C. German idealistic philosophy
D. the revelations of oriental mysticism
3. As a philosophical and literary movement, ____________ flourished in New England from the 1830s to the Civil War.
A. modernism B. rationalism
C. sentimentalism D. transcendentalism
4. Transcendentalist doctrines found their greatest literary advocates in___________ and Henry David Thoreau.
A. Thomas Jefferson B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Philip Freneau D. Oversoul
5. Who were regarded as the \A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow B. Lowell
C. Oliver Russel Holmes D. John Greenleaf Whittier
6. American statesmen such as__________ slowly won for their country the respect of European powers.
A. Washington B. Jefferson
C. Madison D. Monroe
7. _________ was the most leading spirit of the Transcendental Club. A. Henry David Thoreau B. Ralph Waldo Emerson
C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman
8. Transcendentalists recognized__________ as the \A. intuition B. logic
C. data of the senses D. thinking
9. Led by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson and _______________ , there arose a kind of teachings of transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century.
A. Herman Melville B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Mark Twain D. Theodore Dreiser
10. Transcendentalism appealed to those who disdained the harsh God of the Puritan ancestors, and it appealed to those who scorned the pale deity of New England A. Transcendentalism B. Humanism
C. Naturalism D. Unitarianism
11. In the early 19th century America, statesmen such as _________ , came to dominate American politics not with their prose but with the emotional force of their oratory. A. Daniel Webster B. Daniel Defoe
C. Philip Freneau D. Thomas Paine
12. A new___________ had appeared in England in the last years of the eighteenth century. It spread to continental Europe and then came to America early in the nineteenth century. A. realism B. critical realism
C. romanticism D. naturalism
13. The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature, evident in _________ . A. James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales B. Henry David Thoreau' s V/alden C. Mark Twain' s Huckleberry Finn
D. Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
14. A preoccupation with the demonic and the mystery of evil marked the works of _________ , and a host of lesser writers.
A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Herman Melville D. Mark Twain
15. An American Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1828 by_____ A. Samuel Johnson B. Noah Webster
C. Daniel Webster
D. Daniel Defoe
16. In the nineteenth century America, Romantics often shared certain general characteristics. Choose such characteristics from the following. A. moral enthusiasm
B. faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perception C. adoration for the natural world
D. presumption about the corrosive effect of human society
17. Choose Washington Irving' s works from the following. A. The Sketch Book B. Bracebridge Hall
C. Tales of a Traveller D. A History of New York
18. In James Fenimore Cooper's novels, close after Natty Bumppo in romantic appeal , come the two noble red men. Choose them from the following. A. the Mohican Chief Chingachgook B. Uncas
C. Tom Jones D. Kubla Khan
19. In 1817, the stately poem called Thanatopsis introduced the best poet___________ to appear in America up to that time.
A. Edward Taylor B. Philip Freneau
C. William Cullen Bryant D. Edgar Allan Poe
20. Choose William Cullen Bryant's poems from the following. A. To a Caty-Did B. To a Waterfowl
C. Thanatopsis D. The Wild Honey Suckle
21. From the following, choose the poems written by Edgar Allan Poe. A. To Helen B. The Raven
C. Annabel Lee D. The Bells
22. In his post on the Messenger, Edgar Allan Poe showed his true talents as A. an editor B. a poet
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
