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1.WilliamFaulkneristheauthorof______.

A.FarFromtheModelingCrowd

B.SoundandFury

C.ForWhomtheBellTolls

D.ScarletLetter

1.RobertFrostisafamous______.

A.novelist

B.playwright

C.poet

D.literarycritic

3.TheOldManandtheSeaisoneofthegreatworksby______

A.JackLondon

B.CharlesDickens

C.SamuelColeridgeDEmestHemingway

4.Whichofthefollowingpoetsisdifferentfromtheothers?

A.JohnDonne.

B.JohnKeats.

C.LordByron.

D.PercyByssheShelley.

5.WhichofthefollowingisnotwrittenbyWilliamShakespeare?

A.Othello.

B.TheTragicalHistoryofDr.Faustus.

C.RomeoandJuliet.

D.TheTwelfthNight.

6.Beowulfnarratesastorytakingplacein______.

A.theMediterranean

B.NorthernEurope

C.England

D.Scandinavia

7.______referstosomecontrastordiscrepancybetweenappearanceandreality.

A.Allegory

B.Conflict

C.Irony

D.Flashback

8.WilliamWordsworthisanEnglish_____.

A.poet

B.novelist

C.playwright

D.critic

9.ThegreattranscendentalworkbyHenryDavidThoreauis______.

A.Nature

B.Walden

C.Experience

D.Essays

10.JamesJoyceistheauthorofallthefollowingnovelsEXCEPT______.

A.Dubliners

B.APortraitoftheArtistasaYoungMan

C.JudetheObscure

D.Ulysses

11.TheBronteSisterspublishedthefollowingfamousnovelsEXCEPT______.

A.TheTenantofWildfellHall

B.JaneEyre

C.WutheringHeights

D.AgnesGrey

12.Inwhichnovelcan"Yahoo"befound?

A.JohnBunyan'sPilgrim'sProgress.

B.EdmundSpencer'sTheFaerieQueen.

C.JonathanSwift'sGulliver'sTravels.

D.HenryFielding'sTomJones.

13.TheVictorianAgewaslargelyanageof______,eminentlyrepresentedbyDickensandThackeray.

A.pessimism

B.naturalism

C.modernism

D.criticalrealism

14.MarkTwainshapedtheworld'sviewofAmericaandmadeacombinationof______and

seriousliterature.

A.Americanfolkhumor

B.funnyjokes

C.Englishfolklore

D.Americanvalues

15.WhowasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar?

A.FennimoreCooper.

B.NathanielHawthorn.

C.WaltWhitman.

D.WashingtonIrving.

16.ParadiseLostisamasterpieceby______.

A.ChristopherMarlow

B.JohnMilton

C.WilliamShakespeare

D.BenJonson

17.HaveaDreamisaddressedby______.

A.AbrahamLincoln

B.JohnF.Kennedy

C.MartinLutherKing

D.RalphWaldoEmerson

18.WhichofthefollowingisNOTapoembyEmilyDickinson?

A.Thisismylettertotheworld.

B.heardaflybuzz—whenIdied.

C.Thisisjusttosay.

D.BecauseIcouldnotstop/ordeath.

19.Eugene0'NeilisanAmerican______.

A.novelist

B.playwright

C.poet

D.essayist

20.TheRomanticAgeinEnglandcametoanendwiththedeathof______.

A.JaneAustin

B.WalterScott

C.SamuelTaylorColeridge

D.WilliamWordsworth

21.Intheworksofsuchaestheticsas______andWalterPater,thetheoryof"artforart'ssake"isadvocated.

A.OscarWilde

B.Mrs.Gaskell

C.AlexanderPope

D.CharlesLamb

22.Worksby______arecharacterizedbystream-of-consciousness.

A.GeorgeEliot

B.JaneAusten

C.EmilyBronte

D.VirginiaWoolf

23.Whoofthefollowingsisaplaywrightofthe"theaterofabsurd"?

A.JohnOsbom.

B.WystanHughAuden.

C.BernardShaw.

D.SamuelBeckett.

24.Theperiodfrom1865—1914hasbeenreferredtoasthe______intheliteraryhistoryoftheUnitedStates.

A.AgeofRealism

B.AgeofClassicalism

C.AgeofRomanticism

D.AgeofRenaissance

25.With"CollectedPoems",______wonthesecondPulitzerPrize.

A.EzraPond

B.e.e.cummings

C.RobertFrost

D.WilliamCullenBryant

26.______belongstothesecondperiodinShakespeare'sthreestagesofwritingcareer.

A.TheMerchantofVenice

B.Love'sLaborLost

C.Hamlet

D.TheTempest

27.Grassisapoemwrittenby______.

A.WaltWhitman

B.CarlSandburg

C.LangstonHughes

D.AlienGinsberg

28.WilliamMakepeaceThackeray'smostfamousworkis______.

A.TheSchoolforScandal

B.PastandPresent

C.MajorBarbara

D.VanityFair

29.DoverBeachiswrittenby______.

A.RobertBrowning

B.AlfredTennyson

C.MathewArnold

D.DylanThomas

30.TheperiodofOldEnglishliteraturerefersto______.

A.about450—1066

B.14thcentury—mid-17thcentury

C.14thcentury—mid-ISAcentury

D.16thcentury—mid-18thcentury

31.MobyDickisthemostimportantworkby______.

A.JackLondon

B.HermanMelville

C.SinclairLewis

D.RalphEllison

32.0.Henryearnedhisfamemainlyforhis______.

A.novels

B.poems

C.shortstories

D.dramas

33.FrancisBacon's______isagreatessayoneducation.

A.TheAdvancementofLearning

B.TheImportanceofBeingEarnest

C.TheNewAtlantic

D.TheLearnedReadingupontheStatuteofUses

34.______isNOTanovelofFrancisScottFitzgerald.

A.TenderIstheNight

B.AnnaChristie

C.TheBeautifulandDammed

D.TheGreatGatsby

35.TheAmericanliteratureinmodemperiodisdividedintotwopartsbytheeventof

A.theexpatriatemovement

B.theGreatDepression

C.theFirstWorldWar

D.theSecondWorldWar

36.WhichofthefollowingnovelsdoesNOTbelongtoDreiser'sTrilogyofDesiref

A.TheTitan.

B.TheFinancier.

C.The"Genius".

D.TheStoic.

37.ThefollowingsareallDickens'worksEXCEPT______.

A.OliverTwist

B.MollFlanders

C.GreatExpectations

D.BleakHouse

38.ItisgenerallyregardedthatKeats'smostimportantandmaturepoemsareintheformof

A.ode

B.elegy

C.epic

D.sonnet

39.The1954NobelPrizeforliteraturewasawardedto______forhis"masteryoftheart

ofmodemnarration".

A.WilliamFaulkner

B.JohnSteinbeck

C.SaulBellow

D.ErnestHemingway

40.SisterCarrieisamasterpieceof______work.

A.romantic

B.classic

C.neo-classic

D.naturalistic

41.WhoisthefatherofEnglishpoetry?

A.Shakespeare.

B.EdmundSpencer.

C.JohnMilton.

D.GeoffreyChaucer.

42.TheOctopusiswrittenby______.

A.FrankNorris

B.SherwoodAnderson

C.WillaGather

D.StephenCrane

43.JamesBaldwin'smostfamousshortstoryis______.

A.ARose/orEmily

B.TheStoryofanHow

C.Sonny'sBlues

D.AClean,Well-lightedPlace

44.JohnGalsworthywonthe1932NobelPriceforhiswork______.

A.Ulysses

B.Hard.Times

C.TheForsyteSaga

D.JudetheObscure

45.WhichofthefollowingpoemsisNOTwrittenbyGeorgeGordonByron?

A.SheWalksinBeauty.

B.TheSolitaryReaper.

C.WhenWeTwoParted.

D.ChildeHarold'sPilgrimage.

46.______wroteseveralnovelswiththenameof"Rabbit".

A.ArthurMiller

B.ThomasPynchon

C.JohnUpdike

D.WallaceStevens

47.TheRoadNotTakenisapoemwrittenby______.

A.RobertFrost

B.Longfellow

C.EzraPond

D.CarlSandburg

48."Godhelpthemthathelpthemselves"isfoundin______'swork.

A.Franklin

B.Freneau

C.Jefferson

D.Paine

49.T.S.Eliot'smostfamouslongpoemis______.

A.TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPru/rock

B.ABoy'sWill

C.TheWasteLand

D.TheGoldenBough

50.______isoftencreditedwithwritingthefirsttrue"novelofincident".

A.JohnBanyan

B.HenryFielding

C.SamuelRichardson

D.DanielDefoe

51.DaisyMillerisagreatworkby______.

A.HenryJames

B.MarkTwain

C.Dreiser

D.Stowe

52.Hesterisacharacterin______.

?A.ConewiththeWindB.TheFalloftheHouseofUsher

C.Babbitt

D.ScarletLetter

53.JackLondon's______ishispatentlyautobiographicalnovel.

A.TheCalloftheWild

B.TheSeaWolf

C.MartinEden

D.TheIronHeel

54.WilliamGolding'sfirstandmostwell-knownnovelis______.

A.CoralIsland

B.LordoftheFlies

C.TreasureIsland

D.TheBrassButterfly

55."Tobe,ornottobe"isquotedfrom______.

A.KingLearBHamlet

C.JuliusCaesar

D.RomeoandJuliet

56.ThefirstbookoftheOldTestamentiscalled______.

A.Exodus

B.Numbers

C.Leviticus

D.Genesis

57.TheblackmanJimisacharacterinMarkTwain's______.

A.TheAdventuresofTomSawyer

B.TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn

C.LifeontheMississippi

D.ThePrinceandthePauper

58.0Captain}MyCaptain\waswritteninmemoryof______.

A.WaltWhitman

B.BenjaminFranklin

C.AbrahamLincoln

D.MartinLutherKing

59.WhichofthefollowingworksisNOTwrittenbyD.H.Lawrence?

A.WomeninLove.

B.SoresandLovers.

C.TheRainbow.

D.TheFrenchLieutenant'sWoman.

60.Generally,theRenaissancereferstotheperiodbetween______and______centuries.

A.14th/mid-17th

B.14th/mid-18th

C.16th/mid-18th

D.16th/mid-17th

61.TheCrapesofWrathisthemasterpieceof______.

A.JohnSteinbeck

B.JohnCheever

C.JohnUpdike

D.JohnDOSPasses

62._____isNOTaplaywrittenbyTennesseeWilliams.

A.CatonaHotTinRoof

B.TheClassMenagerie

C.LightinAugust

D.AStreetcarNamedDesire

63.RobertBumsisapoetfrom______.

A.England

B.NewEngland

C.Ireland

D.Scotland

64.LookBackinAngerisaplaywrittenby______.

A.JohnOsbome

B.SamuelBeckett

C.EdwardAlbee

D.EugeneO'Neil

65.______isapopularliteraryforminthemedievalperiod.

A.Romance

B.Novel

C.Sonnet

D.Drama

66.SeizetheDayisregardedthebestnovelwrittenby______.

A.Flannery0'Conner

B.SaulBellow

C.RalphEllison

D.SherwoodAnderson

67.______isNOTamongthepostwarpoetsinmodemAmericanliterature.

A.RobertLowell

B.GarySynder

C.AlienGinsberg

D.e.e.cummings

68.WilliamBlake'sTheTigeriscollectedin______.

A.SongsofInnocence

B.SongsofExperience

C.MarriageofHeavenandHell

D.PoeticalSketches

69.Theimageofthefamous"henpeckedhusband"iscreatedby______.

A.WashingtonIrving

B.FennimoreCooper

C.EdithWhartonDWilliamDeanHowells

70.______isknownas"thepoet'spoet".

A.Shakespeare

B.Marlowe

C.Spenser

D.Donne

71.TheliteraryspokesmanoftheJazzisoftenthoughttobe______.

A.O'Neil

B.Pound

C.RobertFrost

D.ScottFitzgerald

72.______wasthemostimportantpersonofthetranscendentalclub.

A.Hawthorn

B.Whitman

C.Emerson

D.Thoreau

73.Shylockisacharacterin______.

A.TheMerchantofVenice

B.TheTwelfthNight

C.TheWinter'sTale

D.Macbeth

74.ThecompilerofADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguageis______.

A.JosephAddison

B.RichardSteele

C.SamuelJohnson

D.LaurenceStem

75.ThemainthemeofEmilyDickinsonisthefollowingEXCEPT

A.religion

B.loveandmarriage

C.lifeanddeath

D.warandpeace

76.Americanfictioninthe1960sand1970sprovesdifferentfromitspredecessors.Itisreferredtoas______.

A.imagism

B.blackhumor

C.newfiction

D.theBeatGeneration

77.TogetherwithLawrenceandJoyce,______isconsideredoneofthethreegiantsotthemodemEnglishnovelandamasterofEnglishprose.

A.HenryJames

B.JosephConrad

C.E.M.Forster

D.AldousHuxley

78.Thisline"IfWintercomes,canSpringbefarbehind?"isquotedfrom______.

A.DonJuanCKubiaKhan

C.ToAutumn

D.OdetotheWestWind

79.StephenCraneisfamousfor______.

A.AnAmericanTragedy

B.TheAmbassadors

C.MainStreet

D.TheRedBadgeofCourage

80."Belindasmiled,andalltheworldwasgay".Whatisthefigureoithisspeech?

A.Hyperbole.

B.Simile.

C.Metaphor.

D.Synecdoche.

81.______haswonthePulitzerPrizefourtimesandNobelPrize.

A.ErnestHemingway

B.JohnSteinbeck

C.Eugene0'Neil

D.WilliamFaulkner

82.GoldenNotebookisafeministnovelwrittenby______.

A.AmyTan

B.DorisLessing

C.Flannery0'Connor

D.KateChopin

83.WhichofthefollowingpoemsiswrittenbyW.H.Auden?

A.SailingtoByzantium

B.ToanAthleteDyingYoung

C.MuseedesBeauxArts

D.ChurchGoing

84.Belovedisthemasterpieceof______.

A.TonyMorrison

B.RalphEllison

C.JohnDOSPasses

D.WillaGather

85.______,theauthorofTheInterpretationofDreamshasgreatimpactonliterarycreationandcriticism.

A.CarlJung

B.Jean-PaulSartre

C.FriedrichWilhelmNietzsche

D.SigmundFreud

86.HenryFieldingistheauthorofthegreat18thcenturyEnglishnovel,______.

A.TheHistoryofTomJones,aFoundling

B.Pamela

C.MollFlanders

D.TheLifeandOpinionsofTristramShandy

87.Tessisacharactercreatedby______.

A.D.H.Lawrence

B.JamesJoyce

C.ThomasHardy

D.DylanThomas

88.Thesentence"ShallIcomparetheetoasummer'sday"isquotedfromShakespe-

A.comedies

B.tragedies

C.histories

D.sonnets

89.WhichofthefollowingisNOTatypicalfeatureofModernism?

A.Toelevatetheindividualandinnerbeingoverthesocialbeing.

B.Toputthestressontraditionalvalues.

C.Toportraythedistortedandalienatedrelationshipsbetweenmanandhisenvironment.

D.Toadvocateaconsciousbreakwiththepast.

90.InAValediction:ForbiddingMourning,JohnDonnecomparesthelovers'soulsto______.

A.tworoses

B.twocircles

C.sunandmoon

D.twincompasses

91.Utopiais______'swork.

A.ThomasMore

B.FrancisBacon

C.JohnDryden

D.GeorgeHerbert

92.OneofthePrimeMinistersofBritainhaswontheNobelPrizeforliterature,andthatis______.

A.MargaretThatcher

B.TonyBlair

C.WinstonChurchill

D.JohnMajor

93."Beautyistruth,truthbeauty"isanepigrammaticlineby______.

A.JohnKeats

B.WilliamBlake

C.WilliamWordsworth

D.PercyByssheShelley

94.Whitman'spoemsarecharacterizedbyallthefollowingfeaturesEXCEPT______.

A.astrictpoeticform

B.asimpleandconversationallanguage

C.afreeandnaturalrhythmicpattern

D.aneasyflowoffeelings

95.WhoinitiatedthenameoftheLostGeneration?

A.Hemingway.

B.Fitzgerald.

C.GertrudeStein.

D.WilliamFaulkner.

96.MyLastDuchessisamonologuepoemwrittenby______.

A.WilliamShakespeare

B.RobertBrowning

C.BenJonson

D.RobertHerrick

97.ThehightideofRomanticisminAmericanliteratureoccurredaround______.

A.1820

B.1850

C.1880

D.1920

98.ThetitleofAlfredTennyson'spoem"Ulysses"remindsthereaderofthefollowingEXCEPT______.

A.theTrojanWar

B.Homer'sOdyssey

C.adventuresoverthesea

D.religiousquest

99.Asaliteraryfigure,Heathcliffappearsin______.

A.JaneEyre

B.OliverTwist

C.WutheringHeights

D.Middlemarch

100.Thepublicationof______establishedEmersonasthemosteloquentspokesmanoftheNewEnglandTranscendentalism.

A.Nature

B.Self-Reliance

C.TheOver-Soul

D.TheAmericanScholar

101.______isconsideredtobethebest-knownEnglishdramatistsinceShakespeare,andhisrepresentativeworksareplaysinspiredbysocialcriticism.

A.RichardSheridan

B.OliverGoldsmith

C.OscarWilde

D.BernardShaw

102.Chinesepoetryandphilosophyhaveexertedgreatinfluenceover______.

A.EzraPound

B.RalphWaldoEmerson

C.RobertFrost

D.EmilyDickinson

103.ThesuccessofJaneEyreispartlyduetoitsintroductiontotheEnglishnovelthefirst______heroine.

A.explorer

B.peasant

C.worker

D.governess

104.______istherepresentativeworkoftheBeatGeneration.

A.TheGreatCatshy

B.OntheRoad

C.LookBackinAnger

D.TheSunAlsoRises

105.EmilyGriersonisaliteraryfigurecreatedby______.

A.WillaGather

B.DorisLessing

C.WilliamFaulkner

D.NathanielHawthorn

106.ThemostsignificantideaoftheRenaissanceis______.

A.humanism

B.realism

C.naturalism

D.skepticism

107.ThetitleofThackeray's"VanityFair"istakenfrom__

A.TheHolyBible

B.TheFaerieQueen

C.ThePilgrim'sProgress

D.ParadiseLost

108.Mr.MicawberinDavidCoppeifieldandSamWellinPickwickPapersareperhapsIbest______characterscreatedbvCha