1 Which poem is not written by Freneau?

　　A The British Prison Ship

　　B The Wild Honey Suckle

　　C The Indian Burying Ground

　　D The Flood of Years

　　2 Thomas Jefferson’s attitude ,that is , a firm belief in progress, and the pursuit of happiness, is typical of the period we now call _____.

　　A Age of Evolution

　　B Age of Reason

　　C Age of Romanticism

　　D Age of Regionalism

　　3 Which of the following is NOT one part of the Leather Stocking Tales by Cooper?

　　A The Spy

　　B The Pathfinder

　　C The Pioneers

　　D The Deerslayer

　　4 Which statement about Thoreau is NOT right?

　　A He was a lover of nature.

　　B He was particular kind of romantic.

　　C He was polemicist.

　　D He was a thorough transcendentalist.

　　5 Which of the following has been called “the manifesto of American Transcendentalism” ?

　　A Divinity School Address

　　B Self-reliance

　　C Nature

　　D The American Scholar

　　6 As a philosophical and literary movement, _____ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.

　　A sentimentalism

　　B transcendentalism

　　C modernism

　　D rationalism

　　7 The period before the American Civil War is generally referred to as _____.

　　A the Modern Period

　　B the Realistic Period

　　C the Romantic Period

　　D the Naturalist Period

　　8 All the following are the works by Nathaniel Hawthorne EXCEPT _____.

　　A The Marble Faun

　　B Typee

　　C The Scarlet Letter

　　D Mosses from an Old Manse

　　9 Which of the following is not a work of Emily Dickson’s?

　　A I Heard a Fly Buzz when I Died.

　　B The Raven

　　C This is My Letter to the World.

　　D I Like to See it Lap the Miles.

　　10 Whitman’s poems are characterized by all the following features EXCEPT ____.

　　A the strict poetic form

　　B the free and natural rhythm

　　C the easy flow of feelings

　　D the simple and conversational language

　　答案

　　1 D, 《似水流年》是布莱恩特的作品。其他全为弗伦诺的作品。

　　2 B, “理性时代”。

　　3 A, The Spy 不属于《皮靴子》系列。

　　4 C, 梭罗崇尚自然生活简单，与世无争，不入尘嚣。

　　5 C, 超验主义的宣言是Nature 一书的发表。

　　6 B, 19世纪30年代到内战期间是超验主义，以爱默生等为代表。

　　7 C, 内战前是浪漫主义。

　　8 B, Typee 是Herman Melville 的作品，其他全为霍桑的。

　　9 B, The Raven 《大乌鸦》是艾伦•坡的作品。其他全为艾米莉的。

　　10 A, 惠特曼的诗自由、清新、琅琅上口、易于理解，但并不是按照严格的格律来写。