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1、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.Chapter30.With Howells,James,and Mark Twain active on the literary scene, _ bec
2、ame 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.
3、impressionists (024)28. provides the main source of influence on American naturalism.AThe puritan heritage BHowells ideas of realismCDarwins theory of evolutionDThe pioneer spirit of the wild west(034)32.Generally speaking, all those writers with a naturalistic approach to human reality tend to be（）
4、.A. transcendentalistsB. optimistsC. pessimistsD. 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. SentimentalismB. RomanticismC. RealismD. Naturalism27.Realism
5、 was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and self-creating fictions, and paved the way to（）.A. CynicismB. ModernismC. TranscendentalismD. Neo-Classicalism(057)31.As a genre, naturalism emphasized（ ）as important deterministic forces shaping individualized chara
6、cters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.A. theological doctrinesB. heredity and environmentC. education and hard workD. various opportunities and economic success(057)33Realism was a reaction against Romanticism or a move away from the bias towards romance and selfcreating fic
7、tions, and paved the way to _.ACynicismBModernismCTranscendentalismDNeoClassicalism（074）37As a genre, naturalism emphasized _ as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who were presented in special and detailed circumstances.Atheological doctrinesBheredity and environmentCe
8、ducation and hard workDvarious opportunities and economic success（074）32After 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 _.ARealism BReason and Revolution CRomanticism DModernism（084） 39Re
9、alism was a reaction against Romanticism and paved the way to _.AModernismBScientismCPost-ModernismDFeminism（084）32. Naturalism is evolved from _ when the authors tone in writing becomes less serious and less sympathetic but more ironic and more pessimistic.A. Romanticism B. ModernismC. Realism D. S
10、cientism(087)33. One of the most familiar themes in American naturalism is the theme of human _.A. peacefulness B. joyfulnessC. bestialityD. 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.
11、A. Romanticism B. RationalismC. 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. Roma
12、nticism 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
13、 C. psychologists D. realists（097）1 Mark Twain31.After The adventures of Tom Sawyer, Twain gives a literary independence to Toms buddy Huck in a book entitled _. A.Life on the Mississippi B.The Gilded Age C.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn D.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court (024)29.In Ma
14、rk Twains The Adventures of huckleberry Finn, Huck writes a letter to inform against Jim, the escaped slave, and then he tears the letter up. This fact reveals that .AHuck has a mixed feeling of love and hateBthere is a conflict between society and conscience in HuckCHuck is always an indecisive per
15、sonDHuck has very little education(034)32.All his novels reveal that, as time went on, Mark Twain became increasingly . AprolificBartistic.CoptimisticDpessimistic(034)33. The raft with which Huck and Jim make their voyage down the Mississippi River may symbolize all the following EXCEPT _.A. a return to natureB. an es
