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【正文】 f this period exhibited extremes of reason and nationality. 11. _______, Melville’s masterpiece, is regarded as the first American prose epic. A. Typee B. OmooC. White Jacket D. Moby Dick12. _____ is now recognized not only as a great poetess on her own right but as a poetess of considerable influence upon American poetry of the present century. A. Emily Dickinson B. Harriet BeecherC. Anne Bradstreet D. George Eliot 13. Dickinson’s poems are usually based on her own experiences, her sorrows and joys. But many of her little lyrics concern ______.A. the whole human beings, which include religion, death, immortality, love, and natureB. the lowerclass working people who live a life of poverty and sordidnessC. the middleclass people who live in confusion and in void of faithD. the upperclass people who live in fort and idleness14. The subjects of Emily Dickinson’s poems are mainly about the following except______.A. religion B. death and immortality C. man and morality D. love and nature15. Which of the following is not right about the characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s poetic writing? _______A. Her poetry is unique and unconventional in its own way.B. Her poems have no titles and a particular stress pattern.C. Her poems are usually rather long and rarely less than 20 lines.D. Her poetic idiom is noted for its laconic brevity, directness and plainness.16. In American literature the first important writer who earned an international fame on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean is _______.A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Waldo EmersonC. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman17. Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as_______.A. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow B. Legend of the AlhambraC. Life of Goldsmith D. Life of Washington18. Washington Irving got his idea for his most famous story, Rip Van Winkle, from a ________ A. Greek legend B. German legendC. French legend D. English legend19. Rip Van Winkle is found in Irving’s longer work, ________ A. The Sketch Book B. History of New YorkC. Tales of a Traveler D. The Precaution20. It is on his _______ that Washington Irving’s fame mainly rested.A. childhood recollections B. sketches about his European toursC. early poetry D. tales about America21. In_______, Washington Irving agrees with the protagonist on his preference of the past to the present, and of a dreamlike world to the real world.A. “Young Goodman Brown” B. “Rip Van Winkle”C. “Rappaccini’s Daughter” D. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”22. is worth the honor of being “the American Scott” for his literary craftsmanship. A. F. James Cooper B. Nathaniel Hawthorne C. Washington Irving D. Ralph Waldo Emerson 23. In the wellknown story Rip Van Winkle, Rip falls into sleep for 20 years, during which ________ takes place.A. the Revolutionary War B. the Civil War C. the War for Independence D. World War I24 Washington Irving’s ’Rip Van Winkle’ is famous for_________.A. Rip’s escape into a mysterious B. The story’s German legendary source materialC. Rip’s seeking for happiness D. Rip’s 20years sleep25. “Strange names were over the doors— strange faces at the windows— every thing was strange. His mind now began to misgive him, that both he and the world around him were bewitched. Surely this was his native village, which he had left but the day before.” The above passage is taken from ______.A. Irving: “Rip Van Winkle”B. Hawthorne: “Young Goodman Brown”C. James: “Daisy Miller”D. Hemingway: “Indian Camp”26. In the following statements, _______ is NOT true about Washington Irving’s famous story “Rip Van Winkle.” A. The story is not only wellknown for Rip’s 20year sleep but also considered a model of perfect English in American literature.B. The story is set against the background of the inevitably changing America.C. The social conservatism and literary preference for the past is revealed, to some extent, in the stor
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