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美国文学部分大作业 Exercises for Chapter One of American Literature(第一章) 1. 选择题 1. Which of the following statements is NOT a famous concept of Transcendentalism? [A]Nature is ennobling [B] The individual is divine and self-reliant. [C] Man is capable of knowing truth by intuition [D] Man is corrupted in nature. 2. Which of the following works began to make Irving internationally known? [A] The Sketch Book [B] A History of New York to the End of the Dutch Dynasty [C] Bracebridge Hall [D] Tales of Traveler 3. Which of the following is NOT true concerning Irving? [A] He is the father of the American short stories. [B] He is the American Goldsmith. [C] He is the first American writer [D] He is the first writer to declare the independence of American literature. 4. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne is mainly concerned with ___________.: [A] the corruption of the society [B] the consequence of sin and guilt [C] the wrong doing of one generation that lives in,, successive ones [D] overreaching intellect 5. Rip Van Winkle has taken from ________. [A] Spanish stories [B] A German Legend [C] English tales [D] Italian folktales 6. But it would have been worth any statesmans money to have heard the profound discussions that sometimes took place, when by chance an old newspaper fell into their hands, from some passing traveler. What is the rhetorical device used in this sentence? [A] Hyperbole. [B] Metaphor. [C] Irony. [D] Paradox. 7. Which of the following statements about Emerson is NOT true? [A] He was generally known as an essayist. [B] He was the chief spokesman of Transcendentalism. [C] He practiced the theory by living a simple life. [D] For him, nature is symbolic. 8. For Emerson, nature could symbolize the following except ________. [A] God [B] Spirit [C] Oversoul [D] the whole universe 9. What is Hawthornes attitude toward Puritanism? [Al Negative. [B] Affirmative. [C] Indifferent. [D] Mixed. 10. One typical feature of Irvings writing is ___