1.
Who is the first story teller in Canterbury Tales?
a. Knight
b. Parson
c. Plough Man
d. Squire
2.
Which is not related one for Faerie Queene?
a. Elizabeth is Gloriana
b. Elizabeth is effectively present in each of the all massive books
c. Spenser’s grand original scheme is twelve books
d. First three books published in 1596
3.
Bacon’s Essayes or Counsels is based and practice of ______________
a. Michel de Montaigne
b. Martin Luther
c. Thomas De Quincey
d. William Shakespeare
4.
When Shakespeare first came to London, England was under the reign of
a) King James I
b) Queen Elizabeth II
c) Queen Elizabeth I
d) King Henry VIII
5.
In Canterbury Tales, the Knight’s tale an abbreviated version of Boccaccio’s__________
a. Teseida
b. Decorumn
c. Dulce et Decorum Est
d. Orlando Furioso
6.
In Which chapter does Coleridge deal about “ESEMPLASTIC”
a. VII
b. VIII
c. IX
d. X
7.
Satan's name before he fell from heaven was:
a) Michael
b) Lucifer
c) Beelzebub
d) Belial
8.
Which is not matched one of the works and writer?.
a. “Life of Cowley” by Dr.Johnson.
b. “The life of George Herbert” by Izaac Walton.
c. “Flush : A Biography of Barret Browning” by Harold Pinter.
d. “Life of Samuel Johnson” by James Boswell.
9.
Why does Manolin no longer fish with Santiago?
a) Santiago no longer needs him
b) He dislikes Santiago
c) His parents have told him to fish with others
d) Manolin has left for the city
10.
Which of the following spencer’s characters had modelled on a parallel figure in Aristo’s Orlando Furioso?
a. Gloriana
b. Una
c. Britomart
d. Florimel
11.
Error of Judgement notes______
a. Peripeteia
b. Hamartia
c. Catastrope
d. The Conceits
12.
SEMPER EADEM is a Queen’s personal motto. In which book is it mentioned by Spencer in Faerie Queene.
a. Constancy
b. Friendship
c. Courtesy
d. Chastity
13.
Who was the first to use the term “Metaphysical” in critical currency?.
a. T.S.Eliot.
b. John Donne.
c. Dr.Johnson.
d. Ben Johnson.
14.
“Conceits” which is use to determine the metaphysical term, means.
a. Witty and ingenious ideas.
b. Slow motion.
c. Melongoly tone.
d. Ideas about soul.
15.
Where did the pilgrims meet together before start their journey in Canterbury Tales?.
a. Eagle Inn.
b. Pigeon Inn.
c. Tabard Inn.
d. Talisman Inn.
16.
Constantinople fell to Turks in _______
a. 1593
b. 1453
c. 1583
d. 1492
17.
In Which book does Plato condemn poetry for presenting a false picture of life and being quite useless.
a. VII
b. VIII
c. IX
d. X
18.
Hamartia is a __________word used by Aristotle.
a. Hebrew
b. Latin
c. French
d. Greek
19.
Which of the following option mentions to the mythological of Zephyr?
a. Autumn
b. Nightingale
c. Grecian Urn
d. West Wind
20.
Lionel Trilling says about a poet “the poet’s vision gave the prose writer is his goal”. Who is the poet?
a. Mathew Arnold
b. T.S. Eliot
c. Shelly
d. William Wordsworth
21.
Excessive pride or self confidence that leads protagonist to disregard a divine warning or to violate an important moral law is _____________
a. Hubris
b. Mythos
c. Eiron
d. Agnon
22.
The study of the meaning of words and of the combination of words in phrases and sentences is called _________
a. Morphology
b. Phonology
c. Syntax
d. Semantics
23.
A smallest meaningful unit of speech sounds within any one language is called________
a. Morpheme
b. Phoneme
c. Dialect
d. phonology
24.
who profound the term “Four kinds of Meaning”. The author mentioned the four factors are (i) Sense (ii) Feeling (iii) Tone (iv) Intention
a. I.A. Richards
b. William Empson
c. Allen Tate
d. Lionel Trilling
25.
“The Origin of the Family” is a work contribute to feminism, by _______________
a. John Stuart Mill
b. Friedrich Engels
c. D.H. Lawrence
d. Olive Schreiner
26.
Who coined the term “Gynocritics”?
a. Elaine Showalter
b. Rachel Brownstein
c. Catherine Belsey
d. Virginia Woolf
27.
“Psychoanalysis and Feminism” is written by ________
a. Juliet Mitchell
b. Kate Millet
c. Helene Cixous
d. Julia Kristeva
28.
Where does Heathcliff live?
a) the chase
b) Lowood
c) Wuthering heights
d) Thrushcross grange
29.
Why does Lockwood visit Heathcliff in Chapter 1?
a) he and Heathcliff were friends in their school days
b) to inquire about his health
c) to sell him a bible
d) to rent property from him
30.
Why does Heathcliff think his dogs attacked Lockwood?
a) his dogs have rabies
b) Lockwood tried to steal something
c) Lockwood smells bad
d) Lockwood is unfamiliar to them
31.
What does Joseph accuse Lockwood of stealing?
a) jewelry
b) a lantern
c) a horse
d) money
32.
In what year was "Emma" published?
a) 1815
b) 1790
c) 1805
d) 1811
33.
Who was Emma's governess?
a) Mrs. Weston
b) Miss Smith
c) Miss Fairfax
d) Miss Bates
34.
What is the name of Emma's sister?
a) Isabella
b) Jane
c) Anne
d) Harriet
35.
Where did Pip get his name?
a) from his sister and caregiver Mrs. Joe Gargery who thought he was an irritating pip-squeak.
b) it was the county where he was from.
c) from Joe Gargery.
d) it was how he pronounced his last name when he was a child.
36.
Who is the narrator of Great Expectations?
a) An old sailor who heard the story.
b) Pip
c) An unknown omnipotent narrator who uses the third person.
d) Joe Gargery
37.
What are the names of Mr. Brooke's estate and parish?
a) Stone court, Lowick
b) Lowick, Middlemarch
c) Freshitt, Middlemarch
d) The Grange, Tipton
38.
Dorothea's two suitors at the beginning of the novel are:
a) Casaubon and Sir James
b) Casaubon and Lydgate
c) Ned Plymdale and Sir James Chettam
d) Lydgate and Farebrother
39.
What item does Mr. Phillotson have trouble moving to Christminster?
a) A large portrait of his father
b) A piano
c) An antique vase
d) A dining table
40.
Which of these best describes the village of Marygreen?
a) It looks exactly as it did 200 years ago
b) It is part of Christminster's 'urban sprawl' and was founded fairly recently
c) The working class lives in the old corner of the village, while the wealthier citizens live on the modernized east side
d) Many of its older buildings have been torn down and replaced
41.
How does Andrew Ramsay die?
a) Suicide
b) A boating accident
c) Fighting in world war I
d) Tuberculosis
42.
What is Mrs. Ramsay knitting for the Lighthouse keeper's boy?
a) Stockings
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b) A shawl
c) A scarf
d) A hat
43.
Where is the Ramsays' summer home?
a) Long Island
b) The Riviera
c) Barbados
d) The Hebrides
44.
How does Augustus Carmichael infuriate Mr. Ramsay at dinner?
a) By criticizing his work
b) By asking for more soup
c) By yelling at prue
d) By flirting with Mrs. Ramsay
45.
What does Macbeth do to Macdonald after he defeats him?
a) He takes him prisoner and brings him to Duncan
b) Rips out his heart
c) Cuts off his head and places it on the battlements
d) Takes his family crest and title
46.
What new title does Macbeth receive early in Act one?
a) Thane of Cawdor
b) King of Scotland
c) Thane of Glamis
d) Earl of Northumberland
47.
The Weird Sisters greet Macbeth as ________________.
a) Thane of Cawdor, thane of Lochaber, and thane of Glamis
b) Thane of Cawdor, thane of Fife, and king hereafter
c) Thane of Glamis, thane of Cawdor, and king hereafter
d) Thane of Glamis, thane of Fife, and father of kings
48.
Alonso is king of what Italian realm?
a) Naples
b) Lombardy
c) Venice
d) Tuscany
49.
What is the name of Caliban's mother?
a) Ceres
b) Iris
c) Sycorax
d) Miranda
50.
Which of the following mythological figures does NOT appear in the play Tempest?
a) Ceres
b) Iris
c) Juno
d) Diana
51.
Cleopatra is
a) Empress of Rome
b) Queen of Denial
c) Queen of Parthia
d) Queen of Egypt
52.
A triumvir is
a) A roman lieutenant
b) One of the three members of the triumvirate, an alliance of powerful generals who rule Rome and all her territories
c) One of the three members of the triumvirate, an alliance of admirals who rule the Sicilian Pirate fleet
d) An Egyptian courtesan
53.
Where does Measure for Measure take place?
a) Vienna
b) Naples
c) Venice
d) Paris
54.
Who is Mariana in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure?
a) Claudio's Fiancee
b) Angelo's former Fiancee
c) A prostitute
d) A nun
55.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in:
a) 1700
b) 1884
c) 1800
d) 1774
56.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn can best be described as:
a) A humor novel
b) An abolitionist novel
c) An epic
d) A social commentary
57.
During their travels down the river, Huck talks to Jim about all of the following except:
a) King Solomon
b) Royalty
c) Money
d) Women
58.
In which inn does Ishmael stay while in New Bedford?
a) The Trap
b) The Swordfish
c) The Crossed Harpoons
d) The Spouter
59.
Which character does Ishmael describe as "neither caterpillar nor butterfly"?
a) Moby Dick
b) Starbuck
c) Ahab
d) Queequeg
60.
To which historical person does Ishmael compare Queequeg?
a) Oliver Cromwell
b) Julius Caesar
c) George Washington
d) Thomas Jefferson
61.
Hemingway says everything about Santiago is old except what?
a) His hands
b) His neck
c) His mouth
d) His eyes
62.
Which of the following never hung on Santiago's wall?
a) Picture of the virgin of Cobre
b) Tinted photograph of his wife
c) Picture of sacred heart of Jesus
d) Picture of Fidel Castro
63.
Where does the Loman family live?
a) Boston
b) Long island
c) Queens
d) Brooklyn
64.
What is Happy's real name?
a) William
b) Harold
c) Benjamin
d) Harlan
65.
Which of the following characters does attend Willy's funeral?
a) Ben
b) Charley
c) Howard
d) Bernard
66.
In what town does this play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf take place ?
a) New Carthage
b) New London
c) New Sparta
d) New Haven
67.
How old are protagonists George and Martha, respectively?
a) 40 and 46
b) 46 and 40
c) 52 and 46
d) 46 and 52
68.
What is George's position at the college?
a) Head of the History department.
b) Interim head of the History department.
c) President of the college.
d) Associate professor of History
69.
The battle between God's army and Satan's rebels in heaven lasted:
a) Seven days
b) Three days
c) One hour
d) One day
70.
In the phrase, "thy seed shall bruise our foe," the "seed" refers to:
a) The tree of knowledge
b) Cane and Abel
c) Adam
d) Jesus Christ
71.
Chinua Achebe was born and educated in
a) Chad
b) South Africa
c) Mali
d) Nigeria
72.
The novel Things Fall Apart takes place in
a) Mbanto
b) Johannesburg
c) Umuofia
d) Both Umuofia and Mbanto
73.
Okonkwo's father was named
a) Nwoye
b) Unoka
c) Obierika
d) Ikemefuna
74.
What is the former occupation of John Kumalo?
a) Mine worker
b) Pastor
c) Carpenter
d) Thief
75.
With whom does Stephen Kumalo stay when he arrives in Johannesburg?
a) Mr. Mafolo
b) Mrs. Lithebe
c) Gertrude kumalo
d) Theophilus Msimangu
76.
Which of the following does not give Kumalo and Msimangu information concerning Absalom?
a) Mrs. Mkize
b) Hlabeni
c) Mrs. Ndlela
d) Johannes Pafuri
77.
Who does Lady Sneerwell love?
a) Snake
b) Sir peter
c) Charles
d) Joseph
78.
Who does Joseph love in The School for Scandal?
a) Lady Sneerwell
b) Maria
c) Lady Teazle
d) Lady Sneerwell's servant
79.
Ben Jonson was almost executed for which crime?
a) Sorcery
b) Murder
c) Exposing himself
d) Conmanship
80.
Who says, "I fart at thee"?
a) Ananias
b) Dol Common
c) Face
d) Subtle
81.
Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of silence and slow time.
Which of the following poem has consisted above lines?
a. Ode to the west wind
b. Ode on a Grecian Urn
c. Ode to Autumn
d. Ode to Dejection
82.
What is the first section of ‘The Waste Land’
a. The Burial of Dead
b. A game of Chess
c. The Fire Sermon
d. Death by water
83.
Which of the lines occurred with alliteration, that line would be an opening line of a poem.
a. Out of the cradle endlessly rocking
b. A nation of trees, drab green
c. And fill all fruit with ripens to the core
d. O wild west wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being
84.
The phrase ‘Faultless painter’ refers to
a. Andrea Del Sarto
b. Dover Beach
c. Byzantium
d. Morte D’Arthur
85.
‘Australia’ is a poem by A.D. Hope. Choose the right answer of following options which is not related with this poem.
a. First five stanzas dealt with how Australia was
b. A.D.Hope said Australia was a mechanical and monotonous land
c. This poem gave positive perception of Australian country
d. It reflected the lack of individualism and spiritual poverty
86.
‘The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in
a. 1857
b. 1837
c. 1877
d. 1887
87.
Arnold’s ‘Scholar Gypsy’ a pastoral poem is based upon an old legend related by
a. Alfred Tennyson
b. Robert Browning
c. Joseph Glanvil
d. D.G. Rossetti
88.
In ‘Dover Beach’ Arnold hears the melancholy long withdrawing roar of the sea of _______
a. Emotion
b. Doubt
c. Faith
d. Grief
89.
The basic idea of the term ‘grand style’ was elaborated and illustrated in Mathew Arnold’s______
a. On Study of Poetry
b. On Translating Homer
c. Scholar Gypsy
d. Essays in Criticism
90.
Who said ‘God’s in Heaven and all’s right with the world?’
a. Tennyson
b. Robert Browning
c. T.S. Eliot
d. Mathew Arnold