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34. The Age of Realism in the literary history of the United States refers to the period from to .
A. 1861/1920
B. 1865/1920
C. 1861/1914
D. 1865/1914
35. Mark Twain is well-known for his .
A. frontier theme
B. symbolism
C. local color
D. international theme
36. Theodore Dreir and Jack London are among the best reprentative writers of literary , which is greatly influenced by Darwin.
A. naturalism
B. ntimentalism
C. romanticism
D. transcendentalism
37. The major trend in American literature in the venties and eighties of the 19th century is .
A. romanticism
B. realism
C. ntimentalism
D. naturalism
38. The three dominant figures of the American Realistic Period are the following EXCEPT .
A. Jack London
B. William Dean Howells
C. Mark Twain
D. Henry James
39. Who fame largely rested on his handling of the international theme?
A. Mark Twain
B. Stephen Crane
C. Theodore Dreir
D. Henry James
40. The book that gives fairly accurate picture of southern plantation life is .
A. An American Tragedy
B. The Call of the Wild
C. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
D. A Hazard of New Fortunes
41. express Jack London’s view that success means an adaptation to circumstances—a coordination of inner energy and external force.
A. Martin Eden
B. The Call of the Wild
C. White Fang
D. The Sea-Wolf
42. Jack London wrote as “an attack on individualism”.
A. Martin Eden
B. The Call of the Wild
C. White Fang
D. The Sea-Wolf
43. Which of the following statement is NOT true of the American naturalists?
A. They stresd the possible triumph of human will.
B. They ventured the forbidden subjects such as x, death, and violence.
C. They wrote in a daring, open, and direct manner.
D. They e human beings no more than a physical object under the control of biological and environmental forces.
Reference Answers: DCABA; DCBAA
44. is regarded as one of the finest “psychological”fiction writers in America becau he explored the motivations and frustration of his fictional characters in terms of Freudianism.
A. Jack London
B. Mark Twain
C. Stephen Crane
D. Sherwood Anderson
45. In 1900, Jack London published his first collection of short stories, named .
A. The Son of the Wolf
B. The Sea Wolf
C. The Law of Life
D. White Fang
46. With Howells, James, and Mark Twain active on the scene, became the major trend in the venties and eighties of the nineteenth century.
A. ntimentalism
B. romanticism
C. realism
D. naturalism
47. Which book is NOT written by Mark Twain?
A. The Gilded Age
B. The Prince and the Pauper
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. The Portrait of a Lady
48. The novel Sister Carrie was written by .
A. Henry James
B. Theodore Dreir
C. Jack London
D. Frank Norris
49. The novel that “touched off the American Civil War” refers to .
A. Gone with the Wind
B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
C. Farewell to Arms
D. The Grapes of Wrath
50. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is an example of naturalist fiction, written by .
A. Stephen Crane
B. Edith Wharton
C. Edgar Allan Poe
D. Eugene Debs
51. is considered to be Theodore Dreir’s greatest work.
A. The American Tragedy
B. Sister Carrie
C. The Financier
D. Trilogy of Desire
52. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to .
A. The Great Gatsby
B. The Sun Also Ris
C. Moby Dick
D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
53. Frank Norris’s novel has been viewed as “the first full-bodied naturalistic American novel”.
A. Vandorer and the Brute
B. McTeague
C. Sister Carrie
D. The Red Badge of Courage
Reference Answers: DACDB; BAADB
54. Jack London’s masterwork is somewhat autobiographical.
A. The Sea Wolf
B. The People of the Abyss
C. Martin Eden
D. The Star Rover
55. The short stories often with surpri ending such as The Gift to the Magi and The Last Leaf are written by .
A. O. Henry
B. Theodore Dreir
C. William Faulkner
D. Jack London
56. was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a world-wide reputation for his stories of the youthful adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
A. Ernest Hemingway
B. Mark Twain
C. Norman Mailer
D. J.D. Salinger
57. made his name as a leading naturalistic writer with his masterwork, Winesburg, Ohio, a picture of life in a typically small Midwestern town.
A. Frank Norris
