Q:1) Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb, was first published in book form in ________.
A:) 1820
B:) 1823
C:) 1833
D:) 1834
Correct: B
Q:2) Charles Lamb’s essays in the collection first began appearing in _____________.
A:) The Examiner
B:) The Quarterly Review
C:) The Edinburgh Magazine
D:) The London Magazine
Correct: D
Q:3) American editions of both the ‘Essays of Elia’ and ‘Last Essays of Elia’ were published in Philadelphia in _______.
A:) 1820
B:) 1823
C:) 1828
D:) 1832
Correct: C
Q:4) In Dream Children, children love to listen to stories about their ________.
A:) friends
B:) ancestors
C:) living place
D:) elders
Correct: D
Q:5) In Dream Children, Who is great-grandmother of the children?
A:) Mrs. Field
B:) Mary Lamb
C:) Alice
D:) Elizabeth Lamb
Correct: A
Q:6) Lamb opens the essay “Dream Children” by the narrating the story of his grandmother, to his children, Alice and John. Lamb's grandmother, his children's great-grandmother, lived in a 'great house in__________’.
A:) Inner Temple
B:) Edmonton
C:) Norfolk
D:) Pentonville
Correct: C
Q:8) Who was beloved and respected by everybody in Lamb’s essay Dream Children.
A:) Alice
B:) John L
C:) Mrs. Field
D:) John
Correct: C
Q:9) Who preferred great-grandmother, living in a newer and more fashionable mansion which he had purchased somewhere in the adjoining country.
A:) Charles Lamb
B:) John Lamb
C:) The owner of the house
D:) Elliston
Correct: C
Q:10) Whose funeral was attended by a concourse of all the poor, and some of the gentry too, of the neighborhood for many miles round, to show their respect.
A:) Mrs. Field
B:) Mary Lamb
C:) Alice
D:) Elizabeth Lamb
Correct: A
Q:11) Choose the incorrect one about great-grandmother.
A:) In her youth she was the best dancer.
B:) She died of a cruel disease, Tuberculosis.
C:) She lived in a great house in a manner as if it had been her own.
D:) She was so good and religious.
Correct: B
Q:12) Who was very humble and pious women who knew Psalms and a great part of Testament by heart.
A:) Mrs. Field
B:) Mary Lamb
C:) Alice
D:) Elizabeth Lamb
Correct: A
Q:13) In Dream Children, who said, “Those innocents would do ….no harm”
A:) John L____
B:) Charles Lamb
C:) Alice
D:) Mrs. Field
Correct: D
Q:14) Who used to spend many hours in the great house, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Ceasers, that had been Emperors of Rome.
A:) John L____
B:) Charles Lamb
C:) Mary
D:) Mrs. Field
Correct: B
Q:15) Which of the following is not described by Charles Lamb in his essay ‘Dream Children’?
A:) About his grandmother.
B:) About the great grand house
C:) About John Lamb
D:) About South sea house
Correct: D