D. H. Lawrence' s novel_________is a remarkable novel in which the individual consciousness is subtly revealed and strands of themes are intricately wound up.

Comment briefly on Robert Frost' s nature poetry.

Discuss briefly Thomas Hardy" s literary achievement in terms of the setting, the literary tendency and literary features.

What is "Hemingway Code Heroes" ?

Give a brief analysis of Emily Grierson , the protagonist of A Rose for Emily by Faulkner.

What is the theme of Jane Austen ' Pride and Prejudice?

What does the poem "The Chimney Sweeper ( from Songs of Experience) " reveal?

We slowly drove---He know no haste,

And I had put away

My labor and my leisure too,

For His Civility-

We passed the School, where Children strove

At Recess -in the Ring

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain

We passed the Setting Sun

Questions:

A.Identify the poet and the title of the poem from which the above stanzas are taken.

B.What figure of speech is used in Line 1 and Line 4?

C.What do " the School" , " the Fields of Gazing Grain" and the Setting Sun" represent?

Into this fence or fortress, with infinite labour, I carry' d all my riches, all my provisions . ammunition, and stores, of which you have the account above; and I made me a large tent, which, to preserve me from the rains that in one part of the year are very violent there, I made double, viz. one smaller tent. within, and one larger tent above it, and covered the uppermost with a large tarpaulin which I had saved among the sails.

Questions:

A.Identify the author and the title of the novel from which this passage is taken.

B.Who is the narrator?

C.What are the narrator’ s characteristics and whom does he represent?

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

And what I assume you shall assume ,

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

Questions :

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

B.What does the word " you" refer to?

C.What does the poet express in the stanza?

MRS. WARREN. [ after looking at her helplessly, begins to whimper ]Vivie

VIVIE. [ springing up sharply ] Now pray don’t begin to cry. Anything but that. I really cannot stand whimpering. I will go out of the room if you do. 

MRS.WARREN. [ piteously] Oh, my darling, how can you be so hard on me? Have I no rights over you as your mother?

VIVIE. Are you my mother?

MRS. WARREN. [ appalled ] Am I your mother! Oh, Vivie!

VIVIE. Then where are our relatives? my father? our family friends? You claim the rights of a mother: the right to call me fool and child; to speak to me as no woman in authority over me at college dare speak to me; to dictate my way of life; and to force on me the acquaintance of a brute whom anyone can see to be the most vicious sort of London man about town. Before I give myself the trouble to resist such claims, I may as well find out whether they have any real existence.

Questions :

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

B.Summarize the theme of the play in one or two sentences.

C.What kind of person is the protagonist Vivie?