PG TRB - ENGLISH


1.‘True Religion is the only in divine’ is applicable to ________
a).The Alchemist
b).Doctor Faustus
c).Spanish Tragedy
d).Faerie Queene

Answer : d).Faerie Queene

2.Francis Bacon, who inaugurated the English use of the terms in his own Essays, took from Montaigne who belongs to ________
a).Greek
b).Rome
c).French
d).German

Answer : c).French

3.Emerson, Thoreau, Washington Irving, Thomas DE Quincey, Mark Twain, James Russell Lowell. From this list which of these following is not belongs to American essayist?
a).Mark Twain
b).James Russell Lowell
c).Thomas De Quincey
d).Washington Irving

Answer : c).Thomas De Quincey

4.Epithalamion is a poem written by Edmund Spenser. The word ‘Epithalamium’ is the form of _________.
a).Scandinavian
b).Latin
c).French
d).Greek

Answer : b).Latin

5.What is the main components and celebration of the poem Epithalamio?
a).Celebration of Queen’s Birthday
b).Celebration of Feast
c).Celebration of festival
d).Celebration of a marriage

Answer : d).Celebration of a marriage

6.Who is / are not the practitioners of Epithalamion in classical time?
a).Sophocles
b).Sappho
c).Theocritus
d).Catullus

Answer : a).Sophocles

7.The term ‘Epithalamion’ means in Greek
a).A celebration
b).Marriage
c).At the bridal chamber
d).At the funeral

Answer : c).At the bridal chamber

8.Who established the model ‘Epithalamion’ that was followed by writers in European Vernacular languages?
a).Neo-English classic
b).Neo –Latin
c).Neo –Greek
d).Austrian

Answer : b).Neo –Latin

9.The great lyric ‘Epithalamion’ is written by Edmund Spenser, it is a celebration of________.
a).Queen Elizabeth’s marriage
b).Spencer’s own marriage
c).Upper class and lower class marriage
d).Nymphs and spirits marriage

Answer : b).Spencer’s own marriage

10.Epithalamion is the Christian ritual and _______ setting.
a).Local Irish
b).Local English
c).Local French
d).Local German

Answer : a).Local Irish

11.Choose the correct option which is initiated as occasional poems. (A) Epithalamion, (B) Lycidas, (C) An Horation ode Upon Cromwell’s death, (D) Easter 1916, (F) The Charge of the Light Brigade.
a).A only
b).B only
c).A, C, only
d).All

Answer : d).All

12.‘The Woods shall to me answer, any uny echo ring’ choose the option which is not appropriate of this line.
a).It is a refrain of Prothalamion
b).It is a refrain of Epithalamion
c).It is a famous refrain of Edmund Spencer
d).It indicates the successive hours at the poet’s wedding day

Answer : a).It is a refrain of Prothalamion

13.Which of the following lines is the refrain of Prothalamion
a).‘The Woods shall to me answer, any uny echo ring’
b).‘Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song’
c).‘Calm was the day, and through the trembling air’
d).‘Ye Learned sisters which have often times’

Answer : ‘Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song’

14.What is the term which means ‘intended to give instruction’ and it applied to imaginative or fictional form. Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queene (1590 - 1596) that incorporated as a primary determinant and presentation of the allegoric character.
a).Didactic
b).Hudibrastic
c).Archetype
d).Baroque

Answer : a).Didactic

15.Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queene is a form of Spenserian Stanza which is a form of ______ lines.
a).8
b).9
c).12
d).14

Answer : b).9

16.Spenserian Stanza is a 9 lines stanza. In this form first 8 lines are Iambic Pentameter and the last line is _________.
a).Terza Rime
b).Rime Royal
c).Iambic Hexameter
d).Anapestic Meter

Answer : c).Iambic Hexameter

17.A line of Six iambic is ___________.
a).Pentameter
b).Heptameter
c).Octameter
d).Alexandrine

Answer : d).Alexandrine

18.Who used Rime riche in earlier English poetry.
a).Geoffrey Chaucer
b).Edmund Spencer
c).Philip Sidney
d).Ben Jonson

Answer : a).Geoffrey Chaucer

19.‘seke’ which has two diverse meanings ‘seek’ and ‘sick’. This kinds of rhyme can be found easily in character’s prologue to The Canterbury Tales. This is an example for.
a).Perfect Rhyme
b).Eye Rhyme
c).Slant Rhyme
d).Rich Rhyme

Answer : d).Rich Rhyme

20.Which of following pilgrimage’s tale is best hilarious and fabliaux.
a).Miller’s Tale
b).Host’s Tale
c).Harry Bailey’s Tale
d).Ploughman’s Tale

Answer : a).Miller’s Tale

21.Which of the following fuses moral, religious, historical and political allegory in verse romance.
a).Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
b).Spanish Tragedy
c).The Alchemist
d).The Faerie Queene

Answer : d).The Faerie Queene

22.Whose tale is the ‘Beast Fable’ in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
a).Nun’s Priest’s Tale
b).Knight’s Tale
c).Parson’s Tale
d).Squire’s Tale

Answer : a).Nun’s Priest’s Tale

23.Whose tale consists the theme ‘Greed the root of all evil’.
a).Squire’s Tale
b).Pardoner’s Tale
c).Knight’s Tale
d).Ploughman’s Tale

Answer : b).Pardoner’s Tale

24.Which of the pilgrimage’s tale is the best example for the term ‘Exemplum’
a).Squire’s Tale
b).Pardoner’s Tale
c).Knight’s Tale
d).Ploughman’s Tale

Answer : b).Pardoner’s Tale

25.Who has been called ‘The Poet’s poet’?
a).Ben Jonson
b).Edmund Spenser
c).Philip Sidney
d).Geoffrey Chaucer

Answer : b).Edmund Spenser

26.Who proposed the concept about a poet ‘ nothing affirmes, therefore never lyeth. For, as I take it, to lye is to affirm that to be true which is false’
a).Ben Jonson
b).Wyatt
c).Philip Sidney
d).The host of the Tabard Inn

Answer : c).Philip Sidney

27.Which is acting on the stage without speech, using only gestures, bodily movement and facial expression.
a).Pantomime
b).Palinode
c).Paradox
d).Palindrome

Answer : a).Pantomime

28.Arrange in the order of authors birth date (1) Geoffrey Chaucer, (2) Francis Bacon, (3) Sir Philip Sidney, (4) Edmund Spencer, (5) Ben Jonson
a).54321
b).15432
c).14325
d).12354

Answer : c).14325

29.Who brought ottava rima which has eight lines, from Italian into English.
a).Andrew Marwell
b).Geoffrey Chaucer
c).Edmund Spenser
d).Sir Thomas Wyatt

Answer : d).Sir Thomas Wyatt

30.The first eight lines Iambic pentameter and the last iambic hexameter is called
a).Spenserian Stanza
b).Wyatt’s stanza
c).Sprung Rhythm
d).Sprezzatura

Answer : a).Spenserian Stanza

31.Who, the character, expresses in the end ‘Frantic mental and emotional state during his belated attempts to evade damnation’
a).Squire’s Tales strange knight
b).Job
c).Subtle
d).Faustus

Answer : d).Faustus

32.When was Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus published ?
a).1590
b).1604
c).1596
d).1600

Answer : b).1604

33.In which of the following story has greed and swindle. These two travelled parallel way each other connected with character.
a).Doctor Faustus
b).Faerie Queene
c).Book of Job
d).The Alchemist

Answer : d).The Alchemist

34.In which of the following story is the best example for ‘Gullibility’
a).The Alchemist
b).Book of Job
c).Faerie Queene
d).Epithalamion

Answer : a).The Alchemist

35.‘The Alchemist’ is written by Ben Jonson. Sir Epicure Mammon is a __________ character.
a).Flat character
b).Round character
c).Circle character
d).Fatal character

Answer : a).Flat character

36.Who introduced new terms for an old distinction by discriminating between flat and round characters.
a).Ezra Pound
b).Jonathan Culler
c).E.M. Foster
d).Cleanth Brooks

Answer : c).E.M. Foster

37.Which of the following is the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts.
a).Muses
b).Zeus
c).Hera
d).Athena

Answer : a).Muses

38.Which Greek mythological God has inspired Edmund Spenser in Epithalamion
a).Muses
b).Zeus
c).Hera
d).Athena

Answer : a).Muses

39.Who was mainly praised by Edmund Spenser in Epithalamion
a).His sister
b).Beloved wife
c).His friend
d).His parents

Answer : b).Beloved wife

40.Who has already written praising wife, which was mentioned by Spenser in Epithalamion.
a).Sophocles
b).Orpheus
c).Euripides
d).Dante

Answer : b).Orpheus

41.Who is the wife of Orpheus?
a).Euridice
b).Pluto
c).Philomela
d).Jocasta

Answer : a).Euridice

42.Which time is comfortable to Edmund Spenser to feel the golden beam of sun which rays spread and clear the night?
a).Early Morning
b).Evening
c).Summer time
d).When he loves is wife

Answer : a).Early Morning

43.Who is the God of marriage in Greek Mythology
a).Poseido
b).Diana
c).Athena
d).Hymenaeus

Answer : d).Hymenaeus

44.Who awakes Spencer’s wife in Epithalamion?.
a).Muses
b).Zeus
c).Hera
d).Athena

Answer : a).Muses

45.When would the former be forgotten their sorrows and pains in Epithalamion
a).Day of river full water
b).The day of harvesting
c).The day of marriage
d).The day of former sells their goods

Answer : c).The day of marriage

46.Who brings all the nymphs of the woods and rivers in Epithalamion?
a).Muses
b).Zeus
c).Hera
d).Athena

Answer : a).Muses

47.Which of these dealt about double marriage?
a).Epithalamion
b).Prothalamion
c).Faerie Queene
d).Shepherd’s Calendar

Answer : b).Prothalamion

48.Whose daughters was honoured by Edmund Spenser in Prothalamion
a).Earl of Lancaster
b).Earl of Worchester
c).Earl of Surrey
d).Earl of Ulster

Answer : b).Earl of Worchester

49.Prothalamion is _______. (A) Poem by Edmund Spenser, (B) A spousal Verse, (C) Honour of Double Marriage, (D) Nuptial Song,( E) Conventional form of a marriage song (F) honoured Earl of Lancaster daughters’ marriage.
a).A,B,C,D,F
b).A,C,D,E
c).A,B,C,D,E
d).ALL

Answer : c).A,B,C,D,E

50.What is the name of the river which was frequently used by Spenser?
a).River Severn
b).River Trent
c).River Tyne
d).River Thames

Answer : d).River Thames

51.Who are the two virtuous ladies, honoured by Edmund Spenser?
a).M. Henry Gilford and M. William Peter
b).Lady Elizabeth and Lady Katherine Somerset
c).Lady Elizabeth and Lady Boyle
d).Lady Cinthia and Lady Elizabeth

Answer : b).Lady Elizabeth and Lady Katherine Somerset

52.To whom did the author asks to flow softly until he has finished his song in Prothalamion?
a).Muses
b).Earl of Worchester
c).Two Ladies
d).Thames

Answer : d).Thames

53.Choose the correct option what does float softly along the river in Prothalamion ?
a).Nymphs
b).Swans
c).Thames
d).Lee

Answer : b).Swans

54.‘Come softly swimming downe along the Lee’ here ‘The Lee’ is ______.
a).Greek God
b).One of Nymph
c).River
d).Swan

Answer : c).River

55.‘The snow which doth the top of Pindus strew’ here ‘Pindus’ is _______.
a).River
b).Mountain
c).Good spirit
d).Name of God

Answer : b).Mountain

56.Which of these is not appearing in Prothalamion?
a).Leda
b).Basket
c).Lodge
d).Mulla

Answer : d).Mulla

57.Choose the wrong pair of author and character.
a).Edmund Spenser - Florimell
b).Thomas Kyd - Villuppo
c).Ben Jonson - Wagner
d).Christopher Marlow - Methastophilis

Answer : c).Ben Jonson - Wagner

58.Which of the following is written by Ben Jonson?
a).Faerie Queene
b).Spanish Tragedy
c).The Alchemist
d).Doctor Faustus

Answer : c).The Alchemist

59.Who wrote Doctor Faustus ?
a).Edmund Spenser
b).Christopher Marlow
c).Thomas Kyd
d).Ben Jonson

Answer : b).Christopher Marlow

60.Who is the God of sleep?
a).Morpheus
b).Jupiter
c).Zeus
d).Selene

Answer : a).Morpheus

61.What is the Virtue in the Faerie Queene, Book I?
a).Friendship
b).Chastity
c).Temperance
d).Holiness

Answer : d).Holiness

62.Who has the power of changing appearance that of others in Faerie Queene?
a).Britomart
b).Archimago
c).Redcrosse
d).Error

Answer : b).Archimago

63.Whose magic power is proven weak and ineffective in the end in Spencer’s Faerie Queene?
a).Error
b).Satyrane
c).Archimago
d).Red Crosse

Answer : c).Archimago

64.Arrange in order of the virtues of Faerie Queene (Book I to VI). (A )Friendship, (B) justice, (C) Courtesy, (D) Chastity, (E) Holiness, (F)Temperance
a).ECBAFD
b).EFACDB
c).EFDABC
d).DEFABC

Answer : c).EFDABC

65.Who stands for falsehood in Faerie Queene?
a).Una
b).Gloriana
c).Duessa
d).Faerie Queene

Answer : c).Duessa

66.Faustus is a brilliant scholar from
a).India
b).England
c).Germany
d).Scotland

Answer : c).Germany

67.What is not the extreme goal of Mephistopheles?
a).Catch Faustus soul
b).Carry Faustus hell
c).To make papacy with Bruno
d).Attempts to make deal with Lucifer

Answer : c).To make papacy with Bruno

68.Valdes and Cornelus are related to Dr. Faustus as _________.
a).Friend and trainer of black magic
b).Horse trader
c).Companion in hell
d).Angels who rescue from Lucifer

Answer : a).Friend and trainer of black magic

69.Where did Faustus go for his studies in Doctor Faustus?
a).Berlin
b).Wittenberg
c).Munich
d).Frankfrut

Answer : b).Wittenberg

70.Pick out the wrong one according to Faustus _______.
a).He is protagonist
b).He is a tragic hero
c).He is satisfied with traditional forms of knowledge – logic, medicine, law and religion.
d).He wants to practice black magic

Answer : c).He is satisfied with traditional forms of knowledge – logic, medicine, law and religion.

71.Who is the prince of Portugal and son of the Portuguese viceroy in Spanish Tragedy ?
a).Balthazar
b).Lorenzo
c).Horatio
d).Andrea

Answer : a).Balthazar

72.Spanish Tragedy is a/an _______ story.
a).Comedy
b).Satire
c).Revenge
d).History

Answer : c).Revenge

73.Who is Belimperia’s servant ?
a).Serberine
b).Pedringano
c).Bazulto
d).Villuppo

Answer : b).Pedringano

74.Who appeared as first character in Spanish Tragedy?
a).Underworld God
b).Horatio
c).Ghost of Andrea
d).Belimperia

Answer : c).Ghost of Andrea

75.Who is not participated to the murder of Horatio ?
a).Balthazar
b).Serberine
c).Lorenzo
d).Bazulto

Answer : d).Bazulto

76.What is the name of land where Job living?
a).Sz
b).Uz
c).Tz
d).Kz

Answer : b).Uz

77.Who is not the friend of Job?
a).Zophar
b).Bildad
c).Eliphaz
d).Billiaz

Answer : d).Billiaz

78.Who is the survivor of God’s great flood through his power that builds the large ark?
a).Noah
b).Isaac
c).Abraham
d).Eliphaz

Answer : a).Noah

79.How many children does Job have at the end?
a).10
b).20
c).14
d).6

Answer : a).10

80.What is measured on Job by God and Satan?
a).His success
b).His betrayal
c).His faithfulness
d).His triumph

Answer : c).His faithfulness

81.In the first line of the Prologue which month has been referred to by Chaucer?
a).March
b).May
c).July
d).April

Answer : d).April

82.Chaucer begins his story with the description of
a).The knight
b).A merchant
c).A monk
d).A nun

Answer : a).The knight

83.Yeoman used to wear coat of which color?
a).Red
b).Blue
c).Green
d).Yellow

Answer : c).Green

84.Whose favourite dish was a fat roasted swan?
a).Nun
b).Friar
c).Monk
d).None of the above

Answer : c).Monk

85.In the prologue children were afraid of whose face
a).Miller
b).Summoner
c).Ploughman
d).Carpenter

Answer : b).Summoner

86.Most of the Ben Jonson’s comedies are ___________
Urban comedies
Rural comedies
Boring comedies
Critical comedies

Answer : Urban comedies

87. Which of the following is correct one that Shakespeare had performed in Ben Jonson’s play?
The Alchemist
Volpone
Every man in his Humour
Barthlomew Fair

Answer : Every man in his Humour

88. Who offers to send Subtle the customers ‘now and then, for old acquaintance’?
Face
Mammon
Drugger
Surly

Answer : Face

89. Who is the tobacco seller in Ben Jonson’s play The Alchemist?
Face
Drugger
Subtle
Surly

Answer : Drugger

90. Which of the following is not written by Ben Johnson?
Sejanus
Catiline
The Alchemist
Dr. Faustus

Answer : Dr. Faustus

91. Ben Jonson’s masque ‘News from the new World Discovered in the Moon’ was presented at court before________
King James I
Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
King James II

Answer : King James I

92. The play The Alchemist is dedicated to _____________.
Mary, Lady Wroth
Sir Philip Sydney
Lovewit
Edmund Spenser

Answer : Mary, Lady Wroth

93. Why has Lovewit gone from his house to the country?
To search his friend
Fear of plague
Fear of gout
Fear of famine

Answer : Fear of plague

94. Subtle is the alchemist, can transform base metals into _____
Silver
Brass
Gem
Gold

Answer : Gold

95. Who is the first victim of Face and Subtle’s plan?
Dapper
Doll Common
Abel Drugger
Sir Epicure mammon

Answer : Dapper

96. Dapper, who is lawyer’s clerk, comes to ask the ‘Doctor’ for help that he wants subtle to raise him a familiar for______
Become a lawyer
Richest one in London
Luck in gambling
Luck in gangster

Answer : Luck in gambling

97. Who, friend of Mommon, had entered with Sir Epicure Mommon, to Alchemist’s house.
Subtle
Dapper
Surly
Abel Drugger

Answer : Surly

98. Who was making sarcasms while subtle explains how baser materials can be made into gold?
Face
Dapper
Surly
Abel Drugger

Answer : Surly

99. Who is cured of madness by Doctor Subtle?
Dapper
Doll Common
Dame Pliant
Kestrel

Answer : Doll Common

100.What is the reason for Doll Common in disguise has gone made?
Lord kicked her
Studying Puritan Theology
Due to plague
Her prostitute sense

Answer : Studying Puritan Theology