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1。Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor'stoneinwriting

becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and

more_____________。

A.rational B.humorous

C.optimistic D。pessimistic

2.TheimpactofDarwin'sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtand

theinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmerican

men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism：

American___________。

A.localcolorism B。vernacularism

C。modernism D。naturalism

3.____________wereidealists,believingthechurchshouldberestoredto

complete"purity"anddreamingthattheywouldbuildthenewlandtoan

Edenonearth。

A。 Calvinists B。Puritans

C. Romanticists D.Transcendentalists

4. AllofthefollowingarethefeaturesofPuritansEXCEPT_____.

A。wantingtomakepuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices

B.lookinguponthemselvesasachosenpeople

C.toleratingothers'beliefsandsoughtforahappyandaneasylife

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D。wishingtorestoresimplicitytochurchservesandemphasizedthe

imageofawrathfulGod

5。HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale，ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikely

Charactersin_______.

A。TheHouseoftheSevenGables B。TheScarletLetter

C。ThePortraitofaLady D。Thepioneers

6。AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthat

theywere（a)

"_______," devoid of faith and alienated from the Western

civilization．

A.LostGeneration B。BeatGeneration

C。SonsofLiberty D。AngryYoungMen

7。InJamesFenimoreCooper'snovels，closeafterNattyBumppoinromantic

appeal,comethetwonobleredmen。Choosethemfromthefollowingitems.

A。TheMohicanChiefChingachgook B。Uncas

C。TomeJones D。BothAandB

8。The"FatherofAmericanPoetry"is____。

A。WilliamCullenBryant

B。PhilipFreneau

C.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

D.EdgarAllanPoe

9.HermanMelville's______isanencyclopediaofeverything,history，

philosophy,religion，etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountofthe

operationsofthewhalingindustry。

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A.TheOldManandtheSea B.MobyDick

C。WhiteJacket D.BillyBudd

10。Inadditiontohisnovels，_______wroteabout120shortstoriesand

sketches.AmongthemareYoungGoodmanBrownandTheMinister'sBlackVeil.

A。HenryDavidThoreau B。Nathaniel

Hawthorne

C。RalphWaldoEmerson D。HermanMelville

11.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhyming

couplets，blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm，thespeech

of_______farmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax。

A.Southern B。Western

C。NewHampshire D。NewEngland

12.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe

_____intheAmericanliteraryhistory。

A.individualfeelings

B。ideaofsurvivalofthefittest

C.strongimagination

D。returntonature

13.Cooper'sstoryofthe"frontiersaga"ismadeupof5famousnovels

thatcomprisethe________Tales，inwhichthemaincharacterisNatty

Bumppo.

A.Leatherstockingtales

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B.TheDeerSlayer

C。SeaAdventure

D。TheRomantic

14。MorethanfivehundredpoemsDickinsonwroteareaboutnature，inwhich

her general Skepticism about the relationship between ______ is

well-expressed。

A。manandman B.menandwomen

C。manandnature D.menandGod

15。FromHenryDavidThoreau'sjailexperiencecamehisfamousessay，

______whichstatesThoreau'sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehis

conscienceatthecommandofagovernment.

A.Walden B.

Nature

C。 CivilDisobedience D。

CommonSense

16.ChoosetheauthorswhobelongtotheromanticgroupinAmerican

literature。

A。RalphWaldoEmerson B。HenryDavid

Thoreau

C。NathanielHawthorne D。HermanMelville

E。WaltWhitman F。Allofthe

above

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17Thedesireforanescapeformsocietyandareturntonaturebecamea

permanentconventionofAmericanliterature，evidentin____.

A.JamesFenimoreCooper'sLeatherstockingTales

B.HenryDavidThoreau'sWalden

C.MarkTwain'sHuckleberryFinn

D。Alloftheabove

18.Stylistically，HenryJames'fictionischaracterizedby____________。

A。short，clearsentences B.abundanceoflocalimages

C。ordinaryAmericanspeech D。highlyrefinedlanguage

19。Emersonbasedhisreligiononanintuitivebeliefinanultimateunity，

whichhecalled________.

A。theSpirit

B。theOver-lord

C。theoversoul

D。theSelf

20。OneofthecharacteristicsthathavemadeMarkTwainamajorliterary

figureinthe19thcenturyAmericaishisuseof____________ 。

A。vernacular B。interiormonologue

C.pointofview D。photographicdescription

IV.Readthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestions.

1"WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstrove/AtRecess—intheRing—/We

passedtheFieldsofGazingGrain—/WepassedtheSettingSun-"

1）Whatisthetitleofthepoem？

2）Whodoes"we"referto？

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3）Whatdoes"theSchool"，"theFieldsofGazingGrain"，and"the

SettingSun"implyrespectively？

4）Whereare"we"going?

2．Readthepassageandanswerquestions.

Togointosolitude，amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamber

asfromsociety。IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadandwrite,thoughnobody

iswithme.Butifamanwouldbealone，lethimlookatthestars.

Theraysthatcomefromthoseheavenlyworldswillseparatebetweenhim

andvulgarthings。Onemightthinktheatmospherewasmadetransparent

withthisdesign，togiveman,intheheavenlybodies，theperceptual

presenceofthesublime。