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1、I.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)1.InAmericanliterature,the18thcenturywastheageofEnlightenment.______wasthedominant.A.humanismB.rationalismC.romanticismD.evolution2.Theshortstory“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”istakenfromIrving’sworknamed______.A.

2、TheLeatherstockingTalesB.TheSketchBookC.TheAutobiographyD.TheHistoryofNewYork3.WhichofthefollowingisnotthecharacteristicofAmericanRomanticism?A.RationalismB.innerselfC.personalfeelingsD.individualism4.Theshortstory“RipVanWinkle”revealsthe____attitudeofitsauthor.A.optimisticB.pe

3、ssimisticC.conservativeD.ironic5.Stylistically,HenryJames’fictionischaracterizedby_____.A.short,clearsentencesB.abundanceoflocalimagesC.ordinaryAmericanspeechD.highlyrefinedlanguage6.Transcendentalistdoctrinesfoundtheirgreatestliteraryadvocatesin_____andThoreau.A.JeffersonB.Eme

4、rsonC.FreneauD.MarkTwain7.Whichisregardedasthe“DeclarationofIntellectualIndependence”?A.TheAmericanScholarB.EnglishTraitsC.OversoulD.Self-reliance8.____isconsideredMarkTwain’sgreatestachievement.A.TheGildedAgeB.InnocentAbroadC.TheAdventuresofTomSawyerD.AdventuresofHuckleberryFi

5、nn9._____isnotamongthosegreatestfiguresin“LostGeneration”.A.EzraPoundB.RobertFrostC.WaltWhitmanD.Hemingway10.Naturalismisevolvedfromrealismwhentheauthor’stoneinwritingbecomeslessseriousandlesssympatheticbutmoreironicandmore____.A.rationalB.humorousC.optimisticD.pessimistic1-5，B

6、BACD6-10BADCDII.Multiplechoice.Pleasechoosethebestansweramongthefouritems.(10x1’=10’)11.______isthefatherofAmericanLiterature.A.BenjaminFranklinB.PhilipFreneauC.PaineD.WashingtonIrving131._____isafantasytaleaboutamanwhosomehowsteppedoutsidethemainstreamoflife.A.“RipVanWinkle”B.

7、“ThePioneers”C.“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”D.“TheFalloftheHouseofUsher”2._____wasthemostleadingspiritoftheTranscendentalClub.A.ThoreauB.EmersonC.HawthorneD.Whitman3.WhichoffollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofMarkTwain’slanguage?A.vernacularB.colloquialC.elegantD.humorous4.FromThoreau’s

8、jailexperience,camehisfamousessay,_____whichstateshisb