1. Being a period of the great flowering of American literature, the Romantic Period is called “the American Renaissance”. Briefly discuss what the features of American literature in this period are. 2. How does Sister Carrie embody Dreiser’

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I. Complete each of the following statements with proper words or phrases and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (20%, 1 point for each) 1. 1607 2. John Smith 3. Puritan 4. Reason

5. The Autobiography 6. Common Sense

7. The Declaration of Independence 8. Philip Freneau 9. Sketch Book 10. Transcendentalism 11. Nature 12. The Scarlet Letter 13. international theme 14. The civil war 15. free verse

16. Emily Dickinson 17. Mark Twain

18. Sister Carrie

19. Ezra Pound

20. Ernest Hemingway

II. Each of the following statements below is followed by four alternative answers or completions. Choose the one that is the best in each case and put your answers on the Answer Sheet. (30%, 1 point for each) 1 --- 5: A C A B D 6 --- 10: C D B C A 11 ---15:C B D C A 16 --- 20: B B C A A 21 ---25: B B C C D 26 --- 30: C C A C C

III. Give brief answers to the following and write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (30%, 15 points for each) 1.

(1) The whole nation had a strong sense of optimism and the mood of

“feeling good”, giving birth to the spectacular outburst of romantic feeling.

(2) The English counterpart exerted a stimulating impact on the writers of the young nation.

(3) Taking foreign influence in consideration, the great works of American writers still carried typically American romantic color.