11. Which of the following is not Daniel Defoe’s works? ( )
A. Gulliver’s Travels B. Captain Singleton
C. Moll Flanders D. Robinson Crusoe
12. As a master satirist, Swift’s satire is usually masked by ( )
A. outward gravity and apparent earnestness B. apparent eagerness and sincerity
C. pessimism and bitterness D. seemingly gentleness and sweetness
13. In the Houyhnhnm land, Gulliver found that ______ were hairy, wild, low and despicable brutes while ______ are endowed with reason and all good and admirable qualities. ( )
A. the horses ... the Yahoos B. the horses ... human beings
C. the Yahoos ... the horses D. the Yahoos ... human beings
14. Which of following is true about the poetic aesthetics of William Wordsworth? ( )
A. Poetry could call for people’s sympathy to the poetic revolution
B. Poetry could make literature as an expression of individualism
C. Poetry could set forth a new critical creed on poetry
D. Poetry could purify both individual souls and the society
15. Blake’s Songs of Innocence is a lovely volume of poems, presenting a world of ( )
A. happiness and innocence B. hope and experience
C. happiness and misery D. misery and poverty
16. Which of the following statements is true about Wordsworth’s contribution to literature? ( )
A. He started the modern novel , the writing of growing inner self.
B. He initiated the use of ordinary speech of the English language to poetry.
C. He advocated an escape from nature.
D. He refused to decorate the truth of experience.
17. As to the novel Pride and Prejudice, which of the following statements is not true?( )
A. It mainly tells of the love story between Darcy and Elizabeth.
B. Darcy and Elizabeth symbolize pride and prejudice respectively.
C. Elizabeth and Darcy symbolize pride and prejudice respectively.
D. Its original title is drafted as “First Impressions”.
18. Which of the following groups belongs to the critical realists of the Victorian Period?( )
A. Jane Austen and Emily Bronte B. Charles Dickens and Walter Scott
C. Thomas Hardy and George Eliot D. D. H. Lawrence and James Joyce
19. The religious hypocrisy of charity institutions are sharply criticized in the novel ( )
A. Oliver Twist B. Wuthering Heights
C. A Tale of Two Cities D. Jane Eyre
20. As to Thomas Hardy’s later works, which of the following statements is true? ( )
A. They are regarded as novels of humanity and nature.
B. They are well-known as novels of character and environment.
C. They are local-colored novels of nature and character.
D. They are classified as novels of environment and nature.
