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IV. Exercises A. Multiple choices: ( ) 1. Of all the following issues, ______ is definitely NOT the focus of the Romantic writers in the American literary history. A. Puritan morality B. human bestiality C. noble savages D. divinity of man ( ) 2. Henry David Thoreaus work, ______, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of the New England Transcendental Movement. A. Walden B. The Pioneers C. Nature D. Song of Myself ( ) 3. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind is a famous quote from ______s writings. A. Walt Whitman B. Henry David Thoreau C. Herman Melville D. Ralph Waldo Emerson ( ) 4. The famous 20-year sleep in “Rip Van Winkle” helps to construct the story in such a way that we are greatly affected by Irvings _______. A. involvement with the passage of time B. transient beauty C. laziness and corruptibility of human beings D. supernatural manipulation of mans life ( ) 5. According to Emerson, mans capacity is _______. A. ambiguous B. limited C. infinite D. subsidiary to God ( ) 6. Moby Dick, the big white whale, is possibly read as symbolic of all the following EXCEPT ______. A. malignancy B. beauty C. adultery D. God ( ) 7. According to Nathaniel Hawthorne, romance should be _______. A. both imaginative and creative B. full of adventures C. a true record of human life D. a mixture of facts and fancy ( ) 8. Which of the following is NOT emphasized by the New England Transcendentalism? A. Nature is not purely of matter, but alive with Gods overwhelming presence. B. Individual human beings are depraved, hence they should be improved. C. Material economy is good for spiritual wealth. D. In every single human