Answer:
1. Realism became (trendy) in the nineteenth century.
A)adjective
B)adverb
C)preposition
D)noun
2.It may have started (earlier) with the writings of Defoe and Fielding.
A)adjective
B)adverb
C)preposition
D)noun
3. In (America), Howells and James were important realists. A)adjective
B)adverb
C)preposition
D)proper noun
4. French realists include Flaubert (and) Balzac.
A)conjunction
B)interjection
C)preposition
D)adjective
5. An outgrowth of realism was the (naturalism) of Zola and Dreiser.
A)adjective
B)adverb
C)preposition
D)noun
6. Naturalists (believed) in social and economic determinism.
A)noun
B)pronoun
C)verb
D)adverb
7. Their subjects primarily came from the (lowest) depths of society.
A)conjunction
B)interjection
C)preposition
D)adjective