Unit-IV Part-II

1.      Match the following :

i.     Fairy Tales                                                        -              (a)Ezra Pound

ii.   Cathay                                                               -              (b)Wallace Stevens

iii. Three Travelers Watch a Sunrise                    -              (c)Robert Lowell

iv.  Life Studies                                                       -              (d)ee Cummings

      a.  (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c         

      b. (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

      c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

      d. (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

2.      Harmonium is a poem written by :

                        a.  Ezra Pound       

                        b. Robert Frost  

                        c. Wallace Stevens      

                        d. Anne Sexton

3.      Which among the following is a work by Wallace Stevens?

                        a.  The Auroras of Autumn                  

                        b. The Man With the Blue Guitar

                        c.  Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird  

                        d. All of them

4.      The Necessary Angle is a work of :

                        a.  Ezra Pound   

                        b. Robert Frost

                        c. Wallace Stevens         

                        d. Anne Sexton

5.      Who among the following is NOT a part of the Confessional Poetry Movement emerged in America during 1950s?

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Ezra Pound    

                        c. Sylvia Plath                   

                        d. Anne Sexton

6.      Which among the following is a work of Robert Lowell?

                        a.  The Mills of the Kavanaughs

                        b. For the Union Dead

                        c. Notebook

                        d. All of them

7.      Which among the following works of Robert Lowell got the Pulitzer Prize in 1947?

                         a.  The Land of Unlikeness

                         b. Lord Weary’s Castle

                         c. Imitations

                         d. Phaedra

8.      The Dolphin is a Pulitzer Prize winning work of :

                         a.  Ezra Pound       

                         b. Robert Lowell

                         c. Wallace Stevens       

                         d. Anne Sexton

9.      Match the following :

                 i.          Day by Day                                               -              (a)Anne Sexton

                ii.          The Awful Rowing Toward God             -              (b)Mark Twain

               iii.          The Mysterious Stranger                       -              (c)Robert Lowell

               iv.          Typee                                                       -              (d)Herman Melville

                  a.  (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c             

                  b. (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c

                  c. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

                  d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d

10.   Live or Die is a Pulitzer Prize winning book written by :

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Ezra Pound       

                        c. Sylvia Plath                

                        d. Anne Sexton

11.   Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother is an autobiography of :

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Ezra Pound       

                        c. Sylvia Plath                

                        d. Anne Sexton

12.   Arrange the following books of Mark Twain in chronological order :

a.      The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn –Tom Sawyer Abroad – Tom Sawyer, Detective

b.      Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Tom Sawyer Abroad – Tom Sawyer, Detective

c.      Tom Sawyer Abroad - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Tom Sawyer, Detective - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

d.      Adventures of Huckleberry Finn –Tom Sawyer Abroad – Tom Sawyer, Detective - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

13.   Life on the Mississippi is a memoir written by :

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Ezra Pound       

                        c. Mark Twain                

                        d. Anne Sexton

14.   Who is better known by his pen name ‘Mark Twain’?

                        a.  Dan DeQuille   

                        b. Samuel L Clemens

                        c. Mathew Brady          

                        d. Henry Rogers

15.   Which among the following is a work of Mark Twain?

                        a.  The Innocents Abroad

                        b. Roughing It      

                        c. The Prince and the Pauper

                        d. All of them

16.   Which novel of Mark Twain features a time traveler?

                        a.  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

                        b. The Prince and the Pauper

                        c.   Tom Sawyer, Detective                                          

                        d. The Innocents Abroad

17.   Mark Twain’s three months stay in India became the centerpiece of his book :

                        a.  Following the Equator                                

                        b. The Gilded Age : A Tale of Today

                        c.  A Tramp Abroad                           

                        d. Pudd’nhead Wilson

18.   ‘Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass’ was a pen name used by :

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Ezra Pound       

                        c. Mark Twain                

                        d. Anne Sexton

19.   In Melville novel ‘Moby Dick’, the character Moby Dick is a :

                        a.  Dog                      

                        b. Cat                    

                        c. Whale                           

                        d. Monkey

20.   Which was the sequel of Herman Melville’s novel Typee?

                        a.  Mardi                 

                        b. Omoo                

                        c. Pierre                                 

                        d. Redburn

21.   Which of the following is the Revolutionary war novel written by Melville?

                        a.  White-Jacket       

                        b. Israel Potter    

                        c. The Pizza-Tales           

                        d. Billy Budd

22.   Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land is a an epic poem of :

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Ezra Pound       

                        c. Mark Twain                

                        d. Herman Melville

23.   The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans is written by :

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Harriet Beecher Stowe       

                        c. Mark Twain                

                        d. Herman Melville

24.   Which among the following is a work of Harriet Beecher Stowe?

                        a.  My Wife and I      

                        b. Palmetto Leaves

                        c. Pink and White Tyranny    

                        d. All of them

25.   Who among the following is known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County?

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Harriet Beecher Stowe       

                        c. William Faulkner                

                        d. Herman Melville

26.   Match the following :

i.       William Faulkner                                     -              (a)The Turn of the Screw

ii.      Harriet Beecher Stowe                           -              (b)The Piazza Tales

iii.     Herman Melville                                      -              (c)The Minister’s Wooing

iv.     Henry James                                           -              (d)Absalom, Absalom !

      a.  (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a

      b. (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

      c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

      d. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

27.   Which among the following is a work of William Faulkner?

                        a.  A Fable               

                        b. The Reivers               

                        c. Light in August     

                        d. All of them

28.   Which among the following is NOT a novel by William Faulkner?

                        a. The Sound and The Fury 

                        b. A Rose for Emily

                        c. The Last Hunt

                        d. As I Lay Dying

29.   These 13 is a short story collection written by :

                        a.  Robert Lowell      

                        b. Harriet Beecher Stowe

                        c. William Faulkner

                        d. Herman Melville

30.   Which of the novel of William Faulkner is NOT in the Snopes Trilogy?

                        a.  The Marble Faun

                        b. The Hamlet                      

                        c. The Town         

                        d. The Mansion

31.   Who among the following writer made use of stream of consciousness?

                        a.  Robert Lowell    

                        b. Harriet Beecher Stowe       

                        c. William Faulkner                

                        d. Herman Melville

32.   Which among the following is a novel written by Henry James?

                        a.  The Portrait of a Lady 

                        b. The Ambassadors         

                        c. The Wings of the Dove

                        d. All of them

33.   The Golden Bowl is a novel written by :

                        a.  Henry James    

                        b. Harriet Beecher Stowe       

                        c. William Faulkner                

                        d. Herman Melville

34.   Who among the following coined the style of writing called ‘Iceberg Theory’ (Theory of omission)?

                        a.  Henry James    

                        b. Earnest Hemingway       

                        c. William Faulkner                

                        d. Herman Melville

35.   Whose war time experiences formed the basis of the novel A Farewell to Arms :

                        a.  Henry James    

                        b. Earnest Hemingway       

                        c. William Faulkner                

                        d. Herman Melville

36.   Arrange the following books of Ernest Hemingway in chronological order :

a.      The Sun Also Rises – A Farewell to Arms – For Whom The Bell Tolls – The Old Man and the Sea

b.      A Farewell to Arms  - The Sun Also Rises – The Old Man and the Sea - For Whom The Bell Tolls

c.      The Old Man and the Sea  - The Sun Also Rises – A Farewell to Arms – For Whom The Bell Tolls

d.      For Whom The Bell Tolls - The Sun Also Rises - The Old Man and the Sea - A Farewell to Arms

37.   Indian Camp is a short story written by :

                        a.  Henry James    

                        b. Earnest Hemingway       

                        c. William Faulkner                

                        d. Herman Melville

38.   Match the following :

                 i.          Ernest Hemingway                                  -              (a)Herzog

                ii.          John Steinbeck                                        -              (b)Sacred Water

               iii.          Saul Bellow                                              -              (c)The Garden of Eden

               iv.          Leslie Mormon Silko                               -              (d)East of Eden

                  a.  (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a                 

                  b. (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

                  c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b

                  d. (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c

39.   The Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Grapes of Wrath is written by :

                        a.  Henry James    

                        b. Earnest Hemingway       

                        c. William Faulkner                

                        d. John Steinbeck

40.   Which of the following is a work by John Steinback :
                        a. Cannery Row         
                        b. Of Mice and Men
                        c. The Red Pony
                        d. All of them

41.   'Henderson the Rain King' is a work of :
                        a.  John Steinback
                        b. Herman Melville          
                        c. Saul Bellow
                        d. William Faulkner

42.   Which of the following is a work of Saul Bellow?
                        a. The Adventures of Augie March
                        b. Mr. Sammler's Planet
                        c. Ravelstein
                                    d. All of them

43.   Which of the following is a work of Leslie Mormon Silko?
                        a.  Ceremony        
                        b. Almanac of the Dead
                        c. Gardens in the Dunes 
                        d. All of them

44.   Tortilla Flat is a comic novel written by :
                        a.  John Steinback
                        b. Herman Melville          
                        c. Saul Bellow
                        d. William Faulkner

45.   Which of the John Steinback’s novel is NOT included in the Dustbowl trilogy?
                        a.  In Dubious Battle
                        b. Of Mice and Men 
                        c. The Grapes of Wrath
                        d. Sweet Thursday

46.   Humboldt’s Gift is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by :
                        a.  John Steinback
                        b. Herman Melville          
                        c. Saul Bellow
                        d. William Faulkner

47.   Who among the following is a Laguna Pueblo writer?
                        a.  John Steinback
                        b. Herman Melville          
                        c. Saul Bellow
                        d. Leslie Marmon Silko

48.   Who among the following is a key figure of Native American Renaissance :
                        a.  John Steinback
                        b. Herman Melville          
                        c. Saul Bellow
                        d. Leslie Marmon Silko

49.   The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir is a work written by :
                        a.  John Steinback
                        b. Herman Melville          
                        c. Saul Bellow
                        d. Leslie Marmon Silko
50.      Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of Augie March is a :
                        a.  Gothic Novel     
                        b. Picaresque Novel     
                        c. Domestic Novel
                        d. Play