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1.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor'stoneinwriting

becomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore.

A.rationalB.humorous

C.optimisticD.pessimistic

2.TheimpactofDarwin'sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtand

theinfluenceofthenineteenth-centuryFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenof

lettersgaverisetoyetanotherschoolofrealism:American.

A.localcolorismB.vernacularism

C.modernismD.naturalism

3.wereidealists,believingthechurchshouldberestoredto

complete"purity"anddreamingthattheywouldbuildthenewlandtoanEden

onearth.

A.CalvinistsB.Puritans

c.RomanticistsD.Transcendentalists

4.AllofthefollowingarethefeaturesofPuritansEXCEPT.

A.wantingtomakepuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices

B.lookinguponthemselvesasachosenpeople

C.toleratingothers'beliefsandsoughtforahappyandaneasylife

D.wishingtorestoresimplicitytochurchservesandemphasizedtheimageof

awrathfulGod

5.HesterPrynne,Dimmesdale,ChillingworthandPearlaremostlikely

Charactersin.

A.TheHouseoftheSevenGablesB.TheScarletLetter

C.ThePortraitofaLadyD.Thepioneers

6.AmericanwritersafterWorldWarIself-consciouslyacknowledgedthatthey

were(a)

""devoidoffaithandalienatedfromtheWesterncivilization.

A.LostGenerationB.BeatGeneration

C.SonsofLibertyD.AngryYoungMen

7.InJamesFenimoreCooper1snovels,closeafterNattyBumppoin

romanticappeal,comethetwonobleredmen.Choosethemfromthefollowing

items.

A.TheMohicanChiefChingachgookB.Uncas

C.TomeJonesD.BothAandB

8.ThewFatherofAmericanPoetry"is____.

A.WilliamCullenBryant

B.PhilipFreneau

C.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

D.EdgarAllanPoe

9.HermanMek川e'sisanencyclopediaofeverything,history,

philosophy,religion,etc,inadditiontoadetailedaccountoftheoperationsofthe

whalingindustry.

A.TheOldManandtheSeaB.MobyDick

C.WhiteJacketD.BillyBudd

10.Inadditiontohisnovels,wroteabout120shortstoriesandsketches.

AmongthemareYoungGoodmanBrownandTheMinister'sBlackVeil.

A.HenryDavidThoreauB.NathanielHawthorne

C.RalphWaldoEmersonD.HermanMelville

11.RobertFrostcombinedtraditionalverseforms-thesonnet,rhyming

couplets,blankverse-withaclearAmericanlocalspeechrhythm,thespeechof

farmerswithitsidiosyncraticdictionandsyntax.

A.SouthernB.Western

C.NewHampshireD.NewEngland

12.TheRomanticwriterswouldfocusonallthefollowingissuesEXCEPTthe

intheAmericanliteraryhistory.

A.individualfeelings

B.ideaofsurvivalofthefittest

C.strongimagination

D.returntonature

13.Cooper'sstoryofthe"frontiersaga"ismadeupof5famousnovels

thatcomprisetheTales,inwhichthemaincharacterisNattyBumppo.

A.Leatherstockingtales

B.TheDeerSlayer

C.SeaAdventure

D.TheRomantic

14.MorethanfivehundredpoemsDickinsonwroteareaboutnature,inwhich

hergeneralSkepticismabouttherelationshipbetweeniswell-expressed.

A.manandmanB.menandwomen

C.manandnatureD.menandGod

15.FromHenryDavidThoreau1sjailexperiencecamehisfamousessay,

whichstatesThoreau'sbeliefthatnomanshouldviolatehisconscienceatthe

commandofagovernment.

A.WaldenB.Nature

C.CivilDisobedienceD.CommonSense

16.ChoosetheauthorswhobelongtotheromanticgroupinAmerican

literature.

A.RalphWaldoEmersonB.HenryDavidThoreau

C.NathanielHawthorneD.HermanMelville

E.WaltWhitmanF.Alloftheabove

17Thedesireforanescapeformsocietyandareturntonaturebecamea

permanentconventionofAmericanliterature,evidentin____.

A.JamesFenimoreCooper,sLeatherstockingTales

B.HenryDavidThoreau'sWalden

C.MarkTwain,sHuckleberryFinn

D.Alloftheabove

18.Stylistically,HenryJames'fictionischaracterizedby.

A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimages

C.ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefinedlanguage

19.Emersonbasedhisreligiononanintuitivebeliefinanultimateunity,which

hecalled.

A.theSpirit

B.theOver-1ord

C.theoversoul

D.theSelf

20.OneofthecharacteristicsthathavemadeMarkTwainamajorliterary

figureinthe19thcenturyAmericaishisuseof.

A.vernacularB.interiormonologue

C.pointofviewD.photographicdescription

IV.Readthequotedpartscarefullyandanswerthequestions.

1"WepassedtheSchool,whereChildrenstrove/AtRecess—inthe

Ring—/WepassedtheFieldsofGazingGrain—/WepassedtheSettingSun—"

1)Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

2)Whodoes"we"referto?

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

Sun"implyrespectively?

4)Whereare"we"going?

2.Readthepassageandanswerquestions.

Togointosolitude,amanneedstoretireasmuchfromhischamberasfrom

society.IamnotsolitarywhilstIreadandwrite,thoughnobodyiswithme.Butifa

manwouldbealone,lethimlookatthestars.Theraysthatcomefromthose

heavenlyworldswillseparatebetweenhimandvulgarthings.Onemightthinkthe

atmospherewasmadetransparentwiththisdesign,togiveman,intheheavenly

bodies,theperceptualpresenceofthesublime.Seeninthestreetsofcities,how

greattheyare!Ifstarsshouldappearonenightinathousandyears,howwould

menbelieveandadore:andpreserveformanygenerationstheremembranceof

thecityofGodwhichhadbeenshown!Buteverynightcomeoutthesepreachers

ofbeauty,andlighttheuniversewiththeiradmonishingsmile.

Questions:

Whereisthispassagetakenandwhoistheauthor?Whatdoestheauthorsay

wouldhappenifthestarsappearedonenightinathousandyears?

3.TrustnoFuture,howe'erpleasant!

LetthedeadPastburyitsdead!

Act—actinthegloriousPresent!

Heartwithin,andGodo'erhead!

1)Whoisthepoet?

2)Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

3)Whatdoesthepoetwanttotellintheselines?

4,"IshallbetellingthiswithasighSomewhereagesandageshence:Two

roadsdivergedinawood,andI—Itooktheonelesstraveledby,Andthathas

madeallthedifference."

1)Identifythepoemandthepoet.

2)Whatdoesthephrase“agesandageshence"mean?

3)Whydoesthepoetsay"thathasmadeallthedifference"?

4)Whatideadoesthequotedpassageexpress?

5HButIhavepromisestokeep,/AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep,/And

manymilestogobeforeIsleep/

1)Whatisthetitleofthepoem?

2)Whatdoes"promises"meaninthispoem?

3)Whydoesthepoetsay“AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep,/Andmany

milestogobeforeIsleep."?

4)Whatdoes"AndmanymilestogobeforeIsleep,/Andmanymilestogo

beforeIsleep"mean?

6.Readapassageandanswerquestions(10")

HesterPrynne1stermofconfinementwasnowatanend.Herprison-door

wasthrownopen,andshecameforthintosunshinewhich,fallingonallalike,

seemed,tohersickandmorbidheart,asifmeantfornootherpurposethanto

revealthescarletletteronherbreast.Perhapstherewasamorerealtortureinher

firstunattendedfootstepsfromthethresholdoftheprison,thaneveninthe

processionandspectaclethathavebeendescribed,whereshewasmadethe

commoninfamy,atwhichallmankindwassummonedtopointitsfinger.Then,she

wassupportedbyanunnaturaltensionofthenerves,andbyallthecombative

energyofhercharacter,whichenabledhertoconvertthesceneintoakindoflurid

triumph.

Questions;

Whichnovelisthisselectiontakenfrom?Whatisthenameofthenovelist?

WhatdoyouthinkisthesymbolicmeaningofthescarletletteronHester's

breast?

VI.Topicdiscussionsorbriefanswers.

1WhyisitsaidthatNewEnglandfrom