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I Part One

1 Famous playwright, poet and others ...... 11 1.1 John Keats...... 11 1.2 Christopher Marlowe...... 12 1.3 Dr.Faustus By Christopher Marlowe...... 13 1.4 John Milton...... 18 1.5 The Poetry of John Milton...... 19 1.6 Paradise Lost- John Milton...... 29 1.7 William Wordsworth...... 36 1.8 Frankenstein-Mary Shelley...... 37 1.9 Samuel Taylor Coleridge...... 38 1.10 WilliamJai Shakespeare.... Shree...... 39 Ram 1.11 Play by sakespear...... 42 1.12 Edmund Spenser...... 51 1.13 Geoffrey Chaucer...... 52 1.14 James Joyce...... 53 1.15 Dante...... 63 1.16 Hamlet...... 72 1.17 Macbeth...... 74 1.18 Poetry...... 88 II Part two

2 Ages, era, period ...... 99 2.1 Middle Ages...... 99 2.2 16th Century...... 102 2.3 Early 17th Century...... 105 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century...... 108 2.5 Romantic Period...... 123 2.6 Victorian Age...... 126 2.7 20th Century...... 136 2.8 Elizabethan Period...... 142 2.9 Jacobean Era...... 146 2.10 The Renaissance...... 147 2.11 Middle ages...... 150 2.12 Elizabethan era...... 154

III Part three

3 American Literature ...... 159 3.1 Multiple choice questions...... 159 3.2 True and false...... 194 3.3 Single answer...... 197

4 Literary Theory and Criticism ...... 219

IV Part four

5 Introduction to Literary Studies ...... 247

6 Introduction to Literary Theory ...... 261

7 Cultural and Literary English Renaissance ...... 273 8 NarayanCultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries Changder...... 283 9 Cultural and Literary in Modernity ...... 297

10 Medieval Literature and Culture ...... 311

11 Medieval Women Writers ...... 323

12 The Gothic Novel ...... 335 13 English Romantic Poetry ...... 347

14 Modern Poetry and Poetics ...... 357

15 The Victorian Novel ...... 373

16 African-American Literature ...... 395

17 Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama ...... 407

V Part Five

VI part 5

18 Miscelleneous questions ...... 427

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1 Famous playwright, poet and others . 11 1.1 John Keats Jai Shree1.2 Christopher Marlowe Ram 1.3 Dr.Faustus By Christopher Marlowe 1.4 John Milton 1.5 The Poetry of John Milton 1.6 Paradise Lost- John Milton 1.7 William Wordsworth 1.8 Frankenstein-Mary Shelley 1.9 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1.10 William Shakespeare 1.11 Play by sakespear 1.12 Edmund Spenser 1.13 Geoffrey Chaucer 1.14 James Joyce 1.15 Dante 1.16 Hamlet 1.17 Macbeth 1.18 Poetry Narayan Changder 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

1.1 John Keats

1. When did John Keats die? C. Ode to a Skylark A. 11 May 1838 D. An Imitation of Spenser B. 12 March 1833 5. In which school did John Keats study? C. 23 February 1821 A. John Clarke’s school D. 19 August 1825 B. King’s Grammar School 2. When was John Keats born? C. Harrow A. 25 December 1767 D. Eton B. 30 April 1789 6. Which period of John Keats as called "the most placid time in Keats’s life" by Cow- C. 31 October 1795 den Clarke, a close friend of Keats? D. 22 November1756 A. His visit to Lake District 3. What was the profession of Thomas Ham- mond under whom John Keats joined for B. Keats’ lodging in the attic above the apprenticeship? surgery at 7 Church Street Jai ShreeC. Keats stay Ram in Italy A. teacher B. surgeon D. Keats’ travel to Alps 7. In which hospital John Keats registered C. banker as a medical student after ﬁnishing his ap- D. lawyer prenticeship with Hammond? 4. Which is the ﬁrst extant poem of John A. Queen’s Chamber Keats, which is written in the year 1814 when when was 19 years of age? B. Guy’s Hospital A. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy C. New Chapman Hospital B. Ode on a Grecian Urn D. Trinity Hospital 12 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

Answers

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. B 7.B

1.2 Christopher Marlowe

1. The title page which play of Christopher A. 30 May 1593 Marlow attributes the play to Marlowe and B. 12 September 1598 Thomas Nashe? C. 26 April 1601 A. Doctor Faustus D. 15 February 1611 B. Dido, Queen of Carthage 7. Which one of the following plays of C. Edward the Second Christopher Marlow tells the story of the D. Tamburlaine the Great disposition of a king by his barons and the Queen? 2. From which institution did Christopher Marlow receive Bachelor of Arts degree A. Doctor Faustus in 1584? B. Edward the Second A. Oxford University C. The Massacre at Paris B. Trinity College D. The Jew of Malta C. Corpus Christi College 8. At what age did Christopher Marlow die? D. Queens college A. 33 3. In which year the play of Christopher Mar- B. 29 low The Jew of Malta first performed? C. 47 A. 1597 D. 54 B. 1601 9. In which place of England Christopher Marlow born? C. 1587 A. London D. 1592 B. Norflock 4. When was Christopher Marlowe bap- tized? C. Canterbury A. 26 February 1564 D. Warwick 10. What was the first published title of B. 12 January 1569 Christopher Marlow’s play The Jew of C. 30 April 1560 Malta? D. 10 October 1547 A. The Tragedy of the Jew of Malta 5. To which theater was Christopher Marlow B. The Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta Narayanassociated with? Changder A. English Puritan theatre C. The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew B. English Renaissance theatre of Malta D. The Story of the Rich Jew of Malta C. Restoration theatre 11. Which one of the following dramas at- D. English Neo-Classical theatre tributed to Christopher Marlow is believed 6. When did Christopher Marlow die? to have been his first? 1.3 Dr.Faustus By Christopher Marlowe 13

A. The Jew of Malta C. Dutch B. Dido, Queen of Carthage D. American C. Edward the Second 15. What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowe’s father? D. Tamburlaine the Great 12. From where Christopher Marlowe re- A. Carpenter ceived his early Education? B. Civil servant A. Corpus Christi College C. Cobbler B. Cambridge D. Farmer C. oxford 16. Marlow died of? D. witternburg A. Illness 13. How many children did Shakespeare B. stabbing have? A.3 C. poisoned B. 5 D. Hanged 17. Which was Marlowe’s ﬁrst play? C. 8 D. 12 A. Dr.Faustus 14. What is Christopher Marlowe’s National- B. Tamburlaine ity? C. The Tragedy of Dido A. British D. The Jew of Malta, B. German

Answers

1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. A 14.A 15. C 16. B 17.B

1.3 Dr.Faustus By Christopher Marlowe

1. Through his magic, Faustus is visited ﬁrst B. Reveal, revel and reverie by which of the devil’s angels? C. Raillery, renunciation and recoup A. Mephastophilis D. none of the above B. beelzebubJai Shree4. University Wits Ram were those who: C. Aamon A. Had training at two universities D. none of the above B. gave curriculum of two universities 2. At the end of the play, Faustus is dragged C. Erected two universities down to hell, begging to repent. D. none of the above A. True 5. The ﬁrst regular English comedy, based B. False on the model of the Latin comedy, is at- 3. What is the meaning of “Renaissance": tributed to ? A. Rebirth, revival and re-awaking A. Nicholas Udall 14 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

B. Thomas Colwell A. Bach C. Lord Burghley B. Schumann D. none of the above C. Beethoven 6. Which of the Marlowe’s plays were writ- D. Wagner ten in collaboration with Thomas Nash? 12. Faustus asks two magicians to aid him A. Queen of Carthage and The passionate in summoning the devil. What are their Shepherd. names? B. The tragedy of Dido and Queen of A. Valdes and Cornelius Carthage. B. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern C. The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido. C. Troilus and Cressida D. Queen of Carthage and The Massacre D. Pyramus and Thisbe of Paris. 13. What does Faustus promise to the devil in 7. Who wrote following lines: "..... I am in- exchange for great knowledge, riches and volved in mankind: and therefore never power for a period of 24 years? send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." A. his body A. John Donne B. his house B. John Milton C. his soul C. Earnest Hemingway D. his horse D. Lawrence 14. Which of the following qualities would 8. In what country is ’Dr Faustus’ based? most accurately describe Faustus’ character at the beginning of the play? A. England A. kind B. Italy B. stupid C. France C. sensitive D. Germany 9. When, is it estimated, was ’Dr Faustus’ D. arrogant first performed? 15. Which powerful figure does Faustus A. 1594 ridicule with his new-found powers? B. 1604 A. The Pope C. 1590 B. The Holy Roman Emperor D. 1593 C. The King of England 10. At what famous university is Faustus a D. The King of France scholar? Narayan16. Changder “Renaissance” is a: A. Wittenburg A. French word B. Sorbonne B. Italian word C. Heidelberg C. Greek word D. Cambridge 11. Faustus’ servant shares his name with a D. Spanish word famous German composer. Who? 17. Renaissance first came to the: 1.3 Dr.Faustus By Christopher Marlowe 15

A. France 24. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cam- B. Italy bridge in 1518? A. Thomas Nash C. England B. Thomas More D. Rome 18. Which of the following are University C. Thomas lodge wits: D. Thomas Wyatt A. John Gower and Robert Peele 25. Who wrote “Mirror for Magistrates"? B. John Skelton and Thomas lodge A. Thomas Sacville C. John Lyly and Robert Greene B. Thomas Wyatt D. John Donne and Thomas Nashe C. Thomas lodge 19. Which century is known as Dawn of Re- D. Thomas Kyde naissance: 26. Philip Sidney was born on 30th Novem- A. 14 th ber: B. 15 th A. 1553 C. 16 th B. 1554 D. 14 th and 16 th C. 1555 20. Who born in 1422: D. 1550 A. William Caxton 27. “Astrophel and Stella” is a: B. Robert Henry A. Allegory C. John Lyly B. Epic D. Thomas more C. Sonnet 21. Utopia was first printed in: D. Ballad A. 1615 28. Greville was biographer of: B. 1516 A. Edmund Spencer C. 1517 B. John Donne D. 1518 C. Sir Philip Sidney 22. Who translated Utopia in English lan- D. John Milton guage: 29. “The Prince Of Poets in his time", on A. Thomas More whom grave the inscription is given? B. Thomas lodgeJai ShreeA. Sir Philip SidneyRam C. Ralph Robinson B. John Milton D. William Tyndale C. Edmund Spencer 23. The first complete version of Bible in En- D. John Donne glish language was made by: 30. What is Faerie Queene: A. Wyclif A. An allegory B. Thomas more B. An epic C. John Lyly C. A ballad D. Robert Greene D. A sonnet 16 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

31. In whose reign Morality plays began? A. Shakespeare A. Henry five B. Christopher Marlowe B. Elizabeth one C. Edmund Spenser C. Henry six D. john Milton 38. After the death of Christopher Mar- D. Henry eight lowe who completed his unfinished poem 32. Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated “Hero and Leander"? to the Philip Sidney: A. Shakespeare A. The Faerie Queene B. Thomas Nash B. The shepheaedes Calendar C. George Chapman C. Complaints D. Thomas More 39. Who succeeded Lyly? D. Colin Clouts come home again A. Robert Greene 33. Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries: B. John Milton A. Edmund Spenser C. Philip Sidney D. Christopher Marlowe B. John Milton 40. Who was the son of a rich London mer- C. John Donne chant and born in 1557? D. Sir Philip Sidney A. Thomas Nah 34. Thomas kyd (1558-95) achieved great B. Thomas lodge popularity with which of his first work? C. Thomas Kyd A. The Rare Triumphs of love and for- D. Thomas Hardy tune 41. The collection of the papers and corre- B. The Spanish Tragedy spondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as: C. Jeronimo A. Letters to the Margret Paston D. Cornelia B. Margret Paston to John Paston 35. Marlowe born in..... C. The Paston letters A. 1562 D. To John Paston B. 1563 42. Who wrote “Holy Sonnets"? C. 1564 A. Edmund Spenser D. 1565 B. John Donne 36. In “the tragic history of Doctor Faustus". C. Shakespeare NarayanFaustus was a : ChangderD. John Milton A. German scholar 43. “On his blindness", a collection of sonnets is written by: B. French scholar A. Edmund Spenser C. Spanish scholar B. John Milton D. Greek scholar C. Shakespeare 37. Who wrote “The Massacre at Paris"? D. Sir Philip Sidney 1.3 Dr.Faustus By Christopher Marlowe 17

44. “Paradise lost” was lost by: A. Rosalind A. Eve B. Belinda B. Adam C. Both a and b C. Both a and b D. None of above D. Satan 51. William Shakespeare born in: 45. In “Paradise regained” who regained the A. 26 April 1567 paradise? B. 26 April 1566 A. Satan C. 26 April 1565 B. Jesus D. 26 April 1564 C. Adam and Eve 52. William Shakespeare was..... child of D. Only Adam John and Mary: 46. Which of the following published in 1579 A. second and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers? B. fourth A. Colin clouts come home again C. third B. Faerie queen, first three books D. fifth C. The Shepherd’s calendar 53. He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of..... in..... D. Faerie queen, second three books 47. Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to .....? A. 18, 1582 A. Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De B. 17, 1581 Wilton C. 16, 1580 B. Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh D. 15, 1579 54. Which of the following statement is cor- C. Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle rect: D. Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle A. Shakespeare’s first child Susanna was 48. John Donne’s “The Anniversaries” is a: born in 1583. A. An elegy in two parts B. In 1585 twins were born and named B. An epic in three parts Hamnet and Judith. C. A ballad in four parts C. both a and b D. None of these D. None of above. Jai Shree55. Ann Hathaway Ram was ..... years older than 49. Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance? Shakespeare: A. Marlowe A. 7 B. Milton B.8 C. Spencer C. 9 D. Johnson D. 10 50. During Spencer’s visit to his Kinsfolk in 56. After ..... years of his marriage he left his Lancashire he felt in love a woman and native town and try his fortune in the great who figures as..... much of his work: city of London. 18 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. two A. 1590 B. three B. 1591 C. four C. 1592 D. ﬁve D. 1593 57. Shakespeare’s only son Hamnet died in..... 60. Who declared him as Britain’s greatest ? dramatist in 1598? A. 1595 A. Queen Elizabeth B. 1596 B. Francis Meres, a lawyer C. 1597 C. Burbage, an actor D. 1598 D. King James 58. Shakespeare is buried inside the: 61. Shakespeare made Stratford his regular A. Westminster Abbey home in: B. Trinity Church A. About 1611 C. Protestant Cemetery B. About 1610 D. None of above C. About 1609 59. By..... Shakespeare had established him- D. About 1608 self in London as an actor and dramatist:

Answers

1. A 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. A 11. D 12. A 13. C 14.D 15. A 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. A 26.B 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. A 31. C 32. B 33. C 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. B 38.C 39. A 40. B 41. C 42. B 43. B 44. C 45. C 46. C 47. C 48. A 49. C 50.A 51. D 52. B 53. A 54. C 55. B 56. C 57. B 58. B 59. C 60. B 61.B

1.4 John Milton

1. Which famous work of John Milton’s was 3. When did John Milton publish Tenure of based on the fall of man? Kings and Magistrates? A. Paradise Regained A. 1628 B. Paradise Lost B. 1649 C. Samson Agonistes C. 1645 D. On the Late Massacre in Piedmont D. 1637 2.NarayanWhat is the meaning of Milton’s 4. ChangderIn whose memory did John Milton write work Samson Agonistes? Methought I saw my late espousèd saint? A. Theist A. Katherine Woodcock B. Atheist B. Oliver Cromwell C. Antagonist C. Edward II D. Wrestler D. Mary Powell 1.5 The Poetry of John Milton 19

5. Which book was about the temptation of A. 1667 Christ? B. 1639 A. L’Allegro C. 1669 B. Paradise Regained D. 1651 C. Samson Agonistes 11. When was John Milton born? D. Paradise Lost A. 12 June 1628 6. Which Poem caused Milton’s stature as a poet to be recognized? B. 2 May 1614 A. Paradise Lost C. 17 August 1612 B. Il Penseroso D. 9 December 1608 C. Areopagitica 12. Which one of Milton’s senses were lost during writing his works? D. Lycidas 7. Where was John Milton born? Where was A. Taste John Milton born? B. Voice A. London C. Hearing B. Bristol D. Vision C. Wales 13. Who did Milton have to write his works D. Yorkshire down when he became Blind? 8. Which college did John Milton attend? A. his friends A. Queens college B. his friends B. Trinity college C. his daughters C. Christ’s college D. his sons D. Warwick college 14. Whom did John Milton marry at the age 9. When did John Milton die? of 34? A. 22 June 1675 A. Agnes B. 9 December 1670 B. Ann Powell C. 14 February 1669 C. Lynda D. 8 November 1674 D. Mary Powell 10. When was Paradise Lost published?

Jai ShreeAnswers Ram

1. B 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A 11. D 12. D 13. C 14.D

1.5 The Poetry of John Milton

1. Which of the following elements DOES C. A “Tragic Recognition” Speech NOT characterize epic poetry? D. An Invocation to the Muse A. An Epic Council 2. Which of the following British monar- B. An “Arming of the Hero” Scene chs was executed during the English Civil 20 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

War? A. Michelangelo A. Charles I B. Charles II B. Charles II C. Galileo C. Queen Anne D. A and B 7. The English Civil War was waged be- D. Henry VIII tween what two political groups? 3. What event occurs in the ﬁnal lines of A. Royalists and Monarchists John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”? B. Royalists and Parliamentarians A. Adam and Eve hold hands and walk C. Parliamentarians and Roundheads across an arid plain. D. Anarchists and Royalists B. Adam and Eve promise to be fruitful 8. John Milton’s “Comus” is best described and multiply. by which of the following genres? C. Adam and Eve curse their God. A. Pastoral elegy D. Adam and Eve curse Satan. B. Prose polemic 4. “Samson Agonistes” is described as a C. Blank verse tragedy “Closet Drama,” which means D. Masque A. it can be acted out on a very small 9. In the early books of John Milton’s “Par- stage. adise Lost,” Satan conspires with which B. it was written to be read but not acted of the following characters? upon a stage. A. Baal C. people will read it in secret and not B. Beelzebub publically admit they read it. C. Michel D. it was written to be acted in a church. D. A and B 5. Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” 10. What British Romantic author was partic- Samson has decided not to perform for ularly inspired by the work of John Mil- attendants at a certain event when (start- ton? ing with line 1381) he suddenly reverses A. William Blake positions and agrees to go. Why does he do this? B. Alfred Lord Tennyson A. He experiences some “rousing mo- C. Elizabeth Barrett Browning tions” which might be from God. D. T.S. Eliot B. Manoa convinces him to do it or the 11. In John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” Satan Philistines will execute Samson. assumes the character and form of what creature in order to tempt Eve to eat at the C. The Chorus demands he stay in his Tree of Knowledge? prison cell and Samson reacts against Narayanthem. ChangderA. A toad B. A serpent D. He wishes to see Dalila one last time in the crowd. C. A lion 6. After graduating from university, John D. A tiger Milton toured the continent of Europe and 12. In Book One of “Paradise Lost,” the nar- likely met with which of the following rator identiﬁes the fallen angels or devils individuals? by what names? 1.5 The Poetry of John Milton 21

A. Their surnames A. In “Samson,” Harapha is Samson’s enemy, but he is not in “Judges.” B. The names of pagan gods B. In “Samson,” Samson is a Jew, but he C. The names of foreign countries is not in “Judges.” D. The names of the angels they will be- C. In “Samson,” Samson marries the come Woman of Timnah, but not in “Judges.” 13. In “Samson Agonistes,” the Chorus describes the approaching Dalila as beauti- fully and lavishly dressed to better seduce D. In “Samson,” Samson never worships Samson. This is interesting because Dagon, but he does in “Judges.” 18. John Milton’s “L’Allegro” and “Il A. the Chorus has just stated it hates this Penseroso” are companion poems and kind of lavish, external beauty. are both written in B. Samson hates this kind of lavish, ex- A. iambic pentameter ternal beauty. B. tetrameter couplets C. Dalila usually dresses in a more under- stated Puritan manner. C. heroic couplets D. Samson is blind. D. Shakespearean sonnets 14. In “Paradise Lost,” what is the relation- 19. According to John Milton’s view of the ship between Satan and Death? structure of the universe, the “Created Uni- verse” is surrounded by what? A. Death is Satan’s father. A. Heaven B. Death is Satan’s son. B. Hell C. Death is Satan’s brother. C. Chaos D. Death is Satan’s daughter. 15. John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is D. Sunshine most similar in linguistic style to what 20. In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson’s father, books from “Paradise Lost”? Manoa, is trying to get Samson freed from imprisonment mainly so he can help Sam- A. Three and Four son to B. Five and Six A. get revenge on his enemies C. Eight and Nine B. re-instated as a Judge D. Eleven and Twelve C. retire 16. As originally envisioned by John Mil- ton, “ParadiseJai Lost” would consist Shree of how D. convert Ram many books? 21. John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” is best described by which of the following genres? A. Nine A. Pastoral elegy B. Ten B. Prose polemic C. Eleven C. Blank verse tragedy D. Twelve 17. “Samson Agonistes” differs from its D. Epic source material, the Biblical book of 22. Despite Samson’s defeat and shame, Sam- “Judges,” in what way(s)? son predicts that God will “arise and his 22 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

great name assert” by making Dagon re- 27. In “Samson Agonistes,” Harapha exits be- ceive “Such a discomfit, as shall quite de- cause of what reason: spoil him / Of all these boasted Trophies A. Samson will not fight him. won on me / And with confusion blank his Worshippers” (467–71). This prediction B. He does not want to fight Samson. is interesting because C. He must hurry to catch up with Dalila. A. the prediction is never fulfilled. D. He has been called back to his home- B. the prophet Enoch had made the same town of Gath. prediction centuries earlier. 28. The foundation story of John Milton’s C. Samson doesn’t know he himself will “Paradise Lost” derives from what text? fulfill the prediction. A. The Book of “Genesis” D. the prediction is finally fulfilled much B. The Book of “Revelations” later when Jesus defeats Dagon. C. “The Odyssey” 23. In Book Six of “Paradise Lost,” Adam is told of what major event? D. “Canterbury Tales” A. The fall of the Son 29. Which of the following themes IS NOT important to John Milton’s “Paradise Re- B. The fall of the Rebel Angels gained”? C. The fall of God A. Sexual desire D. The death of Michael B. Seeking God’s Will and Guidance 24. In Book Three of “Paradise Lost,” God the C. What it means to be the “Son of God” Father alludes to what theological princi- D. Temptation ple in the following quotation: “I made 30. What important event(s) occur(s) in John him [Adam] just and right, / Sufficient to Milton’s “Paradise Lost” immediately af- have stood though free to fall.” ter Eve first eats of the Tree of Knowl- A. Transubstantiation edge? B. Free will A. Nature is immediately wounded by Eve’s transgression. C. Predestination B. Satan is immediately wounded by D. Sufficience Eve’s transgression. 25. John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is writ- C. Raphael is immediately wounded by ten in a(n) style. Eve’s transgression. A. plain D. Abdiel immediately flees the Council B. luminescent of Rebel Angels. C. Latinate 31. Which of the following works was not written by John Milton? D. Sophistic A. “How Soon Hath Time” 26.NarayanJohn Milton’s “Lycidas” is best described Changder by which of the following genres? B. “Captain or Colonel” C. “Avenge O Lord” A. Pastoral elegy D. “Drink to Me only with thine eyes” B. Prose polemic 32. The character named Comus is often seen C. Blank verse tragedy by critics as a prototype of what character D. Masque Milton later portrayed? 1.5 The Poetry of John Milton 23

A. Jesus 38. In the Oliver Cromwell “Commonwealth” and “Protectorate” administrations, Mil- B. Samson ton served as the British government’s C. Satan chief D. Adam A. Civil Engineer 33. John Milton claimed from an early age B. Poet Laureate that he would become C. Military Strategist A. England’s first poet D. Intellectual Defender B. England’s first dramatist 39. Early in Book Two of “Paradise Regained,” C. England’s poet laureate who yearns to see the missing Jesus (who has wandered into the desert)? D. England’s greatest civil engineer 34. In his poem “Lycidas,” John Milton does A. First Mary, then Joseph which of the following? B. First Andrew and Simon (Peter), then A. Mourns the death of a college class- Mary mate C. First Mary, then James and John B. Mourns the death of his mother D. First Peter, then Paul and Mary C. Mourns the death of his son 40. According to John Milton, political offices were to be filled by D. Mourns the death of his wife 35. In the “Book of Job,” Satan speaks to what A. the king figure(s)? B. the House of Lords A. God/Yahweh C. popular election B. Judea D. God C. Lot 41. What poets before Milton were famous for writing epics? D. A and B 36. Unlike the gods and goddesses of classi- A. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Spenser cal epics, John Milton’s God in “Paradise B. Homer, Virgil, and Spenser Lost” is and C. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Spenser A. visible, inaccessible D. Gilgamesh, Petrarch, and Dryden B. inaccessible, omnipresent 42. The first stanza of John Milton’s “Paradise C. nonexistent,Jai invisible ShreeRegained” begins Ram with what topic(s)? D. invisible, omnipresent A. A brief summary of “Paradise Lost” 37. Which of the following monarchs was “re- B. A detailed description of Satan stored” to the British throne during the Restoration? C. A detailed description of Milton himself A. Charles I D. A and B B. Charles II 43. Which of the following statements is NOT C. Henry VIII TRUE concerning Book Two of John Mil- ton’s “Paradise Lost”? D. Charles III 24 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. A debate is held in Hell by Satan and 48. John Milton’s “Areopagitica” is best de- his compatriots concerning whether to at- scribed by which of the following genres? tempt to recover Heaven. A. Pastoral elegy B. Satan embarks on his passage across B. Prose polemic the great gulf of Chaos. C. The Narrator invokes his muse by the C. Blank verse tragedy name of “Holy Light.” D. Masque D. The demons begin exploring Hell, en- 49. Harapha claims he wishes he could have gaging in philosophical debates, and en- fought Samson when he had his eyesight tering singing competitions. because 44. The Renaissance was known for originat- A. he wants to get respect from the Philis- ing which of the following philosophical tine general standing beside him. movements? B. he wants Samson to break out of A. Existentialism prison and kill some more Philistines. B. Humanism C. he wants to encourage Samson. C. Stoicism D. he wants to seem more heroic than he D. Postmodernism really is. 45. The English masque has its origins in the 50. What British Romantic artist famously de- traditions of what European country? picted John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” in a A. France series of etchings and prints? B. Germany A. William Wordsworth C. Spain B. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Italy C. William Blake 46. Which of the following statements is/are D. John Keats TRUE concerning Puritanism? 51. What character in “Paradise Lost” is ﬁrst A. There is an emphasis on the impor- tempted to eat of the Tree of Knowledge? tance of preaching. A. Raphael B. There is an emphasis on spiritual experience. B. Eve C. There is an emphasis on the freedom C. Adam of sexual expression. D. The Son D. A and B 52. Roughly speaking, how long was the En- 47. In the demonic council of Book Two of glish Civil War? “Paradise Regained,” who proposes that A. One decade NarayanSatan should tempt Jesus with lust for a Changder beautiful woman the way Solomon was B. Two decades tempted? C. Three decades A. Belial D. Four decades B. Beelzebub 53. When John Milton studied at Christ’s C. Venus College, Cambridge, his college was a stronghold of what religious faith? D. Satan 1.5 The Poetry of John Milton 25

A. Anglicism 59. In 1660, after the Restoration, Milton suffered which of the following punish- B. Puritanism ments? C. Buddhism A. He was imprisoned. D. A and C B. His left index ﬁnger was chopped off. 54. John Milton was ﬂuent in which of the following languages? C. He was placed in the stocks for a week. A. Latin, Greek, and Hebrew D. A and B B. Latin, Sanskrit, and Aramaic 60. The Primary Narrator for Books Eleven C. Latin, Arabic, and Spanish and Twelve of “Paradise Lost,” who re- D. Mandarin, Dutch, and French lates future events is which of the following? 55. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE concerning John Milton’s ideal re- A. The Son public? B. Raphael A. There was to be no king, bishops, or C. Michael House of Lords. D. Adam B. There were to be no churches except 61. In “Samson Agonistes,” the character who Anglican churches. tells others of Samson’s death is C. There was to be no Oxford University. A. Manoa. B. Dalila. D. A and C 56. John Milton was born in 1608 in what C. the Chorus. city? D. a Messenger. A. Bath 62. John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” is a story largely about what topic? B. Paris A. A quest for knowledge of the self C. London B. A quest for knowledge of other coun- D. Nottingham tries 57. In “Paradise Lost,” Milton calls his Muse by which of the following names? C. A quest for knowledge of the future A. Uriel D. A quest for Forbidden Knowledge 63. John Milton deliberately distanced him- B. Urania self from the poets, a group of po- C. Calypso Jai Shreeets known for Ramtheir light, elegant style and D. Calliope frivolous content. 58. Milton in “Samson Agonistes” uses a Cho- A. Romantic rus, which he borrows from what previous B. Victorian genre? C. Cavalier A. Medieval Mystery Plays D. Enlightenment B. Greek Epic 64. The pastoral elegy often begins with C. Greek Drama which of the following poetic conventions? D. French Chanson de Gestes 26 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Invocation of a muse A. Spenserian B. A cry of lament B. Shakespearean C. Prayer to the Sun C. Wordsworthian D. A and B D. Petrarchan 65. Which of the following questions would 70. Which of the following events occur(s) a student of Book Nine of John Milton’s at some point in John Milton’s “Paradise “Paradise Lost” likely ask? Lost”? A. “What is the precise relationship be- A. Satan contemplates his reflection in a tween Satan, Sin, and Death?” pool of water. B. “How, exactly, was Eve tempted to eat B. Adam contemplates his reflection in a of the Tree of Knowledge?” pool of water. C. “How, exactly, was Adam convinced C. Eve contemplates her reflection in a to eat of the Tree of Knowledge?” pool of water. D. B and C D. All of these 66. “Samson Agonistes” differs from its 71. In “Samson Agonistes,” Samson predicts source material, the Biblical book of “This day will be remarkable in my life / “Judges,” in what way(s)? By some great act, or of my days the last”. A. In “Samson,” Samson is blind, but he This is interesting because is not in “Judges.” A. both statements end up happening that B. In “Samson,” Manoa is Samson’s fa- day. ther, but he is not in “Judges.” B. both statements end up not happening C. In “Samson,” Samson is married to that day. Dalila, but he is not in “Judges.” C. Samson is echoing the older prediction D. In “Samson,” Dalila cuts Samson’s of the prophet Enoch. hair, but she does not in “Judges.” D. both statements will later be fulfilled 67. In his introduction, Milton described the by Christ. genre of “Samson Agonistes” as 72. Choose the BEST answer to fill in the A. history play blank. John Milton is best described as a strong who emphasized the free- B. tragedy dom of the individual. C. comedy A. Anglican D. Morality Play B. Methodist 68. A number of the British Romantic poets argue what character to be the protago- C. Protestant nist (or “hero”) of John Milton’s “Paradise D. Buddhist NarayanLost”? 73. Changder In the Biblical book of “Judges,” A. Eve A. Dalila pays Samson’s ransom from B. Adam prison. C. God B. Dalila refuses to pay Samson’s ransom in prison. D. Satan 69. The first sonnet form invented was the C. Never records Dalila’s visit to Samson in prison. 1.5 The Poetry of John Milton 27

D. Never records Dalila’s cutting of Sam- A. Gunpowder son’s hair. B. Adamantine armor 74. What angel often speaks to Adam in Par- adise? C. The Chariot of Paternal Deity A. Michelangelo D. The Thunderbolt 80. In Book Four of “Paradise Regained,” for B. Raphael his final temptation Satan takes Jesus to C. Pandosto what location? D. Baal A. The top of the Pantheon in Rome 75. The elegy began as an ancient met- B. The Pinnacle of the Temple in rical form. Jerusalem A. French C. The top of a “Mountain high” B. Greek D. “Up to the middle Region of thick Air” C. Roman D. German 81. Which of the following events occur(s) in the first book of John Milton’s “Paradise 76. Which of the following statements is Lost”? TRUE concerning John Milton’s poetry? A. Satan lays dazed on the burning lake. A. He followed the Shakespearean rather than the Petrarchan sonnet form. B. Satan assembles his fallen legions. B. He followed the Petrarchan rather than C. Adam and Eve fall from the state of the Shakespearean sonnet form. Paradise. C. He followed the Spenserian rather than D. A and B the Shakespearean sonnet form. 82. According to the “Book of Luke,” Herod D. He followed the Spenserian rather was the king of than the Petrarchan sonnet form. A. Judea 77. How many times does Satan work to B. Egypt tempt Jesus in the Gospels? C. Syria A. One D. Jerusalem B. Two 83. After Milton went blind, he was able to C. Three compose poetry by using D. Four A. braille 78. In , a good example of Milton’s B. dictation sharp rhetoricalJai prose, Milton denounces Shree Ram restrictive censorship, arguing for free- C. a code of his own devising dom of the press. D. an Abacus A. “Paradise Lost” 84. What character leads Adam and Eve from B. “Samson Agonistes” the Gates of Paradise in the final book of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”? C. “Areopagitica” A. Michelangelo D. “Paradise Regained” 79. In Book Six of “Paradise Lost,” Satan in- B. Raphael vents something that he thinks will help C. Uriel win his war against God. What is it? D. Michael 28 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

85. The term “Agonistes” is Greek and it 91. Denied the right to apply for divorce and means facing intense humiliation, John Milton A. one who is in agony. wrote what work? B. one who inflicts agony. A. “Christian Doctrines” C. one who struggles for or champions a B. “On Regicide” cause. C. “The Doctrine and Discipline of Di- D. one who predicts the future. vorce” 86. Complete the following statement. John D. “Paradise Lost” Milton explains in the first 26 lines of 92. Even in John Milton’s lifetime, “Paradise “Paradise Lost” that that goal of his epic Regained” was considered in literary qual- poem will be ity as largely to “Paradise Lost.” A. to justify the ways of God to hu- A. superior mankind. B. inferior B. to justify the ways of humankind to C. equal God. D. irrelevant in comparison C. to justify the ways of Heaven to Hell. 93. In the first 75 lines of Book One of “Par- D. to justify the ways of Hell to Heaven. adise Regained,” Satan refers to which 87. The ode form derives from a long tradition person he has recently seen, who is iden- of what type of poetry? tified by the following quote? “Before A. Lyric him [Jesus] a great Prophet, to proclaim / His coming, is sent Harbinger, who all B. Epic / Invites, and in the Consecrated stream / C. Satiric Pretends to wash off sin” D. Virgilian A. John the Apostle 88. was the companion in publication B. John the Baptist to John Milton’s “Paradise Regained.” C. Michael the Archangel A. “Paradise Lost” D. Joseph, Jesus’s stepfather B. “Areopagitica” 94. What poet was famous for his C. “On Christian Doctrine” “Eclogues”? D. “Samson Agonistes” A. Virgil 89. What author wrote “Life of Milton”? B. Shakespeare A. Samuel Johnson C. Chaucer B. Edmund Spencer D. A and B C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 95. John Milton’s “Paradise Regained” deals NarayanD. T. S. Eliot Changdermainly with what Biblical event? 90. What Biblical story acts as a springboard A. The Great Flood for John Milton’s “Paradise Regained”? B. The Parting of the Red Sea A. The Baptism of Jesus C. The Temptation of Christ B. The story of Luke D. None of these C. The Ascension of Jesus 96. John Milton was inspired by the previous D. The Second Coming of Jesus works of what authors? 1.6 Paradise Lost- John Milton 29

A. Homer, Virgil, and Dante B. Prose polemic B. Dante, Spenser, and Pope C. Blank verse tragedy C. Homer, Dryden, and Longfellow D. Masque D. Virgil, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen 99. Near the end of “Samson Agonistes,” 97. dominated English literature from Samson resists performing before atten- the Restoration until the end of the 18th dants of what type of event? century with the emergence of Romanti- A. Greek Olympic Games cism. B. A Roman Circus A. Medievalism C. A Gladiator competition B. Modernism D. A and B C. Victorianism 100. D Her honor as a Jew D. Neoclassicism A. Religious conviction 98. John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes” is best described by which of the following gen- B. Political patriotism res? C. Her love for Samson A. Pastoral elegy

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1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. B 13. D 14.B 15. D 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. C 21. D 22. C 23. B 24. B 25. A 26.A 27. B 28. A 29. A 30. A 31. D 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. A 36. D 37. B 38.D 39. B 40. C 41. B 42. A 43. C 44. B 45. D 46. D 47. A 48. B 49. D 50.C 51. B 52. A 53. B 54. A 55. A 56. C 57. B 58. C 59. A 60. C 61. D 62.A 63. C 64. D 65. D 66. C 67. B 68. D 69. D 70. C 71. A 72. C 73. C 74.B 75. B 76. B 77. C 78. C 79. A 80. B 81. D 82. A 83. B 84. D 85. C 86.A 87. A 88. D 89. A 90. A 91. C 92. B 93. B 94. A 95. C 96. A 97. D 98.C 99. D 100.C

1.6 Paradise Lost- John Milton

1. To justify which purpose that Milton 3. When was the ﬁrst edition of the poem wrote Paradise Lost? Paradise Lost published? A. To justify the fall of Lucifer A. 1673 B. To justifyJai the loss of paradise ShreeB. 1676 Ram C. To justify the fall of man C. 1656 D. To justify the ways of God to men D. 1667 2. How many books were included in the sec- 4. How many narrative arcs does Paradise ond edition of the poem Paradise Lost? Lost have? A. 10 A.2 B. 14 B. 1 C. 12 C. 4 D. 11 D. 12 30 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

5. In which style did John Milton write the A. Beezlebub poem Paradise Lost? B. Michael A. Free verse C. Lucifer B. Vers libre D. Belial C. Regular meter 12. ’Book 1’ of ’Paradise Lost’ presents Satan D. blank verse with his angels fallen into Hell. When recovered, Satan awakens all his legions and 6. Which one is the longest book in Milton’s speaks to them. The ﬁrst he addresses is Paradise Lost? described as ’one next to himself in power, A. Book IX and next in crime, long after known in Palestine’. What’s the name of this fallen B. Book XI angel? C. Book IIV A. Mammon D. Book X B. Moloch 7. On which Biblical theme that Paradise lost C. Beelzebub is based? D. Ashtaroth A. The fall of Lucifer 13. In ’Paradise Lost’, which angel is ordered B. The fall of man by God to drive Adam and Eve out of Par- C. Adam and Eve adise? Before he does so, he shows Adam a number of visions about the future of the D. The genesis human race, beginning with Cain murder- 8. At what point does the narration unfolds ing Abel and ending with the redemption in the poem Paradise Lost? of mankind through Christ. Who is this A. In Eden angel that has a large role in the ﬁnishing chapters of ’Paradise Lost’? B. After the fall of man A. Michael C. After the defeat of rebel angels B. Abdiel D. In paradise, when Lucifer sits with God C. Rafael 9. When was Paradise Lost published? D. Gabriel 14. Milton’s “unholy trinity” of characters in- A. 1660 cludes: B. 1667 A. Error, Temptation, and Satan C. 1658 B. Sin, Death and Temptation D. 1654 C. Sin, Temptation, and Satan 10. “Paradise Lost” is considered a: D. Satan, Sin, and Death NarayanA. First Person Narrative Changder 15. The battle between God’s army and Sa- B. Short Story tan’s rebels in heaven lasted: C. Epic Poem A. One day D. Novel B. Three days 11. Satan’s name before he fell from heaven C. Seven days was: D. One hour 1.6 Paradise Lost- John Milton 31

16. In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our A. a feminist foe," the “seed” refers to: B. uncomfortable with Adam A. The Tree of Knowledge C. detailed oriented B. Adam D. a docile, vain creature C. Cane and Abel 23. Throughout the poem, Satan transforms himself into many creatures. Which crea- D. Jesus Christ ture does Satan not turn into? 17. In the phrase, “thy seed shall bruise our A. a mouse foe," “thy” refers to: B. a cherub A. Sin C. a toad B. Eden D. a serpent C. Satan 24. Who might be considered the friendliest D. Eve and most sociable of all God’s angels? 18. The two archangels who serve as generals A. Adam in God’s army are: B. Michael A. Michael and Gabriel C. Raphael B. Michael and Raphael D. Lucifer C. Raphael and Gabriel 25. Everyday before the Fall Adam and Eve D. Michael and Lucifer went out to work. What did their work consist of? 19. For inspiration in writing the poem, Mil- ton says he depends on: A. Hunting and gathering food A. Wine B. Tending to the Garden of Eden C. Building shelter to live in B. The Holy Spirit D. Naming all God’s creatures and plants C. His favorite pen

D. The Son 26. The reason for Satan’s fall might best be 20. Earth is described as being connected to described as: heaven by a: A. incest A. “stepping stones of clouds B. lust B. Golden rope C. greed C. Golden chainJai ShreeD. pride Ram D. Ladder 27. The reason for Eve’s fall might best be described as: 21. Sin was born out of Satan’s: A. vanity A. Head B. lust B. Lust C. greed C. Anger D. pride D. Rib 28. On the second day of battle in heaven, 22. Eve before the Fall might best be de- what does Satan use that surprises God’s scribed as: forces? 32 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Catapults 34. The Archangel Michael might best be described as: B. Artillery A. Jealous and envious C. Illusions B. Bombastic D. The Holy Sepulcher C. Firm and militant 29. Adam, Satan, and Eve herself are all daz- zled by Eve’s: D. Kind and caring 35. When Michael tells Adam what will be- A. Wit come of mankind after the Fall, he is actu- B. Beauty ally narrating stories taken directly from: C. Intelligence A. The New Testament D. Hard work and spirituality B. Homer’s epic poems 30. The main reason for Adam’s fall might C. The Hebrew Bible best be described as: D. The Koran A. lust 36. What are the best words to describe the Garden of Eden, the weather, and nature B. love for Eve in general, before the Fall of Adam and C. pride Eve? D. money A. Ordered and rational 31. When God sees that Adam and Eve have B. Chaotic disobeyed him, who does he send to C. Wild and unmanageable “judge” them and the snake? D. Comfortable A. The Son 37. Which angel does Satan trick by disguis- B. The Holy Ghost ing himself as a cherub? C. Michael A. Michael D. Raphael B. Uriel 32. Inspired by Satan’s victory over man, Sin C. Raphael and Death construct: D. Abdiel A. a bridge from hell to heaven 38. In what book does the fall take place? B. a temple to welcome Satan back A. Book VIII C. a bridge from hell to earth B. Book X D. a funnel from Eden to the gates of hell C. Book IX D. Book VII 33. After they have both eaten from the Tree 39. In which book of the Bible does the story Narayanof Knowledge, the ﬁrst thing Adam and Changderof Adam and Eve occur? Eve do is: A. Leviticus A. Ask forgiveness from God B. Exodus B. Put some clothes on C. Genesis C. Satisfy their sexual desire for each D. Deuteronomy other 40. Which devil advocates a renewal of all-out war against God? D. Blame each other for their Fall 1.6 Paradise Lost- John Milton 33

A. Belial A. Gems B. Moloch B. Gold C. Mammon C. Oil D. Beelzebub D. Minerals 47. Which statement about the Earth is as- 41. What is Milton’s stated purpose in Par- serted as true in Paradise Lost? adise Lost? A. It was created before God the Son A. To assert his superiority to other poets B. Earth hangs from Heaven by a chain B. To argue against the doctrine of pre- C. The Earth is a lotus flower destination D. The Earth revolves around the sun C. To justify the ways of God to men 48. Which devil is the main architect of Pan- demonium? D. To make his story hard to understand A. Mulciber 42. Which of the following is not a character in Paradise Lost? B. Mammon A. Night C. Moloch D. Belial B. Agony 49. How many times does Milton invoke a C. Discord muse? D. Death A. One 43. Which angel wields a large sword in the B. Two battle and wounds Satan? C. Three A. Michael D. Four B. Abdiel 50. Which of the following poets does Milton C. Uriel emulate? D. Satan is not injured A. Virgil 44. When Satan leaps over the fence into Par- B. Homer adise, what does Milton liken him to? C. Both Virgil and Homer A. A snake slithering up a tree D. Neither Virgil or Homer B. A germ infecting a body 51. What is the stated subject of Paradise Lost? C. A wolf leaping into a sheep’s pen A. The fight between good and evil D. A fish leapingJai out of water Shree Ram B. Heaven’s battle and Satan’s tragic fall 45. Which angel tells Adam about the future C. The creation of the universe in Books XI and XII? D. Adam and Eve’s disobedience A. Raphael 52. Which devil is Satan’s second-in- B. Uriel command? C. Michael A. Mammon D. None of the above B. Sin 46. Which of the following is not found in C. Moloch Hell? D. Beezelbub 34 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

53. Who discusses cosmology and the battle 59. What does Eve do when she first becomes of Heaven with Adam? conscious? A. God A. Go in search of her mate B. Eve B. Talk to the animals C. Raphael C. Look at her reflection in a stream D. Michael D. Eat of the Tree of Knowledge 54. Which scene happens first chronologi- 60. Who is the main protagonist of Paradise cally? Lost? A. Satan and the devils rise up from the A. Satan lake in Hell B. Adam B. The Son is chosen as God’s second-in- command C. Eve C. God and the Son create the universe D. God D. The angels battle in Heaven 61. In how many books is Paradise Lost divided? 55. Which of the angels is considered a hero for arguing against Satan? A. Nine A. Abdiel B. Twelve B. Uriel C. Eighteen C. Michael D. Fourteen D. Raphael 62. Which is the longest book? 56. In an attempt to defeat God and his angels, A. Book X what do the rebel angels make? B. Book VIII A. A fortress C. Book IX B. A catapult D. Book I C. A large sword 63. In Books I-II, the rebels of Satan build the D. A cannon Pandemonium. What is it? 57. According to Paradise Lost, which of the A. The forbidden fruit following does God not create? B. The capital of Heaven A. The Son C. A beautiful garden B. Adam and Eve D. The capital of Hell C. Computers 64. The fruit of which tree were Adam and NarayanD. He creates everything ChangderEve forbidden to eat? 58. Who does Milton name as his heavenly A. Tree of Life muse? B. Tree of God A. Titania B. Urania C. Tree of Sin C. Virgil D. Tree of Knowledge 65. Which is the shortest book? D. Michael 1.6 Paradise Lost- John Milton 35

A. Book VII A. Satan’s associates B. Book III B. Satan C. Book VIII C. Adam D. Book V D. Eve 66. Who was sent to Earth to warn Man of the 72. Who will fall through his own “fault"? dangers he was facing? A. Satan A. Raphael B. God B. Uriel C. Adam C. Abdiel D. Noah D. Beelzebub 73. Who “headlong themselves they threw 67. Who was the ﬁrst to eat the forbidden Down from the verge of Heav’n"? fruit? A. Adam and Eve A. Adam B. Noah and the elephant B. Eve C. Rebel angels C. Satan D. Benjamin and Joseph D. Snake 74. Who pondered, “How such united force of 68. Which of the following is not a character gods, how such As stood like these, could in Paradise Lost? ever know repulse?"? A. Eve A. Adam B. God B. Moses C. Satan C. Joseph D. Jonah D. Satan 69. What is the name of the sequel to Paradise 75. Who is described? “For dignity composed Lost? and high exploit: But all was false and hol- A. Paradise Found low” B. Paradise Lost Twice A. Lot C. Paradise Regained B. Belial D. Paradise Lost Again C. Satan 70. who was the companion of Adam in par- D. Moses adise? Jai Shree76. When was Paradise Ram Regained published? A. satan A. 1671 B. eve B. 1656 C. rapheal C. 1669 D. god D. 1652 71. Who is “till wand’ring o’er the earth"?

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1. D 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. C 11. C 12. C 13. A 14.D 36 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

15. B 16. D 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. A 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. B 26.D 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. B 31. A 32. C 33. C 34. C 35. C 36. A 37. B 38.C 39. C 40. B 41. C 42. B 43. A 44. C 45. C 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. C 50.C 51. D 52. D 53. C 54. B 55. A 56. D 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. A 61. B 62.C 63. D 64. D 65. A 66. A 67. B 68. D 69. C 70. B 71. A 72. C 73. C 74.D 75. B 76.A

1.7 William Wordsworth

1. What is the name of the sister of William 6. When was William Wordsworth ap- Wordsworth, who is also a poet and di- pointed poet laureate? arist? A. 1847 A. Anna Wordsworth B. 1861 B. Agnes Wordsworth C. 1839 C. Shirley Wordsworth D. 1843 D. Dorothy Wordsworth 7. In which the the famous work Lyrical Bal- 2. When was William Wordsworth born? lads published? A. 7 April 1770 A. 1778 B. 7 July 1767 B. 1769 C. 20 March 1773 C. 1798 D. 10 September 1772 D. 1792 3. When did William Wordsworth die? 8. From which year to which year that A. 12 January 1842 William Wordsworth served as the Poet B. 7 June 1849 Laureate of Britain? C. 3 November 1852 A. 1843-1850 D. 23 April 1850 B. 1840-1855 4. Which work of William Wordsworth, with C. 1842-1851 the joint publication with Samuel Taylor D. 1833-1848 Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature? 9. Which college did William Wordsworth attend? A. The Excursion A. St. John’s College B. The Prelude B. Trinity College C. Lyrical Ballads C. Christ College D. Poems, in Two Volumes 5.NarayanWhich work of William Wordsworth is ChangderD. King’s College generally considered to be his magnum 10. When did William Wordsworth marry opus? Mary Hutchinson? A. Laodamia A. 1802 B. The Prelude B. 1812 C. Guide to the Lakes C. 1798 D. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads D. 1805 1.8 Frankenstein-Mary Shelley 37

11. In which magazine, in the year 1787, that B. New Poetry William Wordsworth made his debut as a C. The Tatler writer by publishing a sonnet? D. The Rambler A. The European Magazine

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1. D 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. A 11.A

1.8 Frankenstein-Mary Shelley

1. What is the full name of the novel A. 1815 Frankenstein? B. 1820 A. Frankenstein; or, The Evil Scientist C. 1818 B. Frankenstein; or, The Monster D. 1822 C. Frankenstein; or, The Devil Within 6. In which year Mary Shelley visited the D. Frankenstein; or, The Modern famous Frankenstein Castle, where two Prometheus centuries before her visit an alchemist was 2. In which University Victor Frankenstein engaged in experiments? develops the technique to reanimate the A. 1816 dead tissues which ultimately leads to the B. 1814 creation of the monster? C. 1808 A. University of Tübingen D. 1812 B. University of Greifswald 7. At what age did Mary Shelley start writing C. University of Freiburg the novel Frankenstein? D. University of Ingolstadt A. 26 3. Whom did monster demand to Victor Frankenstein to create for him? B. 18 A. Someone who can transform him C. 31 B. Another monster D. 24 8. Mary Shelley wrote the novel Franken- C. Another creature without the fearful stein in the form of a frame story that features starts one character wring letters to his D. A femaleJai companion Shreesister. Who is Ram that character? 4. What is the name of the popular ﬁction A. Captain Cooper genre in which the novel Frankenstein belongs to? B. Victor Frankenstein A. Bildungsroman novel C. Captain Robert Walton B. Romantic novel D. Sergent Thomas Vincent C. Künstlerroman novel 9. What is the name of the eccentric scientist in the novel Frankenstein? D. epistolary novel A. Kristofer Frankenstein 5. When was the ﬁrst edition of the novel Frankenstein published? B. Paris Frankenstein 38 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

C. Victor Frankenstein B. Bermuda D. Mario Frankenstein C. Galapagos 10. Who was the last person the monster kills D. Africa in the novel Frankenstein? 12. In which edition of the novel Frankenstein A. Elizabeth the name of the author Mary Shelley ﬁrst B. William appeared? C. Clerval A. 2nd Edition D. Justine B. 1st Edition 11. To where Walton’s expedition was headed when he meets the gigantic ﬁgure and the C. 4th Edition emaciated Victor? D. 3rd Edition A. North Pole

Answers

1. D 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. A 11. A 12.A

1.9 Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1. When was Samuel Taylor Coleridge A. 25 July 1834 born? B. 24 February 1841 A. November 12, 1762 C. 22 November 1836 B. September 8, 1764 D. 30 April 1822 C. January 10, 1789 5. What is the name of the short-lived jour- D. October 21, 1772 nal that Coleridge established? 2. With which other poet did Samuel Taylor A. The Romantic Philosophy Coleridge founded the Romantic movement in English Literature? B. The Spectator A. Lord Byron C. The Explicator B. Shelley D. The Watchman C. William Wordsworth 6. The ode on which topic that Coleridge D. John Keats wrote while attending Jesus College, Cam- bridge won him the Browne Gold Medal? 3. In which year Coleridge met poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy which A. On the slave trade later contributed Romantic movement to B. On romantic philosophy Narayanthe English Literature? Changder C. On the creativity of human mind A. 1798 B. 1779 D. On supernatural elements in poetry C. 1795 7. In which establishment Coleridge en- listed himself in December 1793 by using D. 1789 the false name "Silas Tomkyn Comber- 4. When did Samuel Taylor Coleridge die? bache"? 1.10 William Shakespeare 39

A. The Poets society D. William Wordsworth B. British Royal Navy 10. Who is the American transcendental philosopher who was much inﬂuenced by C. Solicitors ofﬁce Samuel Taylor Coleridge? D. Royal Dragoons A. Ralph Waldo Emerson 8. Which one is the famous prose work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge? B. Ernest Holmes A. Kubla Khan C. John Locke B. Christabel D. John Locke C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 11. In which work Samuel Taylor Coleridge introduced the term ’willing suspension D. Biographia Literaria of disbelief’ in 1817? 9. With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christ’s Hospital, A. Kubla Khan also called The Bluecoat School? B. Biographia Literaria A. Charles Lamb C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner B. John Keats D. Christabel C. Shelley

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1. D 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. A 11.B

1.10 William Shakespeare

1. Between what time period did William C. Narrative Poems Shakespeare begin a successful career in D. Comedies London as an actor? 4. What was the ﬁrst name of the playing A. between1579 and 1583 company King’s Men that William Shake- B. between1585 and 1592 speare partly-owned? C. between1579 and 1587 A. Lord Chamberlain’s Men D. between1580 and 1591 B. Stratford Theatre 2. Where was William Shakespeare was C. The Queens Troupe born and brought up? D. The London Theatre A. YorkshireJai Shree5. Which one of Ram the following terms is of- B. Stratford-upon-Avon ten called for the England’s national poet, William Shakespeare? C. Chester A. Bard of London D. London 3. To which category that two works of B. Bard of Avon William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis C. Master Dramatist and The Rape of Lucrece belong to? D. Supreme Poet A. Tragedies 6. When was William Shakespeare bap- B. Historical Plays tized? 40 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. 24 July1564 13. How many plays did William Shakespeare write? B. 26 April 1564 A. 36 C. 26 August 1564 B. 37 D. 16 April 1564 C. 38 7. At what age of did William Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway? D. 39 14. What was Shakespeare’s ﬁrst play? A. 18 A. King Lear B. 22 B. Henry VI C. 19 C. The Tempest D. 23 D. Romeo and Juliet 8. When did William Shakespeare die? 15. How many sonnets did William Shake- A. 22 January 1624 speare write? B. 16 April 1616 A. 110 C. 23 April 1616 B. 154 D. 19 May 1611 C. 175 9. How many sonnets did William Shake- D. 187 speare write? 16. How many photographs exist of William Shakespeare? A. 164 A.2 B. 145 B. 4 C. 154 C. 1 D. 126 D. 0 10. What was the age of William Shakespeare 17. Shakespeare died on? when he retired from active service to Stratford around 1613? A. 23rd April 1616 A. 51 B. 25th April 1616, B. 49 C. 28th April 1616 D. 30th April 1616 C. 62 18. Shakespeare died at the age of D. 53 A. 48 11. Is there is a monument of Shakespeare in Stratford today? B. 52 C. 60 A. True D. 63 NarayanB. False Changder 19. How many times suicide occurs in Shake- 12. In which town was Shakespeare born? speare’s plays? A. London A. 7 B. Cambridge B. 9 C. Stratford C. 11 D. Oxford D. 13 1.10 William Shakespeare 41

20. The line “To be or not to be” comes from 26. In what year was the First Folio pub- which play? lished? A. Macbeth A. 1626 B. Twelfth Night B. 1621 C. A Midsummer Night’s dream C. 1623 D. Hamlet D. 1629 21. Was the Globe 27. What nationality was Shakespeare? A. A Roman Amphitheater. A. Italian B. An Elizabethan Theater. B. English C. An Elizabethan sports stadium. C. Scottish D. A famous map of the world. D. Greek 22. Which of these was not one of Shake- 28. In which century was Shakespeare born? speare’s plays? A. 16th A. Titus Andronicus B. The Tempest B. 14th C. Cymbeline C. 15th D. Shakespeare in love D. 17th 23. Which famous Shakespeare play does the 29. which famous Shakespeare play does the quote,"My salad days, when I was green quote “The ﬁrst thing we do, let’s kill all in judgment." come from? the lawyers” come from? A. Antony and Cleopatra A. The Merry Wives of Windsor B. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark B. Othello, the Moor of Venice C. The Winters Tale C. Pericles, Prince of Tyre D. The Merry Wives of Windsor D. King Henry the Sixth, Part II 24. Which famous Shakespeare play does the 30. Which river is associated with Shake- quote,"Neither a borrower nor a lender be” speare’s birth place? come from? A. The Thames A. Cymbeline B. The Avon B. Hamlet C. The Tyburn C. Titus Andronicus D. The Seven D. Pericles, Prince of Tyre Jai Shree31. Which famous Ram play does the quote,"When 25. Which famous Shakespeare play does the shall we three meet again In thunder, light- quote “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth ning, or in rain?" come from? it is to have a thankless child!" come from? A. The Taming of the Shrew A. King Lear B. King Lear B. As You Like It C. The Tempest C. The Famous History of the Life of D. Macbeth King Henry VIII 32. How many of Shakespeare’s plays are D. The Life and Death of King John classiﬁed as histories? 42 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. 7 C. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III B. 10 D. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, C. 14 Henry V D. 18 34. In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play? 33. The group of four plays known as the “major tetralogy” is: A. King John A. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 B. Richard II Henry VI C. Henry VIII B. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, D. Henry V Richard III

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1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14.B 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. D 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. B 25. A 26.C 27. B 28. A 29. D 30. B 31. D 32. B 33. D 34.C

1.11 Play by sakespear

1. According to skeptics of Shakespeare’s D. A rhyming line authorship, all of the following are consid- 4. In drama, what is a “climax”? ered to be the “true” authors of some of Shakespeare’s plays EXCEPT: A. The conclusion of a play A. Thomas More. B. The end of the first scene of a play B. Francis Bacon. C. The first death on stage in a play C. Earl of Oxford. D. The turning point of the action in the D. John Shakespeare. play 2. Both Shakespeare and Christopher Mar- 5. In verse, “meter” refers to which of the low are thought to have been born in what following? year? A. The length of a written line A. 1564 B. 1580 B. The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables C. 1577 C. The height of the stage D. 1550 3. In drama, a “soliloquy” refers to which of D. The number of words in a line the following? Narayan6. ChangderShakespeare was the author of which of A. A dialogue between two characters the following plays? B. A character’s final words before dying A. “Doctor Faustus” B. “The Faerie Queen” C. A speech delivered by a character intended to be spoken to only the audience C. “Titus Andronicus” D. “The Jew of Malta” 1.11 Play by sakespear 43

7. What concept best distinguishes the dif- A. A horror play, featuring supernatural ference between the time of the Middles forces Ages and the Renaissance? B. A sophisticated comedy with a surpris- A. Humanism ing ending B. The rise of Queen Elizabeth C. A drama, featuring players represent- C. The popularity of theater ing mythic or allegorical ﬁgures D. The life of Shakespeare D. A performance of a classical play in contemporary language 8. What does the term “renaissance” mean? 14. Which of the following playwrights is A. Death thought to have had the greatest inﬂuence B. Theater on Shakespeare? C. Drama A. Ben Johnson D. Rebirth B. Christopher Marlow 9. What is the name of Shakespeare’s son? C. Philip Sidney A. William D. Thomas Kyd B. John 15. Who is the author of Utopia? C. Hamlet A. Thomas More D. Hamnet B. William Shakespeare 10. What religion had the most political and C. Christopher Marlowe social power in Shakespeare’s time? D. Philip Sydney A. Catholicism 16. Who is the author of “The Tragical His- B. Buddhism tory of Doctor Faustus”? C. Protestantism A. Christopher Marlow D. Mormonism B. William Shakespeare 11. What was the name of the theater group C. Philip Sidney that Shakespeare worked with for most of his career? D. The Earl of Oxford 17. Who of the following were among Shake- A. The Lord Chamberlin’s Men speare’s royal patrons? B. Elizabeth’s Men A. King James I. C. The Globe’s Men B. King Henry D. Will’s Men Jai ShreeC. Queen Victoria Ram 12. Which group was at the bottom of Eng- land’s social hierarchy during Shake- D. King Richard speare’s early years? 18. Who was Shakespeare’s wife? A. Nobility A. Elizabeth Marlowe B. Peasants B. Joan Shakespeare C. Yeomen C. Anne Hathaway D. The gentry D. Juliet Shakespeare 13. Which of the following best characterizes 19. Who was the Queen of England through- an Elizabethan masque? out much of Shakespeare’s early life? 44 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Queen Elizabeth 25. In the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who is the queen of the fairies? B. Queen Victoria A. Titania C. Queen Anne B. Lysander D. Queen Gertrude C. Hermia 20. William Shakespeare’s father primarily worked as which of the following? D. Oberon 26. In the play, “A Midsummer Night’s A. A politician Dream,” where is Helena from? B. A teacher A. Paris C. A glover B. Naples D. A professional actor C. Athens 21. At the end of the play, “Twelfth Night,” D. London who is discovered to have been secretly 27. In the play, “A Midsummer’s Night’s married? Dream,” who is the queen of the Ama- A. Viola and Orsino zons? B. Sir Toby and Maria A. Hippolyta C. Malvio and Maria B. Egeus D. Viola and Sir Toby C. Helena 22. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debora D. Hermia Schwartz, Greek “old comedy” was often 28. In the play, “Twelfth Night,” what country characterized as being is Orisono from? A. Highly sexual A. France B. Not comedic at all B. Denmark C. Illyria C. Satirical and political D. England D. Grounded in religion 29. In the play, “Twelfth Night,” what does Vi- 23. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debra ola refer to herself as when she disguises Schwartz, Greek “new comedy” was often herself as a man? characterized as being A. Orsino A. Highly sexual B. Sir Toby B. Violent C. Antonio C. Satirical D. Cesario D. Dull and political 30. In the play, “Twelfth Night,” who is Se- 24.NarayanFill in the blank. In the play, “A Midsum- Changderbastian? mer Night’s Dream,” Puck is also known A. Viola’s twin brother as B. Viola’s eventual lover A. Oberon C. A clown B. Robin Goodfellow D. Olivia’s uncle C. Demetrius 31. In the play, “Twelfth Night,” who rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck? D. Hermia 1.11 Play by sakespear 45

A. Antonio A. Parolles B. Maria B. Lafew C. Olivia C. The First Lord D. None of the above D. The Clown 32. In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who is 38. Who is the central heroine of the play, chosen to play Pyramus in the craftsmen’s “Twelfth Night”? play? A. Viola A. Peter Quince B. Orsino B. Francis Flute C. Maria C. Nick Bottom D. Feste D. Tom Snout 39. “All’s Well that Ends Well” is considered 33. In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who to be what kind of a play? is Nick Bottom? A. History A. An Athenian craftsman B. Comedy B. A professional actor C. Tragedy C. A Duke D. Epic poem D. An Amazonian 40. Who is the heroine of the play, “All’s Well that Ends Well”? 34. In “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” who says “Lord, what fools these mortals be!” A. Helena (III.ii.15)? B. Gertrude A. Puck C. Parolles B. Nick Bottom D. Mariana C. Hippolyta 41. According to Dr. Roger Dunkle, in ancient times, what was considered a D. Helene tragedy? 35. What country does the play, “All’s Well that Ends Well,” take place in? A. A worship of the gods A. England B. A song for the prize or sacriﬁce of a goat B. Denmark C. A comedic performance C. Spain D. A story that ended with a marriage D. France Jai Shree42. Fill in the blank. Ram In the play, “Macbeth,” 36. What is the craftsmen’s play at the end of a number of characters refer to the Three “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” about? Witches as A. Puck’s adventures A. “The violent trio” B. Summertime dreams B. “The Fatal Sisters” C. The history of Athens C. “The Weird Sisters” D. Pyramus and Thisbe D. “The Dead Sisters” 37. Who is Bertram’s main companion 43. In his lectures on Shakespeare’s tragedies, throughout much of the play, “All’s Well A.C. Bradley states that he will not do that Ends Well”? which of the following? 46 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Compare Shakespeare to other writers. A. Banquo B. Macduff B. Evaluate and examine Hamlet. C. Malcolm C. Consider anything about Shake- D. Lady Macbeth speare’s comedies. 50. In the play, “Macbeth,” who becomes king D. Discuss any aspect of Shakespeare’s immediately after Duncan’s murder? philosophy. A. Macbeth 44. In the play, “Hamlet,” what is the name of B. Banquo Polonius’s daughter? C. Macduff A. Laertes D. Malcolm B. Ophelia 51. In the play, “Macbeth,” who is the goddess C. Gertrude of witchcraft? D. Fortinbras A. Lennox 45. In the play, “Hamlet,” who is Yorick? B. Lady Macbeth A. King Hamlet’s former jester C. The porter B. A friend of Hamlet’s from school D. Hecate C. The King of Norway 52. In “Hamlet,” what is Hamlet’s uncle’s name? D. A castle guard A. Polonius 46. In the play, “Macbeth,” according to the witches, who will inherit the Scottish B. Claudius throne? C. Horatio A. The children of Macbeth D. Fortinbras B. The children of Banquo 53. In “Hamlet,” which character is left alive at the end of the play? C. The children of Macduff A. Hamlet D. The children of the witches B. Claudius 47. In the play, “Macbeth,” how does Macbeth kill Duncan? C. Horatio D. Gertrude A. He shoots him. 54. In “Hamlet,” who says that “something is B. He strangles him. rotten in the state of Denmark”? C. He stabs him. A. Claudius D. He beheads him. B. Horatio 48. In the play, “Macbeth,” who asks C. Hamlet “Whence is that knocking?” (2.11.55) Narayan ChangderD. Marcellus A. Macbeth 55. In “Macbeth,” where is Macduff when he B. Lady Macbeth learns of his family’s execution? C. Duncan A. England D. Macduff B. France 49. In the play, “Macbeth,” who assists Mac- C. Scotland beth with planning Duncan’s murder? D. Norway 1.11 Play by sakespear 47

56. The play, “Hamlet,” takes place in which A. That it is a satire of European monar- of the following countries? chies A. Denmark B. That none of the characters undergo a remarkable shift in personality over the B. Norway course of the play C. England C. That it is historically accurate D. France D. That it is an incomplete play and pos- 57. The play, “Macbeth,” is set in what coun- sibly not authored by Shakespeare try? 63. In Shakespeare’s play, Henry V is king of A. England what country? B. Scotland A. England C. France B. Norway C. Denmark D. Norway 58. Who is King of Scotland at the start of the D. France play, “Macbeth”? 64. In the play “Richard III,” where does Richard imprison the young princes? A. Macbeth A. In a tower B. Banquo B. In a pit C. Duncan C. In a prison D. Donalbain D. In another country 59. Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play, 65. In the play, “Henry V,” the Chorus serves “Macbeth”? to do which of the following? A. Duncan A. Make jokes about Henry B. Lady Macbeth B. Sing songs about the events C. Lady Macduff C. Comment on the plot and themes of D. Macduff the play 60. Hamlet is considered to be what kind of D. Dance upon the stage play? 66. In the play, “Henry V,” what country does Henry wish to conquer? A. Comedy A. England B. History B. Spain C. Tragedy C. France D. Epic poemJai Shree Ram D. Denmark 61. At the end of the play “Richard III,” what 67. In the play, “Henry V,” who is the close happens to Richard? friend and mentor of young Henry? A. He is killed. A. Montjoy B. He is arrested. B. Horatio C. He is crowned king. C. Falstaff D. He was sent into exile. D. Nim 62. Dr. Ian Johnson suggests which of the fol- 68. In the play, “Henry V,” who is the daugh- lowing ideas about the play, “Henry V”? ter of the King of France? 48 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Catherine A. Clarence B. Alice B. King Edward IV C. The Hostess C. Tyrell D. Nim D. Richmond 75. In the play, “Richard III,” who is the 69. In the play, “Henry V,” who is the Queen mother of Prince Edward? of France? A. Lady Anne A. Queen Isabel B. Queen Elizabeth B. Queen Nim C. Margaret C. Queen Alice D. Duchess of York D. Queen Montjoy 76. In the play, “Richard III,” who speaks of 70. In the play, “Henry V,” who states that “If “the winter of our discontent” (I.i.1)? we are marked to die, we are enough/To A. Richmond do our country loss. . . ” (IV.iii.20-21)? B. Queen Elizabeth A. Falstaff C. Richard III B. Henry V D. The princes C. Nim 77. The play, “Richard III,” takes place in D. Catherine what country? 71. In the play, “Richard III,” who does A. Greece Richard hire to kill the young princes? B. France A. Ratcliffe C. Norway B. Richmond D. England C. Clarence 78. What century does the play, “Henry V,” take place in? D. Tyrell A. 15th century 72. In the play, “Richard III,” who is manipu- lated into marrying Richard? B. 16th century C. 14th century A. Lady Anne D. 17th century B. Queen Elizabeth 79. Who directly challenges Richard for the C. Duchess of York throne in the play, “Richard III”? D. Margaret A. Tyrell 73. In the play, “Richard III,” who is B. King Edward IV Richard’s primary accomplice? C. Queen Elizabeth NarayanA. Buckingham Changder D. The Earl of Richmond B. Clarence 80. What type of play is “Richard III”? C. Tyrell A. Tragedy D. Richmond B. History 74. In the play, “Richard III,” who is C. Comedy Richard’s elder brother? D. Lyric 1.11 Play by sakespear 49

81. Blank verse refers to which of the follow- 87. In Shakespeare’s plays, when is rhyme ing? often used? A. Prose A. When ghosts speak B. Unrhymed iambic pentameter B. When characters speak naturally C. Rhyming verse C. When a lower class character speaks D. Rhyming couplets D. When the play necessitates ritualistic, 82. Fill in the blank. In Shakespeare’s plays, choral, and sensuous effect prose is often used in 88. In Shakespeare’s “Venus and Adonis,” A. Serious letters how is Adonis killed? B. Iambic pentameter A. In a hunting accident C. Rhyming verse B. By Venus D. Couplets C. By execution 83. Fill in the blank. The plot of “Venus and D. By old age Adonis” is based on passages from 89. In the narrative poem, “The Rape of Lu- A. The Bible crece,” who is Lucretia? B. A Christopher Marlowe play A. A fairy queen C. Ovid’s Metamorphoses B. A Roman matron D. An early Shakespeare play C. A villainess 84. For his poems, Shakespeare is thought to D. A beggar woman have drawn upon all of the following for inﬂuence and ideas EXCEPT: 90. Shakespeare often employed which of the following stylistic forms in his dramas? A. Greek mythology A. Blank verse B. European history B. Old English C. Early scientiﬁc studies C. Authorial narration D. The works of earlier poets 85. How many sonnets are attributed to Shake- D. Prose speare? 91. Shakespeare sometimes used the trochee, which in meter refers to which of the fol- A. 12 lowing? In Shakespeare’s plays, a troche B. 67 is: C. 154 Jai ShreeA. The same Ram as an iamb with an un- D. 200 stressed and stressed syllable in a foot 86. In his reading of Shakespeare’s “Fair B. The opposite of an iamb with a Youth Sonnets,” who does Charlton Og- stressed and then unstressed syllable in burn suppose Shakespeare to have really a foot been? C. Only one syllable for the length of a A. Marlowe foot B. Swift D. None of the above C. Oxford 92. Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 153” is what kind of poem? D. Bacon 50 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. A poem about death 97. Which of the following poems was au- B. A poem about love thored by Shakespeare? C. A poem about writing poetry A. “Tintern Abbey” D. A poem about Shakespeare and his B. “A Lover’s Complaint” father C. “El Cid” 93. The concept of “prose” refers to which of D. “The Wasteland” the following? 98. Which of the following statements about A. Ordinary speech a sonnet is false? B. Blank verse A. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 C. Rhyming verse lines. D. Non-English word use B. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of 94. Where does the sonnet form originate the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e- from? f, g-g. A. England C. A sonnet is only written in Italian. B. Spain D. The last two lines of a sonnet are a C. France rhyming couplet. D. Italy 99. Who is the main focus of a number of 95. Which of the following are not among the Shakespeare’s sonnets? subjects of Shakespeare’s sonnets? A. The Dark Lady A. The Dark Lady B. Hamlet B. Shakespeare’s father C. Christopher Marlow C. A young man D. Hamnet Shakespeare D. A rival poet 100. What literary genre is Shakespeare’s 96. Which of the following poems is consid- “Venus and Adonis”? ered to be the most neglected of Shake- speare’s? A. Short story A. “A Lover’s Complaint” B. Tragedy play B. “Venus and Adonis” C. Comedy play C. “The Phoenix and Turtle” D. Poetry D. “The Rape of Lucrece”

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1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. C 14.B 15. NarayanA 16. A 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. ChangderB 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. A 26.C 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. A 32. B 33. A 34. A 35. D 36. D 37. A 38.A 39. B 40. A 41. B 42. C 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. A 49. D 50.A 51. D 52. B 53. C 54. D 55. A 56. A 57. B 58. C 59. D 60. C 61. A 62.B 63. A 64. A 65. C 66. C 67. C 68. A 69. A 70. B 71. D 72. A 73. A 74.B 75. C 76. C 77. D 78. A 79. D 80. B 81. B 82. A 83. C 84. D 85. C 86.C 87. D 88. A 89. B 90. A 91. B 92. B 93. A 94. D 95. B 96. A 97. B 98.C 99. A 100.D 1.12 Edmund Spenser 51

1.12 Edmund Spenser

1. In which work Edmund Spenser cele- 7. Which one of the following rhyme scheme brates his marriage with Elizabeth Boyle? is the rhyme scheme Spenserian stanza? A. Prothalamion A. ab cb bc cd e B. Faerie Queen B. abba bccb d C. Epithalamion C. ab bc cd de f D. Amoretti D. ab ab bc bc c 2. To whom Edmund Spenser dedicated the 8. In which year did Edmund Spenser pub- work The Faerie Queene? lish his poem The Shepheardes Calen- A. Sidney der? B. Elizabeth A. 1568 C. Mary B. 1579 D. Chaucer C. 1597 3. Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser D. 1585 celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene? 9. In which work of Edmund Spenser the Ape and the Fox serve to satirize the cus- A. Tudor toms of the court? B. Stuart A. The Teares of the Muses C. Anjou B. Prosopopoia, or Mother Hubberds D. Plantagenet Tale 4. Under which pseudonym the work The C. Muiopotmos, or the Fate of the Butter- Shepheardes Calender was published? ﬂie A. Edward D. Ruines of Rome: by Bellay B. Jonathan 10. What is the title of the prose pamphlet C. Immanuel Edmund Spenser wrote in the year 1596? D. Immerito A. The Visions of Petrarch 5. How many books were originally planned B. A View of the Present State of Ireland to form the work The Faerie Queene? A. 18 C. The Ruines of Time B. 8 Jai ShreeD. Visions of Ram the worlds vanitie C. 23 11. What type of work is the work The Faerie Queene? D. 12 A. pastoral work 6. Which one of the following is an unﬁn- ished work of Edmund Spenser? B. religious work A. The Faerie Queene C. allegorical work B. Amoretti D. natural work C. The Shepheardes Calender 12. How many lines are in Spenserian D. Astrophel stanza? 52 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A.9 A. Worcester B. 12 B. Chester C. 24 C. East Smithﬁeld D. 8 D. Kent 13. When was Edmund Spenser born? 17. When did Edmund Spenser die? A. 1542 A. 1599 B. 1552 B. 1632 C. 1569 C. 1589 D. 1558 D. 1621 14. During which war the castle of Edmund 18. To whom did Edmund Spenser addresses Spenser, Kilcolman by name burnt by na- his sonnet sequence Amoretti? tive Irish forces? A. Hundred Years War A. Lisa Boyle B. Nine Years War B. Mary Jane C. Ten Years War C. Queen Elizabeth D. Seventeen Years War D. Elizabeth Boyle 15. To whom did Edmund Spenser dedicate 19. In which college Edmund Spenser his work The Shepheardes Calender? study? A. Philip Sidney A. Pembroke College B. Boyle B. Latin College C. Queen Elizabeth C. Corpus Christi D. Chaucer D. Queens College 16. Where did Edmund Spenser born?

Answers

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. B 14.B 15. A 16. C 17. A 18. D 19.A

1.13 Geoffrey Chaucer

1. When did Geoffrey Chaucer start working B. The Canterbury Tales on The Canterbury Tales? C. The Book of the Duchess A. Early 1370s D. The House of Fame B. In 1364 Narayan3. ChangderIn which year did Chaucer fought in Hun- C. Early 1380s dred Years’ War between France and Eng- land? D. In 1376 2. Which is the ﬁrst major work of Geoffrey A. 1374 Chaucer? B. 1359 A. Troilus and Criseyde C. 1367 1.14 James Joyce 53

D. 1382 A. William I 4. In which year Geoffrey Chaucer born? B. Edward II A. 1343 C. William II B. 1336 D. Edward III C. 1432 8. Geoffrey Chaucer is also known as: D. 1347 A. The reformer of English language 5. Who was the king when Geoffrey Chaucer B. The poet of English language was born? C. The father of English literature A. David II B. Edward III D. The father of English language 9. Which of Chaucer’s works is associated C. Richard II with Valentine’s Day? D. Edward II A. The Book of the Duchess 6. The Canterbury Tales is an unﬁnished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed B. The Canterbury Tales to tell more than one tale. How many tales C. Parlement of Foules did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling? D. The Canterbury Tales 10. Which one of the following works of Ge- A. four offrey Chaucer is an elegy written for B. six Blanche of Lancaster? C. two A. The House of Fame D. one B. The Book of the Duchess 7. During the period of which king did C. Troilus and Criseyde Chaucer ﬁght in the English Army for the Hundred Years’ War between France and D. The Legend of Good Women England?

Answers

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. C 10.B

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1. By which physical afﬂiction was Joyce C. John Foxe affected? Jai ShreeD. William Tyndale Ram A. autism 3. For Joyce, what are epiphanies? B. blindness A. short prose sketches that vary in char- C. deafness acter D. loss of limb B. dream-like pieces of writing 2. By which religious writer was Joyce most clearly inﬂuenced? C. deep realizations linked with religious A. Thomas Aquinas faith B. William Bradshaw D. All of the Above 54 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

4. How do most critics believe Joyce’s exile A. Nora Barnacle affected his use of language? B. Sylvia Beach A. After his exile, he only used one C. Molly Bloom “voice” in his works D. Augusta Gregory B. After his exile, he disliked the intri- 10. Which author(s) are associated with Mod- cacy of language ernism? C. After his exile, he never used split nar- A. T.S. Eliot ratives B. T.E. Hulme D. After his exile, he used a mixture of C. Ezra Pound languages and linguistic traditions in his works D. All of the Above 5. In what way(s) did the events of the Easter 11. Which cultural event(s) led to the rise of Rising affect the work of writers? Modernism? A. the spread of Freud’s theories A. it led many Irish writers to criticize British colonial practices B. the increased pace of everyday life B. it led to more depictions of violence C. the controversy over traditional ideas and sacriﬁce in Irish literature of certainty and morality C. it inspired Irish writers to create an D. All of the Above Irish national identity 12. Which event(s) caused the Easter Rising? D. All of the Above A. an increase in Irish nationalism 6. In what year did Ireland acquire national B. the Irish desire for independence independence? C. the formation of the secret, revolution- A. 1847 ary IRB D. All of the Above B. 1893 13. Which of the following characterizes C. 1906 Modernism? D. 1922 A. the desire to show realistic forms 7. In what year did the Easter Rising occur? B. the use of traditional formal structure A. 1901 C. the lack of interest in characters’ psy- ches B. 1916 D. the desire to break with established C. 1922 forms D. 1934 14. Which problem(s) shaped Joyce’s early 8. In which location(s) did Joyce live while home life? Narayanin exile? ChangderA. his father’s alcoholism A. Trieste B. poverty B. Paris C. lack of stable work C. Zurich D. All of the Above 15. Which was a common metaphor used by D. All of the Above Irish writers in their depictions of the na- 9. To whom was Joyce married? tion? 1.14 James Joyce 55

A. the metaphor of Ireland as a novel A. it counters the sense of unrequited love B. the metaphor of Ireland as a woman B. it is used only to disrupt the more C. the metaphor of Ireland as a child prominent ﬁrst-person narration D. the metaphor of Ireland as a soldier C. it makes the stories seem more imper- 16. Which writer(s) is/are associated with the sonal Irish Literary Revival? D. it breaks through the sense of paralysis A. George Russell

B. J.M. Synge 22. At the end of “Eveline,” what decision C. W.B. Yeats does the title character make? D. All of the Above A. she decides to stay in Ireland 17. Who was Charles Parnell? B. she decides to quit her job A. a popular symbol of Irish nationalism C. she decides to leave her mother B. an Irish representative in the British D. she leaves for France Parliament 23. In The Dubliners, what do most critics say C. the founder of the Catholic Land is the function of paralysis? League A. it is represented in a way that implies D. All of the Above collective activity is needed 18. With which important literary ﬁgure(s) B. it reveals the sense of imprisonment was Joyce in contact in his lifetime? that comes from routine A. Arthur Symons C. it reveals characters’ literal inability to B. Harriet Weaver move away from Ireland C. W.B. Yeats D. All of the Above D. All of the Above 24. In The Dubliners, which best describes the order of the story arc? 19. With whom is the concept of “claritas” associated? A. adolescence, maturity, childhood A. Thomas Aquinas B. childhood, maturity, adolescence B. Augusta Gregory C. childhood, adolescence, maturity, pub- C. Charles Parnell lic life D. Ezra PoundJai ShreeD. childhood, Ram adolescence, maturity 20. Which writer arranged for the publication 25. In The Dubliners, which literary device of The Dubliners? does Joyce use most frequently? A. Ezra Pound A. acatalectic B. W.B. Yeats B. chiasmus C. Ernest Hemmingway C. fantasy D. Virginia Woolf D. pentameter 21. According to critics, what is the function 26. In The Dubliners, which literary style is of The Dubliners’ third person narration? used? 56 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. realism A. Leopold Bloom B. impressionism B. Molly Bloom C. fantasy C. Charles Stuart Parnell D. gothic D. Wolf Tone 27. In The Dubliners, which negative char- 33. In “The Dead,” what do most critics sug- acteristic(s) does Joyce associate with gest is important about the snowfall? Dublin as a place? A. the snow represents Ireland’s inability A. commonness to become independent B. boredom B. the snow represents the quiet that cov- C. backwardness ers life and death D. All of the Above C. the snow represents the promise of 28. In The Dubliners, which story/stories pro- love vide(s) an example of unrequited passion? D. the snow represents the characters’ ability to escape Ireland A. “The Dead” 34. In “Two Gallants,” Joyce’s major critical B. “Eveline” commentary is: C. “A Painful Case” A. that women are more at fault than men D. All of the Above 29. In which story from The Dubliners is B. that individuals are too passive snow an important occurrence? C. that people work too hard for change A. “Araby” D. that Catholicism is not to blame for B. “The Boarding House” problems C. “The Dead” 35. Please identify the story: “her eyes gave D. “An Encounter” him no sign of love or farewell or recogni- 30. In “A Little Cloud,” what does Little Chan- tion.” dler dream about becoming? A. “The Boarding House” A. a reporter B. “Clay” B. a father C. “Eveline” C. a poet D. “A Little Cloud” D. a soldier 36. To what does the title of Joyce’s short 31. In “A Mother,” what does Mrs. Kearney story “After the Race” refer? make her daughter learn? A. the race for more modes of transporta- A. the piano Narayan Changdertion B. the Irish language B. the decline of the Irish race C. the English language C. the race to establish an empire D. the violin D. the race for Ireland’s welfare 32. In “Ivy Day in the Committee Room,” which historical national ﬁgure is cele- 37. Which best describes the tone at the end brated? of “Araby?” 1.14 James Joyce 57

A. hopeful 42. According to Stephen, how is art represented in the lyrical form? B. disappointed C. joyful A. the image is presented in immediate relation to the artist himself D. satiric B. the image is presented is immediate 38. Which of the following does Joyce ad- relation to the artist and others dress thematically in The Dubliners? C. the image is presented in a way that is A. the positive side of war with Germany not purely personal D. the image is presented in immediate B. the supremacy of Britain relation to others only C. Irish nationalism 43. From whom does Stephen borrow his idea D. the Irish nation’s inability to survive of clarity? without England’s help A. Thomas Aquinas 39. Which of the following exemplifies the B. W.B. Yeats Modernist style of The Dubliners? C. Augusta Gregory A. the positive representation of cultural institutions D. Ezra Pound B. the representation of a shallow, drab 44. How does Stephen react to his first sexual culture encounter? C. the positive representation of the A. he feels alienated Catholic Church B. he feels proud D. the representation of adventures the C. he feels at peace city offers to the mind 40. In The Dubliners, how does Joyce use D. he feels confident epiphanies? 45. In A Portrait of the Artist, how do most critics suggest that the flight motif func- A. they sometimes clarify the connection tions? between death and life A. it represents the desire to flee Ireland B. they are often coupled with resigna- tion, sadness, and frustration B. it represents the hero’s fear that he will overestimate his abilities C. they create a system of hope, followed by passive acceptance C. it implies that the artist must take flight D. All of the Above to do his work 41. According toJai Randy Hofbauer, what Shree is/are D. All of theRam Above the purpose(s) of the epiphany? 46. In A Portrait of the Artist, how is the artist A. it enables Stephen to say in Ireland represented? forever A. as a friend B. it prepares Stephen to accept his artis- B. as a family member tic rebirth C. as a romantic hero C. it ends Stephen’s period of enlightenment D. All of the Above 47. In A Portrait of the Artist, the main charac- D. it helps Stephen to decide to join the ter is named after which mythical figure? Catholic church 58 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Aeneas C. acatalectic B. Icarus D. stream of consciousness C. Daedalus 52. In order to become an artist, what does Stephen Dedalus sacrifice from his life? D. Minos A. his chance for isolation 48. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Catholic B. his relationship with his family and faith? friends A. he is opposed to the Catholic faith for C. his individual consciousness the entire novel D. his ability to flee Ireland B. because he has been raised Catholic, 53. In which way(s) is A Portrait of the Artist he never struggles with his faith as a Young Man a Modernist novel? C. he is torn between his desire for free- A. it does not explore a character’s inter- dom and his desire to be moral nal development D. he is committed to priesthood for the B. it uses experimental language entire novel C. it celebrates the simplicity of everyday 49. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is life Stephen’s relationship with his Irish na- D. it follows a traditional narrative struc- tionality? ture A. he is conflicted by his desire to leave 54. What are the three parts of Stephen’s es- Ireland because he has inextricable ties to poused aesthetic theory? it A. perception, clarity, and wholeness B. he is sure of his desire to become a B. kinesis, clarity, and perception leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders C. clarity, wholeness, and kinesis C. he is committed to staying in Ireland D. wholeness, harmony, and clarity 55. What is a kunstleroman? D. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work A. a novel that traces women’s intellec- with national themes tual developments 50. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is the im- B. an artist’s novel of awakening portance of music? C. an artist’s journey in which he always A. it ties in with Stephen’s appreciation abandons his art of language D. a novel in which the hero solves a B. it reminds Stephen of his desire to live crime life to the fullest 56. What is the significance of the words “moocow” and “tuckoo,” according to C. it provides a way for Stephen to feel most critics? Narayanat peace Changder A. it represents Joyce’s decision not to D. All of the Above use stream of consciousness 51. In A Portrait of the Artist, what unique B. it emulates an adult’s intellectual pro- style does Joyce use? cess A. vowel shift C. it captures the intellectual perceptions B. chiasmus of a child 1.14 James Joyce 59

D. it represents Joyce’s shift to more con- 63. In Ulysses, to what does Bloom often ventional language compare life? 57. Which best describes A Portrait of the A. a newspaper Artist as a Young Man in terms of genre? B. a stream A. bildungsroman C. a law B. comedy of manners D. a book C. pastoral 64. In Ulysses, what is/are the effect(s) of the D. satire stream of consciousness technique? 58. Which is/are an element(s) of Stephen’s A. it obstructs the characters’ interior aesthetic theories? thoughts A. art should not produce stasis in the B. it provides a conventional approach to viewer representing the characters B. art should be kinetic C. it makes the characters’ emotions less C. art should be harmonious and propor- immediate tional D. it provides direct access to the charac- D. art should not please the perception ters’ consciousness 65. In Ulysses, which character best exempli- 59. Who says “forge in the smithy of my soul ﬁes anti-Semitism? the uncreated conscience of my race?” A. Leopold Bloom A. Leopold Bloom B. Mr. Deasy B. Molly Bloom C. Gabriel Conroy C. Gabriel Conroy D. Molly Ivors D. Stephen Dedalus 66. In Ulysses, which characteristic(s) can be 60. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man considered Modernist? thematizes which of the following: A. the sequential construction of time A. the artist in exile B. the lack of taboo topics B. spiritual crisis C. the use traditional language C. artistic awakening D. the inclusion of various types of media D. All of the Above 61. How does Joyce parallel Leopold and 67. In Ulysses, which experimental tech- Stephen? nique(s) does Joyce use? A. both are mature A. puns B. both tendJai to be cheerful Shree Ram B. parodies C. both are artists C. unconventional syntax D. both dislike music D. All of the Above 62. In Ulysses, Joyce retells which ancient 68. In Ulysses, which stylistic characteris- story? tic(s) appear? A. Homer’s The Iliad A. stream of consciousness B. Homer’s The Odyssey B. repetition of words C. Virgil’s The Aeneid C. shifts in narrative voice D. Sophocles’s Antigone D. All of the Above 60 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

69. In Ulysses, with which mythical character 74. Which character says he “fear[s] those big does Stephen best correspond? words that make us so unhappy”? A. Odysseus A. Stephen Dedalus B. Telemachus B. Mr. Deasy C. Nestor C. Gabriel Conroy D. Nausicaa D. Leopold Bloom 70. In what context does Joyce use the term 75. Which character says “wasn’t she the “amor matris,” or motherly love? downright villain to go and do a thing like A. in The Dubliners, Chandler uses it to that”? describe family relationships A. Molly Bloom B. in The Dubliners, Gabriel uses it in his B. Mrs. Mooney discussions about death C. Mrs. Sinico C. in Ulysses, Stephen uses it in his lectures on art D. Gerty MacDowell 76. Which of the following themes is/are ad- D. in Ulysses, Leopold uses it to describe dressed in Ulysses? his personal identity 71. What is the function of the Linati A. religious identity schema? B. national identity A. it outlines the transition from child to C. married relationships adult in The Dubliners D. All of the Above B. it outlines the order of stories in The 77. Who says “history is like a nightmare Dubliners from which I must awake”? C. it outlines the fundamental structure A. Leopold Bloom of Ulysses B. Little Chandler D. it outlines the movement of time in Finnegans Wake C. Joe Donnelly 72. What was/were the reaction(s) to Ulysses D. Stephen Dedalus when it was ﬁrst published? 78. With which character in The Odyssey A. it was considered inferior by most au- does Molly Bloom best correspond? thors who read it A. Nausicaa B. it was banned for obscenity B. Aeolus C. it was considered too conventional for C. Penelope publication D. Telemachus D. it was praised by the government and 79. Which text(s) are referenced in Joyce’s churches Ulysses? 73.NarayanWhich best describes Bloom’s attitude to- Changder wards nationalism? A. The Bible A. he is deeply invested in the nationalist B. Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey cause C. Yeat’s “Who Goes with Fergus” B. he hopes to join the IRB D. All of the Above C. he is disinterested in nationalism 80. According to Margot Norris, what do D. he is opposed to the nationalist cause Joyce’s novels imply about civilization? 1.14 James Joyce 61

A. that it depends on repression A. while Shem is a conformist, Shaun is a talented artist B. that it ends paralysis B. while Shem would rather be a priest, C. that it enables fulﬁllment Shaun is happy at his work D. that it resolves spiritual crises C. while Shem is a postman, Shaun is a 81. According to Margot Norris, what is the artist and writer ontological problem of Finnegans Wake? D. while Shem is an artistic outsider, A. the characters’ preference for reality Shaun is a dull conformist over dreams 86. In Finnegans Wake, how does Joyce rep- B. the inability to distinguish between the resent the theme of tragic love? “self” and “other” A. he refers to the mythical Daedalus C. the inability to experience guilt B. he uses an allusion to the mythical D. the disconnection from primal senses Odysseus and urges C. he uses an allusion to Tristian and 82. According to Margot Norris, what is the Iseult signiﬁcance of guilt in Finnegans Wake? D. he refers to the Oedipal myth A. it represents original sin 87. In Finnegans Wake, to which text(s) does B. it is linked with sexual perversions Joyce make an allusion? C. it represents the Freudian primal scene A. the Book of the Dead B. the Bible D. All of the Above 83. According to most critics, what does the C. Vico’s La Scienza Nuova circular structure of Finnegans Wake rep- D. All of the Above resent? 88. In Finnegans Wake, which of the follow- A. the impossibility of resurrection ing typify family life? B. the unconscious A. murder C. unrequited love B. slander D. the patterns of birth, life, and death C. hypocrisy 84. How do historians say Joyce’s exile mani- D. All of the Above fest itself in Finnegans Wake? 89. Please identify the text from which “then A. it led toJai the combination of Shree multiple must any what Ram you like in the power of languages to form new words empthoo” comes. B. it led to the inclusion of dream scenar- A. “Araby” ios B. “The Dead” C. it led to the lack of allusions to other cultures’ stories and myths C. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man D. it led to the focus on the family as a functional institution D. Finnegans Wake 85. How do Shem the Penman and Shaun the 90. What do most critics say that Issy repre- Post differ? sents to her brothers and father? 62 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. she is a source of secret, repressed de- 95. Why do critics consider the dream form sire ideal for Finnegans Wake? B. she represents the functional family A. it prevents exploration of the uncon- structure scious C. she is an example of piety B. it obscures the characters’ immediate D. she dissolves the tension of the Oedi- thoughts pal references C. it allows for the introduction of plot 91. What is unique about the structure of snippets and new language Finnegans Wake? D. it makes the readers’ experience of the A. the last sentence and first sentence are characters less intimate circular 96. Why do most scholars consider Finnegans B. the novel has a traditional plot; noth- Wake avant-garde? ing is particularly unique about it A. the invented words C. the start of the book bears no resem- B. the free dream associations blance to the end C. the sketchy, episodic structure D. the novel is clearly written from the D. All of the Above future to the past 97. With which Irish figure(s) is HCE often 92. Which of the following are popular identified? sources of dispute in the critical study of Finnegans Wake? A. Wolfe Tone A. whether the novel has a plot B. Charles Stuart Parnell B. whether the novel has definite charac- C. Father Arnall ters D. Daniel O’Connell C. whether the novel has a protagonist 98. With which text(s) is the word “riverrun” D. All of the Above associated? 93. Which of the following figures of speech A. The Dubliners are present in Finnegans Wake? B. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man A. allusions B. jokes C. Ulysses C. portmanteaus D. Finnegans Wake D. All of the Above 99. From what source is the title of Finnegans Wake taken? 94. Which of the following themes are developed in Finnegans Wake? A. a poem by Yeats A. married relationships B. a popular Irish ballad NarayanB. dreams ChangderC. an ancient epic C. the movement of time D. a poem by Eliot D. All of the Above Answers

1. B 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. D 11. D 12. D 13. D 14.D 15. B 16. D 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. A 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. B 26.A 1.15 Dante 63

27. D 28. D 29. C 30. C 31. B 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. C 37. B 38.C 39. B 40. D 41. B 42. A 43. A 44. A 45. D 46. D 47. C 48. C 49. A 50.D 51. D 52. B 53. B 54. D 55. B 56. C 57. A 58. C 59. D 60. D 61. C 62.B 63. B 64. D 65. B 66. D 67. D 68. D 69. B 70. C 71. C 72. B 73. C 74.A 75. A 76. D 77. D 78. C 79. D 80. A 81. B 82. D 83. D 84. A 85. D 86.C 87. D 88. D 89. D 90. A 91. A 92. D 93. D 94. D 95. D 96. D 97. B 98.D 99.B

1.15 Dante

1. According to Dante, what does the term D. Because Beatrice’s family wanted the “gramatica” mean? two lovers separated A. It is static language with unchanging 5. How is Dante’s relationship with Beatrice rules. an example of courtly love? B. It is the language spoken by everyday A. The relationship watches Dante pass people. through stages of love for Beatrice’s physical, moral, and divine beauty. C. It is the only kind of illustrious vernacular. B. The relationship provides an example D. It is synonymous with natural lan- of passionate love rather than arranged guage. matches. 2. According to Dante, when is it most ap- C. The relationship focuses on Beatrice’s propriate to use Latin? chastity and purity. A. In written literature D. All of the above B. In everyday speech 6. In De Vulgari Eloquentia, Dante writes primarily in which language? C. In essays A. Tuscan D. In love poetry 3. According to most critics, Vita Nuova is B. Italian an example of which of the following gen- C. Latin res? D. English A. Autobiography 7. In Vita Nuova, how does Dante represent B. Framed narrative love? C. Lyric poetry A. Love is an ennobling force that offers D. All of the above a chance for salvation. 4. For what reasonJai was Dante exiled Shree from B. Love is problematic Ram for Dante, be- his home? cause Beatrice is considered impure. A. Because many people were deeply of- C. Love has little to do with spirituality. fended by The Divine Comedy D. Love obscures all possibility for salva- B. Because he was embroiled in the tion. conﬂict between the Black Guelphs and 8. In which dialect is Dante’s Vita Nuova White Guelphs primarily written? C. Because Pope Boniface VIII was up- A. Latin set by his representation of the church in The Divine Comedy B. Tuscan 64 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

C. English 14. What did Dante have in common with Aquinas? D. French 9. In which important medieval city was A. Both believed that reason was unre- Dante born? lated to faith. A. London B. Both believed in the joint power of the Church and the State. B. Rome C. Both believed that only faith was an C. Florence important part of the Christian worldview. D. Sorrento 10. In which of the following ways was Dante D. Both believed that reason and faith involved in the Italian politics of his were part of the quest for truth. time? 15. What is the best definition of humanism? A. He held several positions in the local A. The movement to write more in ver- government. nacular B. He conducted diplomatic missions. B. The intellectual movement interested in classical antiquity C. He literally fought at the Battle of Campaldino. C. The scientific movement away from classical antiquity D. All of the above D. The movement based on literature 11. In which text did Dante introduce the about courtly love “dolce stil novo” technique? 16. What is the translation of the term “dolce A. The Convivio stil novo”? B. Vita Nuova A. “The sweet silence” C. De Vulgari Eloquentia B. “The sweetness of love” D. Eclogues C. “Sweet and still” 12. In which way was Dante a precursor of D. “Sweet new style” humanism? 17. Where did Dante stay while he was in ex- A. He wrote classical epics with Christian ile? materials. A. Paris B. He promoted the worship of idolatrous B. Ravenna statues from the ancient times. C. England C. He rejected the influence of Scholasti- cism. D. All of the above 18. Which of the following best repre- D. He was uninterested in the poetics of sents Dante’s criticism of the medieval the sublime. Church? 13.NarayanThe quote “women who have intellect of Changder love” is from which text? A. He thought the popes failed to live up the requirements of their offices. A. Vita Nuova B. He disbelieved in the Christian doc- B. De Monarchia trine. C. De Vulgari Eloquentia C. He believed that most of the teachings D. The Divine Comedy were incorrect. 1.15 Dante 65

D. He thought that the popes were the 24. While in exile, how did Dante’s opinions only successful part of the Church. about monarchy shift? 19. Which of the following contributed to the A. He came to prefer the idea of an en- rise of vernacular literature? lightened emperor. A. Most professional scribes found it dif- B. He decided that only a dictator should ficult to write in Medieval Latin. be in power. B. The spoken language tended to take C. He decided that only the Catholic precedence in areas where the Church was Church should be in power. weak. D. He came to the realization that all em- C. Official documents were written in perors are unjust. spoken language. 25. Which of the following is the theme of D. All of the above Dante’s Vita Nuova? 20. Which of the following historical events A. His dislike of the vernacular language occurred in Dante’s lifetime? B. His opposition to the separation of A. The Italian Renaissance Church and State B. The Black Death C. His love for Beatrice C. The Crusades D. His experiences in exile D. The Enlightenment 26. According to critics, how does Dante’s 21. Which of the following historical figures underworld differ from Virgil’s hell? influenced Dante? A. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s under- A. Cicero world focuses on punishment for sins. B. Thomas Aquinas B. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s under- C. Brunetto Latini world is concerned with destiny and future. D. All of the above C. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s under- 22. Which of the following is the theme of De world is not expected to last forever. Vulgari Eloquentia? D. Unlike Virgil’s hell, Dante’s under- A. The historical evolution of language world does not include examples of jus- B. The language of different literary gen- tice. res 27. According to Dante, which is the most C. The difference between grammar and serious sin in hell? language A. Gluttony D. All of theJai above ShreeB. Avarice Ram 23. Which of the following was a popular me- C. Heresy dieval criticism about the Church? D. Treachery A. Many people were unable to understand Church texts written in Latin. 28. According to most critics, how does Dante distinguish love from lust? B. Many people were unable to understand the language of the Mass. A. Lust is often pure, while love tends to be crude. C. Many people took issue with the Pope’s inordinate wealth and power. B. Lust and love are both sins that place the sinner in hell. D. All of the above 66 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

C. Lust involves the subordination of rea- 34. In The Inferno, how are the wrathful pun- son to desire. ished? D. Lust leads to moral improvement, A. They violently ﬁght each other in a while love is a more destructive force. muddy swamp. 29. According to most critics, what does B. They are burned in their graves. Geryon represent in The Inferno? C. They roll heavy stones onto one an- A. Fraud other. B. Reason D. They are forced to lie under the sur- C. Justice face of a marsh. 35. In The Inferno, how does his journey D. Lust end? 30. According to Robert Hollander, what are the two types of allegory used by Dante? A. He remains in hell. A. “Allegory of speech” and “allegory of B. He returns to earth. the poets” C. He escapes into Purgatory. B. “Allegory of speech” and “allegory of D. He emerges in Paradise. irony” 36. In The Inferno, how is heresy deﬁned? C. “Allegory of speech” and “allegory of A. As the denial of the soul’s immortality the theologians” D. “Allegory of the poets” and “allegory B. As the rejection free will of the theologians” 31. Dante’s mention of the “sound of the an- C. As the choiceof lust over love gelic trumpet” refers to which religious D. As the decision to indulge in various event? sins A. The Annunciation 37. In The Inferno, how is the idea of Fortune represented? B. Baptism A. Fortune is a “divine minister” similar C. Holy Communion to an angel. D. The Last Judgment B. Fortune is responsible for the distribu- 32. In The Inferno, Cerberus is the protector tion of worldly goods. of which circle of hell? C. Fortune is beyond human understand- A. The circle of lust ing. B. The circle of gluttony D. All of the above C. The circle of heresy 38. In The Inferno, what quality does Virgil D. The circle of treachery represent? 33.NarayanIn The Inferno, his journey starts on which ChangderA. Reason holiday? B. Compassion A. Christmas C. Temperance B. All Saint’s Day D. Fortitude C. All Soul’s Day 39. In The Inferno, where is hell physically D. Good Friday situated? 1.15 Dante 67

A. Beneath Cairo A. Vita Nuova B. Beneath Jerusalem B. The Divine Comedy C. Beneath Rome C. De Vulgari Eloquentia D. Beneath Florence D. De Monarchia 46. What is contrapasso? 40. In The Inferno, which historical character is found in Satan’s mouth? A. The idea that the punishment fits the crime A. Dido B. The poetic verse form used in Vita B. Pope Boniface Nuova C. Beatrice C. The structure of the cantos in The Di- D. Judas vine Comedy 41. In The Inferno, which three characters are D. The theme of love and lust in The Di- located in the deepest circle of hell? vine Comedy 47. What is limbo? A. Guinevere, Dido, and Francesca A. In The Inferno, the place for many B. Homer, Dante, and Virgil ancient Roman, Greek, and Egyptian C. Brutus, Cassius, and Judas thinkers D. Pope Nicholas, Pope Boniface, and B. For Dante, the home of major figures Pope Clement from the Hebrew Bible 42. In The Inferno, who defends the city of C. The place for virtuous non-Christian Dis? adults A. The sinners in the heretic circle D. All of the above 48. What is terza rima? B. The furies A. A traditional type of poetry rejected C. The fallen angels by Dante in favor of new rhyme schemes D. The angelic messengers B. A form of blank verse 43. In which circle would Dante place some- C. A poetic form with an interlocking one who committed suicide? three-line rhyme scheme A. The circle of violence D. A poetic form with five-line stanzas B. The circle of wrath 49. Which historical figure appears in the circle of lust? C. The circle of heresy A. Francesca D. The circle of treachery Jai ShreeB. Judas Ram 44. The phrase “where the sun is silent” is an example of which poetic device? C. Ciacco D. Alberigo A. Allegory 50. In The Inferno, who initially leads him B. Metonymy around hell? C. Synesthesia A. Saint Augustine D. Simile B. Virgil 45. The quote “abandon all hope ye who enter C. Homer here” is from which text? D. Judas 68 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

51. According to Dante, what place is at the 56. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what trait top of his purgatory? distinguishes Dante’s purgatory from his hell? A. The Gate to Limbo B. The Garden of Eden A. Purgatory is less future-oriented. C. The Dark Wood B. Purgatory is a place of redemptive intervention. D. The circles of Hell 52. According to Dante, which is necessary C. Purgatory includes references to time. in order to make a perfect confession? A. The secret confession of sins D. Purgatory is less rooted in the human, natural world. B. A lack of remorse 57. According to most scholars, what does the C. The inability to reject one’s old life chariot in The Purgatorio symbolize? D. A sense of gratitude for God’s mercy A. The absence of heretics and monsters 53. According to Dante, who resides in his in medieval church history ante-purgatory? B. The conﬂict between ancient Romans A. The souls of those who are ready to and the early Church enter heaven C. The impossibility for sinners to repent B. The souls of those who are not yet ready to purge their sins D. The righteousness of the Roman Em- C. The souls of those who are about to pire over time enter hell 58. According to most scholars, what does D. The souls of the repentant who are The Purgatorio allegorically represent? punished for their sins 54. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what does the A. The penitent life phrase “the little bark” mean? B. The afterlife existence for mortal sin- A. It means that sinners must resign them- ners selves to life in hell. C. The heavenly paradise B. It implies that Beatrice will return later D. The earthly paradise in the poem. 59. In The Purgatorio, how does Dante depict C. It suggests that paradise is close to pur- the punishment of the proud penitents? gatory. D. It highlights the idea that Dante is on A. They are punished with whips and bri- a journey of poetry. dles. 55. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what is the B. They are forced to carry heavy rocks central allegorical theme in The Purgato- on their backs. rio? Narayan ChangderC. They have their eyes sewn shut with A. The poet’s attempt to climb the moun- wire. tain D. They must walk through thick smoke. B. The poet’s attempt to ﬁnd his way back to Florence from Jerusalem 60. In The Purgatorio, how does Dante repre- C. The poet’s descent into hell sent the entryway to the seventh terrace of D. The poet’s tour of earthly paradise lust? 1.15 Dante 69

A. He must be allowed by Cerberus to A. Pope Boniface pass. B. Pope Clement B. He must walk through an immense C. Saint Stephen wall of flames. D. John the Baptist C. He must be escorted into the terrace 66. The levels of purgatory are associated by an angelic messenger. with which religious concept? D. He must first be ferried across the A. The planets River Lethe. B. The seven deadly sins 61. In The Purgatorio, the opening of the text resembles which type of poem? C. The Augustan calendar D. The seven sacraments A. Sonnet 67. The quote “take then henceforth thy plea- B. Aubade sure for guide” comes from which text? C. Ode A. Vita Nuova D. Elegy B. The Convivio 62. In The Purgatorio, what is the function of C. De Vulgari Eloquentia the residents’ punishments? D. The Divine Comedy A. The punishments prevent hope from 68. What does the term “translatio studii” being reborn in sinners. mean? B. The punishments keep the sinners A. The ability to move from purgatory from entering the path to salvation. into heaven C. The punishments allow the sinners to B. The translation of culture from one purge their sins. civilization to another D. The punishments remind the sinners C. The movement from one circle of hell that they are damned to hell. to another 63. In The Purgatorio, where does Dante phys- D. The idea that the punishment fits the ically set purgatory? crime 69. What is purgatory? A. In the southern hemisphere A. A place for cleansing and purification B. In the northern hemisphere B. The place of transition between earth, C. In Florence heaven, and hell D. In RomeJai ShreeC. The setting Ram for the middle portion of 64. In The Purgatorio, which of the following Dante’s The Divine Comedy characters does Dante dream about? D. All of the above A. Rachel and Leah 70. What is the function of the River Lethe? B. Brutus and Cassius A. It separates heaven from hell. B. It prevents sinners from escaping hell. C. Dido and Aeneas D. Pope Boniface and Pope Clement C. It washes away the memory of sin. 65. In The Purgatorio, whom does Dante cite D. It separates Dante from the other sin- as his example of temperance? ners. 70 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

71. Which character does Dante meet at the A. The wise end of his journey through purgatory? B. The warriors of faith A. Cato C. The justice rulers B. Beatrice D. The contemplative C. Virgil 77. According to Dr. Mazzotta, what do Dante’s planets represent? D. Homer A. The deadly sins 72. Which of the following characters appears in The Purgatorio? B. The historical religious eras A. Sapia C. The liberal arts B. Cato D. The sacraments 78. According to scholars, what is the func- C. Sordello tion of the rose that Dante sees in par- D. All of the above adise? 73. Which of the following is a common ele- A. It alludes to the Garden of Eden. ment of vision literature? B. It symbolizes perfection and paradise. A. The themes usually involve life after death C. It is a symbol of the Virgin Mary. B. A character’s body is separated from D. All of the above his soul 79. Dante’s nine spheres of heaven are associ- C. A guide leads the narrator on a spiri- ated with which of the following religious tual journey concepts? D. All of the above A. The deadly sins 74. Who is Cato? B. The steps to confession A. A character who appears in the lust C. The beatitudes circle of hell D. The angelic hierarchy B. A character who appears in the ninth 80. In De Monarchia, what language does circle of hell Dante primarily use? C. The example Dante uses to show a per- A. English fect Christian man B. Latin D. An ancient pagan that Dante meets in C. Italian purgatory D. Tuscan 75. In The Purgatorio, what do the steps to the 81. In his Letter to Can Grande, which topic Gate of Purgatory represent? does Dante attempt to explain? A. The seven deadly sins A. His use of allegory NarayanB. The seven types of sin that keep people ChangderB. His opposition to the separation of from heaven Church and State C. The three components of the perfect C. His belief in the infallibility of the confession popes D. The eight beatitudes D. His interest in medieval cosmology 76. According to Dante, which class of people 82. In Saturn, what does Peter Damian say reside on the planet Mars? about God’s ways? 1.15 Dante 71

A. He says that God’s ways are similar to 88. In The Paradiso, what event does Dante those of Roman emperors. allegorically represent? B. He says that God’s ways are extremely A. The soul’s union with the body simple. B. The soul’s ascent to heaven C. He says that God’s ways are beyond C. The soul’s tour of purgatory human understanding. D. The soul’s descent into hell D. He says that God’s ways are only avail- 89. In The Paradiso, which class of people able to those in heaven. does Dante place on the moon? 83. In The Divine Comedy, what do many critics believe Beatrice allegorically rep- A. Those with the most constancy of char- resents? acters B. The proud A. Natural light C. The best emperors and rulers B. Revelations D. The souls of those who abandoned C. The light of grace their vows D. All of the above 90. In The Paradiso, which quality does Dante 84. In The Paradiso, Dante bases his structure associate with the wise? of paradise on which of the following? A. Justice A. The Renaissance concept of the plan- B. Temperance ets C. Fortitude B. The Ptolemaic universe D. All of the above C. Ancient Roman cosmology 91. In The Paradiso, who does Dante meet in D. Ancient Greek cosmology the sphere of the sun? 85. In The Paradiso, Dante focuses on which A. Virgil kind of politics? B. Thomas Aquinas A. The politics of Ravenna C. Judas B. The politics of ancient Greece D. Cacciaguida C. The politics of Italian city-states 92. In The Paradiso, who leads Dante on his D. The politics of the Roman Empire tour of heaven? 86. In The Paradiso, how does Dante’s jour- A. Virgil ney through heaven end? B. Beatrice A. With his exclusion from purgatory C. Cato B. With a visionJai of the Trinity Shree Ram D. Ulysses C. With his return to hell 93. In The Paradiso, who questions Dante D. With his death about hope? 87. In The Paradiso, on what day do the events A. Saint James occur? B. Saint John A. Easter Sunday C. Saint Peter B. Wednesday after Easter D. Saint Thomas C. Good Friday 94. In which section of The Divine Comedy D. All Saint’s Day does Saint Bernard appear? 72 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. The Inferno C. Because he was an early Christian, he believed that heaven was inaccessible. B. The Convivio D. He believed that heaven, hell, and C. The Purgatorio earth were indistinguishable. D. The Paradiso 98. Which qualities do the ﬁxed stars in par- 95. What does “transhumanize” mean? adise represent? A. It is the ability to move above the A. Faith, hope, and love earthly state into heaven. B. Faith, wisdom, and love B. It is the ability to reunite with the body. C. Love, compassion, and pride

C. It is the ability to commit sins while in D. Justice, temperance, and faith the human body. 99. Who was Can Grande? D. It is the ability to separate from the A. The poet who leads Dante on a tour of body in order to reach hell. hell 96. What is the function of the Primum Mo- B. Dante’s enemy bile? C. Dante’s patron A. It symbolizes Dante’s distrust of the D. The emperor of Italy in Dante’s life- Church. time B. It is the home of the angels. 100. In De Monarchia, what political opinion C. It separates heaven from hell. does Dante express about empire? D. It reminds Dante of his own pride. A. He promotes the separation of Church 97. Which best describes Cicero’s concept of and State. heaven? B. He declares papal authority infallible. A. He believed that eternal life in heaven C. He declares emperors infallible. was the real one. D. He says that all empires should be B. Because he was pagan, he did not be- ruled by dictators. lieve in heaven.

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1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. A 14.D 15. B 16. D 17. D 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. C 26.A 27. D 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. D 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. D 38.A 39. B 40. D 41. C 42. C 43. A 44. C 45. B 46. A 47. D 48. C 49. A 50.B 51. B 52. D 53. B 54. D 55. A 56. C 57. B 58. A 59. B 60. B 61. B 62.C 63. A 64. A 65. D 66. B 67. D 68. B 69. D 70. C 71. B 72. D 73. D 74.D 75. C 76. B 77. C 78. D 79. D 80. B 81. A 82. C 83. D 84. B 85. D 86.B 87.Narayan B 88. B 89. D 90. D 91. B 92. B 93. ChangderA 94. D 95. A 96. B 97. A 98.A 99. C 100.A

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1. Complete the following famous line from 7. How does Queen Gertrude die? Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state A. Accidentally stabbed by Laertes. of... A. England B. Drowns in the river outside the castle. B. Venice C. Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet ﬁght Laertes. C. Denmark D. Maine D. Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet’s cup. 2. Which of the following characters does not appear in Hamlet? 8. Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes A. Polonius in Paris? B. Gertrude A. Francisco C. Claudius B. Gorgonzola D. Miranda C. Reynaldo 3. Where was Hamlet studying before he returned to Denmark? D. Samson A. Wittenberg 9. Who is Voltimand? B. Oslo A. Ambassador to the King of Norway C. London from the King of Denmark D. Dublin B. Hamlet’s cousin 4. How are Polonius and Laertes related? C. Ambassador to the King of Denmark A. Father/son from the King of Norway B. Uncle/nephew D. Assassin in the service of Fortinbras C. Cousin/cousin 10. What poison does Claudius pour into the D. Brother/brother ear of Hamlet’s father, causing his death? 5. What is the name of the playlet Hamlet A. Burdock stages for Claudius? B. Hebenon A. Slings and Arrows C. Baneberry B. Vice of Kings C. The Murder of Gonzago D. Hemlock D. The Slaying of Lucianus 11. How many soliloquies does Hamlet de- 6. Who says, “Good night, sweet liver? prince,/And ﬂights of angels sing thee A. 2 to thy rest."? B. 4 A. FortinbrasJai Shree Ram B. Marcellus C.7 C. Chorus D. 9 D. Horatio Answers

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B 11.C 74 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

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1. Tennyson’s poem ‘In Memoriam’was 7. Which of the following is the first novel written in memory of? of D. H. Lawrence? A. A.H. Hallam A. The White Peacock B. Edward King B. The Trespasser C. Wellington C. Sons and Lovers D. P.B Shelley D. Women in Love 2. Macbeth hires assassins to murder Ban- 8. Who derided Hazlitt as one of the mem- quo’s son, named. bers of the ‘Cockney School of Poetry’? A. Angus A. Tennyson B. Ross B. Charles Lamb C. Fleance C. Lockhart D. Lennox D. T. S. Eliot 3. Which of the following is not an appari- 9. W.B.Yeats used the phrase ‘the artifice of tion shown to Macbeth by the Witches: eternity’ in his poem? A. An armed head A. Sailing to Byzantium B. Byzantium B. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air. C. The Second Coming C. A bloody child. D. Leda and the Swan D. A child crowned, with a tree in his hand 10. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his 4. Who called ‘The Waste Land ‘a music of early work? ideas’? A. Charles Dickens A. Allen Tate B. W. M. Thackeray B. J.C Ransom C. Graham Greene C. I.A Richards D. D. H. Lawrence D. F. R Leavis 11. Who called Shelley ‘a beautiful and inef- 5. The main character in Paradise Lost Book fectual angel beating in the void his lumi- I and Book II is? nous wings in vain’? A. God A. Walter Pater B. Satan B. A. C. Swinburne C. Adam C. Matthew Arnold NarayanD. Eve ChangderD. T. S. Eliot 6. Who coined the phrase ‘Egotistical Sub- 12. D. G. Rossetti was a true literary descen- lime’? dant of? A. William Wordsworth A. Keats B. P.B Shelley B. Byron C. S. T. Coleridge C. Shelley D. John Keats D. Wordsworth 1.17 Macbeth 75

13. W.B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for 19. Who, among the following, is not con- literature in the year? nected with the Oxford Movement? A. 1938 A. Robert Browning B. 1925 B. John Keble C. 1932 C. E.B. Pusey D. 1923 D. J. H. Newman 14. “Under the green wood tree” is a song in: 20. The term ‘the Palliser Novels’ is used to A. Love’s labour’s lost describe the political novels of? B. As you like it A. Charles Dickens C. A mid Summer night’s dream B. Anthony Trollope D. Much ado about nothing C. W. H. White 15. :Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to D. B.Disraeli show To whom all scenes of Europe 21. Identify the poet, whom Queen Victoria, homage owe. He was not of an age, but regarded as the perfect poet of ‘love and for all time". Who wrote above lines for loss’ Shakespeare: A. Tennyson A. Jonson B. Browning B. Bacon C. Swinburne C. Wordsworth D. D.G. Rossetti D. none of above 22. How many soliloquies are spoken by 16. Seven Ages of Man appears in “ As you Hamlet in the play Hamlet? like it". Which character’s speech it is? A. Nine A. Amiens B. Five B. Orlando C. Oliver C. Seven D. Jaques D. Three 17. “To be or not to be that is the question", 23. Identify the novel in which the character is famous line of which of Shakespeare’s of Charlotte Lucas ﬁgures plays? A. Great Expectations A. Othello B. The Power and the Glory B. MacbethJai ShreeC. Lord of the Ram Flies C. Hamlet D. Pride and Prejudice D. King Lear 24. “There’s a special providence in the fall of 18. Identify the writer who was expelled from a sparrow.” The line given above occurs Oxford for circulating a pamphlet in A. P.B. Shelley A. Hamlet B. Charles Lamb B. Henry IV, Pt I C. Hazlitt C. The Tempest D. Coleridge D. Twelfth Night 76 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

25. “My own great religion is a belief in the 31. Who tells Macbeth, “The queen, my lord, blood, the flesh as being wiser than the is dead "? intellect.” Who wrote this? A. Seyton A. Graham Greene B. Siward B. D. H. Lawrence C. The Doctor C. Charles Dickens D. Caithness D. Jane Austen 32. Shakespeare’s father died in: 26. Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans in A. 1600 his play? A. Twelfth Night B. 1601 B. Hamlet C. 1602 C. The Tempest D. 1603 33. Shakespeare joined the Chamber lain’s D. Henry IV,Pt I Men Theatrical Company as a: 27. In which country is Macbeth set? A. Actor and playwright A. Spain B. Playwright and poet B. Denmark C. Playwright and writer C. Scotland D. None of above D. Canada 34. How many from his plays were published 28. Who is traveling with Macbeth when he in his lifetime: first encounters the Three Witches? A. Only sixteen A. Macduff B. Only seventeen B. Mercutio C. Lady Macbeth C. Only eighteen D. Banquo D. Only nineteen 29. At the beginning of the play, the Scots are 35. In which year Globe theater got fire and at war with which country? destroyed? A. Norway A. 1610 B. Prussia B. 1611 C. Iceland C. 1612 D. Poland D. 1613 30. How does Lady Macbeth explain her hus- 36. Shakespeare dedicated his long narrative band’s wild behavior at the banquet? poem Venus and Adonis to—————. A. She tells the guests that Banquo’s A. Henry Wriothesley, the third earl of Narayanghost is haunting Macbeth. ChangderSouthampton B. She tells the guests that Macbeth has B. Thomas Wriothesley,forth earl of had too much to drink. Southampton C. She informs the guests that Macbeth C. William Fitzwilliam, first earl of is ill. Southampton D. She reveals that Macbeth is overcome D. Henry Wriothesley, the second earl of with grief over the death of Duncan. Southampton 1.17 Macbeth 77

37. During which period London theaterrs re- 43. Which of the following are characters of mained closed on account of the plague? “Much ado about nothing": A. 1592 A. Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, B. 1593 Leonato C. 1594 B. Hero, Orlando, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato D. 1595 C. Mirrinda, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, 38. Which roles have played by Shakespeare Leanato in Hamlet and As you like it? D. Hero, Boradio, Antonio, Claudio, Ho- A. Fortinbras, Corin ratio B. Leartus, Silvius 44. Which of the following is in correct sequel C. Osric, Touchstone ? D. Ghost, Old servant Adam A. Comedy of errors, A mid summer 39. In ..... year Shakespeare bought the largest night’s dream, Much ado about nothing, house in Stratford, called New place: Henry 6 part three. A. 1595 B. A mid summer night’s dream,Romeo and Juliet, As you like it, King B. 1996 Lear,Pericles. C. 1597 C. All’s well that ends well, The tempest, D. 15598 As you like it, As you like it,A mid sum- 40. In 1599 which famous actor and his mer night’s dream,Much ado about noth- brother Cuthbert set a new playhouse on ing. the Bank side, called the Globe? D. King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Mea- A. Augustine Phillipps sure for measure, Henry 8, Romeo and B. John Heimnge Juliet. 45. Who was killed by Hamlet unintention- C. Henry Condell ally? D. Richard Burbage A. Leartus 41. In Shakespeare’s literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of: B. Polonius A. Comedy plays C. Forinbras B. Historical plays D. Horatio C. Great Tragedies 46. Who is second Prince of Arragon in “Much ado about nothing"? D. None ofJai above Shree Ram 42. Following are the lines of: “I’m your wife A. Leonato if you marry me If not, I’ll die your maid B. Balthasar to be your fellow You may deny me, but C. Don John I’ll be your servant Whether you deny or not". D. Don Pedro A. Hamlet 47. Which character spoke following lines? “What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor foot, B. Romeo and Juliet Nor arm nor face, nor any other part Be- C. Tempest longing to a man, O be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a D. Othello 78 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

rose By any other word would smell as A. Desdemona, Goneril and Cordelia sweet," B. Goneril, Ophelia and Regan A. Desdemona C. Goneril, Regan and Cordelia B. Juliet D. Regan, Cordelia and Beatrice C. Rosalind 54. Shakespeare wrote ..... plays? D. Hero A. 32 48. Who is the second attending gentlewoman B. 34 on Hero? Ursula and..... C. 36 A. Margaret D. 38 B. Emilia 55. With the accession of King James to the C. Helena English throne, Lord Chamberlain’s Man was renamed: D. Celia A. King Lear 49. “ Some born great, some achieve greatness And some have greatness thrust upon B. Gentleman them". Above lines are taken from which C. King’s Man of following plays? D. None of above A. Macbeth 56. Uneasy lies the head that.....( King Henry B. Othello four, part two): C. Twelfth night A. Wears a crown D. As you like it B. Wears a hat 50. Which of the following play was written C. Wears a wig in 1601? D. none of these A. Othello 57. The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from? B. Hamlet A. Virgil C. King Lear B. Fetronius D. Macbeth C. Seneca 51. “Antony and Cleopatra” and “Macbeth” was in: D. Homer 58. T. S. Eliot has borrowed the term ‘Unreal A. 1606 City’ in the first and third sections from? B. 1607 A. Baudelaire C. 1608 B. Irving Babbit D. 1609 C. Dante 52. Which of the following was written first: Narayan ChangderD. Laforgue A. Henry six 59. Which of the following myths does not B. Henry seven figure in The Waste Land? C. Henry five A. Oedipus D. None of above B. Grail Legend of Fisher King 53. Which of the following are King Lear’s C. Philomela daughters? D. Sysyphus 1.17 Macbeth 79

60. Joe Gargery is Pip’s? A. Susan A. brother B. Jane B. brother-in-Jaw C. Gertrude D. Emily C. guardian 67. The twins in Lord of the Flies are? D. cousin A. Ralph and Jack 61. Estella is the daughter of? B. Simon and Eric A. Joe Gargery C. Ralph and Eric B. Abel Magwitch . D. Simon and Jack C. Miss Havisham 68. Mr. Jaggers, in Great Expectations, is a D. Bentley Drumnile A. lawyer 62. Which book of John Ruskin inﬂuenced B. postman Mahatma Gandhi? C. Judge A. Sesame and Lilies D. School teacher 69. What does ‘I’ stand for in the following B. The Seven Lamps of Architecture line? ‘To Carthage then I came’ C. Unto This Last A. Buddha D. Fors Clavigera B. Tiresias 63. Graham Greene’s novels are marked by? C. Smyrna Merchant A. Catholicism D. Augustine B. Protestantism 70. The following lines are an example of image. ‘The river sweats Oil and tar’ C. Paganism A. visual D. Buddhism B. kinetic 64. One important feature of Jane Austen’s C. erotic style is? D. sensual A. boisterous humour 71. Which of the following novels has the sub- B. humour and pathos title ‘A Novel Without a Hero’? A. Vanity Fair C. subtlety of irony B. Middlemarch D. stream of consciousness Jai ShreeC. Wuthering Ram Heights 65. The title of the poem ‘The Second Com- ing’ is taken from? D. Oliver Twist 72. In ‘Leda and the Swan’, who wooes Leda A. The Bible in guise of a swan? B. The Irish mythology A. Mars C. The German mythology B. Hercules D. The Greek mythology C. Zeus 66. In Sons and Lovers, Paul Morel’s mother’s D. Bacchus name is? 73. Who invented the term ‘Sprung rhythm’? 80 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Hopkins A. The Tempest B. Tennyson B. Hamlet C. Browning C. Henry IV, Pt I D. Wordsworth D. Twelfth Night 74. Who wrote the poem ‘Defence of Luc- 80. Who is Thomas Percy in Henry IV, Pt I? know’? A. Earl of Northumberland A. Browning B. Earl of March B. Tennyson C. Earl of Douglas C. Swinburne D. Earl of Worcester D. Rossetti 81. Paradise Lost was originally written in? 75. Which of the following plays of Shake- A. ten books speare has an epilogue? B. eleven books A. The Tempest C. nine books B. Henry IV, Pt I D. eight books C. Hamlet 82. In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia elopes with? D. Twelfth Night A. Darcy 76. Hamlet’s famous speech ‘To be,or not to be; that is the question’ occurs in? B. Wickham C. William Collins A. Act II, Scene I D. Charles Bingley B. Act III, Scene III 83. Who is commonly known as ‘Pip’ in C. Act IV, Scene III Great Expectations? D. Act III, Scene I A. Philip Pirrip 77. Identify the character in The Tempest who B. Filip Pirip is referred to as an honest old counselor C. Philip Pip A. Alonso D. Philips Pirip B. Ariel 84. The novel The Power and the Glory is set C. Gonzalo in? D. Stephano A. Mexico 78. What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth B. Italy Night? C. France NarayanA. Or, What is you Will ChangderD. Germany B. Or, What you Will 85. Which of the following is Golding’s ﬁrst novel? C. Or, What you Like It A. The Inheritors D. Or, What you Think B. Lord of the Flies 79. Which of the following plays of Shake- speare, according to T. S. Eliot, is ‘artistic C. Pincher Martin failure’? D. Pyramid 1.17 Macbeth 81

86. Identify the character who is a supporter A. Leigh Hunt of Women’s Rights in Sons and Lovers? B. Milton A. Mrs. Morel C. Shakespeare B. Annie D. Thomas Chatterton C. Miriam 93. The second series of Essays of Elia by D. Clara Dawes Charles Lamb was published in? 87. Vanity Fair is a novel by? A. 1823 A. Jane Austen B. 1826 B. Charles Dickens C. 1834 C. W. M. Thackeray D. 1833 94. Which of the following poets does not be- D. Thomas Hardy long to the ‘Lake School’? 88. Shelley’s Adonais is an elegy on the death A. Keats of? B. Coleridge A. Milton C. Southey B. Coleridge D. Wordsworth C. Keats 95. Who, among the following writers, was D. Johnson not educated at Christ’s Hospital School, 89. In the poem ‘Tintern Abbey’, ‘dearest London? friend’ refers to? A. Charles Lamb A. Nature B. William Wordsworth B. Dorothy C. Leigh Hunt C. Coleridge D. S. T. Coleridge D. Wye 96. Identify the work by Swinburne which begins “when the hounds of spring are on 90. Who, among the following, is not the sec- winter’s traces..”? ond generation of British Romantics? A. Chastelard A. Keats B. A Song of Italy B. Wordsworth C. Atalanta in Calydon C. Shelley Jai ShreeD. Songs before Ram Sunrise D. Byron 97. Carlyle’s work On Heroes, Hero Worship 91. Which of the following poems of Co- and the Heroic in History is a course of? leridge is a ballad? A. six lectures A. Work Without Hope B. ﬁve lectures B. Frost at Midnight C. four lectures C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner D. seven lectures D. Youth and Age 98. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his 92. Keats’s Endymion is dedicated to? lecture on the ‘Hero as King’? 82 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Johnson A. Pumblechook B. Cromwell B. Herbert Pocket C. Shakespeare C. Bentley Drummle D. Luther D. Jaggers 99. Identify the work by Ruskin which began 105. Who is Mr. Tench in The Power and the as a defence of contemporary landscape Glory? artist especially Turner? A. A teacher A. The Stones of Venice B. A clerk B. The Two Paths C. A thief C. The Seven Lamps of Architecture D. A dentist D. Modem Painters 106. ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ is a quotation 100. A verse form using stanza of eight lines, from? each with eleven syllables, is known as? A. Milton A. Spenserian Stanza B. William Shakespeare B. Ballad C. T. S. Eliot C. Ottava Rima D. Ruskin D. Rhyme Royal 107. “Dost thou think, because thou art vir- 101. Identify the writer who first used blank tuous, there shall be no more cakes and verse in English poetry? ale.” Who speaks the lines given above in A. Sir Thomas Wyatt Twelfth Night? B. William Shakespeare A. Duke Orsino C. Earl of Surrey B. Malvolio D. Milton C. Sir Andrew Aguecheek 102. The Aesthetic Movement which blos- D. Sir Toby Belch somed during the 1880s was not influenced by? 108. In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Milton’s? A. The Pre-Raphaelites A. Sense of injured merit B. Ruskin B. Hatred of tyranny C. Pater C. Spirit of revolt D. Matthew Arnold D. All these 103. Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson “Faith un- 109. Who calls poetry “the breadth and finer Narayanfaithful kept him falsely true.” Changderspirit of all knowledge”? A. Oxymoron A. Wordsworth B. Metaphor B. Shelley C. Simile C. Keats D. Synecdoche D. Coleridge 104. Who is Pip’s friend in London? 110. Twelfth Night opens with the speech of? 1.17 Macbeth 83

A. Viola C. Political rights for women B. Duke D. Protection of the political rights of the C. Olivia middle class 117. Who wrote “Biographia Literaria”? D. Malvolio 111. What was the cause of William’s death A. Byron in Sons and Lovers? B. Shelley A. An accident C. Coleridge B. An overdose of morphia D. Lamb C. Suicide 118. Who was “Fortinbras”? D. Pneumonia A. Claudius’s son 112. Which poem of Coleridge is an opium B. Son to the king of Norway dream? C. Ophelia’s lover A. Kubla Khan D. Hamlet’s Mend B. Christabel 119. “The best lack all conviction, while the C. The Ancient Mariner worst are full of passionate intensity.” The D. Ode on the Departing Year above lines have been taken from? 113. Which stanza form did Shelley use in his A. The Waste Land famous poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’? B. Tintern Abbey A. Rime royal C. The Second Coming B. Ottava rima D. Prayer for My Daughter C. Terza rima 120. William Morel in Sons and Lovers is D. Spenserian Stanza drawn after? 114. The phrase ‘Pathetic fallacy’ is coined A. Lawrence’s father by? B. Lawrence’s brother A. Milton C. Lawrence himself B. Coleridge D. None of these C. Carlyle 121. The most notable characteristic of Keats’ D. John Ruskin poetry is? 115. Tracts for the Times relates to? A. Satire A. The OxfordJai Movement ShreeB. Sensuality Ram B. The Pre-Raphaelite Movement C. Sensuousness C. The Romantic Movement D. Social reform D. The Symbolist Movement 122. The key-note of Browning’s philosophy 116. The Chartist Movement sought? of life is? A. Protection of the political rights of the A. agnosticism working class B. optimism B. Recognition of chartered trading com- C. pessimism panies D. skepticism 84 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

123. The title of Carlyle’s ‘Sartor Resartus’ A. comic figures means? B. historical figures A. Religious Scripture C. romantic figures B. Seaside Resort D. tragic figures C. Tailor Repatched 130. That Milton was of the Devil’s party without knowing it, was said by? D. None of these A. Blake 124. “Epipsychidion” is composed by? B. Eliot A. Coleridge C. Johnson B. Wordsworth D. Shelley C. Keats 131. Essays of Ella are? D. Shelley A. full of didactic sermonising 125. “The better part of valour is discretion” B. practically autobiographical fragments occurs in Shakespeare’s? A. Hamlet C. remarkable for their aphoristic style B. Twelfth Night D. satirical and critical 132. The theme of Tennyson’s Poem ‘The C. The Tempest Princess’ is? D. Henry IV, Pt I A. Queen Victoria’s coronation 126. Epic similes are found in which work of B. Industrial Revolution John Milton? C. Women’s Education and Rights A. Paradise Lost D. Rise of Democracy B. Sonnets 133. Thackeray’s “Esmond” is a novel of his- C. Lycidas torical realism capturing the spirit of? D. Areopagitica A. the Medieval age 127. Pride and Prejudice was originally a B. the Elizabethan age youthful work entitled? C. the age of Queen Anne A. ‘Last Impressions’ D. the Victorian age B. ‘False Impressions’ 134. Oedipus Complex is? C. ‘First Impressions’ A. a kind of physical ailment B. a kind of vitamin D. ‘True Impressions’ C. a brother’s attraction towards his sister 128. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes? D. a son’s attraction towards his mother NarayanA. Ben Jonson Changder 135. “The rarer action is in virtue that in B. John Ruskin vengeance.” This line occurs in? C. Thomas Carlyle A. Hamlet D. William Hazlitt B. Henry IV,Pt I 129. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeare’s C. The Tempest greatest? D. Twelfth Night 1.17 Macbeth 85

136. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a? A. Claudius A. Picaresque novel B. Hamlet B. Gothic novel C. Polonius C. Domestic novel D. Rosencrantz D. Historical novel 143. Browning’s famous poem ‘Rabbi Ben 137. ‘Heaven lies about us in our infancy’. Ezra’ is included in? This line occurs in the poem? A. Dramatis Personae A. Immortality Ode B. Dramatic Idyls B. Tintern Abbey C. Asolando C. The Second Coming D. Red Cotton Night-Cap Country D. Leda and the Swan 144. S. T. Coleridge was an Associate of? 138. Wordsworth calls himself ‘a Worshipper of Nature’ in his poem A. The Royal Society of Edinburgh A. Immortality Ode B. The Royal Society ofLondon B. Tintern Abbey C. Royal Society of Arts C. The Prelude D. Royal Society of Literature D. The Solitary Reaper 145. Which of the following is an unfinished 139. When Wordsworth’s ‘Immortality Ode’ novel by Jane Austen? was first published in 1802, it had only? A. Sense and Sensibility A. Stanzas I to IV B. Mansfield Park B. Stanzas I toV C. Sandition C. Stanzas I to VI D. Persuasion D. Stanzas I to VII 146. Why did Miss Havisham remain a spin- 140. Which method of narration has been em- ster throughout her life in “Great Expecta- ployed by Dickens in his novel “Great tions”? Expectations”? A. She was poor A. Direct or epic method B. She was arrogant B. Documentary method C. Because she was betrayed by the bride- C. Stream of Consciousness technique groom D. Autobiographical method Jai ShreeD. She was unwilling Ram to marry 141. Who said ‘Keats was a Greek’? 147. The Romantic Revival in English Poetry A. Wordsworth was influenced by the? B. Coleridge A. French Revolution C. Lamb B. Glorious Revolution of1688 D. Shelley C. Reformation 142. To which character in Hamlet does the following description apply? “The te- D. Oxford Movement dious wiseacre who meddles his way to 148. The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly his doom.” indebted to the poets of the? 86 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Puritan movement 155. Who in Hamlet suggests that one should neither be a lender nor a borrower? B. Romantic revival C. Neo-classical age A. Gertrude D. Metaphysical school B. Polonius 149. ‘O, you are sick of self-love’ Who is re- C. Horatio ferred to in these words in Twelfth Night? D. Hamlet A. Orsino 156. Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Pt I contains B. Sir Andrew his? C. Sir Toby A. senecan attitude D. Malvolio B. patriotism 150. Hamlet is? C. love of nature A. an intellectual D. platonic ideals Plays by Shakespeare.. B. a man of action ..... COMEDIES All’s Well That Ends Well As You Like It Comedy of Errors C. a passionate lover Love’s Labour’s Lost Measure for Mea- D. an over ambitious man sure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night’s Dream 151. Which of Shakespeare’s characters ex- Much Ado about Nothing Taming of the claims; ‘Brave, new, world!’? Shrew Tempest Twelfth Night Two Gen- A. Ferdinand tlemen of Verona Winter’s Tale HISTO- B. Antonio RIES Cymbeline Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Henry V Henry VI, Part I Henry C. Miranda VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III Henry VIII D. Prospero King John Pericles Richard II Richard III 152. Paradise Lost shows an inﬂuence of? TRAGEDIES Antony and Cleopatra Cori- olanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear A. Paganism Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon B. Pre-Christian theology of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida C. Christianity and the Renaissance 157. Which of the following is the earliest D. Greek nihilism comedy of Shakespeare? 153. The style of Paradise Lost is? A. A mid summer night’s dream A. more Latin than most poems B. Much ado about nothing B. more spontaneous than thought out C. As you like it C. more satirical than spontaneous D. Love’s labour’s lost D. more dramatic than lyrical Narayan158. Changder “Twelfth night” is a: 154. In Pride and Prejudice we initially dislike but later tend to like? A. Tragedy A. Mr. Bennet B. Comedy B. Wickham C. Problem play C. Bingley D. Both a and b D. Darcy 159. Who was villain in Othello? 1.17 Macbeth 87

A. Claudius A. Iago B. Iago B. Casio C. Egeus C. Othello D. None of above D. Brabantio 160. Which of the following are tragedies of 166. Othello gave Desdemona .....as a token Shakespeare? of love: A. Hamlet, Othello and Troilus and Cres- A. Ring sida B. Handkerchief B. Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Ti- C. Pendant tus Andronicus C. King Lear, Measure for measure and D. Bengals The merchant of Venice 167. Desdemona was : D. Macbeth, Much ado about nothing and A. wife of Othello Antony and Cleopatra B. daughter of Othello 161. Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare? C. both a and b A. Hamlet D. none of above B. Macbeth 168. “ A man can die but once” is one of quote of following plays: C. King Lear A. Henry 6 part three D. King Oedipus B. Henry 4 part two 162. Othello was a : C. Henry 6 part one A. General of England D. Henry 4 part one B. General of Denmark 169. “I have no other but a woman’s rea- C. Prince of England son I think him so, because I think him D. Prince of Denmark so” Which of Shakespeare’s play contain above lines? 163...... was father of Desdemona? A. The two gentle men of Verona A. Othello B. Merry wives of Windsor B. Brabantio C. The noble Kinsman C. Iago Jai Shree Ram D. Measure for measure D. Gratiano 170. “ What piece of work is a man How 164. Othello was sent to ﬁght with: noble in reason, how inﬁnite in faculty, A. French army In form and moving how express and admirable In action! how like an angle In ap- B. German army prehension! how like a God: The beauty C. Ottomans of the World, the paragon of animals..... And yet, to me, what is this quintessence D. None of above of dust? Above lines are taken from Ham- 165. Desdemona was killed by : let’s which act? 88 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. act 1 scene two C. Miranda B. act 2 scene two D. Helena C. act 3 scene two 174. Hamlet consist of ..... acts: D. act 4 scene two A. 3 171. Which of the following is Hamlet’s B. 4 mother? C.5 A. Beatrice D. 6 B. Margaret 175. Which of Shakespeare’s play is his only play that has never been adopted for ﬁlm C. Gertrude or Television? D. Rosalind A. Taming of the Shrew 172. Following are the characters of: Ape- B. The two Noble Kinsmen mantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius C. Troilus and Cressida A. Coriolanus D. Cymbeline B. Cymbeline 176. Which of Shakespeare’s play features Sir John Falstaff? C. Timon of Athens A. The merry wives of Windsor D. Winter’s tale B. Troilus and Cressida 173. Who is the heroin of The Tempest? C. King John A. Ophelia D. Titus Andronicus B. Desdemona

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1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. A 13. D 14.B 15. A 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. C 20. D 21. D 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. B 26.A 27. C 28. D 29. A 30. C 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. B 35. D 36. A 37. B 38.D 39. C 40. D 41. B 42. C 43. A 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. B 48. A 49. C 50.B 51. A 52. A 53. C 54. C 55. C 56. A 57. D 58. C 59. D 60. C 61. A 62.C 63. A 64. B 65. A 66. D 67. A 68. A 69. A 70. C 71. A 72. C 73. A 74.C 75. A 76. D 77. C 78. B 79. B 80. A 81. D 82. B 83. C 84. A 85. B 86.A 87. C 88. C 89. B 90. B 91. C 92. A 93. D 94. A 95. A 96. C 97. B 98.B 99. D 100. C 101. C 102. D 103. A 104. D 105. C 106. B 107. D 108. C 109.A 110. B 111. D 112. A 113. C 114. D 115. A 116. A 117. C 118. B 119. C 120.D 121. C 122. B 123. C 124. D 125. D 126. A 127. C 128. B 129. A 130. A 131.B 132. C 133. A 134. D 135. C 136. C 137. A 138. B 139. B 140. A 141. B 142.B 143.Narayan A 144. D 145. C 146. B 147. A 148. B Changder 149. D 150. C 151. C 152. C 153.A 154. D 155. B 156. B 157. D 158. B 159. B 160. B 161. D 162. A 163. B 164.C 165. C 166. B 167. A 168. B 169. A 170. B 171. C 172. C 173. C 174. C 175.B 176.A

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1. Which of the following is not a literary A. metaphor device used for aesthetic effect in poetry? B. simile A. Assonance C. personification B. Onomatopaea D. none of the above C. Rhyme 8. Using words or letters to imitate sounds D. Grammar A. alliteration 2. A pattern of accented and unaccented syl- B. simile lables in lines of poetry C. onomatopoeia A. rhyme scheme D. none of the above B. meter 9. a description that appeals to one of the C. alliteration five senses D. none of the above A. imagery 3. The repetition of similar ending sounds B. personification A. alliteration C. metaphor B. onomatopoiea D. none of the above C. rhyme 10. A poem that tells a story with plot, setting, D. none of the above and characters 4. Applying human qualities to non-human A. lyric things B. free verse A. personification C. narrative B. onomatopoeia D. none of the above C. alliteration 11. A poem with no meter or rhyme D. none of the above A. lyric 5. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds B. free verse A. rhyme C. narrative B. onomatopoeia D. none of the above 12. A poem that generally has meter and C. alliteration rhyme D. none of the above A. lyric 6. A comparisonJai of unlike things without Shree us- Ram ing a word of comparison such as like or B. free verse as C. narrative A. metaphor D. none of the above B. simile 13. True or false: Writing predates poetry. C. personification A. True D. none of the above B. False 7. The comparison of unlike things using the 14. Who wrote the poems, “On death” and words like or as “Women, Wine, and Snuff?" 90 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. John Milton 21. What is the earliest surviving European B. John Keats poem? C. P.B Shelley A. The Homeric epic D. William Wordsworth B. The Gilgamesh epic 15. Which represents an example of allitera- C. The Deluge epic tion? D. The Hesiodic ode A. Language Arts 22. Auld Lang Syne is a famous poem by B. Peter Piper Picked Peppers whom? C. I like music A. Sir Walter Scott D. A beautiful scenery with music B. William Butler Yeats 16. Which of the following is not a poet? C. Henry Longfellow A. William Shakespeare D. Robert Burns B. Terry Saylor 23. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy C. Browning books? D. Emily Dickinson A. The Poor Man and the Lady 17. Which of the following is not an English B. The Return of Native poet (i. e. from England) ? C. Chollttee A. Victor Hugo D. None of the above B. Alexander Pope 24. Concentrate on these elements when writ- C. John Milton ing a good poem. D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge A. characters, main idea, and theme 18. Where were the pilgrims going in the canterbury tales? B. purpose and audience A. To the shrine of st. Peter at canterbury C. theme, purpose, form, and mood. cathedral D. rhyme and reason B. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at 25. Which poem ends ’I shall but love thee canterbury cathedral better after death’? C. both A and B A. How do I love thee D. None of these B. Ode to a Grecian urn 19. Where did chaucer bury? C. In faith I do not love thee with mine A. westminster abbey eyes B. kent church D. Let me not to the marriage of true C. chapel at windsor minds Narayan26. ChangderWhich poet is considered a national hero D. none of the above in Greece? 20. chaucer was imprisoned during.....? A. hundred years’ war A. John keats B. Black death B. Lord Byron C. Peasant revolt C. Solan D. none of the above D. Sappho 1.18 Poetry 91

27. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear asso- 33. Which American writer published ’A ciated with? brave and startling truth’ in 1996 A. Nature A. Robert Hass B. Epics B. Jessica Hagdorn C. Sonnets C. Maya Angelou D. Nonsense D. Micheal Palmer 28. In coleridge’s poem ’The rime of the An- 34. Who wrote about the idyllic ’Isle of Innis- cient Mariner’where were the three gal- free’? lants going? A. Dylan Thomas A. A funeral B. Ezra Pound B. A wedding C. Yeats C. Market D. E. E. cummings D. To the races 35. Sylvia Plath married which English poet? 29. Harold Nicholson described which poet as ’Very yellow and glum. Perfect man- A. Masefield ners’? B. Causley A. e. e. Cummings C. Hughes B. T. S. Elliot D. Larkin C. John Greenleaf Whittier 36. Carl Sandburg ’Planked whitefish’ con- D. Walt Whitman tains what kind of imagery? 30. What was strange about Emily Dickin- A. Sea scenes son? B. Rural Idyll A. She rarely left home C. War B. She wrote in code D. Innocent childhood C. She never attempted to publish her po- 37. Which influential American poet was born etry in Long Island in 1819? D. She wrote her poems in invisible ink A. Emily Dickinson 31. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict? B. Paul Dunbar A. Boer War C. John Greenleaf Whittier B. Second WorldJai War ShreeD. Walt Whitman Ram C. Korean War 38. In 1960 ’The Colossus’ was the first book of poems published by which poetess? D. First World War A. Elizabeth Bishop 32. Which Poet Laureate wrote about a church mouse? B. Sylvia Plath A. Betjeman C. Marianne Moore B. Hughes D. Laura Jackson C. Marvel 39. In his poem Kipling said ’If you can meet with triumph and ..... ’? D. Larkin 92 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. Glory A. The 12th B. Ruin B. The 14th C. Disaster C. The 17th D. victory D. The 19th 46. From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this 40. Which of the following is not a poetic tra- famous line: ’Did my heart love til now?/ dition? Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true A. The Epic beauty until this night’ B. The Comic A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream C. The Occult B. Hamlet D. The Tragic C. Othello 41. What is the study of poetry’s meter and D. Romeo and Juliet form called? 47. What is a poem called whose ﬁrst letters of each line spell out a word? A. Prosody A. Alliterative B. Potology B. Epic C. Rheumatology C. Acrostic D. Scansion D. Haiku 42. Shakespeare composed much of his plays 48. How has Stephen Dunn been described in in what sort of verse? ’the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry? A. Alliterative verse A. A poet of middleness B. Sonnet form B. Capturing a sense of spiritual ma- C. Iambic pentameter rooness D. Dactylic hexameter C. One of the leading prairie poets 43. Which poet invented the concept of the D. Has some distinction as a critic variable foot in poetry? 49. ’The Cambridge school’ refers to a group A. William Carlos Williams who emerged when? B. Emily Dickinson A. The 1900’s C. Gerard Manly Hopkins B. The 1960’s C. The 1920’s D. Robert Frost D. The 1930’s 44. Who wrote this famous line: ’Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day/ Thou art 50. Margaret Atwood was born in which more lovely and more temperate’ Canadian city? A. Vancouver NarayanA. TS Eliot Changder B. Toronto B. Lord Tennyson C. Ottowa C. Charlotte Bronte D. Montreal D. Shakespeare 51. Which of the following words describe 45. From what century does the poetic form the prevailing attitude of High-Modern the folk ballad date? Literature? 1.18 Poetry 93

A. Skeptical C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Tay- lor Coleridge B. Authoritative C. Impressionistic D. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shel- ley D. Both a & c 58. Who wrote “Ten Little Niggers?" 52. Which Welsh poet wrote “Under Milk Wood?" A. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A. Anthony Hopkins B. Irvine Welsh B. Richard Burton C. Agatha Christie C. Tom Jones D. None of above D. Dylan Thomas 59. Which of the following is not a work of 53. Who wrote Canterbury Tales? John Keats? A. Geoffrey Chaucer A. Endymion B. Dick Whittington B. To some ladies C. Thomas Lancaster C. To hope D. King Richard II D. None of above 54. Who wrote “The Hound of the 60. “Of Man’s ﬁrst disobedience, and the fruit Baskervilles?" Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our A. Agatha Christie woe, With loss of Eden." This is an extract B. H Ryder-Haggard from: C. P D James A. Paradise Lost D. Arthur Conan Doyle B. Paradise Regained 55. Wlliam Shakespeare is not the author of: C. Samson Agonistes A. Titus Andronicus D. Divorce Tracts B. Taming of the Shrew 61. William Shakespeare was born in the C. White Devil year: D. Hamlet A. 1564 56...... is a late 20th century play written by a B. 1544 woman? C. 1578 A. Queen CristinaJai Shree Ram D. 1582 B. Top Girls 62. Which of the following is not a Shake- C. Camille speare tragedy? D. The Homecoimg A. Titus Andronicus 57. Which of the following writers wrote his- B. Othello torical novels? A. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte C. Macbeth B. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth D. None of the above 63. Who wrote ’The Winter’s Tale?’ 94 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

A. George Bernard Shaw A. Get a “stake” in our business. B. John Dryden B. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too C. Christopher Marlowe C. The snow was white as cotton. D. William Shakespeare D. You’re driving me crazy. 64. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? 70. Which is an exaggeration? A. No difference. Simply two different A. Alliteration ways in referring to the same thing. B. Haiku B. A simile is more descriptive. C. Hyperbole C. A simile uses as or like to make a com- D. Prose parison and a metaphor doesn’t. 71. Who has defined ’poetry’ as a fundamen- D. A simile must use animals in the com- tal creative act using languages? parison. A. H. W. Longfellow 65. What is the word for a “play on words"? B. Ralph Waldo Emerson A. pun C. Dylan Thomas B. simile D. William Wordsworth C. haiku 72. What is a sonnet? D. metaphor A. A poem of six lines 66. What is the imitation of natural sounds in B. A poem of eight lines word form? C. A poem of twelve lines A. Personification D. A poem of fourteen lines B. Hyperboles 73. What is study of meter, rhythm and into- C. Alliteration nation of a poem called as? D. Onomatopoeia A. Prosody 67. The theme is ...? B. Allegory A. a plot. C. Scansion B. an character D. Assonance C. an address 74. Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem? D. the point a writer is trying to make about a subject. A. Onomatopeia 68. NarayanWhich is not a poetry form? ChangderB. Metonymy A. epic C. Alliteration B. tale D. Hyperbole C. ballad 75. There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by - This is a couplet from D. sonnet the Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington. What 69. Which is an example of a proverb? figure of speech is used by the poet? 1.18 Poetry 95

A. Metaphor A. Quartet B. Synecdoche B. Limerick C. Euphemism C. Sextet D. Irony D. Palindrome 82. How did W. H. Auden describe poetry? 76. Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas? A. An awful way to earn a living A. Hindu B. A game of knowledge B. Celtic C. The soul exposed C. Arabic D. An explosion of language 83. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of D. Arameic poetry? 77. Complete this Shakespearan line - Let me A. Light verse not to the marriage of true minds bring: B. Romantic A. Impediments C. Political satire B. Inconveniences D. War poems C. Worries 84. Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his D. Troubles childhood? 78. Which of the following is a Japanese po- A. Denver etic form? B. St Louis A. Jintishi C. Cuba B. Villanelle D. Toronto C. Ode 85. Ted Hughes was married to which Ameri- can poetess? D. Tanka A. Carolyn Kizer 79. What is the title of the poem that begins thus - ’What is this life, if full of care, we B. Mary Oliver have no time to stand and stare’? C. Sylvia Plath A. Comfort D. Marianne Moore B. Leisure 86. How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death? C. Relaxation A. 24 D. Tranquility Jai ShreeB. 31 Ram 80. Who was often called as the Romantic C. 21 Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature? D. 28 A. William Blake 87. In what form did Dylan Thomas’s ’Under Milk Wood’ first become known? B. William Shakespeare A. Book of poetry C. William Morris B. A radio play D. William Wordsworth C. A stage play 81. What is a funny poem of five lines called? D. a short film 96 Chapter 1. Famous playwright, poet and others

88. The magazine ’Contemporary Poetry and A. Troilus and criseyde Prose’ was inspired by which exhibition? B. House of fame A. The Festival of Britain C. The canterbury tales B. The Surrealist Exhibition D. Parliament of fowls. C. People of the 20th Century 93. in which language the stories of canterbury tale are written? D. Drawing the 20th CEntury A. French 89. Why did ’Poetry Quarterly’ cease publication in 1953? B. Latin A. Owner convicted of fraud C. Middle english B. Fall in Sales D. English 94. chaucer’s franklin was guilty of which C. Rise in taxation on magazines sin? D. Shortage of paper A. Lust 90. Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better B. Corruption known as what? C. Theft A. Politician D. Gluttony B. Dramatist 95. How many languages did chaucer know? C. Novelist A. 2 D. Architect B.4 91. Of which poet was it said ’Even if he’s not C. 1 a great poet, he’s certainly a great some- D. 5 thing’? 96. from which language the name ”chaucer” A. Elliot has been driven? B. Kipling A. french C. Cummings B. latin D. Brooke C. italian 92. which of these is magnum opus of D. english chaucer?

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1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. B 14.B 15. B 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. A 21. A 22. D 23. A 23. B 24. C 25.A 26.Narayan B 27. D 28. B 29. B 30. A 31. D 32. ChangderA 33. C 34. C 35. C 36. C 37.D 38. B 39. C 40. C 41. A 42. C 43. A 44. D 45. A 46. D 47. C 48. A 49.B 50. C 51. D 52. D 53. A 54. D 55. C 56. C 57. B 58. C 59. D 60. A 61.A 62. D 63. D 64. C 65. A 66. D 67. D 68. B 69. B 70. C 71. C 72. D 73.A 74. D 75. B 76. C 77. A 78. A 79. B 80. D 81. B 82. B 83. D 84. B 85.C 86. D 87. B 88. B 89. A 90. C 91. B 92. C 93. C 94. D 95. B 96.A II Part two

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2 Ages, era, period ...... 99 2.1 Middle Ages 2.2 16th Century 2.3 Early 17th Century 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century 2.5 Romantic Period 2.6 Victorian Age 2.7 20th Century 2.8 Elizabethan Period 2.9 Jacobean Era 2.10 The Renaissance 2.11 Middle ages 2.12 Elizabethan era Narayan Changder 2. Ages, era, period

2.1 Middle Ages

1. Popular English adaptations of romances 4. What is the ﬁrst extended written speci- appealed primarily to men of Old English? A. the royal family and upper orders of A. Boethius’s Consolidation of Philoso- the nobility phy B. the lower orders of the nobility B. Saint Jerome’s translation of the Bible C. agricultural laborers C. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the D. the clergy English People 2. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet D. a code of laws promulgated by King looked back on their pagan ancestors Ethelbert with: 5. Toward the close of which century did En- A. nostalgia and ill-concealed envy. glish replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in B. bewilderment and visceral loathing. court of law? C. admirationJai and elegiac sympathy. Shree Ram A. tenth D. bigotry and shallow triumphalism. B. twelfth 3. Words from which language began to en- C. thirteenth ter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066? D. fourteenth A. French 6. Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old B. Norwegian English poetry? C. Spanish A. embellishment at the service of Chris- tian doctrine D. Danish 100 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

B. repetition of parallel syntactic struc- 12. Which of the following statements is not tures an accurate description of Old English poetry? C. ironic understatement A. Romantic love is a guiding principle D. stress on every third diphthong of moral conduct. 7. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personi- B. Its formal and dignified use of speech fied in Sir Lancelot? was distant from everyday use of language. A. Julian of Norwich C. Irony is a mode of perception, as much B. Margery Kempe as it was a figure of speech. C. William Langland D. Christian and pagan ideals are some- D. Sir Thomas Malory times mixed. 8. The use of \whale-road\for sea and \life- 13. What was vellum? house\for body are examples of what lit- A. parchment made of animal skin erary technique, popular in Old English B. the service owed to a lord by his peas- poetry? ants (\villeins\) A. symbolism C. unrhymed iambic pentameter B. simile D. a prized ink used in the illumination C. metonymy of prestigious manuscripts 14. In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the D. kenning fate of those who fail to observe the sacred 9. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction duty of blood vengeance? for A. banishment to Asia A. courtiers entering the service of Richard II B. everlasting shame C. conversion to Christianity B. translators of French romances D. being buried alive C. women who have chosen to live as religious recluses 15. Who is the author of Piers Plowman? A. Sir Thomas Malory D. knights preparing for their first tourna- ment B. Margery Kempe 10. Which of the following languages did not C. Geoffrey Chaucer coexist in Anglo-Norman England? D. William Langland A. Latin 16. Which literary form, developed in the B. Dutch fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues? C. French A. the short story D. Celtic Narayan ChangderB. the heroic epic 11. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V? C. the morality play A. the Battle of Agincourt D. the romance 17. Which hero made his earliest appearance B. the Battle of Hastings in Celtic literature before becoming a sta- C. the Norman Conquest ple subject in French, English, and Ger- man literatures? D. the War of the Roses 2.1 Middle Ages 101

A. Beowulf 22. To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of \romance\emerged, ini- B. Arthur tially apply? C. Augustine of Canterbury A. a work derived from a Latin text of the D. Alfred Roman Empire 18. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the B. a story about love and adventure church, beheading the archbishop of Can- C. a Roman official terbury? D. a work written in the French vernacu- A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocat- lar ing radical religious reform. 23. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were B. The common people were still essen- indebted to Breton storytellers for their tially pagan. narratives? C. They believed that writing, a skill A. Geoffrey Chaucer largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic. B. Marie de France C. Chr´tien de Troyes D. The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners. D. b and c only 19. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale 24. In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and and Ancrene Riwle show what about the William Langland, the \flowering\of Mid- poetry and prose written around the year dle English literature is evident in the 1200? works of which of the following writers? A. They were written for sophisticated A. Geoffrey of Monmouth and well-educated readers. B. the Gawain poet B. Writing continued to benefit only read- C. the Beowulf poet ers fluent in Latin and French. D. Chr´tien de Troyes C. Their readers’ primary language was 25. Only a small proportion of medieval English. books survive, large numbers having been D. a and c only destroyed in: 20. Who was the first English Christian king? A. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s. A. Alfred B. the Peasant Uprising of 1381. B. Richard III C. the Dissolution of the Monasteries in C. Richard II the 1530s. D. EthelbertJai Shree Ram D. the wave of contempt for manuscripts 21. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Mon- that followed the beginning of printing in mouth’s The History of the Kings of 1476. Britain? 26. Who would be called the English Homer A. the reign of King Arthur and father of English poetry? B. the coronation of Henry II A. Sir Thomas Malory C. King John’s seal of the Magna Carta B. Geoffrey Chaucer D. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of C. Caedmon Aquitaine D. John Gower 102 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

27. Which king began a war to enforce his A. the Normans claims to the throne of France in 1336? B. the Geats A. Henry II C. the Anglo-Saxons B. Henry V D. the Danes C. Louis XIV 30. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife? D. Edward III A. Dante’s Divine Comedy 28. Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true? B. Boccaccio’s Decameron A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore C. The Dream of the Rood classical paganism. D. Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women B. She was a virgin martyr. 31. How did Henry II, the first of England’s Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces C. She is the first known woman writer in southern France? in the English vernacular. A. the Battle of Hastings D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, B. Saint Patrick’s mission Rome, and Santiago. C. the Fourth Lateran Council 29. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine 450?

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1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. A 14.B 15. D 16. C 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. D 21. A 22. D 23. D 24. B 25. C 26.B 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. A 31.D

2.2 16th Century

1. Short plays called .....staged dialogues C. the Pale on religious, moral, and political themes- D. West Britain were performed by playing companies before the construction of public theaters. 3. Which of the following statements accurately reﬂects the status of England, its A. interludes people, and its language in the early six- B. spectacles teenth century? C. meditations A. English travelers were not obliged to learn French, Italian, or Spanish during NarayanD. mysteries Changdertheir explorations of the Continent. 2. Which of the following refers to the small B. English was fast supplanting Latin as area of Ireland, extending north from the second language of most European Dublin, over which the English govern- intellectuals. ment could claim effective control? C. English travelers often returned from A. Ulster the Continent with foreign fashions, much B. the Protectorate to the delight of moralists. 2.2 16th Century 103

D. Intending his Utopia for an interna- 9. From which of the following Italian texts tional intellectual community, Thomas might Tudor courtiers have learned the art More wrote in Latin, since English had of intrigue and the keys to gaining and no prestige outside of England. keeping power? 4. Who succeeded Elizabeth I on the throne A. Castiglione’s \The Courtier\ of England? B. Dante’s \Divine Comedy\ A. Elizabeth II C. Boccaccio’s \Decameron\ B. Henry IX D. Machiavelli’s \The Prince\ C. James I 10. Which designates the theory that the reign- D. Charles I ing monarch possesses absolute authority 5. Which of the following might be ad- as God’s deputy? dressed/represented by pastoral poetry? A. manifest destiny A. shepherd and shepherdesses who fall B. extreme unction in love and engage in singing contests C. royal absolutism B. heroic stories in epic form D. constitutional monarchism C. a celebration of the humility, content- 11. Which of the following statements is not ment, and simplicity of living in the coun- an accurate reﬂection of education during try the English Renaissance? D. A and C only A. It was aimed primarily at sons of the 6. Which of the following sixteenth-century nobility and gentry. poets was not a courtier? B. Its curriculum emphasized ancient A. George Puttenham Greek, the language of diplomacy, pro- B. Philip Sidney fessions, and higher learning. C. Walter Ralegh C. It was conducted by tutors in wealthy families or in grammar schools. D. Thomas Wyatt 7. To what does the phrase \the stigma of D. It was ordered according to the me- print\refer? dieval trivium and quadrivium. 12. What was the only acknowledged religion A. lead poisoning contracted from han- in England during the early sixteenth cen- dling printer’s ink tury? B. the brutal punishment for printing A. Atheism without a license B. Protestantism C. the pre-Reformation ban on printing the Bible inJai English ShreeC. Catholicism Ram D. the perception among court poets that D. Ancestor-worship printed verses were less exclusive 13. What is blank verse? 8. Who owned the rights to a theatrical A. iambic pentameter in rhyming cou- script? plets A. the patron of the acting company, eg, B. the verse form of the Shakespearean the Lord Chamberlain sonnet B. the bishop of London C. free verse, without rhyme or regular C. the printer meter D. the acting company D. unrhymed iambic pentameter 104 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

14. Which royal dynasty was established in C. They were located outside the city lim- the resolution of the so-called War of the its of London. Roses and continued through the reign of D. all of the above Elizabeth I? 19. The churchyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral A. Tudor was well-known for its: B. Windsor A. ruinous condition. C. York B. performing bears. D. Lancaster 15. Which of the following shifts began in the C. graffiti. reign of Henry VII and continued under D. bookshops. his Tudor successors? 20. Who introduced the art of printing into A. the growing authority of the Pope over England? domestic English affairs A. Elizabeth Eisenstein B. the expansion of England’s colonial possessions B. Johannes Gutenberg C. the rise in the power and confidence C. Henry VIII of the aristocracy D. William Caxton D. the countering of feudal power struc- 21. Which of the following describes the chief tures by a stronger central authority system by which writers received financial 16. Expressed in Elizabethan poetry as well rewards for their literary production? as court rituals and events, a cult of ..... formed around Elizabeth and dictated the A. charity nature of relations between herself and her B. patronage court. C. censorship A. ignominy B. unwarranted abuse D. subscription C. odium 22. In the Defense of Poesy, what did Sidney attribute to poetry? D. love A. a magical power whereby poetry plays 17. To what subgenre did the Senecan influ- tricks on the reader ence give rise, as evidenced in the first English tragedy Gorboduc, or Ferrex and B. a divine power whereby poetry trans- Porrex? mits a message from God to the reader A. villain tragedy B. poetic tragedy C. a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models C. heroic tragedy NarayanD. revenge tragedy Changder D. a defensive power whereby poetry and 18. Which of the following is true about pub- its figurative expressions allow the poet to lic theaters in Elizabethan England? avoid censorship A. They relied on admission charges, an 23. Which of the following sixteenth-century innovation of the period. works of English literature was translated B. The early versions were oval in shape. into the English language after its first publication in Latin? 2.3 Early 17th Century 105

A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faus- 27. Who authored Il Cortigiano (The tus Courtier), a book that was highly influen- B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear tial in the English court, providing subtle guidance on self-display? C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III A. Cavalcanti D. Thomas More’s Utopia B. Castiglione 24. Who began to ignite the embers of dissent C. Pirandello against the Catholic church in Novem- ber 1517 in a movement that came to be D. Boccaccio known as the Reformation? 28. What impulse probably accounts for the A. Anne Boleyn rise of distinguished translations of works, such as Homer’s lliad and Odyssey, into B. Martin Luther English during the sixteenth century? C. Pope Leo X A. human reverence for the classics D. Ulrich Zwingli B. the belief that the English were direct 25. Between 1520 and 1550, the population descendants of the ancient Greeks of London: A. remained constant. C. pride for the vernacular language B. fell from 375,00 to barely 100,000. D. a and c only C. doubled from 60,000 to 120,000. 29. Which was not an objection raised against the public theaters in the Elizabethan pe- D. doubled from 600,000 to 1,200,000. riod? 26. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protes- A. They caused excessive noise and traf- tants as heretics and burning them at the fic. stake in the 1550s? B. They charged too much. A. Archbishop Cranmer C. They excited illicit sexual desires. B. Catherine of Aragon D. They drew young people away from C. Elizabeth I work. D. Mary Tudor

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1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. D 10. C 11. B 12. C 13. D 14.A 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. D 19. D 20. D 21. B 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. C 26.D 27. B 28. D 29.JaiB Shree Ram

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1. What was the general subject of the Welsh ship poet Katherine Philips’s work? C. celebrations of religious ecstasy and A. celebrations of the transience of all life divine inspiration and beauty D. celebrations of female friendship in B. celebrations of lesbian sexuality in Platonic terms normally reserved for male terms that did not imply a male reader- friendships 106 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

2. James I liked to imagine himself as a mod- 8. What is the delicate balancing act of Mar- ern version of which ruler? vell’s \Horatian Ode\? A. Pericles A. praising Roman virtues whilst endors- B. Genghis Khan ing Christian beliefs C. Richard Lionheart B. praising feminine virtue whilst mocking the fixation on chastity D. Augustus Caesar 3. What was the intended target of the Gun- C. celebrating Cromwell’s victories powder Plot in 1605? whilst inviting sympathy for the executed king A. Westminster Abbey D. celebrating the Restoration whilst re- B. Tower Bridge gretting the frivolity of the new regime C. the Houses of Parliament D. Buckingham Palace 9. Which of the following was not one of the 4. Which of the following colonial ventures four bodily humours? took place in the reign of James I (1603- A. choler 25)? B. blood A. the founding of the Jamestown settlement C. cholesterol B. the founding of the Plymouth colony D. black bile C. Henry Hudson’s fruitless search for 10. What was the licensing system? the Northwest Passage A. All royalties from the sale of books D. all of the above went to the crown (hence the name). 5. What was the tile of Thomas Hobbes’s B. Poets were required to have a univer- defense of absolute sovereignty based on sity diploma (the original \poetic license\). a theory of social contract? A. The Litany in a Time of Plague C. All books had to be dedicated to a no- B. Utopia ble or royal patron. C. Leviathan D. All books had to be submitted for official approval before publication. D. The Advancement of Learning 11. What major new prose genre emerged in 6. Who served as Protector under England’s the Jacobean era? first written constitution? A. the novel A. Gerrard Winstanley B. the sermon B. Oliver Cromwell C. Praisegod Barebone C. the familiar essay D. George Monk D. the diary 7.NarayanWhich religious radical advocated the 12. ChangderWhich group of radicals got their civic toleration of all religions, including name from their penchant for rambling Catholicism, Judaism, and Islam? prophecy? A. John Lilburne A. the Fifth Monarchists B. William Laud B. the Roarers C. Roger Williams C. the Diggers D. Oliver Cromwell D. the Ranters 2.3 Early 17th Century 107

13. Which of the following did Milton not C. the adoption of English as the official advocate in print in the 1640s and 1650s? language A. the disestablishment of the church and D. the consolidation of power in an abso- the removal of bishops lute monarch B. the right of the people to dismiss and 18. Which of the following female authors even execute their rulers of the Jacobean era wrote a work that became the \first\of its kind to be published C. the free circulation of ideas without by an English woman? prior censorship A. Rachel Speght D. the restoration of the monarchy 14. Which poet was a member of the powerful B. Aemilia Lanyer and culturally influential Sidney family? C. Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland A. Ben Jonson D. all of the above B. Aemilia Lanyer 19. Who authored the scholarly biography, C. Samuel Daniel Life of Donne? D. Mary Wroth A. Izaak Walton 15. What historical figure promoted the rapid B. Katherine Philips growth of a high Anglican faction within C. John Skelton the church whose ceremony, ritual, and doctrine more closely resembled Roman D. Isabella Whitney Catholicism? 20. Which was not among the \new\genres A. William Collins promoted by poets such as Jonson, Donne, and Herbert? B. William Laud A. the Petrarchan sonnet C. William Shakespeare B. the classical satire D. William Tyndale C. the country-house poem 16. Restored to the throne in 1660, Charles II ruled: D. the epigram A. with an absolute prerogative his father 21. Which of the following plays was not au- would have envied. thored by Shakespeare in the Jacobean period? B. through a system of draconian military courts. A. Othello C. with deference to Parliament’s legisla- B. Volpone tive supremacy.Jai ShreeC. King Lear Ram D. only a small area around London and D. Antony and Cleopatra Oxford. 22. What is the title to Milton’s blank-verse 17. What was one of the first acts of Parlia- epic that assimilates and critiques the epic ment after the outbreak of hostilities in the tradition? First Civil War? A. L’Allegro A. the abolishment of public plays and sports B. Lycidas B. the conversion of the English church C. Paradise Lost to Catholicism D. The Divine Comedy 108 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

23. Which poem testiﬁes to the profound D. Anne Boleyn doubts and uncertainties attending 27. The idea that God predestines human be- Donne’s conversion from Catholicism ings to be saved or damned is associated to Protestantism? with which Protestant reformer? A. \Air and Angels\ A. Martin Luther B. \Satire 3\ B. John Calvin C. \The Apparition\ C. Henry VIII D. \The Indifferent\ D. Arminius 24. Which of the following was not a cause associated with militant Protestant reform- 28. Which of the following was characteristic ers (Puritans, Presbyterians, and sepa- of the court of James I? ratists)? A. gluttonous feasting A. the pursuit of a more confrontational B. hard drinking policy towards Catholic powers C. hunting B. the elimination of bishops D. all of the above C. the right of congregations to choose 29. Which writer was not active under both their own leaders Elizabeth I and James I? D. the wider use of religious images in A. William Shakespeare churches 25. Which of the following themes or sub- B. Ben Jonson jects was not common in the works of C. John Donne Cavalier poets, such as Thomas Carew, Sir John Denham, Edmund Walter, Sir D. John Milton John Suckling, James Shirely, Richard 30. Which of the following was not an ex- Lovelace, and Robert Herrick? pressed objective of the \Long Parlia- A. courtly ideals of the good life ment\when it convened in 1640? B. carpe diem A. abolishing extra-legal taxes and courts C. loyalty to the king B. mounting a revolution and executing D. pious devotion to religious virtues the king 26. Who succeeded Elizabeth I in 1603, establishing the Stuart dynasty? C. bringing to trial the king’s hated ministers, Strafford and Laud A. James IV of Scotland D. remaining in session until they them- B. James VI of Scotland selves agreed to disband C. Mary, Queen of Scots NarayanAnswers Changder 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. D 14.D 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. D 26.B 27. B 28. D 29. D 30.B

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1. According to Samuel Johnson, \No man A. All knowledge is derived from experi- but a blockhead ever wrote except for...: ence. A. love.\ B. Human perceptions are constructed and reﬂect structures of political power. B. honor.\ C. money.\ C. The search for essential or ultimate D. his party.\ principles of reality. 2. Romantic poetry about the natural world D. The sensory world is an illusion. uses descriptions of nature ..... 7. Who wrote: “I have measured out my life A. to depict a metaphysical concept of na- with coffee spoons."? ture by endowing it with traits normally A. William Carlos Williams associated with humans B. T.S. Eliot B. as a means to demonstrate and discuss C. Ernest Hemingway the processes of human thinking D. Hart Crane C. symbolically to suggest that natural objects correspond to an inner, 8. Which two writers can be described as writing historical novels? D. All the above A. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shel- 3. Which work exposes the frivolity of fash- ley ionable London? B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Tay- A. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe lor Coleridge B. Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels C. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth C. Behn’s Oroonoko D. Pope’s The Rape of the Lock D. Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë 4. Which book was not written by Jane 9. Who was deposed from the English throne Austen? in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Revolution in 1688? A. Sense and Suspensibility A. Elizabeth I B. Emma B. James II C. Pride and Prejudice C. George II D. Mansﬁeld Park D. William and Mary 5. According to a theater licensing act, re- 10. In which work do you read: “That’s my pealed in 1843,Jai what was meant Shree by “legit- last Duchess painted Ram on the wall /looking imate” drama? as if she were alive."? A. The dramaturge and playwright had to A. Porphyria’s Lover be related. B. My Last Duchess B. All of the actors were male. C. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock C. All of the actors were British. D. Fra Lippo Lippi D. The play was spoken. 11. What happened in 1707 that would for- 6. Which of the following best describes the ever alter the relationship between Eng- doctrine of empiricism? land, Wales, and Scotland? 110 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. the trial and execution of Mary, Queen 17. Why didn’t Alexander Pope attend an En- of Scots glish university? B. the Toleration Act A. He lived in Italy until the age of 27 C. the failed invasion of the Spanish Ar- B. Asthma, headaches, and spinal defor- mada mity made him an invalid D. the Act of Union C. He was a Catholic, and therefore for- 12. Pope made money by selling subscrip- bidden from attending tions to his translation of this classical D. He just wasn’t bright enough epic. 18. In the late seventeenth century, a “battle A. The Bahagavad Gita of the books” erupted between which two B. The Odyssey groups? C. The Illiad A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery D. The Aeneid B. round-earthers and ﬂat-earthers 13. What name is given to the English literary period that emulated the Rome of Virgil, C. the Welsh and the Scots Horace, and Ovid? D. champions of ancient and modern A. Augustan learning B. Metaphysical 19. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 C. Romantic and 1700? D. Neo-Romantic A. Addison 14. Who began the tradition of revenge play ? B. Bunyan A. Goorge peele C. Crabbe B. Samuel daniel D. Dryden C. Phineas ﬂetcher 20. What name is given to the English literary period that emulated the Rome of Virgil, D. Thomas kyd Horace, and Ovid? 15. Which of the following is not generally A. Augustan considered to be a neoclassical poet? B. Metaphysical A. John Dryden B. Henry Vaughan C. Romantic C. Alexander Pope D. Neo-Romantic 21. The crisis over the Exclusion Bill effec- D. Ben Jonson tively divided the country into which two 16.NarayanWhich of the following is not a common Changderpolitical parties? feature of neoclassical poetry? A. the Republicans and the Royalists A. Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology B. the Royalists and the Whigs B. An effort to represent human nature C. the Tories and the Whigs C. Use of the rhymed couplet D. the Royalists and the Tories D. Fantastic comparisons 22. Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill? 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century 111

A. Seagull A. The closing of theatres B. Albatross B. The return of the King. C. Humming Bird C. King Arthurs’ dead D. Crow D. King to exile 28. Which of the following is a typically Ro- 23. Which of the following became the most mantic poetic form? popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspira- A. the fractal tion is contained within the inner feelings B. the figment of the individual poet as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"? C. the fragment A. the lyric poem written in the first per- D. the aubade son 29. Which of the following poems describe or celebrate an apocalyptic regeneration B. the sonnet of humanity and the world effected by the C. doggerel rhyme creative capacity of the human mind? D. the political tract A. Coleridge’s Dejection: An Ode 24. Who became the first \prime minister\of B. Blake’s “Prophetic Books” Great Britain in the reign of George II? C. Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the A. Henry St. John Rights of Woman B. Robert Harley D. all but C 30. In which work do you read: “Things fall C. John Churchill apart; the center cannot hold. "? D. Robert Walpole A. The Canturbury Tales 25. What is Shakespeare’s longest play? B. The Dark Angel A. Taming of the Shrew C. The Wild Swans of Coole B. Romeo and Juliet D. The Second Coming C. A Midsummer Night’s Dream 31. John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is D. Hamlet most closely associated with the “found- 26. Which statement(s) about inventions during” of neoclassical poetry? ing the Industrial Revolution are true? A. William Wordsworth A. Hand labor became less common with B. Alexander Pope the inventionJai of power-driven machinery. Shree Ram C. Ben Jonson B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps. D. George Herbert C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, 32. Who wrote: “Things fall apart; the center became a primary source of power. cannot hold "? D. both a and c A. William Butler Yeats 27. When the Parliament, controlled by the B. James Joyce puritans, took power in England, one of the acts that greatly influenced Literature C. Thomas Moore of that time was D. Edgar Allan Poe 112 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

33. Who wrote The Life and Opinions of Tris- 38. Which of the following descriptions tram Shandy, a novel that abandons clock would not have applied to any Romantic time for psychological time? text? A. Henry Fielding A. a spiritual autobiography written in an epic style B. Laurence Sterne B. a lyric poem written in the first person C. Samuel Richardson D. Tobias Smollett C. a comedy of manners 34. This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also D. a political tract demanding labor re- had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode form to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes. 39. Horace’s doctrine \ut pictura poesis\was A. Alexander Pope interpreted to mean: B. William Collins A. A picture is worth a thousand words. C. Thomas Gray B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form. D. Ben Jonson C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature. 35. What was \restored\in 1660? D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as a verbal art. A. the monarchy, in the person of Charles II 40. Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic vi- B. the dominance of the Tory Party sionary? C. the \Book of Common Prayer\ A. Prometheus D. toleration of religious dissidents B. Satan 36. He wrote both religious and secular poetry. One of his poems urged virgins to C. Cain make the most of their time. D. George III A. Ben Jonson 41. Which chilling novel of surveillance and B. Alexander Pope entrapment had the alternative title Things as They Are? C. Robert Herrick A. Jane Austen’s Emma D. John Dryden B. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 37. Which of the following was a major factor in the unprecedented economic wealth of C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams Great Britain during the eighteenth cen- D. Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley tury? 42. Wordsworth described all good poetry as NarayanA. formal diplomatic relations with Changder China A. the rhythmic expression of moral intuition B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings C. the American and French revolutions C. the polite patter of a corrupted age D. the creation of the bourgeois novel as a commodity D. the divine gift of grace 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century 113

43. Sir John Denham commemorated this A. the heroic couplet poet, referring to him as “Old Chaucer” B. blank verse who, “like the morning star”, descends “to the shades,” so that “Darkness again C. free verse the Age invades.” D. the ode A. William Shakespeare 49. Which of the following periodical publi- cations (reviews and magazines) appeared B. John Donne in the Romantic era? C. Abraham Cowley A. London Magazine D. John Dryden B. The Spectator 44. What is the term we now use for what C. The Edinburgh Review the Romantics called “mesmerism," one D. A and C only of the “occult” practices that allowed people to explore altered states of conscious- 50. In the late seventeenth century, a \battle ness? of the books\erupted between which two groups? A. smoking opium A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slav- B. hypnotism ery C. psychoanalysis B. round-earthers and ﬂat-earthers D. dream interpretation C. the Welsh and the Scots 45. In which work do you read: “Beauty is D. champions of ancient and modern truth, truth beauty."? learning A. Adonais 51. What served as the inspiration for P.B Shelley’s poems to the working classes B. Bright Star A Song: “Men of England” and England C. Ode on a Grecian Urn in 1819? D. La Bell Dame Sans Merci A. the organization of a working class men’s choral group in Southern England 46. According to Samuel Johnson, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for...: B. the Battle of Waterloo C. the Peterloo Massacre A. love." D. the storming of the Bastille B. honor." 52. Which of the following is not indebted to C. money." the Gothic genre? D. his party." A. William Beckford’s Vathek 47. His “To Penthurst”Jai is considered Shree to be one B. Matthew Lewis’s Ram The Monk of the primary texts of the neoclassical C. Tobias Smollett’s Roderick Randsom movement. D. Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian A. Sir John Denham 53. Who wrote: “Beauty is truth, truth B. Ben Jonson beauty."? C. Thomas Carew A. John Keats D. John Dryden B. William Shakespeare 48. Which metrical form was Pope said to C. Samuel Butler have brought to perfection? D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 114 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

54. Which metrical form was Pope said to 59. In which county was Jane Austin born? have brought to perfection? A. Sussex A. the heroic couplet B. Hampshire B. blank verse C. Yorkshire C. free verse D. Norfolk D. the ode 60. What literary work best captures a sense 55. Who in the Romantic period developed a of the political turmoil, particularly re- new novelistic language for the workings garding the issue of religion, just after the of the mind in ﬂux? Restoration? A. Maria Edgeworth A. Gay’s Beggar’s Opera B. Sir Walter Scott B. Butler’s Hudibras C. Thomas De Quincey C. Fielding’s Jonathan Wild D. Jane Austen D. Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel 56. Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical 61. Neoclassicists tended to view poetry as Ballads of 1798, thus demonstrating the the result of genius overﬂowing from the “spirit of the age," which, in an era of rev- mind out onto the page. They also con- olutionary thinking, depended on a belief sidered poetry to be an expression of the in the limitless possibilities of the poetic individual, inner self. imagination? A. True A. Mary Wollstonecraft and William Blake B. False B. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and 62. Which of the following English groups Percy B. Shelley were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years? C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Tay- lor Coleridge A. Republicans D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt B. Liberals 57. Which sorts of political reform took place C. Radicals during the Romantic period? D. both B and C A. Parliamentary reform, increasing rep- 63. Which work exposes the frivolity of fash- resentation of the working classes ionable London? B. Labor reform, improving working con- A. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe ditions for industrial laborers B. Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels C. Educational reform, producing a dramatic increase in literacy C. Behn’s Oroonoko D. A and C only D. Pope’s The Rape of the Lock 58.NarayanWho was the ancient Gaelic warrior-bard 64. ChangderWhose great Dictionary, published in considered by Napoleon and Thomas Jef- 1755, included more than 114,000 quo- ferson to have been greater than Homer? tations? A. Macpherson A. William Hogarth B. Merlin B. Jonathan Swift C. Decameron C. Samuel Johnson D. Ossian D. Ben Jonson 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century 115

65. Becky sharp was the heroine in which 71. What are the names of the two feuding novel? families in Romeo and Juliet? A. Vanity Fair A. Capulet And Montague B. Sense and Sensibility B. Breslow and Felsher C. Pride and Prejudice C. Fuech and Goodside D. Mansfield Park D. Dawson and Hurley 66. With its forbidden themes of incest, mur- 72. Which of the following was a major factor der, necrophilia, atheism, and torments of in the unprecedented economic wealth of sexual desire, Horace Walpole’s Castle of Great Britain during the eighteenth cen- Otranto, created which literary genre? tury? A. the revenge tragedy A. formal diplomatic relations with B. the Gothic romance China C. the epistolary novel B. the exploitation of colonial resources, labor, and the slave trade D. the comedy of manners 67. A side note: Which drug/substance was C. the creation of the bourgeois novel as Samuel Taylor Coleridge addicted to? a commodity A. Heroine D. the union of England and Wales with Scotland B. Cocaine 73. Which of the following is not indebted to C. Alcohol the Gothic genre? D. Opium A. William Beckford’s Vathek 68. With its forbidden themes of incest, mur- B. Matthew Lewis’s The Monk der, necrophilia, atheism, and torments of sexual desire, Horace Walpole’s Castle of C. Tobias Smollett’s Roderick Randsom Otranto, created which literary genre? D. Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian A. the revenge tragedy 74. Looking to the ancient past, many Roman- B. the Gothic romance tic poets identified with the figure of the C. the epistolary novel A. troubadour D. the comedy of manners B. skald 69. Which of the following is not an example C. chorister of Restoration comedy? D. bard A. Etherege’s The Man of Mode Jai Shree75. Who wrote: Ram “That’s my last Duchess B. Wycherley’s The Country Wife painted on the wall / looking as if she C. Behn’s The Rover were alive."? D. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus A. Lord Byron 70. How many lines are there in a Sonnet? B. Oscar Wilde A. 10 C. Robert Browning B. 16 D. William Wordsworth C. 14 76. What was the name of the Bronte sister’s only brother? D. 22 116 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. Anderson 82. In which work do you read: “In Xanadu B. Branwell did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree..."? C. Richard A. Kubla Khan D. Pearson 77. While compiling what sort of book did B. Hellas Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea C. The Phoenix and the Turtle for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded? D. The Castaway A. a history of everyday life 83. What drove William Cowper to break B. an instructional manual for manners down and become a recluse? C. a book of devotion A. the conviction that he was damned for- D. a book of model letters ever 78. Which poet asserted in practice and the- B. the loss of his fortune in the \South ory the value of representing rustic life Sea Bubble\ and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral po- C. the vindication of Newtonian physics etry, common before this poet’s time, but D. condemnation of his work by Jeremy also as the major subject and medium for Collier poetry in general? 84. Who is termed as “The Morning Star of A. William Blake Renaissance"? B. Alfred Lord Tennyson A. Spenser C. Samuel Johnson B. John Gower D. William Wordsworth C. Chaucer 79. Which of the following is not an example of Restoration comedy? D. Langland A. Etherege’s The Man of Mode 85. The Faerie Queene was written during the reign of which monarch? B. Wycherley’s The Country Wife A. James I C. Behn’s The Rover B. Mary Tudor D. Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus 80. Who exempliﬁed the role of the “peasant C. Elizabeth Tudor poet"? D. Henry VII A. John Clare 86. Which of the following would not have B. John Keats been an appropriate protagonist for a Ro- mantic literary text? C. Robert Burns D. A and C only A. a French revolutionary 81.NarayanWhat London locale, where many poor ChangderB. a Greek or Roman mythological ﬁgure writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers? C. a monster fabricated in a laboratory A. Elephant and Castle D. All would have been appropriate pro- B. Grub Street tagonists for a Romantic literary text. C. Covent Garden 87. Who wrote: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / D. Cheapside A stately pleasure dome decree..."? 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century 117

A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 93. Which Romantic writer(s) wrote in more B. Robert Browning than one of these popular literary forms: essay, novel, drama, poetry? C. John Keats A. Percy Bysshe Shelley D. Walt Whitman B. William Wordsworth 88. In which of the following works is the social outcast represented and addressed? C. George Gordon, Lord Byron A. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s D. all of the above Frankenstein 94. In which work do you read: “I have mea- B. William Worsworth’s Lyrical Ballads sured out my life with coffee spoons."? C. John Keats’s “To Autumn” A. Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock D. all but C B. Sonnets from the Portuguese 89. What mock epic begins: “What dire of- C. Prelude fence from am’rous causes springs, / What D. The Last Decalogue mighty contests rise from trivial things”? 95. Horace’s doctrine “ut pictura poesis” was A. Dryden’s “Mac Flecknoe” interpreted to mean: B. Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” A. A picture is worth a thousand words. C. Pope’s “The Dunciad” B. Poetry is the supreme artistic form. D. Dryden’s “Absalom and Achitophel” C. Art should hold a mirror up to nature. 90. What word did writers in this period use to express quickness of mind, in- D. Poetry ought to be a visual as well as ventiveness, a knack for conceiving im- a verbal art. ages and metaphors and for perceiving 96. Who applied the term “Romantic” to the resemblances between things apparently literary period dating from 1785 to 1830? unlike? A. Wordsworth because he wanted to dis- A. wit tinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien régime, es- B. sprezzatura pecially satire C. naturalism B. English historians half a century after D. gusto the period ended 91. Most neoclassical poets viewed the world C. “The Satanic School” of Byron, Percy in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. Shelley, and their followers What was this hierarchy called? D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Vil- A. The Way of the World lage (1770) B. The FoundationalJai Ladder Shree Ram 97. Which of the following was a typically C. The Order of Angels Romantic means of achieving visionary states? D. The Great Chain of Being 92. What was “restored” in 1660? A. opium A. the monarchy, in the person of Charles B. dreams II C. childhood B. the dominance of the Tory Party D. a, b and c C. the “Book of Common Prayer” 98. Who became the ﬁrst “prime minister” of D. toleration of religious dissidents Great Britain in the reign of George II? 118 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. Henry St. John 104. Who wrote: “Reader, I married him."? B. Robert Harley A. Jane Austen C. John Churchill B. Charlotte Bronte D. Robert Walpole C. Edith Wharton 99. Which of the following was probably not D. Emily Bronte a stock phrase in eighteenth-century poetry? 105. What is the name for the process of divid- ing land into privately owned agricultural A. verdant mead holdings? B. checkered shade A. partition C. simian rivalry B. segregation D. shining sword 100. How many children were there in the C. enclosure Bronte family? D. division A. 3 106. Who did Dryden use Absalom to repre- B.4 sent, allegorically, in his satire “Absalom and Achitophel”? C. 5 A. The Duke of Monmouth D. 6 101. Who wrote: “My name is Ozymandias, B. Charles II King of Kings / Look on my works ye C. The Earl of Shaftesbury mighty, and despair!"? D. Cromwell A. Lord Byron 107. Which group of intellectual women B. Percy Bysshe Shelley established literary clubs of their own C. William Woodsworth around 1750 under the leadership of Eliz- abeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu? D. Emily Dickinson 102. Who remained without the vote follow- A. the bluestockings ing the Reform Bill of 1832? B. the coteries of plenty A. about half of middle class men C. the Pre-Raphaelites B. almost all working class men D. the tattlers and spectators C. all women 108. Which of the following best describes D. a, b and c the sort of language and tone most often 103. The Gothic novel, a popular genre for the used when Romantic writers discuss the Romantics, exempliﬁed in the writing of French Revolution? Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe, could A. snide indifference Narayancontain which of the following elements? Changder B. biblical reverence A. supernatural phenomenon C. condemning censure B. perversion and sadism, often involving a maiden’s persecution D. satirical derision C. plots of mystery and terror set in in- 109. In which work do you read: “There can hospitable, sullen landscapes be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt."? D. all of the above 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century 119

A. A Doll’s House A. Aristotle B. Riders to the Sea B. Duns Scotus C. A Handful of Dust C. David Hume D. The Fatal Curiosity D. Immanuel Kant 110. Which of the following best describes 114. John Dryden wrote “Absalom and Achi- the doctrine of empiricism? tophel.” Who was Achitophel, historically speaking? A. All knowledge is derived from experience. A. King David’s son B. A Judge of Israel B. Human perceptions are constructed and reflect structures of political power. C. Bathsheba’s first husband D. Absalom’s advisor C. The search for essential or ultimate 115. In which work do you read: “My name principles of reality. is Ozymandias, King of Kings / Look on D. The sensory world is an illusion. my works ye mighty, and despair!"? 111. Romantic poets would have enjoyed, A. The Man of Feeling agreed with, and perhaps written about B. In Memoriam which of the following figures as depicted? C. Song to Aella D. Ozymandias A. Goethe’s Faust in Faust, who is sinful because he attempts to exceed the bounds 116. What was most frequently considered a of human knowledge by making a pact source of pleasure and an object of inquiry with the devil but is nonetheless redeemed by Augustan poets? in his striving to break free of the bounds A. civilization of mortality B. woman B. Icarus, who is killed in attempting to C. God fly because only Gods have the power to fly and mortals must be taught the limita- D. nature tions of human existence 117. Who was deposed from the English C. Prometheus, who succeeds in stealing throne in the Glorious, or Bloodless, Rev- fire from the Gods and thereby surpasses olution in 1688? the limitations placed on humans by the A. Elizabeth I Gods B. James II D. A and C only Jai ShreeC. George II Ram 112. In which Dickens novel does Pip appear? D. William and Mary 118. What London locale, where many poor A. Bleak House writers lived, became synonymous with B. Great Expectations hacks and scandal mongers? C. A Tale of Two Cities A. Elephant and Castle D. The Pickwick Papers B. Grub Street 113. Which philosopher had a particular influ- C. Covent Garden ence on Coleridge? D. Cheapside 120 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

119. What happened in 1707 that would for- A. verdant mead ever alter the relationship between Eng- B. checkered shade land, Wales, and Scotland? C. simian rivalry A. the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots D. shining sword 124. A “classic” book is usually one that pos- B. the Toleration Act sesses what quality? C. the failed invasion of the Spanish Ar- A. It has universal appeal. mada B. It can stand the test of time. D. the Act of Union C. It makes connections. 120. What word did writers in this period D. All of the above. use to express quickness of mind, in- ventiveness, a knack for conceiving im- 125. Against which of the following princi- ages and metaphors and for perceiving ples did Jonathan Swift inveigh? resemblances between things apparently A. theoretical science unlike? B. metaphysics A. wit C. abstract logical deductions B. sprezzatura D. a, b, and c C. naturalism 126. What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to "’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and D. gusto ’Wagons’!"? 121. Who was the ancient Gaelic warrior-bard A. the neo-classical inﬂuence of Pope and considered by Napoleon and Thomas Jef- Dryden ferson to have been greater than Homer? B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots A. Macpherson C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge B. Merlin D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary C. Decameron and everyday D. Ossian 127. Which poet, critic and translator brought England a modern literature between 1660 122. Which of the following women exposed and 1700? themselves to scandal by writing racy stories for the popular press? A. Addison A. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary B. Bunyan Wroth, and Elizabeth Cary C. Crabbe B. Aphra Behn, Delarivier Manley, and D. Dryden Eliza Haywood 128. Which of the following texts addresses NarayanC. Anne Finch, Anne Killigrew, and Lady Changderclass as a social and economic reality? Mary Wortley Montagu A. William Godwin’s Inquiry Concerning D. Rachel Speght, Katherine Philips, and Political Justice Frances Burney B. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s England in 123. Which of the following was probably not 1819 a stock phrase in eighteenth-century po- C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams etry? D. all of the above 2.4 Restoration and 18th Century 121

129. Complete this famous quote by John Dry- 134. What literary work best captures a sense den: “Who think too little, and who talk of the political turmoil, particularly re- too .....” garding the issue of religion, just after the Restoration? A. often A. Gay’s Beggar’s Opera B. long B. Butler’s Hudibras C. much C. Fielding’s Jonathan Wild D. fast D. Pope’s Dunciad 130. Which of the following charges were commonly leveled at the novel by its de- 135. Who composed The Preludes? tractors at the dawn of the Romantic era? A. S T Coleridge A. Too many of its readers were women. B. William Wordsworth B. It required less skill than other genres. C. William Shakespeare D. William Blake C. It lacked the classical pedigree of po- 136. What was most frequently considered a etry and drama. source of pleasure and an object of inquiry D. all of the above by Augustan poets? 131. What Pope poem begins, “In these A. civilization deep solitudes and awful cells, / Where B. woman heav’nly-pensive contemplation dwells, C. God / And ever-musing melancholy reigns; / What means this tumult in a vestal’s D. nature veins?” 137. Given the popularity of the Gothic novel A. The Rape of the Lock and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote ﬁction that is B. Solitude: An Ode closer in subject matter to the novel of C. The Dunciad manners than it is to the writing of her own era? D. Eloisa to Abelard A. Fanny Burney 132. The poem ’The Battle of Maldon’ celebrates events which took place in the 10th B. Mary Wollstonecraft century, but who was it between C. Anna Letitia Barbauld A. Danes and English D. Jane Austen B. Dutch and English 138. Whose great Dictionary, published in Jai Shree1755, included Ram more than 114,000 quo- C. Normans and English tations? D. French and English A. William Hogarth 133. Against which of the following princi- B. Jonathan Swift ples did Jonathan Swift inveigh? C. Samuel Johnson A. theoretical science D. Ben Jonson B. metaphysics 139. Who wrote: “There can be no freedom C. abstract logical deductions or beauty about a home life that depends D. a, b, and c on borrowing and debt."? 122 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. Henry David Thoreau 143. Who wrote: “I would prefer not to."? B. Benjamin Franklin A. Edgar Allan Poe C. Robert Browning B. Herman Melville D. Henrik Ibsen C. Thomas Gray 140. Which of the following factors con- D. Henry David Thoreau tributed to literature becoming a proﬁtable 144. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens business? involves which two cities? A. Commercial and public lending li- A. London and Rome braries were established in order to pro- B. Paris and Rome vide for an enlarged reading public C. London and Paris B. Education reform increased literacy, thus creating a demand for commercial D. Berlin and London and public lending libraries. 145. While compiling what sort of book did C. A new aesthetics of valuing literature Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for its own sake emphasized reading for for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded? pleasure. A. a history of everyday life D. all of the above B. an instructional manual for manners 141. How would “Natural Supernaturalism” C. a book of devotion be best characterized as a Romantic no- D. a book of model letters tion introduced by Carlyle? 146. The Catcher in the Rye takes place in A. a form of animism in which objects in what city? the natural world are believed to be inhabited by spirits A. New York City B. Stanford, Connecticut B. a spontaneous belief in the supernatural based upon a surprise encounter with C. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania a supernatural being D. Boston, Massachusetts C. a process by which things that are fa- 147. Which setting could you not imagine a miliar and thought to be ordinary are made work of Romantic literature employing? to appear miraculous and new to our eyes A. a ﬁeld of daffodils D. the experience of hallucinating contact B. the “Orient” with the supernatural world when taking opium C. a graveyard 142. Which social philosophy, dominant dur- D. All of the above would be appropriate ing the Industrial Revolution, dictated that settings for Romantic literature. only the free operation of economic laws 148. Alexander Pope coined many a modern would ensure the general welfare and that day cliché. Which of the following did Narayanthe government should not interfere in any Changdernot originate with him? person’s pursuit of their personal inter- A. To err is human, to forgive divine ests? B. Let not the sun go down upon your A. economic independence wrath B. the Rights of Man C. A little learning is a dangerous thing C. laissez-faire D. Fools rush in where angels fear to D. enclosure tread 2.5 Romantic Period 123

149. Which group of intellectual women B. the bluestockings established literary clubs of their own C. the coteries of plenty around 1750 under the leadership of Eliz- abeth Vesey and Elizabeth Montagu? D. the Pre-Raphaelites A. the Behnites

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1. C 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. A 14.D 15. B 16. D 17. C 18. D 19. D 20. A 21. C 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. D 26.D 27. A 28. C 29. D 30. D 31. C 32. A 33. B 34. C 35. A 36. C 37. B 38.C 39. D 40. D 41. C 42. B 43. C 44. B 45. C 46. C 47. B 48. A 49. D 50.D 51. C 52. C 53. A 54. A 55. D 56. C 57. D 58. D 59. B 60. D 61. B 62.D 63. D 64. C 65. A 66. B 67. D 68. B 69. D 70. C 71. A 72. D 73. C 74.D 75. C 76. B 77. D 78. D 79. D 80. D 81. B 82. A 83. A 84. C 85. C 86.D 87. A 88. D 89. B 90. A 91. D 92. B 93. D 94. A 95. D 96. B 97. D 98.D 99. C 100. B 101. B 102. D 103. D 104. B 105. C 106. A 107. A 108. B 109.A 110. A 111. D 112. B 113. D 114. D 115. D 116. D 117. B 118. B 119. D 120.A 121. D 122. B 123. C 124. D 125. D 126. D 127. D 128. D 129. C 130. D 131.D 132. A 133. D 134. D 135. B 136. D 137. D 138. C 139. D 140. D 141. C 142.C 143. B 144. C 145. D 146. A 147. D 148. B 149.B

2.5 Romantic Period

1. Which philosopher had a particular inﬂu- 4. Which poet asserted in practice and the- ence on Coleridge? ory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts A. Aristotle and delinquents not only in pastoral po- B. Duns Scotus etry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for C. David Hume poetry in general? D. Immanuel Kant A. William Blake 2. What is the name for the process of divid- B. Alfred Lord Tennyson ing land into privately owned agricultural holdings? C. Samuel Johnson A. partition D. William Wordsworth B. segregation 5. Who remained without the vote following Jai Shreethe Reform Bill Ram of 1832? C. enclosure A. about half of middle class men D. division B. almost all working class men 3. Who exempliﬁed the role of the \peasant C. all women poet\? D. a, b and c A. John Clare 6. Which poets collaborated on the Lyrical B. John Keats Ballads of 1798? C. Robert Burns A. Mary Wollstonecraft and William D. a and c only Blake 124 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

B. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and 11. Who in the Romantic period developed a Percy Bysshe Shelley new novelistic language for the workings of the mind in flux? C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Tay- lor Coleridge A. Maria Edgeworth D. Charles Lamb and William Hazlitt B. Sir Walter Scott 7. Which of the following became the most C. Thomas De Quincey popular Romantic poetic form, following D. Jane Austen on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspira- 12. Which of the following is a typically Ro- tion is contained within the inner feelings mantic poetic form? of the individual poet as \the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings\? A. the fractal A. the lyric poem written in the first per- B. the figment son C. the fragment B. the sonnet D. the aubade C. doggerel rhyme 13. Which of the following was not considered a type of the alienated, romantic vi- D. the political tract sionary? 8. Which of the following was a typically A. Prometheus Romantic means of achieving visionary states? B. Satan A. opium C. Cain B. dreams D. George III 14. Which of the following plays was actually C. childhood performed on stage? D. a, b and c A. Byron’s Manfred 9. Which two writers can be described as B. Coleridge’s Remorse writing historical novels? C. Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound A. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shel- ley D. Shelley’s The Cenci 15. Looking to the ancient past, many Roman- B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Tay- tic poets identified with the figure of the lor Coleridge A. troubadour C. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth B. skald

D. Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë C. chorister 10. According to a theater licensing act, re- D. bard pealed in 1843, what was meant by \legiti- 16. Who applied the term \Romantic\to the Narayanmate\drama? Changderliterary period dating from 1785 to 1830? A. The dramaturge and playwright had to A. Wordsworth because he wanted to disbe related. tinguish his poetry and the poetry of his friends from that of the ancien rgime,´ es- B. All of the actors were male. pecially satire C. All of the actors were British. B. English historians half a century after D. The play was spoken. the period ended 2.5 Romantic Period 125

C. \The Satanic School\of Byron, Percy 21. Thomas and Henrietta Bowdler’s edition Shelley, and their followers of The Family Shakespeare gave rise to the verb \bowdlerize.\What does it mean? D. Oliver Goldsmith in The Deserted Vil- lage (1770) A. the expurgation of indelicate language 17. Wordsworth described all good poetry as B. the modernization of archaic vocabu- A. the rhythmic expression of moral intu- lary ition C. the insertion of bawdy songs B. the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings D. the misspelling of simple words like \the\and \and\ C. the polite patter of a corrupted age 22. Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto D. the divine gift of grace initiated which literary tradition? 18. What did Byron deride with his scathing A. Hunnish epic reference to \’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and B. Gothic fiction ’Wagons’!\? C. epistolary novel A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden D. meta-novel 23. Which chilling novel of surveillance and B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots entrapment had the alternative title Things C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge as They Are? D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary A. Jane Austen’s Emma and everyday B. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 19. Which of the following texts published in C. William Godwin’s Caleb Williams the 1790s did not epitomize the radical D. Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley social thinking stimulated by the French Revolution? 24. Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution A. Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the during its early years? Rights of Men A. Republicans B. Paine’s Rights of Man B. Liberals C. Godwin’s Enquiry Concerning Politi- C. Radicals cal Justice D. both B and C D. Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution 25. Which of the following charges were com- in France monly levelled at the novel by its detrac- 20. Which of theJai following factors Shree did not tors at the dawn Ram of the Romantic era? contribute to the growth of the reading A. Too many of its readers were women. public in this period? B. It required less skill than other genres. A. The notoriety of the \Lake School\

B. Technological developments, such as C. It lacked the classical pedigree of po- the steam-driven printing press etry and drama. C. Innovations in retailing, such as the D. all of the above cut-price sale of remaindered books 26. Which of the following periodical publi- D. Increased literacy, thanks in large part cations (reviews and magazines) ﬁrst ap- to Sunday schools peared in the Romantic era? 126 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. London Magazine the government should not interfere in any B. The Spectator person’s pursuit of their personal interests? C. The Edinburgh Review A. economic independence D. a and c only B. the Rights of Man 27. What served as the inspiration for Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poems to the working C. laissez-faire classes A Song: \Men of England\and D. enclosure England in 1819? 29. Which statement(s) about inventions dur- A. the organization of a working class ing the Industrial Revolution are true? men’s choral group in Southern England A. Hand labor became less common with B. the Battle of Waterloo the invention of power-driven machinery. C. the Peterloo Massacre B. Velcro replaced buttons and snaps. D. the storming of the Bastille C. Steam, as opposed to wind and water, 28. Which social philosophy, dominant dur- became a primary source of power. ing the Industrial Revolution, dictated that only the free operation of economic laws D. both a and c would ensure the general welfare and that

Answers

1. D 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. D 12. C 13. D 14.B 15. D 16. B 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. A 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. D 26.D 27. C 28. C 29.D

2.6 Victorian Age

1. Which of the following authors promoted D. Morris versions of socialism? 4. The Charge of the Light Bridge is a poem A. William Morris by B. John Ruskin A. D.G Rossetti C. Edward FitzGerald B. Leigh Hunt D. all but C C. Tennyson 2. Heathcliff is a character from D. Arnold A. Emma 5. Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodi- B. Jane Eyre cals? NarayanC. Vanity Fair ChangderA. Thomas Carlyle D. Wuthering Heights B. Matthew Arnold 3. Who was the leader of Pre-Raphaelite C. Charles Dickens group of artists in England? D. all of the above. A. D.G Rossetti 6. What did Victorian journalists mean by B. Swinburne terming certain women \surplus\or \redun- C. Christina Rossetti dant\? 2.6 Victorian Age 127

A. They remained unmarried due to a 11. Which city became the perceived center population imbalance between the sexes. of Western civilization by the middle of the nineteenth century? B. Their willingness to work for low wages resulted in a surplus of textiles, A. Paris causing them to drop in price. B. Tokyo C. They were women writers who wrote C. London frequently about similar topics. D. Amsterdam D. They prostituted themselves as a way 12. Elizabeth Barrett’s poem The Cry of the to make money in a market economy that Children is concerned with which major didn’t provide extensive job opportunities issue attendant on the Time of Troubles to women. during the 1830s and 1840s? 7. Experimentation in which of the following areas of poetic expression characterize A. women’s rights and suffrage Victorian poetry and allow Victorian po- B. child labor ets to represent psychology in a different C. chartism way? D. the prudishness and old-fashioned ide- A. the use of pictorial description to con- als of her fellow Victorians struct visual images to represent the emotion or situation of the poem 13. Which of the following contributed to the growing awareness in the Late Victorian B. sound as a means to express meaning Period of the immense human, economic, C. perspective, as in the dramatic mono- and political costs of running an empire? logue A. the India Mutiny in 1857 D. all of the above B. the Boer War in the south of Africa 8. Which of the following comic playwrights C. the Jamaica Rebellion in 1865 made fun of Victorian values and pretensions? D. all of the above 14. In ’In Memorium’, Tennyson mourns the A. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan death of : B. George Bernard Shaw A. Hugh Clough C. Robert Corrigan B. Arthur Hallam D. all but C C. Lord Byron 9. George Eliot’s novel Romola is a: D. Keats A. Gothic novel 15. What type of writing did Walter Pater de- Jai Shreeﬁne as “the special Ram and opportune art of B. Autobiographical novel the modern world"? C. Historical novel A. the novel D. Picaresque novel B. nonﬁction prose 10. Vanity Fair is a novel by: C. the lyric A. Jane Austin D. comic drama B. Dickens 16. What was common amongst D.G Ros- C. Emily Bronte setti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swin- D. Thackery burne? 128 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. They all belonged to the Oxford Move- 22. Which one of Gaskell’s novels has been ment called a Victorian Much Ado About Noth- B. They were all painters ing? C. They were all Victorian Novelists A. Cranford D. They all belonged to the Pre- B. North and South Raphaelite School C. Ruth 17. The title Vanity Fair has been taken from: D. Mary Barton A. Paradise Lost 23. The Oxford Movement was basically a: B. Divine Comedy A. Religious Movement C. Utopia D. Pilgrims Progress B. Political Movement 18. Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The C. Social Movement Princess. D. Literary Movement Man for the ﬁeld and woman for the .....: Man for the sword and for the ..... she: 24. Which ruler’s reign marks the approxi- Man with the head and woman with the mate beginning and end of the Victorian .....: era? Man to command and woman to ..... A. King Henry VIII A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree B. Queen Elizabeth I B. throne; scepter; soul; decree C. Queen Victoria C. school; scalpel; pen; set free D. King John D. hearth; needle; heart; obey 19. Who were the \Two Nations\referred to in 25. Which best describes the general feel- the subtitle of Disraeli’s Sybil (1845)? ing expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era? A. the rich and the poor A. studied melancholy and aestheticism B. Anglicans and Methodists B. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal C. England and Ireland D. Britain and Germany C. raucous celebration mixed with self- 20. Who, among the following English play- congratulatory sophistication wrights, scripted the ﬁlm Shakespeare in Love ? D. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent A. Alan Bennett B. Caryl Churchill 26. The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria’s reign was celebrated in: C. Tom Stoppard Narayan ChangderA. 1842 D. Harold Pinter 21. Dunstan is a character from the novel B. 1837 A. Silas Marner C. 1871 B. Emma D. 1859 C. Hard Times 27. What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe"? D. Adam Bede 2.6 Victorian Age 129

A. Britain’s preeminence as a global C. the lower middle classes power will depend on mastery of foreign D. slaves languages. 32. Which city became the perceived center B. Even a foreign author is better than a of Western civilization by the middle of homegrown scoundrel. the nineteenth century? C. Abandon the introspection of the Ro- A. Paris mantics and turn to the higher moral pur- B. Tokyo pose found in Goethe. C. London D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in D. Amsterdam symbolically for Queen Victoria and 33. Who was appointed as Poet-Laureate after Charles Darwin respectively. William Wordsworth 28. Arnold’s Culture and Anarchy deals with A. D.G Rossetti the subject of: B. Tennyson A. Religion C. Robert Browning B. Civilization D. George Eliot C. Tehology 34. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of D. Education England after: 29. Maud is a poem written by: A. George IV A. Pope B. George III B. Tennyson C. William IV C. Swineburne D. Edward VII 35. Elizabeth Barrett’s poem The Cry of the D. Byron Children is concerned with which major 30. Which of the following best deﬁnes Utili- issue attendant on the Time of Troubles tarianism? during the 1830s and 1840s? A. a farming technique aimed at maxi- A. women’s rights and suffrage mizing productivity with the fewest tools B. child labor C. Chartism B. a moral arithmetic, which states that all humans aim to maximize the greatest D. the prudishness and old-fashioned ide- pleasure to the greatest number als of her fellow Victorians 36. What was the relationship between Victo- C. a critical methodology stating that all Jai Shreerian poets and Ram the Romantics? words have a single meaningful function within a given piece of literature A. The Romantics remained largely forgotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot D. a philosophy dictating that we should in the 1920s. only keep what we use on a daily basis. B. The Victorians were disgusted by the 31. To whom did the Reform Bill of 1832 immorality and narcissism of the Roman- extend the vote on parliamentary repre- tics. sentation? C. The Romantics were seen as gifted but A. the working classes crude artists belonging to a distant, semi- B. women barbarous age. 130 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

D. The Victorians were strongly influ- C. Abandon the introspection of the Ro- enced by the Romantics and experienced mantics and turn to the higher moral pur- a sense of belatedness. pose found in Goethe. 37. Cocktown is an imaginary industrial town D. In a carefully veiled critique of the in the novelfirst monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in A. Cranford symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively. B. Hard Times 42. Which of the following best defines Utili- C. Ruth tarianism? D. Vanity Fair A. a farming technique aimed at maxi- 38. To whom did the Reform Bill of 1832 mizing productivity with the fewest tools extend the vote on parliamentary representation? B. a moral arithmetic, which states that A. the working classes all humans aim to maximize the greatest pleasure to the greatest number B. women C. a critical methodology stating that all C. the lower middle classes words have a single meaningful function D. slaves within a given piece of literature 39. By 1890, what percentage of the earth’s D. a philosophy dictating that we should population was subject to Queen Victo- only keep what we use on a daily basis. ria? 43. Queen Victoria became the Empress of A. 1% India in: B. 10% A. 1843 C. 15% B. 1854 D. 25% C. 1892 40. The Irish Dramatic Movement was her- D. 1876 alded by such figures as 44. What is meant by ’Wessex’? A. H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine A. The region where Bronte sisters lived B. W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Ed- B. The region in which Hardy’s novels ward Martyn are set C. Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries C. The home town of George Eliot D. Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries D. A county in Ireland 45. Jane Fairfax and Frank Churchill are char- 41.NarayanWhat did Thomas Carlyle mean by \Close Changderacters from the novel thy Byron; open thy Goethe\? A. Cranford A. Britain’s preeminence as a global B. Hard Times power will depend on mastery of foreign languages. C. Emma B. Even a foreign author is better than a D. Great Expectation homegrown scoundrel. 46. ’George Eliot’ was the pen-name of: 2.6 Victorian Age 131

A. Mary Collins D. They were devout \tractarians,\as de- B. Marian Evans scribed by John Henry Newman. 51. Which of the following terms is defined C. Lara Evans as the application of a scientific attitude of D. Clare Reeve mind toward studying the Bible, seen as a 47. Which contemporary discussions on mere text of history and not an infallibly women’s rights did Tennyson’s The sacred document? Princess address? A. New Criticism A. the grueling working conditions for B. Critical Inquiry women in textile factories C. Scientific Bibliology B. the debate on women’s suffrage D. Higher Criticism C. the need to enlarge and improve educational opportunities for women, resulting 52. Which of the following discoveries, theo- in the establishment of the first women’s ries, and events contributed to Victorians college in London feeling less like they were a uniquely special, central species in the universe and D. the question of monarchical succes- more isolated? sion and if a woman should hold royal power A. geology 48. Spenser’s Epithalamion is: B. evolution A. a narrative poem C. discoveries in astronomy about stellar B. a sonnet distances C. an elegy D. all of the above D. a wedding hymn 53. Which one is the unfinished novel of 49. The Battle of Baladava in the Crimean Charles Dickens War finds its reference in the poem A. Dombey and Son A. In Memorium B. Little Dorrit B. 1st September C. Our Mutual Friend C. Ultima Ratio Regum D. Edwin Drood D. The Charge of the Light Bridge 54. Experimentation in which of the follow- 50. Which best describes the minority of ing areas of poetic expression characterize Evangelicals in the Church of England? Victorian poetry and allow Victorian po- A. A group of unattractive people rele- ets to represent psychology in a different gated to theJai colonies to perform Shree mission- way? Ram ary work where they wouldn’t tarnish the A. the use of pictorial description to con- aesthetics of the Church of England. struct visual images to represent the emo- B. Also called Nonconformists or Dis- tion or situation of the poem senters, Evangelicals led the missionary B. sound as a means to express meaning movement in the colonies, advocated a Pu- ritan moral code, and were responsible for C. perspective, as in the dramatic mono- the emancipation of slaves in the British logue Empire as early as 1833. D. all of the above C. They were part of the High Church or 55. Why did the novel seem a genre particu- the \Catholic\side of the church. larly well-suited to women? 132 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. It did not carry the burden of an august C. Theology tradition like poetry. D. Social changes in the Victorian Age B. It was a popular form whose market 60. Which of the following authors promoted women could enter easily. versions of socialism? C. It was seen as a frivolous form where A. William Morris one shouldn’t make serious statements about society. B. John Ruskin D. all but C C. Edward FitzGerald 56. Which of the following acts were not D. all but c passed during the Victorian era? 61. The Song of the Lotus is a poem by A. a series of Factory Acts A. Coleridge B. the Custody Act B. Eliot C. the Women’s Suffrage Act C. Tennyson D. the Married Women’s Property Rights D. Keats Acts 62. What type of writing did Walter Pater de- 57. What does the phrase “White Man’s Bur- fine as \the special and opportune art of den," coined by Kipling, refer to? the modern world\? A. Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize A. the novel the world B. nonfiction prose B. the moral responsibility to bring civi- C. the lyric lization and Christianity to the peoples of the world D. comic drama 63. What best describes the subject of most C. the British need to improve technol- Victorian novels? ogy and transportation in other parts of the world A. the representation of a large and comprehensive social world in realistic detail D. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems B. a surrealist exploration of alternate 58. Which of the following novelists best rep- states of consciousness resents the mid-Victorian period’s content- C. the attempt of a protagonist to define ment with the burgeoning economic pros- his or her place in society perity and decreased restiveness over so- D. A and C cial and political change? 64. For what do Matthew Arnold’s moral in- A. Anthony Trollope vestment in nonfiction and Walter Pater’s B. Charles Dickens aesthetic investment together pave the way? NarayanC. John Ruskin Changder A. a renewed secularism in the twentieth D. Friedrich Engels century 59. The basic theme of Arnold’s Literature B. modern literary criticism and Dogma is: C. late “nineteenth-century and early” A. Contemporary literary criticism twentieth-century satirical drama B. Art and Literature D. the surrealist movement 2.6 Victorian Age 133

65. Which of the following novelists best rep- A. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 resents the mid-Victorian period’s content- emigrants left Britain, many bound for the ment with the burgeoning economic pros- colonies. perity and decreased restiveness over so- B. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named cial and political change? empress of India A. Anthony Trollope C. To save costs and maximize profits, B. Charles Dickens the day-to-day government of India was C. John Ruskin transferred from Parliament to the private East India Company. D. Friedrich Engels D. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of 66. Which ruler’s reign marks the approxi- investments abroad by British capitalists mate beginning and end of the Victorian had risen from £ 300 billion to £ 800 bil- era? lion. A. King Henry VIII 70. Which movement revived under White- B. Queen Elizabeth I field and Wesley? C. Queen Victoria A. Methodist D. King John B. Imagism 67. Which event did not occur as part of the C. Oxford Movement rise of the British Empire under Queen Victoria? D. Pre-Raphaelite A. Between 1853 and 1880, 2,466,000 71. Which contemporary discussions on emigrants left Britain, many bound for the women’s rights did Tennyson’s The colonies. Princess address? B. In 1876, Queen Victoria was named A. the grueling working conditions for empress of India. women in textile factories C. To save costs and maximize profits, B. the debate on women’s suffrage the day-to-day government of India was C. the need to enlarge and improve educa- transferred from Parliament to the private tional opportunities for women, resulting East India Company. in the establishment of the first women’s D. From 1830 to 1870, the sum total of college in London investments abroad by British capitalists D. the question of monarchical succes- had risen from £300 billion to £800 bil- sion and if a woman should hold royal lion. power 68. Matthew Arnold;sJai Thyrsis is an elegyShree writ- Ram ten on the death of: 72. Who is the author of Blessed Damozel? A. Arthur Hallam A. Robert Browning B. Milton B. D.G Rossetti C. Edward King C. Tennyson D. Hugh Clough D. Christina Rossetti 69. Which event did not occur as part of the 73. Which best describes the general feel- rise of the British Empire under Queen ing expressed in literature during the last Victoria? decade of the Victorian era? 134 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. studied melancholy and aestheticism 78. Which one is Gaskell’s first novel? B. sincere earnestness and Protestant zeal A. Mary Barton B. Ruth C. raucous celebration mixed with self- C. Cranford congratulatory sophistication D. North and South D. paranoid introspection and cryptic dissent 79. Which of the following discoveries, theories, and events contributed to Victorians 74. What factors contributed to the increased feeling less like they were a uniquely spe- popularity of nonfiction prose? cial, central species in the universe and A. a new market position for nonfiction more isolated? writing and an exalted sense of the didactic function of the writer A. geology B. a Puritanical distrust of fictions and a B. evolution thirst for trivia C. discoveries in astronomy about stellar C. the forbiddingly high cost of three- distances volume novels and the difficulty of finding D. all of the above poetry in bookshops outside of London 80. Wild’s drama Woman of No Importance D. the deconstruction of the truth-fiction appared in : dichotomy and an accompanying relativis- A. 1884 tic sense that every opinion was of equal value B. 1893 75. The Oxford Movement was started by: C. 1879 A. The people of the Oxford area D. 1904 B. The Scholars of the Oxford University 81. Which of the following contributed to the growing awareness in the Late Victorian Period of the immense human, economic, C. The clergymen of Oxford and political costs of running an empire? D. The University Wits A. the India Mutiny in 1857 76. Which of the following Victorian writers regularly published their work in periodi- B. the Boer War in the south of Africa cals? C. the Jamaica Rebellion in 1865 A. Thomas Carlyle D. all of the above B. Matthew Arnold 82. Which of the following statements about C. Charles Dickens The Canterbury Tales is true ? D. all of the above A. The Wife of Bath, The Clerk, Sir Gawain and The Franklin are characters 77. Which poem by Chaucer was written on Narayan Changderand tale-tellers in this work. the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ? B. “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales. A. The Legend of Good Women C. In all, Chaucer tells thirty tales in this B. The House of Fame work. C. The Book of Duchess D. The Canterbury Tales remained unfin- D. Troilus and Criseyde ished at the time of its author’s death. 2.6 Victorian Age 135

83. Fill in the blanks from Tennyson’s The A. Graham Greene Princess. Man for the field and woman for B. Anthony Powell the .....: Man for the sword and for the ..... she: Man with the head and woman with C. Evelyn Waugh the .....: Man to command and woman to D. William Golding ..... 88. What is common amongst Cardinal New- A. crop; scabbard; foot; agree man, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley? B. throne; scepter; soul; decree A. They were all poets C. school; scalpel; pen; set free B. They were all associated with Pre- D. hearth; needle; heart; obey Raphaelite School 84. From where Matthew Arnold took the story for his Sohras and Rustam? C. They were all atheists A. Arabian Nights D. They were all associated with the Ox- ford Movement B. Canterbury Tales 89. What factors contributed to the increased C. Shah Namah popularity of nonfiction prose? D. Pilgrims Progress A. a new market position for nonfiction 85. What best describes the subject of most writing and an exalted sense of the didac- Victorian novels? tic function of the writer A. the representation of a large and com- B. a Puritanical distrust of fictions and a prehensive social world in realistic detail thirst for trivia C. the forbiddingly high cost of three- B. a surrealist exploration of alternate volume novels and the difficulty of finding states of consciousness poetry in bookshops outside of London C. the attempt of a protagonist to define D. the deconstruction of the truth-fiction his or her place in society dichotomy and an accompanying relativis- tic sense that every opinion was of equal D. A and C value 86. What does the phrase \White Man’s Bur- 90. Which of the following acts were not den,\coined by Kipling, refer to? passed during the Victorian era? A. Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize A. a series of Factory Acts the world B. the Custody Act B. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of C. the Women’s Suffrage Act the world Jai ShreeD. the Married Ram Women’s Property Rights C. the British need to improve technol- Acts ogy and transportation in other parts of 91. Who were the “Two Nations” referred to the world in the subtitle of Disraeli’s Sybil (1845)? D. the importance of solving economic A. the rich and the poor and social problems in England before B. Anglicans and Methodists tackling the world’s problems C. England and Ireland 87. Who, among the following, was a Catholic novelist, an Intelligence Officer, D. Britain and Germany a film critic and set his fictions in far-away 92. What was the relationship between Victo- places wrecked by political conflicts ? rian poets and the Romantics? 136 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. The Romantics remained largely for- B. modern literary criticism gotten until their rediscovery by T. S. Eliot C. late nineteenth-century and early- in the 1920s. twentieth-century satirical drama B. The Victorians were disgusted by the D. the surrealist movement immorality and narcissism of the Roman- tics. 96. Why did the novel seem a genre particularly well-suited to women? C. The Romantics were seen as gifted but crude artists belonging to a distant, semi- A. It did not carry the burden of an august barbarous age. tradition like poetry. D. The Victorians were strongly inﬂu- B. It was a popular form whose market enced by the Romantics and experienced women could enter easily. a sense of belatedness. C. It was seen as a frivolous form where 93. Which of the following comic playwrights one shouldn’t make serious statements made fun of Victorian values and preten- about society. sions? D. all but C A. W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan 97. Who is the author of Aurora Leigh? B. Oscar Wilde A. Tennyson C. Robert Corrigan B. Elizabeth Barret Browning D. all but C C. D. G. Rossetti 94. By 1890, what percentage of the earth’s population was subject to Queen Victo- D. Christina Rossetti ria? 98. Which of th following novels is called a A. 1 "Novel without a hero"? 95. For what do Matthew Arnold’s moral in- A. Vanity Fair vestment in nonﬁction and Walter Pater’s B. Mill on the Floss aesthetic investment together pave the way? C. Northanger Abbey A. a renewed secularism in the twentieth D. Pickwick Papers century

Answers

1. D 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. D 14.B 15. B 16. D 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. A 24. C 25. A 26.B 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. B 31. C 32. C 33. B 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. B 38.C 39. D 40. B 41. C 42. B 43. D 44. B 45. C 46. B 47. C 48. D 49. D 50.B 51. D 52. D 53. D 54. D 55. D 56. C 57. B 58. A 59. C 60. D 61. C 62.B 63. D 64. B 65. A 66. C 67. C 68. D 69. C 70. A 71. C 72. B 73. A 74.A 75. NarayanB 76. D 77. C 78. A 79. D 80. B 81. ChangderD 82. B 83. D 84. C 85. D 86.B 87. A 88. D 89. A 90. C 91. A 92. D 93. D 95. B 96. D 97. B 98.A

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1. Which of the following was originally the A. the rise of workshops and the collabo- Irish Literary Theatre? rative ethos A. the Irish National Theatre B. the diversifying impact of playwrights B. the Globe Theatre from the former colonies C. the Abbey Theatre C. the death of the musical D. both A and C D. all but C 2. Which of the following writers did not 6. Which of the following is not associated come from Ireland? with high modernism in the novel? A. W. B. Yeats A. stream of consciousness B. James Joyce B. free indirect style C. Seamus Heaney C. irresolute open endings D. none of the above D. narrative realism 3. What event allowed mainstream theater companies to commission and perform 7. Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for uti- work that was politically, socially, and sex- lizing a new \mythical method\in place ually controversial without fear of censor- of the old \narrative method\and demon- ship? strates the use of ancient mythology in modernist fiction to think about \making A. the abolition of the Lord Chamber- the modern world possible for art\? lain’s office in 1968 A. Virginia Woolf’s The Waves B. the illegal performance of work by Howard Brenton and Edward Bond B. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness C. the collapse of liberal humanist con- C. James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake sensus in the late 1960s D. James Joyce’s Ulysses D. the foundation of the Field Day The- 8. Which of the following phrases best ater Company in 1980 characterizes the late-nineteenth century 4. Which events in and after the 1960s con- aesthetic movement which widened the tributed significantly to the decentraliza- breach between artists and the reading tion of England from London to a more republic, sowing the seeds of modernism? gional focus, ultimately also making way for a less homogenous vision of England A. art for intellect’s sake and the popularity of postcolonial fiction? B. art for God’s sake A. Radio announcers were permitted to C. art for the masses speak in regional dialects and multicul- tural accents.Jai ShreeD. art for art’s Ram sake B. The Arts Council designated many of 9. What was the impact on literature of the its resources to supporting regional arts Education Act of 1870, which made ele- councils. mentary schooling compulsory? C. Regional radio and television stations A. the emergence of a mass literate popu- appeared throughout the country. lation at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed D. all of the above 5. Which of the following has been a signifi- B. a new market for basic textbooks cant development in British theater since which paid better than sophisticated nov- the abolition of censorship in 1968? els or plays 138 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

C. a popular thirst for the “classics," driv- C. “kitchen sink drama” ing contemporary writers to the margins D. “angry young men 15. Which British dominion achieved inde- D. a, b and c pendence in 1921-22, following the Easter 10. When was the ban finally lifted on D. Rising of 1916? H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s A. the southern counties of Ireland Lover, written in 1928. B. Canada A. 1930 C. Ulster B. 1945 D. India C. 1960 16. Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for uti- D. 2000 lizing a new “mythical method” in place 11. Which scientific or technological advance of the old “narrative method” and demon- did not take place in the first fifteen years strates the use of ancient mythology in of the twentieth century? modernist fiction to think about “making the modern world possible for art"? A. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity A. Virginia Woolf’s The Waves B. wireless communication across the At- lantic B. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness C. the creation of the internet C. James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake D. the invention of the airplane D. James Joyce’s Ulysses 12. Which of the following has been a signifi- 17. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, cant development in British theater since though not very successfully, in his plays the abolition of censorship in 1968? Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party? A. the rise of workshops and the collabo- rative ethos A. regional dialect and political critique B. the diversifying impact of playwrights B. religious symbolism and society com- from the former colonies edy C. the death of the musical C. iambic pentameter and sexual innuendo D. all but C D. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe 13. With which enormously influential perspective or practice is the early-twentieth- 18. What was the impact on literature of the century thinker Sigmund Freud associ- Education Act of 1870, which made ele- ated? mentary schooling compulsory? A. eugenics A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced lit- B. psychoanalysis erature could be directed NarayanC. phrenology Changder B. a new market for basic textbooks D. all of the above which paid better than sophisticated nov- 14. How did one critic sum up Samuel Beck- els or plays ett’s Waiting for Godot? C. a popular thirst for the \clas- A. “nothing happens-twice” sics,\driving contemporary writers to the margins B. “political correctness gone mad” D. none of the above 2.7 20th Century 139

19. In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. 24. Which thinker had a major impact on H. Auden were more ..... but less ..... than early-twentieth-century writers, leading older modernists such as Eliot and Pound them to reimagine human identity in radically new ways? A. popular; reverenced A. Sigmund Freud B. brash; confident B. Sir James Frazer C. radical; inventive C. Immanuel Kant D. anxious; haunting D. all but C 20. Which poet could be described as part of 25. Which poet could be described as part of \The Movement\of the 1950s? “The Movement” of the 1950s? A. Thom Gunn A. Thom Gunn B. Dylan Thomas B. Dylan Thomas C. Philip Larkin C. Philip Larkin D. both A and C D. both A and C 21. Which scientific or technological advance 26. In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. did not take place in the first fifteen years H. Auden were more ..... but less ..... than of the twentieth century? older modernists such as Eliot and Pound. A. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity A. popular; reverenced B. wireless communication across the At- B. brash; confident lantic C. radical; inventive C. the creation of the internet D. anxious; haunting D. the invention of the airplane 27. What did T. S. Eliot attempt to combine, 22. What characteristics of seventeenth- though not very successfully, in his plays century Metaphysical poetry sparked the Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail enthusiasm of modernist poets and crit- Party? ics? A. regional dialect and political critique A. its intellectual complexity B. religious symbolism and society comedy B. its union of thought and passion C. iambic pentameter and sexual innu- C. its uncompromising engagement with endo politics D. witty paradoxes and feminist diatribe D. a and b Jai Shree28. What was the Ram significance of the voyage 23. What characteristics of seventeenth- of the Empire Windrush? century Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and crit- A. It brought the last group of English ics? convicts to Australia in 1901. B. It was sunk by the German navy in A. its intellectual complexity 1914, bringing the United States into B. its union of thought and passion World War I. C. its uncompromising engagement with C. It brought the first group of immi- politics grants from Jamaica to England in 1948. D. A and B 140 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

D. It delivered a small dog into space in A. Sigmund Freud 1959, and returned it to earth. B. Sir James Frazer 29. In what decade did the \angry young men\come to prominence on the theatrical C. Immanuel Kant scene? D. all but C A. 1910s 35. What did Henry James describe as \loose baggy monsters\? B. 1930s A. novels C. 1950s B. plays D. 1970s 30. Which text exemplifies the anti- C. the English Victorianism prevalent in the early twenti- D. publishers eth century? 36. With which enormously influential per- A. Eminent Victorians spective or practice is the early-twentieth- B. Jungle Books century thinker Sigmund Freud associated? C. The Way of All Flesh A. eugenics D. both A and C B. psychoanalysis 31. Which text exemplifies the anti- Victorianism prevalent in the early twenti- C. phrenology eth century? D. anarchism A. Eminent Victorians 37. Which best describes the imagist move- B. Jungle Books ment, exemplified in the work of T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound? C. The Way of All Flesh A. a poetic aesthetic vainly concerned D. both A and C with the way words appear on the page 32. Who wrote the dystopian novel Nineteen- Eighty-Four in which Newspeak demon- B. an effort to rid poetry of romantic strates the heightened linguistic self- fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replac- consciousness of modernist writers? ing it with a precision and clarity of im- A. George Orwell agery B. Virginia Woolf C. an attention to alternate states of con- C. Evelyn Waugh sciousness and uncanny imagery D. Orson Wells D. the resurrection of Romantic poetic 33. Which of the following novels display sensibility postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory? 38. How did one critic sum up Samuel Beck- ett’s Waiting for Godot? A. E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India A. \nothing happens-twice\ NarayanB. Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea Changder B. \political correctness gone mad\ C. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness C. \kitchen sink drama\ D. Paul Scott’s Staying On 34. Which thinker had a major impact on D. \angry young men early-twentieth-century writers, leading 39. Which best describes the imagist move- them to re-imagine human identity in rad- ment, exemplified in the work of T. E. ically new ways? Hulme and Ezra Pound? 2.7 20th Century 141

A. a poetic aesthetic vainly concerned breach between artists and the reading with the way words appear on the page public, sowing the seeds of modernism? A. art for intellect’s sake B. an effort to rid poetry of romantic B. art for God’s sake fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replac- ing it with a precision and clarity of im- C. art for the masses agery D. art for art’s sake C. an attention to alternate states of con- 45. Which of the following would be consciousness and uncanny imagery sidered postcolonial novelists, defined as D. the resurrection of Romantic poetic coming historically after the era of Eng- sensibility land’s large-scale imperialism? 40. Who wrote the dystopian novel Nineteen- A. Salman Rushdie Eighty-Four in which Newspeak demon- B. Joseph Conrad strates the heightened linguistic self- consciousness of modernist writers? C. Rabindranath Tagore A. George Orwell D. John Ruskin 46. What event allowed mainstream theater B. Virginia Woolf companies to commission and perform C. Evelyn Waugh work that was politically, socially, and sex- D. Orson Wells ually controversial without fear of censorship? 41. Which of the following novels display postwar nostalgia for past imperial glory? A. the abolition of the Lord Chamber- lain’s office in 1968 A. E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India B. the illegal performance of work by B. Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea Howard Brenton and Edward Bond C. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness C. the collapse of liberal humanist con- D. Paul Scott’s Staying On sensus in the late 1960s 42. Which phrase indicates the interior flow D. the foundation of the Field Day The- of thought employed in high-modern liter- ater Company in 1980 ature? 47. When was the ban finally lifted on D. A. automatic writing H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s B. confused daze Lover, written in 1928. C. total recall A. 1930 D. stream ofJai consciousness ShreeB. 1945 Ram 43. What did Henry James describe as “loose C. 1960 baggy monsters”? D. 2000 A. novels 48. Which phrase indicates the interior flow B. plays of thought employed in high-modern literature? C. the English A. automatic writing D. publishers B. confused daze 44. Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century C. total recall aesthetic movement which widened the D. stream of consciousness 142 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

49. Which of the following is not associated C. the Abbey Theatre with high modernism in the novel? D. both A and C A. stream of consciousness 51. Which British dominion achieved inde- B. free indirect style pendence in 1921-22, following the Easter C. irresolute open endings Rising of 1916? D. narrative realism A. the southern counties of Ireland 50. Which of the following was originally the B. Canada Irish Literary Theatre? C. Ulster A. the Irish National Theatre D. India B. the Independent Theatre

Answers

1. D 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. D 13. B 14.A 15. A 16. D 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. D 21. C 22. D 23. D 24. D 25. D 26.C 27. B 28. C 29. C 30. D 31. D 32. A 33. D 34. D 35. A 36. B 37. B 38.A 39. B 40. A 41. D 42. D 43. A 44. D 45. A 46. A 47. C 48. D 49. D 50.D 51.A

2.8 Elizabethan Period

1. Which relative did Elizabeth I have exe- result in one’s untimely demise. Most peo- cuted? ple never reached the age of fifty. When A. Anne Boleyn an Elizabethan died, intricate rituals were followed. What was NOT a funeral cus- B. Mary I tom? C. Mary, Queen of Scots A. Long processionals D. Catherine of Aragon B. Mourning clothes 2. Which work did Edmund Spenser author? C. Strict simplicity A. The Castle of Perseverance D. Tolling of church bells B. The Double 5. Crime was ardently followed by punish- C. The Metamorphoses ment. Elizabethans had devised various ways to fine, humiliate, torture, and kill D. The Faerie Queene offenders. Which crime was punishable 3. What is the name for a shift in tone or by death? meaning of a sonnet A. Skipping church on Sunday A. Octave Narayan ChangderB. A woman screaming at her husband in B. Volta public C. Iambic Pentameter C. Stealing a horse D. Petrarchan D. Public drunkenness 4. Staying alive was a difficult task for Eliza- bethans. Disease, infection, poverty, child- 6. Which of the following is a ceremony in birth, and occupational accidents could all which a sovereign is officially crowned? 2.8 Elizabethan Period 143

A. Investiture A. Dump sites in the nearby country B. Invocation B. The streets C. Gala C. The underground drains D. Coronation D. Designated “trash” areas 7. What was Elizabeth’s close circle of ad- visers called? 12. Elizabeth and Mary I belonged to what royal family? A. The Star Chamber A. Windsor B. Parliament C. The Privy Council B. Stuart D. The Cabinet C. Tudor 8. What was the nickname of Mary I? D. Plantagenet A. Bloody Mary 13. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan B. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary England. William Shakespeare, Christo- pher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were C. Mary, Queen of Scots some of the more famous playwrights and D. None of the Above poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, 9. What religion was Mary Queen of Scots? and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain top- A. Episcopalian ics, however, was considered taboo in any B. Catholic art form. What was a strictly forbidden C. Presbyterian subject? D. Lutheran A. Sexuality 10. Religion played a pivotal part in Eliza- B. Criticism of the queen bethan life. Protestants, Catholics, Puri- tans, and other religious groups jostled for C. Murder power and survival in uncertain times. In D. Witchcraft 1559, an Act of Parliament was passed which determined the “supreme governor” 14. Who issued an interdict against Eliza- of all things spiritual. Who was it? beth? A. The Pope in Rome A. Pope Pius V B. Each man was his own supreme gov- B. Pope Innocent III ernor C. Pope Gregory XIII C. The Archbishop of Canterbury D. Pope Boniface D. Queen ElizabethJai I Shree Ram 15. Who succeeded Elizabeth I? 11. Elizabethan England was largely rural, with the majority of its population living A. Mary Queen of Scots in the verdant countryside. Towns and B. Charles I cities, however, were growing–and the most prominent of all was London. While C. James I Londoners were considered wealthy and D. Edward VI arrogant, the city was begrimed, filthy, and infested with vermin. Where did peo- 16. The term for the reaction against corrup- ple primarily dispose of their trash and tion in the Catholic Church was known wastes? as: 144 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. The Protestant Revolution 22. Elizabethans had many occupational choices. One could become an apothe- B. The Protestant Reformation cary, clerk, physician, or even court jester. C. The Protestant Restoration Though there seemed to be a myriad of careers to choose from, most people still D. The Protestant Resolution ended up being very poor. In order to 17. Which of the following disciplines most survive, what illegal activity did a large fascinated Elizabeth? number of citizens pursue? A. Philology A. Begging B. Alchemy B. Money lending C. Zoology C. Fortune-telling D. Astrology D. Wine bottling 23. What church did Elizabeth I establish or 18. Who was the father of the Mary I re-establish by law in England during her A. Henry VI reign? B. William A. The Anglican Church C. George III B. The Roman Catholic Church D. Henry VIII C. Calvinism 19. What type of non-rhymed poetry did D. The Lutheran Church Christopher Marlowe pioneer? 24. Which English king had several of his wives killed in his obsessive quest for a A. Blank verse male heir? B. The sonnet A. Edward VI C. Trochaic Heptameter B. Richard III D. Free-ﬂow verse C. George III 20. Which language did young Elizabeth D. Henry VIII learn in secret? 25. In what year did England and Spain ﬁght A. French a famous sea battle? B. Gaelic A. 1500 C. Esperanto B. 1588 D. Welsh C. 1600 D. 1575 21. Elizabethans were notoriously superstitious. They feared witches, believed in 26. A poem that deals in an idealized way magical animals, and sought good luck with Shepherds and rustic life is known Narayancharms. What “science” did they utilize Changderas: in trying to predict and control the future? A. A Protestant Poem A. Alchemy B. A Petrarchan Sonnet B. Metallurgy C. An extended metaphor C. Geocentricity D. A pastoral poem D. Astrology 27. Who was the sister of Mary I? 2.8 Elizabethan Period 145

A. Isabella A. Property B. Victoria B. Wealth C. Anne C. Lineage D. Elizabeth I D. Love 28. What religion was Mary I? 34. What was a favorite entertainment in Eliz- abeth’s court? A. Catholic A. Swimming B. Anglican B. Gambling C. Episcopalian C. Jousting D. Presbyterian 29. Who was the mother of Elizabeth I? D. Backgammon 35. Elizabeth’s reign was longer than that of A. Catherine of Aragon any other Tudor. When she died at the age B. Jane Seymour of 69 in 1603, how many years had she C. Catherine Howard reigned? D. Anne Boleyn A. 35 30. Which of the following was Elizabeth B. 40 known as? C. 45 A. Unintelligent D. 50 B. Rude 36. Who was Edmund Spenser’s patron? C. Stingy A. The Earl of Leicester D. Fanatic B. Elizabeth 31. Which country believed it had an “Invin- C. Lord Burleigh cible Armada” before 1588? D. Francis Bacon A. France 37. Which of the following was the Tower of B. England London used for in the Elizabethan age? C. Spain A. As an astronomical observation deck D. The Netherlands B. As a storage place for grain 32. The complex ranking system that Eliz- C. As a prison abethans believed ordered every single thing in the universe was known as: D. As a school for the royal children 38. What was Elizabeth’s nickname for Sir A. The GreatJai Order of Life Shree Ram Walter Raleigh? B. The Great Chain of Being A. Waldimor C. The Great System of Shakespeare B. Water D. The Great Sonnet Symbolism Maker C. William 33. Marriage was a social obligation, and for many families a topic of obsession. Be- D. Winter trothals were often arranged by parents, 39. Everyone in Elizabethan England was especially for the high-class. What crite- born into a social class. Peasants were rion was considered the least important in the unluckiest of the lot: they were de- deciding upon a suitable match? nied basic comforts, security, and even 146 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

the chance to dress well. Yep, the Statutes B. 1500-1520 of Apparel outlined the clothes one could C. 1560-1570 legally wear based on rank. Which of the following could the poor wear? D. 1575-1600 A. Purple silk dresses 41. Who was the ﬁrst Tudor King? B. Woolen underwear A. Henry VIII C. Sable-lined cloaks B. Henry VII D. Velvet coats 40. What are the beginning and ending dates C. George III of the Elizabethan era? D. James I A. 1558-1603

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1. C 2. D 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. B 12. C 13. B 14.A 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. D 21. D 22. A 23. A 24. D 25. B 26.D 27. D 28. A 29. D 30. C 31. C 32. B 33. D 34. C 35. C 36. A 37. C 38.B 39. B 40. A 41.B

2.9 Jacobean Era

1. The word “Jacobean” is derived from the D. A Midsummer Night’s Dream ..... name Jacob, which is the original 4. “The Jacobean Era” refers to a period of form of the English name James. time in the early 17th century in which of A. Samaritan Hebrew language the following countries? B. Biblical Hebrew A. Jordan C. Mishnaic Hebrew B. England D. Hebrew language C. Malaysia 2. The Jacobean era ended with a severe eco- D. Tunisia nomic depression in 1620-1626, complicated by a serious outbreak of ..... in Lon- 5. In literature, some of Shakespeare’s most don in 1625. powerful plays were written in that period (for example The Tempest, King Lear, and A. Cholera Macbeth), as well as powerful works by B. Tuberculosis John Webster and ..... C. Bubonic plague A. William Shakespeare D. Plague (disease) B. Ben Jonson 3.NarayanJonson was also an important innovator ChangderC. Ben Jonson folios in the specialized literary sub-genre of the ....., which went through an intense devel- D. English Renaissance theatre opment in the Jacobean era. 6. What are the beginning and ending dates A. William Shakespeare of the reign of James I ? B. Ben Jonson A. 1592-1608 C. Masque B. 1603-1625 2.10 The Renaissance 147

C. 1607-1627 A. John Milton D. 1608-1639 B. Charles Bacon 7. Famous satiric drama,Volpone,is written C. John Donne by? D. Herbert Spencer A. Sir Walter Scot 10. the first fire-breathing dragon in English B. Christopher Marlow literature occurs in which Old English C. Ben Johnson epic poem. D. George Herbert A. Iliad 8. The Jacobean era succeeds the ..... and B. Odyssey precedes the Caroline era, and specifically C. Beowulf denotes a style of architecture, visual arts, decorative arts, and literature that is pre- D. Canterbury Tales dominant of that period. 11. What proceeded Jacobean era? A. Elizabethan era A. Elizabethan Era B. English Reformation B. Caroline era C. England C. Victorian era D. Tudor period D. Jacobean Era 9. The foremost poet of Jacobean era was?

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1. D 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. C 10. C 11.B

2.10 The Renaissance

1. How many times did Milton marry? D. Spain A. 2 4. Following parliament’s victory in the civil war, Milton was appointed to a position B. 0 in Cromwell’s government in 1649. What C. 1 was his title? D.3 A. Heresy tsar 2. Which school did Milton attend? B. Poet laureate A. St Paul’s C. Secretary to the Admiralty B. Christ’s HospitalJai Shree Ram D. Secretary for Foreign Tongues C. Merchant Taylors’ 5. In which city was Milton? D. Westminster A. Norwich 3. In 1638 and 1639 Milton traveled abroad.In which country did he spend B. York most of the time? C. London A. Germany D. Canterbury B. France 6. Which of the following works was NOT C. Italy written by John Milton? 148 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. ’L’Allegro’ 12. In 1634 Milton wrote a masque. What’s the name of that masque? B. ’Lycidas’ A. ’Il Penseroso’ C. ’Il Penseroso’ D. ’Absolom and Achitophel’ B. ’Lycidas’ 7. When did John Milton die? C. ’Comus’ A. 4 February 1702 D. ’The Masque of Blackness’ B. 2 June 1700 13. When was John Milton born? C. 17 April 1688 A. 22 April 1600 D. 8 November 1674 B. 19 August 1604 8. As well as poetry, Milton published exten- C. 6 June 1606 sively on politics, philosophy and religion. D. 9 December 1608 Which of the following was NOT one of his works? 14. The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery A. Of Prelatical Episcopacy distracting, and considered his work “not B. The Likeliest Means to Remove serious poetry”, but it was another critic Hirelings from the Church who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who? C. Of Practical Exorcisme A. FR Leavis D. Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce 9. Milton continued his studies at Cam- B. Harold Bloom bridge. Which college of the university C. William Empson did he attend? D. Mariella Frostrup A. Pembroke College 15. John Milton was 34 when he married B. Trinity College Mary Powell. How old was she? C. Christ’s College A. 48 D. St. Xavier’s College B. 34 10. “Milton, thou should’st be living at this C. 22 hour. England hath need of thee." Indeed. But who was it, summoning his ghost? D. 17 A. Horatio Herbert Kitchener 16. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was B. William Blake drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an C. William Wordsworth elegy for him. What was the title of this poem? D. John Keats Narayan ChangderA. lycidas 11. Which of these words or usages did Mil- ton NOT coin? B. Paradise Lost A. Space used to mean “outer space” C. II penseroso B. Unaccountable D. none of the above C. Pandemonium 17. In what country did the Renaissance begin? D. Blatant 2.10 The Renaissance 149

A. Italy 24. The Prince was written to gain favor of the: B. France A. Pazzi C. England B. Republic D. Germany 18. who is considered as the model of the peo- C. Medici ple during the renaissance? D. Inquisition A. greek and austrian 25. Who translated the New Testament into German for the first time? B. roman and french A. Poliziano C. roman and greek B. Cervantes D. french and greek C. Martin Luther 19. the word renaissance means D. Alexander VI A. the rebirth of learning or knowledge 26. The “father of humanism” was B. reading of books A. Petrarch C. the time of astronauts B. Dante D. the study of art C. Boccaccio 20. Which of the following techniques was NOT used in the Renaissance art? D. Pico della Mirandola A. realism 27. Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated B. perspective A. just the same as men C. individualism B. with emphasis on science and mathe- D. abstractioin matics 21. what sparked the Renaissance? C. not at all A. The Feudal system was collapsing D. confined solely to music, dancing, and B. the “95 theses” knitting C. the Crusades 28. An important feature of the Renaissance was an emphasis on D. the Black Plague A. alchemy and magic 22. who lost the most power during the renaissance? B. the literature of Greece and Rome A. Italian merchantsJai ShreeC. chivalry of Ram the Middle Ages B. catholic church D. the teaching of St. Thomas Acquinas C. black people 29. Which was NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance? D. king and queen of Spain A. emphasis on individuality 23. Utopia was written by: B. confidence in human rationality A. Cervantes C. the emergence of merchant oligarchies B. Machiavelli

C. Poliziano D. the development of social insurance D. Thomas More programs 150 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

30. The northern Renaissance differed from C. worsened their social status the Italian Renaissance D. allowed them access to education for A. growth of religious activity among the ﬁrst time common people 32. Thomas More’s Utopia placed the blame B. earlier occurrence for society’s problems on C. greater appreciation of pagan writers A. human nature D. decline in the use of Latin B. God’s will 31. For ordinary women, the Renaissance A. had very little impact C. society itself B. greatly improved the material condi- D. the Church tions of their lives

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1. D 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. C 9. C 10. C 11. D 12. C 13. D 14.A 15. D 16. A 17. A 18. C 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. B 23. D 24. D 25. C 26.A 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. A 32.C

2.11 Middle ages

1. Words from which language began to en- 4. Chaucer acted as a controller of custom ter English vocabulary around the time of during.....? the Norman Conquest in 1066? A. 1374 to 1385 A. French B. 1350 to 1360 B. Norwegian C. 1360 to 1400 C. Spanish D. none of the above D. Hungarian 5. Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true? 2. In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the A. She sought unsuccessfully to restore fate of those who fail to observe the sacred classical paganism. duty of blood vengeance? B. She was a virgin martyr. A. banishment to Asia C. She is the ﬁrst known woman writer B. everlasting shame in the English vernacular. C. conversion to Christianity D. She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, D. mild melancholia Rome, and Santiago. 6. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Mon- 3. Chaucer was released from legal action by mouth’s The History of the Kings of Narayan..... in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape Changder Britain? and abduction? A. the reign of King Arthur A. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne B. the coronation of Henry II B. Philippa de Roet of Flanders C. King John’s seal of the Magna Carta C. Agnes de Copton D. the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of D. none of the above Aquitaine 2.11 Middle ages 151

7. in which year chaucer was imprisoned by A. Edward III the French? B. Henry II A. 1360 C. Richard II B. 1357 D. none of the above C. 1378 13. The use of “whale-road”for sea and “life- house”for body are examples of what lit- D. none of the above erary technique, popular in Old English 8. Which of the following best describes poetry? litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old A. symbolism English poetry? B. simile A. embellishment at the service of Chris- C. metonymy tian doctrine D. kenning B. repetition of parallel syntactic struc- 14. what was the occupation of Chaucer’s fa- tures ther? C. ironic understatement A. leather merchant D. stress on every third diphthong B. civil servant 9. Which of the following languages did not C. a vintner coexist in Anglo-Norman England? D. none of the above A. Latin 15. What was vellum? B. Dutch A. parchment made of animal skin C. French B. the service owed to a lord by his peasants ("villeins") D. Celtic C. unrhymed iambic pentameter 10. Chaucer was made in-charge of many D. an unbreakable oath of fealty palaces,which of these was not in his charge? 16. one of Chaucer’s daughter was.....? A. a musician A. Westminster Palace B. an astronomer B. Tower of London C. a nun C. St. George’s chapel at Windsor D. none of the above D. Buckingham Palace 17. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale 11. Which hero made his earliest appearance and Ancrene Riwle show what about the in Celtic literatureJai before becoming Shree a sta- poetry and prose Ram written around the year ple subject in French, English, and Ger- 1200? man literatures? A. They were written for sophisticated A. Beowulf and well-educated readers. B. Writing continued to benefit only read- B. Arthur ers fluent in Latin and French. C. Caedmon C. Their readers’ primary language was D. Augustine of Canterbury English. 12. which of these kings was not served by D. A and C only Chaucer? 18. chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for.....? 152 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. beating a friar in a London street 24. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for B. for writing poetry against the church A. courtiers entering the service of C. for crossing the border of Great Britain Richard II B. translators of French romances D. none of the above C. women who have chosen to live as re- 19. how many children chaucer had? ligious recluses A.4 D. knights preparing for their first tourna- B. 1 ment C. 0 25. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their D. 2 narratives? 20. Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, A. Geoffrey Chaucer which came to know as.....? B. Marie de France A. Chaucer’s corner C. Chrétien de Troyes B. poet’s corner D. b and c only C. legend’s corner 26. Chaucer became a page to which king’s D. none of the above daughter-in-law? 21. To what did the word the roman, from A. Edward III which the genre of “romance”emerged, initially apply? B. Richard II C. Henry IV A. a work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empire D. none of the above B. a story about love and adventure 27. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336? C. a Roman official A. Henry II D. a work written in the French vernacular B. Henry III 22. In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and C. Henry V William Langland, the “flowering”of Mid- D. Edward III dle English literature is evident in the 28. what was chaucer’s profession? works of which of the following writers? A. a poet A. Geoffrey of Monmouth B. a merchant B. the Gawain poet C. a civil servant C. the Beowulf poet D. none of the above NarayanD. Chrétien de Troyes 29. ChangderHow did Henry II, the first of England’s 23. What event resulted from the premature Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces death of Henry V? in southern France? A. the Battle of Agincourt A. the Battle of Hastings B. the Battle of Hastings B. Saint Patrick’s mission C. the Norman Conquest C. the Fourth Lateran Council D. the War of the Roses D. his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine 2.11 Middle ages 153

30. which of these is not certain about 36. Who would be called the English Homer Chaucer? and father of English poetry? A. his birth date A. Bede B. his death year B. Sir Thomas Malory C. his father’s name C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. none of the above D. Caedmon 31. Which influential medieval text purported 37. Which of the following statements is not to reveal the secrets of the afterlife? an accurate description of Old English po- A. Dante’s Divine Comedy etry? B. Boccaccio’s Decameron A. Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct. C. The Dream of the Rood B. Its formal and dignified use of speech D. Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women was distant from everyday use of language. 32. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues? C. Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech. A. the short story D. Christian and pagan ideals are some- B. the heroic epic times mixed C. the morality play 38. Which of the following authors is consid- D. the romance ered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personi- 33. Chaucer became a member of Parliament fied in Sir Lancelot? in.....? A. Julian of Norwich A. 1386 B. Margery Kempe B. 1300 C. William Langland C. 1343 D. Sir Thomas Malory D. none of the above 39. Toward the close of which century did En- 34. Only a small proportion of medieval glish replace French as the language of books survive, large numbers having been conducting business in Parliament and in destroyed in: court of law? A. the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning A. tenth in the 1450s. B. eleventh B. the Norman Conquest of 1066. Jai ShreeC. twelfth Ram C. the Peasant Uprising of 1381. D. fourteenth D. the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 40. Who was the first English Christian king? the 1530s. A. Alfred 35. what did Chaucer’s wife use to do? A. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of B. Richard III Hainaut C. Richard II B. nurse of royal court D. Ethelbert C. governess to Henry IV 41. What is the first extended written specimen of Old English? D. none of the above 154 Chapter 2. Ages, era, period

A. Boethius’s Consolidation of Philoso- A. 1300 to 1350 phy B. 1337 to 1453 B. Saint Jerome’s translation of the Bible C. 1302 to 1343

C. Malory’s Morte Darthur D. none of the above D. a code of laws promulgated by King 45. Which people began their invasion and Ethelbert conquest of southwestern Britain around 450? 42. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Can- A. the Normans terbury? B. the Geats A. Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform. C. the Celts B. The common people were still essen- D. the Anglo-Saxons tially pagan. 46. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet C. They believed that writing, a skill looked back on their pagan ancestors largely conﬁned to the clergy, was a form with: of black magic A. nostalgia and ill-concealed envy. D. The church was among the greatest of B. bewilderment and visceral loathing. oppressive landowners. 43. Popular English adaptations of romances C. admiration and elegiac sympathy. appealed primarily to D. bigotry and shallow triumphalism. A. the royal family and upper orders of 47. Who is the author of Piers Plowman? the nobility A. Sir Thomas Malory B. the lower orders of the nobility B. Margery Kempe C. agricultural laborers C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. the clergy 44. what was the duration of hundred year’s D. William Langland war?

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1. A 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. D 11. B 12. B 13. D 14.C 15. A 16. C 17. D 18. A 19. A 20. B 21. D 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. D 26.A 27. D 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. A 32. C 33. A 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. A 38.D 39. D 40. D 41. D 42. D 43. D 44. B 45. D 46. C 47.D Narayan2.12 Elizabethan Changder era 1. How many years of happiness was Dr D. 28 Faustus promised by the Devil? 2. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe? A. 16 A. Henry V B. 20 B. Richard III C. 24 C. Edward II 2.12 Elizabethan era 155

D. John 7. One of Marlowe’s earliest published 3. What was the title of the play by Mar- works was his translation of the epic lowe that portrayed the events surround- poem ’Pharsalia’, written by which Ro- ing the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Mas- man poet? sacre in 1572? A. Ovid A. The Massacre at Berlin B. Lucan B. The Massacre at Rome C. Virgil C. The Massacre at Copenhagen D. Horace D. The Massacre at Paris 8. In Marlowe’s play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta? 4. Christopher Marlowe was England’s ﬁrst ofﬁcial Poet Laureate. A. Lazarus A. True B. Solomon B. False C. Barabas 5. In the title of Marlowe’s play, of where D. Shylock was Dido the Queen? 9. One of Marlowe’s most famous poems A. Troy was an account of which lovers? B. Carthage A. Anthony and Cleopatra B. Hero and Leander C. Sparta C. Troilus and Cressida D. Persia 6. Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shep- D. Apollo and Hyacinth herd to His Love’ begins with the line 10. Marlowe’s play ’Tamburlaine the Great’ “Come live with me and be my love"; was based loosely on the life of which which other English author wrote a fa- Asian ruler? mous poem beginning with this line? A. Zhu Yuanzhang A. William Shakespeare B. Genghis Khan B. Thomas Kyd C. Timur C. John Dryden D. Kublai Khan D. John Donne Answers 1. C 2. C 3. DJai 4. B 5. B 6. ShreeD 7. B 8. C 9. B 10.C Ram Narayan Changder III Part three

Jai Shree Ram

3 American Literature ...... 159 3.1 Multiple choice questions 3.2 True and false 3.3 Single answer

4 Literary Theory and Criticism ...... 219 Narayan Changder 3. American Literature

3.1 Multiple choice questions

1. Stopping on a snowy Evening 4. About Johnathan Edwards A. Robert Frost A. Wrote the Mayflower Contract B. Langston Hugues B. Was a Puritan preacher and writer C. Countee Cullen C. When he spoke, audiences rose to their feet and cheered D. Sherwood Anderson 2. What lesson does Hare’s adventure involv- D. B and C ing a tall man with a cane attempt to teach 5. What statement below best sums up the the Winnebago people? literary significance of Emerson? A. Flattery will get you no where A. Father of Free verse B. Don’t put of for tomorrow what you B. Father of american poetry can do today C. Pro Slavery C. Do unto others as you would have D. Father of American Liteature them do untoJai you Shree6. This quote comes Ram from what writing: D. Boasting shows weakness and will "God holds you over the pit of Hell much lead to bad things as one holds a spider over the fire..."? 3. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a mentor for a A. Spiders of the World number of early American writers, includ- B. Hands of Satan ing: C. Hell and Salem A. Hawthrone D. Sinners in the Hand... B. Stewart 7. Thoreau believed that if a government was C. Thoreau unjust, people need to resist the government. This is called... D. A and B 160 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. Following orders. A. The Burning of Our House B. Resisting arrest. B. The Story of Plymouth Plantation C. Civil disobedience. C. Sinners in the Hand D. Mutiny. D. The Wonders of the Invisible World 8. How do the Shelby’s treat their slaves? 13. The use of a etcetera in the final line is A. Kindly but firmly A. euphemism B. Set them all free B. empathy C. Beat them everyday C. alliteration D. They do not have slaves D. onomatopoeia 9. When the child finds that issues cannot be resolved in 30 minutes he. . . 14. Define oral tradition. A. will adjust with reality A. The passing on from one generation to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and B. becomes adamant and disillusioned other verbal compositions after it has been C. will find sources elsewhere written down. D. resigns to reality B. The telling of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions to a sin- 10. A good definition of American Realism gle generation within and between non- is: literate cultures A. An examination of life as it actually is. C. The use of "like" or "as" to draw a comparison between two unlike things B. A romantic portrayal of life. D. The passing on from one genera- C. An examination of the countryside ver- tion (and/or locality) to another of songs, sus the city. chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-literate D. A sad and depressing view of reality. cultures by word of mouth 11. My present business," continued he, 15. Let me for a few moments turn your at- speaking with lofty confidence, "is merely tention to the reservations in the different to inquire my way to the dwelling of my states of New England, and, with but few [relative]." ... There was a sudden and gen- exceptions, we shall find them as follows: eral movement in the room, which Robin the most mean, abject, miserable race of interpreted as expressing the eagerness of beings in the world - a complete place of each individual to become his guide. This prodigality and prostitution. What does passage exemplifies: "prodigality" mean? NarayanA. Jamming ChangderA. Wasteful extravagance B. Ambiguity B. Promiscuity C. Snaring C. Return from the dead D. Foregrounding D. Redemption 12. This is the name of the report by Cotton 16. The Puritans who settled Massachusetts Mather about the trial accusing Martha Bay were non-separating Puritans, which Carrier of witchcraft meant? 3.1 Multiple choice questions 161

A. They did not want to disassociate from 22. Which statement best describes literary the Church of England significance of William APess? B. Separate from church of England A. Indian Autobiography C. Start their own beliefs B. Father of free verse D. Create seperation C. Father of American poetry 17. Define trickster tale. D. Both A and B A. A recurrent thematic element in an 23. "An Indian’s Looking Glass for the White artistic or literary work. Man" illustrates what genre of early Amer- ican writing? B. The struggle found in fiction A. Sermon C. Giving human qualities to animals or objects B. Autobiography D. A story about a mischievous, supernat- C. Spiritual diary ural being D. Biography 18. The black language holds great impor- 24. What writing describes the death of two tance for the settlers at the hands of 300 bowmen? A. Black community in America A. General History of Virginia B. identity of Blacks in The United States B. Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves C. Walum Olum C. Survival and continuation of the Black D. Beowulf community 25. This person was captured by Native Amer- D. restoration of a language icans but saved by Pocahontas 19. The website address for our class is... A. Joseph Smith, Jr A. [email protected] B. Jerry Smith B. [email protected] C. Hiram Smith C. www.gatecseit.in D. John Smith D. [email protected] 26. About the Iroquois 20. What job does Uncle Tom perform at the A. Dekonawidah planted the Tree of St. Clare plantation? Great Peace A. Cook B. Powerful enemy of the Delaware tribe B. GroomsmanJai Shree Ram C. The tribe drafted a constitution to de- C. Head Coachman fine the governance of their society D. Valet D. All the above 21. What statement below best sums up the 27. About Edward Taylor literary significance of Samuel Sewall? A. Wrote Huswifery in an ornate style A. Anti-Slavery that wouldn’t have been accepted by the B. Father of american poetry Puritans C. Pro Slavery B. Wrote a poem about his house burning down D. Father of American Liteature 162 Chapter 3. American Literature

C. Was exiled to the New World because A. Mysterious he wouldn’t talk to the Church of England B. Slant Rhymes C. True Rhymes D. A and C D. No titles 28. The house of this Puritan poet burned 34. This checkmark diagram represents the down plot structure for what genre of early A. Elizabeth Browning American writing? B. Eliza Snow A. Slave narrative B. Indian autobiography C. George Elliot C. Sermon D. Anne Bradstreet D. Trancendentalism 29. The ﬁrst part of American History dwells 35. Over which river does Eliza make her of the miraculous crossing? A. Discovery of America by Columbus A. The Mississippi B. Discovery and settlement of the West- B. The Colorado ern continent C. The Ohio C. early English settlers D. The Danube D. missionaries settled in America 36. This is the title of a famous Puritan sermon 30. Bartolome de Las Casas wrote A. A Bird in the Hand A. The devastation of the indies B. Hands of Satan B. Flor Y Canto C. Sinners in the Hand... C. A Very Old Man with Enormous D. Sins of the World wings 37. Maria Stewart is associated with what ma- D. Hopskotch jor American literary movement? 31. The ‘fearful trip’ is a recall of A. Idealism A. The Civil war B. Slavery B. Voyage C. Romanticism C. Abraham Lincoln D. Nationalism 38. How does Eliza cross the Ohio river? D. Trip form England to the United States A. By ferry B. On a makeshift raft 32. In which state is the Shelby farm located? C. In a stolen canoe A. Tennessee Narayan ChangderD. Hopping rafts of ice B. Kentucky 39. He wrote a journal about his expedition in C. Alabama northern Florida D. Mississipi A. De Vaca 33. Which of the following is NOT a feature B. Johnathan Edwards or characteristics of Emily Dickinson’s C. Cortez poetry? D. Vasco de Gama 3.1 Multiple choice questions 163

40. Having undertaken, for the Glory of God 43. In which state was “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and advancement of the Christian Faith written? and Honour of our King and Country ... A. Maine do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one B. Massachusetts of another, Covenant and Combine our- C. Georgia selves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation D. Ohio and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and 44. ...this may suffice, that not only the seed by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and of Cham or Canaan, but any lawful Cap- frame such just and equal Laws, Ordi- tives of other Heathen Nations may be nances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, made Bond men as hath been proved. ... from time to time, as shall be thought most By all which it doth evidently appear both meet and convenient for the general good by Scripture and Reason, the practice of of the Colony, unto which we promise the People of God in all Ages, both before all due submission and obedience. In and after the giving of the Law, and in witness whereof we have hereunder sub- the times of the Gospel, that there were scribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th Bond men, Women and Children com- of November, in the year of reigne of our monly kept by holy and good men, and Sovereign Lord King James.... Anno Do- improved in Service; and therefore by the mini 1620. Command of God, Lev. 25, 44, and their venerable Example, we may keep Bond A. Fredrick Douglass men, and use them in our Service still; yet B. John Winthrop with all candour, moderation and Chris- C. Benjamin Franklin tian prudence, according to their state and condition consonant to the Word of God D. Mayflower Compact A. John Saffin 41. Maria Steward believe that black woman are crucial to the uplift of black Ameri- B. John Winthrop cans. Why? C. Benjamin Franklin A. They have the power to fix things D. Mayflower Compact themselves 45. How does Hare outsmart Sharp-elbow to B. Men are more powerful retrieve his stolen arrow? C. Both are correct A. He sends a young man to retrieve it D. None of the above B. He sends his grandmother to cast a spell on him that causes Sharp-elbow to 42. What is the author’s purpose in the Zuni consent to anything asked of him origin tale "TheJai Flood"? Shree Ram C. He takes a whetstone with him to re- A. To include the tribe’s favorite food, trieve the arrow and when Sharp-elbow corn, into the myth attacks he uses the whetstone for protec- B. To warn its youth about the conse- tion against the attack quences of promiscutiy and other inquities D. He lights four prayersticks and asks the gods to retrieve it for him C. To explain how floods came into exis- 46. “ I hear my being dance from ear to ear”. tence Here ear to ear refers to D. To explain how earthquakes came into A. a round about way of telling things existence 164 Chapter 3. American Literature

B. a heart warming smile 52. The children of the village, too, would shout with joy whenever he approached. C. listening through an ear and pass it off He assisted at their sports, made their play- through the other things, taught them to fly kites and shoot D. a complete experience marbles, and told them long stories of 47. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I ghosts, witches, and Indians. This work brought chairs into the room, and desired draws upon: them here to rest from their fatigues; while A. A European fairy tale I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon B. A local ghost story the very spot beneath which reposed the C. An Indian legend corpse of the victim. What is the meaning of the word audacity? D. A European ghost story A. Fearless daring or aggressive boldness 53. What does the priest’s son’s prayers for the punishment of the tribe’s iniquities tell us about the Zuni tribe? B. Auditory city A. They are nosey and stays busy tending C. Authority to other people’s business D. Insanity or dementia B. The Zunis are spiritual and have a 48. Who is the representative figure of the strong moral code that they live by and “Jazz Age” teach to their children A. Sherwood Anderson C. That the Zunis are afraid of earth- B. F. Scott Fitzgerald quakes and floods C. Saul Bellow D. That the Zunis like to make up stories for pure entertainment D. Wallace Stevens 54. But when to their feminine rage the indig- 49. Who says “Earth is the right place for nation of the people is added, when the love” ignorant and the poor are aroused, when A. Silvia plath the unintelligent brute force that lies at the B. Langston Hughes bottom of society is made to growl and mow, it needs the habit of magnanimity C. Wallace Stevens and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of D. Robert Frost no concernment. What does "mow" mean 50. This person wrote about a island that he in this context? called Colba, now known as Cuba A. To grimace A. John Smith B. To bleat like sheep B. Coronado C. To lift heavy things C. Columbus D. To cut grass NarayanD. De Vaca 55. ChangderWhom does Mr.Haley choose from among 51. The poem ends on a Shelby’s slaves? A. happy and meaningful note A. Eliza and Harry B. courageous and hopeful note B. Uncle Tom and Cassy C. tragic and painful note C. Uncle Tom and Eliza D. philosophical note D. Uncle Tom and Harry 3.1 Multiple choice questions 165

56. What animal is personified as the trickster 62. What was the purpose of the Mayflower in the Winnebago tale? Compact? A. Bear A. Establish a new government B. Coyote B. first agreement on self governing C. Snake C. Religious freedom D. Hare D. Sovereignty 57. When did Hemingway receive the Nobel Prize for Literature ? 63. The first stanza of the poem provides an idea that it is A. 1952 A. a revenge story B. 1954 B. not a happy story C. 1956 D. 1958 C. a metaphysical poem 58. What statement below best sums up the D. a deterministic poem literary significance of John Winthrop? 64. Who is Sharp-elbow? A. American myths A. A genrous village chief who is known B. non separating puritan for his kindness C. City upon a hill B. Hare’s grandfather D. All are correct C. A god who protects and guides Hare 59. Jack London’s "To Build a Fire" contained on his many adventures foreshadowing, which means... D. A tyrannical village chief who is A. It took place at nightfall. known for his elbow blades B. It was a moody and spooky story. 65. The emagery in the poem is C. It contained clues to events yet to hap- A. Mystical pen. B. Naturalistics D. It had descriptions of shadows in the woods. C. Deterministic 60. The tone of the third stanza of the poem D. Supernatural embodies a sense of 66. Yes, when the stars glisten’d, All night A. Panic long on the prong of a moss-scallop’d B. Pain stake, Down almost amid the slapping waves, Sat the lone singer wonderful caus- C. CalmnessJai Shree Ram ing tears. What is a prong? D. content A. An edgy platform 61. What ritual does the character resembling the devil attempt to perform in the woods, B. Other side with goodman Brown as the object? C. A pointed, projected part of something A. A conversion B. A christening D. An adumbration C. A wedding 67. Which of these statements does NOT ap- D. A baptism ply to Hawthorne as a moralist: 166 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. Awareness of the importance of living is disgraceful to God, it appears that he a life without error and sin has disgrace himself a great deal—for he has made fifteen colored people to one B. Awareness of the dangers of setting white, and placed them here upon the yourself up as the judge of others or of earth (1462). isolating yourself from humanity A. John Saffin C. Awareness of the ethical problems of sin, punishment and atonement B. John Winthrop D. Awareness of the mysteries and frail- C. Samuel Sewall ties of human nature D. William Apess 68. The cautious old gentleman knit his brows 71. Who is NOT considered to be a represen- tenfold closer after this explanation, be- tative of the Southern Renaissance? ing sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of A. William Faulkner the syllogism; while methought the one B. Tennessee Williams in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he ob- C. Robert Penn Warren served, that all this was very well, but still D. T.S.Eliot he thought the story a little extravagant – 72. The two main characters in The Pearl there were one or two points on which he are... had his doubts. "Faith, sir," replied the story-teller, "as to that matter, I don’t be- A. Juan Tomas and his wife. lieve one half of it myself." This passage B. The doctor and the priest. exemplifies: C. Kino and his wife Juana. A. Narrative frame D. None of the above B. Hortatory sermon 73. Wines Burg Ohio C. Snaring A. Sherwood Anderson D. Jamming B. Robert Lee Frost 69. According to the tale, what horrible crime C. William Faulkner did the ucle commit? D. Carl Sanburg A. He killed all of the old people 74. Which statement below best defined Dick- inson’s idea of circumference? B. He killed all of the female children A. Above and beyond C. He killed all of the male children B. limitations D. He killed all of the women C. no limitations 70. But, reader, I acknowledge that this is a D. Eqaulity confused world, and I am not seeking for 75. About Cotton Mather office; but merely placing before you the black inconsistency that you place before A. Belonged to the Delaware tribe Narayanme—which is ten times blacker than any ChangderB. Fasted 450 times for sins he commit- skin that you will find in the Universe. ted And now let me exhort you to do away that C. Wrote about the trial of Martha Carrier principle, as it appears ten times worse in the sight of God and candid men, than skins of color—more disgraceful than all D. B and C the skins that Jehovah ever made. If black 76. Who inherits ownership of Tom when St. or red skins, or any other skin of color Clare dies? 3.1 Multiple choice questions 167

A. Eva 81. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of John Saffin? B. Marie A. Anti-Slavery C. George Shelby B. Father of american poetry D. Haley C. Pro Slavery 77. About John Smith D. Father of American Liteature A. Exaggerated and embellish events and depicted Native Americans as barbaric 82. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, B. In the General History of Virginia, at- with thåe old clothes of his father. He tempted an objective, journalistic style was generally seen trooping like a colt at C. Was saved by Squanto his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he D. A and B had much ado to hold up with one hand, 78. Dumas, whose father was a General in as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. the French Army, is a Mulatto; Soulie, a What are "galligaskins"? Quadroon. He went from New-Orleans, A. Long, wide petticoats where, though to the eye a white man, yet, as known to have African blood in his B. A trench-coat veins, he could never have enjoyed the C. Loose, wide breeches privileges due to a human being. A Mu- latto is a person who has one white par- D. Underpants ent and one black parent; what, then, is a 83. According to the myth, why must all Quadroon? things have an end? A. A person who has two black parents. A. The Earthmaker wanted the opportunity to creat a new race of people B. A person who has one Meranto parent and one black. B. Mankind would suffer because of a lack of food if there were more people C. A person who has two Delfigo parents. than resources to care for them C. Hare wished it to be so and that was D. A person who has one white parent how it was and one parent who is a Mulatto D. Grandmother wished it to be so and 79. “And then hopped sidewise to the Wall”. that was how it was Here the poet personifies the bird as a 84. About the Pima A. Predator A. Introduced domestic animals to the B. GentlemanJai ShreeNavajo Ram C. Hierarchical views of man B. Made houses of saplings bent into D. Protector domes 80. Which American poet is hailed as the rep- C. Legend From the Houses of Magic resentative poet of America ? D. B and C A. Robert Frost 85. Who is the central Figure in O Nell’s The B. R. W. Emerson Hairy Ape C. Walt Whitman A. Mildred D. Edgar Allen Poe B. Yank 168 Chapter 3. American Literature

C. The Secretary of I.W.W. A. That he will adopt Topsy D. None of the above B. That he will free Uncle Tom 86. About the Navajo C. That he will remarry A. Settled in Northeastern US D. That he will try to find Harry B. Kept the Navajo Origin Legend 92. Mr. Covey entered the stable with a long through oral tradition rope; and just as I was half out of the loft, he caught hold of my legs, and was about C. Believed that corn was crucial to cre- tying me. As soon as I found what he ation was up to, I gave a sudden spring, and D. B and C as I did so, he holding to my legs, I was 87. Which statement below best paraphrases brought sprawling on the stable floor. Mr. what John Winthrop meant when he de- Covey seemed now to think he had me, clared that the MBC would be as a "city and could do what he pleased; but at this upon a hill"? moment—from whence came the spirit I don’t know—I resolved to fight; and, A. Religious freedom suiting my action the resolution, I seized B. Everyone has a role in society Covey hard by the throat, and as I did so, I rose. He held on to me, and I to him. ... C. Only men should work He trembled like a leaf. ...We were at it D. Woman have no role in society for nearly two hours. Covey at length let 88. Before humans were sold as commodities, me go, puffing and blowing at a great rate, what item was highly sought after in West saying that if I had not resisted, he would Africa? not have whipped me half so much. The truth was, that he had not whipped me at A. Diamonds all. I considered him as getting entirely B. Land the worst end of the bargain; for he had drawn no blood from me, but I had from C. Gold him D. Gasoline A. Fredrick Douglass 89. “learn by going where I have to go”. The B. John Winthrop poet learns of C. Benjamin Frankin A. Going back to his hometown D. William Apess B. his errors and starts correcting them 93. Which of the following describes the pre- C. going back to the state of depression colonial era’s literature styles? D. the final destination where he has to A. Pamphlets, poetry, novels, short sto- reach ries 90. Which is one of the five tenants of Puri- B. Novels, poetry, dramas, histories tanism? C. Literary magazines, poetry, novels, NarayanA. Total equality Changder short stories B. Unconditional love D. Narratives and poetry C. Individualism 94. This group of Native Americans believed that corn was crucial to creation. D. Irresistible grace 91. What does Eva’s father promise her before A. Teton she dies? B. Cherokee 3.1 Multiple choice questions 169

C. Utes 99. ...the eyes of all people are upon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god D. Navajo in this worke wee have undertaken and soe 95. Abslom, Absalom is a novel written by cause him to withdrawe his preent help from us, wee shall be made a story and A. Steinback a by-word through the world, wee shall B. Faulkner open the mouthes of enemies to speake evill of the ways of god and all profes- C. Hemingway sours for Gods sake; wee shall shame the D. Fitzgerald faces of many of gods worthy servants, 96. A factual account of the development of a and cause theire prayers to be turned into people, nation, institution or culture Cursses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whether wee are going... A. Tradition A. Fredrick Douglass B. Constitution B. John Winthrop C. History C. Benjamin Franklin D. Myth D. William Apess 97. And seeing GOD hath said, He that 100. The story is told from the point of view stealeth a Man and Selleth him, or if he be of found in his hand, he shall surely be put A. Mrs. Mallard to Death. Exod. 21.16. This Law being B. Mrs. Mallard’s sister Josephine of Everlasting Equity, wherein Man Steal- ing is Ranked amongst the most atrocious C. Mr. Mallard of Capital Crimes: What louder Cry can D. a third person there be made of that Celebrated Warning, 101. Why does Henry David Thoreau write Caveat Emptor!And all things considered, his book "Walden"? it would conduce more to the Welfare of the Province, to have White Servants for a A. To show ideas of transcendentalism Term of Years, than to have slaves for Life. are put into action Few can endure to hear of a Negro’s being B. To critique slavery made free; and indeed they can seldom C. Tell his entire life story use their freedom well; yet their continual aspiring after their forbidden Liberty, D. None of the above renders them unwilling Servants. 102. What does the narrator ﬁnd at the end of the journey? A. John Safﬁn A. Field and works B. John Winthrop Jai ShreeB. Crusted snow Ram and dead leaves C. Samuel Sewall C. Hills and highways D. William Apess D. all are sleeping 98. On this explorer’s quest for gold, the guide 103. In which city does the St.Clare live? mislead them to Texas A. Memphis A. Columbus B. New Orleans B. Magellan C. Louisville C. Coronado D. Atlanta 104. Who wrote "Barn burning"? D. Houston 170 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. Rober Lee frost A. Relocate to Louisiana B. Eugene O’ Neil’s B. Punish another slave C. Tennesse Williams C. Abandon his faith D. William Faulkner’s D. Marry another woman 105. Which of Uncle Tom’s personal char- 110. For a time the narrator comforts Rod- acteristics guided his interactions with erick by reading and painting with him; others and his responses to his circum- one of Roderick’s paintings is described stances? as follows: "A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and rect- A. His gentle and soft-spoken nature angular vault or tunnel, with low walls, B. His honesty and deep devotion to God smooth, white, and without interruption or device. Certain accessory points of the design served well to convey the idea that C. His overwhelming fear of violence this excavation lay at an exceeding depth D. His ability to hide his rebellious na- below the surface of the earth." What later ture. event in the story does this picture fore- 106. The cloud-spirits peeped from their sil- shadow? very islands, as the congregated mirth A. The narrator and Roderick bury Made- went roaring up the sky! The Man in the line alive in a stone tomb beneath the man- Moon heard the far bellow. "Oho," quoth sion. he, "the old earth is frolicsome to-night!" B. The narrator and Roderick drown This is: Madeline in the tarn next to the mansion. A. An autobiography C. Roderick and Madeline escape the B. A fairy tale house via an underground tunnel. C. Gothic fiction D. The narrator and Roderick become trapped in catacombs beneath the man- D. A novel sion. 107. Which of the following is true about 111. Where does Tom first meet Eva? the target audience for John Saffin’s pamphlet? A. In New Orleans A. African Americans B. On a ferry C. In Memphis B. White public of Plymouth D. On a river boat C. White public of Massachusetts 112. At the end of Hare’s adventure with the D. Native Americans headless bodies how does he turned them 108. What is TULIP? into "fast-fish." A. Total depravity A. The headless bodies served Hare fish. NarayanB. Unconditional election ChangderB. The headless bodies tried to abuse people so they were turned into ’fast-fish’ as C. Limited atonement a punishment. D. Irresistible GraceE. Perseverance of C. The headless bodies liked to eat fish. the SaintsF. All of the above D. The headless bodies were actually 109. What does George Harris’ master de- creatures who evolved from fish so they mand of him that prompts him to plan were simply returned to their primordial his escape? state. 3.1 Multiple choice questions 171

113. This is a system of fundamental laws B. First African American to publish life governing a society writingC Most popular native american writer A. Discourse C. Most popular slave narrative B. Constitution D. All the above C. Language 118. But when a Boy, and Barefoot I more D. Connotation than once at Noon Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash Unbraiding in the Sun The 114. What was one theme in the period of speaker of this poem is... independence? A. A boy A. national identity B. An alien B. political conflicts C. A girl C. urban and european vs indigenous and D. A communist rural 119. What does George Shelby give Uncle D. All the above Tom to wear on a string around his neck 115. "When I was 16 years of age, we heard before Tom is taken away? a Strange Rumor among the English, A. A locket that there were Extraordinary Ministers B. A ring preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This C. A dollar was in the Spring of the Year. ... Af- D. A crucifix ter I was awakened & converted, I went 120. Why do you think the uncle was named to all the meetings, I could come at; & the "Unnatural Uncle"? Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn A. The Eskimo’s felt that family was im- the English letters; got me a Primer, and portant and to try to harm a family mem- used to go to my English Neighbours fre- ber was not normal or natural quently for Assistant in reading..." B. The pronunciation of Eskimo names are impossible so the author decided that A. Samson Occcum this was easy for the reader B. John Winthrop C. All Eskimo myths name the antagonist C. Benjamin Franklin the "Unnatural Uncle" D. Mayflower Compact D. Since this tale is from the oral tradition, the characters had no names and 116. Which of Washington Irving’s characters when the myth was written down this is falls asleep forJai twenty years? Shreethe name thatRam was given A. Tom Buchanan 121. To which country do George and Eliza plan to immigrate? B. Tom Joad A. Liberia C. Philip Marlowe B. Nigeria D. Rip van Winkle C. France 117. What statement below best sums up the literary significant of Maria Stewart? D. Algeria 122. Which member of the corn clan could A. First African American woman to not overlook the wrondoings of the rest of speak to a mixed audience the clan? 172 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. The youngest member 128. Which American writer won the Nobel Prize in 1930? B. The oldest member A. Sinclair Lewis C. The priest’s son B. Upton Sinclair D. The chief’s son C. John Steinbeck 123. The American Renaissance overlapped the time period, in which Ameri- D. Raymond Chandler can writers were trying to 129. Themes in colonial time period: A. Postmodern; end slavery. A. resistance B. Colonial; end patriotism for England. B. cultural independence C. Modernism; end individualism. C. Europe D. All the above D. Romanticism; define themselves and their writing style as independent from 130. What animal is personified as Hare’s England. grandfather? 124. Rabbit Angstrom Novels are written by A. Bear – B. Fox A. Harper Lee C. Deer B. John Updike D. Cougar C. Henry Miller 131. Which of the following best defines the Enlightenment movement? D. R. Ellison A. Age of reason 125. John Winthrop’s "A Model of Christian Charity" illustrates what genre of early B. Political thinking American writing? C. Celebration of individual A. Sermon D. Philosophical movment B. Romanticism 132. Which of the following is a true statement about Romanticism? C. Transcendtalism A. Interest in the common man D. Both B and C B. Celebration of the individual 126. Which of the following animals seem C. Age of reason to represent strength and courage for the Eskimos? D. Both A and B 133. Native Son (1940) is written by A. Horse A. Jean Toomer B. Fox B. Richard Wright C. Eagle C. Ralph Ellison NarayanD. Deer Changder D. Stephen Crane 127. What did John Smith write? 134. What is Mrs. Shelby’s first name? A. Jason and Isolde A. Emily B. General History of Virginia B. Rachel C. Declaration of Independence C. Margaret D. Journal of an Expedition D. Danielle 3.1 Multiple choice questions 173

135. Apess claims that Native Americans in 139. He had heard this destruction of the orig- New England are the "most mean, abject, inal possessors of the soil described, as we miserable race of beings in the world." find it in the history of the times, where, Which of the following is NOT a reason we are told, "the number destroyed was he offers as an explanation for their mis- about four hundred;" and "it was a fearful ery? sight to see them thus frying in the fire, and the streams of blood quenching the A. They are victimized by corrupt Indian same, and the horrible scent thereof; but Agents appointed by the government. the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and B. They are not provided with adequate they gave the praise thereof to God." This education. work is: C. They are legally denied the right to A. A hortatory sermon engage in commerce. B. A historial novel D. Native American women have been C. Gothic fiction seduced and abandoned by white men. D. A narrative frame 136. From where does Eliza cross into Cananda? 140. Apess concludes his piece by: A. Lake Erie A. Predicting the Apocalypse B. Lake Huron B. Declaring his intention to run for public office C. Niagara Falls C. Calling for Native Americans to de- D. Northern Minnesota clare themselves independent of the U.S. 137. The farmer drove his plough-share deep government "Whose bones are these?" said he, "I find D. Exhorting his allies and advocates to them where my browsing sheep Roam continue working to end prejudice o’er the upland lea." What does "lea" 141. This is the implied comparison between mean? Veldu eitt: two dissimilar things A. Rocky land A. Myth B. Bridge B. History C. Plain or plateau C. Tradition D. Meadow or pastureland D. Metaphor 138. Well, then; I have received personal in- 142. It was about this time that I conceiv’d formation, from a very high quarter, that the bold and arduous Project of arriving at a certain document of the last importance, moral Perfection. I wish’d to live without has been purloinedJai from the royal Shree apart- committing any Ram Fault at any time; I would ments. The individual who purloined it is conquer all that either Natural Inclination, known; this beyond a doubt; he was seen Custom, or Company might lead me into. to take it. It is known, also, that it still As I knew, or thought I knew, what was remains in his possession. What is the right and wrong, I did not see why I might meaning of the verb to purloin? not always do the one and avoid the other. A. To borrow But I soon found I had undertaken a Task of more difficulty than I had imagined. B. To steal ... I included under Thirteen names of C. To ruin Virtues all that at that time occurr’d to me as necessary or desirable, and annex’d D. To return 174 Chapter 3. American Literature

to each a short Precept, which fully ex- throng in mockery around some dead po- press’d the Extent I gave to its Meaning. tentate, mighty no more, but majestic still in his agony. On they went, in counter- A. Samson Occcum feited pomp, in senseless uproar, in fren- B. John Winthrop zied merriment, trampling all on an old C. Benjamin Franklin man’s heart. This is: D. Mayflower Compact A. Historical fiction 143. Who was Fuseli? B. A fairy tale A. Swiss-bom painter C. An autobiography B. French guitarist D. A detective story C. An Italian-born doctor 149. In Walden, who urges people to simplify their lives and look to nature for mean- D. British painter ing? 144. Where does Senator Bird take Eliza and A. Robert Frost Harry? B. Walt Whitman A. To a Congregationalist community C. Henry David Thoreau B. To a Methodist community C. To a Quaker settlement D. Herman Melville 150. Who coined the phrase ‘Lost Genera- D. To Philadelphia tion’? 145. The lesson the young man teaches Dorothy is A. Hemingway A. to hide here emotion B. Gertude Stein B. to live and enjoy her life C. F. Scott Fitzserald C. to fight with people D. Sherwood Anderson 151. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as a literary work D. not to lodge a complaint exposed the evils of 146. Henry David Thoreau lived for a while... A. dowry A. At Lake Tahoe. B. slavery B. At Willow Pond. C. corruption C. At the Feather River. D. superstitions D. At Walden Pond. 152. According to the myth, how did frogs 147. In this technological world the child loose their teeth? should build up. . . ? A. Frogs used to eat rocks and one day A. a vision for himself a frog ate a rock that was too hard and NarayanB. inner strength Changdersmashed its teeth. C. his own life B. Frogs never had any teeth. D. a will not to depend on others C. Hare hit a frog with a club and burned 148. When there was a momentary calm in the frog and cursed it by declaring it that tempestuous sea of sound, the leader would never be able to harm anyone be- gave the sign, the procession resumed its cause it threatedned to hunt the hare down march. On they went, like fiends that with dogs. 3.1 Multiple choice questions 175

D. Grandmother wanted to eat frog leg 158. What term describes Cassy’s racial her- stew so she captured a frog and extracted itage? its teeth one by one while chanting a Win- A. Quadroon nebago song, and since then frogs were without teeth. B. Mulatto 153. Why do we call Ralph Waldo Emerson C. Octoroon the "Father of American Literature"? D. Hectoroon A. First native american to publish life 159. What does the narrator of the story about writing Rip describe as the great error in Rip’s composition? B. Mentor to other writers A. His weakness for spirits C. Literary Maverick B. That he is henpecked by his wife D. None of the above C. His love of town gossip 154. Wanders in that happy valley Through two luminous windows saw Spirits mov- D. His unwillingness to work ing musically To a lute’s well-tunéd law, 160. According to the myth, which of the fol- Round about a throne, where sitting (Por- lowing are likely hunting preparation ritu- phyrogene!) In state his glory well befit- als that the Winnebago perform? ting, The sovereign of the realm was seen. A. Burning tobacco as an offering What does Porphyrogene mean? B. Singing songs A. Born to be free C. Entering into a trance to commune B. Inflicted with the disease Porphyria with the spirits of the natural world. C. Of royal birth D. All of the above 161. What statement below best sums up D. Wearing purple robes the literary significance of William Brad- 155. The “Cycle of American Literature” was ford? written by? A. Created spiritual Diary A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Non-Separating puritan B. Thoruau C. Separating puritan C. Robert E. Spiller D. both A and C D. Gustave Falubert 162. This character survived a massacre: 156. Who is the central character in Heming- A. Faith way’s novel The Old Man and the Sea? B. Hope A. Santiago Jai ShreeC. Magawisca Ram B. Marlin D. Madeline C. Mandolin 163. Before advocating on behalf of the en- D. None of the above slaved in colonial Massachusetts, Samuel Sewall participated in what early Ameri- 157. What does Topsy steal? can crisis event? A. Marie’s bracelet A. Mayflower compact B. A pair of gloves B. Salem Witch Trails C. Augustine’s Bourbon C. No involvement D. Griddlecakes D. All the above 176 Chapter 3. American Literature

164. The populace think that your rejection 169. The ambitious spirits of his brother chief- of popular standards is a rejection of all tain Sassacus, had ever aspired to domin- standard, and mere antinomianism - and ion over the allied tribes - and immedi- the bold sensualist will use the name of ately after the appearance of the English, philosophy to gild his crimes. But the law the same temper was manifest in a jeal- of consciousness abides. There are two ousy of their encroachments. He em- confessionals, in one or the other of which ployed all his art and influence and author- we must be shriven. What is "antinomian- ity, to unite the tribes for the extirpation ism"? of the dangerous invaders. Mononotto, on the contrary, averse to all hostility, and A. Doctrine of Stoicism foreseeing no danger from them, was the B. Doctrine of Gnosticism advocate of a hospitable reception, and pacific conduct. What does "extirpation" C. Doctrine of Materialism mean? D. Doctrine of salvation by faith alone A. Execution 165. Which one is a great patriotic poem by B. Going to extremes Frost? C. Extermination A. Mending Wall D. Expatriating B. Birches 170. I know that many say that they are will- C. The Gift Outright ing, perhaps the majority of the people, D. Directive that we should enjoy our rights and privileges as they do. If so, I would ask why 166. What story tells how Squanto taught the are not we protected in our persons and settler to grow corn, procure commodities property throughout the Union? Is it not and fish? because there reigns in the breast of many A. General History of Virginia who are leaders, a most unrighteous, un- becoming and impure black principle, and B. Puritan Sermons as corrupt and unholy as it can be–while C. The story of Plymouth Plantation these very same unfeeling, self-esteemed characters pretend to take the skin as a D. Pride and Prejudice pretext to keep us from our unalienable 167. The change TV brought into the society and lawful rights? I would ask you if you can be summed up as would like to be disfranchised from all A. condensed life to the screen your rights, merely because your skin is white, and for no other crime? I’ll venture B. life turning more attractive to say, these very characters who hold the C. bringing reality before them skin to be such a barrier in the way, would be the first to cry out, injustice! awful D. creating indifference to realities of life injustice! A. Fredrick Douglass 168.NarayanWhich of these is NOT a rhetorical pur- Changder pose of the Spiritual Diary Genre? B. John Winthrop A. finding spiritual meaning C. Benjamin Franklin B. Critic slavery D. William Apess 171. American Civil War was fought in C. Defend Slavery A. 1815-1820 D. Both B and C 3.1 Multiple choice questions 177

B. 1830-1840 177. Which of Upton Sinclair’s books is about the meat-packing industry? C. 1861-1865 A. Main Street D. 1825-1833 B. Arrowsmith 172. Whom does St. Clare give to Ophelia to educate? C. Elmer Gantry A. Eva D. The Jungle 178. Who wrote The sound and the furry? B. Prue A. Eugene O’ Neil’s C. Emmeline B. William Faulkner D. Topsy C. Robert Lee frost 173. What vice does Tom attempt to convince Augustine Clare to renounce? D. Countee Cullen 179. Who wrote "The love song of J. Alfred A. gambling Prufrock"? B. drinking A. Cumings C. bribery B. Robert Lee Frost D. lying C. T.S. Eliot 174. The intellectual movement that believed D. Edgar lee masters that the observation of nature elevates 180. The narrator returns home during the the nature of humans, that deep truths can be grasped through intuition, and that A. spring God, Nature and humanity are united in a B. Winter shared universe is... C. fall A. Transcendentalism D. summer B. Communism 181. Beecher Stowe wrote “Uncle Tom’s C. Totalitarianism Cabin” to illustrate the evils of D. Feudalism A. Alcohol 175. Who is Eliza’s mother? B. Slavery A. Cassy C. Foreign B. Mrs.Shelby D. Imperialism 182. Abraham Lincoln: the war Years C. Mrs.Legree A. T.S. Elliot D. Aunt Chole Jai ShreeB. Carl Sandburg Ram 176. Monadnock on his forehead hoar Doth seal the sacred trust, Your mountains build C. William Faulkner their monument, Though ye destroy their D. Wallace Stevene dust. What is the meaning of the word 183. Miniver scorned the gold he sought. "hoar"? Here gold refers to A. Scarred A. the yellow metal B. Grey or white with age B. paycheck or money C. Ancient or venerable C. materialism D. Wrinkled with age D. the pot of luck 178 Chapter 3. American Literature

184. Why did Bradford and the Pilgrims cre- A. Slave narrative ate Plymouth Colony? B. Free verse poem A. For the land C. Journal B. Sovereignty to establish godly king- D. Spiritual diary dom as they saw fit 190. Why do people evolve a language C. Religious practice of the Church of A. To communicate England B. To articulate their circumstances D. All of the above C. For existence 185. About Christopher Columbus D. For identifying themselves A. Arrived on the Mayflower 191. How old is Emmeline? A. Ten B. Mistook Bahama Islands for India B. Thirteen C. Kept a journal of the First Voyage to America C. Seventeen D. B and C D. Fifteen 192. What was the original title of Heming- 186. Name the religious group that preached way’s novel The Old Man and the Sea ? to live a simple and straightforward life A. Fiesta A. Mormons B. The Assistant B. Catholics C. The Sea in Being C. Puritans D. Farewell to Arms D. Druids 193. What invention won George Harris the respect of his factory’s proprietor? 187. Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical purpose of "An Indian’ Looking Glass A. A cotton ginning machine for the White Man"? B. A hemp cleaning machine A. Critic the way white people’s society C. A hemp twines treats people of color wrong. D. A bread slicing machine B. Making peace 194. I ask: Is it not the case that everybody that is not white is treated with contempt C. Working together and counted as barbarians? And I ask if D. both B and C the word of God justifies the white man in so doing. When the prophets prophe- 188. All of the following are traits demon- sied, of whom did they speak? When they strated by the hero except? spoke of heathens, was it not the whites A. Obedience and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if all nations with the exception NarayanB. Patience Changder of the Jews were not counted heathens. C. Loyalty This passage exemplifies: D. Jealousy A. Jamming B. Snaring 189. William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Planta- tion exemplifies what genre of early Amer- C. Hortatory sermon ican writing? D. Framing 3.1 Multiple choice questions 179

195. The Puritans who settled Plymouth A. A letter Colony were separating Puritans which B. His clouded eye meant? C. His pact with the devil A. Continue being apart of the Church of England D. His loud heart beat 200. He was famed for great skill in horse- B. Reform manship; he was foremost at all races C. Separate from the Church of England and cockfights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength acquires in rustic D. None of the above life, was the umpire in all disputes. He 196. In Talbot county, Eastern Shore, Mary- was always ready for either a fight or a land, near Easton, the county town of that frolic, but had more mischief and good hu- country, there is a small district of coun- mor than ill will in his composition. Who try, thily populated, and remarkable for is this? nothing that I know of more than for the A. Cotton Mather worn-out, sandy, deserts-like appearance of its soil, the general dilapidation of its B. Diedrich Knickerbocker farms and fences, the indigent and spirit- C. Brom Bones less character of its inhabitants, and the prevalence of ague and fever. What does D. Geoffrey Crayon dilapidation mean? 201. Some of the movements that took place in the modernist time period include: A. Hunger or famine A. Transcendentalism, Symbolism, and B. Decrease Dark Romanticism. C. Derivation B. The Harlem Renaissance, The Lost D. Neglect or decray Generation, and Confessional Poetry. C. There were no movements during the 197. How does St. Clare die? modernist time period. A. He drowns D. Symbolism, Naturalism, and Postmod- B. He suffers a heart attack ernism. C. He is poisoned 202. In Saul Bellow’s novel Herzog (1964), Moses Herzog is a D. He is stabbed A. Christian 198. The poem ‘Chicago’ is written by B. Hindu A. Ezra Pound C. Jew B. E.E. CummingsJai ShreeD. Afro-American Ram C. Carl Sandburg 203. The process of passing on sayings, songs and tales. D. Carlos William A. Narration 199. But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did B. History not vex me; it would not be heard through C. Persuasion the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and exam- D. Oral Tradition ined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone 204. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was written dead. This victim is killed because of: by 180 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. Harriet Beecher Stowe 210. This mode of discourse attempts to con- B. Edgar Allan Poe vince someone A. Persuasion C. Arthur Miller B. Prejudice D. Edith Wharton 205. This group united 5 tribes C. Promise A. Iroquois D. Promotion 211. In addition to driving the family coach, B. Sioux what other responsibility do the St. Clare C. Navajo assign Uncle Tom? D. Hopi A. Tutoring Eva 206. Which definition below best defines B. Managing finances Transcendentalism? C. Helping Dinah cook A. Reason D. Administering Marie’s medicine B. Individualism 212. The Manitou is a great god in this leg- C. Political thinking, philosophical, and end. social movement A. Gilgamesh D. Deism, skepticism B. Colba 207. "Your goodness must have some edge to C. Odysseus it—else it is none. The doctrine of hatred must be preached as the counteraction of D. Walum Olum the doctrine of love when that pules and 213. This Puritan author wrote about the whines." In this work the author argues in Salem witch trials favour of: A. Cotton Mather A. Communism B. Owen Edwards B. Revolution C. Annie Bradford C. An independent nation of independent D. Terry Pratchett individuals 214. Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken is in- D. Abolition cluded in his poetical collection- 208. Miniver Cheevy’s name satirically hints A. A Boy’s Will at his B. A Witness Tree A. a minimalist achievements in life C. North of Boston B. magnanimous life style D. Mountain Interval C. brave approach to life 215. Which of the following is NOT a feature D. hard work and sensitivity towards the of the Enlightenment? Narayansociety ChangderA. Reason 209. when did william Faulkner get nobel B. Deism prize for literature? C. Political A. A-1941 D. Skepticism B. B-1949 216. HOWhich of the following themes or C. C-1945 ideas are closely associated with the Na- D. D-1938 tive American way of life? 3.1 Multiple choice questions 181

A. Waste and abuse of natural resources A. God B. Immoral behavior B. Painter C. Love and respect for family and its C. Sculptor elders D. Author D. Uncivilized society 221. Of the two, reverend Sir," said the voice 217. Having emerg’d from the Poverty and like the deacon’s, "I had rather miss an Obscurity in which I was born and bred, ordination-dinner than to-night’s meeting. to a State of Affluence and some Degree They tell me that some of our commu- of Reputation in the World, and having nity are to be here from Falmouth and gone so far thro’ Life with a considerable beyond, and others from Connecticut and Share of Felicity, the conducing Means Rhode-Island; besides several of the In- I made use of, which, with the Blessing dian powows, who, after their fashion, of God, so well succeeded, my Posterity know almost as much deviltry as the best may like to know, as they may find some of us. A "powow" in this context is: of them suitable to their own Situations, A. A devil-worshipper and therefore fit to be imitated. B. A boxer A. Fredrick Douglass C. An apples-salesman B. John Winthrop D. A medicine man C. Benjamin Franklin 222. According to "Hare’s Adventure", how D. William Apess does he get his "burnt buttocks"? 218. During the Revolutionary time period, A. His buttocks was scorched by the sun what great document was written? which he had caught in a trap A. The first romance novel. B. Grandmother burned him with a hot B. The Declaration of Independence. poker for being so mischievous C. Confessional poetry. C. Hare caught his own tale on fire trying to cook himself some dinner D. The Heiner Papers D. He was born that way 219. The hairy wild-bee that murmurs and hankers up and down, that gripes the full- 223. Who wrote Heritage? grown lady-flower, curves upon her with A. Countiee cullen amorous firm legs, takes his will of her, and holds himself tremulous and tight till B. William Faulkner he is satisfied. . . What does tremulous Jai ShreeC. T.S. Eliot Ram mean? D. Wallace stevens A. Trembling and timid 224. The following extract presents a suitable B. Stiff answer to the hacknied argument drawn C. Afraid by the defender of Slavery from the songs of the Slave, and is also a good specimen D. Contemplating and deciding of the powers of observation and manly 220. “He will give the gloom of gloom, and heart of the writer. The word hacknied is the sunshine of sunshine”. The pronoun an old form of the word hackneyed. What “He” refers to does it mean? 182 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. Lacking in freshness and originality A. Bradford Nelson B. Saddened B. William Holden C. Double meaning C. Nelson Holden D. Blue-eyed D. William Bradford 225. What statement below best sums up the 231. And then the fair Ohio charg’d Her many literary significance of Frederick Dou- sisters dear, "Show me once more, those glass? stately forms Within my mirror clear..." The author of this work wanted to: A. Indian Autobiography A. Show the beauty of Native women B. Father of free verse B. Show the beauty of Ohio women C. Father of American poetry C. Protest the treatment of Native Ameri- D. Most popular slave narrative cans 226. Who is the narrator in Melville’s Moby Dick D. Raise awareness of women’s part in US history A. Captain Ahab 232. It was the very witching time of night B. Elijah that he, heavyhearted and crestfallen, pursued his travel homeward. Far below, the C. Ishmael Tappan Zee spread its dusky waters. In D. Gabrial the dead hush of midnight he could hear 227. What statement below best sums up the the faint barking of a watchdog from the literary significance of Walt Whitman? opposite shore. The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in A. Father of free verse the sky, and driving clouds occasionally B. Father of American Poetry hid them from his sight. This passage is from: C. Circumference A. A fairy tale D. Both A and B 228. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act B. An autobiography passed? C. A detective story A. 1784 D. A Gothic tale B. 1841 233. Black Boy is an autobiographical account of whose Southern boyhood? C. 1850 A. Thomas D. 1857 229. What statement below best sums up B. Pynchon the literary significance of Benjamin C. John Dos Passos Franklin? D. Saul Bellow NarayanA. Mentor to other writers Changder 234. What statement below best sums up the B. Rewrote the autobiography literary significance of Emily Dickinson? C. Self-made and A. oversoul D. Both B and C B. Slant Rhyme 230. This author wrote of the Pilgrims’ voy- C. True Rhyme age to the New World D. All of the above 3.1 Multiple choice questions 183

235. This group of Native Americans left be- 241. Name the ship that brought the first Pil- hind a legend about creation using pic- grims to the New World tographs A. Mayflower A. Apache B. Santa Maria B. Delaware C. Titanic C. Sioux D. HMS Bounty D. Inuit 242. Themes in modern literature are: 236. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Indian autobiography genre? A. pretension A. Birth B. nostalgia B. Assimilation C. national identity C. Sovereignty D. All the above D. Religious in nature 243. Of what does Goodman Brown become 237. Which statement below best defined guilty after his midnight meeting in the Whitman’s idea of Oversoul? woods? A. Death A. Atonement B. Relationships B. Catharsis C. American landscape C. Gullibility D. Hope D. Hubris 238. About William Bradford 244. What statement below best sums up the A. Wrote the Mayflower Compact agree- literary significance of Samon Occum? ment A. Indian autobiography B. Founded Jamestown B. Most popular slave narrative C. Wrote about the Plymouth Plantation C. First african american to speak to D. A and C mixed audience 239. During the Colonial Time Period, the D. None of the aboveE. All of the above writing was influenced most by what religious persuasion? 245. Who wrote "Emperor Ice cream"? A. The Puritans A. Langston Hughes B. The Catholics B. William Faulkner C. The Pilgrims C. Wallace stevens D. The AngloJai Saxons ShreeD. Countee cullen Ram 240. Bear is supposed to be brave, so how 246. Who is the narrator in F. Scott Fitzger- does Hare trick him into being afraid? ald’s novel The Great Gatsby (1925) A. Hare told him of a large beast living A. Gatsby near Bear’s home. B. Nick B. Hare took out his quiver and showed him four arrows. C. Buchannan C. Hare told thim that the country is full D. None of the above of wars. 247. The vivid imagery of the season is shown to D. Hare threated to kill him. 184 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. reinforce the thoughts of the narrator and as a bold intriguant. Such a man, B. reflect the happenings in the life of the I considered, could not fail to be aware narrator of the ordinary political modes of action. Who is speaking? C. state the situation of the narrator A. Brown D. emphasize the choice of the season B. Brom Bones 248. This mode of discourse presents details that appeal to the senses C. Rip A. Description D. Dupin B. Metaphor 252. "Left the house of the subscriber, bounden servant, Hezekiah Mudge—had C. Persuation on when he went away, grey coat, leather D. Narration breeches, master’s third best hat. One 249. The annals of Massachusetts Bay will pound currency reward to whoever shall inform us, that of six governors, in the lodge him in any jail in the province." space of about forty years from the sur- Hezekiah Mudge is a "bounden servant," render of the old charter, under James II., meaning that he is bound by contract to two were imprisoned by a popular insur- be a servant (essentially a willing slave) rection - a third, as Hutchinson inclines to for seven years in repayment for: believe, was driven from the province by A. Freedom the whizzing of a musket ball - a fourth, in the opinion of the same historian, was has- B. Escape from enslavement tened to his grave by continual bickerings C. Transportation to the colonies with the house of representatives - and the remaining two, as well as their successors, D. Dropping charges for murder till the Revolution, were favored with few 253. How long is Rip asleep in the woods? and brief intervals of peaceful sway. What A. Fifty years is an "insurrection"? B. Twenty years A. An act or instance of beginning C. One hundred years B. An of revolting against civil authority C. The state of one risen from the dead D. Eighty years 254. We associate William Bradford with D. The condition of being stopped what colonial settlement? 250. We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground – The Roof was A. Plymouth scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the B. Mayflower compact Ground – What is Cornice? C. Massachusetts Bay Colony A. Cracks in the ground D. Rhode Island B. Decorative molding beneath a roof 255. ‘Your’ uses an upper case because NarayanC. Dust Changder A. he wanted it to create logic to the cap- D. Stolen goods italization of the final E. 251. I knew him, however, as both mathe- B. he wanted to emphasize the ‘Y’ matician and poet, and my measures were adapted to his capacity, with reference to C. the poem demanded an upper case the circumstances by which he was sur- D. he places his beloved in an upper place rounded. I knew him as a courtier, too, 3.1 Multiple choice questions 185

256. I have said that the sole effect of my 261. This term is an elaborate comparison be- somewhat childish experiment—that of tween two different subjects looking down within the tarn—had been A. Simile to deepen the first singular impression. There can be no doubt that the conscious- B. Conceit ness of the rapid increase of my super- C. Sermon stition—for why should I not so term it?—served mainly to accelerate the in- D. Anomoly crease itself. Such, I have long known, 262. This mode of discourse is used to explain. is the paradoxical law of all sentiments (Example: repair manuals) having terror as a basis. This work exem- A. Connotation plifies: B. Constitution A. Unity of effect C. Convocation B. Ratiocinactive effect D. Exposition C. Cataleptic effect 263. The founder of Jamestown D. Didactic effect A. Johnathon Edwards 257. Which of the following is not an animal Hare prepared for humans to eat? B. John Stillwell A. Bear C. John Smith B. Elk D. John Stelzer 264. Postmodern writing often uses C. Horse and as literary devices. D. Both A and B A. Black humor; metafiction. 258. Walt Whitman’s style of writing is B. Metaphors; verbal irony. known as C. Hyperbole; Personification. A. Experimental D. Symbolism; Imagery. B. Expressionistic 265. Writers in the Romantic time period C. Lethargic were concerned with: D. Modernistic A. Nature as a source of secular and spir- 259. How does Sam secretly alert Eliza to itual knowledge, emotion as truth, and Mr.Haley’s presence outside the inn? exploration of the self. A. Throws a rock B. Scientific exploration. B. Shouts aboutJai his hat ShreeC. Love and romance. Ram C. Sneezes loudly D. The philosophy of how to run a new country. D. Bucks his horse 266. "Can this be so!" cried goodman Brown, 260. Hawthorne’s ancestors are associated with a stare of amazement at his undis- with what historical American event? turbed companion. Howbeit, I have noth- A. History of puritans ing to do with the governor and council - they have their own ways, and are no rule B. History of slavery for a simple husbandman, like me. But, C. Transcendentalism were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our D. None of the above 186 Chapter 3. American Literature

minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice merely for her beauty, but her vast expec- would make me tremble, both Sabbath- tations. . . . She wore ornaments of pure day and lecture-day!" The word "husband- yellow gold to set off her charms, and man" usually means farmer, but in this a provokingly short petticoat to display context it means something else - what? the prettiest foot and ankle in the country A. Rancher round. This is: B. Male partner in a marriage A. Faith C. Cowboy B. Madeline D. Man of ordinary status C. Magawisca 267. The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, D. Katrina but in 272. About the Delaware A. Soulful lyrics A. Used pictographs to explain nature B. Human voice B. Told the story of Wolam Olum C. Epic C. Settled in Northeast US D. Lyric D. All the above 268. Occom says he was discriminated 273. is the end of fame against as a missionary and minister. A. Love What proof does he present to illustrate the unfair treatment of Native American B. Pity ministers? C. Misfortune A. Establishment of puritans D. Death B. Establishment of autobiography 274. I was somewhat unmanageable when I C. Establishment of Indian praying towns ﬁrst went [to Master Covey’s], but a few months of this discipline tamed me. ... I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My D. Establishment of self- reliance natural elasticity was crushed, my intel- 269. The Battle of the Ants is an excerpt lect languished, the disposition to read from departed, the cheerful spark that lingered A. Civil Disobedience about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon men, and behold a man B. Walden transformed into a brute!" C. Herald of Freedom A. Fredrick Douglass D. Life without principle B. John Winthrop 270. A diary of someone’s day by day account of events C. Benjamin Franklin A. Journal D. William Apess 275. According to Hare, what work did the NarayanB. History Changder Earthmaker send him to do? C. Article A. To make mischief and cause trouble D. Legend B. To trample upon evil beings that were 271. She was a blooming lass of fresh eigh- abusing his aunts and uncles teen, plump as a partridge, ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her fa- C. To play tricks on other animals to ther’s peaches, and universally famed, not prove how intelligent he is 3.1 Multiple choice questions 187

D. The hare has no purpose that is why 281. This term refers to the "feeling" of a his grandmother must always watch over word him A. Connotation 276. Who is addressed as “you” in the poem? A. a romantic achiever B. Connection B. a frustrated romantic idealist C. Constitution C. an under achiever D. Description D. an accomplished royal 282. is known as the ‘friendly 277. Along the way, goodman Brown and the innkeeper of the town’ character who seems to be the devil meet three people: A. Stephen

A. Goody Cloyse, Faith, and old good- B. Parker J man Brown. C. Goodman Parker B. Goody Cloyse, deacon Gookin, and the minister. D. Stephen J Parker C. The minister, old goodman Brown, 283. Which of the following is NOT among and deacon Gookin. the 13 virtues Franklin struggles to mas- D. Faith, old goodman Brown and deacon ter? Gookin. A. Temperance 278. The Weary Blues A. William Faulkner B. Silence B. Carl Sandburg C. Order

C. Langston Hues D. None of the above D. Sherwood anderson 284. I took my visitors all over the house. I 279. How was the priest’s son’s prayer an- bade them search — search well. I led swered? them, at length, to his chamber. I showed A. The prayer was not answered and the them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. people continued to live in sin The narrator is:

B. The dead uncle sent a hail storm to A. Helping Robin to search for his uncle destroy the land B. A detective C. The priest’s son was told to set ﬁre to the village C. Leading the police to the scene of a D. The deadJai uncle sent an earthquake Shree to crime Ram punish the corn clan for their wrongdoings D. Helping the police to look for a letter

280. The purpose of placing ‘fallen cold and 285. Berryman’s The Ball Poem can be cate- dead’ at the end of each section is to gorised as a A. remind the leader of the tragedy A. Confessional poem B. repeat the lines for the rhyming B. Metaphorical poem C. keep the readers aware of what is to come C. Fragmental poem D. clarify his idea D. Delusional poem 188 Chapter 3. American Literature

286. The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and A. one the now miraculous luster of the eye, B. seven above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair, too, had been suf- C. five fered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its D. three wild gossamer texture, it floated rather 292. I would not have it imagined, however, than fell about the face, I could not, even that he was one of those cruel potentates with effort, connect its arabesque expres- of the school, who joy in the smart of sion with any idea of simple humanity. their subjects; on the contrary, he admin- The character described in this passage: istered justice with discrimination rather A. Commits suicide than severity; taking the burthen off the backs of the weak, and laying it on those B. Devours a heart of the strong. What is the meaning of the C. Meets the devil word "smart" in this context? D. Buries someone alive A. Stupidity 287. Whom did the corn clan member pray to B. Silliness for help? C. Pain A. His dead uncle D. Intelligence B. His dead father 293. To Whom does Franklin say he is addressing his autobiography part 1? C. His dead grandmother A. Himself D. His dead grandfather B. Indians 288. Which character in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” directly opposes the Fugitive Slave Law? C. His son, john A. Senator Bird D. His son, William 294. This Puritan author wrote a persuasive B. Mrs. Bird speech C. St. Clare A. William Bradstreet D. Haley B. Mather Edwards 289. Which of the following is not one of the C. John Williams 4 part of Puritan Sermon? D. Johnathan Edwards A. Text 295. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere B. Doctrine different arrangement of the particulars C. Bibliography of the scene, of the details of this picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps D. None of the above to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful 290. Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman impression; and, acting upon this idea, I was appeared in – reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled NarayanA. 1945 Changder lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down B. 1947 - but with a shudder even more thrilling C. 1949 than before - upon the re-modelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and D. 1950 the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant eye- 291. How many children does Uncle Tom like windows. What is the meaning of the have? word tarn? Veldu eitt: 3.1 Multiple choice questions 189

A. A bird A. Emerged as a supreme power among the European countries B. A small mountain lake B. a huge collection of paintings and C. A wide river sculptures D. A high cliff C. the wisest men of the time 296. Thoreau was part of the Transcendalists, D. many scholars and sceptics which were founded by... 302. Thoreau through this essay tries to por- A. Mark Twain. tray. . . A. Transcendentalism B. Herman Melville. B. Imperialism C. Ralph Waldo Emerson. C. Socialism D. Walt Whitman. D. Naturalism 297. This governor was re-elected 30 times 303. Thoreau places a sense of Upon A. Anne Bradstreet the ants B. Bradford Nelson A. honor and glory B. meticulous faction C. Jonathan Edwards C. responsibility D. William Bradford D. revenge and betrayal 298. Which American President reportedly re- 304. In which state is Legree’s plantation lo- ferred to Harriet Beecher Stowe as “the cated? little lady who made this big war”? A. Georgia A. George Washington B. Florida B. John Adams C. Louisiana C. Abraham Lincoln D. Vermont D. John. F. Kennedy 305. What did the family do to protect the children from the uncle? 299. We associate Nathaniel Hawthrone with what literary movement? A. They dressed the boys like girls and told them to behave as girls do A. Nationalism B. They locked the uncle away until the B. Transcendentalism children were old enough to protect themselves C. Romanticism C. They dressed the girls like boys and D. Indian AutobiographyJai Shree Ram told them to behave as boys do 300. Black English is the creation of the D. They formed a mob and chased the uncle out of the village A. Linguistics Society 306. About Anne Bradstreet B. Unites States of American -English A. Husband belonged to the Mas- sachusetts Bay Company C. Black Diaspora Association B. Arrived on the Mayﬂower D. Black Diaspora C. Wrote about her house burning down 301. By 1600 Holland had D. A and C 190 Chapter 3. American Literature

307. gave a hint of the rich culture that 313. Who wrote Mending wall? was forgotten A. Carl Sanburg A. The life of the Indians B. T.S. Eliot B. The influence of the missionaries in C. E.e cummings lives of the Indians C. Reported speech poems D. Robert Lee Forst 314. "Light in August" D. Narratives captivity 308. What type of myth is the tale "The Jeal- A. T.S. elliot ous Uncle"? B. William Faulkner A. Origin tale C. Langston Hughes B. Trickster tale D. Sherwood anderson C. Hero tale 315. A language come into existence D. A fable when 309. Unmoved – she notes the Chariots – A. there is brutal necessity pausing – At her low Gate – Unmoved B. there are speakers of the language – an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat – I’ve known her – from an ample nation – C. ancient elements force to become a Then – close the Valves of her attention – language Like Stone - What does ample mean? D. a new language id discovered A. Menacing 316. Which of the following is not a cul- B. Large or abundant tural myth we attribute to those earliest C. Fearful and gracious Massachusetts colonial settlements at Ply- mouth and Massachusetts? D. Beautiful A. Democracy 310. Who has been teaching Uncle Tom to read? B. Brother love/charity A. Eliza C. US Exceptionalism B. George D. None of the above C. Haley 317. What statement below best sums up the literary significance of Nathaniel D. Mr.Symmes Hawthorne? 311. Pre-colonial theme: A. Popular early nosiest A. religious stories B. Romantisum B. creation stories C. Scarlett letter C. A and B D. None of the above D. All are correct Narayan318. ChangderWhy was the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” 312. What promise did Augustine’s sudden death prevent him from fulfilling? written? A. Freeing his slaves A. as a pro- slavery argument B. Relearning to pray B. the author was a runaway slave C. Overcoming his alcoholism C. as a view point from Canada D. Reuniting Tom with Aunt Chole D. as propaganda against slavery 3.1 Multiple choice questions 191

319. Who was the ﬁrst black woman who win 324. As I lay die the Nobel Prize for Literature ? A. Sherwood Anderson A. Toni Morrison B. Langston Hugues B. Jane Austin C. William Faulkner C. Ann Petry D. Robert Lee Frost D. Frances Harper 325. Usher can only stand types of noises in 320. All works of the highest art are meant his acutely uncomfortable state. The nar- to rator describes a number of impromptus that Usher plays for him on which instru- A. tingle our senses ment? B. stir our intellect A. The harp C. restore our skills for the art B. The guitar D. instill in us the sense of the art C. The ukulele 321. The term Beat Generation comes from D. The violin A. Beat to his size 326. After Hare had destroyed all the bad animals what did he decide to do next? B. Beat to his stomach A. He decided to prepare some animals C. Beat to his socks for humans to eat D. Beat to his Shoe B. He decided to go on his way and start 322. Which statement below best deﬁnes the a family of his own genre of Indian autobiography? C. He decided that there were more bad A. Genre that details life exerpeinces of animals and set out to destroy the rest of white americans in early america and cri- them tiques american society to native ameri- D. The tale ended and the reader is not cans. certain about what happened to bear B. Genre that details life exerpeinces of 327. The poem by Berryman has a sad and de- native americas in early america and cri- pressed tone about it and it foreshadows tiques american society to native ameri- the cans. A. fate of the author or how depressed be C. Both A and B was D. None of the above B. fate and the mindest of the boy 323. When the prophets prophesied, of whom C. turn of events of the ball did they speak? When they spoke of hea- Jai ShreeD. happenings Ram in the poem thens, was it not the whites and others who were counted Gentiles? And I ask if 328. This mode of discourse relates a story all nations with the exception of the Jews A. Fiction were not counted heathens. The author of B. Narration this passage was: C. Exposition A. A slave D. Persuasion B. A Transcendentalist 329. According to the sign in the Kentucky C. The son of itinerant actors Inn, what is branded to George’s right hand? D. An indentured servant 192 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. The letter S A. examine the aggressive, dominating and stupid nature of human warfare B. The Letter H B. create a very vivid and impressive pic- C. A hexagon ture D. The number 314 C. shows his real intentions in writing 330. The pervading metaphor in the story is D. portray humans allegorically A. a clean well-lighted place 336. “Gradually light returns to the street” means B. the old waiter A. life resumes to normal routine C. the old man B. it is day break D. liquor C. streets are bright 331. What statement below best sums up the D. life is unpredictable literary significance of Thoreau? 337. Parker’s report to Margaret is A. Father of Free verse A. straightforward and simple B. Father of american poetry B. complex and heart wrenching C. Self-reliance C. simple and heartwarming D. Father of American Liteature D. painful and disgustingly low 338. Bret Harte’s "The Outcasts of Poker 332. Who “haunts” the evil Simon Legree Flat" took place in... when he is drunk? A. The Rocky Mountains. A. Cassy B. The Appalachian Mountains. B. Eliza C. The Sierra Nevada Mountains. C. George D. The Sierra Madre Mountains. D. Uncle Tom 339. What is Augustine St. Clare’s selfish 333. We associate John Winthrop with what wife’s name? colonial Settlement? A. Marie A. Plymouth B. Eliza B. Mayflower compact C. Rachel C. Massachusetts Bay Colony D. Ophelia 340. As a boy, Frederick Douglass witnesses D. Rhode Island a scene that mortifies him and brings him 334. What event provides the motivation for face to face for the first time with the hor- Shelby to release all the slaves? rors of slavery. What is it? NarayanA. Tom’s death ChangderA. Seeing his mother die B. Watching a slave get beaten to death B. Eliza’s escape C. Watching his aunt get whipped C. Tom’s daughter’s wedding D. Watching his dad beat his mother D. Tom saving Eva 341. “He glanced with rapid eyes. . . they 335. Thoreau scales humans down to the size looked like frightened beads”. The figure of ants in order to of speech used here is 3.1 Multiple choice questions 193

A. Metahor C. be simple and plain B. Oxymoron D. not dazzle C. Simile 344. Which of the following is NOT considered a write for the Transcendentalism D. Irony Movement? 342. Whitman uses line length and word choice to represent A. Emerson A. a wide range of emotion from joy to B. Hawthrone sorrow C. Thoreau B. His style of writing D. Stewart C. the joyous moment 345. Who wrote "The waste land"? D. a feeling of excitement A. Langston Hues 343. ‘Picture must not be too picturesque’. B. William Faulkner Emerson here means pictures must C. Wallace Stevens A. not be too scenic D. T.S. Elliot B. capture our soul

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1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. A 11. C 12. D 13. A 14.D 15. A 16. A 17. D 18. C 19. C 20. C 21. A 22. D 23. D 24. A 25. D 26.D 27. D 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. A 32. B 33. C 34. A 35. C 36. C 37. D 38.D 39. A 40. D 41. A 42. B 43. A 44. A 45. C 46. D 47. A 48. B 49. D 50.C 51. D 52. A 53. B 54. A 55. D 56. D 57. B 58. D 59. C 60. A 61. D 62.B 63. B 64. D 65. B 66. C 67. A 68. A 69. C 70. D 71. D 72. C 73. A 74.B 75. D 76. B 77. D 78. D 79. B 80. C 81. C 82. C 83. B 84. D 85. B 86.D 87. B 88. C 89. D 90. D 91. B 92. A 93. D 94. D 95. B 96. C 97. C 98.C 99. B 100. D 101. A 102. B 103. B 104. D 105. B 106. C 107. C 108. A 109.D 110. A 111. D 112. B 113. B 114. D 115. A 116. D 117. A 118. A 119. C 120.A 121. A 122. C 123. D 124. B 125. A 126. C 127. B 128. A 129. D 130. A 131.A 132. D 133. B 134. A 135. C 136. A 137. D 138. B 139. B 140. D 141. D 142.C 143. D 144. C 145. B 146. D 147. B 148. A 149. C 150. B 151. B 152. C 153.B 154. C 155. C 156. A 157. B 158. B 159. D 160. D 161. D 162. C 163. B 164.D 165. C 166. C 167. D 168. D 169. C 170. D 171. C 172. D 173. B 174. A 175.A 176. B 177. D 178. B 179. C 180. B 181. B 182. B 183. D 184. B 185. D 186.C 187. D 188. D 189. D 190. B 191. D 192. C 193. B 194. C 195. C 196. D 197.D 198. C 199. BJai 200. C 201. B Shree 202. C 203. D 204. A 205. A Ram 206. C 207. C 208.A 209. B 210. A 211. B 212. D 213. A 214. D 215. C 216. C 217. C 218. B 219.A 220. B 221. D 222. A 223. A 224. A 225. D 226. C 227. D 228. C 229. D 230.D 231. C 232. D 233. B 234. B 235. B 236. C 237. C 238. D 239. A 240. B 241.A 242. D 243. D 244. A 245. C 246. B 247. A 248. A 249. B 250. B 251. D 252.C 253. B 254. A 255. D 256. A 257. C 258. A 259. B 260. A 261. B 262. D 263.C 264. A 265. A 266. D 267. B 268. C 269. B 270. A 271. D 272. D 273. B 274.A 275. B 276. B 277. B 278. C 279. D 280. A 281. A 282. C 283. D 284. C 285.A 286. D 287. A 288. B 289. C 290. C 291. D 292. C 293. D 294. D 295. B 296.C 297. D 298. C 299. C 300. D 301. D 302. B 303. A 304. C 305. A 306. D 307.C 308. C 309. B 310. B 311. C 312. A 313. D 314. B 315. A 316. D 317. D 318.D 194 Chapter 3. American Literature

319. A 320. B 321. C 322. B 323. D 324. C 325. B 326. A 327. B 328. B 329.D 330. A 331. C 332. A 333. C 334. A 335. A 336. A 337. C 338. C 339. A 340.C 341. C 342. A 343. D 344. B 345.D

3.2 True and false

1. William Faulkner was born in New Or- 8. Emerson influenced Friedrich Nietzsche. leans A. True A. True B. False B. False 9. Transcendentalism was embraced in the 2. Peter Van der Donk was a real New late 1830s and 1840s by all the main- Netherlands historian. stream newspapers and magazines. A. True A. True B. False B. False 3. Sir Walter Scott had an immense impact 10. John Saffin supported the institution of on American literature with his historical slavery in colonial Massachusetts novels cast in historical settings, intermin- A. True gling historical people with fictional characters. B. False 11. He had already lost the strength and in- A. True stinct vigor of a man, his muscles were B. False thin, his nerves weak, his face (a meek, 4. John Steinbeck’s The Pearl was originally woman’s face) haggard, yellow with con- a folk tale. sumption. In the mill he was know as one of the girl-men: "Molly Wolfe" was A. True his sobriquet. He was never seen in the B. False cockpit, did not own a terrier, drank but seldom; when he did, desperately. The 5. William Carlos Williams wrote the poem word "sobriquet" means "nickname". "The Red Wheelbarrow" which, like T.S. Eliot’s poetry, contained complex images A. True and allusions. B. False A. True 12. John Steinbeck worked for a while as a B. False farm laborer. His experiences showed him how to survive and gave him material 6. At the beginning of the period of 1820- for his later writings like The Grapes of 1865 fiction was still seen as a threat, Wrath. likely to inflame the imagination and passion of susceptible young readers, in par- A. True Narayanticular of young women. ChangderB. False A. True 13. Wolfe stole money from Kirby? B. False A. True 7. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel B. False Clemens. 14. Emerson encouraged people to learn from A. True the great people of the past who gave their name to whole periods. B. False 3.2 True and false 195

A. True 22. "Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of a new-born babe," said the shape of old B. False goodman Brown. "Ah, your worship 15. The Sketch Book is an example of the knows the receipt," cried the old lady, personal travel book, a genre that became cackling aloud. "So, as I was saying, be- popular in American literature. ing all ready for the meeting, and no horse A. True to ride on, I made up my mind to foot it; for they tell me, there is a nice young man B. False to be taken into communion to-night. But 16. "The Scarlet Letter" perfectly reflected now your good worship will lend me your transcendentalist themes of mystery,fright, arm, and we shall be there in a twinkling." and the occult. The word "receipt" in this context means "a written acknowledgment of having re- A. True ceived a specified amount of money or B. False goods." 17. Many writers turned editors of magazines A. True or newspapers in order to see their work B. False published. Washington Irving was one of 23. As the enraptured Ichabod fancied all this, those writers. and as he rolled his great green eyes over A. True the fat meadow lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buckwheat, and Indian B. False corn, and the orchards burthened with 18. Whitman’s favorite verse form was the ruddy fruit, which surrounded the warm common meter. tenement of Van Tassel, his heart yearned after the damsel who was to inherit these A. True domains, and his imagination expanded B. False with the idea, how they might be readily turned into cash, and the money in- 19. Near the end of The Pearl, the little child, vested in immense tracts of wild land, and Coyotito, drowns in the river. shingle palaces in the wilderness. The A. True word "tenement" is another word for "res- idence." B. False A. True 20. Although Steinbeck wrote about people from California, he himself was born and B. False lived in New York City. 24. The novel The Pearl contains much "symbolism," which is using people, places, A. True and things that represent ideas larger than B. False Jai Shree Ram their literal meaning. 21. He now suspected that the great roysters A. True of the mountain had put a trick upon him, B. False and having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun. Wolf, too, had dis- 25. Fiction had become more popular and appeared, but he might have strayed away prestigious than poetry in 1820-1865. after a squirrel or partridge. The word A. True "roysters" means "roosters." B. False A. True 26. The Southern States were the center for printing and publishing. B. False 196 Chapter 3. American Literature

A. True A. True B. False B. False 27. Transcendentalists were in favor of the 34. He had seen his people slaughtered, or conservative Protestant scrutiny practiced driven from their homes and hunting- by publicists nationwide. grounds, into shameful exile; his wife had died in captivity, and his children lived A. True in servile dependence in the house of his B. False enemies. The author of this work wanted 28. Emerson believed that people should not to raise awareness of women’s part in US strive to fit in. history. A. True A. True B. False B. False 29. The poetry of T.S.Eliot is an example of 35. Nathanial Hawthorne was America’s lead- Modernism. ing transcendentalist thinker. A. True A. True B. False B. False 30. The Pearl takes place in rural South Amer- 36. Among the many jobs Mark Twain had, ica. he was a riverboat captain. A. True A. True B. False B. False 31. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere 37. The romantic movement in early different arrangement of the particulars nineteenth-century literature was a re- of the scene, of the details of this pic- action against the Age of Reason. ture, would be sufficient to modify, or A. True perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sor- B. False rowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous 38. "True;" said Dupin, after a long and brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay thoughtful whiff from his meerschaum, in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and "although I have been guilty of certain gazed down-but with a shudder even more doggerel myself." The word "doggerel" thrilling than before-upon the re-modelled means to bark like a dog. and inverted images of the gray sedge, and A. True the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant eye- B. False like windows. "Sedge" is a plant. 39. Cast your whole vote, not a strip of pa- A. True per merely, but your whole influence. A B. False minority is powerless while it conforms 32. Well into the middle of the 19th century to the majority; it is not even a minority Narayanboys and girls alike were protected from Changderthen; but it is irresistible when it clogs sexually frank classics written in Greek by its whole weight. If the alternative is and Latin. to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate A. True which to choose. In this work the author B. False argues in favour of... 33. Samuel Sewall was a leading supporter of A. Revolution with war slavery in colonial Massachusetts. B. Peaceable revolution 3.3 Single answer 197

40. In The Pearl, what starts off as a great 42. The ﬁnal writing assignment in this class opportunity later become nothing but sad- was on each student’s favorite author. ness and destruction. A. True A. True B. False B. False 43. Henry David Thoreau believed that the 41. In general, before 1830 American paint- Mexican War was immoral because it ad- ing was less obviously imitative of Euro- vanced the cause of slavery. pean styles than was American literature. A. True A. True B. False B. False Answers

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. A 13. B 14.B 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. A 21. B 22. B 23. A 24. A 25. B 26.B 27. B 29. A 30. A 31. A 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. B 36. A 37. A 38. B 39.B 40. A 41. A 42. A 43.A

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1. The limpid liquid within the young man, her silver spoons, and that it did not know The vexed corrosion, so pensive and so its friends from its foes, and I lost all my painful, The torment–the irratable tide remaining respect for it. Write the title of that will not be at rest, The like of the this work, correctly spelled: same I feel–the like of the same in others, Answer: Resistance to Civil Government The young man that flushes and flushes, and the young woman that flushes and 5. She looked upward with an intent gaze, as flushes The young man that wakes, deep if she held communion with an invisible at night, the hot hand seeking to repress being. "Spirit of my mother!" burst from what would master him. Write the title of her lips. Oh! that I could follow the to that this work, correctly spelled: blessed land where I should no more dread Answer: Spontaneous Me the war-cry, nor the death-knife!" Write 2. The catalyst for Wolfe’s downfall is... the title of this work, correctly spelled: Answer: Dr. May Answer: Hope Leslie 3. Since then – ’tis Centuries – and yet 6. They have tears to shed over Greece and Feels shorter than the Day I first sur- Poland; they have an abundance of sym- mised the Horses’Jai Heads Were Shree toward pathy for "poor Ram Ireland"; they can furnish Eternity Write the title of this work, cor- a ship of war to convey the Hungarian rectly spelled: refugee from a Turkish prison to the "land Answer: Because I could not stop for of the free and home of the brave." They Death boast that America is the "cradle of lib- 4. As they could not reach me, they had re- erty"; if it is, I fear they have rocked the solved to punish my body; just as boys, if child to death. Write the title of this work, they cannot come at some persons against correctly spelled: whom they have a spite, will abuse his Answer: Clotel; or, The President’s dog. I saw that the State was half-witted, Daughter that it was timid as a lone woman with 7. Why Are We in Vietnam? 198 Chapter 3. American Literature

Answer: Norman Mailer may be the slave of Mr. Tilgman; and 8. Two together! Winds blow south, or his child, when born, may be the slave of winds blow north, Day come white, or Mr. Gross. He may be a freeman; and his night come black Home, or rivers and child may be a chattel. Write the title of mountains from home, Singing all time, this work, correctly spelled: minding no time, While we two keep to- Answer: My Bondage and My Freedom gether Write the title of this work, cor- 18. Lie Down in Darkness rectly spelled: Answer: William Styron Answer: Out of the Cradle Endlessly 19. Who wrote "The Heights of Macchu Pic- Rocking chu?" 9. To Jerusalem and Back Answer: Pablo Neruda Answer: Saul Bellow 20. "His lynx eye immediately perceives the 10. Their Eyes Were Watching God paper, recognizes the handwriting of the Answer: Zora Neale Hurston address, observes the confusion of the per- sonage addressed, and fathoms her secret. 11. Cup of Gold After some business transaction, hurried Answer: John Steinbeck through in his ordinary manner, he pro- 12. The American Democrat duces a letter somewhat similar to the one Answer: James Cooper in question, opens it, pretends to read it, 13. But at last you may think I am what is and then places it in close juxtaposition to called a hard and uncharitable man. But the other. Again he converses, for some not so. I believe there are many who fifteen minutes, upon the public affairs. would not hesitate to advocate our cause; At length, in taking leave, he takes also and those too who are men of fame and from the table the letter to which he had respectability—as well as ladies of honor no claim." Write the title of this work, cor- and virtue. Write the author’s full name, rectly spelled: correctly spelled: Answer: The Purloined Letter Answer: William Apess 21. Three Lives 14. Maud Martha Answer: Gertrude Stein Answer: Gwen Brooks 22. The disease of the lady [...] had long baf- 15. "Full of these ideas, I prepared myself fled the skill of her physicians. A settled with a pair of green spectacles, and called apathy, a gradual wasting away of the per- one fine morning, quite by accident, at son, and frequent although transient affec- the Ministerial hotel. I found D—— at tions of a partially cataleptical character, home, yawning, lounging, and dawdling, were the usual diagnosis. Write the title as usual, and pretending to be in the last of this work, correctly spelled: extremity of ennui. He is, perhaps, the Answer: The Fall of the House of Usher most really energetic human being now 23. He seldom has to listen to lectures on pro- alive—but that is only when nobody sees priety of behavior, or an anything else. him." Write the author’s name in full, cor- He is never chided for handling his little rectly spelled: knife and fork improperly or awkwardly, NarayanAnswer: Edgar Allan Poe Changderfor he uses none. He is never reprimanded for soiling the table-cloth, for he takes 16. Satan in Goray his meals on the clay floor. He never has Answer: Isaac Singer the misfortune, in his games or sports, of 17. The order of civilization is reversed here. soiling or tearing his clothes, for he has The name of the child is not expected to almost none to soil or tear. Write the au- be that if its father, and his condition does thor’s name in full, correctly spelled: not necessarily affect that of the child. He Answer: Frederick Douglass 3.3 Single answer 199

24. The Fall of America: Poems of These correctly spelled: States Answer: Spontaneous Me Answer: Allen Ginsburg 37. Begorra! On the spools. Alleys behint, 25. The Progress of Love though we helped her, we dud. An wid Answer: Alice Munro ye! Let Deb alone! It’s ondacent frettin’ a 26. Black Magic... quite body. Be the powes, an’we’ll have Answer: Amiri Baraka a night of it! There’ll be lashin’s ódrink, - the Vargent be blessed and praised for 27. The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg it! What does this Welsh worker mean by Answer: Louis Bromfield Vargent? 28. Rolling Stones Answer: The virgin Mary Answer: O. Henry 38. The Winthrop Covenant 29. Not one of all the purple Host Who took Answer: Louis Auchincloss the Flag to-day Can tell the definition, So clear, of victory.. Write the author’s name 39. "They rear’d their dwellings on our side, in full, correctly spelled: Their corn upon our breast; A blight came Answer: Emily Dickinson down, a blast swept by, The cone-roof’d cabins fell. . . " Write full name of author, 30. Rocket Ship Galileo correctly spelled: Answer: Robert Heinlein Answer: Lydia Howard Huntley Sigour- 31. The Pump House Gang ney Answer: Tom Wolfe 40. Her good luck was owing to the exceed- 32. "A blight came down, a blast swept by, ing care which she took in preventing The cone-roof’d cabins fell, And where the succulent root from getting bruised in that exil’d people fled, It is not ours to the digging, and in placing it beyond the tell." Write the title of this work, correctly reach of frost, by actually burying it under spelled: the hearth of her cabin during the winter Answer: Our Aborigines months. What does succulent mean? 33. One Writer’s Beginnings Answer: Juicy Answer: Eudora Welty 41. of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz 34. The Soul selects her own Society - Then Answer: a woman of genius: the intellec- – shuts the Door – To her divine Majority tual biography - Present no more Write the title of this 42. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. work, correctly spelled: The old man, I mentioned, was absent in Answer: The Soul selects her own Soci- the country. I took my visitors all over ety the house. I bade them search—search 35. The Neon Wilderness well. I led them, at length, to his cham- Answer: Nelson Algren ber. I showed them his treasures, secure, 36. Beautiful drippingJai fragments, Shree the negli- undisturbed. In Ram the enthusiasm of my con- gent list of one after another as I happen to fidence, I brought chairs into the room, call them to me or think of them, The real and desired them here to rest from their poems, (what we can call poems being fatigues... Write the title of this work, cor- merely pictures,)* The poems of the pri- rectly spelled: vacy of the night, and of men like me, This Answer: The Tell-Tale Heart poem drooping shy and unseen that I al- 43. In truth, all through the haunted forest, ways carry, and that all men carry, (Know there could be nothing more frightful than once for all, avow’d on purpose, wherever the figure of ... On he flew, among the are men like me, are our lusty lurking mas- black pines, brandishing his staff with culine poems,) Write the title of this work, frenzied gestures, now giving vent to an 200 Chapter 3. American Literature

inspiration of horrid blasphemy, and now 51. How to Write Short Stories shouting forth such laughter, as set all the Answer: Ring Lardner echoes of the forest echoing like demons 52. Nine Stories around him. Write the title of this work, Answer: J. D. Salinger correctly spelled: 53. The inconsistencies of Slaveholding pro- Answer: Young Goodman Brown fessors of religion cry to Heaven. We are 44. The night in prison was novel and in- not disposed to detest, or refuse commu- teresting enough. The prisoners in their nion with them. Their blindness is but one shirtsleeves were enjoying a chat and the form of that prevalent fallacy which sub- evening air in the doorway, when I entered. stitutes a creed for a faith, a ritual for a But the jailer said, "Come, boys, it is time life. Write the title of this work, correctly to lock up"; and so they dispersed, and I spelled: heard the sound of their steps returning Answer: Review of Narrative of the into the hollow apartments. My room- Life of Frederick Douglass, An American mate was introduced to me by the jailar Slave as "a first-rate fellow and clever man." 54. Here the fugitive saw nothing but slaves Write the author’s name in full, correctly brought in and taken out, to be placed in spelled: ships and sent away to the same part of Answer: Henry David Thoreau the country to which she herself would 45. Azul was written by soon be compelled to go. She had seen Answer: Ruben Dario or heard nothing of her daughter while in Richmond, and all hopes of seeing her 46. The great chastity of paternity, to match now had fled. If she was carried back to the great chastity of maternity, The oath New Orleans, she could expect no mercy of procreation I have sworn, my Adamic from her master. Write the title of this and fresh daughters, The greed that eats work, correctly spelled: me day and night with hungry gnaw, till I Answer: Clotel; or, The President’s saturate what shall produce boys to fill my Daughter place when I am through, The wholesome relief, repose, content, And this bunch 55. Fanny pluck’d at random from myself, It has Answer: Erica Jong done its work – I toss it carelessly to fall 56. A free, firm step, a clear-cut olive face, where it may. Write the title of this work, with a scarlet turban tied on one side, dark, correctly spelled: shining eyes, and on the head the basket Answer: Spontaneous Me poised, filled with fruit and flowers, under 47. Hopskotch is by which the scarlet turban and bright eyes Answer: Julio Cortazar looked out half-shadowed. The picture caught his eye. It was good to see a face 48. Flor Y Canto is by the like that. He would try to-morrow, and cut Answer: aztecs one like it. To-morrow! He threw down 49. The Princess Casamassima the tin, trembling and covered his face NarayanAnswer: Henry James Changderwith his hands. When he looked up again, the daylight was gone. Write the title of 50. That bond-woman’s corse, - let Potomac’s this work, correctly spelled: proud wave Go bear if along by our Wash- Answer: Life in the Iron-Mills ington’s grave, And heave it high up on 57. The continence of vegetables, birds, an- that hallowed strand, To tell of the free- imals, The consequent meanness of me dom he won for our land. What does hal- should I skulk or find myself indecent, lowed mean? while birds and animals never once skulk Answer: Sacred 3.3 Single answer 201

or find themselves indecent. The great 65. The pulse pounding through palms an tre- chastity of paternity, to match the great bling encircling finger, the young man all chastity of maternity. Write the author’s color’d, red, ashamed, angry; The souse name in full, correctly spelled: upon me of lover the sea, as I lie willing Answer: Walt Whitman and naked. The merriment of the twin ba- 58. Its principle feature seemed to be that of bies that crawl over the grass in the sun, an excessive antiquity. The discoloration the mother never turning her vigilant eyes of ages had been great. Minute fungi over- from them. . . What does souse mean in spread the whole exterior, hanging in a this context? fine tangled webwork from the eaves. Yet Answer: Drenching in water all of this was apart from any extraordi- 66. Vineland nary dilapidation. Write the author’s name Answer: Thomas Pynchon in full, correctly spelled: 67. He seldom has to listen to lectures on pro- Answer: Edgar Allan Poe priety of behavior, or on anything else. 59. Name an author whose grandmother was He is never chided for handling his little thought to have the magical powers of a knife and fork improperly or awkwardly, witch? for he uses none. He is never reprimanded Answer: Frederick Douglass for soiling the table-cloth, for he takes 60. The House of Dust: A Symphony his meals on the clay floor. He never has Answer: Conrad Aiken the misfortune, in his games or sports, of soiling or tearing his clothes, for he has 61. Two sleepers at night lying close together almost none to soil or tear. Write the title as they sleep, one with an arm slanting of this work, correctly spelled: down across and below the waist of the Answer: My Bondage and My Freedom other, The smell of apples, aromas from crush’d sage-plant, mint, birch-bark, The 68. it conveyed to my mind in a sense of my boy’s longings, the glow and pressure as entire dependence on the will of some- he confides to me what he wad dream- body I had never seen; and, from some ing, The dead leaf whirling its spiral whirl cause or other, I had been made to fear this and falling still and content to the ground, somebody above all else on earth. Write Write the title of this work, correctly the title of this work, correctly spelled: spelled: Answer: My Bondage and My Freedom Answer: Spontaneous Me 69. We feel that his view, even of those who 62. Uncle Tom’s Children have injured him most, may be relied Answer: Richard Wright upon. He knows how to allow for mo- 63. Seize the Day tives and influences. Upon the subject of Answer: Saul Bellow Religion; he speaks with great force, and not more than our own sympathies can 64. He had steppedJai aside where the Shree light fell respond to. Write Ram the title of this work, boldest on the figure, looking at it in si- correctly spelled: lence. There was not one line of beauty Answer: Review of Narrative of the or grace in it: a nude woman’s form, mus- Life of Frederick Douglass, An American cular, grown coarse with labor, the power- Slave ful limbs instinct with some one poignant longing. One idea: there it was in the 70. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a dis- tense, rigid muscles, the clutching hands, trustful, if not a desperate man, did he the wild, eager face, like that of a starv- become, from the night of that fearful ing wolf’s Write the author’s name in full, dream. On the Sabbath-day, when the correctly spelled: congregation were singing a holy psalm, Answer: Rebecca Harding Davis he could not listen, because an anthem 202 Chapter 3. American Literature

of sin rushed loudly upon his ear, and 77. The young man that wakes deep at night, drowned all the blessed strain. When the hot hand seeking to repress what the minister spoke from the pulpit, with would master him, The mystic amorous power and fervid eloquence, and, with night, the strange half-welcome pangs, vi- his hand on the open bible, of the sacred sions, sweats, The pulse pounding through truths of our religion, and of saint-like palms and trembling encircling ﬁngers, lives and triumphant deaths, and of future the young man all color’d, red, ashamed, bliss or misery unutterable, then did [he] angry; Write the title of this work, cor- turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should rectly spelled: thunder down upon the gray blasphemer Answer: Spontaneous Me and his hearers... Write the title of this 78. "Have I not heard her footsteps on the work, correctly spelled: stair? Do I not distinguish that heavy Answer: Young Goodman Brown and horrible beating of her heart? Mad- 71. The experience through which I was pass- man!" —here he sprung violently to his ing, they had passed through before. They feet, and shrieked out his syllables, as had already been initiated into the mys- if in the effort he were giving up his teries of old master’s domicile, and they soul—"Madman! I tell you that she now seemed to look upon me with a certain stands without the door!" Write the title degree of compassion; but my heart clave of this work, correctly spelled: to my grandmother. Think it not strange, Answer: The Fall of the House of Usher dear reader, that so little sympathy of feel- 79. Fantastic Voyage ing existed between us. Write the author’s Answer: Isaac Asimov name in full, correctly spelled: 80. The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Answer: Frederick Douglass Answer: Robert Heinlein 72. A Choice of Enemies 81. A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls Answer: Mordecai Richler Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne 73. She crept into a corner of the cell, and 82. Grendel stood watching him. He was scratching Answer: John Gardner the iron bars of the window with a piece 83. Following the Equator of tin which he had picked up, with an Answer: Mark Twain idle, uncertain, vacant stare, just as a child 84. A Mixture of Frailties or idiot would do. Write the title of this Answer: Robertson Davies work, correctly spelled: Answer: Life in the Iron-Mills 85. The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, be- 74. We slowly drove - He knew no haste And ing sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of I had put away My labor and my leisure the syllogism; while methought the one too, For his Civility - What does leisure in pepper and salt eyed him with some- mean? thing of a triumphant leer. At length he ob- Answer: Pastime served, that all this was very well, but still 75. We passed the school where children he thought the story a little extravagant – Narayanstrove At recess – in the ring - We passed Changderthere were one or two points on which he the Fields of Gazing Grain - We passed had his doubts. "Faith, sir," replied the the setting Sun - Write the title of this story-teller, "as to that matter, I don’t be- work, correctly spelled: lieve one half of it myself." Write the title Answer: Because I could not stop for of this work, correctly spelled: Death Answer: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 76. Black Rock: A Tale of the Selkirks 86. Jose hernandez wrote: Answer: Ralph Connor Answer: the departure of martin ﬁerro 3.3 Single answer 203

87. The dominant spirit, however, that haunts 98. That it was affirmed that the great Hen- this enchanted region, and seems to be drick Hudson, the first discoverer of the commander-in-chief of all the powers of river and country, kept a kind of vigil there the air, is the apparition of a figure on every twenty years, with his crew of the horseback, without a head. It is said by Half-moon, being permitted in this way some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, to revisit the scenes of his enterprise, and whose head had been carried away by a keep a guardian eye upon the river, and the cannon-ball, in some nameless battle dur- great city called by his name. Write the ing the Revolutionary War, and who is author’s name in full, correctly spelled: ever and anon seen by the country folk Answer: Washington Irving hurrying along in the gloom of night, as 99. Considered merely as a narrative, we have if on the wings of the wind. Write the never read one more simple, true, coher- author’s name in full, correctly spelled: ent, and warm with genuine feeling. It is Answer: Washington Irving an excellent piece of writing, and on that 88. Name the author who called attention to score to be prized as a specimen of the "white slavery" in the US. powers of the Black Race, which Preju- Answer: Rebecca Harding Davis dice persists in disputing. We prize highly 89. The souse upon me of my lover the sea, all evidence of this kind, and it is becom- as I lie and naked, The merriment of the ing more abundant. What does coherent twin babes that crawl over the grass in the mean? sun, the mother never turning her vigilant Answer: Clear and understandable eyes from them. Write the author’s name 100. Fifth Business in full, correctly spelled: Answer: Robertson Davies Answer: Walt Whitman 101. She was a dainty little figure with a white 90. The Cave neck, round arms, and a slender waist, at Answer: Robert Penn Warren the extremity of which her scarlet petti- 91. Isabel Allende wrote: coat jutted out over a hoop, as if she were Answer: house of the spirits standing in a balloon. Moreover, her face 92. The Painted Bird was oval and pretty, her hair dark beneath Answer: Jerzy Kosinski the little cap, and her bright eyes pos- 93. A man, yet by these tears a little boy sessed a sly freedom, which triumphed again, Throwing myself on the sand, con- over those of ... Write the title of this fronting the waves, I, chanter of pains and work, correctly spelled: joys, uniter of here and hereafter, Taking Answer: My Kinsman, Major Molineux all hints to use them, but swiftly leap- 102. Born for another’s benefit, as the firstling ing beyond them, A reminiscence sing. of the cabin flock I was soon to be selected Write the author’s name in full, correctly as a meet offering to the fearful and inex- spelled: Jai Shreeorable demigod, Ram whose huge image on so Answer: Walt Whitman many occasions haunted my childhood’s 94. Which author was a recluse? imagination Write the title of this work, Answer: Emily Dickinson correctly spelled: 95. Name the first author who wrote the first Answer: My Bondage and My Freedom African American play? 103. We wish that every one may read his Answer: William Wells Brown book and see what a mind might have 96. Jorge Luis Borges wrote been stifled in bondage, - what a man may Answer: Ficciones be subjected to the insults of spendthrift dandies, or the blows of mercenary brutes, 97. Beloved in whom there is no whiteness except of Answer: Toni Morrison 204 Chapter 3. American Literature

the skin, no humanity except in the out- pushing one another, and the chaffering ward form, and of whom the Avenger will and swearing at the stalls. Somehow, the not fail yet to demand – "Where is thy sound, more than anything else had done, brother?" Write the title of this work, cor- wakened him up, - made the whole real to rectly spelled: him. He was done with the world and the Answer: Review of Narrative of the business of it. Write the title of this work, Life of Frederick Douglass, An American correctly spelled: Slave Answer: Life in the Iron Mills 104. He was an elderly man, of large and ma- 109. Through this unjust and oppressive law, jestic person, and strong, square features, many persons born in the Free States have betokening a steady soul; but steady as bee consigned to a life of slavery on the it was, his enemies had found means to cotton, sugar, or rice plantations of the shake it. His face was pale as death, and Southern States. Write the author’s name far more ghastly; the broad forehead was in full, correctly spelled: contracted in his agony, so that his eye- Answer: William Wells Brown brows formed one grizzled line; his eyes 110. My own songs awaked from that hour, were red and wild, and the foam hung And with them the key, the word up from white upon his quivering lip. His whole the waves, The word of the sweetest song frame was agitated by a quick and con- and all songs, That strong and delicious tinual tremor, which his pride strove to word which, creeping to my feet, (Or quell, even in those circumstances of over- like some old crone rocking the cradle, whelming humiliation. Write the author’s swathed in sweet garments, bending aside) full name, correctly spelled: The sea whisper’d me. Write the title of Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne Discuss this work, correctly spelled: this Question Answer: Out of the Cradle Endlessly 105. The Rebel Angels Rocking Answer: Robertson Davies 111. Cast your whole vote, not a strip of pa- 106. When school hours were over, he was per merely, but your whole inﬂuence. A even the companion and playmate of the minority is powerless while it conforms larger boys; and on holiday afternoons to the majority; it is not even a minority would convoy some of the smaller ones then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by home, who happened to have pretty sis- its whole weight. If the alternative is to ters, or good housewives for mothers, keep all men in prison, or give up war and noted for the comforts of the cupboard. slavery, the State will not hesitate which Indeed, it behooved him to keep on good to choose. Write the author’s name in full, terms with his pupils. Write the title of correctly spelled: this work, correctly spelled: Answer: Henry David Thoreau Answer: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 112. Another Country 107. Name a work form this period that al- Answer: James Baldwin ludes to Emerson? 113. The Morning Watch Answer: Life in the Iron-Mills Narayan ChangderAnswer: James Agee 108. It was market-day. The narrow win- 114. Jane of Lantern Hill dow of the jail looked down directly on Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery the carts and the wagons drawn up in a long line, where they had unloaded. He 115. Society and Solitude could see, too, and hear distinctly the Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson clink of money as it changed hands, the 116. Letting Go busy crowds of whites and blacks shoving, Answer: Philip Roth 3.3 Single answer 205

117. There is a time in every man’s educa- friend with open mouth, and eyes that tion when he arrives at the conviction that seemed starting from their sockets; then, envy is ignorance; that imitation is sui- apparently in some measure, he seized a cide; that he must take himself for better, pen, and after several pauses and vacant for worse, as his portion; that though the stares, finally filled up and signed a check wide universe is full of good, no kernel for fifty thousand francs, and handed it of nourishing corn can come to him but across the table to [my friend]. Write the through his toil bestowed on that plot of author’s name in full, correctly spelled: ground which is given to him to till. The Answer: Edgar Allan Poe power which resides in him is new in na- 124. Mules and Men ture, and none but he knows what that is Answer: Zora Neale Hurston which he can do nor does he know until he has tried. Write the title of this work, 125. Soon, however a bewildering excitement correctly spelled: began to seize upon his mind; the pre- Answer: Self-Reliance ceding adventures of the night, the un- expected appearance of the crowd, the 118. Lost in the Funhouse torches, the confused din and the hush Answer: John Barth that followed, the spectre of his kinsman 119. The Story of a Novel reviled by that great multitude, – all this, Answer: Tom Wolfe and more than all, a perception of tremen- 120. Any free coloured persons visiting Wash- dous ridicule in the whole scene, affected ington, if not provided with papers assert- him with a sort of mental inebriety Write ing and providing their right to be free, the author’s full name, correctly spelled: may be arrested and placed in one of those Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne dens. If they succeed in showing that 126. He likes a boggy acre, A floor too cool they are free, they are set at liberty, pro- for corn. Yet when a child, and barefoot, vided they are able to pay the expenses of I more than once, at morn, Write the title their arrest and imprisonment; if they can- of this work, correctly spelled: not pay these expenses, they are sold out. Answer: A narrow Fellow in the Grass Write the author’s name in full, correctly 127. But may I remark, that, if the lineal de- spelled: scendants of Ham are only to be enslaved, Answer: William Wells Brown according to the scriptures, slavery in the 121. Orion and Other Poems country will soon become an unscriptural Answer: Charles Roberts institution; for thousands are ushered into 122. "Why, I will tell you," replied the Prefect, the world annually, who – like myself – as he gave a long, steady, and contempla- owe their existence to white fathers, and, tive puff, and settled himself in his chair. most frequently, to their masters, and their "I will tell you in a few words; but, be- master’s sons. Write the title of this work, fore I begin,Jai let me caution you Shreethat this is correctly spelled: Ram an affair demanding the greatest secrecy, Answer: My Bondage & My Freedom and that I should most probably lose the 128. Low-hanging moon! What is that dusky position I now hold, were it known that I spot in your brown yellow? O it is the confided it to any one." Write the title of shape, the shape of my mate. O moon do this work, correctly spelled: not keep her from me any longer. Write Answer: The Purloined Letter the title of this work, correctly spelled: 123. I was astounded. The Perfect appeared Answer: Out of the Cradle Endlessly absolutely thunderstricken. For some min- Rocking utes he remained speechless and motion- 129. Picturing Will less, less, looking incredulously at my Answer: Ann Beattie 206 Chapter 3. American Literature

130. You Know Me Al 138. After what I have now said of the circum- Answer: Ring Lardner stances of my mother, and my relations to 131. We the Living her, the reader will not be surprised, nor Answer: Ayn Rand be disposed to censure me, when I tell but the simple truth, viz: that I received the 132. Notwithstanding his special acuteness tidings of her death with no strong emo- and ability, he is unable to take a fact out tions of sorrow for her, and with very little of its merely political relations, and be- regret for myself on account of her loss. I hold it as it lies absolutely to be disposed had to learn the value of my mother long of by the intellect, - what, for instance, it after her death, and by witnessing the de- behoves a man do here in America to-day votion of other mothers to their children. with regard to slavery, but ventures, or is Write the author’s name in full, correctly driven, to make some such desperate an- spelled: swer as the following, while professing to Answer: Frederick Douglass speak absolutely, and as a private man, - 139. Going to the Territory from which that new and singular code of Answer: Ralph Ellison consideration, under their responsibility to their constituents, to the general laws of 140. Nobody Knows My Name propriety, humanity, and to God. . . What Answer: James Baldwin does acuteness mean? 141. This is what I want you to do. I want you Answer: Sharpness to hide your disgust, take no heed to you clean clothes, and come right down with 133. As they could not reach me, they had re- me, - here, into the thickest of the fog and solved to punish my body; just as boys, if mud and foul efﬂuvia. I want you to hear they cannot come at some person against this story. There is a secret down here, in whom they have a spite, will abuse his this nightmare fog, that has lain dumb for dog. I saw that the State was half-witted, centuries: I want to make it a real thing that it was timid as a lone woman with her to you. Write the author’s name in full, silver spoons, and that it did not know its correctly spelled: friends from its foes, and I lost all my re- Answer: Rebecca Harding Davis maining respect for it. Write the author’s name in full, correctly spelled: 142. Our Mr. Wrenn Answer: Henry David Thoreau Answer: Sinclair Lewis 143. In this district is situated the capitol of 134. May stopped, heated, glowing with his the U.S. Any free coloured person visiting own magnanimity. And it was magnan- Washington, if not provided with papers imous. The puddler had drunk in every asserting and providing their right to be word, looking through the Doctor’s ﬂurry, free, may be arrested and placed in one and generous heat, and self-approval, into of these dens. If they succeed in showing his will, with those slow, absorbing eyes that they are free, they are set at liberty, of his. "Make yourself what you will. It is provided they are able to pay the expenses your right." "I know," quietly. "Will you of their arrest and imprisonment; if they help me?" Write the title of this work, cor- cannot pay these expenses, they are sold rectly spelled: out. Write the title of this work, correctly NarayanAnswer: Life in the Iron-Mills Changder spelled: 135. The Groves of Academe Answer: Clotel; or, The President’s Answer: Mary McCarthy Daughter 136. Diary of a Yuppie 144. "And now, my children, look upon each Answer: Louis Auchincloss other!" They did so; and, by the blaze 137. A Slipping-Down Life of the hell-kindled torches, the wretched Answer: Anne Tyler man beheld his [wife], and the wife her 3.3 Single answer 207

husband, trembling before that unhal- correctly spelled: lowed altar. Write the title of this work, Answer: My Bondage and My Freedom correctly spelled: 155. A Bridge for Passing Answer: Young Goodman Brown Answer: Pearl Buck 145. The grass divides as with a comb, A spot- 156. Silver Pitchers and Independence ted shaft is seen; And then it closes at your Answer: Louisa Alcott feet And opens further on. Write the author’s name in full, correctly spelled: 157. Here, inside, is a little broken ﬁgure of Answer: Emily Dickinson an angel pointing upward from the mantel- 146. The Long Valley shelf; but even its wings are covered with Answer: John Steinbeck smoke, clotted and black. Smoke everywhere! A dirty canary chirps desolately 147. Drum-Taps in a cage beside me. Write the title of this Answer: Walt Whitman work, correctly spelled: 148. The Outsider Answer: Life in the Iron-Mills Answer: Richard Wright 158. The eyes glaze once – and that is Death 149. "Have we come to the counsel of old men – Impossible to feign The Beads upon and old women!" said Sassacus in the bit- the Forehead By homely Anguish strung.. terness of his spirit. "When women put What does feign mean? down their womanish thoughts and coun- Answer: Fake sel like men, they should be obeyed," said my father. "Follow me, warriors!" Write 159. Have passed I thought a Whip Lash the title of this work, correctly spelled: Unbraiding in the Sun When stooping Answer: Hope Leslie to secure it It wrinkled And was gone - Write the author’s name in full, correctly 150. The Wapshot Scandal spelled: Answer: John Cheever Answer: Emily Dickinson 151. In every threat and in every compliment 160. Henry James: A Life there was a blunder; for they thought that Answer: Leon Edel my chief desire was to stand the other side of that stone wall. I could not but smile 161. Ollantay is by to see how industriously they locked the Answer: incas door on my meditations, which followed 162. The Lost World them out again without let or hindrance, Answer: Randall Jarrell and they were really all that was dangerous. Write the title of this work, correctly 163. It was open—wide, wide open—and I spelled: grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it Answer: Resistance to Civil Government with perfect distinctness—all a dull blue with a hideous veil over it that chilled the Jai Shreevery marrow Ram of my bones; but I could 152. The Criterion (a magazine) see nothing else of the old man’s face Answer: T. S. Eliot or person, for I had directed the ray as 153. Name the ﬁrst African American novel- if by instinct precisely upon the damned ist: spot. Write full name of author, correctly Answer: William Wells Brown spelled: 154. When the time of my departure was de- Answer: Edgar Allan Poe cided upon, my grandmother, knowing 164. Name a best-selling author from this pe- my fears, and in pity for them, kindly kept riod: me ignorant of the dreaded event about Answer: Lydia Howard Huntley Sigour- to transpire. Write the title of this work, ney 208 Chapter 3. American Literature

165. "We also measured the thickness of ev- living voice; nor are they less so from the ery book-cover, with the most accurate printed page. Write the author’s name in admeasurement, and applied to each the full, correctly spelled: most jealous scrutiny of the microscope. Answer: Margaret Fuller Had any of the bindings been recently 174. The Cross of the Legion of Honor has meddled with, it would have been utterly just been conferred in France on Dumas impossible that the fact should have es- and Soulié, both celebrated in the paths caped observation. Some five or six vol- of light literature. Dumas, whose father umes, just from the hands of the binder, was a general in the French Army, is a we carefully probed, longitudinally, with Mulatto; Soulié a Quadroon. Write the the needles." Write the title of this work, title of this work, correctly spelled: correctly spelled: Answer: Review of Narrative of the Answer: The Purloined Letter Life of Frederick Douglass, An American 166. Its evidence—the evidence of the sen- Slave tience—was to be seen, he said, (and I 175. They measure their esteem of each other here started as he spoke,) in the grad- by what each has, and not by what each is. ual yet certain condensation of an atmo- But a cultivated man becomes ashamed sphere of their own about the waters and of his property, out of new respect for his the walls. The result was discoverable, nature. Especially he hates what he has, he added, in that silent, yet importunate if he see that it is accidental, – came to and terrible influence which for centuries him by inheritance, or gift, or crime; then had moulded the destinies of his family, he feels that it is not having; it does not and which made him what I now saw belong to him, has no root in him, and him—what he was. Write the title of this merely lies there, because no revolution work, correctly spelled: or no robber takes it away. Write the title Answer: The Fall of the House of Usher of this work, correctly spelled: 167. The Crayon Miscellany Answer: Self-Reliance Answer: John Irving 176. Xingu and Other Stories 168. I like a look of Agony Because I know Answer: Edith Wharton it’s true - Write the author of this work, 177. I like a look of Agony, Because I know correctly spelled: it’s true - Men do not sham Convulsion, Answer: Emily Dickinson Nor simulate, a Throe - What does sham 169. Alexander’s Bridge mean? Answer: Pearl Buck Answer: Fake 178. It is an excellent piece of writing, and 170. Literary Lapses on that score to be prized as a specimen Answer: Stephen Leacock of the powers of the Black Race, which 171. Rootabaga Stories Prejudice persists in disputing. We prize Answer: Carl Sandburg highly all evidence of this kind, and it is 172. One Man’s Meat becoming more abundant. Write the au- Answer: E. B. White thor’s name in full, correctly spelled: 173.NarayanHe said to be an excellent speaker – can ChangderAnswer: Margaret Fuller speak from a thorough personal experi- 179. There is but little virtue in the action of ences – and has upon the audience, beside, masses of men. When the majority shall the influence of a strong character and un- at length vote for the abolition of slavery, common talents. In the book before us it will be because they are indifferent to he has put into the story of his life the slavery, or because there is but little slav- thoughts, the feelings and the adventures ery left to be abolished by their vote. They that have been so affecting through the will then be the only slaves. Only his vote 3.3 Single answer 209

can hasten the abolition of slavery who as- 190. In Native American origin myths, serts his own freedom by his vote. Write can be creators. the title of this work, correctly spelled: Answer: birds or animals Answer: Resistance of Civil Government 191. Down from the shower’d halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and 180. Ye say they all have passed away, That twistling as if they were alive, Out from noble race and brave, That their light ca- the patches of briers and blackberries, noes have vanished From off the crested From the memories of the bird that wave. . . . Write full name of author, cor- chanted to me, Write the title of this work, rectly spelled: correctly spelled: Answer: Lydia Howard Huntley Sigour- Answer: Out of the Cradle Endlessly ney Rocking 181. Or rather – He passed Us - The Dews 192. Answered Prayers drew quivering and Chill - For only Gos- Answer: Truman Capote samer, my Gown - My Tippet – only Tulle 193. The Leaning Tower - Write the title of this work, correctly Answer: Katherine Anne Porter spelled: Answer: Because I could not stop for 194. Considered merely as a narrative, we Death have never read one more simple, true, coherent, and war with genuine feeling. 182. Black Music It is an excellent piece of writing, and so Answer: Amiri Baraka that score to be prized as a specimen of the 183. My Ten Years in a Quandary powers of the Black Race, which Preju- Answer: Robert Benchley dice persists in disputing. We prize highly 184. Sor all evidence of this kind, and it is becom- Answer: Juana Ines de la Cruz ing more abundant. What does abundant mean? 185. We wish that every one may read his Answer: In great quantity book and see what a mind might have been stifled in bondage, - what a man may 195. Name an author whose biography was be subjected to the insults of spendthrift falsified: dandies, or the blows of mercenary brutes, Answer: Edgar Allan Poe in whom there is no whiteness except of 196. Bluebeard the skin, no humanity except in the out- Answer: Kurt Vonnegut ward form, and of whom the Avenger will 197. The devastation of the indies is by not fail yet to demand – "Where is thy Answer: bartolome de las casas brother?" Who is being described? Answer: An escaped slave 198. I should look at all the skins, and I know that when I cast my eye upon that white 186. "Spiritual Laws" Jai Shreeskin, and if I Ram saw those crimes written Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson upon it, I should enter my protest against 187. Although some of them have been pub- it immediately, and cleave to the which lished, most American stories, songs, is more honorable. And I can tell you tales, and stories are in the tradi- that I am satisfied with the manner of my tion. creation, fully—whether others are or not. Answer: oral Write title of this work, correctly spelled: 188. Andres Bello wrote Answer: An Indian’s Looking-Glass for Answer: american wood the White Man 189. Beyond Desire 199. The Black Riders Answer: Sherwood Anderson Answer: Stephen Crane 210 Chapter 3. American Literature

200. "Experience" 208. The Living Reed Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson Answer: Pearl Buck 201. Success is counted sweetest By those 209. Main-Travelled Roads who ne’er succeed. To comprehend a nec- Answer: Hamlin Garland tar Requires sorest need. Write the title of 210. Outre Mer–A Pilgrimage Beyond the this work, correctly spelled: Sea Answer: Success is counted sweetest Answer: Henry Longfellow 202. Which author argued that voting was like 211. Several old logs and stumps imposed playing in a lottery? upon me, and got themselves taken for Answer: Henry David Thoreau wild beasts. I could see their legs, eyes, 203. The Witches’ Brew and ears, or I could see something like Answer: E. J. Pratt eyes, legs and ears, till I got close enough 204. I have just spoken of that morbid condi- to them to see that the eyes were knots, tion of the auditory nerve which rendered washed white with rain, and the legs were all music intolerable to the sufferer, with broken limbs, and the ears, only ears ow- the exception of certain effects of stringed ing to the point from which they were instruments. It was, perhaps, the narrow seen. Thus early I learned that the point limits to which he thus confined himself from which a thing is viewed is of some upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great importance. As the day advanced the heat measure, to the fantastic character of his increases, and it was not until the after- performances. Write the author’s name in noon that we reached the much dreaded full, correctly spelled: end of the journey. Write the title of this Answer: Edgar Allan Poe work, correctly spelled: 205. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Answer: My Bondage & My Freedom Answer: Ezra Pound 212. Slouching Towards Bethlehem 206. Here a general shout burst from the by- Answer: Joan Didion standers—"A tory! a tory! a spy! a 213. Making, Knowing, and Judging refugee! hustle him! away with him!" Answer: W H Auden It was with great difficulty that the self- 214. As For Me and My House important man in the cocked hat restored Answer: Sinclair Ross order; and having assumed a tenfold aus- 215. When I was let out the next morning, I terity of brow, demanded again of the un- proceeded to finish my errand, and, hav- known culprit, what he came there for, ing put on my mended shoe, joined a huck- and whom he was seeking. Write the title leberry party, who were impatient to put of this work, correctly spelled: themselves under my conduct; and in half Answer: Rip Van Winkle an hour, - for the horse was soon tackled, 207. The night in prison was novel and in- - was in the midst of a huckleberry field, teresting enough. The prisoners in their on one of our highest hills, two miles off; shirtsleeves were enjoying a chat and the and then the State was nowhere to be seen. evening air in the doorway, when I entered. What is the meaning of tackled in this con- But he jailer said, "Come, boys, it is time text? Narayanto lock up"; and so they dispersed, and I Changder Answer: Harnessed heard the sound of their steps returning 216. Breakfast of Champions into the hollow apartments. My room- Answer: Kurt Vonnegut mate was introduced to me by the jailar as "a first-rate fellow and clever man." Write 217. Fear of Flying the title of this work, correctly spelled: Answer: Erica Jong Answer: Resistance to Civil Government 218. The Two Magics Answer: Henry James 3.3 Single answer 211

219. American Wood is by: tempted like them, to brutalize day by day; Answer: Andres Bello to lie, to steal: the actual slime and want 220. Which work exemplifies the hortatory of their hourly life, and the wine-press he sermon? trod alone. Write the author’s name in full, Answer: An Indian’s Looking-Glass for correctly spelled: the White Man Answer: Rebecca Harding Davis 221. Aloneness 226. G. G. Marquez.... G.G. stands for: Answer: Gwendolyn Brooks • Gwen Answer: Gabriel Garcia Brooks 227. City Life Answer: 222. Seeing escape impossible in that quarter, Donald Barthelme she stopped suddenly, and turned upon her 228. Cast your whole vote, not a strip of pa- pursuers. On came the profane and ribald per merely, but your whole influence. A crew, faster than ever, already exulting in minority is powerless while it conforms her capture, and threatening punishment to the majority; it is not even a minority for her flight. For a moment she looked then; but it is irresistible when it clogs wildly and anxiously around to see if there by its whole weight. If the alternative is was no hope of escape.. Write the title of to keep all just men in prison, or give up this work, correctly spelled: war and slavery, the State will not hesitate Answer: Clotel; or, The President’s which to choose. Write the title of this Daughter work, correctly spelled: Answer: Resistance to Civil Government 223. "Bryant, in his very learned ’Mythol- ogy,’ mentions an analogous source of error, when he says that ’although the Pa- 229. One Day in the Afternoon of the World gan fables are not believed, yet we for- Answer: William Saroyan get ourselves continually, and make in- 230. Monadnock on his forehead hoar Doth ferences from them as existing realities.’ seal the sacred trust, Your mountains build With the algebraist, however, who are Pa- their monument, Though ye destroy their gans themselves, the ’Pagan fables’ are dust. Write the author’s name in full, cor- believed, and the inferences are made, rectly spelled: not so much through lapse of memory, as Answer: Lydia Howard Huntley Sigour- through an unaccountable addling of the ney brains." Write the author’s name in full, 231. "M.S. Found in a Bottle" correctly spelled: Answer: Edgar Allen Poe Answer: Edgar Allan Poe 232. The Temple of My Familiar 224. The Beads upon the Forehead By homely Answer: Alice Walker Anguish strung. Write the author’s name 233. A Month of Sundays in full, correctly spelled: Answer: John Updike Answer: EmilyJai Dickinson Shree Ram 234. The Rains Came 225. Eighteen centuries ago, the Master of Answer: Louis Bromfield this man tried reform in the streets of a city as crowded and vile as this, and 235. "The Celestial Road" did not fail. His disciple, showing Him Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne to-nigh to cultured hearers, showing the 236. The Moviegoer clearness of the God-power acting through Answer: Walker Percy Him, shrank back from one coarse fact; 237. The Underground Woman that in birth and habit the man Christ was Answer: Kay Boyle thrown up from the lowest of the people: 238. Axel’s Castle his flesh, their flesh; their blood, his blood; Answer: Edmund Wilson 212 Chapter 3. American Literature

239. The disease had sharpened my 253. Which poem has a classical opening, senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. similar to an epic poem? Above all was the sense of hearing acute. Answer: Out of the Cradle Endlessly I heard all things in the heaven and in the Rocking earth. I heard many things in hell. Write 254. Among the musical disciples who assem- the title of this work, correctly spelled: bled, one evening in each week, to receive Answer: The Tell-Tale Heart his instructions in psalmody, was ... the 240. Raven’s Wing daughter and only child of a substantial ... Answer: Joyce Oates farmer. She was a blooming lass of fresh eighteen; plump as a partridge; ripe and 241. Mulatto melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her fa- Answer: Langston Hughes ther’s peaches, and universally famed, not 242. Several of nature’s people I know, and merely for her beauty, but her vast expec- they know me; I feel for them a transport tations. Write the author’s name in full, Of cordiality Write the author’s name in correctly spelled: full, correctly spelled: Answer: Washington Irving Answer: Emily Dickinson 255. He now became entangled in a succes- 243. Surfacing sion of crooked and narrow streets, which Answer: Margaret Atwood crossed each other, and meandered at no 244. The Old South great distance from the water-side. The Answer: Arna Bontemps smell of tar was obvious to his nostrils, the masts of vessels pierced the moonlight 245. Ernest Hemingways role in ww1 was above the tops of the buildings, and the numerous signs, which [he] paused to read, Answer: Ambulance informed him that he was near the centre 246. Our simple habitations were soon con- of business. But the streets were empty, sumed; we heard the foe retiring, and the shops were closed, and lights were vis- when the last sound had died away, we ible only in the second stories of a few came forth to a sight that made us lament dwelling houses. Write the title of this to be among the living. Write the full work, correctly spelled: name of the author of this work, correctly Answer: My Kinsman, Major Molineux spelled: 256. Black Thunder Answer: Catharine Maria Sedgwick Answer: Arna Bontemps 247. The Iron Heel 257. Excursions Answer: Jack London Answer: Henry David Thoreau 248. The Single Hound 258. The proper place today, the only place Answer: Emily Dickinson which Massachusetts has provided for her 249. The Friday Book freer and less despondent spirits, is in her Answer: John Barth prison, to be put out and locked out of the State by her own act, as they have 250.NarayanName the author who inspired people Changderalready put themselves out by their prin- like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther ciples. It is there that the fugitive slave, King to political action? and the Mexican prisoner on parole, and Answer: Henry David Thoreau the Indian come to plead the wrongs of his 251. Name a Gothic writer: race should ﬁnd them; on that separate but Answer: Edgar Allan Poe more free and honorable ground, where the State places those who are not with 252. God’s Grace her, but against her – the only house in a Answer: Bernard Malamud 3.3 Single answer 213

slave State in which a free man can abide 266. Genealogy was a theme in which period? with honor. Write the author’s name in Answer: pre-colonial full, correctly spelled: 267. Searching for Caleb Answer: Henry David Thoreau Answer: Anne Tyler 259. Isidro 268. The Family Moskat Answer: Mary Austin Answer: Isaac Bashevis Singer 260. New Hampshire 269. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied Answer: Robert Frost him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since 261. Portrait in Brownstone the first slight noise, when he had turned Answer: Louis Auchincloss in the bed. His fears had been, ever since, 262. Marjorie Morningstar growing upon him. He had been trying to Answer: Herman Wouk fancy them causeless, but could not. Write the title of this work, correctly spelled: 263. After the kings of Great Britain had as- Answer: The Tell-Tale Heart sumed the right of appointing the colonial 270. Ultramarine governors, the measure of the latter sel- Answer: Malcolm Lowry dom met with the ready and general ap- probation, which had been paid to those 271. Letters Home of their predecessors, under the original Answer: Sylvia Plath charters. Write title of this work, correctly 272. Unmoved – she notes the Chariots – spelled: pausing - At her low Gate - Unmoved – Answer: My Kinsman, Major Molineux an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat - I’ve known her – from an ample nation - 264. He was a native of Connecticut, a State Then – close the Valves of her attention - which supplies the Union with pioneers Like Stone. What are Chariots? for the mind as well as for the forest, and Answer: Light carriages sends forth yearly its legions of frontier woodmen and country schoolmasters. The 273. Name a writer who worked as a war cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable nurse: to his person. He was tall, but exceed- Answer: Margaret Fuller ingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long 274. But, irreverently consorting with these arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile grave, reputable, and pious people, these out of his sleeves, feet that might have elders of the church, these chaste dames served for shovels, and his whole frame and dewy virgins, there were men of dis- most loosely hung together. Write the title solute lives and women of spotted fame, of this work, correctly spelled: wretches given over to all mean and filthy Answer: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow vice, and suspected even of horrid crimes. It was strange to see that the good shrank 265. The slow tidesJai of pain he had borne Shree gath- not from the Ram wicked, nor were the sin- ered themselves up and surged against ners abashed by the saints. Scattered also his soul. His squalid daily life, the bru- among their pale-faced enemies were the tal coarseness eating into his brain, as Indian priests, or powwows, who had of- the ashes into his skin: before, these ten scared their native forest with more things had been a dull aching into his con- hideous incantations than any known to sciousness; to-night, they were reality. He English witchcraft. Write the author’s full griped the filthy red shirt that clung, stiff name, correctly spelled: with soot, about him, and tore it savagely Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne from his arm. Write the title of this work, 275. I knew that he had been lying awake ever correctly spelled: since the first slight noise when he had Answer: Life in the Iron-Mills 214 Chapter 3. American Literature

turned in the bed. His fears had been ever 281. Virtues are in the popular estimate rather since growing upon him. He had been the exception than the rule. There is the trying to fancy them causeless, but could man and his virtues. Men do what is not. Write full name of author, correctly called a good action, as some piece of spelled: courage or charity, much as they would Answer: Edgar Allan Poe pay a fine in expiation of daily non- appearance on parade. Write the name 276. I ask: Is it not the case that everybody of the author, correctly spelled. that is not white is treated with contempt Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson and counted as barbarians? And I ask if the word of God justifies the white man 282. "The boy sleeps safely," muttered the old in so doing. When the prophets prophe- man, and I have listened to the idle fear of sied, of whom did they speak? When they a doating mother." "I come not of a fear- spoke of heathens, was it not the whites ful race," said my mother. Write the full and others who were counted Gentiles? name of the author of this work, correctly And I ask if all nations with the exception spelled: of the Jews were not counted heathens. Answer: Catharine Maria Sedgwick Write title of this work, correctly spelled: 283. Here the fugitive saw nothing but slaves Answer: An Indian’s Looking-Glass for brought in and taken out, to be placed in the White Man ships and sent away to the same part of 277. There was a laugh. The young man talk- the country to which she herself would ing to Kirby sat with an amused light in soon be compelled to go. She had seen his cool gray eye, surveying critically the or heard nothing of her daughter while in half-clothed figures of the puddlers, and Richmond, and all hope of seeing her now the slow swing of their brawny muscles. had fled. If she was carried back to New He was a stranger in the city, - spending a Orleans, she could expect no mercy from couple of months in the borders of a Slave her master. Write the author’s name in State, to study the institution of the South. full, correctly spelled: Write the author of this work, correctly Answer: William Wells Brown spelled: 284. The proper place today, the only place Answer: Rebecca Harding Davis which Massachusetts has provided for her 278. Native Americans do not see the world freer and less despondent spirits, is in her in a linear fashion, where events happen prison, to be put out and locked out of one after another; they see life as the State by her own act, as they have Answer: an endless circle. already put themselves out by their prin- 279. In fact, he declared it was no use to work ciples. It is there that the fugitive slave, on his farm; it was the most pestilent little and the Mexican prisoner on parole, and piece of ground in the whole country; ev- the Indian come to plead the wrongs of his ery thing about it went wrong, and would race should find them; on that separate but go wrong, in spite of him. Write the title more free and honorable ground, where of this work, correctly spelled: the State places those who are not with NarayanAnswer: Rip Van Winkle Changderher, but against her – the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide 280. Who humbled ’mid these dewy glades with honor. Write the title of this work, The red deer’s antler’d crown, Or soar- correctly spelled: ing at his highest noon, Struck the strong Answer: Resistance to Civil Government eagle down Write full name of author, correctly spelled: Answer: Lydia Howard Huntley Sigour- 285. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest ney need. Write the author’s name in full, cor- 3.3 Single answer 215

rectly spelled: you may ask: Who are the children of Answer: Emily Dickinson God? Write the author’s full name, cor- 286. Pedro Paramo is by rectly spelled: Answer: Juan Rulfo Answer: William Apess 287. Riot 293. Ye say their cone-like cabins, That clus- Answer: Gwen Brooks tered o’er the vale, Have fled away like withered leaves Before the autumn gale, 288. The love in the heart long pent, now Write the title of this work, correctly loose, now at last tumultuously bursting, spelled: The aria’s meaning, the ears, the soul, Answer: Indian Names swiftly depositing, The strange tears down the cheeks coursing, The colloquy there, 294. These prisons are mostly occupied by the trio, each uttering, The undertone, the persons to keep their slaves in, when col- savage old mother incessantly crying, To lecting their gangs together for the New the boy’s soul’s questions sullenly timing, Orleans market. Some of them belong to some drown’d secret hissing. To the out the government, and one, in particular, is setting bard. Write the author’s name in noted for having been the place where a full, correctly spelled: number of free colored persons have been Answer: Walt Whitman incarcerated from time to time. Write the author’s name in full, correctly spelled: 289. Coyote disappeared Answer: William Wells Brown Answer: Because his work was finished. 295. Native Americans use stories to 290. "Israfel" Answer: teach a lesson and convey prac- Answer: Edgar Allen Poe tical information. 291. Eighteen centuries ago, the Master of 296. Carlos Fuentes wrote: this man tried reform in the streets of Answer: The Death of Artemio Cruz a city as crowded and vile as this, and did not fail. His disciple, showing Him 297. If there were one who lived wholly with- to-night to cultured hearers, showing the out the use of money, the State itself clearness of the God-power acting through would hesitate to demand it of him. But Him, shrank back from one coarse fact; the rich man – not to make any invidious that in birth and habit the man Christ was comparison – is always sold to the insti- thrown up from the lowest of the people: tution which makes him rich. Absolutely his flesh, their flesh; their blood, his blood; speaking, the more money, the less virtue; tempted like them, to brutalize day by day; for money comes between a man and his to lie, to steal: the actual slime and want objects, and obtains them for him; it was of their hourly life, and the wine-press he certainly no great virtue to obtain it. Write trod alone. Write the title of this work, the author of this work, correctly spelled: correctly spelled: Answer: Henry David Thoreau Answer: LifeJai in the Iron-Mills Shree298. I Sing the Body Ram Electric 292. Let me refer you to the churches only. Answer: Ray Bradbury And, my brethren, is there any agreement? 299. I have even talked with [him] myself, Do brethren and sisters love one another? who, when last I saw him, was a very Do they not rather hate one another? Out- venerable old man, and so perfectly ra- ward forms and ceremonies, the lusts of tional and consistent on every other point, the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and pride that I think no conscientious person could of life is of more value to many profes- refuse to take this into the bargain; nay, I sors than the love of God shed abroad in have seen a certificate on the subject taken their hearts, or an attachment to his altar, before a country justice and signed with to his ordinances, or to his children. But a cross, in the justice’s own handwriting. 216 Chapter 3. American Literature

The story, therefore, is beyond the possi- blew out the candle. What is flitch? bility of a doubt. Write the author’s name Answer: Salt pork in full, correctly spelled: 310. Demon or bird! (said the boy’s soul,) Is Answer: Washington Irving it indeed toward your mate you sing? Or 300. Who wrote "An Old Man With Enor- is it really me? For I, that was a child, my mous Wings"? tongue’s use sleeping, now I have heard Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez you, Now in a moment I know what I 301. Low hangs the moon, it rose late, It is am for, I awake, And already a thousands lagging - O I think it is heavy with love, singers, a thousand songs, clearer, louder with love. What does lagging mean? and more sorrowful than yours, A thou- Answer: Falling behind sand warbling echoes have started to life within me, never to die. Write the author’s 302. When the time of my departure was de- name in full, correctly spelled: cided upon, my grandmother, knowing Answer: Walt Whitman my fears, and in pity for them, kindly kept me ignorant of the dreaded event about to 311. He occupied one window, and I the other; transpire. Write the author’s name in full, and I saw that if one stayed there long, correctly spelled: his principal business would be to look Answer: Frederick Douglass out the window. I had soon read all the tracts that were left there, and examined 303. Western Star where former prisoners had broken out, Answer: Stephen Benet and where a grate had been sawed off, 304. was written by the Mayans in the and heard the history of the various occu- pre-colonial period. was written pants of that room; for I found that even by the Incas in Peru " was written there was a history and a gossip which by the Aztecs " never circulated beyond the walls of the Answer:Popol Vuh,Flor Y Canto, Ollan- jail. Write the author’s name in full, cor- tay rectly spelled: 305. The Cynic’s Word Book Answer: Henry David Thoreau Answer: Ambrose Bierce 312. The Cathedral 306. The Embarrassments Answer: James Lowell Answer: Henry James 313. The mass of men serve the state thus, not 307. But may I remark, that, if the lineal de- as men mainly, but as machines, with their scendants of Ham are only to be enslaved, bodies. Write the title of this work, cor- according to the scriptures, slavery in the rectly spelled: country will soon become an unscriptural Answer: Resistance to Civil Government institution; for thousands are ushered into the world annually, who – like myself – 314. Death, Sleep, and the Traveller owe their existence to white fathers, and, Answer: John Hawkes most frequently, to their masters, and their 315. Patriotic Gore master’s sons. Write the author’s name in Answer: Edmund Wilson full, correctly spelled: 316. Unmoved –she notes the Chariots – paus- NarayanAnswer: Frederick Douglass Changder ing At her low Gate Write the author’s 308. The Tidewater Tales name in full, correctly spelled: Answer: John Barth Answer: Emily Dickinson 309. The woman sprang up, and hastily began 317. She was obliged to walk, unless chance to arrange some bread and flitch in a tin flung into her way an opportunity to ride; pail, and to pour her own measure of ale and the latter was sometimes her good into a bottle. Tying on her bonnet, she luck. But she always had to walk one 3.3 Single answer 217

way or the other. It was a greater luxury this section of the country probably, at the than slavery could afford, to allow a black first, merely in derision; or it may possibly slave-mother a horse or a mule, upon have been applied to it, as I have heard, which to travel twenty-four miles, when because some one of its earlier inhabitants she could walk the distance. Write the has been guilty of the petty meanness of author’s name in full, correctly spelled: stealing a hoe – or taking a hoe – that did Answer: Frederick Douglass not belong to him. What is the meaning 318. All stood amazed, until an old woman, of derision? tottering out from among the crowd, put Answer: mockery her hand to her brow, and peering under it 324. The Naked Lunch in his face for a moment, exclaimed, "Sure Answer: William Burroughs enough! it is [he]—it is himself. Welcome 325. We slowly drove – He knew no haste home again, old neighbor. Why, where And I had put away My labor and my have you been these twenty years?" Write leisure too, For His Civility - Write the the title of this work, correctly spelled: author’s name in full, correctly spelled: Answer: Rip Van Winkle Answer: Emily Dickinson 319. But they replied, "Tall barks of pride Do 326. "The Horse Thief" cleave our waters blue, And strong keels Answer: William Benet ride our farthest tide, But where’s their light canoe?" Write the title of this work, 327. A Story Teller’s Story correctly spelled: Answer: Sherwood Anderson Answer: Our Aborigines 328. Domingo Faustino wrote 320. ’Tis where Ontario’s billow Like Answer:Sarmiento,Facundo: civilizacio Ocean’s surge is curled, Where strong Ni- y barbarie agara’s thunders wake The echo of the 329. We paused before a House that seemed world. Write the title of this work, cor- A Swelling of the Ground The Roof was rectly spelled: scarcely visible The Cornice – in the Answer: Indian Names Ground. Write the author’s name in full, 321. A basin was hollowed, naturally, in the correctly spelled: rock. Did it contain water, reddened by Answer: Emily Dickinson the lurid light? or was it blood? Or, per- 330. In other words, when a sixth of the popu- chance, a liquid flame? Herein did the lation of a nation which has undertaken to Shape of Evil dip his hand, and prepare to be the refuge of liberty are slaves, and a lay the mark of baptism upon their fore- whole country is unjustly overrun and con- heads... Write the author’s full name, cor- quered by a foreign army, and subjected rectly spelled: to military law, I think it is not too soon Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne for honest men to rebel and revolutionize. 322. Now back, jailor, back to they dungeons, What makes this duty the more urgent is again, To swingJai the red lash and Shree rivet the the fact, that the Ram country so overrun is not chain! The form thou would’st fetter – re- our own, but ours is the invading army. turned to its God; The universe holdeth no Write the author’s name in full, correctly realm of night More drear than her slavery spelled: - More merciless fiends than here stayed Answer: Henry David Thoreau her fight - Joy! The hunted slave is free! 331. Not one of all the purple Host Who took What does fetter mean? the Flag today Can tell the definition So Answer: Shackle clear of Victory. . . Whom does Dickinson 323. The name of this singularly unpromis- mean by Who took the Flag? ing and truly famine stricken district in Answer: Those who triumphed Tuckahoe, a name well known to all Mary- landers, black and white. It was given to 218 Chapter 3. American Literature

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1. Which of the following is a critical work of A. Plato Ben Jonson? B. Julia Kristeva A. Discourse of English Poetry C. Walter Benjamin B. Discoveries D. Louis Althusser C. Arte of English Poesie 5. Horace was a friend of D. An Apologie for Poetrie A. Alexander the Great 2. The structure of tragedy according to Aris- B. Emperor Augustus totle is C. Julius Caesar A. Simple D. Pompey 6. Who said that Keat’s love letters of a sur- B. Complex geon’s apprentice? C. Loose A. Arnold D. Episodic B. Shelley 3. “Poetry is emotionsJai recollected Shree in tranquil- C. Byron Ram ity.” Who has deﬁned poetry in these words? D. Hazlitt 7. Seven is an archetype associated with: A. Shelley A. Perfection B. Wordsworth B. Birth C. Coleridge C. Evil D. Matthew Arnold D. Death 4. Which theorist is associated with the idea 8. Which theorist is most closely associated that art is a copy of a copy? with the idea of art as imitation? 220 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

A. Jacques Derrida A. Jacques Derrida B. Jacques Lacan B. Terry Eagleton C. Edward Said C. Fredric Jameson D. Plato D. Stephen Greenblatt 14. The Frankfurt School of literary theory was 9. Formalist critics believe that the value of a most greatly influenced by which of the fol- work cannot be determined by the author’s lowing schools of thought? intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief? A. Formalism A. The pathetic fallacy B. Structuralism C. Poststructuralism B. The intentional fallacy D. Marxism C. The affective fallacy 15. Which school of literary theory shows a par- D. The objective correlative ticular interest in the role of testimony in 10. Which of the following statements best de- literature? scribes Cleanth Brooks’s attitude towards A. Trauma theory studying literature? B. Ecotheory A. Critics should examine historical infor- C. Chaos theory mation surrounding a literary work. D. Formalism B. Critics should develop universal read- 16. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was written ings of texts. by C. Critics should attempt to paraphrase A. Wordsworth texts in order to find out what they mean. B. Coleridge C. Southey D. Critics should look at the biographical information of authors. D. Shelly 11. To what idea does the term heteroglossia 17. Which is a common postcolonial critique of refer? the West? A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the A. The West spends too much time trying mirror stage to consider an Asian perspective. B. The West tends to look at Asian coun- B. The referential relationships among sym- tries as individual units rather than lump bols, signifiers, and signs them together. C. The multi-layered nature of language in C. The West views matters through its own a literary work limited historical position. D. All of the above answers are correct D. The West refuses to apply economic and 12. NarayanOn the Sublime is written in Changderpolitical coercion to Asian writers. 18. Who is the author of the notorious book en- A. Greek titled The School of Abuse? B. Latin A. Roger Ascham C. Hebrew B. Stephen Hawes D. Italian C. John Skelton 13. Who coined the term New Historicism? D. Stephen Gosson 221

19. Who used the words “romanticism” and “ro- 24. Which of the following best defines the work mantic” first? of a deconstructionist critic? A. Wordsworth A. Calling into question the possibility of B. Coleridge the coherence of discourse C. Carlyle B. Suggesting that the study of literature is based on the breakdown of language into D. Schlegel signs 20. In his essay "The Death of the Author," C. Arguing that language, and therefore lit- Roland Barthes argues what about litera- erary texts, relies on the difference between ture? terms and therefore constantly defers mean- A. Biographical information about the au- ing. thor must be considered when evaluating D. All of the above answers are correct. literature. 25. What does the term meta-language mean, B. A text and its author text are unrelated. according to Andrzej Warminski? C. It is possible to distill meaning from a A. A language about another language work based on the author’s politics. B. A supernatural language D. Literature is inextricably connected to its creator. C. A language that does not yet constitute a 21. What is defamiliarization? real language A. A term that describes how literature ex- D. All of the above answers are correct. poses its own artificiality 26. In what way does Julia Kristeva build on B. An idea explored by Viktor Shklovsky Jacques Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development? C. A term that describes the capacity of art to counter the effects of habit A. Kristeva wholly rejects Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development. D. All of the above answers are correct. 22. How many principal sources of sublimity B. Kristeva centralizes the maternal and the are there according to Longinus? feminine in her revisions of Lacan’s theory. A. Three C. Kristeva argues that the mirror stage does not occur until the individual embraces B. Four a distinct gender role. C. Five D. All of the above answers are correct. D. Six 27. Which of the following is a rule of semi- 23. Which of the following statements offers otics? the best definition of the concept of strange Jai ShreeA. All linguistic Ram concepts evolve solely out attractors in chaos theory? of the responses of people within a specific A. Strange attractors are mysterious forces historical era. that are entirely random. B. All linguistic and social phenomena are B. Strange attractors are complex forces texts, and the object of studying these texts that are determined by the laws of physics. is to reveal the underlying codes that make C. Strange attractors are mysterious forces them meaningful. that are both random and determined. C. All linguistics is in some way related to D. Strange attractors are complex forces class struggle. that are entirely random. D. All of the above answers are correct. 222 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

28. According to trauma theorists, a testifying A. Tragic end of the tragedy subject needs which of the following to de- B. Working of fate against the hero liver a successful testimony? C. A weak trait in the character of the hero A. A figure of judgment D. A strong quality in the character of the B. Religious belief hero C. A witness 34. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is D. Psychological treatment described below: "The historical approach, 29. What is the main goal of ethnic criticism? for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice A. To bring attention to false Euro-centric Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite paradigms the horrible, bloody details of their obvi- B. To rectify the double experiences of cer- ously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympa- tain racial groups thetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play C. To reconcile cultural identity with indi- was performed in the wake of the Popish vidual identity Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that D. All of the above answers are correct. there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot 30. What does hermeneutic theory suggest in history. The Tories would never approve about how readers view literature? of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonethe- A. It is impossible to view a piece of litera- less sympathized with the plotters for the ture as its author intended. way they were abused by the Tory enemy, B. It is impossible to divorce a text from the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway capitalist ideology. to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspir- C. It is impossible to view a piece of liter- ators themselves." What purpose does this ature correctly, because we can only work prescribe to? within the hetero-normative paradigm. A. To help resolve a question, problem, or D. It is impossible to separate a text from difficulty in the readin the linguistics that compose it. B. To help decide which is the better of two 31. Whom did Aristotle consider the most tragic conflicting readings. of the Greek dramatists? C. To enable to form judgments about liter- A. Agathon ature. B. Aeschylus D. All of the above answers are correct. C. Sophocles 35. Some critics of literary theory argue that D. Euripides literary theory is problematic for which rea- 32. ‘Gynocriticism’ is associated with son? NarayanA. Elaine Showalter ChangderA. Literary theory tends to be too political. B. Ellen Moors B. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text. C. Julia Kristeva C. Literary theory depends on specialized D. Kate Millet knowledge that is outside the realm of liter- 33. What is the meaning of the term Hamartia as ary studies. used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy? D. All of the above answers are correct. 223

36. Which school of literary theory is associ- A. 2 sources ated with the phrase "to make the stones B. 3 sources stonier"? C. 4 sources A. Humanism D. 5 sources B. Formalism 42. What does the critical term ’esemplatic’ C. Structuralism mean? D. Marxism A. The unifying power B. Ability to coin new word 37. Trauma theory primarily developed out of the work of which psychoanalyst? C. Power of imagination A. Sigmund Freud D. Negative capability 43. Who made a distinction between Fancy and B. Carl Jung Imagination? C. Michel Foucault A. Wordsworth D. Jacques Derrida B. Coleridge 38. To what idea does the ancient Greek term C. Southey aporia refer in terms of deconstruction the- D. Hazlitt ory? 44. What is affective fallacy? A. The ability of a text to contain truth A. A term first used by literary theorists B. The "undecidability" and essentially un- William Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley stable nature of a text B. A term that suggests that a critic should C. The idea that a text has a specific mean- study the structural and thematic elements ing that can be understood through a process of a poem rather than the effect it has on the of deconstruction emotions of the reader D. All of the above answers are correct. C. An important term in the field of New Historicism 39. On the Sublime was written in D. All of the above answers are correct. A. 1st Century BC 45. Trauma theory is tremendously influenced B. 1st Century AD by which theoretical school? C. 2nd Century AD A. Psychoanalysis D. 3rd Century AD B. Marxism 40. What is generally considered to be Theodor C. Feminism W. Adorno’sJai primary concern as Shree a theorist? D. Deconstruction Ram A. The effect of literature in enlightening 46. What is false consciousness? the human mind A. A term for the false neuroses expressed in dreams B. The effect of modern society on human suffering B. A feminist term for the state that occurs when texts written by women are not consid- C. The effect of the economy on women’s ered in the study of literature concerns C. Another term for the unconscious D. All of the above answers are correct. D. An ideology that involves dominating 41. Sublimity has the consciousness of exploited classes 224 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

47. Biographia Literaria was written by D. Language is loaded with the intentions A. Wordsworth of others. 53. Who was the most illustrious pupil of B. Coleridge Plato? C. Keats A. Aristotle D. Charles Lamb B. Longinus 48. With which theorist is the term identity thinking most closely associated? C. Aristophanes A. Sigmund Freud D. Socrates 54. ‘On Translating Homer’ is written by B. Carl Jung A. Mathew Arnold C. William James B. Walter Pater D. Theodor W. Adorno 49. Coleridge considered imagination as C. T. S. ELiot A. Critical faculty D. William Hazlit 55. Arnold summarises the rule of English criti- B. Modifying power cism in one word, in The Function Of Criti- C. A psychological experience cism. What is the word? D. A product of intellect A. Disintrestedness 50. What is the meaning of the term Anagnori- B. Intresedness sis as used by Aristotle in his Theory of C. Purification Tragedy? D. Civilization A. The hero’s recognition of his tragic flaw 56. Who is the meaning of the term Peripeteia as B. The hero’s ignorance about his tragic used by Aristotle in his Theory of Tragedy? flaw A. Change in the fortune of the hero from C. The hero’s recognition of his adversary bad to good D. The hero’s recognition of his tragic end B. Change in the fortune of the hero from 51. Who remarked, “Spenser write no lan- good to bad guage.” C. Constancy in the fortune of the hero A. Pope D. Fluctuations occurring in the fortune of B. Arnold the hero C. Dr. Jhonson 57. What is the central idea of Ferdinand de D. Ben Jonson Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics? 52. Which of the following statements best ex- A. Language is inseparable from its histori- plains Mikhail Bakhtin’s philosophy of lan- cal context. guage? B. There are five phases of linguistic devel- NarayanA. Language includes multiple social di- Changderopment. alects and jargons. C. Language can be analyzed as a formal B. Language can include socio-ideological system of elements. contradictions from the past. D. All of the above answers are correct. C. Language exhibits and is bound up in 58. “It is not rhyming and versing that maketh the social lives and historical context of the a poet no more than a long gown maketh an people who speak it. advocate”. Whose view is this? 225

A. Shakespeare’s C. involves a constant process of deferred meaning. B. Marlowe’s C. Spenser’s D. All of the above answers are correct. D. Sidney’s 63. This approach can turn a work into little more than a case study, neglecting to view 59. What is Christopher Ricks’s attitude toward it as a piece of art. Critics sometimes at- literary theory? tempt to diagnose long dead authors based A. He considers it to be vital in order to on their works, which is perhaps not the best understand literary texts. evidence of their psychology. Critics tend B. He considers theory to be the only way to see sex in everything, exaggerating this that literary texts can be interpreted. aspect of literature. What approach possess this disadvantage? C. He has no misgivings about the practical usability of literary theory. A. Moral/Philosophical D. He feels that literary theory is ultimately B. Psychological too limited in scope to serve as a proper C. Formalism/New Criticism method of interpretation. 60. In his essay "The Business of Theory," D. Historical/Biographical William Deresiewicz argues which of the 64. He was an inﬂuential force in archetypal following about Terry Eagleton’s book Af- criticism. ter Theory? A. Freud A. It offers a strong outline for how theory can be conducted in the 21st century. B. Tate B. It should not be read or considered by C. Richards any student or scholar. D. Jung C. It offers some valid ideas and critiques, 65. What fundamental idea does psychoanalytic but its author is not entirely trustworthy. criticism hold about literary texts? D. It offers a strong counterpoint to Jacques A. Literary texts should not be read as a Derrida’s notion of deconstruction. projection of the author’s psyche. 61. “The tragic-comedy which is the product of the English theatre is one the most mon- B. Literary texts solely reﬂect an author’s strous inventions that ever entered into a intentions. poet’s thought.” Whose view is this? C. Literary texts reveal secret elements of A. John Dryden’s an author’s unconscious. B. AlexanderJai Pope’s ShreeD. All of the above Ram answers are correct. C. Joseph Addison’s 66. Aristotle said of chorus in Greek tragedy that D. Dr. Johnson’s 62. Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance chal- A. It is only lyrical songs in the play lenges us to think about language as a sys- B. It should be regarded as one of the actors tem that: A. mirrors our physical evolution as human C. It should make only reports beings. D. It should only comment on the action B. prevents us from communicating through writing or speech. 67. What is humanism? 226 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

A. An idea traditionally associated with the 72. The Lyrical Ballads was published in Renaissance A. 1780 B. A humanity-centered view of the uni- B. 1798 verse C. A theory that values restraint, form, and C. 1815 imitation D. 1805 D. All of the above answers are correct. 73. To whom “poetry is the spontaneous over- 68. ‘Preface to the Lyrical Ballads’ was pub- flow of powerful passion.” lished in A. Keats A. 1798 B. Shelley B. 1800 C. Wordsworth C. 1802 D. Coleridge D. 1815 69. The name “Ars Poetica” (Art of Poetry) was 74. Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria appeared given to Horace’s Epistle to the Pisos by in the year ?. A. Horace A. 1817 B. Quintillion B. 1818 C. Cicero C. 1718 D. Virgil D. 1717 70. Which of the following is a theme of Eve 75. Which of the following figures is consid- Kosofsky Sedgwick’s book Epistemology of ered to be the father of the linguistic theory the Closet? known as structuralism? A. Understanding sexuality is crucial to un- A. Cleanth Brooks derstanding culture. B. Ferdinand de Saussure B. Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture. C. Karl Marx C. Literary study is unaffected by a lack of D. Toni Morrison interest in sexuality. 76. They believe that this approach tends to re- D. All of the above answers are correct. duce art to the level of biography and make 71. A critic of Thomas Otway’s "Venice Pre- it relative (to the times) rather than universal. serv’d" wishes to know why the play’s con- What approach possess this disadvantage? spirators, despite the horrible, bloody details A. Moral/Philosophical of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the au- B. Formalism/New Criticism thor’s life and times and discovers that there C. Historical/Biographical Narayanare obvious similarities between the conspir- Changder acy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is D. Psychological most likely a critic. 77. This approach provides a universalistic ap- A. Historical proach to literature and identifies a reason why certain literature may survive the test B. Feminist of time. It works well with works that are C. Tory highly symbolic.What approach has this ad- D. Psychological vantage? 227

A. Mimetic A. Excursion B. Psychological B. Tintern Abbey Lines C. Historical/Biographical C. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads D. Mythological/Archetypal D. Immortality Ode 78. Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruc- 83. The statements below are parts of the steps tion argues that: on "How to Analyze a Play". Which comes in as second thing to do before writing a A. the meaning of a text always relies on critical essay of a play? context. A. Identify External Factors Related to the B. texts are always heterogeneous. Work C. any system for the production of mean- B. Interpret the Play ing is inevitably bound by context, yet also C. Analyze the Staging limitless. D. Analyze the Essential Elements of the D. All of the above answers are correct. Play 79. Christopher Ricks would most likely DIS- 84. In which the following works Plato dis- AGREE with which of the following claims cusses his Theory of Poetry? about literary theory? A. Apology A. Literary theory is limited in its ability to B. Ion interpret a text. C. The Republic B. Literary theory often depends on esoteric knowledge to be properly understood. D. Phaedrus 85. Is Dryden’s Essay of Dramatic Poesy a work C. Literary theory is employed mostly by of? academics. A. Interpretative Criticism D. Literary theory is the only proper way to conceptualize literary texts. B. Legislative Criticism 80. In which capter of Biographia Lieraria, Co- C. Comparative Criticism leridge make a distinction between fancy D. Textual Criticism and imagination? 86. The term Electra Complex has originated A. 14 from a tragedy entitled Electra. Who is the author of his tragedy? B. 15 A. Aeschylus C. 12 B. Sophocles D. 13 C. Euripides 81. This critical approachJai assumes that Shree language Ram does not refer to any external reality. It can D. Seneca assert several, contradictory interpretations 87. The statements below are parts of the steps of one text. on "How to Explicate Poetry". Which comes in as second to the last thing to do before A. Deconstructionism writing a critical essay of a poem? B. Formalist Criticism A. Interpret the Poem. C. Structuralism B. Introduce External Support. D. Mimetic Criticism C. Analyze the Elements of the Poem 82. Wordsworth’s theory of poetry appears in D. Evaluate the Poem. 228 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

88. Aristotle and Plato belong to phase 94. Michael Foucault was the major practitioner of criticism. of this school of criticism. A. Hellenic A. Formalist Criticism B. Hellenistic B. Deconstructionism C. Renaissance C. Structuralism D. Graeco-Roman D. Mimetic Criticism 89. The key word that characterised the Roman- 95. What is mimesis? tic movement was A. A reversal A. Inspiration B. An imitation B. Imagination C. A satire C. Fancy D. A poetic metaphor D. Decorum 96. Which of the following best describes the difference between literary criticism and lit- 90. In which essay did Arnold say that for good erary theory? literature to flourish two powers are necessary – creative and the critical A. Literary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary A. The Function of Criticism theory is concerned only with the structure B. The Study of Poetry of a literary work. C. Preface to Eighteen Fifty Three poems B. Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, D. Essay on Wordsworth while literary theory draws upon sources 91. What do structuralist and formalist critics within a text. have in common? C. Literary theory is concerned with the A. Both sets of critics reject the importance method used to interpret a work, while lit- of historical context in studying literature. erary criticism is the application of literary B. Both sets of critics look for an objective theory. way to view texts. D. All of the above answers are correct. C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating 97. The statements below are parts of the steps literature in a scientific manner. on "How to Write an Analytical Essay about Short Fiction". Which comes in as the last D. All of the above answers are correct. thing to do in the writing an essay about 92. Who considers poetry ‘a mother of lies’ short fiction? A. Aristotle A. Begin your paper with an introduction B. Plato that identifies the purpose of the paper and the text you are addressing. C. Pope B. Compose topic sentences (four or five, NarayanD. Stephen Gosson Changderperhaps) that support, explore, demonstrate, 93. Who was the first literary critic who said or illustrate your thesis. that “Art is twice removed from reality”? C. Select specific passages in the text of the A. Plato story that help you to develop each topic sentence. B. Aristotle D. Build your paper to a climax; save your C. Longinus most engaging or important topic sentence D. Horace for discussion last. 229

98. Who is the author of Ars Poetica? 104. Regarding the observance of the three Clas- A. Plato sical Unities in a play, Dr. Johnson’s view is that: B. Aristotle A. Only the Unity of Time should be ob- C. Horace served D. Longinus B. Only the Unity of Place should be ob- 99. Who called Dryden the Father of English served Criticism? C. Only the Unity of Action should be ob- A. Joseph Addison served B. Dr. Johnson D. All the three Unities should be observed C. Coleridge D. Matthew Arnold 105. With which theorist is the concept imagi- 100. Which of the following ideas relates to J.L. native geography associated? Austin’s performativity theory? A. Julia Kristeva A. Performance is the ultimate objective of B. Fredric Jameson all human beings. B. Language is used to indicate action as C. Terry Eagleton well as thought. D. Edward Said C. Individuals perform gender actively. 106. Who established the Lyceum? D. All of the above answers are correct. A. Plato 101. From whom did New Historicists draw the B. Aristotle idea of "self-regulating systems"? C. Horace A. Theodor W. Adorno B. Claude Lévi-Strauss D. Longinus 107. Which literary theory would most directly C. Julia Kristeva explore questions of the role of spatial set- D. Jacques Derrida ting in a poem? 102. “The end of writing is to instruct, the end A. Trauma theory of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.” Whose view is this? B. Ecotheory A. Wordsworth’s C. Game theory B. Coleridge’s D. Marxist theory C. Dr. Johnson’s 108. In Fredric Jameson’s book The Political D. MatthewJai Arnold’s ShreeUnconscious, what Ram does Jameson suggest 103. The statements below are steps on "How about literature? to Read and Understand an Expository Es- A. History comprises the essential frame- say". Which comes in as an initial thing to work for the performance of literary analysis do before writing an expository essay? A. Identify the Mode of Development B. Politics and the economy are the most B. Analysis of the Author important factors in literary analysis C. Subsequent Readings/Reviews C. Biography is essential to literary analysis D. Identify External Factors Related to the Work D. All of the above answers are correct. 230 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

109. Which of the following critics preferred 115. What does Elaine Showalter argue about Shakespeare’s Comedies to his Tragedies? gender in terms of representations of the A. Dryden character of Ophelia in William Shake- speare’s Hamlet? B. Pope A. Ophelia’s madness represents the social C. Dr. Johnson oppression of women. D. Addison B. It is nearly impossible to represent 110. In which book of the Republic did Plato women as anything other than mad in pa- ban poets from his ideal world? triarchal discourses. A. Book 7 C. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate B. Book 10 Ophelia for their own purposes. C. Book 1 D. All of the above answers are correct. D. Book 5 116. What does Edward Said argue about the 111. A critic argues that in John Milton’s "Sam- concept of the Orient? son Agonistes," the shearing of Samson’s A. It has little relationship to the coloniza- locks is symbolic of his castration at the tion of Asian countries by the West. hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using? B. It illustrates the fundamental political A. Mimetic approach equality of all nations. B. Formalist approach C. It was produced by Western scholarship. C. Historical approach D. All of the above answers are correct. D. Psychological approach 112. “Of all philosopher’s Plato is the most po- 117. What is the main function of literary the- etic.” Who said this ory? A. Philiph Sidney A. To understand the importance of the formal elements of literary structure B. Shelley B. To formulate relationships among an au- C. Aristlotle thor, a reader, and a literary work D. Keats C. To understand the role of sexuality, gen- 113. With which theorist is the term implied der, race, and ethnicity in literary study reader associated? A. Wolfgang Iser D. All of the above answers are correct. B. William Wimsatt 118. How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories distinct from traditional Freudian C. Cleanth Brooks concepts? D. Harold Bloom A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses 114.NarayanAccording to Aristotle the unravelling of Changderprovide insight into the unconscious. the plot B. Kristeva suggests that women are not A. Should arise from the circumstances of subject to traditional fetishes. the plot itself C. Kristeva offers a more central place for B. By supernatural machinery women’s issues within psychological devel- C. By narration opment. D. By the choral odes D. All of the above answers are correct. 231

119. Which of the following human behaviors 124. The phrase “willing suspension of disbe- is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic lief” applies to which poet/critic? study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet? A. Charles Lamb A. Neurotic behavior B. Joseph Conrad B. Changes in emotional states C. Coleridge C. Slips of the tongue D. Wordsworth D. All of the above answers are correct. 125. The concept of otherness is related to 120. What does Judith Butler mean when she which of the following theories? suggests that gender is "performed"? A. Psychoanalytic theory A. Gender does not reﬂect an essential truth, B. Feminist theory but rather is a role people play based on their C. Ethnic criticism internalization of socially constructed gender roles. D. All of the above answers are correct. 126. Who contributed the term “to see the object B. Gender roles do not exist. as in itself it really is”? C. Real gender roles are scripted by excel- A. Wordsworth lent writers. B. Coleridge D. All of the above answers are correct. C. Arnold 121. What is the philosophical theory known as pragmatism? D. Goethe A. A maxim of logic developed by Charles 127. This literary critic coined the term "fancy." Sanders Peirce A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. A theory of practical actions developed B. Virginia Woolf by William James C. Matthew Arnold C. An idea used to guide conduct towards D. Carl Jung clear objectives 128. How does Virginia Woolf’s essay "A Room D. All of the above answers are correct. of One’s Own" contribute to feminist the- 122. What is hermeneutics? ory? A. A term that describes the absence of A. It suggests that the suppression of racial others in the canon women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away. B. A term that describes the attempt to read homosexuality into literature B. It suggests that gender roles are con- ditioned by the possession of money and C. A term thatJai describes the effect Shree of auto- power. Ram biography on text C. It suggests that gender has power over D. A term that describes the interpretation class. of meaning D. All of the above answers are correct. 123. Plato’s Republic is written in the form of 129. Name the author of The New Criticism. A. Drama A. F. R. Leavis B. Narrative mode B. Allen Tate C. Poetry C. John Crowe Ransom D. Dialogue D. R. P. Blackmur 232 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

130. A critic examining John Milton’s "Paradise B. Women should write, but they should do Lost" focuses on the physical description so only within the existent male canon. of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of C. Women should primarily dedicate them- hands, seed, and flower, and on the char- selves to studying women’s literature from acters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He the past. pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which D. All of the above answers are correct. the tale is being told. He looks for meaning 135. How did the New Critics view literature? in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a A. As an aesthetic object that is indepen- critic. dent of historical context A. Reader Response B. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context B. Feminist C. Mimetic C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic D. Formalist D. As a historical object that is not neces- 131. What does Ben Jonson mean by a ‘Humor- sarily aesthetic ous Character’? 136. Aristotle discusses the theory of Tragedy A. A character who is always cheerful and in : gay A. Art Poetique B. A character who is by nature melancholy B. Poetics C. A character whose temper is determined C. Rhetoric by the predominance of one out of the four fluids in the human body D. Ars Poetica D. An eccentric person 137. With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated? 132. Who called Aristotle “the very Alexander of criticism”? A. Elaine Showalter A. Saintsbury B. Julia Kristeva B. Murray C. Lucy Irigaray C. Atkins D. Louise M. Rosenblatt D. Tyllard 138. Which text argues that, as infants, human 133. Who is the author of Symposium? beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others? A. Aristotle B. Dante A. Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble C. Longinus B. W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk NarayanD. Plato Changder C. Roland Barthes’s "The Death of the Au- 134. In her essay "The Laugh of the Medusa," thor" what does Hélène Cixous suggest for women? D. Jacques Lacan’s "The Mirror Stage . . . " A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts. 139. Who accused Aristotle of social snobbish- ness and arrogance? 233

A. Willy Loman A. To miss the mark B. Arthur Miller B. Sin C. Henry James C. Tragic ﬂaw D. David D. Flaws 140. What approach is described by the para- 145. Dryden wrote An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. graph? This approach takes as a fundamen- Is this? tal tenet that "literature" exists not as an arti- A. An Essay fact upon a printed page but as a transaction B. A Drama between the physical text and the mind of a reader. C. A Poetical Work A. Historical/Biographical Approach D. An Interlocution B. Reader Response Approach 146. In which chapter of Biographia Literaria Coleridge criticize the theory of language of C. Formalism Wordsworth? D. Mimetic Approach A. 16 141. Who originated the term "objective correl- B. 17 ative," which is often used in formalist criticism? C. 14 A. C.S. Lewis D. 15 147. Reader-response theory is focused on con- B. Virginia Woolf sidering which of the following? C. Matthew Arnold A. How readers learn to read D. T.S. Eliot B. How readers imagine visual images in a 142. Which of the following texts is the BEST text example of the argument that a work’s mean- C. How readers participate in creating the ing does not come entirely from the imagi- meaning of a text nation of the author? D. How readers regard critics A. Plato’s The Republic 148. In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida ar- B. T.S. Eliot’s "Tradition and the Individual gues what about literature? Talent" A. No ﬁxed, stable meaning is possible. C. Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology B. Language must be studied in conjunc- D. Jacques Lacan’sJai “The Mirror Shree Stage..... ” tion with history Ram in order to create meaning. 143. The term ‘collective unconscious’ is coined C. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning by does not change. A. Carl Jung D. All of the above answers are correct. B. Sigmund Freud 149. Aristotle’s critical work is entitled: C. Ernest Jones A. Ars Poetica D. Erik Erikson B. Poetics 144. What is the original meaning of the term C. De Arte Poetica Hamartia? D. Art Poetique 234 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

150. This poet might be described as a moral or 156. In general, what is Judith Butler’s concept philosophical critic for arguing that works of gender? must have "high seriousness." A. Women’s gender is artiﬁcial, while A. T.S. Eliot men’s gender is not. B. Matthew Arnold B. While gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true. C. Elizabeth Browning C. Gender is largely a cultural construct. D. Virginia Woolf 151. One of the potential disadvantages of this D. All of the above answers are correct. approach to literature is that it can reduce 157. The probable date of composition of Ars meaning to a certain time frame, rather than Poetica is making it universal throughout the ages. A. 100 BC A. Formalist B. 12 to 8 BC B. Historical C. 15 AD C. Feminist D. 20 AD D. Mimetic 158. What is New Historicism? 152. Which of the following theorists is associ- A. A theory that sees history as a form of ated with formalism? writing and discourse A. Viktor Shklovsky B. A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events B. Cleanth Brooks C. A theory that regards history as a series C. Judith Butler of narratives D. Mikhail Bakhtin D. All of the above answers are correct. 153. According to Plato, what is the moral pur- 159. What is double consciousness? pose of art? A. An early aspect of ethnic criticism A. To connect human beings with a higher ideal B. An understanding of how double experiences create identity B. To entertain those who enjoy it C. A concept developed by W.E.B Du Bois C. To criticize society through satire D. All of the above answers are correct. D. All of the above answers are correct. 160. Who said “theatre is not a hospital”? 154. Arnold’s views on poetry and criticism are discussed in ? A. F.L. Lucas A. Preface to the Poems B. J K Atkins C. Derrida B. On translating Homer D. Hillis Miller C. “Scholar Gypsy” 161. Wordsworth’s Preface to the Lyrical Bal- NarayanD. Culture and Anarchy Changderlads is believed to be the Preamble to Ro- 155. Who was the originator of the Theory of mantic Criticism. In which year was it pub- Imitation in Literature? lished? A. Longinus A. 1798 B. Aristotle B. 1800 C. Plato C. 1801 D. Horace D. 1802 235

162. What is phenomenology? 167. Which of the following texts provides the best example of defamiliarization? A. The examination of structures informing our conscious experience A. Aristotle’s Poetics B. The examination of desires informing B. Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata our consciousness C. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness C. The examination of our unconscious ex- D. W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black perience Folk D. The examination of intricate structures 168. Poetic Diction was taken to be the standard within our unconscious language for poetry in: 163. Which of the following statements best ex- A. The Elizabethan Age plains the main objective of New Histori- cism? B. The Neo-Classical Age A. Texts are examined to see how coloniz- C. The Romantic Age ers and the colonized interact. D. The Victorian Age B. Texts are examined to see how the for- 169. Who coined the expression “objective mal aspects of the text create meaning. corelative”? C. Texts are examined to determine how A. Coleridge they reveal social realities. B. T. S. Eliot D. Texts are examined to determine the au- C. Allen Tate thor’s intent. 164. What does Sidney say about the obser- D. F. R. Leavis vance of the three Dramatic Unities in 170. Which of the following writers might be drama? considered one of the early founders of ﬁrst- wave feminism? A. They must be observed A. Hélène Cixous B. It is not necessary to observe them B. Judith Butler C. He favours the observance of the Unity of Action only C. Lucy Irigaray D. Their observance depends upon the na- D. Mary Wollstonecraft ture of the theme of the play 171. On the Sublime is considered 165. Who for the ﬁrst time discriminated be- A. A classical approach tween imagination and fancy? B. Romantic approach A. Coleridge C. Neo-classical approach B. William WordsworthJai Shree Ram D. None of these C. John Ruskin 172. This feminist critic proposed that all fe- D. Schegell male characters in literature are in at least 166. With which theorist is phenomenology as- one of the following stages of development: sociated? the feminine, feminist, or female stage. A. Edmund Husserl A. Virginia Woolf B. Wolfgang Iser B. Elaine Showalter C. Jean-Paul Sartre C. Mary Wolstencraft D. All of the above answers are correct. D. Ellen Mores 236 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

173. What is the purpose of feminist theory? 179. How does Wolfgang Iser envision the A. To advocate for women’s rights reader? B. To create literary subjects with which A. The reader fills in the gaps imposed by female readers can identify an author’s intention. C. To critique phallocentric assumptions B. The reader is sublimated beneath the au- about literature thor. D. All of the above answers are correct. C. The reader is less important than the au- 174. Which literary theorist argues that "there is thor’s context. nothing outside the text"? D. All of the above answers are correct. A. T.S. Eliot 180. Ecotheorists tend to show an interest in B. Jacques Lacan which of the following? C. Jacques Derrida A. How writers conceptualize natural envi- ronments and the representation of environ- D. Stanley Fish mental issues in literature and culture 175. What has Dryden to say about the observance of the three Classical Dramatic Uni- B. How writers have damaged the environ- ties? ment A. He advocates their strict observance C. How the environment can be repaired B. He does not advocate their strict obser- D. Who is responsible for damaging the en- vance vironment C. He says that every dramatist should de- 181. In his essay "What Is an Author?" what po- cide it for himself sition(s) on authorship does Michel Foucault take? D. He is silent about this issue 176. In a Freudian approach to literature, con- A. The idea of the author came into being cave images are usually seen as: at a certain point in history. A. Female symbols B. The names of authors serve a classifica- tory function. B. Phallic symbols C. The author may not always exist. C. Male symbols D. All of the above answers are correct. D. Evidence of an Oedipus complex 177. Which school of theorists is most closely 182. How many times do the word Katharsis associated with phenomenology? appear in the Poetics A. The Moscow School A. 3 B. The Chicago School B.2 C. The Frankfurt School C. 4 NarayanD. The Geneva School ChangderD. 6 178. Among the following which is not a work 183. Which of the following texts is considered by Aristotle? the first example of postcolonial criticism? A. Ethics A. Harold Bloom’s "An Elegy for the B. Metaphysics Canon" C. Rhetoric B. Jacques Lacan’s "The Mirror Stage . . . " D. Ars Poetica 237

C. Cleanth Brooks’s "Keats’s Sylvan Histo- the "grownup" world of the novel? What rian" purpose does this prescribe to? D. Edward Said’s Orientalism A. To help resolve a question, problem, or 184. What approach to literary criticism re- difficulty in the reading. quires the critic to know about the author’s B. To help decide which is the better of two life and times? conflicting readings. A. Historical C. To enable to form judgments about literature. B. Formalist D. All of the above answers are correct. C. Mimetic 188. Which of the following offers the best defi- D. All of these nition of écriture féminine? 185. In her essay "The Poem as Event," Louise A. How women really feel about male writ- M. Rosenblatt sees the reader as performing ers what function? B. The inscription of womanhood and fem- A. The reader participates in a transaction ininity in texts with the text. C. Second-wave feminism B. The reader is acted upon by the text. D. Psychological studies of women C. The reader acts upon the text. 189. What approach is described by the para- D. All of the above answers are correct. graph? Those who apply this approach believe it is necessary to know about the author 186. How do Marxist theorists react to ideol- and the political, economical, and sociolog- ogy? ical context of his times in order to truly A. They accept ideology as an essential, al- understand his works. though sometimes problematic, part of soci- A. Historical/Biographical Approach ety. B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach B. They subject all ideologies to critique in C. Formalism order to expose biased interests. D. Psychological Approach C. They reject the idea that ideology has real effects on social progress. 190. From where has the term Oedipus Complex originated? D. All of the above answers are correct. A. Oedipus the Rex 187. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach B. Oedipus at Colonus might enable us to choose between a reading C. Antigone which sees the dissolution of society in Lord D. Jocasta, the Queen of Thebes of the FliesJai as being caused by Shree too strict a Ram 191. Who said that Arnold was a propagandist suppression of the "bestial" side of man and for literature rather than a critic? one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: A. Carlyle What textual evidence is there for the sup- B. Ruskin pression or indulgence of the "bestial" side C. T. S. Eliot of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? D. F. R. Leavis Does it appear from the text that an impo- 192. “Be Homer’s works your study and delight. sition of stricter law and order would have Read them by day and meditate by night.” prevented the breakdown? Did it work in Who gives this advice to the poets? 238 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

A. Dryden types of government, such as a dictatorship, B. Pope democracy, communism, socialism, fascism, etc.? What attitudes toward these politi- C. Dr. Johnson cal structures/systems are expressed in the D. Addison work? 193. Plato has a positive view of art, in so far as What approach can be noted from the questions?

A. It represents the nature A. Feminist B. It contributes to the spiritual growth of B. Archetypal people C. Formalist C. It shows a tragedy D. Sociological D. It imitates nobility 197. What did Sigmund Freud believe about the 194. What are some common criticisms of liter- unconscious? ary theory? A. a. It contains secret instincts and desires A. Theory has replaced literary appreciation that are repressed. with formulas for understanding. B. It is the only significant aspect of the B. The reasoning of theory is often too cir- human psyche. cular. C. It can never be accessed. C. Many theories have been pushed too far into abstraction. D. All of the above answers are correct. D. All of the above answers are correct. 198. Which of the following literary theorists 195. Plato said that art is an imperfect reflection is most closely associated with the concept of the real world because that became known as liberal humanism? A. Art presents only part of the world A. Aristotle B. Art describes only what appears and not B. Viktor Shklovsky what is real C. Stanley Fish C. Art tells lies about the world D. Toni Morrison D. Art is an exaggeration of the world 199. How does literary theory resemble the prac- 196. Go over the following questions: tice of philosophy as it was developed by What is the relationship between the charac- Plato and Aristotle? ters and their society? Does the story address societal issues, such A. Literary theory engages with theoretical as race, gender, and class? rather than real-world issues. How do social forces shape the power rela- B. Literary theory asks fundamental ques- tionships between groups or classes of peo- tions about literary interpretation, and at the ple in the story? Who has the power, and same time builds specific systems of literary Narayanwho doesn’t? Why? Changder interpretation. How does the story reflect urban, rural, or suburban values? C. Literary theory relies totally on specula- Does the story address issues of economic tion rather than history. exploitation? What role does money play? D. All of the above answers are correct. How do economic conditions determine the direction of the characters’ lives? 200. Who was the most illustrious disciple of Do any of the characters correspond to Socrates? 239

A. Sophocles D. Work only with ideas developed by post- B. Plautus Marxist theorists 206. According to Aristotle pity and fear are C. Plato evoked by D. Critus A. Comedy 201. What do many contemporary theorists find problematic about the literary canon? B. Tragedy A. It includes too few works by non- C. Satire European writers. D. Melodrama B. It includes too few works by non-white 207. This literary critic warned: "We must re- writers. member that the greater part of our current reading matter is written for us by people C. It includes too few works by women. who have no real belief in a supernatural or- D. All of the above answers are correct. der . . . And the greater part . . . is coming 202. According to Jacques Lacan, the mirror to be written by people who not only have stage is the point at which a child: no such belief, but are even ignorant of the fact that there are still people in the world so A. refuses maternal bonds. ’backward’ or so ’eccentric’ as to continue B. is able to separate the "I" from the to believe." "Other." A. C.S. Lewis C. looks into a mirror for the first time. B. T.S. Eliot D. All of the above answers are correct. C. G.K. Chesterton 203. In Dryden’s Essay of Dramatic Poesy there are four interlocuters representing four dif- D. Matthew Arnold ferent ideologies. Which of them expresses 208. Which of the following descriptions best Dryden’s own views? defines the literary theory known as formal- A. Lisideius ism? B. Eugenius A. An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text C. Neander B. An approach that emphasizes the histori- D. Crites cal context of a text 204. What is denouement? C. An approach that emphasizes the bio- A. The ending of a tragedy graphical intent of a text B. The ending of a comedy D. An approach that emphasizes racial is- C. The climaxJai in a tragedy Shreesues in a text Ram 209. The statements below are steps on "How D. The climax in a comedy to Read and Understand an Expository Es- 205. New trends in literary theory tend to do say". Which comes in as an initial thing to which of the following? do before writing an expository essay? A. Reject all previous modes of literary the- A. Identify the Mode of Development ory B. Analysis of the Author B. Focus on a return to traditional critical methods C. Subsequent Readings/Reviews C. Make use of different literary theories in D. All of the above answers are correct. order to develop new theories 210. The New Critics were: 240 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

A. Psychological Critics 216. Go over the following questions: How does this story resemble other stories B. Feminist critics in plot, character, setting, or symbolism? C. Formalist critics What universal experiences are depicted? D. Marxist critics Are patterns suggested? Are seasons used to suggest a pattern or cycle? 211. A critic examining Pope’s "An Essay on Are the names significant? Man" asks herself: How well does this poem Is there a Christ-like figure in the work? accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is Does the writer allude to biblical or mytho- it moral? She is most likely a critic. logical literature? For what purpose? A. Feminist What aspects of the work create deep universal responses to it? B. Reader Response How does the work reflect the hopes, fears, C. Formalist and expectations of entire cultures (for ex- D. Mimetic ample, the ancient Greeks)? How do myths attempt to explain the un- 212. Plato equated poetry with painting, and explainable: origin of man? Purpose and Aristotle equated it with destiny of human beings? A. drama What common human concerns are revealed B. music in the story? How does the story reflect the experiences C. dance of death and rebirth? D. none What events occur in the story? (Quest? Ini- tiation? Scapegoating? Descents into the 213. Horace was a underworld? Ascents into heaven?) A. Greek writer What images occur? (Water, rising sun, set- B. Roman Writer ting sun, symbolic colors) What characters appear in the story? C. Italian writer (Mother Earth? Femme Fatal? Wise old D. English writer man? Wanderer?) What settings appear? (Garden? Desert?) 214. How many poets were included in Jhon- What approach can be noted from the ques- son’s ‘The Lives of Most Eminent English tions? Poets’? A. Sociological A. 48 B. Feminist B. 50 C. Archetypal C. 52 D. Formalist D. 54 217. Go over the following questions: 215. According to the Geneva School, what is What is the relationship between the charac- the function of the reader? ters and their society? NarayanA. Understanding the author’s ideas in the ChangderDoes the story address societal issues, such context of the real world as race, gender, and class? How do social forces shape the power rela- B. Entering the author’s mind through his tionships between groups or classes of peo- or her literary works ple in the story? Who has the power, and C. Reproducing the author’s thoughts in a who doesn’t? Why? critical context How does the story reflect urban, rural, or suburban values? D. All of the above answers are correct. 241

Does the story address issues of economic C. Sir Philip Sidney exploitation? What role does money play? D. Sir Thomas More How do economic conditions determine the direction of the characters’ lives? 222. What is dialectical materialism? Do any of the characters correspond to A. A form of literary criticism that is based types of government, such as a dictatorship, on historical context democracy, communism, socialism, fascism, B. A form of literary criticism that does not etc.? What attitudes toward these politi- incorporate economic concerns cal structures/systems are expressed in the work? C. A form of literary criticism based on lin- What approach can be noted from the ques- guistic analysis tions? D. A term related to gender theory that ar- A. Feminist gues that men are dominant in society by virtue of their economic privilege B. Archetypal 223. What approach is described by the para- C. Formalist graph? Users of this approach believe that D. Sociological all information essential to the interpretation 218. Who made a difference between ‘poetry’ of a work must be found within the work and ‘poem’ itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or A. Coleridge society of the time, or about the author’s B. Addison life. C. Arnold A. Historical/Biographical Approach D. Eliot B. Moral/ Philosophical Approach 219. What does gynocriticism recommend as an C. Formalism approach to literature? D. Psychological Approach A. Examining only female-authored litera- 224. An Elizabethan Puritan critic denounced ture more critically the poets as ‘fathers of lies’,’schools of B. Considering women’s literature outside abuse’ and’caterpillars of a commonwealth’. of its historical context Mark him out from the following crities: C. Becoming more familiar with the history A. William Tyndale of women and women’s writing B. Roger Ascham D. All of the above answers are correct. C. Stephen Gosson 220. With what literary critic is the term the au- D. Henry Howard thor function most closely associated? Jai Shree225. What is the main Ram function of postcolonial A. Claude Lévi-Strauss criticism? B. Jacques Derrida A. To represent the relationship between C. Jacques Lacan colonizers and the colonized D. Michel Foucault B. To draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature 221. Who proposed that poets should be ban- ished from the ideal Republic? C. To explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature A. Plato D. To show the ways in which most West- B. Aristotle ern literature is superior 242 Chapter 4. Literary Theory and Criticism

226. One of the disadvantages of this school of 231. One archetype in literature is the scapegoat. criticism is that it tends to make readings Which of these literary characters serves that too subjective. purpose? A. Reader Response Criticism A. Billy Budd B. Formalist Criticism B. Hamlet C. Historical Criticism C. Captain Ahab D. These are all equally subjective D. Ophelia 232. Who coined the term ’esemplastic’? 227. Plato used the word mimesis in relation to literature with the meaning A. William Worsworth A. Copying B. Browning B. Criticism of life C. Coleridge D. Eliot C. Representation 233. Modern literary theory began with the D. Interpretation work of which theorist? 228. The fall of the prison of Bacille, that marks A. Ferdinand de Saussure the begining of French Revolution occured on B. Viktor Shklovsky A. June 14,1789 C. Roland Barthes D. Michel Foucault B. June 14, 1798 234. Philip Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie is a de- C. July 14, 1789 fence of poetry against the charges brought D. July 14,1798 against it by: 229. How does New Historicism differ from tra- A. Henry Howard ditional historicism? B. Roger Ascham A. New Historicism rejects the idea that his- C. John Skelton tory is neutral. D. Stephen Gosson B. New Historicism does not make strict de- 235. Detractors argue that such an approach can lineations between literary and non-literary be too "judgmental." Some believe literature texts. should be judged primarily (if not solely) on C. New Historicism takes a particular inter- its artistic merits. What approach possess est in marginalized peoples. this disadvantage? D. All of the above answers are correct. A. Psychological 230. The statements below are steps on "How B. Formalism/New Criticism to Read a Short Story Critically". Which C. Moral/Philosophical comes in as the last thing to do in the critical D. Historical/Biographical reading of a narrative? Narayan236. Changder What is dialogism? A. Analyze the Structure of the Story A. A term developed by Mikhail Bakhtin B. Analyze Rhetorical Elements B. A term used to describe how texts in- C. Analyze the Meaning of the Story (Inter- clude a variety of styles pretation) C. A term used to explain the use of multi- D. Analyze the Essential Elements of the ple points of view in literature Story D. All of the above answers are correct. 243

237. Who is the writer of ‘Hamlet and Oedipus’ B. Harold Bloom (1949) C. Ernest Jones A. Carl Jung D. Erik Erikson

Jai Shree Ram Narayan Changder IV Part four

5 Introduction to Literary Studies ...... 247

6 Introduction to Literary Theory ...... 261

7 Cultural and Literary English Renaissance 273

8 Cultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries 283

9 Cultural and Literary in Modernity ... 297

10 Medieval Literature and Culture ..... 311 Jai Shree11 Medieval Women Ram Writers ...... 323 12 The Gothic Novel ...... 335

13 English Romantic Poetry ...... 347

14 Modern Poetry and Poetics ...... 357

15 The Victorian Novel ...... 373

16 African-American Literature ...... 395

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1. The Freudian concept of "the uncanny" A. Shakespeare presents political rulers refers to: as flawless, perfect human beings. A. a feeling of being disconnected from B. Shakespeare presents political rulers the world. as often meeting ruinous and violent end- B. a sense of something being familiar ings. and foreign at once. C. Shakespeare only presents fictional po- C. terror at the thought of death. litical rulers and does not explore any political realities. D. a realization of one’s empowered position in the world. D. Shakespeare considers all political 2. Which of the following offers the best def- rulers to be corrupt. inition of the concept of persuasion? 4. Which of the following offers the best def- A. Persuasion is the art of making read- inition of a frame narrative? ers or listeners believe what the writer or A. A narrative that introduces readers to speaker is stating. the main characters of a story B. PersuasionJai is the art of lying Shree to good B. A narrative Ram that summarizes the plot effect. of the novel C. Persuasion is the opposite of rhetoric. C. A story within a story D. Persuasion is the use of syllogisms to D. A story that reminds the reader that influence the opinions of readers and lis- the story is fictional teners. 5. Which of the following statements demon- 3. According to Anthony DiMatteo’s "Shake- strates the use of pathos? speare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: ’Reason of State’ in ’Ham- A. According to research, 22 percent of let’", how does Shakespeare tend to the American population owns an unse- present political rulers in Hamlet? cured handgun. 248 Chapter 5. Introduction to Literary Studies

B. I own a handgun and keep it in a se- A. They involve the solving of a crime. cure place in my house. B. They explore mysterious religious top- C. Every month in the United States, at ics. least 100 children are wounded or killed C. They were written by medieval mys- as a result of unsecured handguns. tics. D. Handguns don’t kill people, people do. D. They were produced by medieval craft guilds, which were knows as “mysteries". 6. Which of the following statements would Percy Shelley, author of “A Defense of 10. As a mode of literary criticism or theory, Poetry", agree with? gender theory attempts to bring which of A. Art serves a particular worldly pur- the following to literary texts? pose. A. An understanding of the various con- B. Art’s supreme function is to entertain ceptions and understandings of gender the public. that have carried throughout various cultures C. Artists are dangerous to social order. B. An understanding of gender as a hu- D. Artists serve to construct the founda- man construct tions of culture. C. An understanding of how standard his- 7. Which of the following statements of- tories of western societies are presented fers the best characterization of a Greek in terms of heterosexual identity tragedy? D. All of these. A. In a Greek tragedy, evil people are van- 11. Which of the following offers the best de- quished by the forces of good. scription of the concept of pathos? B. In a Greek tragedy, characters undergo A. Pathos refers to a writer’s presentation reversals of fortune, usually for the worse. of character and image. B. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to C. In a Greek tragedy, the hero suffers present evidence. but always survives at the end of the play. C. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers. D. In a Greek tragedy, the tragic hero dies at the end of the play. D. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers. 8. What does Percy Shelley mean when he refers to poets as being the “unacknowl- 12. Which of the following statements best edged legislators of the world"? summarizes the main idea behind An- thony DiMatteo’s essay, "Shakespeare A. He is suggesting that artists serve to and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: develop culture. ’Reason of State’ in ’Hamlet’"? B. He is suggesting that all artists are A. Hamlet is a tragedy focusing on the Narayanfrom high social classes. Changderplight of the early-modern self. C. He is suggesting that artists are re- B. Hamlet is a tragedy that reﬂects Shake- pressed throughout society. speare’s own political circumstances. D. He is suggesting that the making of C. Hamlet is a tragedy that focuses on laws is itself an art. the Elizabethan era’s loss of faith in hu- 9. What is one reason that Mystery Plays are manity’s ability to govern itself without referred to as such? violence. 249

D. Hamlet is a tragedy that reﬂects upon A. Ethos refers to a writer’s presentation enlightened and progressive political sys- of character and image. tems that developed during Shakespeare’s B. Ethos refers to a writer’s ability to time. present evidence. 13. In his preface to "Lyrical Ballads", Wordsworth calls for poetry to be written C. Ethos refers to a writer’s ability to in- in what kind of language? spire action in readers. A. Typically poetic and fanciful language D. Ethos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

B. Ancient languages 18. Which of the following statements best defines the poetic form of the villanelle? C. Complicated and difficult language A. A poem that has no rhyme scheme D. Common, everyday language 14. Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey" pur- B. A poem that eulogizes the dead sues which of the following themes? C. A poem that carries a pattern on two A. The conflict between marriages based rhymes and offers an alternating refrain on love and those based on money D. A poem that celebrates the life of a B. The ways in which appearances don’t cruel person always match realities 19. Which of the following offers the best def- C. The danger in not recognizing the dif- inition of the literary term motif? ference between reality and fiction A. A recurring element in a story that is D. All of these symbolically significant 15. As a mode of literary criticism or theory, B. A character’s fatal flaw formalism attempted to bring which of the following to literary studies? C. A rhyme scheme A. An awareness of the historical circum- D. A character’s moment of self- stances surrounding a text’s production realization in a narrative 20. What is the relationship between the prac- B. A set of objective criteria for critical tices of New Historicism and New Criti- analysis cism? C. An awareness of the economic circum- A. New Historicism was a reaction stances surrounding a literary text against New Criticism, which was seen as too narrowly focused on text rather than D. Strict criteria for evaluating the quality context. of a literaryJai text Shree Ram B. Both fields of literary study are Amer- 16. Sophocles’ "Oedipus the King" explores ican in origin. which of the following themes? A. Fate and free will C. New Historicism is simply an early form of Cultural Materialism. B. The corruptive force of technology D. Both fields of study are strictly fo- C. The power of religious faith cused on how readers interpret and invent D. Disobedient children meanings for literary texts. 17. Which of the following offers the best de- 21. Which of the following offers the best def- scription of the concept of ethos? inition of a Greek theatrical comedy? 250 Chapter 5. Introduction to Literary Studies

A. A play in which characters make hu- A. Hamlet’s father’s ghost is not really a morous remarks ghost. B. A play in which characters experience B. Hamlet feels a sense of desire for both reversals of fortune, usually for the better his mother and his father. C. A play in which no characters die or C. Hamlet is truly insane in the play. suffer D. Hamlet is an impossible play to truly D. A play in which elite members of so- understand. ciety are mocked 26. A postmodern play would most likely not 22. Which of the following poetic lines is an make use of which of the following the- example of a couplet? atrical traditions? A. "Into my head there will come / a A. A minimalist stage and strict adher- beach of cotton, a dock where from." ence to the script B. "To kiss the sky / to be the sun / is to live forever." B. Video clips and the use of popular music C. "I heard a car crash / just as I died." C. Nonlinear storytelling and the em- D. "Death comes for all of us / even you." bracement of popular culture D. A pastiche of different literary and his- 23. Which of the following lines provides an torical sources example of a poetic apostrophe? 27. Which of the following offers the best def- A. "She is a woman of beauty and won- inition of a theatrical tragedy? der." B. "Death, that which feels nothing." A. A play that depicts the downfall of a noble person C. "Milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee." B. A play in which someone gets revenge D. "I wandered lonely as a cloud." C. A play in which a hero faces likely 24. Which of the following serves as the best defeat and overcomes it deﬁnition of the literary critical practice of formalism? D. A play in which no form of humor appears A. Formalism focuses on examining how a text exempliﬁes its writer’s psychology. 28. Which of the following statements about the plot of Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" is not B. Formalism focuses on examining the true? structural dynamics of poems. A. Hamlet is deeply disturbed by his fa- C. Formalism focuses on examining the ther’s death. use of literary devices within a literary B. It is never proven within the play that Narayantext. ChangderClaudius murdered King Hamlet. D. Formalism focuses on examining the C. Hamlet doubts the proper course of historical contexts and backgrounds of lit- action to take. erary texts. D. Ophelia dies by drowning. 25. Dr. Allen Shoaf’s essay, “’Hamlet’: Like Mother, Like Son", argues which of the 29. Which of the following offers the best de- following points? scription of literary theory? 251

A. Literary theory involves coming to a C. A story of one person’s success within precise understanding of a writer’s psy- a capitalistic economic system chology. D. A story of one person’s self- B. Literary theory involves measuring the realization and attempt to return to in- quality of a literary work. nocence C. Literary theory involves considering 34. Psychoanalytic criticism during its earli- the publication history of literary texts. est stages tended to focus on: D. Literary theory involves describing the A. the psychologies of individual authors. underlying principles of a literary work. 30. In poetry, each unit of rhythm is known B. the typographical structures of literary as: texts. A. a line. C. translation issues. B. a foot. D. how children relate to their parents in C. a measure. terms of literary texts. 35. A play that begins in medias res: D. a meter. 31. What is hermeneutics? A. begins at the apparent end of the story. A. A system for categorizing books B. introduces the characters of the play B. The psychological study of authors one by one. C. The study of textual interpretation C. opens by plunging the viewer into a D. A reader-response test crucial series of events. 32. In Dr. R. Allen Shoaf’s article, "’Ham- D. begins with a preview of the play’s let’: Like Mother, Like Son", Shoaf ar- conclusion. gues which of the following points about 36. Which of the following lines of poetry is the relationship between Hamlet and his written in iambic pentameter? mother? A. “To be or not to be, that is the ques- A. Hamlet is placed in a position that can tion." be conceptualized as feminine. B. “And the world didn’t even think of B. Hamlet despises his mother and sus- stopping for me." pects she has killed his father. C. “I played about the front gate, pulling C. Hamlet is entirely masculinized flowers." throughout the play, and thus, is ultimately unlike his mother in terms of his D. “I wandered lonely as a cloud." position in theJai play. Shree37. Which of the followingRam statements offers D. Hamlet has a personality disorder. the best definition of an epistolary novel? 33. Which of the following statements offers A. A novel set in the past the best definition of the term Bildungsro- B. A novel that consists entirely of dia- man? logue A. A story of one person’s fall from grace C. A novel that is set in the countryside and into destruction of Europe B. A story of one person’s growth and de- D. A novel that consists of a series of doc- velopment within a particular social order uments, such as diary entries, letters, and newspaper articles 252 Chapter 5. Introduction to Literary Studies

38. In his introductory lecture, how does Paul A. Stark and sterile Fry deﬁne literary theory? B. Flowery and ornate A. A hypothesis about how literary texts C. Futuristic and technologically ad- can be understood vanced B. A methodology for applying ideas to D. Ancient and sophisticated literary texts 43. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s ver- C. The practice of interpreting literary sion of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s "The texts Historical Novel and the Historical Nar- D. A trend in university English depart- rative", what is the difference between a ments historical narrative and a historical novel? 39. Which of the following statements best A. A historical narrative and a historical represents Lacan’s view of Ophelia in his novel are the same thing. essay, "Desire and the Interpretation of B. A historical narrative tells only part of Desire in ’Hamlet’"? the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story. A. Hamlet desires his mother, not Ophe- lia. C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth B. Hamlet desires revenge, not Ophelia. of a historical event, while a historical nar- C. Hamlet desires Ophelia, but only when rative attempts to tell the entire truth of a she is unattainable. historical event. D. Hamlet desires attaining the throne of D. Faruqi actually argues that historical Denmark, of which Ophelia is a symbol. novels do not exist. 40. A writer can establish ethos in a piece of 44. Gerald Graff’s “They Say, I Say" encour- writing by doing which of the following? ages students to become: A. Using informal language A. passive readers and critics of literary texts. B. Demonstrating a mastery of the topic B. involved in critical conversations C. Appealing to the reader’s emotions about literary texts. D. Using logic and reason C. capable of realizing that the view- 41. Marxist theory focuses on examining points of some critics are more important which of the following aspects of literary than others. texts? D. aware that Hamlet is a remarkable work of literature. A. The political and social meanings of literary texts 45. A gothic novel will probably not deal with which of the following themes? B. Characters who are sympathetic to is- Narayansues facing the working classes ChangderA. The sublime C. The relationship between economics B. The supernatural and the production of literary texts C. Love D. All of these D. The manners and traditions of the up- 42. In Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot", which per classes of the following statements best describes 46. Which of the following are common liter- the play’s setting? ary elements used to analyze novels? 253

A. Character B. She is immature and has difficulty recognizing the difference between fact and B. Setting fiction. C. Plot C. She is a matchmaker trying to set up D. All of these romances between her friends, all the while unable to find true love herself. 47. What is the difference between traditional literary criticism and post-New Criticism D. B and C literary theory? 51. Lauren Beth Signore’s essay, “Anne of A. Traditional literary criticism is mainly Green Gables: The Transformation from focused on exploring gender issues. Bildungsroman to Romantic Comedy", argues that Anne of Green Gables is ulti- B. Traditional literary criticism only ex- mately what kind of character? amines pre-20th-century literary texts. A. A romantic awaiting true love C. Traditional literary criticism focused on tracking influences and textual allu- B. A cynic awaiting the world’s destruc- sions and considering the historical con- tion texts of literary texts. C. A delusional girl with no grasp on re- D. Traditional literary criticism at- ality tempted to consider the psychological D. A young girl with a particularly dark aspects of literary texts. mindset 48. A work of literary criticism that consid- 52. Which of the following statements demon- ers how social and economic power struc- strates use of logos? tures are depicted in a 19th-century En- glish novel would be an example of which A. I began driving at the age of 16 and type of literary criticism? have never been involved in a serious car accident. A. Marxist criticism B. No one under the age of 18 should be B. Reader-response criticism allowed to drive. C. Psychoanalytic criticism C. Research has demonstrated that some D. New Criticism people under the age of 18 do not have the proper judgment skills to handle operating 49. Which of the following descriptions of a car. Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey" seems most appropriate? D. Every year countless people are killed by drivers under the age of 18. A. It offers a critique of Romantic poetry and ideology.Jai Shree53. Aristotle felt Ramthat ethos was established by a speaker or writer by convincing the B. It serves to parody gothic novels. audience that: C. It is a horror novel. A. the author or speaker was of good D. It is a memoir based on Jane Austen’s mind and character. childhood. B. the author or speaker was emotionally 50. Which of the following statements involved in the topic at hand. best describes Catherine Moreland in C. the author or speaker has provided “Northanger Abbey"? proper logic and evidence in support of A. She is mature and realistic. his topic. 254 Chapter 5. Introduction to Literary Studies

D. the author or speaker maintained the C. How women have been socially op- appropriate critical distance from the pressed in literary texts topic. D. All of these 54. According to Dr. Mark Canada’s "An In- 59. Reader-response theory focuses on con- troduction to the Novel", Richard Chase sidering how: identifies which of the following as a main difference between novels and romances? A. readers choose their favorite works of A. The language in which they are writ- literature. ten B. readers experience a literary work. B. The way they view reality C. readers decide which works of litera- C. The way they are structured ture to read. D. The type of people who write them D. readers develop their own unique and personal critical discourses. 55. What does a prologue serve to do in a Greek tragedy or comedy? 60. Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of logos? A. Introduce the main characters A. Logos refers to a writer’s presentation B. Preview the play’s conclusion of character and image. C. Provide insight into the play’s mytho- B. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to logical background present evidence. D. Remind the viewers of what kind of play they are viewing C. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers. 56. Which of the following represents a stage of development in the poetic form of the D. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to elegy? inspire emotional responses in readers. A. Lamentation, in which the speaker 61. Which of the following statements offers demonstrates grief the best definition of a novel of manners? B. Praise and admiration for the dead A. A novel that attacks the lower classes C. Consolation and solace B. A novel set in Europe in the 18th century D. All of these 57. In his "Poetics", Aristotle suggests that C. A novel that explores the behavior and tragic literary works should be: values of a particular class of people A. logical in terms of plot and structure. D. A novel that explores class conflict B. complex in terms of plot and structure. 62. What is the central argument in Dr. Richard Kelly’s "The Novelist’s Eye"?

C. without any sort of moral insight. A. All novelists are painters at heart. D. sad. B. George du Maurier felt that black-and- Narayan Changderwhite illustrators could be as important as 58. Feminist criticism focuses on exploring novelists and painters. which of the following aspects of literary texts? C. George du Maurier attacked the social A. How women are portrayed in literary position of the novelist in his illustrations. texts B. The psychologies of female writers D. George du Maurier was a tremendous inﬂuence on Victorian novelists. 255

63. Which of the following statements best B. All men breathe air, all dogs breathe exempliﬁes the main idea put forward by air, hence all men are dogs. John Milton in book 9 of Paradise Lost? C. All mammals are warm-blooded, all A. Satan was ultimately heroic. dogs are mammals, hence all dogs are B. The fall of Adam and Eve was a tragic warm-blooded. event. D. All dogs have hair, all people have C. Adam and Eve were driven to evil by hair, hence anything with hair is a dog or their children. a person. D. God abandoned the realm of Eden 68. Which of the following statements best without reason. represents the main theme of Beckett’s "Waiting for Godot"? 64. Which of the following statements about Greek tragedies is true? A. The world can be fully understood if people listen closely to what others are A. They were not popular with ancient saying. Greek audiences. B. Good things, including salvation, B. They were usually set in the past. come to those who are patient. C. They were almost never set in the past. C. Redemption comes from surrendering to a higher power. D. They were often done in honor of the D. People are fundamentally unable to Greek god Zeus. realize any sort of inherent meaning in 65. In Shakespeare’s "Hamlet", what does existence. Hamlet mean when he states that, "there is more in heaven and earth ... than are 69. A picaresque novel dramatizes the life of dreamt of in your philosophy"? what kind of person? A. There is such a thing as an afterlife. A. A member of the royalty B. Dreams always tell the truth. B. A lowborn, wandering adventurer C. There are some aspects of existence C. A member of the middle class engag- that cannot be explained through reason. ing in self-exploration D. Heaven exists on earth. D. A child as he or she develops into an 66. Which of the following descriptions best adult describes the character of Hamlet? 70. In “Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays", how does William Hazlitt ultimately con- A. Hamlet is depressed yet highly intelli- ceptualize the character of Hamlet? gent. B. Hamlet isJai naive and simple Shree minded. A. As a crazed Ram fool C. Hamlet is spoiled and manipulative. B. As a profound philosophical genius D. Hamlet is intellectually passive and C. As boyish and immature deeply frightened of his father’s ghost. D. As a brilliant warrior 67. Which of the following statements is a 71. Which of the following statements offers proper example of what Aristotle termed the best deﬁnition of "rhetoric"? a syllogism? A. Questions for which the answers are A. All dogs have four legs, all creatures obvious do not have four legs, hence all creatures with four legs are dogs. B. Persuasive writing and speaking 256 Chapter 5. Introduction to Literary Studies

C. Writing that is complicated and schol- A. Simplicity in language, brevity in arly form, and humorousness in attitude D. Logical writing and speaking B. Complexity in language, lengthiness 72. In his essay, "Characters of Shakespeare’s in form, and seriousness in attitude Plays", William Hazlitt conceptualizes C. Simplicity in language, lengthiness in Hamlet as: form, and humorousness in attitude A. a disturbed and insane man. D. Complexity in language, brevity in B. a man of tremendous humor, simplic- form, and humorousness in attitude ity, and innate goodness and kindness. 77. What form of verse is usually sung and details a dramatic or exciting episode? C. a depressed but ultimately good and nonviolent man. A. An ode D. a wicked and manipulative man. B. An elegy 73. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of C. An epitaph the Ancient Mariner", why does the D. A ballad Mariner kill the albatross? 78. According to Dr. Taormina, Victorian nov- A. For revenge elists generally: B. To change the weather A. wanted to subvert middle class values. C. To bring forth life-in-death D. It is never directly stated why he does B. accepted middle class values. so. C. wrote in a hyperrealistic fashion. 74. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s ver- D. had a negative view of human nature. sion of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s "The Historical Novel and the Historical Nar- 79. Which of the following are examples of rative", which of the following offers the literary interpretation? best definition of a "history"? A. Investigating the relationship between A. A narrative based entirely on verifiable words and objective reality facts B. Comparing the Bible to folk tales from B. A narrative that does not analyze char- other cultures acters on a situation-by-situation basis C. Researching an author’s biography for C. A narrative without characters clues about how to understand his or her writing D. A narrative that takes place in the past. D. Researching what previous critics have said about a literary work 75. Which of the following is a component of a gothic novel? 80. In her text, "History of the Novel", How does Dr. Agatha Taormina define the A. An atmosphere of dread, fear, and novel? darkness Narayan ChangderA. A narrative that emphasizes character B. An isolated protagonist development C. A hero or protagonist who is tempted B. A narrative with a unified, plausible by a villain plot structure D. All of these C. A narrative that conveys the illusion 76. What are some of the hallmarks or con- of reality ventions of the poetic form of the ode? D. All of these 257

81. Which of the following assertions would A. Another character William Wordsworth most likely agree B. The protagonist with? C. Society A. Poetry should be written in the common language of ordinary people. D. All of these B. Poetry should focus on the lives and 87. Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s thoughts of elite people. Dream" can be described as what kind of play? C. Poetry should never concern itself with the natural world. A. A comedic play D. Poetry should rhyme. B. A tragic play 82. Ethos is important to establish in which C. A modern play of the following types of arguments? D. A tragi-comedy A. Emotional arguments 88. Which of the following best describes epic B. Political arguments theater as deﬁned by Berthold Brecht? C. Deductive arguments A. Epic theater is plot-driven theater. D. Inductive arguments B. Epic theater turns the passive spectator into an active observer. 83. Which of the following concepts does Aristotle consider to be the most impor- C. Epic theater privileges feeling over rea- tant element of a Greek tragedy? son. A. Plot D. Epic theater maintains the illusion of realism. B. Poetic diction 89. Which of the following are examples of C. Song composition poetic structures? D. Stage design A. Lines of text with words that rhyme at 84. In Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18", the poet the end does which of the following? B. A continuous block of text A. Compares his love to a winter storm C. Unrhymed lines B. Compares his love to a summer’s day D. All of these C. Compares his love to a turbulent sea 90. Which of the following statements offers D. Compares his love to his fear of death the best deﬁnition of a tragic hero? 85. Which of the following offers the best def- A. A noble person who becomes com- inition of a fable? pletely corrupted A. A story inJai which the author Shree provides B. A cowardly Ram person who doubts him- an explicit moral self or herself despite possessing great B. A story that takes place in the distant wealth and political power past C. A cowardly person who shows some C. A light-hearted, humorous story in personal strength when faced with a crisis which viewers are shown proper ways to behave D. A noble person who makes a costly D. A story told to little children mistake 86. Which of the following may be an antago- 91. Which of the following poems can be de- nist to the protagonist of a novel? scribed as a haiku? 258 Chapter 5. Introduction to Literary Studies

A. Pound’s "In a Station of the Metro" A. Hamlet cannot be staged properly be- B. Bishop’s "One Art" cause of the complexity of the play’s use of language. C. Auden’s "Paysage Moralisé" B. Hamlet is not relevant to the Romantic D. William Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18" age. 92. In his essay, "The Significance of Fiction- C. The role of Hamlet cannot be properly alizing", Wolfgang Iser argues which of played by any actor. the following points? A. Historically, writers have been consid- D. Hamlet is a work that was written to ered liars or at the very least irrelevant. be read, not performed. 96. Which of the following offers the best def- B. Fictionalizing reality is a basic human inition of the concept of narrative poetry? need. A. A narrative poem is vague and difficult C. Every text includes traces from the in style. outside world, including social, historical, B. A narrative poem is a poem that does and literary remnants. not have a plot or tell a story. D. All of these. C. A narrative poem has a plot and tells a 93. Which of the following offers the best def- story. inition of the theatrical concept of a cho- D. A narrative poem is a poem written in rus? the style of a conversation. A. Members of the audience who com- 97. A work of criticism that considers how En- ment on the play’s actions glish imperialism affected native Indian B. Characters who remind the audience authors would be an example of: that the play is fictional A. Marxist theory C. A group of characters who comment on the actions of the play while participat- B. psychoanalytic theory ing in them C. postcolonial theory D. A group of characters who comment D. deconstruction on the actions of the play while not partic- ipating in them 98. Which of the following statements best describes the worldview represented by 94. A work of criticism that considers how postmodern theater? the author’s childhood trauma influenced his characters would be an example of: A. The world is a bright and interesting place. A. psychoanalytic criticism. B. Marxist criticism. B. Universal truth doesn’t exist, and audience members must discover truth for C. New Criticism. themselves. NarayanD. structuralism. ChangderC. The world is so complex that it does 95. In "Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays", not require literature or theater. what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: "We do not like to D. Mainstream audiences are so shallow see our author’s plays acted, and least of that it is not worth writing plays for them. all, ’Hamlet’. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the 99. What are the basic questions literary the- stage"? ory asks? 259

A. What is literature? stead, is generated by cultural forces? B. Why do people write literature? A. Deconstruction C. What are the effects of literature? B. Marxist theory D. All of these. C. Reader-response theory 100. Which school of literary theory contends D. Queer theory that sexual identity is not ﬁxed and, in-

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1. B 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. C 12. A 13. D 14.D 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. D 22. C 23. C 24. D 25. A 26.C 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. A 31. D 32. A 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. B 37. A 38.B 39. B 40. B 41. D 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. A 46. D 47. B 48. D 49. B 50.A 51. D 52. C 53. A 54. A 55. A 56. B 57. C 58. D 59. D 60. C 61. C 62.C 63. B 64. D 65. C 66. B 67. D 68. B 69. B 70. A 71. A 72. B 73. C 74.A 75. B 76. C 77. D 78. D 79. D 80. D 81. A 82. C 83. C 84. C 85. C 86.B 87. A 88. A 89. B 90. A 91. D 92. B 93. A 94. C 95. B 96. C 97. A 98.C 99. B 100. B 101. B 102. C 103. B 104. C 105. D 106. B 107. B 108. A 109.C 110. B 111. D 112. A 113. B 114. A 115. D 116. C 117. D 118. C 119. D 120.A 121. D 122. D 123. D 124. C 125. D 126. C 127. A 128. B 129. C 130. D 131.C 132. A 133. D 134. A 135. A 136. B 137. A 138. D 139. B 140. B 141. D 142.B 143. A 144. A 145. D 146. C 147. C 148. A 149. B 150. B 151. B 152. A 153.A 154. D 155. C 156. C 157. B 158. D 159. D 160. A 161. B 162. A 163. C 164.A 165. B 166. D 167. B 168. B 169. B 170. D 171. B 172. B 173. D 174. C 175.B 176. A 177. D 178. D 179. A 180. A 181. D 182. B 183. D 184. A 185. D 186.B 187. B 188. B 189. A 190. A 191. C 192. B 193. B 194. D 195. B 196. D 197.A 198. A 199. B 200. C 201. D 202. B 203. C 204. B 205. C 206. B 207. B 208.A 209. B 210. C 211. D 212. B 213. B 214. C 215. D 216. C 217. D 218. A 219.C 220. D 221. A 222. A 223. C 224. C 225. A 226. A 227. C 228. C 229. D 230.B 231. A 232. C 233. A 234. D 235. C 236. D 237. C 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5.C 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. D 11. D 12. C 13. D 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. A 18.C 19. A 20. A 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. B 29. D 30.B 31. C 32. A 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. D 38. A 39. C 40. B 41. D 42.A 43. C 44. B 45. D 46. D 47. C 48. A 49. B 50. D 51. A 52. C 53. A 54.B 55. C 56. D 57. A 58. D 59. B 60. B 61. C 62. B 63. B 64. B 65. C 66.A 67. C 68. D 69. B 70. B 71. B 72. C 73. D 74. B 75. D 76. B 77. D 78.B 79. B 80. D 81. D 82. B 83. A 84. B 85. A 86. D 87. A 88. B 89. D 90.D 91. A 92. D 93.Jai D 94. A 95. ShreeC 96. C 97. C 98. B 99. D Ram 100.D Narayan Changder 6. Introduction to Literary Theory

1. The concept of otherness is related to A. Elaine Showalter which of the following theories? B. Julia Kristeva A. Feminist theory C. Lucy Irigaray B. Ethnic criticism D. Hélène Cixous C. Postcolonial theory 5. Which of the following offers the best def- D. All of the above. inition of écriture féminine? 2. In her essay "The Poem as Event," Louise A. How women really feel about male M. Rosenblatt sees the reader as perform- writers ing what function? B. The inscription of womanhood and A. The reader is acted upon by the text. femininity in texts B. The reader acts upon the text. C. Second-wave feminism C. The reader brings individual knowl- D. Psychological studies of women edge to his or her reading of the text. 6. What is hermeneutics? D. All of the above. A. A term that describes the absence of Jai Shreeracial others in Ram the canon 3. Which school of literary theory shows a particular interest in the role of testimony B. A term that describes the attempt to in literature? read homosexuality into literature A. Trauma theory C. A term that describes the effect of autobiography on text B. Ecotheory D. A term that describes the interpreta- C. Chaos theory tion of meaning D. Formalism 7. Which of the following statements best de- 4. With which feminist theorist is gynocriti- scribes Cleanth Brooks’s attitude towards cism most closely associated? studying literature? 262 Chapter 6. Introduction to Literary Theory

A. Critics should examine historical in- A. Women’s gender is artificial, while formation surrounding a literary work. men’s gender is not. B. Critics should develop universal read- B. While gender is not real, the stereo- ings of texts. types that accompany it are true. C. Critics should consider evolving no- C. Gender is a problematic, but essen- tions of a text over time. tially true, category. D. Critics should attempt to paraphrase D. Gender is largely a cultural construct. texts in order to find out what they mean. 12. Which of the following figures is consid- 8. Which school of literary theory is associ- ered to be the father of the linguistic the- ated with the phrase "to make the stones ory known as structuralism? stonier"? A. Cleanth Brooks A. Humanism B. Ferdinand de Saussure B. Formalism C. Karl Marx C. Structuralism D. Sigmund Freud D. Poststructuralism 13. What is false consciousness? 9. Which of the following best describes the A. A feminist term for the state that oc- difference between literary criticism and curs when texts written by women are not literary theory? considered in the study of literature A. Literary criticism is concerned only B. Another term for the unconscious with the meaning of a literary work, while C. A term related to the period of psycho- literary theory is concerned only with the sexual development that occurs before an structure of a literary work. infant reaches the mirror stage B. Literary criticism draws upon research D. An ideology that involves dominating derived from sources outside literature, the consciousness of exploited classes while literary theory draws upon sources 14. How do Marxist theorists react to ideol- within a text. ogy? C. Literary criticism is concerned with A. They accept ideology as an essential, how characters in a text act, while literary although sometimes problematic, part of theory is concerned with why characters society. act. B. They subject all ideologies to critique D. Literary theory is concerned with the in order to expose biased interests. method used to interpret a work, while lit- C. They reject the idea that ideology has erary criticism is the application of literary real effects on social progress. theory. D. They promote ideology because it 10. Trauma theory is tremendously influenced helps to create a dominant social order. by which theoretical school? NarayanA. Psychoanalysis Changder 15. Which literary theorist argues that "there B. Marxism is nothing outside the text"? C. Feminism A. T.S. Eliot D. Deconstruction B. Jacques Lacan 11. In general, what is Judith Butler’s concept C. Jacques Derrida of gender? D. Stanley Fish 263

16. Which of the following texts provides the A. An approach that emphasizes literary best example of defamiliarization? devices in a text A. Aristotle’s Poetics B. An approach that emphasizes the his- B. Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata torical context of a text C. John Keats’s "Ode on a Grecian Urn" C. An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text D. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness D. An approach that emphasizes racial 17. Which of the following writers might be issues in a text considered one of the early founders of first-wave feminism? 22. Which of the following is a theme of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s book Epistemology A. Hélène Cixous of the Closet? B. Judith Butler A. Understanding sexuality is crucial to C. Lucy Irigaray understanding culture. D. Mary Wollstonecraft B. Understanding homosexuality has lit- 18. What is dialectical materialism? tle effect on understanding culture. A. A form of literary criticism that is C. Literary study is unaffected by a lack based on historical context of interest in sexuality. B. A form of literary criticism that does D. Understanding homosexual themes in not incorporate economic concerns novels has become too routine. C. A form of literary criticism based on 23. How does New Historicism differ from linguistic analysis traditional historicism? D. A term related to gender theory that A. New Historicism does not make strict argues that men are dominant in society delineations between literary and non- by virtue of their economic privilege literary texts. 19. What is the purpose of feminist theory? B. New Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples. A. To create literary subjects with which female readers can identify C. New Historicism is interested in how texts help us understand economic reali- B. To critique phallocentric assumptions ties. about literature D. All of the above. C. To counter stereotypes about women 24. With what literary critic is the term the D. All of the above. author function most closely associated? 20. What is double consciousness? Jai ShreeA. Claude Lévi-Strauss Ram A. An understanding of how double experiences create identity B. Jacques Derrida B. A concept developed by W.E.B Du C. Jacques Lacan Bois D. Michel Foucault C. An attempt to explain dual identity 25. Which of the following best defines the work of a deconstructionist critic? D. All of the above. 21. Which of the following descriptions best A. Suggesting that the study of literature defines the literary theory known as for- is based on the breakdown of language malism? into signs 264 Chapter 6. Introduction to Literary Theory

B. Arguing that language, and therefore 30. According to Plato, what is the moral pur- literary texts, relies on the difference be- pose of art? tween terms and therefore constantly de- A. To connect human beings with a fers meaning. higher ideal C. Calling into question the capacity of B. To entertain those who enjoy it language to communicate C. To criticize society through satire D. All of the above. D. To bring to light social oppressions 26. What are some common criticisms of lit- 31. In his essay "The Business of Theory," erary theory? William Deresiewicz argues which of the A. The reasoning of theory is often too following about Terry Eagleton’s book Af- circular. ter Theory? B. Many theories have been pushed too A. It offers a strong outline for how the- far into abstraction. ory can be conducted in the 21st century. C. Many theories are no longer accepted by their parent disciplines. B. It should not be read or considered by any student or scholar. D. All of the above. 27. What do structuralist and formalist critics C. It offers some valid ideas and critiques, have in common? but its author is not entirely trustworthy. A. Both sets of critics look for an objec- D. It offers a strong counterpoint to tive way to view texts. Jacques Derrida’s notion of deconstruction. B. Both sets of critics study the underly- 32. Christopher Ricks would most likely DIS- ing forms of texts. AGREE with which of the following C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating claims about literary theory? literature in a scientiﬁc manner. A. Literary theory often depends on eso- D. All of the above. teric knowledge to be properly understood. 28. What is phenomenology? A. The examination of structures inform- B. Literary theory is employed mostly by ing our conscious experience academics. C. Literary theory should not be an aca- B. The examination of desires informing demic focus in English departments. our consciousness D. Literary theory is the only proper way C. The examination of our unconscious to conceptualize literary texts. experience 33. What does hermeneutic theory suggest D. The examination of intricate structures about how readers view literature? within our unconscious A. It is impossible to view a piece of lit- 29. What is the main goal of ethnic criticism? erature as its author intended. NarayanA. To rectify the double experiences of Changder B. It is impossible to divorce a text from certain racial groups capitalist ideology. B. To reconcile cultural identity with in- C. It is impossible to view a piece of liter- dividual identity ature correctly, because we can only work C. To expand the canon to include works within the hetero-normative paradigm. authored by different racial groups D. It is impossible to separate a text from D. All of the above. the linguistics that compose it. 265

34. Ultimately, the literary theory of decon- 39. Which of the following statements of- struction argues that: fers the best deﬁnition of the concept of strange attractors in chaos theory? A. texts are always heterogeneous. A. Strange attractors are mysterious B. the instability of a text is actually evi- forces that are entirely random. dent in the text itself. B. Strange attractors are complex forces C. any system for the production of mean- that are determined by the laws of physics. ing is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless. C. Strange attractors are mysterious D. All of the above. forces that are both random and deter- 35. What is affective fallacy? mined. A. A term that suggests that a critic D. Strange attractors are complex forces should study the structural and thematic that are entirely random. elements of a poem rather than the effect 40. In her essay "The Laugh of the Medusa," it has on the emotions of the reader what does Hélène Cixous suggest for women? B. A term that describes the confusion between a poem and its result A. Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocen- C. An important term in the ﬁeld of New tric texts. Historicism B. Women should write, but they should D. All of the above. do so only within the existent male canon. 36. Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist? C. Women should primarily dedicate A. Claude Lévi-Strauss themselves to studying women’s literature from the past. B. Ferdinand de Saussure D. Women should be unconcerned with C. Viktor Shklovsky the struggle for identity. D. Roland Barthes 41. What is defamiliarization? 37. New trends in literary theory tend to do A. A concept associated with Russian for- which of the following? malism A. Reject all previous modes of literary B. An idea explored by Viktor Shklovsky theory B. Focus on a return to traditional critical C. A term that describes the capacity of methods art to counter the effects of habit C. Make useJai of different literary Shree theories D. All of theRam above. in order to develop new theories 42. Which of the following ideas relates to D. Work only with ideas developed by J.L. Austin’s performativity theory? post-Marxist theorists A. Performance is the ultimate objective 38. Who coined the term New Historicism? of all human beings. A. Jacques Derrida B. Language is used to indicate action as well as thought. B. Terry Eagleton C. Individuals perform gender actively. C. Fredric Jameson D. Individuals develop consciousness D. Stephen Greenblatt through speech. 266 Chapter 6. Introduction to Literary Theory

43. According to trauma theorists, a testifying C. It was produced by Western scholar- subject needs which of the following to ship. deliver a successful testimony? D. Its literature is less proud that that of A. A figure of judgment the West. B. Religious belief 48. From whom did New Historicists draw the idea of "self-regulating systems"? C. A witness A. Theodor W. Adorno D. Psychological treatment B. Claude Lévi-Strauss 44. What is the central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguis- C. Julia Kristeva tics? D. Jacques Derrida A. Language is inseparable from its his- 49. The Frankfurt School of literary theory torical context. was most greatly influenced by which of B. There are five phases of linguistic de- the following schools of thought? velopment. A. Formalism C. Language can be analyzed as a formal B. Structuralism system of elements. C. Poststructuralism D. Linguistics is too complicated to be D. Marxism distilled to a formula. 50. Which theorist is most closely associated 45. What is generally considered to be with the idea of art as imitation? Theodor W. Adorno’s primary concern as a theorist? A. Jacques Lacan A. The effect of literature in enlightening B. Edward Said the human mind C. Stephen Greenblatt B. The effect of modern society on hu- D. Plato man suffering 51. In Fredric Jameson’s book The Political C. The effect of the economy on women’s Unconscious, what does Jameson suggest concerns about literature? D. The effect of the unconscious mind on A. History comprises the essential frame- the conscious self work for the performance of literary anal- 46. With which theorist is the term identity ysis thinking most closely associated? B. Politics and the economy are the most A. Sigmund Freud important factors in literary analysis B. Carl Jung C. Biography is essential to literary analysis C. William James D. Psychoanalysis is critical to literary NarayanD. Theodor W. Adorno Changderanalysis 47. What does Edward Said argue about the 52. What is the main function of postcolonial concept of the Orient? criticism? A. It has little relationship to the coloniza- A. To represent the relationship between tion of Asian countries by the West. colonizers and the colonized B. It illustrates the fundamental political B. To draw attention to the positive ef- equality of all nations. fects of colonization on literature 267

C. To explain why there are few exam- A. The ability of a text to contain truth ples of successful non-Western literature B. The "undecidability" and essentially unstable nature of a text D. To show the ways in which most West- ern literature is superior C. The idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a 53. Which of the following theorists is associ- process of deconstruction ated with formalism? D. Jacques Derrida’s style of writing A. Viktor Shklovsky B. Cleanth Brooks 58. Jacques Derrida’s concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a C. Terry Eagleton system that: D. Judith Butler A. mirrors our physical evolution as hu- 54. With which theorist is the concept imagi- man beings. native geography associated? B. prevents us from communicating A. Julia Kristeva through writing or speech. B. Fredric Jameson C. involves a constant process of deferred C. Terry Eagleton meaning. D. Edward Said D. evolved exclusively as a function of 55. Some critics of literary theory argue that our individual psyche. literary theory is problematic for which 59. In his essay "The Death of the Author," reason? Roland Barthes argues what about litera- A. Literary theory does not offer a holis- ture? tic interpretation of a text. A. Biographical information about the au- B. Literary theory depends on specialized thor must be considered when evaluating knowledge that is outside the realm of lit- literature. erary studies. B. A text and its author text are unrelated. C. Literary theory is sometimes very abstract and difficult to read. C. It is possible to distill meaning from a D. All of the above. work based on the author’s politics. 56. Which of the following texts is considered the first example of postcolonial crit- D. Authorial intent must be considered icism? when evaluating literature. A. Harold Bloom’sJai "An Elegy Shree for the 60. Which literary Ram theory would most directly Canon" explore questions of the role of spatial setting in a poem? B. Jacques Lacan’s "The Mirror Stage ... " A. Trauma theory C. Cleanth Brooks’s "Keats’s Sylvan His- B. Ecotheory torian" C. Game theory D. Edward Said’s Orientalism D. Marxist theory 57. To what idea does the ancient Greek term aporia refer in terms of deconstruction the- 61. What does gynocriticism recommend as ory? an approach to literature? 268 Chapter 6. Introduction to Literary Theory

A. Examining only female-authored liter- A. A language about another language ature more critically B. A supernatural language B. Considering women’s literature out- C. A language that does not yet constitute side of its historical context a real language C. Studying women’s literature for its lin- D. A language used by a particular guistic qualities only marginalized group of people within a D. Becoming more familiar with the his- larger dominant culture tory of women and women’s writing 66. How did the New Critics view literature? 62. Ecotheorists tend to show an interest in A. As an aesthetic object that is indepen- which of the following? dent of historical context A. How writers conceptualize natural en- B. As an aesthetic object that is influ- vironments and the representation of envi- enced by historical context ronmental issues in literature and culture C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic B. How writers have damaged the envi- D. As a historical object that is not neces- ronment sarily aesthetic C. How the environment can be repaired 67. Which of the following is a rule of semi- otics? D. Who is responsible for damaging the environment A. All linguistic concepts evolve solely out of the responses of people within a 63. What is Christopher Ricks’s attitude to- specific historical era. ward literary theory? B. All linguistic and social phenomena A. He considers it to be vital in order to are texts, and the object of studying these understand literary texts. texts is to reveal the underlying codes that B. He considers theory to be the only way make them meaningful. that literary texts can be interpreted. C. All linguistics is in some way related C. He has no misgivings about the practi- to class struggle. cal usability of literary theory. D. All linguistics is related to history, and D. He feels that literary theory is ulti- therefore the meaning of linguistics relies mately too limited in scope to serve as exclusively on historical context. a proper method of interpretation. 68. In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature? 64. In his essay "What Is an Author?" what position(s) on authorship does Michel Fou- A. No fixed, stable meaning is possible. cault take? B. Language must be studied in conjunc- A. The names of authors serve a classifi- tion with history in order to create mean- catory function. ing. Narayan ChangderC. There is no potential for multiple and B. The author is not a source of infinite meaning. differing meanings in a work of literature. C. The author may not always exist. D. Literature is timeless, and thus mean- D. All of the above. ing does not change. 65. What does the term meta-language mean, 69. What is the main function of literary the- according to Andrzej Warminski? ory? 269

A. To formulate relationships among an 75. What is humanism? author, a reader, and a literary work A. A humanity-centered view of the uni- B. To understand the role of sexuality, verse gender, race, and ethnicity in literary B. A school of theory devoted to the re- study vival of Classical (ancient Greek and Ro- C. To evaluate the role of historical con- man) literature text in the interpretation of literature C. A theory that values restraint, form, D. All of the above. and imitation 70. Trauma theory primarily developed out of D. All of the above. the work of which psychoanalyst? 76. What fundamental idea does psychoana- A. Sigmund Freud lytic criticism hold about literary texts? B. Carl Jung A. Literary texts should not be read as a C. Michel Foucault projection of the author’s psyche. D. Jacques Derrida B. Literary texts solely reﬂect an author’s 71. Which of the following literary theorists is intentions. most closely associated with the concept C. Literary texts are unlike dreams be- that became known as liberal humanism? cause they have a system of order and A. Aristotle produce meaning. B. Viktor Shklovsky D. Literary texts reveal secret elements C. Cleanth Brooks of an author’s unconscious. D. Stanley Fish 77. Which of the following texts is the BEST example of the argument that a work’s 72. Which school of theorists is most closely meaning does not come entirely from the associated with phenomenology? imagination of the author? A. The Moscow School A. Plato’s The Republic B. The Chicago School B. T.S. Eliot’s "Tradition and the Individ- C. The Frankfurt School ual Talent" D. The Geneva School C. Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology 73. What is dialogism? D. Roland Barthes’s "The Death of the A. A term used to describe how texts in- Author" clude a variety of styles 78. To what idea does the term heteroglossia B. A term used to explain the use of mul- refer? tiple points ofJai view in literature Shree Ram A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to C. A term that explains resistance to a the mirror stage monolithic text B. The referential relationships among D. All of the above. symbols, signiﬁers, and signs 74. What is mimesis? C. The multi-layered nature of language A. A reversal in a literary work B. An imitation D. The formulaic shift between economic C. A satire and political themes D. A poetic metaphor 79. What is New Historicism? 270 Chapter 6. Introduction to Literary Theory

A. A theory that abandons the idea of his- A. Plato tory as an imitation of events B. Claude Lévi-Strauss B. A theory that regards history as a se- C. Julia Kristeva ries of narratives D. Walter Benjamin C. A theory that capitalizes on the inter- play between literature and history 84. With which theorist is the term implied reader associated? D. All of the above. A. Wolfgang Iser 80. What is the philosophical theory known as pragmatism? B. William Wimsatt A. A theory of practical actions devel- C. Cleanth Brooks oped by William James D. Harold Bloom B. An idea used to guide conduct towards 85. Reader-response theory is focused on con- clear objectives sidering which of the following? C. A concept derived from the ancient A. How readers learn to read Greek word pragma, meaning action B. How readers imagine visual images in D. All of the above. a text 81. Which of the following statements best C. How readers participate in creating the explains Mikhail Bakhtin’s philosophy of meaning of a text language? D. How readers regard critics A. Language includes multiple social dialects and jargons. 86. Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic B. Language can include socio- study of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet? ideological contradictions from the past. A. Changes in emotional states

C. Language exhibits and is bound up in B. Obsessions the social lives and historical context of C. Slips of the tongue the people who speak it. D. All of the above. D. Language is loaded with the intentions 87. How are Julia Kristeva’s psychoanalytic of others. theories distinct from traditional Freudian 82. How does Wolfgang Iser envision the concepts? reader? A. Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses A. The reader ﬁlls in the gaps imposed by provide insight into the unconscious. an author’s intention. B. Kristeva suggests that women are not B. The reader is sublimated beneath the subject to traditional fetishes. author. Narayan ChangderC. Kristeva offers a more central place C. The reader is less important than the for women’s issues within psychological author’s context. development. D. The reader is totally subject to the au- D. Kristeva fundamentally disagrees with thor’s intention. the idea of the mirror stage. 83. Which theorist is associated with the idea 88. According to Jacques Lacan, the mirror that art is a copy of a copy? stage is the point at which a child: 271

A. refuses maternal bonds. A. Kristeva wholly rejects Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development. B. is able to separate the "I" from the "Other." B. Kristeva centralizes the maternal and the feminine in her revisions of Lacan’s C. looks into a mirror for the first time. theory. D. first engages with speech. C. Kristeva argues that the mirror stage 89. What does Elaine Showalter argue about does not occur until the individual em- gender in terms of representations of the braces a distinct gender role. character of Ophelia in William Shake- speare’s Hamlet? D. All of the above. 93. How does literary theory resemble the A. It is nearly impossible to represent practice of philosophy as it was developed women as anything other than mad in pa- by Plato and Aristotle? triarchal discourses. A. Literary theory engages with theoreti- B. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate cal rather than real-world issues. Ophelia for their own purposes. B. Literary theory asks fundamental ques- C. Women’s tragedies tend to be subordi- tions about literary interpretation, and at nated to those of men. the same time builds specific systems of D. All of the above. literary interpretation. 90. What does Judith Butler mean when she C. Literary theory relies totally on specu- suggests that gender is "performed"? lation rather than history. A. Gender does not reflect an essential D. Literary theory is detached from the truth, but rather is a role people play based reality of politics and the economy. on their internalization of socially con- 94. How does Virginia Woolf’s essay "A structed gender roles. Room of One’s Own" contribute to femi- B. Gender roles do not exist. nist theory? C. Real gender roles are scripted by ex- A. It suggests that the suppression of cellent writers. women is part of a historical climate that D. Only individuals who have the capac- will naturally fade away. ity to perform have gender. B. It suggests that gender roles are con- 91. Which is a common postcolonial critique ditioned by the possession of money and of the West? power. A. The West spends too much time trying C. It suggests that gender has power over to consider an Asian perspective. class. B. The WestJai tends to look at Asian Shree coun- D. It suggests Ram that education, rather than tries as individual units rather than lump money, is needed for the liberation of them together. women. C. The West views matters through its 95. Which of the following statements best own limited historical position. explains the main objective of New His- toricism? D. The West refuses to apply economic and political coercion to Asian writers. A. Texts are examined to see how colonizers and the colonized interact. 92. In what way does Julia Kristeva build on Jacques Lacan’s theory of psychosexual B. Texts are examined to see how the for- development? mal aspects of the text create meaning. 272 Chapter 6. Introduction to Literary Theory

C. Texts are examined to determine how A. Wolfgang Iser they reveal social realities. B. Jean-Paul Sartre D. Texts are examined to determine the C. Emmanuel Lévinas author’s intent. 96. What do many contemporary theorists D. All of the above. find problematic about the literary canon? 99. What did Sigmund Freud believe about the unconscious? A. It includes too few works by non- white writers. A. It contains secret instincts and desires that are repressed. B. It includes too few works by women. C. It includes too few works by non- B. It has little impact on human behavior. Western writers. D. All of the above. C. It is the only significant aspect of the human psyche. 97. Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities D. It can never be accessed. against the identities of others? 100. According to the Geneva School, what A. W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black is the function of the reader? Folk A. Entering the author’s mind through his B. Roland Barthes’s "The Death of the or her literary works Author" B. Understanding the author’s conscious- C. Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology ness D. Jacques Lacan’s "The Mirror Stage ... C. Reproducing the author’s thoughts in " a critical context 98. With which theorist is phenomenology as- D. All of the above. sociated?

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1. D 2. D 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. B 8. B 9. D 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. D 14.B 15. C 16. B 17. D 18. A 19. D 20. D 21. A 22. A 23. D 24. D 25. D 26.D 27. D 28. A 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. D 33. A 34. D 35. D 36. B 37. C 38.D 39. C 40. A 41. D 42. B 43. C 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. C 48. B 49. D 50.D 51. A 52. A 53. A 54. D 55. D 56. D 57. B 58. C 59. B 60. B 61. D 62.A 63. D 64. D 65. A 66. A 67. B 68. A 69. D 70. A 71. A 72. D 73. D 74.B 75. D 76. D 77. B 78. C 79. D 80. D 81. C 82. A 83. A 84. B 85. C 86.D 87. C 88. B 89. D 90. A 91. C 92. C 93. B 94. B 95. C 96. D 97. D 98.D 99. NarayanA 100.D Changder 7. Cultural and Literary English Renaissance

1. In “The Book of Martyrs,” John Foxe pro- 4. Fill in the blank. In 1585, ..... sponsored vides a record of all known Christian mar- the ﬁrst English colony in America on tyrs throughout history, focusing on the Roanoke Island (now North Carolina). persecution of people practicing which re- A. Sir Thomas More ligion? B. Sir Walter Raleigh A. Protestantism C. John Foxe B. Catholicism D. John Lyly C. Roman Catholicism 5. Which of the following controversial D. Buddhism ideas surround the life and work of 2. Fill in the blank...... was a Christian William Shakespeare? theologian and Augustinian monk whose A. The idea that William Shakespeare teachings inspired the Protestant Reforma- never lived. tion. B. The idea that William Shakespeare A. Niccolo Machiavelli was a Catholic. B. Martin Luther Jai ShreeC. All of the aboveRam C. John Milton D. A and B only D. John Wycliffe 6. Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s ..... exer- 3. John Lyly became instantly famous with cised considerable inﬂuence upon its au- the publication of what text? thor’s contemporaries. A. “95 Theses” A. “Euphues” B. “Utopia” B. “Paradise Lost” C. “Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit” C. “Utopia” D. “Paradise Lost” D. “Zelauto” 274 Chapter 7. Cultural and Literary English Renaissance

7. Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the A. John Foxe British Isles during the reign of King B. John Lyly Henry VIII? C. Sir Thomas More A. Thomas Wyatt D. Sir Walter Raleigh B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 13. Which queen of England attended a num- C. John Donne ber of William Shakespeare’s play? A. Queen Elizabeth I D. Both A and B B. Queen Elizabeth II 8. Which type of poetry has been inspired by a philosophical conception of the uni- C. Queen Anne verse? D. Both A and B A. Terza rima 14. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentence. All of the following B. Metaphysical poetry are Shakespearean plays EXCEPT: C. Rhyme royal A. “Two Gentlemen of Verona” D. The Petrarchan sonnet B. “The Winter’s Tale” 9. There was greater emphasis placed on C. “The Tempest” human potentiality for growth and excel- D. “Faustus” lence through Europe by which year? 15. William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is an example of what dramatic genre? A. 1400 A. Tragedy B. 1500 B. Comedy C. 1600 C. Romance D. 1650 D. History 10. What genres of plays did William Shake- 16. Fill in the blank. Prior to the rise of the speare write? famed tragedians of the late 1580s, ..... were the great headliners of the Eliza- A. Tragedies bethan stage. B. Comedies A. Clowns C. Romances B. Women D. All of the above C. Politicians 11. John Milton’s “Lycidas” is what genre of D. Pantomimes poetry? 17. Fill in the blank. When writers like .... and his fellow humanists read pagan liter- A. A pastoral elegy ature, they were inﬂuenced by the secular NarayanB. A satire Changderoutlook of the Greeks and Romans. C. An epic A. Petrarch D. A mock-epic B. Machiavelli C. Michelangelo 12. What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which D. A and B it is important to follow chronological or- 18. John Lyly’s work signiﬁcantly shaped the der? writing of which famous writer? 275

A. William Blake A. Chaucer B. William Wordsworth B. Langland C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge C. Homer D. William Shakespeare D. Shakespeare 19. In 1534, King Henry VIII was declared 25. Who became a favorite of Queen Eliza- head of what church? beth I and was knighted and appointed captain of the Queen’s Guard in 1587? A. The Catholic Church A. Sir Thomas More B. The English Church B. Sir Walter Raleigh C. The Church of God C. Sir Philip Sidney D. Both A and B D. Sir William Shakespeare 20. Fill in the blank. The greatest insurrec- 26. Fill in the blank. A ..... was a spectacle tion of the .... age in England was over performed at court or at the manor of a religion. member of the nobility and was staged to A. Hanover glorify the court or the particular aristo- crat. B. Protestant A. Masque C. Tudor B. Satire D. None of these C. Tragedy 21. Who was King Henry VIII’s ﬁrst wife? D. Comedy A. Catherine of Aragon 27. Sir Thomas More held which of the fol- B. Anne Boleyn lowing positions in the English court? C. Mary, Queen of Scots A. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster D. Anne of Cleves B. Speaker of the House of Commons 22. The Petrarchan sonnet is typically com- C. Master of Requests posed in what form of meter? D. All of the above A. Trochaic trimeter 28. Fill in the blank. Although Sir Philip Sid- ney is writing 200 years before the .... rev- B. Terza rima olution, he presents a very inward and C. Iambic pentameter self-absorbed narrator in “Astrophil and D. Anapestic pentameter Stella.” 23. Who was considered to be England’s ﬁrst A. Medieval literary celebrity?Jai ShreeB. Victorian Ram A. John Donne C. Romantic B. Sir Walter Raleigh D. None of the above C. Sir Thomas More 29. William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is an example of what dramatic genre? D. John Foxe A. Tragedy 24. Romance, classical structure, and festive elements had already begun to come to- B. Comedy gether in drama when what author began C. Romance writing? D. Satire 276 Chapter 7. Cultural and Literary English Renaissance

30. The foundation story of what poem is the 36. Which of the following writers remained Genesis account of the Creation of the a ﬁrm believer in the Royal Supremacy? world and of Adam and Eve, culminating A. John Locke in the drama of their temptation and fall? B. John Lyly A. “Canterbury Tales” C. John Foxe B. “The Faerie Queen” D. John Milton C. “Paradise Lost” 37. What author fell in love with Anne Bo- D. “The Prelude” leyn while she was married to King Henry 31. How did the invention of the printing VIII? press affect European culture? A. Sir Philip Sidney A. Print halted the corruption of texts by B. Sir Thomas More copyists, giving everyone identical texts. C. Thomas Wyatt B. Scientiﬁc research became a more col- D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey laborative effort. 38. Fill in the blank...... is remembered as C. Learning to read was made easier as the “Morning Star of the Reformation.” print was standardized and made clearer. A. John Donne D. All of the above B. John Dryden 32. King Henry VIII adopted what religion? C. John Wycliffe A. Catholicism D. Johan Gutenberg B. Protestantism 39. Edmund Spenser wrote what famous C. Buddhism text? D. Roman Catholicism A. “Paradise Lost” 33. Which of the following texts is an exam- B. “The Faerie Queen” ple of epic poetry? C. “The Prelude” A. “Paradise Lost” D. “Canterbury Tales” B. “The Odyssey” 40. Martin Luther’s translation of what text C. “The Iliad” helped to develop a standard version of the German language and added several D. All of the above principles to the art of translation? 34. “The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses” is an example of what dramatic genre? A. “Paradise Lost” A. Masque B. “Canterbury Tales” C. “The Bible” B. Satire D. “Piers Plowman” C. Burlesque 41. Fill in the blank. John Foxe was deeply NarayanD. Tragedy Changderdisgusted by the ...., and could not believe 35. Who is largely considered to be the father that any honest Christian could accept its of epic poetry? doctrinal basis. A. Homer A. Mass B. Dante B. Transubstantiation C. Virgil C. Resurrection D. Milton D. both A and C 277

42. Christopher Marlowe’s “Faustus” is an ex- A. Buddhist ample of what dramatic genre? B. Anglican A. Romance C. Quaker B. Satire D. Catholic C. Comedy 48. The work of John Foxe was no longer read D. Tragedy or heeded in educated circles after which major historical event? 43. Fill in the blank. In the second edition of ....., John Foxe promised that he would A. Restoration edit a collection of the works of William B. Glorious Revolution Tyndale, John Frith, and Robert Barnes. C. French Revolution A. “Acts and Monuments” D. Seven Years War B. “Utopia” 49. Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe’s C. “Euphues” influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability ..... D. “Paradise Regained” A. Very great 44. Fill in the blank. The economic analysis of poverty was advanced by ..... in the B. Insignificant fourteenth century. C. Somewhat significant A. Petrarch D. Impossible B. Dante 50. Which of the following critics is a famous Shakespearean scholar? C. Langland A. M. H. Abrams D. Machiavelli B. Stephen Greenblatt 45. The conceit of the Petrarchan sonnet in English during the Elizabethan period of- C. Helen Vendler ten involves what topic? D. Wayne C. Booth A. Drugs 51. “The Discovery of Guiana” is what au- B. Sex thor’s account of discovering an area of the New World? C. Animals A. Sir Thomas More D. Propaganda B. Sir Philip Sidney 46. Fill in the blanks. From being narrowly focused on the achievements of north Ital- C. Sir Walter Raleigh ians in th Jai ShreeD. John Foxe Ram A. .... and early ..... centuries, the Re- 52. Fill in the blank. John Lyly’s style is best naissance is now being seen in a far wider described as ..... context. A. Anachronistic B. 12th and 13th B. Euphuistic C. 14th and 15th C. Marxist D. 15th and 16th D. Solipsistic 47. Fill in the blank. John Foxe was extremely 53. Book I of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” sensitive to th centers on what event? 278 Chapter 7. Cultural and Literary English Renaissance

A. The fall of the rebel angels A. Elizabeth I B. The fall of Adam B. Elizabeth II C. The fall of Eve C. Mary, Queen of Scots D. The fall of the son D. Catherine of Aragon 54. Fill in the blank. Martin Luther nailed his 59. Which of the following theaters could be ..... to a church door in Wittenberg, accus- found in England after Queen Elizabeth I ing the Roman Catholic Church of heresy came to the throne? upon heresy. A. The Curtain A. “Paradise Lost” B. The Rose B. “95 Theses” C. The Globe C. “The Bible” D. “Piers Plowman” D. All of the above 55. Which of the following statements is 60. Choose the best answer. Which of the fol- TRUE concerning the Globe theater in lowing statements is true concerning epic Elizabethan England? poetry? A. It burned down and was reconstructed A. Epic poetry is of a moral nature and hundreds of years later. tends to the promotion of virtue. B. It was situated on the Thames River. B. “Canterbury Tales” is an example of epic poetry. C. It was lit from natural sunlight as well as by candle light. C. All of the above answers are true. D. All of the above D. Both A and B are true. 56. Choose the best answer to ﬁll in the 61. On which of the following topics did Sir blanks. Throughout the Middle Ages, En- Thomas More focus in his “Utopia”? glish drama, like that of other European countries, was mainly ..... and .... A. Riches, jewels, and gold A. Psychological, Sexual B. Suicide B. Religious, Didactic C. Marriage and divorce C. Emotional, Psychological D. All of the above D. none of these 62. Fill in the blank. John Foxe’s ambiguous attitude towards the Elizabethan church 57. What Renaissance text uses martyrology was ..... as a device to historicize the conﬂict between the true Church and the false A. Untypical Church in England? B. Not untypical A. “Euphues” Narayan ChangderC. Exploded B. “Paradise Lost” D. Rejected C. “Paradise Regained” 63. Fill in the blank. Although there is dis- D. “Acts and Monuments” pute about the actual “invention” of the 58. Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and printing press with movable metal type, Anne Boleyn who also reigned as Queen ..... is usually the man credited with the of England from 1558 to1603? invention. 279

A. Niccolo Machiavelli 69. What text greatly popularized the sonnet form in England during the Elizabethan B. Johan Gutenberg period? C. Peter Schoeffer A. “Astrophil and Stella” D. Johannes Fust B. “Utopia” 64. The Petrarchan sonnet is composed of C. “Paradise Lost” how many lines? D. “Canterbury Tales” A. 9 70. Edmund Spenser was directly influenced B. 10 by which writer’s epic poetry? C. 12 A. Milton D. 14 B. Wordsworth 65. Sir Thomas More wrote what famous C. Aristo text? D. Both A and B A. “Toxophilus” 71. Fill in the blank. The term “Renaissance” literally translates as “.....” B. “Utopia” A. Reincarnation C. “The Inferno” B. Rebirth D. “Paradise Lost” C. Reproduction 66. In 1583, which playwright became in con- D. Recapitulation trol of the first Blackfriars Theatre along 72. Greek theater was often of what genre? with director William Hunnis? A. Tragedy A. Henry VIII B. Comedy B. John Lyly C. Romance C. Sir Thomas More D. A and B only D. John Foxe 73. John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses at- 67. Who was in charge of organizing court fes- tention on the relationship between which tivities and entertainment of the English opposing entities? court? A. Heaven vs. hell A. Court Jester B. God vs. Satan B. Master of Revels C. Good vs. evil C. Master of Rebels D. All of the above Jai Shree74. According to Rammany British Romantic po- D. Master of Ceremonies ets, who is the protagonist of John Mil- 68. The distinction between comedy and ton’s “Paradise Lost”? tragedy which characterized classical A. Satan drama was first forgotten during what period in England? B. Adam C. Eve A. Medieval D. Christ B. Romantic 75. Which of the following characters is NOT C. Victorian found in the dramatis personae of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”? D. Elizabethan 280 Chapter 7. Cultural and Literary English Renaissance

A. Benvolio 81. Choose the best answer to complete the B. Lady Capulet following sentence. All of the following are Shakespearean plays EXCEPT: C. Mercutio A. “Romeo and Juliet” D. Falstaff B. “Hamlet” 76. Which writer spent more than twelve years imprisoned in the Tower of Lon- C. “Titus Andronicus” don? D. “The Spanish Tragedy” A. Sir Thomas More 82. What author wrote the poem “Whoso list to hunt”? B. Sir Walter Raleigh A. Sir Philip Sidney C. Sir Philip Sidney B. Sir Thomas More D. John Milton 77. Fill in the blank. Sir Philip Sidney’s C. Thomas Wyatt strong ..... convictions made him publicly D. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey oppose a projected marriage for Queen 83. According to John Milton’s “Paradise Elizabeth. Lost,” what is Satan’s tragic ﬂaw? A. Catholic A. Lust B. Protestant B. Pride C. Buddhist C. Jealousy D. Quaker D. Love 78. Stephen Greenblatt’s work on the Renais- 84. Fill in the blank. John Wycliffe chal- sance is best described by what theoretical lenged a number of ..... doctrines with ar- paradigm? guments which centuries later would echo A. Marxism during the Protestant Reformation. B. Feminism A. Roman Catholic C. New Historicism B. Anglican D. Psychoanalysis C. Buddhist 79. Fill in the blank. The intellectual and so- D. Protestant cial movement which historians call “.....” 85. Which of the following plays by William is what lies at the base of the period we Shakespeare is a comedy? call the Renaissance. A. “Romeo and Juliet” A. Socialism B. “Hamlet” B. Capitalism C. “Much Ado about Nothing” C. Humanitarianism D. “Henry IV, Part I” NarayanD. Humanism 86. ChangderWhat author deﬁnes the function of poetry 80. Which of the following is an important with reference to the Horatian dictum of component of John Foxe’s martyrology? “to teach and delight”? A. Hexagrams A. Sir Thomas More B. Epigrams B. Sir Walter Raleigh C. Heroic couplets C. John Lyly D. All of the above D. Sir Philip Sidney 281

87. A total of how many sonnets constitute 92. The character of Falstaff is important in the entirety of “Astrophil and Stella”? which play(s) by William Shakespeare? A. 10 A. “Henry IV, Part I” B. 20 B. “Henry IV, Part II” C. 30 C. “Titus Andronicus” D. 40 D. All of the above 88. Fill in the blank. King ..... was notorious 93. Fill in the blank. Th for his six marriages and for ruthlessly per- A. .... was a movement that had pro- secuting his political enemies, violently found implications not only for the mod- eliminating all opposition. ern world in general but also for literary A. Charles I history. B. Catholic Restoration B. Charles II C. Catholic Reformation C. Henry V D. Protestant Reformation D. Henry VIII 94. Greek theatre took place where? 89. Which of the following ﬁgures was an important political theorist of the Renais- A. Large hillside amphitheaters sance? B. Large indoor theaters A. Niccolo Machiavelli C. Small indoor theaters B. Francesco Petrarcha D. All of the above C. Aristotle 95. Compared to Aquinas, the writers of Flo- rentine humanism considered which of the D. Plato following only unsystematically? 90. hich of the following statements are true A. Sex concerning Elizabethan theater? B. Emotions A. When Elizabeth I came to the throne, there were no specially designed theatre C. Psychology buildings in England. D. All of the above B. When Elizabeth I came to the throne, 96. Fill in the blank. Renaissance thinkers there were dozens of specially designed strongly associated themselves with the theatre buildings in England. values of ..... C. When Elizabeth I came to the throne, A. Catholicism there were three specially designed theatre B. Medieval Europe buildings inJai England. Shree Ram C. Classical antiquity D. When Elizabeth I came to the throne, D. Protestantism there were ten specially designed theatre buildings in England. 97. Many of William Shakespeare’s plays were performed at what theater in Eliz- 91. Who wrote “Orlando Furioso”? abethan England? A. John Milton A. “The Curtain” B. Ludovico Ariosto B. “The Globe” C. Sir Philip Sidney C. “The Rose” D. William Shakespeare D. “The Anchor” 282 Chapter 7. Cultural and Literary English Renaissance

98. Which of the following statements best 99. Which of the following plays were written describes the “Great Chain of Being”? by Christopher Marlowe? A. It regarded human beings as social A. “The Jew of Malta” creatures who could create meaningful B. “Doctor Faustus” lives only in association with other social beings. C. “Edward II” D. All of the above B. Its major premise was that every existing thing in the universe had its “place” 100. What doctrine signiﬁcantly inﬂuenced in a divinely planned hierarchical order Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia”? which was pictured as a chain, vertically A. Marxism extended. B. Christian Humanism C. It could only be achieved through faith C. Feminism in God’s grace. D. New Historicism D. Both A and B

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1. A 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. D 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. D 15.D 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. C 21. A 22. C 23. D 24. D 25. B 26. A 27.D 28. C 29. A 30. C 31. D 32. B 33. D 34. A 35. A 36. C 37. C 38. C 39.B 40. C 41. A 42. D 43. A 44. C 45. B 46. D 47. D 48. B 49. A 50. B 51.C 52. B 53. A 54. B 55. D 56. B 57. D 58. A 59. D 60. D 61. D 62. B 63.B 64. D 65. B 66. B 67. B 68. A 69. A 70. C 71. B 72. D 73. D 74. A 75.D 76. B 77. B 78. C 79. D 80. B 81. D 82. C 83. B 84. A 85. C 86. D 87.C 88. D 89. A 90. A 91. B 92. D 93. D 94. A 95. B 96. C 97. B 98. B 99.D 100.B

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1. Complete the following sentence. Ten- 3. What was the “white man’s burden” that nyson’s In Memoriam and Browning’s Kipling speaks of in his poem of the same dramatic monologues can best be seen title? as combining neoclassicism with romanti- A. The pressure of conforming to preex- cism through their: isting social conventions A. neoclassical emphasis on traditional B. The burden of white colonizers who form and romantic subjectivism. are forced to learn to live in new lands B. romantic rejection of science and neo- C. The Eurocentric idea that the colonizer classical use of mythology. has a social responsibility to civilize other nations C. romantic emphasis on personal feelings combined with a neoclassical focus D. The concept that all white men do not on social context. share the same imperial duties 4. Complete the following sentence. Robert D. romantic critique of industrialization Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” is: and neoclassical use of satire. A. a sonnet expressing his devotion to his 2. Which of the following statements does Jai Shreewife. Ram NOT accurately characterize a lyric poem? B. a dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer. A. The lyric poem is a popular form in the Romantic era. C. a dramatic monologue spoken by Browning. B. The lyric poem has a song-like quality. D. an epic describing a great romance. 5. Which of the following does NOT accu- C. The lyric poem creates a personal rately describe Robinson Crusoe’s and sense of emotion. Oroonoko’s relationship to central fea- D. The lyric poem focuses on action. tures of the early English novel? 284 Chapter 8. Cultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries

A. Where Oroonoko foregrounds super- D. Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto natural agents, Robinson Crusoe avoids 10. Complete the following sentence. Accord- religion completely. ing to Edmund Burke, the French Revolu- B. Both are largely set in South America, tion was: reflecting the relationship between empire A. the ultimate expression of hu- and the early English novel. mankind’s ability to control its own des- C. Oroonoko seems to defend the aristoc- tiny. racy, where Robinson Crusoe elaborates B. a misguided attempt to overthrow hu- the struggles of the middle class. man nature by rejecting tradition. D. Both make claims to historical verac- C. a necessary change that was beginning ity. to go astray. 6. In which of the following ways did Hop- D. an event that had little consequence to kins revolutionize poetry? England. A. He created a radically new form. 11. Samuel Richardson’s Pamela and Daniel B. He used unusual, arcane words. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe similarly reflect the forces giving rise to the novel in which C. He made obscure allusions. of the following ways? D. All of these answers A. Their imperialist settings reflect the 7. Which poet did Arthur Henry Hallum as- interest in faraway lands that led to adven- sociate with “the picturesque”? ture novels. A. Alexander Pope B. Both emphasize romantic relation- B. Percy Shelley ships that play up the importance of C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge women readers. D. Alfred Tennyson C. Both focus on the struggles of lower or middle-class characters, mirroring the 8. “O my death mother! I am miserable, development of a large middle-class read- truly miserable! But yet, don’t be fright- ership as consumers. ened, I am honest! God, of his goodness, keep me so!” These lines characterize D. Their epistolary forms reflect an in- Samuel Richardson’s Pamela in all of the creasing political interest in subjective following ways EXCEPT: feelings. A. through the personal, direct appeal en- 12. Which of the following best defines the abled by his epistolary form. heroic couplet? B. by emphasizing the character’s fright. A. Two characters in an epic who are ro- mantically involved C. by emphasizing sexual morality. B. Two lines of rhyming verse written in D. through the sentimental attempt to iambic pentameter make readers strongly identify with the Narayancharacter’s feelings. ChangderC. The concluding lines of any poem 9. Which of the following works is consid- D. Two characters who act as foils in a ered to be the first Gothic novel? comedy of manners A. Congreve’s The Way of the World 13. John Locke is known for advocating all of the following ideas EXCEPT: B. Richardson’s Pamela A. social contract theory of government. C. Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho B. blank slate or tabula rasa. 285

C. divine authority of kings. 18. Which of the following statements about the poems in Blake’s Songs of Innocence D. natural political rights. and Experience is true? 14. Which of the following best defines senti- A. The poems defend the industrial revo- mentalism? lution as helping England’s economy. A. A refusal to emphasize the innate B. The poems criticize religious institu- goodness of humanity tions for not helping the oppressed. B. An emphasis on the power of sym- C. The poems reject experience in favor pathy to allow individuals to feel others’ of innocence. pain and joy D. The poems reject innocence in favor C. A sense of awe in the power of the of experience. natural world 19. What was the “Woman Question” in the D. A parody of the interest in emotion Victorian Period? that developed out of the Enlightenment A. A debate about whether women interest in reason should be able to vote 15. In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does B. A discussion of women’s roles inside Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy and outside the home lyre”? C. A conversation about women’s work A. To help drive his ideas across the uni- as a product of the Industrial Revolution verse D. All of these answers B. To help him reach the afterlife 20. Complete the following sentence. The By- C. To help him hear nature’s music ronic hero is characterized as: D. To help him start a new revolutionary A. always fighting for good against evil. war B. fortunate in always coming out victo- 16. Which of the following terms is NOT rious. closely associated with the Gothic novel? C. nearly superhuman in his powers but A. Horror tortured by a psychological weight. B. The sublime D. devoted to religion above all things. C. Suspense 21. Complete the following sentence. Shel- ley’s “Ozymandias” can be linked to his D. Picaresque “Defence of Poetry” through its: 17. How did ideas about the spread of the A. rejection of traditional form. British Empire start to shift in the Vic- torian Period?Jai ShreeB. portrayal of Ram the power of art to speak truth. A. Competition between European rivals forced the British to find new trading part- C. rejection of art’s political role. ners. D. attempt to link poetry with music. B. Colonizers were no longer necessarily 22. Which of the following is a central theme interested in reforming indigenous popu- of Christina Rossetti’s poem “Goblin Mar- lations. ket”? C. People found ways to justify expan- A. The dangers of sensuality to women sion by claiming national superiority. B. The links between sexuality and economics D. All of these answers 286 Chapter 8. Cultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries

C. The importance of sisterly bonds A. A period in the 18th century that celebrated industry D. All of these answers B. The revelation of religious truths 23. What was the importance of the Reform through meditation Bills of 1832 and 1867? C. The power given to absolute monarchs A. They raised the question of whether by God women should be able to vote. D. A period in which reason was cele- B. They allowed new colonization and brated as enabling human knowledge and imperialism efforts. possibly human perfection C. They established new standards for 28. Which of the following social issues does Victorian morality. Dickens confront in Great Expectations? D. They allowed women to divorce their A. Penal reform husbands. B. Educational reform 24. Which of the following genres is NOT C. The role of the monarchy part of the hybrid form of Behn’s Oroonoko? D. Both A and B A. Nonfiction 29. Which of the following best defines satire? B. Travel memoir A. Literature that relies on devices like C. Detective story irony, sarcasm, and humor D. Biography B. A work of literature that attempts to 25. Complete the following sentence. John improve society Dryden’s “Mac Flecknoe” reflects a C. A text that exposes serious flaws under commitment to neoclassical aesthetics the veil of comedy through: D. All of these answers A. its references to Shakespeare. 30. Complete the following sentence. B. its commitment to an elevated taste, its Wordsworth conceives of himself as a use of classical imagery, and its evocation “chosen son” primarily because: of classic forms. A. his brothers died in their youth. C. its scientific ethos and setting in Lon- B. he was endowed with a great poetic don. talent. D. its refusal to mention Shadwell di- C. he was given special educational op- rectly. portunities. 26. In The Rape of the Lock, Pope sati- D. he feels especially connected to nature rizes which of the following social institu- due to his experience as a youth. tions? 31. Which of the following statements about NarayanA. The government ChangderElizabeth Barrett Browning’s sonnet 43 (“How do I love thee? Let me count the B. Marriage ways.”) is false? C. Organized religion A. Sonnet 43 is similar to most other son- D. All of these answers nets in its focus on love. 27. The Enlightenment in European history B. Sonnet 43 is part of a sonnet sequence refers to which of the following? “Sonnets from the Portuguese.” 287

C. Sonnet 43 consists of fourteen lines, 36. Which of the following statements like other sonnets. accurately describes the theme of Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey”? D. Sonnet 43 is a romantic poem in the same way Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” A. Nature loses its ability to affect human is a romantic poem. emotion over time. 32. In Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach,” B. Sensitivity to nature’s message comes the speaker refers to the “melancholy, with age. long, withdrawing roar” of “The Sea of C. Life experience does not have to power Faith.” This reference alludes to which of to alter human opinions. the following? D. It is not possible to appreciate beauty A. The Protestant Reformation once one has aged. B. Religious interpretations of changes to 37. Which of the following best characterizes the oceans the ways that Radcliffe’s The Mysteries C. The decline of religion’s importance of Udolpho links the Gothic novel with in the modern West the sentimental form? D. His lover’s betrayal A. Its use of a medieval setting to reflect 33. How does the Encyclopédie best epito- on rational progress mize the mission of the Enlightenment? B. Its focus on having readers vicari- ously experience the dangers that a hero- A. By dismissing all knowledge from out- ine faces side Europe C. Its ambivalent treatment of its leading B. By questioning the nature of scientific villain method D. Its use of the sublime C. By rejecting the divine right of kings 38. Which of the following statements best D. By emphasizing the idea that gather- describes the behavior of the upper-class ing knowledge together can lead to human characters in Congreve’s The Way of the improvement World? 34. Both the Gothic and sentimental fiction A. They are somewhat jaded, but all are emphasize which of the following? finally good at heart. A. Reason over emotions B. They are almost universally self- B. The necessity for an aristocracy absorbed and willing to do anything to C. The power of feelings get what they want. D. A sense of adventure C. They tend to value love above money Jai Shreeand honor. Ram 35. Which of the following is a requirement of a dramatic monologue? D. They provide a moral example for the lower classes. A. It has a speaker as well as an implied 39. John Dryden’s poem “Annus Mirabilis” reader. emphasizes the solution to which of the B. It includes elements of parody. following important Restoration problems C. There is a “spontaneous overflow of or events? emotion.” A. England’s power to overcome the re- D. It is written in common, ordinary lan- cent plague and the great fire of London guage. 288 Chapter 8. Cultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries

B. The monarch’s ability to squelch con- A. Repeal of the corn laws tinuing Puritan resistance B. Opium Wars C. The church’s potential to unify the C. Great Exhibition populace after the English revolution D. French Revolution D. Parliament’s ability to restrain the power of the King 44. Which of the following directives was part of Queen Victoria’s moral crusade? 40. The main plot of Richardson’s Pamela reflects the main characteristics of the sen- A. There should be more missionary timental novel through its emphasis on work in less civilized parts of the world. which of the following? B. Concerts in the parks that were at- A. Pamela’s attempt to seduce her em- tended by ordinary people should be ployer banned. B. Pamela’s parents’ attempt to marry her C. Civil servants should talk more openly to a wealthy landowner and publicly about their moral work. C. Pamela’s struggle to overcome her D. Members of the Jewish and Catholic poverty through hard-work faiths should be excluded from public office. D. Pamela’s attempts to protect her chastity from the advances of her em- 45. Which of the following ideas does NOT ployer come from Edmund Burke’s Philosophi- cal Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas 41. In which of the following ways does Rad- of the Sublime? cliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho combine the features of the Gothic and the A. The effect of the sublime on the physi- sentimental? cal body A. It emphasizes emotion over reason. B. The distinction between the sublime and beauty B. It has a didactic moral focus. C. An aesthetic explanation of the sub- C. There is a focus on a central love story. lime through painting D. The important role surprise plays in D. All of these answers creating pleasure 42. Which of the following best characterizes 46. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein most reflects Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French which central romantic themes or con- Revolution? cerns? A. He thought it did not go far enough in A. Nature as mirroring the human mind granting women rights. and its imagination B. He opposed it in favor of supporting B. The limits of scientific attempts to un- Narayanthe king and the ancien régime. Changderderstand and control the world C. He favored its democratic impulses but C. The poet as special interpreter of the was appalled by its destructive nature. world D. He did not think it concerned him and D. The centrality of subjective experience his relationship to nature. to apprehending the world 43. Which of the following events was NOT 47. The Pre-Raphaelites are best known for associated with the Victorian period? which of the following? 289

A. A return to neoclassical aesthetics D. A nod to the poet as outcast as in some B. Disassociating painting and poetry of Byron’s poems 51. “Do we now live in an enlightened age? C. Lavish attention to the sensuous ele- The answer is, ‘no,’ but we do live in an ments of life age of enlightenment.” D. Rejecting English poetic tradition A. Immanuel Kant 48. Complete the following sentence. In Pope’s The Rape of the Lock, elevated B. John Locke language functions primarily to: C. David Hume A. demonstrate the importance of the D. Denis Diderot topic. 52. Which writer is most closely associated B. set up the parody of the pretensions of with the serialized novel? the characters and their concerns. A. William Congreve C. reveal the learnedness of the characters. B. Ann Radcliffe D. elicit the sympathy of elite readers. C. Matthew Lewis 49. Which of the following statements best D. Charles Dickens characterizes Romanticism’s relationship 53. Complete the following sentence. to the Enlightenment? Wordsworth’s advocacy of poets drawing A. Romanticism continued the Enlight- on the “language really used by men” in enment’s focus on a universal order best his preface to Lyrical Ballads represents: apprehended through reason. A. a radical break with 18th-century rules B. Romanticism challenged the Enlight- on elevated diction. enment’s emphasis on objectivity as the basis of truth. B. a continuity with poets such as Alexan- der Pope. C. Romanticism largely abandoned the Enlightenment’s hope in progressive po- C. a rejection of nature in favor of society. litical change. D. Unlike the Enlightenment, Romanti- D. a defense of the use of elaborate figu- cism deemed the natural world unimpor- rative language. tant. 54. Complete the following sentence. The 50. The opening lines of Charlotte Smith’s scientific revolution paralleled Enlighten- “Beachy Head” refer to the speaker “re- ment political thought and political revo- clin[ing]” on the “stupendous summit” of lutions through its similar: a “rock sublime” as her “Fancy” went A. devotion to traditional authority in po- forth. ThisJai poem reflects which Shree of the Ram litical and theoretical matters. following features common to much Ro- mantic poetry? B. emphasis on the world being governed by laws that could be discerned through A. An emphasis on the relationship be- rational exploration. tween a natural setting and the imagination as in Wordsworth’s poems C. reliance on classical scholarship. B. A focus on the poet as seer as in some D. defense of violent emotions as natural. of Keats’s poems C. A call for social and political reform 55. Complete the following sentence. The as in some of Shelley’s works politics of Radcliffe’s medieval settings: 290 Chapter 8. Cultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries

A. indicates her longing for the older aris- C. saving the life of a rich heiress. tocracy. D. through the wealth of a convict he B. suggests her commitment to the once helped. Catholic Church. 60. Tennyson’s “Ulysses” can be character- C. is at odds with her explicit socialist ized in all of the following ways, EX- politics. CEPT: D. implies that contemporary British soci- A. it thematizes the importance of choos- ety has overcome the institutions leading ing action over complacency. to the horrors its characters experience. B. it reflects a Victorian attitude of contin- 56. The development of the novel is associ- uing to fight against loss of hope or faith. ated with all of the following EXCEPT: A. scientific emphasis on detailed obser- C. it uses Greek mythology to comment vation. on contemporary questions. B. the political focus on individuals and D. it emphasizes the internal life of the their rights. mind over social action. C. philosophical theories of sympathy 61. Complete the following sentence. Keats’s and human emotions. “Ode to a Nightingale” is characteristically Romantic because of: D. the continuing importance of mythological stories. A. its focus on his lost love. 57. Complete the following sentence. Keats’s B. its rejection of scientific progress. idea of “negative capability” refers to the C. its elaboration of the intersecting im- idea that: portance of nature and the imagination. A. certain people are simply incapable of understanding poetry. D. its development of elements from na- B. the true poet must be comfortable with tional folklore. balancing conflicting ideas. 62. Victor Frankenstein’s project to create life C. the poet cannot express anything be- in Mary Shelley’s novel can be linked to yond his own experience. romanticism through which of the following? D. it is only in the absence of experience that true poetry can emerge. A. His Promethean striving to exceed hu- 58. With which of these writers is the “sponta- man limitations as explored by Byron and neous overflow of emotion” associated? Percy Shelley A. Ann Radcliffe B. Its suggestion that the natural order has laws beyond human control B. William Wordsworth C. His desire to create a political revolu- NarayanC. John Keats Changdertion D. Alfred Lord Tennyson D. Both A and B 59. Complete the following sentence. In 63. Robinson Crusoe’s isolation on a deserted Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, Pip island allows Defoe to explore his devel- gains his fortune from: opment in which of the following ways? A. inheriting his father’s fortune. A. His relationship to God and Christian- B. hard work as a blacksmith. ity 291

B. His understanding of the basis of eco- C. refer to the speaker’s heart. nomics D. indicate the speaker’s lack of faith. C. His ability to identify with the slaves 68. Why were coffee-houses important in the he has sold Restoration? D. Both A and B A. They enabled discussion about impor- 64. Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest tant literary texts. Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exempliﬁes the characteristics of a satire B. They created a space for the exchange in all of the following ways EXCEPT: of pamphlets. A. its mocking tone. C. They offered people a private place in which they could plan political revolts. B. its absurd response to a real issue. D. Both A and B C. its sentimental plea to its audience. 69. In Pamela, how does the epistolary style D. its attempt to shock readers into acting. enhance the sentimental aspects of the novel? 65. How does this quotation from Behn’s A. It provides access to the heroine’s in- Oroonoko most suggest its status as an nermost reactions. early novel: “I do not pretend, in giving you the history of this Royal Slave, B. It does not cloud the novel with autho- to entertain my reader with adventures rial intrusion that confuses the emotions. of a feigned hero, whose life and for- tunes fancy may manage at the poet’s plea- C. It provides a sense of immediacy be- sure.” cause the letters are written in the thick of A. It focuses on a royal hero. the action. B. It denies being imagined in favor of D. All of these answers claims of realism. 70. Which of the following is among the fea- C. It focuses on adventures. tures that distinguish Robinson Crusoe as D. It connects to poetry. a novel as opposed to a romance? 66. With which literary form or movement is A. Its larger-than-life hero the Restoration most closely associated? B. Its lack of attention to time A. Familiar essays C. Its defense of the aristocracy B. Comedies of manners D. Its focus on the individual and his psy- C. Romanticism chological and moral development D. Medievalism 71. Which event did Percy Shelley call “the Jai Shreemaster theme Ram of the epoch in which we 67. Complete the following sentence. In the opening lines of Gerard Manley Hop- live”? kins’s “The Windhover,” the words “day- A. Industrial Revolution light’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Fal- con”: B. French Revolution A. are an example of antithesis to suggest C. Scientiﬁc Revolution the falcon’s contradictory nature. D. Technological Revolution B. use alliterative language to draw atten- 72. Complete the following sentence. The Ro- tion to the falcon’s importance as a sym- mantic movement is least closely related bol of Christ. to: 292 Chapter 8. Cultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries

A. folklore. D. Its use of mysterious events to spur readers’ interests and emotional responses B. nationalism. C. parody. 76. Complete the following sentence. Neo- D. exoticism. classicism most paralleled Enlightenment 73. Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas most funda- thought in its: mentally emphasizes which theme from A. rejection of Renaissance optimism. Johnson’s other works or other 18th- century works? B. rejection of traditional models. A. The need for linguistic correctness as C. emphasis on order, logic, and univer- exemplified in his Dictionary sal truths. B. The promise of universal knowledge D. emphasis on the corrupt nature of the as epitomized by the Encyclopédie aristocracy. C. The ultimate impossibility of achiev- 77. Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the En- ing happiness, as espoused in his poem glish Language most reflects an 18th- “The Vanity of Human Wishes” century interest in which of the following? D. The need for self-sufficiency as detailed in novels like Robinson Crusoe A. Classification, order, and judgment 74. How does the following representative B. Romantic origins quotation from Brontë’s Jane Eyre reflect on Victorian social conventions? “You C. Linguistic indeterminacy have nothing to do with the master of D. Subjective experience Thornfield, further than to receive the salary he gives you for teaching his pro- 78. What do Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” tégée, and to be grateful for such respect- and Coleridge’s “Dejection Ode” have in ful and kind treatment as, if you do your common? duty, you have a right to expect at his A. An identical rhyme structure hands” B. The belief that a person is incapable A. It reiterates the class divisions that of change, even as he or she ages kept both men and women from social mobility. C. The sense of hope that death will come soon B. It suggests that women were increasingly accepted as professionals. D. A shared theme that nature exposes the pain in human life C. It indicates that British society had become much more egalitarian. 79. Which of the following novelists was NOT associated with the rise of the novel D. It reveals the stern consequences of as a literary form? the Industrial Revolution. A. Samuel Richardson 75.NarayanRadcliffe’s version of the Gothic differs Changder most from Walpole’s in its use of which B. Laurence Sterne of the following? C. Daniel Defoe A. The sublime D. Charles Dickens B. The explained supernatural 80. Which of the following is NOT a central C. Its medieval settings theme of Wordsworth’s poetry? 293

A. The common man D. Almost all religious authorities rejected Darwin’s work completely. B. The promises of technology 85. Which of the following characteristics is C. The outcast figure NOT closely associated with a comedy of D. The movement of time manners? 81. How was the philosophical and popular A. Witty banter emphasis on sensibility in the 18th century related to the development of the novel? B. Epic heroes A. Like the novel, it focused on romantic C. Sexual promiscuity relationships. D. Hidden identities B. Like the novel, it foregrounded ab- 86. “For I have learned/To look on nature, not stract reason over experience and emotion. as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The sad, still music of C. Like the novel, it emphasized the im- humanity” portance of sympathy and individual feel- A. The poet’s changing relationship to na- ings. ture as fount of meaning and significance D. Like the novel, it demonized the aristocracy. B. The falsity of human art as opposed to 82. In The Way of the World, Congreve sati- the immediate truth of nature rizes which of the following? C. The failure of the poet when a youth A. Ideas about chastity to imagine his future B. The institution of marriage D. The utter rejection of youthful folly in favor of mature rationality C. The aristocracy 87. Complete the following sentence. We can D. All of these answers best understand the medieval setting of 83. With which text is the term mock-epic Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto as: most closely associated? A. revealing his interest in Chaucer. A. Wordsworth’s “We Are Seven” B. enabling his 18th-century readers ac- B. Pope’s Rape of the Lock cess to a world they would see as less C. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” rational. D. Benn’s Oroonoko C. promoting the rise of museums. 84. Which of the following most accurately D. commenting on the French and Indian describes the relationship between Dar- War. win’s On theJai Origin of Species Shreeand Victo- 88. Which of the Ramfollowing political ideas is rian society and its ideals? least related to the Enlightenment? A. Darwin’s work echoed Victorian A. Checks and balances thought with its emphasis on struggle while disrupting Victorian faith by decen- B. Social contract tering humans. C. Enlightened monarchy B. Darwin’s work was almost universally D. Socialism accepted from its first appearance. 89. Aphra Behn’s Oroonoko is a transitional C. Darwin’s work had little initial influ- text in all of the following ways EX- ence on Victorian society and culture. CEPT: 294 Chapter 8. Cultural and Literary 18t/19th Centuries

A. like a romance, it focuses on an aris- A. Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre tocratic character considered superior to addresses the power of wealth and class. average individuals. B. Like “Dover Beach,” Jane Eyre B. like a novel, it tells its story with an mourns the diminishing power of Chris- emphasis on realistic detail and the every- tian faith. day passage of time. C. Through Rochester, Jane Eyre devel- C. like an epic, it involves gods and god- ops a Byronic hero. desses. D. Like Great Expectations, Jane Eyre D. like a novel, it makes claims to histor- can be read as a bildungsroman. ical realism. 94. Pope’s comment that “Know, then, thy- 90. Which of the following did NOT con- self, presume God not to scan;/The proper tribute to the growth of literacy in the 19th- study of mankind is man” in his “Essay on century? Man” is indicative of all of the following EXCEPT: A. More magazines on the market A. his use of the heroic couplet. B. The rise in serialized ﬁction B. an Enlightenment focus on useful C. Lower prices for magazines knowledge. D. The passage of the Reform Bills C. a neoclassical emphasis on propriety 91. Complete the following sentence. The and knowing limitations. opening frame narrative of Frankenstein D. a radical questioning of revealed reli- comes from: gion. A. Walton, a failed poet who is attempt- 95. Complete the following sentence. Un- ing to discover the North Pole. like many Enlightenment thinkers, Adam B. the creature, after he has killed Victor Smith and Rousseau: Frankenstein. A. traveled to America. C. Victor Frankenstein’s diary. B. believed in God. D. Mrs. Saville, Frankenstein’s cousin. C. emphasized the importance of human 92. In Linton’s The Girl of the Period, what emotions as guiding behavior. course of behavior does the author recom- D. rejected Newton’s view of the uni- mend for women? verse. A. Women should wear more makeup in 96. Swinburne’s poems such as “Hermaphrodi- order to attract husbands. tus” are best known for which of the following? B. Women should make sure to receive an education in order to secure their own A. Their conservative poetics futures. B. Their frank depiction of sexuality NarayanC. Women should take pains to remain ChangderC. Their radical politics generous, modest, and capable. D. Their nationalistic tone D. Women should be given the right to vote immediately. 97. What does the shift in weather in Chapter 23 of Jane Eyre reﬂect about the plot? 93. Which of the following does NOT accurately characterize Jane Eyre’s relation- A. It functions as a metaphor for the ship to other literary works? women’s rights movement. 295

B. It foreshadows a negative shift in A. Pope’s The Rape of the Lock mood. B. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” C. It symbolizes the increase in scientiﬁc knowledge. C. Richardson’s Pamela D. It acts as an allusion to the importance D. Lewis’s The Monk of nature in the Romantic period. 98. Which of the following does NOT charac- 100. Shelley expresses all of the following terize Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach”? ideas in A Defence of Poetry, EXCEPT: A. It is a dramatic monologue. A. reason can help man understand beauty. B. Like earlier Romantic lyrics, it takes a natural setting as an occasion for philo- B. civilization comes through beauty. sophical reﬂection. C. language shows humanity’s impulse C. It has a melancholic tone. towards order. D. It envisions Christianity as eternal. D. poetry has no effect on society. 99. Which of the following texts is an example of a sentimental novel?

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1. C 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. B 13. C 14.B 15. A 16. D 17. D 18. B 19. D 20. C 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. B 26.D 27. D 28. D 29. D 30. D 31. D 32. C 33. D 34. C 35. A 36. B 37. B 38.B 39. A 40. D 41. D 42. C 43. D 44. A 45. D 46. B 47. C 48. B 49. B 50.A 51. A 52. D 53. A 54. B 55. D 56. D 57. B 58. B 59. D 60. D 61. C 62.D 63. D 64. C 65. B 66. B 67. B 68. D 69. D 70. D 71. B 72. C 73. C 74.A 75. B 76. C 77. A 78. D 79. D 80. B 81. C 82. D 83. B 84. A 85. B 86.A 87. B 88. D 89. C 90. D 91. A 92. C 93. B 94. D 95. C 96. B 97. B 98.D 99. C 100.D

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1. What is “Imagism”? B. “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley” A. A poetic movement which hoped to of- C. “The Cantos” fer clear expression of ideas and feelings D. “To the Lighthouse” through the use of specific visual images 4. According to Theodor Adorno’s and Max B. An attempt to use the “exact word” in- Horkheimer’s “The Culture Industry: En- stead of flowery, excessive descriptive lan- lightenment as Mass Deception,” which guage in poetry of the following is true of the culture in- C. A and B only dustry? D. B and C only A. The culture industry is classified by ruthless uniformity of all ideas. 2. Which of the following was one of the major health consequences for soldiers who B. The culture industry is the chief survived the traumas of trench warfare in method by which technology brings true World War One? democracy to all. A. Lyme disease C. The culture industry is a fundamental Jai Shreeway to promote Ram individuality. B. Staph infections D. The culture industry is chiefly in- C. Shell shock tended to offer consumers the opportunity D. A and C only to classify wants and desires as well as corresponding production. 3. Fill in the blank. Written over the course of his life, Ezra Pound’s ..... is an exami- 5. According to Tristan Tzara’s “Manifesto nation of the human desire for knowledge on Dadaism,” which of the following does and understanding in an inchoate modern NOT define Dadaism? landscape. A. “Every product of disgust capable of A. “The Sun Also Rises” becoming a negation of the family” 298 Chapter 9. Cultural and Literary in Modernity

B. “A protest with the fists of its whole 9. Which of the following best describes being engaged in destructive action” Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot”? C. “Absolute and unquestionable faith in every god that is the immediate product A. Beckett’s work expresses a certain of spontaneity” frustration with the inability of language to fully capture the human condition. D. “A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” B. Beckett’s play explores how language helps to form one’s notion of self. 6. Which of the following is true of Arthur Rimbaud’s poem “Eternity”? C. Beckett’s work captures an almost transcendent melancholy as it explores hu- A. It ends with the lines: “Eternity./It is man desires for a redemption that may or the sea run off/ With the sun.” may not ever materialize. B. It suggests that the quest for knowl- D. All of the above edge and enlightenment is deeply satisfy- ing. 10. Surrealism became an official aesthetic movement of the modern period with the C. The poem speaks of the necessity of publication of which work? seeking human approval and communal acceptance. A. Andre Breton’s “Surrealist Manifesto” D. It begins with the lines: “I kissed the dawn of summer.” B. James Joyce’s “Ulysses” 7. Which of the following best describes C. Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also James Joyce’s “Portrait of the Artist as Rises” a Young Man”? D. T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland” A. It begins with the famous line: “Once 11. Which of the following is NOT a charac- upon a time and a very good time it was teristic of “Modernism”? there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was com- A. A radical project of experimentation ing down along the road met a nicens little with literary and artistic form boy named baby tuckoo...”? B. A belief in the power of the natural B. It is a semi-autobiographical account world to communicate transcendent truth of Joyce’s “coming of age” as an artist. C. The use of irony and parody C. It captures the conflict that Stephen D. Both A and B Dedalus has with his Irish and Catholic 12. Which author writes a profound criticism heritage. of Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” D. All of the above accusing Conrad of reinforcing typical Eu- ropean stereotypes of Africa? 8. As a result of the outbreak of World War I and anti-German sentiment which impor- A. Chinua Achebe Narayantant British public figure had to adopt the Changder B. Edward Said family name of Windsor? C. Arundhati Roy A. The Suffragette Emmeline Pankhust D. Salman Rushdie B. King George V 13. What are the differences between conser- C. King Edward VII vative modernism and progressive mod- D. King James II ernism? 299

A. Conservative modernism came to look A. Genteel to the past for inspiration and hope, while B. Symbolist progressive modernism looked to the future. C. Impressionist B. Conservative modernism supported D. Decadent the status quo, while progressive mod- 18. Which of the following is true of Ezra ernism was deeply engaged in political Pound’s “Canto XIV”? and social amelioration. A. It contains almost hellish imagery, C. Conservative modernism celebrated such as: “Melting like dirty wax,/decayed aesthetic formalism, while progressive candles, the bums sinking lower,/faces modernism celebrated innovation and at- submerged under hams.” tacked aesthetic formalism. B. It explores the theme of the perversion D. All of the above of language. 14. Jazz music is described by which of the C. It deeply identifies with Dante’s “In- following characteristics? ferno” in terms of tone and thick descrip- A. A way of questioning Victorian moral tion. conceptions D. All of the above B. A musical invention of the modern age 19. Which of the following Post-Modern the- that allows for experimentation of form oreticians explores the contradictions of colonial discourse and the ambivalence C. An example of subjective artistic ex- that the colonizer feels towards the colo- pression nized “other” in works such as “Nation D. All of the above and Narration”? 15. Which of the following is NOT one of A. Linda Hutcheon Pablo Picasso’s periods of artistic produc- B. Homi Bhabha tion? C. Jacques Derrida A. Dadaist period D. Fredric Jameson B. Blue period 20. The term “Lost Generation” can be ap- C. Synthetic cubism plied to which of the following groups? D. Rose period A. A group of self-imposed American 16. What famous modernist short story com- expatriates living in Paris that included pares the universe to an infinite library of Ernest Hemingway, Hart Crane, and hexagonal galleries? Henry Miller Jai ShreeB. A group of Ram artists and writers who A. Joyce’s “The Dead” were deeply marked by the traumas of B. Hemingway’s “My Old Man” World War I C. Woolf’s “A Haunted House” C. Any American in self-exile in Europe D. Borges’ “The Library of Babel” to avoid fighting in World War I 17. According to Dr. Michael Webster in his D. A and B only essay, “Poetic Modes in the late 19th and 21. The development of cubism, with its ge- early 20th Century,” which of the follow- ometric and abstract concerns, can be at- ing is NOT a poetic mode of this time tributed largely to which of the following period? two artists? 300 Chapter 9. Cultural and Literary in Modernity

A. Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet 26. “Flâneur," according to Dr. Heather Mar- B. T.S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis celle Crickenberger in her essay “The Flâneur,” is a term the French understand C. Claude Monet and édouard Manet to mean which of the following? D. George Braque and Pablo Picasso A. Stroller, idler, walker 22. The poem “In Flanders Fields” was writ- B. An inhabitant of a rural village ten by John McCrae referring to which war? C. A religious believer A. The Franco-Prussian War D. Both A and B B. The American Civil War 27. Which of the following is NOT a tenet of F.T. Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto”? C. World War I A. “We want to sing the love of danger, D. World War II the habit of danger and of temerity.” 23. Fill in the blank. According to Sigmund B. “The essential elements of our poetry Freud, psychological “transference” helps will be courage, daring, and revolt.” to understand the nature of ..... C. “We want to sing the man who holds A. Incest the steering wheel, whose ideal stem B. Trauma pierces the Earth, itself launched on the C. Taboo circuit of its orbit.” D. Love D. “We want never to glorify war, the 24. Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children” scourge of the planet.” is a novel characterized by which of the 28. Which of the following statements is true following descriptions? of British India? A. It is an excellent example of “Magical A. The British presence in India began Realism.” after World War II in Bombay. B. It is concerned with the post-colonial B. British families never settled in India situation of India before and after its par- until after the conclusion of World War II. titioning into India and Pakistan. C. It is a book that tells the story of the C. The British were long present in India Sinai family. in the 19th century and were not actively resisted until the Mutiny of 1857-58. D. All of the above 25. Which of the following best describes D. Both A and B “stream of consciousness” narrative in the 29. Which of the following statements best modern period? describes the “Bloomsbury Group”? A. Stream of consciousness often relies A. The “Bloomsbury Group” consists of upon “free association” of ideas. a group of English writers, thinkers, and artists who met in the Bloomsbury district B. Stream of consciousness is the cap- of London. Narayanturing of the interior monologue of the Changder narrator. B. The group consisted of survivors of World War II. C. Stream of consciousness attempts to accurately capture the external dialogue C. The Bloomsbury group included E.M. of various characters in a realistic setting Forster, Clive Bell, John Maynard Keynes, by an objective observer. and Virginia Woolf. D. A and B only D. A and C only 301

30. Fill in the blank. “Lolita” is infamous A. It is a philosophical term which means for its controversial subject as it depicts “imitation” or “mimicry.” a middle-aged protagonist, ....., who be- B. It is a philosophical and critical term comes sexually obsessed with a twelve- meaning “otherness.” year-old girl, Dolores Haze. C. It is a critical term, which describes A. Sal Paradise the act of expression and the presentation B. Humbert Humbert of self-identity, theorized by academics, such as Erich Auerbach. C. Dean Moriarty D. Jake Barnes D. A and C only 31. According to Max Simon Nordau in his 35. Which of the following is true of symbol- work “Degeneration,” which of the fol- ism? lowing best describes the term “Fin de A. Symbolism began as a French literary Siècle”? movement in the late 19th century. A. “The impotent despair of a sick man, B. Paul Gauguin is an example of sym- who feels himself dying by inches in the bolism in painting. midst of an eternally living nature blooming insolently forever” C. Symbolism adheres to an objective view of reality and a rational and realistic B. A term that means nothing except for depiction of the natural world. the signiﬁcation given to it by the user D. Both A and B C. “A confession and a complaint” 36. What is meant by the “Haussmannization” D. All of the above of Paris? 32. Which of the following statements con- A. It was an urban modernization project cerning “Vorticism” is false? that reorganized Parisian city streets so A. The term "Vorticism" was coined in that the bourgeoisie could ﬂaunt their new 1914 by the avant-gardist Ezra Pound. wealth. B. Practitioners of Vorticism often saw B. It was an urban renovation project themselves just as much as educators as which offered social services in city slums. artists as they taught the public a new, more graphic language. C. It was a political movement intended C. The periodical and manifesto named to overthrow Napoleon III. BLAST attempted to expound Vorticism’s D. It was a religious movement intended principal tenets. to celebrate the values of Christianity. D. The practiceJai of Vorticism Shree in artistic 37. Jorge Luis Borges Ram was born the same year circles grew after World War I. as what other famous modern author? 33. E.M. Forster wrote which of the following A. James Joyce novels? B. Vladimir Nabokov A. “Pale Fire” C. T.S. Eliot B. “A Passage to India” D. Joseph Conrad C. “Daniel Deronda” 38. Which of the following literary terms D. “On the Road” is NOT commonly deployed in Post- 34. What is “Mimesis”? Colonial theory? 302 Chapter 9. Cultural and Literary in Modernity

A. Mimicry A. “Hearing of harvests rotting in the val- leys” B. Ambivalence B. “And we rebuild our cities, not dream C. Hybridity of islands” D. Serendipity C. “Things fall apart; the centre cannot 39. According to Walter Benjamin in “The hold” Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical D. “Mother died today” Reproduction,” which of the following is 43. Which of the following sentences is the true? famous first line of Nabokov’s “Lolita”? A. “Even the most perfect reproduction A. “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my of a work of art is lacking in one element: loins. My sin, my soul.” its presence in time and space, its unique B. “Lolita, look at this tangle of thorns.” existence at the place where it happens to be.” C. “Lolita, all at once we were madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love B. “The feeling of strangeness that over- with each other.” comes the actor before the camera, as Pi- randello describes it, is basically of the D. “Lolita, a cluster of stars palely same kind as the estrangement felt before glowed above us.” one’s own image in the mirror.” 44. Which of the following artists did NOT produce Surrealist photography? C. “All art work, even mass produced art, clearly links to an original referent that A. Maurice Tabard has a stable and knowable meaning.” B. Ansel Adams D. Both A and B C. Hans Bellmer 40. Who wrote the collection of poems enti- D. Man Ray tled “The Wind Among the Reeds?” 45. Fill in the blank. The novel “Things Fall A. W.B. Yeats Apart” explores ..... society and its encounter with European colonialism. B. Jorge Luis Borges A. Ibo C. Mario Vargas Llosa B. Russian D. Charles Baudelaire C. Irish 41. Who wrote the following statement: D. Indian “When you asked me to speak about 46. Theodor Adorno’s “Culture Industry Re- women and fiction I sat down on the banks considered” further examines the notion of a river and began to wonder what the of the “culture industry” and suggests words meant”? which of the following about the “culture A. Amy Lowell industry?” NarayanB. Gertrude Stein ChangderA. It destroys notions of high and low culture and replaces it with mass culture. C. Virginia Woolf B. It is an industry in the sense that its D. Alice Walker aim is to standardize aesthetic taste and 42. Which of the following famous literary value. lines is contained in William Butler Yeats’ C. It is a radical rethinking of mass cul- poem “The Second Coming”? ture in that it promotes the values of high 303

culture and attempts to eradicate more C. Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” popular forms of expression. D. Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Twilight of the D. Both A and B Idols” 47. Which of the following are well-known 52. Which of the following authors is NOT an Post-Modern theoreticians? important Irish writer? A. Linda Hutcheon A. Seamus Heaney B. Jean Baudrillard B. James Joyce C. Thomas Hobbes C. William Butler Yeats D. Both A and B D. E.M. Forster 48. What is “Post-Modernism”? 53. Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is an example of which of the fol- A. A term used to describe contemporary lowing literary trends? cultural production A. Aestheticism B. A literary movement concerned with extreme self-reﬂexivity B. Naturalism C. An attempt to break down the barriers C. Decadence between high and low culture D. Both A and C D. All of the above 54. Which of the following statements best describes the “Great Depression”? 49. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Naturalism” as an artistic and A. The Great Depression lasted for one literary movement? hundred years. A. Naturalism is a search for scientiﬁc B. The Great Depression was the longest certainty. and most severe depression ever experienced by Western civilization since indus- B. Naturalism depicts humans as reason- trialization. able and objective. C. The Great Depression was a severe C. Naturalism depicts the more “animal- economic downturn in the industrialized istic” tendencies of humans. world that began in 1929 and lasted for D. Naturalism considers the author or approximately ten years. artist to be like a scientist. D. B and C only 50. Wilfred Owen’s war poem “Dulce et 55. Which of the following is NOT a char- Decorum est” ends with which of the fol- acteristic of “Realism” as an artistic and lowing Latin phrases? literary movement? A. “Pax romana”Jai ShreeA. Realism strives Ram to depict humans B. “Veni, vidi, vici” within a certain social context. C. “Dux bellorum” B. Realism depicts the tension between harsh reality and ideals. D. “Pro patria mori” C. Realism gives up the search for truth 51. Which of the following is a literary work and instead embraces moral relativism. of “The Lost Generation?” D. Realism explores ethical quandaries A. Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also within a social context. Rises” 56. Jorge Luis Borges is a native of which B. James Joyce’s “Dubliners” country? 304 Chapter 9. Cultural and Literary in Modernity

A. Argentina C. Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is rea- B. Brazil son. C. Mexico D. The library is analogous to the uni- D. Britain verse. 57. T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” begins with 61. Which of the following statements does which of the following well-known open- NOT reﬂect the general characteristics of ing lines? T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland”? A. “Was it for this-” A. Some academic scholars suggest that B. “Riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from “The Wasteland” is an extrapolation of the swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings search for the Holy Grail. us by a commodius vicus of recirculation B. “The Wasteland” is an excellent exam- back to Howth Castle and Environs.” ple of modernist symbolism. C. “And the worst friend and enemy is C. Eliot’s poem takes great pains to illus- but Death.” trate the breakdown of stable meaning in D. “April is the cruellest month” the modern world. 58. Who painted “The Accommodations of D. “The Wasteland” is often used as an Desire”? excellent example of poetic realism. A. Salvador Dalí 62. The literary style of Virginia Woolf’s novel “To the Lighthouse” is best de- B. Pablo Picasso scribed in which of the following ways? C. Juan Miró A. As an omniscient narrative of love and D. Man Ray loss 59. Which of the following best describes the B. As a third-person narrative of the novel “The God of Small Things?” Great Depression A. It is a lyrical novel that explores cul- C. As a domestic stream of consciousness tural identity and decline of an Indian fam- narrative ily. D. A and B only B. It is a Romantic novel that explores 63. Which of the following statements regard- the decline of a Russian family. ing Oscar Wilde is false? C. It is a stream-of-consciousness nar- A. His career ended when he was jailed rative that explores cultural identity in for criminal “gross indecency.” nineteenth-century Ireland. B. He believed that art should be some- D. It is a lyrical novel that explores the thing more than the reproduction and ap- decline of a Caribbean family. preciation of the natural world. 60. In Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Library of Ba- C. Wilde was the author of such poems Narayanbel,” which of the following is NOT a ma- Changderas “Bénédiction,” “L’Albatros,” and “élé- jor concern of the work? vation.” A. The short work speaks of the daunting D. He was notorious for his use of para- search for truth and knowledge. dox. B. It is obsessed with the descriptions of 64. The French novelist J.K. Huysmans, in his an endless and ultimately incomprehensi- work “Against the Grain,” is intended to ble library. convey which of the following ideas? 305

A. The work celebrates the young Jean which of the following is true of “tradi- and his Jesuit school education as a model tion?” for the best possible education of the A. In English literature, we cannot refer young. to "the tradition" or to "a tradition;" at B. It ends with the famous line “the hor- most, we employ the adjective in saying ror, the horror.” that the poetry of so-and-so is "traditional" or even "too traditional." C. It explores Jean’s decision to become a recluse and a social drop-out. B. Tradition is the great conversation which links all English literature and is D. All of the above a coherent and stable cannon. 65. T.S. Eliot considered which of the follow- C. All of the above ing one of the greatest short stories ever written? D. A and B only 69. Which novelist is NOT commonly A. “The Dead” thought of as producing Post-Colonial B. “The Surrealist Manifesto” work? C. “The Heart of Darkness” A. Arundhati Roy D. “To the Lighthouse” B. Salman Rushdie 66. Which of the following authors is NOT C. Seamus Heaney considered to be a practitioner of “Magi- D. Vladimir Nabokov cal Realism”? 70. Of the following, who was NOT a well A. Gabriel Garcia Marquez known modernist author? B. Isabel Allende A. James Joyce C. James Joyce B. Voltaire D. Allejo Carpentier C. Virginia Woolf 67. According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s module D. Y.B. Yeats on Freud, Sigmund Freud’s work on trans- 71. Which of the following is true of Charles ference and trauma argues which of the Baudelaire’s “Bénédiction”? following points? A. It was originally written in English. A. There is an undeniable “tension be- B. It celebrates the almost divine power tween the death-instinct and the sexual of the poet. instincts.” C. It suggests that poetry is demonic in B. Repetition-compulsion does not help nature. to come to terms with one’s own mortality. Jai ShreeD. Both A and Ram B 72. Between 1890 and 1919, which of the fol- C. Most victims of trauma do not exhibit lowing was a preoccupation of Western “the compulsion of the human psyche to re- European literature? peat traumatic events over and over again.” A. Sexual mores B. The importance of the irrational D. Talk therapy will not help cure one’s psychological neuroses concerning past C. Bourgeois sensibility trauma. D. All of the above 68. According to T.S. Eliot in his essay 73. How may W.B. Yeats’ poem, “The Sec- on “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” ond Coming,” be interpreted? 306 Chapter 9. Cultural and Literary in Modernity

A. As an interpretation of the Biblical A. Marx Second Coming of Christ B. Freud B. As an attempt to support European C. Darwin colonialism in Africa C. As a howl of despair concerning the D. Aristotle current state of the world 79. According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s “General Introduction to Postmodernism,” Roland D. Both A and C Barthes, in his work “The Death of the 74. Georges Braque’s “Woman with a Guitar” Author,” argues which of the following is an example of which of the following points? artistic movements? A. “The modern writer (scriptor) is born A. Cubism simultaneously with his text.” B. Vorticism B. “Once the Author is gone, the claim to C. Futurism "decipher" a text is quite simple.” D. A and B only C. “A text never consists of multiple writ- 75. Which Post-Colonial theorist employs an ings, it is always the product of a mono- extended analysis of the term “Oriental- lithic culture.” ism”? D. Both A and B A. Edward Said 80. Literary critics who analyze the works B. Arundhati Roy of Salman Rushdie often engage which “Post-Modern” school of criticism? C. Salman Rushdie D. Homi Bhaba A. Marxism 76. Why does the “Flâneur" begin to disap- B. Post-Colonial Theory pear as a Parisian phenomenon? C. Deconstruction A. Because of the increasing prominence D. Feminism of department stores in Paris 81. “In Parenthesis” is David Jones’s mod- B. Because of the advent of arcade ernist adaptation of which traditional liter- projects ary form? C. Because they began to purchase prod- A. The romance ucts as they walked the urbanscape B. The epic D. Because they were threatened by police with jail C. The sonnet 77. Which of the following are contemporary D. The haiku Indian artists who have begun to more critically examine India’s post-colonial situa- 82. Which of the following best describes tion? James Joyce’s “Araby”? Narayan ChangderA. It begins with the famous line: “North A. Ravinder Reddy Richmond Street being blind, was a quiet B. Rummana Hussain street except at the hour when the Chris- C. Dadabhai Naoroji tian Brothers’ School set the boys free.” D. A and B only 78. Fill in the blank. Walter Benjamin was B. It speaks of the author’s illicit relation- most clearly a student of .....’s work. ship with a young girl. 307

C. It is a dramatization of the relationship 87. Which of the following artists was NOT between Adam and Eve in the Garden of inﬂuenced by Surrealism? Eden. A. Giorgio de Chirico D. It is an analysis of “Exodus” from B. Salvador Dalí “The Holy Bible.” C. Marcel Duchamp 83. Which of the following authors is considered a major theorist of deconstruction? D. Paul Gauguin A. Raymond Williams 88. Which of the following descriptions accurately describes Joseph Conrad’s “Heart B. Jacques Derrida of Darkness”? C. Fredric Jameson A. The end of the novella depicts Mar- D. Both A and B low’s conversation with the Kurtz’s In- tended. 84. The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a number B. The work considers the dark side of of literary and cultural movements which European colonialism. amounted to a rejection of the principles C. Marlow comes to understand the ne- of Victorianism because of which social cessity of European leadership in Africa. transformations?

A. The shift from agriculturally-based to D. Both A and B industrial societies in the West 89. “Post-Modernism” is often characterized B. The decline of traditional religious be- by which of the following attitudes? liefs in Europe A. A fascination with the past but a past C. The rise of traditional social identities that is used out of its original context as and the decline of personal identity pastiche D. Both A and B B. A reinforcement of master narratives 85. Siegfried Sassoon’s poem “To Victory” is C. A rejection of master narratives concerned primarily with which of the fol- D. Both A and C lowing themes? 90. Which of the following statements is true A. His safe return home of the Anglo-Irish War? B. The defeat of the Germans A. The Anglo-Irish war began with the C. His death and escape from suffering. resistance of the Irish Republican Army. D. His ability to ﬁnally kill an enemy sol- B. The Anglo-Irish war never involved a dier Jai Shreeguerrilla campaign. Ram 86. What is the “Post-Modern” practice of C. In the course of the Anglo-Irish War, “Deconstructionism”? only a few hundred members of the Irish Republican Army were actively resisting A. An assault on the notion that there is British rule. any knowable truth D. All of the above B. An assault on the sexual mores of the 91. Who wrote “Take up the White Man’s Victorian Age burden-/ Send forth the best ye breed-” C. A reafﬁrmation of Romantic notions in order to inspire Western Europeans to of the sublime propagate benevolent, enlightened colonialism? D. All of the above 308 Chapter 9. Cultural and Literary in Modernity

A. Charles Baudelaire C. The term "magical realism" was first coined by Franz Roh, a German art critic. B. William Butler Yeats C. Rudyard Kipling D. All of the above D. Napoleon III 96. According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s “General 92. The motto “art for art’s sake” means that Introduction to Postmodernism,” what is artists began to do which of the follow- the meaning of the term “simulacra”? ing? A. “Something that replaces reality with A. Produce works of art that were mean- its representation” ingless B. “A stable referent to a knowable origi- B. Reject artistic production that was obli- nal cultural artifact” gatorily moral in character C. “An exact imitation of the material C. Avoid all forms of prose world” D. Make art profitable above all else D. “A basic affirmation of everyday real- 93. Which of the following is NOT one of ity” the general themes of concern in Derek 97. Which of the following is NOT a mod- Walcott’s poem“Becune Point” ernist art movement? A. Nature A. Surrealism B. Christianity B. Dadaism C. Pastoral landscapes C. Symbolism D. World War II D. Realism 98. Important contemporary reviews of Vir- 94. Which of the following descriptions of the ginia Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse” tend to “Avant-Garde Movement” is false? focus on which of the following aspects A. The avant-garde, a military term mean- of the novel? ing “advanced guard,” was founded in A. The profound and often troubling rela- France in the mid-19th century. tionships among characters B. The term avant-garde itself means "ad- B. The novel’s experimental structure vanced guard," and the military role of the advanced guard and the role of the avant- C. The novel’s radically unique narrative garde art movement are much of the same. voice D. All of the above C. The realist painter Gustave Courbet 99. Who was Le Corbusier? never considered himself a member of the A. He was born Charles-Edouard Jean- avant-garde. neret. D. Both A and B B. He was an architect who designed The 95. Which of the following statements best Chandigarh Legislative Assembly build- Narayandescribes “Magical Realism”? Changdering in Punjab, India. A. Magical realism often accepts both a C. He was the architect who designed materialist and a supernatural view of the The Robie House in Chicago, Illinois. real. D. Both A and B B. Magical realism differs from fantasy 100. Which of the following statements best and science fiction in that it considers the describes the “British East India Com- impossible as normal. pany?” 309

A. The British East India Company was Tea. originally a group of London businessmen C. The British East India Company was engaged in importing spices from South essentially a covert British army. Asia. B. The British East India Company ﬁrst D. Both A and B entered South Asia as importers of British

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1. Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales”? 4. The turbulent years of the 14th century witnessed a blending of language and cul- A. The court of Richard II ture that led to the rise of Middle English. B. The church Which of the following events led to the nickname “the era of catastrophes”? C. The military A. The Hundred Years War D. The literary tradition B. The Great Schism 2. How is the lai similar to a medieval romance? C. The Black Plague D. All of these answers A. Both include stacked tales in a single sequential narrative. 5. Which text is an example of a poem structured as a vision to convey the theme of B. Both have courtly love as their central salvation? theme. A. The Battle of Maldon C. Both are designed in an episodic man- B. The Seafarer ner. Jai ShreeC. The Wanderer Ram D. Both are usually intended to be sung as hymns. D. The Dream of the Rood 3. Which of the following texts are associ- 6. What is a lai? ated with the alliterative revival? A. A poem with courtly love as its central theme A. “The Dream of the Rood” B. A short lyrical poem B. “The Wanderer” C. A poem that is usually in octosyllabic C. “The Seafarer” couplets D. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” D. All of these answers 312 Chapter 10. Medieval Literature and Culture

7. Which of the following epic themes are D. The primary language became French. invoked in The Wanderer? A. Exile 12. Which of the following advice is offered B. Abandoned mead-halls to women in Acrene Wisse? C. Loneliness A. Anchoresses should live in a dwelling attached to a church. D. All of these answers 8. Which of the following is not related to B. Anchoresses should avoid gossip. the term medievalism? C. Anchoresses should avoid men. A. Enlightenment D. All of these answers B. Feudalism 13. Which of the following accurately de- C. Guildhouses scribes the way in which the comitatus ethic is represented in Beowulf, The Sea- D. Monasticism farer, and The Wanderer? 9. Why is Caedmon’s Hymn important in the history of Old English literature? A. As a mutually beneficial relationship between rulers and warriors A. The poem could be easily sung in all churches and was widely accepted. B. As an economic system of rewards used to ensure warriors reliability B. The poem’s theme of alienation becomes familiar to Anglo-Saxon poetry. C. As a pre-feudal power structure based C. The poem illustrates Caedmon’s erudi- on the distribution of economic and mili- tion and scholarship. tary resources D. The poem is widely believed to be the D. All of these answers first written poem in Old English. 14. Which of the following factors helped cre- 10. What is the significance of the line: Fate ate a solidified British political identity? is established! in The Wanderer? A. The shift away from individual petty A. The line describes the optimistic atti- kingdoms to central rule under King Al- tude of the speaker. fred B. The line suggests that the speaker is B. Efforts to revive learning comfortably settled. C. The translation of Latin religious and C. The Wanderer is a poem about fatal historical works in vernacular traditions endings. D. All of these answers D. The line suggests that fate plays an irrevocable role in human affairs. 15. Which of the following themes is not 11. Which of the following cultural changes explored in “Sir Gawain and the Green occurred as a result of the Norman inva- Knight”? Narayansion? ChangderA. The knightly ideal A. The Church moved away from using B. Conversion to Christianity Latin. C. Sexual purity B. The trend of educational reforms was reversed. D. Feudal loyalty C. England returned to its pre-feudal 16. Which of the following best defines Mid- state. dle English? 313

A. An early form spoken and written by 21. Which of the following best defines the Anglo-Saxons caesura? B. A filed-down Old English with heavy A. A pause or break in a line of poetry French influence B. Giving inanimate objects human qual- C. A unique form of English spoken in ities Germany C. A metaphorical compound D. A form brought to England by the D. The image used to share qualities in a Scandinavians metaphor or simile 17. Which of the following is not a major cat- 22. Chaucer and Langland were contempo- egory of the romance genre? raries, but there were several differences A. The Matter of Germany between their writing styles. Which of B. The Matter of Rome the following best describes these differences? C. The Matter of Britain A. Langland wrote only about aristocratic D. The Matter of England characters that were similar to Arthurian 18. What is problematic about calling Be- legends, whereas Chaucer wrote about owulf part of Old English literature? lower social classes. A. There is no firm concept of when En- B. Chaucer and Langland wrote in differ- glish literature began. ent dialects. B. The epic poem is written in a language C. Chaucer copied French and Italian that is unrecognizable to many English style, whereas Langland did not. speakers. D. Most of Chaucer’s poetry was for a C. Danish and German scholars first secular court audience, whereas Lang- claimed the poem. land’s was didactic, teaching a moral les- D. There are no English characters in the son. poem. 23. Which of the following texts was inspired 19. In Caedmon’s Hymn, the poet borrows the by Historia Regum Britanniae? language of which literary form? A. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History A. The mock epic B. Caedmon’s Hymn B. The lyric ballad C. Chretien de Troyes Yvain, or le Cheva- C. The lai lier au Lion D. The heroic epic D. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales 20. Chaucer’s pilgrims are a representative 24. Why is the presence of the comitatus ethic section of lateJai medieval society. Shree Which in Beowulf significant? Ram of the following economic situations is A. The comitatus ethic represents the evident among this group? shift from a nomadic to a more organized A. Landlords had growing problems with social structure. their tenants. B. The comitatus ethic is evidence of a B. The lack of guilds led to a decline in period in which behavior was guided by available civic services. Christian ethics. C. A modern social hierarchy developed. C. The comitatus ethic shows a historical return to older types of political organization. D. All of these answers 314 Chapter 10. Medieval Literature and Culture

D. The comitatus ethic represents a cul- 29. Which of the following are characteristics ture in which rulers had no responsibilities of a medieval romance? to their citizens. A. Episodic French and German poetry 25. Which of the following characters from B. Resemblance to an epic “The Canterbury Tales” might represent the rising middle-class of the 14th cen- C. Supernatural themes involving drag- tury? ons and monsters D. All of these answers A. The merchant 30. Which of the following is not a character- B. The knight istic of Old English? C. The prioress A. Alliteration D. The plowman B. Personification 26. Why is the Battle of Hastings relevant to C. Caesura the development of Middle English? D. Romance A. English as a language of the king’s 31. Which of the following provides an exam- court was replaced by Norman French. ple of the oral-formulaic tradition? B. Eventually English was reestablished, A. Caedmon’s Hymn deeply influenced by Norman French. B. Beowulf C. For a time, England became a country C. The Wanderer with two languages. D. The Dream of the Rood D. All of these answers 32. Which of the following texts provides the 27. In Beowulf, what is the significance of best example of medieval estates satire? wergild? A. “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” A. Wergild is connected to the idea that B. “Piers Plowman” bloodshed leads to more bloodshed. C. “The Canterbury Tales” B. Wergild contributes to the claustropho- D. “The Book of Margery Kempe” bic, doom-laden atmosphere. 33. What is the significance of the dreamer in C. Wergild relates to the concept of wyrd. The Dream of the Rood? A. The dreamer functions as an example D. All of these answers of the comitatus ethic. 28. What is the significance of the title of “Ev- B. The dreamer has a special hope for eryman”? salvation. C. The dreamer is a relic from before the A. The title suggests a long history of con- Christian conversion. flict between the government and the individual. D. The dreamer is an example of the superstition of paganism. NarayanB. The title is part of the morality play’s Changder 34. Which of the following texts provides the attempt to make Christian struggles uni- best example of the comitatus ethic? versal. A. Caedmon’s Hymn C. The title alludes to other plays in the same cycle. B. The Battle of Maldon D. The title suggests that faith-based is- C. The Canterbury Tales sues are individual to each Christian. D. The Dream of the Rood 315

35. What is the primary purpose of Chetien C. He separated Arthurian legend from de Troye’s medieval romances? tales of courtly love. A. To convert readers to Christianity D. He dropped the supernatural theme through positive examples found in Arthurian legend. B. To inform illiterate readers about 40. Which of the following best defines allit- Arthurian legend erative verse? C. To reconcile the hero’s responsibilities A. A traditional form with repeated con- in love and wars sonant sounds D. To sway audiences away from reading B. An Anglo-Saxon form written in tales of courtly love iambic pentameter with traditional rhymes 36. In “Everyman,” which of the following provides the path to redemption in the af- C. A popular form in the 9th and 10th terlife? centuries A. Faith D. A form brought to England in the B. Time spent in prayer years during the Norman invasion C. Donations made to the monastery 41. Which of the following genres applies to D. Good deeds Langland’s “Piers Plowman”? 37. What is the primary focus of Bede’s Ec- A. Allegory clesiastical History? B. Social satire A. The life of everyday people in the 5th C. Dream vision and 6th centuries D. All of these answers B. The conversion of Britain to Christian- ity 42. What was the primary function of The Rule of Saint Benedict? C. The history of Christianity before it reached Britain A. The Rule of Saint Benedict standardized monasticism. D. The spread of Christianity after the Norman Conquest B. The Rule of Saint Benedict was the 38. In Beowulf, what is the significance of the first example of poetry written in the ver- term whale-road? nacular language. A. The term is an allusion to Beowulf’s C. The Rule of Saint Benedict explained golden torque. the new architectural style. B. The term represents the comitatus D. The Rule of Saint Benedict offered an ethic. Jai Shreeearly example Ram of dream poetry. C. The term is an example of kenning. 43. What is the significance of the phrase protecting the heart from Acrene Wisse? D. The term is an example of caesura. 39. What was historically significant about A. The phrase refers to anchoresses re- Chretien de Troyes Yvain, le Chevalier au sponsibility to defend other Christians. Lion? B. The phrase suggests that women A. He recast the history of Arthur into the should safeguard their spirituality through romance genre. total withdrawal from the world. B. He was the first to discuss the Knights C. The phrase is considered one of the of the Round Table. positive effects of prayer. 316 Chapter 10. Medieval Literature and Culture

D. The phrase involves becoming a nun 49. Which of the following is not an example in order to escape the bad influence of of Arthurian legend? men. A. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia 44. How does The Cross, as speaker, portray Regum Britanniae Jesus in The Dream of the Rood? B. Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Di- A. As the suffering Christ vine Love B. As the ransom God demands for the C. Marie de France’s Lanval sins of humanity D. Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur C. As a special Jewish teacher 50. Why was the alliterative revival associated D. As the heroic noble warrior with nationalism and nostalgia? 45. Which of the following is the best example of a mystery play? A. The stories of King Arthur made all English people nostalgic. A. “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” B. Metrical poetry simply got boring. B. “The Second Shepherds’ Play” C. Alliterative poetry was much easier to C. “The Knight’s Tale” write. D. “The Dream of the Rood” D. Alliterative poetry was associated with 46. In Beowulf, what does the representation a world before the French influence, a of Hrothgar suggest about rulers? world before the Conquest. A. Kings often used generous gifts to re- 51. How did the Norman Conquest affect the cruit their followers. international political situation in Eng- B. It was necessary for kings to fight in land? order to keep their power. A. The Norman Conquest increased the C. The ability to attract fellow warriors French influence. was a necessary attribute of power. B. The Norman Conquest marked the last D. All of these answers attempt for a Scandinavian nation to over- 47. “The Second Shepherds’ Play” is part of take England. which play cycle? C. The Norman Conquest ended cultural A. Cornish cycle interaction with Norway and Denmark. B. York cycle D. All of these answers C. Roman cycle 52. Which of the following characteristics are not essential to knightly chivalry as de- D. Wakefield cycle scribed by Chretien de Troyes? 48. Why was Acrene Wisse written in the vernacular language? A. The knight is religious. A. English was a more commonly used B. The knight is submissive to his lad. Narayanlanguage in the Church. ChangderC. The knight is dedicated to his feudal B. The audience was likely unable to read lord. French. D. The knight is blond, tall, and elegant. C. Women were more educated, so they 53. What does Chaucer write concerning the knew more languages. devastating effect of the Black Death upon D. The audience was partially lay-women English social, cultural, and economic life with little knowledge of Latin. in “The Canterbury Tales”? 317

A. Priests died in great numbers. A. the Black Plague. B. Rent prices increased because of the B. unrequited love for John of Gaunt. market boom. C. drowning in the Thames. C. The upper classes were burdened by D. childbirth. their monopoly of scarce resources. 59. Which of the following most accurately D. Chaucer wrote no direct descriptions. explains the Bretons influence on me- 54. Which of the following best defines dieval literature? wergild? A. The Bretons roots were in the Celtic A. Giving inanimate objects human qual- cultural tradition. ities B. Breton literature had a profound effect B. A metaphorical compound on medieval literature in England. C. A reparational payment demanded of C. The Bretons represented prominent a person guilty of homicide forces in the Norman invasion. D. The image used to share qualities in a D. All of these answers metaphor or simile 55. Between which movements do historians 60. In Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion, what is the situate literature in the Middle Ages? significance of trouthe? A. English Reformation and Elizabethan A. Trouthe represents the supernatural as- Age pects of the medieval romance. B. Civil war and the Restoration B. Trouthe alludes to the British conversion from paganism to Christianity. C. Roman departure and the Renaissance C. Trouthe emphasizes the positive side of feudalism. D. Romanticism and the Enlightenment 56. What was the focus of Geoffrey of Mon- D. Trouthe suggests the imminent return mouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae? to a pre-feudal social organization. A. The life and poems of Caedmon 61. Why is the concept of feudalism important in medieval literature? B. The conversion of Britain from paganism A. Feudalism represents the world of scholars who studied the ancient texts of C. The early years of William the Con- the past. queror B. The feudal world is one of glamor and D. The tales of King Arthur beauty. 57. Which genre is based on interactions between three feudalJai classes? ShreeC. Feudalism Ram represents an economic hierarchy, the upper levels of which created A. Dream poetry and consumed literature. B. Romance D. Feudalism represents interesting fam- C. Lai ily quarrels that make for good stories. D. Estates satire 62. In Acrene Wisse, the mission of the an- 58. Complete the following statement. chorite was justified through what pur- Chaucer wrote his elegiac poem, “The pose? Book of the Duchess,” to praise the young A. To serve the church Duchess of Lancaster who tragically died of: B. To withdraw and meditate upon God 318 Chapter 10. Medieval Literature and Culture

C. To pray C. The human soul’s tendency towards intimate union with the divine D. To preach D. The separation between humanity and 63. Pride in one’s accomplishments was im- divinity portant to the Anglo-Saxon thegn. If so, why does Hrothgar say in Beowulf: do 67. How do the themes of Marie de France’s not give way to pride? Lanval and Chretien de Troyes Yvain compare? A. Hrothgar believes it is important to stay focused on revenge. A. Both use the comitatus ethic to explain their hero’s motivations. B. Pride is one of the deadly sins. B. Both include references to William the C. Pride causes one to appear immodest. Conqueror. D. Extreme pride can cause one to be C. Both include the theme of broken overly secure and make mistakes. promises between lovers. 64. In the first decades after the Norman Con- D. Both feature mentions of the conver- quest, which of the following best de- sion from paganism. scribes the use of language in England? 68. The home of Chaucer’s royal patron and A. The conquered English quickly stud- friend, John of Gaunt, was burned during ied French. the Peasants’ Revolt of 138. What events B. The French conquerors learned En- led to this revolt? glish in order to be able to govern well. A. Government policies were incorrectly based on the idea that the rich would help C. Latin became a common language for the poor survive. interaction between the two groups. B. The high rates of the poll tax were considered unfair. D. Most of the English population went on speaking English with French used C. Peasants were jointly united against mostly among the upper-ruling class. the pattern of upper-class harassments 65. In Acrene Wisse, what is the author’s ad- D. All of these answers vice regarding priests? 69. What led to the alliterative revival? A. Priests should be used as examples of A. A return to reading poetry from the ecclesiastical life. 11th and 12th centuries B. Priests should be avoided, because B. The influence of southern courtly po- men are bad influences. ets writing in French and Latin C. Priests should offer anchoresses their C. A surge in English nationalism only connection to the outside world. D. The introduction to new poetic forms D. Priests should be honored, because during the Norman invasion men are naturally more spiritual. Narayan70. ChangderIn Beowulf, what is the significance of the 66. Which of the following best defines mys- term wyrd? ticism? A. Wyrd has to do with reparational pay- A. The dream connection between the ments exacted from people guilty of homi- two sexes cide. B. A literary genre written mainly in the B. Wyrd is related to the folly of earthly Anglo-Saxon era possessions. 319

C. Wyrd suggests the idea of fate. 75. How did the interaction between the En- glish and the Bretons affect literature? D. Wyrd is an allusion to the impending conversion to Christianity. A. The exposure to new forms ended the 71. What distinguishes morality plays from production of lais. mystery plays? B. This interaction led to the inﬂuence of A. Mystery plays involve Christian Arthurian legend on French literature. themes, whereas morality plays do not. C. This interaction led to more stories B. Morality plays involve Christian about the English conversion to Christian- themes, whereas mystery plays do not. ity. C. Morality plays were written individu- D. The cultural exchange led to more sto- ally, whereas mystery plays are in cycles. ries about ancient myths. 76. What is the signiﬁcance of Sutton Hoo?

D. Mystery plays were written individu- A. Sutton Hoo provides architectural evi- ally, whereas morality plays are in cycles. dence from a virtually unexplored period of history. 72. Which of the following best describes how B. Sutton Hoo gives more information Bede was a typical Christian of his time? about the society that created Beowulf. A. He combined zealous Christianity C. Sutton Hoo provides insight into the with English patriotism. conversion from paganism to Christianity. B. He did not believe that Christianity was an essential part of English culture. D. All of these answers 77. How did the Normans revolutionize En- C. He thought that England was a pagan glish poetry? wilderness. A. They introduced alliterative verse. D. He believed that English Christians needed to move to a New Israel. B. They introduced rhyming octosyllabic 73. Which of the following is not an example couplets. of a lai? C. They introduced iambic pentameter. A. Sir Launfal D. They introduced metaphor. B. Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath 78. Arthur, the good King of Britain...held a rich and royal court. C. Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale A. This line suggests that Britain was D. Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love the most important place in the medieval world. 74. Which of the following lines provides an Jai ShreeB. This line suggests Ram that good kings are example of alliterative verse? rewarded by God. A. “The knight took a step toward/The C. This line suggests that Arthur was maiden she called him forward” beloved by the English, because he was B. “her biginneth the earste boc of ures good. ant ureisuns the gode beoth to seggen” D. This line suggests the elegance neces- C. “doughty in theire doings and dredde sary for the feudal king to display being ay schame” at the top of the economic hierarchy. D. “I left my lands to come where you 79. Which of the following is the best exam- are/To ﬁnd you I have come so far!” ple of a morality play? 320 Chapter 10. Medieval Literature and Culture

A. “The Seafarer” B. The strong alliteration creates rhythm that accentuates the adventurous spirit. B. “Everyman” C. The line seems to frame a story with C. “The Second Shepherds’ Play” plot complications. D. “The Dream of the Rood” D. The line alludes to a poem with reli- 80. Beowulf introduces the reader to the life gious undertones. of a thegn. Which of the following best describes the role of the thegn? 84. The Battle of Maldon describes which historical event? A. The thegn is a warrior who has sworn his loyalty to an Anglo-Saxon lord. A. The defeat of the English at the hands of the Vikings in 991 B. The thegn is a class of proto- capitalism opposed to the guild system. B. The First Crusade in the 11th-century C. The Second Crusade in the 12th- C. The thegn is a warrior who pays century money in exchange for exemption from D. The Norman Conquest in 1066 military service. 85. Which of the following best describes the D. The thegn is an Anglo-Saxon lord who signiﬁcance of the following line from partakes in the comitatus ethic. Julian of Norwich’s “Revelations of Di- 81. What is the signiﬁcance of the “Green vine Love”: “all manner of things shall be Knight”? well”? A. He suggests the lack of knightly A. The world is a happy and wonderful themes in Middle English poetry. place. B. He alludes to an ancient Anglo-Saxon B. We can make the world better if we ruler. work hard. C. He represents the link with Celtic C. There are many things in the world to mythology. love. D. He suggests a continued tie with pa- D. The love and grace of God can change ganism. lives for the better. 82. Which of the following statements best 86. What was the function of the Anglo- characterizes the work of early monks in Saxon Chronicle? shaping future medieval church life? A. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records A. They were extremely charismatic. the history of the continuity and persis- B. They wanted to move from the basics tence of Anglo-Saxon culture in Old En- of Christian faith to a full Christian life. glish. C. They were promoters of the monastic B. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle offers a life. lay person’s perspective on Anglo-Saxon Narayan Changderhistory. D. All of these answers C. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle focuses 83. The adventure of another lay/Just as it hap- on the courtly adventures of Anglo-Saxon pened, I’ll relay. English. A. The line has obvious rhyme and meter, D. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle presents and the opening words suggest a story of an accurate description of the Second and adventure and excitement. Third Crusades. 321

87. Which of the following is not a theme in C. Mystical literature ended the trend of Chretien de Troyes Yvain, le Chevalier au poems in which God was cast as a lover. Lion? D. Mystical literature provided a place A. The relationships between knights and for women to write romantic and religious ladies literature. B. The feudal system 92. In Lanval, how does Marie de France represent King Arthur? C. The knight’s lack of loyalty to his lord A. As a historical figure with whom her audience is largely unfamiliar D. The conduct of wars and tournaments B. As a warrior king 88. In The Wanderer, what is the speaker’s primary conflict? C. As someone who broken the tradition of offering lavish gifts to his supporters A. The desire to travel in search of wisdom with the social conventions D. As a modest ruler who defended his own borders B. The folly of earthly things with the 93. Which of the following would most likely wisdom of heaven be the theme of a medieval romance? C. The speaker’s spiritual regression with A. The story of an English village’s con- the increasing trend of Christian conver- version to Christianity sions B. A first-person story of the Norman in- D. The desire for a more advanced world vasion with stagnant social progress C. The adventure of a knight who rescues 89. Despite the fact that the Anglo-Saxon a maiden Chronicle continued well into the Norman rule of the 12th century, which king origi- D. A poem that features courtly love but nally commissioned this work? denounces supernaturalism A. King Harold 94. What literary term is suggested by the quote steadfast companions will stand by B. King Arthur him from Beowulf? C. William the Conqueror A. The golden torque D. Alfred the Great B. Hurnting 90. What is the verse form of Marie de C. Comitatus ethic France’s Lanval? D. Kenning A. Dactylic pentameter 95. Which of the following statements regard- B. OctosyllabicJai couplets Shreeing the success Ram and importance of the oral C. Heroic couplets tradition of literature is true? A. Monks memorized many passages of D. Clerihew scripture, preserving scriptures. 91. How was mystical literature significant? B. Scops recited poems to noble audi- A. Mystical literature suggested the con- ences, preserving the stories and poetic tinued link between paganism and Chris- tradition. tianity. C. Thegns were nobles who liked litera- B. Mystical literature prohibited women ture, and their patronage made poets pop- from writing in the voice of God. ular. 322 Chapter 10. Medieval Literature and Culture

D. Anchoresses recited poems to occupy A. The misuse of scripture their time alone in their cells. B. The contrast between vulgar love and 96. In Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Tale,” why courtly love would the miller’s determination to speak C. The misdirected kiss following the knight appear unsettling to the 14th century audience? D. All of these answers A. The knight had not finished his tale. 99. King Alfred was associated with which of the following events? B. The miller did not ask politely. A. The breakdown of England’s once so- C. A member of the clergy should have lidified political identity spoken next. B. The success of the Battle of Maldon D. The miller was far beneath the knight C. The translation of Latin texts into the in social order, so the miller should have vernacular language deferred to the person who ranked above him. D. The suppression of the Norman Inva- sion 97. In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” what is the significance of “barley bread”? 100. How did French become the dominant language of England? A. Barley bread provides an example of A. King Alfred wanted all educated peo- medieval estates satire. ple to speak French. B. Barley bread represents the wife’s an- B. Many English nobles preferred French swer to the belief that virginity is superior because of the culture’s superior poetry. to marriage. C. Edward the Confessor’s wife was C. Barley bread suggests the heroine’s French, and she had great influence at state as a fallen woman. court. D. Barley bread signifies Chaucer’s use D. After the successful invasion of Eng- of alliterative verse. land, the language of William of Nor- 98. Which of the following themes appears in mandy became the language of the elite. “The Miller’s Tale”?

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1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. D 10. D 11. D 12. D 13. D 14.D 15. B 16. B 17. A 18. D 19. C 20. D 21. A 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. A 26.D 27. D 28. B 29. D 30. D 31. D 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. D 37. B 38.C 39. A 40. A 41. D 42. A 43. B 44. D 45. B 46. D 47. D 48. D 49. B 50.D 51. D 52. D 53. C 54. C 55. C 56. D 57. D 58. A 59. D 60. C 61. C 62.B 63. D 64. D 65. B 66. C 67. C 68. D 69. C 70. C 71. C 72. A 73. D 74.C 75. B 76. D 77. B 78. D 79. B 80. A 81. C 82. D 83. A 84. A 85. D 86.A 87.Narayan C 88. B 89. D 90. B 91. D 92. D 93. ChangderC 94. C 95. B 96. D 97. B 98.D 99. C 100.D 11. Medieval Women Writers

1. How did the development of nation-states 4. How do historians explain the increase in in the late Middle Ages affect women? the number of troubadours in the Middle Ages? A. they lost the ability to be anchoresses A. the public disinterest in popular tales B. they lost much of their political and about romance economic power B. the increased interest in stories written C. they were able to acquire more politi- in medieval Latin cal capital C. the decreased public interest in reli- D. they took on more important roles in gious stories the economy D. the French lords’ lack of interest in 2. What is a "lay" in medieval literature? tales of courtly love A. a short lyrical poem 5. Which literary device is most important B. a story of a saint’s life structurally in The Book of the City of Ladies? C. a type of book of hours Jai ShreeA. assonance Ram D. a devotional text used by anchoresses B. allegory 3. Which of the following best characterize noble women in the Middle Ages? C. litotes A. they were expected to ﬁx problems in D. simile their husbands’ absence 6. How did the fall of Roman imperialism affect Britain? B. they ran the household A. it led to the rise of Germanic cultures C. they were expected to be religious role models B. it created a conﬂict Christianity and paganism D. All of the Above 324 Chapter 11. Medieval Women Writers

C. it led to the end of Roman forms of 12. In the context of Medieval literature, what governing does "inner rule" mean? D. All of the Above A. it includes issues that pertain to the 7. Who were the troubadours? heart A. poets from France and Italy B. it is part of the anchoress’ inner self B. men who wrote only in the mystical C. it is the most important part of An- tradition crene Wisse C. the authors of conduct books D. All of the Above 13. In the context of Medieval literature, what D. heretics persecuted by the Church does the term "mystical marriage" mean? 8. What is the function of Ancrene Wisse? A. it is a union supported by the Church A. paradox B. it is a union between anchorites B. affective piety C. it is a mystical union between two peo- C. imagery ple D. pathos D. it is a spiritual union with God 9. Which writer(s) is/are associated with 14. Who wrote The Rules of Courtly Love? mysticism? A. Christine de Pizan A. Richard Rolle B. Catherine of Sienna B. Walter Hilton C. Andreas Capellanus C. Julian of Norwich D. Chretien de Troye D. All of the Above 15. What is "scholasticism" as it relates to the 10. Which of the following women is most medieval era? closely associated with monastic life? A. a period in which philosophers at- A. Marie de France tempted to reconcile philosophy with religion B. Hildegard of Bingen B. a period of educational activity C. Christine de Pizan C. a period associated with the Carolin- D. The Wife of Bath gian Renaissance 11. How did the Christian laws about mar- D. All of the Above riage differ from those of Germanic tribes’ 16. With which literary form is Ancrene customs? Wisse most closely related? A. the Germanic tribes allowed relation- A. estate satire ships between family members, while the Church prohibited marriage between rela- B. medieval lays tives C. conduct books NarayanB. the Church outlawed marriages be- ChangderD. medieval allegory tween children, while Germanic tribes tol- 17. Which provides the best example of a me- erated them dieval allegory? C. the Germanic tribes tolerated A. The Book of Margery Kempe polygamy, while the Church made monogamy the only acceptable type of B. "The Wooing of Our Lord" union C. "An Orison to Almighty God" D. All of the Above D. The Romance of the Rose 325

18. How was Christine de Pizan a unique fe- A. courtly love male writer for her time? B. peasant life A. she was the only woman to work in C. praise of chastity the oral tradition D. female literacy B. she was the first female mystic 24. Why do most critics also refer to the Mid- C. she wrote in order to support herself dle Ages as the Dark Ages? D. she was the only woman to write me- A. it was a period of surging Roman in- dieval lays stitutions 19. Which of the following women is widely B. the production of historical records in- considered the first feminist? creased A. Margery Kempe C. there are few primary sources that re- construct the history of the time B. Catherine of Siena D. the lack of technology made it literally C. Thecla dark D. Christine de Pizan 25. How did courtly literature characterize its heroines? 20. Which is/are typical of the supernatural in medieval romance? A. they were never chaste or pious A. enchantment B. they always represented the evil side of love B. spells C. they were sources of inspiration for C. fairy trickery heroic action D. All of the Above D. they were examples of mystical unions 21. What is the authorship controversy as it relates to Heloise and Abelard? 26. What is oral transmission? A. the critical debate about the verifica- A. a method of communication used tion of events in the letters solely by the early Church B. the idea that Abelard wrote all of the B. the spreading of material by word of letters mouth C. a mode of communication used mainly C. the issue of whether there is a "female after the rise of literacy voice" in the letters D. a method of communication that be- D. All of the Above came prominent at the end of the Middle 22. Which event(s)Jai characterized the Shree Middle Ages Ram Ages? 27. What were "conduct books"? A. invasions from barbarian tribes A. books that established standards of be- B. financial deficits from increased mili- havior for women tary expenditures B. books that were primarily intended to teach men how to treat their wives C. falling birth rates C. books that conformed with strict stan- D. All of the Above dards of behavior 23. Which is/are a theme(s) of "The Acts of D. books that recounted historical events Thecla?" in the medieval era 326 Chapter 11. Medieval Women Writers

28. What is hagiography? 33. In what way(s) did the legalization of Christianity impact medieval culture? A. the literary form linked closely with courtly love A. architecture came to be inﬂuenced by B. a method of creating a mystical union the Christian church C. a term associated with oral transmis- B. art revolved around Christian themes sion C. the Church became instrumental in the D. the writing and studying of saints’ formation of laws lives D. All of the Above 29. In the Middle Ages, which class of people 34. How did increased lay participation in re- was most likely to be literate? ligious life impact monasteries? A. monks A. it made them more valuable sources B. working class women of information C. working class men B. it made them seem irrelevant since they separated religious life from worldly D. peasants life 30. In The Book of the City of Ladies, how does Pizan treat the issue of women’s sex- C. it made them more important since uality? there were few literate lay worshipers A. she denies that there is a double stan- D. it made them symbols of the Church’s dard progress 35. To whom were The Lais of Marie de B. she says that men should be allowed France dedicated? to be more sexually active than women A. King Alfred C. she contends that women should ad- here to traditional rules of women B. King Arthur D. she attacks double standards for the C. King Henry sexes D. King Richard 31. Which of the following themes do both 36. What is an anchoress? Julian of Norwich and Catherine of Siena explore? A. a medieval female hermit A. the idea that community is essential to B. a woman who rejects the support of salvation the community because she feels it is sex- ist B. the concept of dualism of body and soul C. a male anchorite C. the concept of a sensual God D. a religious teacher in the medieval era D. the idea that God is separate from the human experience of love 37. According to Pizan, what is the most im- Narayan Changderportant element in a woman’s quest for 32. Which of the following couples exem- plify/exempliﬁes courtly love? equality? A. Lancelot and Guinevere A. chastity B. Dante and Beatrice B. piety C. Arthur and Guinevere C. education D. All of the Above D. secular political activity 327

38. Which is the best example of the "dou- 43. Which is true of medieval women? ble standard" that exists in tales of courtly A. they were not allowed to divorce their love? husbands A. women are always villains, while men B. they were not allowed to own a busi- are always heroes ness without permission B. women are always involved in super- C. they were not allowed to inherit land natural plots while men’s storylines tend if they had any brothers to be more realistic C. men are allowed to boast about their D. All of the Above affairs, while women must keep them se- 44. Which of the following was the most cret copied book of the Middle Ages? D. men are represented as immoral while A. The Romance of the Rose women are always presented as chaste B. "Book of Hours" 39. In the Middle Ages, what was the status of a married woman in relation to her hus- C. The Bible band? D. The Art of Courtly Love A. she was considered her husband’s 45. In "The Wife of Bath’s Tale," what does property Alisoun say women want most? B. she was considered equal to her hus- A. freedom band B. love C. she was more legally powerful than her husband C. education D. she was her husband’s property, but D. chastity could not be mistreated under law 46. When did the Norman Invasion take 40. Which of the following characterized place? court life in the Middle Ages? A. 9th century A. recitations by poets B. 10th century B. knightly tournaments C. 11th century C. games D. 12th century D. All of the Above 47. In the Middle Ages, how did religious and 41. In the Medieval era, women most com- secular concepts of virginity differ? monly worked as ..... A. secular authorities said that virginity A. retailers was unimportant, while the Church highly B. domesticJai servants Shreevalued it Ram C. spinners B. the Church said that virginity was D. All of the Above unimportant, while the secular authorities highly valued it 42. In the Middle Ages, nuns also performed which of the following roles? C. secular authorities said that virginity was an ethereal treasure, while religious A. teachers doctrines said it was spendable B. scribes D. religious doctrines said that virginity C. authors was an ethereal treasure, while secular au- D. All of the Above thorities said it was spendable 328 Chapter 11. Medieval Women Writers

48. How did courtly romances break down the C. architects from Western Europe were virgin/whore dichotomy? influenced by new Eastern styles A. they deemphasized the importance of D. All of the Above chastity 53. What are "books of hours?" B. they redefined women as attainable vs A. popular books before the invention of unattainable, rather than virgin vs whore the printing press C. they indicated that women’s sexual B. books of prayers used at Christian conduct should not be classified by men Mass D. they rarely explored issues of sexual- C. books of information about the history ity, love, or romance of the Church 49. Why do most historians think monasti- D. private books of prayers to be recited cism appealed to medieval women? throughout the day 54. Which of these female writers is most A. it provided women with the opportu- closely associated with tears? nity to protect their own property A. Julian of Norwich B. it provided women with a place to nourish their intellectual growth B. Margery Kempe C. it allowed women to exercise political C. Catherine of Siena authority in their communities D. Catherine de Pizan D. All of the Above 55. Which of the following typify the oral- formulaic? 50. In The Book of the City of Ladies, what is the function of the character Reason? A. The repetition of words A. she offers real reasons as to why B. The use of epithets with character’s women are valuable to society names C. An episodic structure B. she literally helps build the city D. All of the Above C. she helps the narrator see the merits of 56. Which of the following was a result of women Charlemange’s decree on the production D. All of the Above of books? 51. From which lay is the quote "she had no A. it ended the Church’s role in the cre- equal in the kingdom" taken? ation of books A. "Lanval" B. it led to a sudden increase of women as scholars and authors B. "La Fresne" C. it declared that books should be pro- C. "Bisclavert" duced by men D. "Equitan" D. it opened up new opportunities for 52.NarayanHow did travel at the time of the Crusades Changderwomen to learn impact Western Europe? 57. How did the increase in universities affect A. people brought tales of romance from most middle-class women? different literary and cultural traditions A. they were exposed to new opportuni- back from their trips ties to learn in universities B. merchants started to import rare silks B. they were not able to attend so they and spices from new trade roots were virtually unaffected 329

C. they were not able to attend so their ed- A. Age of Enlightenment ucation levels declined, compared to men B. Age of Reason C. Platonic Period D. most of them were unable to read, so they were not admitted D. Dark Ages 58. Which are examples of devotional acts? 64. What is "the gender fallacy"? A. pilgrimages A. the problem of a "man writing as a B. charitable donations woman" C. prayers on the sinner’s behalf B. the idea that woman cannot be as educated as men D. All of the Above C. the idea that noble women are more 59. Which topic(s) is/are explored in The Lais similar to men than peasant women are of Marie de France? D. the notion that chastity is impossible A. superstition for men B. adultery 65. In what centuries did mystical women C. jealous fathers writers primarily work? D. All of the Above A. 8th and 9th centuries 60. Who were lay mystics? B. 9th and 10th centuries A. people who attempt to found their own C. 10th and 11th centuries religious orders D. 14th and 15th centuries B. people who reject asceticism and contemplation 66. Which best summarizes Christine de Pizan’s reaction to The Romance of the C. people who attempted to contact God Rose? without the intervention of an established religious order A. she objected to the treatment of secularism as evil D. people who were formally tied to religious orders B. she applauded its promotion of female education 61. Kempe’s acts of devotion included: C. she attacked it as misogynistic A. meditation D. she praised the objectiﬁcation of B. wearing white clothing women C. weeping 67. Which is true of childbirth in the Middle D. All of theJai Above ShreeAges? Ram 62. With which of the following genres is The A. it was normally supervised by a mid- Romance of the Rose most closely associ- wife ated? B. it was typically dangerous for mother A. medieval lay and infant B. hagiography C. it was normally done without medical C. mysticism equipment D. dream vision D. All of the Above 63. Which of the following is an alternative 68. Which speaker said that "God is more name for the Middle Ages? nearer to us than our own soul?" 330 Chapter 11. Medieval Women Writers

A. Julian of Norwich C. As a technique that became popular after the invention of the printing press B. Margery Kempe C. Catherine of Siena D. As a method of composing stories in the oral tradition D. Catherine de Pizan 74. Which of the following themes/motifs 69. In the medieval Church, devotional acts was/were often found in literature of ..... "courtly love"? A. cancelled out punishment due to sin A. nobility B. depended entirely on literacy B. adultery C. were considered "unimportant" by C. chastity mystics D. were only performed by men D. All of the Above 70. Which of these female writers was least 75. Which text(s) is/are associated with mys- likely to have been literate? ticism? A. Julian of Norwich A. The Canterbury Tales B. Margery Kempe B. "Revelations of Divine Love" C. Catherine de Pizan C. "Book of Hours" D. Heloise D. The Romance of the Rose 71. In The Romance of the Rose, which text 76. What do most critics find notable about does Guillaume de Lorris cite as his inspi- the virtues that Pizan highlights in her ration? work? A. The Book of Margery Kempe A. she values reason and activity instead B. "Revelations of Divine Love" of silence C. "The Wooing of Our Lord" B. she emphasizes practical rather than theological virtues D. The Art of Courtly Love 72. What was a virago? C. she does not mention traditional virtues like piety A. a heroine who used female attributes to become a saint D. All of the Above B. a saint who was NOT the humble, pi- 77. How did lay literacy affect traditional de- ous, and chaste figure she was expected to votional practices? be A. people stopped reading the Bible C. an asexual female saint B. people increasingly turned to visual D. an anchorite art in order to learn about religion 73.NarayanHow would you describe the phrase "oral- ChangderC. people could be religious without the formulaic," as you learned it in this help of a clergy course? D. interest in the Church history declined A. As a term associated only with reli- rapidly gious written literature 78. According to most historians, why was it B. As a device used to describe the flaws so important for a man to marry a virgin in the oral tradition wife? 331

A. it assured him that his children were A. the mystic is primarily tasked with in- his own tellectual work within monasteries B. it assured him that his wife would B. the mystic is a visionary who experi- carry a dowry with her ences divine insight C. it assured him that his wife was not a C. the mystic uses a religious platform to sinner promote equal rights for women D. it assured him that her wife would D. the mystic usually works as a scribe never commit adultery 84. How did the printing press alter medieval 79. Which of the following is an example of culture? female hagiography? A. it improved communication between A. "Revelations of Divine Love" societies B. "Acts of Thecla" B. it increased the amount of printed ma- C. "The Wooing of Our Lord" terial available to the masses D. "Orison to an Almighty God" C. it created a more unrestricted circulation of texts 80. What was "courtly love"? D. All of the Above A. a type of literature concerned with the behavior of anchorites 85. What is affective piety? B. a type of early literature produced A. a term associated with oral transmis- solely by medieval women writers sion C. a literary convention based on the code B. an important trait of the medieval lay of behavior associated with chivalrous ro- C. a literary device used in estates satire mance D. a dramatic demonstration of faith D. a method of oral transmission 86. What do most critics believe the "rose" of 81. Identify the speaker of these lines: "sweet The Romance of the Rose symbolizes? Jesus, Jesus love" A. justice A. Julian of Norwich B. piety B. Margery Kempe C. sexuality C. Catherine of Siena D. education D. Christine de Pizan 87. In Medieval times, who were "femme 82. Why did Catherine of Siena refuse to soles"? marry a husband? A. anchorites who lived in seclusion A. she said that the institution was too Jai ShreeB. women who Ram operated their own busi- ﬂawed nesses without men B. she claimed she was already married C. women who were villains in stories of to God courtly love C. she wanted to make a political state- D. educated women ment against the Church 88. What was a Lollard? D. she was concerned about loss of property A. a hero in a courtly romance 83. Which best describes the work of a mys- B. a member of a sect that was considered tic? heretical 332 Chapter 11. Medieval Women Writers

C. a female mystic 94. Which is true of medieval property laws? D. an illiterate anchoress A. most medieval women had some prop- 89. What does the term "monasticism" erty mean? B. married women could hold property A. it describes a life based on retreat from once they had children society C. married women could hold property B. it describes the importance of commu- without their husband’s consent nication with others in order to reach sal- D. widows could hold property vation 95. When did the Roman Empire formally le- C. it describes a form of worship based galize Christianity? on praying to devotional art A. The 3rd century D. it describes a way of life that became popular after the Middle Ages B. The 4th century 90. The Book of the City of Ladies articulates C. The 7th century which of the following themes: D. The 8th century A. the value of practical virtues over tra- 96. In the context of Medieval literature, what ditional feminine virtues does "outer rule" mean? B. the merit of women A. it includes issues that pertain to the C. the lack of truth in men’s stereotypes heart about women B. it refers to anchoress’ everyday behav- D. All of the Above ior 91. In the Middle Ages, how did divorce laws C. it is part of the anchoress’ inner self differ for the sexes? D. it is the most important part of An- A. both sexes could legally divorce crene Wisse B. only women could legally divorce 97. In the Middle Ages, how did society treat prostitution? C. only men could legally divorce D. both sexes could divorce only with the A. prostitution was considered problem- other’s consent atic but legal 92. With which genre is "The Passion of B. the Church opposed prostitution on Saints Perpetua and Felicity" most closely moral grounds associated? C. prostitution was considered a solution A. medieval lay to epidemics of rape B. courtly love D. All of the Above C. hagiography 98. Which of the following inventions is associated with the rise in literacy? D. romance Narayan ChangderA. the triptych 93. Which of the following characterize(s) a lay? B. the ﬂail A. geographical unity C. the rudder B. episodic content D. the letter press C. octosyllabic couplets 99. With which text is the theme of "Christ as mother" most closely associated? D. All of the Above 333

A. "Revelations of Divine Love" C. "An Orison to Almighty God" D. "The Wooing of Our Lord" B. "The Book of Margery Kempe"

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1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. B 11. D 12. D 13. D 14.D 15. D 16. C 17. D 18. C 19. D 20. D 21. D 22. D 23. C 24. C 25. C 26.B 27. A 28. D 29. A 30. D 31. C 32. D 33. D 34. B 35. C 36. A 37. C 38.C 39. A 40. D 41. D 42. D 43. D 44. C 45. A 46. C 47. D 48. B 49. D 50.D 51. D 52. D 53. D 54. B 55. D 56. C 57. C 58. D 59. D 60. C 61. D 62.D 63. D 64. A 65. D 66. C 67. D 68. A 69. A 70. B 71. D 72. C 73. D 74.D 75. B 76. D 77. C 78. A 79. B 80. C 81. C 82. B 83. B 84. D 85. D 86.C 87. B 88. B 89. A 90. D 91. C 92. C 93. D 94. D 95. B 96. B 97. D 98.D 99.A

Jai Shree Ram Narayan Changder 12. The Gothic Novel

1. How is the abbey in “The Monk” NOT 4. What constitutes a “monstrous Other” in Gothic? “The Yellow Wallpaper”? A. It is a Catholic structure. A. Cousin Henry and Julia B. It was built in the Middle Ages. B. Reading C. It is a sanctuary for women. C. Writing D. It is labyrinthine. D. John 2. All of the following are ways Dracula rep- 5. In what way is Dracula NOT an “Other” resents the “monstrous Other” EXCEPT: ﬁgure? A. Dracula as foreign invader A. He is from a foreign land. B. Dracula as sexual predator B. He is racially different. C. Dracula as usurper of the British class C. He is Christian. system D. He is a connection to a different time. D. Dracula asJai transgressor of God’s Shree order 6. Which of the following Ram best describes how the novel “Frankenstein” is understood by 3. What is NOT Gothic about the room to critics? which the female protagonist of “The Yel- A. As a commentary on Victorian Eng- low Wallpaper” is conﬁned? land A. It has bars on the window. B. As an apolitical horror story B. It is removed from the main area of C. As a novel ghostwritten by Perce Shel- the house. ley C. It is locked. D. As an exploration on the effects of sci- D. It is sunny. ence on humanity 336 Chapter 12. The Gothic Novel

7. Which of the following best explains the A. It leads the reader to overlook the treatment of the heroine in “The Mysteries beauty of nature. of Udolpho”? B. It reminds readers of their civic duties. A. The heroine’s fantasies about the castle are combined with her fear of violation. C. It causes an experience of elestasis, or transport. B. She is excluded from the novel’s violent disturbances. D. It creates a sense of contentment. C. She is excluded from the general sense 13. What is a Satanic Hero? of isolation in the novel. A. A hero who is known for being aristo- D. The heroine is robbed of psychologi- cratic, moody, and secretive cal complexity by focusing only on horror. B. A character who is essentially kind but performs a horrible act by accident 8. For what historical event did the Gothic serve as a metaphor? C. A hero-villain who defies the laws of God’s universe A. The American Revolution D. A hero who is usually defined by his B. The French Revolution fatal attraction to women C. The Battle of Waterloo 14. How did the term “Gothic” become associ- D. The Industrial Revolution ated with the literary phenomenon known 9. The popularity of which Gothic novel- as the Gothic novel? ist is parodied in Austen’s “Northanger A. The excessive violence found in the Abbey”? Gothic novel A. Horace Walpole B. The barbarians that populate the B. Ann Radcliffe Gothic novel C. Matthew Lewis C. The use of the word in the subtitle of D. Mary Shelley Walpole’s novel 10. What literary convention is used perva- D. The style of architecture found in the sively in “The Mysteries of Udolpho”? Gothic novel A. Satire 15. Why is it significant that Dracula is from Transylvania? B. First-person narration A. Transylvania is England’s economic C. Realism rival. D. The uncanny doubling of characters B. Transylvania and England had been at 11. What does the character Dracula symbol- war in the 1860s. ize in the novel? C. Transylvania represents a vaguely NarayanA. Modern science Changder known and, therefore, suspicious country. B. The consciousness

C. Theories of evolution D. Transylvania and England were once D. Ancient evil part of the Holy Roman Empire. 12. Why is the concept of the sublime impor- 16. How do theorists suggest that the Gothic tant in Gothic literature? novel resembles queer and camp? 337

A. The body is represented in abnormal A. As a version of the Romantic novel ways. B. As a set of literary devices devel- B. Women’s issues are interrogated. oped in the 18th century but applicable C. Gender issues are often overlooked. to present day D. Many protagonists’ mothers are ab- C. As the antithesis of postmodernism sent. D. As the resolution of madness 17. In “Frankenstein” how does Shelley rep- 22. Which one of the following events in- resent science? spired the trend of body transformation A. As potentially productive when used in Gothic novels? correctly A. The decline in animal dissections B. As something needed for humans to B. The increase in scientific experimenta- advance tion C. As a way to resolve human madness C. The end of absolute monarchy D. As inherently monstrous D. The end of the Vitalist Controversy 18. In what way does Radcliffe depart from 23. Based on your readings for this course, Walpole’s earlier tradition? which of the following best summarizes A. She creates a strong male hero to res- how most critics interpret the crumbling cue Emily. castle in “The Castle of Otranto”? B. She is not concerned with issues of A. The castle represents the presence of rightful inheritance. newer technologies. C. She sets the novel in present day. B. The castle signifies the ruin of feudal medievalism. D. She resolves the appearance of supernatural phenomena. C. The castle symbolizes the desire for a more powerful aristocracy. 19. In which way does Gilman’s “The Yel- low Wallpaper” include elements of the D. The castle shows the lack of change in uncanny? popular architecture styles. A. It reflects a woman’s everyday life. 24. According to Radcliffe, what is the difference between terror and horror? B. An everyday object causes her terror. A. Horror is only a sense of the sublime. C. An apparently normal person is revealed as a man. B. Terror contracts the soul. D. It features a body transformation. C. Terror involves uncertainty and obscurity. 20. In what way does Thornfield Hall differ Jai ShreeD. Horror fails Ram to awaken and expand the from the Castle of Otranto, Udolpho, and the Convent of St. Clare? soul. A. It is the scene of violence. 25. Which term is most closely affiliated with the female Gothic? B. It is the scene of sexual transgression. A. Terror C. It is the scene of redemption for the Byronic hero. B. Sentimentalism D. It serves as a kind of prison. C. Horror 21. In “The Gothic Sublime” how does D. Ghosts Mishra characterize the Gothic novel? 26. What is the origin of the vampire myth? 338 Chapter 12. The Gothic Novel

A. Stoker’s “Dracula” C. She rejects her aunt’s invitation to travel to Italy. B. Beckford’s “Vathek” D. She converts to Catholicism. C. Ancient civilizations worldwide 32. What is the significance of “the Other” in D. Walpole’s “The Castle of Otranto” Gothic novels? 27. The vampire myth is NOT associated with A. They are almost always the subjects of which of the following? omens and curses. A. Incest B. They are typically heroes. B. Life rituals with blood C. They always express deviant sexual C. The fear of dying tendencies. D. The fear of being buried alive D. They are perceived as dangerous be- 28. What is the significance of the “bloody cause they are unknown. bedchamber” in Gothic fiction? 33. Why does Horace Walpole make use of elaborate machines in “The Castle of A. It represents male sexuality. Otranto”? B. It suggests female complicity in sexual A. To encourage rational evaluation deviance. rather than arouse emotional reactions C. It refers to the location of murder in B. To emphasize the importance of char- Gothic novels. acter development over action D. It symbolizes the forced sequestration C. To assist with the flight and pursuit of of women both before and after marriage. villains and their prey

29. In “Frankenstein” how do dreams func- D. To support the growth and develop- tion? ment of machinery in the 18th century 34. In “Dracula” what does the death of Lucy A. They provide relief from the real suggest? world. A. That sexual purity was less important B. They prophesy future destruction. than society’s safety C. They are part of the unconscious con- B. That female sexuality is dangerous and trolled by science. must be destroyed D. They obscure deep emotions. C. That women are not one-dimensional 30. All of the following deﬁne the Gothic EX- D. That men consider themselves respon- CEPT: sible for their own fates A. The unknown 35. Why do scholars consider the ﬁrst wave B. Transgression of the English Gothic novel an aspect of Romanticism? C. Reason Narayan ChangderA. The use of poetic prose in the Gothic D. The grotesque novel 31. How does Emily show initiative in “The Mysteries of Udolpho”? B. The Gothic novel’s interest in the apocalyptic prophecies found in Hebrew and A. She leaves home in search of adven- Christian Scriptures ture. C. The ascendency of human reason in B. She takes control of her own money. the Gothic novel 339

D. The representation of contemporary 40. In what way do the houses in “The Yellow life in the Gothic novel Wallpaper” and “Jane Eyre” differ from 36. What do scholars Michael O’Rourke and each other as Gothic literary structures? David Collings argue about “Queer Ro- A. The relative location of the room in manticism”? which the “troubled” women are kept A. Romantic literary criticism has been B. The state of disrepair when the houses stubbornly limited with regard to queer are first encountered by the protagonists readings. C. The relative location of the houses B. Deviant sexuality, including homosex- within the larger communities uality, has historically been associated with Romantic literature. D. The relative age of the houses C. The sexual lives of Romantic-era au- 41. What does the term “angel in the house” thors are not relevant to our understanding signify? of queer Romanticism. A. The idea that women should advise D. The “Queer Gothic” is understudied. men 37. Why does one scholar suggest that “The B. The idea that the Victorian woman rep- Monk” represents literary transvestism? resents “the new woman” A. The habited nuns C. The idea that women are pure and B. Ambrosio’s rape and murder of his sis- morally superior to men ter D. The idea that confinement in the home C. Lewis’s use of a female pseudonym in may induce madness the original edition 42. How does the use of Gothic architecture D. Lewis’s choiceof a feminine literary assist the Gothic novelist? genre A. It engenders confusion for both the 38. “It is very seldom that mere ordinary peo- novel’s protagonist and readers. ple like John and myself secure ancestral B. It offers a secure refuge for the novel’s halls for the summer.” How does this protagonist. opening sentence of Gilman’s “The Yel- low Wallpaper” NOT immediately sug- C. It provides the space for a large com- gest the Gothic? munity of people to congregate. A. The reference to ancestral halls D. It represents the glory of a bygone age. B. The uncommon nature of the event C. The first-person narrator 43. What Gothic literary convention did NOT Jai Shreeoriginate with Ram Horace Walpole’s “The D. The dichotomy between the concepts Castle of Otranto”? of ordinary and estate A. The ancestral castle 39. How does Frankenstein’s monster learn about the Garden of Eden? B. Psychological terror A. He reads the Bible. C. The supernatural B. He is taught by Victor about the Bible. D. Physical violence 44. Why has Bertha been characterized as the C. He reads Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” “madwoman in the attic” by literary scholars? D. He listens outside church services. 340 Chapter 12. The Gothic Novel

A. To represent the expansion of Gothic A. It represents a “doubling” of Queen literary spaces from only subterranean Victoria by English women as they re- spaces to attics as well make themselves in her image. B. To represent the shift from the male B. It represents the “transformation” of Gothic villain to the female Gothic villain the traditional Victorian woman from the in the Victorian Gothic novel private sphere to the public sphere. C. To make reference to the rise of per- C. It represents the rise in psychological sonal responsibility in Victorian England pathologies or “madness” in women in the for the care of the sick and insane late 19th century. D. To make an ironic statement about the D. It represents the “pollution” of the point of view and marginalization of the ideal woman by foreign influences. “Other” in Victorian England 49. “A MANUSCRIPT was communicated 45. All of the following are ways in which to me during my travels in Italy, which “The Castle of Otranto” reflects the values was copied from the archives of the Cenci of Enlightenment England EXCEPT: Palace at Rome, and contains a detailed account of the horrors which ended in A. The concern for the sanctity of legal the extinction of one of the noblest fami- inheritance lies of that city during the Pontificate of B. The interest in the lessons and values Clement VIII, in the year 1599.” All of the of the Middle Ages for England in the following state why this quotation from 18th century Perce Shelley’s “The Cenci” represents the Gothic EXCEPT: C. The support for the British class system A. The placement of the action in the past and in a foreign country D. The belief in British superiority to foreign countries B. The grandiose threatening setting that requires ingenious stagecraft 46. Which of the following terms is most closely related to the phrase “the ex- C. The focus on wrongdoing at the high- plained supernatural”? est level of authority A. The uncanny D. The use of real historical resources by Shelley for the foundation of his play B. The fallen world 50. In what way does Gothic-style architec- C. The “Other” ture complement the themes of the Gothic D. The sublime novel? 47. All of the following refer to “the uncanny” A. The ethereal quality of the interior EXCEPT: space of Gothic architecture A. A psychoanalytic term that explains B. The scientific advancement of the terror ribbed vault and flying buttress associated Narayan Changderwith Gothic architecture B. The supernatural C. The reduction in width of the stone C. “Unheimlich” masonry in Gothic architecture D. A sense of uncomfortable strangeness D. The immense scale typical of Gothic structures 48. How is the concept of “the new woman” 51. In “Jane Eyre” how does Bertha NOT trou- Gothic? ble the patriarchy? 341

A. She is sexually deviant. B. The vampire represents a beloved father who seeks to gather together all the B. She exemplifies unfeminine anger. women and young men (sons). C. She is not submissive. C. The vampire represents sexual impo- D. She is understood to be mad. tence. 52. In “The Castle of Otranto” which attitude D. The vampire represents the future. does Walpole express towards primogeni- 57. All of the following are labyrinthine in ture? “The Mysteries of Udolpho” EXCEPT: A. It is a necessary part of the social order. A. Valancourt’s character B. Emily’s misfortunes B. It is essentially fair. C. The plot C. It is monstrous. D. Emily’s mind D. It will naturally fall out of favor. 58. Which cultural theme is NOT referenced 53. Why do critics see Frankenstein’s monster in Stoker’s “Dracula”? as equivalent to the Biblical Adam? A. Imperialism A. His habitat is equivalent to the Garden of Eden. B. The Woman Question B. He is a mistake. C. Labor unions D. Theories of Darwinian evolution C. He is the first of his kind. 59. Although at least one critic has likened D. He is responsible for the burden of Thornfield to Bridewell, in what way are original sin. the two structures different? 54. How is Thornfield in “Jane Eyre” differ- A. Each owner upends the prevailing law ent from the structures found in the first of the land. wave of Gothic novels? B. Both are former palaces. A. It is an ancestral estate. C. The owners of each had mistresses. B. It contains vault-like spaces. D. On the outside they look like homes, C. It is located in England. but on the inside they are prisons. D. It is mysterious. 60. Why is “The Castle of Otranto” often con- 55. How does Stoker’s “Dracula” challenge sidered a reaction against the Enlighten- contemporary sexual taboos? ment? A. Mina and Jonathan decide to live to- A. It shows the possible dangers of sci- gether withoutJai being married. Shreeence. Ram B. Lucy becomes a sexual predator. B. It exposes the deep flaws in medieval ways of thinking about the world. C. Van Helsing is a bachelor. C. It marks a return to more primitive D. John Seward remains devoted to Lucy. ways of pre-Enlightenment thought and expression. 56. What have literary critics read into the D. It suggests that reason is more impor- vampirism in Stoker’s “Dracula”? tant than emotion. A. The novel presents the vampire count 61. What is the significance of the “wandering as a father-figure of great power. Jew” motif? 342 Chapter 12. The Gothic Novel

A. Religious upheaval B. Emily is tested regarding the guilt and ghosts of sins past. B. The presence of omens C. Emily comes to understand the bene- C. The curse of immorality ﬁts of a cloistered life. D. Insanity D. Emily learns the story of Sister 62. Who does NOT represent the “new Agnes’s past. woman”? 67. In “The Monk” what event does NOT A. Antonia represent the theme of entrapment of women? B. Charlotte Perkins Gilman A. Antonia’s death C. Jane Eyre B. Matilda’s dressing as Rosario D. Mina Murray Harker C. Agnes’s admittance to the convent 63. What role does Rosario play in the Gothic atmosphere of “The Monk”? D. The magic mirror A. Queer provocateur 68. Which psychological issue is NOT typical of the Gothic novel? B. Heroine in distress A. Daydreams C. Angel in the house B. Aberrant mental states D. Pursued protagonist C. Violence 64. What quality does the Gothic novel of the 18th and early 19th centuries share with D. Sexual rapacity the majority of English novels of the same 69. According to Ellen Moers, how does Rad- time period? cliffe’s heroine differ from the typical Gothic woman? A. Realism A. Emily ends up happily married. B. An epistolary format B. Emily’s sense of decorum seems to C. A focus on the individual falter late in the novel. D. An English setting C. Emily is a sensible rather than defense- 65. In “The Gothic Sublime” how does less woman. Mishra characterize the labyrinth motif? D. Emily provides a unique example of a A. As a plot structure that diminishes the weak woman. Gothic novel’s intensity 70. Which statement best summarizes the B. As the reader’s inward turn to examine parallel between Frankenstein and his or her own tangled consciousness Prometheus? C. As a means for characters to directly A. Both were successful because they fol- confront unconscious problems lowed the laws of nature. NarayanD. As a place for the distressed heroine ChangderB. Both refused to use science to do inno- to hide vative work. 66. What literary purpose does Emily’s stay C. Both worked collaboratively. with the nuns at the convent NOT serve? D. Both suffered for their attempt to do A. Emily is confronted with the duality divine work. of the human mind, at once rational and 71. How does the motif of the wandering Jew then mad. ﬁgure in “The Monk”? 343

A. It introduces one of several supernatu- A. The erratic movement of time and ral elements into the plot. place B. It dispels the anti-Semitism associated B. The readers’ unwavering empathy for with the Gothic novel. Frankenstein C. It offers a positive alternative to the C. The reliable narrator excesses of the Catholic Church. D. The mix of language in terms of voice, D. It suggests that redemption is possible diction, and rhythm through penitence. 72. For many scholars, what distinguishes ter- 77. In “Frankenstein” what is the Gothic sig- ror from horror in the Gothic novel? nificance of the word “abortion”? A. The anticipation of the violation of A. It suggests that the creation process one’s person versus an act of physical vio- has become perverted. lence B. It invokes the laws of man. B. Plotted revenge versus random vio- C. It offers an acceptable correction to lence scientific mistakes. C. The male Gothic versus the female Gothic D. It represents a natural process. D. The persistence of the past in the 78. In “The Castle of Otranto” what “mon- present versus the betrayal in the present strous Other” does Manfred embody? of the paternal protector A. The undead 73. In what way is “The Monk” a reaction to the French Revolution? B. The outcast A. It includes apocalyptic themes. C. The cursed B. It represents society as relatively sta- D. The transgendered ble. 79. When Mary Shelley writes about ghosts, C. It condemns the misuse of power. what is her concern? D. It predicts the upheaval of society. A. People are foolishly superstitious. 74. To whom is the concept of the uncanny B. A world devoid of supernatural phe- attributed? nomena is a better world. A. Sigmund Freud C. A belief in ghosts is a belief in imagi- B. Edmund Lewis nation. C. Edmund Burke D. The personification of nature is regres- D. Mary ShelleyJai Shreesive. Ram 75. What is distinctive about Emily’s bed- 80. Who should NOT be viewed as chamber at Udolpho? Prometheus in Shelley’s “Frankenstein”? A. It is lavishly furnished. A. Frankenstein’s monster B. It is haunted. B. Mary Shelley C. It contains a secret passageway. C. Robert Walton D. It does not lock from the inside. D. Frankenstein 76. What is Gothic about the narrative structure of “Frankenstein”? 81. What is Strawberry Hill? 344 Chapter 12. The Gothic Novel

A. The ancestral home of Ann Radcliffe B. It frees Radcliffe from a strict adherence to common life, allowing her to place B. The ancestral home of Horace Walpole Emily in challenging situations. C. Radcliffe considers her work a contin- C. One of the settings in “The Mysteries uation of the sentimental novel of the 18th of Udolpho” century. D. The inspiration for “The Castle of D. It acknowledges the lack of supernatu- Otranto” ral plot tricks. 82. Which of the following terms is tradition- 86. What did the novelists of the first wave of ally associated with the male Gothic? Gothic literature think of religion? A. Body transformation A. Roman Catholicism was wrongfully dismantled in England by Henry VIII in B. Horror the 16th century. C. Terror B. Jews represent sympathetic literary D. The uncanny heroes. 83. The Gothic novel was intended to have C. Religion is race-neutral. which of the following effects on the D. The Spanish Inquisition and the leg- reader? end of the wandering Jew confirm the su- A. To create a sense of mystery, gloom, periority of England. and suspense 87. Which character best represents the concept of terror versus that of horror in B. To make the reader dislike modern so- Lewis’s “The Monk”? ciety A. Agnes C. To make the reader feel distaste for supernatural themes B. Ambrosio D. To generate feelings of intense plea- C. Baptiste sure D. Matilda 84. How does the uncanny function in 88. What is the original meaning of the word “Frankenstein”? “Gothic”? A. The normal activity of vivisection is A. Of or relating to anything Medieval represented as horrible. B. Of or relating to anything rude, unciv- B. Seemingly normal characters are actu- ilized, or ignorant; devoid of culture and ally terrifying. taste C. The dramatic landscape provides an C. Of or relating to the Germanic tribes alternative to the usual world. that invaded and established kingdoms in Europe in the first millennium D. The monster’s grotesque body is actu- Narayanally made of human parts. ChangderD. Of or relating to a particular style of architecture 85. Why does Radcliffe favor the term “ro- 89. In “The Yellow Wallpaper” what does mance” as the subtitle to “The Mysteries Gilman suggest about madness? of Udolpho”? A. That it is necessary to contain mad A. Radcliffe wants to emphasize the women happy ending of the marriage of Emily and Valancourt. B. That it is an artificial patriarchal tool 345

C. That men also are mad C. 18th century; Romanticism D. That female madness is a serious ob- D. 19th century; Romanticism stacle to women’s liberation 95. All of the following are ways in which 90. Why do most scholars assume that Rad- “The Mysteries of Udolpho” reflects the cliffe favored “explained supernatural- values of England in the 1790s EXCEPT: ism”? A. The triumph of reason over passion A. Her sense of morality and decorum B. The rise of individual responsibility B. Her defiance of contemporary culture C. The social and fiscal independence of women C. Her lack of imagination D. The negative critique of Catholicism D. Her full embrace of the Gothic vision of Walpole, Beckford, and Lewis 96. Based on your readings for the course, which of the following best states how crit- 91. How does the character Dracula unsettle ics often interpret the dead hand in “The the Victorian patriarchy? Castle of Otranto”? A. He threatens to spread his madness to A. The hand represents the superiority of women. the Enlightenment over medievalism. B. His sexuality appeals to women. B. The hand symbolizes the danger of C. He protects women’s chastity and vir- marriage. ginity. C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull D. He provides a way for Victorian men of the labyrinth. to blame their actions on women. D. The hand represents the claim of pri- 92. How does Lewis portray the Catholic con- mogeniture over the living. fessional in “The Monk”? 97. Which of the following is NOT a theme of “The Castle of Otranto”? A. As a path to redemption A. Unnatural forces overwhelming hu- B. As a necessary control man endeavor C. As a voyeuristic activity B. The rupture of the everyday by acts of D. As a model for contemporary police violence work C. The destruction of humanity through 93. How is “Jane Eyre” different from the nov- scientific experimentation els of the first wave of English Gothic nov- D. The return of the past to the present els? 98. In “Dracula” what is the significance of A. Its protagonist is at risk for sexual the typewriter? transgression. Jai ShreeA. It allows women Ram to participate in the B. It is a Bildungsroman. novel. C. It explains strange phenomena. B. It serves as a path to the public sphere for women. D. The theme of imprisonment is prominent. C. It is a less effective tool than tradi- 94. In what century and in what literary era tional folklore weapons. was the first Gothic novel written? D. It becomes a way to conceal information. A. 17th century; Enlightenment 99. All of the following are associated with B. 18th century; Enlightenment Gothic architecture EXCEPT: 346 Chapter 12. The Gothic Novel

A. Vaulted ceilings century? B. The Middle Ages A. The focus on the middle and working classes C. Complicated ﬂoor plans B. The consideration of the sensibilities D. Neo-classicism of the protagonists 100. In what way does the Gothic novel of C. Plots taken from everyday life the 18th century differ from the modern English novel that began to emerge in the D. The exploration of cultural taboos 17th century and ﬂourished in the 18th

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1. William Blake’s “Song of Innocence” po- A. Most Romantic poets were politicians ems can be best described, in terms of style, as: B. Poets have no actual effect upon the A. Simple world B. Violent C. Poets actually help the world grow and C. Satirical develop D. Mythological D. Hardly anyone actually reads Roman- tic poetry 2. Which of the following would probably NOT be the topic of a Romantic poem? 5. Which poet would be most likely to compose a poem and illustrations to accom- A. The French Revolution pany it? B. Man’s relationship to nature A. Lord Byron C. The experience of common people B. Percy Shelley D. A celebration of the aristocratic C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 3. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” who Jai ShreeD. William Blake Ram is the “he” referred to in the lines “A sad- der and a wiser man\He rose the morrow 6. Which contemporary ﬁctional character morn.” can be understood as a Byronic hero? A. Life-in-Death A. Superman B. The Ancient Mariner B. Dr. House C. The Wedding Guest C. Luke Skywalker D. The ship’s captain D. Yoda 4. Referring to poets as “unacknowledged 7. Many romantic poets regarded the natural legislators of the world” suggests that: world with a feeling of ..... 348 Chapter 13. English Romantic Poetry

A. Awe and fascination 13. Elizabeth Fey refers to which poet as “a B. Disinterest and disregard sort of poet-king Arthur”? C. Resentment and disrespect A. William Wordsworth D. Fear and horror B. William Blake 8. In her essay “Wordsworth Balladry: Real C. Lord Byron Men Wanted,” Elizabeth Fey argues that D. Percy Shelley the Romantics were interested in the medieval focus upon ..... 14. A tortured, dark-spirited, wry, and intellectual protagonist would most likely be A. Courtly love and modern-seeming found in a poem by ..... emotion A. William Blake B. Violence C. Nature B. Lord Byron D. Death and disease C. William Wordsworth 9. Which poet would have been most likely D. John Keats to compose a poem examining his own 15. Which poet would most likely express an childhood? adherence to atheism in his writing? A. Percy Shelley A. William Wordsworth B. John Keats B. William Blake C. William Wordsworth C. John Keats D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Percy Shelley 10. Which of the following sentiments would be LEAST likely in a poem by Lord By- 16. William Blake’s “Little Black Boy” advo- ron? cates for ..... A. An expression of love for common A. The abolition of slavery man. B. The equality of all people B. Mockery toward William Wordsworth. C. The innate brilliance of children D. The beauty of common language C. An expression of doubt and angst. 17. The Romantic period is generally thought D. Dark humor. to have occurred between ..... 11. Who referred to poets as “the unacknowledged legislators of the world”? A. 1800 - 1900 A. Lord Byron B. 1805 - 1827 B. William Blake C. 1798 - 1832 C. William Hazlitt D. 1785 - 1825 NarayanD. Percy Shelley 18. ChangderDuncan Wu rejects the assertion that 12. Paul O’Brien’s essay on Shelley suggests Wordsworth’s Lucy poems were primarily that Shelley was ..... about ..... A. Not an atheist A. Death B. In love with Lord Byron B. Perception C. Suicidal C. Exhaustion D. Fiercely anti-war D. Love 349

19. One of the central themes of A. William Wordsworth Wordsworth’s “Peter Bell” is ..... B. William Blake A. How nature can render someone good C. Percy Shelley B. How nature can corrupt someone D. Lord Byron C. Eternal youth 25. The main thematic focus of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is ..... D. A dark voyage into madness A. The nature of death 20. Which British philosopher of the Roman- B. The French Revolution tic era despised monarchies, believed that the best form of government was no gov- C. The relationship between truth and ernment at all, and argued that change can beauty only come from people treating each other D. The author’s childhood experience with sincerity and benevolence? 26. Which of the following authors would be A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge most likely to use the supernatural in his poems? B. Edmund Burke A. William Wordsworth C. William Godwin B. John Keats D. John Locke C. Percy Shelley 21. Which of the following poets would be D. William Blake? least likely to explore the meaning of 27. Which of the following statements would beauty or imagination in a poem? you most likely NOT see in a Romantic A. Lord Byron poem? B. Percy Shelley A. “Truth is beauty ... ” C. John Keats B. “Truth is stranger than ﬁction ...” C. “Familure acts are beautiful through D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge love ...” 22. Which of the following was NOT consid- D. “A little learning is a dangerous thing ered a proper form of literary expression ...” in the Neoclassical Period? 28. Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” can be A. The essay best understood as a poem about ..... B. Satire A. The passion between a husband and wife C. Blank verse poetry B. The loss of innocence D. The rhymed couplet Jai ShreeC. The horrors Ram of the French Revolution 23. Which of the following was a key element or aspect of Romantic poetry? D. How poets can bring about political revolution A. Engagement with the natural world 29. Shelley’s “Ode to Psyche” is narrated by: B. Rationality A. Psyche C. Emotional restraint B. Cupid D. Political conservatism C. The author of the poem 24. Duncan Wu discusses the presentation of D. Shelley’s childhood self “spots of time” in the poetry of: 30. The “Reign of Terror” refers to: 350 Chapter 13. English Romantic Poetry

A. France’s war with a foreign nation 36. Which of the following is NOT a common B. The mass execution of enemies of the attribute of Byronic heroes? revolution A. Arrogance C. Napoleon’s rise to power B. Nihilism D. The death of the king of France C. Good spirits 31. Which event marked the defeat of D. Dark humor Napoleon? 37. Dr. Samuel Gladden believes Shelley’s A. The execution of the King of France agenda was to ..... B. The battle at Waterloo A. Revolutionize France C. The Reign of Terror B. Expose the nature of reality D. Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor of C. Expose how intimate relationships in- France form political realities 32. The lines “The loveliest and the last\The D. Change sexual morals bloom, whose petals nipped before they 38. Which poet would be most likely to write blew\Died on the promise of the fruit” are about his time in revolutionary France? from a poem honoring: A. William Wordsworth A. Percy Shelley B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. John Keats C. William Blake C. Lord Byron D. John Keats D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 39. John Keats would probably NOT have 33. Which of the following concepts are NOT written a poem celebrating ..... elements of neo-classicism? A. The beauty of the natural world A. Optimism B. The pains of love B. A sense of man being imperfect C. Political and philosophical conser- C. Order and reason vatism D. A belief that art is primarily intellec- D. The nature of artistic creation tual 40. Paul O’Brien argues that Shelley did not 34. The line “fools are my theme, let satire be lose his passion for the French Revolution, my song” demonstrates a sentiment that but that ..... did. would likely appear in a poem by: A. Lord Byron and John Clare A. William Wordsworth B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Tay- B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge lor Coleridge C. William Blake C. John Keats and William Blake NarayanD. Lord Byron ChangderD. Lord Byron and William Blake 35. “Don Juan” and “Childe Harold’s Pilgrim- 41. Which Romantic poet did Shelley con- age” are broken into sections called: sider a close friend? A. Cantos A. Lord Byron B. Stanzas B. William Wordsworth C. Lines C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Chapters D. William Blake 351

42. With whom did John Keats have a love C. Demonstrate the power of the French affair? Revolution on the British Romantic con- A. Fanny Brawne sciousness B. Dorothy Wordsworth D. Demonstrate the intrinsic connection between imagination and death C. Mary Shelley 48. Which Romantic poet would have be- D. Mary Keats lieved that a poet needs inﬂuence from 43. Which Romantic poet would be most something external and transformative in likely to feature a main character or narra- order to write a strong poem? tor in a poem who is heroic, tortured, cyn- A. William Blake ical, highly emotional, and intelligent? B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge A. John Keats C. Lord Byron B. William Blake D. Percy Shelley C. Lord Byron 49. According to Laura Smith, that which D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge “affect[s] the human mind with a sense 44. Which of the following was NOT a key of overwhelming grandeur or irresistible element or aspect of Romantic poetry? power; calculated to inspire awe, deep rev- A. Celebration of the imagination erence, or loft emotion, by reason of its beauty, vastness, or grandeur” is known B. Engagement with nature as the: C. The use of symbolism A. Beautiful D. The use of allegory B. Sublime 45. Which poet would be most likely to com- C. Terrifying pose a poem using the language of common, ordinary people? D. Romantic A. William Wordsworth 50. Which Romantic poet was famous for being “mad, bad and dangerous to know”? B. Lord Byron A. Lord Byron C. Percy Shelley B. Percy Shelley D. John Keats 46. The dedication of Byron’s “Don Juan” can C. John Keats be best described as ..... D. William Blake A. Sincere and heartfelt 51. A Romantic poet would be LEAST likely B. MockingJai and satirical Shreeto celebrate .... Ram C. Mournful and dark A. The imagination D. Polemic and dry B. Love 47. In “Mont Blanc,” Shelley likens the power C. The natural world of the mountain to the power of human D. Rationality imagination in order to ..... 52. The primary subject of “Ode to Psyche” A. Demonstrate how the human imagina- is ..... tion is fragile A. The possibility of sudden death B. Demonstrate how the human mind comprehends and perceives truth B. The expansion of consciousness 352 Chapter 13. English Romantic Poetry

C. The relationship between art and hu- 58. Which of the following would a neoclassi- manity cal poet be most likely to use as a central theme in his or her poetry? D. The death of Byron 53. John Keats died from: A. The plight of common, ordinary people A. Influenza B. A celebration of the medieval B. Tuberculosis C. A satirical representation of current C. Fever events D. Suicide D. A warm remembrance of childish ide- 54. The line “It is an honourable characteristic alism of Poetry that its materials are to be found 59. Which of the following was responsible in every subject which can interest the hu- for Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s mental de- man mind” appears in which essay? cline? A. “A Defense of Poetry” A. His addiction to opium B. “The Rights of Man” B. His experiences during the French Revolution C. “Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads” C. The end of his friendship with D. “An Essay on Dramatic Poetry” Wordsworth 55. Percy Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” D. His physical battle with gout presents nature as ..... 60. Who was the co-author of “Lyrical Bal- A. A powerful, sublime force lads” with William Wordsworth? B. A peaceful force A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge C. Depressing and miserable B. John Keats D. Controlled by gods C. William Blake 56. Which poet would be most likely to write D. Lord Byron a poem reflecting upon the psychologi- 61. Which poem by Wordsworth examines cal changes he has undergone since his writer’s block? youth? A. “The Prelude” A. William Blake B. “We Are Seven” B. John Keats C. “Lines Written a few miles above Tin- C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge tern Abbey” D. William Wordsworth D. “Lines Written in Early Spring” 57. Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the 62. According to the essay “A Defense of Po- French Revolution” ..... etry,” which of the following is one of the two “classes of mental action”? NarayanA. Celebrates the French Revolution Changder A. Reason B. Encourages the United States to Sup- B. Fear port the French Revolution C. Illogic C. Attacks the ideals of the French Revo- lution D. Indifference 63. Who refers to poetry as “an imitation of D. Champions Napoleon’s political vi- nature”? sion 353

A. Percy Shelley A. Coleridge B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge B. Dorothy Wordsworth C. William Hazlitt C. The Wedding Guest D. William Wordsworth D. Life-in-Death 64. Who is the narrator of “Don Juan”? 70. In “A Defense of Poetry,” Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to A. Lord Byron ..... B. Bob Southey A. Write stories C. Don Juan B. Resist understanding poetry D. A nameless narrator C. Reproduce rhythm and order 65. Paul O’Brien contends that ..... make(s) D. Strive to express love Shelley a “radical.” 71. “Lines Written a few Miles above Tintern A. Shelley’s political beliefs Abbey” explores ..... B. Shelley’s sexuality A. The way in which one’s psychological state changes over time C. Shelley’s love of Shakespeare B. The failures of Romanticism D. Shelley’s relationship with Byron C. The beauty of the natural world 66. Keats was most famous for: D. Coleridge’s addiction to drugs A. His odes 72. Percy Shelley can be understood as a poet B. His wild lifestyle with ..... C. His popularity with readers A. No sense of reality D. His extensive writings B. A desire to make the world into a better place 67. The general tone and attitude of Byron’s “Don Juan” would be best described as: C. A dark and twisted outlook on the world A. Dramatic and dark D. A strong dislike of women B. Ironic and satirical 73. In “Of Poetry in General,” William Hazlitt C. Strange and haunting contends that good poetry comes from ..... D. Humorless and stark A. The intellect 68. Which of the following was NOT a primary cause of the Industrial Revolution? B. The author’s personal pain Jai ShreeC. Strong feeling Ram A. The popularity of Romantic poetry B. The European economy shifting into a D. Rewriting Homer global economy 74. Which Romantic poet would be the least likely to write a piece of literary criti- C. The population increase in Europe cism? D. Europe’s shift into being a manufac- A. Lord Byron turing economy B. Percy Shelley 69. To whom does the Ancient Mariner tell his story in “Rime of the Ancient C. William Hazlitt Mariner”? D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 354 Chapter 13. English Romantic Poetry

75. Shelley’s poem “Mont Blanc” can be best 81. Who does Shelley consider the true said to depict an encounter with: founders of civilized cultures and laws? A. The sublime A. Kings and queens B. Death B. Poets and artists C. Childhood C. Dictators and Tyrants D. A lost lover D. All people equally 76. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” what 82. William Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and kind of animal does the Mariner kill? Experience” explores ..... A. A hawk A. The loss of childhood and discovery B. A nightingale of the adult world C. A dove B. The fall of Satan D. An albatross C. The life of Blake 77. Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner could be said D. The history of London to be suffering from an overwhelming feel- 83. Shelley’s “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty” ing of ..... suggests that ..... A. Guilt A. Beauty can be understood only B. Disbelief through metaphysics C. Hatred B. Anything that is intellectual cannot be beautiful D. Love C. Beauty is missing from the world 78. Which poet deﬁnes poetry as “the expression of the imagination”? D. The source of beauty cannot be known, and that beauty can only be felt A. William Hazlitt 84. Thomas Paine’s “The Rights of Man” ar- B. William Wordsworth gues that ..... C. Percy Shelley A. Revolution is inhumane D. Lord Byron B. Revolution never succeeds 79. Which poem is considered Wordsworth’s C. Revolution is proper when a govern- magnum opus? ment does not take care of its people A. “Lyrical Ballads” D. Every government should be revolted B. “The Prelude” against C. “We Are Seven” 85. Which Romantic author is the subject of Paul O’Brien’s essay “Prophet of the Rev- D. “Lines Written in Early Spring” olution”? 80. Which Romantic poet died relatively un- Narayan ChangderA. Lord Byron known but would become famous posthu- mously, in the 19th century? B. Percy Shelley A. William Blake C. William Blake B. Lord Byron D. William Wordsworth C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 86. Which action served to ignite the French Revolution? D. William Wordsworth 355

A. The rise of King William A. How pleasures are fleeting and life cannot continue forever B. The execution of King Louis XVI B. The fall of man into sin C. The ruling of Bonaparte C. The futility of artistic creation D. The madness of King George 87. A neoclassical poet would be most likely D. The unfortunate conclusion of the to compose a poem celebrating which of French Revolution the following ideals? 92. Which poet would be least likely to write about the beauty of nature? A. Passionate love A. William Wordsworth B. Emotional restraint B. John Keats C. Revolution against tyranny C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge D. Communion with the natural world 88. The final line of “We Are Seven” is: “And D. Lord Byron said, ‘Nay’ we are seven.” This line sug- 93. Which long Romantic poem opens with gests that: the line “oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze”? A. The little girl refuses to cast the dead out of her life. A. “The Prelude” B. The little girl is insane or delusional B. “Don Juan” C. The little girl’s siblings have not died C. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” D. The little girl herself is dead D. “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” 89. Which of the following would probably 94. During the 19th century, the term “middle NOT occur in a William Wordsworth class” described people who were: poem? A. Workers A. Use of common, everyday language B. Aristocrats B. Engagement with the natural world C. Between workers and aristocrats C. Mockery of political figures D. Land owners only D. Psychological insight 95. Which of the following is a love poem? 90. Dr. Samuel Gladden, in his essay “Shel- A. John Clare’s “To Elia” ley’s Agenda Writ Large: Reconsider- ing Oedipus Tyrannus; or, Swellfoot the B. Wordsworth “Peter Bell” Tyrant ,” argues that Shelley’s “Oedipus- C. Byron’s “Don Juan” Tyrannus” isJai important becaus Shree Ram D. Coleridge’s “Kubla Kahn” A. .... 96. Which British philosopher believed that B. Shelley himself dismissed the poem monarchs repressed citizens and that rev- C. The poem was incomplete olution is proper when a government does not protect its people? D. Shelley recognizes the power of sexual transgression in it A. Thomas Paine E. Shelley writes about Byron’s sexuality B. James Mackintosh in it C. Edmund Burke 91. “Ode to a Nightingale” focuses on ..... D. John Locke 356 Chapter 13. English Romantic Poetry

97. Napoleon’s decision to ..... can be un- D. An attack on William Wordsworth derstood as representative of the French 99. Which of the following Romantic poets Revolutionary spirit because this decision would have been most likely to write a served to radically reposition France in poem celebrating the innocence of child- contemporary European political affairs. hood? A. Engage in the Napoleonic Wars A. Lord Byron B. Change all aspects of French law B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge C. Involve himself directly in affairs in C. William Blake the United States D. William Wordsworth D. Offer landmark political writings call- 100. The French Revolution had a tremendous ing for peace with other European nations impact on which of the following aspects of British life? 98. The poem “London” can be best under- A. Politics stood as ..... B. Literature A. A celebration of the city’s beauty C. Relations with France B. A protest against social inequality D. All of the above C. An examination of the city’s past

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1. A 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. D 13. A 14.B 15. D 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. C 21. A 22. C 23. A 24. A 25. C 26.D 27. D 28. D 29. C 30. B 31. B 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. A 36. C 37. C 38.A 39. C 40. B 41. A 42. A 43. C 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. B 48. D 49. B 50.A 51. D 52. B 53. B 54. C 55. A 56. D 57. C 58. C 59. A 60. A 61. A 62.A 63. C 64. D 65. A 66. A 67. B 68. A 69. C 70. C 71. A 72. B 73. C 74.A 75. A 76. D 77. A 78. C 79. B 80. A 81. B 82. A 83. D 84. C 85. B 86.B 87. B 88. A 89. C 90. E 91. A 92. D 93. A 94. C 95. A 96. A 97. A 98.B 99. C 100.D

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1. Which of the following statements ac- 4. Professor Hammer argues that in Hart curately characterizes Marianne Moore’s Crane’s poem “Legend,” Crane introduces poem “A Grave?” himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: “As silent as a mirror is be- A. It juxtaposes human consciousness lieved/Realities plunge in silence by .../I against the sea. am not ready for repentance;” according B. It uses alliteration and iambic pen- to Professor Hammer, Crane’s refusal to tameter. repent is an assertion of which of the fol- C. It has a subtle formal structure, even lowing? though it does not use rhyme. A. His political views D. Both A and C B. His will to imaginative freedom 2. What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore’s poem “An Octopus”? C. His will to sexual freedom A. Death D. Both B and C B. Mt. Rainier 5. Which of the following statements best C. The oceanJai Shreecharacterizes Ram the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry? D. An octopus 3. Which of the following writers was A. The Futurists apotheosized technol- among the founders of the Imagist move- ogy, whereas World War II poets often ment? focused on technology’s destructive powers. A. Salvador Dali B. The Futurists praised speed, whereas B. Horace Greeley World War II poets often evoked images C. Ezra Pound of nature to describe the human condition. D. Rupert Brooke 358 Chapter 14. Modern Poetry and Poetics

C. The Futurists privileged the part over B. A symbol is an emblem of the actual the whole, whereas World War II poets world endowed with supernatural mean- did not deal with the problem of moder- ings. nity and alienation. C. A symbol is a metaphor that allows the D. The Futurists focused on advance- poet to capture complex social realities. ments in technology and industry, D. A symbol is a description of past real- whereas World War II poets ignored ad- ities. vancements in technology, especially in 10. Which of the following political themes modern warfare. was explored by American Objectivist po- 6. Which of the following was an impor- ets? tant inﬂuence on Charles Reznikoff’s shift A. Slavery away from romantic rhetoric? B. American attitudes toward Jews and A. His study of ancient history Israel B. His study of law C. Capitalism and social inequalities C. His study of medicine D. All of these answers D. His study of Sanskrit 11. “How can we live in this fear says 7. Professor Hammer argues that which of one./From day to day says another.” the following statements is true of Ezra A. Fear of the failure of a segregated edu- Pound’s strong emphasis on poetic tech- cational system nique? B. Fear of the AIDs crisis A. It serves to effectively depersonalize C. Fear of global nuclear war Pound’s poems. D. Fear of the economic Great Depres- B. It serves the greater aim of conveying sion both intensity and immediacy in Pound’s 12. Which of the following poets would most poetry. likely be categorized as a late-Victorian C. It is a paradoxical mixture of personal poet? and impersonal elements. A. John Milton D. It is a means of creating a dialogue B. Alfred Tennyson between modernity and tradition. C. Allen Ginsberg 8. Which of the following poets did NOT write about his experiences in World War D. Amy Lowell II? 13. Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot’s concept of the “objective cor- A. Wilfred Owen relative”? B. Keith Douglas A. The objective correlative refers to the C. Randall Jarrell correlation between the poem’s formal Narayan Changderstructure and its meaning. D. Karl Shapiro B. The objective correlative refers to the 9. Which of the following best describes the correlation between the poem’s formal idea of the symbol among French Symbol- structure and its rhetorical aim. ist poets? C. The objective correlative refers to the A. A symbol is an image that conveys correlation between the poem’s theme and powerful emotional states. its objective historical context. 359

D. The objective correlative refers to a D. There is a right and a wrong way to set of objects, situations, or events which throw a hand grenade. necessarily produce a particular emotion. 18. Which of the following statements best 14. Which of the following statements accu- characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem rately characterizes the Harlem Renais- “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”? sance? A. It is a meditation on the alienation of A. It was a ﬂowering of African Ameri- the modern person from nature. can arts and culture. B. It is a meditation on the cultural iso- B. It took place after World War I, at a lation of African Americans in New Eng- time when many African Americans were land. moving from the South to the industrial North. C. It is a meditation on the communal and C. It exerted profound inﬂuence on 20th- historical aspects of individual identity. century American culture. D. It is a meditation on the poet’s per- D. All of these answers sonal experience of assimilation. 15. Which of the following writers authored 19. Which of the following natural forces the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est?” “speaks” in the culminating passage of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”? A. Wilfred Owen B. Siegfried Sassoon A. An avalanche C. Rupert Brooke B. Rapids D. Rudyard Kipling C. The west wind 16. Which of the following statements best D. Thunder characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”? 20. According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question A. Hughes uses a universal speaker for explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste an exploration of a profound racial divide Land”? between blacks and whites. A. Is authentic poetry possible in the af- B. The poem is an analytical exploration termath of the carnage of World War I? of racial differences in the United States. C. Similar to Hart Crane and Whitman, Hughes uses a personal and universal “I” B. Given the diversity of the world’s po- to address issues of history, race, and iden- etic traditions, can there be a universal tity. language of poetic symbolism? Jai ShreeC. How can a Ram shared world be created out D. The poem is an indictment of racial prejudice in Harlem. of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people? 17. What is the central theme of Keith Dou- glas’s “How to Kill”? D. Given that each person experiences trauma differently, is it possible for all to A. Combat detaches a man from human- understand the modern world as a shared ity. “waste land”? B. All is fair in love and war. 21. Which of the following statements best C. It is honorable and just to defend your characterizes American World War II po- country in a war. ems? 360 Chapter 14. Modern Poetry and Poetics

A. They tend to use traditional rhyme C. Popularized the use of free verse schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free D. A private and self-effacing person verse. 26. Which of the following statements accu- B. They tend to use metaphors and avoid rately compares Rupert Brooke’s “The direct descriptive statements. Soldier” and Siegfried Sassoon’s “The C. They tend to use classical imagery Rear Guard”? while rejecting romantic tropes. A. Both poems praise Britain’s military D. They tend to be narrative and confront power and its imperial ambitions. the reader with stark wartime realities. B. Both poems describe Britain’s civiliz- 22. Which of the following literary devices is ing mission in the world. most prominent in Gertrude Stein’s poem C. Both poems seek to respond to the “New”? harsh political and military realities of A. Assonance and word repetition their day. B. Simile D. Both poems romanticize war and glo- C. Metaphor and allusion rify the life of the soldier. D. Circumlocution 27. Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately 23. Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the defies classification. Pound’s poem al- Metro” reads: “The apparition of these ludes to which of the following epic po- faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black ems? bough.” Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem? A. The Mahabharata A. It seeks to diminish the distance be- B. Paradise Lost tween society and nature. C. The Odyssey B. It seeks to amplify the distance be- D. The Aeneid tween society and nature. 28. Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Dragon and the C. It plays with the relationship be- Undying” includes the following lines: tween the social, natural, and supernatural “Yet, though the slain are homeless as worlds. the breeze,/Vocal are they, like storm- D. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral bewilder’d seas.” Which of the following scene. literary devices does Sassoon use in these 24. Which of the following poets would most lines and to what effect? likely be categorized as a modernist poet? A. Metaphor to suggest a connection be- A. William Carlos Williams tween soldiers and nature B. John Greenleaf Whittier B. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature C. George Herbert C. Metonymy to describe the brutality of NarayanD. Robert Browning Changdermodern warfare 25. Which of the following statements does D. Onomatopoeia to describe the brutal- NOT characterize the poet e. e. cum- ity of modern warfare mings? 29. Which of the following statements best ex- A. Ivy League educated presses the difference between how visual B. Active pacifist during both world wars images functioned in World War I poetry and Imagist poetry? 361

A. There were no significant differences 32. Complete the following sentence. Yeats’s in the functioning of visual images in “Sailing to Byzantium” is a good example these two types of poetry. of High Modernism, because it: B. The Imagists relied on visual images A. embraces the rhythms and diction of to achieve clarity of expression, whereas common man’s speech. World War I poets relied on visual images B. was written at the very beginning of to subtly punctuate their often desperate the 20th century. political messages. C. attempts to create a modernist high C. The Imagists valued brevity, which culture. could be achieved with precise visual im- D. does not employ rhyme. ages, whereas World War I poets preferred declamatory statements in their poems. 33. What is the most notable characteristic of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station at the Metro”? D. World War I poets valued clarity of expression through visual images, whereas A. The form of a villanelle Imagists relied on complex expression B. The use of synesthesia through emotional visual images. C. The use of simile 30. In his essay “The Roots of Modernism,” D. The use of metaphor Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe defines the 34. Which of the following events increased modern period in the history of art as the the appeal of communism among Ameri- time from roughly 1860 to 1970. How can intellectuals both black and white in does he say modernism is typically de- the years between 1918 and 1939? fined? A. The Great Depression A. Modernism is the art produced during the modern period. B. Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939 B. Modernism is the historical period C. The Russian Civil War which followed the modern period. D. World War I C. Modernism is the philosophy of mod- 35. Which of the following descriptors does ern art. NOT apply to the features of French Sym- bolist poetry that influenced other mod- D. Both A and C ernist poetry? 31. Yeats’s “Song of Wandering Aengus” A. French Symbolist poetry is full of ex- ends with the lines: “And pluck till time aggerated metaphors. and times are done/The silver apples of B. French Symbolist poetry has narrative the moon/The golden apples of the sun.” clarity. Which of the following is NOT a symbolic meaning of theJai apples? ShreeC. French Symbolist Ram poetry is shocking. A. They symbolize the return to a lost D. French Symbolist poetry is formally paradise. experimental. 36. Which of the following statements best B. They point to alchemical elements, characterizes the difference between Fu- which in turn symbolize the body and the turism and Vorticism? soul. A. Members of both movements were fas- C. They symbolize the coming apoca- cinated by speed and dynamism, but un- lypse. like the Futurists, Vorticists did not cele- D. They symbolize a fulfilled longing. brate technology and industrialization. 362 Chapter 14. Modern Poetry and Poetics

B. Futurism was a politically-inclined D. They describe a scene in the country- movement, whereas Vorticism was free side, which symbolizes the state of the of all political entanglements. author’s soul. C. Futurism lasted for several decades, 40. According to Langston Hughes’s essay whereas Vorticism was short-lived. “The Negro Artist and the Racial Moun- tain” (his answer to George Schuyler’s D. Vorticists celebrated technology and essay “Negro Art Hokum”), what is the industrialization, whereas Futurists ex- “mountain” that stands in the way of “any plored impending cultural challenges re- true Negro art in America”? garding technology and industrialization. A. It is the racial discrimination endemic in the white community. 37. Which of the following statements best characterizes the form of Claude McKay’s B. It is the racial segregation in the South. poem “The Harlem Dancer”? A. It is an English sonnet. C. It is a widespread “urge toward whiteness” among African Americans. B. It is an Italian sonnet. D. It is a widespread “urge to incorpo- C. It is a Spenserian sonnet. rate and neutralize other cultures” among D. It is a free verse poem. white Americans. 38. In his first lecture on William Butler Yeats, 41. Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Professor Hammer says that the young Youth” begins with the following lines: Yeats identified with King Goll. What “What passing-bells for these who die as does he mean by this? cattle?/ Only the monstrous anger of the A. Yeats’s poetry was autobiographical, guns./ Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid but he understood his life through the rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons.” prism of myths and symbols; symbolism Which of the following statements best was therefore present in both Yeats’s life describes these lines? and in his poetry. A. These lines suggest that it was difficult B. Yeats believed that each person was to define patriotism during the Great War, an instance of a general cultural type or but soldiers who died in battle provided symbol. the best example of patriotism. C. The young Yeats wished to emphasize B. These lines suggest that the Great War his identity as an English poet and draw lasted much longer than it should have. attention away from his Irish heritage. C. These lines equate humans with D. Both A and B animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is 39. Which of the following statements best no place for human values. characterizes the last two stanzas of Charles Baudelaire’s symbolist poem D. These lines represent a modern funeral “Correspondences”? dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient Greek funeral dirges. NarayanA. They describe the author’s experiences Changder as a young child. 42. Which of the following statements best characterizes Ezra Pound’s poem “Hugh B. They use metaphors with subtle politi- Selwyn Mauberley”? cal connotations. A. It is primarily a narrative poem. C. They ascribe colors and sounds to scents, relying on a device known as B. It uses iambic pentameter to achieve synesthesia. tonal fluidity. 363

C. It undermines the idea of a single lyri- B. The horror of the Holocaust was inex- cal voice by using diverse cultural sym- pressible; how can poetry speak of what bols and numerous phrases in various lan- is inexpressible? guages. C. Is there a relationship between poetry D. Its intensity derives from the combina- and rationality after the Holocaust? tion of modern subject matter and alexan- D. Is there a meaningful relationship be- drine couplets. tween World War I poetry and World War 43. In his essay “The Symbolism of Poetry,” II poetry? William Butler Yeats argues that which of 46. Which of the following writers wrote the following is the purpose of rhythm? about trench warfare during the Great War? A. To “amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical sym- A. Siegfried Sassoon bols” B. Isaac Rosenberg B. To “prolong the moment of contempla- C. Wilfred Owen tion” D. All of these answers C. To “counteract the forces of dispersal 47. Langston Hughes was among the most im- inherent in metaphorical language” portant figures of the Harlem Renaissance. D. To “make poetry new” Which of the following is an accurate characterization of his experiences before he 44. In the first lecture of his Modern Poetry published his first book? course, what argument does Professor Langdon Hammer make about the rela- A. He was a native New Yorker who did tionship between the modern city and po- not travel much but who was keenly aware etic modernism? of New York’s complexity and diversity. B. He moved to New York from Al- A. Most modernist poets lived in large abama and the stark contrast between cities; therefore, they often used urban these places deeply influenced his writing. imagery in their poetry.

B. Many languages and many forms of C. He was born in Missouri and traveled language were used in large cities; mod- extensively throughout the United States ernist poets often treated language not as and the world before he moved to New something given and natural but as a con- York City. struct which they could manipulate. D. He spent most of his life in Washing- C. Individuals often felt lost and alien- ton, DC, moving to Harlem only after he ated in large cities, and among poets this gained literary fame. resulted in turning inward and focusing Jai Shree48. Professor Hammer Ram argues that in a certain only on the world of one’s own imagina- sense Wallace Stevens’s poetry is always tion. meta-poetry. What does this mean? D. All of these answers A. Stevens’s poetry is primarily, though 45. Which of the following statements best not explicitly, concerned with meta- characterizes the central questions faced physics. by poetry after the Holocaust? B. Stevens’s poetry investigates its own A. Is it possible for Romantic themes in rules. poetry to be meaningful after the Holo- C. Stevens’s poetry always addresses sev- caust? eral different audiences. 364 Chapter 14. Modern Poetry and Poetics

D. Stevens’s poetry highlights an objec- 53. Which of the following best describes the tive voice. reasons why World War I had a profound 49. Violet Cristoforo was honored for collect- impact on modern poetry? ing what kind of poetry in her anthology A. The devastation wrought by World “May Sky”? War I was so enormous that it put Eu- A. Love sonnets from the Nazi death rope’s cultural and political norms and camps values into question. B. American G.I. poetry from German B. The mechanized killing, which took prisoner of war camps place on a massive scale during World War I, made it necessary to reflect about C. Jewish dissident poetry from the gu- the effects of technological progress. lags in Siberia C. World War I was the first global con- D. Haiku poetry from the Japanese intern- flict where the distinction between comment camps in the US batants and civilians was erased, and this 50. Which of the following images in Arthur had a devastating effect on the European Rimbaud’s poem “Eternity” undermines psyche. the idea that eternity is something fixed and permanent? D. Both A and B A. The image of a sentinel 54. Generally speaking, African-American themes were very rare in white modernist B. The image of the sun reflected on the poetry. Which of the following white po- sea ets attempted to evoke elements of black C. The image of a quest for knowledge experience in his or her poems? D. The image of satiny embers A. H.D. 51. According to W.E.B. Dubois in his At- B. Hart Crane lantic Monthly essay, “The Strivings of the Negro People,” what are some of the C. William Carlos Williams personal consequences for an African- D. T.S. Eliot American living in a racist society at the 55. The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” ends beginning of the 20th century? with the following lines: “My friend, you A. Feeling like an outcast in your own would not tell with such high zest/To chil- house dren ardent for some desperate glory,/The B. Becoming a stuttering sycophant just old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est/ Pro patria to survive mori.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines? C. Wrapping yourself in the armor of anger and resentment A. Brooke’s inclusion of a quotation from Horace in these lines serves to emphasize D. All of the above the distance between the ideals of Western 52. Complete the following sentence. Poetic civilization and its realities. images which idealize war and ascribe Narayan ChangderB. These lines suggest the author’s anger spiritual qualities to battle can be found primarily in English poems written: and disillusionment with cultural norms which glorify war. A. around 1900. C. In these lines, Brooke seeks to bridge B. in the early stages of World War I. the gap between individual experience and C. in the late stages of World War I. cultural norms and beliefs. D. in the 1920s. D. All of the above 365

56. Which of the following statements best A. It refers to a group of talented Amer- characterizes the formal qualities of ican émigré writers who lived in Europe Langston Hughes’s poem “Life is Fine”? after World War I. A. The diction is much more polysyllabic B. It refers to the young generation whose than monosyllabic. coming of age was interrupted by World B. The use of alternating end rhymes and War I. word repetitions enhance the music of the C. It refers to English poets who sought poem and along with its occasional disso- refuge in New York City after World War nance give it an improvisational jazz-like I ended. quality. D. Both A and B C. It is written in Standard American En- 61. In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This glish for middle-class readers. Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is com- D. This poem is structured like a vil- pared to a pond in the woods. Can one say lanelle. that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s 57. Which of the following literary devices dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or are present in Langston Hughes’s poem why not? “Ku Klux”? A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of A. Irony nature draws attention away from human B. Allegory realities. C. Oxymoron B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than in- D. Alliteration dividual experience. 58. Which of the following was NOT a promi- C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; nent theme of American and English mod- it addresses the maker of the bowl directly ernist poetry? and speculates about his state of mind. A. The search for a new poetic language and the idea that language can be rein- D. No, even though Lowell strives for im- vented by poets personal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accom- B. The quest to describe objects with pre- plish this. cision and without emotion 62. Professor Hammer argues that Marianne C. The idea that the self is neither unitary Moore’s poem “England” suggests which nor permanently stable of the following? D. The approval of the norms and values A. Moore’s emotional and aesthetic at- of bourgeois culture tachment to England 59. Which of the following best describes the Jai ShreeB. Moore’s harsh Ram critique of the carnage types of imagery used in Louis Zukofsky’s of World War I poem, “A: Seventh Movement: There Are Different Techniques”? C. Moore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism A. Historic and contemporary imagery B. Kabalistic imagery D. Moore’s interest in England’s civiliz- ing mission in the world C. Nationalist imagery 63. What is the “double-bind” that African- D. Everyday imagery American women poets encountered in 60. What does Gertrude Stein’s term “the Lost the thirties and forties, according to An- Generation” designate? thony Walton’s essay? 366 Chapter 14. Modern Poetry and Poetics

A. Being overworked in menial jobs hav- 66. In analyzing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song ing to raise large families of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Professor Hammer argues that Eliot creates something that B. Being a subordinated woman in a male might be called which of the following? dominated culture and a member of a sup- pressed minority race in the middle of a A. “A meditation on contradictions” dominant white culture B. “Overheard inner speech” C. Having little formal education with lit- C. “Implicit dialogue with the future” tle access to publishers D. “Objective correlative” D. Being ignored by a traditional poetry 67. According to Professor Hammer, Wallace reading public because what they wrote Stevens’s understanding of the imagina- about was the travails of subsistence liv- tion has most in common with which of ing the following literary traditions? 64. Which of the following statements best A. Imagism characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” and the futurist B. Classicism aesthetic project? C. British Romanticism A. “The Waste Land” is primarily con- D. Vorticism cerned with nature, whereas the futurists 68. Ezra Pound’s “Canto XIV” opens with the are most interested in industrial and urban line “Io venni in luogo d’ogni luce muto” landscapes. [I came to a place devoid of light]. This B. “The Waste Land” confronts the frag- creates a connection between the Canto mentation of modernity by exploring a and which of the following works? variety of modes and voices, whereas the A. Milton’s “Paradise Lost” futurists do not focus on the fragmenta- tion of modern experience, praising speed B. Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and industrial progress instead. C. Goethe’s “Faust” C. “The Waste Land” is an ironic explo- D. Thomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus” ration of Romantic themes, whereas the 69. Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” opens with futurists incorporate ironic evocations of the following lines: “If I should die, think the classical tradition in their poetry. only this of me:/That there’s some corner D. “The Waste Land” focuses on the of a foreign ﬁeld/That is for ever England.” personal connection between poet and Which of the following statements best de- speaker, whereas the futurists focus on an scribes these lines and Brooke’s poem as impersonal connection between humans a whole? and industry. A. These lines and the poem as a whole 65. Complete the following sentence. Pro- use both the political concept of a nation fessor Hammer argues that Ezra Pound’s and the spiritual concept of eternity to give interest in fascism and his anti-Semitic meaning to soldiers’ deaths on the battle- Narayanviews were likely an outcome of his: Changderﬁeld. A. endorsement of Marxism. B. These lines and the poem as a whole are primarily concerned with the exten- B. interest in ancient Rome. sion of Britain’s imperial power. C. anti-capitalism. C. These lines and the poem as a whole D. interest in Fourier’s utopian socialist seek to directly express the horrors of war. thought. 367

D. These lines and the poem as a whole C. “Continual transformation of the per- rely on assonance to magnify the critique sonality” of war expressed in the poem. D. “Continual identification with the past” 70. Why was World War II a defining event in the history of the 20th century? 73. According to the literary critic, Paul A. It brought unprecedented destruction Fussell, which of the following was a cen- and loss of life, thereby putting into ques- tral trope of English poetry written during tion the entire cultural and political legacy the Great War? of Western civilization. A. Patriotic imagery B. It was followed by Soviet domination B. Irony of Eastern Europe and by the entrench- ment of the Soviet totalitarian system of C. Nihilism rule. D. Apocalyptic imagery C. It was followed by the Cold War, 74. Professor Hammer points out that T.S. which affected international politics Eliot used quotation as an important lit- throughout the world. erary technique. The use of quotations, according to Professor Hammer, suggests D. All of these answers which of the following attitudes to the 71. Which of the following best characterizes past? the contrast between Gertrude Stein’s poetry and Imagist poetry? A. Curiosity about the past A. Stein experimented only with the B. Deference to the past sound qualities of language, whereas the C. Violation of the past Imagists focused on visual imagery. D. Paradoxically both B and C B. Stein experimented with language that 75. One of the dominant themes in Wallace skirted the edges of sense, whereas the Stevens’s poem “Sunday Morning” con- Imagists sought precision and clarity of sists of the juxtaposition of nature against expression. which set of cultural symbols? C. Stein sought to combine classical po- A. The ideal of courtly love etic form with contemporary content, whereas the Imagists used traditional po- B. Elements of the Christian narrative of etic subject matter but experimented with salvation form. C. The alchemical concept of the philoso- D. Stein sought precision and clarity in pher’s stone her poems, whereas the Imagists sought D. The Renaissance concept of human- experimentalJai forms that enhanced Shree visual ism Ram imagery. 76. Which of the following figures is the au- 72. In T.S. Eliot’s essay called “Tradition thor of the 1909 “Futurist Manifesto”? and Individual Talent,” he argues that the A. Umberto Boccioni progress of an artist consists of which of the following? B. Filippo Marinetti A. “Continual expansion of the personal- C. Vladimir Mayakovsky ity and its diverse elements” D. Aleksander Wat B. “Continual self-sacrifice, a continual 77. The first stanza of Countee Cullen’s “A extinction of personality” Brown Girl Dead” reads: “With two white 368 Chapter 14. Modern Poetry and Poetics

roses on her breasts,/White candles at and championed modernist poetry in the head and feet,/Dark Madonna of the grave first half of the 20th century? she rests;/Lord Death has found her sweet.” A. The Partisan Review Which of the following statements accurately characterizes these lines? B. The Owl A. These lines evoke Christian imagery C. Poetry to emphasize the dignity of the girl who D. Blast died. 82. What was the primary significance of B. These lines evoke Christian imagery to “The Book of American Negro Poetry” suggest that death erases racial divisions. (1922), edited by James Weldon John- C. These lines present the problem of son? racial prejudice in an ironic mode. A. It established an authoritative and un- D. Both A and B questionable canon of African American poetry. 78. Professor Hammer argues that Hart Crane’s poem “Voyages” is a complex re- B. It inspired Harlem Renaissance writers ply to which of the following modernist to establish a tradition of African Ameri- works? can poetry. A. Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks C. It presented African American writers of Rivers” to a previously indifferent white audience. B. Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” C. T.S. Eliot’s “A Love Song of J. Alfred D. It provided literary criticism on Prufrock” African American poetry. 83. World War I drastically changed the politi- D. T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” cal and cultural climate in Europe. Which 79. Which of the following traditions was an of the following was NOT among the important influence on Louis Zukofsky’s changes brought about by World War I? poetry? A. Germany was defeated and blamed for A. American Romanticism causing the war. B. British Neo-Classicism B. In the course of World War I, the Bol- C. Kabalistic Judaism sheviks came to power in Russia. D. Taoism C. Successful parliamentary democracies 80. H.D.’s poem “Oread” reads: “WHIRL were established throughout the continent up, sea-/Whirl your pointed pines./Splash and remained stable until the outbreak of your great pines/On our rocks./Hurl your World War II in 1939. green over us-/Cover us with your pools of D. By the end of the 1920s, almost ev- fir.” To which of the following categories ery state that had participated in World does this poem belong? War I faced an economic depression and NarayanA. Objectivist poetry Changderpolitical upheavals. 84. In Wallace Stevens’s poem “The Man on B. Futurist poetry the Dump,” one can say that the trash sym- C. Imagist poetry bolizes which of the following? D. Vorticist poetry A. Artifacts from foreign cultures which 81. Which one of the following was not a do not fit into the American cultural con- “little magazine” that primarily published text 369

B. The broken dreams of the American D. The poem presents the war as a natu- émigré community in Paris ral part of the perennial cycles of human history. C. Old poetry 88. Which of the following statements best D. The failed attempt of modern poetry characterizes Georgia Douglass Johnson’s 85. According to Professor Hammer, which of poem “Black Woman”? the following characteristics did Langston A. This poem focuses primarily on the Hughes share with modernist poets different experiences of black and white like William Carlos Williams, Marianne women. Moore, Hart Crane, and Robert Frost? B. This poem describes the relationship A. Hughes was very conscious that he between a black woman and her child. was an American poet, and this pro- foundly inﬂuenced his writing. C. This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet B. Hughes wrote about the legacy of the born. American Civil War and its long-term cultural consequences. D. The poem is a conversation between a black woman and her ancestors. C. Hughes introduced new subject-matter 89. Which of the following traditions was par- and new language into poetry. ticularly important in Hart Crane’s mod- D. Both A and C ernist poetry? 86. Which of the following statements accu- A. French Classicism rately characterizes the relationship between Italian Futurism and its historical B. British Romanticism context? C. American Romanticism A. The Italian Futurists were fascinated D. German Romanticism by the age of electric and chemical power, 90. Which of the following descriptions does and they praised the beauty of automo- NOT pertain to the Imagists? biles. A. Total freedom in choosing the subject B. The Italian Futurists lived within a B. Striving for concentrated expression quickly changing social world, and they and imagery praised speed. C. Reliance on the language of common C. Marinetti and other Italian Futurists speech supported Mussolini’s fascism. D. Creative reliance on conventional po- D. All of these answers etic forms 87. Which of the following statements best 91. Which of the following statements best characterizesJai Randall Jarrell’s 1945 Shree poem characterizes the Ram role played by Gertrude “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner”? Stein in American modernism? A. The poem contrasts the image of a A. Stein was a crucially important ﬁgure child in its mother’s womb with cruel de- in the Paris émigré community. valuation of human life in wartime. B. Stein was primarily a muse for mod- B. The poem praises those technological ernist poets. achievements which protect human life in wartime. C. Stein was a proponent of low modernism. C. The poem uses images of the apocalypse to criticize the cruelty of war. D. Stein was an opponent of vanguard trends. 370 Chapter 14. Modern Poetry and Poetics

92. Which of the following poets wrote about C. It is concerned with conventional 19th- World War II? century relations between a man and a woman. A. Rupert Brooke D. All of these answers B. Rudyard Kipling 96. Which of the following does Professor C. Karl Shapiro Hammer identify as one of the most im- D. Hart Crane portant goals of Imagist poetry? 93. Complete the following sentence. A. The privileging of image over sound Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach” B. The privileging of rhythm over mean- is illustrative of modernist poetry, because ing it: C. The privileging of individual detail A. employs free verse. over the larger pattern B. has an undertow of nihilism. D. The privileging of colors over textures C. is chauvinistic about British “exceptionalism.” 97. Many critics see similarities between the tenets of Futurism and which of the fol- D. was composed between WW I and lowing political philosophies? WW II. 94. Which of the following statements best de- A. Marxism scribes the relationship between Georgian B. Fascism poetry and English World War I poetry? C. Democracy A. Georgian poetry was modeled on D. Libertarianism World War I poetry and adapted its in- sights to postwar realities. 98. What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost’s poem “Out, B. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian Out” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem poetry was concerned primarily with the “Telling the Bees”? effects of urbanization and industrialization. A. They both address the theme of death. C. Unlike World War I poetry, Geor- gian poetry was concerned primarily with B. Both use formal meter to present a nar- women’s rights. rative structure. C. They are both set in rural New Eng- D. World War I poets like Siegfried Sas- land. soon and Wilfred Owen adapted the Geor- gian poetic manner to write about modern D. All of these answers subjects; most Georgian poets focused on 99. Which of the following phrases best de- individual experience and avoided writing scribes the central goal of Imagist poets? about the upheavals of modernity. A. “Emotional power achieved through 95.NarayanWhich of the following features of Robert Changdersuggestive visual images” Browning’s “My Last Duchess” make it classiﬁable as a Victorian poem? B. “Exploration of philosophical paradoxes through visual images” A. It has a regular rhyme scheme (aa/bb/cc/dd...), which is sustained C. “Clarity of expression through the use throughout the poem. of precise visual images” B. It is primarily a narrative poem. D. “Inclusion of natural objects as symbols” 371

100. Ezra Pound’s “Canto I” opens with the the poem. following lines: “And then went down to the ship,/Set keel to breakers, forth on C. These lines are the only impersonal the godly sea, and(...).” Which of the fol- lines in the poem, the rest of which is lowing statements best characterizes these primarily focused on the complexity of lines and the poem as a whole? human emotions. A. These lines set an impersonal tone D. These lines establish a personal tone, which dominates the entire poem. focusing on a lyrical perspective similar to late-Victorian era poetry. B. These lines establish a rhythmical pattern, which is followed strictly throughout

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1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. C 12. B 13. D 14.D 15. A 16. C 17. A 18. C 19. D 20. C 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. D 26.C 27. C 28. B 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. B 36. A 37. A 38.D 39. C 40. C 41. C 42. C 43. B 44. B 45. B 46. D 47. C 48. B 49. D 50.B 51. D 52. C 53. D 54. B 55. D 56. B 57. A 58. D 59. A 60. D 61. C 62.C 63. B 64. B 65. C 66. B 67. C 68. D 69. A 70. D 71. B 72. B 73. B 74.D 75. B 76. B 77. D 78. D 79. C 80. C 81. A 82. B 83. C 84. C 85. D 86.D 87. A 88. C 89. C 90. D 91. A 92. C 93. B 94. D 95. D 96. C 97. B 98.D 99. C 100.A

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1. Dickens uses realism as a technique to there-’Mrs. Blinder, whatever my calling support a larger theme that underlies his may have been, I see a angel sitting in this writing. He criticizes the institutionalized room last night along with my child, and corruption that existed and attempts to en- I trust her to Our Father!” gage the readers’ emotions (frustration, C. “There was such a shock of apprehen- anger or sadness) on behalf of the victims. sion in his face, and he knew Richard so Which of these passages best illustrates perfectly, and I too had seen so much of this technique? his gradual decay, that what my dear girl A. “‘I began to keep the little creatures,’ had said to me in the fullness of her fore- she said, ‘with an object that the wards boding love sounded like a knell in my will readily comprehend. With the inten- ears. ‘In case you should be wanting Mr. tion of restoring them to liberty. When my C., sir,’ said Mr. Vholes, coming after judgment should be given. Ye-es! They us, ‘you’ll find him in court. I left him die in prison, though. Their lives, poor there resting himself a little. Good day, silly things, are so short in comparison sir; good day, Miss Summerson.’ As he with Chancery proceedings that, one by gave me that slowly devouring look of his, one, the wholeJai collection has Shree died over while twisting Ram up the strings of his bag be- and over again. I doubt, do you know, fore he hastened with it after Mr. Kenge, whether one of these, though they are all the benignant shadow of whose conversa- young, will live to be free! Ve-ry mortify- tional presence he seemed afraid to leave, ing, is it not?”’ he gave one gasp as if he had swallowed the last morsel of his client, and his black B. “Bless you, sir, the way she tended buttoned-up unwholesome figure glided them two children after the mother died away to the low door at the end of the was the talk of the yard! And it was a won- Hall.” der to see her with him after he was took ill, it really was! ’Mrs. Blinder,’ he said D. All of these to me the very last he spoke-he was lying 2. Fiction and non-fiction frequently influ- 374 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

ence one another. This was particularly C. Neither reflects the narrative style of true in Victorian Britain. Which author careful collection of data and description was particularly influential to the writing of places or objects. of Darwin’s The Origin of Species D. Neither of the journeys make any real A. Bram Stoker impact on the surrounding people, or the B. Thomas Hardy wider community of scientists. C. Wilkie Collins 6. Which of the following best describes the Whig political perspective? D. Charles Dickens 3. Middle- and upper-class Victorian women A. The political and military faction de- faced complicated expectations regarding feated by Charles the II paid work. Why? B. The liberal party of the new financial A. They could not work if they were preg- and mercantile interests and reformist leg- nant or nursing small children. islation, who felt the aristocracy ruled only at the consent of the people B. Women of the middle and upper classes were supposed to marry and stay C. Advocates of personal freedom home as centers of the Victorian family- D. Strong supporters of William III and but many households could not be sup- his consort Mary ported on a single income. C. There were so many lower-class 7. Henry Mayhew writes at length about the women in the workforce that there was London poor and the types of labor they no need for middle-class women to work. performed. Identify which type of literary genre Mayhew’s work most closely resembles. D. Paid work was unnecessary because the salaries of men in the middle class A. Science fiction: He attempts to create were very high. a dystopian narrative by merging science 4. The “Condition-of-England” novel was and fiction. often influenced by external factors. B. Travel literature: He uses drastic Which of the following non-fiction ac- shock tactics to convey an exciting dis- counts might have influenced this genre? covery of “savages” in the capital city. A. Mayhew’s London Labor and the Lon- C. Romance: He makes the poor into ro- don Poor mantic/tragic heroes so the reader will B. Darwin’s The Origin of Species sympathize. C. Lombroso’s work on criminals D. He does not use a literary technique. D. Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre 8. A bildungsroman is a novel that concerns 5. In what ways is Journey to the Center of itself with: the Earth similar to the actual journey of A. the architecture of a city or urban land- Narayanthe H.M.S. Beagle and Darwin? Changder scape, as opposed to the countryside. A. Both are driven by a sense of mystery and a need for discovery-to answer ques- B. the development of a youthful protag- tions and to find solutions. onist as he or she matures. B. Both demonstrate a fear of the un- C. the history of antiquity, particularly of known and are allegorical stories about ancient Rome and Greece. doubt. D. the poor versus the rich. 375

9. In the novel Bleak House, Dickens uses him about the broom or about the lie, but realism to represent the plight of poor la- knows both. Can’t exactly say what’ll be boring classes. Which of these passages done to him arter he’s dead if he tells a lie best illustrates the use of realism? to the gentlemen here, but believes it’ll be something wery bad to punish him, and A. “Groups of its inhabitants assemble to serve him right-and so he’ll tell the truth.” discuss the thing, and the outposts of the army of observation (principally boys) are pushed forward to Mr. Krook’s window, 10. The construction of the railways had a which they closely invest. A policeman great impact on British life and British has already walked up to the room, and fiction-particularly on how people judged walked down again to the door, where he time and distance. In which of the follow- stands like a tower, only condescending ing novels does the difference between to see the boys at his base occasionally; time and distance, as clocked by railways, but whenever he does see them, they quail appear specifically? and fall back.” A. Jane Eyre B. “At the appointed hour arrives the B. Bleak House coroner, for whom the jurymen are waiting and who is received with a salute of C. The Sign of Four skittles from the good dry skittle-ground D. Dracula attached to the Sol’s Arms. The coro- 11. The British Empire is often described as ner frequents more public-houses than any “ambivalent” in its expansion. Which of man alive.” the following best explains this in terms C. “Mrs. Piper lives in the court (which of Victorian Imperialism? her husband is a cabinet-maker), and it has A. The British were always interested in long been well beknown among the neigh- expanding their territories and had little to bours (counting from the day next but no concern for trade. one before the half-baptizing of Alexan- der James Piper aged eighteen months and B. The British were committed to expand- four days old on accounts of not being ing the empire in every direction and ac- expected to live such was the sufferings tively sought to increase their land hold- gentlemen of that child in his gums) as the ings. plaintive-so Mrs. Piper insists on calling C. The British were not always interested the deceased-was reported to have sold in the territories that they took over, but oc- himself.” casionally felt compelled to conquer one D. “Here he is, very muddy, very hoarse, territory to protect another. very ragged. Now, boy! But stop a minute. D. The British were at war with other Caution. This boy must be put through a countries and colonies on the grounds of few preliminaryJai paces. Name, Shree Jo. Noth- Ram religious persecution. ing else that he knows on. Don’t know 12. Which of the following passages most ac- that everybody has two names. Never curately depicts the sensation-fiction tech- heerd of sich a think. Don’t know that nique of using shock or highly charged Jo is short for a longer name. Thinks it emotions? long enough for HIM. HE don’t find no fault with it. Spell it? No. HE can’t spell A. “When he had thoroughly recovered it. No father, no mother, no friends. Never himself, and had joined me on the been to school. What’s home? Knows a beach, his warm Southern nature broke broom’s a broom, and knows it’s wicked through all artificial English restraints to tell a lie. Don’t recollect who told in a moment. He overwhelmed me 376 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

with the wildest expressions of affection- D. Adequate transportation, gothic nov- exclaimed passionately, in his exaggerated els, and the steam engine Italian way, that he would hold his life 14. Woodblock illustrations were important henceforth at my disposal-and declared until the development of line illustrations that he should never be happy again until and other methods. Three outstanding he had found an opportunity of proving woodblook illustrators of the period be- his gratitude by rendering me some ser- fore line-drawing include: vice which I might remember, on my side, to the end of my days.” A. Napier, Hopkinson, and Cope. B. “We both bounced into the parlour in B. Charles Dickens, William Thackery, a highly abrupt and undignified manner. and Lewis Carroll. My mother sat by the open window laugh- C. Douglas Jerrold, Lewis Carroll, and ing and fanning herself. Pesca was one Charles Kingsley. of her especial favourites and his wildest eccentricities were always pardonable in D. Gustav Doré, John Tenniel, and Linley her eyes.” Sambourne. 15. In many ways, Bleak House is a C. “I had mechanically turned in this “Condition-of-England” novel. Which of latter direction, and was strolling along the following passages best reflects the the lonely high-road-idly wondering, I tenets of this genre? remember, what the Cumberland young ladies would look like-when, in one mo- A. “It is not a large world. Relatively ment, every drop of blood in my body was even to this world of ours, which has its brought to a stop by the touch of a hand limits too (as your Highness shall find laid lightly and suddenly on my shoulder when you have made the tour of it and from behind me. I turned on the instant, are come to the brink of the void beyond), with my fingers tightening round the han- it is a very little speck. There is much dle of my stick. There, in the middle of good in it; there are many good and true the broad bright high-road-there, as if it people in it; it has its appointed place.” had that moment sprung out of the earth or B. “My Lady Dedlock has returned to her dropped from the heaven-stood the figure house in town for a few days previous of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to her departure for Paris, where her la- to foot in white...” dyship intends to stay some weeks, after D. “The first touch of womanly tender- which her movements are uncertain. The ness that I had heard from her trembled fashionable intelligence says so for the in her voice as she said the words; but no comfort of the Parisians, and it knows all tears glistened in those large, wistfully at- fashionable things.” tentive eyes of hers, which were still fixed C. “This is the Court of Chancery, which on me.” has its decaying houses and its blighted 13. Select the option in which all three factors lands in every shire, which has its worn- listed were pre-conditions of the Industrial out lunatic in every madhouse and its dead NarayanRevolution in Britain. Changderin every churchyard, which has its ru- ined suitor with his slipshod heels and A. Literacy, law, and military power threadbare dress borrowing and begging B. Widely available printed material, lit- through the round of every man’s acquain- eracy, adequate transportation tance, which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the C. Slave owners, slave labor, and the East right, which so exhausts finances, pa- India Trading Company tience, courage, hope, so overthrows the 377

brain and breaks the heart, that there is the Industrial Revolution, they simply did not an honourable man among its practi- not work as hard in subsequent years. tioners who would not give-who does not D. All of these often give-the warning, ‘Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come 18. The Victorian period saw the profession- here!”’ alization of the sciences, and one of the leading thinkers of the age was Charles D. “I have a great deal of difficulty in Darwin. Darwin’s theory of evolution is beginning to write my portion of these best described by which of the following: pages, for I know I am not clever. I always knew that. I can remember, when I A. A theory that suggested apes had was a very little girl indeed, I used to say turned into men and this proved transmu- to my doll when we were alone together, tation, or the changing of one species into ‘Now, Dolly, I am not clever, you know another species very well, and you must be patient with B. An idea that concerned adaptation but me, like a dear!’ And so she used to sit not actual evolution, a theory that came propped up in a great arm-chair, with her later, after Darwin’s death beautiful complexion and rosy lips, star- C. The understanding that all species de- ing at me-or not so much at me, I think, scended from common ancestors and this as at nothing-while I busily stitched away branching pattern of evolution resulted and told her every one of my secrets.” from a process called natural selection, 16. In the Victorian period, phrenology was a in which the struggle for existence results science of the mind that: in selective breeding A. is the assessment of a person’s charac- D. A theory originally developed as a ter or personality based on his outer ap- kind of criminology and a way of telling pearance, especially the face. one race from another B. is a pseudoscience primarily con- 19. Sensation novels, which flourished in the cerned with reflexology and the nerves Victorian period, primarily aimed to: of the feet. A. “heal the wounded heart.” C. focused on measurements of the hu- B. “enlighten the mind and infuse the wit.” man skull, based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and that certain brain areas have localized, specific C. “encourage strong minds, strong souls, functions. strong bodies.” D. is a practice similar to acupuncture D. “preach to the nerves instead of the and focuses on pressure points and glan- judgment.” dular activity. 20. Which of the following passages most re- 17. Despite Britain’sJai prowess at mid-century, Shreeflects the British Ram fear of invasion as repre- the empire began to fall behind other na- sented by the vampire? tions. This decline has been variously as- A. “I am glad that it is old and big. I cribed to: myself am of an old family, and to live A. the fundamentally anti-technological in a new house would kill me. A house bias of British education. cannot be made habitable in a day, and after all, how few days go to make up B. fewer educated people than either Eu- a century. I rejoice also that there is a rope or North America. chapel of old times. We Transylvanian C. the fact that the British middle class nobles love not to think that our bones made money so easily in the first years of may lie amongst the common dead. I seek 378 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

not gaiety nor mirth, not the bright volup- B. Because Victorians were interested in tuousness of much sunshine and sparkling social responsibility, and because they be- waters which please the young and gay.” lieved problems afforded solutions, they were more likely to focus on social real- B. “For if we fail in this our fight he must ities in both fiction and non-fiction than surely win, and then where end we? Life the Romantic-era writers before them. is nothings, I heed him not. But to fail here, is not mere life or death. It is that C. Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew we become as him, that we henceforward were friends. become foul things of the night like him, D. People were frightened by progress without heart or conscience, preying on and enjoyed reading novels and non- the bodies and the souls of those we love fiction with horrifying narratives about best. To us forever are the gates of heaven technology. This was called sensation- shut, for who shall open them to us again?” alism. 23. In the novel Dracula, we see a surpris- C. “We Szekelys have a right to be proud, ing reversal of the gothic’s use of place. for in our veins flows the blood of many Which of the following best describes this brave races who fought as the lion fights, reversal and why it is important? for lordship. Here, in the whirlpool of Eu- A. Harker travels from the west to the ropean races, the Ugric tribe bore down east, and his arrival at Castle Dracula rep- from Iceland the fighting spirit which resents the progress of the British Empire Thor and Wodin gave them, which their and the expansion of colonies. Berserkers displayed to such fell intent on the seaboards of Europe, aye, and of Asia B. Mina travels from her home to her and Africa too, till the peoples thought friend’s home, and this represents the so- that the werewolves themselves had come.” cial mobility of women and of the middle classes. D. “I saw the fingers and toes grasp the C. Van Helsing travels to London, and corners of the stones, worn clear of the this represents the power of medical men mortar by the stress of years, and by and their ability to thwart myth and super- thus using every projection and inequal- stition. ity move downwards with considerable D. The count travels from the east to the speed, just as a lizard moves along a wall.” west, and his invasion of London can be linked to fears of the “other” and the fall 21. The Woman’s Suffrage Movement: of the British Empire. A. supported women’s right to vote. 24. Between 1870 and 1900, the formal Em- pire expanded to occupy an area of 4 mil- B. supported the end of slavery. lion square miles. Which of the following C. supported children. is NOT one of the factors that contributed to expansion? D. intended to end suffering. 22. Non-fiction works like Mayhew’s London A. The development of Britain’s relation- Narayan Changdership with the United States of America Labor and the London Poor and fiction works like Dickens’ Hard Times often depict similar kinds of things. Which of the B. A desire to defend the financial inter- following best explains this relationship? ests abroad A. Novels were more fun to read than C. The threat posed by emerging world non-fiction, so all writing attempted to powers look like a novel when it was published. D. The Industrial Revolution 379

25. In The Sign of Four, the mystery revolves man who could never sufficiently vaunt around things that happen abroad. Which himself a self-made man. A man who was of the following events leads Jonathon always proclaiming, through that brassy Small to flee (and initiate the pact with speaking-trumpet of a voice of his, his old the Sikhs?) ignorance and his old poverty. A man who was the Bully of humility.” A. The dissolve of the East India Trading Company in 1873 B. “In truth, Mrs. Gradgrind’s stock of facts in general was woefully defective; B. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 but Mr. Gradgrind in raising her to her C. The crowning of Queen Victoria as high matrimonial position, had been in- Empress of India in 1877 fluenced by two reasons. Firstly, she D. The Indian National Congress of 1885 was most satisfactory as a question of figures; and, secondly, she had ‘no nonsense’ about her. By nonsense he meant fancy; 26. Karl Marx was primarily concerned with and truly it is probable she was as free which of the following? from any alloy of that nature, as any hu- A. Human freedom and reviving the an- man being not arrived at the perfection of cient concept of communism, wherein hu- an absolute idiot, ever was.” man beings could fulfill their cooperative C. “Being left to saunter in the hall a roles within society without fear of ex- minute or two while Mr. Gradgrind went ploitation up-stairs for the address, he opened the B. Sameness and homogeneity; he door of the children’s study and looked wishes to reduce all persons to the same into that serene floor-clothed apartment, class which, notwithstanding its book-cases and its cabinets and its variety of learned and C. The end of capitalism and the rise of philosophical appliances, had much of the communism as a state institution of power genial aspect of a room devoted to hair- over the will of the people cutting. Louisa languidly leaned upon D. The concept of atavism and Social the window looking out, without looking Darwinism as a means of subjugating the at anything, while young Thomas stood people sniffing revengefully at the fire. Adam 27. Victorian novels use characterization to Smith and Malthus, two younger Grad- represent class and rank. Which of the fol- grinds, were out at lecture in custody; lowing passages is a good example of how and little Jane, after manufacturing a good Charles Dickens reveals the class tension deal of moist pipe-clay on her face with in Hard Times? slate-pencil and tears, had fallen asleep over vulgar fractions.” A. “He was a rich man: banker, merchant, manufacturer,Jai and what not. A Shree big, loud D. “‘Oh, my poorRam health!’ returned Mrs. man, with a stare, and a metallic laugh. A Gradgrind. ‘The girl wanted to come to man made out of a coarse material, which the school, and Mr. Gradgrind wanted seemed to have been stretched to make so girls to come to the school, and Louisa much of him. A man with a great puffed and Thomas both said that the girl wanted head and forehead, swelled veins in his to come, and that Mr. Gradgrind wanted temples, and such a strained skin to his girls to come, and how was it possible to face that it seemed to hold his eyes open, contradict them when such was the fact!”’ and lift his eyebrows up. A man with a pervading appearance on him of being in- 28. Though science and the humanities are flated like a balloon, and ready to start. A sometimes seen as oppositional, they of- 380 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

ten have a reciprocal relationship. Which B. The old tools, like the scythe, were put of the following statements best illustrates to other uses. this? C. More people became farmers. A. Victorian novels, particularly those by D. Additional tools and requirements Charles Dickens, influenced Darwin’s The meant more expense, so farmers earned Origin of Species. more money and became much wealthier B. Scientists tend to see their fields in than before. complete isolation from art and culture. 31. Some reactions to Henry Mayhew’s work C. Since the coming of Romanticism in on London Labor and London Poor might the late 18th century, many poets, such as be described as: Blake and Keats, have tended to oppose A. sensationalism: the attraction of repul- science and technology to the arts. sion and shock. D. The development of cinema, televi- B. horror: the discovery that people in a sion, video, and digital information tech- major city live like "savages." nology has provided a kind of intellectual C. sympathy: pity for the destitute distance. women and children in a major industrial 29. Which of the following describes the most city. like London. important development that came from D. All of these Darwin’s time aboard the survey ship, 32. The term the “Condition-of-England nov- H.M.S. Beagle? els” refers to a body of narrative fiction A. He made countless inquiries of animal that: breeders, both farmers and hobbyists like A. show the differences between these tra- pigeon fanciers, trying to understand how ditions as well as their similarities. they made distinct breeds of animals. B. explores the youth and young adult- B. He would find multiple species in hood of a sensitive protagonist who is in one place that had replaced all the fossil search of the meaning of life and the na- species, while discovering a living fossil ture of the world. species still alive elsewhere. It caused him to ask where new species came from and C. a genre where magic elements are a why there were so many variations. natural part in an otherwise mundane, realistic environment. C. He read the works of Alexander von Humboldt and geologist Charles Lyell’s D. sought to engage directly with the con- book, Principles of Geology. temporary social and political issues with a focus on the representation of class, gen- D. He investigated geology for the first der, and labour relations, as well as on time while traveling to South America. social unrest. 30. As both industry and farming became 33. The growth of the British Empire was due, more mechanized, the number of tools in large part, to which of the following? required for such work increased dramat- ically. What were some of the conse- A. The discovery of natural resources like Narayan Changdercoal, oil, gold, and silver in the British quences of this evolution? Isles A. More and bigger tools required additional buildings to house them, horses B. The rebellion of serfs against their to run them, and experienced laborers. masters and a desire for equality for all Smaller farms could not afford to spend men money on equipment used only a few C. The ongoing competition for resources weeks out of the year. and markets that existed over a period of 381

centuries between England and her Conti- 37. A number of Victorian feminists revived nental rivals, Spain, France, and Holland the Woman Question debate in their campaign for: D. The emergence of the United States of A. property. America as a world power B. divorce. 34. New Imperialism has often been linked to the concept of “empire for empire’s sake.” C. suffrage. Which of the following BEST describes D. All of these this practice? 38. Josephine Butler was well known for cam- A. A lack of interest in surplus capital and paigning for women. Why did she attack a disregard for protecting existing trade the Contagious Disease Acts? links A. She felt that health and hygiene was B. The “Great Game”-espionage and not important to the cause of women’s counter-espionage especially with refer- emancipation and voting rights. ence to Russia’s interests B. The acts were only aimed at children C. Bloody and unsuccessful wars in and did not include women; doctors were Afghanistan, ferocious popular rebellions, therefore ignoring the plight of women invocations of jihad, and inscrutable ter- and the problems of venereal diseases. rain C. The acts allowed policemen to con- D. Aggressive competition for overseas sider any women in ports and army towns territorial acquisitions and a quest for cap- as prostitutes and bring them in to have tive markets compulsory checks for venereal disease. 35. The East India Company has a strange If the women were suffering from sexu- history. Though it began as a trading com- ally transmitted diseases they were placed pany, it evolved into: in a locked hospital. A. an entity with its own military power. D. She had a personal vendetta against B. a monopoly. the men who promoted the acts because they were her political opponents and also C. a problematic ruling body separate opposed women from the British Empire, who ﬁnally reigned in its power starting in 1813. 39. Physical description, dialogue, and physical actions are all techniques of: D. All of the above 36. Publishing, printing, and bookselling busi- A. plot development. nesses were: B. theme. A. primarily organized by the East In- C. narration. dia Trading Company, who controlled the Jai ShreeD. characterization. Ram stocks. 40. One contradiction about female sexuality B. usually owned by authors, who be- put “moral guidance” and the desire for came wealthy landowners as a result of sex in opposition. To be a good wife there- their trade. fore required women: C. three divisions that were just emerging A. to want children, but not the means as separate businesses in the 19th century, of getting them-and to be never failing in and they merged almost as often as they their Godly virtues. separated. B. to be sexual creatures but to hide it and D. ﬁnanced entirely by book clubs and to be coy and playful. traveling libraries. 382 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

C. to always take part of the public sphere to invite catastrophe. Authors used the of city life. voyages as a means of distraction from D. to avoid other women of their own real problems. class. C. Seeing foreign lands and strange peo- 41. In what ways did the railway reinforce ple and animals, and witnessing new ge- differences of class? ological formations or strange biological processes, renewed the age-old quest for A. The railroad workers did not like to new worlds and the “fantastic.” travel by the railway because they feared it interfered with digestion of coarse food. D. The voyages of discovery suggested new possible colonies that would aid in the expansion of the British Empire. B. The coaches were differentiated by 44. Which of the following attributes was class, and railway workers often rode at NOT a feature of the governess novel? the back of the car. A. A governess heroine C. Most of the passengers were wealthy in the early days of the railway; it was B. Encounters with a number of painful too expensive for the poorer classes (who situations that are connected with her po- might make only 10 shillings a week) to sition as a governess travel that way. C. Trouble in relation to her employers D. It did not reinforce class but rather or her pupils served to democratize its riders, who were D. Aspects of the supernatural, particu- all heading to the same destination. larly of ghosts or ghostly presences 42. Sigmund Freud’s major contribution to 45. Vampirism in Dracula affects the young science was his development of psycho- and the healthy, turning members of the analysis. Which of the following best ex- British community into creatures of the plain the practice? night almost like animals. Which of the following theories might this reflect? A. The use of dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst, using free associa- A. Imperialism tion to discover transference and repres- B. Atavism sion C. Evolution B. The use of psychosurgery to correct D. Expansionism problematic psychosis through lobotomy 46. Using concepts drawn from physiognomy, C. The use of myths and legends to re- early eugenics, psychiatry and Social Dar- flect the collective unconscious and its winism, Cesare Lombroso’s theory of presence in daily life anthropological criminology essentially D. All of these stated that: 43. The voyages of discovery made by the A. no one can ever be certain about Beagle and other scientific survey-related criminal intent, not even the criminal journeys influenced fiction-particularly him/herself. Narayanearly science fiction. Which of the fol- Changder B. “man is a calculating animal,” in the lowing BEST explains why? causes of criminal behavior, premised on A. Few people were classically educated, the idea that people have free will in mak- so there was no call for reviving the ing decisions, and that punishment can be mythology of the Greeks. a deterrent for crime. B. The pursuit of material values, even C. this was the mechanism that had al- worldly success itself, seemed somehow lowed monarchies to become the primary 383

form of government. He concluded that 49. Some of the tropes of gothic fiction em- monarchs had asserted the right to rule ployed by Victorians include: and enforced it either through an exercise A. scientific discovery, narratives of in raw power, or through a form of con- progress, and a focus on positivism. tract. B. colonies, foreigners, the arts, and beau- D. criminality was inherited, and that tiful scenery. someone “born criminal” could be identified by physical defects, which confirmed C. psychological and physical terror; a criminal as savage, or atavistic. mystery and the supernatural; madness, doubling, and heredity curses. 47. Clashes like the Crimean War did not produce much fiction, but did still influ- D. empire building, the East India Trad- ence novelists. Which of the following ing Company, merchant stories, and often books was most influenced by the war in pirates. Crimea? 50. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act and its later permutation in 1891: A. Mysteries of Udolpho A. permitted women limited divorce ca- B. Bleak House pability. C. Jane Eyre B. allowed married women to retain and D. Dracula control their earned income. 48. Like the “condition-of-England” novels, C. denied men conjugal rights to their the governess novel often involves prob- wives’ bodies without their wives’ con- lems of social class. Which of the follow- sent. ing explains why the position of governess D. Both A and C lends itself to a novel of class critique? 51. Victorian novels use characterization to A. The governess was often much better represent class and rank. Which of the fol- educated than her employers. lowing passages is a good example of how B. The governess was in the same class Thomas Hardy reveals the class tension in as her employers, and she was treated as Return of the Native? one of the family. This demonstrated the A. “‘I say, Sam,’ observed Humphrey benevolence of the middle class, which when the old man was gone, ‘she and was a model of equality and domesticity. Clym Yeobright would make a very pretty C. The servants and the governess were pigeon-pair-hey? If they wouldn’t I’ll be generally of the same class and yet had dazed! Both of one mind about niceties full control of the upper-class children, for certain, and learned in print, and al- playing upon the fears of class uprising ways thinking about high doctrine-there among the merchantJai and business Shree classes. couldn’t be a Ram better couple if they were made o’ purpose. Clym’s family is as good as hers. His father was a farmer, D. The only occupation at which an un- that’s true; but his mother was a sort of married middle-class woman could earn lady, as we know. Nothing would please a living and maintain some claim to gen- me better than to see them two man and tility was that of a governess, but a gov- wife.”’ erness could expect employment insecu- B. “That five minutes of overhearing fur- rity, minimal wages, and an ambiguous nished Eustacia with visions enough to status, somewhere between servant and fill the whole blank afternoon. Such sud- family member, that isolated her within den alternations from mental vacuity do the household. 384 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

sometimes occur thus quietly. She could C. It served the interests of the govern- never have believed in the morning that ment by distracting the public from scan- her colourless inner world would before dals of state. night become as animated as water under D. The genre employed a rigorous real- a microscope, and that without the arrival ism that catered to a contemporary “taste of a single visitor. The words of Sam and for the factual” while it nonetheless tit- Humphrey on the harmony between the illated the public appetite for the exotic unknown and herself had on her mind the and renewed interest in the science of the effect of the invading Bard’s prelude in mind. the Castle of Indolence, at which myriads of imprisoned shapes arose where had pre- 54. Some tenets of gothic fiction include: viously appeared the stillness of a void.” A. ruins, darkness, romance, mystery, castles, and the sublime. C. “The subject of their discourse had B. expansion, industry, modernization been keenly interesting to her. A young and fear of the future. and clever man was coming into that C. monsters, aliens, and mythical beasts. lonely heath from, of all contrasting places in the world, Paris. It was like a D. Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. man coming from heaven. More singular still, the heathmen had instinctively 55. Animal magnetism was, according to coupled her and this man together in their Franz Mesmer, an invisible natural force minds as a pair born for each other.” exerted by animals. What did Mesmer think this magnetism could do? D. All of these A. Attract poles of magnetic force 52. At the very beginning of Victoria’s reign, progressive and conservative schools of B. Describe the entanglement between thought were best characterized by: man and universe, the vital fluid or life force A. non-believers (progressive) and believ- C. Serve to attract animals for selective ers (conservative). breeding, rather like natural selection B. an emphasis on freedom of action (pro- D. Electrify human beings; he vowed gressive) and belief in social hierarchy never to use it for therapeutic purposes and established or official state religion (conservative). 56. Monomania was a frightening mental dis- C. writers (progressive) and Patrons (con- order for the Victorians because: servative). A. it could strike without warning, like D. All of these fever. 53. Sensation fiction relied upon emotional B. it was a form of partial insanity con- effect. Which of the following helps to ceived as single pathological preoccupa- explain why? tion in an otherwise sound mind-and so Narayan Changdercould be hard to detect in others or in A. Women were often the heroines, and one’s self. this helped the cause of New Woman suf- C. it signaled infection with the lower fragettes. classes and potential degeneration and B. The genre highlighted architecture and atavism. ancient history, the supernatural and the D. it primarily attacked women and was sublime. related to the reproductive system. 385

57. There were several phases of the indus- 60. As part of their separate sphere, middle- trial revolution. In which combination are class women were to provide: the phases listed in correct chronological A. moral and religious guidance for their order? husbands who must encounter the world A. Textiles, Electricity, Railway and Steel beyond the home. B. sexual pleasure or gratification regard- B. Railway and Steel, Textiles, Informa- less of the desire for children or the con- tion Technologies tinuance of the family. C. Railways and Steel, Electricity and C. a safe place of “hearth and home” that Chemicals, Information Technologies, was free from the corruption of market D. None of these capitalism. 58. In the context of the Victorian Novel, re- D. an income from labor performed out- alism: side the home to supplement the middle- class way of life. A. means that we approve of the novel’s practicality. E. Both A and C B. refers to the materiality of the text, that F. Both A and C it is not digital and that it does not exist 61. An example of a bildungsroman novel only in the head but is “real.” would be: C. assumes that reality inheres in the here A. Thomas Hardy’s Return of the Native. and now and emphasizes accurate descriptions of setting, dress, and character. B. Henry Mayhew’s London Labor and D. means that texts must engage with po- the London Poor. litical action. C. Bram Stoker’s Dracula. 59. Sensation novels were not just entertainment; they also commented on social D. Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. problems. Elizabeth Braddon created dangerous, scheming heroines embroiled 62. Most Victorian novels, including those in the complications of the bigamy plot. by Charles Dickens, represent women Which of the following were these plots and men functioning in “separate spheres.” responding to? What does this mean? A. The divorce rights of women against A. Husbands and wives had distinct, but an obviously male-biased law that deter- complementary, functions to perform. mined that, while a wife’s adultery was Women were involved in the work of the sufficient cause for a divorce, a husband’s household-care of the children, sewing, adultery wasJai insufficient cause Shreecooking, and Ram cleaning. Men earned the B. The dangerous and scheming prosti- money to purchase goods needed by their tutes of the Contagious Disease Acts and households and debated matters of public the threat they posed to the Victorian fam- concern. ily B. The middle-class actually maintained C. The political machinations of the em- two different houses, one for all the pire during Victoria’s reign, particularly women and one for the men, much like as regards British colonies they did in ancient Greece. D. The property rights of women against C. Separate spheres were created to pro- an obviously male-biased law that deter- tect women and men from divorce; it mined only men could inherit meant that they rarely saw one another 386 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

or spoke, so that disagreements were min- following passages from The Signalman imized. best illustrates the idea that “nerves” or senses may be fooled or disrupted? D. Men were encouraged to go to war or to sea, while women were encouraged A. “A disagreeable shudder crept over me, to work in the factories and take up the but I did my best against it. It was not to slack of the absent men. Women gained be denied, I rejoined, that this was a re- new powers and equality from working in markable coincidence, calculated deeply separate spheres. to impress his mind. But, it was unques- 63. Which of the following is a legislative act tionable that remarkable coincidences did that affected women in the 19th century? continually occur, and they must be taken into account in dealing with such a sub- A. Abused Animals Act of 1823 ject.” B. The death of Prince Albert in 1861 B. “The voice seemed hoarse with shout- C. Contagious Diseases Acts of 1866 and ing, and it cried, ‘Look out! Look out!’ 1869 And then again ‘Halloa! Below there! Look out!’ I caught up my lamp, turned D. George Eliot it on red, and ran towards the figure, call- 64. What was the importance of The Married ing, ‘What’s wrong? What has happened? Woman’s Property Act of 1870? Where?”’ A. It gave extensive tracts of land to the C. “Punctual to my appointment, I placed husband, overturning a practice of matri- my p. 98foot on the first notch of the zig- lineal inheritance. zag next night, as the distant clocks were B. It gave married women the right to striking eleven. He was waiting for me own property they either earned or ac- at the bottom, with his white light on. ‘I quired by inheritance. have not called out,’ I said, when we came close together; ‘may I speak now?”’ C. It allowed the aristocracy to own property only if they were married and had D. “Resisting the slow touch of a frozen male children. finger tracing out my spine, I showed him how that this figure must be a deception D. It allowed women to get a divorce. of his sense of sight, and how that fig- 65. The term supernatural meant many things ures, originating in disease of the delicate to the Victorians. Which of the following nerves that minister to the functions of the BEST describes Victorian supernatural? eye, were known to have often troubled A. Stories of horror and myth or “old patients, some of whom had become con- wives tales” scious of the nature of their affliction, and had even proved it by experiments upon B. Adventure stories that often included themselves.” monsters of history or of mythology 67. The East India Trading Company, which C. Dystopian narratives of science gone- had been a powerful trading entity, grad- wrong, super-strong monsters, and beings ually became the authorized ruler of the Narayanwith unexplained powers Changdervast Indian subcontinent. Which of these D. “unexplained” phenomena, Spiritual- most accurately described the reasons for ism, communication with the dead or with this shift? the past, aspects of religion A. The Company was a militant group 66. The railway and its faster pace of life often that harnessed the power of the navy to worried Victorians, who feared it might compete with the British nation. After tak- have an effect on the nerves. Which of the ing control of the sea, they took control of 387

the land. B. politically problematic, characterized by revolutionary sentiment. B. Britain did not have firm imperial policies, so much activity developed in a semi- C. much better than city life, character- structured way. The Company had vast ized by fresh air and nourishing food. holdings and resources in India, and be- D. hard and difficult, characterized by came the primary gateway through which harsh conditions, malnourishment, and these items traveled in and out of the coun- complete dependence upon the weather try. and seasonal harvest. C. The Company was largely made up 71. Victorians were interested in social jus- of landed gentry from Britain who were tice, and therefore were likely to take ac- elected to run the colonies by their con- tion based upon perceived social wrongs. stituents on the mainland. Which of the following were programs D. The Company held all the wealth of instituted in the Victorian period? Britain and threatened to bankrupt the na- A. Chemistry, electricity, engineering, tion if they were not permitted to rule their and architecture territory. B. Empiricism, enlightenment, and ro- 68. The theory of atavism arose alongside evo- manticism lutionary theory. Which of the following best explains atavism? C. Alcoholics Anonymous, the World Health Organization, and NATO A. It was the theory that all persons could trace their origin to Adam. D. Democracy, feminism, unionization of workers, socialism, and Marxism B. It believed that humans neither pro- gressed nor regressed, but stayed the 72. Why is it important to pay attention to same throughout history-only technology point of view and narrative voice when changed. reading a novel? C. It was only applied to non-white, non- A. It is not important to pay attention to British persons. point of view, and narrative voice is only important if it is a first person narrator. D. It was the fear of regression-if all humans had evolved from primitive forms, B. We identify better with first person nar- then we could potentially return to the rators. primitive. C. If it is an all-knowing narrator, then 69. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage the story will be “preachy” and moralistic. Societies served to promote: A. women’s equality in the workplace. D. Knowing who is telling the story and whether they have a complete or limited B. the rightJai to vote for women Shree in a non- Ram perspective of the events helps you under- violent manner by constitutional means. stand whether they are trustworthy and reliable narrators of the story. C. an end to slavery. 73. Which of the following mid-century phe- D. None of these nomena led to the popularity of the sensa- 70. “Country life” before industrialization tion novel? was: A. Tabloid journalism A. idyllic and easy, characterized by B. Notorious trials such as that of the poi- healthy, happy agrarian workers. soner Palmer 388 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

C. New weekly and monthly (often illus- 77. The sensation novel evolved out of tabloid trated) literary magazines journalism and the public’s desire for nov- elty. They were related to the horror novel D. All of these and to the mystery novel. Which of the fol- 74. Which of the following best describes the lowing texts helped to first make sensation Tory political perspective? fiction popular with “sensation mania”? A. Hostility to dissenters A. Wilkie Collins’ Woman in White B. Complete non-resistance to the monar- B. Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and chy Hyde C. Support for Jacobites C. Elizabeth Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Se- D. A conservative, reactionary group that cret favored the aristocracy, whose power base D. All of these was the rural squirearchy 78. The Victorian novel often depicts the prob- 75. Between 1850 and 1900, approximately lems of Victorian life. Charles Dickens’ 1,200 “art” books were produced in novel Hard Times uses description to pro- Britain. Given that information, which vide a picture of the town and the effects of the following statements is most accu- of progress. Which of the following pas- rate? sages best visualizes the consequences of A. The artist engraved his own white line industrialization? illustrations on boxwood blocks, and the A. “The name of the public-house was the artist-engraver remained a common figure Pegasus’s Arms. The Pegasus’s legs might in book illustration until mid-century. have been more to the purpose; but, un- B. Most of the Victorian illustrations derneath the winged horse upon the sign- were done with wood blocks. board, the Pegasus’s Arms was inscribed in Roman letters.” C. From mid-century, two styles of woodblock illustration occur, the old vignette B. “Before Mr. Bounderby could reply, and the pen-and-ink drawing. a young man appeared at the door, and introducing himself with the words, ‘By D. All of the above statements are accu- your leaves, gentlemen!’ walked in with rate descriptions of this art book period. his hands in his pockets. His face, close- shaven, thin, and sallow, was shaded by a 76. The rise of the governess novel was: great quantity of dark hair, brushed into A. not a popular genre until the very end a roll all round his head, and parted up of the 19th century, long after governesses the centre. His legs were very robust, were no longer employed in the average but shorter than legs of good proportions household. should have been.” C. “It was a town of red brick, or of brick B. only written before 1840, and only by that would have been red if the smoke women who had never been governesses and ashes had allowed it; but as matters themselves, but who romanced the genre stood, it was a town of unnatural red and Narayanand made it more appealing. Changder black like the painted face of a savage. It C. more often written by men than was a town of machinery and tall chim- women. neys, out of which interminable serpents D. connected with the 19th-century anx- of smoke trailed themselves for ever and iety concerning middle-class female em- ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a ployment in general, and governess work black canal in it, and a river that ran pur- in particular. ple with ill-smelling dye, and vast piles 389

of building full of windows where there irids, and a fine pencilling of long lashes was a rattling and a trembling all day long, round.” and where the piston of the steam-engine B. “Ravenous, and now very faint, I de- worked monotonously up and down, like voured a spoonful or two of my portion the head of an elephant in a state of melan- without thinking of its taste; but the first choly madness. It contained several large edge of hunger blunted, I perceived I had streets all very like one another, and many got in hand a nauseous mess; burnt por- small streets still more like one another, ridge is almost as bad as rotten potatoes; inhabited by people equally like one an- famine itself soon sickens over it. The other, who all went in and out at the same spoons were moved slowly: I saw each hours, with the same sound upon the same girl taste her food and try to swallow it; pavements, to do the same work, and to but in most cases the effort was soon re- whom every day was the same as yester- linquished. Breakfast was over, and none day and to-morrow, and every year the had breakfasted. Thanks being returned counterpart of the last and the next.” for what we had not got, and a second D. “‘Very well,’ said Bounderby. ‘I was hymn chanted, the refectory was evacu- born in a ditch, and my mother ran away ated for the schoolroom.” from me. Do I excuse her for it? No. Have C. “The din was on the causeway: a horse I ever excused her for it? Not I. What do I was coming; the windings of the lane yet call her for it? I call her probably the very hid it, but it approached. I was just leav- worst woman that ever lived in the world, ing the stile; yet, as the path was narrow, I except my drunken grandmother.”’ sat still to let it go by. In those days I was 79. The Industrial Revolution may be best de- young, and all sorts of fancies bright and fined as: dark tenanted my mind: the memories of A. the conflict between the rich and the nursery stories were there amongst other poor classes of England, similar to the rubbish; and when they recurred, matur- French Revolution. ing youth added to them a vigour and vividness beyond what childhood could B. the combined conflicts of Afghanistan give.” and India that resulted in the loss of land holdings for Britain. D. “Something of daylight still lingered, and the moon was waxing bright: I could C. the invention of the steam engine. see him plainly. His figure was enveloped D. the vast social and economic changes in a riding cloak, fur collared and steel that resulted from the development of clasped; its details were not apparent, but I steam-powered machinery and mass- traced the general points of middle height production methods. and considerable breadth of chest. He 80. Like Dickens, Bronte uses realism and so- had a dark face, with stern features and cial comparisonJai to critique society Shree and in- a heavy brow; Ram his eyes and gathered eye- justice. Which of the following passages brows looked ireful and thwarted just now; best reflects this technique? he was past youth, but had not reached middle-age; perhaps he might be thirty- A. “While the direction was being exe- five.” cuted, the lady consulted moved slowly Jane Eyre up the room. I suppose I have a consider- 81. In the novel , the governess- able organ of veneration, for I retain yet heroine falls in love with her employer, the sense of admiring awe with which my but knows that she would be wrong to tell eyes traced her steps. Seen now, in broad him. Which of the following describes daylight, she looked tall, fair, and shapely; why such a confession would be wrong? brown eyes with a benignant light in their A. As a woman of lower class with no 390 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

money of her own, Jane is considered far B. Textiles were going to be the product beneath her employer and such a match of the future, more important than crops. would be thought degrading and shameful. C. Trade was unimportant; the wealth of the nation should be kept within the na- B. Women are considered emotional creation’s borders. tures, and so there is no reason for Jane to D. The mercantilists advocated in theory, hide her feelings. That she does so is one and sought in practice, trade monopolies of the mysteries of the text. which would insure that Britain’s exports C. Rochester is already married and so would exceed its imports. Jane is not meant to take his proposals 85. The theory of Social Darwinism was pri- seriously. marily influenced by the work of Charles D. Jane’s training at Lowood makes her Darwin. Which of the following is also calm, quiet, meek and without personal true? will or desire. It would be against her na- A. Darwin was primarily interested in ture to reveal her love for him. preserving the concept of superior races. 82. The slow decline of the British Empire B. Lombroso and Darwin worked on the and the rise of foreign powers led to which theory of Social Darwinism together. of the following? C. The theory of Social Darwinism de- A. Fear of the “other” and of the degener- veloped from philosophies derived from ation of British people Darwin’s theory of evolution, and did not B. Greater economic policies favoring reflect the work of Darwin himself. women and minorities D. Freud heavily influenced Lombroso’s C. Better foreign policy and stronger lead- work on the evolution and devolution of ership human beings. D. Better schools and a greater emphasis 86. Imperialist foreign policies invoked pa- on education ternalistic and (erroneous) racial theories 83. Gothic novels often refer to the “sublime” based partly on evolution. Author Rud- or “sublime feelings.” Which best defines yard Kipling refers to this biased Imperial- this term? ist viewpoint as “the white man’s burden.” Which of the following best explains this A. Tenderness and affection evoked by phrase and its assumptions? beautiful objects A. The phrase suggested that women B. Feelings characterized by smallness, were largely responsible for causing prob- delicacy, and smoothness lems in the empire, particularly between C. Emotions generated by objects that racialized groups. were vast, magnificent, and obscure B. The phrase meant that British people D. Spiritually superior and without moral should trade with their non-white neigh- failings bors, treating them largely as equals in the 84.NarayanThe first British Empire was a mercantile Changdermercantile economy. one. Which of the following best explains C. It implied that the empire was like a the mercantile perspective of empire? child and should be cared for by the larger A. A profitable balance of trade, it was community of nations surrounding it. believed, would provide the wealth, but si- D. The implication was that the Empire multaneously shrink the empire, meaning existed not for the benefit of Britain it- fewer colonies. self, but in order that so-called “primitive” 391

peoples could be “civilized” (and Chris- when all hope of success was lost, and his tianized) by serving Britain. existence in danger, he fled back over the 87. Many well-educated young women from sea to his home. Just as formerly he had poorer families became governesses, in- fled back over the Danube from Turkey cluding novelist Charlotte Bronte. How- Land.” ever, Bronte did not recommend this work. A. Sigmund Freud What are some of the major problems encountered by governesses? B. Herbert Spencer A. Outbreaks of plague and other epi- C. Cesare Lombroso demics that affect small children D. Carl Jung B. Excessive distances to travel between 90. In the novels of Charlotte Bronte and home and work Charles Dickens, realism is frequently C. Suitors from the upper classes seeking used in scenes where the protagonist en- their hand in marriage or attempting to counters challenging situations. In what arrange marriages for them ways does this represent a challenge to accepted “norms” of the period? D. Long hours, little pay, enormous responsibilities with almost no actual power, A. By using realistic details to contrast problematic relations with employer and the lives of the extremely wealthy to the under-staff struggles of the poor but virtuous hero, 88. Which of the following lists represents these authors point out social problems novel forms ALL present during the Vic- and inequalities. torian period? B. Most people still read traditional po- A. Bildungsroman, feminist novel, anti- etry and French romance novels, so rep- bellum novel resenting real characters challenged the reading habits of Victorians. B. Sensation novel, adaptation, superhero novel C. Challenging situations are more difficult to read than happy ones, so realism is C. Detective novel, new woman novel, used to make the story more interesting in gothic Novel those challenging chapters. D. Empty-center novel, magical realism D. Dickens and Bronte used realism to novel, poetic novel make the story seem far more complex 89. Which of the following theorists is being than it really was. referenced in this passage from Dracula? 91. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. “The Count is a criminal and of criminal Hyde reflects Victorian fears of atavism type [...] and qua criminal he is of an and concepts of criminal anthropology be- imperfectly formed mind. Thus, in a diffi- cause: culty he hasJai to seek resource in Shree habit. His Ram past is a clue, and the one page of it that A. the case revolves around a medical and we know, and that from his own lips, tells scientific experiment. that once before, when in what Mr. Mor- B. Dr. Jekyll changes in his appearance ris would call a ’tight place,’ he went back as his mind degenerates so that he looks, to his own country from the land he had acts, and speaks more like an animal. tried to invade, and thence, without losing purpose, prepared himself for a new C. Mr. Hyde is much craftier than the effort. He came again better equipped for doctor is. his work, and won. So he came to London D. no one can tell that the two men are to invade a new land. He was beaten, and one in the same. 392 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

92. Which of the following best explains “The wrapped in some sort of dark ulster or Woman Question”? blanket, which left only his face exposed; but that face was enough to give a man a A. Originally asked by Henry Mayhew, sleepless night. Never have I seen features it raised concerns about women in the so deeply marked with all bestiality and workplace, fearing that market capitalism cruelty. His small eyes glowed and burned would tarnish their virtue. with a sombre light, and his thick lips B. Originally asked by Charlotte Bronte, were writhed back from his teeth, which it asked why women were not allowed to grinned and chattered at us with a half run schools or to educate the very young. animal fury.” C. Originally asked by Josephine Butler, D. “‘It is nothing against the fort,’ said he. it primarily concerned venereal disease ‘We only ask you to do that which your and the Contagious Disease Acts. countrymen come to this land for. We ask you to be rich. If you will be one of D. Originally asked by Mary Woll- us this night, we will swear to you upon stonecraft in the 18th century, it raised the naked knife, and by the threefold oath awareness about inequality and encour- which no Sikh was ever known to break, aged women to obtain a proper education that you shall have your fair share of the and to be allowed entrance to public de- loot. A quarter of the treasure shall be bates and the public sphere. yours. We can say no fairer.”’ 93. Concepts about evolution (even erroneous 94. The Victorian Era was characterized by ones) are often incorporated into fiction. which of the following? Which of the following passages from The Sign of Four demonstrate the imperialis- A. Rapid expansion of the British Empire tic and frequently race-driven fear of non- British people? B. Increasing industrialization A. “They were tall, fierce-looking chaps, C. Changing gender roles and the concept Mahomet Singh and Abdullah Khan by of “separate spheres” name, both old fighting-men who had borne arms against us at Chilian-wallah. D. All of these They could talk English pretty well, but I 95. Victorianism is best characterized by could get little out of them. They pre- which of the following? ferred to stand together and jabber all A. Being “prudish,” “repressed,” and “old night in their queer Sikh lingo.” fashioned” B. “He was a good-sized, powerful man, B. The notion that one person cannot bet- and as he stood poising himself with legs ter himself or his environment astride I could see that from the thigh downwards there was but a wooden stump C. The birth of Agnosticism and a disdain upon the right side.” for morality C. “At the sound of his strident, angry D. A sense of social responsibility, a ba- Narayancries there was movement in the huddled Changdersic attitude that obviously differentiates bundle upon the deck. It straightened it- them from their immediate predecessors, self into a little black man-the smallest I the Romantics have ever seen-with a great, misshapen 96. The two basic aspects of setting are: head and a shock of tangled, disheveled hair. Holmes had already drawn his re- A. pace (the speed at which the story is volver, and I whipped out mine at the sight told) and variation (the ups and downs of of this savage, distorted creature. He was the plot structure). 393

B. city (the primary city in which the 99. Single women of middle and upper classes story takes place) and country (the pri- could work as either governesses or seam- mary nation in which the story takes stresses. Why were these specific posi- place). tions open to them? C. plot (what happens in a story), and A. They were easier and better-paid pro- structure (the order in which the novel fessions than being a writer or artist. presents the plot). B. Dressmaking was considered very D. chronological setting (the time in his- fashionable and being a governess meant tory when the story takes place) and place you had better chances of finding a hus- (the location in which the story takes band. place). C. Because they resembled roles that 97. Many Victorian novels were serialized, or a woman might have in the household published in small pieces in magazines sphere, they were considered more “natu- or journals. Some reasons for doing so ral” for them. include which of the following? D. The working conditions for needle- A. It allowed authors to build an audience work were very good and governesses through anticipation, and it also enabled were well paid. authors to respond to the response of read- 100. Imperialism has a problematic definition ers, occasionally trying new strategies if in the Victorian period. Though it tradi- the reception was not good enough. tionally means the formal annexation of B. It was problematic to produce the en- territory, the “new imperialism” of Victo- tire book because authors often ran out of ria’s reign actually meant: paper, which slowed the production pro- A. a feeling of nationalism and pride in cess. being British and in claiming other parts C. It was one way of becoming wealthy as British, spurred by a fear of losing mar- through writing. kets. D. Authors often were too preoccupied B. anti-annexation and a giving back of by the busy Victorian lifestyle to write claimed territories. sustained prose and so this allowed them C. a feeling of satisfaction and peace, the to write whole novels on the short-story well-being of the nation and a focus on clock. the home. 98. The realities of Victorian life often offered contextual material for Victorian novels. D. a desire to increase democracy and Which of the following statements is true. capitalism. 101. A woman as “the angel of the house” is A. Charles Dickens worked as a coal best described by which of the following? miner, which influenced his writing of Jai ShreeA. A midwife Ram or nurse, a woman who did Hard Times. not marry but who served married women B. Charlotte Bronte worked as a gov- in their time of need erness, which influenced her writing of Jane Eyre. B. A false-god, an idol who was really a femme-fatale and who should be avoided C. Thomas Hardy worked as a fisherman, which influenced his writing of Return of C. A woman who vowed to wear only the Native. white, as a symbol of purity, and who likewise vowed never to leave the house D. Henry Mayhew was a lawyer who where she lived, but directed family affairs worked in chancery court, which influ- from the drawing room enced his writing of Bleak House. 394 Chapter 15. The Victorian Novel

D.A pure woman who was the moral and 103. Plot and structure are very important to spiritual center of the house, who never the Victorian novel. Which of these state- went out in the urban setting or mixed ments is most accurate? in the public, whose mission was to fight A. Plot is what happens in a story, and against the immoral influence the femme structure is the order in which the novel fatale and market capitalism presents the plot. 102. There were contradictory images of B. Structure is what happens in a story, womanhood in the Victorian period, par- and plot is the order in which the novel ticularly as it concerns female sexuality. presents the structure. What were the two poles between which women were often trapped? C. Plot is the pace at which things happen, and structure is the number of pages A. Woman of means and of poverty comprising the book itself. B. Pedant and fool D. Plot always has a single narrator, C. Domestic wife and femme fatale while structure may be expressed by several narrators. D. Hysteric and cold fish

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1. The back to Africa movement was primar- 4. What source did David Walker rely on ily about: the most for support in "Appeal in Four Articles"? A. Bringing African culture to the United States. A. The Bible. B. Leaving the African peoples alone. B. Greek history. C. Writers who took African themes for C. Slave narratives. their work. D. Abolitionist newspapers. D. Completing an oppressed people’s quest for freedom, liberty and democracy. 5. Phillis Wheatley’s poetry is considered: A. Highly original. 2. What is the character of Delia most of afraid of in Zora Neale Hurston’s B. Typical of Colonial poetry. "Sweat"? C. Progressive and challenging. A. Rabid dogs. D. Abolitionist in subject. B. Her husband.Jai Shree Ram 6. In "125th Street and Abomey," Audre C. Snakes. Lorde references images from ..... D. Bertha. A. African mythology. 3. Slavery in the United States was ofﬁcially abolished in ..... B. African American folktale. A. 1804 C. Greek mythology. B. 1865 D. Contemporary female artists. C. 1848 7. Why did Marcus Garvey spearhead the "Back to Africa Movement"? D. 1807 396 Chapter 16. African-American Literature

A. Because in was cheaper to live in D. "Uncle Tom" character who feels slav- Africa. ery is best for the African American B. Because he did not feel African Ameri- 13. Which of the following statements about cans would ever achieve equality in Amer- slavery is true? ica. A. Most slave children lived in two- C. He was asked by African countries to family homes. bring African Americans to Africa. B. Slave owners did not allow their slaves D. He had to leave the country. to live as married couples. 8. Why does Dee want the quilt in Alice C. Slaves were given limited civil rights. Walker’s "Everyday Use"? A. She is proud of her heritage. D. Most slaves were not Christian. B. She doesn’t want Maggie to have it. 14. Slave narratives were shaped by: C. She wants to display it for her friends A. Captivity narratives. to see. B. Abolitionist newspaper accounts. D. She loves the beauty of it. C. Folktales. 9. The "tragic mulatto" myth: D. African mythology. A. Led to novels of passing. 15. Who is the author of the novel Passing? B. Existed only in fiction by White authors. A. William Wells Brown C. Developed in the 20th century. B. Nella Larsen. D. Existed only in fiction by female au- C. Charles Chesnutt thors. D. James Weldon Johnson 10. In Jean Toomer’s "Her Lips Are Copper Wires," a kiss is compared to: 16. In writing Beloved, Toni Morrison drew on what for inspiration? A. A waterfall. A. Her own memories of slavery. B. Electricity. C. A war. B. Stories her grandmother told her. D. A factory. C. The television series Roots. 11. The characteristic of Naturalism that is D. Slave narratives. most present in the first chapter of Ralph 17. Alice Walker’s story, "Everyday Use," in- Ellison’s Invisible Man is: cludes which "Womanist" concern? A. The theme of man against nature. A. The importance of men to the African B. The theme of man against man. American family. NarayanC. The theme of heredity. ChangderB. The negative consequences of femi- D. Nature as an invisible force. nism on the African American family. 12. Brer Rabbit is an example of what kind of C. The importance of African religious character? influence in America. A. Trickster D. The importance of African American B. Victim craftsmanship. C. Representation of the slave master 18. African American dialects grew out of: 397

A. The 1960s protest movements 23. The mask in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poem, "We Wear the Mask," represents: B. The attempts of African slaves to communicate with each other A. The persona that the characters show the world. C. Slave owners teaching slaves Eliza- bethan English B. The carved masks of African gods. D. Slaves’ attempts to keep their conver- C. Characters from the Bible. sations secret D. Who the narrator wishes to be. 19. The supportive network of female slaves 24. W.E.B. Du Bois accuses Booker T. Wash- led to: ington of being: A. Resistance to the overseers. A. A Christian. B. Learning to be midwives. B. A radical. C. Resistance against dehumanization. C. An accomodationist. D. Lower suicide rates. D. A coward. 25. For Booker T. Washington, racial uplift 20. Some critics argue that the use of dialect means: by such authors as Paul Laurence Dun- bar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the A. Rejecting all White assistance. following except: B. Allowing Whites to help African A. Strengthened the African American’s Americans to reach their potential. place in the world of literature C. Calling for violent uprisings. B. Perpetuated stereotypes D. Separating Blacks by income level. C. Allowed African American authors to 26. In Lucille Clifton’s "wishes for son," the sell their works more widely to white au- narrator lists what wishes her sons? diences A. That they learn from her mistakes. D. Showed that African Americans B. That they have richer lives than hers. couldn’t speak properly. C. That they have all they ever wished for 21. In Chapter Three of Booker T. Washing- themselves. ton’s Up from Slavery, Washington’s pri- D. That they experience all the pain and mary goal is to: embarrassment of being a woman. A. Get an education. 27. Booker T. Washington’s message in Up B. Get a job. from Slavery is: C. To be clean. A. Whites should pay reparations to former slaves. D. To be a teacher.Jai Shree Ram B. African Americans should acculturate 22. What was the Great Migration? to mainstream White culture. A. A period of time when African Ameri- C. White institutions should reform to cans moved North in large numbers. meet African American needs. B. When African Americans settled D. African Americans will have to help Liberia. themselves by becoming educated. C. When slaves traveled the Underground 28. Although different in tone, Soujourner Railroad. Truth’s "Ain’t I a Woman" and David Walker’s "Appeal in Four Articles" are D. When African Americans migrated to similar in what way? the South from the North. 398 Chapter 16. African-American Literature

A. Their belief in necessary violence. C. He was proud of all the African Amer- ican men he had seen stand up to Whites. B. Their belief that women should have equal rights. C. Their appeals to Christians. D. He wanted to show African American males how not to live. D. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves. 33. According to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., re- 29. Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular constructing black people into the "New speech to: Negro" has been a matter of: A. Explain how African Americans could A. Redeﬁning black people in terms of a not learn standard English presence, not an absence. B. Make his written inaccessible to white B. Working against the existing racist audiences stereotypes. C. To encourage feelings of pride in C. A struggle ongoing since 1619. African American readers D. All of the above D. Challenge American stereotypes about race 34. During the early 20th century, a black person’s purpose in passing might have 30. Which of the following authors was not been: of mixed race heritage? A. To obtain justice for black people. A. Jean Toomer B. Charles Chesnutt B. To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre. C. Booker T. Washington C. To escape from slavery. D. Frederick Douglass 31. Neo-Slave narratives are contemporary D. None of the above. novels written about slavery. Toni Mor- 35. What unforgivable action does Mag Smith rison’s Beloved is about the ghost of a take in Chapter One of Our Nig? baby the character Sethe murdered to keep her from being recaptured by their master. A. She tries to pass as White. The opening chapter of the novel repre- B. She washes clothes for White women. sents the neo-slave narrative by its: A. Discussion of race relations in the C. She lets a man help her out. North and South. B. Condemnation of the plantation myth. D. She marries a Black man. 36. In the United States, Reconstruction: C. Examination of the psychological A. Is the time period that followed the damage of slavery. Civil War. D. Insistence on desegregation. Narayan ChangderB. Describes the rebuilding after World 32. Richard Wright said he created the char- War I. acter of Bigger in Native Son because: C. Refers to the Civil Rights movement. A. He had known many "Biggers" in his life. D. Took place only in the North. B. He was trying to overcome his fears of 37. The narrator of Langston Hughes’s powerful men. "Weary Blues" is describing: 399

A. Negro spirituals being sung in the cot- 43. In Nella Larsen’s novel Passing, why is ton fields. Clare afraid to have another child? B. The call and response of an African A. She almost died in childbirth with her American church congregation. first child. C. African American toasting on a city B. She doesn’t want to lose her figure. street corner. C. Her husband has threatened to leave D. Blues being played in a Harlem bar. her. 38. In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide? D. She is afraid it may have dark skin. A. Under the floorboards. 44. Who introduced the character of the B. With a friend. "tragic mulatto"? C. In the stables. A. William Wells Brown D. In a remote cabin. B. Lydia Maria Child 39. In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, "kitch- C. Harriet Jacobs enette building," what is most important to the building’s inhabitants? D. Harriet Beecher Stowe A. Having a bathroom with warm water. 45. In what way is Jane Toomer’s Cane an example of Modernism? B. Following one’s dreams. C. Getting food on the table. A. Its fractured, collage effect. D. Finding a mate. B. Its insistence on plot. 40. W.E.B. Du Bois argued that a liberal arts C. Its focus on landscape. college education was needed for: D. Its focus on modern city life. A. The "Talented Tenth." 46. Race relations in the North are attacked B. All African Americans. in: C. African American women. A. Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of D. Only White Americans. a Slave Girl. 41. In Octavia Butler’s "Bloodchild," The Tlick keep the humans happy by: B. Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig. A. Supplying them with narcotic eggs. C. William Wells Brown’s Clotel. B. Letting them choose their own mates. D. Toni Morrison’s Beloved. C. Freeing the males after they are hosts. 47. Alice Walker’s novels often explore the Jai Shreeabuse experienced Ram by African American D. Paying them very well. women. What is the only abuse Celie does 42. Until recent years it was thought that Har- not experience The Color Purple? riet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave A. Betrayal by the educational system. Girl was: B. Betrayal by her sister. A. Based on a New England captivity narrative. C. Betrayal by her community. B. An anonymous narrative. D. Betrayal by a family member. C. Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child. 48. Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave D. Written by Jacob’s son. Girl? 400 Chapter 16. African-American Literature

A. Lucy Terry C. Ordinary language is used. B. William Wells Brown D. Events are plausible. C. Harriet Wilson 54. The theme of Phillis Wheatley’s "On Be- ing Brought from Africa to America" is: D. Harriet Jacobs A. Slaves are capable of becoming good 49. What does the term "passing" mean? Christians. A. The ability of an African American to B. Slaves should rebel against the Chris- live as a White person. tian religion. B. To do well on one’s schoolwork. C. Slaves are the children of Cain. C. To leave one’s past behind. D. Christians should free their slaves. D. To gain approval from one’s commu- 55. What was special about Zora Neale nity. Hurston’s home town of Eatonville, 50. Sonia Sanchez’s "right on: white america" Florida? is protesting: A. It was home to the Harlem Renais- A. The extermination of Native Ameri- sance. cans. B. Most of its inhabitants worked for B. That there is a Black America and a White people. White America. C. It was primarily African American. C. Black on black violence. D. It was destroyed after the Civil War. D. The fact that America still has a fron- 56. The fact that Claude McKay visited Rus- tier mentality. sia in 1922 exempliﬁes the following theme of Modernism: 51. Etheridge Knight’s "Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Crimi- A. Collectivism versus the authority of nal Insane," what is Hard Rock’s function the individual. in the prison? B. The wearing away of traditional class A. To help the other inmates escape. structures. B. To win money by ﬁghting. C. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bol- shevik Revolution in Russia. C. To do what the other inmates were afraid to do. D. The disassociated, anomic self. 57. Why was the "drop of blood" rule devel- D. To keep the Blacks and Whites sepa- oped? rated. 52. Why is the couple in Arna Bontemps’s "A A. To keep the slave offspring of White Summer Tragedy" getting dressed up? slave owners from inheriting. A. To go to a party. B. To allow mixed-race children to get scholarships meant for African Ameri- B. To go pay old man Stevenson. cans. NarayanC. To end their lives. ChangderC. To make sure mothers of mixed-race D. To go to church. children got custody. 53. Which is not a characteristic of Realism? D. To keep White slave owner parents of mixed-race offspring from having to pay A. Characters are not as important as plot. for their children. 58. One of the functions of protest poetry was B. Presentation is objective. to: 401

A. Urge African Americans to ﬁght their A. African American art should exclude oppressors. women. B. Encourage societies strive for equality B. African American images should infor all. spire African Americans. C. Extol the virtues of living in the free C. African American art should subvert North. the art of Europeans and White Ameri- cans. D. Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone. D. African American literature should 59. In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, living replicate educated White language. underground is symbolic of: 64. In the poem "When Malindy Sings," Paul Laurence Dunbar uses irony and carica- A. The narrator’s attempt to stay hidden. ture to "signify" on white assumptions B. The narrator’s desire to be safe. about African Americans. What does Henry Louis Gate’s term "signify" mean? C. The narrator’s invisibility to society. D. The narrator’s attempt to stay out of A. Giving words double meaning that ap- prison. pear differently to white and black readers. 60. Native Son was written by: B. Fixing words with very speciﬁc mean- A. Jean Toomer. ings. B. Richard Wright. C. Making sure that what is written C. Ralph Ellison. makes sense. D. James Baldwin. D. Lying to mislead the reader. 61. The genre Octavia Butler’s "Bloodchild" 65. Who wrote one of the most famous is: African American poems that begins with "what happens to a dream deferred"? A. Mystery. A. Alice Walker B. Science Fiction. B. Etheridge Knight C. Horror. C. Martin Luther King, Jr. D. Tragedy. D. Langston Hughes 62. According to Larry Neal, the primary goal of the Black Arts Movement is: 66. Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following rea- A. To speak to the spiritual and cultural sons except: needs of AfricanJai Americans. Shree Ram A. To impress the horrors of slavery on B. To raise awareness of violence in listeners African American youth. B. To ease their pain C. To support the Back to Africa Move- ment. C. To pray for deliverance D. To raise money for Sickle Cell Ane- D. To show that they were content in their mia research. work 63. The most important tenet of the Black 67. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an indict- Arts Movements is: ment of slavery? 402 Chapter 16. African-American Literature

A. Harriet Beecher Stowe 72. Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American B. Richard Wright stereotypes about Southern African Amer- C. Frederick Douglass icans? D. Phillis Wheatley A. William Wells Brown 68. Which characteristic of the slave narrative B. Richard Wright did Frederick Douglass include in the ﬁrst chapter of his Narrative? C. Charles Chesnutt A. Narration of a deserved punishment. D. Booker T. Washington B. Depictions of a beautiful rural environ- 73. Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding ment. Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an C. Descriptions of the kinds of food and American genre, the slave narrative. In clothing slaves were given. what way is the novel, despite its philo- D. The author’s father is often a white sophical underpinnings, an exemplar of man. the slave narrative? 69. In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s A. Its character’s movement from slavery Clotel, what characteristic of the senti- to freedom. mental novel is evident? B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals. A. The scene invokes audience sympathy. C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence. B. The heroine has to balance autonomy D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice. with self-denial. 74. Why was it important that slave narratives C. The heroine conquers her passions. have a title page that claimed either that D. A and B the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by E. B and C someone close to him, preferably white)? 70. Harriet Jacob’s slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher A. So the author could get paid. Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s B. In order for people to believe the Cabin in what way? events in the narratives. A. Stowe’s novel is sentimental. C. So that slave owners could refute the B. Stowe describes the treatment of events in the narratives. slaves. D. So that the author could be assured he C. Stowe describes the escape of slaves. wouldn’t be recaptured. D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was used by aboli- 75. In Chapter 11 of The Autobiography of tionists. Malcolm X, how does Malcolm X survive prison? 71. "The Day Duke Raised" by Quincy Narayan ChangderA. Getting an education. Troupe is a jazz poem because: A. The poem’s rhythmic lines. B. Fighting. B. The references to jazz songs and mu- C. Making friends with the guards. sicians. D. Contacting famous authors. C. The poem can be set to music. 76. In Nikki Giovanni’s "The American Vi- D. There is repetition. sion of Lincoln," the poet argues that the 403

Capitol needs a statue of ..... next to the C. It was published by Frederick Dou- one of Abraham Lincoln. glass. A. W.E.B. DuBois D. It argued for a separate African Amer- ican community in America. B. Amiri Baraka 82. In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s C. Booker T. Washington Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her D. Frederick Douglass long hair? 77. Sekou Sundiata is considered what kind A. The mistress of the house was afraid of poet? her husband would be attracted to Clotel. A. A Modernist poet B. To keep the lice away. B. A performance poet C. So that the other slaves would get along with her. C. A classical poet D. So she could sell it. D. A traditional poet 83. Uncle Julius is a character developed by: 78. The subject of Soujourner Truth’s "Ain’t I a Woman" is: A. Harriet Beecher Stowe A. Women’s rights. B. Joel Chandler Harris B. Negro rights. C. Richard Wright D. Charles Chesnutt C. The right to keep one’s children. 84. In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s "A Cabin D. The rights of farm hands. Tale," which character is a trickster fig- E. A and B. ure? 79. All of the following are characteristics of A. Weasel. the African American tradition of the toast B. Bear. except: C. The farmer. A. Toasting is oral D. The young boy. B. Toasting is a male event 85. In Charles Chesnutt’s "The Goophered C. Toasting glorifies women Grape Vine," why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell D. Toasting provides cultural identifica- put on the grapes? tion 80. The term "Civil Disobedience" was A. To describe the horrors of life on the coined by which author? Post-bellum plantation. A. William Gates B. To explain his religious views. B. Henry DavidJai Thoreau ShreeC. To amuse theRam narrator’s sickly wife. D. So they won’t interrupt his income C. Booker T. Washington from the neglected grape harvest. D. Alain Locke 86. In Paul Laurence Dunbar’s "When Ma- 81. The importance of Freedom’s Journal lindy Sings," what kind of music is Ma- was: lindy singing? A. It was the first African American A. Cakewalk tunes. novel. B. Gospel. B. It was the first African American news- C. Jazz. paper. D. Blues. 404 Chapter 16. African-American Literature

87. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from A. She is one-quarter Black. Birmingham Jail,” King advocates: B. She is one-eighth Black. A. Breaking the law. C. She is White. B. Using violence when necessary. D. She cannot be a slave. C. Waiting for times to get better. 93. In Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, "we real D. Disobeying unjust laws. cool," the Golden Shovel is: 88. Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life A. The name of a restaurant the pool play- of a Slave Girl to show: ers cannot enter. A. That female slaves were escaping B. A metaphor for colossal lies they have more frequently than men. been buried with. B. How slavery was worse for men. C. A metaphor for the pool players who are trying to dig out of their neighborhood. C. How females were affected by slavery.

D. The name of a pool hall. D. That female slaves were more valu- 94. The trickster figure is usually able than male slaves. 89. What is the subject of Lucille Clifton’s A. Amoral (neither good nor evil) "the lost baby poem"? B. Christian A. A child dying of SIDS. C. Evil B. The stillborn death of a child. 95. Slave owners resisted abolition for what reason? C. Abortion. A. Slaveholders objected to losing leisure D. A murdered child. time. 90. Yusef Komunyakaa’s "Blue Dementia" is B. Slaves outnumbered non-slaves and an example of what kind of poetry? might rebel. A. Protest poetry C. Slaveholders felt economic security B. Romantic poetry rested on the system of slavery. C. Lyric poetry D. B and C. D. Jazz poetry E. A and C. 91. The importance of Lucy Terry’s "Bars 96. The character of Delia in Zora Neale Flight" is: Hurston’s "Sweat" was influenced by: A. The poem’s form of rhymed tetrameter A. Her relationship with a patron. couplets. B. Her mother. B. The poem shows her future work as a C. Her best friend. advocate of civil rights. D. Her job as a waitress. C. The poem is filled with Christian sym- 97. David Walker’s "Appeal in Four Articles" Narayanbolism. Changder argues that: D. The fact that the poem is the most ac- A. The races should not intermarry. curate account of the 1742 Indian-White engagement in Deerfield, Massachusetts. B. Christians the only ones not to blame 92. In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s for the existence of slavery. Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. C. Blacks have the duty to resist slavery. What does this mean? D. Blacks should return to Africa. 405

98. The importance of Lucy Terry’s "Bars B. Slavery. Flight" is: C. Segregation. A. The poem is the ﬁrst-known writing D. Prostitution. of an African American. 100. Spirituals like "Go Down Moses" were B. The poem is better than the poems of important to African Americans because: the more famous Phillis Wheatley. A. They showed that a hero would deliver C. The poem is the ﬁrst of many poems them from slavery. by Terry. B. They gave hope that God would de- D. The poetry focuses on slave life in the liver them from slavery. 18th century. C. They helped them do their work faster. 99. Arna Bontemps’s "A Summer Tragedy" attacks the institution of: D. They were based on African songs. A. Sharecropping.

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1. In Voltaire’s “Socrates,” what does this C. Its object is a type of person who needs sentence from one of the judges reveal? to change. A JUDGE: “I don’t wish a quarrel with D. It attacks human institutions, such as Anitus; he’s a man much to be feared. If it universities, hospitals, and religion. were only a question of the gods it would still be overlooked.” E. It puts all of the leaders of the world on the stage and mocks them. A. Anitus, being an important business- 3. William Congreve’s “The Way of World” man in Athens, is able to purchase justice. opens with a game of cards. How does this game offer an indirect comment on B. Anitus, being a priest, can make life the play? difﬁcult for the judges who feel pressured A. Love is a game of risky bets. to side with him. B. Love is a game of chance. C. Socrates’s crimes are essentially harm- C. Love is a game that requires strategy. less. D. Love is a game that requires omni- D. Law and religion work together to es- science. tablish and enforceJai justice. Shree Ram E. Love is a game that punishes the naive. E. The gods are capable of establishing justice for themselves, and they need no 4. Hellena, a character in Aphra Behn’s human intervention. “The Rover” leaves the convent, marries 2. What is the distinguishing characteristic the rake Willmore, and inherits 300,000 of political satire? crowns. What point is Behn making by creating a character like her? A. Its object is a real person. A. Behn wanted to show that women who B. It exaggerates aspects of society in or- leave the protection of the church are not der to address its wrongs. wise enough to choose a proper spouse. 408 Chapter 17. Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama

B. Behn wanted to portray a female char- E. He married and had a child, thereby ne- acter in complete control of her life and cessitating a successful theatrical career. destiny. C. Behn wanted to point out that money 8. The Licensing Act of 1737 had what ef- cannot replace wisdom. fect on the theatre? A. Audiences attended more plays know- D. Behn wanted to affirm the theatrical ing that the works had been properly vet- convention of allowing the rake to win out. ted. B. Audiences distrusted the plays that the E. Behn wanted to criticize the theatrical censors approved. convention of rewarding virtue and pun- ishing vice. C. Innovation was stymied and older theatrical forms were revived. 5. The primary difference between Pierre de Marivaux and Voltaire is that: D. Actors turned to publishing as a means to supplement their revenue. A. Marivaux is a satirist and Voltaire is a comedian. E. There was a marked increase in the number of Italian operas staged. B. Marivaux is a philosopher and Voltaire 9. Why did playwrights such as John Dryden is a tragedian. and Nicholas Rowe write about subjects C. Marivaux is a tragedian and Voltaire is from the distant past? a Shakespearean. A. Because the Puritans were on the look- D. Marivaux is a comedian and Voltaire out for any reason to shut down the the- is a satirist. aters again, artists looked to the past because it was “safe.” E. Marivaux is a comedian and Voltaire is an essayist. B. Plays served as a means to educate the upper classes, and so similar people from 6. According to James Kalb’s review of Got- the past were used as characters. thold Ephraim Lessing’s “Emilia Galotti,” the actions of characters are: C. Dryden and Rowe used the past to veil references to contemporary politics. A. predictable. D. History was more entertaining than B. not predictable, but they are logical. the present. C. rational and driven by context. E. Audiences associated the theater with D. empty and vapid. old-fashioned times, and so the plots reflected this expectation. E. chaotic and impulsive. 10. Aphra Behn wrote to address stereotypes 7. As a 17-year-old, Pierre de Marivaux had for women. What was the most common an experience that changed his life. What dichotomy that fed these stereotypes? was it? A. The servant and the spouse A. When returning a glove to a girl he B. The matron and the maven Narayanthought he loved, he understood that she Changder had been manipulating him. C. The supporter and the scolder B. He was injured in war. D. The virgin and the whore E. The courtesan and the princess C. He had a major theatrical success and decided to become a playwright. 11. All of the following are the objects of satire in John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera” D. His parents died in a fire. EXCEPT: 409

A. Italian opera. C. means for Raleigh to criticize the king and the court from jail. B. arias that were not understood by British audiences. D. history of explorers like himself. C. high society. E. history of the world, nothing more, nothing less. D. elaborate costumes and sets. 16. Prior to the Restoration, the theatres had E. censorship of the theatre. been closed because: 12. The emphasis upon promiscuity in A. the theatre owners lost too much Restoration plays: money due to the cost of elaborate sets A. reflected the promiscuity of Charles II. and costumes. B. the public found other entertainment. B. confirmed the Puritans’ criticisms about the vices found in the theaters. C. there had been a lengthy strike from the costumer’s guild. C. shifted to the public sphere what had always been limited to the private sphere. D. plays were thought to encourage immorality. D. None of these answers E. Both A and C E. All of these answers 17. What was William Shakespeare’s influ- 13. What quality of Johann Wolfgang von ence on 18th-century French drama? Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther makes it an exemplar for the A. None whatsoever “Sturm und Drang” movement? B. He was so influential that the creativ- A. It is a pathetic drama. ity of French playwrights was stymied for a generation. B. It is a lamentation. C. Much like what had happened in Eng- C. Its main theme is heroism. land with the Licensing Act of 1737, plays D. Its main theme is redemption. in France at that time were heavily cen- sored. Thus, while Shakespeare was in- E. It is full of sentimentalism. fluential, the influence was underground. 14. “Sturm und Drang” is a German phrase that refers to a type of drama that was D. French playwrights recirculated his predominantly: plots. A. German. E. French playwrights revised his plots, B. European. giving happy endings to tragedies. C. French. Jai Shree18. Like William RamShakespeare’s “Hamlet, Jo- hann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust” is a D. British. philosophical drama. What is the primary E. Swiss. issue that the “Faust” play explores? 15. Sir Walter Raleigh wrote “The History of A. The limits of human power over the the World” while imprisoned. Under the universe guise of a history, Raleigh’s work is actually a: B. The consequences of manipulating the laws of nature A. history of England, not of the world. C. Religion and its questions of salvation B. biblical reading of secular history. and damnation 410 Chapter 17. Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama

D. Politics and the right ordering of a city A. rakes are punished. B. sexual innuendo is removed. E. The proper education for knowing how C. women do not dress up as men. to live the good life D. costumes and sets are very minimal. 19. John Dennis, a critic, did not like Richard Steele’s “The Conscious Lovers.” All of E. good morals are reinforced. the following are reasons why Dennis did 23. Why is Emila’s father not enamored not like the play EXCEPT that: with the idea of his daughter marrying A. Bevil Junior is too servile to his father. a prince? A. He thinks that the prince will trick her B. the play was not funny. and not marry her. C. there was not enough satire in it. B. He is not ready for the demands of the royal court. D. the sets were too lavish. C. He thinks that royalty is all show and E. it was a tragedy that called itself a com- no substance. edy. D. He has already found happiness and 20. Because of the Enlightenment, the rela- does not want to become a duke. tionship between faith and reason changed during the 18th century. Which of the fol- E. He knows that the prince has already lowing is the most accurate description of seduced many women. that relationship? 24. How does Butler kill Wallenstein? A. Faith was taken to be of little conse- A. He poisons him. quence. B. He uses a sword. B. Faith was accepted without question. C. He throws him down from a castle C. The claims of faith were balanced wall. against the claims of reason. D. He hires a mercenary. D. Reason determined that faith was un- E. He burns down the palace. reasonable. 25. In a play about Wallenstein’s betrayal of E. No one really thought about it because the emperor, what is ironic about Butler’s all serious challenges to faith were subject murder of both Count Terzky and Field- to a panel of bishops. Marshal Illo? 21. Because of all of the adultery and hu- A. Butler acts from a higher moral ground mor of William Wycherly’s “The Country than Wallenstein. Wife,” it is easy for the reader not to see true love unfold between: B. Wallenstein only betrayed the emperor, he did not murder him. A. Mrs. Alithea and Mr. Sparkish. C. Butler is no different than Wallenstein. B. Miss Lucy and Mr. Sparkish.

NarayanC. Mrs. Alithea and Mr. Harcourt. ChangderD. Just as Wallenstein’s men begged him D. Miss Lucy and Mr. Harcourt. to reconsider, Gordon begs Butler to re- E. Mrs. Pinchwife and Mr. Horner. consider. 22. Richard Steele’s “The Conscious Lovers” E. Butler murders them at the same time changes the formula of Restoration drama the emperor kills Wallenstein. in all of the following ways EXCEPT 26. In Richard Sheridan’s “The School for that: Scandal,” Lady Sneerwell and Snake: 411

A. lend money at exorbitant interest so A. He cleans out the corruption of the that they can ruin the reputation of others. court. B. He is sensible, whereas the other char- B. are not interested in having Lady Tea- acters in the play are foolish. zle join them because they want to gossip C. He reverses traditional morality and about her. advocates murder so that he can marry C. run a network of gossipers. Emilia. D. emerge victorious in what has been D. He is subject to extreme emotions seen as a prediction of the 21st-century’s when he thinks about Emilia. treatment of celebrity culture. E. He proves that absolute power corrupts E. seek forgiveness and are reintegrated absolutely. back into society. 31. Jonathan Swift once wrote that satire is: 27. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s primary in- A. like a mirror where people see them- fluence on German theatre was: selves objectively. A. as a critic. B. like a mirror where people see every- B. as a philosopher. one but themselves. C. as a playwright. C. like a two-way mirror where people can see the inner workings of society. D. through his theory of aesthetics. D. not like a mirror at all, but rather like a E. as an essayist. brick that is used to break mirrors so that 28. “Sturm und Drang” in English means: people don’t have to look at themselves. A. “stern and pressure.” E. like a window where people can look B. “storm and drain.” in on society. C. “sensible and foolish.” 32. In Friedrich von Schiller’s “The Death of Wallenstein,” what does Thekla choose D. “storm and stress.” to do about her unapproved love of Max. E. “seize and conquer.” Piccolomini? 29. In Friedrich von Schiller’s “The Death of A. She follows after Max. Wallenstein,” why does Butler choose to B. She chooses to obey her father and kill Wallenstein? abandons Max. A. Loyalty to the emperor C. She disobeys her father and elopes B. Revenge with Max. C. Octavio Piccolomini told him to do so. D. She is so torn between all of her op- Jai Shreetions that she doesRam not make a choice. D. He’s upset about Max. and Thekla E. She kills herself out of despair. marrying and taking his dukedom. 33. Characters’ names in Restoration drama E. It’s not a choiceso much as it is self- were typically: defense. A. signifiers of the personality of the char- 30. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s “Emilia Ga- acters. lotti” presents the audience with a man B. regular names found in any registry. in love. How does the character of the prince reflect the ideas behind “Sturm und C. farcical and served to detract from the Drang”? plot of a play. 412 Chapter 17. Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama

D. recycled from Shakespeare plays. D. A play about kings and queens E. taken from the headlines of the day. E. A play about servants 34. All of the following are reasons why “The 38. The Scientific Revolution established sub- Rover” is an important play EXCEPT that stantial progress in existing knowledge, it: so much in fact, that England in the 17th A. was written by a woman during a time century saw itself as the most advanced when all of the playwrights were men. civilization since Ancient Rome. Satirists B. presents women as capable of being agreed, but they saw one discipline as rakes, just like men. never progressing or changing. Which one? C. shows the hypocrisy of the conventions of 18th-century marriages. A. Morality D. presents female characters who have B. Biology more wit and money than their male coun- C. Physics terparts. D. Chemistry E. was the first play in the history of En- glish theatre to feature women who dis- E. Anatomy and Physiology guised themselves as men. 39. One of the most memorable aspects 35. The character type of the “rake” appears of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s first in the 18th century. What stock char- “Faust” is the wager between Faust and acter most closely resembles him? Mephistopheles. What, exactly, must oc- A. Uneducated farmhand cur for Mephistopheles to win the bet, and with it, Faust’s soul? B. Rich landowner or businessman A. Mephistopheles must give Faust com- C. Suave seducer plete satisfaction. D. Naive husband B. Mephistopheles must give Faust omni- E. Overweight father science. 36. After the deposition of Charles I and C. Mephistopheles must give Gretchen to the end of the English Civil War, Oliver Faust. Cromwell established the: A. Protectorate. D. Mephistopheles must give Faust control over the Earth Spirit. B. Restoration. E. Mephistopheles must give Faust power C. Privy Council. over death. D. Commonwealth. 40. According to Everett Ward Olmsted, E. Monarchy. Pierre de Marivaux’s masterpiece was: 37. What is pathetic drama? A. the French version of “Hamlet.” A. A play about a character who is un- B. “Cendrillon” (“Cinderella”). Narayansuccessful in all that he or she attempts Changder C. “Le Jeu de l’Amour et du Hasard” B. A play that focuses upon domestic (“The Game of Love and Chance”). rather than heroic subjects D. “Plato.” C. A play that is focused on selfish char- E. “L’école des Meres” (“The School for acters, in contrast to sympathetic drama Mothers”). If you don’t know the answer, go back and read the text. 413

41. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said that A. Quite often (the majority of plays) the main theme of Friedrich von Schiller’s B. Rarely (less than ﬁve) writing was: C. Never A. freedom. D. About the same as any other social B. “Sturm und Drang.” class C. tragedy. E. We have no way of knowing. D. politics. 44. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust” is E. domesticity. the greatest expression of what literary 42. In Voltaire’s “Socrates,” Socrates defends movement? himself with the following speech. What A. Nationalism is the essential point of the speech? SOCRATES: “Always beware of turning B. Expressionism religion into metaphysics: Morality is its C. Rationalism essence. Adore and stop disputing. If our D. Romanticism ancestors had said that the Supreme God had descended into the arms of Alcmene, E. “Sturm und Drang” of Danae, of Semele, and that he had chil- 45. In Friedrich von Schiller’s “The Death of dren with them, our ancestors were imag- Wallenstein,” the character Octavio Pic- ining dangerous fables. It’s insulting to colomini manages to convince: the Divinity to pretend that he had committed with a woman in whatever manner A. Wallenstein to surrender. it might be what we would call amongst B. Wallenstein to change his battle plans. men an adultery. That’s discouraging to the rest of men to say that to be a great man, one must be born from the mysteri- C. Wallenstein’s men to become traitors. ous coupling with one of your wives or D. the emperor that Wallenstein is harm- daughters. Miltiades, Cimon, Themisto- less. cles, Arisitides, that you persecuted were E. the emperor to surrender. perhaps worth more than Perseus, Herak- les and Bacchus. There being no other 46. Who was the famous diarist who captured way to be the children of this God than the best surviving description of the Great by trying to please him, and by being just. Fire of 1666? Deserve that title by never rendering iniq- A. Oliver Cromwell uitous judgments.” B. William Wycherly A. We should obey the gods by acting like them. Jai ShreeC. Samuel Pepys Ram B. We should just love one another. D. Jonathan Swift C. Faith and reason should be kept sepa- E. Nicholas Rowe rate so that we can think clearly. 47. Why do the characters in “Sturm und D. The ludicrous stories about the gods Drang” dramas undergo such emotional prove that they do not exist. extremes? E. Socrates thinks that all religions are A. These dramas explored the then-new too obsessed with sex. science of psychiatry. 43. How often were the lower classes the stars B. The characters reﬂected the political of a Restoration drama? turbulence of the times. 414 Chapter 17. Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama

C. The characters in these dramas re- youth; of denying the plurality of the gods; ﬂected the new emphasis of emotion over of being a heretic, deist, atheist. Answer.” reason. A. Socrates’s crimes are comprehensive. D. Through their portrayal of these char- B. Some of these crimes are self- acters as emotionally unstable, the play- contradictory, revealing that Socrates is wrights afﬁrmed the necessity of rational- being framed. ism. C. Socrates is a bad citizen because he E. Audiences had grown tired of pre- has not been consistent. dictable plays. D. The inner consistency of these charges 48. In Richard Sheridan’s “The School for reveals that Socrates should be put to Scandal,” we learn that Lady Teazle mar- death. ried Sir Peter Teazle only for his money. By the end of the play: E. Readers know that Melitus is upset that Socrates is taking money that should A. she comes to love Sir Peter himself go to the temple. more than this money. 52. John Dryden was successful in all of these B. she replaces Lady Sneerwell as the roles EXCEPT as a: President for the School for Scandal. A. satirist. C. she rejoices when Sir Peter dies and B. religious poet. she inherits his estate. C. translator. D. she spends all of Sir Teazle’s money, and he goes bankrupt. D. critic. E. nothing changes. She still loves Sir E. diarist. Teazle only for his money. 53. When Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote “Man 49. Which of the following was an integral is born free; and everywhere he is in part of Restoration musical theater? chains,” he associated “chains” with all of the following EXCEPT: A. Castratos A. religion. B. Wedding marches B. enlightenment. C. Woodwinds C. society. D. Megaphones D. history. E. Italian operas E. tradition. 50. Sentimental comedy reacted against: 54. Henry Fielding’s “The Author’s Farce” A. plots based upon mistaken identities. satirizes all of the following EXCEPT: B. the obsession with the past, especially A. the theater’s emphasis of quantity over that of ancient Rome. quality. C. the new trend of didactic moralizing. B. the publishing industry. NarayanD. the emphasis upon tragedies. ChangderC. how theatrical success depends more E. the immorality of previous comedies. upon who you know rather than individual talent. 51. In Voltaire’s “Socrates,” what do these lines from Melitus reveal about the D. that audiences will attend any play, re- charges against Socrates? MELITUS: “Si- gardless of its merits. lence. Listen, Socrates, you are accused E. the rising number of plays featuring of being a bad citizen; of corrupting the burlesque interludes. 415

55. Voltaire was primarily a: 60. In William Wycherly’s play “The Country Wife,” how does Mrs. Pinchwife almost A. poet. expose Mr. Horner’s plan? B. playwright. A. As a country wife, she is more sophis- C. politician. ticated in the ways of adultery than a city D. novelist. wife. E. philosopher. B. She threatens to blackmail him. 56. Domestic tragedy includes all of the fol- C. Because she has had an affair with him, lowing EXCEPT: she knows for sure that he is not impotent, and she almost tells the others. A. the death of a character. D. She tells her maid about her affair who B. a fallen household. almost tells the others. C. a husband and wife. E. She tells her husband that he should in- D. a villain. deed worry about her spending time with E. a wedding. Mr. Horner. 57. When it comes to the subject of mar- 61. How does Odoardo Galotti, Emilia’s fa- riage in William Congreve’s “The Way ther, prevent her marriage to the prince? of the World,” what do the main charac- A. He petitions the king to put a stop to ters Mirabell and Millamant value most the proceedings. above anything else? B. He hires a lawyer who prevents the A. Love wedding. B. Freedom C. He knows about the prince’s many af- C. Security fairs and threatens to blackmail him. D. Money D. He stabs and kills his daughter. E. Social Standing E. He kidnaps his daughter and takes her 58. In England in the 18th century, women’s back home. rights: 62. In Friedrich von Schiller’s “The Death of A. expanded. Wallenstein,” when Butler says the following to Gordon, what does he mean? “Nay! B. contracted. let it not afflict you, that your power Is C. were championed in plays. circumscribed. Much liberty, much error! The narrow path of duty is securest.” D. were ridiculed in plays. A. Gordon should strive to obtain more E. Both A andJai C Shree Ram power. 59. In Friedrich von Schiller’s “The Death of Wallenstein,” Wallenstein is certain that B. Gordon should strive to be more lim- his project is the fulfillment of: ited. A. chance. C. Gordon is free to escape his limitations. B. destiny. D. Gordon should find comfort in his lim- C. strategy. itations. D. wisdom. E. Gordon’s freedom and his limitations E. historical determinism. are about the same. 416 Chapter 17. Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama

63. Restoration drama often presents the up- other female characters take Mrs. Pinch- per classes as vapid and vain. What is the wife aside to prevent her from exposing purpose of doing so? Mr. Horner. This action reveals: A. Only the upper classes can be satirized. A. hypocrisy in marriage and society. B. that all marriages are subject to adul- B. Readers learn that true wisdom comes tery. only from the lower classes. C. the loveless society of 18th-century C. There is no higher purpose other than England. that of humorous entertainment. D. the innocence of those who live in the D. Actually, all of society was satirized, country. not just the upper classes. E. All of these answers E. Vanity was essential to preserving 68. What was the main cause of the English one’s station in life. Civil War? 64. The Glorious Revolution was: A. Religious conflict between Anglicans A. the nonviolent victory of the common- and Scottish Presbyterians ers over the crown. B. Political conflict between the common- B. named as such because it gave so ers and the nobility much glory to King Charles II. C. Charles I’s defiance of Parliament C. the first organized labor strike in his- D. Just like America almost 200 years tory. later, slavery D. a victory that ensured that Parliament E. Charles I’s attempt to establish a state would have more power than the king. religion E. the final defeat of France. 69. The plot of Nicholas Rowe’s “Jane Shore: 65. The main religious conflict in England A Tragedy” was: prior to the Glorious Revolution in 1688 A. based on actual events. was between what two groups? B. completely fictional. A. Atheists and Anglicans C. set in the 16th century but had nothing B. Presbyterians and Catholics to do with the actual Jane Shore. C. Anglicans and Presbyterians D. an updated version of the Jane Shore D. Atheists and Catholics story that reflected the promiscuity of Charles II. E. Anglicans and Catholics 66. French Harlequin comedy first appeared E. changed to remove all of the refer- in what country? ences to religion. 70. In William Wycherly’s play “The Coun- A. France try Wife,” Lady Fidget, Mrs. Squeamish, NarayanB. England Changderand Mr. Horner substitute talk about “sex” C. Italy with talk about “china.” What literary convention are they using? D. Spain A. Metaphor E. Switzerland B. Simile 67. In William Wycherly’s play “The Country Wife,” there is a scene where all of the C. Soliloquy 417

D. Double entendre C. satire depends upon pratfalls and mistaken identities. E. Synonym 71. The conclusion of Johann Wolfgang von D. satires end with a death, while come- Goethe’s “Faust” has been called confus- dies end with a marriage. ing. What exactly happens at its end? E. both are cynical, abrasive, and mean- A. Gretchen is damned, and Faust goes spirited - there is not a difference between to Heaven. them. 75. In Friedrich von Schiller’s “The Death of B. Gretchen goes to Heaven, and Faust is Wallenstein,” what advice do Wallenstein damned. and his daughter Thekla give to Max. Pic- C. Both Gretchen and Faust are damned. colomini? D. Both Gretchen and Faust go to Heaven. A. Max. must chose between Wallenstein and the Emperor. E. Neither Gretchen nor Faust go to B. Max. should elope with Wallenstein ’s Heaven or to Hell. daughter. 72. The term “Restoration” refers to what C. Max. should rejoin the emperor event that followed the English Civil against Wallenstein. War? D. Max. should commit treason against A. The restoration of lands to the Catholic the emperor and join Wallenstein if he is Church to marry Thekla. B. The restoration of the king and the E. Max. should follow his heart. British monarchy 76. As a “Sturm und Drang” play, what fea- C. The restoration of the titles to the no- ture is most prominent in “The Death of bility that Charles I had taken away Wallenstein”? D. The restoration of peace throughout A. The emphasis upon emotion as the ba- Great Britain sis for all decisions E. The restoration of voting rights to the B. The emphasis upon reason as the basis House of Commons for all decisions 73. In William Wycherly’s play “The Coun- C. The emphasis upon justice as the basis try Wife,” Mr. Horner’s ruse to gain entry for all decisions into women’s bedchambers is to pretend he’s: D. The emphasis upon expediency as the basis for all decisions A. a repairman. Jai ShreeE. The emphasis Ram upon chance as the basis B. sick. for all decisions C. a lawyer. 77. In William Congreve’s “The Way of the D. a doctor. World,” why is Mrs. Millamant against marriage? E. a eunuch. A. In the 18th-century weddings were ar- 74. The difference between a satire and a com- ranged marriages, and she wants to choose edy is that: her own spouse. A. satire is just for laughs. B. After marriage, wives are little more B. satire teaches a clear moral lesson. than the property of their husbands. 418 Chapter 17. Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama

C. Men choose women based upon the 82. The fundamental difference between the size of their dowry and not upon love. rake characters of male authors like William Wycherly and William Congreve D. She knows she will lose her freedom. and the rake characters of Aphra Behn is E. She thinks it is old fashioned. that: 78. French playwrights sought: A. Behn’s rakes are punished more A. to compare the past with present. severely. B. to recreate the Italian and English Re- B. Behn’s rakes are more successful at naissances. seduction. C. to create a new national drama with C. Behn’s rakes are seduced themselves new heroes. rather than the seducers. D. recognition that they were better than D. Behn’s rakes care nothing for seduc- English playwrights. tion but are really after money. E. to present the future through their E. Behn’s rakes are rude, obnoxious, and plays. not attractive to the female characters. 79. In the play “Emilia Galotti,” the prince 83. The events in “All for Love” took place in Hettore Gonzaga is almost as affected by ancient Rome, but one can easily identify an artistic rendering of Emilia as he is of the parallels between Antony and Charles her in person. What art form moves Het- II. Ventidius’s counsel to Antony could tore’s emotions? just as well be given to Charles II. What did Ventidius suggest to Antony? A. A painting A. To learn how to rule himself B. A sculpture B. To learn how to rule others C. A description C. To drop his attraction for beautiful D. A poem women and to invade Egypt (i.e., France) E. A song D. To join forces with him against Rome 80. In a typical Pierre de Marivaux play, servants were: E. To concern himself with the coming Persian (i.e., French) invasion to the east A. represented by cardboard paintings. 84. The “Prelude in the Theater” of Johann B. as fully developed as a play’s main Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust” presents characters. a conversation between an audience mem- C. ﬂat characters who did not develop. ber, a theater owner, and a playwright. The audience member wants to be enter- D. not given speaking roles. tained, and the theater owner wants money. E. portrayed no differently from any What does the playwright want? other play of the 18th century. A. Entertainment 81. NarayanA farce is a(n): ChangderB. Money A. intellectual comedy. C. Beauty B. play with a deﬁnite moral. D. Fame C. wedding play. E. Awards D. play where jokes are more important 85. In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust,” than plot. what is the one thing that leaves E. humorous tragedy. Mephistopheles powerless? 419

A. The Earth Spirit A. Cynical B. Being ignored B. Resigned C. Prayer C. Realistic D. Righteousness D. Hopeless E. Boredom E. Excited 86. What was the name of one of the two the- 89. Voltaire’s “Socrates” is set in ancient atre companies during the Restoration? Greece, but its message is for 18th-century A. The Queen’s Company Europe. That message is: B. The Duke’s Company A. a critique of judges. C. The Player-Kings B. a critique of lawyers. D. The Courtesan Players C. a critique of philosophy. E. The Royal Shakespeare Company D. a critique of organized religion. 87. All of the following were either King or E. a critique of family life. Queen of England EXCEPT: 90. In Oliver Goldsmith’s play “She Stoops to A. Queen Anne. Conquer,” why does Miss Kate Hardcastle B. Charles I. disguise herself as a lowly maid? C. Charles II. A. She wants to see the true thoughts and feelings of Charles Marlowe. D. Charles III. B. She is embarrassed by her upper class E. Queen Elizabeth. riches. 88. When Miss Millamant delivers the follow- C. Charles Marlowe is comfortable only ing speech in William Congreve’s “The among the lower classes. Way of the World,” what is the overall tone of her words? “Trifles; as liberty to D. It is not a disguise; she actually is a pay and receive visits to and from whom maid. I please; to write and receive letters, with- E. She thinks that the lower classes have out interrogatories or wry faces on your an admirable naiveté about life. part; to wear what I please, and choose 91. A typical plot of “Sturm und Drang” conversation with regard only to my own drama involves: taste; to have no obligation upon me to converse with wits that I don’t like, be- A. a young man’s unrequited love. cause they are your acquaintance, or to B. a woman’s suicide. be intimate with fools, because they may be your relations. Come to dinner when C. a wedding. I please, dineJai in my dressing-room Shree when Ram D. the triumph of the rational characters I’m out of humour, without giving a rea- over the emotional characters. son. To have my closet inviolate; to be E. a lesson in self-control. sole empress of my tea-table, which you must never presume to approach without 92. In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust,” first asking leave. And lastly, wherever I what scientific discipline does Faust de- am, you shall always knock at the door vote himself to? before you come in. These articles sub- A. Biology scribed, if I continue to endure you a little B. Alchemy longer, I may by degrees dwindle into a wife.” C. Physics 420 Chapter 17. Restoration & Eighteenth-century Drama

D. Anatomy E. Society encourages wives to have af- E. Chemistry fairs. 93. Each theater company had a group of ac- 97. What is the distinguishing characteristic tors that was a mixture of: of pathetic drama? A. men and women. A. It features characters who are down on their luck and are, therefore, “pathetic.” B. noble and common citizens. B. It features characters who are too weak C. rich and poor citizens. to change their fate. D. old and young actors. C. It is a type of drama that is highly emo- E. playwrights and actors. tional, designed to bring the audience to 94. The emphasis upon the social classes in tears. Restoration drama shows: D. It features strong characters who look A. that a stable social order depends upon down on everyone as “pathetic,” when, in fixed roles. fact, they themselves are the most pathetic B. the economic injustices of the times of characters. more clearly to audiences. E. It is a label critics used to criticize a C. how easy it is to move from one social bad play. class to another. 98. In Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s “Emilia D. that virtue and vice exist in all levels Galotti,” the prince’s chamberlain of society. Marinelli sets in motion the events that will culminate in the death of Count Ap- E. that most comedies depend upon piani. What is revealed about Marinelli’s poverty for their humor. loyalty? 95. Voltaire was the most accomplished A. He is a loyal attendant to the prince. French playwright of his generation. His plays reflected what theme? B. He insinuates to Emilia’s father that A. A desire to return to classicism the prince is responsible for Marinelli’s death. B. Skepticism in all forms C. He takes full responsibility for order- C. The preference of Rationalism over ing the death of Count Appiani. Romanticism D. He blackmails the prince for half of D. A preoccupation with questions of fate his fortune. and destiny E. In order to sabotage the prince’s mar- E. The need for political revolution in or- riage plans, he tells Emilia that the prince der to bring about substantial change ordered the death of her fiancé, Count Ap- 96. What is the main criticism of marriage in piani. Restoration drama? 99. In Voltaire’s “Socrates,” what group of NarayanA. Married life is boring. Changderpeople is most against the title character? B. Marriages often mismatch older men A. Priests with younger women. B. Judges C. Marriages are not based upon love or mutual respect but upon financial gain. C. Youth D. Society encourages husbands to drink D. Philosophers and gamble. E. Women 421

100. The European philosopher who inﬂu- C. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. enced the “Sturm und Drang” movement more than any other was: D. George Berkely. A. René Descartes. E. Francis Bacon. B. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. E 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. D 11. E 12. E 13. E 14.B 15. C 16. D 17. E 18. A 19. D 20. C 21. C 22. D 23. E 24. B 25. C 26.C 27. C 28. D 29. B 30. D 31. B 32. A 33. A 34. E 35. C 36. A 37. B 38.A 39. A 40. C 41. A 42. C 43. B 44. E 45. C 46. C 47. C 48. A 49. A 50.E 51. D 52. E 53. B 54. E 55. E 56. E 57. B 58. E 59. B 60. C 61. D 62.D 63. D 64. D 65. E 66. C 67. E 68. C 69. A 70. D 71. B 72. B 73. E 74.B 75. E 76. A 77. C 78. A 79. A 80. B 81. D 82. C 83. A 84. C 85. D 86.B 87. D 88. C 89. D 90. C 91. A 92. B 93. D 94. D 95. B 96. C 97. C 98.B 99. A 100.B

Jai Shree Ram Narayan Changder V Part Five

Jai Shree Ram Narayan Changder VI part 5

Jai Shree Ram

18 Miscelleneous questions ...... 427 Narayan Changder 18. Miscelleneous questions

1. In which century was Piers Plowman writ- C. Strand Magazine ten? D. Reader Magazine A. 14th 5. Joyce’s novel ’Ulysses’ takes place over B. 12th what period of time? C. 10th A. A week D. 11th B. 24 hours 2. Geoffrey Chaucer served which king? C. A lifetime A. Richard III D. 6 months B. James 1 6. What was the nationality of Oscar Wilde? C. Edward III A. Irish D. Henry II B. Scottish 3. The 18th century work ’Tom Jones” was written by whom?Jai ShreeC. French Ram A. Samuel Johnson D. English B. Henry Fielding 7. Who wrote the poem “Requiem"? C. John Donne A. Robert Louis Stevenson D. Tobias Smollett B. William Shakespeare 4. In 1905, Virginia Woolf began to write for C. Samuel Johnson which publication? D. John Milton A. The Time’s Literary Supplement 8. the prevailing feature of Chaucer’s hu- B. The Lady’s Home Journal mour is its 428 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. urbanity A. Regency B. crudity B. Restoration C. triviality C. Romantic D. sanctity D. Victorian 9. who is the first great English critic-poet? 16. Literary divisions are not always exact, but we draw them because they are often A. Shakespeare convenient. The majority of English liter- B. Arnold ary periods are named after: C. Sir Philip Sidney A. The leading characteristic of the age D. Chaucer B. Monarchs or political events 10. HYMN TO ADVERSITY is a poem by C. The primary author of the age A. Thomas gray D. The language of the age B. Alexander Pope 17. Which period of literature came first? C. Edward gibbon A. Regency D. William Blake B. Victorian 11. Who wrote the poem ’The Seven Ages’? C. Romantic A. John Milton D. Restoration 18. In what language did Shakespeare write? B. Geoffrey Chaucer A. Middle English C. William Shakespeare B. German D. Edward Gibbon C. Old English 12. who write the story “Story Teller” ? D. Modern English A. William Wordsworth 19. Which work was published first? B. William Shakespeare A. Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” C. Thomas Grey B. Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” D. Saki C. Lord Byron’s “Don Juan” 13. Jane Austen wrote during this period D. Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” A. Restoration 20. Which of the following works was written B. Victorian before the all-important Battle of Hast- C. Middle English ings? D. Regency A. Beowulf 14. One of these men did NOT write during B. Canterbury Tales the Restoration period. Who? C. The Domesday Book NarayanA. John Milton Changder D. Sons and Lovers B. Thomas Otway 21. Who wrote first? C. Sir Walter Scott A. George Eliot D. John Dryden B. Christopher Marlowe 15. The Bronte sisters wrote during this pe- C. Howard, Earl of Surrey riod D. William Shakespeare 429

22. Which work was completed last? 28. Which of the following literary sub- periods does NOT fall under the Neoclas- A. John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” sical Period? B. George Herbert’s “The Temple” A. The Restoration C. William Shakespeare’s “Tempest” B. Jacobean Age D. Ben Jonson’s “Volpone” C. The Augustan Age 23. Which of the following poets wrote during the Victorian period but was not published D. The Age of Sensibility until the 20th century? 29. Which of the following periods of English A. Christina Rossetti literature came last? B. Gerard Manley Hopkins A. The Elizabethan Age C. Elizabeth Barret Browning B. The Commonwealth Period D. Ted Hughes C. The Jacobean Age 24. This work was NOT originally published D. The Middle English Period in the 20th Century. 30. This work was written before the other A. Henry James’s “The Ambassadors” three choices. B. Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the A. Bede’s “An Ecclesiastical History of D’Urbervilles” the English People” C. E.M. Forster’s “A Room With A View” B. Julian of Norwhich’s “Book of Show- ings”

D. Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” C. Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” 25. Which poet did NOT write during the 16th D. Sir Thomas More’s “Utopia” century? 31. Which of the following writers would be A. John Skelton an appropriate subject for a class on “The Literature of the British Empire”? B. William Shakespeare A. Rudyard Kipling C. Sir Thomas Wyatt B. Edward Fitzgerald D. Thomas Carew 26. Historical events often inﬂuence literature. C. Charlotte Bronte Which of the following did NOT occur D. Any of these during the Restoration period? 32. World War I affected the writing of many A. Charles II was restored to the throne authors. Which of the following poets Jai Shreewould not have Ram been touched by that B. The French Revolution event? C. The Great Fire of London A. T.S. Eliot D. The Exclusion Bill Crisis B. Siegfried Sassoon 27. He was not a Renaissance writer. C. Wilfred Owen A. William Shakespeare D. Oscar Wilde B. Sir Philip Sidney 33. The period of maturation, intellectual C. Christopher Marlowe growth and social graces during the Re- D. Sir Thomas Malory naissance is called the: 430 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. aristocracy 40. ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ is a poem writ- B. New Age ten by- C. Reformation A. Robert Frost D. Enlightenment B. Emily Dickinson 34. The most popular French playwright, Jean C. Mark Twain Baptiste Poquelin, is known as: D. Walt Whitman A. Caleron 41. What do you mean by Quatrain? B. Corneille A. a poem of fourteen lines C. Couperin B. a stanza of fourteen lines D. Moliere C. a stanza of six lines 35. The ﬁrst Englishwoman to earn her living D. a stanza of four lines as a playwright was: 42. Find the Odd man out? A. Nell Gwynn A. Ulysses B. Aphra Behn B. The Falcon C. Lady Teazle C. The Virginians D. Ann Hathaway D. On Liberty 36. The most important element of a Tragedy? 43. “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty” is stated A. Plot by- B. Character A. Keats C. Spectacles B. Shelley D. Diction C. Jane Austine 37. “But God’s eternal Laws are kind And D. Charles Lamb break the heart of stone.” In which poem do these lines appear? 44. Who is the writer of the poem ‘A Gram- marian’s Funeral’? A. We Are Seven (Wordsworth) A. Shelley B. Ballad of Reading Goal (Oscar Wilde) B. William Shakespeare C. Prisoner of Chillon (Byron) C. Wordsworth D. None of these D. Robert Browning 38. Modern age is an age of- 45. The treatise ‘On Liberty’ was written by: A. Pessimism and Cynicism A. Ruskin B. Conﬂicts and Controversies B. Lamb C. Subjectivity C. Mill D. All of the above Narayan ChangderD. Oscar Wilde 39. Who is the author of ‘A Brief History of Time’? 46. ‘Of Human Bondage’ is written by- A. Albert Einstein A. Somerset Maugham B. Stephen Hawking B. James Joyce C. Jagadish Chandra Basu C. W.B. Yeats D. Isaac Newton D. Philip Sydney 431

47. Who wrote "Shakespeare’s Later Come- A. Huxley dies’? B. Carlyle A. A.C. Bradley C. Ruskin B. Palmer D.J. D. Mill C. Dr.Johnsofl 54. Who is known as the national poet of Eng- land D. None of these A. William Wordsworth 48. The Rape of the Lock is a: B. John Keats A. Parody C. William Shakespeare B. Elegy D. T. S. Eliot C. Romance 55. James Joyce’s famous novel- D. Sonnet A. Roots 49. ‘Tom Jones’ by Henry Fielding was first B. Ulysses published in C. Tom Jones A. the first half of 19th century D. Rebecca B. the first half of 18th century 56. Who is the writer of ‘The Two Voices’? C. the 2nd half of 18th century A. A. Lord Tennyson D. 19th century B. George Bernard Shaw 50. One of the following was a Romantic poet C. William Shakespeare D. Christopher Marlowe A. Tennyson 57. Who is the writer of ‘The Charge of the B. Arnold Light Brigade’? C. Shelley A. George Bernard Shaw D. Browning B. Christopher Marlowe 51. The period between 1660 to 1750 is C. A. Lord Tennyson known as: D. William Shakespeare A. The Age of Classicism 58. Who is known as an anti-romantic novel- B. The Restoration ist in the Romantic Age? A. Charles Lamb C. The age of Milton Jai ShreeB. Jane Austen Ram D. None of these C. William Hazlitt 52. ‘Paradise Lost’ was written by- D. Oliver Goldsmith A. Shakespeare 59. Shirley, Jane Eyre, Villete were written B. Milton by: C. Coleridge A. E. Bronte D. Keats B. J. Austen 53. ‘On Heroes and Hero...worship is written C. C. Bronte by: D. None of these 432 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

60. Who is the writer of ‘The Ring of the A. Tom Jones : Henry Fielding Book’? B. Roxana: Daniel Defoe A. Shelley C. The Good-nature man: Oliver Gold- B. Robert Browning smith C. William Shakespeare D. All for Love: John Milton 67. ‘Adela’ is a character from- D. Wordsworth A. A Passage to India 61. Edmund Spenser is a- B. Paradise Lost A. poet C. Hamlet B. dramatist D. Doctor Faustus C. artist 68. The period of English literature from 1660 D. scientist to the end of the century is called: A. Renaissance 62. Which one of the following writers is not woman? B. Jacobean Period A. Emily Bronte C. Restoration Period B. Jane Austen D. Romantic Age 69. Firdausi was the poet of- C. Robert Browning A. Persian D. None of these B. English 63. Who is the author of ‘India Wins Free- dom’? C. French D. Italy A. Ghandhi 70. ‘Vanity Fair’ is a novel by- B. Nehru A. Dickens C. Jinnah B. Thackeray D. Abul Kalam Azad C. Scott 64. Which is called the Victorian Age: D. Fielding A. 18th Century 71. The character of Little Neil is a creation of: B. 19th Century A. Hardy C. 20th Century B. Eliot D. None of these C. Oscar Wilde 65. “Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to D. Dickens be exerted according to the determination Narayanof will”, is a statement by: 72. Changder What did Robert Frost’s father do? A. teacher A. Wordsworth B. journalist B. Shelley C. black-smith C. Coleridge D. farmer D. Arnold 73. “Justice delayed is justice denied” was 66. Find the Odd man out? stated by- 433

A. Shakespeare 80. The literary ﬁgure who had the most pro- nounced effect on Keats was: B. Emerson C. Gladstone A. Dante D. Disraeli B. Shakespeare 74. Thomas Hardy was brought up to the pro- C. Wordsworth fession of: D. Shelley A. Architect 81. In his poetry Tennyson is: B. Engraver A. The representative poet of Victorian C. Sculptor Age D. None of these B. The representative poet of Romantic 75. Who wrote ‘The Spanish Tragedy’? Age A. John Lyly C. The best nature poet B. Thomas Kyd D. None of these C. Robert Green 82. Catharsis refers to the term- D. Christopher Marlowe A. characters in play 76. Byron’s journey to Spain, Malta, Albania B. animals in play and Greece resulted in the production of C. sympathy to others the ﬁrst two cantos of his poem: A. cain D. arouse of pity and fear 83. Which book wins the 2013 Man Booker B. Childe Herald’s Pilgrimage Prize C. Don Juan A. The Luminaries D. the prisoner of Chillon B. Wolf Hall 77. Who wrote ‘Crime and Punishment’? C. The White Tiger A. Shelley D. The Sea B. Tolstoy 84. What do you mean by Archaism? C. Byron A. modern mode of words D. Dostoyevsky 78. When Alfred Lord Tennyson was born? B. up-to-date words A. 1809 Jai ShreeC. literary words Ram B. 1810 D. obsolete words C. 1811 85. Would you tell Sordelo (Browning) as a: D. 1812 A. Dramatic Monologue 79. Who was a friend of John Milton? B. Dramatic Lyrics A. John Donne C. Tragic Drama B. John Dryden D. None of these C. Andrew Marvell 86. Wordsworth was appointed as poet Laure- D. Alexander Pope ate in: 434 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. 1843 b...1844 93. Who was more under the inﬂuence of Godwin’s philosophy of life? B. 1845 A. Byron C. 1846 B. Browning D. none of these C. Shelley 87. Which one of the following is a comedy? D. Keats A. All’s Well that Ends Well 94. Which University presented the Pulitzer B. Hamlet Prize C. Timon of Athens A. Columbia University D. Antony and Cleopatra B. Yale University 88. ’Picture of Dorian Gray ’ was written by C. New York University A. Oscar Wild D. Harvard University B. Hardy 95. Keats’ widespread appeal is to the Reader’s interest in the supernatural. C. George Eliot A. True D. None of these B. False 89. From 1st January 2007, how many digits contains in ISBN (International Standard C. both A and B Book Number) D. none of these A. 9 96. ‘Paradise Lost’ was written by B. 10 A. Mathew C. 13 B. Robert Browning D. 15 C. John Milton 90. Who is the author of the novel ‘The D. W B Yeats Golden Age’? 97. Total number of sonnets written by Shake- A. Tahmima Anam speare A. 102 B. Pearl S. Bark B. 154 C. Virginia Woolf C. 163 D. Jane Austen D. 194 91. Famous romantic poets were 98. ‘Love and Friendship’ is written by- A. Five A. Francis Bacon B. Four B. Jane Austen C. Six C. Jonathan Swift NarayanD. None of these Changder D. None 92. What the term Elegy refers? 99. Which year Geoffrey Chaucer was born? A. a song of lamentation A. 1340 AD B. a song of pleasure B. 1341 AD C. a hymn C. 1342 AD D. a praiseworthy song D. 1343 AD 435

100. Who is the author of the drama ‘You 107. Browning is famous for his: never can tell’? A. Sensory images A. G.B. Shaw B. Dramatic Monologues B. Ben Jonson C. Narrative ballads C. Shakespeare D. Blank Verse D. Christopher Marlowe 108. Adonis is modeled on: 101. Who was American poet? A. Bion’s lament for Adonis A. Robert Frost B. Lycidas B. John Keats C. In Memoriam C. John Milton D. None of these D. Robert Herrick 109. ‘Lycidas’ is written by- 102. Which one is not a science fiction writer A. Alexander Pope A. H. G. Wells B. Victor Hugo B. Henry Fielding C. Hugo Gernsback C. Thomas Hardy D. Jules Verne D. John Milton 103. Who wrote ‘Hard Times’ and ‘A tale of 110. In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is- two Cities’? A. an ordinary man A. John Milton B. a high ranking man B. Charles Dickens C. a sacrilegious man C. John Webster D. none of these D. Daniel Defoe 111. Poetry is defined as ‘Spontaneous over- 104. “Undo this Button” is a line from Shake- flow of powerful feeling’ by: speare’s: A. Shelley A. Hamlet B. Coleridge B. Othello C. Wordsworth C. King Lear D. None of these D. Julius Caeser 112. Shakespeare was born in: 105. We find Subjective Elements in? A. 1570 A. Keats Jai Shree Ram B. 1564 B. Shelley C. 1590 C. Wordsworth D. None of these D. All 106. Who is the writer of ‘Lorna Doone’? 113. In Memoriam by Tennyson is: A. H.G. Wells A. an elegy B. Blackmore B. a collection of elegies C. T. S. Eliot C. a lyric D. Jane Austen D. a dramatic lyric 436 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

114. The Novel of Lawrence banned by the A. similar things government was: B. dissimilar things A. Sons and Lovers C. elaborate comparison B. Lady Chatterley’s Lover D. contradictory things C. Women in Love 121. Who is the author of “Around the World D. The Rainbow in Eighty Days”? 115. “Reading makes a full man, conference A. Jules Verne a ready man and writing an exact man.”- B. Christopher Marlowe Who told it? C. Charles Kingsley A. Shakespeare D. Thomas Hood B. Chaucer 122. Shaw died at the age of: C. Spenser A. 75 D. Bacon B. 95 116. In which age is ‘The Puritan Period’ in- C. 105 cluded? D. none of these A. The Renaissance 123. The poem “Wind” is written by: B. The Non-classical A. Shelley C. The Romantic B. John Ashbery D. The Modern C. Sylvia Plath 117. Who Is known as the Father of English D. Ted Hughes Poetry 124. Childe Harold was written by: A. William Shakespeare A. Byron B. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Shelley C. John Milton C. Tennyson D. William Wordsworth D. None of these 118. Who wrote the book ‘Ivan Hoe’? 125. What is an Epic? A. O’ Henry A. a short poem B. R L Stevenson B. a long narrative poem C. Ernest Hemingway C. a historical poem D. Sir Walter Scott D. a prose composition 119. Synecdoche refers to the term- 126. ‘The Metaphysical Poets’ is a critical es- NarayanA. a thing stands for whole thing Changdersay by: B. pity and fear A. Arnold C. Self-contradictory speech B. T. S. Eliot D. long speech C. Shelley 120. Simile is the direct comparison between D. None of these two- 127. Who is the author of ‘Animal Farm’? 437

A. Thomas More A. Tennyson B. George Orwell B. Browning C. Boris Pasternak C. Keats D. Charles Dickens D. T. S. Eliot 135. The shepherd in “The Passionate Shep- 128. ‘The Age of Chaucer’ ranges from- herd to His Love” is A. 1340-1385 A. sentimental B. 1240-1300 B. practical C. 1340-1400 C. irresponsible D. 1340-1399 D. romantic 129. Who is the writer of the poem ‘Nun 136. Tradition and Individual Talent is a criti- Priest’s Tale’? cal essay by: A. Geoffrey Chaucer A. Shelley B. Cynewulf B. Oscar Wilde C. Robert Browning C. T. S. Eliot D. Shelley D. None of these 137. Which of the following is illustrative of 130. What do you mean by Heroic Couplet? Ruskin’s interest in social economy? A. a pair of rhyming iambic pentameter A. The Seven Lamps B. a two line stanza B. Unto this Last C. a poem of lamentation C. The Stones of Venice D. a song for mourning D. None of these 131. The poet of ‘Romantic Age’ is- 138. ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Paradise Regained’ A. D.H. Lawrence are written by- A. P.B. Shelley B. John Milton B. John Keats C. John Keats C. John Milton 132. ‘April is the Cruelest month of all is taken from Eliot’s: D. William Blake 139. ‘The Medal’ by John Dryden is a/an- A. The Wasteland A. play B. The Hollow men Jai ShreeB. satire Ram C. East Coker C. prose D. Prufrock D. translation 133. What do you mean by Stanza? 140. "After Apple Picking" is written by: A. a division of drama A. Robert Browning B. a division of novel B. Robert Frost C. a division of story C. both A and B D. a subdivision of a poem D. none of these 134. ‘Andrea Del Sarto’ is a poem written by: 141. T. Hardy is: 438 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. A social reformer 148. Which was the oldest period in English B. A satirist literature? C. A fatalist A. Anglo-Norman D. A lover of nature B. Anglo-Saxon 142. Who is famous for representing London C. Chaucer’s period in his novels. D. Middle Age A. Thackeray 149. ‘Prometheus Unbound’ is a lyrical drama by- B. Hardy A. Shelley C. Dickens B. Shakespeare D. W. Scott 143. Who of the following was both a poet C. Sophocles and painter? D. Euripedes A. Keats 150. Shaw’s ‘Man and Superman’ is an example of: B. Donne A. Comedy of Errors C. William Blake B. Comedy of Manners D. Spenser 144. Who after the publication of a poem, C. Comedy of Ideas awoke and found himself famous? D. Romantic Comedy A. Shelley 151. All that glitters is not gold. You have heard often this told. This maxim is in- B. Browning cluded in Shakespeare’s C. Wordsworth A. Merchant of Venice / Shakespeare’s D. Keats B. Shakespeare’s Tempest 145. ‘The Lotus...Eaters’ was written by C. Shakespeare’s Much ado about noth- A. Tennyson ing. B. Browning D. None of these C. Blake 152. Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ was published D. None of these in: 146. Who wrote ‘The Adventures of Augie A. 1602 March’? B. 1608 A. Saul Bellow C. 1610 B. James Osborn D. None of these C. Toni Morrison 153. Emile Zola is a famous- NarayanD. Jean Paul Sartre Changder A. English novelist 147. ‘Elegy’ is B. American Novelist A. Historical poem C. Irish novelist B. ﬁgurative story D. French Novelist C. song of lamentation 154. Which of the following is written by P. D. short story B. Shelly? 439

A. To a skylark 161. Who is the ﬁrst great modernist of En- glish Literature? B. The Daffodils A. Roger Bacon C. Pride and Prejudice B. Robert Browning D. Culture and Anarchy C. Geoffrey Chaucer 155. is the school of literary writings is a medical theory. D. Cynewulf 162. Julius Caesar was the ruler of Rome A. Comedy of Manners about- B. Theater of the Absurd A. 1000 years ago C. Heroic Tragedy B. 1500 years ago D. Comedy of Humours C. 2000 years ago 156. Jane Austen is the writer of D. 3000 years ago A. Jane Eyre 163. Who wrote the poem ‘Solitary Reaper’? B. Ramona A. William Wordsworth C. Emma B. P. B Shelley C. Lord Byron D. Rebecca D. John Keats 157. The University Wits were: 164. The novel ‘Talisman’ is written by- A. Poets A. Jane Austen B. Playwrights B. Charles Dickens C. Novelists C. Sir Walter Scott D. None of these D. Oliver Goldsmith 158. ‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’ was 165. Lord Byron was born in: stated by A. 1788 A. Valtaire B. 1789 B. Shakespeare C. 1790 C. Milton D. 1791 D. Tolstoy 166. ‘Macbeth and Oedipus’ is by: 159. Hardy is a: A. W. H. Auden A. Pessimist B. Earnest Jones Jai ShreeC. Nicoll Ram B. Meliorist D. Freud C. Mystic 167. Who wrote the book ‘Lord Jim: A Tale? D. None of these A. Oscar Wilde 160. Eliot was inﬂuenced by: B. Joseph Conrad A. Ezra Pound C. Thomas Hardy B. Shaw D. Rudyard Kipling C. Hardy 168. Who is called the father of English Po- etry? D. none of these 440 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Milton 175. In Shakespeare’s Tragedies Character is B. Wordsworth not Destiny but there is Character and Des- tiny is a remark by: C. G. Chaucer A. Nicoll D. Charles Dickens B. Goddord 169. In “The Gift of the Magi” Della is presented as C. Bradley A. a loving wife D. Coleridge B. a snobbish wife 176. ‘The Alchemist’ is written by- C. a hypocritical wife A. Ben Johnson D. a sacriﬁcing wife B. Samuel Johnson 170. Which of the following would a Roman- C. Marlowe tic Poet be most likely to use? D. None of them A. A "member of the plumy race" 177. The central idea of ‘Ozymandias’ is that B. A "bird"

C. A "tenant of the sky" A. all things, both great and small,will D. An "airy fairy" perish 171. ‘Lapis Lazuli’ is: B. man is mortal,art immortal A. A Poem C. imagination is stronger than fact B. Drama D. history repeats C. None of these 178. Who propounds "the touchstone D. A Poem method" 172. ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ is written A. Arnold by: B. Shelley A. Blake C. Pope B. Byron D. Dryden C. Tennyson 179. ‘Renaissance’ means D. Walter Scott A. the revival of learning 173. Which year William Shakespeare was born? B. the revival of hard task A. 1564 AD C. the revival of life B. 1773 AD D. the revival of new country C. 1809 AD 180. Who is the Writer of The White Tiger? Narayan ChangderA. Arobinda Adigha D. 1923 AD 174. Who of the following is a playwright? B. Salman Rushdie A. Dickens C. Arundhoti Roy B. Frost D. Kiron Dishai C. W.B. Yeats 181. Who is the author of ‘The Rape of Bangladesh’? D. G.B. Shaw 441

A. Anthony Mascarenhas 188. The kind Claudius was killed by: B. Mathew Arnold A. Laerteus C. G. B. Shaw B. Hamlet D. Alexander Dumas C. Horatio 182. Who is considered to be the father of D. None of these English novel? 189. ‘SARTOR RESARTUS’ is a prose work A. Francis Bacon by: B. Geoffery Chaucer A. John Ruskin C. King Alfred the Great B. Carlyle D. Henry Fielding C. Bacon 183. The novel ‘The Jungle Book’ is written D. Lamb by- 190. ‘Hero and Hero worship’ was written by: A. R. K. Narayan A. Ruskin B. Edin Blyton B. Carlyle C. Rudyard Kipling C. Mill D. H. G. Wells D. None of these 184. “Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art 191. What is the term Utopia? xx not so unkind.”-Example of? A. a hat of a king A. Simile B. a day dreamer B. Conceit C. a lotus eater C. Metaphor D. an ideal state which does not exist in D. Couplet real 192. Henry Higgins is a character in: 185. Who is the writer of the poem ‘Andrea Del Sarto’? A. Pygmalion A. William Shakespeare B. saint joan B. Shelley C. Candida C. Wordsworth D. none of these 193. William Blake’s /Song’s of ‘ coun- D. Robert Browning terbalance his ‘Songs of Experience’. 186. Who is the writer of ‘Harold’? A. Love A. George Bernard Shaw Jai ShreeB. childhood Ram B. A. Lord Tennyson C. Inexperience C. Christopher Marlowe D. Innocence D. William Shakespeare 194. Who is contemporary of William Shake- 187. ‘Lucy Gray’ is a poem written by: speare? A. Wordsworth A. Christopher Marlowe B. Keats B. Lord Tennyson C. None of these C. John Milton D. All of these D. All of them 442 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

195. Yahoo’s according to Gulliver were: A. Bradley A. European B. Dr. Johnson B. Indians C. Nicoll C. American D. None of these 202. What is the feature of Romantic poetry? D. None of these A. Imagination 196. A poem of fourteen lines is called B. Modernism A. Elege C. Post-modernism B. Sonnet D. None of the above C. Ode 203. ‘I wandered Lonely as a cloud’ is an ex- D. Epic ample of 197. Who is the author of ‘The Rime of the A. symbol Ancient Mariner’? B. Metaphor A. William Wordsworth C. Simile B. S. T. Coleridge D. Metonymy C. W. Somerset Maugham 204. Who is called the ‘Mock heroic poet’? D. Sir Walter Scott A. Edmund Walter 198. Who is the father of English Literature? B. Jonathan Swift A. Roger Bacon C. Alexander Pope D. Dr. Samuel Johnson B. Robert Browning 205. Which of the following is not a tragedy C. Geoffrey Chaucer written by Shakespeare? D. Cynewulf A. Macbeth 199. Who accuses Arnold of "high pamphle- B. Othello teering" C. Merchant of Venice A. Eliot D. None of these B. Pater 206. Who is the ﬁrst modern novelist? C. I. A. Richards A. Samuel Richardson D. F. R. Leavis B. Samuel Johnson 200. A poem mourning someone’s death is C. Samuel Beckett called: D. None of the above A. Fable 207. What is the name of Wordsworth’s long Narayan Changderpoem? B. Epic A. The Canterbury Tales C. Elegy B. Don Juan D. None of these C. The Prelude 201. In Shakespeare “Character is not Des- tiny” but “character and Destiny”. Whose D. None of these comment is this? 208. The literary work ‘Kubla khan’ is 443

A. a history by Vincent Smith 215. What is an Effigy? B. a verse by Coleridge A. a poem C. a drama by Oscar Wilde B. a sonnet D. a short story by Somerset Maugham C. an image or dummy 209. Who wrote poem about Lucy? D. a lamentation A. S. T. Coleridge 216. T. Hardy is: B. P. B. Shelley A. A satirist C. William Wordsworth B. A fatalist D. Lord Byron C. A lover of nature 210. Who is the author of the book ’Around D. None of these the World in Eighty Days’ 217. Gunter Grass got Nobel Prize in-xviii A. Jules Verne A. 1998 B. H. G. Wells B. 1997 C. Mark Twain C. 1999 D. Charles Dickens D. 2000 211. What is Quinzaine? 218. Intense emotion coupled with an intense display of imagery are characteristics of A. a fourteen line stanza age B. a twenty line stanza A. Victorian C. a thirteen line stanza B. Elizabethan D. a fifteen line stanza C. Romantic 212. ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ Who is D. None of these the poet of the poem? 219. "The Crown of Wild Olive", is written A. Wordsworth by: B. Shelley A. Ruskin C. Shakespeare B. J.S.Mill D. Keats C. C. Lamb 213. Which on of the following is first long D. Russell poem in English? 220. "In Memoriam" is : A. The Wanderer A. an ode B. BeowulfJai ShreeB. an elegy Ram C. The Seafarer C. a sonnet D. Dream of the Road D. neither 214. The Romantic Age began with publica- 221. Who is the writer of ‘Comedy of Er- tion of rors’? A. Lyrical Ballads A. Ben Jhonson B. My Last Duchess B. G B Shaw C. A Tale of Two Cities C. William Shakespeare D. Canonization D. T S Eliot 444 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

222. “Tales from Shakespeare” is written by: A. Samuel Johnson A. Shakespeare B. John Donne B. Lamb C. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Lawrence D. Robert Browning 229. ’Heard Melodies are sweet but those un- D. Mary Anne Evans heard are sweeter’ is a line from 223. ‘Ode to Autumn’ was written by A. Ode on a Grecian Urn A. Shelley B. The Prelude B. Keats C. Ode to Autumn C. Byron D. None of these D. Blake 230. Who is the author of ‘Sherlock Holmes’? 224. What the term Blank Verse refers- A. John Gay A. having no rhyming end B. Sir Arthur Canon Doyle B. having no rhythmic ﬂow C. Dylan Thomas C. having no signiﬁcance D. Somerset Maugham 231. ‘The Rainbow’ is a novel written by: D. having no blanks in the verse A. Hemingway 225. Who is the author of the famous book ‘The Judgment’ is- B. Virginia Woolf A. Anthony Mascarenhas C. E.M. Forster D. D.H. Lawrence B. Amartya Sen 232. What do you mean by Phonetics? C. Kuldip Nayer A. study of speech sounds D. Nelson Mandela B. study of language and rules 226. What is ‘Parable’? C. study of insects A. an allegorical story usually containing D. study of meaning and syntax a moral lesson 233. Who is the author of ‘For Whom the Bell B. the basic unit of a composition Tolls’? C. a sense of distress A. Charles Dickens D. none of the above B. Homer 227. Which one is not by Shakespeare? C. Lord Tennison A. Nature teaches beasts to know their D. Ernest Hemingway friends. 234. In Poem Daffodils ‘Sprightly Dance’ Narayan Changdermeans- B. True is it that we have seen betting days. A. ugly dance C. Knowledge is power. B. nonsense dance D. None of these. C. lively dance 228. Who is the representative of the meta- D. nice dance physical poets? 235. Find the Odd man out? 445

A. Ulysses : James Joyce A. W. Shakespeare B. A Full Moon in March : W. B. Yeats B. George Bernard Shaw C. Drama of Ideas : T. S. Eliot C. Leo Tolstoy D. Riders to the Sea : John Millington D. Charles Dickens Synge 242. Adam Bede is a: 236. On which novel, the Sherlock Holmes A. Play character was first appeared B. Novel A. The Hound of the Baskervilles C. Poem B. The Sign of the Four D. none of these 243. Dickens’ first novel which focused on C. The Valley of Fear the specific social ills was: D. A Study in Scarlet A. the Christmas carol 237. The prose of the Romantic period had a B. Great Expectations tendency to: C. oliver twist A. Objectify the issue in terms of a cause D. a tale of two cities B. Advance a single system to the public 244. “The Conduct of the Allies’ is a famous C. Allow the writer to draw on his work of: D. Be brooding and meditative. own per- A. Jonathan Swift sonality B. Samuel Johnson 238. ‘I count religion but a childish toy’ is a C. Oliver ‘Goldsmith line from Marlowe’s play: D. None of these A. Dr. Faustus 245. In which city the play of Shakespeare B. The Jew of Malta ’Romeo and Juliet’ is set in A. Milan C. Tamburlaine B. Verona D. Edward II C. Turin 239. What is Robert Frost famous Journal? D. none of these A. The summers day 246. Who is the writer of The Restoration Pe- B. The Road not taken riod? C. The Atlantic Monthly A. Robert Herrick D. The MountainJai Interval ShreeB. Jeremy Taylor Ram 240. Who is the author of “The Origin of C. John Dryden Species”? D. Thomas Hobbes A. Charles Darwin 247. The line ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’ occurs in which one of Keats’ following B. A. Pope poems: C. T. Hardy A. Ode to Nightingale D. O. Goldsmith B. Ode to Grecian Urn 241. Who is the author of ‘Man and Super- C. Ode to Psyche man’? D. None of these 446 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

248. The beginning of the renaissance may be A. R.W. Emerson traced to the city B. H.D. Thoreau A. Venice C. Henry W. Longfellow B. London D. All 4 C. Paris 255. Macbeth is a D. Florence A. play 249. The Essays of Elia was ﬁrst published in B. novel book form in C. an essy A. 1795 D. poem B. 1807 256. ‘Written in March’ is a poem composed by C. 1823 A. William Wordsworth D. 1829 B. William Congreve 250. ‘Hearing’ a colour or ‘Seeing’ a smell is an example of: C. William Blake D. William Shakespeare A. Oxymoron 257. The statue of ‘Ozymandias’ is B. Synaesthesia A. on a mountain C. Sensuousness B. beside a river D. Contrast C. in a desert 251. “A long poem is a combination of short D. in a valley poems.” Who has held the above opinion? 258. A poem which consists of fourteen line A. Coleridge is called: B. Keats A. A Sonnet C. Wordsworth B. An Ode D. None of these C. A ballad 252. Poet Alexander Pope’s famous D. None of these work 259. ‘Exiles’ is a- A. The Rape of Lock A. Short Story B. The Deserted Village B. Novel C. Spectator C. Play D. Man was made to mourn D. Poem 260. The Cardinal virtues of the Houyhnhnms 253. Who is the writer of ‘Vision of Sin’? Narayan Changderare: A. George Bernard Shaw A. Friendship and benevolence B. William Shakespeare B. Bitterness and revenge C. A. Lord Tennyson C. Hatred and jealousy D. Christopher Marlowe D. None of these 254. Who is an American author? 261. Eliot worked for Faber and Faber as a/an: 447

A. assistant 268. The ‘Merchant of Venice’ Written by B. director Shakespeare is A. A novel C. writer B. a short story D. Editor e... none of these 262. James Joyce’s narrative technique is C. a poem known as- D. a drama A. stream of consciousness 269. ‘Hamlet and Oedipus’ was written by: B. psycho-analysis A. Bradley C. Objective Co-relative B. Dover Wilson D. Symbolism and Mysticism C. Earnest Jones 263. Who is the writer of The Restoration Pe- D. Freud riod? 270. deﬁnes a play as a just and lively A. Aphra Ben image of human nature. B. Robert Herrick A. Dr. Johnson C. Jeremy Taylor B. Shakespeare D. Thomas Hobbes C. Dryden 264. Who have written the book ’The Godfa- D. Coleridge ther’ 271. Hardy’s Nature is: A. Mario Puzo A. Friendly B. Francis Ford Coppola B. Indifferent C. Marlon Brando C. Vindictive D. Mark Winegardner D. None of these 265. George Bernard Shaw is 272. Who is the writer of The Caroline Pe- A. a playwright riod? B. a ﬁlm-maker A. Robert Herrick C. a historian B. Caedmon D. a modern painter C. Dante 266. Who represents Pride in Jane Austen’s D. Cynewulf ‘Pride and Prejudice’: 273. What do you mean by Hyperbole? A. Mr. BennettJai ShreeA. a long verse Ram B. Mr. Bingley B. a long narrative poem C. Miss Elizabeth C. an overriding view D. None of these D. an overstatement about something 267. ‘Satanic Verses’ is written by- 274. Yeats was A. R.K. Narayan A. Victorian poet B. Salman Rushdie B. a modern poet C. Jhumpa Lahiri C. Both D. Arundhuti Roy D. None of these 448 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

275. Hellenism of Keats connotes: A. Merchant of Venice A. his love of poetry B. Two gentleman of Verona B. his love of ancient cultures C. Midsummer’s Night Dream C. his love of Greek culture and art D. Anthony and Cleopatra 282. The poem ‘The Patriot’ is written by D. None of these A. Alfred Tennyson 276. Which poet emphasized on rustic language in Poetry? B. Robert Browning A. John Keats C. Mathew Arnold B. William Wordsworth D. John Donne 283. ‘The Revolt of Islam’ was written by: C. William Blake A. Wordsworth D. Thomas Gray B. Coleridge 277. Which poem of Tennyson was particularly like by Queen Victoria? C. Shelley D. None of these A. The Idylls of the kings 284. The ‘Poet Laureate’ is B. Charge of the Light Brigade A. the best poet of the country C. In Memoriam B. a winner of the Noble Prize in poetry D. None of these C. the Court Port England 278. The literary work of ‘Kubla Khan’ is- D. a classical poet A. a history by Vincent Smith 285. “To be, or not to be, that is the question”- B. a verse by Coleridge Where do you ﬁnd this quotation? C. a drama by Oscar Wilde A. Macbeth B. Hamlet D. a short story by Somerset Maugham C. As You like It 279. Hyperion is a/an poem D. Othello A. Elegy 286. Utopia is an ideal state written by- B. Epic A. Thomas Gray C. Lyric B. William Shakespeare D. None of these C. George Bernard Shaw 280. has a super abundant wealth of D. Thomas More words and superﬂuous ornaments 287. “not of an age, but for all time”-was told NarayanA. Hyperbole Changderabout Shakespeare by whom? B. Metaphor A. Marlowe C. Rhetoric B. Ben Johnson D. None of these C. King Henry 281. ‘The quality of Mercy is not strained’ the D. John Milton line is taken from 288. What is a plot? 449

A. an idea about writing A. classical B. the choice of words B. modern C. choice of poem C. romantic D. arrangement of the incidents D. Greek 296. Who said ‘Cowards die many times be- 289. Who is called the Bird of Avon? fore their death’? A. John Dryden A. Shakespeare B. William Shakespeare B. Franklin C. John Milton C. Carlyle 290. What is anthology? D. Alexander Pope A. collection of poems 297. Which one of the following poets was appointed Poet Laureate in the year 1813? B. collection of insects A. Tennyson C. ﬁsh cultivation B. Byron D. study of poetry C. Southey 291. What the term Renaissance refers? D. Wordsworth A. revival or rebirth 298. Whose real name was Mary Anne Evans? B. representation A. Jane Austen C. presentation B. Charlotte Bronte D. rebel C. George Eliot 292. Jane Austen’s other writings are: D. Joseph Conrad A. Sense and Sensibility 299. A person who writes about his own life B. Emma writes – C. Persuasion A. a diary B. a biography D. All of these C. an autobiography 293. The earliest play written by Shakespeare according to Oxford Shakespeare 1988 is: D. a chronicle 300. Who wrote the fantasy novel ’The Lord A. The Taming of the Shrew of the Rings’ B. As you Like it A. J. R. R. Tolkien C. Two GentlemenJai of Verona Shree Ram B. Peter Jackson D. Titus Andronicus C. C. S. Lewis 294. Who is the hero of Paradise Regained D. J. K. Rowling A. Christ 301. What is Epistolary Novel? B. Satan A. a novel of short length B. a novel personal feelings C. The Paritan Church C. a Novella D. None of these D. a novel of correspondence among the 295. Wordsworth is a poet. characters 450 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

302. The Professor was the ﬁrst novel by: 309. How many chapters are in the Qur’an A. Emily Bronte A. 42 B. Charlotte Bronte B. 67 C. Anne Bronte C. 98 D. Jane Austen D. 114 303. ‘The Excursion’ was written by: 310. Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’? A. Coleridge A. Shakespeare B. Blake B. wordsworth C. Shelley C. John Keats D. None of these D. Eliot 304. Who wrote ‘Kubla Khan’? 311. The age tended to favour the taste A. Coleridge and search for truth in art: B. Shelley A. Classical C. Wordsworth B. Romantic D. Keats C. Victorian 305. Famous Irish poet and dramatist is- D. Elizabethan A. W.B. Yeats 312. What do you mean by Beast Fable? B. L. Tolstoy A. a ﬁctional story of animal characters C. A. Pope B. a short story D. H.G. Wells C. a long narrative prose 306. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ is a play writ- D. a soft style epic ten by: 313. What do you mean by Diction? A. Shakespeare A. choice of words for writing B. Marlowe B. choice of characters C. Oscar Wilde C. choice of rhythms D. T.S. Eliot D. choice of simile and metaphor 307. Who is the writer of The Augustan Pe- 314. Romanticism is mainly connected with- riod? A. excitement and sensation A. Robert Herrick B. love and beauty B. Jeremy Taylor C. job and tiredness C. Samuel Richardson D. expectation and depression NarayanD. Thomas Hobbes Changder 315. Which one is the world’s longest- 308. The Poet Laureate is- running play A. the best poet of the country A. The Mousetrap B. a winner of Noble Prize in Poetry B. Romeo and Juliet C. the court poet of England C. Othello D. a classical poet D. Macbeth 451

316. ‘Essays of Elia’ was written by- A. Shaw A. William Hazlitt B. Ibsen B. Emily Dickinson C. Yeats C. Emily Bronte D. none of these 323. Tennyson was: D. Charles Lamb 317. Negative Capability to Keats, means A. a romantic B. a Victorian A. The ability to sympathize with other C. a Pre...Raphaelite B. Say bad thing, about others D. none of these C. To empathize 324. What do you mean by Burlesque? D. None of these A. a satiric caricature of the characters 318. In which of the following Genres did Victorian Literature achieve its greatest B. a drama success: C. a satiric person A. Epic Poetry D. an allegorical statement B. Lyric Poetry 325. Tennyson wrote- A. Dover Beach C. The Essay B. My last Duchess D. The Novel 319. Who is the author of ‘Heaven and C. The Eve of St. Agnes Earth’? D. The Lotus Eaters A. Lord Tennyson 326. Maggie is the central character in George Eliot’s: B. William Wordsworth A. Adam Bede C. John Keats B. Middle March D. Lord Byron C. The Mill on the Floss 320. ‘All good poetry is spontaneous overﬂow of powerful feelings’ who made this state- D. Silas Morner ment? 327. On liberty was written by: A. Shelly A. Carlyle B. De Quincey B. Macaulay C. Godwin C. Wordsworth D. Mill D. None ofJai these Shree Ram 328. "For art’s sake alone I would not face the 321. Novel which is not written by D. H toil of writing a single sentence". Who Lawrence. said it A. The Rainbow A. T. S. Eliot B. Ullysses B. G. B. Shaw C. Lady Chatterley’s Lover C. Thomas Hardy D. Sons and Lovers D. Virginia Woolf 322. Who served as an Irish senator for two 329. ‘kubla khan’ is a poem which reﬂects terms? A... Wilde a strain in Choleridge’s poetry. 452 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Intellectual 336. Romanticism expressed a restlessness of B. magical A. Mind C. melancholic B. Soul D. pessimistic C. Body 330. “David Copperﬁeld” was written by: D. None of these A. Hardy 337. ‘The Revolt of Islam’ was written by: B. Dickens A. Wordsworth C. Thackeray B. Coleridge C. Shelley D. None of these 331. Paradise Lost is- D. None of these 338. Who was a blind poet A. an epic 1 A. Homer B. a satirical work B. Ben Jonson C. a tragedy C. Thomas Hardy D. a ballad D. Pablo Neruda 332. Which of the following is a ‘comedy’ 339. Who is the writer of The Elizabethan Pe- written by Shakespeare? riod? A. As You Like It A. Sir Thomas Wyatt B. King Lear B. Caedmon C. Macbeth C. Dante D. Hamlet D. Cynewulf 333. Keats was born in 340. Who is the author of ‘The Jungle A. 1770 Book’? B. 1795 A. Hans Christain Anderson C. 1790 B. Enid Blyton D. None of these C. Rudyard Kipling 334. Who is the greatest modern English D. H. G. Wells dramatist? 341. The correct date of French Revolution: A. Verginia Woolf A. 1793 B. George Bernard Shaw B. 1802 C. P. B. Shelly C. 1789 D. S. T. Coleridge D. None of these Narayan342. Changder Representative Poet of Victorian Age- 335. The Charge of the Light Brigade” (Ten- nyson) commemorates: A. Charles Dickens A. The Boer War B. Robert Browning B. The battle of Trafalgar C. Alfred Tennyson C. The Crimean War D. None of them 343. ‘Animal Farm’ is written by? D. None of these 453

A. William Golding 350. Who is the villain in “Hamlet”? B. George Orwell A. Horatio C. Virginia Woolf B. Iago D. Joseph Conrad C. Claudius 344. Who gave the aesthetic theory of Art For D. None of these Arts’ Sake: 351. Who is the most satirist in English Liter- A. Wordsworth ature? B. Browning A. Alexander Pope C. Oscar Wilde B. Jonathon swift D. None of these C. Dryden 345. The ﬁrst theatre in England was estab- D. Spenser lished in- 352. Who is the author of ‘Heaven and Earth’? A. 1556 A. Lord Tennyson B. 1566 B. William Wordsworth C. 1576 C. Lord Byron D. 1586 346. The sea battle of actium takes place in D. G. M. Hopkins the play 353. The period from 1649-1660 is known as- A. Measure for Measure A. Commonwealth period B. Othello B. Jacobean period C. Antony and Cleopatra C. Caroline period D. Macbeth D. Restoration period 354. “Mortality is a private and costly luxury” 347. Shakespeare was died? is said by- A. 1592 A. Cowper B. 1616 B. Henry Adams C. 1638 C. John Milton D. 1632 D. Blake 348. The Crown of Wild Olive is written by: 355. For whom it is said: “sensuousness is a A. Charles Lamb paramount bias of his genius”: B. Carlyle Jai ShreeA. Blake Ram C. Ruskin B. Keats D. None of these C. Tennyson 349. ‘The importance of Being Earnest’ was D. Shelley written by: 356. Keats is prominently a man of: A. Byron A. Emotions B. Wordsworth B. Sensations C. Oscar Wilde C. Imagination D. None of these D. Aestheticism 454 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

357. With which theatre in London Shake- A. William Wordsworth speare was associated with B. P. B Shelley A. The Globe C. John Keats B. London Coliseum D. Lord Byron C. West End Theatre 364. Who wrote ‘Ode to a Nightingale’? D. Royal Court Theatre A. Pope 358. “Fire and Ice” is written by: B. Shelley A. Eliot C. Wordsworth B. Yeats D. John Keats C. Frost 365. Find the Odd one. D. Auden A. G. B. Shaw : Man and Superman 359. Who is known for his theory of psycho- B. Rudyard Kipling : Kim analysis? C. H. G. Wells : The Time Machine A. Sigmund Freud D. Toni Morrison : A Portrait of the B. James Joyce Artist as a Young Man C. Arthur Miller 366. ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is written by? D. James Osborn A. Charles Lamb 360. ‘O Lady! We receive but what we give’- B. Virginia Woolf has been quoted from C. Emily Bronte A. Kubla khan D. Jane Austen B. Don Juan 367. The poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred C. Tithonus Prufrock’ is composed by? D. Dejection: An Ode A. Dylan Thomas 361. consists of nine...eight ﬁve foot B. T.S. Eliot iambic lines followed by an iambic line of C. W. B. Yeats six fed with rhyme scheme ab ab bc bcc: D. Ezra Pound A. Octometer 368. Who has deﬁned tragedy as “an imitation B. Sonnet of an action”? C. Terza Rina A. Shakespeare D. Spenserian Stanza B. Dryden 362. P. B. Shelly wrote his elegy named C. Aristotle ‘Adonais’ mourning over whose death. Narayan ChangderD. None of these A. Wordsworth 369. “A passage to India” is written by: B. Jane Austen A. Forster C. John Keats B. Conrad D. Walter Scott C. Lawrence 363. Who is called the ‘Poet of Beauty’? D. Hardy 455

370. Who is well known for his translation A. 1810 of ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ into En- B. 1840 glish? C. 1805 A. Rose Macaulay D. None of these B. Edward Fitzgerald 377. Who of the following was both a poet C. George Bernard Shaw and painter? D. D.H. Lawrence A. Wordsworth 371. “Tear Idle Tears” is a poem by: B. Coleridge C. Blake A. Frost D. Keats B. Yeats 378. ‘The Faerie Queene’ is an C. Eliot A. Elegy D. None of these B. Epic 372. What do you mean by Lampoon? C. Sonnet A. An exaggerated statement D. Poem B. A short signiﬁcant poem 379. ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing’ is a quotation from An Essay on Criticism by C. The poet who writes sonnet

D. To mock some powerful person A. Oscar Wilds 373. Who became the poet Laureate of Eng- B. Alfred Tennyson land and Ireland during the reign of Queen Victoria? C. Alexander Pope D. Voltaire A. Tennyson b... Browning 380. Oedipus is written by the dramatist- B. Hardy A. Aristophanes C. Lawrence B. Homer D. none of these C. Ovid 374. “We die As hours do, and dry Away Like D. Sophocles to the summer’s rain;” is stated by- 381. What type of book ‘The Woman’ is- A. John keats A. Drama B. Wordsworth B. Novel C. Shelley Jai ShreeC. Story Ram D. Milton D. Essay 375. Who is the composer of the ‘Lycidas’? 382. ‘Apologie for Poetrie’ is written by: A. Arnold A. Thomas Gray B. Philip Sidney B. Alfred Tennyson C. Pope C. John Milton D. Dryden D. John Keats 383. Philip Waken, Aunt Pallet and Tom Tul- 376. The Prelude was written in” liver are the characters of G. Eliot’s novel: 456 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Silas Manner A. Aristotle B. Adam Bede B. Plato C. Middle March C. Wordsworth D. The Mill on the Floss D. None of these 384. In ’ I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud’ 390. One of the following authors, one is Wordsworth compares the daffodils with French. Who is he? A. the stars of the milky way A. W. Somerset Maugham B. the waves B. Sir Arther Doyle C. the trees C. Edward Fitzerald D. the mil D. Alexander Dumas 385. In the poem ‘To Daffodils’ the poet 391. Tennyson was appointed Poet Laureate weeps over in: A. loss of beautiful flower A. 1843 B. loss caused to environment B. 1847 C. loss of sweet scant C. 1850 D. Short-lived human life D. 1857 386. Who is the writer of The Augustan Pe- 392. Who is the first person to receive nobel riod? prize in literature A. Thomas Hobbes A. Leconte de Lisle B. Alexander Pope B. Sully Prudhomme C. Robert Herrick C. Alphonse Lemerre D. Jeremy Taylor D. Anatole France 387. Byron’s Poetry is ambiguous and has a 393. Prologue refers- vividness of phrasing which sometimes A. conclusion of writing reaches the point of abstraction: B. end of the writing A. True C. preface to writing B. False D. praise song of a person C. both A and B 394. Shakespeare was famous for all but one D. none of these of the following 388. Besides the French Revolution the effect A. Comedies on Romantic Revolution: B. Tragedies A. American Revolution C. Bourgeois Drama NarayanB. Napoleonic wars Changder D. Tragi-Drama C. Industrial Revolution 395. When did Frost died? D. The defeat of the Spanish armada. A. 1962 389. Poetry is spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. It takes it origin from emo- B. 1963 tions recollected in tranquility. Who has C. 1961 given the description of the poetry? D. 1960 457

396. A ﬁgure of speech which contains an ex- 403. What do you mean by Panegyric or Eu- aggeration for emphasis is called: logy? viii A. Over tone A. a writing of praising distinguished per- B. Rhetoric sons C. Extended metaphor B. a kind of satire D. Hyperbole C. A short lyric poem 397. Shelley was expelled from the Oxford D. a poem of praising Gods University on the charge of being a(n): 404. Who is considered to be the father of A. anarchist English prose? B. Atheist A. Francis Bacon C. commonist B. Kind Alfred the Great D. nazi C. Henry 398. Which word seems out of place? D. Geoffrey Chaucer A. rose 405. A dominant theme in Hardy’s novels is: B. lily A. naturalism C. cauliﬂower B. romanticism D. daffodil C. fatalism 399. Who is the author of the drama,’You never can tell’? D. classicism A. W.Shakespeare 406. Who is the writer of the poem ‘The Pa- triot’? B. George Bernard Shaw A. Robert Browning C. Christopher Marlowe B. Shaw D. Ben Jonson 400. Which one is the world’s longest novel C. Jonsen A. A Suitable Boy D. Ibsen B. L’Astrée 407. A Machiavellian character is a- C. Remembrance of Things Past A. honest person D. War and Peace B. wise person 401. ’ Fair seed time had my soul’ is from C. romantic person A. Ode to autumn D. cunning person B. To a HighlandJai girl Shree408. ‘How can we Ram know the dancer from the C. Ancient Mariner dance’? This line written by Yeats is taken from: D. None of these A. Sailing to Byzantium 402. is the animating force in the work of C. Bronte B. Among School Children A. Idealism C. The Second Coming B. Romanticism D. None of these C. Lyricism 409. ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ was written by: D. None of these 458 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Oscar Wilde 416. The first English Dictionary was compiled by- B. Browning A. Isaac Walton C. Blake B. Samuel Johnson D. None of these C. Samuel Butler 410. Who is the author of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’? D. Sir Thomas Browne 417. What the term Short Story stands for? A. H. Melvile A. a long prose fiction B. George Orwell B. a story of figurative language C. Charles Dickens C. a story of many characters D. E. Hemingway D. a short prose fiction 411. ‘They in never-ending ’ 418. ‘Paradise Regained’ is an epic written by A. Started, show B. shone, laughter A. Homer C. grow, row B. Tagore D. stretched, line C. Dante 412. Byron’s first published collection was D. John Milton called: 419. Who is the modern English dramatist? A. Years of Idleness A. George Bernard Shaw B. Hours of Idleness B. W. B. Yeats C. T.S. Eliot C. Moments of Idleness D. None of the above D. Eons of Idleness 420. Who is the writer of the poem ‘Time, 413. What do you mean Ode? You Old Gipsy Man’? A. a lyric poem A. Ralph Hodgson B. a short poem B. Laurence Binya C. a ballad C. W. B. Yeats D. a sonnet D. Robert Frost 414. Who is the writer of Galliver’s Travels? 421. ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ is written by- A. John Milton A. Joseph Conrad B. James Joyce B. Jonathan Swift C. E.M. Forster C. Charles Dickens D. G.B. Shaw NarayanD. Jane Austin Changder 422. Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Goddot’ 415. Browning was the composer of- is a- A. Two Voices A. Morality play B. The Scholar Gypsy B. Problem play C. Andrea Del Sarto C. Miracle play D. Adonais D. Absurd play 459

423. What do you mean by Stream of Con- 430. ‘The last Essays of Elia’ was written by: sciousness? A. Carlyle A. sense of beauty B. Lamb B. sense of good and bad C. Hunt C. amalgamation of present, past and fu- D. Ruskin ture 431. W. B. Yeats was born in D. aestheticism A. 1856 424. A famous essayist in Renaissance is- B. 1865 A. Charles Lamb C. 1838 B. Tomas Moore C. Thomas Carlyle D. None of these 432. Riders to the Sea is written by an Irish D. John Wycliffe dramatist- 425. Who is the writer of ‘The Patriot’? A. G. B. Shaw A. Sir Walter Scott B. W.B Yeats B. Robert Browning C. J.M Synge C. Robert Herrik D. Oliver Goldsmith D. Robert Rrost 433. ‘Preface to Shakespeare’ is written by: 426. Who is the author of “A Farewell to Arms”? A. Bradely A. T. S. Eliot B. Dryden B. John Milton C. Dr. Johnson C. Plato D. None of these D. Ernest Hemingway 434. ‘Ophelia’ is an important character in the 427. ‘A Passage to India’ is written by- Shakespearean play? A. E.M. Forster A. Macbeth B. Sadat Hasan Mintu B. The Tempest C. Gallsworth C. Hamlet D. Rudyard Kipling D. King Lear 428. “Lyrical ballads” were published by: 435. Romeo and Juliet is a written by William Shakespeare early in his career A. Coleridge A. Comedy B. WordsworthJai Shree Ram B. Tragedy C. Both Coleridge and Wordsworth C. Romance D. None of these 429. Who is the major male character in Jane D. Morality play Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’: 436. Midnight Children is written by- A. Mr. Darcy A. Arundhoti Roy B. Mr. Bennett B. Anita Deshai C. Mr. Collius C. R.K. Narayan D. None of these D. Salman Rusdhi 460 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

437. ‘The Brief History of Time’ is written A. Carlyle by- B. Bacon A. Stephen Hawking C. Mantaine B. Marx Plank D. None of these C. Yan Martel 444. Who is the author of the book ‘The Sense D. Chinu Achebe of an Ending’? 438. "Honest criticism and sensitive appreci- A. Julian Barnes ation and directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry" Who said this B. Henry Fielding A. R.S. Crane C. Rudyard Kipling B. I.A. Richards D. Tomas Transtromer 445. What is a Fantasy? C. M. Arnold A. An imaginary story D. T.S. Eliot 439. “Brevity is the soul of wit” the quotation B. a funny animation ﬁlm is from- C. a history record A. Macbeth D. a real life event B. Hamlet 446. “Idylls of the King” is illustration of Ten- C. The Tempest nyson’s deep interest in: D. Julius Caesar A. Medieval legends 440. “Art for arts sake” found its true adherent B. The role of the king in: C. Hero worship A. Wordsworth D. The contemporary condition B. Byron 447. Who is the author of the book ’Long C. Browning walk to Freedom’ D. Wilde A. Jawaharlal Nehru 441. ‘Troilus and Criseyde’ is written by- B. Nelson Mandela A. Shakespeare C. Mahatma Gandhi B. Chaucer D. Mario Puzo C. Marlowe 448. ‘The Way of the World’ is written by? D. Congreve A. William Shakespeare 442. “Fair is foul, and foul is fair”-quoted B. Christopher Marlowe from? C. Ben Johnson A. Macbeth Narayan ChangderD. William Congreve B. As you like It 449. Whose work is called ‘mock utopia’? C. Tempest A. Swift’s D. Othello B. Sir Thomas More’s 443. ‘Young leading the young is like blind leading the blind’ who has said these C. Wordsworth’s words: D. None of these 461

450. Who is the writer of the poem ‘Troilus A. R. L Stevenson and Criseyde’? B. Thomas Hardy A. Cynewulf C. Jonathan Swift B. Geoffrey Chaucer D. William Wordsworth C. Robert Browning 457. Which period of 1798-1832 is D. Shelley A. The Renaissance Period 451. Who is the writer of The Augustan Pe- B. The Elizabethan age riod? C. The Restoration A. Jonathan Swift D. The Romantic Age B. Robert Herrick 458. The ﬁrst eight lines of a sonnet are called C. Jeremy Taylor A. Octave D. Thomas Hobbes B. Sestet 452. Who used to write problem plays- A. Bertrand Russell C. Refrain B. W. B. Yeats D. None of these 459. Who is the English ‘Epic’ Poet? C. G. B. Shaw A. John Keats D. James Joyce 453. Sidney’s Defence of Poesie was written B. John Milton in response to C. William Shakespeare A. The School of Abuse D. Lord Tennyson B. Tottle’s Miscellany 460. Who is the writer of The Commonwealth Period? C. Art of English Poesie A. Caedmon D. The Courtyer 454. “How came he dead? I shall not be jug- B. Dante gled with: To hell allegiance! Vows, to C. Cynewulf the blackest devil! Is a speech in Hamlet D. Thomas Hobbes spoken by: 461. Jane Austen was a/an? A. Hamlet A. Poet B. Laertes B. Dramatist C. Polonius C. Novelist D. ClaudiusJai Shree Ram 455. Who is the author of the famous novel D. Essayist ’War and Peace’ 462. What do you mean by Epitaph? A. Anton Chekhov A. Inscription on tomb or monument B. Nikolai Gogol B. a sonnet of hero C. Leo Tolstoy C. a ballad of folk hero D. Karl Marx D. a poem of lamentation 456. ‘A Voyage of Lilliput’ is written by 463. Hermione is the heroine of Shakespeare in: 462 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. The Winter’s Tale A. Tennyson B. Taming of the Shrew B. Byron C. Tempest C. Keats D. None of these D. None of these 470. ‘Supernaturalism’ was an important fea- 464. What is the meaning of the word Dirge? ture of the poetry of: A. a kind of sonnet sequence A. Wordsworth B. a song expressing patriotism B. Byron C. a long verse about adventure C. Coleridge D. a song expressing grief, lamentation D. None of these and mourning 471. ‘The Quarterly Review’ was founded by: 465. Virginia Wolf : To the Light House :: A. Walter Scott A. James Joyce : Flush B. Byron B. T. S. Eliot : Road to Freedom C. Coleridge C. Bertrand Russel : Ash Wednesday D. Thomas De Quincey D. William Golding: Lord of the Flies 472. Who was the eminent writer of the 466. Who kills Macbeth in the play “Mac- Restoration? beth”? A. John Milton A. Duncan B. John Dryden B. Bonquo C. William Congreve C. Macduff D. All of them 473. Ernest Hemingway wrote: D. None of these A. Mr. Chips 467. “Our sweetest songs are those of the tale of ” B. Pride and Prejudice A. patriotic feeling C. Old Man and the Sea B. heroic tales D. None of these 474. Allusion refers the following- C. saddest thought A. a reference of past person or thing D. romantic love B. false 468. What is the meaning of the word ‘Dirge’? C. doubtful speech A. a kind of sonnet sequence D. historical documents Narayan475. Changder In Don Juan Byron used: B. a song expressing patrotic sentiment A. blank verse C. a long verse telling about an adventure B. Ottava Rima

D. a song expressing grief, lamentation C. refrain and mourning D. terza rima 469. The Essay of Elia was written by: 476. ‘Don Juan’ is a/an? 463

A. Poem 483. Who wrote ‘Patriotism’? B. epic A. William Shakespeare C. Ode B. William Wordsworth D. novel C. Sir Walter Scott 477. The poets who believe that a hard, clear D. Robert Browning image was essential to verse are called: 484. London town is found a living being in A. Imaginists the work of B. Romanticists A. Thomas Hardy C. Classicists B. Charles Dickens D. Imagists C. W. Congreve 478. ‘Macbeth’ is D. D. H. Lawrence 485. The ﬁrst English novel, Pamela, has been A. a play written by- B. a novel A. Daniel Defoe C. an essay B. Henry Fielding D. a poem C. Sir Walter Scott 479. Which of following is written by Shake- D. Samuel Richardson speare? 486. William Wordsworth is pre-eminently A. Dr. Faustus

B. Pilgrim’s Progress A. a poet of nature C. The preface to Fable B. a poet of love D. Twelfth Night C. a poet of human nature 480. What the term Allegory refers? D. a poet of liberty A. a kind short story 487. William Wordsworth wrote B. a long narrative poem A. The Rape of the Lock C. a ﬁgurative story B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner D. a comic play C. The Lucy Poems 481. The poem ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ D. Absalom and Achitophel is written by- 488. Earnest Hamingway has written A. WilliamJai Wordsworth ShreeA. Old Man and Ram the Sea B. William Shakespeare B. Mr. Chips C. Robert Browning C. Pride and Prejudice D. Ralph Hodgson D. None of these 482. What is the Masterpiece of T.S. Eliot? 489. ‘Andrea del Sarto’ is a poem written by A. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock A. Shelley B. Prelude B. Browning C. The Waste Land C. Tennyson D. Tradition and Ind. Talent D. None of these 464 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

490. What was the ﬁrst novel of Virginia 496. ‘Bliss was it, in that Dawn to be alive Woolf? But to be young was very heaven.’ Who has written these lines? A. The Waves A. Shelley B. To the Light House B. Browning C. Jacob’s Room C. Wordsworth D. The Voyage out D. None of these 491. “Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed 497. ‘East Coker’ is written by: In one self-place; for where we are is hell, And where hell is, there must we ever be.”- A. Browning this famous quotation is cited from? B. Wordsworth A. Dr. Faustus C. T. S. Eliot B. Paradise Lost D. None of these 498. What is a ballad? C. Tempest A. a folk song D. Macbeth B. a song of hymn 492. Which one is a femal ﬁctional detective character of Agatha Christie’s novel C. a song of lamentation A. Anna Karenina D. a lyric song 499. Wordsworth lived from B. Jane Eyre A. 1775 – 1859 C. Miss Marple B. 1770 – 1850 D. Daisy Miller C. 1770 – 1802 493. Man Booker Prize is given only to novels D. None of these published from 500. Which character of Shakespeare has "the A. USA courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s eye, tongue B.UK and sword" C. India A. King Lear B. Othello D. France C. Hamlet 494. Who among the following is a revolutionary poet? D. Macbeth 501. Poet Alexander Pope’s famous work- A. John Keats A. Spectator B. P.B. Shelly B. The Rape of the Lock C. S.T. Coleridge C. The Deserted Village NarayanD. William Wordsworth Changder D. Man Was Made to Mourn 495. Moby Dick is a- 502. The Solitary Reaper is a A. Novel A. heroic poem B. Play B. romantic poem C. Theory C. classical poem D. Short story D. patriotic poem 465

503. Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is a /an- 510. Who is the writer of ‘The Falcon’? A. elegy A. George Bernard Shaw B. sonnet B. A. Lord Tennyson C. ballad C. Christopher Marlowe D. lyric D. William Shakespeare 504. Who is the famous mock-heroic poet in 511. Who is the heroine of Shakespeare’s play English literature? “Hamlet”? A. Lord Byron A. Cordella B. John Milton B. Desdemona C. Alexander Pope C. Portia D. Lord Tennyson 505. Hemingway was a great fan of: D. Ophelia A. Cricket 512. ‘Death of A Salesman’ is a Tragedy written by- B. Baseball c... softball A. Edward Albee C. football B. Saul Bellow D. none of these 506. Who is the author of the book "Zest for C. Nathaniel Hawthorne Life" D. Arthur Miller A. Gustave Flaubert 513. ‘Paradise Regained’ is an epic by B. Leo Tolstoy A. John Keats C. Voltaire B. P. B. Shelly D. Emile Zola C. John Milton 507. Who is the heroine of ‘Hamlet’? D. William Blake A. Cordelia 514. Prosody signifies the systematic study B. Portia of- C. Ophelia A. drama D. None of these B. novel 508. Who wrote ‘The preface for Tagore’s Gi- tanjali’? C. short story A. T.S. EliotJai ShreeD. versification Ram B. W.B. Yeats 515. How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet have C. Byron D. Keats A. 8 509. What is Anatomy? B. 10 A. study of limbs of body C. 13 B. study of insects D. 14 C. study of homo sapience 516. Who is the first femal winner of the No- D. study of plants bel Prize in Literature 466 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Selma Lagerlöf 523. Who is the writer of The Old English B. Pearl S. Buck Period? A. Cynewulf C. Grazia Deledda B. William Shakespeare D. Gabriela Mistral 517. Who is the author of the book ‘A Brief C. William Wordsworth History of Time’? D. Lord Tennyson A. Albert Einsten 524. Jonne Donne is famous for his- B. G.B Shaw A. Sonnet C. Neuton B. ballad D. Stephen Hawking C. novel 518. Who represents Prejudice in Jane D. metaphysical poem Austen’s novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’: 525. Calliban is a Character in A. Mr. Darcy A. King Lear B. Miss Elizabeth B. Tempest C. Miss Jane C. Min and Superman D. None of these D. Othello 519. Of all his predecessors, the following ex- 526. In 1857, Matthew Arnold as Professor of erted a direct inﬂuence upon Shakespeare. Poetry at Oxford delivered his inaugural A. Lyly and Marlowe lecture in: B. Robert Greene and Thomas Nash A. English C. George Peele and Thomas Lodge B. Latin D. None of these C. Greek 520. ‘Hamlet’ by Shakespeare is- D. None of these A. a comedy 527. Shakespeare wrote B. a tragic comedy A. Tragedies C. an epic B. Comedies D. a tragedy C. Poems 521. Who is a modern author? D. All of above A. C. Marlow 528. Lyrical Ballads opens with; B. Charles Dickens A. Tintern Abbey C. Chaucer B. Michael NarayanD. Joseph Conrad ChangderC. Dejection: an Ode 522. Who was English poet addicted to D. Rime of Ancient Mariner opium? 529. All is well that ends well is a: A. S. T. Coleridge A. Comedy B. W. Somerset Maugham B. Tragedy C. Sir Walter Scott C. Historical Play D. William Wordsworth D. None of these 467

530. The sentence, “Death, thou shalt not die.” A. David Cecil is an example of B. Walter Allen A. simile C. Arnold Kettle B. metaphor D. E.M. Forster C. irony 537. ’The Diary of Anne Frank’ was originally written in which language D. paradox A. German 531. The Daffodils in Wordsworth’s I wandered Lonely as a Cloud dancing because B. Dutch C. Russian A. The poet was day dreaming D. English B. The ﬂowers had cheerful company 538. What do you mean by Pathos or Cathar- C. The sea waves beside them had gone sis? ix wild A. a sorrowful event D. There was a strong wind B. a murder in a tragedy 532. ‘Essay on Criticism’ is written by- C. an adventure of hero A. Alexander Pope D. arouse of pity and fear B. T.S. Eliot 539. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a/an- C. Jonathan Swift A. comedy D. H. Fielding B. melodrama 533. What do you mean by Prose? C. play D. tragedy A. a writing without rhyme 540. Who is the author of ‘Interpretation of B. a writing with rhyme Drama’? C. a writing of verse A. Saul Bellow D. a writing of rhythms B. Sigmund Freud 534. Poet Alexander Pope’s famous work C. Samuel Butler D. Samuel Beckett A. Rape of the Lock 541. ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is written by- B. Spectator A. Rudyard Kipling C. The Deserted Village B. Ronald Reuel Tolkien Jai ShreeC. Hobbit Ram D. Man was made to mourn D. None 535. The subjugation of Women (1869) is an important text of: 542. Why is Thomas Hardy famous for? A. As a Dramatist A. George Eliot B. As a Sonneteer B. Byron C. As a Novelist C. John Mill D. As a Poet D. Hardy 543. Who is the writer of The Old English 536. Aspect of the Novel is written by: Period? 468 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. King Alfred the Great 550. What is the term Fiction? B. William Shakespeare A. a poem C. William Wordsworth B. a prose D. Lord Tennyson C. an imaginative writing 544. Who is the author of the poem ‘The Par- D. a story liament of Fowls’? 551. Frost is: A. Geoffrey Chaucer A. a nature poet B. Milton B. Poet of Country life C. Dickens C. a poet of nature and country life D. Shelly 545. Who is the writer of The Commonwealth D. None of these Period? 552. Who is called the ‘poet of love’? A. Cynewulf A. Andrew Marvell B. Dante B. John Donne C. Jeremy Taylor C. John Keats D. Caedmon D. William Shakespeare 546. ‘Verslibre’ is called as: 553. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ is a/an- A. Free Verse A. Epic B. Blank Verse B. Comedy C. Free meter C. Poem D. Iambic D. Novel 547. An element of the supernatural is present in the poetry of : 554. ‘Silent Woman’ written by A. Wordsworth A. John Ruskin B. Coleridge B. Ben Jonson C. Browning C. Kalidas D. Byron D. Munshi Prem Chand 548. “To err is human; to forgive is divine” is 555. ‘Cervantes’ is a character in: said by- A. Don Quixote A. Alexander Pope B. Pamele B. John Dryden C. Tristram Shandy C. John Benson D. Tom Jones D. None Narayan556. Changder ‘Couplet’ can occur in- 549. Elizabeth is a character from Jane Austen’s: A. short story A. Emma B. essay B. Pride and Prejudice C. poem C. Mansﬁeld Palck D. novel D. Northanger Abby 557. ‘The pilgrim’s Progress’ is written by? 469

A. William Shakespeare 564. Who is the author of ‘Seize the Day’? B. John Bunyan A. Arthur Miller C. John Dryden B. Saul Bellow D. John Locke C. Tony Morrison 558. Who is the following was both a poet D. None and painter? 565. Shakespeare wrote brilliant- A. Keats A. poems B. Donne B. essays C. Blake C. novels D. Spenser D. dramas 559. Vanity Fair is a novel by 566. ‘Earth is the right place for Love and I A. Dickens do not know where it is likely to go better.’ These lines are from: B. Thackeray A. The Road Not Taken C. Scott B. Fire and Ice D. Fielding 560. Romeo and Juliet one of my fa- C. Birches vorite tragedy plays. D. None of these A. are 567. “Oh sir, she smiled, no doubt, Whene’er I passed her; but who passed without B. have been Much the same smile? This grew; I gave C. is commands; Then all smiles stopped to- D. were gether”. This was written by: 561. Who is the writer of The Middle English A. Tennyson Period? B. Browning A. William Langland C. Mathew Arnold B. William Shakespeare D. William Morris C. William Wordsworth 568. What is 1st decade part of modern age? D. Lord Tennyson A. Edwardian 562. What do you mean by Minstrel? B. Georgian A. a romantic poet C. Pope B. a poet ofJai minister ShreeD. Augusta Ram C. a budding poet 569. What is the full name of the great Amer- D. A medieval European poet ican short story writer O’Henry? 563. Who is the Creator of ‘Dramatic Mono- A. William Sidney Porter logue’? B. Walt Whitman A. Robert browning C. Marjorie Kennan Rowling B. Alfred Tennyson D. Samuel Butler C. George Eliot 570. Dryden and Alexander Pope D. Thomas Hardy are...... poets. 470 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Neo-classical A. Dickens B. Elizabethan B. George Eliot C. Victorian C. Hardy D. Modern D. None of these 571. Which is a play by William Shakespeare, 577. Who is the writer of ‘Robinson Cru- believed to have been written in 1603 or soe’? 1604. A. S Johnson A. Desire Under the Elms B. Edward Gibben B. Measure for Measure C. S Richardson C. Pygmalion D. Daniel Defoe D. Cocktail Party 578. Who is the writer of “Absalom and Achi- tophel”? 572. Which one is the shortest dramatic work? A. John Webster A. Not B. John Milton B. Footballs C. John Dryden C. Radio D. John Donne D. Breath 579. A Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare is a: 573. Hellenism of Keats connotes: A. Dramatic Monologue A. his love of poetry B. Comedy B. his love of ancient cultures C. Tragedy C. his love of Greek culture and art D. None of these D. None of these 580. Hamlet is 574. ‘My Fair Lady’ is a Cinematic Version A. a tragedy by Shakespeare of: B. a play by G. B Shaw A. Pygmalion C. a poem by Shelley B. Candida D. a novel by Hardy C. Getting Married 581. ‘Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven’ has been quoted from- D. None of these A. Paradise Regained 575. It is for the world to decide whether you are a poet or not. For whom these words B. Paradise Lost are meant: C. Aeneid NarayanA. Frost ChangderD. None of these B. Pope 582. What is soliloquy? C. Byron A. a speech to the audience D. None of these B. self speech 576. The moral choice is everything in the C. talk to others works of: D. expression of anger 471

583. Who wrote ‘Ode to a Nightingale’? A. Hobbes A. Pope B. Socrates B. Shelley C. Rousseau C. Wordsworth D. Hamlet 590. What is the full name of the tragedy ‘Dr D. John Keats Faustus’? 584. ‘War and Peace’ an epic tale of A. The Tragical History of Dr Faustus Napoleonic invasion is written by- B. The Tragic History of Dr Faustus A. Leo Tolstoy C. The Tragedy of Dr Faustus B. George Bernard Shaw D. Dr Faustus C. Anne Frank 591. What is Stress? D. Earnest Hemingway A. emphasis on words 585. Who is the father of English Novel? B. emphasis on the sentence A. Shakespeare C. emphasis of literature B. Henry Fielding D. emphasis on the novel C. G.B. Shaw 592. Who wrote the famous poetic line ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine’? D. R. L. Stevenson A. Alexander Pope 586. Which of the following was written by Shakespeare? B. Shelley A. The Rape of Lucrece C. Keats D. Dryden B. The Rape of the Lock 593. The Prelude is written in: C. Endymion A. Couplets D. Fairie Queene B. Blank Verse 587. Who is the writer of the book ‘Pride and C. Terza rima Prejudice’? D. None of these A. John Milton 594. ‘Calliban’ is a character in- B. Jonathan Swift A. King Lear C. Charles Dickens B. Othello D. Jane AustenJai ShreeC. Man and Superman Ram 588. Who is the modern philosopher who was D. Tempest awarded Nobel Prize for literature? 595. Who is the Villain in ‘Hamlet’? A. James Baker A. Horatio B. Dr. Kissinger B. Iago C. Bertrand Russel C. Claudius D. Lenin D. None of these 589. ‘Knowledge is power’ was stated 596. Earnest Hemingway in addition to ‘Old by Man and the Sea’ bad written: 472 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. A Farewell to Arms 603. What do you mean by the word Person- nel? B. For Whom the Bell Tolls A. individual C. Death in the Afternoon B. others D. All of the above C. papers 597. Who wrote ‘The Tempest’? D. government employee A. William Wordsworth 604. In Memoriam was written in: B. Ben Jonson A. 1833 C. William Shakespeare B. 1860 D. Tennyson C. 1863 598. Shakespeare was born in D. None of these A. Warwickshire 605. “Who trusted God was love indeed And B. Derby love creation’s ﬁnal law”-this famous quotation is taken from? C. Oxford A. Ulysses D. Northampton B. In Memoriam 599. Arthur Hugh Clough became an inspiration for Mathew Arnold’s work: C. Men and Women A. the buried life D. Vanity Fair 606. What do you mean by Plot? B. culture and anarchy A. a drama of comedy C. The Scholor Gypsy B. a disposal of characters D. essays on criticism C. a short novel 600. What is verse? D. arrangement of incidents in a writing A. lines of poem 607. Elia was the pseudonym used by Charles B. a song of lamentation Lamb for getting his works published in: C. a rhythmic measurement A. London magazine D. pentameter B. The New York Times 601. What is type of ‘The Daffodils’? C. The spectator A. Novel D. the Sun B. Poem 608. Who was ‘Poet Laureate’? C. Play A. Alfred Tennyson D. Adventure B. Robert Browning 602.Narayan“The Trumpet of prophecy! O wind. If ChangderC. P. B. Shelley winter comes, can spring be far behind?” D. none of them Who is the poet of these lines? 609. Frost is: A. P.B. Shelley A. a nature poet B. William Wordsworth B. Poet of Country life C. John Keats C. a poet of nature and country life D. Robert Browning D. None of these 473

610. Chaucer is the representative poet of- A. Charles Dickens A. 17th century B. T. S. Eliot B. 14th century C. Jane Austen C. 16th century D. G. B. Shaw D. 18th century 618. Who was often been called The Father of English Tragedy? 611. A.S. Hornsby is famous for- A. William Shakespeare A. Writing poems B. Christopher Marlowe B. writing songs C. John Wycherley C. writing text books D. John Lyly D. writing dictionaries 619. Who wrote ‘Heart of Darkness’? 612. ’My Last Duchess’ was written by A. Thomas Hardy A. Keats B. Joseph Conrad B. Tennyson C. Bill Gates C. Browning D. None D. None of these 620. John Bull’s Other Island is written by: 613. Who is the author of ‘Arabian Nights’? A. Shaw A. Sir Richard Burton B. Wilde B. Alexander Pope C. Hemingway C. Smith D. Beckett D. None of them 621. Who is the writer of The Restoration Pe- 614. Who is called ‘The bard of Avon’? riod? A. Christopher Marlowe A. Robert Herrick B. William Shakespeare B. Thomas Hobbes C. John Milton C. Jeremy Taylor D. Homer D. John Milton 615. ‘Living History’ is written by- 622. ’Modern Painters’ is written by A. Bill Clinton A. Ruskin B. Hilary Clinton B. Mill Jai ShreeC. Macaulay Ram C. Achebe D. Barak Obama D. None of these 616. O’Henry was known as- 623. A famous English poet who was pro- fessionally knows as man of medicine is A. American short story writer B. British short story writer A. Shelley C. Irish dramatist B. Keats D. Roman Short story writer C. Milton 617. Who of the following was a poet? D. Pope 474 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

624. Dickens was from a: 631. Who is the writer of ‘The Merchant of A. Lower middle class origin Venice’? B. Upper class origin A. Shelley C. Middle class origin B. Wordsworth D. Working class origin C. William Shakespeare 625. The poem ‘Second Coming’ is written D. Milton by- 632. “The fool doth think he is wise but the A. W.B. Yeats wise man knows himself to be a fool”-this B. T.S. Eliot quotation is quoted from? C. Frost A. Hamlet D. Auden B. As you like It 626. The ﬁrst English Dictionary was com- C. Othello piled by A. Izaak Walton D. Henry 8 B. Samuel Johnson 633. To the Light House” is written by: C. Samuel A. Lawrence D. Sir Thomas Browne B. Hemingway 627. ‘On Liberty’ is by- C. Forster A. Charles Darwin D. None of these B. John Mill 634. Who is of the following is not a Nobel C. Karl Mark Laureate? D. Thomas Hardy A. W. B. Yeats 628. Ruskin is famous for: B. T. S. Eliot A. Being a critic of art C. William Golding B. A social reformer D. E. M. Forster C. A moral teacher 635. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ is written by- D. None of these A. Harold Pinter 629. Who is the ‘University Wits’ in the following list? B. T.S. Eliot A. William Shakespeare C. G.B. Shaw B. Thomas Gray D. Samuel Beckett C. Robert Greene 636. Who is the writer of the epic poems "Par- NarayanD. John Dryden Changderadise Lost" and "Paradise Regained" 630. A pioneer is psychological analysis in A. William Shakespeare ﬁction is: B. John Donne A. Charles Dickens C. John Keats B. Thackeray D. John Milton C. Charlotte Bronte 637. Lilliput is a character from: D. G. Eliot 475

A. Gulliver’s Travels 644. The Novel ‘Ivanhoe’ is written by- B. Pygmalion A. Charles Lambs C. Sons & lovers B. John Keats D. Old man and the sea C. Sir Walter Scott 638. What do you mean by Linguistics? D. Jane Austen A. study of languages and its rules 645. What is paradox? B. study of sounds A. a self-pleasant statement C. study of speech sounds B. personal song D. study of meaning C. a self-contradictory statement 639. Who believed that poetry is the sponta- D. none neous overﬂow of emotions? 646. ‘A Farewell to Arms’ is novel by- A. Blake A. Thomas Hardy B. Byron B. Ernest Hemingway C. Wordsworth C. Jane Austen D. Keats D. Scott 640. Who is the author of ‘Endgame’? 647. One of the following was a Romantic A. G. B. Shaw Poet B. Samuel Beckett A. Tennyson C. R. K. Narayan B. Arnold D. Earnest Hemingway C. Shelley 641. ‘Appearances are often deceiving’ is D. Browning quoted by- 648. ‘Proper study of Mankind is man’ – who A. Plato has said these words: B. Aristotle A. Pope C. Hobbes B. Swift D. Aesop C. Shelley 642. “I have suffered with those, that I saw D. None of these suffering”. These Humanistic words are 649. Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes are: attributed to: A. Husband and wife A. Miranda in the ‘Tempest’ Jai ShreeB. Brother and Ram Sister B. Portia in ‘Merchant of Venice’ C. Father and daughter C. Lady Macbath in ‘Macbeth’ D. Friends D. None of these 650. Who of the following is a famous epic 643. Shelley is remembered as a poet poet in English literature? A. Lyric A. William Shakespeare B. Tragic B. Lord Tennyson C. Mythical C. William Wordsworth D. None of these D. John Milton 476 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

651. ‘The Voyage of the Beagle’ was written A. Dickens by: B. George Eliot A. J.S. Mill C. Hardy B. Ruskin D. None of these C. Carlyle 658. Who was the greatest dramatist of En- D. Darwin glish literature? 652. Don Juan is an ironic replica of the very A. P.B. Shelley subject of : B. William Wordsworth A. Childe Harolde C. William Shakespeare B. Queen Mab 659. What is ‘Catastrophe’? C. Prometheus A. the comedic end of dramatic events D. The Recluse B. the tragic end of dramatic events 653. ‘The Rainbow’ is- C. the comic and tragic end of the play A. A poem by Wordsworth D. none of the above B. a short story by Somerset Maugham 660. Which is known as Shakespeare’s en- chanting swan-song? C. a novel by D.H. Lawrence A. Hamlet D. a verse by Coleridge B. Macbeth 654. ‘Ten thousand saw I at a glance’ is an example of C. The Tempest A. hyperbole D. Twelfth Night B. symbol 661. What do you mean by Romance? C. metaphor A. any work of ﬁction or imagination D. apostrophe B. a real life story 655. The last book of Gulliver’s travels is C. any work of literature A. Voyage to Lilliput D. a play or a drama 662. E. M. Foster is a B. Voyage to Brobdingnag A. Novelist C. Voyage to Houyhnms B. Poet D. Voyage to Laputa C. Playwright 656. “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That starts and frets his hour upon D. None of these the stage and then is heard no more”- 663. ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’ is quoted from? an essay by- NarayanA. King Lear Changder A. Thomas Hardy B. Macbeth B. T.S. Eliot C. Dr. Faustus C. Virginia Woolf D. Othello D. Thomas Carlyle 657. The moral choice is everything in the 664. There is no man like Showman. These works of: views were held by: 477

A. Thomas Carlyle A. Oliver Twist B. Spencer B. The Pickwick Papers C. Shakespeare C. David Copperﬁeld D. None of these D. Little Dorrit 665. ‘The Lotos Eaters’ was written by: 672. “Ode to Psyche” is a poem by: A. Blake A. Milton B. Byron B. Byron C. Tennyson C. Keats D. Blake D. None of these 673. ‘Nature never did betray the heart that 666. ‘End Game’ is written by: loved her’ is a quotation. A. Hemingway A. William Wordsworth B. Somerset Maugham B. B. J. Baryon C. Beckett C. P. B. Shelley D. None of these D. J. Keats 667. Francis Bacon is a/an 674. ‘To be or not to be’ is the beginning of a A. Novelist famous soliloquy from B. Dramatist A. Paradise Lost C. Poet B. Romeo and Juliet D. Essayist C. Hamlet 668. Who is the father of Modern English Po- D. Shahnama etry? 675. When was the poem Tintern Abbey written? A. Cynewulf A. 1793 B. Geoffrey Chaucer B. 1795 C. Robert Browning C. 1798 D. None of the above D. None of these 669. Who wrote ‘The Kite Runner’? 676. Who wrote ‘Madame Bovary’? A. Selman Rushdie A. Leo Tolstoy B. Khalid Hussein B. James Joyce C. Orhan Pamuk Jai ShreeC. E.M. Forster Ram D. none D. Gustave Flaubert 670. Hamlet was killed by: 677. John Keats is primarily a poet of A. Polonius A. Beauty B. Learteus B. Nature C. Claudius C. Love D. None of these D. Revolution 671. Which one is the ﬁrst novel of Charles 678. Who awarded Pulitzer Prize to Robert Dickens Frost? 478 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Dr mohammad younus A. The Last Ride Together B. John F. Kennedy B. Rabbi Ben Ezra C. John Don C. Ester Day D. John Willy D. Abt Vogler 685. Who wrote ‘Where Angels Fear to 679. Total number of plays written by Shake- Tread’? speare A. Charles Dickens A. 14 B. E. M. Forster B. 28 C. Rudyard Kipling C. 38 D. William Shakespeare D. 52 686. As a moralist J. S. Mill develops the doc- 680. ‘Poet are unacknowledged legislators of trine of: the world’, Who told it? A. Utilitarianism A. Browning B. Radicalism B. P. B. Shelley C. Puritanism C. William Wordsworth D. None of these D. John Keats 687. ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ written by- 681. What is the name of the storyteller of A. Byron ’One Thousand and One Nights’ B. G.B. Shaw A. Scheherazade C. John Buniyan B. Sultana D. T.S. Eliot 688. ‘The Sacred Flame’ is written by- C. Nura A. G.B. Shaw D. Morgiana B. William Somerset Maugham 682. Who is the ﬁrst woman to win the Man Booker Prize C. Earnest Hemingway A. Elizabeth Bowen D. Oscar Wilde 689. Which is the rhyme scheme of Shake- B. Penelope Fitzgerald spearean sonnet? C. Bernice Rubens A. abab cdcd efef gg D. Anita Brookner B. abba cdcd efg efg 683. Who wrote ‘Where ignorance is bliss, it C. abab cde cde efg efg is folly to be wise’? D. abba cde cde e egg NarayanA. Robert Frost 690. Changder The Good Earth has been written by- B. George Orwell A. Virginia Woolf C. Thomas Gray B. George Eliot D. John Milton C. Charles Dickens 684. Edward Fitzgerald’s “The Rubaiyat of D. Pearl S. Buck Omar Khayyam” inspired Browning to 691. ‘Mirabell’, ‘Milllamant’, ‘Lady Wish- write: fort’ are the characters found in- 479

A. The Portrait of a Lady A. Wordsworth B. The way of the World B. Keats C. All for Love C. Byron D. The Rape of the Lock D. Tennyson 692. Beowulf is written in which period? 699. ‘Tamburlaine the Great’ is written by- A. Middle English preod A. Shakespeare B. Anlo-saxon preod B. Marlowe C. Elejabeth preod C. Ben Johnson D. Jacobian preod D. John Webster 693. From which country the famous poet 700. Who is the father of modern English Pablo Neruda belongs Drama? A. Peru A. G.B. Shaw B. Argentina B. John Milton C. Cuba C. Shakespeare D. Chile D. Thomas Walt 694. Who is the poet of the Victorian Age? 701. “All the world’s a stage And all the men and women merely players”-quoted from A. Helen Keller A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream B. Mathew Arnold B. Much Ado About Nothing C. Shakespeare C. A Pericles Prince of Tyre D. Robert Browning D. None of these 695. Which of the plays has an epilogue? 702. Which Revolution is the historical source A. Man and Superman of the book ’A Tale of Two Cities’ B. Devils’ Disciple A. Iranian Revolution C. Pygmalion B. American Revolution D. None of these C. French Revolution 696. Who wrote the ﬁrst english dictionary D. Russian Revolution A. Jonathan Swift 703. Robert Herrick was an English B. James Boswell A. Novelist C. Samuel JohnsonJai ShreeB. Historian Ram D. Robert Cawdrey C. Poet 697. ‘I am half sick of shadows’ is a line from: D. Dramatist A. Shelley 704. Who is the author of ‘The Old Man and B. Wordsworth the Sea’? C. Coleridge A. E. Hemingway D. Tennyson B. Churchill 698. The image of the femme fatale domi- C. Wilson nates the poetry of: D. Hardy 480 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

705. Jude the Obscure is a: a... comedy 712. Who is the leader of Metaphysical po- A. Tragedy etry? A. John Donne B. tragic...comedy B. John Milton C. black comedy C. John Dryden D. none of these 713. An exhortatory speech, usually delivered 706. Shakespeare was born in? to a crowd to incite them to some action A. 1616 is: B. 1564 A. Declamation C. 1566 B. Sermon D. 1604 C. Monologue 707. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was D. Harangue written by: 714. When did Frost’s ﬁrstborn son died? A. W.Scott A. 1600 B. Coleridge B. 1700 C. Shelley C. 1800 D. None of these D. 1900 708. Shakespeare was born in 715. ‘April is the cruelest month’ is written by-i A. 1570 A. W.B. Yeats B. 1547 B. T.S. Eliot C. 1564 C. Frost D. None of these D. Auden 709. ‘Adam Bede’ is a novel written by 716. Which is called the Golden Period of En- A. Dickens glish Literature? B. Hardy A. Elizabethan Age C. George Eliot B. Victorian Age D. None of these C. Restoration Period 710. “Idylls of the King” is illustration of Ten- D. Augustan Age nyson’s deep interest in: 717. Who wrote preface to Shakespeare: A. Medieval legends A. Sir Philip Sydney B. The role of the king B. Dryden C. Hero worship C. Dr. Johnson NarayanD. The contemporary condition ChangderD. None of these 711. ‘The Metaphysical Poets’ is a critical es- 718. Which one is 19th century English Liter- say by: ature from above? A. Arnold A. 1601-1699 B. T. S. Eliot B. 1701-1799 C. Shelley C. 1801-1899 D. None of these D. 1901-1999 481

719. Macaulay represented: 726. ‘Comedy of Errors’ is Written by A. Bourgeois Victorian enlightenment A. Ben Johnson B. Working class Victorian attitudes B. G. B Shaw C. Upper class tolerance C. T S Eliot D. Radical Romanticism D. William Shakespeare 720. Who is famous for his ‘drama of ideas’? 727. Keats’ poem Endymion is based on A. William Shakespeare mythology. B. Henrik Ibsen A. Greek C. Oscar Wilde B. Roman D. T.S. Eliot 721. The youngest Nobel Prize winner in Lit- C. celtic erature is D. Indian A. George Orwell 728. Swift belong to: B. T.S. Eliot A. Renassiance period C. Thomas Hardy B. Restoration D. Rudyard Kipling C. Romantic period 722. Who is the writer of The Jacobean Pe- riod? D. Augustan age A. Caedmon 729. Kubla Khan was written by B. Andrew Marvell A. Coleridge C. Dante B. Shelley D. Cynewulf C. Keats 723. ‘The Good Morrow’ is a poem by D. None of these A. Andrew Marvell B. W. B. Yeats 730. Who belongs to the Absurd School of Drama? C. John Donne A. Shaw D. P. B. Browning 724. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” oc- B. Beckett curs in- C. Pinter A. Eliot’s ‘The waste land’ D. Eliot B. Keats’s ‘Endymion’Jai Shree Ram 731. Who is the writer of The Victorian Pe- C. Shelly’s ‘The Cloud’ riod? D. none of the above A. Lord Alfred Tennyson 725. What period in English Literature is called the “Augustans Age”? B. Robert Herrick A. Early 16th Century C. Jeremy Taylor B. 17th Century D. Thomas Hobbes C. Early 18th Century 732. The poem ‘Easter Wings’ written by D. None of these 482 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Andrew Marvell 739. Which one is Golden Age in English Lit- B. George Herbert erature? C. John Keats A. Elizabethan D. S.T Coleridge B. Classic 733. The full name of W.B. Yeats is- C. Modern A. Winstern Barret Yeats D. Jacobean B. William Bill Yeats 740. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a drama by C. William Butler Yeats D. William Bernard Yeats A. Webster 734. “Poetry is spontaneous overﬂow of pow- B. Ben Jonson erful Feeling” is said by- C. William Shakespeare A. S.T Coleridge D. Christopher Marlowe B. William Blake 741. ‘Better to reign in Hell than to serve in C. William Wordsworth Heaven.’ Who said this and where? D. Tomas Eliot A. Satan in ’Paradise Lost’ 735. ’Heroes and hero worship’ was written B. Stain in ’Paradise Regained’ by A. Mill C. Adam in ’Paradise Lost’ B. Carlyle D. Adam in ’Paradise Regained’ C. Coleridge 742. “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” is a quotation by- D. None of these 736. “I am no Prince Hamlet” is a line written A. William Shakespeare by: B. Alexander Pope A. Shakespeare C. Gladstone B. Yeats D. Aesop C. Eliot 743. ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing’ D. Auden quoted by? 737. ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ is a A. Alexander Pope poem written by- B. John Dryden A. William Wordsworth C. John Milton B. Blake D. Ben Jonson C. Lord Byron 744. Who is the author of the poem ‘The NarayanD. Coleridge ChangderHouse of Fame’? 738. Who is the writer of The Victorian Pe- A. Cynewulf riod? A. Robert Herrick B. Shelley B. Thomas Hobbes C. Robert Browning C. Robert Browning D. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Jeremy Taylor 745. What is a Miracle Play? 483

A. a play of tragedy 752. Nobel Prize winner in literature Harold B. a play of comedy Pinter is from? A. USA C. a play in fiction B. Australia D. a supernatural religious drama 746. ‘David Copperfield’ is a / an C.UK novel. D. Canada A. Victorian 753. Renaissance Period was dominated by? B. Elizabethan A. Tragedy C. Romantic B. Comedy D. Modern C. Translation 747. A sonnet is a poem having lines. D. Prose A. sixteen 754. ’Waverley’ was written by B. ten A. Scott B. Jane Austen C. twelve C. Dickens D. fourteen 748. Which is the famous elegy written by D. None of these Shelley? 755. ‘Water, water, everywhere, not a drop to drink’ the composer of A. In Memoriam A. Wordsworth B. Lycidas B. S. T. Coleridge C. Adonis C. Gray D. Thyrsis D. Scott 749. Who is the writer of The Old English Period? 756. ‘The Duchess of Mulfi’ is written by? A. William Wordsworth A. William Congreve B. John Wycherley B. William Shakespeare C. Ben Johnson C. Saint Venerable Bede D. John Webster D. Lord Tennyson 757. The author of ‘Songs of Innocence and 750. S.T. Coleridge was born in of Experience’ is A. 1798 A. John Lennon B. 1772 Jai ShreeB. Richard Mark Ram C. 1797 C. William Blake D. None of these D. John Keats 751. Who was not the famous poet of the age 758. Pure tragedies written by Shakespeare of Romanticism? are: A. Coleridge A. Four B. Byron B. Six C. Shelley C. Eight D. Shakespeare D. None of these 484 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

759. Who wrote the plays “The Tempest’ and 766. Who wrote ‘Preface to Shakespeare’? “The Mid Summer Night’s Dream”? A. Dr. Samuel Johnson A. William Shakespeare B. Henry Fielding B. Ben Jonson C. Daniel Defoe C. John Dryden D. Thomas Hobbes D. Christopher Marlowe 767. Adonias, Prometheus and "The triumph 760. ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is written by of life" are some of the beautiful poems A. Cynewulf by: B. Geoffrey Chaucer A. W. Blake C. Robert Browning B. Byron D. None of the above C. Shelley 761. George Eliot was an: D. none of these A. Atheist 768. Houyhnhnms represent life governed by B. Agnostic sense and: C. Occultist A. Moderation D. Conventionalist B. patience 762. ‘ Paradise Lost is an epic by: C. understanding d... compromise A. . Spenser D. none of these B. Chaucer 769. The Waste Land by T. S. Elliot is an C. Milton A. Ode D. None of these B. Elegy 763. The kind Claudius was killed by: C. Epic A. Laerteus D. None of these B. Hamlet 770. ‘The Olive Tree’ is a collection of essays C. Horatio by: D. None of these A. Ruskin 764. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimmage is written B. Carlyle by: A. Blake C. Huxley B. Shelley D. Oscar Wilde C. Byron 771. Who described poetry as “Spontaneous overﬂow of powerful feelings”: D. None of these Narayan ChangderA. Shelley 765. Who was English poet addicted to opium? B. Wordsworth A. S. T Coleridge C. Coleridge B. P. B Shelley D. Arnold C. Lord Byron 772. G. B. Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma is a/an- D. John Keats 485

A. novel 779. Who wrote ‘The Ruins of Time’? B. drama A. Sir Philip Sidney C. poem B. Edmund Spenser D. short story C. John Keat 773. Arms and the Man – a novel is written D. Henry by: 780. What do you mean by Prologue? A. George Bernard Shaw A. the last part of any drama B. Samuel Beckett B. the first chapter of play C. Jane Austen C. the preface or introduction of any writ- D. None of these ing 774. Ulysses is a by James Joyce. D. surface A. novel 781. When did Robert Frost marry?? B. poetry A. December 18, 1895 C. verse B. December 11, 1895 D. play C. December 15, 1895 775. Which one is the first tragedy play of D. December 19, 1895 Shakespeare 782. How many Sonnets did Shakespeare A. Julius Caesar compose? B. Romeo and Juliet A. 151 C. Hamlet B. 148 D. Titus Andronicus C. 128 776. Which poem is written by Walt Whit- D. 154 man? 783. “Twelfth Night” is by William A. Song of myself Shakespeare B. Song of Innocence A. a comedy C. Song of Experience B. an elegy D. none of these C. a novel 777. Which is the author of the drama ‘Joan D. a tragedy of Arc’? 784. Keats belong to A. Lord Byron A. Eighteenth century B. Charles DickensJai ShreeB. Nineteenth Ram century C. G. B. Shaw C. Seventeenth century D. P.B. Shelley D. Eighteenth century 778. James Joyce’s narrative technique is 785. Who translated the Bible into English for known as- the first time? A. stream of consciousness A. Nicolas Udall B. psycho-analysis B. Thomas Norton C. Objective Co-relative C. John Wycliffe D. Symbolism and Mysticism D. Edmund Spenser 486 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

786. ‘Preface to Lyrical Ballad’ is written by? 793. What the term Allusion refers- A. S.T. Coleridge A. reference from any person B. William Wordsworth B. obeyed the old men C. Both of them C. reference of past events or persons D. None of them D. writing in satire 787. What do you mean by Tragicomedy? 794. Egden Heath forms the back...drop of which of the following novels by Hardy? A. a kind of verse play A. Jude the Obscure B. a play with unhappy ending B. Hard Times C. blending of tragic and comic elements C. Return of the Native D. mixture of dramas D. Tess 788. Who is the writer of The Jacobean Pe- riod? 795. What is a myth? A. Caedmon A. a ﬁctitious story B. Dante B. a real human story C. Henry Vaughan C. an animal story D. Cynewulf D. short poem 796. When did Robert Frost’s ﬁrst child born 789. Who is the father of English Novel? ? A. Shakespeare A. 1899 B. Henry Fielding B. 1896 C. G. B. Shaw C. 1897 D. Dr. Samuel Johnson D. 1898 790. ‘Water, water, everywhere, not a drop to 797. Francis Bacon died in: drink’ poem of A. 1616 A. Lotes Eater B. 1626 B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner C. 1648 C. Good Morrow D. None of these D. West wind 798. Who wrote ‘The Nun’s Priest’s Tale’? 791. Great Expectations was published in: A. Shelley A. 1860...1 B. T.S. Eliot B. 1857...8 C. Chaucer C. 1852...3 D. Donne NarayanD. none of these Changder 799. Who does consider ‘love’ as a transcend- 792. What the term Aesthetic refers- ing power handling all things into beauty? A. appreciation for beauty A. Wordsworth B. appreciation for poem B. Keats C. reverence for old C. Shelley D. reverence for poems D. Byron 487

800. In what year did Geoffrey Chaucer 807. To err is human, forgive is divine. Who died? has said these words: A. 1400 AD A. Pope B. 1441 AD B. Swift C. 1442 AD C. Dryden D. 1443 AD D. None of these 801. Shakespeare was born in the year 808. Mr. Bennet is one of Jane Austen’s char- A. 1540 AD acters in: B. 1564 AD A. Emma C. 1570 AD B. Persecution D. 1610 AD C. Pride and Prejudice 802. Who has been called "The true child of the Renaissance" D. Sense and sensibility A. Shakespeare 809. Emily Bronte is the writer of B. Chaucer A. Wuthering heights C. More B. Under the green wood tree D. Marlowe C. Mr.chips 803. The ﬁctional detective character Sher- D. None of the above lock Holmes is the creation of 810. Shelley’s poetry used all of the following A. Agatha Christie components for themes except: B. Arthur Conan Doyle A. Worship of God C. J. K. Rowling B. Passion D. Rudyard Kipling C. Narcissism 804. ‘Melodrama’ is a kind of play- D. Emotional self...indulgence A. of violent and sensational themes 811. A Fantasy is B. of pathetic themes A. An imaginary story C. of historical themes D. of philosophical themes B. A funny ﬁlm 805. ’We are Seven’ is written by C. A real life event A. Keats Jai ShreeD. A funny place Ram B. Shelly 812. Which poem of Keats contains ‘Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are C. Hardy sweeter’. D. None of these A. Ode to Autumn 806. Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is a B. Ode on a Grecian Urn A. Satire B. Comedy C. Ode to melancholy C. Tragedy D. None of these D. Historical Play 813. Ruskin is famous for: 488 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Being a critic of art 820. Who said ‘The true opposite of Poetry is not Prose but Science’. B. A social reformer A. Wordsworth C. A moral teacher B. T. S. Eliot D. None of these C. Coleridge 814. What do you mean by Imagery? D. None of these A. language perceived through senses 821. Yeats was B. jargoned writing A. Victorian poet C. language of literature B. a modern poet D. drawing pictures C. Both 815. T. S. Eliot is poet. D. None of these A. romantic 822. Who is the writer of ‘Queen Marry’? B. victorian A. A. Lord Tennyson C. modern B. George Bernard Shaw D. post-modern C. Christopher Marlowe 816. Charles Dickens is not the novelist for D. William Shakespeare one of the following- 823. Great Expectations is a novel written by- A. A Tale of Two Cities A. Charles Dickens B. Treasure Island B. Thomas Hardy C. David Copperﬁeld C. Jane Austen D. Henry Fielding D. Great Expectations 824. Who was a known aesthete? 817. Das Capital was published in the year- A. Ruskin A. 1867 B. Russell B. 1876 C. Huxley C. 1887 D. J.S. Mill D. 1878 825. Who is the writer of The Modern and 818. Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels? The Post Modern Period? A. Charles Dickens A. Alexander Pope B. Chaucer B. Daniel Defoe C. Jonathan Swift C. Jonathan Swift D. A. C. Bradley D. None of these Narayan826. ChangderThe second generation of the romantic 819. The most important element of a poets (Shelley, Byron and Keats) was dead Tragedy? by: A. Plot A. 1820 B. Character B. 1825 C. Spectacles C. 1830 D. Diction D. None of these 489

827. T. S. Eliot and George Eliot were: 834. Who is the writer of ‘Oenone’? A. Brothers A. Cynewulf B. Father and Son B. Robert Browning C. Novelists C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. None of these D. A. Lord Tennyson 828. Asian Drama is written by- 835. Of the following who is the most trans- A. G.B. Shaw lated author of the world? B. W.B Yeats A. Leo Tolstoy C. Albert Camue B. Agatha Cristie D. Gunner Myrdal C. V.I. Lenin 829. The Eve of St. Agnes is a poem by: D. Mao Tse Tung A. Milton 836. Who is the author of the book ‘Dr. Zhivago’? B. Keats C. Byron A. Boris Pasternak D. Blake B. Leo Tolstoy 830. Lotos Eaters is a poem by: C. Rabindranath Tagore A. Browning D. Dante B. Tennyson 837. Iron, times of doubts, disputes, distraction and Fear is an example of: C. Yeats A. Oxymoron D. Frost 831. William Faulkner was awarded Nobel B. Conceit Prize for literature in: C. Alliteration A. 1949 D. None of these B. 1950 838. Which quotation is by Shakespeare? C. 1951 A. Cowards die many times before their D. 1953 deaths. 832. A sonnet is a lyric poem of B. To err is human; to forgive is divine. A. 12 lines C. Brevity is the soul of wit. B. 24 lines Jai ShreeD. a and c Ram C. 14 lines 839. The character of Little Neil is a creation of: D. 10 lines A. Hardy 833. Total how many numbers of detective novels written by Agatha Christie B. Eliot A. 22 C. Oscar Wilde B. 30 D. Dickens C. 52 840. G. B. Shaw got Nobel Prize in 1925 for the book? D. 66 490 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Arms and the man A. Dora B. The doctor’s dilemma B. Ulysses C. Man of destiny C. Two Brothers D. Philanderer D. In Memorium 847. Which poet is not always bound up with 841. Which of the novels is not written by the reformer? Jane Austen? A. Wordsworth A. Adam Bede B. Coleridge B. Mansfield Park C. Pope C. Emma D. Tennyson D. None of these 848. Who is the author of the novel ‘The Sun 842. Who is known as ‘the poet of nature in Also Rises’? English literature’? A. H.G. Wells A. Lord Tennyson B. George Orwell B. John Milton C. Ernest Hemingway C. William Wordsworth D. Thomas Hardy 849. I am too much in the sun in “Hamlet” is D. John Keats spoken by: 843. A person who writes about his own life A. Polonius writes- B. Claudius A. A Chronicle C. Hamlet B. an Autobiographer D. Ophelia C. a diary 850. Which book written by William Somer- D. a Biography set Maugham? 844. Which one is the first science-fiction A. Of Human Bondage novel B. Roads of Destiny A. Dracula C. Merchant of Venice B. The Time Machine D. Paradise Lost 851. Who is believed to be suffering from C. Frankenstein Oedipus Complex: D. Fahrenheit 451 A. Oedipus 845. Shelly was a firm believer in all of the B. Hamlet following except: C. Macbeth NarayanA. Personal freedom Changder D. None of these B. The individual’s responsibility to soci- 852. Oliver Goldsmith is a/an novelist. ety A. American C. The power of love B. Irish D. Human conduct based on conviction C. English 846. Which one is the Tennyson’s First work? D. French 491

853. Shakespeare’s "Antony and Cleopatra" A. wife is based on B. daughter A. Lodge’s Rosalynde C. aunt B. Plutarch’s Lives D. daughter in law C. Promos and Cassandra 860. The novel ‘The Big Four’ is written by- D. None A. Virginia Wolf 854. The 1805 text of ‘The Prelude’ is edited B. Agatha Christie by: C. Sigmund Freud A. Helen Darbishire D. Joseph Conrad B. Ernest De Selin Court 861. Who is writer of the poem ‘Sailing To Byzantium’? C. Herbert Reads A. James Joyece D. Coleridge B. D. H. Lawrence 855. Which one of the following poets named the Romantic poet as the “pond poets”? C. William Butler Yeats A. Southey D. E. M. Forster 862. When did T. S. Eliot win noble prize? B. Shelley A. 1948 C. Keats B. 1923 D. Byron C. 1953 856. Who is the writer of The Restoration Pe- riod? D. 1935 863. Who is the ﬁrst ever winner of the Nobel A. Robert Herrick Prize in Literature B. John Locke A. Theodor Mommsen C. Jeremy Taylor B. Sully Prudhomme D. Thomas Hobbes C. Rudyard Kipling 857. What do you mean by a Ballad? D. Henryk Sienkiewicz A. a kind of short narrative poem 864. Who is the author of ‘The Afﬂuent Soci- B. a poem of patriotism ety’? A. H.G. Wells C. a poem of love affairs Jai ShreeB. T.S. Eliot Ram D. a kind of condoling poem C. J.K. Galbrath 858. How many novels combine the Harry Potter series collection D. David Hume A. 3 865. is not a Novelist of the modern age in the English Language. B.7 A. H. G Wells C. 9 B. Charles Dickens D. 11 C. Rudyard Kipling 859. Who is Irma? D. T. S. Elliot 492 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

866. When Robert frost awarded his ﬁrst of 873. What do you mean by Protagonist? four Pulitzer Prizes ? A. the character against main character A. in 1921 i.e. Antagonist B. in 1923 B. the villain of drama C. in 1924 C. the minor character D. in 1922 D. the main character in a literary work 867. ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine’ is 874. Great Expectation was written by written by A. Tennyson A. George Eliot B. W. Blake B. Thackeray C. John Milton C. Dickens D. Alexander Pope D. None of these 868. What do you mean Philology? 875. Which novel of Hardy presents ‘Egdon A. Study of Language Heath’ as the background of the story? B. science of medicine A. Tess of the D’Urberville C. science of surgery B. Return of the Native D. science of speech sounds C. Jude the Obscure 869. ‘Dr Faustus’ was written by D. None of these A. Ben Jonson 876. ‘The Prelude’ was composed by: B. G.B Shaw A. Keats C. T.S Eliot B. Wordsworth D. Christopher Marlowe C. Blake 870. How many during of times Robert Frost taught ? D. Byron A. 1916 to 1928 877. Which month Robert frost and Elinor was married? B. 1926 to 1938 A. December 16, 1895 C. 1916 to 1938 D. 1916 to 1948 B. December 17, 1895 871. ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ is C. December 19, 1895 A. a tragedy by Shskespeare D. December 18, 1895 B. a play By G. B. Shaw 878. Who is called the ‘Poet of Nature’ in English literature? C. a poem by Lord Byron NarayanD. a novel by S. T. Coleridge ChangderA. Lord Byron 872. ‘Macbeth’ is a- B. John Keats A. play C. William Wordsworth B. novel D. P. B Shelley C. essay 879. The central idea of ‘I wandered lonely as D. poem a cloud’ is that 493

A. nature excites human imagination 886. In ‘To Daffodils’, human life is compared with B. nature is harmful for human being A. Sunset C. nature is beautiful B. flowing river D. we can find solace in nature 880. Who wrote The Vicar of Wake Field? C. morning’s dew A. Richardson D. graying hair 887. Shakespeare wrote B. Fielding A. Tragedies C. Defoe B. Comedies D. Goldsmith C. Poems 881. The first English dictionary was completed by – D. All of above A. Sir Thomas Browne 888. “Art for arts sake” found its true adherent in: B. Samuel Butler A. Wordsworth C. Samuel Johnson B. Byron D. Iazak Walton C. Browning 882. Who wrote “Jane Eyre”? D. Wilde A. Charlotte Bronte 889. What is catastrophe? B. Emile Bronte A. The comical end of dramatic events C. Anne Bronte B. The tragic end of dramatic events D. None of these C. The comic tragic end of the play 883. ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ and ‘The Rain- D. None of the above bow’ written by- 890. ‘Child is the father of man’ is taken from A. Virginia Woolf the poem “My Heart Leaps Up” by B. Robert Frost A. William Wordsworth C. Thomas Moore B. S. T. Coleridge D. D.H. Lawrence C. P. B. Shelley 884. “Thought Fox” is written by: D. A. C. Swinburne A. Ted Hughes 891. ‘Of Studies’ an essay is written by: B. Heaney Jai ShreeA. Francis Bacon Ram C. Sylvia Plath B. Carlyle D. None of these C. Montaine 885. The line “she dwells with Beauty – D. None of these Beauty that must be” occurs in Keats’ 892. T. S. Eliot was a A. Lamia A. Critic B. Ode to a Grecian Urn B. Poet C. Ode on Melancholy C. Both D. Endymion D. None of these 494 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

893. “Paradise Lost” is divided into 900. Who is the youngest literature laureate A. 12 Books to win Nobel Prize B. 8 Books A. Rudyard Kipling C. 9 Books B. Karl Gjellerup D. 5 Books C. Nelly Sachs 894. Which is the shortest period of English D. Harry Martinson literature? 901. In the poem ‘Ozymandias’ who calls A. Romantic period Ozymandias ‘King of Kings’? B. Victorian age A. The Traveler C. Restoration period B. The speaker D. none of the above C. Other Kings 895. The national epic of Iran ’Shahnameh’ was written by D. Ozymandias himself A. Ferdowsi 902. Shakespeare has written: B. Omar Khayyám A. Historical plays C. Hafez B. Comedies D. Al-Biruni C. Tragedies 896. ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ was written by: D. All of these A. Dickens 903. Romanticism (if it can be pinpointed) is B. Hardy usually assumed to date from: C. George Eliot A. Publication of "Intimations of Immor- D. None of these tality" 897. Who wrote ‘beauty is truth, truth is B. The beginning of Queen Victoria’s beauty’? reign A. Shakespeare C. The Reform Bill of 1832 B. Eliot D. Publication of "Lyrical Ballads" and C. Wordsworth its preface D. Keats 904. Who wrote ‘Robison Crusoe’? 898. Who is the writer of the poem ‘The Pied A. Jonathan Swift Piper of Hamelin’? B. Daniel Defoe A. Robert Browning B. Ibsen C. William Shakespeare C. Jonsen D. Jon Milton Narayan905. ChangderA great playwright of Shakespeare time D. Shaw was 899. Find the Odd man out? A. Iliad : Novel A. Samuel Johnson B. The Tempest : Comedy B. Christopher Marlowe C. The Temple : Poem C. Oliver Goldsmith D. The Dunciad: Poem D. John Donne 495

906. Who is the writer of The Elizabethan Pe- 913. What is Limerick? riod? A. A form of light verse A. Nicholas Udall B. A form of one-act play B. Cynewulf C. A kind of short narrative poem C. Dante D. A kind of love poem D. Caedmon 914. Who is the father of Modern English Lit- 907. Mark Twain is a famous author from erature? A. USA A. G. B. Shaw B. UK B. Shakespeare C. Ireland C. P. B. Shelley D. Norway D. William Wordsworth 908. Who is known as ‘the poet of nature’ in 915. The Romantic age in English literature English literature? began with the publication of A. Lord Tennyson A. Preface to Shakespeare B. William Wordsworth B. Preface of Lyrical Ballads C. John Milton C. Preface to Ancient Mariners D. John Keats D. Preface to Dr. Johnson 909. The Nurse’s Song was written by: 916. The Charge of the Light Brigade” (Ten- A. Keats nyson) commemorates: B. Tennyson A. The Boer War C. Blake B. The battle of Trafalgar D. Shelley C. The Crimean War 910. Milton’s Areopagitica is D. None of these A. a sonnet 917. Which of the following poems by Ten- B. an epic nyson is a monodrama? C. a plea for the freedom of the press A. Ulysses D. a play B. Break, Break, Break 911. ‘Lucy Gray’ is a poem written by: C. Maud A. Coleridge D. Crossing the Bar B. WordsworthJai Shree918. T. S. Eliot considers Ramto be one of C. Keats Shakespeare’s most assured artistic success D. None of these 912. Who is the writer of The Victorian Pe- A. Hamlet riod? B. King Lear A. Matthew Arnold C. The Tempest B. Robert Herrick D. Coriolanus C. Jeremy Taylor 919. Who is the most illustrious representative of the doctrine of utilitarianism? D. Thomas Hobbes 496 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Ruskin A. Mills’s "on liberty’ (1859) to end of century (1900) B. Russell B. Reform Bill (1832) to end of Boer War C. Huxley (1902) D. None of these C. Birth of Tennyson (1809) to his death 920. The Mayor of Caster Bridge was written (1892) by: D. Tennyson’s Poems, Chiefly Lyrical A. Trollope (1830) to death of Queen Victoria (1901) 926. Who is the writer of The Modern and B. Thomas Hardy The Postmodern Period? C. Charles Dickens A. Henrik Ibsen D. None of these B. Alexander Pope 921. The poem ‘Under the Green Wood Tree’ C. Jonathan Swift was written by D. Daniel Defoe A. William Wordsworth 927. was written by Shakespeare. B. Robert Browning A. As You Like It C. William Shakespeare B. King Lear D. Ralph Hodgson C. Macbeth 922. Who is the writer of the book ’Robinson D. Hamlet Crusoe" 928. Who said this “Poetry is the Criticism of life”: A. Daniel Defoe A. Byron B. John Keats B. T. S. Eliot C. Charles Dickens C. Arnold D. John Milton D. None of these 923. ‘The child is the father of man’ is a line 929. Who wrote ‘Gulliver’s Travels’? from Wordsworth’s: A. R. L. Stevenson A. Immortality Ode B. Daniel Defoe B. The Prelude C. Jonathan Swift C. My heart leaps when I Behold a Rain- D. William Worsdworth bow in the Sky. 930. The Eve of St. Agnes is written by: D. None of these A. Keats 924. Which of the following poems by Ten- B. Blake nyson is a monodrama? C. Tennyson NarayanA. Ulysses Changder D. None of these B. Break, Break, Break 931. Lingua Franca refers to the term- C. Maud A. first language D. Crossing the Bar B. second language 925. The Victorian age can be dated by which C. official language of the following events and years: D. common language 497

932. Full name of T. S Eliot is 939. In which year Winston Churchill got the Novel prize in literature? A. Thomas stearns B. Thompson Simson A. 1943 C. Thomas Stewart B. 1945 D. Thomas Stephen C. 1948 933. The poem ‘Isle of Innisfree’ is written D. 1953 by 940. The following characteristics are of Os- A. Dylan Thomas car Wild’s EXCEPT : B. W.H Auden A. a poet C. Ezra Pound B. a novelist D. W.B. Yeats C. an essayist 934. Santiago is an illustration of: D. a dramatist A. Hemingway’s respect for struggle 941. The ‘Solitary Reaper’ is a- B. Hemingway’s total view of life A. heroic poem C. Hemingway’s philosophy of life B. romantic poem D. None of these C. classical poem 935. Byron wrote ‘Childe Harold’ in: D. didactic poem A. 1808 942. Who wrote the ‘Odyssey and Iliad’? B. 1812 A. Milton C. 1818 B. Hoffman D. None of these C. Vergil 936. In what year did Shakespeare die? D. Homer A. 1570 AD 943. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet had Daugh- B. 1580 AD ters. C. 1630 AD A. Six D. 1616 AD B. Seven 937. Ruskin belonged to (which age) C. Five A. Romantic age Jai ShreeD. None of these Ram B. Victorian age 944. Who did write/publish preface to lyrical C. Augustan age ballads: D. None of these A. Wordsworth 938. Dorothy was the gifted sister of: B. Shelley A. R. Browning C. Keats B. Shelley D. None of these C. Wordsworth 945. Which of the following ages in literary D. Coleridge history is the latest? 498 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. The Augustan Age A. Chaucer B. The Victorian Age B. Boccaccio C. The Georgian Age C. Dante D. The Restoration Age D. Plutarch 952. ‘Brick Lane’ is written by- 946. What is a Myth? A. Virginia Woolf A. a ﬁctitious or imaginative story B. George Eliot B. a legend of hero C. Charles Dickens C. a short narrative poem D. Monica Ali D. a long narrative poem 953. What is sonnet? 947. "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" is A. A prose of special nature a satirical attack on contemporary writers who had annoyed Byron. B. A sacred poem of reputed poet A. True C. A poem of fourteen lines B. False D. A criticism of a poet 954. Who wrote ‘War and Peace’? C. both A and B A. Thomas Hardly D. none of these B. Robert Lewis Stevenson 948. Rhymed decasyllables, nearly always in iambic Pentameters rhymed in Pairs are C. Scott called: D. Leo Tolstoy A. Heroic Couplet 955. Who is sometimes called ‘Rebel Poet’? B. Blank verse A. S. T. Coleridge C. Terza Rima B. John Keats D. Spenserian stanza C. Lord Byron 949. A phrase, line or lines repeated at inter- D. Blake vals during a poem and especially at the 956. “If winter come can spring be far end of a stanza is called: behind”-quoted from? A. Period A. Shelley B. Refrain B. Wordsworth C. Feminine Ending C. Keats D. Alexandrine D. Coleridge 957. How many plays did Shakespeare com- 950. William Shakespeare is a famous Narayan Changderpose? A. dramatist A. 154 B. novelist B. 38 C. essayist C. 29 D. critic D. 26 951. Who is the writer of Decameron 958. ‘Ode to the west wind’ is by 499

A. Keats 965. Which of following Books consists of B. Shelley Ruskin’s lectures: C. Coleridge A. Modern painters D. Wordsworth B. The Stones of Venice 959. Who is the author of ‘The Picture of Do- C. The Crown of wild olive rian Gray’? D. None of these A. Aldous Huxley 966. Fortinbras is a character of the play: B. Boris Pasternauk A. Othello C. Oscar Wilde D. Fitzerald B. Hamlet 960. Shakespeare died in: C. King Lear A. 1625 D. None of these B. 1616 967. The Advertisement added to the Lyrical C. 1618 Ballads was published in: D. None of these A. 1800 961. T. S Eliot was born in B. 1802 A. Ireland C. 1798 B. England D. None of these C. Wales 968. “Water, water, everywhere, And all the D. USA boards did shrink; Water, water, every- 962. John Keats died of- where, Nor any drop to drink.”-from A. accident which poem? B. tuberculosis A. Intimation of Immortality C. drowned in the sea B. Tintern Abbey D. plane crash C. Don Juan 963. ‘Ophelia’ is an important character in the D. Rime of the Ancient Mariner Shakespeare play- 969. Who wrote ‘Sense and Sensibility’? A. Hamlet B. Macbeth A. Emily Dickinson C. The TempestJai ShreeB. Virginia Woolf Ram D. King Lear C. Jane Austen 964. the quality when man is capa- D. None ble of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching af- 970. Which of the following is a Victorian ter fact and reason’ is: novelist? A. Objectivity A. Thomas Carlyle B. Subjectivity B. Francis Bacon C. Negative capability C. John Done D. Scepticism D. Mathew Arnold 500 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

971. “Men may be beaten, chained, tor- A. Keats mented, yoked like cattle, slaughtered like B. Wordsworth summer flies . . . yet remain free . . . ” This was said by: C. Coleridge A. Carlyle D. Byron 978. “David Copperfield” was written by: B. J.S. Mill A. Hardy C. Ruskin B. Dickens D. Mathew Arnold C. Thackeray 972. What is the real name of George Eliot? D. None of these A. T. S Eliot 979. Pleasure and joy in Beauty become a B. Jane Austen feast of the scenes in the poetry of: C. Mary Anne Evans A. Shelley D. William Hazlitt B. Keats 973. What the term Trilogy refers? C. Byron A. three stanza poem D. None of these B. a three series of poems 980. ‘Desert Places’ is a: C. a triangular drama A. Poem B. Play D. a series of three drama C. Novel 974. Hazlitt’s intellectual awakening had been stimulated by: D. None of these A. Shakespeare 981. Father of antiquities were: B. Coleridge A. Socrates B. Aristotle C. Wordsworth C. Plato D. De Quincey D. All of these 975. Who wrote "20th Century Views"? 982. Lamb, Leigh Hunt and Hazlitt are A. Abrahams, M. H. A. Poets B. Palmer, D. J. B. Essayists C. Bertrand Russell C. Novelists D. None of these D. None of these 976. Which one of the following is the first 983. The phrase ‘trunk less legs’ in the poem long poem in English? ‘Ozymandias’ refers to NarayanA. Beowulf Changder A. hug legs B. Dream of the Road B. legs without toes C. The Seafarer C. legs without body D. The Wanderer D. beautiful legs 977. ‘Egotistical Sublime’ is a phrase coined 984. Which of the following is not a play by by: Shakespeare? 501

A. Hamlet A. Evelina B. Macbeth B. Emma C. Dr. Faustus C. Pamela D. None of these D. Persuasion 985. ‘The Hollow Men’ is written by: 992. Which poetry is written by sir Walter Scott? A. T.S. Eliot A. Patriotism B. Ezra Pound B. The Patriot C. Yeats C. A Frosty Night D. Larkin D. All of the above 986. ‘Paradise Lost’ is a/an 993. What was the reason behind Elinor’s A. short story death? B. epic poem A. Cancer B. Tuberculises C. play C. Diariea D. lyrical poem D. Colera 987. Short story is not than story. 994. Who was both a poet and a Priest? A. shorter A. Andrew Marvell B. longer B. George Herbert C. smaller C. Edmund Spencer D. huger D. Robert Browning 988. Which of the following is exceptional? 995. T. S. Eliot was a A. William Blake A. Critic B. William Wordsworth B. Poet C. William Butler Yeats C. Both D. Thomas Gray D. None of these 989. Hamlet was killed by: 996. Samson Agonists: Play :: A. Polonius A. The Conquest of Granada : Satire B. Learteus B. The Rivals : Play C. ClaudiusJai ShreeC. Clarissa : PlayRam D. Paradise Regained: Play D. None of these 997. Who is the writer of ‘The Lover’s Tale’? 990. ‘Unto This Last’ is a book written by: A. George Bernard Shaw A. Mill on economic reforms B. Christopher Marlowe B. Carlyle on moral reforms C. William Shakespeare C. Ruskin on moral reforms D. A. Lord Tennyson D. None of these 998. Who is the writer of The Restoration Pe- 991. is a novel by Miss Burney riod? 502 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Robert Herrick A. Blake B. John Bunyan B. Tennyson C. Jeremy Taylor C. Browning D. Wordsworth D. Thomas Hobbes 1005. Which one is not written by Robert 999. ‘A Little Girl Lost’ is written by: Browning? A. Wordsworth A. Adonais B. Blake B. The Patriot C. Keats C. Andrea del Sarto D. None of these D. My Last Duchess 1006. "The Recluse" was written by: 1000. Who wrote the short story ‘The Gift of the Magi’? A. Worsdworth A. William Wordsworth B. Coleridge C. W. Blake B. Robert Frost D. Southey C. Jane Auste 1007. ‘Paradise Lost’ attempted to D. O’ Henry A. Justify the ways of man to God 1001. Who belongs to the theatre of Absurd B. Justify the ways of God to man A. Oscar Wilde C. Show that the Satan and god have B. Backett equal power D. Explain why good and evil are neces- C. Ibsen sary. D. None of these 1008. The arrangement of events in the order 1002. Lilliputians symbolize excessive hu- of their occurrence is- man: A. Chronometer A. Jealousy B. Chorology B. confidence C. Chronicle C. Ego D. Choreography 1009. Who is the writer of ‘Dramatic D. none of these Lyrics’? 1003. The lines ‘The one remains, the many A. Shelley change and pass; Heaven’s light for ever B. Wordsworth shines, earth’s shadow fly; are composed by: C. William Shakespeare NarayanA. Shelley ChangderD. Robert Browning 1010. The Wilde Swans at Coole is first great B. Byron collection of poems of C. Keats A. W. Lewis D. Southey B. Yeats 1004. Who did write an epic on the growth of C. D. H. Lawrence his own mind? D. None of these 503

1011. Which of the following novelists is 1018. What is Iambic Pentameter? known for his Satire in the Victorian liter- A. a six foot line verse ature? B. a three foot line verse A. Charlotte Bronte B. Thackeray C. a four foot line verse C. Hardy D. a five foot line verse D. Meredith 1019. Which one is the correct form below? 1012. What is an Epigram? A. Emma-Goethe A. a terse and witty statement B. Freedom-Shakespeare B. a short fiction C. War and Peace-Tolstoy C. a long poem D. all the above D. a wise man 1020. ‘Hero and Hero worship’ was written 1013. Which is the first successful English by: Novel? xix A. Ruskin A. Gorboduc B. Carlyle B. Pamela C. Mill C. Iliad D. None of these D. Robinson Crusoe 1021. After whom the Elizabethan Age is 1014. Which play among the following plays named: is not blank verse? A. Hamlet A. Elizabeth I B. The Jew of Malta B. Elizabeth II C. Pygmalion C. Elizabeth Browning D. None of these D. None of these 1015. Beowulf is a/an- 1022. “She looked over his shoulder For vines A. an epic poem and olive trees, Marble well-governed cities And ships upon untamed seas.”- B. an elegy these lines are the starting of? C. a novel A. Lullaby D. a burlesque B. The Shield Of Achilles 1016. John Keats is known as poet of C. The Waste Land A. Beauty Jai Shree Ram D. Sailing to Byzantium B. Love 1023. Jane Austen’s main theme in her novels C. Nature especially in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is: D. None of them A. Love and marriage 1017. When did Frost visit the Soviet Union? B. Life of big landlords A. 1964 C. Politicians B. 1963 C. 1962 D. None of these D. 1961 1024. ‘Faerie Queen’ is a/an 504 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Play 1031. The speaker of ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ saw B. short story C. epic A. wet daffodils D. novel B. yellow daffodils 1025. Who wrote ‘The Spanish Tragedy’? C. fair daffodils A. John Lyly D. golden daffodils B. Thomas Kyd 1032. In ‘The Solitary Reaper’ what word solitary mean? C. Robert Green A. classical D. Christopher Marlowe 1026. ‘Lapis Lazuli’ is a poem written by: B. modern A. Hopkins C. romantic B. W. B. Yeats D. Greek C. Larkin 1033. Wordsworth settled in D. None of these A. Lake District 1027. The ﬁrst tragedy written in English is B. Sussex A. Edward II C. Cumber Land B. Doctor Faustus D. None of these C. The Jew of Malta 1034. “went-home” means- D. Gorboduc A. making money very rapidly, earning 1028. The author of the book ‘Asian Drama’ large sums easily. is B. deeply appealed to A. Shakespeare C. faithful to their employers B. Gunnar Myrdal D. in keeping C. Humayun Kobir 1035. ‘The Silent Woman’ is a play by- D. Bertrand Russel A. G.B. Shaw 1029. Who wrote the book "Republic" B. Shakespeare A. Marx C. Marlowe B. Socrates D. Ben Johnson C. Plato 1036. Kazi Nazrul Islam is the poet of D. Aristotle Bangladesh. 1030.NarayanThe abstract theory of utilitarianism is Changder A. Romantic the theme of Dicken’s novel: A. Bleak House B. national B. A Tale of Two Cities C. love C. Hard Times D. mystic D. Great Expectations 1037. What the term Oxymoron refers? 505

A. two same ideas are combined A. 1989 B. self-contradictory ideas B. 1798 C. two language C. 1998 D. two contradictory ideas express one D. None of these thing 1044. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a- 1038. Who suggested Shelley to “Curb your A. Comedy magnanimity and be more of a poet’? B. Tragedy A. Wordsworth C. Historical B. Coleridge D. Tragicomedy C. Keats 1045. ‘The Jew of Malta’ is written by? D. Blake A. William Shakespeare 1039. Which of the following is illustrative of B. Christopher Marlowe Ruskin’s interest in social economy? C. Ben Johnson A. The Seven Lamps D. William Congreve B. Unto this Last 1046. Objectivity stands for- C. The Stones of Venice A. personal expression B. impersonal expression D. None of these C. immature communication 1040. Who is the composer of ‘Paradise Lost’? D. matured notion A. John Keats 1047. ‘Haste me to know’t, that I, with wings as Swift as meditation or the thoughts B. Lord Byron of love, May Sweep to my revenge’ is C. S. T. Coleridge a speech from. D. John Milton A. Lear B. Macbeth 1041. Waiting for Godot by S. Beckett was originally written in C. Othello A. Italian D. Hamlet B. Spanish 1048. ‘The Jew of Malta’ is written by? A. William Shakespeare C. German Jai ShreeB. Christopher Ram Marlowe D. French C. Ben Johnson 1042. Keats’ aestheticism was later turned into D. William Congreve 1049. is an attack by Ruskin on the A. Romanticism Philistines. B. Pre...Raphaelitism A. Modern Painters C. Idealism B. stones of Venice D. None of these C. seven lamps of architecture 1043. Romantic Period starts from? D. praeterita 506 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1050. “None of thou shalt be my paramour” 1057. Who is the writer of The Elizabethan these words are attributed to: Period? A. Helen of Troy – Dr. Faustus A. Caedmon B. Marlow’s Jew of Malta B. Dante C. Marlow’s Tamburlaine C. Edmund Spenser D. None of these D. Cynewulf 1051. Which book of Taslima Nasrin was first 1058. "Saki" is the pen name of banned A. Somerset Maugham A. Amar Meyebela B. KA Abbas B. Utal Hawa C. Wilkie Collins C. Lajja D. Hector Hugh Munro D. Dwikhondito 1059. Shakespeare’s Hamlet is 1052. What is ‘Linguistics’? A. A tragedy A. the study of literature B. Comedy B. the study of history C. both A and B C. the scientific study of language D. none of these D. none of the above 1060. Who established the first English print- 1053. Who wrote ‘The Bluest Eyes’? ing press? A. Arthur Miller A. William Caxton B. Saul Bellow B. George Eliot C. Tony Morrison C. Thomas Hardy D. None D. None of the above 1054. T. S. Eliot was born in 1061. ‘Wuthering Heights’ is- A. 1887 A. a novel by Charlotte Bronte B. 1888 B. a novel by Anne Bronte C. 1817 C. a novel by Thomas Hardy D. None of these D. a novel by Emily Bronte 1055. T. S. Eliot was 1062. was proposed by Robert Frost. A. Romantic A. Elimate B. Classicist B. Eliot C. Both C. Elinor NarayanD. None of these ChangderD. elli Willy 1056. Who is the writer of The Restoration 1063. Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ is Period? a A. Robert Herrick A. Tragedy B. William Congreve B. Comedy C. Thomas Hobbes C. Satire D. Jeremy Taylor D. Lyric 507

1064. Who is the writer of The Middle En- A. Blake glish Period? B. Byron A. William Shakespeare, Lord Tennyson C. Wordsworth B. William Wordsworth D. Keats C. Durante degli Alighieri (Dante) 1071. The description of incidents in se- D. Lord Tennyson quence is called- 1065. Adonais is an elegy on the death of: A. archive A. Moschus B. chronology B. Edward William C. anthology C. John Keats D. antenna D. Shakespeare 1072. Paul David and Pip are the three notable descriptions of sensitive, nervous child- 1066. In ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ the hood in the works of: daffodils gave the poet A. Thackery A. a great deal of pleasure B. Kingsley B. very pleasure C. Dickens C. much pleasure D. Austin D. many pleasure 1073. You your home work by the time 1067. Who is the modern philosopher who the movies starts. was rewarded Nobel Prize for literature? A. will have finished A. Baker B. finished B. Kissinger C. will finished C. Lenin D. will finish D. B. Russell 1074. Which Booker Prize winning novel is 1068. Beckett was born in Dublin Ireland. chossen as the ’the best novel out of all the A. In 1906 winners’ on its 25th and 40th anniversary B. In 1969 A. Holiday C. In 1952 B. The Conservationist D. None ofJai these ShreeC. Midnight’s Ram Children 1069. Who is also known as the “Lady with D. Something to Answer For the Lamp”? 1075. Robert Frost attend in which school? A. Florence Nightingale A. Laiciam High School B. Sarojini Naidu B. Lawrence High School C. Rani Laxmibai C. Adarsha High School D. Bachendri Pal D. Licium High School 1070. Who believed that poetry is the sponta- 1076. The only play by Shakespeare which neous overflow of emotions? confirms to the classical unities is: 508 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Hamlet 1083. Who among the Romantic poets chores B. Twelfth Night the ‘Super natural’ as his theme? C. Romeo and Juliet A. Coleridge D. None of these B. Shelley 1077. The Last Ride Together was written by: C. Byron A. Byron D. Keats B. Tennyson 1084. ‘The Stone of Venice’ was written by: C. Browning A. J. S. Mill D. None of these B. Carlyle 1078. Arms and the Man, Candida and Man C. Ruskin and Super Man are written by: D. None of these A. Shaw 1085. What the term Objectivity refers? B. Butler C. Moris A. Impersonal expression in literary works D. Wells B. individual 1079. Who is the author of ‘Point Counter- point’? C. personal expression in works A. Charlotte Bronte D. disinterested person B. H. G. Wells 1086. ‘Andrea Del Sarto’ is a poem written C. John Galsworthy by: D. Aldous Huxley A. Tennyson 1080. ‘The Art for Art sake’ theory was pre- B. Browning sented by: C. Keats A. Ruskin D. T. S. Eliot B. Oscar Wilde 1087. ‘Who knows but the world many end C. None of these to...night.’ In which of Browning’s poems D. Oscar Wilde the above line appears? 1081. Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ is a A. The Last Ride together B. One Word More A. comedy C. The Last Duchess B. satire D. None of these C. tragedy 1088. What lies half sunk in the sand in Shel- NarayanD. historical play Changderley’s ‘Ozymandias’? 1082. One of the following is about sin and A. broken statue punishment- B. two trunkless legs A. For the Fallen C. an ancient place B. Tree at my Window C. A Mother in Mannville D. broken head of a statue 1089. Who is William Hazlitt? D. The Ancient Mariner 509

A. Novelist 1096. ‘Hasting day’ in ‘To Daffodils’ means B. Essayist A. ﬁrst day C. Dramatist B. quiet day D. Poet 1090. “We are such stuff as dreams are made”. C. ﬁnishing day Whose words are these. D. hurriedly passing a day A. Shakespeare 1097. Which of following Books consists of Ruskin’s lectures: B. Marlowe A. Modern painters C. Philip Sydney B. The Stones of Venice D. None of these 1091. ‘Ballad’ is C. The Crown of wild olive A. a kind of short narrative poem D. None of these 1098. Who of the follwing was both a poet B. a kind of short condoling poem and painter? C. a kind of short love poem A. Spenser D. a rhymic verse B. Keats 1092. The proper study of mankind in man. This line is taken from the work of: C. Donne A. Wordsworth D. Blake 1099. Choose the right answer: Chaucer is B. Pope the representative poet of C. Swift A. 17th Century D. Thomson B. 14th Century 1093. The poet of ‘Romantic Age’ is C. 16th Century A. George Well D. 18th Century B. D. H. Lawrence 1100. Bathos refers-v C. John Milton A. ridiculous in writing or speech D. John Keats B. a pathetic description 1094. Milton’s ’Comus’ is C. pathetic events A. An absurd play Jai ShreeD. antiquity of Ram style, manner or use B. A short story 1101. ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ a novel written C. A masque by- D. An elegy A. Charles Dickens 1095. Victorian Age starts from? B. Lawrence A. 1801 C. Shakespeare B. 1901 D. Hardy C. 1885 1102. Which. of the following is not a play by Shakespeare? D. 1832 510 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Tempest 1109. "Prophets of Nature ...... B. Pygmalion ...... What we have loved Other will love ...... ” In which C. King Lear poem by Wordsworth do these lines ap- D. None of these pear? 1103. ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ is a famous story A. Excursion by- B. One Summer Evening A. Pearl S. Buck C. Prelude B. Jonathan Swift D. None of these C. Ben Johnson 1110. Poet of sensuousness D. D.H. Lawrence A. P. B Shelley 1104. Who is called the father of English B. William Wordsworth Prose? C. John Keats A. Henry Fielding D. Byron B. William Shakespeare 1111. Who is the writer of The Middle En- C. William Wordsworth glish Period? D. John Wycliffe A. William Shakespeare 1105. Earnest Hemingway got Nobel Prize B. William Wordsworth for- C. Lord Tennyson A. Old Man and the Sea D. John Wycliff B. A Farewell to Arms 1112. Francis Bacon was an English- C. Man and Superman A. essayist D. Life of Pea (Ryan Martel) B. novelist 1106. Dream Children was written by C. dramatist A. Leigh Hunt D. poet B. Charles Lamb 1113. Who is the author of ‘After Strange C. Ruskin Gods’? D. None of these A. Shaw 1107. ‘Huckleberry Finn’ is a novel written B. Robert Frost by- C. Eliot A. Robert Frost D. None of these B. Emily Dickinson 1114. Who is the writer of The Modern and NarayanC. Mark Twain ChangderThe Post Modern Period? D. Walt Whitman A. A. P. J. Abul Kalam 1108. "Intellectual Beauty" is written by: B. Alexander Pope A. Bertrand Russell C. Daniel Defoe B. Huxley D. Jonathan Swift C. P.B.Shelley 1115. Which is known as Romantic Period of English literature? D. None of these 511

A. 1550-1558 1122. Spenser was: B. 1649-1660 A. Novelist C. 1798-1832 B. Dramatist D. 1910-1936 C. Prose writer 1116. Shakespeare is known mostly for his- D. None of these A. poetry 1123. Who is regarded as "The father of the English Novel" B. an autobiography A. Joseph Addison C. a diary B. Henry Fielding D. plays 1117. An elaborate classical form in which C. Samuel Pepys one Shepherd – Singer laments the death D. John Bunyan of another is called: 1124. What is a Character? A. Pastoral Romance A. a poet of writing B. Pastoral Elegy B. a joker of the writing C. Ballad C. any person in a literary work D. Epic D. a famous man in play 1118. ‘Biographia Literaria’ Written by- 1125. What do you mean by Irony? A. Wordsworth A. a satiric imitation B. Coleridge B. a burlesque imitation C. Keats C. a kind of parody D. Shelley D. difference between reality and appear- 1119. Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the ance Individual in Society was ﬁrst awarded to 1126. “Thou glorious mirror, where the A. Max Frisch Almighty’s form Glasses itself in tempest”. The above line occur in Byron’s: B. André Schwarz-Bart A. Fame C. Bertrand Russell B. Waterloo D. Ignazio Silone 1120. Under the Greenwood Tree is a: C. Roll on, Thou deep and dark Blue Oceans A. Tale of rustic life Jai ShreeD. None of these Ram B. Tale of man’s destruction of nature 1127. ‘The Wheel of Fire’ a criticism was C. Historical novel written by D. Tale of city life A. W. Knight 1121. The Faire Queen is written by- B. Hazlitt A. Tennyson C. Dryden B. Chaucer D. None of these C. Browning 1128. Who is the major male character in Jane D. Spenser Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’: 512 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Mr. Darcy A. Hard Times B. Mr. Bennett B. David Copperfield C. Mr. Collius C. Oliver Twist D. None of these D. A Tales of Two Cities 1129. The Revolt of Islam is a: 1135. What do you mean by a Play or Drama? A. Novel A. a literary lyric B. a literary work performing on a stage B. An epic C. a literary prose fiction on stage C. Lyrical Drama D. a poem to the alter of God D. None of these 1136. Total number of categories for which 1130. Which of the following novels of Hardy Pulitzer Prize has been awarded has ‘clymn’ as the main male character? A. 7 A. Tess of the D’Urberville B. 12 B. Major of the Casterbridge C. 17 C. Jude the Obscure D. 21 D. None of these 1137. Which book win the first Man Booker 1131. is known as the father of detec- Prize tive stories A. Troubles A. Edgar Allen Poe B. Something to Answer For B. Anton Chekov C. The Conservationist C. Aurthur Conan Doyle D. Heat and Dust D. Judith Wright 1138. Who is the author of ‘Pride and Preju- dice’? 1132. When was published the novel ‘Lorna Doone’? A. Emily Bronte A. 1869 B. Jane Austen B. 1870 C. Charles Dickens C. 1871 D. Charlotte Bronte 1139. Equivocation means- D. 1872 A. two contrary things in same statement 1133. In which poem lies the line ‘The One remain, the many change and pass’? B. equal opportunity A. Adonis C. free expression of opinion Narayan ChangderD. a true statement B. Hymn to Intellectual Beauty C. The cloud 1140. John Keats is a- A. poet D. None of these B. dramatist 1134. It as the best of times, it was the worst of time, it was the worst – the opening of C. artist Dickens’ D. none 513

1141. George Eliot and T.S. Eliot are: A. H. G. Wells : Great science ﬁction writer A. Brother & Sister B. G. B. Shaw : great modern dramatist B. Contemporary writers C. Samuel Beckett : great Irish novelist C. Modern poets 67 D. Critics D. Arthur Miller : Known playwright 1142. Who is of the following both a poet and 1148. William Shakespeare is the writer of a novelist? A. George Eliot A. Paradise Lost B. Thomas Hardy B. Old Man & the Sea C. Karl Mark C. Daffodils D. R. L. Stevenson D. King Lear 1143. How many time Robert Frost proposed 1149. Coward die before their death Elinor? A. much time A. 1st time B. many time B. 3rd times C. enough time C. 2nd times D. many times D. 4th times 1150. What is Novella? x 1144. Jane Austen in addition to, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ had also written: A. a short story of drama A. Emma B. a short narrative poem B. Sense and Sensibility C. a short narrative ﬁctional prose C. Persuasion D. an essay of satire D. All of these 1151. Texts like Waiting for Godot are: 1145. Which of the following writer rejected A. Ageless Nobel Prize? B. Rare A. Samuel Becket C. Priceless B. Heaney D. None of these C. Leo TolstoyJai Shree1152. In which Ram novel by Hardy are "Hayshope", "Flint Comb Ash" and "stone D. Ja Paul Satre Henge" used as backdrop: 1146. Charles Dickens was born in A. A pair of Blue Eyes A. 1800 B. Jude the Obscure B. 1789 C. Return of the Native C. 1812 D. Tess of the d’Urbervilles D. None of these 1153. Who is the writer of The Restoration 1147. Find the Odd One? Period? 514 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Robert Herrick 1160. Emile Bronte’s verse reveals a conscious B. William Wycherley C. Jeremy Taylor A. Paganism D. Thomas Hobbes B. Pantheism 1154. ‘Lady Windermere’s fan’ is written by: C. Lyricism A. Oscar Wilde D. None of these B. Galsworthy 1161. The phrase "Willing suspension of disbelief" was coined by C. T. S. Eliot A. Wordsworth D. None of these 1155. The famous poem ‘Ulysses’ is written B. Coleridge by? C. Eliot A. Homer D. Arnold B. Tennyson 1162. Who wrote “The Second Coming”? C. Popem A. E. Spencer D. Alex Haley B. Eliot 1156. Who wrote Samson Agonistes and Par- C. W. B. Yeats adise Lost? A. Spenser D. None of these 1163. Any one of the following pairs are liter- B. Milton ary collaborators- C. Byron A. Eliot and Pound D. Pope B. Yeats and Eliot 1157. The last line of ‘To daffodils’ is C. Pope and Dryden A. Ne’er to be seen again D. Shelley and Keats B. Vanish like summer’s rain 1164. Who believes in Pantheism? C. Ne’re to be found again A. Lord Byron D. As quack a growth of meet decay 1158. Joseph Andrews was written by B. William Wordsworth A. Richardson C. John Keats B. Fielding D. All of them C. Bunyan 1165. ‘To the Lighthouse’ and ‘A Room of one’s Own’ written by- D. None of these Narayan ChangderA. Virginia Woolf 1159. Who is the romantic precursor in En- glish poetry? B. Charlotte Bronte A. William Blake C. J.M. Synage B. Tennyson D. None C. Robert browning 1166. ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ is a novel D. Shelley written by- 515

A. Thomas Hardy 1173. What is the full name of the great Amer- B. John Stuart Mill ican short story writer O’Henry? C. Charles Dickens A. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings D. Emily Bronte 8 B. Walt Whitman 1167. The image of the femme fatale domi- C. Mark Twain nates the poetry of: D. William Sydney Porter A. Wordsworth 1174. Who is the considered to be the Rebel B. Keats Poet in English Literature? C. Byron A. John Keats D. Tennyson B. Lord Byron 1168. Oscar Wilde’s novel published in 1891 was entitled as: C. William Shakespeare A. the importance of being earnest D. Lord Tennyson B. lady windermere’s fan 1175. In 1850, Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as poet laureate. C. a woman of no importance D. Salome A. True 1169. The novel ‘Roots’ was written by B. False C. both A and B A. Henry Miller D. none of these B. H. G. Wells 1176. Who wrote ‘Romola’? C. Alex Heley A. Thomas Hardy D. P. B. Shelly 1170. ‘A woman of no importance’ is a B. W. M. Thackery by Oscarwilde: C. George Eliot A. Comedy D. R. L. Stevenson B. Tragedy 1177. Who is the author of ‘The Taming of C. Dramatic Romance the Shrew’? D. Farce A. Shaw 1171. Who wrote the poem ‘The Sun Ris- B. William Shakespeare ing’? C. Ibsen A. John DonneJai Shree Ram D. Jonsen B. Lord Byron 1178. Would you tell Sordelo (Browning) as C. William Wordsworth a: D. None of them A. Dramatic Monologue 1172. Who is called the ‘Rebel Poet’? B. Dramatic Lyrics A. P. B. Shelly B. John Keats C. Tragic Drama C. S. T. Coleridge D. None of these D. Lord Byron 1179. “A Farewell to Arms” is written by: 516 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Faulkner 1186. Yann Martel is a/an novelist. B. Hemmingway A. English C. James Joyce B. American D. Virginia Woolf C. Irish 1180. The author of ‘Songs of Innocence’ and D. Canadian ‘Songs of Experience’ is- 1187. Jane Austen’s main theme in her novels A. John Lennon especially in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is: B. Richard Mark A. Love and marriage C. John Keats B. Life of big landlords D. William Blake C. Politicians 1181. Who after the publication of a poem, D. None of these awoke and found himself famous? 1188. The sentence ‘Who would have thought A. Shelley Shylock was so unkind’? expresses B. Browning A. hyperbole C. Wordsworth B. intreeogation D. Keats C. command 1182. Shylock is a character of D. wonder A. Doctor Faustus 1189. Adonais was an elegy Shelley wrote in B. The Merchant of Venice 1821 on the death of: C. The Way of the World A. Keats D. Arms and the Man B. Byron 1183. How many degree did Robert Frost C. Arthur Hugh Clough achieve? D. William Hazlit A. 40 honorary degrees 1190. ‘Paradise Lost’ attempts to- B. 30 honorary degrees A. Justify the ways of man to God C. 10 honorary degrees B. Show that the Satan and God have D. 20 honorary degrees equal power 1184. What is the meaning Hymn? C. Explain why good and evil are necessary A. song in praise of poet D. Justify the ways of God to man B. a song in praise of country 1191. Of the following authors who wrote an C. song in praise of God epic? NarayanD. a mixture of two language Changder A. Jane Mansﬁeld 1185. ‘The Waste Land’ is a/an? B. John Milton A. Epic C. William Cowper B. Poem D. William Shakespeare C. Novel 1192. Award of Nobel Prize in Literature was started from the year D. Drama 517

A. 1901 A. Hemingway B. 1911 B. Santiago C. 1913 C. Manolin D. 1917 D. None of these 1193. Which was Robert Frost’s famous 1199. Maggie is the central character in poem? George Eliot’s: A. Henry Holt A. Adam Bede B. North of Boston B. Middle March C. The road not taken C. The Mill on the Floss D. Mountain Interval D. Silas Morner 1194. Your plan is a good one if a girl only 1200. Who said "Tragedy imitates men as bet- wants to be married. Who said these ter and comedy as worse than they really words? are." A. Charlotte A. Aristotle B. Mr. Bennet B. Shakespeare C. Mr. Bingley C. Dryden D. None of these D. Bradley 1195. ‘Money is a tie of all ties. It is a tie 1201. ‘Withdrawal from an uncongenial which ties and unties all ties’ is quotation world of escape either to death or more of- from ten, to an ideal dream world’, is the theme A. Past and Present of Tennyson’s: B. Of Money A. Ulysses C. Of Marriage B. The Palace of Arts D. None of these C. The Lotos ... Eaters 1196. Which poem is written by Walt Whit- D. None of these man? 1202. Which of the novels of Hemingway is A. Song of myself called Hemingway’s Waste Land? B. Song of Innocence A. The Old Man and the Sea C. Song of Experience B. Farewell to Arms D. none of theseJai ShreeC. For Whom Ram the Bell Tolls 1197. Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ was published D. None of these in: 1203. Which Victorian Poet is called the psy- A. 1602 chologist? B. 1608 A. Rossetti C. 1610 B. Morris D. None of these C. Browning 1198. Who said these words in ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ . . . “No one should be alone D. Swinburne in their old age”: 1204. ‘The Origin of Species’ is written by- 518 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Newton A. Henry Fielding B. Charles Darwin B. William Shakespeare C. Galileo C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Mary Curie D. Robert Browning 1205. Who is the writer of The Jacobean Pe- 1212. The play Arms and the Man is by- riod? A. James Joyce A. Cynewulf B. Arthur Miller B. Dante C. Samuel Beckett C. George Herbert D. George Bernard Shaw D. Caedmon 1213. William Wordsworth was born in: 1206. "The Frankenstein" is a novel by: A. 1770 A. W. Scott B. 1771 B. Lewis C. 1772 C. Mrs. Shelley D. 1779 D. If none of these then by whom 1214. Character ‘King Duncan’ is found in- 1207. Who is called the poet of supernatural? A. Othello A. S. T. Coleridge B. Wordsworth B. Macbeth C. Keats C. Julius Caesar D. Shelley D. Henry 8 1208. Which English poet was a Diplomat? 1215. Find the Odd one. A. Geoffrey Chaucer A. Treasure Island B. Shakespeare B. The return of the Native C. Spenser C. Das Capital D. Dante D. Adam Bede 1209. Mary Anne Evans is the same person 1216. ‘Man and Superman’ and ‘Arms and as George Eliot. The Man’ were written by- A. True A. G.B. Shaw B. False B. Somerset Maugham C. both A and B C. William Golding D. none of these D. None 1210.NarayanWhat is the main theme of “Paradise 1217. ChangderThe line ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’ Lost”? occurs in which one of Keats’ following A. Justify the ways of man to God poems: B. Justify the ways of God to man A. Ode to Nightingale C. Clash of God and Satan B. Ode to Grecian Urn 1211. Who is known as the father of English C. Ode to Psyche drama? D. None of these 519

1218. What is Limerick? A. Sailing to Byzantium A. a form of one act play B. Among School Children B. a kind of novel C. The Second Coming C. a form of short story D. None of these 1225. Which one of the following poets was D. a form of light verse appointed Poet Laureate in the year 1813? 1219. What do you mean by Syntax? A. Tennyson A. study of speech sounds B. Byron B. study of meaning of words C. Southey C. study of constructing sentence D. Wordsworth 1226. How many types of epic are there? D. constructing passage A. 1 1220. What is the name of ﬁrst modern novel? B.2 A. Pamala or Virtue C. 3 D. 4 B. Silas Marner 1227. Queen Mab is one of the ﬁrst two great C. Jane Eyre poems written by: 1221. ‘The Sun Also Rises’ and ‘For Whom A. Shelley the Bell Tolls’-These two novels were B. Byron written by- C. Blake A. O’Henry D. None of these B. Arthur Miller 1228. “Major Barbra” is written by: C. Earnest Hemingway A. Beckett D. John Osborn B. Eliot 1222. The line “she dwells with Beauty – C. Shaw Beauty that must be” occurs in Keats’ D. None of these A. Lamia 1229. The poem, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” was written by: B. Ode to a Grecian Urn A. Shelley C. Ode on Melancholy B. Blake D. Endymion Jai ShreeC. Byron Ram 1223. Jane Eyre was written by: D. Browning A. C. Dickens 1230. The poem “the Triumph of life” was B. G. Eliot written by: C. C. Bronte A. Keats B. Blake D. J. Austen C. Shelley 1224. ‘How can we know the dancer from the dance’? This line written by Yeats is taken D. None of these from: 1231. A poet is a man speaking to men says? 520 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Pope A. George Bernard Shaw B. Robert Frost B. Christopher Marlowe C. Wordsworth C. A. Lord Tennyson D. None of these D. William Shakespeare 1239. Short Story differs from a Novel by the 1232. Charles Dickens is a great figures of- A. poet A. Length and Characters B. critic B. prose and fiction C. play-wright C. verse and rhymes D. novelist D. rhythms and prosody 1233. Who is the author of the poem ‘The 1240. Hamlet by Shakespeare is Legend of Good Women’? A. a comedy A. Thomas More B. a tragi-comedy B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. an epic C. Roger Bacon D. a tragedy D. William Langland 1241. “If they be two, they are two so A stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the 1234. An Apology for Poetry is written by- fixed foot, makes no show To move, but A. Mathew Arnold doth, if th’ other do”-example of? B. Philip Sydney A. Conceit C. Dr. Johnson B. Ode D. Tomas Stern Eliot C. Allusion 1235. ‘Ode to Autumn’ is written by- D. Simile 1242. ‘Twelfth Night’ is a- A. Shelley A. A Comedy B. Keats B. an Elegy C. Byron C. a Novel D. Blake D. a Tragedy 1236. “Hamlet” is written by- 1243. The treatise ‘On Liberty’ was written A. Christopher Marlowe by: B. William Congreve A. Ruskin C. William Shakespeare B. Lamb D. John Webster C. Mill 1237.Narayan T. S. Eliot was ChangderD. Oscar Wilde 1244. “Things fall apart” is a line from A. Romantic Yeats’s: B. Classicist A. Among School Children C. Both B. Byzentium D. None of these C. Sailing to Byzentium 1238. Who is the writer of ‘Tears Idle Tears’? D. The Second coming 521

1245. Who was statesman but awarded Nobel A. Coleridge Prize in English Literature? B. Keats A. Stalin C. Byron B. Nixon D. Shelley C. Churchill 1252. ‘Faerie Queen’ is a D. Rosevelt A. play 1246. Mathew Arnold said: “An ineffectual B. short story angel beating in the void his luminous C. an epic wings in vain”, about: D. novel A. Keats 1253. Which is the famous elegy written by Shelley? B. Byron A. In Memoriam C. Shelley B. Lycidas D. Blake C. Adonis 1247. Parson Adams and Squire Western are creations of: D. Thyrsis 1254. ‘Adela’ is a character in the novel ‘A A. Richardson Passage to India’ written by- B. Sterne A. E.M. Forster C. Fielding B. William Golding D. Smollett C. Joyce 1248. Literature of Victorian Age reﬂects? D. Hardy A. Instability 1255. The principle of political Economy was the main theme of the writings of: B. Stability A. Ruskin C. Doubtless B. J. S. Mill D. Immorality C. Carlyle 1249. Pauline was written by: D. None of these A. Browning 1256. What the term Humor refers? B. Keats A. anything causes laughter C. Byron B. amazing Jai ShreeC. wonder Ram D. Blake D. rapture 1250. Who is the ﬁrst Humorist in English Literature? 1257. The novel ‘The Jungle Book’ is written by- A. Geoffrey Chaucer A. Toni Morrison B. Robert Browning B. Earnest Hemingway C. Roger Bacon C. Rudyard Kipling D. Cynewulf D. Jean Paul Sartre 1251. Who wrote ‘Prometheus Unbound’? 1258. Who wrote ‘Don Juan’? 522 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Words worth 1265. William Golding got Nobel Prize for his- B. Keats A. Merchant of Venice C. Shelley B. Measure for Measure D. Byron C. The Lord of the Flies 1259. ’Poetry is a spontaneous overﬂow of powerful feeling’ is a deﬁnition of poetry D. Heart of the Matter by 1266. English poet addicted to Opium was- A. Wordsworth A. Lord Byron B. Shelley B. Charles Kingsley C. Coleridge C. S.T. Coleridge D. P.B. Shelly D. None of these 1267. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize for 1260. Who wrote the book ‘Cancer Ward’? literature in: A. Alexander Solzhenitsyn A. 1927 B. Boris Pasternak B. 1832 C. Leo Tolstoy C. 1924 D. Alexander Pope D. None of these 1261. ‘Songs of Experience’ was written by: 1268. B. Shaw confessed to be a disciple of: A. Blake A. Ibsen B. Wordsworth B. Swift C. Keats C. Butler D. Wells D. Shelley 1269. Wordsworth was inspired by 1262. Hero and Hero Worship was written by: A. the French Revolution A. Ruskin B. the American Revolution B. Carlyle C. the Russian Revolution C. J. S. Mill D. the Industrial Revolution D. None of these 1270. Who is Neo-Classic? 1263. What is Diction? A. Tennyson A. the choice of words B. Alexander Pope B. the choice of characters C. Robert Browning C. choice of incidents D. a and c NarayanD. choice of heroine 1271. Changder“East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet”-these lines 1264. Who wrote ‘The New Arabian Night’? were written by? A. Thomas Hardy A. Rudyard Kipling B. W. M. Thackery B. G. B. Shaw C. Charles Dickens C. Toni Morrison D. R. L. Stevenson D. Salmon Rushdie 523

1272. Who is the writer of The Modern and A. England The Post Modern Period? B. America A. Alexander Pope C. Germany B. Daniel Defoe D. Russia C. Jonathan Swift 1279. The subjugation of Women (1869) is an important text of: D. Adolf Hitler A. George Eliot 1273. Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ is a famous B. Byron A. tragedy C. John Mill B. comedy D. Hardy 1280. The second shortest play of Shake- C. tragi-comedy speare is: D. melodrama A. The Winter’s Tale 1274. ‘Paradise Lost’ is written by: B. Much ado about nothing A. Milton C. Tempest B. Pope D. None of these C. Swift 1281. Shakespeare is knows mostly for his D. None of these A. poetry 1275. Which Century belongs to Victorian Pe- riod? B. autobiography A. 19th. C. plays B. 20th D. novels 1282. When did Frost and Elinor were force C. 17th to return to America? D. 18th A. 1912 1276. ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is a B. 1913 C. 1914 A. Play D. 1913 B. short story 1283. O’Henry is famous for- C. novel A. Drama D. poem Jai ShreeB. short story Ram 1277. After whom is the Elizabethan Age C. novel named? D. poem A. Elizabeth...I 1284. Who created the ﬁctional private detec- B. Elizabeth...II tive ‘Sherlock Holmes’? C. Elizabeth Browning A. John Gay D. None of these B. W. B. Somerset Mougham 1278. Maxim Gorky was a famous writer C. Sir A Conan Doyle from D. Dylan Thomas 524 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1285. W. B. Yeats was a/an? A. Winston Churchill A. Irish Poet B. Abraham Lincoln B. English Poet C. T.S. Eliot C. Swedish Poet D. Bertrand Russell 1292. Little Time is a character in Hardy’s D. None of them A. The return of the native 1286. Who is the writer of The Jacobean Pe- riod? B. Jude the Obscure A. John Donne C. Mayor of Casterbridge B. Caedmon D. None of these 1293. Shakespeare was born in: C. Dante A. 1570 D. Cynewulf B. 1564 1287. Who said this “Poetry is the Criticism of life”: C. 1590 D. None of these A. Wordsworth 1294. Who is the author of ‘The Rhyme of B. Byron the Ancient Mariner’? C. T. S. Eliot A. William Wordsworth D. Arnold B. S. T. Coleridge 1288. What do you mean by Synecdoche? C. W. Somerset Maugham A. a figurative story D. Sir Walter Scott B. a story by animal characters 1295. The Descent of Man is by Charles Dar- win, The Confidence-Man : his Masquer- C. a figure of speech stands for whole ade is by- thing A. Karl Mark D. none B. Herman Melville 1289. What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ C. Stuart Mill pen-name D. Thomas Hardy A. Mark Twain 1296. “Gyre” is a favorite symbol with B. Bram Stoker A. T. S. Eliot C. Ernest Hemingway B. Yeats D. Leo Tolstoy C. Emily Dickenson 1290. Jack Worthing is a character created D. None of these by: 1297. ‘Oedipus Rex’ is written by- NarayanA. Shaw Changder A. Socrates B. Dickens B. Shakespeare C. Hardy C. Aristotle D. none of these D. Sophocles 1291. Which philosopher got Nobel Prize in 1298. Upon Wartminister Bridge, written by literature? Wordsworth is: 525

A. Ballad 1305. Which of the following poet was not B. Pastoral poem awarded the Nobel Prize? C. Sonnet A. Eliot D. Lyrical poem B. Yeats 1299. When did Elinor die? C. Rabindranath Tagore A. 1935 D. Milton B. 1937 1306. For Which Shakespeare is known C. 1938 mostly? D. 1936 A. poetry 1300. Love of political freedom, always the B. novels noblest of Byron’s passions, inspired him C. autobiography to write: D. plays A. Manfred 1307. A sub-division of a poem is called- B. The Island C. The prisoner of Chillon A. meter D. The Prophecy of Dante B. foot 1301. Maud and In memoriam were written C. mythology by D. none of these A. Tennyson 1308. Who is known as the father of English B. Keats poetry? C. Shelley A. Milton D. None of these B. Wordsworth 1302. Shaw wrote more than: C. Geoffrey Chaucer A. 30 plays D. Charles Dickens B. 50 plays 1309. Who is the creator of the ﬁctional char- C. 60 plays acter known as Sherlock Holmes D. none of these A. Agatha Christie 1303. Who wrote the book ‘Paradise Re- B. Arthur Conan Doyle gained’? C. Oscar Wilde A. P.B. ShelleyJai Shree Ram D. J. K. Rowling B. John Milton 1310. “He smiles, he laughs and he roars”- C. John Keats this quotation is an example of? D. William Blake A. Conceit 1304. William Shakespeare was Born in: B. Allusion A. 1564 C. Climax B. 1534 C. 1616 D. Satire 1311. ‘Essays of Elia’ was written by D. None of these 526 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. William Hazlitt 1318. Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot and B. Charles Lamb Trollope are: C. Emily Brontee A. Novelists D. Emily Dickinson B. Poets 1312. Which period is known as ‘The golden C. Critics age of English literature’? D. Essayists A. the Victorian age 1319. ‘The Road not Taken’ is a famous poem B. the Elizabethan age of- C. the Restoration age A. Robert Frost D. the Eighteenth century B. Walt Whitman 1313. Who was the King or Queen in early Renaissance Period? C. Emily Dickinson A. Elizabeth 1 D. None B. Charles 2 1320. Restoration period was known as the C. Charles 1 age of : D. Victoria 1 A. satire 1314. Who wrote an epic ‘The Faerie B. paganism Queen’? C. classicism A. Edmund Spenser B. T. S Eliot D. puritanism C. Robert Browning 1321. ‘Mansﬁeld Park’ is a novel by: D. Alfred Tennyson A. Katherine Mansﬁeld 1315. P. B. Shelley is known as B. Emily Bronte A. Epic Poet C. George Eliot B. Romantic Poet D. Jane Austen C. Poet of nature 1322. When did Robert frost search for job? D. Poet of beauty A. 1892 1316. Who wrote the world famous tragic play ‘King Lear’? B. 1891 A. George Bernard Shaw C. 1894 B. William Shakespeare D. 1893 C. Christopher Marlowe 1323. Who represents Prejudice in Jane NarayanD. John Milton ChangderAusten’s novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’: 1317. Tennyson talks about the equality of A. Mr. Darcy women in: B. Miss Elizabeth A. The Princess C. Miss Jane B. In memoriam C. Maud D. None of these D. Lackslay Hall 1324. What do you mean by Satire? 527

A. an ironical writing A. Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale B. ridiculous writing against vices or fol- B. A Thing of Beauty lies C. La Belle Dame Sans Mercy C. mixture of two languages D. Ode on a Grecian Urn D. a regional epic 1331. Shakespeare has written 1325. Who got the Nobel Prize for literature A. Comedies in 2007? B. Tragedies A. Becket C. Historical Plays B. Pinter D. All of these C. Stoppard 1332. What does ‘Canto’ means? D. Lessing A. a division of a play 1326. The novel David Copperﬁeld is written B. an act of a play by C. a sub division of an epic A. Hardy D. none of the above B. Shakespeare 1333. Wordsworth was appointed Poet Laure- C. Marlowe ate in: D. Dickens A. 1817 1327. Orhan Pamuk got Nobel Prize in- B. 1839 A. 2006 C. 1843 B. 2007 D. 1849 C. 2008 1334. Pure tragedies written by Shakespeare are: D. 2000 A. Four 1328. ’Past and Present’ is written by B. Six A. Mill C. Eight B. Hazlitt D. None of these C. Carlyle 1335. “Ten Thousands saw I at a glance”- D. None of these example of? 1329. Stephen Guest is an important Char- A. Conceit acter in One of the following novels of George Eliot:Jai ShreeB. Hyperbole Ram A. The Mill on the Floss C. Simile B. Adam Bede D. Metaphor 1336. Who is the author of the book ‘The Cap- C. Silas Marner tive Lady’? D. None of these A. John Keats 1330. She can not fade, though thou hast not B. Michael Madhusudan Dutt the bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! The above two lines have been C. Rabindronath Tagore taken from: D. W. shakespeare 528 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1337. My soul had been a lawn besprinkled A. 430 O’er with flowers, and Stirring Shades, B. 450 and baffled dreams is an example of: C. 440 A. Metaphor D. 420 B. Simile 1344. ‘Mending Wall’ and ‘Stopping by C. Personification Woods on a Snowy Evening’ are two po- D. None of these ems written by- 1338. Who is the father of English novel? A. Robert Frost A. Thomas hardy B. Walt Whitman B. T.S. Eliot C. Emily Dickinson C. Henry Fielding D. None D. None of the above 1345. Who is the author of the book ’The Time Machine’ 1339. “Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty” This line has been taken from: A. Robert Heinlein A. Ode to Autumn B. H G Wells B. Ode to a Nightingale C. Arthur C Clarke C. Ode on a Grecian Urn D. Ray Bradbury 1346. Naguib Mahfouz is a/an writer D. La Belle Dame Sans Merci who got Nobel Prize. 1340. Who is the writer of The Restoration Period? A. Egyptian B. English A. Robert Herrick C. Irish B. Jeremy Taylor D. American C. Thomas Hobbes 1347. Hemingway also worked as a: D. Samuel Butler A. Carpenter 1341. is called the first romantic critic. B. Painter A. Wordsworth C. surgeon B. Longinus D. Driver C. Horace 1348. Who wrote ‘Ulysses’? D. Sidney A. Thomas Moore 1342. Dickens sprang to fame with a publication of: B. Alfred Tennyson NarayanA. Hard Times ChangderC. R.L. Stevenson B. David Copperfield D. S.T. Coleridge 1349. Cordelia’s chief characteristic is her: C. Pickwick Papers d... Great Expecta- tions A. Devotion D. none of these B. sympathy 1343. The Anglo-Saxon or Old English pe- C. kindness riod start on? D. none of these 529

1350. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’ was 1357. When Leontes discovers the identity of stated by Perdita in ‘The Winter’s Tale’ is an exam- A. John Keats ple of: B. William Wordsworth A. Peripety C. Bacon B. Suspense D. Milton C. revelation 1351. What type of work ‘Tottle’s Miscellany’ D. Discovery is? 1358. ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ was writ- A. Epic ten by: B. Sonnet A. Oscar Wilde C. Drama B. Browning D. Comedy C. Blake 1352. What is meaning of the word Eu- phemism? vii D. None of these A. vague idea 1359. ‘The Lotos Eaters’ was written by: B. inoffensive expression A. Blake C. a verbal play B. Byron D. a wise saying C. Tennyson 1353. ‘On Pathetic Fallacy’ was written by: D. None of these A. Carlyle 1360. Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ B. Lamb is a- C. Ruskin A. tragedy D. Shelley B. comedy 1354. First English Tragedy? C. tragicomedy A. Oedipus D. sonnet B. Gorboduc C. Aeschylus 1361. What is the real name of O’Henry? D. None of these A. Mary Anne Evan 1355. Which one from the below writers was B. George Gordon also a physician C. Lord Byron A. Anton ChekhovJai Shree Ram D. William Sydney Porter B. Charles Dickens 1362. ‘Songs of Experience’ written by Blake C. Ernest Hemingway was published in: D. Oscar Wilde A. 1790 1356. Goethe is the greatest poet of- B. 1794 A. Russia C. 1820 B. Germany D. None of these C. England 1363. “Ullyses” is written by: D. France 530 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. James Joyce 1370. A Protagonist is the character in a play or novel. B. Virginia Woolf A. villain C. Hardy B. leading D. Forster 1364. Who is called the poet of poets? C. important A. Geoffrey Chaucer D. comedy 1371. ‘Nothing more real than nothing’ are B. Edmund Spenser the words of? C. Roger Bacon A. Harold Pinter D. William Shakespeare B. Beckett 1365. Who is famous for his elegies? C. Shaw A. Robert Browning D. None of these B. Lord Byron 1372. Who is the writer of the poem ‘The C. Thomas Gray Ring and the Book’? D. Thomas Paine A. John Milton 1366. Which novel is not written by Jane B. Lord Tennyson Austen? C. William Shakespeare A. Emma D. Robert Browning B. The Chimes 1373. Who translated the Bible into English C. Persuation for the first time? D. none these A. Nicolas Udall 1367. Who is the author of ‘The Dark Room’? B. John Wycliffe A. R K Narayan C. Thomas Norton B. James Osborn D. Edmund Spenser C. Toni Morrison 1374. Geraldine is a character of the poem; D. Saul Bellow A. Lucy Grey 1368. William Shakespeare was a famous B. Christabel century English Playwright. C. Frost at midnight A. nineteenth D. the last of the flock B. sixteenth 1375. ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is written by C. eighteenth NarayanD. fifteenth ChangderA. John Keats 1369. Who wrote ‘Common Pursuit’? B. Jane Austen A. Leavis, F.R. C. Blake B. Cecil, D. D. Lord Byron C. E.M.Foster 1376. For which book published in 1897, Bram Stoker is famous for D. None of these 531

A. Frankenstein 1383. Who is the writer of ‘Ulysess’? B. The Raven A. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Dracula B. Robert Browning D. The Monk C. Cynewulf 1377. Byron is the writer of D. A. Lord Tennyson A. Don Juan 1384. Who is the father of English essay? B. Prometheus Unbound A. Harold Pinter C. Adonias B. Francis Bacon D. Lucy Gray C. William Hazlitt 1378. Which of the following age in literary 1385. "A Tale of Two Cities" Novel state the history is the latest? fact in following two cities A. The Augustan Period A. London and Paris B. The Victorian Age B. London and Berlin C. The Georgian Age C. Chicago and New York D. The Restoration Age D. Moscow and Saint Petersburg 1386. The novel Sons and Lovers is written 1379. Who is the writer of the poem ‘Fra by- Lippo Lippi’? A. D.H. Lawrence A. Robertf Browning B. T.S. Eliot B. Wordsworth C. Hardy C. William Shakespeare D. Joseph Conrad D. Milton 1387. The poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ was 1380. Who was awarded Nobel prize for the written by poem ‘The Waste Land’? A. John Keats A. D. H. Lawrence B. Andrew Marvell B. Lord Tennyson C. John Milton C. T. S. Eliot D. William Shakespeare D. William Wordsworth 1388. ‘The Daffodils’ is a poem written 1381. ‘Poetry is the criticism of life’ is a view by about poetry by: A. John Keats A. Arnold Jai ShreeB. William Wordsworth Ram B. Dr. Johnson C. P.B Shelly C. Shelley D. T.S Eliot D. Hazlitt 1389. Which of the plays is not written by T. 1382. The year 1798 is famous for S. Eliot? A. The French Revolution A. The Rock B. The American Independence B. The Family Reunion C. Publication of lyrical ballads C. The importance of being Earnest D. The death of Keats D. None of these 532 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1390. Gulliver was expelled from the land of A. Simile Yahoos because he was considered B. Metaphor A. a yahoo C. Synecdoche B. a criminal D. Metonymy C. he hated their king 1397. Who is the writer of the poem ‘Home Thoughts from Abroad’? D. None of these A. Wordsworth 1391. Tennyson created a medieval world in his poem: B. Milton A. in memoriam C. William Shakespeare B. the lady of Shalott D. Robert Browning 1398. ‘The Ring and the Book’ is a poem writ- C. the lotus eaters ten by: D. Ulyssess A. Browning 1392. ‘In Memoriam’ is written by? B. Mathew Arnold A. Charles Dickens C. Tennyson B. Tennyson D. None of these C. Robert Browning 1399. Who is the writer of The Elizabethan Period? D. Thackeray A. Caedmon 1393. Who is the ﬁrst great English story- teller in English Literature? B. Cynewulf A. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Christopher Marlowe D. Dante B. Roger Bacon 1400. ‘The Flea’ by John Donne is C. Robert Browning A. a romantic poem D. Cynewulf B. an Elegy 1394. It as the best of times, it was the worst C. a religious poem of time, it was the worst – the opening of Dickens’ D. an Ode A. Hard Times 1401. ‘The Revolt of Islam’ is a work by- A. Byron B. David Copperﬁeld B. Salman Rushdie C. Oliver Twist C. Shelley D. A Tales of Two Cities D. G.B. Shaw 1395. Who believed that Shakespeare did 1402. When did Frost and Elinor decide move much better in Comedy than in tragedy? Narayan Changderthe family to England? A. Dryden A. 1915 B. Bradley B. 1913 C. Johnson C. 1914 D. L. C. Knight D. 1912 1396. She is like a rose. It is an example of- 1403. Who is writer of the poem ‘Justice’? 533

A. John Milton A. In King Lear B. Jonathan Swift B. In Hamlet C. Charles Dickens C. In the Tempest D. Henry Wordsworth Longfellow D. In Marry Wives of Windsor 1410. Charles Lamb’s "Dream Children" is 1404. In his poetry Tennyson is: notable for its: A. The representative poet of Victorian A. Crushing tragedy Age B. Humor B. The representative poet of Romantic C. Whimsical Pathos Age D. Cynicism C. The best nature poet 1411. What is Synecdoche? D. None of these A. a short stanza poem 1405. G. B. Shaw began his literary career B. a long narrative speech first as: C. a theory A. Novelist D. a figure of speech stands for whole B. Dramatist thing C. Critic 1412. The "battle of Philippi" appears in the play D. None of these A. Othello 1406. Who represents Pride in Jane Austen’s B. Julius Caesar ‘Pride and Prejudice’: C. Macbeth A. Mr. Bennett D. King Lear B. Mr. Bingley 1413. Who said . . . “expression ought to be C. Miss Elizabeth the dress of the thought”? D. None of these A. Pope 1407. Who is the writer of The Old English B. Dryden Period? C. Locke A. William Shakespeare D. Coleridge 1414. What is literature? B. William Wordsworth A. writing about society C. Lord Tennyson Jai ShreeB. reflection of Ram society D. Caedmon C. literary works 1408. “Meeting at Night” by Browning is a: D. different customs A. Monologue 1415. Stones of Venice was written by: B. Dramatic Lyric A. Macaulay C. Dramatic Monologue B. Newman D. Dramatic Romance C. Ruskin 1409. Where is expressed the view that ‘There D. Carlyle is a divinity that shapes our ends’? 1416. Who wrote ‘An Apology for Poetry’? 534 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. P. B Shelly 1423. Dickens’ novels combine and melodrama. B. John Donne A. journalism C. Sir Philip Sidney B. Satire D. Samuel Johnson C. science 1417. Who is famous for the theory of ‘Ob- jective Co-relative’? D. religion A. E.M. Forster 1424. Who is considered to be the father of English Poem? B. Somerset Maugham A. William Langland C. T.S. Eliot B. Thomas More D. Woolf C. Roger Bacon 1418. Shelley’s ﬁnal unﬁnished poem was: D. Geoffrey Chaucer A. Hellas 1425. What do you mean by Canto? B. Prometheus Unbound A. a stanza of a long poem C. The Ancient Mariner B. a stanza of a short poem D. The Triumph of life C. a section or division of a long poem 1419. Who used the term ‘The Metaphysical D. a kind of sonnet poet’? 1426. Rabbi Ben Ezra was written by? A. Edmund A. Tennyson B. John Donne B. Browning C. Samuel Johnson C. Matthew Arnold D. Andrew Marvell D. None of these 1420. Who wrote the poem ‘The Collar’? 1427. When did Lesley born? A. George Herbert A. 1896 B. John Donne B. 1899 C. Edmund Spenser C. 1898 D. Alfred Tennyson D. 1897 1428. When was the Lyrical Ballads pub- 1421. The period from 1649-1660 is known lished as- A. 1797 A. Commonwealth period B. 1798 B. Jacobean period C. 1800 C. Caroline period D. 1801 NarayanD. Restoration period Changder 1429. Who is the writer of the book ‘A Pas- 1422. Who was a ‘poet laureate’? sage to India’? A. William Wordsworth A. E. M. Forster B. Robert Browning B. Charles Dickens C. T. S Eliot C. Rudyard Kipling D. John Keats D. James Joyce 535

1430. Santiago is an illustration of: 1437. ‘If winter come, can spring be far be- A. Hemingway’s respect for struggle hind’? These lines were written by B. Hemingway’s total view of life A. Keats C. Hemingway’s philosophy of life B. Frost D. None of these C. Eliot 1431. Who is the writer of ‘Tithonus’? D. Shelley A. A. Lord Tennyson 1438. ‘Lyrical Ballad’ was published in? B. George Bernard Shaw A. 1789 C. Christopher Marlowe B. 1798 D. William Shakespeare C. 1800 1432. Which is the last of Shakespeare’s great D. 1785 tragedies? 1439. ‘The Winding Stair’ is written by: A. Macbeth A. Ted Hughes B. King Lear B. T.S. Eliot C. Othello C. W.B. Yeats D. Hamlet D. W.H. Auden 1433. The Study of Poetry is written by- 1440. Who is the writer of ‘Lotus Eaters’? A. Dr. Johnson A. Cynewulf B. William Wordsworth B. Geoffrey Chaucer C. S. T. Coleridge C. Robert Browning D. Matthew Arnold D. A. Lord Tennyson 1434. Ode to West Wind was written by 1441. Who is the author of the book ‘Waste A. Keats land’? B. Shelley A. T.S. Eliot C. Byron B. Shelly D. None of these C. Earnest Hemingway 1435. In Greek tragedy irony and are D. Charles Dickens fused into one. 1442. Shakespeare is the writer for A. Allegory A. The Tempest B. IdealismJai Shree Ram B. The Idea of University C. Imagery C. The Hairy Ape D. Satire 1436. When did Frost attend Harvard Univer- D. Riders to the Sea sity? 1443. Romantic Age starts from? A. 1896 A. 1789 B. 1899 B. 1880 C. 1897 C. 1889 D. 1898 D. 1750 536 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1444. The Elgin Marbles inspired Keats to A. The ability to sympathize with other write: B. Say bad thing, about others A. Endymion C. To empathize B. Lamia D. None of these C. The Grecian Urn 1451. “The Heard melodies are sweet but D. Melancholy those unheard are sweeter” appear in: 1445. Who is the writer of The Augustan Pe- A. Ode to Autumn riod? B. Ode on a Grecian Urn A. Robert Herrick C. Ode to a Nightingale B. Jeremy Taylor D. Ode on Melancholy C. Thomas Hobbes 1452. Who wrote ‘The Waste Land’? D. Joseph Addison and Richard steele A. W.B. Yeats 1446. Who is the writer of The Victorian Pe- B. T.S. Eliot riod? C. E.M. Forster A. Robert Herrick D. H.G. Wells 3 B. Jeremy Taylor 1453. Edmund Spenser is a C. Thomas Hobbes A. Scientist D. Charles Dickens B. Poet 1447. ‘The Pickwick Papers’ by Dickens was published in: C. Critic A. 1837 D. Dramatist 1454. Who is the father of modern English B. 1838 poetry? C. 1839 A. Cynewulf D. 1841 B. Geoffrey Chaucer 1448. Doctor Zivago is written by- C. Robert Browning A. Ana Pasternak D. None of the above B. Boris Pasternak 1455. “The music in my heart I bore, Long C. Golding after it was heard no more.” These lines are from the poem D. Conrad A. The Solitary Reaper by Wordsworth 1449. What the term Mock Epic refers? xi B. Ode to a Nightmare by John Keats NarayanA. a satiric writing of drama Changder C. To a lady with a guitar by P.B. Shelley B. a long narrative poem D. Elegy written in a country churchyard C. a literary work comically imitates the by Thomas Gray style of epic 1456. What is the name of a modern philoso- D. none pher, who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1450. Negative Capability to Keats, means literature? 537

A. Bertrand Russell 1463. Little Time is a character in Hardy’s B. Woodrow Wilson A. The return of the native C. Theodore Roosevelt B. Jude the Obscure D. None of the above C. Mayor of Casterbridge 1457. is credited to have finished Mar- D. None of these lowe’s Hero and Leander 1464. Harold Pinter was a/ an- A. Michael Drayton A. poet B. Ben Jonson B. novelist C. Shakespeare C. absurd dramatist D. Lyric poet D. George Chapman 1465. Gulliver was expelled from the land of 1458. Shakespeare died in: Yahoos because he was considered A. 1625 A. a yahoo B. 1616 B. a criminal C. 1618 C. he hated their king D. None of these D. None of these 1459. ‘Lord of the flies’ is written by? 1466. “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock A. E. M. Forster The meat it feeds on.”-quoted from? B. Robert Frost A. Dr. Faustus C. George Orwell B. Macbeth D. William Golding C. Hamlet 1460. In Which century was the Victorian pe- D. Othello riod? 1467. Why is the poet so sad to see the Daf- A. 17th century fodils in ‘The Daffodils’? B. 18th century A. The poet is sad because the flowers have not bloomed fully. C. 19th century B. The poet is sad because the flowers D. 20th century remind him of his own death. 1461. Who was the contemporary poet of C. The poet is sad because the winter will William Wordsworth? soon arrive. A. T.S EliotJai ShreeD. The poet is Ram sad because the summer B. S.T Coleridge will go away. 1468. Which English romantic poet admired C. W.B Yeats Pope: D. John Keats A. Coleridge 1462. Who wrote ‘Tales From Shakespeare’? B. William Wordsworth A. Charles Lamb and his sister C. Byron B. Dr. Johnson D. None of these C. Dryden 1469. What was the “solitary highland lass” doing in “The Solitary Reaper”? D. None of these 538 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. She was reaping and singing A. rising sun, moon B. She was dancing and singing B. summer’s morning’s dew C. She was reaping and dancing C. spring, summer D. She was reaping and crying D. hasting day, even song 1470. In whose poetry do we find – ‘a love of 1476. Samuel Beckett was-iv nature, simplicity and faith in the dignity A. An English dramatist of the humblest’? B. A Russian dramatist A. Coleridge C. A French dramatist B. Southey D. A Spanish dramatist C. Wordsworth 1477. Which book is a Tragedy? D. Burns A. Hamlet 1471. As Act is to Drama; so Canto is to- B. Measure for Measure A. Epic C. As you like it B. Tragedy D. She stoops to conquer C. Comedy 1478. The Elgin Marbles inspired Keats to write: D. Sonnet A. Endymion 1472. What do you mean by Novel? B. Lamia A. short prose C. The Grecian Urn B. a long fictional prose with many char- D. Melancholy acters 1479. Who is the famous woman novelist in C. a short narrative prose Victorian Age? D. a literary work on the stage A. E.B. Browning 1473. ‘Sweet Hellen make me immortal with B. George Eliot kiss’. Who has said these words? C. T.S Eliot A. Marlow D. Austen B. Shakespeare 1480. Lyrical Ballads is written by C. Benjonson Wordsworth with the Collaboration of- D. None of these A. S.T Coleridge 1474. ‘The God of Small Things’ is written B. William Blake by C. Dorothy NarayanA. Vikram Seth ChangderD. Alfred Tennyson B. John Galasworthy 1481. What do you mean by an Elegy? C. Arundhati Roy A. a poem of happy ending D. E. M. Forster B. a poem of unhappy ending 1475. Robert Herrick find similar to human C. a song of praising God beings and daffodils. D. a song of Mourning the dead 539

1482. Compatriot means- 1489. ‘The Rape of Bangladesh’ is written A. comrade by- A. Viggo Olsen B. classmate B. Alamgir Kabir C. fellow country man C. Rehman Sobahan D. friend 1483. Which of the following is a 19th cen- D. Anthony Mascarenhas tury woman novelist? 1490. The Winter’s Tale is Shakespeare A. Emily Dickinson A. Dramatic monologue B. Ezra Pound B. Comedy C. Virginia Woolf C. Tragedy D. George Eliot D. None of these 1484. ‘A Doll’s House’ is written by- 1491. In ‘Ozymandias’ the poet says, ‘I met a traveler an land’. A. Francis Bacon A. by, old B. E.M. Forster B. going, ancient C. R.K. Narayan C. from, antique D. Henrick Ibsen D. passing, antique 1485. Nathaniel Hawthorne is the writer of- 1492. George Eliot’s real name was: A. The Scarlet Letter A. George Evans B. A Farewell to Arms B. Eliot Evans C. Great Expectation C. Marian Evans D. none D. Marian Eliot 1486. The Dunciad, Essay on Man, Epistles 1493. What the term Couplet refers? are all written by: A. two successive lines A. Shakespeare B. ﬁrst four lines of a poem B. Dryden C. two successive rhyming lines C. Pope D. two lines without rhymes D. Shaw 1494. Who is the writer of The Restoration 1487. Who wrote "The Pilgrim’s Progress"? Period? A. John Bunyan A. George Farquhar B. Daniel DefoeJai ShreeB. Robert Herrick Ram C. Dryden C. Jeremy Taylor D. None of these D. Thomas Hobbes 1488. A famous Playwright in Modern En- 1495. Who is the greatest modern English glish Literature is- dramatist? A. Oscar Wild A. John Milton B. Bacon B. Homer C. Lamb C. G.B. Shaw D. T.S. Eliot D. Eliot 540 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1496. Feminine Ending is: A. Subjectivity A. a Novel B. Naturalism B. a poem C. Use of common language C. a metrical device D. all of these 1503. The poem ‘ The Solitary Reaper’ is D. None of these written by 1497. Whose comedies are called ‘Comedies A. W. H. Auden of Mask’: B. W. Wordsworth A. Ben Johnson’s C. W. B. Yeats B. Bernard Shaw’s D. Ezra Pound C. Shakespeare’s 1504. ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ is written by? D. None of these A. Joseph Conrad 1498. The Common Sojourn of Byron, Shel- B. T.S. Eliot ley, Keats was: C. Virginia Woolf A. Lake district D. Dylan Thomas B. Hampshire 1505. ‘Samson Agonists’ is written by- C. Utopia A. A. Pope D. None of these B. Henry Fielding 1499. When was the first Oxford English Dic- C. Thomas Hardy tionary published D. John Milton A. 1830 1506. ‘Stream of Consciousness’ is the phrase first used by: B. 1855 A. James Joyce C. 1884 B. William James D. 1898 C. Virginia Woolf 1500. What is a fable? D. William Faulkner A. a story about animals 1507. Who wrote the book ‘Ivan Hoe’? B. a story of human being A. O’Henry C. a story of chronology B. L. Stevenson C. Hemingway D. a song of pleasure D. Sir Walter Scott 1501. Amongst the following, who is considered to be the “pioneer of the novel of 1508. Northanger Abbey, Emma and Sense Narayanfemale emancipation”? Changderand Sensibility are novels written by A. G. Eliot A. Jane Austin B. Miss Burney B. Charlotte Bronte C. Jane Austen C. Emily Bronte D. None of these D. Virginia Woolf 1509. Who described poetry as “Spontaneous 1502. Feature of Romantic Period? overflow of powerful feelings”: 541

A. Shelley 1516. ‘England expects every man to do his duty.’ – Who told it? B. Wordsworth A. Nelson C. Coleridge B. Churchill D. Arnold 1510. “Good ﬂences make good neighbours” C. Wilson is from Frosts’: D. Thatcher A. Mending 1517. ‘Frailty thy name is woman’ is a famous dialogue from B. Pasture A. Marlowe C. Birches B. W. Shakespeare D. None of these 1511. Who is the writer of ‘Men and C. Webster Women’? D. T.S Eliot A. Robert Browning 1518. What was the name of Isabella’s brother in the ‘Measure for Measure’? B. Shelley A. Angelo C. William Shakespeare B. Cladio D. Wordsworth 1512. The ‘Tragic Flaw’ is also called: C. Vincentio A. Catharsis D. Viola 1519. Macaulay lived from B. Catastrophe A. 1800 ... 1859 C. Hamartia B. 1802 ... 1859 D. None of these 1513. What the term Comedy refers? C. 1859 – 1900 A. a play ends unhappily D. 1889 ... 1902 1520. When (the year of time when Frost B. a play ends with murder awarded gold medal) did Frost award gold C. a play ends tragedy medal? D. a play ends happily A. 1930 1514. Bertrand Russell was a British- B. 1970 A. novelist C. 1950 B. essayist Jai ShreeD. 1960 Ram C. poet 1521. G.B. Shaw was awarded Nobel Prize D. philosopher for literature in: 1515. Ophelia, Julia , Viola, Imogen are the A. 1925 characters created by B. 1929 A. Richardson C. 1930 B. Fielding D. 1949 C. Hardy 1522. Who is the greatest dramatist of all D. Shakespeare times? 542 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. G. B. Shaw 1529. Who said these words in ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ . . . “No one should be alone B. William Shakespeare in their old age”: C. William Wordsworth A. Hemingway D. Jonathan Swift B. Santiago 1523. Who is the author of ‘Hamlet’? C. Manolin A. Geoffrey Chaucer D. None of these B. William Blake 1530. Early plays of Shakespeare’s are? C. William Worsworth A. Tragedy D. William Shakespeare B. Tragicomedy 1524. What do you mean by Plagiarism? C. Romantic A. a story builder D. Comedy B. a short story 1531. Which one of the following poets C. a literary theft named the Romantic poet as the “pond D. a criticism of literature poets”? 1525. In Chapter XVI the word mufﬂed in A. Southey ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is: B. Shelley A. Confused C. Keats B. Amazed D. Byron C. Not thinking clearly 1532. “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is an D. None of these example of- 1526. Who wrote the famous novel the “Three A. Metaphor Musketeers”? B. Epigram A. R. L Stevenson C. Satire B. William Shakespeare D. Simile C. Sir Walter Scott 1533. ‘A poison Tree’ is written by? D. Alexandre Dumas A. John Keats 1527. ‘Waiting for Godot’ is written by- B. Robert Herrick A. Samuel Beckett C. William Wordsworth B. Edward Albee D. William Blake C. Samuel Butler 1534. What kind of books are Robinson Cru- D. Samuel Heaney soe and Moll Flanders? Narayan ChangderA. Travel...books 1528. Which of the following works ‘had the greatest inﬂuence on the Victorian Age? B. Tragedy A. Mill’s "On Liberty" C. Romance B. Tennyson’s "In memoriam" D. Comedy C. Darwin’s "Origin of Species" 1535. Who is the author of the book ’Gul- D. Carlyle’s "Sartor Resartus" liver’s Travels’ 543

A. Arthur Conan Doyle 1541. Who is the writer of ‘Locksley Hall’? B. Charles Dickens A. George Bernard Shaw C. H. G. Wells B. Christopher Marlowe D. Jonathan Swift C. William Shakespeare 1536. Who is known as the father of epic po- D. A. Lord Tennyson etry 1542. Confessions of an English Opium Eater A. Hesiod was written by: A. Charles Lamb B. Homer B. John Ruskin C. Ferdowsi C. Maria Edgeworth D. Hesiod D. Thomas de Quencey 1537. Ruskin was born in: 1543. Alexander Dumas was a famous novelist. A. 1819 A. American B. 1843 B. English C. 1851 C. Irish D. None of these D. French 1538. “There are two tragedies in life one is 1544. “Our sweetest songs are those that tell not to get your heart’s desire. The other is of saddest thoughts” is a quotation from- get it.”-these lines were written by? A. Wordsworth A. Jean Paul Sartre B. Shelly B. James Osborn C. John Keats C. G. B. Shaw D. Blake D. H. G. Wells 1545. Pastoral Poem refers a poem 1539. Which writing includes the manifesto about life. of Romantic poetry? A. human A. The Prelude B. poet’s B. Lyrical Ballads C. shepherd or rural C. The Ancient Mariner D. personal D. Songs of Innocence 1546. Human situation in Hardy’s novels is 1540. ’Blow, Blow thou winter wind
controlled by: Thu art notJai so unkind
AsShree man’s A. Social Forces Ram ingratitude;
They tooth is not so B. Providence keen,
Although they breath be rude’
These are a few lines of a C. Fate poem of a great poet William Shake- D. None of these speare. 1547. The French Revolution took place in: A. J. Webstar A. 1793 B. C. Marlowe B. 1796 C. W. Shakespeare C. 1798 D. Lord Bacon D. None of these 544 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1548. Who is familiar as a poet of beauty? 1555. “The first in beauty should be first in might” . . . is the line spoken in Hyperion A. Lord Byron by: B. John Dryden A. Oceanus C. John Keats B. Hyperion D. None C. Apollo 1549. Which College Frost attended for several months? D. None of these A. Dartmouth College 1556. What do you mean by Epilogue? B. Daffodil International College A. a poem comes at beginning C. Dhaka College B. a poem of lamentation D. Dental College C. a poem or speech at the end of a play 1550. What was the reason behind Frost D. a figurative story died? 1557. The one remains, the many change A. tuberculesis and pass; Heaven’s light for ever shines, earth’s shadows fly; The above two lines B. Heart attack occur in: C. cancer A. Keats’ Hyperion D. prostate surgery B. Shelley’s Hymn to Intellectual Beauty 1551. Who is the controversy writer in Post- Modern period? C. Shelley’s Adonis A. Doris Lessing D. Keats’ Ode to Psyche 1558. Who wrote the ‘Birthday Party’? B. Ahmed Salman Rushdie C. Chinua Achebe A. James Joyce 1552. Who composed ‘The waste Land’? B. G.B. Shaw A. T.S. Eliot C. Harold Pinter B. John Milton D. Jane Austen C. George Eliot 1559. ‘Hebrew Melodies’ is written by: D. John Donne A. Tennyson 1553. Charles Lamb was B. Byron A. an Essayist C. Keats B. a novelist D. None of these C. an epic poem 1560. Age of Johnson is also known as- NarayanD. a dramatist ChangderA. Age of Criticism 1554. Bertrand Russel was a British B. Age of Love A. Journalist C. Age of Sensibility B. Scientist D. Age of Pope C. Philosopher 1561. Who is the writer of The Jacobean Pe- riod? D. Astronaut 545

A. Cowley 1568. ‘Hold your tongue and let me love’ is said by- B. Caedmon A. John Donne C. Dante B. Shakespeare D. Cynewulf 1562. ‘Limerick’ is one kind of? C. T. S. Eliot A. Song D. Christopher Marlowe B. Narrative Poem 1569. What kind of literary work is ‘The Lun- cheon’ by Somerset Maugham? C. Satire A. A novel D. long poem B. A short story 1563. Who is the father of English dramatic poetry? C. A poem A. Christopher Marlowe D. A scientiﬁc article B. John Donne 1570. American female novelist pearl S. Buck got Nobel prize in 1938 for the book C. Edmund Spenser A. The Good Earth 1564. A thing of beauty is joy forever. It is composed by: B. House Divided A. Keats C. The Patriot B. Shelley D. De Cameron C. Byron 1571. The world of “Lady Shallot” belongs to the: D. None of these A. Medieval era 1565. Arthur Clarke is known as- B. Greek era A. a science ﬁction writer C. Victorian era B. a modern dramatist D. Romantic era C. a famous English Novelist 1572. The Battle of Book is written by- D. A short story writer A. Jonathon Swift 1566. Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy written by- B. William Thackeray A. G.B. Shaw C. Thomas Stern Eliot B. ShakespeareJai ShreeD. Daniel Dafoe Ram C. Marlowe 1573. Which of the Romantic poets is called an escapist? D. Ibsen 1567. What do you mean by Romanticism? A. Keats A. movement of daily life affairs B. Shelley B. movement for classics C. Wordsworth C. movement of poem D. None of these 1574. Who is the father of English Lan- D. movement for imagination over reason guage? 546 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Roger Bacon 1581. Which country does Shakespeare’s Hamlet belongs to B. Robert Browning C. Geoffrey Chaucer A. England D. Cynewulf B. France 1575. The repetition of sounds in a sequence C. Denmark of words is called D. Scotland A. Assonance 1582. Which country awarded the Pulitzer B. Rhythm Prize C. Alliteration A. France D. None of these B. USA 1576. ‘Three score’ means- C. England A. thirty times D. Italy B. three hundred times 1583. ‘She dwells with beauty – beauty that must die’ is a line from C. three times twenty A. Ode to Nightingale D. more than three 1577. Jonathan Swift is the author of B. Ode on Indolence A. The Old man and the Sea C. Ode to Melancholy B. Robinson Crusoe D. None of these C. Gulliver’s Travels 1584. ‘Orlando’ is a character of Shakespeare’s- D. A Doll’s House A. Hamlet 1578. Who usually caricatures his characters? B. King Lear A. Dickens C. Tempest B. George Eliot D. As You Like It C. Hardy 1585. Which of the following in the book/play D. None of these written by Maithili Sharan Gupt? 1579. Drama which seeks to mirror life with the utmost ﬁdelity is called: A. Saket A. Realistic B. Satyartha Prakash B. Naturalistic drama C. Shakuntala C. Humanistic drama D. Savitri 1586. A famous short story of Maupassant is- D. Problem play Narayan ChangderA. The Diamond Necklace 1580. A famous Mock Epic poet in English Literature is- B. Gift of the Magi A. Alexander Pope C. Tropic of Cancer B. Tennyson D. The Prince C. Browning 1587. ‘My Experiments with Truth’ is written D. Shelley by- 547

A. Winston Churchill 1594. ‘If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it, that Surfeiting The B. George Washington appetite may sicken and die? is a speech C. Mahatma Gandhi from D. James Morris A. Twelfth Night 1588. Who died in a tavern brawl B. A Mid Summer Nights’ Dream A. Shakespeare C. As you Like it B. Bacon D. The Winters’ Tale C. Sidney 1595. Who is the writer of ‘The Lady of D. Marlowe Shalott’? 1589. Placing Phrase or Sentences of similar A. A. Lord Tennyson construction and meaning and balancing each other is called: B. Cynewulf A. Parallelism C. Robert Browning B. Alliteration D. Geoffrey Chaucer C. Para Rhyme 1596. Does the personal name Lucy (in Wordsworth’s poetry) stands for D. Rhetoric A. Anneta Vallon 1590. ‘Delusion and Dream’ is by- B. Dorothy A. H.G. Wells C. Drawn from folk song heroines B. Sigmund Freud D. None of these C. G.B. Shaw 1597. Tennyson was born in D. James Osborn 1591. In ‘Ozymandias’, who saw the statue A. 1809 of Ozymandias? B. 1798 A. the poet C. 1709 B. an old man D. None of these C. a traveler 1598. Who is Elinor-white ? D. a sculptor A. Daughter 1592. For which one Toni Morrison won No- B. Daughter in law bel Prize? C. Wife A. Beloved Jai Shree Ram D. Aunt B. Song of Solomon 1599. G Eliot’s novels show her concern for C. The Bluest Eye the character’s problems. D. Tar Baby A. economic 1593. Who was the greatest dramatist before Shakespeare? B. Moral A. Andrew Marvell C. religious B. Christopher Marlowe D. spiritual e social 1600. Jane Eyre was written by C. John Webster 548 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Jane Austen A. The creation of abstract concepts B. G. Eliot B. An endorsement of the scientific tradition C. C. Bronte C. The creation of an original philosophy D. None of these D. An examination of extraneous matters 1601. What do you mean by classicism? A. reverence for beauty 1607. ‘Leaves of Grass’ is written by- B. reverence for English A. Shelley C. reverence for Greek and Ro- B. Long Fellow man/Grecian works C. Frost D. none D. Whitman 1602. Who is the author of ‘The Taming of 1608. What do you mean by Climax? the Shrew’? A. a peak of mountain A. Shaw B. a disaster of sea B. Shakespeare C. a kind of poem C. Ibsen D. the moment of highest interest in a play D. Jonson 1609. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding was first 1603. Dramatic Monologue stands for- published in- A. comparison between dissimilar things A. the 1st half of 19th Century B. a kind of fable B. the 2nd half of 19th Century C. the 1st half of 18th Century C. single D. the 2nd half of 18th Century D. single speaker speak but audience remain silent 1610. ‘Pleasant Pain’ is an example of” 1604. Stephen Guest is an important Char- A. Metaphor acter in One of the following novels of B. Paradox George Eliot: C. Oxymoron A. The Mill on the Floss D. None of these B. Adam Bede 1611. Which of the following is an essayist? C. Silas Marner A. Chaucer D. None of these B. John Wycliffe 1605.Narayan Tin Drum is written by- ChangderC. Charles Lamb A. Gunter Grass D. Spenser 1612. W. B. Yeats got Nobel Prize in? B. Gunner Myrdal A. 1913 C. William Shakespeare B. 1923 D. Wordsworth C. 1937 1606. Wordsworth’s Poetry always reflects: D. 1919 549

1613. “The Lotos-Eaters” is a poem by 1620. Who is author of the book ‘Of Human Bondage’? A. The Lotos-Eaters A. Charles Dickens B. Dover Beach B. William Somerset Maugham C. My Last Dutchess C. Jane Austen D. The Eve of St. Agnes D. D. H. Lawrence 1614. Who is the writer of The Modern and 1621. Who of the following was both a poet The Post Modern Period? and painter? A. Jonathan Swift A. Keats B. Anthony Mascarenhu B. Donne C. Alexander Pope C. Blake D. Daniel Defoe D. Spenser 1615. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ is written by” 1622. In what year did William Shakespeare A. Yeats died? B. T. S. Eliot A. 1570 AD C. D. H. Lawrence B. 1580 AD D. None of these C. 1630 AD 1616. Who is the poet of the ‘Victorian Age’? D. 1616 AD A. Robert Browning 1623. Pulitzer Prize was ﬁrst awarded in the B. William Shakespeare year C. William Wordsworth A. 1900 D. William Blake B. 1909 1617. Lotus eaters is written by C. 1917 A. Tennyson D. 1942 B. Mathew Arnold 1624. An aesthetic delight in art and a streak C. Hardy of extreme sadistic cruelty can be ob- D. None of these served in Browning’s Poem: 1618. ‘The rainbow’ is A. Paracelsus A. a poem by Wordsworth B. My Last Duchess B. a short storyJai by Somerset Maugham ShreeC. Sordello Ram C. a novel by D. H. Lawrence D. Pippa Passes D. a verse by Coleridge 1625. Who is labeled as misanthropist? 1619. ‘The Old Familiar Faces’ was written A. Jane Austen by: B. Hardy A. Ruskin B. Charles Lamb C. Swift C. J. S. Mill D. None of these 1626. The word renaissance means: D. None of these 550 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Rebirth 1633. Dickens gives a tragic picture of the French Revolution in his novel: B. Revival A. Little Dorrit C. Renewal B. Hard Times D. None of these 1627. Lyrical Ballads are jointly composed C. Bleak House by: D. A Tale of Two Cities A. Keats and Shelley 1634. What do you mean by Deus ex Machina? B. Wordsworth and Shelley A. process of analyzing literature C. Keats and Coleridge B. literary theft D. Wordsworth and Coleridge 1628. Who wrote the poem ‘Don Juan’? C. process of solving problem abruptly A. William Wordsworth D. choice of words 1635. Who is the writer of The Augustan Pe- B. William Blake riod? C. Lord Byron A. Thomas Hobbes D. John Keats B. Daniel Defoe 1629. The literary work ‘ Kubla Khan’ is C. Robert Herrick

A. a historical of Vincent Smith D. Jeremy Taylor 1636. ‘Persona’ is B. a verse by Coleridge A. the actor in a play C. a drama by Oscar Wilde B. the plural of Person D. a short-story by Somerset Maugham 1630. Who is one of the lake poets: C. a projection of the poet into another person A. Coleridge D. None of these B. Blake 1637. The ﬁrst which Charlotte Bronte wrote C. Browning was: D. None of these A. Jane Eyre 1631. What is Sestet? B. Shirley A. Last six line of a sonnet C. the professor B. First six lines of sonnet D. villette C. ﬁrst eight line of a sonnet 1638. When Alfred Lord Tennyson was D. last eight lines died? Narayan ChangderA. 1892 1632. ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ is written by the author of- B. 1893 A. A passage to India C. 1894 B. Lord Jim D. 1895 C. Rainbow 1639. Who among the following is not a nov- D. Ulysses elist? 551

A. Hardy 1646. ’Anna Karenina’ is the creation of B. Blake A. Alexander Pushkin C. Joyce B. Leo Tolstoy D. Thackeray C. Maxim Gorky 1640. The Picture of Dorian Gray is written D. Anton Chekhov by: 1647. Karl Marx was born in- A. Gissing A. Germany B. D. H. Lawrence B. India C. Oscar Wilde C. Russia D. None of these D. England 1641. Alexander Pope’s ‘An Essay on Man’ 1648. Eric Hugh Blair is known as- is a A. E.M. Forster A. nobel B. T.S. Eliot B. short story C. George Orwell C. treatise D. William Golding 1649. Who is the writer of The Elizabethan D. poem Period? 1642. ‘The Poetry Aenied’ is written by- A. Thomas Norton & Thomas Sackville A. Ovid B. Cynewulf B. Dante C. Dante C. Boccaccio D. Caedmon D. Virgil 1650. Where is expressed the view the ‘There 1643. Who is known as the poet of Nature? is a divinity that shapes our, ends’? A. Wordsworth A. In King Lear B. Shelly B. In Merry Wives of Windsor C. Keats C. In the Tempest D. All of them D. In Hamlet 1651. The Cardinal virtues of the Houy- 1644. The French Revolution took place in: hnhnms are: A. 1793 A. Friendship and benevolence B. 1796 Jai ShreeB. Bitterness Ram and revenge C. 1798 C. Hatred and jealousy D. None of these D. None of these 1645. What do you mean by Fable? 1652. Who is the writer of The Middle En- A. a story of high thoughts glish Period? B. a story about great men A. Geoffrey Chaucer B. Lord Tennyson C. a general story C. William Wordsworth D. a short story of animals for moral lesson D. William Shakespeare 552 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

1653. Oscar Wilde believed in: A. Queen Victoria A. Aestheticism B. Queen Anne B. Escapism C. Queen Elizabeth C. Pragmatism D. Queen Marry D. None of these 1660. Who is the writer of the poem ‘Por- phyria’s Lover’? 1654. ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’-who is the poet of the poem? A. Robert Browning A. Wordsworth B. Shelley B. P. B Shelley C. William Shakespeare C. Lord Byron D. Wordsworth D. John Keats 1661. ‘Elegy Written is a Country Church- yard’ is written by 1655. Who is the writer of ‘The End of His- tory and The Last Man’? A. William Wordsworth A. Samuel Huntington B. Thomas Gray B. Francis Fukuyama C. John Keats C. Robert Frost D. W. B. Yeats D. David Lynn 1662. Which of the following is not a dramatist? 1656. Who wrote the poem ‘The Deﬁnition of Love’? A. Ben Johnson A. Andrew Marvell B. Byron B. John Donne C. Eliot C. W. B Yeats D. None of these D. John Keats 1663. ‘The Return of the Native’ is written by- 1657. Who is the writer of The Middle En- glish Period? A. Alexander Dumas A. Sir Thomas Malory B. Aldous Huxley B. William Shakespeare C. Somerset Maugham C. William Wordsworth D. Thomas Hardy D. Lord Tennyson 1664. The another name of Revenge tragedy or producer is- 1658. Who was the only Laureate to refuse Narayanthe Nobel Prize? ChangderA. Sophocles A. Leo Tolstoy B. Euripides B. Jea-Paul Sartre C. Homer C. T.S. Eliot D. Senecan tragedy 1659. ‘Good face is the best letter of recom- 1665. What is the name of Robert-Frost’s ﬁrst mendation’ was stated by son? 553

A. Elliot 1672. Who is not a novelist of Victorian age mentioned below? B. Billiot A. Charles Dickens C. Trilliot B. George Eliot D. Juilliot 1666. What is the ﬁrst English comedy? C. Thomas Hardy A. Ralph Roister Doister D. James Joyce B. Volpone 1673. Brutus is a famous character of Shake- speare in C. Baby’s Day Out A. King Lear 1667. ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ this quotation from Shakespeare’s B. Julius Caeser A. Hamlet C. The Tempest B. Othello D. Hamlet C. Merchant of Venice 1674. C. Dickens is known for being a D. Julius Caesar A. Socialist 1668. ‘I care for life, for humanity, and you B. Humorist are a part of it.’ Whose words are these? C. Idealist A. Doolittle D. None of these B. Huggins 1675. The Chorus in T. S. Eliot’s play "Mur- C. Pickering der in the Cathedral", consist of D. None of these A. The women of Canterbury 1669. Which one is a Tragedy? B. The priests of Canterbury A. Antony and Cleopatra C. The men of Canterbury B. The Tempest D. The servants of Thomas Becket C. King John 1676. Who is the author of “India Wins Free- dom”? D. Richard 2 A. Mahatma Gandhi 1670. Who is the most famous satirist in En- glish literature? B. J. L. Nehru A. Alexander Pope C. Abul Kalam Azad B. JonathanJai Swift ShreeD. Moulana Akram Ram Khan C. William Wordswarth 1677. Who is the writer of the poem ‘My Last Duchess’? D. Bulter 1671. "The Wuthering Heights" is a famous A. Robert Browning novels written by: B. Shelley A. C.Bronte C. William Shakespeare B. Hardy D. Wordsworth C. Emile Bronte 1678. Mr. Rochester is the major character of: D. Jane Austen 554 Chapter 18. Miscelleneous questions

A. Silas Marner 1685. What is an epic? B. Jane Eyre A. a prose composition C. Jude the Obscure B. a romance D. Adam Bede C. a novel 1679. Jane Austen’s Work is transfused with D. a long poem the spirit of 1686. John Galsworthy is a dramatist. A. Classicism A. Victorian B. Idealism B. Elizabethan C. Rationalism C. Romantic D. None of these D. Modern 1680. The characteristics of the poem of 1687. In which play does "Forest of Arden" William Wordsworth are EXEPT : figure A. Nature A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream B. glorification of childhood B. The Merry Wives of Windsor C. Hope and regeneration C. As You Like It D. all of them D. Macbeth 1681. Who is known as the ‘Father of Modern 1688. Who wrote the poem ‘Solitary English Criticism’. Reaper’? A. Edmund Walter A. Wordsworth B. John Locke B. Shelley C. Thomas Hobbes C. Keats D. John Dryden D. Shakespeare 1682. Who among the following believes that 1689. Othello is a Shakespeare’s play about- "poetry is the anti-thesis of science" A. A Jew A. Arnold B. A Turk B. Eliot C. A Roman C. Coleridge D. A Moor D. Keats 1690. The first English dictionary was com- 1683. Ernest De Selincourt is the editor of: pleted by A. Prometheus the Unbound A. Izaak Walton B. The Prelude B. Samuel Johnson C. Songs of innocence and of experience C. Samuel Butler NarayanD. None of these ChangderD. Sir Thomas Browne 1684. What do you mean by Parody? 1691. ‘Things Fall Apart’ is written by- A. imitation of the great man A. Chino Achebe B. following the rules B. Nom Chomosky C. a short prose C. Wole Soyanka D. imitation of a poem or a writing D. Doris Lessing 555

1692. Which character is from ‘Romeo and A. 1922 Juliet’- B. 1923 A. Brutus C. 1932 B. Ophelia C. Benvolio D. None of these D. Olivia 1695. ‘Tradition and Individual Talent’ is 1693. Who is English Poet? written by: A. Robert Frost A. Russell B. Emily Dickinson B. Carlyle C. John Keats C. T. S. Eliot D. Toni Morrison 1694. The Waste Land was published by Eliot D. None of these in:

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352. C 353. A 354. B 355. B 356. B 357. A 358. C 359. A 360. D 361. D 362.C 363. C 364. D 365. D 366. D 367. B 368. C 369. A 370. B 371. D 372. D 373.A 374. B 375. C 376. D 377. C 378. B 379. C 380. D 381. B 382. B 383. D 384.A 385. D 386. B 387. A 388. C 389. C 390. D 391. C 392. B 393. C 394. C 395.B 396. D 397. B 398. C 399. B 400. C 401. D 402. A 403. A 404. A 405. C 406.A 407. D 408. C 409. A 410. D 411. D 412. B 413. A 414. B 415. C 416. B 417.D 419. A 420. A 421. D 422. D 423. C 424. D 425. B 426. D 427. A 428. C 429.A 430. B 431. B 432. C 433. C 434. C 435. B 436. D 437. A 438. D 439. B 440.D 441. B 442. A 443. D 444. A 445. A 446. B 447. B 448. D 449. A 450. B 451.A 452. C 453. A 454. B 455. C 456. C 457. D 458. A 459. B 460. D 461. C 462.A 463. A 464. D 465. D 466. C 467. C 468. D 469. D 470. C 471. C 472. D 473.C 474. A 475. B 476. B 477. D 478. A 479. D 480. A 481. B 482. C 483. C 484.B 485. D 486. A 487. C 488. A 489. B 490. D 491. A 492. C 493. B 494. B 495.B 496. C 497. C 498. A 499. B 500. C 501. B 502. B 503. A 504. C 505. B 506.D 507. C 508. B 509. A 510. B 511. D 512. D 513. C 514. D 515. D 516. A 517.D 518. B 519. A 520. D 521. D 522. A 523. A 524. D 525. B 526. A 527. D 528.A 529. A 530. D 531. D 532. A 533. A 534. A 535. C 536. D 537. B 538. D 539.D 540. B 541. B 542. C 543. A 544. A 545. C 546. A 547. B 548. A 549. B 550.C 551. B 552. B 553. A 554. B 555. A 556. C 557. B 558. C 559. B 560. C 561.A 562. D 563. A 564. B 565. D 566. C 567. B 568. A 569. A 570. A 571. B 572.D 573. C 574. A 575. A 576. A 577. D 578. C 579. B 580. A 581. B 582. B 583.D 584. A 585. B 586. A 587. D 588. C 589. A 590. A 591. A 592. A 593. B 594.D 595. C 596. D 597. C 598. A 599. C 600. A 601. B 602. A 603. D 604. D 605.B 606. D 607. A 608. A 609. B 610. B 611. D 612. C 613. D 614. B 615. B 616.A 617. B 618. B 619. B 620. A 621. D 622. A 623. B 624. A 625. A 626. B 627.B 628. B 629. C 630. D 631. C 632. B 633. D 634. D 635. B 636. D 637. A 638.A 639. C 640. B 641. D 642. A 643. A 644. C 645. C 646. B 647. C 648. A 649.A 650. D 651. D 652. A 653. C 654. A 654. C 655. C 656. B 657. A 658. C 659.B 660. C 661. A 662. A 663. B 664. A 665. C 666. C 667. D 668. B 669. B 670.B 671. B 672. C 673. A 674. C 675. C 676. D 677. A 678. B 679. C 680. B 681.A 682. C 683. C 684. B 685. B 686. A 687. A 688. B 689. A 690. D 691. B 692.B 693. D 694. D 695. B 696. C 697. D 698. B 699. B 700. A 701. D 702. C 703.C 704. A 705. A 706. B 707. B 708. C 709. C 710. B 711. B 712. A 713. D 714.D 715. B 716. A 717. C 718. C 719. A 720. B 721. D 722. B 723. C 724. B 725.C 726. D 727. A 728. D 729. A 730. B 731. A 732. B 733. C 734. C 735. B 736.C 737. A 738. C 739. A 740. C 741. A 742. B 743. A 744. D 745. D 746. A 747.D 748. C 749. C 750. B 751. D 752. C 753. A 754. A 755. B 756. D 757. C 758.A 759. A 760. C 761. A 762. C 763. B 764. C 765. A 766. A 767. C 768. A 769.B 770. C 771. B 772. B 773. A 774. A 775. D 776. A 777. C 778. A 779. B 780.C 781. D 782. D 783. A 784. B 785. C 786. B 787. C 788. C 789. B 790. B 791.A 792. A 793. C 794. C 795. A 796. B 797. B 798. C 799. B 800. A 801. B 802.D 803. B 804. A 805. D 806. C 807. A 808. C 809. A 810. A 811. A 812. B 813.B 814.Narayan A 815. C 816. B 817. A 818. C 819. A Changder 820. C 821. C 822. A 823. A 824.C 825. D 826. B 827. D 828. D 829. B 830. B 831. A 832. C 833. D 834. D 835.C 836. A 837. C 838. D 839. D 840. A 841. A 842. C 843. B 844. C 845. D 846.C 847. D 848. C 849. C 850. A 851. A 852. B 853. B 854. B 855. A 856. B 857.A 858. B 859. B 860. B 861. C 862. A 863. B 864. C 865. B 866. C 867. D 868.A 869. D 870. C 871. B 872. A 873. D 874. C 875. B 876. B 877. C 878. C 879.D 880. D 881. C 882. A 883. D 884. A 885. C 886. C 887. D 888. D 889. B 890.A 557

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