28. ________ is famous for his international theme . A. Howells B. Mark Twain C. Henry James ...

5. "My Last Duchess" is a poem that best exemplifier Robert Browning’s ________. A. sensitive ear for the sounds of the English language B. excellent choice of words C. mastering of the metrical devices D. use of the dramatic monologu...

17. Which of the following information about John Donne is NOT true? A. he was born in a Roman Catholic family B. he received his education at Oxford and Cambridge C. later he gave up his Catholic faith and took orders in the Anglican C...

34. John Milton wrote his masterpieces after blindness expect ___ A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Areopagitica ...

23. _______ was the first and the only American playwright to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature . A. Arthur Miller B. Eugene O‘Neill C. Tennessee Williams ...

15. The giant Moby Dick may symbolize all EXCEPT . A. mystery of the universe B. sin of the whale C. power of the Great Nature D. evil of the world ...

38. The ______ Movement appeared in the thirties of the 19th century. It showed the English workers were able to appear as an independent political force and were already realizing the fact that the industrial bourgeoisie was their princip...

21. Of all the eighteenth-century novelists , who was the first to set out, both in theory and practice , to write specially a “comic epic in prose”, the first to give the modern novel its structure and style ? A. Thomas Gray B. Richar...

13. Of the following all were written by Dreiser except _______ . A. Sister Carrie B. McTeague C. The Financier ...

5. In Hardy’s Tess of D’urbervilles , the heroine’s tragic ending is due to . A. her weak character B. her ambition C. Angel Clare’s selfishness D. a hostile society ...