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Part I Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement.1. In American literature, the eighteen century was the age of the Enlightenment. __C_______ was the dominant spirit. A. Humanism B. Rationalism C. Revolution D. Evolution 2. Which statement about Franklin is not true? AA. He instructed his countrymen as a printer. B. He was a scientist. C. He was a master of diplomacy. D. He was a Puritan. 3. What is regarded as the first American prose epic? AA. Nature B. The Scarlet Letter C. Walden D. Moby-Dick4. The Romanic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irvings __A______ and ended with Whitemans Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a TravelerC. The Alhambra D. A history of New York 5. In Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, A may stand for__D______. A. Adultery B. Angel C. Amiable D. All the above6. In the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_B____”。A. the English Renaissance B. the Second RenaissanceC. the American Renaissance D. the Salem Renaissance7. As a philosophical and literary movement, the main issues involved in the debate of Transcendentalism are generally concerning _A_____.A. nature, man and the universeB. the relationship between man and womanC. the development of Romanticism in American literatureD. the cold, rigid rationalism of Unitarianism8. In the history of American literature， ___C___ is usually agreed to be the summit of the American Romanticism.A. the Harlem Renaissance B. England TranscendentalismC. New England Transcendentalism D. New Transcendentalism 9. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as__C_________ . A. the Naturalist Period B. the Modern Period C. the Romantic Period D. the Realistic Period 10. The Age of Realism is the literary