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问题 12 分保存Darwinism_ had an evident influence on naturalism. It seemed to stress the animality of man, to suggest that man was dominated by the forces of evolution. 问题 22 分保存The Portrait of a Lady_ is the best novel of Henry James “first period”. It is a story about a young, bright American girl goes to Europe to explore life. 问题 32 分保存is a novella about a young American girl who gets “killed” by the winter in Rome, and it brought Henry James international fame for the first time.A.The Portrait of a LadyB.Daisy Miller C.The EuropeanD.The American 问题 42 分保存JamesHenry probed deeply at the individual psychology of his characters, writing in a rich and intricate style that supposed his intense scrutiny of complex human experience. 问题 52 分保存Huckleberry FinnAt the heart of Mark Twains achievement is his creation of two characters: Tom Sawyer and _. 问题 62 分保存_s stories still had many unrealistic qualities: “tall tales” and unlikely coincidences. He is never a pure realist.A.Mark TwainB.Henry David ThoreauC.Henry James D.Nathaniel Hawthorne 问题 72 分保存local colorRealism first appeared in the United States in the literature of_, an amalgam of romantic plots and realistic descriptions of things immediately observable: the dialects, customs, sights and sounds of regional. 问题 82 分保存Henry Jamesis considered the founder or Psychological realism. He believed that reality lies in the impressions made by life on the spectator. 问题 92 分保存Mark Twains first novel, _ was an artistic failure, but it gave its name to the America of the postbellum period which it attempts to satirize.A.The Mysterious StrangerB.Life on the MississippiC.The Gilded AgeD.The Innocents Abroad 问题 102 分保存romanticismIn the late nineteenth century, although Americans continued to read the works of Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne and Poe, the great age of American had ended. 问题 112 分保存The Art of Fiction_ was Henry James most famous and influential critical essay written in response to a lecture on fiction delivered by the English novelist Sir Walter Besant at the Royal Institution on April 25, 1884. 问题 122 分保存is described by Mark Twain as a boy with “a sound heart and a deformed conscience”.A.Jim B.Tom Sawyer C.Huckleberry FinnD.Tony 问题 132 分保存The Red Badge of CourageIn _, Stephen Cranes greatest novel, the accident of war makes a young man seem to be a hero. War changes men into animals. In the view of author, good and bad, hero and coward are merely matters of chance, of fate. 问题 142 分保存The novel which was described by an American critic as “an outage to American girlhood” is Henry James_.A.Woman in LoveB.AwakeningC.The Portrait of a LadyD.Daisy Miller 问题 152 分保存Innocents AbroadThe result of mark Twains European trip was a series of newspaper articles, later published as a book called . 问题 162 分保存Mark TwainAs one of Americas first and foremost realists and humorists, _, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, usually wrote about his own personal experiences and thongs he knew about from firsthand experiences. 问题 172 分保存The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn was Mark Twains masterwork from which, as _noted, “all modern American literature comes.”A.Theodore DreiserB.Ernest HemingwayC.Henry JamesD.William Dean Howells 问题 182 分保存Henry James_ was a realist, but not a naturalist. He was an observer of the mind rather than a recorder of time. His realism was a special kind of psychological realism. 问题 192 分保存“_” was a term created by the French novelist, Emile Zola.A.NaturalismB.Psychological causesC.RealismD.Transcendentalism 问题 202 分保存With the publication of _ in 1900, Theodore Dreiser committed his literary force to opening the new ground of American naturalism.A.The StoicB.An American TragedyC.Sister CarrieD.The Bulwark 问题 212 分保存Stephen Crane_, the first American naturalist, was not much influenced by the scientific approach. He was a genius with amazing sympathy and imagination. 问题 222 分保存realismBy 1875, American writers were moving toward_ in literature. We can see this in the true-to life descriptions of Bret Harte, William Dean Howells, Hamlin Garland. 问题 232 分保存Martin Eden is the novel into which Jack London put most of himself. 问题 242 分保存On the Origin of SpeciesIn 1859, Darwin published , which exerted great emphasis on American Naturalism. 问题 252 分保存In his later novels, Mark Twain seems less hopeful about democracy, which is reflected in his work, _.A.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs CourtB.The Man That Corrupted HadleyburgC.The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras CountryD.The Mysterious Stranger 问题 262 分保存Jack London was at his height of his powers when he wrote_, which is deeply influenced by DarwinismA.The Call of the Wild B.The Sea WolfC.Martin EdenD.To Build a Fire 问题 272 分保存The AmbassadorsHenry Jamess most mature, and perhaps his best, novels are considered to be his last three: The Golden Bowl, _, and The Wings of the Dove. 问题 282 分保存An American TragedyDreisers greatest novel, _, reveals a last stage in his thinking; social consciousness. 问题 292 分保存In _, a character, Mr. Sewell, expresses William Dean Howells own opinions by saying: “The novelists might be the greatest possible help to us if they painted life as it is, and human feelings in their true proportion and relation.” A.The Rise of Silas Lapham B.A Hazard of New FortunesC.Through the Eye of NeedleD.A Modern Instance 问题 302 分保存The literary Characters of the American type in the early 19th century are generally characterized by all the following features except that they .A.are polite and elegant gentlemenB.are simple and crude farmersC.are noble savages (red and white) untainted by societyD.A. speak local dialects 问题 312 分保存We usually divide Henry James career as a writer into three stages: early, middle and mature. Which of the following work belongs to James early stage?A.The Golden BowlB.The AmericanC.The Tragic MuseD.The Wing of Dove 问题 322 分保存Huckleberry FinnErnest Hemingway, whose own style is based on Twains, once said, “All modern American literature comes from_.” 问题 332 分保存Dreisers Trilogy of Desire includes three novels. They are The Financier, The Titan and .A.The Stoic B.The Tycoon C.The GiantD.The Genius 问题 342 分保存inner worldWhile Mark Twain and Howells seemed to have paid more attention to the “life” of the Americans, Henry James had apparently laid great emphasis on the “” of man. 问题 352 分保存InternationalHenry James first achieved recognition as a writer of the “_”novel-a story which brings together persona of various nationalities who represent certain characteristics. 问题 362 分保存The Call of the WildIn 1902 London published his first novel . 问题 372 分保存In his works, Theodore Dreisers tone is always_.A.satiricalB.sadC.comicD.serious 问题 382 分保存The changing consciousness of the character is the real story._ gave this kind of literature a name. He called it “stream-of-consciousness”.A.William JamesB.James JoyceC.Henry James D.John Conrad 问题 392 分保存Mark Twainis regarded as “the true father of our national literature ”. 问题 402 分保存Among the following writers, who has been entitled at one time “Kipling of the Klondike”?A.Henry JamesB.Mark Twain C.Frank Norris D.Jack London 问题 412 分保存McTeagueNorris novel has been called “the first fullbodied naturalistic American novel” and “a consciously naturalistic manifesto”. 问题 422 分保存_ in the 1860s was the first American writer of local color to achieve wide popularity.A.Henry David ThoreauB.William Dean HowellsC.Bret Harte D.Mark Twain 问题 432 分保存The Gilded AgeThe Age of Realism is also what Mark Twain referred to as “”. 问题 442 分保存_, who became the editor of Harpers Monthly in 1891, created the first theory for American realism.A.Emile ZolaB.William Dean HowellsC.Stephen CraneD.Hamlin Garland 问题 452 分保存Stephen Cranes novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Street, is the story of a girl_.A.who is loved by her family but betrayed by her friendsB.who is evil by natureC.who is brought up in a poor area of ChicagoD.who experiences the violence and cruelty of the society almost every day 问题 462