美国文学综合练习1附标答.docVIP

Test One (Chapter1-2 with answers) Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets. 1. ____, whose unfinished Autobiography has become a classic of world literature. A. Irving B. Franklin C. Cooper D. Bryant 2. The Declaration of Independence was drafted by ___. A. Paine B. Washington C. Franklin D. Jefferson 3. The American literature is about years old. A. 200 B. 300 C. 400 D. 500 4. Diaries, histories, journals, letters, commonplace book, travel books occupy a major position in the literature of the ____ period. A. classical B. romantic C. realistic D. colonial 5. To what rights does the Declaration of Independence say all men are entitled? Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness Freedom of Speech and press Freedom of Thought and education Abolishing all evil forms 6. ____ was the only American to sign the four documents that created the United States A. Franklin B. Jefferson C. Emerson D. Washington 7. The Pilgrims, a small religious group which left their mother country on the ship “Mayflower”, landed at Plymouth in Massachusetts in . A. 1492 B. 1628 C. 1620 D. 1603 8. Which does not belong to the official documents that created the United States? A. the Declaration of Independence the Constitution the Crisis the treaty of alliance with France 9. As an explorer and leader, was been known as a national hero in America. A. Christopher Columbus B. Captain John Smith C. William Bradford D. Edward Taylor 10. Amid the tumult of the American Revolution, the political philosopher Thomas Paine, whose ____ awakened American enthusiasm for independence? A. Common Sense B. Autobiography C. Wal