美国文学秋季学期练习题

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1、美国文学史及作品选读练习2I.Matchtheworkswiththeauthorsgivenbelow.(10%)a.MichaelWigglesworthb..Franklinc.JohnSmithd.WilliamCullenBryante.JamesFennimoreCooperf.PhilipFreneaug.WashingtonIrving1.()ADescriptionofNewEngland2.()RipVanWinkle3.()TheDayofDoom4.()Autobiography5.()TheWildHuoney

2、suckle6.()ToaWaterfowl7.()TheDeerslayer8()TheThanatopsis9.()TheLegendofSleepyHollow10.()TheSpyILI.BlankFilling.(20%)1.Theterm“Puritan”wasappliedtothosesettlerswhooriginallyweredevoutmembersoftheChurchof________.2.MichaelWiigglesworth,anotherimportantcolonialpoet,achieved

3、widepopularityamonghiscontemporarieswithhisgloomyentitled___________________.3.In1620,anumberofPuritanswhotriedtopurifyorreformthechurchofEnglandsteppedontheNewEnglandshoreatPlymouthintheshipnamed________.4.AmongallthesettlersintheNewContinent,_________settlerswerethemos

4、tinfluential.5.InAmericanLiterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeof________andRevolution.6.InFranklin’s________________,hetalksfirstofallabouthowhestudiedlanguage.7.Irvingwasbestknownforhisfamousshortstoriessuchas____________whichisaboutagood-naturedlazyhusbandwhofallsint

5、oa20-yearsleep.8.“Supernalbeauty”isbelievedby______________tobetheprincipleofPoetry.9.9.Publishedin1823,___________wasthefirstoftheLeatherstockingTales,intheirorderofpublicationtime,andprobablythefirsttrueromanceofthefrontierinAmericanliterature.10.______________wasconsi

6、deredasthe“poetoftheAmericanRevolution.”Andthe“FatherofAmericanPoetry.”III.MultipleChoice.(30%)1.IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid_______.A.PuritanismBRomanticismCRati

7、onalismDSentimentalism2.Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous__________,anannulcollectionofproverbs.A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichard’sAlmanackC.CommonSenseD.TheGeneralMagazine3.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment._______wasthedominantspirit.A

8、.HumanismBRationalismCRevolutionDEvolution4.________usuallywasregardedasthefirstAmericanwriter.A.Willia