第九章测试1.
_______ was the first great American writer to earn international fame.
A:Emerson B:Irving C:Cooper D:Whitman
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:accomplishment B:arrogance C:adultery 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 Transcendentalism B:American Classicism C:American Romanticism D:American Realism 4.
_________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club.
A:Ralph Waldo Emerson B:Henry David Thoreau C:Nathaniel Hawthorne D:Walt Whitman 5.
Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as____________ and____________ .
A:Life of Washington B:The Legend of Sleepy Hollow C:Life of Goldsmith D:Rip Van Winkle 6.
Choose the characters which appear in the novel The Scarlet Letter.
A:Roger Chillingworth B:Hester Prynne C:Pearl D:Arthur Dimmesdale 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:错 B:对 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
