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Test Paper Nine

I。 Choose among the four choices the one that would best complete the statement. (30 pts, 1.5 for each）
1。 The Romantic Period in American literature started from the publication of Washington Irving's ______ and ended with Whitman's Leaves of Grass。
A。 The Sketch Book B. Adventures of Captain Bonneville
C. A History of New York D. The Scarlet Letter
2. In the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_____".
A。 the English Renaissance B. the Second Renaissance
C. the American Renaissance D。 the Harlem Renaissance
3。 As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning ______。
A. nature， man and the universe
B. the relationship between man and woman
C。 the development of Romanticism in American literature
D。 the cold， rigid rationalism of Unitarianism
4. In the history of American literature， ______ is usually agreed to be the summit of the American Romanticism。
A。 the Harlem Renaissance B. England Transcendentalism
C. New England Transcendentalism D。 New Transcendentalism
5。 About the novel The Scarlet Letter, which of the following statements is not right?
A。 It’s very hard to say that it is a love story or a story of sin。
B. It's a highly symbolic story and the author is a master of symbolism.
C. It’s mainly about the moral， emotional and psychological effects of sin upon the main characters and the people in general.
D. In it the letter A takes the same symbolic meaning throughout the novel.
6。 The great sea adventure story Moby-Dick is usually considered______.
A。 a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of truth and knowledge of the universe
B. an adventurous exploration into man's relationship with nature
C。 a simple whaling tale or sea adventure
D. a symbolic voyage of the mind in quest of the artistic truth and beauty
7. As a great innovator in American literature， Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called “______，” which is ______。
A. blank verse poetry with chanting refrains
B。 free verse poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme
C. blank verse poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beat
D。 free verse poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings
8. After the Civil War America was transformed from ______ to ______.
A。 an agrarian community … an industrialized and commercialized society
B. an agrarian community … a society of freedom and equality
C. a poor and backward society … an industrialized and commercialized society
D。 an industrialized and commercialized society … a highly developed society
9。 Which of the following is said of the American naturalism?
A。 They preferred to have their own region and people at the forefront of the stories.
B。 Their characteristic setting is usually an isolated town。
C. Humans should be united because they had to adapt themselves to changing harsh environment.
D. Their characters were conceived more or less complex combinations of inherited attributes, their habits conditioned by social and economic forces。
10. Which of the following is not right about Mark Twain’s style of language？
A。 His sentence structures are long， ungrammatical and difficult to read.
B. His words are colloquial， concrete and direct in effect.
C.His humor is remarkable and characterized by puns， straight-faced exaggeration, repetition and anti-climax.
D. His style of language had exerted rather deep influence on the contemporary writers.
11。 The impact of Darwin’s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century French literature on the American men of letters gave rise to another school of realism： American ______.
A. Romanticism B. Transcendentalism
C。 Realism D. Naturalism
12. Which of the following is not written by Henry James？
A。 The Portrait of a Lady and The American， Daisy Miller
B. The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors
C。 What Maisie Knew and The Golden Bowl
D. The Rise of Silas Lapham and The Gilded Age
13。 Which of the following about Emily Dickinson is not right?
A。 Dickinson thinks that nature is both benevolent and cruel.
B. Dickinson emphasizes free-will and human responsibility
C。 Dickinson believes in science as a final and saving power。
D. Dickinson is original in her poetry.
14. Which of the following is right about Emily Dickinson's poems about nature?
A。 In them, she expressed her general affirmation about the relationship between man and nature.
B. Some of them showed her disbelief that there existed a mythical bond between man and nature.
C。 Her poems reflected her feeling that nature is restorative to human beings。
D。 Many of them showed her feeling of nature's inscrutability and indifference to the life and interests of human beings.
15。 As a very eminent 19th century American writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne is especially famous for his great narrative stories such as The Scarlet Letter， and his narrative form of art is peculiarly termed as _____。
A. short stories B。 romantic stories C. romance D. romantic novel

II。 Explain Define the following terms (25 pts， 5 for each）.

1。 Transcendentalism
2. Local Colorism
3. Walden
4. Poor Richard's Almanac
5。 Moby Dick

III。 Answer the following questions。 (45 pts)
1. Say something about Henry James's literary contributions.
2. Comment on the American Puritanism and its cultural and literary impact.
3. Comment on the aesthetics of Edgar Allan Poe。

Answer Sheet

I. Multiple Choices: ( 30 pts, 2 for each）

1。 2. 3. 4. 5. 6。 7。 8。 9. 10.

11。 12。 13。 14。 15.

II. Define the following terms （ 25 pts， 5 for each)

1. New England Transcendentalism
2。 Local Colorism
3。 Walden
4. Poor Richard's Almanac
5. Moby Dick

III. Answer the following questions。 (45 pts）
1. Say something about Henry James’s literary contributions。
2。 Comment on the American Puritanism and its cultural and literary impact.
3. Comment on the aesthetics of Edgar Allan Poe。