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as the ONLY good American author before the Revolutionary War. A. John Smith B. Benjamin Franklin C. Thomas Paine D. Thomas Jefferson45. As a literary and philosophical movement, flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.A. modernism B. rationalism C. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism46. ____ is NOT written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.A. The American Scholar B. SelfRelianceC. The Divinity School Address D. Civil Disobedience47. Emily Dickinson wrote many of her poems on various aspects of life. Which of the following is NOT a usual subject of her poetic expression? A. Religion B. Life and death C. Love and marriage D. War and peace48. In 1862, President Lincoln exclaimed: “So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!” The book refers to ____.A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. BelovedB. Pride and Prejudice D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin49. In Leaves of Grass, _____ is all that concerned Whitman.A. individualism B. freedom C. democracy D. all the above50. During the period after the Civil War, the American society entered in what Mark Twain referred to as ____.A. the Golden Age B. the Modern Age C. the Gilded Age D. the Puritan AgeIV: Define the literary terms listed below. 1 Transcendentalism 2 Free Verse3 Local Color V: Answer the following questions briefly based on your understanding of the texts studied. To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that e from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore。 and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night e out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. Questions:a. This paragraph is taken from a famous essay. What is the name of the essay? b. Who is the author? c. What does the author say would happen if the stars appeared one night in a thousand years? d. Give a specific term to cover the author’s belief?