第九章测试1.
_______ was the first great American writer to earn international fame.
A:Whitman B:Irving C:Cooper D:Emerson
答案:B
2.
According to Hawthorne, the scarlet letter “A” which originally stood for “_______” finally obtained the meaning of “able” or “angel” through Hester’s efforts.
A:arrogance B:adultery C:accomplishment D:agony 3.
The period of ______ started with the publication of Washington Irving’s The Sketch Book and ended with Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.
A:American Classicism B:American Realism C:American Romanticism D:American Transcendentalism 4.
_________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.
A:Nathaniel Hawthorne B:Walt Whitman C:Ralph Waldo Emerson D:Henry David Thoreau 5.
Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as____________ and____________ .
A:Rip Van Winkle B:Life of Goldsmith C:Life of Washington D:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 6.
Choose the characters which appear in the novel The Scarlet Letter.
A:Pearl B:Roger Chillingworth C:Arthur Dimmesdale D:Hester Prynne 7.
The short story as a genre in American literature probably began with Irving’s The Sketch Book.
A:错 B:对 8.
Rip Van Winkle is a simple,good-natured,and hen-pecked man.
A:对 B:错 9.
The House of the Seven Gables isn’t written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
A:错 B:对 10.
One major element of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s philosophy isn’t his firm belief in the transcendence of the “Oversoul.”
A:错 B:对
