6. Childhood is central to William Blake’s concern in ________ and Songs of Experience, and this concern gives the two books a strong social and historical reference.

A. Songs for Innocence                                     B. “The Chimney Sweeper”

C. “The Tyger”                                                D. In Memoriam

7. In his best novels like The Rainbow and Women in Love, ________ made a bold psychological exploration of various human relationships, especially those between men and women, with a great frankness.

A. D. H. Lawrence                                           B. George Eliot

C. James Joyce                                                D. Charles Dickens

8. ________ is the most successful religious allegory in the English language. Its purpose is to urge people to abide by Christian doctrines and seek salvation through constant struggles with their own weaknesses and all kinds of social evils.

A. Robinson Crusoe                                          B. Gulliver’s Travels

C. The Pilgrim’s Progress                                  D. A Tale of a Tub

9. The Faerie Queene is the masterpiece of ________ .

A. William Shakespeare                                     B. Edmund Spenser

C. John Donne                                                 D. John Milton

10. All of the following are the writers in the Victorian period except ________ ?

A. Charles Dickens                                           B. George Eliot

C. Thomas Hardy                                             D. James Joyce