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1、QuestionsForAmericanLiteratureWeek1.BenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)1.IsFranklinamanofreligiousprinciples?Whydoeshestopattendingpublicservice?2.Explain13virtuesFranklinchoosesforhismoralimprovement.3.WhatisFranklin’sattitudetowardsmoralperfection?4.Whataresignificanceofthemoralisticself-discipline,acco

2、rdingtoFranklin?5.WhatvirtuesdoesFranklinthinkhehasneverachieved?6.CommentontheCriticismthatsomeauthorsmadeonFranklin,suchasHawthorn,Lawrence.(Historyp.53-54)Week2:RalphWaldoEmerson(1803-1882)1.Whatdoes“whim”meaninthe“Self-reliance”?andwhydoesEmersoncallconsistency“foolish”?2.WhatisanacrosticorAle

3、xandrianstanzacharacterlike,accordingtotheSelf-relaince?3.Explain“totalkofrelianceisapoorexternalwayofspeaking.Speakratherofthatwhichrelies,becauseitworksandis.”andthecontextthatgivesrisetothisstatementintheSelf-reliance.1.WhatareEmerson’scommentsonJesusChristin“TheDivinitySchoolAddress”?Pleasecom

4、pareitwithThomasPaine’sinTheAgeofReason.WeekThree：HenryDavidThoreau(1817--1862)1.Whatistheanalogybetweenthatstripedsnakelyingonthebottomofthepondandthemanintheearlyspring?Howisastraygooselikethespiritofthefog?1.WhatisThoreau’sunderstandingofthebeautyofanarchitecture?Andwhatdoeshethinkofthearchitec

5、turalornaments?Inwhatcaseswilla“carpenter”bea“coffin-maker”?2.WhydoesThoreausay“Thosethingsforwhichthemostmoneyisdemandedareneverthethingswhichthestudentmostwants”?WhatisyourcommentonThoreau’sideaofhighereducation?3.IsThoreauaquietistorahermitinthewoodsofWalden?Whyorwhynot?Weekfour:NathanielHawtho

6、rne(1804-1864):1.Whatdidtheboy,atnightfall,hearwhenhewasplayingwiththescatteredfragmentsofmarble?Andhowdidherespond?2.Whatdoesauthorcomparethekilnwith?3.WhatquestionstruckEthanBrand’smindonthatportentousnight18yearsago?Didhefindtheanswertoitafter18-year-wanderingintheworld?Whatisit?1.Whatkindofper

7、sonisEthanBrandinhisyouthhood?Whatcauseshistransformation?Whatistheendofhislife?2.Howdoestheolddog’spursuitofhistailparallelEthanBrand’ssearchfortheUnpardonableSin?3.WhatisyourunderstandingofthelittleboyJoe?Whatv