Mark Twain is a great literary giant of America, whom H. L Mencken considered "_______of our national literature.".

Emest Hemingway's limited fictional world implies a much broader thematic pattern and serious philosophical concern. Discuss his writing style briefly.

Briefly discuss the features of Charles Dickens" works in terms of language and character portrayal.

As a literary spokesman of the Jazz Age, how does Scoot Fitzgerald exemplify the spirit of the Jazz Age through his art of fition?

What are the major ideas of Henry James's literary criticism reflected in his essay “The Art of Fiction"?

Working through the tradition of a Christian humanism, John Milton wrote Paradise Lost, What is his basic concern in this long epic?

As a realistic dramatist, what issues did Bernard Shaw take as his subjects?

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume,

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

I loafe and invite my soul,

I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass.

Questions:

A.identify the author and the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken.

B.What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

C.What are the two principal beliefs set forth by the poet in this poem?

My thoughts were now wholly employed about securing myself against either savages, if any should appear, or wild beasts, if any were in the island;, and I had many thoughts of the method how to do this and what kind of dwelling to make, whether I should make me a cave in the earth or a tent upon the earth; and, in short, I resolved upon both, the manner and the description of which may not be improper to give an account of.

Questions:

A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which the quoted part is taken.

B.What caused the narrator to live an isolated life on the island?

C.What is the author"s deep concern shown in this novel?

For a long while we just stood there, looking down at the profound and fleshless grin. The body had apparently once lain in the attitude of an embrace, but [now the long sleep that outlasts love. that conquers even the grimace of love had cuckolded him.] What was let of him, rotted beneath what was left of the night- shirt, had become inextricable from the bed in which he lay; and upon him and upon the pillow beside him lay that even coating of the patient and biding dust.

Questions:

A.Identify the author and the title of the work from which the quoted part is taken.

B.What devices does the author use to narrate the story?

C.What does the underlined sentence mean?

Behold her, single in the field,

Yon solitary Highland lass!

Reaping and singing by herself;

Stop here, or gently pass!

Alone she cuts and binds the grain,

And sings a melancholy strain;

O listen!

For the Vale profound

Is overflowing with the sound.

Questions:

A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the quoted part is taken.

B.What does “a melancholy strain" in the sixth line mean?

C.What does the poet intend to suggest in the poem?