Mark Twain was inspired by:

the life on the Mississippi River

J.R.R. Tolkien´s book Silmarillion is set

before the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit

The story of which book is set in mental hospital?

One Flew over the Cuckoo´s Nest

Native American literary tradition is almost entirely lost because:

it was mostly oral and it is forgotten

Who are the main characters of Pygmalion?

phonology professor and his student

American "tragic realism" is tragic because:

people are always corrupted by society

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1
The Lost Generation was "lost" in the context of:
Vietnam War
WW II
WW I
Civil War
2
The topics from the British colonial empire are typical for
Ch. Bronte
R. Kipling
J. B. Shaw
Oscar Wilde
3
The US movement of so called muck-rakers (= kydači hnoje) can be compared to European:
realism
naturalism
romanticism
post-war literature
4
Mark Twain was inspired by:
the life of immigrants to the USA
the life in big American cities
the life on the Mississippi River
the life during American Civil War
5
Who is NOT a heroine of Jane Austen´s books:
Emma Woodhouse
Elizabeth Bennet
Marianne Dashwood
Jane Eyre
6
Canterburry Tales is a book inspired by:
Romeo and Juliet
King Arthur stories
Decameron
Bible
7
George Orwell was personally involved in
WW I
WW II
Civil War in the USA
Civil War in Spain
8
Joseph Heller wrote:
Catch XXII
American Tragedy
Death of a Salesman
Sophie´s Choice
9
The genre of detective story was invented by:
Christie
Poe
Hemingway
Dickens
10
Charles Dickens usually wrote about
humorous sides of life
life of high society
life on the sea
orphan children
11
Beowulf is
an English castle
an English king
a Danish monster
a Swedish hero
12
The Lost Generation does NOT include:
W. Faulkner
E. Hemingway
F. S. Fitzgerald
W. Styron
13
J.R.R. Tolkien´s book Silmarillion is set
in real world not in Middle-Earth
between the LOTR and the Hobbit
before the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit
after the Lord of the Rings
14
The romantic struggle of an individual against nature is shown in:
The Pit and the Pendulum
Moby Dick
The Scarlet Letter
The Raven
15
The story of which book is set in mental hospital?
Grapes of Wrath
The Catcher in the Rye
Eragon
One Flew over the Cuckoo´s Nest
16
Native American literary tradition is almost entirely lost because:
it was in a language which is extinct
it was burnt by colonists
it was mostly oral and it is forgotten
it was forbidden by law
17
Who are the main characters of Pygmalion?
high school teacher and his student
university professor and his assistent
nursery school teacher and her assistant
phonology professor and his student
18
Shakespeare invented his own version of a sonnet. Compared to Italian sonnet, it has...
different division into parts
different sound quality
different number of lines
different topics
19
American "tragic realism" is tragic because:
all good characters die
those who have power always win
people are always corrupted by society
nature is devastated by people
20
J. K. Rowling today specialises in writing
fantasy stories
horror stories
psychlogical novels
detective novels

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