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14.Bradford’sworkconsistsoftwobooks.ThefirstbookdealswiththepersecutionsoftheSeparatistsinScrooby,England,thesecondbookdescribesthesingingofthe“______Compact”.

15.TheHistoryofNewEnglandisapricelessgift_____leftus.

16.ThewriterwhobestexpressedthePuritanfaithinthecolonialperiodwas_______.

17.ThePuritanphilosophyknownas______wasimportantinNewEnglandduringcolonialtime,andhadaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmindforseveralgenerations.

18.ManyPuritanwroteverse,buttheworkoftwowriters,AnneBradstreetandEdward______,rosetothelevelofrealpoetry.

19.Beforehisdeath,Jonathan______hadgainedapositionasAmerica’sfirstsystematicphilosopher.

Ⅱ.Matchthenamesofthewriterswiththeirworks.

1.JonathanEdwardsa.TheDayofDoom

2.IncreaseMatherb.ThemagnoliaChristiAmerica

3.JohnSmithc.TheHistoryoftheDividingLine

4.WilliamByrdd.TheGeneralHistoryofVirginia

5.OlaudahEquianoe.ATrueSightofSin

6.WilliamBradfordf.FreedomoftheWill

7.CottonMatherg.CasesofConscienceconcerningEvilSpirits

8.ThomasHookerh.TheInterestingNarrative

9.AnneBradstreeti.PreparatoryMeditations

10.EdwardTaylorj.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica

11.MichaelWigglesworthk.TheHistoryofPlymouthPlantation

12.RogerWilliamsl.AKeyintotheLanguageofAmerica

Ⅲ.MultipleChoice.

1．Earlyintheseventeenthcentury,theEnglishsettlementsin________beganthemainstreamofwhatwerecognizeastheAmericannationalhistory.

A.VirginiaandPennsylvaniaB.MassachusettsandNewYork

C.VirginiaandMassachusettsD.NewYorkandPennsylvania

2.ThefirstwritingsthatwecallAmericanwerethenarrativesand_______oftheearlysettlements.

A.journalsB.poetry

C.dramaD.folklores

3.AmongtheearliestsettlersinNorthAmericawereFrenchmenwhosettledintheNortherncoloniesandalongthe_____River.

A.St.LouisB.St.Lawrence

C.MississippiD.Hudson

4.In1620anumberofPuritanscametosettlein________.

A.VirginiaB.Georgia

C.MarylandD.Massachusetts

5.Whosereportsofexploration,publishedintheearly1600s,havebeenregardedasthefirstdistinctAmericanliteraturewritteninEnglish?

A.JohnWinthrop’sB.JohnSmith’s

C.WilliamBradford’sD.ChristopherColumbus’s

6.In1612,JohnSmithpublishedinEnglandabookcalled________.

A.AMapofVirginiawithaDescriptionoftheCountry

B.TheGeneralHistoryofMassachusetts

C.ADescriptionofNewEngland

D.TheEarlyHistoryofPlymouthColony

7.WhatstyledidtheseventeenthcenturyAmericanpoetsadapttothesubjectmatterconfrontedinastrangelynewenvironment?

A.Thestyleoftheirown.

B.ThestylemixedwithEnglandandAmericanelements.

C.Thestylemixedwithnative-AmericanandBritishtradition.

D.ThestyleofestablishedEuropeanpoets.

8.______wasacivilcovenantdesignedtoallowthetemporalstatetoservethegodlycitizen.

A.TheearlyhistoryofPlymouthcolony

B.ThemagnoliaChristiAmerica

C.MayflowerCompact

D.FreedomoftheWill

9.HowmanybooksdidCottonMather,aninexhaustiblewriter,produced?

A.About400.B.About500

C.About600D.About300

10.SomewhereinthemiddleoftheAtlanticOcean______deliveredhissermonAModelofChristianCharity.Itbecamehisimportantwork.

A.JohnWinthropB.MichaelWigglesworth

C.WilliamBradfordD.ThomasHooker

11.______wasregardedasthemosteminentandadmiredministerinthefirstgenerationofNewEnglandPuritans.

A.CottonMatherB.JohnCotton

C.JohnEliotD.EdwardTaylor

12.WhoamongthefollowingtranslatedtheBibleintotheIndiantongue?

A.RogerWilliamsB.JohnEliot

C.CottonMatherD.JohnSmith

13.ThebestofPuritanpoetswas______,whosecompleteeditionofpoemsappearedin1960,morethantwohundredyearsafterhisdeath.

A.AnneBradstreetB.MichaelWigglesworth

C.ThomasHookerD.EdwardTaylor

14.EnglishliteratureinAmericaisonlyaboutmorethan________yearsold.

A.500B.600

C.200D.100

15.Theearlyhistoryof________ColonywasthehistoryofBradford’sleadership.

A.PlymouthB.Jamestown

C.NewEnglandD.mayflower

16.WhichstatementaboutCottonMatherisnottrue?

A.HewasagreatPuritanhistorian.

B.Hewasaninexhaustiblewriter.

C.Hewasaskillfulpreacherandaneminenttheologian.

D.HewasagraduateofOxfordCollege.

17.JonathanEdwards’bestandmostrepresentativesermonwas_________.

A.ATrueSightofSin

B.SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod

C.AModelofChristianCharity

D.God’sDeterminations

18.Whichwriterisnotapoet?

A.MichaelWigglesworthB.AnneBradstreet

C.EdwardTaylorD.ThomasHooker

19.ThecommonthreadthroughoutAmericanliteraturehasbeentheemphasisonthe________.

A.revolutionismB.reason

C.individualismD.rationalism

20.AnneBradstreetwasapuritanpoet.HerpoemsmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecomeknownasthe“_______”whoappearedinAmerica.

A.NinthMuseB.TenthMuse

C.BestMuseD.FirstMuse

21.Theship“_______”carriedaboutonehundredPilgrimsandtook66daystobeatitswayacrosstheAtlantic.InDecemberof1620,itputthePilgrimsashoreatPlymouth,Massachusetts.

A.SunflowerB.Armada

C.MayflowerD.Titanic

22.WhichwriterbestexpressedthePuritansenseoftheself?

A.JonathanEdwards.B.IncreaseMather.

C.JohnSmith.D.ThomasHooker.

23.Before______theAmericannewspaperswereculturalandliteraryinnature,butafterthistime,theybecomemorepolitical.

A.1620B.1700

C.1775D.1750

Ⅳ.LiteraryTerms

1.Separatists

2.PilgrimsandPuritans

3.OlaudahEquiano（1745~1797）

4.LiteraryJournals

5.SlaveNarratives

6.JohnSmith（1580~1631）

7.WilliamBradford（1590~1657）

8.JonathanEdwards（1703~1758）

9.JohnWinthrop（1588~1649）

10.TheMathers

11.MichaelWigglesworth（1631~1705）

Ⅴ.Identification.

1.Identifytheauthorandbrieflyintroducethefollowingworks.

（1）LeahandRachel

（2）TheMagnaliaChristiAmericana

（3）TheFreedomoftheWill

2.Identifythepoem.

Iheardthemerrygrasshopperthensing,

Theblack-cladcricketbearasecondpart,

Theykeptonetune,andplayedonthesamestring,

Seemingtogloryintheirlittleart.

Shallcreaturesabjectthustheirvoiceraise?

Andintheirkindresoundtheirmaker’spraise,

WhilstI,asmite,canwarbleforthnohigherlays?

“UnderthecoolingshadowofastatelyElm,

ClosestateIbyagoodlyRiver’sside,

WhereglidingstreamstheRocksdidoverwhelm;

Alonelyplacewithpleasuresdignifi’d.

Ioncethatlov’dtheshadywoodssowell,

Nowthoughttheriversdidthetreesexcel,

AndifthesunwouldevershinetherewouldIdwell.

“Whilemusingthuswithcontemplationfed,

Andthousandfanciesbuzzinginmybrain,

Thesweettongu’dPhilomelperchto’ermyhead,

Andchantedforthamostmelodiousstrain,

Whichraptmesowithwonderanddelight,

Ijudg’dmyhearingbetterthanmysight,

Andwishtmewingswithherawhiletomyflight.”

Questions:

（1）ThisistakenfromtheContemplationswrittenbyanearlyAmericanwomanwriter.Whatishername?

（2）Makeabriefcommentonthisshortpoem.

3.Identifytheexcept.Makeabriefcommentonthisexcept.

“Thecloudsgatheringthickuponus,andthewindssingingandwhistlingmostunusually,...adreadfulstormandhideousbegantoblowfromouttheNortheast,whichswellingandroaringasitwerebyfits,somehourswithmoreviolencethanothers,atlengthdidbeatalllightfromheaven,whichlikeanhellofdarkness,turnedblackuponus…

“Prayersmightwellbeintheheartandlips,butdrownedintheoutcriesoftheOfficers,—nothingheardthatcouldgivecomfort,nothingseenthatmightencouragehope…

“TheseaswelledabovetheCloudsandgavebattleuntoheaven.

“SirGeorgeSummersbeinguponthewatch,hadanapparitionofalittleroundlight,likeafaintstar,tremblingandstreamingalongwithasparkingblaze,halftheheightfromthemainmast,andshootingsometimesfromshrouds,andforthreeorfourhoursto