C.
democracy D. all the above
2. ______ is the narrator of Moby Dick.
A.
Ahab
B. C.
Ishmael
Flask D. Queequeg
3. In 1837, Ralph Emerson made a speech entitled _____ at Harvard, which was
hailed by Oliver Wendell Holmes as “Our Intellectual Declaration of Independence.” A. Declaration of Independence B. Self-Reliance C. Divinity School Address D.
The American Scholar
4. The Transcendentalists believe that, first, nature is ennobling; and second,
the individual is ______. A.
vicious
by
nature B. insignificant
C.
forward-
looking D. divine
5. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as
_____. A.
saviors
B.
villains C. commentators D. observers
6. In American literature, escaping from the society and returning to nature is
a common subject. The following titles are all related, in one way or another, to the subject except _____.
A. Dreiser’s Sister Carrier
B. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. Cooper’s Leather-Stocking Tales D. Thoreau’s Walden
7. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” Who could have written these lines? _____. A.
Edgar
Allan
Poe B. Ralph Emerson
C.
Walt
Whitman D. Henry Thoreau
8. Which of the following is Not optimistic about human nature?
A.
Ralph
Emerson B. Walt Whitman
C.
Hawthorne Thoreau
9. Which of the following statements about The Scarlet Letter is Not true?
_____.
Nathaniel D.
Henry
A. It explores man’s never-ending search for the satisfaction of materialistic
desires.
B. It relates the conflicts between the society and the individual.
C. It presents a psychological analysis of the inward tensions of the
characters.
D. It is about the effect of sin on the people involved and the society as a
whole.
10. Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as _______.
A. Rip Van Winkle and Moby Dick
B. Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow C. Young Goodman Brown and Moby Dick
D. The Fall of the House of Usher and Rip Van Winkle
11. Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of the
following is Not a usual subject of her poetic expression? _____. A.
Religion B. Life and death
C.
Love
and
marriage D. War and peace
12. Mark Twain wrote most of his literary works with a ____ language.
A.
grand
B.
pompous C. vernacular D. simple 13. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as _____.
A. the Age of Romanticism B. the Age of Realism
C. the Age of
Modernism D. the Age of Colonialism
14. ______ is called by Hemingway the one from which “all modern American
literature comes.”
A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer B. Life on the Mississippi
C. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D. The Gilded Age
15. The main theme of _______’s The Art of Fiction reveals his literary credo that
representation of life should be the main object of the novel. A.
Mark
Twain B. Henry James
C.
Theodore
Dreiser D. William Dean Howells
16. It is not surprising to find in _____’s fiction a world of jungle, where “kill
or to be killed” was the law. A.
Mark
Twain B. Emily Dickinson
C.
Theodore
Dreiser D. Henry James
17. According to Hawthorne, the scarlet Letter “A” which originally stands for
“_____”, finally obtains the meaning of “able” or “angel” through Hester’s efforts.