ENGLISH TEST FOR LITERATURE

Time: 60 minutes
I. PART 1: Choose the best answer: A, B, C or D:
1. Who were the most ancient inhabitants on the British Isles?
(A) The Romans (B) The Celts (C) The Anglo-Saxons (D) The Normans
2. Who came to the British Isles after the Romans had left Britain?
(A) The Anglo-Saxons (B) The Norman (C) The Britons (D) The Danes
3. Who gave England its name “Angle land”?
(A) The Celts (B) The Germanic tribes (C) The Romans (D) The Normans
4. The Anglo-Saxons were
(A) Celtic inhabitants. (B). Roman invaders. (C) Germanic tribes
(D) Scandinavian Vikings
5. The Normans conquered England in
(A) 55 B.C. (B) 43 A.D. (C) 410 A.D. (D) 1066.
6. Who was the first king to be crowned in Westminster Abbey?
(A) King Arthur (B) King Alfred (C) Henry VIII
(D) William the Conqueror
7. Who were King Arthur’s companions?
(A) Merry men (B) The Knights of the Round Table
(C) Legendary heroes (D) Common warriors
8. Which of the names does not fit the list?
(A) William Blake (B) William Wordsworth
(C) William Shakespeare (D) William Byrd
9. Which of the names differs from the rest?
(A) Walter Scott (B) Arthur Conan Doyle
(C) Robert Stevenson (D) George Bernard Shaw
10. Which name is inappropriate for the list?
(A) Jonathan Swift (B) Oscar Wilde (C) Benjamin Britten (D) Daniel
Defoe
 II. PART 2: Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage.
Let others better mound the running mass
Of metals, and inform the breathing brass.
And soften into flesh a marble face;
Plead better at the bar; describe the skies,
And when the stars descend, and when they rise.
But. Rome! ‘this tine alone, with awful sway.
To rule mankind, and make the world obey.
Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way;
To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free
These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.
11. Which of the following most accurately describes the passage?
(A) The speaker argues that the fate of empires can be discovered by interpreting
celestial events.
(B) The speaker defends himself as a loyal citizen but expresses regret over the state
of the arts in Rome.
(C) The speaker compliments Greek culture for its achievements in art and science,
and singles out administration as a Roman art.
(D) The speaker deplores the widespread use of slaves in the ancient world.
12. As used in line 6, “sway” most nearly means
(A) power (B)resolve (C) wisdom (D)tact
13. Line 9 presents an example of
(A) anaphora (B)apostrophe (c) chiasmus (D)periphrasis
14. Which of the following words or phrases has been omitted as understood after “worthy”
(line 10)?
(A) of (B) before (C) beside (D) according to
15. The passage is from
(A) Chapman’s translation of Homer (B) Dryden’s translation of Virgil
(C)Sandys’ translation of Ovid (D) Longfellow’s translation of Dante