before his death, he joined the Communist Party. A. Dreiser Looks at Russian B. Tragic America
C. An American Tragedy D. The Titan
24. Choose Jack London?s works from the following. A. The Call of the Wild B. White Fang C. The Sea Wolf D. Martin Eden
25. The book from which “all modern American literature comes” refers to ___________________.
A. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn B. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer C. The Great Gatsby D. Moby Dick
26. Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be ____________. A. transcendentalists B. idealists C. pessimists D. impressionists
27. Mark Twain, one of the greatest 19th century American writers, is well known for
his _____________.
A. international theme B. waste-land imagery C. local color D. symbolism 28. Which of the following is not written by Henry James?
A. The Portrait of A Lady and The Europeans B. The Wings of the Dove and The Ambassadors C. What Maisie Knows and The Bostonians D. The Genius and The Gilded Age
29. The impact of Darwin?s evolutionary theory on the American thought and the
influence of the 19th – century literature on the American men of letters gave rise to yet another school of realism: _____________. A. American modernism B. American naturalism C. American vernacularism D. American local colorism 30. Which statements about O. Henry is NOT right?
A. His stories are a penetrating criticism of America of the time. B. The ends of his stories are always surprising.
C. The plots of his stories are exceedingly clever and interesting.
D. Many of his stories contain a great deal of slang and colloquial expressions. 31. War in the novel ________ by Stephen Crane is a plain slaughter-house. There is
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nothing like valor or heroism on the battlefield, and if there is anything, it is the fear of death, cowardice, the natural instinct of man to run from danger. A. War is Kind
B. That Man That Corrupted Handleyburg C. The Black Riders
D. The Red Badge of Courage
32. Henry James experimented with different themes in his literary career, the most influential one being _____________. A. nothingness B. disillusionment C. international theme D. relationship between men and women
III. Define the following terms: 1. Naturalism 2. Local Colorism
IV. Find the relevant match from column B for each item in column A. A B ( j ) Mark Twain a. The Age of Innocence ( e ) O．Henry b. McTeague ( g ) Henry James c. The Call of the Wild
( f ) William Dean Howells d. Maggie：A Girl of the Street ( b ) Benjamin Frank Norris e. The Cop and the Anthem ( d ) Stephen Crane f. The Rise of Silas Lapham ( c ) Jack London g. The Portrait of a Lady ( i ) Theodore Dreiser h. The Awakening ( h ) Kate Chopin i. Sister Carrie ( a ) Edith Wharton j. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
V. Answer the following questions.
1. Comment on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 2. Comment on Sister Carrie.
3. Comment on The Call of the Wild.
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