Question 1

Which Eugene O’Neill play is an autobiographical account of his Irish-American family?

Options :

A : Beyond the Horizon

B : Long Day’s Journey into Night

C : Strange Interlude

D : Anna Christie

E : Bound East for Cardiff

Answer: B

Question 2

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark,” Aylmer commits a fatal error when his

Options :

A : faith in science causes him to try to improve on nature

B : disapproval of church leaders weakens his faith in God

C : hand shakes during surgery

D : greed causes him to lose his business

E : trust in his assistant brings about failure

Answer: A

Question 3

Which poem describes the narrator’s “sorrow for the lost Lenore”?

Options :

A : To One in Paradise

B : The Raven

C : A Clear Midnight

D : I Thought I was not Alone

E : The Conqueror Worm

Answer: B

Question 4

The author of Common Sense was

Options :

A : James Madison

B : Langston Hughes

C : Alexander Hamilton

D : Thomas Jefferson

E : Thomas Paine

Answer: A

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT an essential element in American Realistic fiction?

Options :

A : An emphasis on real experiences

B : Characters who are more important than plots

C : Attacks on Romanticism and Romantic writers

D : An examination of idealism and the foundations of morality

E : Gender and race relations

Answer: A