9 ． Francis Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and ______________.

A ． complicity                                                  B ． complexity

C ． powerfulness                                             D ． mildness

10 ． Literature of Neoclassicism is different from that of Romanticism in that ______________.

A ． the former celebrates reason, rationality, order and instruction while the latter sees literature as an expression of an individual’s feeling and experiences

B ． the former is heavily religious but the latter secular

C ． the former is an intellectual movement, the purpose of which is to arouse the middle class for political rights while the latter is concerned with the personal cultivation

D ． the former advocates the “return to nature” whereas the latter turns to the ancient Greek and Roman writers for its models.

11 ． Daniel Defoe describes ______________ as a typical English Middle- class man of the eighteenth century, the very prototype of the empire builder or the pioneer colonist.

A ． Tom Jones                                                 B ． Gulliver

C ． Moll Flanders                                             D ． Robinson Crusoe

12 ． ______________ is a typical feature of Swift’s writings.

A ． Bitter satire                                                B ． Elegant style

C ． Casual narration                                          D