Shakespeare has established his giant position in world literature with his ______ plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems.

A. 27                                                        

B. 38

C.47                                                   

D. 52

John Milton’s literary achievement can be divided into three groups: the early poetic works, the middle prose pamphlets and the last ______.

A. romances                                               

B. dramas

C. great poems                                    

D. ballads

The novels of ______ are the first literary works devoted to the study of problems of the lower— class people.

A. John Milton                                           

B. Daniel Defoe

C. Henry Fielding                                

D. Jonathan Swift

The work ranked by many critics as William Wordswoth’s greatest work was ______.

A. Lyrical Ballads                                      

B. The Prelude

C. Poems in Two Volumes                     

D. The Excursion

The author of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling is ______.

A. Daniel Defoe                                  

B. Johathan Swift

C. Henry Fielding                                

D. William Blake