C. a literary critic D. a fiction writer
23. Edgar Allan Poe's first collection of short stories is___________ . A. Tales of a Traveller B. Leatherstocking Tales C. Canterbury Tales
D. Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
24. From the following, choose the characteristics of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poetry. A. being highly individual B. harsh rhythms
C. lack of form and polish D. striking images
25. Which book is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. Representative Men B. English Traits
C. Nature D. The Rhodora
26. Which essay is not written by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A. Of Studies B. Self-Reliance
C. The American Scholar D. The Divinity School Address
27. From Henry David Thoreau' s jail experience, came his famous essay, ___________ , which states Thoreau's belief that no man should violate his conscience at the command of a government. A. Walden B. Nature
C. Civil Disobedience D. Common Sense
28. The finest example of Nathaniel Hawthorne' s symbolism is the recreation of Puritan Boston in__________ .
A. The Scarlet Letter B. Young Goodman Brown
C. The Marble Faun D. The Ambitious Guest
29. The House of Seven Gables is a famous mystery-haunted novel written by_________ A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
B. Nathaniel Hathorne
C. Nathanal Hawthorne D. Nathanial Hathorne
30. Nathaniel Hawthorne's ability to create vivid and symbolic images that embody great moral questions also appears strongly in his short stories. Choose his short stories from the following.
A. Young Goodman Brown B. The Great Stone Face
C. The Ambitious Guest D. Ethan Brand E. The Pearl
31. Which is not Nathaniel Hawthorne's long novel? A. The Scarlet Letter B. The Marble Faun
C. The Blithedale Romance D. The House of Seven Gables E. Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
32. Herman Melville called his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne_____________ in American literature.
A. the largest brain with the largest heart B. father of American poetry C. the transcendentalist D. the American scholar
33. Choose the characters which appear in the novel The Scarlet Letter. A. Hester Prynne B. Arthur Dimmesdale
C. Roger Chillingworth D. Pearl
34. __________ was a romanticized account of Herman Melville's stay among the
Polynesians. The success of the book soon made Melville well known as the \among cannibals\
A. Moby Dick B. Typee
C. Omoo D. Billy Budd
35. With the appearance of ______________ in 1855, which is about American Indians, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetical reputation was established. A. Evangeline
B. The Courtship of Miles Standish
C. Song of Hiawatha D. Michael Angelo
36. Choose the authors who belong to the romantic group in American literature. A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Herman Melville E. Walt Whitman
37. In the early nineteenth century American moral values were essentially Puritan. Nothing has left a deeper imprint on the character of the people as a whole than did__________ .
A. Puritanism B. Romanticism
C. Rationalism D. Sentimentalism
38. American romanticist writers,like Washington Irving and especially the group of New England poets such as____________ , __________ ,__________ ,_____ and Lowell, tried to model their works upon English and European masters. A. William Cullen Bryant B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
C. Oliver Russel Holmes D. John Greenleaf Whittier E. Thomas Gray
39. Washington Irving was best known for his famous short stories such as____________ and____________ .
A. Rip Van Winkle B. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
C. Life of Goldsmith D. Life of Washington
40. \is the voice of the book Nature written by Emerson, which pushed American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England______ A. Romanticism B. Transcendentalism
C. Naturalism D. Symbolism
41. There is a good reason to state that New England Transcendentalism was actually
_________ on the Puritan soil.
A. Romanticism B. Puritanism
C. Mysticism D. Unitarianism
42. New England Transcendentalism was important to American literature. It inspired a whole new generation of famous authors such as_________________ , and Emily Dickinson. A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Herman Melville E. Walt Whitman
43. Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism? A. Nature B. Walden
C. On Beauty D. Self-Reliance
44. Which is regarded as the \A. The American Scholar B. English Traits
C. The Conduct of Life D. Representative Men
45. _________ is an appalling fictional version of Nathaniel Hawthorne' s belief that \wrong doing of one generation lives into the successive ones\evil though it may take many generations to happen. A. The Marble Faun B. The House of Seven Gables
C. The Blithedale Romance D. Young Goodman Brown
46. Nathaniel Hawthorne's intellectual characters are usually villains, dreadful because of devoid of fellow feeling. Choose the specimens of Hawthorne's chilling, cold-blooded human animals.
A. Chillingworth in The Scarlet Letter
B. Hollingsworth in The Blithedale Romance C. Dr. Rappaccini in Rappaccini' s Daughter D. Pearl in The Scarlet Letter
47. Which three novels drew from Herman Melville' s adventures among the people of the South Pacific islands?
A. Typee B. Omoo
C. Mardi D. Redburn
48. Herman Melville' s___________ is an encyclopedia of everything: history, philosophy , religion, etc. in addition to a detailed account of the operations of the whaling industry. A. The Old Man and the Sea B. Moby Dick
C. White Jacket D. Billy Budd
IV. Identify the fragments.
passage 4
Once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. \—
Only this, and nothing more. \
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; —vainly I had tried to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost.
Questions:
1. Who is the writer of these lines?
2. What is the title of this poem from which the selection is selected? 3. Recognize the sound devices in the following lines. LI ________ L4
________L7________ L10________ 4. Describe the mood of this poem.
Passage 5
Lo! in you brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy-Land!
Questions:
1. This is the last stanza of a poem To Helen. Who wrote this poem To Heleni