing D. A Witness Tree 8.As a national poet, Frost won _B_ Pulitzer Prizes.A. five B. four C. six D. seven9.In Frosts view, a poem “begins in _A_ and ends in _A_.”A. delight , wisdom B. wisdom, delight C. wisdom, beauty D. delight, beauty10.The words “Good fences make good neighbors.” are from_B_.A. The Pasture B. Mending Wall C. The Road Not Taken D. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening11.The famous poem “ Mending Wall” is from _A_.A.North of Boston B.A Boys Will C.Mountain Interval D.New Hampshire12. The famous poem “ The Road Not Taken” is from _C_.A. North of Boston B.A Boys Will C.Mountain Interval D.New Hampshire13. The poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is from _D_.A. North of Boston B.A Boys Will C.Mountain Interval D.New HampshireQuiz on Eugene ONeill1.As an autobiographical play, ONeills _ A_(1951) has gained its status as a world classic and simultaneously marks the climax of his literary career and the coming of age of American drama.A.Long Days Journey Into Night B. The Hairy Ape C. Desire Under the Elms D. The Iceman Cometh2.The leading playwright of the modern period in American literature , if not the most successful in all his experiments, is _D_.A.Arthur Miller B. Tennessee Williams C. Robert Frost D. Eugene