In his cluster of poems called Leaves of Grass, Walt （）gave America its first genuine epic poem. 正确答案：Whitman

I died for Beauty — but was scarce reveals Emily Dickinson's aesthetic idea that beauty and （）are one. A.truthB.kindnessC.goodnessD.honesty正确答案：truth

The （）rhyme or the slant rhyme is a type of rhyme formed by words with similar but not identical sounds. A.imperfectB.perfectC.endD.full正确答案：imperfect

The stanzaic form of I died for Beauty — but was scarce is the （）stanza that Dickinson most often employs, which is the usual form of the folk ballad and its literary imitations. A.balladB.heroicC.SpenserianD.Shakespearean正确答案：ballad

Dickinson's poetry possesses the appeal that moves the 20th-century readers and exerted a great impact upon the so-called “（）” of the early 20th century. A.new poetryB.modern poetryC.imagist poetryD.postmodernist正确答案：new poetry

Emily Dickinson was regarded as a chief poet, as great as （）, in the turbulent America of the late 19th century. A.Walt WhitmanB.William Cullen BryantC.Henry Wadsworth LongfellowD.Edgar Allan Poe正确答案：Walt Whitman

Longfellow’s writings belong to the milder aspects of（）. A.the Renaissance MovementB.the Revolution MovementC.the New Criticism MovementD.the Romantic Movement正确答案：the Romantic Movement

With the appearance of （）in 1855, which is about American Indians, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poetical reputation was established. A.EvangelineB.The Courtship of Miles StandishC.Song of HiawathaD.Michael Angelo正确答案：Song of Hiawatha

Virginia in Poe's poem To My Mother is Poe's （）. A.dead wifeB.sisterC.foster motherD.birth mother正确答案：dead wife

To My Mother is written to Maria Clemm, Poe's （）. A.mother-in-lawB.birth motherC.foster motherD.stepmother正确答案：mother-in-law

To My Mother is written in a/an （）sonnet with its typical rhyme scheme of ababcdcdefefgg. A.ShakespeareanB.ItalianC.PetrarchanD.French正确答案：Shakespearean

Poe believes that poetry must concern itself only with （）beauty, not with the narration of the story, nor even with the beauty of particular things. A.supernalB.superficialC.innerD.outer正确答案：supernal