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PartI.TheLiteratureofColonialAmerica

I.FillinthefollowingBlanks.

1.ThemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliteraturewas

2.AmongthemembersofthesmallbandofJamestownsettlerswas,anEnglish

soldieroffortune,whosereportsfoexploratin,publiseedintheearly1600s,havebeen

describedasthefirstdistinctAmericanliteraaturewritteninEnglish.

3.AlmostahundredyearsearliertheCaribbeanIslands,Mexicl,andotherpartsof

CentralandSouthAmericawereoccupiedbythe.

4.Theterm"Puritan“wasappliedtothosesettlerswhooriginallyweredevoutmembers

oftheChurchof.

5.Collegewasestablishedin1636,withaprintingpresssetupnearlyin1639.

6.AmongallthesettlersintheNewContinent,settlerswerethemostinfluential.

7.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedat,

Virginia.

8.wasafamousexplorerandcolonist.HeestablishedJamestown.

9.InthebookJohnSmithwrotethat"'herenatureandlibertyaffordusthatfreely

whichinEnglandwewant,oritcostsusdearly/*

10.GenearlHistoryofVirginiacontainsSmith'smostfamoustaleofhowtheIndian

princessnamedsavedhimfromthewrathofherfather.

11.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethevaluesthatdominatedmuch

oftheearlyAmericanwriting.

12.TheAmericanpoetswhoemergedintheseventeenthcenturyadaptedthestyleof

establishedEuropeanpoetstothesubjectmattercomfronledinaslrang,new

environment.Bradstreetwasonesuchpoet.

13.WilliamBradfordhimselfusedaword"°todescribethecommunityof

believerswhosailedfromSouthampton,England,ontheMayflowerandsettledin

Plymouth,Massachusettsin1620.

14.In1620,waselectedGovernorofPlymouth,Massachusetts.

15.From1621untilhisdeath,probablypossessedmorepowerthanany

othercolonialgovernor.

16.WilliamBradford'sworkconsistsoftwobooks.Thefirstbook

dealswiththepersecutionsoftheSeptuaEiatemScrooby,England,andihe

secondbookdescribesthesigningofthe“Compact”.

17.TheHistory-ofNewEnglandisapricelessgiftleftusby.

18.wrotehismostimpressivewortTheMagnaliaCkristiAmerica.

19.ThewriterwhobestexpressedthePuritanfaithinthecolonialperiodwas

20.ThePuritanphilosophyknownaswasimportantinNewEnglandduring

colonialtime,andhadaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmindforseveral

generations.

21.ManyPuritanswroteverse,buttheworkoftwowriters,AnneBradsLitel

and,roseloJhelevelofrealpoetry.

22.ArepresentativesermonATrueStgkiofSinis'smainwork.

23.Beforehisdeath,hadgainedapositionasAmericasfirstsystematic

philosopher.

24.JonathanEdwards*smasterpieceis.

25.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericaisacollectionofpoemscomposed

by

26.'sbestverseistobefoundinajuriescalled"PreparatoryMeditations".

27.TheDayofDoom,along-standingbest-sellerbothinAmericaandinEngland,written

by

28.CharlesBiuckdenBrown'sfirstnovel,orhasbeen

regardedasthefirstAmericannovel.

29.Withhiselaboratemetaphors,wasreminiscentofRichaidCrashawand

GeorgeHerbertinEngland.

III.Makemultiplechoices,

1.EnglishliteratureintheAmericaisonlyaboutmorethanyearsold.

A.500

B.400

C.200

D.100

2.TheestablisherofJamestownwasthefamousexplorerandcolonist.

A.JohnWinthrop

B.JohnSmith

C.WilliamBradford

D.JohnGoodwin

3.ThePuritandominatingvalueswere.

A.hardwork

B.thrift

C.piety

D.sobriety

4.TheearlyhistoryofColonywasthehistoryofBradford1sleadership.

A.Plymouth

B.Jamestown

C.NewEngland

D.Mayflower

5.ChoosethosenamesthatwerenamedafterEnglishmonarchorland.

A.Georgia

B.NewYork

C.Carolina

D.NewHampshire

6.usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.

A.WilliamBradford

B.AnneBradstreet

C.EmilyDickinson

D.CaptainJohnSmith

7.WhichstatementaboutCottonMatherisnottrue?

A.HewasagreatPuritanhistorian.

B.Hewasaninexhaustiblewriter.

C.Hewasaskillfulpreacherandaneminenttheologian.

D.HewasagraduateofOxfordCollege.

8.JonathanEdwards*bestandmostrepresentativesermonwas

A.ATrueSightofSin

B.SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod

C.AModelofChristianCharity

D.God'sDeterminations

9.Whichwriterisnotapoet?

A.MichaelWigglesworth

B.AnneBradstreet

C.EdwardTaylor

D.ThomasHooker

10.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasison

the・

A.Revolutionism

B.Reason

C.Individualism

D.Rationalism

11.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshe

becameknownasthe""whoappearedinAmerica.

A.NinthMuse

B.TenthMuse

C.BestMuse

D.FirstMuse

12.Theship""carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatits

wayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,

Massachusetts.

A.Sunflower

B.Armada

C.Mayflower

D.Pequod

KeystoPartI.

I.Fillintheblanks:

1.AmericanPuritanism

2.CaptainJohnSmith

3.Spanish

4.England

5.Harvard

6.English

7.Jamestown

8.CaptainJohnSmith

9.ADescriptionofNewEngland

10.Pocahontas

11.Puritan

12.Anne

13.Pilgrims

14.WilliamBradford

15.WilliamBradford

16.Mayflower

17.JohnWinthrop

18.CottonMather

19.JohnWinthrop

20.Puritanism

21.EdwardTaylor

22.ThomasHooker

23.JonathanEdwards

24.FreedomoftheWill

25.AnneBradstreet

26.EdwardTaylor

27.MichaelWiggleworth

28.Wieland,TheTransfonnation;AnAmericanTale

29.EdwardTaylor

IILMakemultiplechoices：

1.C

2.B

3.ABCD

4.A

5.ABCD

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.C

PartII.TheLiteratureofReasonandRevolution

I.Fillintheblanks.

1.TheWarofIndependencelastedeightyearstill.

2.TheUnitedStatesofAmericawasfoundedin.

3.BenjaminFranklinalsoeditedthefirstcolonialmagazine,whichhecalled.

4.BenjaminFranklin*sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece.

5.ThomasPaine,withhisnaturalgiftforpamphleteeringandrebellion,wasap­

propriatelybornintoanageof.

6.OnJanuary10,1776,ThomasPaine'sfamouspamphletappeared.

7.AseriesofsixteenpamphletsbyThomasPainewasentitled.

8.ThomasPaine'ssecondmostimportantworkwasanimpassioned

pleaagainsthereditarymonarchy.

9.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericaofthe18thcenturywas.

10.PhilipFreneau*sfamouspoemwaswrittenabouthisimprisoned

experience.

11.wasconsideredasthe"poetoftheAmericanRevolution.n

12.hasbeencalledthe"FatherofAmericanPoetry."

13.In1791,probablywithThomasJefferson'ssupport,establishedin

PhiladelphiatheNationalGazette.

14.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeofand

Revolution.

15.TheCalvinistbeliefsbroughtabouttheGreatAwakeningduringthe1730sand

1740s.was(hemostinfluentialamongthebelievers.

16.JonathanEdwards'workImagesorShadowsofDivineThingsanticipatedthenature

symbolismofinthe19thcentury,wesayJonathanEdwardsrepresents

theupperlevelsoftheAmericanmind,representsthelowerlevels.

Ill,Makemultiplechoices,

1.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment,

wasthedominantspirit.

A.Humanism

B.Rationalism

C.Revolution

D.Evolution

2.InAmericanliterature,theEnlightenerswereopposedto

A.thecolonialorder

B.religiousobscurantism

C.thePuritantradition

D.thesecularliterature

3.TheEnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandthe

ContinentalCongressadoptedin1776.

A.theDeclarationofIndependence

B.theSugarAct

C.theStampAct

D.theMayflowerCompact

4.WhichstatementaboutBenjaminFranklinisnottrue?

A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.

B.Hewasascientist.

C.Hewasamasterofdiplomacy.

D.HewasaPuritan.

5.ThesecularidealsoftheAmericanEnlightenmentwereexemplifiedinthelifeandcareer

of.

A.ThomasHood

B.BenjaminFranklin

C.ThomasJefferson

D.GeorgeWashington

6.WhichofthefollowingstiiTedtheworldandhelpedformtheAmericanrepublic?

A.TheAmericanCrisis

B.TheFederalist

C.DeclarationofIndependence

D.TheWasteLand

7.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe.

A.AmericanEnlightenment

B.SugarAct

C.Chartistmovement

D.Romanticist

8.From1732to1758,BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous,an

annulcollectionofproverbs.

A.TheAutobiography

B.PoorRichard'sAlmanac

C.CommonSense

D.TheGenera!Magazine

9.WhichisnotconnectedwithThomasPaine?

A.CommonSense

B.TheAmericanCrisis

C.PennsylvaniaMagazine

D.TheAutobiography

10.ChoosetheworkswrittenbyThomasPaine.

A.RightsofMan

B.TheAgeofReason

C.AgrarianJustice

D.CommonSense

E.TheAmericanCrisis

11.ThefirstpamphletpublishedinAmericatourgeimmediateindependencefromBritain

is.

A.TheRightsofMan

B.CommonSense

C.TheAmericanCrisis

D.DeclarationofIndependence

12."Thesearethetimesthattrymen'ssouls',,thesewordswereoncereadtoGeorge

Washington'stroopsanddidmuchtoshoreupthespiritsoftherevolutionarysoldiers.Who

istheauthorofthesewords?

A.BenjaminFranklin

B.ThomasJefferson

C.ThomasPaine

D.GeorgeWashington

13.WhichstatementaboutPhilipFreneauistrue?

A.Hewasasatirist.

B.Hewasapamphleteer.

C.Hewasapoet.

D.Hewasabitterpolemicist.

14.WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyPhilipFreneau?

A.TheBritishPrisonShip

B.TheWildHoneySuckle

C.TheIndianBuryingGround

D.TheDayofDoom

15.Whowasconsideredasthe"PoetofAmericanRevolution"?

A.MichaelWigglesworth

B.EdwardTaylor

C.AnneBradstreet

D.PhilipFreneau

16.ItwasnotuntilJanuary1776thatawidelyheardpublicvoicedemandedcomplete

separationfromEngland.Thevoicewasthatof,whosepamphletCommonSense,

withitsheatedlanguage,increasedthegrowingdemandforseparation.

A.ThomasPaine

B.ThomasJefferson

C.GeorgeWashington

D.PatrickHenry

17.DuringtheReasonandRevolutionPeriod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropean

movementcalledthe.

A.ChartistMovement

B.RomanticistMovement

C.EnlightenmentMovement

D.ModernistMovement

18.ThomasJefferson'sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitof

happiness,istypicaloftheperiodwenowcall.

A.AgeofEvolution

B.AgeofReason

C.AgeofRomanticism

D.AgeofRegionalism

19.carriesthevoicenotofanindividualbutofawholepeople.Itismorethan

writingoftheRevolutionaryperiod,itdefinedthemeaningoftheAmericanRevolution.

A.CommonSense

B.TheAmericanCrisis

C.DeclarationofIndependence

D.DefenceoftheEnglishPeople

20.BenjaminFranklinshapedhiswritingaftertheoftheEnglishessayists

JosephAddisonandRichardSteele.

A.SpectatorPapers

B.Walden

C.Nature

D.TheSacredWood

KeystoPartII.

I.Fillintheblanks

1.1783

2.1783

3.theGeneralMagazine

4.Autobiography

5.revolution

6.CommonSense

7.TheAmericancrisis

8.TheRightsofMan

9.PhilipFreneau

10.TheBritishPrisonShip

11.PhilipFreneau

12.PhilipFreneau

13.PhilipFreneau

14.Reason

15.JonathanEdwards

16.Transcendentalism

17.BenjaminFranklin

III.Makemultiplechoices.

1.B

2.ABC

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.ABC

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.ABCDE

11.B

12.C

13.ABCD

14.D

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.A

PartIII.TheLiteratureofRomanticism

I.Fillintheblanks?

1.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,WashingtonIrvingwrotewhichbecame

thefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinancialsuccessonbothsidesofthe

Atlantic.

2.In1828,publishedhisAnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLan­

guage.

3.In1755,publishedhisremarkabledictionarynamedDictionaryofthe

EnglishLanguage.

4.TheCivilWarof1861—1865endedinthedefeatoftheSouthernersandtheab­

olitionof.

5.TheAmericanTranscendentalistsformedaclubcalled.

6.TheTranscendentalCluboftenmetat'sConcordhome.

7.wasregardedasthefirstgreatprosestylistofAmericanromanticism.

8.Atnineteenpublishedinhisbrother*snewspaper,his“Jonathan

Oldstyle"satiresofNewYorklife.

9.InWashingtonIrving'sworkappearedthefirstmodemshortstories

andthefirstgreatAmericanjuvenileliterature.

10.InParis,WashingtonIrvingmetJohnHowardPayne,theAmericandramatistand

actor,withwhomIrvingwrotehisbrilliantsocialcomedy,orThe

MerryMonarch.

11.TheshortstoryTheLegendofSleepyHollowistakenfromWashingtonIrving*s

worknamed.

12.wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputation

aftertheRevolutionaryWar.

13.WashingtonIrving1sfirstbookappearedin1809.Itwasentitled.

14.WashingtonIrvingalsowrotetwobiographies,oneisTheLifeofOliverGoldsmith,

andtheotheris.

15.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistwas.

16.JamesFenimoreCooper*snovelwasarousingtaleaboutespionage

againsttheBritishduringtheRevolutionaryWar.

17.ThebestofJamesFenimoreCooper'ssearomanceswas.Thehero

ofthenovelrepresentsJohnPaulJones,thegreatnavalfighteroftheRevolutionary

War.

18.ThecentralfigureintheLeatherstockingTalesis,whogoesbythe

variousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,PathfinderandHawkeye.

19."ToaWaterfowl'1isperhapsthepeakof'swork,ithasbeen

calledbyaneminentEnglishcritic"themostperfectbriefpoeminthelanguage.'*

20.wasthefirstAmericantogainthestatureofamajorpoetintheworld

literature.

21.AmongWilliamCullenBryant'smostimportantlaterworksarehistranslationsof

theIliadandtheintoEnglishblankverse.

22.EdgarAllanPoe'spoemisperhapsthebestexampleofonomatopoeia

intheEnglishlanguage.

23.EdgarAllanPoe'spoemwaspublishedin1845asthetitlepoemofa

collection.

24.RalphEmersonwasresponsibleforbringingtranscendentalismtoNew

England.

25.RalphWaldoEmerson*struestdisciple,themanwhoputintopracticemanyof

Emerson'stheories,was.

26.In1845,HenryDavidThoreaubeganatwo-yearresidenceat

Pond.

27.AsuperbbookentitledcameoutofHenryDavidThoreau1stwo-year

experimentatWaldenPond.

28.FromHenryDavidThoreau'sConcordjailexperience,camehisfamousessay

29.HesterPrynneistheheroineinNathanielHawthorne'snovel.

30.HermanMelville'snovelisatremendouschronicleofawhaling

voyageinpursuitofaseeminglysupernaturalwhitewhale.

31.HenryWadsworthLongfellow'sfirstcollectionofpoemsentitled

appearedin1838.

32.ThemostscholarlyofHenryWadsworthLongfellow*swritingsishistranslationof

Dante*s.

33.BesideslyricsandlongerpoemsHenryWadsworthLongfellowwrotedramatic

works,amongwhichisthemostconspicuous.

34.HenryWadsworthLongfellowandaretheonlytwoAmerican

poetscommemoratedinthePoet*sComerofWestminsterAbbey.

35.Afterhisdeath,becametheonlyAmericantobehonoredwithabustin

thePoet'sComerofWestminsterAbbey.

36.TheAmericanRomanticperiodstretchesfromtheendoftheeighteenthcentury

throughtheoutburstofthe.

37.TheEnglishauthornamedwas,inaway,responsiblefbrtheromantic

descriptionoflandscapeinAmericanliteratureandthedevelopmentofAmerican

Indianromance.HisWaverleynovelsweremodelsforAmericanhis

toricalromances.

38.Publishedin1823,wasthefirstoftheLeatherstockingTales,intheir

orderofpublicationtime,andprobablythefirsttrueromanceofthefrontierin

Americanliterature.

39.InThePioneers,representstheidealAmerican,livingavirtuousand

freelifeinGod*sworld.

40.In1836,alittlebookcameoutwhichmadeatremendousimpactontheintellectual

lifeofAmerica.ItwasentitledNatureby.

41.RalphWaldoEmerson'sessayhasbeenregardedas"America's

DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence".ItcalledonAmericanwriterstowrite

aboutAmericainawaypeculiarlyAmerican.

42.AnotherrenownedNewEnglandTranscendentalistwas,afriendof

RalphWaldoEmerson1sandhisjuniorbysomefourteenyears.

43.ThewayinwhichwroteTheScarletLettersuggeststhatAmerican

RomanticismadapteditselftoAmericanpuritanmoralism.

44.HermanMelville'sworldclassicnovelMobyDickwasdedicatedto,

anovelist.

45.Itissaidthatinhislateyears,HermanMelvillestoppedwritingnovelsandstories

andturnedtopoetry,ishismostfamouspoeticwork.

46.HermanMelvilleisbestknownastheauthorofonebooknamed,

whichis,criticshaveagreed,oneoftheworld'sgreatestmasterpieces.

ILMakemultiplechoices.

1.In1837,thefirstcollege-levelinstitutionforwomen,MountHolyokeFemaleSeminary,

wasestablishedintoservethe''muslinsex".

A.NewEngland

B.Virginia

C.Massachusetts

D.NewYork

2.Transcendentalismtooktheirideasfrom.

A.theromanticliteratureinEurope

B.neo-Platonism

C.Germanidealisticphilosophy

D.therevelationsoforientalmysticism

3.Asaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,flourishedinNewEngland

fromthe1830stotheCivilWar.

A.modemism

B.rationalism

C.sentimentalism

D.transcendentalism

4.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin

andHenryDavidThoreau.

A.ThomasJefferson

B.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.PhilipFreneau

D.Oversoul

5.Whowereregardedasthe"School-roomPoets"?

A.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

B.Lowell

C.OliverRusselHolmes

D.JohnGreenleafWhittier

6.Americanstatesmensuchasslowlywonfortheircountrytherespect

ofEuropeanpowers.

A.Washington

B.Jefferson

C.Madison

D.Monroe

7.wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.

A.HenryDavidThoreau

B.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.NathanielHawthorne

D.WaltWhitman

8.Transcendentaiistsrecognizedasthe"highestpowerofthesoul.u

A.intuition

B.logic

C.dataofthesenses

D.thinking

9.LedbyNathanielHawthorne,RalphWaldoEmersonand,

therearoseakindofteachingsoftranscendentalismintheearlynineteenthcentury.

A.HermanMelville

B.HenryDavidThoreau

C.MarkTwain

D.TheodoreDreiser

10.TranscendentalismappealedtothosewhodisdainedtheharshGodofthePuritan

ancestors,anditappealedtothosewhoscornedthepaledeityofNewEngland

A.Transcendentalism

B.Humanism

C.Naturalism

D.Unitarianism

11.Intheearly19thcenturyAmerica,statesmensuchas,cametodominate

Americanpoliticsnotwiththeirprosebutwiththeemotionalforceoftheiroratory.

A.DanielWebster

B.DanielDefoe

C.PhilipFreneau

D.ThomasPaine

12.AnewhadappearedinEnglandinthelastyearsoftheeighteenthcentury.

ItspreadtocontinentalEuropeandthencametoAmericaearlyinthenineteenthcentury.

A.realism

B.criticalrealism

C.romanticism

D.naturalism

13.Thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanent

conventionofAmericanliterature,evidentin.

A.JamesFenimoreCooper'sLeatherstockingTales

B.HenryDavidThoreau*sV/alden

C.MarkTwain'sHucklebenyFinn

D.NathanielHawthorne'sTheScarletLetter

14.Apreoccupationwiththedemonicandthemysteryofevilmarkedtheworksof

,andahostoflesserwriters.

A.NathanielHawthorne

B.EdgarAllanPoe

C.HermanMelville

D.MarkTwain

15.AnAmericanDictionatyoftheEnglishLanguagewaspublishedin1828by

A.SamuelJohnson

B.NoahWebster

C.DanielWebster

D.DanielDefoe

16.InthenineteenthcenturyAmerica,Romanticsoftensharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics.

Choosesuchcharacteristicsfromthefollowing.

A.moralenthusiasm

B.faithinthevalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception

C.adorationforthenaturalworld

D.presumptionaboutthecorrosiveeffectofhumansociety

17.ChooseWashingtonIrving'sworksfromthefollowing.

A.TheSketchBook

B.BracebridgeHall

C.TalesofaTraveller

D.AHistoryofNewYork

18.InJamesFenimoreCooper'snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoinromanticappeal,

comethetwonobleredmen.Choosethemfromthefollowing.

A.theMohicanChiefChingachgook

B.Uncas

C.TomJones

D.KublaKhan

19.In1817,thestatelypoemcalledThanatopsisintroducedthebestpoetto

appearinAmericauptothattime.

A.EdwardTaylor

B.PhilipFreneau

C.WilliamCullenBryant

D.EdgarAllanPoe

20.ChooseWilliamCullenBryant'spoemsfromthefollowing.

A.ToaCaty-Did

B.ToaWaterfowl

C.Thanatopsis

D.TheWildHoneySuckle

21.Fromthefollowing,choosethepoemswrittenbyEdgarAllanPoe.

A.ToHelen

B.TheRaven

C.AnnabelLee

D.TheBells

22.InhispostontheMessenger,EdgarAllanPoeshowedhistruetalentsas

A.aneditor

B.apoet

C.aliterarycritic

D.afictionwriter

23.EdgarAllanPoe'sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis.

A.TalesofaTraveller

B.LeatherstockingTales

C.CanterburyTales

D.TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque

24.Fromthefollowing,choosethecharacteristicsofRalphWaldoEmerson'spoetry.

A.beinghighlyindividual

B.harshrhythms

C.lackofformandpolish

D.strikingimages

25.WhichbookisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson?

A.RepresentativeMen

B.EnglishTraits

C.Nature

D.TheRhodora

26.WhichessayisnotwrittenbyRalphWaldoEmerson?

A.OfStudies

B.Self-Reliance

C.TheAmericanScholar

D.TheDivinitySchoolAddress

27.FromHenryDavidThoreau'sjailexperience,camehisfamousessay,,

whichstatesThoreau'sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthecommandofa

government.

A.Walden

B.Nature

C.CivilDisobedience

D.CommonSense

28.ThefinestexampleofNathanielHawthorne1ssymbolismistherecreationofPuritan

Bostonin.

A.TheScarletLetter

B.YoungGoodmanBrown

C.TheMarbleFaun

D.TheAmbitiousGuest

29.TheHouseofSevenGablesisafamousmystery-hauntednovelwrittenby

A.NathanielHawthorne

B.NathanielHathorne

C.NathanalHawthorne

D.NathanialHathome

30.NathanielHawthorne'sabilitytocreatevividandsymbolicimagesthatembodygreat

moralquestionsalsoappearsstronglyinhisshortstories.Choosehisshortstoriesfromthe

following.

A.YoungGoodmanBrown

B.TheGreatStoneFace

C.TheAmbitiousGuest

D.EthanBrand

E.ThePearl

31.WhichisnotNathanielHawthorne'slongnovel?

A.TheScarletLetter

B.TheMarbleFaun

C.TheBlithedaleRomance

D.TheHouseofSevenGables

E.Dr.Heidegger'sExperiment

32.HermanMelvillecalledhisfriendNathanielHawthorneinAmerican

literature.

A.thelargestbrainwiththelargestheart

B.fatherofAmericanpoetry

C.thetranscendentalist

D.theAmericanscholar

33.ChoosethecharacterswhichappearinthenovelTheScarletLetter.

A.HesterPrynne

B.ArthurDimmesdale

C.RogerChillingworth

D.Pearl

34.wasaromanticizedaccountofHermanMelville*sstayamongthe

Polynesians.ThesuccessofthebooksoonmadeMelvillewellknownasthe"manwholived

amongcannibals1'.

A.MobyDick

B.Typee

C.Omoo

D.BillyBudd

35.Withtheappearanceofin1855,whichisaboutAmericanIndians,

HenryWadsworthLongfellow'spoeticalreputationwasestablished.

A.Evangeline

B.TheCourtshipofMilesStandish

C.SongofHiawatha

D.MichaelAngelo

36.ChoosetheauthorswhobelongtotheromanticgroupinAmericanliterature.

A.RalphWaldoEmerson

B.HenryDavidThoreau

C.NathanielHawthorne

D.HermanMelville

E.WaltWhitman

37.IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.

Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethan

did.

A.Puritanism

B.Romanticism

C.Rationalism

D.Sentimentalism

38.Americanromanticistwriters,likeWashingtonIrvingandespeciallythegroupofNew

Englandpoetssuchas,,,andLowell,tried

tomodeltheirworksuponEnglishandEuropeanmasters.

A.WilliamCullenBryant

B.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

C.OliverRusselHolmes

D.JohnGreenleafWhittier

E.ThomasGray

39.WashingtonIrvingwasbestknownforhisfamousshortstoriessuchas

and.

A.RipVanWinkle

B.TheLege