第三章测试1.
The Romantic Period in the history of American literature started with the publication of Washington Irving’s _________ and ended with Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
A:Song of Myself B:The Sketch Book C:Drum Taps D:Walden
答案:B
2.
Which of the following statements about the Romantic period in the history of American literature is NOT true?
A:There was a strong tendency to exalt the individual and the common man. B:Most heroes and heroines in the writings of this period exhibited extremes of reason and nationality. C:In most of the American writings of this period there was a new emphasis upon the imaginative and emotional qualities of literature. D:The writers of this period placed an increasing emphasis on the free expression of emotions and displayed an increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters. 3.
The New England Transcendentalism was from the very beginning a local phenomenon restricted only to those people living in New England, who carried out the movement as a reaction against the cold, rigid rationalism of _________ in Boston. （ ）
A:Unitarianism B:Puritanism C:Classicism D:Calvinism 4.
As one of Hawthorne’s most profound tales, Young Goodman Brown is written in the manner of its concern with_________. （ ）
A:good and bad B:guilt and evil C:destruction and hope D: moral and corruption 5.
Which of the following is NOT among the artistic features of Whitman’s writing?（ ）
A:The use of the poetic “I” B:Free verse C:Allegory D:Musicality and rhythm
