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Test of American Literature Part I Multiple Choice The author of Innocents Abroad is _________. A.Mark Twain B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow C. Frank Norris D. William Dean Howells 2. The author of Song of Hiawatha is __________. A. Henry James B. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow C. Stephen Crane D. Frank Norris The author of The Portrait of a Lady is ___________. A. William Dean Howells B. Henry James C. Mark Twain D. Stephen Crane The author of The Red Badge of Courage is ___________. A. Stephen Crane B. Theodore Dreiser C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Frank Norris 5. Naturalism was a term created by __________. A. Stephan Crane B. Jack London C. Emile Zola D. Frank Norris 6.. The only American man of letters honored with a bust in the Poet’s Corner in Westminister Abbey is_________. A. Robert Frost B. Walt Whitman C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D. Emily Dickinson 7 . _________gives the most straightforward definition of realism as “nothing more and nothing less than the truthful treatment of material”. A. Mark Twain B. Henry James C. William Dean Howells D. Bret Harte Although Silas has fallen socially, he has risen________. A. materially B. economically C. morally D. financially _______, just like Irving, Cooper, and Hawthorne, admires ancient civilization, believing that the materialistic bent of American life and lack of culture could not provide enough material for great works. A. Frank Norris B. Henry James C. Jack London D. William Dean Howells William Dean Howells’ essays _____ show his aesthetic ideas. A. The Art and Fiction B. Criticism and Fiction C. The Poetical Principle D. The Philosophy of Composition In Henry James’ novels of “international themes”, Europe symbolizes______ and America