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1、Exercises of Chapter 2I. Multiple Choice1. Which of the following is NOT one part of The LeatherStocking Tales by Cooper?A. The Spy B. The Pathfinder C. The Pioneers D. The Deerslayer2. Which statement about Thoreau was NOT right?A. He was a lover of nature.B. He was a particular kind of romantic.C.
2、 He was a polemicist.D. He was a thorough transcendentalist.3. Which of the following has been called “the manifesto of American transcendentalism?”A. Divinity School Address B. Self-RelianceC. Nature D. The American Scholar4. As a philosophical and literary movement, flourished in New England from
3、the 1830s to the Civil War.A. sentimentalism B. transcendentalism C. modernism D. rationalism5. The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as .A. the Modern Period B. the Realistic PeriodC. the Romantic Period D. the Naturalist Period6. All of the following are works by Nathan
4、iel Hawthorne EXCEPT .A. The Marble Faun B. Typee C. The Scarlet Letter D. Mosses form an Old Manse7. Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinsons?A. I Heard a Fly Buzz When I DiedB. The RavenC. This is My Letter to the WorldD. I Like to See it Lap the Miles8. Whitmans poems are characte
5、rized by all the following features EXCEPT .A. the strict poetic formB. the free and natural rhythmC. the easy flow of feelingsD. the simple and conversational language9. Poes first collection of stories is .A. Tales of a TravelerB. Leather Stocking TalesC. Canterbury TalesD. Tales of the Grotesque
6、and Arabesque10. Which book is not written by Emerson?A. The American Scholar B. Self-RelianceC. Nature D. Civil Disobedience11. The first example of Hawthorns symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in .A. The Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodman BrownC. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest12. T
7、he chief spokesman of New England Transcendentalism is .A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Henry David Thoreau D. Washington Irving13. Transcendentalists recognized as the “highest power of the soul”.A. intuition B. logic C. data of the senses D. thinking14. Which is regarded as the “De
8、claration of Intellectual Independence”?A. The American Scholar B. English TraitsC. The Conduct of Life D. Representative Men15. American literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was .A. Anne Bradstreet B. Jane AustinC. Emily Dickinson D. Harriet Beecher16. Captai
9、n, My Captain is written for .A. Lincoln B. Whitman C. Washington D. Heminway17. Which of the following books is a tremendous chronicle of an appalling voyage in pursuit of a seemingly supernatural white whale?A. The Scarlet Letter B. Moby DickC. The Marble Faun D. Moses from an Old Manse18. was the
10、 first man of letters from the United States to win and international reputation.A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Washington IrvingC. James Fenimore Cooper D. Longfellow19. Ralph Waldo Emerson is the most outstanding of all the writers in literature.A. transcendental/ English B. transcendental/ AmericanC.
11、realistic/ English D. realistic/ American20. Edgar Allan Poe occupies an important position in American literature as a poet and a .A. short story writer B. novelist C. dramatist D. translator21. In Walden, who urges people to simplify their lives and look to nature for meaning?A. Robert Frost B. Wa
12、lt WhitmanC. Henry David Thoreau D. Herman Melville22. The setting of the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is in .A. England during World War IIB. Paris during the French RevolutionC. the Middle Ages in ItalyD. Puritan America23. In Moby-Dick, the voyage symbolizes .A. the microcosm o
13、f human society B. a search for truthC. the unknown world D. nature24. Thoreau was often alone in the woods or by the pond, lost in spiritual communication with .A. nature B. transcendentalist ideasC. human beings D. celestial beings25. tells a simple but very moving story in which four people living in a puritan community are involved in and affected by the sin of adultery in different ways.A. Twice-told Tales B. The Scarlet LetterC. The House of the Seven Gables D. The Marble Faun26. is regarded as the first American prose epic.A. Nature B. The Scarlet LetterC. Walden
