A. Christopher Marlowe                                     B. Ben Jonson

C. Richard Brinsley Sheridan                              D. George Bernard Shaw

6.Of all the 18^th century novelists Henry Fielding was the first to set out, both in theory and practice, to write specifically a “（　　　） in prose, ” the first to give the modern novel its structure and style.

A. tragic epic                                                    B. comic epic

C. romance                                                       D. lyric epic

7.In his poem “ Tyger, Tyger, ” William Blake expresses his perception of the “ fearful symmetry ” of the big cat. The phrase “ fearful symmetry ” suggests （　　　） .

A. the tiger’s two eyes which are dazzlingly bright and symmetrically set

B. the poet’s fear of the predator

C. the analogy of the hammer and the anvil

D. the harmony of the two opposite aspects of God’s creation

8. “ What is his name? ”

“ Bingley. ”

“ Is he married or single? ”

“ Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls! ”

The above dialogue must be taken from （　　　） .

A. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

B. Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

C. John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga

D. George Eliot’s Middlemarch

9.The short story “ Araby ” is one of the stories in James Joyce’s collection （　　　） .

A. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

B. Ulysses

C. Finnegans Wake

D. Dubliners

10.William Wordsworth, a romantic poet, advocated all the following except （　　　） .

A. the using of everyday language spoken by the common people