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1、Exercises for American Literature (I) - Chapter 2Chapter 2 The Realistic PeriodA. Each of the statements below is followed by four alternative answers. Choose the one that would best complete the statement and put the letter in the brackets.1. The three dominant figures of the American Realistic Per
2、iod are William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, and _.A. Emily Dickinson B. Henry JamesC. Theodore Dreiser D. Ezra Pound2. _is called by Hemingway the one from which all modern American literature comes.”A. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnB. The Adventures of Tom SawyerC. The Gilded AgeD. Life on the Mi
3、ssissippi3. _, in his McTeague, describes the relations of a crude dentist, who is compared to a draft-horse, a dog, a bear, with a superficially refined German-American girl. A. Theodore Dreiser B. Frank NorrisC. Henry James D. Mark Twain4. Theodore Dreisers forgiving treatment of the career of his
4、 heroine in _ also draws heavily upon the naturalistic understanding of sexuality.A. McTeague B. An American TragedyC. Sister Carrie D. The Genius5. _is a great giant of American, whom H. L. Mencken considers the true father of our national literature.” A. Henry James B. Washington IrvingC. Mark Twa
5、in D. Theodore Dreiser6. _is an account of American tourists in Europe which pokes fun at the pretentious, decadent and undemocratic Old World in a satirical tone.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs CourtC. Innocents AbroadD. Roughing It7. _is usually regarded as a
6、 classic book written for boys about their particular horrors and joys.A. The Adventures of Tom SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Innocents AbroadD. Life on the Mississippi8. _explores the scrupulous individualism in a world of fantastic speculation and unstable values, and gives its nam
7、e to the get-rich-quick years of the post-Civil War era. A. Innocents Abroad B. The Gilded AgeC. Roughing It D. The Middle Years9. _is described by Mark Twain as a boy with a sound heart and a deformed conscience. A. Tom Sawyer B. Huckleberry FinnC. Jim D. Tony10. _was the first American writer to c
8、onceive his career in international terms.A. Washington Irving B. T. S. EliotC. Ezra Pound D. Henry James11. _, a novella about a young American girl who gets killed by the winter in Rome, brought its author international fame for the first time. A. The American B. Daisy MillerC. The Portrait of a L
9、ady D. The Europeans12. _ is considered to be Theodore Dreisers greatest work.A. An American Tragedy B. Sister CarrieC. The Financier D. The TitanB. Complete each of the following statements with a proper word or a phrase according to the textbook.1. As a genre, naturalism emphasizes _ heredity_and
10、_environment _as important deterministic forces shaping individualized characters who are presented in special and detailed circumstances.2. Henry James is generally regarded as the _forerunner_of the 20th century stream-of-consciousness novels and the _founder_ of psychological realism.3. The Ameri
11、can tells a story about a young and innocent American confronting the complexity of the _ European_ life.4. With the publication of The Man That Corrupted Hadleybury and The Mysterious Stranger, the change in Mark Twain from an _ to an almost despairing _ can be felt.5. The Adventures of Huckleberry
12、 Finn is usually regarded as a boys book specially written for the_.6. The impact of Darwins evolutionary theory on the American thought and the influence of the 19th century _ literature on the American men of letters gave rise to American Naturalism.7. One of the most familiar themes in American N
13、aturalism is the theme of human _. 8. While Mark Twain seems to have paid more attention to the life of the Americans, Henry James has apparently laid a greater emphasis on the _ of man.9. The American naturalists accepted the more _implications of Darwins evolutionary theory.10. Artistically natura
14、listic writings are usually unpolished in _, lacking in academic skills, and unwieldy in_.11. Closely related to Dickinsons religious poetry are her poems concerning death and _, ranging over the physical as well as the psychological and emotional aspects of death.12. Im cededIve stopped being theirs, Im wifeIve finished that are but a few examples to show Dickinsons confusion and doubt about the ro
