C. lyric poem D. heroic couplet

54._______ is the author of “The Scarlet Letter”. A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe

C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. George Eliot

55. All of the following are works by Nathaniel Hawthorn except _______. A. The House of the Seven Gables B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun

D. The Blithedale Romance

56. In Hawthorne’s novels and short stories, intellectuals usually appear as _______. A. Saviors B. villains

C. commentators D. observers

57. “There is evil in every human hear, which may remain latent, perhaps, through the whole life; but circumstances may rouse it to activity.” Which is the author of it? A. Washington Irving B. Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Nathaniel Hawthorne D. Walt Whitman

58._______ is the most ambivalent writer in the American literary history. A. Nathaniel Hawthorne B. Walt Whitman

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson D. Mark Twain

59. In the following works, which signs the beginning of the American literature? A. The Sketch Book B. Leaves Of Grass

C. Leather Stocking Tales

D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

60. The period before the American civil war is generally referred to as _______. A. the naturalist period B. the modern period C. the romantic period

D. the realistic period

61. Of the following works by D.H. Lawrence, _______ established his position as a prominent novelist.

A. The White Peacock B. The Trespasser C. Women in Love D. Sons and Lovers

62. Which of the following best describes the speaker of “The Love Song of J. Afred Prufrock”? A. He is a man of an action. B. He is a man of apathy. C. He is a man of inactivity. D. All the above are wrong.

63.“The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the windowpanes,/ The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the windowpanes/ Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,/ Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains.” The stanza is taken from _______. A. T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

B. Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for Death” C. Alfred Tennyson’s “Bread, Break, Break”

D. William Wordsworth’s “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”

64. Of the following poems by T. S. Eliot, which is hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th century English poetry? A. Poems 1909-25 B. The Hollow Men

C. Prufrock and Other Observations D. The Waste Land

65. The following comments on George Bernard Shaw are true except _______.

A. George Bernard Shaw’s career as a dramatist began in 1892, when his first play Widowers’ House was put on by the Independent Theater Society.

B. Shaw began his literary career by writing novels soon after his settling down in London. C. Shaw’s writings reflect the combination of realism and naturalism D. Shaw’s plays can be termed as problems plays.

66. G. B. Shaw’s play “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” is a realistic exposure of the _______. A. political corruption

B. inequality between men and women C. slum landlordism

D. economic exploitation of women

67._______ is considered to be the best-known English dramatist since Shakespeare.

A. Oscar Wilde B. John Galsworthy C. W. B. Yeats

D. George Bernard Shaw

68. Who is the first “Angry Young Man”? A. Osborne B. Eliot

C. Christopher D. Bernard Shaw

69. All of the following works are known as Hardy’s “novels of character and environment” EXCETP _______.

A. The Return of the Native B. Tess of the D’Urbervilles

C. Jude the Obscure D. Far from the Madding Crowd

70. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’ works is his _______. A. simple vocabulary B. bitter and sharp criticism

C. character-portrayal D. pictures of happiness

71. Poetry has been traditionally regarded as an art governed by rules; but to the romantics, poetry should be free from all _______. A. rhymes B. rhythm C. rules D. emotion

72. In terms of Pride and Prejudice, which is not true?

A. Pride and Prejudice is the most popular of Jane Austen’s novels. B. Pride and Prejudice is originally drafted as “First Impressions”. C. Pride and Prejudice is a tragic novel.

D. In this novel, the author explores the relationship between great love and realistic benefits.

73. Jane Austen’s first novel is _______. A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and Sensibility C. Emma

D. Plan of a Novel

74. The author of the work “Men of England” is _______.

A. T. S. Eliot B. Thomas Gray C. Shelley

D. Walt Whitman

75. Shelley’s greatest achievement is his four-act poetic drama, _______. A. Men of England

B. Prometheus Unbound C. Ode to the West Wind D. The Revolt of Islam

76. In Shelley’s “To a Skylark”, the bird, suspended between reality and poetic image, pours forth an exultant song which suggests to the poet _______. A. both celestial rapture and human limitation B. both image creation and profound meaning C. both music and words

D. both inspiration and skill of writing

77. “Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/ Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear!” the two lines are find in _______.

A. Young Goodman Brown by Hawthorne B. Ode to the West Wind by Shelley C. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman D. Ulysses by Joyce

78. In his lyrics such as “Ode to Liberty”, “Ode to Naples”, Percy Bysshe Shelley expressed his love for _______ and his hatred toward tyranny. A. the middle class B. the poor C. freedom

D. the proletariat

79. Which of the following is not the best examples to show Wordsworth’s genuine love for the natural beauty?

A. a Phantom of Delight B. To a Skylark C. To the Cuckoo D. To a Butterfly

80. Wordsworth’s short poems can be classified into two groups: poems about nature and poems about _______. A. love

B. human life C. freedom