1.
Which of them was NOT a University Wit?
a. Sir Philip Sidney
b. Robert Greene
c. George Peele
d. John Lyly
a. Sir Philip Sidney
b. Robert Greene
c. George Peele
d. John Lyly
2.
John Webster is a contemporary of :
a. Chaucer
b. Milton
c. Shakespeare
d. Edmund Spenser
a. Chaucer
b. Milton
c. Shakespeare
d. Edmund Spenser
3.
Match the following :
i.
Edward the Second - (a)Geoffrey Chaucer
ii.
The Spanish Tragedy - (b)Edmund Spenser
iii.
The Book of the Duchess - (c)Thomas Kyd
iv.
Epithalamion - (d)Christopher Marlowe
a. (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
b. (i)-d,
(ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
c.
(i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-c, (iv)-a
d. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
4.
Match the following :
i.
Grave-digger Scene - (a)Ben Jonson
ii.
Mephistophilis - (b)Christopher Marlowe
iii.
Volpone - (c)Hamlet
iv.
Blank Verse - (d) Dr. Faustus
a. (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
b. (i)-c,
(ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
c.
(i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-b
d. (i)-a, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
5.
Which of the following is NOT written by John
Webster?
a. The White Devil
b. The Duchess of Malfi
c. The Old Law
d. The Devil’s Law Case
a. The White Devil
b. The Duchess of Malfi
c. The Old Law
d. The Devil’s Law Case
6.
Which of the following arrangement is chronologically
correct?
a. Paradise Lost – Paradise Regained – Samson
Agonistes - Lycidas
b. Lycidas - Paradise Lost – Paradise Regained –
Samson Agonistes
c. Samson Agonistes - Paradise Lost – Paradise
Regained – Lycidas
d. Paradise Lost – Paradise Regained - Lycidas –
Samson Agonistes
7.
John Donne composed The Progress of the Soul
in the year :
a. 1600
b. 1601
c. 1602
d. 1603
a. 1600
b. 1601
c. 1602
d. 1603
8.
Who has written Horatian Ode to Cromwell?
a. John Milton
b. Richard Lovelace
c. Andrew Marvel
d. Dr. Johnson
a. John Milton
b. Richard Lovelace
c. Andrew Marvel
d. Dr. Johnson
9.
Dryden’s Achitophel stands for :
a. Monmouth
b. Charles II
c. Shadwell
d. Shaftesbury
a. Monmouth
b. Charles II
c. Shadwell
d. Shaftesbury
10.
Jonathan Swift’s The Battle of the Books deals
with :
a. The controversy between ‘modern’ and ‘ancient’.
b. The conflict between the Anglican and the Roman
church.
c. The common men and academician.
d. The monarchy and the general society.
11.
Sheridan’s comedy can be put under :
a. Restorator comedy
b. Sentimental comedy
c. Anti-sentimental comedy
d. Comedy of humours
a. Restorator comedy
b. Sentimental comedy
c. Anti-sentimental comedy
d. Comedy of humours
12.
Which of the following works is NOT written by
William Congreve?
a. The Plain Dealer
b. The Double Dealer
c. The Way of the World
d. The Mourning Bride
a. The Plain Dealer
b. The Double Dealer
c. The Way of the World
d. The Mourning Bride
13.
Troilus and Criseyde is a medieval poem
written by :
a. John Gower
b. William Langland
c. Geoffrey Chaucer
d. Richard Rolle of Hampole
a. John Gower
b. William Langland
c. Geoffrey Chaucer
d. Richard Rolle of Hampole
14.
Everyman is the name of :
a. A morality play
b. A Miracle play
c. A sermon
d. A ballad
a. A morality play
b. A Miracle play
c. A sermon
d. A ballad
15.
The Shakespearean or English Sonnet was
introduced by :
a. Surrey
b. Wyatt
c. Shakespeare
d. Sidney
a. Surrey
b. Wyatt
c. Shakespeare
d. Sidney
16.
“Her voice was ever low and gentle, an excellent
thing in woman” are words spoken of :
a. Cleopatra
b. Rosalind
c. Cordelia
d. Ophelia
a. Cleopatra
b. Rosalind
c. Cordelia
d. Ophelia
17.
Of the following plays by Shakespeare the latest
in date is :
a. The Tempest
b. Measure for Measure
c. King Lear
d. Troilus and Cressida
a. The Tempest
b. Measure for Measure
c. King Lear
d. Troilus and Cressida
18.
When were the theatres closed down in England?
a. 1652
b. 1562
c. 1542
d. 1642
a. 1652
b. 1562
c. 1542
d. 1642
19.
Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel is based
on a story from :
a. Boccacio’s Decameron
b. Homer’s Illiad
c. The Old Testament in the Bible
d. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
a. Boccacio’s Decameron
b. Homer’s Illiad
c. The Old Testament in the Bible
d. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
20.
Which of the following is NOT a Metaphysical
Poet?
a. Andrew Marvell
b. John Donne
c. Richard Lovelace
d. Henry Vaughan
a. Andrew Marvell
b. John Donne
c. Richard Lovelace
d. Henry Vaughan
21.
The Flea is a poem by :
a. George Herbert
b. John Donne
c. Andrew Marvell
d. Henry Vaughan
a. George Herbert
b. John Donne
c. Andrew Marvell
d. Henry Vaughan
22.
Belinda appears in :
a. The Rape of the Lock
b. The Rape of Lucrece
c. Hero and Leander
d. London
a. The Rape of the Lock
b. The Rape of Lucrece
c. Hero and Leander
d. London
23.
Sophia Western is a character from :
a. Joseph Andrews
b. Pamela
c. Tristram Shandy
d. Tom Jones
a. Joseph Andrews
b. Pamela
c. Tristram Shandy
d. Tom Jones
24.
A ballad stanza has :
a. Four lines
b. Six lines
c. Eight lines
d. Two lines
a. Four lines
b. Six lines
c. Eight lines
d. Two lines
25.
Who was Ben Jonson referring to when he said “he
writes no language“?
a. Lyly
b. Shakespeare
c. Chaucer
d. Spenser
a. Lyly
b. Shakespeare
c. Chaucer
d. Spenser
26.
Which work of Chaucer is an adaptation of Il
Filostrato?
a. The Canterbury Tales
b. Troilus and Criseyde
c. The House of Fame
d. The Legend of Good Women
a. The Canterbury Tales
b. Troilus and Criseyde
c. The House of Fame
d. The Legend of Good Women
27.
The White Devil is a play written by
------------
a. Thomas Kyd
b. Middleton
c. Webster
d. Tourneur
a. Thomas Kyd
b. Middleton
c. Webster
d. Tourneur
28.
---------- was written by Chaucer on the death
of Blanche of Lancaster in 1368.
a. The House of Fame
b. The Parliament of Fowls
c. The Legend of Good Women
d. The Book of the Duchess
a. The House of Fame
b. The Parliament of Fowls
c. The Legend of Good Women
d. The Book of the Duchess
29.
From where did the genre of the medieval comic
tale called fabliau originate?
a. Spain
b. England
c. France
d. Ireland
a. Spain
b. England
c. France
d. Ireland
30.
About writing which book did Jonathan Swift say,
“what a genius I had when I wrote that book”?
a. A Tale of a Tub
b. The Battle of the Books
c. The Gulliver’s Travel
d. A Modest Proposal
a. A Tale of a Tub
b. The Battle of the Books
c. The Gulliver’s Travel
d. A Modest Proposal
31.
The Miller’s Tale describes the cuckolding of an
Oxford carpenter by a clerk named ----------
a. Alisoun
b. Absolon
c. Nicholas
d. Reeve
a. Alisoun
b. Absolon
c. Nicholas
d. Reeve
32.
Identify the correct chronological sequence :
a. Spenser – Chaucer – Wordsworth – Thomas Kyd
b. Spenser – Wordsworth – Tennyson – Auden
c. Shakespeare – Spenser – Larkin - Mathew Arnold
d. Shelley – Spenser – Tennyson – Eliot
33.
In The CanterburyTales ------ is a version
of The Wedding of Sir Gawen and Dame Ragnell.
a. The Miller’s Tale
b. The Wife of Bath’s Tale
c. The Clerk’s Tale
d. The Knight’s Tale
a. The Miller’s Tale
b. The Wife of Bath’s Tale
c. The Clerk’s Tale
d. The Knight’s Tale
34.
Who said “Children sweeten labours, but they
make misfortunes morebitter”?
a. Addison
b. Lamb
c. Bacon
d. Hobbes
a. Addison
b. Lamb
c. Bacon
d. Hobbes
35.
----------- appears as the knight of holiness in
Book I of Spenser’s The Faerie Queen.
a. Redcross
b. Orgoglio
c. Una
d. Archimago
a. Redcross
b. Orgoglio
c. Una
d. Archimago
36.
Hobbe’s most famous work ------- was published
in 1651.
a. Leviathan
b. In Retreat
c. Behemoth
d. The Golden Legend
a. Leviathan
b. In Retreat
c. Behemoth
d. The Golden Legend
37.
Bacon’s essays published in 1612 was subtitled
---------
a. Moral Meditations
b. Counsels, Civil and Moral
c. Religious Essays
d. Counsels, Civil Essays
a. Moral Meditations
b. Counsels, Civil and Moral
c. Religious Essays
d. Counsels, Civil Essays
38.
Which is the historical text written by Thomas
More?
a. The History of Henry II
b. The History of Richard I
c. The History of Henry IV
d. The History of Richard III
a. The History of Henry II
b. The History of Richard I
c. The History of Henry IV
d. The History of Richard III
39.
The poem beginning “Death, be not proud” was
written by ----------
a. John Keats
b. John Donne
c. Sylvia Plath
d. Emily Dickinson
a. John Keats
b. John Donne
c. Sylvia Plath
d. Emily Dickinson
40.
---------- used the carpe diem mode in To His
Coy Mistress.
a. Keats
b. Vaughan
c. Marvell
d. Cowley
a. Keats
b. Vaughan
c. Marvell
d. Cowley
41.
---------- was the first to apply the term
metaphysics to 17th century poetry.
a. Dryden
b. Donne
c. Eliot
d. Wordsworth
a. Dryden
b. Donne
c. Eliot
d. Wordsworth
42.
In which play does the character Gaveston
appear?
a. Tempest
b. The Midsummer Night’s Dream
c. Edward II
d. Tamburlaine the Great
a. Tempest
b. The Midsummer Night’s Dream
c. Edward II
d. Tamburlaine the Great
43.
------------ is considered the earliest
archetypal morality play.
a. Everyman
b. The Second Shepherd’s Play
c. Discretion
d. Good and Evil
a. Everyman
b. The Second Shepherd’s Play
c. Discretion
d. Good and Evil
44.
Who was the precursor to Chaucer’s device used
in The Canterbury Tales where characters narrate stories?
a. Francesco Petrarch
b. Giovanni Boccaccio
c. Baldassare Castiglione
d. Dante Alighieri
a. Francesco Petrarch
b. Giovanni Boccaccio
c. Baldassare Castiglione
d. Dante Alighieri
45.
----------- is the subtitle of Jonson’s play Epicoene.
a. Volpone
b. Sejanus
c. The Silent Woman
d. Bartholomew Fair
a. Volpone
b. Sejanus
c. The Silent Woman
d. Bartholomew Fair
46.
Which play of Shakespeare was inspired by the
wreck of a ship on the Bermuda Island?
a. Cymbeline
b. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
c. Titus Andronicus
d. The Tempest
a. Cymbeline
b. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
c. Titus Andronicus
d. The Tempest
47.
The Comedy of Errors was written by
--------
a. Ben Jonson
b. Shakespeare
c. Oscar Wilde
d. Dryden
a. Ben Jonson
b. Shakespeare
c. Oscar Wilde
d. Dryden
48.
In which critical work did Wilson Knight focus
on the imagery and patterning in Shakespeare’s tragedies?
a. Shakespeare’s Imagery
b. What Happens in Hamlet
c. The Development of Shakespeare’s Imagery
d. The Wheel of Fire
a. Shakespeare’s Imagery
b. What Happens in Hamlet
c. The Development of Shakespeare’s Imagery
d. The Wheel of Fire
49.
---------- was one of the most beloved clowns in
the Elizabethan Theatre.
a. Thomas Nash
b. John Lyly
c. Charles Boyce
d. William Kempe
a. Thomas Nash
b. John Lyly
c. Charles Boyce
d. William Kempe
50.
----------- is the king of the fairies in A
Midsummer Night’s Dream.
a. Theseus
b. Oberon
c. Titania
d. Demetrius
a. Theseus
b. Oberon
c. Titania
d. Demetrius
51.
Emilia in Shakespeare’s Othello is killed
by -----------
a. Rodrigo
b. Othello
c. Cassio
d. Iago
a. Rodrigo
b. Othello
c. Cassio
d. Iago
52.
Who proclaims a military funeral for Hamlet
at the end of the play?
a. Claudius
b. Laertes
c. Fortinbras
d. Polonius
a. Claudius
b. Laertes
c. Fortinbras
d. Polonius
53.
In which play do you find this line “Nothing
will come of nothing”?
a. King Lear
b. The Taming of the Shrew
c. Macbeth
d. Othello
a. King Lear
b. The Taming of the Shrew
c. Macbeth
d. Othello
54.
Which critical work credits Shakespeare with the
“largest and most comprehensive soul”?
a. Biographia Literaria
b. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
c. Characters of Shakespeare’s plays
d. The Family Shakespeare
a. Biographia Literaria
b. An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
c. Characters of Shakespeare’s plays
d. The Family Shakespeare
55.
In which play does the character Falstaff
appear?
a. Hamlet
b. The Merry Wives of Windsor
c. Love’s Labour’s Lost
d. Romeo and Juliet
a. Hamlet
b. The Merry Wives of Windsor
c. Love’s Labour’s Lost
d. Romeo and Juliet
56.
In which Shakespearean play do you find the line
“A little more than kin, and less than kind”?
a. Hamlet
b. Othello
c. King Lear
d. Macbeth
a. Hamlet
b. Othello
c. King Lear
d. Macbeth
57.
Who says “I will wear my heart upon my sleeve”?
a. Othello
b. Emilia
c. Iago
d. Cassio
a. Othello
b. Emilia
c. Iago
d. Cassio
58.
---------- is the twin brother of Viola in Twelfth
Night.
a. Antonio
b. Sebastian
c. Orsino
d. Malvolio
a. Antonio
b. Sebastian
c. Orsino
d. Malvolio
59.
Who is the villain in Shakespeare’s poem The
Rape of Lucrece?
a. Arthur Michell
b. Wriothesley
c. Terence
d. Tarquin
a. Arthur Michell
b. Wriothesley
c. Terence
d. Tarquin
60.
In which of Shakespeare’s plays do you find this
quotation “The nature of bad news infects the teller”?
a. Tempest
b. Hamlet
c. Othello
d. Antony and Cleopatra
a. Tempest
b. Hamlet
c. Othello
d. Antony and Cleopatra
61.
The Anthology titled Political Shakespeare:
Essays in Cultural Materialism was edited by -----------
a. Harold Bloom
b. Dollimore and Sinfield
c. Parker and Hartman
d. Russ McDonald
a. Harold Bloom
b. Dollimore and Sinfield
c. Parker and Hartman
d. Russ McDonald
62.
Whose words are these?
"It is a tale // Told by an idiot, full of
sound and fury // Signifying nothing"
a. Macbeth
b.
Lady Macbeth
c.
Weird Sister
d. Macduff
63.
In which play do you find these opening lines:
"Two households, both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene"
a. The Midsummer Night’s Dream
b.
Two Gentlemen of Verona
c. Measure for Measure
d.
Romeo and Juliet
64.
Who was the first to criticize Milton’s language
as “harsh and barbarous”?
a. Jonson
b. Johnson
c. Dryden
d. Wordsworth
a. Jonson
b. Johnson
c. Dryden
d. Wordsworth
65.
The Dunciad was written by ----------
a. Dryden
b. Pope
c. Tennyson
d. Swift
a. Dryden
b. Pope
c. Tennyson
d. Swift
66.
Which of the angels is not mentioned in Paradise
Lost?
a. Valentine
b. Michel
c. Raphael
d. Gabriel
a. Valentine
b. Michel
c. Raphael
d. Gabriel
67.
The prose romance Arcadia was described
by --------- as “idle work” and “a trifle”.
a. Shelley
b. Milton
c. Dryden
d. Coleridge
a. Shelley
b. Milton
c. Dryden
d. Coleridge
68.
The character Sir Roger was a creation of
-----------
a. Dryden
b. Lamb
c. Addison
d. Milton
a. Dryden
b. Lamb
c. Addison
d. Milton
69.
In which theatre was Dryden’s The School for
Scandal first performed?
a. The Globe
b. Drury Lane Theatre
c. Claventon Playhouse
d. Albert Theatre
a. The Globe
b. Drury Lane Theatre
c. Claventon Playhouse
d. Albert Theatre
70.
The trivial event of the cutting of a lock of
hair of----------- triggered the creation of The Rape of the Lock by
Pope.
a. Lady Arabella Fermon
b. Lady Elizabeth Barret
c. Lady Lucretia Raworth
d. Lady Boswell Kingsley
a. Lady Arabella Fermon
b. Lady Elizabeth Barret
c. Lady Lucretia Raworth
d. Lady Boswell Kingsley
71.
The fight between the Ancients and the Moderns
in Swift’s The Battle of the Books is to occupy the peak of -------
a. Pallas
b. Cornhill
c. Arthur’s Count
d. Parnassus
a. Pallas
b. Cornhill
c. Arthur’s Count
d. Parnassus
72.
What is the subtitle of Wordsworth’s The
Prelude?
a. Growth of a Poet’s Mind
b. Philosophy of a Poem
c. Nature, Man and Society
d. Poetic Imagination
a. Growth of a Poet’s Mind
b. Philosophy of a Poem
c. Nature, Man and Society
d. Poetic Imagination
73.
The five-act tragedy The Cenci was
written by ---------
a. Sheridan
b. Shelley
c. Dryden
d. Byron
a. Sheridan
b. Shelley
c. Dryden
d. Byron
74.
Which work of Byron made him remark “woke one
morning and found myself famous”?
a. Fugitive Pieces
b. British Bards
c. The Vision of Judgement
d. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
a. Fugitive Pieces
b. British Bards
c. The Vision of Judgement
d. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
75.
The Heart of Midlothian is written by
-----------
a. Joseph Conrad
b. John Ruskin
c. Walter Scott
d. Charles Dickens
a. Joseph Conrad
b. John Ruskin
c. Walter Scott
d. Charles Dickens
76.
Hopkins’ work ------------ .is dedicated to the
memory of five Franciscan nuns.
a. The Windhover
b. God’s Grandeur
c. Pied Beauty
d. The Wreck of Deutschland
a. The Windhover
b. God’s Grandeur
c. Pied Beauty
d. The Wreck of Deutschland
77.
In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is
picked up on the streets of Liverpool by :
a. Mr. Earnshaw
b. Mr. Hindley
c. Mr. Hareton
d. Mr. Edgar
a. Mr. Earnshaw
b. Mr. Hindley
c. Mr. Hareton
d. Mr. Edgar
78.
Hopkins termed his “oratorical” poetic diction
as -----------
a. Terza rima
b. Blank Verse
c. Octava rima
d. Sprung rhythm
a. Terza rima
b. Blank Verse
c. Octava rima
d. Sprung rhythm
79.
In which poem does the following line occur:
“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought?”
a. Ode to the West Wind
b. Ode on a Grecian Urn
c. Ode to Skylark
d. Ode to Nightingale
a. Ode to the West Wind
b. Ode on a Grecian Urn
c. Ode to Skylark
d. Ode to Nightingale
80.
Elizabeth Bennet is a character in ---------
a. Emma
b. The Mill on the Floss
c. Pride and Prejudice
d. Wuthering Heights
a. Emma
b. The Mill on the Floss
c. Pride and Prejudice
d. Wuthering Heights
81.
The General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales
gives an account of the journey of the pilgrims under the guidance of ---------
a. John Gower
b. Geoffrey Chaucer
c. Harry Bailly
d. Nicholas Trivet
a. John Gower
b. Geoffrey Chaucer
c. Harry Bailly
d. Nicholas Trivet
82.
Philip Sidney commented “having slipped into the
title of a poet” in ----------
a. Arcadia
b. Astrophil and Stella
c. The Lady of May
d. An Apology for Poetry
a. Arcadia
b. Astrophil and Stella
c. The Lady of May
d. An Apology for Poetry
83.
Shakespeare was called an “upstart crow” by ----------
a. William Hazlitt
b. Charles Lamb
c. Thomas Rymer
d. Robert Greene
a. William Hazlitt
b. Charles Lamb
c. Thomas Rymer
d. Robert Greene
84.
The critical work Shakespearean Tragedy
(1904) was written by ---------
a. Bradley
b. Bowler
c. Hazlitt
d. Dryden
a. Bradley
b. Bowler
c. Hazlitt
d. Dryden
85.
------------- is a poem in memory of Edward King
who had drowned while crossing the Irish Sea.
a. In Memoriam
b. Lycidas
c. Adonais
d. Comus
a. In Memoriam
b. Lycidas
c. Adonais
d. Comus
86.
------------- contended that Milton in Paradise
Lost “was of the Devil’s party without knowing it”.
a. Blake and Shelley
b. Eliot and Leavis
c. Keats and Wordsworth
d. Coleridge and Wordsworth
a. Blake and Shelley
b. Eliot and Leavis
c. Keats and Wordsworth
d. Coleridge and Wordsworth
87.
Tottel’s Miscellany was brought out in
1557 by Richard Tottel in collaboration with ------------
a. Nicholas Grimald
b. Thomas Wyatt
c. Thomas Vaux
d. Henry Surrey
a. Nicholas Grimald
b. Thomas Wyatt
c. Thomas Vaux
d. Henry Surrey
88.
Who among the following wrote the poem The
Progress of the Soul?
a. Philip Sidney
b. Henry Vaughan
c. John Donne
d. Abraham Cowley
a. Philip Sidney
b. Henry Vaughan
c. John Donne
d. Abraham Cowley
89.
------------- is the rhyme scheme of Spenserian
stanza.
a. ababbcbcc
b. abcabcabc
c. abbaabbac
d. ababababc
a. ababbcbcc
b. abcabcabc
c. abbaabbac
d. ababababc
90.
------------- cannot be categorized as
Shakespeare’s problem play.
a. All’s Well that Ends Well
b. Troilus and Cressida
c. The Merchant of Venice
d. Measure for Measure
a. All’s Well that Ends Well
b. Troilus and Cressida
c. The Merchant of Venice
d. Measure for Measure
91.
Hotspur is killed at the Battle of -----------
a. Cotswolds
b. Shrewsbury
c. Gloucester
d. Lancaster
a. Cotswolds
b. Shrewsbury
c. Gloucester
d. Lancaster
92.
In ----------- Dryden criticizes the Anglican
Church.
a. All for Love
b. Absalom and Achitophel
c. Annus Mirakilis
d. The Hind and the Panther
a. All for Love
b. Absalom and Achitophel
c. Annus Mirakilis
d. The Hind and the Panther
93.
The Dunciad was a reply to ------------
for his criticism of Pope’s edition of Shakespeare.
a. Lewis Theobald
b. Laurence Eusden
c. Elkanah Settle
d. Colley Cibber
a. Lewis Theobald
b. Laurence Eusden
c. Elkanah Settle
d. Colley Cibber
94.
One of the following is NOT a work of Lord Byron
:
a. Hudibras
b. Don Juan
c. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
d. The Bride of Abydos
a. Hudibras
b. Don Juan
c. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
d. The Bride of Abydos
95.
------------- is the writer of Solitary
Devotions.
a. Andrew Marvell
b. George Herbert
c. Edmund Spenser
d. Henry Vaughan
a. Andrew Marvell
b. George Herbert
c. Edmund Spenser
d. Henry Vaughan
96.
Who is the traveler in More’s Utopia?
a. Sidgwick
b. Hythlodaeus
c. Ricardo
d. Campanella
a. Sidgwick
b. Hythlodaeus
c. Ricardo
d. Campanella
97.
Which one of the following is NOT written by
Francis Bacon?
a. Opus Tertium
b. Novum Organum
c. Sylva Sylvarium
d. The New Atlantis
a. Opus Tertium
b. Novum Organum
c. Sylva Sylvarium
d. The New Atlantis
98.
Who is the queen in the play Gorboduc?
a. Elizabeth
b. Georgia
c. Videna
d. Richland
a. Elizabeth
b. Georgia
c. Videna
d. Richland
99.
One among the following does NOT belong to the
group of playwrights called “University Wits”?
a. Marlowe
b. Greene
c. Nashe
d. Pinero
a. Marlowe
b. Greene
c. Nashe
d. Pinero
100. Who
is Shylock’s daughter in The Merchant of Venice?
a. Jessica
b. Portia
c. Nerissa
d. Rosalind
a. Jessica
b. Portia
c. Nerissa
d. Rosalind
101. Match
the following authors with their works :
i.
Geoffrey Chaucer - (a) Vox Clamantis
ii.
John Gower - (b) The Answer to a Poisoned
Book
iii.
Thomas More - (c) Mother Hubberd’s Tale
iv.
Edmund Spenser - (d) Parlement of Foules
a. (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
b.
(i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
d.
(i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
102. “Calm
was the day and through the trembling air
The sweet breathing Zephyrus did softly play” – is from :
a. The Faerie Queene
b. Prothalamion
c. Epithalmion
d.
Amoretti
103. Who
created the Shakespearean sonnet (English sonnet) form by modifying the
Petrarchan sonnet?
a. Spenser
b. Shakespeare
c. Surrey
d. Sidney
a. Spenser
b. Shakespeare
c. Surrey
d. Sidney
104. To
whom did Edmund Spenser addresses his sonnet sequence Amoretti?
a. Elizabeth Boyle
b. Mary Jane
c. Lisa Boyle
d. Queen Elizabeth
a. Elizabeth Boyle
b. Mary Jane
c. Lisa Boyle
d. Queen Elizabeth
105. ‘Leviathan’
is a work of :
a. Thomas Browne
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Francis Bacon
d. Philip Sydney
a. Thomas Browne
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Francis Bacon
d. Philip Sydney
106. The
first verse drama in English to employ blank verse :
a. Ralph Roister Doister
b. Gorboduc
c. Everyman
d. The Second Shepherd’s Play
a. Ralph Roister Doister
b. Gorboduc
c. Everyman
d. The Second Shepherd’s Play
107. The
devil summoned by Faustus in the play Dr. Faustus is :
a. Faust
b. Icarus
c. Mephistopheles
d. hubris
a. Faust
b. Icarus
c. Mephistopheles
d. hubris
108. Match
the following works with the author :
i.
Hero and Leander - (a) Ben Jonson
ii.
The Devil’s Law Case - (b) Christopher Marlowe
iii.
Cynthia’s Revels - (c) William Shakespeare
iv.
The Winter’s Tale - (d) John Webster
a. (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
b.
(i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
d.
(i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
109. Shakespeare’s
standard poetic form was :
a. Blank Verse
b. Ballad
c. Couplet
d. Canto
a. Blank Verse
b. Ballad
c. Couplet
d. Canto
110. The
spiritual autobiography 'Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners' is a work by :
a. John Bunyan
b. George Herbert
c. Oliver Cromwell
d. John Donne
a. John Bunyan
b. George Herbert
c. Oliver Cromwell
d. John Donne
111. Who
among the following is NOT a metaphysical poet?
a. John Donne
b. Edmund Spenser
c. Andrew Marvell
d. Henry Vaughan
a. John Donne
b. Edmund Spenser
c. Andrew Marvell
d. Henry Vaughan
112. The
life of John Donne coincided with the reigns of which three absolutist
monarchs?
a. Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I
b. Mary I, Elizabeth I and James I
c. James I, Charles I and Charles II
d. Charles I, Charles II and James II
a. Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I
b. Mary I, Elizabeth I and James I
c. James I, Charles I and Charles II
d. Charles I, Charles II and James II
113. Who
among the following portrayed Addison and Richard Steele as characters in his
novel The History of Henry Esmond?
a. Jonathan Swift
b. William Thackeray
c. Edmund Burke
d. John Locke
a. Jonathan Swift
b. William Thackeray
c. Edmund Burke
d. John Locke
114. ‘Annus
Mirabilis’ is a long poem written by :
a. Alexander Pope
b. Daniel Defoe
c. Dryden
d. Samuel Johnson
a. Alexander Pope
b. Daniel Defoe
c. Dryden
d. Samuel Johnson
115. Who
called Dryden “Glorious John”?
a. Alexander Pope
b. Daniel Defoe
c. Walter Scott
d. John Locke
a. Alexander Pope
b. Daniel Defoe
c. Walter Scott
d. John Locke
116. Which
among the following is a poem of John Dryden?
a. Absalom and Achitophel
b. Religio Laici
c. The Hind and the Panther
d. All of them
a. Absalom and Achitophel
b. Religio Laici
c. The Hind and the Panther
d. All of them
117. "Fools
rush in where angels fear to tread." – Who said this words?
a. Alexander Pope
b. Dryden
c. Samuel Johnson
d. William Cowper
a. Alexander Pope
b. Dryden
c. Samuel Johnson
d. William Cowper
118. What
is the complete title of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe?
a. The Life of Robinson Crusoe
b. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of
Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner
c. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of
York, Mariner
d. The Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson
Crusoe of York
119. Which
among the following is a work of Jonathan Swift?
a. A Tale of a Tub
b. An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity
c. A Modest Proposal
d. All of them
a. A Tale of a Tub
b. An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity
c. A Modest Proposal
d. All of them
120. Match
the following works with the authors :
i.
Drapier’s Letters - (a) John Locke
ii.
Letters on a Regicide Peace - (b) Jonathan Swift
iii.
Some Thoughts Concerning Education - (c) Daniel Defoe
iv.
The True-Born Englishman - (d) Edmund Burke
a. (i)-b, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-c
b.
(i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
c. (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
d.
(i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-a
1. A
ReplyDelete2. C
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. C
20. C
21. B
22. A
23. D
24. A
25. D
26. B
27. C
28. D
29. C
30. A
31. C
32. B
33. B
34. C
35. A
36. A
37. B
38. D
39. B
40. C
41. A
42. C
43. A
44. B
45. C
46. D
47. B
48. D
49. D
50. B
51. D
52. C
53. A
54. B
55. B
56. A
57. C
58. B
59. D
60. D
61. B
62. A
63. D
64. B
65. B
66. A
67. B
68. C
69. B
70. A
71. D
72. A
73. B
74. D
75. C
76. D
77. A
78. D
79. C
80. C
81. C
82. D
83. D
84. A
85. B
86. A
87. A
88. C
89. A
90. C
91. B
92. D
93. A
94. A
95. D
96. B
97. A
98. C
99. D
100. A
101. B
102. B
103. C
104. A
105. B
106. B
107. C
108. A
109. A
110. A
111. B
112. A
113. B
114. C
115. C
116. D
117. A
118. B
119. D
120. A