General English 1. Of ŵaŶs fiƌst disoďedieŶĐe , aŶd the fƌuit/Of that foƌďiddeŶ tƌee is the opeŶiŶg to: a. Paradise Lost by John Milton b. The Vision of Delight by Ben Jonson c. The Fairie Quenne by Edmund Spenser d. The Pilgƌiŵs Pƌogƌess ďy JohŶ BuŶyaŶ 2. The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by whose author? a. Oscar Wilde c. John Steinbeck b. Edgar Allan Poe d. Rudyard Kipling 3. Who ǁas the ĐaptaiŶ of the Nautilus iŶ 20 000 Leagues UŶdeƌ the “ea? a. Nemo c. Ahab b. Boneville d. Smith 4. What canon of religious literature was finally, firmly fixed at the end of 4 th century AD? a. The Hebrew Bible c. The New Testament b. The Mishnah d. The Koran 5. Who ǁƌote the Ŷoǀel The “tƌaŶge Case of Dƌ Jekyll aŶd Mƌ Hyde? a. William Golding c. D.H. Lawrence b. Robert Louis Stevenson d. Herman Hesse 6. No sŵokiŶg duƌiŶg the Đigaƌette ďƌeak. What kiŶd of figuƌe of speeĐh ǁas used? a. Irony c. asyndeton b. Oxymoron d. synecdoche 7. The Gƌeek dƌaŵatist authoƌed AlĐestis aŶd AŶdƌoŵaĐhe. a. Homer c. Virgil b. Euripides d. Sophocles 8. In the 23 rd century BC, Sargon of Akkad conquered Mesopotamia, and became the subject of legends. It is from a Sumerian legend that we learn how Sargon established himself as the cupbearer of the king of Kish in Sumer. What aerly form of writing did the Sumerians invent? a. Cuneiform c. Oracle Bone Inscriptions b. Hieroglyphics d. Native Signs 9. Meŵoƌy is the staŶdaƌd soŶg of Cats ŵusiĐal ďy AŶdƌeǁ Lloyd Weďeƌ. He ďased his play oŶ Old Possuŵs Book of PƌaĐtiĐal Cats ďy ǁhose author? a. Emily Dickinson c. Thomas Stearns Elliot Lowell b. John Steinbeck d. James Rusell 10. Which of the following is an incorrect representation of the Scarlet Letter throughout the course of the novel? a. Able c. Angel b. Avowal d. Adulteress