美国文学分章试题概要

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1、ExercisesforAmericanLiteraturePartⅠⅠ.Multiplechoice:1._____reportsofexplorationinJamestownhavebeendescribedasthefirstdistinctlyAmericanliteraturetobewritteninEnglish.A.JohnSmith’sB.WashingtonIrving’sC.Franklin’sD.Jefferson’s2.WhichstatementisNOTtrueaboutthe17thcenturyAmericanlit

2、erarylife?A.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesandjournalsoftheearlysettlements.B.ThewritersoftheSouthernandMiddleColonieswhofollowedJohnSmithmadetheirgreatestcontributiontoAmericanliterature.C.Thereweremoreurbanaudienceforbooksandnewspapers.D.Literaturedeveloped

3、slowlyespeciallyintheSouth.3._____wasthefirstAmericanwriter.A.JohnSmithB.BenjaminFranklinC.PhilipFreneauD.AnneBradstreet4.JohnSmith’s_____(1624)containshismostfamoustaleofhowtheIndianPrincessPocahontassavedhimfromthewrathofherfatherPowhatan.A.TheGeneralHistoryofVirginiaB.Thehist

4、oryofNewEnglandC.AMapofVirginiaD.ThehistoryofPlymouthPlantation5.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobrietywerethe_____valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearliestAmericanwriting.A.PuritanicB.TranscendentalC.romanticD.realistic6._____,thePuritanclergymanwhowrotemorethan450worksinhislife,wasanexam

5、pleofthePuritanidealofhardwork.A.JohnSmithB.CottonMatherC.AnneBradstreetD.JohnCotton7.ThePuritanswishedtorestoresimplicitytochurchservicesandtheauthorityof_____totheology.A.theBibleB.thegovernmentC.theChurchofEnglandD.God8.ThefirstmajorintellectualspokesmanoftheMassachusettsBayC

6、olonywas_____,sometimescalled“thePatriarchofNewEngland”.A.JohnCottonB.JohnSmithC.PhilipFreneauD.CottonMather9.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmericaisthefirstpublishedcollectionofpoemsof_____.A.EdwardTaylorB.AnneBradstreetC.WaltWhitmanD.PhilipFreneau10.Thefirstmajorcenterofthoughti

7、nAmericawas_____.A.BostonB.PhiladelphiaC.NowYorkD.theStateofVirginiaⅡ.Completethefollowingstatements:1.Atlastearlyinthe__________century,theEnglishsettlementsin__________and__________beganthemainstreamofwhatwerecognizeastheAmericannationalhistory.1.TheearliestsettlersinUSinclude

8、__________,Swedes,__________,French,__________,