Supply the best word or words to complete each sentence

1. A book about imaginary people and events is a ….

1 fiction

2 novel

3 roman

4 romance

5 soap opera

2. If you enjoy reading poetry and fiction, you enjoy ….

1 literature

2 philology

3 reviews

4 imagination

5 lyrics

3. The people in a play are usually referred to as the….

1 people

2 personages

3 characters

4 persons

5 types

4. A work of fiction which is shorter than a novel is a(n) ….

1 short story

2 history

3 romance

4 essay

5 travel book

5. Someone who briefly assesses a play or book in the press writes a ….

1 critic

2 criticism

3 critique

4 review

5 resumé

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Edgar Allan Poe is today regarded as one of the premier authors of horror stories, but he received very little recognition and almost no money for his stories while he lived. Twenty-five of his greatest stories were published in a collection called Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, which appeared in 1840, but at the time little notice was taken of it. Three years later, another story “The Gold Bug”, was published, selling 300,000 copies, and by 1845 he had written twelve more stories, which he published in Tales. Hisbest-known stories include “The Pit and the Pendulum” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”. But it was a poem, “The Raven”, that brought him greatest recognition as a writer. The centerpiece of a collection of thirty poems published in a volume titled The Raven and Other Poems, it became quite popular. The theme of the poem is grief over the loss of an ideal love. The dramatic, almost theatrical tone, the intensity of the repetition, and the hypnotic rhythm reflect the narrator’s despondent and desperate state of mind. When read aloud, it produces a powerful effect.

1. What is the author’s main purpose of this passage?

(A) To give examples of horror stories

(B) To chronicle the work of Edgar Allan Poe

(C) To compare Poe’s stories with his poems

(D) To suggest that “The Raven” be read aloud

2. According to the passage, which of the following tales sold 300,000 copies?

(A) “The Tell-Tale Heart”

(B) “The Gold Bug”

(C) “The Raven”

(D) “The Pit and the Pendulum”

3. The author mentions all of the following as features of “ The Raven” EXCEPT

(A) intense repetition

(B) dramatic tone

(C) cheerful mood

(D) hypnotic rhythm

4. The word “recognition” in line 2 is closest in meaning to

(A) criticism

(B) opportunities

(C) imitation

(D) appreciation

5. The word “it” in line 5 refers to