1.
“Good fences make good neighbours”. Identify the
poet of these lines :
a. Seamus Heaney
b.
Robert Frost
c. W.H.
Auden
d. Stephen Spender
2.
Nora appears in the play :
a. Gora
b. A Doll’s House
c. The Lion and the Jewel
d. The Playboy of the Western World
a. Gora
b. A Doll’s House
c. The Lion and the Jewel
d. The Playboy of the Western World
3.
Identify the playwright who does not belong to
the Theatre of the Absurd :
a. Synge
b. Pinter
c. Mamet
d. Becket
a. Synge
b. Pinter
c. Mamet
d. Becket
4.
Who wrote the essay ‘Why I am not a Christian?’?
a. John O’Casey
b. Bertrand Russell
c. E.M Foster
d. George Orwell
a. John O’Casey
b. Bertrand Russell
c. E.M Foster
d. George Orwell
5.
Identify the writer of ‘Animal Farm’ :
a. Ralph Ellison
b. George Meredith
c. George Orwell
d. None of the above
a. Ralph Ellison
b. George Meredith
c. George Orwell
d. None of the above
6.
Indicate the order of Four Quartets :
a.
Burnt Norton, Dry Salvages, East Coker,
Little Gidding
b.
Little Gidding, Dry Salvages, East Coker,
Burnt Norton
c.
East Coker, Burnt Norton, Little Gidding, Dry
Salvages
d.
Burnt Norton, East Coker, Dry Salvages,
Little Gidding
7.
‘The Wasteland’ is dedicated to ‘the
better craftsman’. Identify the craftsman :
a. Ted Hughes
b. Ezra Pound
c. Auden
d. Stephen Spender
a. Ted Hughes
b. Ezra Pound
c. Auden
d. Stephen Spender
8.
The period of the World War II is :
a. 1910-1916
b. 1939-1945
c. 1920-1926
d. 1914-1920
a. 1910-1916
b. 1939-1945
c. 1920-1926
d. 1914-1920
9.
From which Upanishad Eliot quotes in ‘The
Wasteland’ :
a. Isa Upanishad
b. Brihadharanyaka Upanishad
c. Katha Upanishad
d. Mandukya Upanishad
a. Isa Upanishad
b. Brihadharanyaka Upanishad
c. Katha Upanishad
d. Mandukya Upanishad
10.
Bernard Shaw’s plays mainly dealt with which of
the following?
1. Social issues 2 .Political issues 3.Spelling reforms
a. 1&2 only
b.
2&3 only
c. 1
and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3
11.
England and America are the countries divided by
a common language. Who said these words?
a. Shaw
b. Dr.Johnson
c. Russel
d. Bond
a. Shaw
b. Dr.Johnson
c. Russel
d. Bond
12.
Which of the following is a representative
writer of the Theatre of the Absurd?
a. Wesker
b. Osborne
c. Becket
d. Wole Soyinka
a. Wesker
b. Osborne
c. Becket
d. Wole Soyinka
13.
Which of the following is NOT one of the Four
Quartets?
a. Dry Salvages
b. Little Gidding
c. Ash Wednesday
d. Burnt Norton
a. Dry Salvages
b. Little Gidding
c. Ash Wednesday
d. Burnt Norton
14.
Of all the continental writers --------
influenced much the Victorian and Post-Victorian dramatists.
a. Tolstoy
b. Ibson
c. Homer
d. Victor Hugo
a. Tolstoy
b. Ibson
c. Homer
d. Victor Hugo
15.
Soon after its publication which novel of D.H.
Lawrence was proscribed in England?
a. Sons and Lovers
b. Rainbow
c. Women in Love
d. Lady Chatterly’s Lover
a. Sons and Lovers
b. Rainbow
c. Women in Love
d. Lady Chatterly’s Lover
16.
‘While he began as a later Victorian Romantic
poet, he ended as a 20th century metaphysical poet, fully abreast of the newer
generation.’ Identify the ‘he’ :
a. W.B. Yeats
b. Walter de la Mare
c. Osbert Sitwell
d. W.H. Auden
a. W.B. Yeats
b. Walter de la Mare
c. Osbert Sitwell
d. W.H. Auden
17.
Which of the following plays of Shaw is devoted
to studies of religion?
a. Arms and the Man
b. St. Joan
c. Candida
d. The Apple Cart
a. Arms and the Man
b. St. Joan
c. Candida
d. The Apple Cart
18.
Who is often described as the greatest dramatist
in the rebirth of the Irish theatre?
a. J.M. Synge
b. Galsworthy
c. Henry Arthur Jones
d. J.B. Priestley
a. J.M. Synge
b. Galsworthy
c. Henry Arthur Jones
d. J.B. Priestley
19.
“I who have lost/ My way and beg now at
strangers’ doors to/ Receive love at least in small change.” From which poem
are these lines taken?
a. “The Invitation”
b. “The Sunshine Cat”
c. “The Freaks”
d. “My Grandmother’s House”
a. “The Invitation”
b. “The Sunshine Cat”
c. “The Freaks”
d. “My Grandmother’s House”
20.
The Net and Sandcastle are novels by
----------.
a. Margaret Atwood
b. Iris Murdoch
c. A.S. Byatt
d. Margaret Lawrence
a. Margaret Atwood
b. Iris Murdoch
c. A.S. Byatt
d. Margaret Lawrence
21.
Who among these is not a ‘Movement’ poet?
a. Ted Hughes
b. Robert Conquest
c. Philip Larkin
d. Thom Gunn
a. Ted Hughes
b. Robert Conquest
c. Philip Larkin
d. Thom Gunn
22.
Which one of the following novels uses magic
realism in a big way?
a. Invisible Man
b. Midnight’s Children
c. For Whom the Bell Tolls
d. Tar Baby
a. Invisible Man
b. Midnight’s Children
c. For Whom the Bell Tolls
d. Tar Baby
23.
In which section of The Waste Land will
you come across a reference to Phlebas the Phoenician?
a. A Game of Chess
b. Death by Water
c. What the Thunder Said
d. The Burial of the Dead
a. A Game of Chess
b. Death by Water
c. What the Thunder Said
d. The Burial of the Dead
24.
Who coined the term ‘the theatre of the absurd’?
a. Samuel Beckett
b. Albert Camus
c. Martin Esslin
d. Jean Genet
a. Samuel Beckett
b. Albert Camus
c. Martin Esslin
d. Jean Genet
25.
Who among these is NOT an Irish playwright?
a. Bernard Shaw
b. J.M. Synge
c. Sean O’Casey
d. Edward Bond
a. Bernard Shaw
b. J.M. Synge
c. Sean O’Casey
d. Edward Bond
26.
Name the Ibsen play significant for its critical
attitude towards 19th century marriage norms :
a. A Doll’s House
b. Hedda Gabler
c. The Wild Duck
d. Ghosts
a. A Doll’s House
b. Hedda Gabler
c. The Wild Duck
d. Ghosts
27.
Which one of these playwrights is not associated
with “kitchen sink drama”?
a. J.M. Synge
b. John Osborne
c. Arnold Wesker
d. Shelagh Delaney
a. J.M. Synge
b. John Osborne
c. Arnold Wesker
d. Shelagh Delaney
28.
Which novel has Hagar Shipley as the central
character?
a. The Diviners
b. The Stone Angel
c. The Fire Dwellers
d. A Jest of God
a. The Diviners
b. The Stone Angel
c. The Fire Dwellers
d. A Jest of God
29.
Ursula Brangwen is a character in two novels by
D.H. Lawrence in :
a. The White Peacock and The Lost Girl
b. Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow
c. Aaron’s Rod and Sons and Lovers
d. The Rainbow and Women in Love
a. The White Peacock and The Lost Girl
b. Sons and Lovers and The Rainbow
c. Aaron’s Rod and Sons and Lovers
d. The Rainbow and Women in Love
30.
Which are the verse dramas of T.S. Eliot?
i.
Ash Wednesday ii.
The Cocktail Party
iii.
Four Quartets iv.
Murder in the Cathedral
a. (i) and (ii)
b.
(ii) and (iii)
c.
(ii) and (iv)
d.
(iii) and (iv)
31.
Which poem of Wallace Stevens opens with the
line, “Call the roller of big Cigars”?
a. “The Emperor of Ice-cream”
b. “Sunday Morning”
c. “The Ideal of Order at Key West”
d. “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”
a. “The Emperor of Ice-cream”
b. “Sunday Morning”
c. “The Ideal of Order at Key West”
d. “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”
32.
Which of the novels is NOT written by William
Golding?
a. Lord of the Flies
b. The Inheritators
c. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
d. The Paper Man
a. Lord of the Flies
b. The Inheritators
c. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
d. The Paper Man
33.
Osborne’s Look Back in Anger marked a new
voice on the British stage by virtue of its reaction against :
a. The problems of unemployment
b. Existing affected drawing room comedies
c. The problem of overcrowding in cities
d. Absurd theatre
a. The problems of unemployment
b. Existing affected drawing room comedies
c. The problem of overcrowding in cities
d. Absurd theatre
34.
Name the poet who has translated Beowulf
into modern English :
a. Geoffrey Hill
b. Tony Harrison
c. Seamus Heaney
d. Ted Hughes
a. Geoffrey Hill
b. Tony Harrison
c. Seamus Heaney
d. Ted Hughes
35.
Identify the writer who is NOT from Latin America
:
a. Mario Vargas Llosa
b. George Louis Bourges
c. Margaret Lawrence
d. Garcia Marquez
a. Mario Vargas Llosa
b. George Louis Bourges
c. Margaret Lawrence
d. Garcia Marquez
36.
‘Free Verse’ refers to :
a. Poetry which does not follow a fixed metrical
pattern.
b. Unrhymed iambic pentameter
c. A rhyming pair of iambic pentameter lines
d. A six-line stanza followed by a three-line
stanza
37.
The Norman Conquest marks the beginning of :
a. The Middle English period
b. The Old English period
c. The Modern English period
d. The Anglo Saxon period
a. The Middle English period
b. The Old English period
c. The Modern English period
d. The Anglo Saxon period
38.
The term ‘kitchen sink drama’ is associated with
:
a. Tom Stoppard
b. David Hare
c. Sarah Kane
d. Arnold Wesker
a. Tom Stoppard
b. David Hare
c. Sarah Kane
d. Arnold Wesker
39.
Which of the following poems was written by
Dylan Thomas?
a. “My Parents Kept Me from Children who were
Rough”
b. “Do Not Go Gentle Into the Good Night”
c. “The Hawk Roosting”
d. “Church Going”
40.
Heart of Darkness is a fictional work
based on Conrad’s journey to :
a. Kenya
b. Chile
c. Congo
d. Algeria
a. Kenya
b. Chile
c. Congo
d. Algeria
41.
Ezra Pound’s In a Station of the Metro
was :
a. A narrative poem
b. An imagist poem
c. A ‘haiku’ poem
d. A sonnet
a. A narrative poem
b. An imagist poem
c. A ‘haiku’ poem
d. A sonnet
42.
Ibsen’s Ghosts is known for its :
a. Use of supernatural elements
b. Realistic portrayal of a decaying society
c. Depiction of the First World War and its violence
d. Hilarious comic ending
a. Use of supernatural elements
b. Realistic portrayal of a decaying society
c. Depiction of the First World War and its violence
d. Hilarious comic ending
43.
Which among the following is A.K. Ramanujan’s
work?
a. Poetry from Leads
b. A River
c. Touch
d. Nine Encounters
a. Poetry from Leads
b. A River
c. Touch
d. Nine Encounters
44.
Which among the following is a work of Rohinton
Mistry?
a. Ravan and Eddie
b. In An Antique Land
c. Such a Long Journey
d. The Scent of Pepper
a. Ravan and Eddie
b. In An Antique Land
c. Such a Long Journey
d. The Scent of Pepper
45.
Who among the following is NOT an aboriginal
Canadian writer?
a. Jeanette Armstrong
b. Beatrice Culleton
c. Judith Wright
d. Maria Campbell
a. Jeanette Armstrong
b. Beatrice Culleton
c. Judith Wright
d. Maria Campbell
46.
Name the character from Virginia Woolf’s novel To
the Lighthouse who is a painter :
a. Mrs. Ramsay
b. James
c. Lily Briscoe
d. Miss La Trobes
a. Mrs. Ramsay
b. James
c. Lily Briscoe
d. Miss La Trobes
47.
“Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold,
The falcon cannot see the falconer” -
Which of the following poems contains the above lines :
a. The Second Coming
b. The Tower
c.
Sailing to Byzantium
d. Leda
and the Swan
48.
Name the poet associated with the Bog poems :
a. Sylvia Plath
b. R.S. Thomas
c. Stevie Smith
d. Seamus Heaney
a. Sylvia Plath
b. R.S. Thomas
c. Stevie Smith
d. Seamus Heaney
49.
“There is no sophistry in my body :
My manners are tearing off heads” - The
above lines are taken from which among the following Ted Hughes poem:
a. Hawk Roosting
b.
The Thought-Fox
c. Lupercal
d. Hawk in the Rain
50.
The child characters ‘Ralph’ and ‘Piggy’ appear
in which of the following novels of William Golding :
a. Pincher Martin
b. The Inheritors
c. The Spire
d. Lord of the Flies
a. Pincher Martin
b. The Inheritors
c. The Spire
d. Lord of the Flies
51.
Alison is a woman character in which of the
following plays of John Osborne :
a. Luther
b.
Look Back in Anger
c. The
Entertainer
d. Inadmissible
Evidence
52.
Tiresias appears in :
a. Journey of the Magi
b. The Hollow Man
c. The Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock
d. The Wasteland
a. Journey of the Magi
b. The Hollow Man
c. The Love Songs of J. Alfred Prufrock
d. The Wasteland
53.
Which of the following works is related to the
Irish Literary Revival?
a. The Bald Soprano
b. Look Back in Anger
c. Caligula
d. The Playboy of the Western World
a. The Bald Soprano
b. Look Back in Anger
c. Caligula
d. The Playboy of the Western World
54.
The Ascent of F6 is written by :
a. W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood
b. W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender
c. Dylan Thomas and Stephen Spender
d. Galsworthy
a. W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood
b. W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender
c. Dylan Thomas and Stephen Spender
d. Galsworthy
55.
Under the Net is a novel by :
a. Muriel Spark
b. Alan Sillitoe
c. David Lodge
d. Iris Murdoch
a. Muriel Spark
b. Alan Sillitoe
c. David Lodge
d. Iris Murdoch
56.
The bear and the squirrel are used as symbols in
:
a. Look Back in Anger
b. Luther
c. The Inadmissible Evidence
d. The Kitchen
a. Look Back in Anger
b. Luther
c. The Inadmissible Evidence
d. The Kitchen
57.
‘Digging’ is a poem written by :
a. Seamus Heaney
b. Thomas Kavanagh
c. John Montague
d. Seamus Deane
a. Seamus Heaney
b. Thomas Kavanagh
c. John Montague
d. Seamus Deane
58.
The New Morality Movement flourished in :
a. The 1950s
b. The 1960s
c. The 1970s
d. The 1980s
a. The 1950s
b. The 1960s
c. The 1970s
d. The 1980s
59.
Who has written ‘The Unknown Citizen’?
a. Larkin
b. Brecht
c. W.H. Auden
d. Joyce
a. Larkin
b. Brecht
c. W.H. Auden
d. Joyce
60.
Match the following :
i.
‘heap of broken images’ - (a)Harold Pinter
ii.
‘perne in a gyre’ - (b)James Joyce
iii.
‘comedy of menace’ - (c)T.S. Eliot
iv.
‘stream of consciousness’ - (d)W.B.
Yeats
a. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
b. (i)-c,
(ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
c.
(i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
d. (i)-d, (ii)-b, (iii)-c, (iv)-a
61.
Whose name is generally taken along with G.B.
Shaw?
a. Becket
b. Brecht
c. John Galsworthy
d. Henry James
a. Becket
b. Brecht
c. John Galsworthy
d. Henry James
62.
Match the following :
i. The
Haw in the Rain - (a)1970
ii. Lupercal - (b)1967
iii. Wodwo - (c)1960
iv. Crow - (d)1957
a. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
b. (i)-c,
(ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
c.
(i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a
d. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
63.
Samuel Beckett’s Writing for Godot is
subtitled as :
a. ‘a tragicomedy in two acts’
b. ‘a tragedy in two acts’
c. ‘a comedy in two acts’
d. ‘a satire’
a. ‘a tragicomedy in two acts’
b. ‘a tragedy in two acts’
c. ‘a comedy in two acts’
d. ‘a satire’
64.
Kingsley Amis’ Lucky Jim is a vigorous
……………….. novel.
a. historical
b. psychological
c. campus
d. None of them
a. historical
b. psychological
c. campus
d. None of them
65.
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is
written in which form?
a. Epistolary form
b. Picaresque form
c. Romance
d. Realistic form
a. Epistolary form
b. Picaresque form
c. Romance
d. Realistic form
66.
Who wrote a play of Kitchen-Sink realism?
a. Harold Pinter
b. Samuel Becket
c. Tom Stoppard
d. John Osborne
a. Harold Pinter
b. Samuel Becket
c. Tom Stoppard
d. John Osborne
67.
Under the Net is an exploration of love
touched with :
a. Philosophy
b. Metaphysics
c. Politics
d. Ethics
a. Philosophy
b. Metaphysics
c. Politics
d. Ethics
68.
“It dies in the white hours // Of young-leaf
June // With chestnut flowers”. These lines occur in Philip Larkin’s :
a. The Large Cool Stove
b. The Old Fools
c. High Window
d. Cut Grass
a. The Large Cool Stove
b. The Old Fools
c. High Window
d. Cut Grass
69.
Arrange the following plays of Harold Pinter in
chronological order :
a. The Birthday Party, The Home Coming, No Man’s
Land, The Caretaker
b. The Caretaker, The Birthday Party, No Man’s
Land, The Home Coming
c. No Man’s Land, The Caretaker, The Birthday
Party, The Home Coming
d. The Birthday Party, The Caretaker, The Home
Coming, No Man’s Land
70.
The French Symbolist poet who exercised the
greatest influence on T.S. Eliot was :
a. Mallarne
b. La Forgue
c. Bandelaire
d. Verlaine
a. Mallarne
b. La Forgue
c. Bandelaire
d. Verlaine
71.
Which of the following is NOT written by D.H.
Lawrence?
a. Sons and Lovers
b. Women in Love
c. The Rainbow
d. Fathers and Sons
a. Sons and Lovers
b. Women in Love
c. The Rainbow
d. Fathers and Sons
72.
“Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song” is
a line from Spenser used by the modern writer :
a. Stephen Spender
b. Ezra Pound
c. T.S. Eliot
d. Wallace Stevens
a. Stephen Spender
b. Ezra Pound
c. T.S. Eliot
d. Wallace Stevens
73.
Which of the following contemporary novelists
has also written philosophical works?
a. Iris Murdoch
b. Doris Lessing
c. Nadine Gordimer
d. Penelope Lively
a. Iris Murdoch
b. Doris Lessing
c. Nadine Gordimer
d. Penelope Lively
74.
Which of the following play is NOT written by
George Bernard Shaw?
a. The Lady of Lyons
b. Caesar and Cleopatra
c. Candida
d. Androcles and the Lion
a. The Lady of Lyons
b. Caesar and Cleopatra
c. Candida
d. Androcles and the Lion
75.
Who among the following is NOT an Irish writer?
a. George Bernard Shaw
b. Oscar Wilde
c. Seamus Heaney
d. Henrik Ibsen
a. George Bernard Shaw
b. Oscar Wilde
c. Seamus Heaney
d. Henrik Ibsen
76.
The author of The Playboy of the Western
World is :
a. George Moore
b. Tom Stoppard
c. J.M. Synge
d. Harold Pinter
a. George Moore
b. Tom Stoppard
c. J.M. Synge
d. Harold Pinter
77.
The term ‘post modernism’ is often applied to
the literature and art :
a. After World War I
b. Before World War I
c. After World War II
d. Before World War II
a. After World War I
b. Before World War I
c. After World War II
d. Before World War II
78.
Which playwright is known for writing lengthy
prefaces to his plays?
a. Christopher Fry
b. Samuel Beckett
c. George Bernard Shaw
d. Tennessee Williams
a. Christopher Fry
b. Samuel Beckett
c. George Bernard Shaw
d. Tennessee Williams
79.
Who wrote “My subject is wars and the pity of
war. The poetry is in the pity”?
a. Rupert Brooke
b. Edmund Blunden
c. Wilfred Owen
d. Siegfried Sassoon
a. Rupert Brooke
b. Edmund Blunden
c. Wilfred Owen
d. Siegfried Sassoon
80.
Which of the following was not published in
1922?
a. Mrs. Dalloway
b. Ulysses
c. The Wasteland
d. Siddhartha
a. Mrs. Dalloway
b. Ulysses
c. The Wasteland
d. Siddhartha
81.
Kitchen-sink drama refers to works on :
a. the lives of women
b. the lives of the affluent
c. the lives of the working class
d. the lives of plumbers
a. the lives of women
b. the lives of the affluent
c. the lives of the working class
d. the lives of plumbers
82.
The poem “Do not go gentle into that good
night” is by :
a. Dylan Thomas
b. W.H. Auden
c. W.B. Yeats
d. Ted Hughes
a. Dylan Thomas
b. W.H. Auden
c. W.B. Yeats
d. Ted Hughes
83.
Which of the following novels opens with the
line : “Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically”?
a. Sound and Fury
b. All the King’s Men
c. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
d. Mrs. Dalloway
a. Sound and Fury
b. All the King’s Men
c. Lady Chatterley’s Lover
d. Mrs. Dalloway
84.
Who in Waiting for Godot says the first
statement, “Nothing to be done,” which sums up the Theatre of the Absurd?
a. Vladimir
b. Estragon
c. Lucky
d. Pozzo
a. Vladimir
b. Estragon
c. Lucky
d. Pozzo
85.
Who of the following wrote “memory plays”?
a. Samuel Beckett
b. Eugene O’Neill
c. Harold Pinter
d. Arthur Miller
a. Samuel Beckett
b. Eugene O’Neill
c. Harold Pinter
d. Arthur Miller
86.
Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable form
a trilogy of novels by :
a. Aldous Huxley
b. C.S. Lewis
c. Samuel Beckett
d. Kingsley Amis
a. Aldous Huxley
b. C.S. Lewis
c. Samuel Beckett
d. Kingsley Amis
87.
‘Gibreel Farishta’ is a character in :
a. Such a Long journey
b. A Fine Balance
c. Haroun and the Sea of Stories
d. Satanic Verses
a. Such a Long journey
b. A Fine Balance
c. Haroun and the Sea of Stories
d. Satanic Verses
88.
Which of the following is NOT a work by Patrick
White?
a. The Vivisector
b. The Tree of Man
c. Voss
d. The Great World
a. The Vivisector
b. The Tree of Man
c. Voss
d. The Great World
89.
Which of the following is NOT a work by Henry
James?
a. The Good Soldier
b. The American
c. The Wings of the Dove
d. The Ambassadors
a. The Good Soldier
b. The American
c. The Wings of the Dove
d. The Ambassadors
90.
Which region is reflected in the novels of
William Faulkner?
a. Tennesee
b. Mississippi
c. New York
d. Lousiana
a. Tennesee
b. Mississippi
c. New York
d. Lousiana
91.
Who has written the famous essay “The
Pitfalls of National Consciousness”?
a. Benita Parry
b. Benedict Anderson
c. Partha Chatterjee
d. Frantz Fanon
a. Benita Parry
b. Benedict Anderson
c. Partha Chatterjee
d. Frantz Fanon
92.
Edward Kamau Brathwaite is a major writer from :
a. Mexico
b. Nigeria
c. Barbados
d. Algeria
a. Mexico
b. Nigeria
c. Barbados
d. Algeria
93.
Who wrote the major 1973 essay “Base and
Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory”?
a. Raymond Williams
b. Terry Eagleton
c. Georg Lukacs
d. Louis Althusser
a. Raymond Williams
b. Terry Eagleton
c. Georg Lukacs
d. Louis Althusser
94.
A Game of Chess is ……………..
a. an allegory
b. a romance
c. a novel
d. a play
a. an allegory
b. a romance
c. a novel
d. a play
95.
What is “The Fifth Column”?
a. The only play written by Hemingway
b. The autobiography of Winston Churchill
c. Radio and TV
d. Journalism
a. The only play written by Hemingway
b. The autobiography of Winston Churchill
c. Radio and TV
d. Journalism
96.
Who wrote Down and Out in Paris and London?
a. Aldous Huxley
b. W.H. Auden
c. George Orwell
d. George Meredith
a. Aldous Huxley
b. W.H. Auden
c. George Orwell
d. George Meredith
97.
Who wrote about Tennyson: “he had the finest
ear, perhaps, of any English poet; he was also undoubtedly the stupidest”?
a. W.H. Auden
b. F.R. Leavis
c. T.S. Eliot
d. Dylan Thomas
a. W.H. Auden
b. F.R. Leavis
c. T.S. Eliot
d. Dylan Thomas
98.
Who wrote the novel I Like It Here?
a. Philip Larkin
b. Thom Gunn
c. Kingsley Amis
d. Elizabeth Jennings
a. Philip Larkin
b. Thom Gunn
c. Kingsley Amis
d. Elizabeth Jennings
99.
The novels The Pyramid, The Spire
and the play The Brass Butterfly are by :
a. William Golding
b. George Meredith
c. Anthony Powell
d. None of these
a. William Golding
b. George Meredith
c. Anthony Powell
d. None of these
100. The
Gardener is a ………….. by Tagore.
a. play
b. novel
c. essay
d. collection of poems
a. play
b. novel
c. essay
d. collection of poems
101. T.S.
Eliot’s The Wasteland is a
foundational text of :
a. Romanticism
b. Transcendentalism
c. Modernism
d. Symbolism
a. Romanticism
b. Transcendentalism
c. Modernism
d. Symbolism
102. Who
among the following wrote the preface for the English translation of
Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali?
a. W.B. Yeats
b. T.S. Eliot
c. Ezra Pound
d. Emerson
a. W.B. Yeats
b. T.S. Eliot
c. Ezra Pound
d. Emerson
103. ‘April
is the cruelest month’ is a line from which of T.S. Eliot’s poem?
a. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
b. The Waste Land
c. The Hollow Men
d. Four Quartets
a. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
b. The Waste Land
c. The Hollow Men
d. Four Quartets
104. Arrange
the poems in the Four Quartets in chronological order:
a. The Dry Salvages – Burnt Norton – Little
Gidding – East Coker
b. Little Gidding - Burnt Norton - The Dry
Salvages – East Coker
c. The Dry Salvages – Burnt Norton – East Coker
- Little Gidding
d. Burnt Norton – East Coker - The Dry Salvages
– Little Gidding
105. Sweeney
Agonistes is a verse drama written by :
a. T.S. Eliot
b. Christopher Fry
c. Ezra Pound
d. Ibsen
a. T.S. Eliot
b. Christopher Fry
c. Ezra Pound
d. Ibsen
106. Match
the following works with its author:
i.
The Family Reunion - (a)Philip
Larkin
ii.
Venus Observed - (b)Thom Gunn
iii.
The Less Deceived - (c)Christopher
Fry
iv.
Boss Cupid - (d)T.S. Eliot
a. (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
b. (i)-b, (ii)-c,
(iii)-d, (iv)-a
c. (i)-d,
(ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
d. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
107. The
collection of poems ‘Birthday Letters’ was written by :
a. Judith Wright
b. Seamus Heaney
c. Keats
d. Ted Hughes
a. Judith Wright
b. Seamus Heaney
c. Keats
d. Ted Hughes
108. Arrange
the works of Virginia Woolf in chronological :
a. The Voyage Out - Mrs. Dalloway – Orlando – A Room of One’s Own
b. Mrs. Dalloway - The Voyage Out – Orlando – A Room of One’s Own
c. Orlando - Mrs. Dalloway – A Room of One’s Own
- The Voyage Out
d. A Room of One’s Own - Orlando – The Voyage Out - Mrs. Dalloway
109. Which
among the statement is true about Virginia Woolf’s “Modern Fiction”?
a. Woolf states that a writer should write what inspires them and not
follow any special method.
b. In
"Modern Fiction", Woolf takes the time to analyse Anton Chekhov's
"Gusev" and in general, how Russians write.
c. Woolf
wanted writers to express themselves in such a way that it showed life as it
should be seen not as "a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged".
d. All
of them
110. After
Many a Summer is a novel that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire
who fears his impending death. Who is the author?
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. Arnold Bennett
d. Aldous Huxley
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. Arnold Bennett
d. Aldous Huxley
111. Which
among the following writer was born in India?
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. Arnold Bennett
d. Aldous Huxley
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. George Orwell
c. Arnold Bennett
d. Aldous Huxley
112. D.H.
Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers is
dedicated to :
a. Ezra Pound
b. William Faulkner
c. Horace Liveright
d. Edward Garnett
a. Ezra Pound
b. William Faulkner
c. Horace Liveright
d. Edward Garnett
113. 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' is a debut novel by :
a. Allan Sillitoe
b. John Wain
c. William Golding
d. Aldous Huxley
a. Allan Sillitoe
b. John Wain
c. William Golding
d. Aldous Huxley
114. Rosmersholm
is a masterpiece play written by :
a. John Osborne
b. Arnold Wesker
c. Henrik Ibsen
d. Harold Pinter
a. John Osborne
b. Arnold Wesker
c. Henrik Ibsen
d. Harold Pinter
115. Which
among the following is a pleasant play of Bernard Shaw?
a. Widower’s Houses
b. The Philanderer
c. Arms and the Man
d. Mrs. Warren’s Profession
a. Widower’s Houses
b. The Philanderer
c. Arms and the Man
d. Mrs. Warren’s Profession
116. Which
among the following is a puppet play written by Bernard Shaw?
a. Farfetched Fables
b. Buoyant Billions
c. Shakes versus Shav
d. A Village Wooing
a. Farfetched Fables
b. Buoyant Billions
c. Shakes versus Shav
d. A Village Wooing
117. A
Better Class of Person and Almost a Gentleman are autobiographies
written by :
a. Arnold Wesker
b. John Osborne
c. W.B. Yeats
d. John Wain
a. Arnold Wesker
b. John Osborne
c. W.B. Yeats
d. John Wain
118. Who
is the author of the theoretical work 'A Short Organum for the Theatre' which discussed the priorities and approach of epic theatre?
a. Erwin Piscator
b. Vladimir Mayakovsky
c. Vsevolod Meyerhold
d. Bertolt Brecht
a. Erwin Piscator
b. Vladimir Mayakovsky
c. Vsevolod Meyerhold
d. Bertolt Brecht
119. The
Servant, The Trial, The French Lieutenant’s Woman and The
Go-Between are screenplay adaptations of :
a. Harold Pinter
b. Tom Stoppard
c. Edward Bond
d. Albert Camus
a. Harold Pinter
b. Tom Stoppard
c. Edward Bond
d. Albert Camus
120. …………
is a performance convention in which an invisible, imagined wall separates
actors from the audience.
a. The fourth wall
b. Soliloquy
c. Alienation
d. Gestus
a. The fourth wall
b. Soliloquy
c. Alienation
d. Gestus
1. B
ReplyDelete2. B
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. B
10. D
11. A
12. C
13. C
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. A
19. D
20. B
21. A
22. B
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. A
27. A
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. A
32. C
33. B
34. C
35. C
36. A
37. A
38. D
39. B
40. C
41. B
42. B
43. B
44. C
45. C
46. C
47. A
48. D
49. A
50. D
51. B
52. D
53. D
54. A
55. D
56. A
57. A
58. B
59. C
60. B
61. C
62. D
63. A
64. C
65. A
66. D
67. A
68. D
69. D
70. B
71. D
72. C
73. A
74. A
75. D
76. C
77. C
78. C
79. C
80. A
81. C
82. A
83. C
84. B
85. C
86. C
87. D
88. D
89. A
90. B
91. D
92. C
93. A
94. A
95. A
96. C
97. A
98. C
99. A
100. D
101. C
102. A
103. B
104. D
105. A
106. C
107. D
108. A
109. D
110. D
111. B
112. D
113. A
114. C
115. C
116. C
117. B
118. D
119. A
120. A