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The American Transcendentalists formed a club called _________ .
the Transcendental Club
2.
______ was regarded as the first great prose stylist of American romanticism. Washington Irving
3. At nineteen___________ published in his brother’s newspaper, his \satires of New York life.
4. In Washington Irving’s work___________ appeared the first modern short stories and the first great American juvenile literature. The Sketch Book
5. The first important American novelist was____________. James Fenimore Cooper 6. James Fenimore Cooper’s novel ___________ was a rousing tale about espionage against the British during the Revolutionary War. The Spy
7. The best of James Fenimore Cooper's sea romances was_____________. The Pilot 8. \_’s work; it has been called by an eminent English critic “the most perfect brief poem in the language.” William Cullen Bryant
9. __________ was the first American to gain the stature of a major poet in the world literature.
10. Edgar Allan Poe’s poem____________ is perhaps the best example of onomatopoeia in the English language. The Bells
11. Edgar Allan Poe's poem____________ was published in 1845 as the title poem of a collection. The Raven
12. From Henry David Thoreau’s Concord jail experience, came his famous essay ______.
Civil Disobedience
By the 1830s Washington Irving was judged the nation' s greatest writer, a lofty position he later shared with James Fenimore Cooper and William Cullen Bryant.
In the early nineteenth century, the attitude of American writers was shaped by their New World environment and an array of ideas inherited from the romantic tradition of Europe. As a moral philosophy, transcendentalism was neither logical nor systematical.
The foundation of American national literature was laid by the early American romanticists. At mid-19th century, a cultural reawakening brought a \
Romantic writers in the 19th century placed increasing value on the free expression of emotion and displayed increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.
With a vast group of supporting characters, virtuous or villainous, James Fenimore Cooper made the America conscious of his past, and made the European conscious of America.
No other American poet ever surpassed Edgar Allan Poe’s ability in the use of English as a medium of pure musical and rhythmic beauty.
The Fall of the House of Usher is one of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was recognized as the leader of transcendentalist movement, but he never applied the term \Transcendentalist\.
In 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson published his first book, Nature, which met with a mild reception.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's prose style was sometimes as highly individual as his poetry. The harsh rhythms and striking images of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poetry appeal to many modern readers as artful techniques.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s writings belong to the milder aspects of the Romantic Movement.
American romanticism was in a way derivative: American romantic writing was some of them modeled on English and European works.
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s aesthetics brought about a revolution in American literature in general and in American poetry in particular.
Henry David Thoreau was an active Transcendentalist. He was by no means an \a recluse, but was intensely involved in the life of his day.
The Scarlet Letter is set in the seventeenth century. It is an elaboration of a fact which the author took out of the life of the Puritan past.
2. Transcendentalism took their ideas from___________ . A. the romantic literature in Europe B. neo-Platonism
C. German idealistic philosophy
D. the revelations of oriental mysticism
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8. Transcendentalists recognized__________ as the \.” A. intuition
10. Transcendentalism appealed to those who disdained the harsh God of the Puritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New England A. Transcendentalism
B. Humanism
C. Naturalism D. Unitarianism
D
13. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature, evident in _________ . A. James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales B. Henry David Thoreau’s Walden C. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn
D. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
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14. A preoccupation with the demonic and the mystery of evil marked the works of _________ , and a host of lesser writers.
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Herman Melville D. Mark Twain
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16. In the nineteenth century America, Romantics often shared certain general characteristics. Choose such characteristics from the following. A. moral enthusiasm
B. faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perception C. adoration for the natural world
D. presumption about the corrosive effect of human society
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17. Choose Washington Irving' s works from the following. A. The Sketch Book B. Bracebridge Hall
C. Tales of a Traveller D. A History of New York
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18. In James Fenimore Cooper's novels, close after Natty Bumppo in romantic appeal , come the two noble red men. Choose them from the following. A. the Mohican Chief Chingachgook B. Uncas
C. Tom Jones D. Kubla Khan
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In 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced the best poet___________ to appear in America up to that time.
A. Edward Taylor B. Philip Freneau
C. William Cullen Bryant D. Edgar Allan Poe
C To a Waterfowl Thanatopsis
21. From the following, choose the poems written by Edgar Allan Poe. A. To Helen B. The Raven
C. Annabel Lee D. The Bells
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23. Edgar Allan Poe's first collection of short stories is___________ . D. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
24. From the following, choose the characteristics of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poetry. A. being highly individual B. harsh rhythms
C. lack of form and polish D. striking images
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25. Which book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. Representative Men B. English Traits
C. Nature D. The Rhodora
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26. Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. Of Studies B. Self-Reliance
C. The American Scholar D. The Divinity School Address