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Quiz on Benjamin Franklin
1.
“
God help them that help themselves
”
is found in
A
‘
s work.
in
u
son
2. Which statement about Franklin is not true?
D
A. He instructed his countrymen as a printer.
B. He was a scientist.
C. He was a master of diplomacy.
D. He was a Unitarian.
3. Poor Richard
’
s Almanac contained
A.
A. many proverbs
B. Franklin
’
s autobiography
C. voyages to the new land
D. climate and crops
4. In his last years and for a generation after his death, _A__ was more often referred to as
“
the father of his country
”
than was George Washington himself
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Washington Irving
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
D. Nathaniel Hawthorne
5.__A ____ is outstanding as a tradesman, citizen, scientist, statesman and political revolutionary. He aided Jefferson in
the writing of the Declaration of the Independence.
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Washington Irving
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
D. Nathaniel Hawthorne
6. Benjamin Franklin
’
s best writing is found in his masterpiece
A .
A. Autobiography
B. Poor Richard
’
s Almanac
C. Common Sense
D. The Way to Wealth
7. Benjamin Franklin also edited the first colonial magazine, which he called
C .
A. Time
B. People
C. the General Magazine D. Redbook
8. If we say Jonathan Edwards represents the upper levels of the American mind,
represents the lower levels.
B
A. Thomas Paine
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Philip Freneau D. Washington Irving
Philip Freneau:
“
The Poet of American Revolution
”
.
9. The ideals of the American Enlightenment were exemplified in the life and career of B
.
A. Thomas Hood B. Benjamin Franklin
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. George Washington
10. Benjamin Franklin was the epitome(representative) of the
A .
A. American Enlightenment
B. Sugar Act
C. Chartist Movement
D. Romanticist
11. Benjamin Franklin shaped his writing after the
A of the English essayists Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
A. Spectator Papers B. Walden
C. Nature D. The Sacred Wood
12. Benjamin Franklin was a prose stylist whose writing reflected the neoclassic ideal of D
.
A. clarity
B. restraint
C. simplicity
D. all the above
13. Franklin
’
s claim to a place in literature rests chiefly on his
A and
A .
A. Poor Richard
’
s Almanac, Autobiography
B. Common Sense, American Crisis
C. The Wild Honeysuckle, The Indian Burying Ground
D. Rights of Man, The Age of Reason
Philip Freneau
（
1752-183 2
）美国殖民时期著名诗人，美国革命战争后期最杰出的作家。生于纽约一酒商家庭。
1768
年进入普林斯顿大学，次年发起建立北美第一个革命学生组织。他写于内战时期的诗集《内战时期及其他 》
(1864)
，
歌颂内战时期反蓄奴制斗争中的英雄主义精神，欢庆黑奴解放，以鼓 励士气。
1781
年发表《英国囚船》一诗，揭露
英军虐待战俘的暴行。
17 86
年出版《弗瑞诺诗集》
，被誉为“美国独立革命的诗人”
。战后，他支持杰弗逊， 为美国
政府做出巨大贡献
但
50
岁后，他在贫穷中度过余生。
主要作品
The Rising Glory of America
蒸蒸日上的美洲；
The British Prison Ship
英国囚船；
To the Memory of the Brave Americans
纪念美国勇士
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The Wild Honeysuckle
野生的金银花；
The Indian Burying Ground
印第安人殡葬地
14. Which statement
is not true about Autobiography?
D
A. It is recognized as a classic of its kind.
B. It epitomizes the spirit of Franklin.
C. It is pervaded with a pragmatic philosophy and the teaching of ethical principles.
D. It describes the whole life of Franklin.
Quiz on Ralph Waldo Emerson
1. In the early 19th century The Sketch Book had established _Washington Irving_'s reputation at home and abroad, and
designated the beginning of American Romanticism.
2. Ralph Waldo Emerson's first book in 1836 _Nature_ brought American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New
England Transcendentalism.
3. The American Transcendeatalists formed a club called _The Transcendental Club_.
4. _Ralph Waldo Emerson_ was responsible for bringing Transcendentalism to New England.
5. Emerson's truest disciple
门徒
, the man who put into practice many of Emerson's theories, was _Henry David
Thoreau___
6. THe American Scholar_was called the
7. Nature_ is regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism.
1. Transcendentalists took their ideas from __E________.
A. the romantic literature in Europe
B. neo-Platonism
C. German idealistic philosophy
D. The revelation of oriental mysticism
E. All of the above
2. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in _B_____ and Thoreau.
A. Jefferson
B. Emerson
C. Freneau
D. Oversoul
3. Philip Freneau__ was considered as the
4. __B___ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.
A. Thoreau
B. Emerson
C. Hawthorne
D. Whitman
5. Transcendentalists recognized _A_____ as the
A. intuition
C. data of the sneses
D. thinking
6. A new __C_____ had appeared in England in the last years of the 18th century. It spread to continental Europe and then
came to America early in the 19th century.
A. Realism
B. Critical realism
C. Romanticism
D. Naturalism
7. Which one is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
D
A. Nature
B. Self-Reliance
C. The Oversoul
D. Walden
8. Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson?
A
A. Of Studies
B. Slef-Reliance
C. The American Scholar
D. The Divinity School Address
9. There is
a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actually _A______ on the Puritan soil.
A. Romanticism
B. Puritanism
C. Mysticism
D. Unitarianism
10. Following
the rise of Romanticism, Transcendetalism appeared after 1830 in the works of such man of letters as ___
E___, ______ and Margaret Fuller.
A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Henry Thoreau
C.
Mark Twain
D. Nathaniel Hawthorne
E. Both A and B
F. Both C and D
Quiz on Nathaniel Hawthorne
statement expresses a central theme of the story, The Minister's Black Veil? C
a.) People are attracted by unsolved mysteries.
b.) People with faith can overcome any hardship.
c.) People are often unwilling to face the truth about themselves.
d .) People who sin should not be forgiven.
2.
What message about human nature is most strongly conveyed by Elizabeth's nursing of Mr. Hopper on his deathbed?
A
a.) Love for someone endures despite what the person does.
b.) Curiosity leads people to do odd things
c.) Loyalty always leads to learning the truth.
d.) Hard work is seldom rewarded in this life.
3. What can you infer about the author's attitude toward his Puritain ancestors?
A
a.) He considered them hypocritical.
b.) He admired their fortitude. disaprproved of their immorality.
c.) He dissaprproved of their immorality.
d.) He envied their piety.
4.
Over what group does the veiled minister seem to have the most power?
B
a.) his congregation
b.) souls in agony for sinning
c.) other clergymen in the area.
d) his fiancee Elizabeth
5. Hawthorne subtitled his story 'A Parable
A
A. a moral lesson
B. a Gothic mystery
C. witty sayings
D. vivid imagery
6. Hawthorne portrays the veil as
C
A. a punishment
B. a joke
C. a symbol
D. a whim
异想天开
7. Hawthorne based
A. Jonathan Edwards
in Pierce
C.a Salem witch
D.a New England clergyman
8. The climax of the story occurs when C
A. Elizabeth decides not to marry Hooper
nd Clark tries to remove the veil
utters his dying words
D. Hooper is buried
9. Hawthorne presents Hooper's character as C
A. happy and contented
B. evil and dangerous
C. lonely and tormented D. witty and charming
10. The best meaning for perturbation is D
A. wise
B. imitation
C. strong dislike
D. a troubled or agitated condition
11. The best meaning for vagary is A
A. an extravagant notion or act
B. showiness or pretentiousness to attract attention
C. strong dislike
D. imitation
T or F questions
1. Mr. Hooper's parishoners are amazed when he appears with a veil over his face.
2. At first, some people assume that the parson is crazy.
3. There is a movement to have Hooper dismissed from his post.
4. The church sends a delegation to the parson to inquire about the reason for the veil.
5. Hooper confides his guilty secret to Elizabeth.
6. The parson is relieved to break his engagement with Elizabeth.
7. Children flee from Hooper in fright.
8. The veil enables Hooper to become a more effective minister.
9. As Hooper lies dying, he agrees to remove the veil.
10. Only at the minister's burial is the veil finally removed.
1-5
T T F T F
6-10 F T T F F
1. Hester Prynne is the heroine in Hawthorne's novel __The Scarlet Letter_______.
2. The House of Seven Gables is a famous mystery-haunted novel written by A
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Allan Poe
C. Mark Twain
D. Ernest Hemingway
3. Which is not Nathaniel Hawthorne's long novel? D
A. The Scarlet Letter
B. The Marble Faun
C. The Blithedale Romance
D. Young Goodman Brown
Quiz on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Wadsworth Longfellow's first collection of poems entitled __Voices of the Night____ appeared in 1838.
2. The most scholarly of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's writings is his translation of Dante's __Divine Comedy_____
3. After his death, _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow______ became the only American to be honored with a bust in the
Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.
4. With the appearance of ____C___ in 1855, which is about American Indians, Longfellow's poetical reputation was
established.
A. Evangeline
B. The Courtship of Miles Standish
C. Song of Hiawatha
D. Michael Angelo
5. What are the artistic achievements of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetry?
1) Longfellow was the best known of the Fireside poets, it was with him that American poetry began its emergence from
the shadow of the British parentage.
2) His poetic narrative helped create
National historical myth, transforming colorful aspects of the American past into
memorable romance. They include Evangeline, which concerns lovers who are separated during the French and Indian War.
(1754-1763)
Song of Hiawatha derives its theme from native American folklore.
3) No Amerian poet before or since was as widely celebrated during his or her lifetime as Longfellow.
4) He became the first and only American poet to be honored with a bust in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey in
London, England.
fire-side poets
REPRESENTATIVES:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
William Cullen Bryant,
John Greenleaf Whittier,
James Russell Lowell,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
who were the first American poets whose popularity rivaled that of British poets, both at home and abroad.
The name
convention
—
standard forms, regular meter, and rhymed stanzas
—
made their body of work particularly suitable for
memorization and recitation in school and also at home, where it was a source of entertainment for families gathered
around the fire.
The poets' primary subjects were the domestic life, mythology, and politics of America, in which several of the poets
were directly involved. The Fireside Poets wrote for the common people. They meant to have their stories told for families.
Quiz on Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman
Define the following terms
fireside poets
free verse
questions
The significance of the collection Leaves of Grass
Why did Whitman entitle the collection of poems
1. _Edgar Allan Poe_is called the father of detective stories.
2. __Edgar Allan Poe_ is called
3. _Walt Whitman_was the first man in America to use the free verse.
4. __Leaves of Grass
is Whitman's masterpiece.
5. Leaves of Grass is called
Quiz on Emily Dickinson
main theme of Emily Dickinson is the following except__D_.
A. religion B. love and marriage C. life and death D. war and peace
2. Emily Dickinson
’
s poetic idiom is noted for the following except__D_.
A. brevity B. directness C. plainest words D. obscure
of the following is not a work of Emily Dickinson
’
s?
C
A.
This is my letter to the world
B.
I heard a Fly buzz-when I died
C.
The road not taken
D.
I like to see it lap the miles
4. Emily Dickinson
’
s poems
“
this is my letter to the world
”
expresses the poet
’
s __C_ about her communication with
the outside world.
A.
indignation B. joy C. anxiety D. indifference
an literature produced only one female poet during the nineteenth century. This was __C____.
A master of imagery that makes the spiritual materialize in surprising ways,
Dickinson managed manifold variations within her simple form: She used
imperfect rhymes, subtle breaks of rhythm, and idiosyncratic syntax and
punctuation to create fascinating word puzzles, which have produced
greatly divergent interpretations over the years.
Quiz on Theodore Dreiser
1. _A___ is considered to be Theodore Dreiser
’
s greatest work.
A. An American Tragedy
B. Sister Carrie
C. The Financier
D. The Titan
2. Theodore Dreiser is generally regarded as one of American
’
s _A_____.
A. naturalists
B. realists
C. modernists
D. romanticists
3. Dreiser
’
s trilogy of desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and __A____.
A. The Stoic
B. The Giant
C. The Tycoon
D. The Genius
4. The centre character of the novel An American tragedy is_A_____.
A. Clyde Griffiths B. Samuel Griffiths
C. Roberta Alden D. Sondra
5. Which of the following is NOT Theodore Dreiser
’
s work?
D
A. An American Tragedy
B. Free And Other Stories
C. Sister Carrie
D. The Black Riders
The Black Riders was written by Stephen Crane
story in An American Tragedy
happened in _B____ century.
A.19th B. 20th C. 18th D. 17th
Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser described a ___C__
’
s fortune.
A. boy B. male C. female D. old man
stories both in Sister Carrie and Jennie Gerhardt are based on the experience of Theodore Dreiser
’
s __B___.
A. mother B. sister C. brother D. Aunt
9. Which of the following is NOT Dreiser
’
s work?
D
A. Jennie Gerhardt
B. The Titan
C. The Financier
D. The Call of the Wild
10. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets is the first Naturalistic novel written by Stephen Crane.
11. Define the term Naturalism
12. Analyze the characters of Clyde?
13. Why did Dreiser call it an American tragedy?
Quiz on Robert Lee Frost
1. Robert Frost combined traditional verse forms-the sonnet, rhyming couplets, blank verse-with a clear American local
speech rhythm, the speech of __D__ farmers with its idiosyncratic
特有的
diction and syntax.
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