答案是：The Octopus is a novel by Frank Norris. It describes the raising of wheat in California, and conflict between the wheat growers and a railway company. Inspired by role of the Southern Pacific Railroad, it depicts the tension between the corrupt railroad and the ranchers and the ranchers' League. The book emphasized the control of "forces" such as wheat and railroads over individuals.

答案是：James Joyce is one of the most prominent literary figures of the first half of the 20thcentury. His virtuoso experiment in writing has recreated the form of modern novel. All his works have the same setting—Ireland, especially Dublin, and the same subject—the Irish people and their life. His major works include: Dubliners, A portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses

答案是：A Modest Proposal is a famous satire written by Jonathan Swift. Assuming the cool tone of an impartial outsider, the author suggests that children of the poor Irish people be sold at one year old as food for the English nobles. Written with much conciseness and terseness, the "proposal" is by far the most consummate artistic expression of Swift' s indignation toward the terrible oppression and exploitation of the Irish people by the English ruling class.

答案是：Oscar Wilde(1854 - 1900)is a one of the most accomplished writers in the Victorian Age, the advocator of "art for art' s sake". Wilde demonstrated a breaking away from the conventional well-made plays of the 1870s and 1880s and expressed a satirical and bitter attitude towards the upper-class people in his plays. The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Ernest are regarded as his masterpieces in fiction and drama respectively.

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答案是：B