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1TheAgeofRealismI.Fillintheblanks.1.HenryJamesfirstachievedrecognitionasawriterofthe“_Internationaltheme_____”---astorywhichbringstogetherpersonsofvariousnationalitieswhorepresentcertaincharacteristicsoftheircountry.2.TheAdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn__wasMarkTwain’smasterpiecefromwhich,asHemingwaynoted,“allmodernAmericanliteraturecomes.”3.ThethreedominantfiguresoftheAmericanRealisticPeriodareWilliamDeanHowells,_MarkTwain___,andHenryJames.4.HenryJames'semphasisonpsychologyandonthehumanconsciousnessprovestobeabigbreakthroughinnovelwritingandhasgreatinfluenceonthecominggenerations.Thatiswhyheisgenerallyregardedastheforerunnerofthe20thcentury“thestreamofconsciousness”.5.AsoneofAmerica’sfirstandforemostrealistsandhumorists,_MarkTwain___,thepennameofSamuelLanghorneClemens,usuallywroteabouthisownpersonalexperiencesandthingsheknewaboutfromfirsthandexperiences.6._HenryJames_wasarealist,butnotanaturalist.Hewasanobserverofthemindratherthanarecorderoftime.Hisrealismwasaspecialkindofpsychologicalrealism.7.OneofClemens’sbestbooks_LifeontheMississippi___isbuiltaroundhisexperiencesasasteamboatpilot.8.MarkTwain’sfirstnovel,_TheGildedAge______wasanartisticfailure,butitgaveitsnametotheAmericaofthepost-bellumperiodwhichitattemptedtosatirize.9.TheimpactofDarwin’sevolutionarytheoryontheAmericanthoughtandtheinfluenceofthe19thcenturyFrenchliteratureontheAmericanmenoflettersgaverisetoanotherschoolofRealism:AmericanNaturalism.II.Decidewhetherthestatementsaretrueorfalse.1.Inthelatterhalfofthenineteenthcentury,womensomewhatbecamethenation’sdominantcultureforce.T2.Inthelatenineteenthcentury,althoughAmericanscontinuedtoreadtheworksofIrving,Cooper,Hawthorne,andPoe,thegreatageofAmericanromanticismhadended.T3.TheAmericanrealistssoughttodescribethewiderangeofAmericanexperienceandtopresentthesubtletiesofhumanpersonality.T4.MarkTwainhad,ashisaimofwriting,thesoul,thelife,andthespeechofthepeopleinmind.T5.MarkTwain’slaterworksunmistakablyshowedhischangefromanoptimistandhumoristtoanalmostdespairingdeterminist.T6.ThebulkofAmerica’sliteraryrealismwaslimitedtooptimistictreatmentofthesurfaceoflife.F7.Americannaturalism,likerealism,hadcomefromEurope.T8.MarkTwain’slastwritingsrevealedthedeepgriefhispersonallosseshadcausedhimandreflectedthedeepcynicismanddisillusionmentwithhisworld.T9.HenryJameswasnotonlyoneofthemostimportantrealistsoftheperiodbeforetheFirstWorldWar,butalsooneofthemostexpertstylistsofhistime.T10.HenryJames’greatestinfluencewasexertednotonhisownagebutontheonethatfollowed.T11.UncleTom’sCabiniswrittenwithvividlife-descriptionandanenthusiasticpoliticalpassion.T12.UncleTom’sCabinplaysanimportantroleinpromotingthepoliticalstruggleagainstslavery.T13.MarkTwain’shumor,satireandtheuniqueartisticworksarethegemsofAmericanliterature.T14.JackLondonvividlydescribesthemiserablelifeoftheworkingpeople.T15.O.Henryusesslangtogiveforceandhumor.T16.JackLondontellshisstorythroughactionratherthanthroughwords.T17.JackLondon’sprosestyleisforcefulandcolorfulratherthanprecise.T18.HenryJameswasconcernedwiththemoralvalues.T2Ⅲ.Eachofthefollowingstatementsbelowisfollowedbyfouralternativeanswers.Choosetheonethatwouldbestcompletethestatement.1._B___hadbeenanevidentinfluenceonNaturalism.Itseemedtostresstheanimalimpulseofman,tosuggestthatmanwasdominatedbytheirresistibleforcesofevolution.A.UnitarianismB.OriginsofSpeciesC.PuritanismandInfluenceD.CapitalistEconomy2.Whoiscalled“thetruefatherofournationalliterature”bythewriterH.L.Mencken?BA.BenjaminFranklinB.MartTwainC.HemingwayD.WilliamFaulkner3.Inthefirstpartofthe20thcentury,apartfromDarwinism,whichwasstillabiginfluenceuponthewritersofthisperiod,thereweretwothinkers__A___whoseideashadthegreatestimpactontheperiod.A.theGermanKarlMarxandtheAmericanSigmundFreudB.theGermanKarlMarxandtheAustrianSigmundFreudC.theSwissCarJungandtheAmericanWilliamJamesD.theAustrianKarlMarxandtheGermanSigmundFreud4.TheAmericanrealistsapproachedtheharshrealitiesandpressuresinthepost-Civilwarsocietyby_D____.A.acomprehensivepictureofmodernlifeinitsvariousoccupations,classstratificationsandmannersB.apsychologicalexplorationofman’ssubconsciousnessC.adisillusionofheroismresultingfromthedarkmemoriesoftheCivilWarD.bothAandB5.Bytheturnofthecentury,withthepublicationofTheManthatCorruptedHadleyburgandTheMysteriousStranger,thechangeinMarkTwainfrom______to_____couldbefelt.CA.anoptimist...analmostdespairingpessimistB.analmostdespairingpessimist...anoptimistC.alocalcolorist...anaturalistD.anaturalist...alocalcolorist6.ThePortraitofaLadyisgenerallyconsideredtobeJames’smasterpiece,which_B___.A.incarnatestheclashbetweentheOldWorldandtheNewinthelifejourneyofanAmericangirlinaEuropeanculturalenvironmentB.tellsastoryaboutayoungandinnocentAmericanconfrontingthecomplexityoftheEuropeanlifeC.isaboutayoungAmericangirlwhogets“killed”bythewinterinRomeD.tellsaboutsomeEuropeanswholearnwithdifficultytoadaptthemselvestotheAmericanlife7.AboutHenryJames’literarycriticism,whichofthefollowingisnotright?DA.Itisbothconcernedwithformanddevotedtohumanvalues.B.Heindicatesthattheaimofthenovelist