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美国文学史及作品选读练习1II.BlankFilling.（20%）1.ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericanwasestablishedat__JamesTown______,Virginia.2.Hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety,thesewerethe__puritan______valuesthatdominatedmuchoftheearlyAmericanwriting.3.ThefirstAmericanLiteraturewasneitherAmericannorreallyliteratureItwasnotAmericanbecauseitwastheworkmainlyimmigrantsfrom_England_________.4.__PhilipFreneau________wasregardedasthe“PoetoftheAmericanRevolution.”5.InAmericanLiterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeof________andRevolution.6.AnnabelLee,apoemfrom___EdgarAllanPoe__________,mournsthedeathofabeautifulgirl.7.ThefirstimportantAmericannovelistis_Cooper_________.8.___Irving______wasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar.9.ThecentralfigureintheLeatherstockingTalesis_NattyBumppo_________,whogoesbythevariousnamesofLeatherstocking,Deerslayer,PathinderandHawkeye.10.ThanatopsisisBryant’sbest–knownpoem.Thetitleofthepoemmeans_viewofdeath_______.III.MultipleChoice（30%）1.TheestablisherofJamestownwasthefamousexplorerandcolonist___B______.A.JohnWinthropB.JohnSmithC.WilliamBradfordD.JohnGoodwin2.ThePuritandominatingvalueswere:AA.hardworkB.thriftC.pietyD.sobriety3.Whichwriterisnotapoet?DA.MichaelWigglesworthB.AnneBradstreetC.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasHooker4.AnneBradstreetwasaPuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“___B_________”whoappearedinAmerica.A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuseC.BestMuseD.FirstMuse5.Theship“___C_____”carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.A.SunflowerB.ArmadaC.MayflowerD.Pequod6.____B___________anotherimportantcolonialpoet,achievedwidepopularityamonghiscontemporarieswithhisgloomyentitled“TheDayofDoom”.A.EdwardTaylorB.MichaelWigglesworthC.AnneBradstreetD.CottonMather7.Franklinwastheepitomeofthe__A______.A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.SugarActC.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist8.Thefollowingproverbs------Therearenogainswithoutpains.------Onetodayisworthtwotomorrows.comefrom__B_______.A:AutobiographyB:PoorRichard’sAlmanackC:TheSketchBookD:ADescriptionofNewEngland9.Muchofthebeautyofthepoem__C________liesinthesoundsofthewordsandtheeffectcreatedthroughchangesinrhythm.A.ToaWaterfowlB.ThanatopsisCTheWildHoneysuckleD.TheIndianBuryingGround10.__A_____usuallystartwithstandardcharacters-----thelazyhusbandsorthetermagantwife.A.WashingtonIrvingB.JamesFennimoreCooperC.WilliamCullenBryantDPhilipFreaneau11.WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyFreneau?DA.theBritishPrisonShipB.TheWildHoneySuckleC.TheIndianBuryingGroundD.TheDayofDoom12.__A___istheauthorofthework’TheLegendofSleepyHollow’.A.WashingtonIrvingB.JamesJoyceC.WaltWhitmanD.WilliamButlerYeats13.WhichofthefollowingstatementisnottrueaboutWashingtonIrving?CA.WashingtonIrvingisregardedasFatheroftheAmericanshortstories.B.Irving’srelationshipwiththeOldWorldintermsofhisliteraryimaginationcanhardlybeignoredconsideringhissuccessbothabroadandathome.C.Irving’stastewasessentiallyprogressiveorradical.D.WashingtonIrvinghasalwaysbeenregardedasawriterwhoperfectedthebestclassicstylethatAmericanliteratureeverproduced.14.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,AmericanmoralvalueswereessentiallyPuritan.Nothinghasleftadeeperimprintonthecharacterofthepeopleasawholethandid____A______.A.PuritanismB.RomanticismCRationalismD.Sentimentalism15.Poe’sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesis___D____.A.TalesofaTravellerB.LeatherstokingTalesC.CanterburyTalesD.TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesqueV.Explainthefollowingliteratureterms.(10%)1.PuritanismisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans.ThePuritanswereoriginallymembersofadivisionofheProtestantChurch.ThefirstsettlerswhobecamethefoundingfathersoftheAmericannationwerequiteafewofthemPuritans.TheycametoAmericaoutofvariousreasons,butitshouldberememberedthattheywereagroupofserious,religiouspeople,advocatinghighlyreligiousandmoralprinciples.Puritanswantedtopurifytheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices.Theywereidealists,believingthatthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete“purity”.Theyacceptedthedoctrineofpredestination,originalsinandtotaldepravity,andlimitedatonementthroughaspecialinfusionofgracefromGod.Puritans’liveswereextremelydisciplinedandhard,butinthegrimstruggleforsurvivalthatfollowedaftertheirarrivalinAmerica,theybecamemoreandmorepractical.Asacultureheritage,PuritanismdidhaveaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmind.AmericanPuritanismalsohadaenduringinfluenceonAmericanliteratureII.(20%)1.Jamestown2.Puritan3.England4.PhilipFreneau5.reason6.AdgarAllanPoe7.JamesFenimoreCooper8.WashingtonIrving9.NattyBumppo10.viewofdeathIII.(30%)1-5BADBC6-10BABCA11-15DACAD美国文学史及作品选读练习2ILI.BlankFilling.(20%)10.Theterm“Puritan”wasappliedtothosesettlerswhooriginallyweredevoutmembersoftheChurchof___England_____.11.MichaelWiigglesworth,anotherimportantcolonialpoet,achievedwidepopularityamonghiscontemporarieswithhisgloomyentitled____TheDayofDoom_______________.12.In1620,anumberofPuritanswhotriedtopurifyorreformthechurchofEnglandsteppedontheNewEnglandshoreatPlymouthintheshipnamed_TheMyflower_______.13