LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS

Literary Criticism

DIRECTIONS: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Identify the author of this literary work: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
A. Ernest Hemingway
B. Benjamin Disraeli
C. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
D. E.M. Forster

2. PILGRIMS PROGRESS was written by:

A. John Bunyan
B. Jack London
C. Henry Fielding
D. Stendhal

3. DON QUIXOTE
A. Gustave Flaubert
B. Joseph Condrad
C. Miguel de Cervantes
D. D.H. Lawrence

4. Which of the following works by DANIEL DEFOE features a castaway who spends 28
years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives,
and mutineers before being rescued?
A. Memoirs of a Cavalier
B. Robinson Crusoe
C. Moll Flanders
D. Captain Singleton

5. VANITY FAIR is a novel satirizing society in early 19th-century Britain. Who wrote this
classic?
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Wikie Collins
C. Herman Melville
D. William Makepeace Thackeray

6. JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT

A. Wikie Collins
B. Herman Melville
C. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
D. Franz Kafka

7. AS I LAY DYING
A. William Faulkner
B. Jerome K. Jerome
C. Erskine Childers
D. George Grosmith
8. THE TRIAL is a novel which tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote,
inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime never revealed either to him or the reader.
Who is the writer of this novel?
A. Henry James
B. Franz Kafka
C. Thomas Hardy
D. Fyodor Dostoevsky

9. THE GREAT GATSBY

A. Ford Madox Fod
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. D.H. Lawrence
D. Joseph Condrad

10. A PASSAGE TO INDIA is about the racial tensions and prejudices between indigenous
Indians and the British colonists who rule India. Who wrote this novel?
A. Virginia Woolf
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Jack London
D. E. M. Forster

11. MRS. DALLOWAY is a novel that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in post-
World War I England. Who is its author?
A. Virginia Woolf
B. Charlotte Bronte
C. Mary Shelley
D. Emily Bronte

12. ULYSSES chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary
day, 16 June 1904.The title alludes to Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s Odyssey. Name the
author of Ulysses.
A. Anthony Trollope
B. Kenneth Grahame
C. Laurence Strene
D. James Joyce

13. THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS features the adventures of Richard Hannay, an all-action
hero with a stiff upper lip. Who wrote this novel?
A. Honore De Balzac
B. Samuel Richardson
C. John Buchan
D. Thomas Love Peacock

14. THE GOOD SOLDIER’s original title was The Saddest Story, but after the onset of World
War I, the publishers asked its author for a new title. What is the name of its author?
A. Gustave Flaubert
B. Henry Fielding
C. Ford Madox Ford
D. Samuel Richardson
15. THE RAINBOW is a novel with a frank treatment of sexual desire and the power it plays
within relationships as a natural and even spiritual force of life. Who is its author?
A. D. H. Lawrence
B. Jonathan Swift
C. Alexandre Dumas
D. Daniel Defoe

16. IN THE SEARCH OF LOST TIME

A. Laurence Sterne
B. Marcel Proust
C. Jack London
D. Thomas Hardy

17. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS is a classic of children’s literature which was adapted
partly on stage as Toad of Toad Hall in 1929. Name its author.
A. Kenneth Grahame
B. E.M. Foster
C. Thomas Hardy
D. Erskine Childers

18. NOSTROMO features Señor Gould, a native Costaguanero of English descent who owns
the silver-mining concession in Sulaco. Name the author of this novel.
A. Joseph Condrad
B. Samuel Richardson
C. George Elliot
D. Thomas Hardy

19. THE CALL OF THE WILD is known for its dog protagonist. It is sometimes classified as a
juvenile novel, suitable for children, but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of
cruelty and violence. Who wrote this novel?
A. Oscar Wilde
B. Jack London
C. Henry James
D. Kenneth Grahame

20. THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS is an early example of the espionage novel, with a strong
underlying theme of militarism. It has been made into a film and TV film. Who wrote this
novel?
A. Erskine Childers
B. William Faulkner
C. Jerome K. Jerome
D. Honore De Balzac

21. JUDE THE OBSCURE, include themes such as class, scholarship, religion, marriage,
and the modernisation of thought and society. Name its author.
A. Samuel Richardson
B. Franz Kafka
C. Thomas Hardy
D. Joseph Condrad
22. THE DIARY OF A NOBODY has spawned the word “Pooterish” to describe a tendency to
take oneself excessively seriously.Who is the author of this novel?
A. John Buchan
B. George Grossmith
C. Anthony Trollope
D. Samuel Richardson

23. THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY is about a young man who sold his soul to the devil to
ensure his portrait would age rather than himself. Which of the following is its author?
A. Herman Melville
B. Oscar Wilde
C. Jonathan Swift
D. Wikie Collins

24. THREE MEN IN A BOAT was initially intended to be a serious travel guide with accounts
of local history along the route. Who wrote this novel?
A. Benjamin Disraeli
B. Jerome K. Jerome
C. Laurence Stern
D. Marcel Proust

25. DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson
who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the
misanthropic Edward Hyde. Who is its author?
A. James Joyce
B. Jack London
C. Robert Louis Stevenson
D. Stendhal

26. Which of the following is a work of SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS?

A. Animal Farm
B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
C. The Scarlet Letter
D. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

27. Which is a HENRY JAMES masterpiece?

A. Vanity Fair
B. The Portrait of Dorian Gray
C. The Portrait of a Lady
D. David Copperfield

28. Which novel features JOSEPHINE “JO” MARCH?

A. Wuthering Heights
B. Little Women
C. Sense and Sensibility
D. Scarlet Letter
29. Which is an HONORE DE BALZAC novel?
A. The Black Sheep
B. The Charterhouse of Parma
C. The Count of Monte Cristo
D. Dangerous Laisons

30. Which of the following gothic authors wrote the THE INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE?
A. Anne Rice
B. Mary Shelley
C. Bram Stoker
D. Gaston Leroux