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112. Choose the poems written by Wordsworth with the theme on nature and country life. _____. A. To the Cuckoo B. We Are Seven

C. Lucy Poems D. The Solitary Reaper E. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

113. ______ was the first critic of the Romantic school. A. William Wordsworth B. Samuel Johnson

C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Wordsworth and Coleridge

114. George Gordon Byron was a staunch champion of the people‘s cause. He raised his voice in defence of the oppressed workers in his well-known_____. A. Song for the Luddites B. The Prisoner of Chillon C. The Vision of Judgment D. The Revolt of Isalm

115. Which of following statements is (are) not true about Don Joan? _______. A. Don Juan was written in Italy during the years 1818-1823.

B. The story describes Don Juan‘s an English young of noble birth, life and adventures in many countries.

C. In Greek island , Don Juan met his sweetheart, Haidee, and fell in love with her.

D. The last cantos are taken up with a satirical description of the English ruling classes, whose reactionary policy has aroused the hatred from the other nations.

E. In Don Juan Byron displayed his genius as a romanticist and a realist simultaneously. 116. Which short lyrics were written by George Gordon Byron? ________. A. She Walks in Beauty B. When We Two Parted C. Hebrew Melodies

D. One Word Is Too Often Profaned E. A Red, Red Rose

117. Choose the poetic plays written by George Byron. _______. A. Hours of Idleness B. Mansfred C. Cain D. Oriental Tales E. Prometheus Unbound

118. For his pamphlet ______ , Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford and disowned by his father.

A. Address to the Irish People B. Vindication of Right of Women C. Masque of Anarchy

D. The Necessity of Atheism

119. Which of the following poems are written by Percy Bysshe Shelley on the death of John Keats? ______.

A. Peter Bell the Third B. Hellas C. Adonais D. The Cenci

120. Which poem shows Percy Bysshe Shelley‘s attitude towards the position of women in society, besides the theme of revolutionary? ______. A. The Revolt of Islam B. Prometheus Unbound C. Songs to Man of England D. Ode to the West Wind

121. ______ is regarded as the most wonderful lyricist England has ever produced mainly for his poems on nature, on love, and on politics.

A. William Wordsworth B. John Keats

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C. George Gordon Byron D. Percy Bysshe Shelley

122. Which of the following statements is (are) not true about Percy Bysshe Shelley? ________. A. Prometheus Unbound is Percy Bysshe‘s masterpiece, a long epic poem.

B. At Eton Percy Bysshe Shelley was known as ―Mad Shelley‖, for his obstinate opposition to the brutal fagging system, according to which the younger school –boy were obliged to obey the older boys the bear a great deal of cruel treatment.

C. George Gordon Byron called Percy Bysshe Shelley ―the best and least selfish man I ever knew‖.

D. Percy Bysshe Shelly loved the people and hated their oppressors and exploiters.

123. John Keats‘s fondness for sensuous beauty and his ability of paining exact word-pictures find their best expression in the poem of ______. A. Isabella B. The Eve of St. Agnes C. Endymion D. Lamia

124. The unfinished long epic _____ has been regarded as John Keats‘s greatest achievement in poetry.

A. Endymion B. Isabella

C. Hyperion D. When I Have Fear

125. Which are Percy Bysshe Shelley‘s lyric on nature? ____. A. Ode to the West Wind B. To a Skylark

C. The Cloud D. Ode to the Nightingale E. I Wandered Lovely as a Cloud

126. Which are Percy Bysshe Shelley‘s politic al lyrics? _____. A. A Defense of Poetry B. To a Skylark

C. Song to the Men of England D. England in 1819

127. Which is Percy Bysshe Shelley‘s work of literary criticism? A. An Essay an Criticism B. A Defense of Poetry C. On the Necessity of Atheism D. Of Studies

128. Choose the historical novels written by Walter Scott. _______. A. Rob Roy B. Ivanhoe

C. Marmon D. The Lady of the Lake E. Waverly

129. Choose the four immortal odes written by John Keats. ____. A. Ode to the West Wind B. Ode to the Nightingale C. To Autumn D. Ode on Melancholy E. Ode on a Grecian Urn

130. Which works are based on ancient Greek Mythology? _____. A. Prometheus Bound B. Prometheus Unbound C. Endymion D. Paradise Lost E. The Rime of Ancient Mariner

131. Which works have employed the subjects from the Bible? ________. A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Sanson Agnistes D. Cain E. Prometheus Unbound

132. Choose the works written by Jane Austen. ________. A. Pride and Prejudice B. Sense and Sensibility C. Northanger Abbey D. Emma

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E. Mansfield Park F. Persuasion

133. Charles Lamb‘s ______made Shakespeare a familiar author to the general readers. A. Notes and Lectures on Shakespeare B. Tales from Shakespeare

C. The Characters of Shakespeare‘s Plays D. On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth

134. At 20, William Hazlitt met Coleridge and Wordsworth when the two poets were in the prime of their literary career. He described it in his famous essay_______. A. My First Acquaintance With Poets B. Lectures on the English Poets C. The Spirit of the Age D. Table Talk

135. As a poet, Leigh Hunt is chiefly remembered for________. A. About Ben Adhem B. Jenny Kissed Me C. The Liberal D. The Story of Rimini

136. The confession of an English Opium-Eater made of‖ the Opium- Eater ‖ . A. Walter Scott B. William Hazlitte C. Thomas De Quincey D. Leigh Hunt

The Victorian Age

137. In the 19th century English Literature, a new literary trend called ______ appeared . And it flourished on the forties and in the early fifties. A. romsnticism B. naturalism C. realism D. critical realism

138. ____‘s The Cry of the Children contains concrete description of the miserable life of child-workers in the factories and mines.

A. Thomas Hood B. Robert Browning C. Elizabeth Barret Browning D. Ernest Jones

139. In the 19th century, the social contradictions were reflected in the prose writing. The important prose writers who criticized the evils of the capitalist society were _____. A. Thomas Carlyle B. John Ruskin C. Matthew Arnold D. Charles Lamb E. John Dryden

140. ______ described the life of the laboring people and criticized the the privileged classes, but the power of exposure became much weaker in her work. The significance of her work lies in rather in the portrayal of the pettiness and stagnancy of English provincial life. A. Emily Charlotte B. Emily Bronte C. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell D. George Eliot

141. In the _____ period, Charles Dickens believed that all the evils of the capitalist word would be remedies of only men behaved to each other with kindliness, justice, and sympathetic understanding.

A. first B. second C. third D. fourth

142. _____ has been called ―the supreme epic of English life‖. A. A Tales of Two Cities B. David Copperfield C. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist

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143. All the traits of _____ enliven the pages of Pickwick Papers. A. the native, youthful optimism B. the joy of living C. the lightness of heart

D. the genuine sympathy for the workers

144. The pride of wealth, or ―purse-pride‖, is the theme of the novel _____. A. Dombey and Son B. A Tale of Two Cities C. Little Dorrit D. Oliver Twist

145. Which of the following statements about David Copperfield are true? _______.

A. In parallel with the main line, there is a sub-plot of Uriah Heep, Mr.Wickfield‘s clerk and less polished, more hypocritical, and even more villainous Carker.

B .The portrait of Uriah Heep ranks high in Dickens‘s list of villains.

C .The novel is not merely a personal record but a broad picture of the society of the author‘s day.

D. In this novel Dickens lost his old na? ve optimism about bourgeois society.

E. Dickens‘s democratic viewpoint shows itself in the class-orientation of the novel.

146. _____is a novel with imprisonment, both matter-of-fact or symbolic, as its central theme. A. David Copperfield B. A Tale Of Two Cities C. Little Dorrit D. Bleak House

147. The theme underlying_____is the idea ―Where is oppretssion, there is revolution‖. A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield C. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist

148. Which of the following works are not written by William Makepeace Thackeray?_____. A. Vanity Fair B. Pendennis C. Our Mutual Friend D. Henry Esmond E. Adam Bede

149. Which of the following statements about Vanity Fair are true? _____.

A. In this novel William Makepeace Thackeray describes the life of the ruling classes of England in the early decades of the 19th century, and attacks the social relationship of the bourgeois world by satirizing the individuals in the different strata of the upper society.

B. The character of Becky Sharp is drawn with admirable skill. The unprincipled adventuress is a gifted woman, with a keen sense of humor and deep understanding of people.

C. Of course Amelia Sedley has her vanity also of out-rivaling other women in beauty and in her power over men, and of gaining admittance into high society, but all such vanity is inseparably bound up with the greed for wealth.

D. There are no common people in the novel.

150. In Victorian age, poetry was not a major art intended to change the world. The main poets of the age were____.

A. Alfred Tennyson B. Robert Browning C. Mrs. Browning D. Robert Burns

151. The story of _____deals with the adventures of a retired old merchant. A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield C. Pickwick Papers D. Oliver Twist

152. Which novel makes a fierce attack on the bourgeois system of education and bourgeois utilitarianism?_____.

A. Oliver Twist B. Hard Times

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C. Great Expectation D. A Tale of Two Cities

153. Which novel is great satire upon the society and those society and those people who dream to enter the higher society regardless of the social reality?____. A. A Tale of Two Cities B. David Copperfield C. Great Expectation D. Dombey and Son

154. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as background of the novel _____. A. A Tale of Two Cities B. Great Expectation C. Hard Times D. David Copperfield

155. _____ is often regarded as semi-autobiography of the author Dickens in which the early life of the hero is largely based on the author‘s early life. A. Tome Jones B. David Copperfield C. Oliver Twist D. Great Expectation 156. The sub-title of Vanity Fair is _____. A. A Pure Woman Faithfully Portrayed B. The Spirit and the Flesh C. A Novel Without a Hero D. Sense and Sensibility

157. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte_____. A. pours a great deal of her own experience B. criticizes the bourgeois system of education C. shows that true love is the foundation of marriage D. shows that women should have equal rights with men

158. Mrs. Gaskell was the friend of Charlotte Bronte. Her ____ is one of the best biographies in English Literature.

A. Life of Charlotte Bronte B. Life of Johnson C. Tales of Shakespeare D. Adonais 159. The novel Mary Barton _____.

A. is about the class struggle between the works and the capitalists. B. is one of the most important social of that period. C. reflects something about Chartist Movement

D. contains such characters as John Barton, Mary, Wilson and Cleson

160. George Eliot produces three remarkable novels which made her famous. They are ____. A. Adam Bede B. The Mill on the Floss C. Silas Marner D. Mary Barton E. Pamela

161. Women novelists began to appear in England during the second half of the _____ century. A. 17th B. 18th C. 19th D. 20th

162. Which of the following statements are true about Jane Eyre?_____.

A. One of the central themes of the book is the criticism of the bourgeois system of education. B. Another problem raised in the novel is position of women in society. C. This book is Charlotte Bronte‘s best literary production.

D. In this book, the author attacked the greed, pretty tyranny and lack of culture among the bourgeoisie and sympathized with the sufferings of the poor people. Her realism was colored by petty-bourgeois philanthropy.

163. Which of the following statement are true about Wuthering Heights?____.

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