美国文学简史期末练习.doc

Colonial America I. Blank Filling The Puritan philosophy known as _________ was important in New England during colonial time, and had a profound influence on the early American mind for several generations. (Puritanism) The term “puritan” was applied to those settlers who originally were devout members of the Church of _______. (England) Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety, these were the __________ values that dominated much of the early American writing. (puritan) Many Puritans wrote verse, but the work of two writers, Anne Bradstreet and ___________, rose to the level of real poetry. (Edward Tayor) ______________ is the most truly American of the national holidays in the United States and is the most closely connected with the earliest history. (Thanks Giving Day) The ship ___________ carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat its way across the Atlantic. In icy November of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Mayflower) The 18th century American thinking was dominated by a set of new ideas about the universe, predominant among which is __________. (Deism) Thomas Paine, with his natural gift for pamphleteering and revolution, was appropriately born into an age of ___________. (revolution) One of the most important American thinkers during the revolutionary period was ______________, who wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac. (Benjamin Franklin) In Franklin’s ________________ he asks for honesty and almost provides instructions, in typical American fashion, of “how to” succeed. (The Autobiography) II. Multiple Choice English literature in the America is about more than_____ years old. (C) A. 500 B. 400 C. 200 D.100 The early history of __________ Colony was the history of William Bradford’s leadership. (A) A. Plymouth B. Jamestown C. New England D. Mayflower Jonathan Edwards’ best and most representative sermon was ______. (B) A. Personal Narrative B. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God C. Fr