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One revision of American Literature PART ONEI. Multiple Choice 1. In English poetry the _______ is regarded as the most common foot.A. iambB. anapestC. trocheeD. dactylAnswer: A2. In his poem, Ode to the West Wind, Shelley intends to present his wind as a central _______ around which the poem weaves various cycles of death and rebirth. A. conceptB. symbolC. simileD. metonymyAnswer: B 3. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is NOT true?A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic desires.B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.C. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a whole.D. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the characters.Answer: B4. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind is a famous quote from _______’s writings.A. Walt WhitmanB. Henry David ThoreauC. Herman MelvilleD. Ralph Waldo EmersonAnswer: D5. The theme of _______ may be well stated as It sings of nationalism and of the nature of the self in relation to the cosmos and the meaning and purpose of birth and death.A. Edgar Allan Poe’s To HelenB. Robert Frost’s The Road Not TakenC. Walt Whitman’s Song of MyselfD. Emily Dickenson’s Because I could not stop for DeathAnswer: C 6. The American Puritanism as a cultural heritage benefited the Americans in _______.A. strengthening their moral valuesB. weakening their religious faithC. knowing truth intuitivelyD. developing their science and technologyAnswer: A7. Strange names were over the doors -strange faces at the windows -every thing was strange. His mind now began to misgive him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before. The above passage is taken from ______.A. Irving’s Rip Van WinkleB. Hawthorne’s Young Goodman BrownC. James’ Daisy MillerD. Hemingway’s Indian CampAnswer