英美文学选读-美国-现实主义时期-练习题汇总(选择大题)
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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 19thcentury.
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 tone 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
