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美国文学史及作品选读习题集3
3TheLiteratureofReasonandRevolution
I.Fillintheblanks.
1.AttheinitialperiodthespreadofideasoftheAmericanEnlightenmentwaslargelydueto_____.
2.Franklineditedthefirstcolonialmagazine,whichhecalled____.
3.Franklin’sbestwritingisfoundinhismasterpiece_____.
4.ThomasPaine,withhisnaturalgiftforpamphleteeringandrebellion,wasappropriatelybornintoanageof____.
5.OnJanuary10,1776,Paine’sfamouspamphletappeared.
6.InPhiladelphia,______thePennsylvaniamagazine,andcontributedtothePennsylvaniajournal.
7.AseriesofsixteenpamphletsbyPainewasentitled_______.
8.Paine’ssecondmostimportantwork__asanimpassionedpleaagainsthereditarymonarchy.
9.ThemostoutstandingpoetinAmericanofthe18thcenturywas____.
10.PhilipFreneau’sfamouspoem____waswrittenabouthisimprisonedexperience.
11.PhilipFreneauwasaclosefriendandpoliticalassociateofpresident_____
12.___wasconsideredasthe“poetoftheAmericanRevolution”,
13.PhilipFreneauwasnoteworthyfirstbecauseofnatureofhispoem.TheyweretrulyAmericanandverypatriotic.Inthisrespect,hereflectedthespiritofhisage.Therefore,hehasbeencalledthe“__ofAmericanpoetry”.
14.In1791,probablywithJefferson’ssupport,__establishedinPhiladelphiathenationalgazette.
15.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywasanAgeof__andRevolution.
II.Matching
1.BenjaminFranklina.TheAgeofreason
2.ThomasJeffersonb.CommonSense
3.BenjaminFranklinc.TheRightofMan
4.ThomasPained.TheAutobiography
5.ThomasPainee.PoorRichard’sAlmanac
6.PatrickHenryf.Women’sRightsPioneer
7.ThomasPaineg.GivemeLibertyorGivemeDeath
8.AbigailSmithAdamsh.LettersfromanAmericanFarmer
9.Michel-GuillaumeJeandeCrevecoeuri.TheDeclarationofIndependence
10.JoelBarlowj.TheHastyPudding
III.MultipleChoice
1.InAmericanliterature,theeighteenthcenturywastheageoftheEnlightenment.__wasthedominantspirit.
A.HumanismB.Rationalism
C.RevolutionD.Evolution
2.InAmericanliterature,theEnlightenerswerenotopposedto_____.
A.thecolonialorderB.religiousobscurantism
C.thepuritantraditionD.thesecularliterature
3.TheEnglishcoloniesinNorthAmericaroseinarmsagainsttheirparentcountryandthecontinentalcongressadopted___in1776.
A.TheDeclarationofIndependenceB.theSugarAct
C.TheStampactD.theMayflowerCompact
4.WhichstatementaboutFranklinisnottrue?
A.Heinstructedhiscountrymenasaprinter.
B.Hewasascientist.
C.Hewassmasterofdiplomacy.
D.HewasaPuritan.
5.ThesecularidealsoftheAmericanEnlightenmentwereexemplifiedinthelifeandcareerof___.
A.THOMASHoodB.BenjaminFranklin
C.ThomasJeffersonD.GeorgeWashington
6.Whichofthefollowingdoesnotbelongtothisliteraryperiod?
A.TheAmericanCrisisB.TheFederalist
C.DeclarationofIndependenceD.TheWasteLand
7.BenjaminFranklinwastheepitomeofthe____.
A.AmericanEnlightenmentB.Sugaract
C.ChartistmovementD.Romanticist
8.From1732to1758,BenjaminFranklinwroteandpublishedhisfamous_______,anannualcollectionofproverbs.
A.TheAutobiographyB.PoorRichard’sAlmanac
C.CommonSenseD.TheGeneralMagazine
9.WhichisnotconnectedwithThomasPaine?
A.CommonSenseB.TheAmericancrisis
C.PennsylvaniaMagazineD.TheAutobiography
10.ChoosetheworkswhichisnotwrittenbyPaine.
A.RightsofManB.TheAgeofReason
C.PoorRichardsAlmanacD.CommonSense
11.ThefirstpamphletpublishedinAmericatourgeimmediateindependencefromBritainis____.
A.TheRightsofManB.CommonSense
C.TheAmericanCrisisD.DeclarationofIndependence
12.“Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls”.ThesewordswereoncereadtoWashingtontroopsandmuchtoshoreupthespiritsoftherevolutionarysoldiers.Whoistheauthorofthesewords?
A.BenjaminFranklinB.ThomasJefferson
C.ThomasPaineD.GeorgeWashington
13.WhichstatementaboutPhilipFreneauisnottrue?
A.HewasasatiristB.Hewasapamphleteer
C.HewasasingerD.Hewasabitterpolemicist
14.WhichpoemisnotwrittenbyPhilipFreneau?
A.TheBritishPrisonShipB.ThewildHoneySuckle
C.TheIndianburyinggroundD.Thedayofdoom
15.Whowasconsideredasthe“poetofAmericanrevolution”?
A.MichaelWigglesworthB.EdwardTaylor
C.AnnneBradstreetD.PhilipFreneau
16.ItwasnotuntilJanuary1776thatawidelyheardpublicvoicedemandedcompleteseparationfromEngland.Thevoicewasthatof___,whosepamphletCommonSense,withitsheatedlanguage,increasedthegrowingdemandforseparation.
A.ThomasPaineB.ThomasJefferson
C.GeorgeWashingtonD.PatrickHenry
17.Atthereasonandrevolutionaryperiod,AmericanswereinfluencedbytheEuropeanmovementcalledthe______.
A.ChartistMovementB.RomanticistMovement
C.EnlightenmentMovementD.ModernistMovement
18.ThomasJefferson’sattitude,thatis,afirmbeliefinprogress,andthepursuitofhappiness,istypicaltheperiodwenowcall_____.
A.AgeofRevolutionB.AgeofReason
C.AgeofRomanticismD.AgeofRegionalism
19._____carriesthevoicenotofanindividualbutofawholepeople.Itismorethanwritingoftherevolutionaryperiod.ItdefinedthemeaningoftheAmericanRevolution.
A.CommonSenseB.TheAmericanCrisis
C.DeclarationofIndependenceD.DefaceoftheEnglishPeople
20.BenjaminFranklinshapedhiswritingafterthe____bytheEnglishessayistsAddisonandSteele.
A.SpectatorPapersB.Walden
C.NatureD.TheSacredWood
IV.LiteraryTerms
1.Autobiography
2.Persuasion
3.Aphorism
4.TheHartfordWits
V.Identification
Passage1
Thesearethetimesthattrymen’ssouls;Thesummersoldierandthesunshinepatriotwillinthiscrisis,shrinkfromtheserviceoftheircountry;buthethatstandsitnowdeservestheloveandthanksofmanandwoman.Tyranny,likehell,isnoteasilyconquered;yetwehavethisconsolationwithus,thatthehardertheconflict,themoregloriousthetriumph.Whatweobtaintoocheap,weesteemtoolightly:
‘tisdearnessonlythatgiveseverythingitsvalue.Heavenknowshowtoputapaperpriceuponitsgoods.
Questions:
1.Whichbookispassagetakenfrom?
2.Whoistheauthorofthisbook?
3.Whomistheauthorpraising?
Whomistheauthorcriticizing?
4.Whatdoyouthinkofthelanguageusedinthebook?
Passage2
WhenintheCourseofhumanevents,itbecomesnecessaryforonepeopletodissolvethepoliticalbandswhichhaveconnectedthemwithanother,andtoassumeamongthepowersoftheearth,theseparateandequalstationtowhichtheLawofNature’sGodentitlethem,adecentrespecttotheopinionsofmankindrequiresthattheyshoulddeclarethecauseswhichimpelthemtotheseparation.
Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,LibertyandthepursuitofHappiness;Thattosecuretheserights,GovernmentareinstitutedamongMen,derivingtheirjustpowersfromtheconsentofthegoverned;ThatwheneveranyFromofGovernmentbecomesdestructiveoftheseends,itistheRightofthePeopletoalterortoabolishit.
Questions:
5.Whichworkisthispassagetakenfrom?
6.Whattruthsareself-evident?
Whatisthepurposeofgovernment,andwhenshouldagovernmentbereplaced?
Passage3
Inabranchofwillowhid
SingstheeveningCaty-did:
Fromtheloftylocustbough
Feedingonadropofdew
Inhersuitofgreenarray’d
Hearhersingingintheshade
Caty-did,Caty-did,Caty-did!
Questions:
7.Whoisthewriteroftheseverses?
8.Whatisthetitleofthislyricalpoem?
9.Whatisa“Caty-did”?
Passage4
ItwasaboutthistimeIconceivedtheboldandarduousprojectofarrivingatmoralperfection.Iwishedtolivewithoutcommittinganyfaultatanytime;Iwouldconquerallthateithernaturalinclination,custom,orcompanymightleadmeinto.AsIknew,orthoughtIknew,whatwasrightandwrong,IdidnotseewhyImightnotalwaysdotheoneandavoidtheother.ButIsoonfoundIhadundertakenataskofmoredifficultythanIhadimagined.Whilemycarewasemployedinguardingagainstonefault,Iwasoftensurprisedbyanther;habittooktheadvantageofinattention;inclinationwassometimestoostrongforreason.Iconcluded,atlength,thatthemerespeculativeconvictionthatitwasourinteresttobecompletelyvirtuouswasnotsufficienttopreventourslipping;andthatthecontraryhabitsmustbebroken,andgoodonesacquiredandestablished,beforewecanhaveanydependenceonasteady,uniformrectitudeofconduct.ForthispurposeIthereforecontrivedthefollowingmethod.
InthevariousenumerationsofthemoralvirtuesIhadmetwithinmyreading,Ifoundthecatalogmoreorlessnumerous,asdifferentwritersincludedmoreorfewerideasunderthesamename.Temperance,forexample,wasbysomeconfinedtoeatinganddrinking,whilebyothersitwasextendedtomeanthemoderatingeveryotherpleasure,appetite,inclination,orpassion,bodilyormental,eventoouravariceandambition.Iproposedtomyself,,forthesakeofclearness,touserathermorenames,withfewerideasannexedtoeach,thanafewnameswithmoreideas;andIincludedunderthirteennamesofvirtuesallthatatthattimeoccurredtomeasnecessaryordesirable,andannexedtoeachashortprecept,whichfullyexpressedtheextentIgavetoitsmeaning.
Questions:
10.Whichworkisthispassagetakenfrom?
11.Whoistheauthorofthisbook?
12.Whatisyourunderstandingofthebook?
VI.QuestionsandAnswers.
1.Whatisaproverb?
Whichwriterinhisperi
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