Choose the work NOT written byMark Twain.
A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B. Innocents Abroad
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. The Rise of Silas Lapham
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____ was Mark Twain’s masterpiece from which, as Hemingway noted, “all modern American literature comes.”
A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
C. Life on the Mississippi
D. The Gilded Age
Which of the following statements about O. Henry is NOT right?
A. He wrote about the poor people.
B. The ends of his stories are always surprising.
C. Many of his stories contain a great deal of slang and colloquial expressions.
D. The plots are usually clumsy.
Which of the following works written by Howells recounts the moral dilemma of a newly wealthy, self-made businessman who has climbed over his former partner on the ladder to success.
A Modern Instance (1882)
B. The Rise of the Silas Lapham(1885)
C. A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889)
D. April Hopes (1887)
Which of the following is correct about William Dean Howells?
A. Flagman of American realistic literature
B. Tutor of American realistic writers
C. Dean of American Literature(Letters)
D. Editor ofHarper’s MagazineandAtlantic Monthly