英美文学选读-美国-现实主义时期-练习题汇总(选择大题)

I．Multiple Choice(40 points in all, 1 for each)

Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet.

Chapter

30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, __ became the

major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century.

A.sentimentalism

B.romanticism

C.realism

D.naturalism (024)

33.Generally speaking,all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality

tend to be ___.

A.transcendentalists

B.idealists

C.pessimists

D.impressionists (024)

28.provides the main source of influence on American naturalism.

[A]The puritan heritage

[B]Howells’ ideas of realism

[C]Darwin’s theory of evolution

[D]The pioneer spirit of the wild west(034)

32.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be（）.

A. transcendentalists

B. optimists

C. pessimists

D. idealists(054)

33.With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the literary scene,（）became the major trend in American literature in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century. (054)

A. Sentimentalism

B. Romanticism

C. Realism

D. Naturalism

27.Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to（）.

A. Cynicism

B. Modernism

C. Transcendentalism

D. Neo-Classicalism(057)

31.As a genre, naturalism emphasized（）as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.

A. theological doctrines

B. heredity and environment

C. education and hard work

D. various opportunities and economic success(057)

33．Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self—creating fictions, and paved the way to ______________. A．Cynicism B．Modernism

C．Transcendentalism D．Neo—Classicalism（074）

37．As a genre, naturalism emphasized ______________ as important deterministic

forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.

A．theological doctrines

B．heredity and environment

C．education and hard work

D．various opportunities and economic success（074）

32．After the American Civil War, the literary interest in the so-called “reality” of life started a new period in the American literary writings know an the Age of ______. A．Realism B．Reason and Revolution C．Romanticism D．Modernism（084）

39．Realism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to ______. A．Modernism B．Scientism

C．Post-Modernism D．Feminism（084）

32. Naturalism is evolved from ______ when the author’s to ne in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.

A. Romanticism

B. Modernism

C. Realism

D. Scientism(087)

33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human ______.

A. peacefulness

B. joyfulness

C. bestiality

D. civilization(087)

29. Realism was a reaction against ______ or a move away from the bias towards

romance and self- creating fictions, and paved the way to Modernism.

A. Romanticism

B. Rationalism

C. Post-modernism

D. Cynicism(094)

28. The period ranging from 1865 to 1914 has been referred to as the Age of _____ in the literary history of the United States, which is actually a movement or tendency that dominated the spirit of American literature.

A. Rationalism

B. Romanticism

C. Realism

D. Modernism（097）

36. Guided by the principle of adhering to the truthful treatment of life, the American _______ introduced industrial workers and farmers, ambitious businessmen and vagrants, prostitutes and unheroic soldiers as major characters in fiction.

A. romanticists

B. modernists

C. psychologists

D. realists（097）

1 Mark Twain

31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Tom's

buddy Huck in a book entitled ___.

A.Life on the Mississippi

B.The Gilded Age

C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn