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【正文】 s said about most of the poems in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass? ________A. They identify his ego with the conservative America.B. They celebrate the self and ignore sexuality.C. They sing of the “enmasse” and the self as well.D. They reject the pursuit of love and happiness of individuals.38. Walt Whitman was a pioneering figure of American poetry. His innovation first of all lies in his use of ______, poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme scheme.A. bland verse B. heroic couplet C. free verse D. iambic pentameter39. As a great innovator in American literature, Walt Whitman wrote his poetry in an unconventional style which is now called free verse, that is ______.A. lyrical poetry with chanting refrainsB. poetry without a fixed beat or regular rhyme schemeC. poetry without rhymes at the end of the lines but with a fixed beatD. poetry in an irregular metric form and expressing noble feelings40. As a man of literary craftsmanship, Nathaniel Hawthorne is good at ________. A. exploring the plexity of human psychology, especially the power of blackness deep in people’s heartB. exploring the goodness hidden deeply in people’s heartC. revealing the shallow plexity of human psychology, especially the romanticists’ confusion before the real worldD. both A and C41. “There is evil in every human heart, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life。 I am part or particle of God.”The above passage is taken from ______.A. Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin B. Cooper’s Leatherstocking TalesC. Emerson’s Nature D. Dreiser’s Sister Carrie16. Like Nathaniel Hawthorne,_______ also manages to achieve the effect of ambiguity through symbolism and allegory in his narratives.A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. R. W. Emerson D. Herman Melville17. Most of Herman Melville’s novels are based on sea voyages and sea adventures. Which of the following is not the case? ______A. Typee B. MobyDickC. Omoo D. The ConfidenceMan18. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______.A. mentators B. Observers C. villains D. Saviors19. Henry David Thoreau’s work _______, has always been regarded as a masterpiece of New England Transcendentalism.A. Walden B. The Pioneers C. Nature D. Song of Myself20. Emerson based his religion on an intuitive belief in an ultimate unity, which he called ______.A. the Spirit B. the Overlord C. the over soul D. the Self21. “The Birthmark” drives home symbolically Hawthorne’s point that is man’s birthmark, something he is born with. A. goodness B. gratefulness C. evil D. bitterness 22. The theme of Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” is ______.A. the conflict of human psyche B. the fight against racial discriminationC. the familial conflict D. the nostalgia for the unrecoverable past23. Of all the following issues, _____is definitely NOT the focus of the Romantic writers in the American literary history. A. Puritan morality B. Human bestiality C. Noble savages D. Divinity of manII. Give brief answers to the following questions.1. What is the significance of American Puritanism in American literature?2. Give a brief analysis of the major features of American romanticism.3. The Romantic Period was called “The American Renaissance”. Discuss the background of the Romantic Period, and pare it with the Romanticism of Britain.4. Explain the theory of Transcendentalism, then list its important author and works.5. Washington Irving was called “Father of the American short stories” and “the American Goldsmith”. What are the characteristics of his work?6. Write about Washington Irving’s main contribution to American literature.7. Give a brief analysis of Irving’s Rip Van Winkle.8. Give a brief discussion of Whitman’s style and language. 9. Analyze the themes and characteristic of Hawthorne.10. Give a brief account of Emily Dickinson’s poetic style.11. What is the most important theme of The Scarlet Letter?9
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