美国文学选择

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1.Emerson was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.

2.The convention of the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature in

American literature is particularly evident in Cooper's Leather-stocking Tales.

3.Irving was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation in the American literary history

4.Hawthorne's works are marked by a preoccupation with the Calvinistic

5.Irving's Rip Van Winkle got ideas from German legends.

6.Irving has been regarded as a writer who “perfected the best classic style that American literature ever produced.”

7.Rip Van Winkle reveals the theme of nostalgia for the past.

8.Whitman is not the mumber of Transcendental Club.

9.The unofficial manifesto for the Transcendental Club was Nature.

10.In Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter,“A” may stand for all the above.

11.In Leaves of Grass, all the above is all that concerned Whitman.

12.In the early 19th century, nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the American people as a whole than did Puritanism. 13.Fire an Ice is not the work by Whitman. 14.In the poem ‘ song of myself',Whitman sets forth the principle beliefs of both A and B. 15.which of the following had influence on Melville’s writing? All the above

16.The private life is not melville’s work. 17.the white whale Moby dick is a symbol of nature.

18.Ishmael is the narrator in Moby Dick.

19.the Romantic Period in the history of American literature began at the end of the 18th century. 20.Transcendentalism was put forward by the peoplr from New England.

21.the romantic period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book and ended with Whitman’s leaves of grass.

22.Washington irving’s social conservation and …… , to some extent, in his famous story,Rip Van Winkle.

23.The chief spokesman of new england transcendentalism is Ralph Waldo Emerson.

24.in his essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson put forward his philosophy……Individual and Nature.

25.Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literary world turns out to be a most disturbed,……，……human beings. 26.most of the poem in Leaves of Grass sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well.

27.in when lilacs last in the Dooryard

Bloom’d,Whitman airs his sorrow at President lincoln’s death.

28.in There Was a Child Went Forth,Whitman own early experience …… growing American.

29.the poem Cavalry Crossing a Ford reminds its reader …… civil war.

30.Moby Dick is regarded as the first American prose epic.

31.Ahab , the tragic hero of moby dick,……,becomes ……destroy evil.

32.in Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne sets out to prove that everyone ……secret.

33.in 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson made a speech entitled The American Scholar at Harvard,...........Independence.

34.in Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”,.............the “power of blackness. 35.For Melville ,as well as for the reader and Ishmael,the narrator,.....universe.

36.Most of poems in whitman’s leaves of grass sing of the “en-masse” and the self as well. 37.the giant moby dick may symbolize all EXCEPT sin of the whale.

38.which of the following is NOT one of the main ideas advocated by Emerson,....American Romanticism? Faith in Christianity.

39.which may not be one of the cause for the rise of American Romantic movement?The victory of the settlers in the Indian war.

40.in Irving Rip Van Winkle the drastic changes in the lapsed 20 years .....except the graves of the dead Union soldiers.

41.in moby dick after the whaling ship the Pequod sink ,Melville writes:”...then all “the author might imply that man’s desire to conquer nature can only end in his own destruction

42.after the night in the forest in Hawthorne’s Young .....his eloquent sermon.the

reason ..perhaps that Brown had committed a sinful act.

43.which of the work concerns ...original sin?The Scarlet Letter.

44.we can perhaps summarize that Whitman’s poems ....EXCEPT that they are lyrical and well-structured.

45.the period before the American civil war is commonly referred to as the Romantic period. 46.most of Herman melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea....NOT the case? The Confidence-man.

47.the transcendentalists believe that ,first, nature is ennobling;and second ,the individual is divine. 48.which of the following is not a work of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s?White Jacket. 49.in hawthorne’s novel and shot

stories,intellectuals usually appears as villains. 50.Besides sketches,tales.....a book on history of New York ,which... writing.

51. In American literature,escaping from the society....subject.the following titles... , ...., to the subject EXCEPT Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.

52.Melville’s Moby Dick is an encyclopedia of everything.......whaling industry.

53.”The universe is composed of nature and the soul...”,the phase of New England Transcendentalism.

54.Irving was best known for his shot story such as Rip Van Winkle.

55.THe finest example of Hawthorne’s symbolism ...in The scarlet letter.

56.Led by Hawthorne,Emerson and Thoreau,there arose ......nineteenth century.

57.Transcendentalists recognized intuition as the “.....soul”

58. Transcendentalists doctrines

found .....advocate in Emerson and Thoreau. 59.AS a philosophical and literary

movement,transcendentalism flourished ....civil war.

60.which of the following is NOT a famous concept of transcendentalism? Man is corrupted in nature. 61.which of the following works began to make Irving internationally known?The sketch book. 62.which of the following is NOT true concerning Washington Irving?He is the first American writer to declare the independence of American literature.

63.The Scarlet letter by Hawthorne is mainly

concerned with the consequence of sin and guilt 64.what is Hawthorne’s attitude toward Puritanism?MIxed

65.one typical feature of Irving writing is his best classic style.

66.”I celebrate myself ,and sing myself.......”who could have written these lines?Walt Whitman. 67.what kind of narrative point of view...in Moby Dick ?The first person.

68.which of ....is NOT about the human nature?Nathaniel Hawthorne.

69.which of the ...cannot be used to describe Whitman poetry?Elegance and gentle.

70.when Emerson states in the introduction to his nature:”our age is retrospective”We see this world through our ancestors’ eyes.

71.which of ...NOT a typical feature of the

American Romantic writings?Emphasis on rules of order,reason......decorum

72.the statement that a man’s journey to the dark forest .....,may well sum up ...themes of Hawthone’s Young Goodman Brown.

73.here is a short passage from a story :”he recognized on the sign,...., GENERAL

WASHINGTON”the story must be Irving Rip Van Winkle

74.which of the following is NOT a typical feature of Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown?interior monologue

75.in Rip Van Winkle ,Washington irving agrees with the protagonist ....the real world.

76.Whitman is noted for his use of oral language. 77.according to Whitman,the genuine participation of a poet....as a supreme individualist.

78.Leaves of grass commands great attention because of ......embodiment of the democratic ideals,.......civil war.

79.Walt Whitman was a founding figure.....his use of free verse,poetry....scheme.

80.The pink ribbon appears ....which might

possibly suggest that Goodman Brown’s night trial in the forest might be an illusion.

81.Moby Dick,the big white whale,....EXCEPT adultery.

82.the famous 20-years sleep in Rip Van Winkle ........greatly affected by Irving’s involvement with the passage of time.

83.according to Nathaniel Hawthorne,romance should be a mixture of facts and fancy.

84.Henry David Thoreau’s work,Walden,has always ....transcendentalism movement.

85.”nothing is at last sacred but the integrity...mind”is a famous quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s.

86.the romantic writers would focus on all the following issues EXPECT the idea of survival of the fittest.

87.the literary characters of American type in early 19th centry ....EXCEPT that they are polite and elegant gentlemen. 88.Hester Prymne,Dimmesdale Chilingworth,....characters in The Scarlet Letter. 89.the belief that first,nature is ennobling;and second ,....divine describes transcendentalists. 90.The horizon’s edge,the flying sea-crow,....will always go forth every day. The two line are taken from There Was a Child Went Forth by Walt Whitman.

91.Washington Irving was one of the first American. as Father of the American short stories.

92.It is on his tales about America that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested.

93.Nathaniel Hawthorne is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history.

94.Washington Irving’s Rip Van Wrinkle is famous for Rip’s 20-year sleep.

95.The publication of Nature established Emerson as the most eloquent......Transcendentalism.

96.Which of following accounts is NOT true for Ralph Waldo Emerson? Emerson is generally known as dramatist. 97.Statement”Hawthorne is a realistic writer” is wrong in describing most is over-reaching intellect. 98.Which of .......by Herman Melville is NOT true? The Confidence-Man has something to do with the sea and sailors.

99.Which of....is not finished by Ralph Waldo Emerson? Of Studies.

100.Statement”Washington Irving is regarded as Father of the American long stories.”is NOT true. 101.Thoreau was often alone in the woods or........communication with nature.

102.By Brown in Young Goodman Brown, Hawthorne means he is an everyman.

103.Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true? It explores man’s never-ending search for.....

104.”Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your mind”......from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writings.

105.The theme of Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself may be well started as “It sings of....” 106.The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the Americans in strengthening their moral values.

107.”strange names were over the doors....”the above passage is taken from Irving’s Rip Van Wrinkle.

108.According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter”A” which originally stood for Adultery finally obtained ...

109.The phrase “a transparent eye-ball”....of Emerson’s.It appears in Nature.

110.Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as Rip Van Wrinkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

111.Emerson,Thoreau and Whitman are considered three great transcendental figures. 112.The finest example of Hawthorne’s symbolism is reflected in his The Scarlet Letter

113.In”perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door...”refers to a raven

114.In Walt Whitman’s”There was a Child Went Forth.”The child refers to the young America. 115.The writer known for his frontier novels was Jame Fenimore Cooper.

116.The author of Civil Disobedience is Henry David Thoreau.

117.The chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is Ralph Waldo Emerson.

118.Whitman wrote the poem “O! Captain!My Captain！”in memory of Abraham Emerson.

119.Washington Irving”s contribution to America does NOT included he paved the way towards Realism.

120.”Success is counted sweetest/By those who ne’er succeed.” is written by Dickinson.

121.Diaries,histories,journals,letters,commonplace,travel books.......of the colonial period.

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