ENGLISH  LITERATURE  UNIT  TEST （unit 6-10）

I.                    Match the writer with his or her works. (10%)

   A. Tale of Two Cities  B. Jude the Obscure  C. Sense and Sensibility D. Mrs. Dalloway E. Mansfield Park  F. The Professor  G. "A Room of One's Own" H. Under the Greenwood Tree I. Shirley J. Great Expectations 

II. Decide whether the following sentences are true or false and correct the mistakes.  (15%)

1.    Of all of Dickens' novels, A Tale of Two Cities is usually regarded as his masterpiece.

2.    Jane Austen's idea about marriage is that it is wrong to marry just for money or for beauty, but it is also wrong to marry without it.

3.    Shirley is regarded as Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece.

4.    Heathcliff is a character in the novel of Pride and Prejudice.

5.    Charles Dickens is a writer of realism combined with romanticism.

6.    It is Jane Austen who brought the English novel to its maturity.

7.    In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend romanticism appeared.

8.    Mr. Rochester is the hero in the novel Jane Eyre.

9.    In the 20th century, Jane Austen has become a popular classic and has been admired for her wit, her common sense, her insight into characters and social relationships.

10. Virginia Woolf is a dramatist who wrote many great dramas.

III. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words or names. (15%)

1.    Jane Austen’s literary concern is about human beings in their Hamlet, ______, relationship.
2. The greatest English critical realist novelist was _______ who criticized the ________ civilization and showed the misery of the common people .
3. It is in the novel _______ that the first governess heroine was introduced to the English novel.
4. Those "novels of character and ________" by Thomas Hardy are the most representative of him as both a naturalistic and a critical realist writer.
5. Jane Austen’s novels deal with ______ and have a very narrow range of topics.
6. David Copperfield depicts the developments and growth of the hero from ________ to a famous writer through his own effort.
7. In writing Jane Eyre, the author drew a great deal from__________.

IV. Explain the following terms. (10%)

1.       point of view

2.      stream of consciousness

V. Answer the following questions in 80 words or so.(30%)

1. Why is the story of David Copperfield told from David's point of view?

2. Why is Jane Eyre one of the most popular and important novels of the Victorian Age?

 How do you comment on the relationship between Lily and Mr. William Bankes?

VI. Essay questions. (20%)

Choose ONE of the following topics to write an essay in about 200 words.

1. What is your understanding of the relationship between money and marriage? You may cite examples from the readings to support your views.

2. How do you understand the subtitle of Tess of the D'Urbevilles, A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented?