Lecture 1: English literature from the Anglo-Saxon to the 18th

century
Hamlet is?

a. A passionate lover Câu trả lời đúng

b. An over ambitious man
c. An intellectual
d. A man of action

In the 14th century, the most important writer is ______.

a. Langland
b. Chaucer Câu trả lời đúng
c. Gower
d. Wyclif

When was Jonathan Swift born?

a. 11 January 1660
b. 14 April 1656
c. 30 November 1667 Câu trả lời đúng
d. 3 June 1663

Which of the following books was written by Jonathan Swift?

a) Gulliver’s Travels Câu trả lời đúng

Where was Jonathan Swift born?

b) Dublin

Which school did Jonathan Swift attend?

b) Kilkenny Grammar School
Which college did Jonathan Swift attend?
d) Trinity College
What is the height of men in Lilliput?
c) Six inches
Which is the land of Yahoos?
a) Houyhnhnms
To which church did Jonathan Swift belong?
c) Church of Ireland
Of which cathedral was Jonathan Swift dean?
b) St. Patrick’s Cathedral
When did Jonathan Swift die?
a) 19 October 1745
How does Queen Gertrude die?
a. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes.
b. Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet’s cup. Câu trả lời đúng
c. Drowns in the river outside the castle.
d. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes.

Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?

a. French
b. Dutch Câu trả lời đúng
c. Celtic
d. Latin

In what century was William Shakespeare active as a playwright?

A) 15th century
B) 16th century
C) 17th century
D) B and C Câu trả lời đúng

The dates of Shakespeare’s life put him firmly in the middle of which musical
period?
A) Medieval
B) Renaissance Câu trả lời đúng
C) Baroque
D) Classical

In addition to writing plays, William Shakespeare was also:

A) A poet who wrote over 150 sonnets
B) An actor who performed for royalty
C) A successful businessman
D) A and B
E) A, B and C Câu trả lời đúng

How many plays do we know that Shakespeare wrote?

A) 11
B) 26
C) 32 Câu trả lời đúng
D) 37

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Shakespeare was the first to introduce
over 3,000 words and expressions to the English language… words that we still use
today. Which of these words do you think that Shakespeare did NOT coin?
A) Eyeball
B) Zany
C) Joyous Câu trả lời đúng
D) Scuffle
E) Birthplace

What kinds of characters generally sing in Shakespeare’s plays?

A) Kings and queens
B) Servants, clowns, fools and other minor characters with low status Câu trả lời
đúng
C) Fairies
D) Noblemen

When a major character in a Shakespeare play sings, it is most likely because:

A) They are suffering from mental illness Câu trả lời đúng
B) They are in love
C) They are entertaining friends or guests
D) They are speaking their innermost thoughts

The music performed during Shakespeare’s plays was meant to:

A) Create a mood or atmosphere
B) Establish the mental or emotional state of characters
C) Provide an interlude between acts
D) A part of a silly comedy act performed at the end of tragic plays
E) All of the above Câu trả lời đúng

In Elizabethan England, people believed that this instrument could improve

people’s emotional state by turning sadness into art:
A) Oboes
B) Trumpets
C) Viols (an earlier version of the violin) Câu trả lời đúng

How many plays did William Shakespeare write?

a. 37 Câu trả lời đúng
b. 38
c. 36
d. 39

From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this famous line: ‘Did my heart love til now?/
Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night’
a. Hamlet
b.
c. Othello
d. Romeo and Juliet Câu trả lời đúng
e. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

In 1066, ___ led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.
a. Julius Caesar
b. William the conqueror Câu trả lời đúng
c. Alfred the Great
d. Claudius

How many children did Shakespeare have?

a. 8
b. 12
c. 3 Câu trả lời đúng
d. 5

What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius?

a. Slings and Arrows
b. Vice of Kings
c. The Murder of Gonzago Câu trả lời đúng
d. The Slaying of Lucianus

Choose the best answer to complete each sentenc

e
Which character spoke following lines?”What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor
foot,Nor arm nor face, nor any other partBelonging to a man, O be some other
name!What’s in a name?That which we call a roseBy any other word would smell as
sweet,”
a. Desdemona
b. Juliet Câu trả lời đúng
c. Hero
d. Rosalind

What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night?

a. Or, What you Will Câu trả lời đúng
b. Or, What you Think
c. Or, What is you Will
d. Or, What you Like It

Thomas More’s masterpiece Utopia was written in _______.

a. Latin Câu trả lời đúng

b. French
c. Greek
d. English

William Shakespeare born in:

a. 26 April 1564 Câu trả lời đúng
b. 26 April 1566
c. 26 April 1567
d. 26 April 1565

William Shakespeare was born in the year:

a. 1564 Câu trả lời đúng

b. 1578
c. 1544
d. 1582

Though Beowulf was introduced by Angles, the events and _____ are Scandinavian.
a. Belief
b. . Idea
c. God
d. Characters Câu trả lời đúng

William Shakespeare is not the author of:

a. Hamlet
b. White Devil Câu trả lời đúng
c. Titus Andronicus
d. Taming of the Shrew

“To be or not to be that is the question”, is famous line of which of Shakespeare’s

plays?
a. King Lear
b. Macbeth
c. Othello
d. Hamlet Câu trả lời đúng

Who wrote Canterbury Tales?

a. King Richard II
b. Thomas Lancaster
c. Dick Whittington
d. Geoffrey Chaucer Câu trả lời đúng

Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around
450?
a. The Celts
b. The Anglo-Saxons Câu trả lời đúng
c. The Geats
d. The Normans

In which language the stories of Canterbury Tale are written?

a. French
b. English
c. Latin
d. Middle English Câu trả lời đúng

Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of
the Norman Conquest in 1066?
a. French Câu trả lời đúng
b. Spanish
c. Norwegian
d. Hungarian

________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in the

18th century.
a. The Religious Reformation
b. The Renaissance
c. The Chartist Movement
d. The Enlightenment Câu trả lời đúng

Was killed by Hamlet unintentionally?

a. Leartus
b. Forinbras
c. Horatio
d. Polonius Câu trả lời đúng

How are Polonius and Laertes related?

a. Brother/brother
b. Father/son Câu trả lời đúng
c. Uncle/nephew
d. Cousin/cousin

Hamlet’s famous speech ‘To be,or not to be; that is the question’ occurs in?
a. Act III, Scene III
b. Act II, Scene I
c. Act IV, Scene III
d. Act III, Scene I Câu trả lời đúng

_____ is one of Shakespeare’s famous four tragedies.

a. English humanism was both ...... ......................... It was directed against the
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. Julius Caesar
d. Othello Câu trả lời đúng

Which is the last play written by William Shakespeare?

a. Two Gentlemen from Verona
b. The Tempest Câu trả lời đúng
c. Henry V
d. As you like it

He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.

a. 16, 1580
b. 17, 1581
c. 18, 1582
d. 15, 1579

Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy?

a. Macbeth
b. Hamlet
c. None of the above
d. Titus Andronicus
e. Othello

When was Daniel Defoe born?

September 13, 1660

When did Daniel Defoe die?

a. 26 April 1731 Câu trả lời đúng
b. 7 December 1725
c. 5 January 1740
d. 12 September 1748

What was Daniel Defoe’s original surname?

a. Foe Câu trả lời đúng
b. Good
c. Neigbour
d. Friend

Who get Daniel Defoe released?

a. Robert Harley Câu trả lời đúng
b. Oliver Cromwell
c. James Robert Oaklay
d. Alexander Selkirk

Which poem written y Daniel Defoe made him popular with William III?
a. The True Born Englishman
b. Moll Flanders
c. Hymn to the Pillory
d. Captain Jack

In Which rebellion was Daniel Defoe involved?

a. Monmouth Câu trả lời đúng
b. Boxer
c. Cioux
d. Mapla

Which of the following books was written by Daniel Defoe?

a. Robinson Crusoe Câu trả lời đúng
b. Gulliver’s Travels
c. Odyssey
d. Either Or

Why was Daniel Defoe arrested in May 1703?

a. Writing the pamphlet The Shortest Way of Dissenters Câu trả lời đúng
b. Not paying debts
c. Piracy
d. Translating Bible in English

Who or what were Eye Witness, Andrew Morton, T. Tayor and Merchant?
a. Pen names of Daniel Defoe Câu trả lời đúng
b. Friends od Daniel Defoe
c. Colleagues of Daniel Defoe
d. Enemies of Daniel Defoe

 Bài 2: The 19th century English Literature

In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two great romantic
poets. They are
a. Johnson and Blake
b. Blake and Burns Câu trả lời đúng
c. Pope and Goldsmith
d. Gray and Young

In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like?

a. Wickham
b. Bingley
c. Darcy Câu trả lời đúng
d. Mr. Bennet

Which of the following novels has the sub-title ‘A Novel Without a Hero’?
a. Vanity Fair Câu trả lời đúng
b. Oliver Twist
c. Wuthering Heights
d. Middlemarch
A Red, Red Rose is a______.
a. Epic
b. Lyric Câu trả lời đúng
c. Satirical poem
d. Ode

Vanity Fair is a novel by?

a. Charles Dickens
b. W. M. Thackeray Câu trả lời đúng
c. Jane Austen
d. Thomas Hardy

Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?

a. Sense and Sensibility
b. Sandition Câu trả lời đúng
c. Mansfield Park
d. Persuasion

Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled?

a. ‘False Impressions’
b. ‘Last Impressions’
c. ‘True Impressions’
d. ‘First Impressions’ Câu trả lời đúng

Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around
nature?
a. William Shakespeare
b. William Wordsworth Câu trả lời đúng
c. William Blake
d. William Morris

Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great
Expectations”?
a. Stream of Consciousness technique
b. Documentary method
c. Direct or epic method Câu trả lời đúng
d. Autobiographical method

 Bài 3: The 20th century English Literature

Graham Greene’s novels are marked by?
a. Protestantism
b. Buddhism
c. Catholicism Câu trả lời đúng
d. Paganism

Which of the following best summarizes the relationship between Fowler, Pyle, and
Phuong in The Quiet American?
a. Love triangle Câu trả lời đúng

b. Colleagues

c. Enemies
d. Good friends

Which of the following has been a significant development in British theater since
the abolition of censorship in 1968?
a. The rise of workshops and the collaborative ethos, The emergence of a major
cohort of women dramatists, The diversifying impact of playwrights from the
former colonies Câu trả lời đúng

b. The rise of workshops and the collaborative ethos

c. The diversifying impact of playwrights from the former colonies

d. The emergence of a major cohort of women dramatists
e. The death of the musical

Which text exemplifies the anti-Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth

century?
a. The Way of All Flesh
b. Eminent Victorians
c. Philistine Victorians
d. Jungle Books
e. Eminent Victorians, The Way of All Flesh Câu trả lời đúng

Which of the following writers wrote historical novels?

a. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth Câu trả lời đúng

b. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
c. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
d. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte

Jack Worthing, the central character in The Importance of Being Earnest, is found
as a baby in a handbag in the cloakroom of which railway station
a. Victoria Câu trả lời đúng
b. Paddington
c. Waterloo
d. Euston

Who wrote “The Hound of the Baskervilles?”

a. P D James
b. H Ryder-Haggard
c. Agatha Christie
d. Arthur Conan Doyle Câu trả lời đúng

Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century

aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading
public, sowing the seeds of modernism?
a. Art for art’s sake Câu trả lời đúng
b. Art for God’s sake
c. Art for the masses
d. Art for intellect’s sake

Where was Oscar Wilde born?

a. Cork
b. Dublin Câu trả lời đúng
c. Glasgow
d. London

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

What is the title of Wilde’s only novel?
a. The Picture of Declan Gray
b. The Picture of Dorian Gray Câu trả lời đúng
c. The Picture of Deominic Gray
d. The Picture of Damien Gray

 Ôn tập: Bài 1 đến Bài 3

• Bài kiểm tra trắc nghiệm 01
Vanity Fair is a novel by?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. W. M. Thackeray Câu trả lời đúng
b. Charles Dickens
c. Jane Austen
d. Thomas Hardy

I Wandered lonely as a Cloud is a ________.

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Romance in prose
b. Lyrical poem Câu trả lời đúng
c. Sonnet
d. Lyrical prose

 Bài 4: American Literature

What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
a. Personification
b. Hyperboles
c. Alliteration
d. Onomatopoeia Câu trả lời đúng

Where did O. Henry flee to avoid trial?

a. Canada
b. Brazil
c. Honduras Câu trả lời đúng

Which humourous weekly was started by O. Henry?

a. Shankar’s Weekly
b. Eve’s Weekly
c. The Rolling Stone Câu trả lời đúng

How many dollars does Della get for her hair in The Gift of the Magi?
a. 80
b. 60
c. 20 Câu trả lời đúng

Where did O. Henry work as a teller?

a. ANZGrindlays Bank, Atlanta
b. First American Bank, Washington
c. Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
d. First National Bank, Austin Câu trả lời đúng

What does Jim buy for Della in The Gift of the Magi?
a. Silver bracelet
b. Combs
c. Diamond ring
d. Gold chain

Where did O. Henry die?

a. London
b. New York Câu trả lời đúng
c. Philadelphia
d. Austin
Which story by O. Henry deals with sacrifices husband and wife make for buying
Christmas presents for each other?
a. The Gift of the Magi Câu trả lời đúng
b. The Gentle Grafter
c. Let me feel your pulse
d. Heart of the West

Which story by O. Henry deals with kidnappers who find the kidnapped boy a
nuisance and want to return him with money?
a. The Cop and the Anthem
b. Christmas by Injunction
c. The Duplicity of Hargraves
d. The Ransom of Red Chief Câu trả lời đúng

What was O. Henry’s real name?

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Arthur Kent
b. William Sidney Porter Câu trả lời đúng
c. Henry Ford
d. Clark Cable

When was O. Henry born?

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 3 June 1868
b. 14 April 1865
c. 2 January 1870
d. 11 September 1862 Câu trả lời đúng

Questions on literary terms

What is a sonnet?
a. A poem of six lines
b. A poem of eight lines
c. A poem of fourteen lines Câu trả lời đúng
d. A poem of twelve lines

Where did O. Henry work as a teller?

a. Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
b. First National Bank, Austin Câu trả lời đúng
c. First American Bank, Washington
d. ANZGrindlays Bank, Atlanta

The house of the King Hrothgar has a large hall with flat stones in the centre.
All the men slept in this hall. There was a great feast when the
hall ........................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Were built.
b. Was built.
c. Was build.
d. Being built. (sai)

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Which of these was not one of Shakespeare's plays?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. The Tempest
b. Shakespeare in love Câu trả lời đúng
c. Titus Andronicus
d. Cymbeline

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Shakespeare died on?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 30th April 1616
b. 25th April 1616
c. 28th April 1616
d. 23rd April 1616 Câu trả lời đúng

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

From which of Shakespeare's plays is this famous line: 'Did my heart love til
now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night'
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Hamlet
b. A Midsummer Night's Dream
c. d. Othello
e. Romeo and Juliet Câu trả lời đúng

The first masterpiece of English literature, the epic poem The Song of Beowulf
describes the historical past of the land from which the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
................................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Had come (sai)
b. Came
c. Come
d. Coming

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

The prevailing form of Medieval English literature is the ______.

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Romance Câu trả lời đúng
b. Mystery play
c. Epic
d. Sonnet

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

What was Daniel Defoe’s original surname?

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a. Neighbour
b. Good
c. Foe Câu trả lời đúng
d. Friend

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Which of the following characters does not appear in Hamlet?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Claudius
b. Polonius
c. Miranda Câu trả lời đúng
d. Gertrude

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Pamela is a___________.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Novel of naturalism Câu trả lời đúng
b. Novel of epistles and psychology
c. Romance
d. Historical novel

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. French
b. Celtic
c. Dutch Câu trả lời đúng
d. Latin

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 154 Câu trả lời đúng
b. 110
c. 187
d. 175

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Or, What you Think
b. Or, What is you Will (sai)
c. Or, What you Like It
d. Or, What you Will

The Normans brought the romance to England. The romance told of love and
adventure and ..............
........... in feudal society.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. To be expressed the ideals of knighthood (sai)
b. To be expressing the ideals of knighthood
c. Expressing the ideals of knighthood
d. Expressed the ideals of knighthood (Đúng)

The epic The Song of Beowulf, tells of some events from a people's history,
sings the heroic deeds of a man, his courage and his desire of
justice, ........................................and self-sacrifice for the sake of his country.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. To express love and courage of his people. (sai)
b. His love for his people
c. To show love for his people
d. To love his people

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

In which language the stories of Canterbury Tale are written?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. French
b. English
c. Middle English Câu trả lời đúng
d. Latin

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Complete the following famous line from Hamlet: Something is rotten in the
state of...
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Venice
b. Maine
c. Denmark Câu trả lời đúng
d. England

Geoffrey Chaucer showed life as it was, as great artist and humanist he gave an
equally masterly description of Good and Evil. The great writer believed in man
and was optimistically .......................for the future.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Full about hope (sai)
b. Full with hope
c. Full for hope
d. Full of hope
Geoffrey Chaucer was .................... ................ He was born in London in the
family of a wine merchant. From the age of 18 he was connected with the Court
of the King of England.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. The best great writer of the 14th century. (sai)
b. The most greatest writer of the 14th century. (sai)
c. The most great writer of the 14th century.
d. The greatest writer of the 14th century.

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

How many children did Shakespeare have?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 12
b. 3 Câu trả lời đúng
c. 5
d. 8

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

William Shakespeare was born in the year:
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 1582
b. 1578
c. 1564 Câu trả lời đúng
d. 1544

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Hamlet is?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. A passionate lover Câu trả lời đúng
b. An over ambitious man
c. A man of action
d. An intellectual

During the first five centuries of our era and long before that Britain was
inhabited by a people called Kelts, who lived in ........................
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Tribes
b. The suburbs (sai)
c. Cities (sai)
d. Houses

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Shakespeare died at the age of
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 63
b. 48
c. 60
d. 52 Câu trả lời đúng

The Normans brought the romance to England. The romance told of love and
adventure and ..............
........... in feudal society.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Expressing the ideals of knighthood
b. Expressed the ideals of knighthood Câu trả lời đúng
c. To be expressing the ideals of knighthood
d. To be expressed the ideals of knighthood

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

How many of Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 14
b. 10 Câu trả lời đúng
c. 18
d. 7

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

How many of Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 14
b. 10 Câu trả lời đúng
c. 18
d. 7
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
Who is the Shrew in the play ?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Matilda
b. Cleopatra
c. Katherine Câu trả lời đúng
d. Bianca

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Macbeth by Shakespeare is a ______.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Tragicomedy
b. Historical play
c. Tragedy Câu trả lời đúng
d. Comedy

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. About 1610 Câu trả lời đúng
b. About 1611
c. About 1609
d. About 1608

The ................. of feudalism and the development of capitalist relation were

followed by a great rise in the cultural life of Europe.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Decay
b. Downs
c. Decrease (sai)
d. Illness (sai)

Wool production became the leading manufacture in England.

Landowners ...................................
..................................., turning these lands into pastures or “enclosures” for
sheep.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Stopped thousands of peasants off their lands
b. Force thousands of peasants off their lands
c. Drove thousands of peasants off their lands (Đúng)
d. Made thousands of peasants off their lands
The period of Romanticism ...................... approximately 30 years, beginning
from the last decade of the 18th century and continuing up to the 1830s.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Presents
b. Covers Câu trả lời đúng
c. Plays
d. Argues

...............................................of the Renaissance was Humanism. Human life,

the happiness of people and the belief in man's abilities became the main
subjects in fine arts and literature.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. The constant ideology
b. The advanced ideology
c. The continuing ideology
d. The progressive ideology (Đúng)

The progressive minds of Europe expressed this general discontent, because the
influence of the French Bourgeois Revolution was felt ......
................................................. The new trend in literature (Romanticism)
reflected it.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. on the world
b. all in the world
c. All over the world. Câu trả lời đúng
d. for the world

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence In the last twenty years of the
18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Pope and Goldsmith
b. Blake and Burns Câu trả lời đúng
c. Johnson and Blake
d. Gray and Young

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence In the last twenty years of the
18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Blake and Burns Câu trả lời đúng
b. Johnson and Blake
c. Pope and Goldsmith
d. Gray and Young
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
The main literary stream of the 18th century was ______.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Sentimentalism
b. Neo-classicism Câu trả lời đúng
c. Naturalism
d. Romanticism

Questions on literary terms

A comparison of unlike things without using a word of comparison such as like
or as
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Lyric
d. Metaphor (Đúng)

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

The main literary stream of the 18th century was ______.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Naturalism
b. Sentimentalism
c. Neo-classicism Câu trả lời đúng
d. Romanticism

England went through the so-called Industrial revolution that gave birth to a new
class, ............
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Then of the proletariat. (Sai)
b. There of the proletariat.
c. That of the proletariat.
d. Here of the proletariat.

English humanists dreamed of social changes

that ..................... .....................................................and establish the equality of
people.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Would do away with the vices of society (Đúng)
b. Would do about with the vices of society
c. Would do for with the vices of society
d. Would do against with the vices of society

The Industrial revolution began with the invention of a weaving-machine which

could .................
............................. the work of 17 people.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Play
b. Do Đúng
c. Hold
d. Take

The romanticists paid a good deal of attention to the spiritual life of man.
This ................................... . ........................................................ .................The
so-called exotic theme came into being and great attention was dedicated to
nature and its elements. The description became very rich in form and many-
sided in contents.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Was reflected in an abundance of lyrical verse. Câu trả lời đúng
b. Was to reflect in an abundance of lyrical verse.
c. Was reflection in an abundance of lyrical verse.
d. Was reflecting in an abundance of lyrical verse.

Questions on literary terms

Using words or letters to imitate sounds
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Onomatopoeia Câu trả lời đúng
b. Simile
c. Alliteration
d. Motonomy

Robert Burns’ poetry has features from the Enlightenment to Romanticism. And
his love of nature, his singing of liberty, .............................. have much in
common with such revolutionary romanticists as George Byron and Percy
Shelley. .

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a. His rebellion spirit
b. His rebelling spirit
c. His rebell spirit
d. His rebellious spirit (Đúng)

According to Engels, the renaissance was the greatest progressive revolution

that ..........................., a time which called for giants and produced giants-giants
in power of thought, passion and character, in universality and learning.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Mankind had so far experienced
b. Mankind had so long experienced
c. Mankind had so hot experienced
d. Mankind had so excitingly experienced (SAI)

There was ............................... .and many of them became homeless beggars.

Lust for rich was typical of the new class of the bourgeoisie.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. No tasks for the peasants
b. No jobs for the peasants
c. No duties for the peasants (SAI)
d. No work for the peasants

n addition to the problems that their European contemporaries were facing, the
English writers of the period had .........................................., such as; the growth
of industry, the rising working class movement and the final disappearance of
the class of peasantry.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. To found answers to those that arose in their own country
b. To founding answers to those that arose in their own country
c. To finding answers to those that arose in their own country
d. To find answers to those that arose in their own country (Đúng)

The people were disappointed ..................... the outcome of the Revolution. The
common people did not obtain the liberty, fraternity and equality which they had
hoped for; the, bourgeoisie found that the reality was not what the Enlighteners
had promised it to be.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. About
b. With Câu trả lời đúng
c. For
d. Before

Romanticism literature was a reaction of....................................to the French

Bourgeois Revolution and to the Enlightenment connected with it.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Different types of society
b. Different fields of society
c. Different strata of society Câu trả lời đúng
d. Different kinds of society

Questions on literary terms

The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Simile Câu trả lời đúng
b. Personification
c. Epic
d. Metaphor

It was contrary to the medieval ideology and especially to that of the Catholic
Church. ...........................................was defeated.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. The power of Church above men's mind
b. The power of Church for men's mind
c. The power of Church about men's mind
d. The power of Church over men's mind Câu trả lời đúng

The Revolution brought new problems for the problems for the progressive-
minded writers, who were faced with the necessity
of ........................................as their attitude to the feudal state.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Found an answer to such questions (sai)
b. Find an answer to such questions
c. Finding an answer to such questions
d. Founding an answer to such questions

Questions on literary terms

The repetition of similar ending sounds
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. mimmic
b. Alliteration
c. Rhyme Câu trả lời đúng
d. Onomatopoiea

Britain's history is considered to begin ............................................, when it was

invaded from the Continent by the fighting tribes of Angles, Saxons and Jutes.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. In the 7th century
b. In the 8th century (sai)
c. In the 6th century
d. In the 5th century

In those early days songs called epics were created in many countries. The epics
tell about the most ......................... events of a people's history and the deeds of
one or more heroic personages.

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a. Remarkable
b. Remarked
c. Remarkably (sai)
d. Remarking

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. A Midsummer Night's dream
b. Twelfth Night
c. Hamlet Câu trả lời đúng
d. Macbeth

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

What was Shakespeare's first play?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. The Tempest
b. King Lear
c. Romeo and Juliet
d. Henry VI Câu trả lời đúng

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Which play has the characters Cordelia, Goneril and Regan?

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a. Pericles
b. Cymbeline
c. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
d. King Lear Câu trả lời đúng
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote "The first thing we do, let's kill
all the lawyers" come from?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. The Merry Wives of Windsor
b. Othello, the Moor of Venice
c. King Henry the Sixth, Part II Câu trả lời đúng
d. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

The growing class-consciousness of the workers threw the upper class into a
panic of fear. In 1883 a group of independent socialists organized the Fabian
Society. These Socialists came from the middle class, but they
wanted...............................of the common people.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. To improvement the economic situation (SAI)
b. To improving the economic situation
c. To improved the economic situation
d. To improve the economic situation

The activities of these Socialists are interesting, however, from a 'historical point
of view. They investigated different systems of labour and made a thorough
examination of the housing conditions in

.........................., particularly in the East End of London with its factories and
docks, which was the poorest part of the city.

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a. Work-class districts
b. Working-class districts
c. Worker-class districts
d. Worked-class districts (SAI)

The period of Romanticism in England had its peculiarities. During the second
half of the 18th century economic and social changes took place in the country.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Took place
b. Taking place
c. Taken place (SAI)
d. Takes place

The works of humanists proclaimed equality of

people ..............................................., race and religion. Humanism did away
with the dark scholastic teaching of the Middle Ages.

Chọn một câu trả lời:

a. Regardless under their social origin (sai)
b. Regardless of their social origin
c. Regardless for their social origin
d. Regardless with their social origin

Questions on literary terms

A pattern of accented and unaccented syllables in lines of poetry

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Meter Câu trả lời đúng
b. Alliteration
c. consonants
d. Rhyme scheme
According to Engels, the renaissance was the greatest progressive revolution
that ..........................., a time which called for giants and produced giants-giants
in power of thought, passion and character, in universality and learning.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Mankind had so far experienced Câu trả lời đúng
b. Mankind had so excitingly experienced
c. Mankind had so long experienced
d. Mankind had so hot experienced

It was now easier for the workers to help one another during
strikes. ...............................................were no longer representatives of the
bourgeois liberal party: the leaders were real workers, such as Tom Mann, who
later founded the British Communist Party.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. The commerce-union officials
b. The working-union officials (SAI)
c. The trade-union officials
d. The selling-union officials

The Fabians thought that the future depended on a ..............................., which

they hoped would lead the country to state capitalism. They refused to recognize
the ,class struggle as necessary for social progress.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Careless scientific organization of society
b. Caring scientific organization of society (SAI)
c. Cared scientific organization of society
d. Careful scientific organization of society

Lecture 1: English literature from the Anglo-Saxon to the 18th

century
Hamlet is?

a. A passionate lover Câu trả lời đúng

b. An over ambitious man
c. An intellectual
d. A man of action

In the 14th century, the most important writer is ______.

a. Langland
b. Chaucer Câu trả lời đúng
c. Gower
d. Wyclif
When was Jonathan Swift born?

a. 11 January 1660
b. 14 April 1656
c. 30 November 1667 Câu trả lời đúng
d. 3 June 1663

Which of the following books was written by Jonathan Swift?

a) Gulliver’s Travels Câu trả lời đúng

Where was Jonathan Swift born?

b) Dublin

Which school did Jonathan Swift attend?

b) Kilkenny Grammar School
Which college did Jonathan Swift attend?
d) Trinity College
What is the height of men in Lilliput?
c) Six inches
Which is the land of Yahoos?
a) Houyhnhnms
To which church did Jonathan Swift belong?
c) Church of Ireland
Of which cathedral was Jonathan Swift dean?
b) St. Patrick’s Cathedral
When did Jonathan Swift die?
a) 19 October 1745

How does Queen Gertrude die?

a. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes.
b. Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet’s cup. Câu trả lời đúng
c. Drowns in the river outside the castle.
d. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes.

Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?

a. French
b. Dutch Câu trả lời đúng
c. Celtic
d. Latin

In what century was William Shakespeare active as a playwright?

A) 15th century
B) 16th century
C) 17th century
D) B and C Câu trả lời đúng

The dates of Shakespeare’s life put him firmly in the middle of which musical
period?
A) Medieval
B) Renaissance Câu trả lời đúng
C) Baroque
D) Classical

In addition to writing plays, William Shakespeare was also:

A) A poet who wrote over 150 sonnets
B) An actor who performed for royalty
C) A successful businessman
D) A and B
E) A, B and C Câu trả lời đúng

How many plays do we know that Shakespeare wrote?

A) 11
B) 26
C) 32 Câu trả lời đúng
D) 37

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, Shakespeare was the first to

introduce over 3,000 words and expressions to the English language… words
that we still use today. Which of these words do you think that Shakespeare did
NOT coin?
A) Eyeball
B) Zany
C) Joyous Câu trả lời đúng
D) Scuffle
E) Birthplace

What kinds of characters generally sing in Shakespeare’s plays?

A) Kings and queens
B) Servants, clowns, fools and other minor characters with low status Câu trả lời
đúng
C) Fairies
D) Noblemen

When a major character in a Shakespeare play sings, it is most likely because:

A) They are suffering from mental illness Câu trả lời đúng
B) They are in love
C) They are entertaining friends or guests
D) They are speaking their innermost thoughts

The music performed during Shakespeare’s plays was meant to:

A) Create a mood or atmosphere
B) Establish the mental or emotional state of characters
C) Provide an interlude between acts
D) A part of a silly comedy act performed at the end of tragic plays
E) All of the above Câu trả lời đúng

In Elizabethan England, people believed that this instrument could improve

people’s emotional state by turning sadness into art:
A) Oboes
B) Trumpets
C) Viols (an earlier version of the violin) Câu trả lời đúng

How many plays did William Shakespeare write?

a. 37 Câu trả lời đúng
b. 38
c. 36
d. 39

From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this famous line: ‘Did my heart love til
now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night’
a. Hamlet
b.
c. Othello
d. Romeo and Juliet Câu trả lời đúng
e. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

In 1066, ___ led the Norman army to invade and defeat England.
a. Julius Caesar
b. William the conqueror Câu trả lời đúng
c. Alfred the Great
d. Claudius

How many children did Shakespeare have?

a. 8
b. 12
c. 3 Câu trả lời đúng
d. 5

What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius?

a. Slings and Arrows
b. Vice of Kings
c. The Murder of Gonzago Câu trả lời đúng
d. The Slaying of Lucianus

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Which character spoke following lines?”What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor
foot,Nor arm nor face, nor any other partBelonging to a man, O be some other
name!What’s in a name?That which we call a roseBy any other word would smell
as sweet,”
a. Desdemona
b. Juliet Câu trả lời đúng
c. Hero
d. Rosalind

What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night?

a. Or, What you Will Câu trả lời đúng
b. Or, What you Think
c. Or, What is you Will
d. Or, What you Like It

Thomas More’s masterpiece Utopia was written in _______.

a. Latin Câu trả lời đúng

b. French
c. Greek
d. English

William Shakespeare born in:

a. 26 April 1564 Câu trả lời đúng
b. 26 April 1566
c. 26 April 1567
d. 26 April 1565

William Shakespeare was born in the year:

a. 1564 Câu trả lời đúng

b. 1578
c. 1544
d. 1582

Though Beowulf was introduced by Angles, the events and _____ are
Scandinavian.
a. Belief
b. . Idea
c. God
d. Characters Câu trả lời đúng

William Shakespeare is not the author of:

a. Hamlet
b. White Devil Câu trả lời đúng
c. Titus Andronicus
d. Taming of the Shrew

“To be or not to be that is the question”, is famous line of which of

Shakespeare’s plays?
a. King Lear
b. Macbeth
c. Othello
d. Hamlet Câu trả lời đúng

Who wrote Canterbury Tales?

a. King Richard II
b. Thomas Lancaster
c. Dick Whittington
d. Geoffrey Chaucer Câu trả lời đúng

Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain

around 450?
a. The Celts
b. The Anglo-Saxons Câu trả lời đúng
c. The Geats
d. The Normans

In which language the stories of Canterbury Tale are written?

a. French
b. English
c. Latin
d. Middle English Câu trả lời đúng

Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time
of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
a. French Câu trả lời đúng
b. Spanish
c. Norwegian
d. Hungarian

________ was a progressive intellectual movement throughout western Europe in

the 18th century.
a. The Religious Reformation
b. The Renaissance
c. The Chartist Movement
d. The Enlightenment Câu trả lời đúng

Was killed by Hamlet unintentionally?

a. Leartus
b. Forinbras
c. Horatio
d. Polonius Câu trả lời đúng

How are Polonius and Laertes related?

a. Brother/brother
b. Father/son Câu trả lời đúng
c. Uncle/nephew
d. Cousin/cousin

Hamlet’s famous speech ‘To be,or not to be; that is the question’ occurs in?
a. Act III, Scene III
b. Act II, Scene I
c. Act IV, Scene III
d. Act III, Scene I Câu trả lời đúng

_____ is one of Shakespeare’s famous four tragedies.

a. Anthony and Cleopatra
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. Julius Caesar
d. Othello Câu trả lời đúng

Which is the last play written by William Shakespeare?

a. Two Gentlemen from Verona
b. The Tempest Câu trả lời đúng
c. Henry V
d. As you like it

He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.

a. 16, 1580
b. 17, 1581
c. 18, 1582
d. 15, 1579

Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy?

a. Macbeth
b. Hamlet
c. None of the above
d. Titus Andronicus
e. Othello

When was Daniel Defoe born?

September 13, 1660

When did Daniel Defoe die?

a. 26 April 1731 Câu trả lời đúng
b. 7 December 1725
c. 5 January 1740
d. 12 September 1748

What was Daniel Defoe’s original surname?

a. Foe Câu trả lời đúng
b. Good
c. Neigbour
d. Friend

Who get Daniel Defoe released?

a. Robert Harley Câu trả lời đúng
b. Oliver Cromwell
c. James Robert Oaklay
d. Alexander Selkirk

Which poem written y Daniel Defoe made him popular with William III?
a. The True Born Englishman
b. Moll Flanders
c. Hymn to the Pillory
d. Captain Jack

In Which rebellion was Daniel Defoe involved?

a. Monmouth Câu trả lời đúng
b. Boxer
c. Cioux
d. Mapla

Which of the following books was written by Daniel Defoe?

a. Robinson Crusoe Câu trả lời đúng
b. Gulliver’s Travels
c. Odyssey
d. Either Or

Why was Daniel Defoe arrested in May 1703?

a. Writing the pamphlet The Shortest Way of Dissenters Câu trả lời đúng
b. Not paying debts
c. Piracy
d. Translating Bible in English

Who or what were Eye Witness, Andrew Morton, T. Tayor and Merchant?
a. Pen names of Daniel Defoe Câu trả lời đúng
b. Friends od Daniel Defoe
c. Colleagues of Daniel Defoe
d. Enemies of Daniel Defoe

 Bài 2: The 19th century English Literature

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence In the last twenty years of
the 18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are
a. Johnson and Blake
b. Blake and Burns Câu trả lời đúng
c. Pope and Goldsmith
d. Gray and Young

In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like?

a. Wickham
b. Bingley
c. Darcy Câu trả lời đúng
d. Mr. Bennet

Which of the following novels has the sub-title ‘A Novel Without a Hero’?
a. Vanity Fair Câu trả lời đúng
b. Oliver Twist
c. Wuthering Heights
d. Middlemarch

A Red, Red Rose is a______.

a. Epic
b. Lyric Câu trả lời đúng
c. Satirical poem
d. Ode

Vanity Fair is a novel by?

a. Charles Dickens
b. W. M. Thackeray Câu trả lời đúng
c. Jane Austen
d. Thomas Hardy
Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?
a. Sense and Sensibility
b. Sandition Câu trả lời đúng
c. Mansfield Park
d. Persuasion

Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled?

a. ‘False Impressions’
b. ‘Last Impressions’
c. ‘True Impressions’
d. ‘First Impressions’ Câu trả lời đúng

Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved
around nature?
a. William Shakespeare
b. William Wordsworth Câu trả lời đúng
c. William Blake
d. William Morris

Which method of narration has been employed by Dickens in his novel “Great
Expectations”?
a. Stream of Consciousness technique
b. Documentary method
c. Direct or epic method Câu trả lời đúng
d. Autobiographical method

 Bài 3: The 20th century English Literature

Graham Greene’s novels are marked by?
a. Protestantism

b. Buddhism
c. Catholicism Câu trả lời đúng
d. Paganism

Which of the following best summarizes the relationship between Fowler, Pyle,
and Phuong in The Quiet American?
a. Love triangle Câu trả lời đúng

b. Colleagues

c. Enemies
d. Good friends
Which of the following has been a significant development in British theater
since the abolition of censorship in 1968?
a. The rise of workshops and the collaborative ethos, The emergence of a major
cohort of women dramatists, The diversifying impact of playwrights from the
former colonies Câu trả lời đúng

b. The rise of workshops and the collaborative ethos

c. The diversifying impact of playwrights from the former colonies

d. The emergence of a major cohort of women dramatists
e. The death of the musical

Which text exemplifies the anti-Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth

century?
a. The Way of All Flesh
b. Eminent Victorians
c. Philistine Victorians
d. Jungle Books
e. Eminent Victorians, The Way of All Flesh Câu trả lời đúng

Which of the following writers wrote historical novels?

a. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth Câu trả lời đúng

b. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
c. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
d. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte

Jack Worthing, the central character in The Importance of Being Earnest, is

found as a baby in a handbag in the cloakroom of which railway station
a. Victoria Câu trả lời đúng
b. Paddington
c. Waterloo
d. Euston

Who wrote “The Hound of the Baskervilles?”

a. P D James
b. H Ryder-Haggard
c. Agatha Christie
d. Arthur Conan Doyle Câu trả lời đúng

Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century

aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading
public, sowing the seeds of modernism?
a. Art for art’s sake Câu trả lời đúng
b. Art for God’s sake
c. Art for the masses
d. Art for intellect’s sake

Where was Oscar Wilde born?

a. Cork
b. Dublin Câu trả lời đúng
c. Glasgow
d. London

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

What is the title of Wilde’s only novel?
a. The Picture of Declan Gray
b. The Picture of Dorian Gray Câu trả lời đúng
c. The Picture of Deominic Gray
d. The Picture of Damien Gray

 Ôn tập: Bài 1 đến Bài 3

• Bài kiểm tra trắc nghiệm 01
Vanity Fair is a novel by?
Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. W. M. Thackeray Câu trả lời đúng
b. Charles Dickens
c. Jane Austen
d. Thomas Hardy

I Wandered lonely as a Cloud is a ________.

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Romance in prose
b. Lyrical poem Câu trả lời đúng
c. Sonnet
d. Lyrical prose

The main literary stream of the 18th century was ______.

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Romanticism Sai
b. Neo-classicism
c. Sentimentalism
d. Naturalism

 Bài 4: American Literature

What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
a. Personification
b. Hyperboles
c. Alliteration
d. Onomatopoeia Câu trả lời đúng

Where did O. Henry flee to avoid trial?

a. Canada
b. Brazil
c. Honduras Câu trả lời đúng

Which humourous weekly was started by O. Henry?

a. Shankar’s Weekly
b. Eve’s Weekly
c. The Rolling Stone Câu trả lời đúng

How many dollars does Della get for her hair in The Gift of the Magi?
a. 80
b. 60
c. 20 Câu trả lời đúng

Where did O. Henry work as a teller?

a. ANZGrindlays Bank, Atlanta
b. First American Bank, Washington
c. Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
d. First National Bank, Austin Câu trả lời đúng

What does Jim buy for Della in The Gift of the Magi?
a. Silver bracelet
b. Combs
c. Diamond ring
d. Gold chain

Where did O. Henry die?

a. London
b. New York Câu trả lời đúng
c. Philadelphia
d. Austin

Which story by O. Henry deals with sacrifices husband and wife make for buying
Christmas presents for each other?
a. The Gift of the Magi Câu trả lời đúng
b. The Gentle Grafter
c. Let me feel your pulse
d. Heart of the West
Which story by O. Henry deals with kidnappers who find the kidnapped boy a
nuisance and want to return him with money?
a. The Cop and the Anthem
b. Christmas by Injunction
c. The Duplicity of Hargraves
d. The Ransom of Red Chief Câu trả lời đúng

What was O. Henry’s real name?

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. Arthur Kent
b. William Sidney Porter Câu trả lời đúng
c. Henry Ford
d. Clark Cable

When was O. Henry born?

Chọn một câu trả lời:
a. 3 June 1868
b. 14 April 1865
c. 2 January 1870
d. 11 September 1862 Câu trả lời đúng

Questions on literary terms

What is a sonnet?
a. A poem of six lines
b. A poem of eight lines
c. A poem of fourteen lines Câu trả lời đúng
d. A poem of twelve lines

Where did O. Henry work as a teller?

a. Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
b. First National Bank, Austin Câu trả lời đúng
c. First American Bank, Washington
d. ANZGrindlays Bank, Atlanta

The ................. of feudalism and the development of capitalist relation were followed by a great
rise in the cultural life of Europe.

Decrease  Sai

Decay

Illness

Downs

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Though Beowulf was introduced by Angles, the events and _____ are Scandinavian.

Characters

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

Who is the Shrew in the play ?

Katherine

Geoffrey Chaucer was .................... ................ He was born in London in the family of a wine
merchant. From the age of 18 he was connected with the Court of the King of England.

The most greatest writer of the 14th century Sai

Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

a. The first place visited by Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travel is ______.

b. Lilliput
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
Wlliam Shakespeare is not the author of:
White Devil
The activities of these Socialists are interesting, however, from a 'historical point of view. They
investigated different systems of labour and made a thorough examination of the housing
conditions in
.........................., particularly in the East End of London with its factories and docks, which was
the poorest part of the city
Working – class districts
Men of science were greatly admired. They were invited ....... ...............................................and
express their opinions on all kinds of subjects. Many of these scientists believed in positivism,
and spread their demagogic ideas among the people.
To speak in public hallc
Like English romanticism, American romanticism was a very complicated phenomenon. It was not a
definite system of particular attitudes towards man, ............... .........................................and society.
Following are some of the most essential features of American romanticism. They are found in the leading
poets of the time Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Walt
Whitman (1819-1892).
Nature
According to Engels, the renaissance was the greatest progressive revolution
that ..........................., a time which called for giants and produced giants-giants in power of
thought, passion and character, in universality and learn
Mankind had so far experienced
In the seventies of the 19th century most writers on social problems believed that science and
science alone would finally ............ ............... and bring civilization to all.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
Sweep away all human misery 
England went through the so-called Industrial revolution that gave birth to a new class, ............
...................................
That of the proletariat
Here a mother would stand with her baby of'sit with it on the stairs, or companions would huddle
together in cold weather. Everywhere there was drunkenness, dirt and bad language. Gambling
was the chief amusement of the young men, and fights in the streets were common,
ending ............................even in murder.
At times 
Romanticism literature was a reaction of....................................to the French Bourgeois
Revolution and to the Enlightenment connected with it.
Different strata of society 
Many ............................................ writers, such as Bernard Shaw, Herbert Wells and some
Marxists, belonged at various times to the Fabian Society.
Progressive-minded
One of the most famous slogan of the age of global colonization was "The sun never sets on the British
Empire". As recently as 1940, the British Empire was still great, covering much of Africa, India, Malaya,
Hongkong, and............................and the Americas.
Other scattered territories in Asia
The Industrial revolution began with the invention of a weaving-machine which could .................
............................. the work of 17 people.
Do
The Angles, Saxons and Jutes brought the subject over from the Continent when they invaded
Britain, and it was made into a poem somewhere ................... the 7th century.
Chọn một câu trả lời:
About 
Which river is associated with Shakespeare's birth place?
The Avon
What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night?

Or, What you Will 

The Normans came from the north-west of France. They brought with them the culture of their
country and the French language.........................was French, the churchmen used Latin and the
common people spoke Anglo-Saxon.
 The language of the nobility
The story of Beowulf tells of the time when kings Hrothgar .............
.................... the Danes. Hrothgar built a great house for himself and his man.

Ruled 
The Canterbury Tales is collection of stories in verse told by people of different social standing.
Chaucer had planned 120 stories but wrote only 24,
Because death broke off his work
The workers who had permanent work stood on a higher social level. On Sundays they would
crowd into the parks and listen to various speakers. Here an atheist would stand on a soap-box
and explain that ......................................... ..... he must be a monster to permit such misery as
unemployment'.
 If there be a God
The crisis of bourgeois culture was reflected in literature ..............
................................................., the one progressive, the other regressive. The representatives of
the first trend continued the realistic traditions of their predecessors - 'the brilliant school of
novelists in England'.
By the appearance of two trends