Literature Practice Test KEY
1. (20p)
Match each of the following characters with the literary work that he or she
appears in, and then identify each character in about two sentences each: who is
she/he and why is she/he important to the story?
A Magwitch 1 Othello
B Desdemona 2 The Great Gatsby
C Cecily 3 The Garden Party
D Fortunato 4 Great Expectations
E Colonel Pickering 5 The Force of Circumstance
F Doris 6 A Streetcar Named Desire
G Mrs. Sheridan 7 Pygmalion
H Nick 8 The Handmaid’s Tale
I Blanche 9 The Cask of Amontillado
J Offred 10 The Importance of Being Earnest
A. He is the escaped convict at the grave who turns out to be Pip´s benefactor
B. She is the reason of Othello´s jealousy
C. She is earnest´s ward
D. He is the victim of the story
E. He and higgins start the bet
F. The woman who guy is with and leaves him in the end
G. Laura´s mother
H. The narrator of the story
I. Stella´s unstable sister
J. The handmaid through whose eyes we view the book.
1. (20p)
Match each of the following characters with the literary work that he or she
appears in, and then identify each character in about two sentences each: who is
she/he and why is she/he important to the story?
A Magwitch 1 Othello
B Desdemona 2 The Great Gatsby
C Cecily 3 The Garden Party
D Fortunato 4 Great Expectations
E Colonel Pickering 5 The Force of Circumstance
F Doris 6 A Streetcar Named Desire
G Mrs. Sheridan 7 Pygmalion
H Nick 8 The Handmaid’s Tale
I Blanche 9 The Cask of Amontillado
J Offred 10 The Importance of Being Earnest
A. He is the escaped convict at the grave who turns out to be Pip´s benefactor
B. She is the reason of Othello´s jealousy
C. She is earnest´s ward
D. He is the victim of the story
E. He and higgins start the bet
F. The woman who guy is with and leaves him in the end
G. Laura´s mother
H. The narrator of the story
I. Stella´s unstable sister
J. The handmaid through whose eyes we view the book.
