美国文学课堂练习2.doc

1. Stetement ____________ is wrong in describing Nathaniel Hawthorne. A. Hawthorne is a realist writer. B. Hawthorne is also a great allegorist. C. Hawthorne is a master of symbolism. D. One source of evil that Hawthorne is concerned most is over-reaching intellect. 2. Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communication with _________________. A. nature B. transcendentalist ideas C. human beings D. celestial beings 3. The Transcendentalist group includes two of the most significant writers America has produced so far, Emerson and ____________-. A. Henry David Thoreau B. Washington Irving C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman 4. _____________tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways. A. Twice-Told Tales B. The Scarlet Letter C. The House of the Seven Gables D. The Marble Faun 5. The Romantic Period of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irvings ___________ and ended with Whitmans Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveler C. The Alhambra D. A History of New York 6. As a philosophical and literary movement, _________ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War. A. modernism B. rationalism C. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism 7. In Hawthornes The Scarlet Letter, “A” may stands for ______________. A. Adultery B. Angel C. Amiable D. All the above 8. Poes first collection of short stories is _______________. A. Tales of a Traveller B. Leatherstocking Tales C. Canterbury Tales D. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque 9. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorne except_____________. A. The House of Seven Gables B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun D. The Blithdale Romance 10. The main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except_______________. A. religion B. l