Quiz on Benjamin Franklin
1. “God help them that help themselves” is found in A ‘s work.
A.Franklin B.Freneau
C.Jefferson D.Paine
2. Which statement about Franklin is not true? D
A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.
B. He was a scientist.
C. He was a master of diplomacy.
D. He was a Unitarian.
3. Poor Richard’s Almanac contained A.
A. many proverbs B. Franklin’s autobiography
C. voyages to the new land D. climate and crops
4. 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 himself
A. Benjamin Franklin B. Washington Irving
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Nathaniel Hawthorne
5.__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 Irving
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Nathaniel Hawthorne
6. Benjamin Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece A .
A. Autobiography B. Poor Richard’s Almanac
C. Common Sense D. The Way to Wealth
7. Benjamin Franklin also edited the first colonial magazine, which he called C .
A. Time B. People
C. the General Magazine D. Redbook
8. If we say Jonathan Edwards represents the upper levels of the American mind, represents the lower levels. B
A. Thomas Paine B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Philip Freneau D. Washington Irving
Philip Freneau: “The Poet of American Revolution”.
9. The ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of B .
A. Thomas Hood B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson D. George Washington
10. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome(representative) of the A .
A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar Act
C. Chartist Movement D. Romanticist
11. Benjamin Franklin shaped his writing after the A of the English essayists Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
A. Spectator Papers B. Walden
C. Nature D. The Sacred Wood
12. Benjamin Franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the neoclassic ideal of D .
A. clarity B. restraint
C. simplicity D. all the above
13. Franklin’s claim to a place in literature rests chiefly on his A and A .
A. Poor Richard’s Almanac, Autobiography
B. Common Sense, American Crisis
C. The Wild Honeysuckle, The Indian Burying Ground
D. Rights of Man, The Age of Reason
Philip 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? D
A. 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 Emerson
1. 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 Emerson's 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. Emerson's truest disciple门徒, the man who put into practice many of Emerson's 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-Platonism
C. German idealistic philosophy D. The revelation of oriental mysticism
E. All of the above
2. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _B_____ and Thoreau.
A. Jefferson B. Emerson
C. Freneau D. Oversoul
3. Philip Freneau__ was considered as the "Poet of American Revolution"?
4. __B___ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.
A. Thoreau B. Emerson
C. Hawthorne D. Whitman
5. Transcendentalists recognized _A_____ as the "highest power of the soul".
A. intuition B.logic
C. data of the sneses D. thinking
6. 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 realism
C. Romanticism D. Naturalism
7. Which one is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? D
A. Nature B. Self-Reliance
C. The Oversoul D. Walden
