美国文学练习题

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1文档来源为:从网络收集整理.word版本可编辑. Part I. The Literature of Colonial America

I. Fill in the following Blanks.

1. The most enduring shaping influence in American thought and American literature was ________

11. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety, these were the ________ values that dominated much of the early

American writing.

III. Make multiple choices.

1. English literature in the America is only about more than ________ years old.

A. 500 B. 400 C. 200 D. 100

6. __________ usually was regarded as the first American writer.

A. William Bradford B. Anne Bradstreet C. Emily Dickinson D. Captain John Smith

10. The common thread throughout American literature has been the emphasis on the__________.

A. Revolutionism B. Reason C. Individualism D. Rationalism

11. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she became known as the

“______” who appeared in America.

A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse

Part II. The Literature of Reason and Revolution

I. Fill in the blanks.

3. Benjamin Franklin also edited the first colonial magazine, which he called _____.

4. Benjamin Franklin' s best writing is found in his masterpiece ________ .

9. The most outstanding poet in America of the 18th century was _____________.

10. Philip Freneau' s famous poem____________ was written about his imprisoned experience.

11. _________ was considered as the “poet of the American Revolution.”

12. _________ has been called the "Father of American Poetry.”

14. In American literature, the eighteenth century was an Age of _________ and Revolution.

III. Make multiple choices.

1. In American literature, the eighteenth century was the age of the Enlightenment. ____ was the dominant spirit.

A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution

2. In American literature, the Enlighteners were opposed to ________.

A. the colonial order B. religious obscurantism C. the Puritan tradition D. the secular literature

4. Which statement about Benjamin Franklin is not true?

A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer. B. He was a scientist.

C. He was a master of diplomacy. D. He was a Puritan.

6. Which of the following stirred the world and helped form the American republic?

A. The American Crisis B. The Federalist C. Declaration of Independence D. The Waste Land

7. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome of the____________ .

A. American Enlightenment B. Sugar Act C. Chartist movement D. Romanticist

8. From 1732 to 1758, Benjamin Franklin wrote and published his famous ___ , an annal collection of proverbs.

A. The Autobiography B. Poor Richard's Almanac C. Common Sense D. The General Magazine

13. Which statement about Philip Freneau is true?

A .He was a satirist .B. He was a pamphleteer .C. He was a poet. D. He was a bitter polemicist.

14. Which poem is not written by Philip Freneau?

A. The British Prison Ship B. The Wild Honey Suckle C. The Indian Burying Ground D. The Day of Doom 文档来源为:从网络收集整理.word版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持.

2文档来源为:从网络收集整理.word版本可编辑. 15. Who was considered as the "Poet of American Revolution"?

A. Michael Wigglesworth B. Edward Taylor C. Anne Bradstreet D. Philip Freneau

17. During the Reason and Revolution Period, Americans were influenced by the European movement called

the____________ .

A. Chartist Movement B. Romanticist Movement C. Enlightenment Movement D. Modernist Movement

20. Benjamin Franklin shaped his writing after the___ of the English essayists Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.

A. Spectator Papers B. Walden C. Nature D. The Sacred Wood

Part III. The Literature of Romanticism

I. Fill in the blanks

1. In the early nineteenth century, Washington Irving wrote ________ which became the first work by an

American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic.

2. In 1828, __________ published his An American Dictionary of the English Language.

3. In 1755, __________ published his remarkable dictionary named Dictionary of the English Language.

4. The Civil War of 1861—1865 ended in the defeat of the Southerners and the abolition of___________ .

5. The American Transcendentalists formed a club called _________ .

6. The Transcendental Club often met at___________ ' s Concord home.

7. ______ was regarded as the first great prose stylist of American romanticism.