1.____refers to some contrast or discrepancy between appearance and reality.
A Allegory B Conflict C Irony D Flashback

2.___was recognized as the greatest poet of Victorian England.
A Tennyson B Robert Browning C Mrs.Browning D Robert Burns

3.James Joyce is the author of all the following novels EXCEPT____
A Dubliners B A Potrait of the Artist as a Young Man
C Jude the Obscure D Ulysses

4.Which of the follwing poets is different from the others?
A John Donne B John Keats C Lord Byron D Percy Bysshe Shelley

5.William Wordsworth is an English ____
A poet B novelist C playwright D critic

6.The compiler of A Dictionary of the English Language is _____
A Joseph Addison B Richard Steele C Samuel Johnson D Laurence Stern

7.My Last Duchess is a monologue poem written by ____
A William Shakespeare B Robert Browing C Ben Jonson D Robert Herrick

8. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" is an epigrammatic line by ____
A John Keats B William Blake C William Wordsworth D Percy Bysshe Shelley

9.Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by ____
A Christopher Marlow B John Miltom C William Shakespeare D Ben Johnson

10. James Joyce mostly wrote about his hometown ____
A London B Dublin C New York D Edinburgh
答案：
1.D irony 是指“反讽”，揭示事物表面与真相的差别。
2.A Aflred Tennyson 被称为维多利亚时代最杰出的英国诗人。他的主要作品为：The Princess，Maud 和短诗 Break，Break，Break。
3.C Jude the Obscure是Thomas Hardy的作品。
4.A 除了John Donn是玄学派诗人外，另外三位为浪漫主义派诗人。
5.A William Wordsworth是英国前浪漫主义诗人。
6.C Samuel Johnson（1709-1784）编写的《英语字典》是之后所有英语字典的基石。
7.B Robert Browning（1812-1889）擅于写独角剧，他的代表作是My Last Duchess和Meeting at Night。
8.A Beauty is truth, truth beauty是John Keats的写作宗旨，他用尽毕生精力追求能够表达一切美丽事物的诗篇。
9.B 《失乐园》和《复乐园》均为John Milton所做。
10.B James Joyce出生于爱尔兰的首都都柏林，主要作品有：A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man，Ulysses。故事合集Dubliners。