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nce and alliteration D. slant rhyme and alliteration 15. There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That appears like the weight Of cathedral tunes” The images used in these few lines are mainly_____ ___ A. visual and olfactory B. visual and tactile C. visual and auditory D. kinesthetic 16. Poetry is a literary genre that uses metrical form to chiefly _____________ A. municate information B. create imagery C. reveal character D. express emotional experience. 17. Poe believed the greatest theme for poetry is ___________ A. death of a relative. B. death of a honorable man. C. death of a lover D. death of a beautiful woman.. 18. According to Poe, all elements of a story or a poem should have one purpose. That is __________ A . to tell the story B. to create an effect. C. to keep the reader in suspense D. to be humorous 19. In the development of the plot, _____ ,which pushes the story forward, is of the primary importance A. conflict B. point of view C. theme D. climax Allan Poe’s poems are of the following features except__________ A. being melancholic B. being musical C. being brief D. being moralistic II. Match the works with the authors given below. The works given are more than the authors given. (每小題 1 分,共 10 分 ) a. Ben Franklin b. Washington Irving c. James Fenimore Cooper d. Phillip Freneau e. Edgar Allan Poe 1.( ) Poor Richard’s Almanac 2.( ) Rip Van Winkle 3.( ) The Sketch Book 4.( ) Autobiography 5.( ) The Wild Honey suckle 6.( ) Israfel 7.( ) The Deerslayer 8 ( ) The Cask of Amontillado 9.( ) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 10.( ) The Indian Burying Ground III. Decide the following statements are true or false. Write T for true and F for false. (每 小 題 1 分 ,共 20 分 ) 1. The colonial American literature was in the form of poetry, novels and short stories 2. American poetry of the eighteenth century has an imitative character, imitating the reigning English models of the 18th century. 3. The early American romanticism stressed emotion, feeling, intuition instead of reason. 4. Philip Freneau was a most important poet in the 18th century American literature. 5. Cooper launched two kinds of immensely popular stories: the sea adventure tale, and the frontier stories. 6. American Puritanism derived its theological princ iples from Calvinism and aimed at a thorough reform of the church. 7. The first American settlers came to America to escape religious persecution.. . 8. Benjamin Franklin was versatile in every possible field and he was chiefly noted as .a man of civic mind. 9. Autobiography by Franklin was a fascinating record of the age of American Revolution, in which great political turmoil was faithfully depicted. Romantic literary movement was characterized wit