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B 1. The Canterbury T ales was written in ________.A. Old EnglishB. Middle EnglishC. Modern EnglishD. Current Modern EnglishB 2. Pilgrims travel to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury in ________.A. MarchB. AprilC. MayD. JuneC 3. ________ pilgrims plus Chaucer are assembled at the T abard Inn in the southern part of London.A. 25B. 27C. 29D. 31C4. Chaucer was a master of the heroic couplet which consists of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter means____________.A. the line has 6 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.B. the line has 6 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.C. the line has 5 feet, and an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.D. the line has 5 feet, and a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable.B 5.The work that presented, for the first time in English literature, a comprehensive realistic picture of the medieval English society and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life is most likely___.A. Willia m Langland’s Piers the PlowmanB. Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury TalesC. John Gower’s Confessio AmantisD. Sir Gawain and the Green KnightD 6．Shakespeare’s four great tragedies are _________A. Anthony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, King Lear, Timon of AthensB. Twelfth Night, Cynbeline, The Winter’s T ale, and The TempestC. Hamlet, Othello, King John, and MacbethD. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and MacbethC7. Romeo and Juliet belongs to Shakespeare’s ________.A. romantic comedyB. comedyC. tragedyD. historical playsC 8. A sonnet is a poem of ________ lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to a certain definite patterns.A. 8B. 6C. 14D. 24A9. Which of the following plays does NOT belong to Shakespeare’s great comedies?A. Henry VB. The Merchant of VeniceC. A Midsummer Night’s Dre amD. The Winter’s T aleC 10. Which of the follow ing poetic forms is the principle form of Shakespeare’s drama?A. lyricB. sonnetC. blank verseD. quatrainC11. The sentence “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s ___.A. comediesB. tragediesC. sonnetsD. historiesB12. In “ Sonnet 18 ” ，Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _____ and the eternal__________ brought forth by poetry to the one he loves .A. death/ lifeB. time / beautyC. death/ loveD. hate / loveC13. Which of the following statements best illustrate the theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18?A. The speaker eulogizes the power of nature.B. The speaker satirizes human vanity.C. The speaker praises the power of artistic creation.D. The speaker meditates on man’s salvationC14. _____is considered to be the summit of Shakespeare’s art.A. Romeo and JulietB. The Comedy of ErrorsC. HamletD. The T empestB 15. The story of Hamlet takes place in ________.A. EnglandB. DenmarkC. ItalyD. GermanyC 16.The representatives of the enlightenment in English literature were the following writers but _____.A.Joseph AddisonB. Richard SteeleC.William BlakeD.Alexander popeA 17. Joseph Addison，Richard Steele and Alexander pope belonged to the school of _____.A .classicism B. romanticismC .realism D. modernismB 18. The ___ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the 18th century .A. RenaissanceB. EnlightenmentC. Religious ReformationD. Chartist MovementD 19. In addition to The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe also wrote ______.A. T om JonesB. PamelaC. The Adventures of Roderick RandomD. Moll FlandersC 20. Which of the following is not taken into consideration when Robinson Crusoe looks for a place to set up his tent: ______.A. health and fresh waterB. shelter from the heat of the sunC. a lot of treesD. a view to the seaC 21. Robinson Crusoe set foot upon the island in ______ of 1659.A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winterB 22. Which of the following is NOT true about Robinson Crusoe?A. It is written in the autobiographical form.B. It is a record of Defoe’s own experiences.C. Robinson spends 28 years of isolated life on the island.D. It is set in the middle of the 17th centuryC 23.The representatives of the enlightenment in English literature were the following writers but _____.A .Joseph AddisonB .Richard SteeleC .William BlakeD .Alexander popeB 24. “The Lamb” is included in William Blake’s ________.A. Poetical SketcheB. The Songs of InnocenceC. The Songs of ExperienceD. The Marriage of Heaven and HellC 25.Robert Burns came from ________.A. EnglandB. WalesC. ScotlandD. IrelandB 26. Authors and poems are correctly paired in all of the following except ________.A. William Wordsworth—“The Solitary Reaper”B. William Blake—“A Red, Red Rose”C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”D. Robert Burns—“The Tree of Liberty”D 27. “Auld Lang Syne” means ________.A. old sonB. old acquaintanceC. long friendshipD. long agoD 28. The Lake Poets include the following except ________.A. Robert SoutheyB. William WordsworthC. Samuel T aylor ColeridgeD. William BlakeB 29. William Wordswoth is frequently referred to as ________.A. a religious poetB. a worshipper of natureC. a modern poetD. a worshipper of beautyD 30. Lyrical Ballads (1798. was a collection of poems by ________.A. James Thomson and William CollinsB. Thomas Gray and Robert BurnsC. Percy Bysshe Shelley and George Gordon ByronD. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor ColeridgeD 31. Byron wrote the following except ________.A. Childe Harold’s PilgrimageB. ManfredC. Don JuanD. The Revolt of IslamC 32. The description of “a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable of deep and strong affection” may be applied to ________.A. an epic heroB. an antiheroC. a Byronic heroD. a modern heroC 33. In “Ode to the West Wind”, the wild west wind is referred to as the wind of ________.A. springB. summerC. autumnD. winterD 34. John Keats wrote the following except ______.A. EndymionB. The Eve of Saint AgnessC. "Ode to a Nightingale"D. "Ode to Duty"B 35. Jane Austen’s first novel was ________.A. Pride and PrejudiceB. Sense and SensibilityC. EmmaD. Mansfield ParkD 36. The following characters are correctly paired according to the works in which they appear except ________.A. Elizabeth—Pride and PrejudiceB. Mr. Knightley—EmmaC. Catherine—Northanger AbbeyD. Elinor—Mansfield ParkD 37. One of the important themes of Jane Austen’s novels is ________.A. warB. urban lifeC. educationD. marriageC 38. The phrase “a single man in possession of a good fortune” is applied to a single man with ________.A. luckB. statusC. wealthD. healthD 39. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend ____ appeared. And it flourished in the forties and in the early fifties.A. romanticismB. naturalismC. realismD. critical realismA 40. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in the form of ____ .A. novelB. dramaC. poetryD. sonnetB 41. The following are frequently referred to as the Victorian realist novelists except ______.A. Charles DickenB. Jane AustenC. George EliotD. Anthony TrollopeC 42. ____ is the greatest representative of English critical realism.A. Jane AustenB. ThackerayC. DickensD. CharlotteD 43 .Charles Dickens was impressive for his _____.A. wide spread of critical realismB. his spirit of democracy and humanismC. his unforgettable figures with satire and simple and clear languageD. including A, B and CD 44. Which of the following is Thackeray’s masterpiece?A. The VirginiansB. The Books of SnobsC. The NewcomesD. Vanity FairC45. The story of ______ deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant.A. A T ale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Pickwick PapersD. Oliver TwistA46. ______ made Dickens famous overnight.A. Sketches by Boz B .The Pickwick PapersC. Oliver TwistD. The Old Curiosity ShopB 47. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education?A. Oliver TwistB. Hard TimesC. Great ExpectationsD. A T ale of Two CitiesC 48. Which novel is a great satire upon the society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?A. A T ale of Two CitiesB. David CopperfieldC. Great ExpectationD. Dombey and SonB49._____ is often regarded as the semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author’s early life.A. The Curiosity ShopB. David CopperfieldC. Oliver TwistD. Great ExpectationsC 50. In 1864, Dickens published his last complete novel _______.A. The Old Curiosity ShopB. The Pickwick PaperC. Our Mutual FriendD. Little DorritD 51. Dickens’ third literary period shows intensifying ______.A. optimismB. excitementC. irritationD. pessimismC 52. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities refer to ______.A. London and BerlinB. London and New YorkC. London and ParisD. London and T okyoC 53. Dickens’ writing is an encyclopedic knowledge of _____.A. ParisB. New YorkC. LondonD. PortsmothA 54. Magwitch works hard in ______ to make Pip a gentleman.A. AustraliaB. CanadaC. BritainD. The United StatesB 55. “Art for art’s sake” expresses the prevailing literary philosophy of ________.A. Alfred Lord TennysonB. Robert BrowningC. Oscar WildeD. George Bernard ShawD 56. Oscar Wilde was the author of the following works except ________.A. The Picture of Dorian GrayB. SaloméC. Lady Windermere’s FanD. My Fair LadyD 57. In The Importance of Being Earnest, ________.A. Algernon is Cecily’s guardianB. Jack is Gwendolen’s cousinC. Algernon invents a younger brother called Ernest, and Jack invents a patient called BunburyD. Jack invents a younger brother called Ernest, and Algernon invents a patient called BunburyC 58. Both Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw came from ________.A. EnglandB. ScotlandC. IrelandD. WalesC 59. ____is Oscar Wilde’s only novel.A. Lady Windermere’s FanB. A Woman of No ImportanceC. The Picture of Dorian GrayD. The Importance of Being EarnestC 60. James Joyce was born in ________.A. EdinburghB. LondonC. DublinD. ParisD 61. Joyce’s short story “Araby” is characterized by the following except ________.A. realistic descriptionB. symbolic detailsC. epiphanyD. excitement of the plotC 62. Both Virginia Woolf and Jame Joyce died in _________.A. 1939B. 1940C. 1941D. 1942B 63. ____ is a great novel spending James Joyce 7 years of hard working to complete.A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. DublinersD 64. ____ is a collection of short stories which reflect three aspects of life in politics, culture andreligion.A. A Portrait of the Artrist as a Young ManB. UlyssesC. Finnegans WakeD. DublinersD 65. The modernist writers such as Richardson, Joyce and Woolf are mainly concerned with the _______.A. external worldB. public life of an individualC. social activities of human beingsD. inner life of an individualA 66.Which of the following is Not written by D. H. Lawrence?A. The Waste LandB. The RainbowC. Lady Chatterley’s LoverD. Women in LoveD 67. According to D. H. Lawrence, the ____is the most responsible for the alienation of the humanrelationships and the perversion of human personality.A. pride of the aristocratic classB. vanity of the middle classC. man’s desire for power and moneyD. capitalist mechanical civilizationA 68. ____ is D. H. Lawrence’s semi-autographical novel.A. Sons and LoversB. Women in LoveC. RainbowD. Lady Chatterlay’s LoverB 69. William Faulkner is the author of ______.A. Far From the Madding CrowdB. Sound and FuryC. For Whom the Bell T ollsD. Scarlet LetterC 70. Robert Frost is a famous_______.A. novelistB. playwrightC. poetD. literary criticD 71. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the great works by ________.A. Jack LondonB. Charles DickensC. Samuel ColeridgeD. Earnest HemingwayC 73. _______refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.A. AllegoryB. ConflictC. IronyD. FlashbackB 74. The great transcendental work by Henry David Thoreau is______.A. NatureB. WaldenC. ExperienceD. EssaysA 75. Mark Twain shaped the world’s view of America and made a combination of _____and serious literature.A. American folk humorB. funny jokesC. English folkloreD. American valuesD 76. Who was the first American to achieve an international literary reputation after the Revolutionary War?A. Fennimore CooperB. Nathaniel HawthornC. Walt WhitmanD. Washington IrvingC 77. I Have a Dream is addressed by _____.A. Abraham LincolnB. John F. KennedyC. Martin Luther KingD. Ralph Waldo EmersonC 78. Which of the following is NOT a poem by Emily Dickinson?A. This is my letter to the worldB. I heard a Fly buzz—when I diedC. This is just to sayD. Because I could not stop for deathB 79. Eugene O’Neil is an American ______.A. novelistB. playwrightC. poetD. essayistA 80. The period from 1865—1914 has been referred to as the _______in the literary history of the United States.A. Age of RealismB. Age of ClassicalismC. Age of RomanticismD. Age of RenaissanceC 81. With “Collected Poems”, ______won the second Pulitzer Prize.A. Ezra PondB. e. e. cummingsC. Robert FrostD. William Cullen BryantB 82. Grass is a poem written by _______.A. Walt WhitmanB. Carl SandburgC. Langston HughesD. Allen GinsbergB 83. Moby Dick is the most important work by ______.A. Jack LondonB. Herman MelvilleC. Sinclair LewisD. Ralph EllisonC 84. O. Henry earned his fame mainly for his ______.A. novelsB. poemsC. short storiesD. dramasB 85. ______ is NOT a novel of Francis Scott Fitzgerald.A. Tender Is the NightB. Anna ChristieC. The Beautiful and DammedD. The Great GatsbyB 86. The American literature in modern period is divided into two parts by the event of ______.A. the expatriate movementB. the Great DepressionC. the First World WarD. the Second World WarC 87. Which of the following novels does NOT belong to Dreiser’s Trilogy of Desire?A. The TitanB. The FinancierC. The “Genius”D. The StoicD 88. The 1954 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to ______for his “mastery of the art of modern narration”.A. William FaulknerB. John SteinbeckC. Saul BellowD. Earnest HemingwayD 89. Sister Carrie is a masterpiece of _______work.A. romanticB. classicC. neo-classicD. naturalisticA 90. The Octopus is written by ________.A. Frank NorrisB. Sherwood AndersonC. Willa CatherD. Stephen CraneC 91. James Baldwin’s most famous short story is _______.A. A Rose for EmilyB. The Story of an HourC. Sonn y’s BluesD. A Clean, Well-lighted Place C 92. ________wrote several novels with the name of “Rabbit”.A. Arthur MillerB. Thomas PynchonC. John UpdikeD. Wallace StevensA 93. The Road Not Taken is a poem written by ______.A. Robert FrostB. LongfellowC. Ezra PondD. Carl SandburgA 94. “God help them that help themselves” is found in ______’s work. A. Franklin B. FreneauC. JeffersonD. PaineC 95. T. S. Eliot’s most famous long poem is ______.A. The Love Song of J. Alfred PrufrockB. A Boy’s WillC. The Waste LandD. The Golden BoughA 96. Daisy Miller is a great work by _____.A. Henry JamesB. Mark TwainC. DreiserD. StoweD 97. Hester is a character in ______.A. Gone with the WindB. The Fall of the House of UsherC. BabbittD. Scarlet LetterC 98. Jack London’s ______is his patently autobiographical novel.A. The Call of the Wild b. The Sea WolfC. Martin Eden d. The Iron HeelB 99. The black man Jim is a character in Mark Twain’s _______.A. The Adventures of T om SawyerB. The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnC. Life on the MississippiD. The Prince and the PauperC 100. O Captain! My Captain! was written in memory of _______.A. Walt WhitmanB. Benjamin FranklinC. Abraham LincolnD. Martin Luther King。