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1、美国文学部分大作业ExercisesforChapterOneofAmericanLiterature(第一章)1.选择题1.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTafamousconceptofTranscendentalism?[A]Natureisennobling[B]Theindividualisdivineandself-reliant.[C]Maniscapableofknowingtruthbyintuition[D]Maniscorruptedinnature.2.Whichofthefollowingworksbeganto

2、makeIrvinginternationallyknown?[A]TheSketchBook[B]AHistoryofNewYorktotheEndoftheDutchDynasty[C]BracebridgeHall[D]TalesofTraveler3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueconcerningIrving?[A]HeisthefatheroftheAmericanshortstories.[B]HeistheAmericanGoldsmith.[C]HeisthefirstAmericanwriter[D]Heisthefirstw

3、ritertodeclaretheindependenceofAmericanliterature.4.TheScarletLetterbyHawthorneismainlyconcernedwith___________.:[A]thecorruptionofthesociety[B]theconsequenceofsinandguilt[C]thewrongdoingofonegenerationthatlivesin,,successiveones[D]"overreachingintellect"5.RipVanWinklehastakenfrom________.

4、[A]Spanishstories[B]AGermanLegend[C]Englishtales[D]Italianfolktales6."Butitwouldhavebeenworthanystatesman'smoneytohaveheardtheprofounddiscussionsthatsometimestookplace,whenbychanceanoldnewspaperfellintotheirhands,fromsomepassingtraveler."Whatistherhetoricaldeviceusedinthissentence?[A]Hyper

5、bole.[B]Metaphor.[C]Irony.[D]Paradox.7.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutEmersonisNOTtrue?[A]Hewasgenerallyknownasanessayist.[B]HewasthechiefspokesmanofTranscendentalism.[C]Hepracticedthetheorybylivingasimplelife.[D]Forhim,natureissymbolic.8.ForEmerson,naturecouldsymbolizethefollowingexcep

6、t________.[A]God[B]Spirit[C]Oversoul[D]thewholeuniverse229.WhatisHawthorne'sattitudetowardPuritanism?[AlNegative.[B]Affirmative.[C]Indifferent.[D]Mixed.10.OnetypicalfeatureofIrving'swritingis_________.[A]alwayspreaching[B]hisbestclassicstyle[C]shortanddifficultto[D]symbolic11."Icelebratemy

7、self,andsingmyself,AndwhatIassumeyoushallassume,Foreveryatombelongingtomeasgoodbelongstoyou."Whocouldhavewrittentheselines?[A]EdgarAllenPoe.[B]WaltWhitman.[C]RalphWaldoEmerson.[D]HenryDavidThoreau.12.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtruewithTranscendentalism?[A]Itinher