美国文学史及选读考试试题（卷）
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院系：专业：考试科目：美国文学史及选读考试形式：闭卷考试时间：100 分钟
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Directions: In this part of the test, there are 9 items and 10 blanks. Fill in the best answer on the Answer Sheet according to the knowledge you have learned.
1.The first American literature was neither ____ nor really ____.
2.Of the immigrants who came to America in the first three
quarters of the seventeenth century, the overwhelming
majority was _____.
3.The English immigrants who settled on America’s northern
seacoast were called _____, so named after those who
wished to “purify” the Church of England.
4.Washington Irving, the Father of American literature,
developed the _____ as a genre in American literature.
5.Franklin’s best writing is found in his masterpiece _____.
6.The most outstanding poet in America of the 18th century
was _____.
7.In the early 19th century, “Rip Van Winkle”had
established _____’s reputation at home and abroad, and
designated the beginning of American Romanticism.
8._____ has sometimes been considered the father of the
modern short story.
9.In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece
_____, the story of a triangular love affair in colonial
America.
Directions: In this part of the test, there are twenty items. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. The Colonial Period of American literature stretched roughly
from the settlement of America in the early 17th century
through the end of ________ century.
A. the 18th
B. the 19th
C. the 20th
D. 21th
2. New-England’s Plantation was published in 1630 by ________
A. Francis Higginson
B. William Bradford
C. John Smith
D. Michael Wigglesworth
3. Of all the books written by Michael Wigglesworth the beat
known is ________
A. The Flesh and the Spirit
B. The True Travels
C. The Day of Doom
D. Christopher Columbus
4. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the ______.
A. American Enlightenment
B. Sugar Act
C. Chartist movement
D. Romanticist
5. In the first section of Autobiography the writer addressed to
________
A. his son
B. his friends
C. his wife
D. himself
6. During 1807-1808, Washington Irving wrote for his brother’s
newspaper
called ________
A. New York Times
B. Washington Post
C. Salmagundi
D. Daily News
