Test practice Literature

Narrated from the point of view of the character Sal Paradise, On the Road is a classic example of

an autobiographical novel. It is written in a spontaneous style of prose that sounds like someone

speaking directly to the reader without pausing to think or reflect.

The word spontaneous is closest in meaning to

• original.

• realistic.

• fictional.

• unplanned.

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was first published anonymously in 1818. Although known

mainly as a science fiction horror novel, it deals with many profound themes, such as the conflict

between good and evil.

The word profound is closest in meaning to

• interesting.

• contradictory.

• thought-provoking.

• serious.

Jean Rhys's novel Wide Sargasso Sea was inspired by Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre and

uses a stylistic device of shifting narrative voices to explore themes of power, dependence, and

madness.

The word device is closest in meaning to

• language.

• version.

• perspective.

• technique.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a __________

novel of the Jazz Age.

• author

• classic

• prose

The Sherlock Holmes detective stories are ___________ by Sherlock's friend Dr. Watson.

• inspired

• set

• narrated

George Eliot was the _________ of the English author, Mary Ann Evans.

• pseudonym

• character

• perspective

Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar is a semi- ________ novel based on her

own experience.

• anonymous

• autobiographical

• contradictory

Many of Jack London's stories were _________ by his life as a sailor and

gold prospector.

• written

• set

• inspired