18. Dryen’s contribution to England literature lies in the following except A. he established the heroic couplet as one of the principal English verse forms B. he clarified the English prose C. he raised the English literary criticism ...

6. “ So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this , and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, Sonnets 18) What does “this” refer to ? A. Lover B. Time C. Summer D. Poetry ...

40. It is alone who , for the first time in English literature, presented to us a comprehensive realistic picture of the English society of his time and created a whole gallery of vivid characters from all walks of life. A. Geoffrey Chauc...

1. "O prince, O chief of many throned powers," That led th‘ embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct, and in dreadful deeds Fearless, endangered Heaven‘s perpetual King." In the third line of the above passage quoted from Milton‘s Pa...

31. The subject matter of Robert Frost’s Poems focuses on . A. ordinary country people and scenes B. battle scenes of ancient Greek and Roman legends C. struggling masses and crowded urban quarters D. fantasies and mythical happenings...

21. We can perhaps describe the west wind in Shelley‘s poem "Ode to the West Wind" with all the following terms except _______ . A. tamed B. swift C. proud D. wild ...

10. In his masterpieces ______ , Pound traces the rise and fall of eastern and western empires and the moral and social chaos of the modern world . A. Make It New B. The Cantos C. Polite Essays ...

33. The typical feature of Robert Browning`s poetry is the_____. A. bitter satire B. larger-than-life caricature C. Latinized diction D. dramatic monologue ...

38. Which of the following is not written by Hawthorne ? A. The Scarlet Letter B. White Jacket C. The Marble Faun ...

30. Among the representatives of the Enlightenment, who was the first to introduce rationalism to England ? A. John Bunyan B. Daniel Defoe C. Alexander Pope D. Jonathan Swift ...