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I. Multiple Choice
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40 points in all, 1for each
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Select from the four choices of each item the one that best answer the question or completes the statement. Write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1
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The Renaissance is actually a movement stimulated by a series of historical events EXCEPT_________.
A
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the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture
B
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the vast expansion of British colonies in
North America
C
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the new discoveries in geography and astrology
D
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the religious reformation and the economic expansion
2
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Henry Fielding has been regarded by some as “_______”,for his contribution to the establishment of the form of the modern novel.
A
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Father of the English Novel
B
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Father of the English Poetry
C
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Father of the English Drama
D
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Father of the English Short Story
3
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T
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S
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Eliot’s most important single poem _______has been hailed as a landmark and a model of the 20th-century English poetry.
A
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The Hollow Man
B
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The
Waste
Land
C
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Murder in the Cathedral
D
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Ash Wednesday
4
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George Bernard Shaw’s play _______ established his position as the leading play-wright of his time.
A
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Widowers’ Houses
B
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Too True to Be Good
C
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Mrs. Warren’s Profession
D
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Candida
5
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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
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youthhood
B
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