美国文学史习题

American Literature

Chapter 1 The Romantic Period

I、 Choose the right answer:

1、 Of all the following issues, _____is definitely NOT the focus of the Romantic wri ters in the American literary history、

A、 Puritan morality

B、 Human bestiality

C、 Noble savages

D、 Divinity of man

2、 Henry David Thoreaus work, ________, has always been regarded as a masterpie ce of the New England Transcendental Movement、

A、 Walden

B、 The Pioneers

C、 Nature

D、 "Song of Myself"

3、 "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" is a famous quote fr om______s writings、

A、 Walt Whitman

B、 Henry David Thoreau

C、 Herman Melville

D、 Ralph Wal do Emerson

4、 Leaves of Grass commands great attention because of its uniquely poetic embodi ment of________, which are written in the founding documents of both the Revolutio nary War and the American Civil War、

A、 the democratic ideals

B、 the romantic ideals

C、 the self-reliance spirits

D、 the religious ideals

5、 According to Whitman, the genuine participation of a poet in a common cultural effort was to behave as a supreme_________、

A、 democrat

B、 individualist

C、 romanticist

D、 leader

6、 The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as __________ _、

A、 The Naturalist Period

B、 The Modern Period

C、 The Romantic Period

D、 The Realistic Period

7、 In the following works, which sign the beginning of the American literature?

A、 The Sketch Book

B、 Leaves of Grass

C、 Leather Stocking Tales

D、 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

8、 _____is the author of the work The Legend of Sleepy Hollow、

A、 Washington Irving

B、 James Joyce

C、 Walt Whitman

D、 William Butler Y eats

9、 Washington Irvings Rip Van Winkle is famous for_________、

A、 Rips escape into a mysterious

B、 The storys German legendary source material

C、 Rips seeking for happiness

D、 Rips 20-years sleep

10、 Which of the following statement is not true about Washington Irving?

A、 Washington Irving is regarded as Father of the American short stories、

B、 Irvings relationship with the Old World in terms of his literary imagination can h ardly be ignored considering his success both abroad and at home、

C、 Irvings taste was essentially progressive or radical、

D、 Washington Irving has always been regarded as a writer who "perfected the best classic style that American literature ever produced、"

11、 The Publication of ______established Emerson as the most eloquent spokesman of New England Transcendentalism、

A、 Nature

B、 Self-Reliance

C、 The American Scholar

D、 The Over-Soul

12、 The phrase "a transparent eye-