I. Multiple choice. Please choose the best answer among the four items. (10 x 1’= 10’)
1. In American literature, the 18th century was the age of Enlightenment.
____ was the dominant.
A. humanism B. rationalism C. romanticism D. evolution 2. The short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is taken from
Irving’s work named ____.
A. The Leatherstocking Tales B. The Sketch Book C. The Autobiography D. The History of New York 3. Which of the following is not the characteristic of American
Romanticism?
A. Rationalism B. inner C. personal feelings D. self individualism 4. The short story “Rip Van Winkle” reveals the __ attitude of its
author.
A. optimistic B. C. conservative D. ironic pessimistic 5. Stylistically, Henry James’ fiction is characterized by ___.
A. short, clear sentences B. abundance of local images C. ordinary American speech D. highly refined language 6. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary
advocates in ___ and Thoreau.
A. Jefferson B. Emerson C. Freneau D. Mark Twain 7. Which is regarded as the “Declaration of Intellectual
Independence”?
A. The American Scholar B. English C. Traits Oversoul D. Self-reliance 8. ____ is considered Mark Twain’s greatest achievement.
A. The Gilded Age B. Innocent Abroad C. The Adventures of Tom D. Adventures of Huckleberry Sawyer Finn 9. ___ is not among those greatest figures in “Lost Generation”.
A. Ezra Pound B. Robert C. Walt Whitman D. Hemingway Frost 10.Naturalism is evolved from realism when the author’s tone in
writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more ___.
A. rational B. humorous C. optimistic D. pessimistic II. Multiple choice. Please choose the best answer among the four items. (10 x 1’= 10’)
11.______ is the father of American Literature.
A. Benjamin Franklin B. C. Paine D. Washington Philip Freneau Irving
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