16. Jane Austen’s main literary concern is about ______.( )
A. human beings in their personal relationships
B. the love story between the rich and the poor
C. maturity achieved through the loss of illusions
D. the day-to-day country life of the upper-middle-class English
17. Shelley’s ______ is the best of all the Romantic well-known lyric pieces.( )
A. “The Cloud” B. “To a Skylark”
C. “Ode to a Nightingale” D. “Ode to the West Wind”
18. The most important contribution of ______ is that he not only started the modern poetry, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.( )
A. William Blake B. William Wordsworth
C. George Gordon Byron D. John Keats
19. William Blake’s central concern in the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience is ______, which gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.( )
A. youthhood B. childhood
C. happiness D. sorrow
20. Working through the tradition of a Christian huanism, John Milton wrote ______ intending to “justify the ways of God to men.”
A. Paradise Lost B. Samson Agonistes
C. Lycidas D. Paradise Regained
