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№ 74
Why did Romans have to leave Britain at the end of the 4th century?
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They were needed to defend their own country invaded by barbaric people
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№ 75
Which statement is false?
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The Puritans believed that people should not guide their daily behavior with the Bible.
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№ 76
Who described the country and the Indians, and gave to literature the story of Pocahontas?
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Captain John Smith
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№ 77
The author of “The Simple Cobbler of Agawam” is
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Nathaniel Ward
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№ 78
Samuel Sewall is considered one of …
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New England's greatest colonial diarist
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№ 79
The author of “History of Plymouth Plantation” is…
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William Bradford
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№ 80
Matthew Carey is…
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an important American publisher
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№ 81
Who was the first great self-made man in America, a poor democrat born in an aristocratic age that his fine example helped to liberalize?
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Benjamin Franklin
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№ 82
Which works listed below are by Thomas Paine?
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Common Sense and The American Crisis
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№ 83
Which of these writers is not a representative of the American Romantic Period?
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Samuel Sewall
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№ 84
What is the most important difference between American and European Romanticism?
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In America, romanticism coincided with the period of national expansion
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№ 85
Which of these writers is considered a fiction writer?
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Washington Irving
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№ 86
Which of these works is a satirical work of Washington Irving?
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“History of New York”
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№ 87
Who is the author of the “Leather – Stocking Tales”?
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James Fennimore Cooper
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№ 88
Which genre did Edgar Allan Poe create?
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Detective fiction
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№ 89
During the Colonial Time Period, the writing was influenced most by what religious persuasion?
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The Puritans
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№ 90
In which work of Edgar Allan Poe is the death-life or returning like a vampire described?
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“The Cask of Amontillado”
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№ 91
What was the aim of abolitionist movement?
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To Emancipate the slaves in America
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№ 92
Who was the author of ‘’Uncle Tom’s Cabin’’?
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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№ 93
Which of these writers is considered 20th century black American author?
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Toni Morrison
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№ 94
Which of these works by Frederick Douglas appeared in 1845?
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“The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglas”
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№ 95
Which writer described his slavery period in his works?
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Frederick Douglas
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№ 96
Which book did Frederick Douglas buy when he was about 13?
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The Columbian Orator
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№ 97
Which writer is considered the first Black Nationalist?
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Martin Robison Delany
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№ 98
Who is the author of the work ‘’Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”?
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Stephen Crane
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№ 99
In which work did Theodor Dreiser describe the damage of economic forces and alienation on the weak or vulnerable individual?
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“An American Tragedy”
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№ 100
In which work did Harriet Jacobs describe the situation of black Americans?
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The Condition”
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№ 101
Who is the first Englishman and the first writer who has received the Nobel Prize?
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Rudyard Kipling
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№ 102
Which work of Rudyard Kipling was dedicated to his son?
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“If”
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№ 103
What is Rudyard Kipling’s first volume, a small book of verse?
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“Departmental Ditties”
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№ 104
Which works of Rudyard Kipling evidently show his hatred of war?
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Mary Postage”, “The gardener
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№ 105
Who wrote “The Ballad of Reading Goal”?
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O. Wilde
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№ 106
How does Rudyard Kipling’s “The white man’s burden” begin?
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by describing the colonized Filipinos as “new-caught, sullen peoples, half devil and half child”
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№ 107
What does Rudyard Kipling want to show in “The jungle Book”?
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in an uncivilized society powerful animals triumph
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What work introduced Rudyard Kipling to the public as a storyteller?
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"Plain Tales from the Hills"
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What works by Kipling are fine examples of the modern treatment of history?
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"Captain Courageous", "Kim", "Just so Stories", "Puck of Pook's Hill" and "Rewards and Fairies"
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Who are Mowgli’s friends in “Jungle Book”?
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Father Wolf, Mother Wolf and her cubs; Akela, Balloo, Bagheera, Hathi, Rama.
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What is the law of the Jungle, according to Kipling?
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The weak animals submit to the power of those who are stronger
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№ 113
How do you understand the notion “Lost Generation”?
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the generation that had taken part in World War I or was affected by it
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In which works does Richard Aldington show his deep concern for the post-war “lost generation”?
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“Roads to Glory”, “Soft answers”
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When and where was Somerset Maugham born?
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in Paris, 1874
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What is the first play of Somerset Maugham?
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“A man of Honour”
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When did the mature period of Maugham's literary career begin?
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in 1915, when he published "Of Human Bondage".
| № 118
Which writer used to say: “I have always had more stories in my head than I ever had time to write”
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Somerset Maugham
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Which hero of Somerset Maugham’s “The moon and sixpence” is a prosperous stockbroker?
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Charles Strickland
| № 120
In which works does Richard Aldington show his deep concern for the post-war “lost generation”?
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“Roads to Glory”, “Soft answers”
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№ 121
What did the critical realists describe?
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the chief traits of the English society, bourgeois civilization, the misery and sufferings of the common people
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What is the major contribution made by the 19th century critical realists?
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their perfection of the novel. They made use of the broad canvas of the novel for full and detailed representations of social and political events
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Graham Greene was …
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A novelist, essayist, short-stories writer and a playwright
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Find psychological detective novels or “entertainments by Graham Greene.
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“A Gun for Sale” (1936), “The Ministry of Fear (1943), and “The Third Man” (1949)
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Find “serious novels” by Graham Greene.
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“The Man Within” (1929), “It’s a Battlefield (1934), ”England Made Me” (1935), “Brighton Rock” (1938), “The Power and the Glory” (1940), “The Heart of the Matter” (1948), “The End of the Affair” (1951), “The Quiet American” (1955), “A Burnt-Out Case” (1961), “The Comedians” (1966).
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Find two volumes of autobiographies by Graham Greene
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“A Sort of Life” (1971) and “Ways of Escape” (1980)
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№ 128
How is the first group of the sequence "Strangers and Brothers" by Sir Charles Percy Snow called?
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"Novels of private experience"
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What does the "novels of private experience" by Sir Charles Percy Snow include?
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"Time of Hope" (1947) and "Homecomings" (1956)
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How is the second group of the sequence "Strangers and Brothers" by Sir Charles Percy Snow called?
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"Novels of conditioned experience"
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Who are the best-known representatives of the trend “Angry Young Men?
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Kingsley Amis, John Wain, John Braine and playwright John Osborne
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What did the representatives of the trend “Angry Young Men” have in common?
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Most of them were of lower middle- class background
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Which literary trend did Norman Lewis belong to in the English literature?
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Anti-colonial
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How many novels were written by Norman Lewis?
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8
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What is the main theme of “The Honored Society” by Norman Lewis?
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Criminal activity
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What kind of novel is “Signed with their Honor” by James Aldridge?
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Social, psychological, military
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Which novel of Sid Chaplin was widely read and highly appreciated by critics?
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The day of Sardine
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What is the title of the autobiographical novel of Alan Sillitoe?
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Life without Armour
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№ 139
When was “The Leaping Lad” published?
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1948
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What did Norman Lewis always write about?
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The countries who had lived in
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№ 142
Who had died four years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth?
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William Shakespeare
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