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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.()TheWildHuoneysuckle6.()

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

3、iscontemporarieswithhisgloomyentitled___________________.3.In1620,anumberofPuritanswhotriedtopurifyorreformthechurchofEnglandsteppedontheNewEnglandshoreatPlymouthintheshipnamed________.4.AmongallthesettlersintheNewContinent,_________settlerswerethemostinfluential.5.InAmericanLiter

4、ature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeof________andRevolution.6.InFranklin’s________________,hetalksfirstofallabouthowhestudiedlanguage.7.Irvingwasbestknownforhisfamousshortstoriessuchas____________whichisaboutagood-naturedlazyhusbandwhofallsintoa20-yearsleep.8.“Supernalbeauty”isbelie

5、vedby______________tobetheprincipleofPoetry.9.9.Publishedin1823,___________wasthefirstoftheLeatherstockingTales,intheirorderofpublicationtime,andprobablythefirsttrueromanceofthefrontierinAmericanliterature.10.______________wasconsideredasthe“poetoftheAmericanRevolution.”Andthe“Fat

6、herofAmericanPoetry.”III.MultipleChoice.(30%)1.IntheearlynineteenthcenturyAmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid_______.A.PuritanismBRomanticismCRationalismDSentimentalism2.Franklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous__

7、________,anannulcollectionofproverbs.A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichard’sAlmanackC.CommonSenseD.TheGeneralMagazine3.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment._______wasthedominantspirit.A.HumanismBRationalismCRevolutionDEvolution4.________usuallywasregarded

8、asthefirstAmericanwriter.A.Willia