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(完整版)美国文学史及作品选读习题集(4)4 The Romantic period of American literatureI。 Fill in the blanks.1. In the early 19th century Rip Van Winkle had established _s reputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning of American Romanticism.2。 Emersons first book in 1836_brought American Romanticism into a new phase， the phase of New England Transcendentalism.3。 In the early 19th century, Washington Irving wrote _which became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic.4. In 1828, _published his An American Dictionary of the English language。5. In 1755, _published his remarkable dictionary named Dictionary of the English language。6. _s poems have the musical quality and romantic beauty. The Raven is his bestknown poem.7。 The civil war of 186611865 ended in the defeat of the Southerners and the abolition of_.8. The American Transcendentalists formed a club called_。9。 The Transcendental Club often met at _s home in Concord.10. Leaves of Grass， either in content or form, is an epoch-making work in American literature； its democratic content marked the shift from _ to _， and its _from broke from old poetic conventions to open a new road for American poetry。11。 _was regarded as the first great prose stylist of American romanticism。12。 At 19 in 1802_began to write a series of sketches or essays on the theatre and the New York society, using the name of Jonathan Oldstyle。13。 In Washington Irvings work _appeared the first modern short stories and the first great American juvenile literature。14。 In pairs， Washington Irving met John Howard Payne， the American dramatist and actor， with whom Irving wrote his brilliant social comedy_， or The Merry Monarch。15。 In 1823 Cooper James Fenimore wrote The Pioneers, the first of the five novels that make up _。The remaining four books： The Last of Mohicans (1826）， The Prairie (1827)， The Pathfinder （1840）, and The Deerslayer (1841）, continue the story of Natty Bumppo， one of the most famous characters in American fiction.16。 The short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is taken from Washington Irvings work named_。17. _was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War。18. _is famous for writing stories about the sea and the islands of the Southern Pacific. In his master piece_， he tells a story of a Whaling voyage which is set a symbolic account of the conflict between man and his fate。19. Washington Irvings first book appeared in 1809。It was entitled _。20。 Washington Irving also wrote two biographies, one is The Life of Oliver Goldsmith， and the other is_.21。 The first important American novelist was _.22。 _s Rip Van Winkle is a fantasy tale about a man who somehow stepped outside the main stream of life.23。 James Fenimore Coopers novel _ was a rousing tale about espionage against the British during the Revolutionary War.24. The best of James Fenimore Coopers sea romances was _。The hero of the novel represents John Paul Jones， the great naval fighter of the Revolutionary War。25. The central figure in the Leatherstocking Tales is _， who goes by the various names of Leatherstocking， Deerslayer, Pathfinder and Hawkeye.26. To A Waterfowl is perhaps the peak of _s work, it has been called by an eminent English critic “the most perfect brief poem in the language.”27. Washington Irvings works are numerous, but his most successful work is The Sketch Book OF Geoffrey Crayon, of which the most famous and anthologized are_。28. _ was the fist American to gain the stature of a major poet in the world literature。29。 Among William Cullen Bryants most important later works are his translations of the Iliad and the _into English blank verse.30。 Edgar Allan Poes poem _is perhaps the best example of onomatopoeia in the English language。31. Most of _s stories can be roughly divided into two kinds: tales of Gothic horror or grotesque like The Black Cat， an incisive enquiry into the capacity of the human mind to originate its own destruction and The Fall of the House of Usher； while the other kind is stories of intellect or ratiocination such as _. 32. Edgar Allan Poes poem _ was published in 1845 as the title poem of a collection。33. Ralph _ Emerson was responsible for bringing Transcendentalism to New England.34。 Emersons truest disciple， the man who put into practice many of Emersons theories， was Henry _ Thoreau.35. In 1845, Thoreau began a two year residence at _ Pond.36. A superb book _ came out of Thoreaus two-year experiment at Walden Pond.37。 From Thoreaus Concord jail experience, came his famous essay _。38。 Hester Prynne is the heroine in Hawthornes novel _。39. _ was a great American Transcendentalist and revolutionary Romanticist， whose first book nature is the fundamental document of his philosophy.40. In 1850， Nathaniel Hawthorne brought out his masterpiece _, the story of a triangular love affair in colonial America.41。 Herman Melvilles novel_ is a tremendous chronicle of a whaling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale.42。 In I Hear Singing， _ depicts the beauty of labor and laborers。43. Henry Wadsworth Longfellows first collection of poems entitled _appeared in 1838.44. The most scholarly of Henry Wadsworth Longfellows writings is his translation of Dantes _。45。 Besides lyrics and longer poems Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote dramatic works, among which _ is the most conspicuous。46. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and _ are the only two American poets commemorated in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.47。 For the whole 19th century _was the only woman poet who enjoys high academic esteem today. She has been acclaimed as a poet of philosophical and tragic dimensions, a poet who was responsive to the challenging questions of man， nature and human consciousness.48. After his death, _ became the only American to be honored with a bust in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.49。 The American Romantic Period stretches form the end of the 18th century through the outburst of the _。50. The English author named _ was, in a way， responsible for the romantic description of landscape in American literature and the development of American Indian romance。 His Waverly novels were models for American historical romance。51。 Published in 1823, _ was the first of the Leatherstcoking Tales, in their order of publication time, and probably the first true romance of the frontier in American literature。52。 In The Pioneers， _ represents the ideal American, living a virtuous and free life in Gods world。53. In 1836， a little book came out which made a tremendous impact on the intellectual life of America。 It was entitled Nature by _。54。 Ralph Waldo Emersons essay _ has been regarded as “Americas Declaration of Intellectual Independence”。 It called on American writers to write about America in a way peculiarly American。55. Another renowned New England Transcendentalist was _， a friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and his junior by some 14 years。56。 The way in which _ wrote The Scarlet letter suggests that American Romanticism adapted itself to American puritan moralism.57. Herman Melvilles world classic novel Moby Dick was dedicated to _, a novelist.58。 It is said that in his late years, Herman Melville stopped writing novels and stories and turned to poetry， _ is his most famous poetic work.59. Herman Melville is best known as the author of one book named _， which is， critics have agreed， one of the worlds greatest masterpieces.。 Multiple Choice。1。 In 1837, the first college-level institution for women, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, opened in _ to serve the “muslin sex”。A。 New England B。 Virginia C. Massachusetts D。 New York2. Transcendentalists took their ideas from _。A。 the romantic literature in EuropeB。 neo-PlatonismC. German idealistic philosophyD。 the revelations of oriental mysticismE. All of the above3. As a philosophical and literary movement， _ flourished in New England form the 1830s to the Civil War。A。 modernism B. rationalism C。 sentimentalism D. transcendentalism4。 Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _ and Thoreau。A. Jefferson B。 Emerson C. Freneau D。 Oversoul5. Who were regarded as the “Schoolroom Poets”? A。 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow B。 James Russell Lowell C。 Oliver Wendell Holmes D。 John Greenleaf Whittier E. All of the above6. The appearance of The Scarlet letter marked the maturity of Nathaniel Hawthorne as a novelist. Soon he composed the other three important novels including _， The Blithedale Romance and The Marble Faun。 A。 The House of the Seven Gables B。 The Prairie C。 The Fall of the House of Usher D。 Walden7。 _ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club. A. Thoreau B. Emerson C. Hawthorne D。 Whitman8. Transcendentalists recognized _ as the “highest power of the soul”. A。 intuition B. logic C. date of the senses D。 thinking 9。 Led by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _， there arose a kind of teaching of transcendentalism in the early 19th century。 A。 Herman Melville B. Henry David ThoreauC。 Mark Twain D. Theodore Dreiser 10. Transcendentalism appealed to those who disdained the hash God of the Puritan ancestors， and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New England _. A。 Transcendentalism B。 Humanism C。 Naturalism D. Unitarianism 11. In early 19th century America, statesmen such as_, came to dominate American politics not with their prose but with the emotional force of their oratory. A。 Daniel Webster B。 Daniel Defoe C。 Philip Freneau D. Thomas Paine12. A new _ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the 19th century. A. Realism B. Critical realism C。 Romanticism D. Naturalism 13. The desire for an escape form society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature, evident in _. A. James Fenimore Coopers Leatherstocking Tales B。 Henry David Thoreaus Walden C。 Mark Twains Huckleberry Finn D. All of the above14. Herman Melvilles _ is not only an adventure story, but also a significant philosophical work on spiritual exploration. A. Moby Dick B。 The EggC. Nature D。 The OverSoul15. An American Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1828 by _. A. Samuel Johnson B. Noah Webster C. Daniel Webster D. Daniel Defoe 16。 In the 19th century America， Romanticism had certain general characteristics。 Choose such characteristics from the following items. A. Moral enthusiasm B. Faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perception C. Adoration for the natural world D. Presumption about the corrosive effect of human society E。 All of the above17。 Choose Washington Irvings works from the following items. A。 SelfReliance B. Sister Carrie C。 Walden D.A History of New York18。 In James Fenimore Coopers novels， close after Natty Bumppo in romantic appeal, come the two noble red men。 Choose them from the following items。 A. The Mohican Chief Chingachgook B. Uncas C。 Tome Jones D。 Both A and B19. In 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced he best poet _ to appear in America up to that time. A. Edward Taylor B。 Philip Freneau C。 William Cullen Bryant D。 Edgar Allan Poe20。 Choose William Cullen Bryants poem from the following ones. A. Thanatopsis B。 Song of Myself C。 Ligeia D. Voices of the Night21. In 1831， Edgar Allan Poe Published his third book， Poems by Edgar A。 Poe in New York， which consisted of some of his best poems, like _ and The City in the Sea. A. To a waterfowl B. To a CatyDid C。 To Helen D. The Wild Honey Suckle22. Ralph Waldo Emersons first book _ is the fundamental document of his philosophy， and expresses his constant， deeply felt love for he natural scenes. A. Walden B. Nature C. Daisy Miller D。 Leatherstocking Tales23。 Poes first collection of short stories is _. A. Tales of a Traveller B。 Leatherstocking Tales C. Canterbury Tales D。 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque24. Form the following， choose the characteristics of Ralph Waldo Emersons poetry. A. Being highly individual B。 Harsh rhythms C。 Lack of form and polish D. Striking images E. All of the above25. Which book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A。 Representative Men B。 English Traits C。 Nature D. The Rhodora26. Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. Of Studies B. Self-Reliance C。 The American Scholar D. The Divinity School Address 27。 From Henry David Thoreaus jail experience came his famous essay， _ which states Thoreaus belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government。 A。 Walden B。 Nature C。 Civil Disobedience D. Common Sense28. The finest example of Nathaniel Hawthornes symbolism is the recreation of Puritan in _。 A。 The Scarlet Letter B。 Young Goodman Brown C. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest 29。 The House of Severn Gables is a famous mystery-haunted novel written by _。 A。 Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Nathaniel Hathorne C. Nathanal Hawthorne D. Nathanial Hathorne30。 Nathaniel Hawthorne is a master of psychological insight and central subject of his major works is the human soul。 Choose his short story from the following ones。 A。 Young Goodman Brown B. Omoo C. Uncle Toms Cabin D。 The Pearl31。 Which is not Nathaniel Hawthornes long novel？ A. The Scarlet Letter