文学英语赏析自测试题（文学基础知识） Section 1.Match the writers with their works Works 1. Hills like White Elephants 2. I Have a Dream 3. An Inspector Calls 4. The Importance of Being Earnest 5. The Pearl 6. The Crucible 7. A Christmas Carol 8. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 9. Eveline 10. Of Studies 11. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 12. Jane Eyre 13. The Dumb Waiter 14. Great Expectations 15. Gettysburg Address 16. The Old Man and the Sea 17. Lord of the Flies 18. The Mayor of Casterbridge 19. The Heart of Darkness 20. Leaves of Grass Writers A. Abraham Lincoln B. Arthur Miller C. JB Priestley D. Walt Whitman E. Charles Dickens F. Charlotte Bront? G. Ernest Hemingway H. Francis Bacon I. John Steinbeck J. Harold Pinter K. James Joyce L. Oscar Wilde M. Martin Luther King N. Robert Louis Stevenson O. Samuel Taylor Coleridge P. Thomas Hardy Q. William Golding R. Joseph Conrad Section2 Decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) 1. Hamlet, Othello and King Lear are well-known tragedies by William Shakespeare, together with Macbeth.

2. Lady Bracknell is a comic character created by Oscar Wilde in his play The Importance of Being Earnest.

3. The Importance of Being Ernest is a mystery play written by Oscar Wilde. 4. AnInspector Calls belongs to a class of drama known as theatre of Social Commentary. 5. The play The Inspector Calls is aimed at exposing the hypocrisy of the British property-owning class.

6. The play The Crucible is set in New England at the end of the 17th Century. 7. Mr Hyde is an evil character created by Robert Louis Stevenson in his novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

8. Scrooge is a character created by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. 9. The novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens charts the growing up of the character Pip.

10. The novel Heart of Darkness is a kind of moral fable addressing questions of social justice in the USA before the Civil Rights Movement.

11. The novel Heart of Darkness exposes the corruption, cruelty and greed of the colonial system in Africa.

12. The Old Man and the Sea is a novel about the strength, endurance and cunning intelligence of one man pitted against the forces of nature.

13. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a narrative poem. 14. The poem “Wild Nights! Wild Nights” is a protest poem. 15. What has been termed free verse is widely associated with American poet Walt Whitman. 16. Walt Whitman is a well-known American poet known for his collection Leaves of Grass. 17. In the poem “Futility”, the speaker feels distressed at the loss of his comrade-in-arms and bewildered at the futility of the war. 18. The poem “Acquainted with the Night” is concerned with the isolation of people from the places they live.

Section 3. Choose the correct answers to complete the following sentences. 1. “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.” This is quoted from _______ by ________.

A. an essay, Francis Bacon B. a speech, Abraham Lincoln C. a speech, Martin Luther King D. an essay, Michel de Montaigne 2. In his essay “Of studies”, the writer makes the point that education shapes and refines an individual’s innate abilities thus:

A. “„ for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study”. B. “To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation„ .”

C. “Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. ”

D. “Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them...” 3. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truth to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” This is a quote from a famous speech by _______.

A. Hawaharlal Nehru B. Martin Luther King C. Abraham Lincoln D. Thomas Jefferson 4.“It is rather for us the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us---„that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by