1. The greatest English critical realist novelist was   , who criticized the bourgeois civilization and showed the misery of the common people.
A. Emily Bronte    B. Charles Dickens    C. W. M. Thackeray  D. Charlotte Bronte
2. Pip, Estella, Havisham, Magwitch, and Joe Gargery are names of characters in ______
  A. Oliver Twist    B. David Copperfield    C. Bleak House    D. Great Expectations
3. English critical realism found its expression chiefly in     .
A. essay  B. drama  C. poetry  D. novel
4. The Chartist writers introduced a new theme into English literature, the struggle of the ____ for its rights.
  A. soldiers    B. peasants    C. bourgeoisie    D. proletariat
5. Charles Dickens takes the French Revolution as the background of his novel   .
worshippingA. Great Expectations    B. A Tale of Two Cities
C. Bleak House          D. Oliver Twist
6. A typical feature of the English ____ literature is that writers became social and moral critics, exposing all kinds of social evils.
A. Renaissance    B. Romantic  C. Victorian  D. Medieval
7. The major form of Chartist literature is in _________.
A. prose  B. drama  C. poetry   D. novel
8. The Victorian Age was largely an age of ________, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray.
  A. poetry  　B. drama  C. novel  　D. prose
9. The term “tone” in literature means _______.
  A. sound effect such as rhyme and metrical device
  B. the pitch of a word used to determine its meaning in the given context
  C. the manner of expression to indicate the speaker’s attitude towards the subject.
  D. a shade of color to reflect the change of light
10. Chronologically the Victorian Period refers to _______.
  A. 1798-1832  B. 1837-1901  C. the Romantic Period  D. the Neoclassical Period
11. In Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens criticizes ________.
  A. money-worshipping tendency  B. dehumanizing workhouse system
  C. hypocrisy of the upper society  D. distortion of human heart
12. Which of the following writings is NOT the work by Charles Dickens?
  A. A Tale of Two Cities.    B. Hard Times.
  C. Oliver Twist.          D. Sons and Lovers.
13. Which of the following comments on Charles Dickens is NOT true?
  A. Dickens is one of the greatest critical realist writers of the Modern Period.
  B. His serious intention is to expose and criticize all the poverty, injustice, hypocrisy and corruptness he sees all round him.
  C. The later works show the development of Dickens towards a highly conscious artist of the modern type.
  D. A Tale of Two Cities is one of his later works.
14. Although writing fro different points of view and with different techniques, writers in the Victorian Period shared one thing in common, that is, they were all concerned about ____.
  A. the love story between the rich and the poor
  B. the techniques in writing
  C. the fate of the common people
  D. the future of their own country
15. Dickens’ works are characterized by a mingling of _____ and pathos.
  A. metaphor    B. passion    C. satire    D. humor
16. The novel Domby and Son was written by ______.
  A. Daniel Defoe    B. Henry Fielding    C. Charles Dickens   D. Thomas Hardy
17. The Victorian Period roughly began at the enthronement of Queen Victoria in _____.
  A. 1835    B. 1836    C. 1837    D. 1838
18. In the 19th century English literature, a new literary trend _____ appeared. And it flourished in the 1840s and in the early 1850s.
  A. romanticism    B. realism  C. neoclassicism    D. critical realism 
 
19. The title of the novel Vanity Fair was taken from ________.
  A. The Pilgrim’s Progress    B. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
  C. Gulliver’s Travels        D. The Canterbury Tales
20. The most distinguishing feature of Charles Dickens’s works lies in his _______.
  A. social criticism   B. optimism    C. character-portrayal  D. social setting
21. A typical feature of the English Victorian literature is that writers became ____, exposing all kinds of social evils.
  A. didactic writers  B. individual idealists  C. moral critics  D. religious advocators