1. The sentence “shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one of Shakespeare’s_____.9 p& T; A) n. Y+ O' R) ^% s
A comedies f ]0 b7 F" I- A; e: R% h
B tragedies- _( h+ j, R- M, p+ t/ B
C sonnets
( O- B4 m0 z O# F; H D histories8 |5 ]1 U- G; v
2. The three dialects spoken by____ _____and _____mixed into a single language called Anglo-Saxon, or old English.0 V% P3 W# k5 Z+ \. S
A Anglos, Saxons jutes; y+ n V! p' S1 @0 W) \7 T
B Anglos, Saxons, Irish, p1 s3 a+ ?! C5 R- l3 v G7 i
C Anglos, Saxons, Scottish
$ p+ G+ ]8 X3 D& W D Anglos, Saxons, welsh
3 X* e1 C" f3 c0 h7 M* R; D9 F 3. contribution to English lies chiefly in the fact that he introduced from France the rhymed stanza of various types, especially the rhymed couplet of 5 accents in iambic meter---the heroic couplet to English poetry.0 n d1 M1 G0 h9 E% A# z: O
A William Shakespeare’s
8 G( b: l) g: ^4 } B Geoffrey Chaucer’s
/ _: Z2 N: `$ `9 S2 `* [; A* X) h C Thomas more’s
2 n1 m* }7 P0 u: s7 z" N8 C D Edmund Spenser’s8 L, @1 O/ \ L8 c# u7 \
4. Spenserian stanza is a form of poetry first employed by Edmund Spenser in his long poetry_____.
" F% [: {; O+ p% A. h0 U A the faerie queene$ p. T% P9 |$ w- S# D6 P+ Z
B the shepherd’s calendar
' ?, |- O8 ?- N) p. t( V- n C epithalamion
8 z3 |( ]1 E* P: ~# V D amoretti
' _+ W* e W* [2 d 5. Francis bacon is a ____.% _( W# P. S h5 { @ e- f1 z
A poet- ~8 U9 W. w( V6 F0 b. W0 x
B playwright
' u3 k# c* ^4 v! W) _ C essayist; j1 E6 s" P, A2 @
D novelist
3 v2 \3 b/ B! J; s% m; t 6. We can perhaps describe the west wind in shelly’s poem “ode to the west wind” with all the following terms except_____.
% E1 S) n3 ]2 q0 N6 M A tamed
$ C5 V h9 }0 I' W" `! { B swift8 j: T) y6 \: r( e- l
C proud7 y, c) B7 S, Q( J
D wild
9 b3 z$ D6 y. |; L4 P/ p& ^ 7. The novel starts with “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune ,must be in want of a wife.” The novel is Jane Austen’____.) I6 f7 y2 r" _% R$ t) h
A Emma
0 P/ ?1 `; X, q B persuasion
/ W! Q! _/ W( U: t4 d" G C sense and sensibility" V$ O& C _ \! E6 G6 Q
D pride and prejudice, N- r7 Q+ e1 [% X1 x L
8. The major concern of ____ fiction lies in the tracing of the psychological development of his characters and in his energetic criticism of the dehumanizing effect of the capitalist industrialization on human nature.
" U6 J" \: \8 P0 {0 M2 @ A Charles dickens’s0 M e5 X5 @5 T2 R; ?! b2 {' j' O
B D.H .Lawrence’s' M) Z- u$ e9 j2 T0 v& d
C Thomas hardy’s
# p- | M5 a# ~% F3 N5 F D john Galsworthy’s
. _! M* h& `, Y/ y' f4 c 9. “do you think, because I am poor ,obscure ,plain and little ,I am soulless and heartless? And if god had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me , as it is now for me to leave you .” the above Is quoted from_______.2 ^7 @; `: O: Y) c3 o7 i5 F
A pride and prejudice
+ P* e4 @" S: y0 t+ M0 r2 J B Jane Eyre' _0 Q- D2 ^, u9 {
C Wuthering heights
, B5 B- V5 k; d3 L9 q D great expectations/ f( g0 P" c% C& N8 k2 Y
10. Which of the following is not one of the Bronte sisters?- p; w/ L" h- X9 T8 ~) h% d
A charlotte Bronte
4 U7 z* e# s6 `4 e x B Anne Bronte
2 W+ H& ~% f; `, w) h) B C jenny Bronte; h. u j0 H4 [! |, a+ E5 l
D Emily Bronte |