Universitatea Spiru Haret

Facultatea de Limba i literatura romn

Licen iulie 2008 / februarie 2009

Limba i literatura englez
Specializarea B

LIMBA ENGLEZ CONTEMPORAN

MORPHOLOGY
(True/False)
1. Tense is fundamentally a deictic verbal category.

2. The Category of Aspect is fundamentally a non-deictic category.

3. There are various ways in which

perfective/imperfective aspectual opposition.

languages

grammaticalize

the

4. In English, the progressive aspect is not signaled by distinct morphological

marking.

5. Verbs themselves, as lexical items, do not contain aspectual information.

6. Aspectual situation types lack explicit morphological marking.

7. Both aspectual situation types and the perfective/imperfective aspectual

opposition can be characterized in terms of temporal structure.

8. The Category of Tense is signaled only by inflectional markers.

9. Tense represents the chronological order of events as perceived by the speaker at

the moment of speech.

10. Languages grammaticalize time in the same way.

11. Aspect is tightly related to Tense as both are defined in terms of temporal
structure.

12. There are three temporal entities on which both Tense and Aspect are defined:
speech time, reference time and event time.

13. Modal expressions are linguistic expressions that allow people to talk about
alternative states of affairs.

14. The simple past tense has a basic time association with a past moment of time and
can be used in direct discourse and narrative discourse.

15. Temporal adverbs do not contribute to locating situations in time.

16. Nouns, adjectives and adverbs cannot express modal concepts.

17. Modal auxiliary verbs are verbs with weak semantic content.

18. Modal verbs are used to communicate three clusters of meaning: the root meaning,
the epistemic meaning and the future meaning.

19. The morpho-syntactic properties of modal auxiliary verbs set them apart from both
aspectual auxiliary verbs and lexical verbs.

20. Negation cannot attach to a modal verb without do-support.

(Multiple Choice)
21. Identify the type of effect induced by the presence of be-progressive in the sentence
below:
Susan was walking to the supermarket.
a. incompletion; b. iteration; c. generic

22. Identify the type of effect induced by the presence of be-progressive in the sentence
below:
Mary is jumping in the backyard.
a. incompletion; b. iteration; c. generic

23. Specify which of the following tests can be performed on the underlined predicate
without inducing recategorization of the aspectual type:
The girl is standing in the doorway.
a. the temporal phrase since x time; b. the temporal phrase for x time; c. the adverbial
phrase intentionally

24. Specify which of the following tests can be performed on the underlined predicate
without inducing recategorization of the aspectual type:
John walked to the shop round the corner.
a. the progressive aspect; b. the temporal phrase for x time; c. the temporal phrase in x
time

25. Specify which of the following tests can be performed on the underlined predicate
without inducing recategorization of the aspectual type:
Andrew has noticed the print mistake in the text.
a. the temporal phrase all the afternoon; b. the temporal phrase yesterday; c. the temporal
phrase in a couple of seconds

26. Specify which of the following tests performed on the underlined predicate induces
recategorization of the aspectual type:
He wrote the essay yesterday.
a. the progressive aspect; b. a proper name as direct object; c. an adverbial phrase of extent

27. Which of the following conceptual features characterize event predications:

a. [+stativity]; b. [-stativity]; c. [+telicity]

28. Identify the aspectual class of the underlined predicate:

He pushed the car for 20 minutes.
a. state; b. process; c. accomplishment

29. Identify the aspectual class of the underlined predicate:

He pushed the car to the corner in 20 minutes.

a. achievement; b. process; c. accomplishment

30. Identify the aspectual class of the underlined predicate:

I was in love with him for 2 years.
a. state; b. process; c. accomplishment

31. Identify the aspectual class of the underlined predicate:

He spotted the stranger in the crowd in a couple of minutes.
a. process; accomplishment; c. achievement

32. Specify the type of aspectual recategorization undergone by the underlined

predicate:
The battalion was crossing the border.
a. an activity recategorized into an accomplishment; b. an activity recategorized into a state;
c. an achievement recategorized into an activity

33. Specify the type of aspectual recategorization undergone by the underlined

predicate:
The guests were continuously arriving .
a. an activity recategorized into an accomplishment; b. an achievement recategorized into an
activity; c. a state recategorized into an activity

34. Specify the type of aspectual recategorization undergone by the underlined

predicate:

John played a Schubert sonata last night.

a. an activity recategorized into an accomplishment; b. a state recategorized into an activity;
c. an achievement recategorized into an activity

35. Specify the type of aspectual recategorization undergone by the underlined

predicate:
John kicked the ball for a couple of minutes.
a. an activity recategorized into an accomplishment; b. an activity recategorized into an
achievement; c. an accomplishment recategorized into an activity

36. Identify the type of effect induced by the presence of be-progressive in the sentence
below:
They are learning French these days.
a. instantaneous; b. generic; c. temporary habitual

37. Identify the type of effect induced by the presence of be-progressive in the sentence
below:
Mother is cooking some food in the kitchen at present.
a. incompletion; b. habitual; c. future value

38. Choose the appropriate tense for the verb in brackets:

The ship (travel) from Southampton to New York in four days.
a. the simple past tense; b. the simple present perfect; c. the past tense progressive

39. Choose the appropriate tense for the verb in brackets:

I (listen) hard but I cant hear anything.

a. the simple present perfect; b. the present progressive; c. the future tense

40. Choose the appropriate tense for the verb in brackets:

The sun (rise) at 6 tomorrow.
a. the present progressive; b. the simple present tense; c. the future tense

41. Choose the appropriate tense for the verb in brackets:

John (live) here since 1997.
a. the simple present tense; b. the simple present perfect; the simple past tense

42. Choose the appropriate tense for the verb in brackets:

I (not eat) meat for over one year.
a. the present perfect; b. the present tense; c. the past perfect

43. Choose the appropriate tense for the verb in brackets:

How long had he lived there when his parents (die)?
a. the future tense; b. the past tense; c. the future perfect tense

44. Identify the tense that can be used with the adverb indicated below:
in the past
a. only the past tense; b. only the present perfect; c. with both tenses

45. Identify the tense that can be used with the adverb indicated below:

those days
a. only the past tense; b. only the present perfect; c. with both tenses

46. Identify the tense that can be used with the adverb indicated below:
just
a. only the past tense; b. only the present perfect; c. with both tenses

47. Identify the tense that can be used with the adverb indicated below:
recently
a. only the past tense; b. only the present perfect; c. with both tenses

48. Identify the tense that can be used with the adverb indicated below:
by this time next week
a. only with the future perfect; b. only with the present perfect; c. with both tenses

49. Identify the temporal value of the simple present tense in the following sentence:
Mary tells me you are buying a new house these days.
a. the generic value; b. the instantaneous value; c. the historical value

50. Identify the temporal value of the simple present perfect tense in the following
sentence:
Susan has worn the same dress twice already.
a. the continuous value; b. the experiential value; c. the resultative value

51. Identify the temporal value of the simple present perfect tense in the following
sentence:
I havent seen him since autumn.
a. the continuous value; b. the experiential value; c. the resultative value

52. Identify the temporal value of the simple past tense in the following sentence:
I thought I might come and take you out this evening.
a. the past tense value; b. the present time value; c. the past perfect value

53. Identify the temporal value of the simple present perfect tense in the following
sentence:
I shall leave as soon as the meeting has ended.
a. the future value; b. the resultative value; c. the experiential value

54. Identify the temporal value of the past tense verb phrase talked on the phone in the
following sentence:
He talked on the phone for a while and left right away.
a. the past perfect value; b. the habitual value; c. the past tense value

55. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
He cant be that old!
a. impossibility; b. improbability; c. uncertainty

56. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
John can swim 15 laps without getting tired.
a. suggestion; b. request; c. ability

57. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
We can meet another day to discuss the issue.
a. request; b. suggestion; c. ability

58. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
Can I smoke in here?
a. offer; b. request; c. asking permission

59. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
You can start looking for another job!
a. asking permission; b. offer; c. command

60. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
You could try to be a bit more punctual in the future.
a. possibility; b. reproach; c. order

61. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
A relative may lie to you!
a. permission; b. possibility; c. recommendation

62. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
You must tell me the truth, otherwise I wont be able to help you.
a. obligation; b. suggestion; c. offer

63. Specify the interpretation that may be assigned to the modal verb in the sentence
below:
Will you dance with me tonight?
a. volition; b. request; c. habitual

64. Which class of verbs is compatible with the modal verb CAN:
a. verbs of cognition; b. factive verbs; c. verbs of sentential attitude

65. On the deontic interpretation, modal verbs evince the following syntactic patterns:
a. they can occur in the progressive; b. they can occur with the perfect infinitive form; c. they
evince selection restrictions on the subject

66. Choose the appropriate verbal form for the verb given in brackets:
You (find) the shirt if you had opened the drawer.
a. will have found; b. would have found; c. found

67. Choose the appropriate verbal form for the verb given in brackets:
If he (be able to swim) he wouldnt have been drowned.
a. were able to swim; b. has been able to swim; c. had been able to swim

68. Choose the appropriate verbal form for the verb given in brackets:
It is time we all (go) home.
a. had gone; b. went; c. go

69. Choose the appropriate verbal form for the verb given in brackets:
It is unexpected that he (leave) so soon.
a. should leave; b. would leave c. leaves

70. Choose the appropriate verbal form for the verb given in brackets:
He pulled a long face as if the prospect (be distasteful) to him.
a. was distasteful; b. were distasteful; c. should be distasteful

71. Choose the appropriate verbal form for the verb given in brackets:
If only the house (be nearer) to the bus stop!
a. were; b. would be; c. was

72. Choose the appropriate verbal form for the verb given in brackets:
I wish you (leave) him alone as he will turn hostile to all of us.

a. had left; b. would leave; c. left

THE SYNTAX OF THE SIMPLE SENTENCE

1. In the following sentence, My mother carved the chicken, the underlined constituent
is:
a. Cognate object; b. Indirect object; c. Effected Direct Object; d. Affected Direct Object

2. Indicate the regime of the underlined verb in: John shaves daily.
a. reflexive transitive; b. simple intransitive; c. ergative; d. causative

3. Indicate the regime of the underlined verb in: The river floated the raft.
a. basic intransitive; b. ditransitive; c. derived-causative; d. ergative

4. Indicate the regime of the underlined verb in: He died a cowardly death. :
a. intransitive; b. ergative; c. derived with Cognate Direct Object; d. derived-causative

5. Which subclasses below enter the class of simple intransitives:

a. unergatives; b. unaccusatives; c. intransitives with optional Adverbials; d. all of the
above

6. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: There
are many mistakes in this paper.
a. Direct Object; b. Deep Subject; c. Prepositional Object; d. Predicative

7. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: The
bus collided with the van.
a. Cognate Direct Object; b. Indirect Object; c. Prepositional Object; d. Predicative

8. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: She
lives a miserable life.
a. Cognate Direct Object; b. Indirect Object; c. Prepositional Object; d. Predicative

9. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: The
captain marched the soldiers up the hill.
a. Cognate Direct Object; b. Prepositional Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Direct Object

10. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: He
has separated from his wife.
a. Cognate Direct Object; b. Prepositional Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Direct Object

11. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: She
lives a wonderful life.
a. Cognate Direct Object; b. Prepositional Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Direct Object

12. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: It
was drizzling.
a. Subject expressed by demonstrative IT; b. Subject expressed by impersonal IT; c.
Subject expressed by anticipatory IT; d. Subject expressed by emphatic IT

13. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: He
wrote the application in ink.
a. Place Adverbial; b. Indirect Object; c. Prepositional Object; d. Manner Adverbial

14. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: I
sent the parcel to Manchester.
a. Indirect Object; b. Direct Object; c. Place Adverbial; d. Adverbial of Direction

15. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: All
the credit for this belongs to our sales staff .
a. Predicative Adjunct to the Subject; b. affected Direct Object; c. effected Direct
Object; d. Indirect Object.

16. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: She
decorated the room in a minimalist fashion.
a. Non-contrastive Direct Object; b. affected Direct Object; c. effected Direct Object;
d. Indirect Object

17. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: She
decorated the room in a minimalist fashion.
a. Indirect Object; b. Manner Adverbial; c. Prepositional Object; d. Place Adverbial

18. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: The
young man carved this statue.

a. Non-contrastive Direct Object; b. affected DO; c. effected Direct Object; d. Indirect

Object

19. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: He
painted the door with a new brush.
a. affected Direct Object; b. effected Direct Object; c. Adverbial of Manner; d.
Prepositional Object

20. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: The
girl bowed to the audience.
a. Non-contrastive Direct Object; b. Prepositional Object; c. Direct Object; d. Indirect
Object

21. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: He
lectures to the students on drama.
a. Direct Object; b. Indirect Object; c. Prepositional Object; d. Non-contrastive Direct
Object

22. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: He
lectures to the students on drama.
a. Direct Object; b. Indirect Object; c. Prepositional Object; d. Non-contrastive Direct
Object

23. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: He
was arguing with his wife about money.

a. Reciprocal Indirect Object; b. Indirect Object; c. Reciprocal Prepositional Object; d.

Topic Prepositional Object

24. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: He
was arguing with his wife about money.
a. Reciprocal Indirect Object; b. Indirect Object; c. Reciprocal Prepositional Object; d.
Topic Prepositional Object

25. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: The
dress costs 200$.
a. Quantifying Adverbial; b. Prepositional Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Direct Object

26. Specify the subcategory of the underlined verb in the sentence: They had done
away with this piece of legislation.
a. reciprocal transitive; b. causative transitive; c. middle; d. complex intransitive

27. Specify the subcategory of the underlined verb in the sentence: He galloped the
horse up the hill.
a. reciprocal transitive; b. causative transitive; c. middle; d. complex intransitive

28. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: They
awarded Jim the first prize for poetry.
a. Affected Direct Object; b. Effected Direct Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Prepositional
Object

29. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: They
awarded Jim the first prize for poetry.
a. Indirect Object; b. Noun Modifier; c. Prepositional Object; d. Adverbial of Purpose

30. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: The
doctor walked his patient to the door.
a. Non-contrastive Direct Object; b. Direct Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Prepositional
Object

31. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence:
Professor Smith lectures on Greek philosophy to the second year students every
Tuesday.
a. Non-contrastive Direct Object; b. Direct Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Prepositional
Object

32. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence:
Professor Smith lectures on Greek philosophy to the second year students every
Tuesday.
a. Place Adverbial; b. Direct Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Prepositional Object

33. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence:
There was an accident at the crossroads.
a. Subject; b. Direct Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Adverbial of place

34. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: Joan
is having her coffee on the porch.

a. Non-contrastive Direct Object; b. Direct Object; c. Indirect Object; d. Predicative

35. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: She
closed the door with rage.
a. Reciprocal Direct Object; b. Direct Object; c. Adverbial of Manner; d. Prepositional
Object

36. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: We
met the Joneses unexpectedly in New York last year.
a. Non-contrastive Direct Object; b. Direct Object; c. Adverbial of Place; d. Prepositional
Object

37. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: We
met the Joneses unexpectedly in New York last year.
a. Reciprocal Direct Object; b. Direct Object; c. Adverbial of Time; d. Prepositional
Object

38. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent in the sentence: Mary
shot him without mercy.
a. Reciprocal Prepositional Object; b. Direct Object; c. Adverbial of Manner; d. Indirect
Object

39. Specify the syntactic functions in the sentence: Nothing could stop him from
saving that woman.
a. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Prepositional Object, Direct Object
b. Subject, Predicate, Indirect Object, Prepositional Object, Direct Object

c. Subject, Predicate, Indirect Object, Prepositional Object Clause, Direct Object

d. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Prepositional Object Clause

40. Specify the syntactic functions in the sentence: There are two mistakes in your
translation.
a. Adverbial of Place, Copula BE, Predicative-NP, Adverbial of Place
b. Adverbial of Place, Existential BE, Direct Object, Adverbial of Place
c. Dummy Subject, Existential BE, Deep Subject, Adverbial of Place
d. Subject, Existential BE, Direct Object, Adverbial of Place

41. Specify the syntactic functions in the sentence: Jane reminded him of the
approaching party.
a. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Prepositional Object
b. Subject, Predicate, Indirect Object, Prepositional Object, Direct Object
c. Subject, Predicate, Indirect Object, Prepositional Object Clause, Direct Object
d. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Prepositional Object Clause

42. Specify the syntactic functions in the sentence: We insisted on his participating in
our game.
a. Subject, Predicate, Prepositional Object, Adverbial of Place
b. Subject, Predicate, Indirect Object, Adverbial of Place
c. Subject, Predicate, Indirect Object, Prepositional Object
d. Subject, Predicate, Prepositional Object Clause

43. Specify the syntactic functions in the sentence: He hammered the nail into the wall.
a. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Adverbial of Manner
b. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Adverbial of Direction
c. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Prepositional Object

d. Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, Indirect Object

THE SYNTAX OF THE COMPLEX SENTENCE

1. Finite clauses contain a finite verb phrase, that is a verb obligatorily marked for:
a. Tense
b. Mood
c. Aspect and Voice d. Mood and Tense

2. Non-finite clauses contain a non-finite verb phrase which is possibly marked for:
a. Tense
b. Mood
c. Aspect and Voice d. Agreement

3. THAT clauses may undergo the following operations:

a. Extraposition b. Passivization
c. It-insertion d. all of them

4. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: I consider it
proper that there should be no corruption in the medical domain.
Main clause, Noun Modifying Clause
Main clause, Direct Object Clause
Main clause, Prepositional Object Clause
Main clause, Indirect Object Clause

5. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: I found it
strange that there were no mistakes in those students written papers.
a. Main Clause, Indirect Object Clause
b. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause
c. Main Clause, Predicative Clause
d. Main Clause, Subject Clause

6. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: What
puzzled everybody was that he was very difficult to talk to.
a. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Predicative Clause, Subject Clause
b. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Predicative Clause
c. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Predicative Clause, Predicative Clause
d. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Subject Clause

7. The subordinate clauses in the complex sentence below are: He tried to strike a
match to look for the lost keys.
a. Direct Object Clause and respectively, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
b. Direct Object Clause and respectively, Attributive Clause
c. Prepositional Object Clause and respectively, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
d. Direct Object Clause and respectively, Indirect Object Clause

8. In the following complex sentence specify for which noun, verb, adjective, or
preposition the complement construction is a complement: The commission was
anxious for the courts to take up the matter.
a. the commission
b. was
c. anxious
d. for

9. THAT clauses differ from NP-s in that they do not behave the same in respect to:
a. Passivization
b. Pseudo-cleft distribution
c. Than-pattern
d. Agreement rules

10. Specify the agreement rule applying in the following sentence: That he failed and
that he didnt care
a. singular agreement: was no surprise to anyone
b. plural agreement: were no surprise to anyone
c. both singular and plural: was/were no surprise to anyone
d. none of the above

11. Specify the type of the subordinate clause: The idea that I should go there upsets
me.
a. THAT Clause
b. Gerundial Clause
c. Infinitival Clause
d. none of the above

12. Specify the type of the subordinate clause: Theyre anxious for you to help them.
a. THAT Clause
b. Gerundial Clause
c. Infinitival Clause
d. none of the above

13. Specify the function of the subordinate clause: The problem is that Ive run out of
money.
a. Direct Object Clause
b. Prepositional Object Clause
c. Predicative Clause
d. Subject Clause

14. Specify the type of the subordinate clause: I consider him to be a genius.
a. THAT Clause
b. Gerundial Clause
c. Infinitival Clause
d. none of the above

15. Extraposition of THAT Clause is obligatory with the verb:

a. to consider
b. to happen
c. to prove
d. to decide

16. What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: It is
essential for you to go there.
a. Tough Movement
b. Passivization
c. Dative Movement
d. Extraposition + It-insertion

17. What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: That
he was the owner of the shop was finally proved by the police.
a. Tough Movement
b. Passivization
c. Dative Movement
d. Extraposition + It-insertion

18. What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: He
told me that he would come earlier.
a. Tough Movement
b. Passivization
c. Dative Movement
d. Extraposition + It-insertion

19. What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: John
promised me that he would come.
a. Extraposition + It-insertion
b. Passivization + Extraposition + It-insertion
c. Dative Movement
d. Complex NP Shift

20. What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: She
had to admit to her parents that she was wrong.
a. Extraposition + It-insertion
b. Passivization + Extraposition + It-insertion
c. Dative Movement
d. Complex NP Shift

21. What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: He
owes it to his boss that he got the promotion.
a. Extraposition + It-insertion
b. Passivization + Extraposition + It-insertion
c. Dative Movement
d. Complex NP Shift

22. What transformation has applied to derive the following complex sentence: It
was well known that the thief was caught red handed.
a. Extraposition + It-insertion
b. Passivization + Extraposition + It-insertion
c. Dative Movement
d. Complex NP Shift

23. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: It is well
known that she is afraid to go to the Circus.
a. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Prepositional Object Clause
b. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Prepositional Object Clause
c. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Indirect Object Clause
d. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Direct Object Clause

24. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: What
puzzled everybody was that they married so young.
a. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Direct Object Clause
b. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Prepositional Object Clause

c. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Predicative Clause

d. Direct Object Clause, Main Clause, Subject Clause

25. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Max
proved to be the best manager they had ever had.
a. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
b. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
c. Main Clause, Indirect Object Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
d. Main Clause, Predicative Clause, Noun Modifier Clause

26. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: It was
announced that the police were trying to catch the thieves red-handed.
a. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Direct Object Clause
b. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Indirect Object Clause
c. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Prepositional Object Clause
d. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Direct Object Clause

27. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Brian
happened to witness the accident occurring at the crossroads.
a. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
b. Main Clause, Subject Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
c. Subject Clause, Main Clause, Noun Modifier Clause
d. Main Clause, Subject Clause

28. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: The
president of the company was annoyed to hear that all the members of the board
complained that the new executive was difficult to work with.
a. Main Clause, Prepositional Object Clause, Direct Object Clause, Prepositional Object
Clause
b. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Direct Object Clause, Prepositional Object Clause,
Subject Clause
c. Main Clause, Prepositional Object Clause, Direct Object Clause, Prepositional Object
Clause, Subject Clause
d. Main Clause, Prepositional Object Clause, Direct Object Clause, Direct Object Clause,
Subject Clause

29. Specify the syntactic functions of the clauses in the complex sentence: Her main
concern was collecting evidence to prove her husbands infidelity.
a. Main Clause, Predicative Clause, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
b. Main Clause, Direct Object Clause, Adverbial Clause of Purpose
c. Main Clause, Predicative Clause

d. Main Clause, Adverbial Clause of Purpose

30. Specify the syntactic function of the underlined constituent: She informed her motherin-law, Elizabeth, that she had not changed her plan.
a. Predicative Adjunct to the Direct Object
b. Direct Object
c. Indirect Object
d. Prepositional Object

31. Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: I didnt know that she
had been married, since she seldom talked about herself.
a. Subject Clause
b. Direct Object Clause
c. Prepositional Clause
d. Predicative Clause

32. Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: She became aware
that something was burning.
a. Subject Clause
b. Direct Object Clause
c. Prepositional Clause
d. Predicative Clause

33. Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: No doubt he will
claim that his car broke down.
a. Subject Clause
b. Direct Object Clause
c. Prepositional Clause
d. Predicative Clause

34. Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: That he had made a
mistake was clear.
a. Subject Clause
b. Direct Object Clause
c. Prepositional Clause
d. Predicative Clause

35. Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: It is obvious that they
had different cultural perspectives.
a. Subject Clause
b. Direct Object Clause
c. Prepositional Clause
d. Predicative Clause

36. Specify the syntactic function of the Complement THAT Clause: The truth is that I
dont love him any more.
a. Subject Clause
b. Direct Object Clause
c. Prepositional Clause
d. Predicative Clause

ENGLISH LITERATURE

1. In The Bear, the bear is called

a. Sam Fathers.
b. Lion.
c. Old Ben.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
2. In The Bear, the one who teaches the protagonist the secrets of wilderness is called
a Sam Fathers.
b. Lion.
c. Old Ben.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
3. The function of one of the longest sentences in English literature that occurs in The
Bear is to show
a. that the character couldnt think clearly.
b. the way the human mind works.
c. that the information in the ledger was not exact.
d. all of the above.

e. none of the above.

4. In The Bear, what does the protagonist have with him when he meets the bear for
the first time?
a. A gun.
b. A compass.
c. A watch.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
5. In The Bear, by the time the protagonist is thirteen, who kills a colt owned by Major
de Spain?
a. Sam Fathers.
b. Lion.
c. Old Ben.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
6. In The Bear, who entraps the wild dog?
a. Sam Fathers.
b. Isaac McCaslin.
c. Major de Spain.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
7. In The Bear, what do they use to kill the bear?
a. A silver inlaid gun.
b. A spear.
c. Arrows.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
8. In The Bear, who is injured or about to die after the final confrontation?
a. Sam Fathers.
b. Lion.
c. Boon Hogganbeck.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
9. In the third section of The Bear, who is the protagonist supposed to accompany to
make sure that some of the whiskey will arrive safely at the hunting camp?
a. Sam Fathers.
b. Isaac McCaslin.
c. Boon Hogganbeck.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.

10. In The Bear, who is the protagonists father?

a. Uncle Buck.
b. Uncle Buddy.
c. Sam Fathers.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
11. In The Bear, what does the protagonists maternal uncle leave him as a heritage?
a. Gold coins.
b. A silver cup.
c. IOUs.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
12. The Bear is an example of
a. minimalist fiction.
b. Victorian fiction.
c. postmodernist fiction.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
13. In The Bear, what does the protagonist encounter on his last trip to the woods?
a. A bear.
b. A wolf.
c. A panther.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
14. In The Bear, what does the protagonist get at the end of the fourth section?
a. A wife.
b. A job.
c. A new home.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
15. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Oceanias dominant doctrine is
a. Nadsat.
b. Ingsoc.
c. Animalism.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
16. In Nineteen Eighty-four, the Thought Police supervises citizens by means of
a. telescreens.
b. microphones.

c. helicopters.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
17. In Nineteen Eighty-four, children are indoctrinated in an organization called
a. Scouts.
b. Pioneers.
c. Spies.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
18. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Winston C. Smith works in
a. the Ministry of Truth.
b. the Ministry of Love.
c. the Ministry of Peace.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
19. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Julia works of:
a. the Ministry of Love.
b. the Minstry of Peace.
c. the Ministry of Plenty.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
20. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Winston C. Smith commits thoughtcrime by writing
a. a newspaper article.
b. a manifesto.
c. a diary.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
21. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Winston C. Smith believes that hope for a radical change
in society lies in
a. Big Brother.
b. Emmanuel Goldstein.
c. the proles.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
22. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Newspeak is for
a. everyday life.
b. propaganda.
c. technology.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.

23. At the Nineteen Eighty-fours ending, Winston C. Smith feels a strong love for
a. Julia.
b. Big Brother.
c. Martin OBrien.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
24. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Mr. Charrington is
a. an old man.
b. an antiquarian.
c. an officer of the Thought Police.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
25. In Nineteen Eighty-four, who is vilified in the media as an arch-enemy?
a. Big Brother.
b. Emmanuel Goldstein.
c. Martin OBrien.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
26. In Nineteen Eighty-four, which class rules Oceania?
a. The Inner Party.
b. The Central Party.
c. The Upper Party.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
27. In Nineteen Eighty-four, what is scarce?
a. Chocolate.
b. Razor blades.
c. Coffee.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
28. In Nineteen Eighty-four, what does a voice in a dream tell Winston C. Smith?
a. If there is hope, it is in the proles.
b. Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.
c. We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.
d. All of the above.
e. None of the above.
29. In Nineteen Eighty-four, Winston C. Smiths resistance is broken in
a. the Ministry of Love.
b. Room 101.

c. the place where there is no darkness.

d. all of the above.
e. none of the above.
30. In Shelleys poem The Cloud, the clouds various transformations are presented in
a/an .. way.
a. idealistic
b. obscure
c. metaphorical
d. materialistic
31. In Shelleys poem The Cloud, the cloud is a symbol standing for:
a. eternity and immortality.
b. civilization and progress.
c. revolution and liberty.
d. democracy and fraternity.
32. In Shelleys poem The Cloud the temporal transformations are measured by.
a. natural phenomena.
b. the clock.
c. the bell.
d. mans inner clock.
33. The orbed maiden in Shelleys poem The Cloud is
a. the Sun.
b. the Moon.
c. the Spirit.
d. the Sky.
34. In Shelleys poem The Cloud, the cloud famously nourishes the thirsting.
a. gardens.
b. forests.
c. seas.
d. flowers.
35. In Shelleys poem The Cloud the main structural device is the figure of speech
known as
a. metaphor.
b. metonymy.
c. personification.
d. synecdoche.
36. In Shelleys poem The Cloud the morning star shines at dawn.
a. bright
b. dead
c. dim

d. blazing
37. In Shelleys poem The Cloud, .. acts as the clouds pilot.
a. thunder
b. rain
c. sun
d. moon
38. The idea of perpetual .. is evident in Shelleys The Cloud
a. revolt
b. metamorphosis
c. transgression
d. stasis
39. In Shelleys poem, the Cloud laughs at her cenotaph because she knows that she
is
a. immortal.
b. immaterial.
c. immature.
d. imaginary.
40. John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci is one of the best English .. of all
times.
a. sonnets
b. odes
c. ballads
d. elegies
41. According to the description of nature in John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci
the opening of the poem is set in
a. spring.
b. summer.
c. autumn.
d. winter.
42. The dialogue between the two speakers in John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci
is initiated by..
a. an unknown person.
b. the knight.
c. la belle dame.
d. none of the above mentioned persons.
43. In John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci the poet describes the outer appearance
of the ailing knight in images borrowed from the.. world.
a. animal
b. human

c. mineral
d. vegetal
44. In John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci the first three lines of each stanza
are
a. trimeters.
b. tetrameters.
c. pentameters.
d. hexameters.
45. In John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci the acts of seduction in stanzas five to
eight are actions mostly expressed via. images.
a. aural
b. olfactory
c. tactile
d. visual
46. The knights dream in John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci combines and
images.
a. aural and gustatory
b. gustatory and tactile
c. aural and visual
d. visual and olfactory
47. Keats exceptional use of imagery in La Belle Dame Sans Merci is proved by the
reiterated. image that amplifies the knights grief for being seduced and forsaken.
a. gustatory
b. olfactory
c. tactile
d. thermal
48. In John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci the final stanza.
a. is a round-up of the knights tale and the answer to the question asked in the first
stanza.
b. brings in an optimistic tone and the knights hope for the continuation of his affair.
c. laments the death of the unhappy knight.
d. shows the knights resolution to put an end to his unhappy life.
49. In John Keats La Belle Dame Sans Merci, the seventh stanza abounds in.
images.
a. aural
b. gustatory
c. olfactory
d. visual

50. In the novel David Copperfield, in his relation with Dora, David seems to be torn
between wishing his wife
a. was more beautiful and intelligent.
b. was more hardworking and serious.
c. was more mature and reproaching himself for wanting to change her.
d. was more aware of the fact he loves her so much.
51. Is David Copperfield preeminently:
a. a picaresque?
b. a Bildungsroman?
c. a romance?
d. a utopia?
52. Which of the following sentences referring to the novel David Copperfield is true:
a. In the world of David Copperfield the villain type is embodied by Traddles and the
Micawbers.
b. Even if David is younger than Dora, he feels sympathy for her much in the same way
as an adult feels sympathy for a child.
c. When David is a few years old his mother, Clara, young, pretty and weak, refused to
marry the hard, dominating Murdstone.
d. At the end of the novel, David fears that his dear sister Agnes may agree to marry
Uriah Heep in order to save her father.
53. In the novel David Copperfield, the character Betsey Trotwood is:
a. a pretty empty-headed girl
b. strong-headed and eccentric
c. a girl of exceptionally sweet and high-minded disposition
d. young, pretty and weak
54. David walked penniless to Dover to throw himself on the mercy of his aunt, Betsy
Trotwood after:
a. he entered Doctors Commons, being articled to Mr. Spenlow, of the firm of Spenlow
and Jorkins.
b. he was sent to menial employment in London where he lived a life of poverty and
misery.
c. his mothers second husband Mr Murdstone, by cruelty disguised as firmness,
punished him repeatedly.
d. he became the friend and companion of Mr Wickfields daughter.
55. Dickens David Copperfield exhibits a strong link between Romantic imagination
and . which renders the fictional world as stylized perception of the real world.
a. reality
b. fairy-tale fancy
c. pessimism
d. fulfilment

56. The names of characters in Dickenss fiction (such as Grimwig, Uriah Heep, Mr.
Murdstone) are:
a. independent from the characters.
b. meant as a comment on their physical appearance.
c. a sign of their stereotypical behaviour and moral outlook.
d. important for readers in understanding the novel.
57. Dickens narrative point(s) of view in David Copperfield and Great Expectations
was/were:
a. the omniscient
b. the first person
c. the multiple-selective omniscience
d. the neutral omniscient perspective
58. In David Copperfield, the man with black shallow eye, black hair and whiskers,
and a square chin, reminding the narrator of an wax-work, is:
a. Dr. Strong
b. Micawber
c. Murdstone
d. Steerforth
59. In David Copperfield, Dickens makes a disguised portrait of his father through the character of
a. Uriah Heep
b. Mr. Murdstone
c. Mr. Micawber
d. Mr. Spenlow
60. The plot of the novel David Copperfield is picaresque in design in the sense that:
a. it is not episodically structured
b. Dickens struggled not to depart from the 19th century literary tradition.
c. Dickens was trying to see the term picaresque from a new perspective.
d. Dickens was isolated from his reading public.
61. In the novel David Copperfield, Dickenss manner of characterisation is achieved through
a. burlesque associations.
b. picaresque tradition techniques.
c. hyperbole, stereotypes.
d. all variants.
62. How would you define the relationship between David and Dora in the novel David
Copperfield?
a. a partnership of equals.
b. a father/child relationship.
c. a brother/sister relationship.
d. a master/servant relationship.

63. Which of the following sentences referring to the novel David Copperfield, is not
true:
a. Davids mother is always intimidated by Mr and Miss Murdstone.
b. David is critical of his mothers behaviour.
c. David is younger than Dora and feels sympathy for her in the same way as an adult
feels sympathy for a child.
d. David felt that Dora did not help him with the concerns and tasks of daily life.
64. In the novel David Copperfield, Uriah Heep is
a. one of Davids friends.
b. one of Wickfields clerks.
c. a very umble person (as he describes himself) that impresses David much.
d. the man Agnes Wickfield was eager to marry.
65. Robinson Crusoe can be interpreted as the fruit of a synthesis of two existing
traditions: the picaresque novel, and the personal journal or the memoir. Why is that?
a. Because of its emphasis on the development of the individual.
b. Because it is written in the first person.
c. Because it is a story of a process of colonization similar to the colonization of the
world by the British Empire.
d. Because it comments on the political realities of the period.
66. Which of the following statements about Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe is true?
a. It can be read as a metaphor of colonialism, because the relationship between
Robinson and Friday is the archetype of colonial relations.
b. Robinson lacks the psychological elements that would make him a full-fledged
character; he is therefore a persona.
c. Defoes novel is a complex and multilayered satire directed against the social, religious
and political conflicts that were dividing British society at the time.
d. In Robinson Crusoe, Defoe constructs a meta-novel, because in it he experiments with
the mechanisms of novel-writing, thus revolutionizing the genre.
67. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The Bildungsroman is a literary genre equivalent to a fictional autobiography.
b. The Bildungsroman is a literary genre consisting in an extended meditation on storytelling, having as central premise the idea that what the story is about is of secondary
importance to how it is told.
c. The Bildungsroman is a literary genre based on a moral idea and its illustration.
d. The Bildungsroman is a literary genre that explores in a subjective discourse the heros
thoughts and ideas.
68. Which of the following is a Bildungsroman?
a. Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe
b. Laurence Sternes Tristram Shandy
c. Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels
d. Hawthornes Scarlet Letter

69. Why does Robinson leave home?

a. Because he wants to discover America.
b. Because his family had arranged a marriage for him with Clarissa.
c. Because his father had destined him to a profession he didnt like.
d. By accident.
70. How does Crusoe leave: does he ask anyones consent?
a. Yes.
b. No.
c. Not specified in the novel.
d. Not relevant to the novel.
71. What does Crusoe consider himself to have been the instrument of what?
a. of his becoming wise
b. of his own salvation
c. of his own destruction
d. of his becoming respectable
72. Where does Crusoe first become a planter?
a. India.
b. Brazil.
c. England.
d. America.
e. Australia.
73. What does Crusoe build with the sails of the ship?
a. a hammock for himself to sleep in.
b. a tent in which he brings perishable goods.
c. a tent in which he brings all his tools.
d. a granary.
74. What does Crusoe think about the money he discovers on the ship?
a. That the money could be of good use for him in gaining things in exchange from the
natives.
b. That the money should be kept for future use.
c. That the money is the Devils temptation
d. That the money is of no use for him, that it is a drug.
75. How does Crusoe name the island on which he was shipwrecked?
a. The Island of Salvation
b. The Island of Hope
c. The Island of Despair
d. The Island of a New Beginning
e. The Island of Repentance

76. What animals did Crusoe domesticate?

a. Goats.
b. Hares.
c. Fowls.
d. Kine.
77. What is Crusoe planting in the place in which he first becomes a planter in the fourth
year?
a. Wheat.
b. Melons.
c. Cane.
d. Tobacco.
78. We are told by the author that Robinson Crusoe was sold as a slave. When does this
happen?
a. When he is leaving London, heading for his island where Friday will be expecting him.
b. When he is the captain of a ship heading for Guinea, and they are captured by the pirates
and sold to the Moors.
c. When he is captain of a ship trading silk in China, and due to a violent storm, is
shipwrecked on the African coast.
d. When he is shipwrecked in the land of Laputa, and is taken to the court of the king and
made slave.
79. In Chapter XI we are told that, after 15 years of solitude on the island, Robinson Crusoe
finds a footprint on the sand. He is terrified by the sight and thinks that:
a. there are cannibals on the island
b. the devil left it there to scare him.
c. it was his own footprint.
d. it was Fridays footprint.
80. In Hawthornes romance, The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth is
a. an Indian doctor
b. Hesters husband
c. a clergyman
d. Pearls best friend
81. In the Preface to The Scarlet Letter, Hawthornes metaphors for romantic realism
and romance are:
a. moonlight and stage light.
b. moonlight and firelight.
c. moonlight and torchlight.
d. moonlight and lighthouse.
82. In Hawthornes vision, romance transforms the ordinary world into . and then
back into the impression of life.
a. cold allegory

b. fairy tale
c. imaginary land
d. symbolic land
83. In the Preface of The Scarlet Letter, in Hawthornes vision is the neutral
territory between reality and fairy land, where the Actual and the Imaginary meet and
fuse.
a. the window
b. the ceiling
c. the floor
d. the door
84. The message concluding The Scarlet Letter could be: to develop ones moral
potential one must:
a. plunge into the depth of experiential knowledge in order to ascend.
b. protect ones moral worth because it is irreparable.
c. lie and pretend that nothing sinful has happened.
d. heroically rebel against the community.
85. Hawthornes pictorial analogies for his verbal art of the ROMANCE can be
associated with:
a. his gift at drawing and painting.
b. his masters (Twains) keen visual perception of the world.
c. the Horatian ut pictura poesis dictum of neoclassicism.
d. his fondness for romantic stories.
86. In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne describes the customs of:
a. the 19th century New England.
b. the 18th century Puritan Boston.
c. the 17th century Puritan New England.
d. the 16th century Puritan England.
87. In the novel The Scarlet Letter Pearl, although only a small child, embarrasses
Dimmesdale by asking him if:
a. he will allow her to call him father.
b. he will love her mother as long as he lives.
c. he will stand on the pillory with her and her mother the following day.
d. he will buy her a new dress.
88. Which of the following sentences referring to the novel The Scarlet Letter is true:
a. Dimmesdale believes that Hesters sin is greater than his own.
b. Hester Prynne and Dimmesdale are, ultimately, archetypes of sinning and that is why
their moral development is frozen in stereotyped patterns.
c. Hawthorne did not manage to modify the traditional romance into psychological
romance.
d. Hesters husband, Arthur Dimmesdale, returns incognito and settles in the town under

the name of Richard Chillingworth.

89. In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthornes New England is striking for:
a. historical veracity of the facts.
b. historical setting and people.
c. effects of romantic distance and picturesque.
d. effects of picaresque facts.
90. In the end of the novel The Scarlet Letter, Dimmesdale found the resolve to admit in
public that:
a. he hated Chillingworth.
b. he wanted to leave New England.
c. he was Pearls father.
d. he did not want to be a minister.
91. The historical period to which Hawthorne often resorted in his fiction was:
a. the medieval legendary age.
b. his contemporary society.
c. the colonial, Calvinist past.
d. the 19th American society.
92. In The Scarlet Letter, Hesters husband reveals his true identity to her as he tries:
a. to escape some bad men who are searching for him.
b. to practice his job of a physician.
c. to find out who her lover is.
d. to come back to her.
93. In the novel The Scarlet Letter according to Hawthornes philosophical tenets, the
Unpardonable Sinner is an individual who tries to separate his intellect from the heart,
in a lack of reverence for the human soul, looking on mankind as the subject of his
experiment. What character can be considered as such:
a. Arthur Dimmesdale
b. Roger Chillingworth
c. Arthur Hollingworth
d. Mr Surveyor Pue
94. Tristrams father was:
a. a natural philosopher.
b. a stoic.
c. an agnostic philosopher.
d. a doctor in Philosophy.
95. Who is Corporal Trim of Sternes Tristram Shandy ?
a.Uncle Tobys brother.
b.Uncle Tobys son.
c.Uncle Tobys servant.

d.Walter Shandys servant.

96. In Tristram Shandy, what is Corporal Trims main interest?
a. flowers
b. military fortifications
c. the ocean
d. life in the city
e. education
97. In Tristram Shandy, Walter Shandy explains to Uncle Toby the contents of
Slawkenbergiuss Latin treatise. What is this treatise about?
a. Noses.
b. Hats.
c. Pipes.
d. Hairdressing.
98. Tristram was:
a. an only child.
b. he had an elder brother.
c. he had a half brother.
d. he had a younger sister.
99. The story of Tristrams life and opinions begins in:
a. book 1
b. book 4
c. book 7
d. book 5
100. In Tristram Shandy, the narrator is
a. Laurence Sterne.
b. Tristram Shandy.
c. Uncle Toby.
d. both Laurence Sterne and Tristram Shandy.
101. Tristram Shandy was published in
a. the Elisabethan Age.
b. the Age of Reason.
c. the Victorian Age.
d. the Romantic Age.
102. Tristram Shandy consists of:
a. seven books.
b. eight books.
c. nine books.
d. twelve books.
103. In Tristram Shandy, Book One, a black page is connected with

a. Yoricks passing away.

b. the narrative line.
c. widow Wadmans appearance.
d. the mourning caused by Dr. Slops death.
104. What is the name that Tristrams parents intended for him?
a. Heracles
b. John
c. Trismegistus
d. Winston
e. Charles
105. Which of the following statements about Laurence Sternes novel Tristram Shandy is
true?
a. It is a novel written in the third person, having an impersonal and omniscient narrator,
who knows everything about all his characters.
b. it is a meta-novel,using a subjective, psychological time.
c. it is a Bildungsroman, because it follows the story of the development of Tristram as
an individual, through the multiple adventures he has, which shape his personality and
ultimately help him find his place in society.
d. it explores the dramatic situation of women in the eighteenth century, and comments
on the double pressure exerted upon them by an oppressive patriarchal society.
106. The main purpose of Laurence Sternes Tristram Shandy is:
a. to follow the adventures of Tristram.
b. to illustrate the way a narrative is built.
c. to comment on social inequalities.
d. to create a paradigm of colonialism.
107. In Tristram Shandy, Sterne uses a series of unconventional techniques. Thus, a
cross appears on the page when Dr. Slop crosses himself, blank pages appear to represent
pages torn out. What is the purpose of these technical devices in Sternes construction of
the narrative?
a. to illustrate the point he is trying to make
b. to use an omniscient narrator
c. to involve the reader in the process of creation of the text
d. to create the illusion of reality
108. From a technical point of view, which is the difference between the concepts of
story and of plot?
a. The story is the sum of all the events that the author presents in his novel, while the
plot refers to those parts of the story that involve the main character directly.
b. Story is the chronologically-ordered representation of all the information concerning
characters, events and settings. It is an abstract version of events, while the plot is the
structured matter of the novel.

c. There is no important distinction between plot and story, as both refer to the elements
that form the narrative, the material that constitutes the novel.
d. The story represents the selection which the writer makes among the information and
events that constitute the plot.
109. In Tristram Shandy, in the closing paragraphs, the characters are preoccupied with:
a. a tall story.
b. a travelers tale.
c. a cock-and-bull story.
d. a cloak-and-dagger story.
e. an opera.
110. Laurence Sternes narrative method was:
a. characteristic of his time.
b. an initiation of the stream-of-consciousness technique.
c. a personal interpretation of Lockes theory.
d. a faithful application of Lockes theory.
111. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche used to live on a plantation called:
a. La Bel Reve.
b. La Belle Reve
c. La Belles Reves
d. a different name.
112. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanches famous line is: I have always relied on
the kindness of ..
a. friends.
b. woman.
c. people.
d. strangers.
e. God.
113. What American actor became famous after playing Stanley in A Streetcar Named
Desire?
a. Paul Newman.
b. Robert Redford.
c. Marlon Brando.
114. Tennessee in Tennessee William is a pen name.
a. True.
b. False.
115. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Stanleys origins are:
a. East European.
b. West European.
c. Central European.

116. The dominant feature of Tennessee Williams personages is:

a. sensibility.
b. sensitivity.
c. susceptibility.
117. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Mitch jilts Blanche because
a. he discovers how old she is.
b. he finds out about her past.
c. he is tired of her airs.
118. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanches past is brought to life by:
a. Mitch.
b. anonymous letter.
c. Stanley.
d. a neighbour.
119. In A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanches marriage failed because:
a. her husband was unfaithful to her.
b. she was promiscuous.
c. her husband was suicidal.
d. none of the above.
120. Twelfth Night is a play about ...
a. madness and emotion.
b. stereotypical behaviour.
c. mistaken identity.
d. jealousy and murder.
121. In Twelfth Night,Viola arrives at Illyria after ...
a. escaping a rape attempt.
b. surviving a shipwreck.
c. leaving the nunnery.
d. avoiding a stock market crash.
122. In Twelfth Night, Olivia repels Orsinos advances being ...
a. in mourning for the death of her brother.
b. of a higher social rank.
c. in love with Sebastian.
d. of a different sexual orientation.
123. In Twelfth Night, the subtitle of Twelfth Night is ...
a. Much ado about Nothing
b. What You Will
c. The Mistakes of a Night
d. A History of True Love

124. In Twelfth Night, Malvolio is taken in by Maria with the help of ...
a. rumors spread about the household.
b. a duel challenge from Antonio.
c. a supposed invitation to Orsino.
d. a forged love letter from Olivia.
125. In Twelfth Night, the supposed love letter from Olivia asks Malvolio to ...
a. wear yellow stockings cross-gartered.
b. be rude to the rest of the servants.
c. smile in all circumstances.
d. all of the above.
126. In Twelfth Night, Feste visits Malvolio to mock his insanity ...
a. disguised as a priest.
b. dressed in yellow stockings.
c. wearing an armor.
d. carrying a fishing rod.
127.Orsino starts Twelfth Night, with the words ...
a. O! spirit of love! how quick and fresh art thou.
b. If music be the food of love, play on.
c. O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first.
d. O! she that hath a heart of that fine frame.
128. In Twelfth Night, Olivia says that Malvolio ...
a. rises a passion within her.
b. is her most faithful servant.
c. suffers from self-love.
d. deserves a better fate.
129. In Twelfth Night, Olivia considers that Malvolio suffers from ...
a. midnight fever.
b. winter flu.
c. spring anxiety.
d. midsummer madness.