英美文学小史答案2023秋

第八章测试

1.For the writers of the era, Romanticism was a way to ______ political and literary values. ( )
A:speculate
B:surmise
C:beguile
D:integrate

答案:A
2.The agrarian South had few cities, whereas the myriad cities in the North were heavily industrialized. （ ）
A:错 B:对 3.The size and clamor of the cities drove ________ into nature and a quiet life of seclusion. （ ）
A:Poe
B:Thoreau
C:Hawthorne
D:Emerson
4.Thoreau’s life at Walden Pond was a response to his own inquiry to live ________ and ________. （ ）
A:romantically
B:simply
C:deliberately
D:colorfully
5.In their writings, Poe and Hawthorne often deal with evil, or iniquity. （ ）
A:错 B:对 6.________, the perennial concern of the Transcendentalists, remains an important issue to this day. （ ）
A:Puritanism
B:Individualism
C:Romanticism
D:Idealism
7.Poe crafted his ________ stories of the ________ in order to convey a sense of horror to the reader. （ ）
A:melancholy . . . occult
B:irreproachable . . . culture
C:sublime . . . sage
D:sagacious . . . culture
8.Ralph Waldo Emerson was a ________ writer and philosopher, known as “The Sage of Concord.” （ ）
A:pessimistic
B:sinister
C:venerable
D:popular
9.Hawthorne was drawn to the moral ______ of the Puritan’s past. （ ）
A:torpor
B:discord
C:fortitude
D:iniquity
10.Known primarily as a master of horror and suspense tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne is also credited with inventing the detective story and contributing to the development of science fiction. （ ）
A:错 B:对