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II BA ENGLISH LITERATURE [2018-2021]

SEMESTER-IV
Core:BRITISH LITERATURE - 492a
Multiple Choice Questions.

1. How many sections are in the poem Tintern Abbey?

A. Five
B. Four
C. Three
D. Six
ANSWER: A

2. What was Keats' father's profession?

A. Inn keeper
B. Livery stable keeper
C. Miller
D. Factory worker
ANSWER: B

3. __________was writing during the British Romantic period in the period around 1785-1820.
A. John Wilson Croker
B. William Wordsworth
C. John Gibson Lockhart
D. Leigh Hunt
ANSWER: B

4. _________is probably the most famous poem by one of the most famous British Romantic poets.
A. Tintern Abbey
B. Ode to a Nightingale
C. Rabbi Ben Ezra
D. Lotus Eaters
ANSWER: A

5. The _________ section begins with the meditation beautious forms of deep seated in his mind.
A. Third
B. Fourth
C. Second
D. First
ANSWER: C

6. John Keats is renowned today as a writer of odes. How many odes did he write?
A. Three
B. six
C. ten
D. seven
 ANSWER: B

7. How did the poet expressed his honest and feelings In the poem Tintern Abbey ___________?
A. Sweetness
B. Love and affection.
C. Nature's Superiority
D. Artificiality
ANSWER: C

8. What does Algernon tell Jack he has always suspected him of being in "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
A. A Communist
B. A Liberal Unionist
C. A Bunburyist
D. A Tory
ANSWER: C

9. What leads Algernon to think Jack is leading a double life?

A. A letter
B. A diary
C. An inscription
D. A handkerchief embroidered with strawberries
ANSWER: C

10. What does Jack say it is a very ungentlemanly thing to read?

A. Gwendolens diary
B. French drama
C. More than half of modern literature
D. A private cigarette case
ANSWER: D

11. At first, Jack tells Algernon that Cecily is his what?

A. Sister
B. Aunt
C. Hair colorist
D. Former governess
ANSWER: B

12. What does Gwendolen say they live in?

A. A pigsty
B. An age of ideals
C. A house in Shropshire
D. An age of surfaces
ANSWER: B

13. What does Gwendolen say the name Ernest produces?

A. Vibrations
B. Suspicions
C. Absolute confidence
D. A and C
ANSWER: C

14. What is Lady Bracknells reaction when Jack admits to her that he smokes?
A. Shock
B. Disgust
 C. Approval
D. A coughing fit
ANSWER: C

15. Where did old Mr. Thomas Cardew find Jack as a baby?
A. In a cloakroom at a railway station
B. Shropshire
C. A foundling hospital
D. The British Museum
ANSWER: C

16. What is Lady Bracknells objection to Jack as a prospective suitor to Gwendolen?

A. His smoking
B. His lack of an occupation
C. His origins
D. His politics
ANSWER: D

17. A Child's Dream of a star Written by __________

A. Virginia Woolf
B. Charles Dickens
C. Graham Greene
D. Robert Browning
ANSWER: B

18. Who was the companion of the Child?

A. sister
B. mother
C. father
D. sister in law
ANSWER: A

19. Identify the writer who used a pseudonym, Michael Angelo Titmarsh, for much of his early work?
A. Charles Dickens
B. W. M. Thackeray
C. Graham Greene
D. D. H. Lawrence
ANSWER: C

20. My age is falling from me like a _________, and I move towards the star as a child.
A. sprinkle
B. garment
C. snow
D. ocean
ANSWER: B

21. Where is Jacks house in the country?

A. Shropshire
B. Hertfordshire
C. Worthing
D. Sussex
ANSWER: B

22. The short story___________is story with meaning, by portraying to us the treasure of life.
 A. who s afraid of virginia woolf
B. A Childs Dream of a Star
C. The End of the Party
D. A Haunted House
ANSWER: D

23. A Haunted House of the story the phrase hand in hand hints that the ___________ in love.
A. lovers
B. angel
C. ghost
D. none of these
ANSWER: C

24. A Haunted House has _________ in this story has a poetic touch.
A. Wharton's style
B. Northan Frype style
C. Wordsworth style
D. Miltons style
ANSWER: A

25. The End of the Party is narrated by a ________ who is observing the twins.
A. land lady
B. young girl
C. an old man
D. young boy
ANSWER: D

26. The End of the Party, _________ as he expresses his extreme fear of the dark.
A. Peter
B. Francis
C. Peter Mortan
D. Graham Greene
ANSWER: B

27. The end of the story, the fear seems to transfer itself onto __________.
A. Peter
B. Francis
C. Mortan
D. Greene
ANSWER: A

28. The End of the Party leaves a resonance that is disturbing the childhood ________.
A. fame
B. attitude
C. brave
D. fears
ANSWER: D

29. Where did Miss Prism accidentally leave the baby?

A. In a handbag at the train station
B. In the carriage
C. At the chemist's
D. At the babysitter's
ANSWER: A
30. Francis Bacon' s essay ________ is one of the more famous of his works of prose.
A. Of Studies
B. Of Truth
C. Of Parents and children
D. Of Revenge
ANSWER: B

31. Bacon defined progress as_____________.

A. scientific knowledge applied to human problems.
B. istributing wealth more equally in a population
C. discovering and exploring new continents
D. providing education to every child
ANSWER: A

32. When was Francis Bacon born?

A. 22 January 1561
B. 4 May 1549
C. 16 July 1548
D. 11 November 1564
ANSWER: A

33. Eliza is a ____________ in Pygmalion.

A. flower-seller
B. shop-girl
C. lawyer
D. homemaker
ANSWER: A

34. In pygmalion Higgins is a________

A. professor
B. officer
C. gentleman
D. handyman
ANSWER: A

35. From whom did Eliza learns self-respect?

A. Mrs.Pearce
B. Colonel Pickering
C. Mrs.Higgins
D. Her Father
ANSWER: B

36. Eliza has been called as ________ all the following except by the Ambassador.
A. The beauty of the Orient
B. Heartless guttersnipe
C. A Common girl
D. Darling
ANSWER: A

37. The Eynsford Hills are _________

A. wealthy and genteel
B. poor and low class
C. wealthy but low class
 D. poor but genteel
ANSWER: D

38. Who is in love with Eliza by the end?

A. Pickering
B. Freddy
C. Clara
D. Doolittle
ANSWER: B

39. In pygmalion The opening act is set in __________

A. Wimpole St.
B. the Doolittles' home
C. Mrs. Higgins's house
D. Covent Garden
ANSWER: D

40. Higgins is writing down what Liza says so_______

A. he can lure her home
B. he can catch her lying
C. he can study her speech
D. he can prosecute her
ANSWER: C

41. The Eynsford Hills have just been ________

A. to a restaurant
B. to the club
C. to the theatre
D. to Higgins's house
ANSWER: C

42. How did Higgins amazes the bystanders _______ ?

A. standing on his head
B. guessing where they are from
C. kissing Liza
D. hailing a cab
ANSWER: B

43. What does Eliza usually wear to sleep?

A. A Raggedclothes
B. Her day clothes
C. stolen coats
D. Nothing
ANSWER: B

44. What does Higgins put in Liza's basket?

A. his business card
B. money
C. flowers
D. his slippers
ANSWER: B

45. In pygmalion Act Two is set in _______

A. Covent Garden
 B. the Doolittles' home
C. Higgins's house/laboratory
D. Mrs. Higgins's home
ANSWER: C

46. Who claims that Eliza must be a Hungarian princess?

A. Henry Higgins
B. Nepommuck
C. The ambassador
D. Clara
ANSWER: B

47. By what name does Eliza address Freddy the first time that they encounter each other?
A. Charlie
B. Freddy
C. Captain
D. Kind sir
ANSWER: B

48. When the Flower Girl gets in the taxi at Covent Garden after the thunderstorm, where does she initially
tell the taxicab to take her?
A. 27A Wimpole Street
B. Bucknam Pellis [Buckingham Palace]
C. The Ambassador's garden party
D. Angel Court, Drury Lane
ANSWER: B

49. Where does William work?

A. Paris
B. London
C. Dublin
D. York
ANSWER: B

50. Who is Paul's younger brother?

A. Walter
B. Jerry
C. Arthur
D. william
ANSWER: C

51. By __________ name does Eliza address Freddy the first time that they encounter each other?
A. Charlie
B. Captain
C. Freddy
D. Kind sir
ANSWER: C

52. Who is Paul's sister?

A. Miriam
B. Gertrude
C. Annie
D. Clara
ANSWER: C
53. What does Algernon tell Jack he has always suspected him of being?
A. A Communist
B. A Bunburyist
C. A Liberal Unionist
D. A Tory
ANSWER: B

54. What leads Algernon to think Jack is leading a double life?

A. A letter
B. A diary
C. An inscription
D. A handkerchief embroidered with strawberries
ANSWER: C

55. What does Paul throw at Miriam when he sits up in a tree one day?
A. Apples
B. Cherries
C. Rocks
D. Branches
ANSWER: C

56. What does William win for his mother at the wakes when he is young?
A. A trophy
B. A ribbon
C. Egg-cups
D. A stuffed animal
ANSWER: C

57. What is painted on the expensive dish Mrs. Morel buys that pleases Paul?
A. Daffodils
B. Cherries
C. Egg-cups
D. Cornflowers
ANSWER: D

58. What does William die of?

A. Erysipelas
B. Tuberculosis
C. Pneumonia
D. Heart disease
ANSWER: A

59. What does Paul nearly die from shortly after William dies?
A. Tuberculosis
B. Pneumonia
C. Heart disease
D. Erysipelas
ANSWER: B

60. What language does Paul tutor Miriam in?

A. Spanish
B. Russian
C. French
 D. Latin
ANSWER: D

61. What does Morel throw at his wife one night during a fight?
A. A knife
B. Their baby
C. A drawer
D. A dish
ANSWER: C

62. What is the name of Morels' coal-mining community?

A. The Sides
B. The Tops
C. The Bottoms
D. Hell's Row
ANSWER: C

63. Charles Lamb is the true follower of _________.

A. Thompson
B. Wordworth
C. Addison
D. Gothe
ANSWER: C

64. The name Elia was taken from ________ and attached in fun to the first essay.
A. Sea House
B. South Sea House
C. North Sea House
D. East Sea House
ANSWER: C

65. Whom does Arthur marry?

A. Beatrice
B. Dawes
C. Clara
D. Annie
ANSWER: A

66. Charles Lamb was a fine-grained _________ an ardent admirer of the Elizabethans.
A. orator
B. romanticist
C. writer
D. speaker
ANSWER: A

67. Essay of Elia sketches the story of ___________ is a combination of a essay and story.
A. The Praise of Chimney Sweepers
B. A Dissertation upon Roast Pig
C. Dream-Children
D. none of these
ANSWER: B

68. In the town that the Morels live in, what is the main industry?
A. Manufacturing.
 B. Retail.
C. Farming.
D. Mining.
ANSWER: D

69. The Chimney Sweepers is a discrepancy termed as _________.

A. Dramatic irony
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
ANSWER: A

70. In the _______ century in England small boys more than four or five worked in chimney flues to clean
them.
A. 17th
B. 18th
C. 19th
D. 20th
ANSWER: B

71. What are the names of the Morel parents?

A. Shane and Barbara.
B. Walter and Gertrude.
C. Peter and Mary.
D. Peter and Mary.
ANSWER: B

72. A Dissertation upon Roast Pig, A __________ named Ho-ti.

A. farmer
B. sheperds
C. chef
D. swineherd
ANSWER: D

73. Which of the following contributes to the problems the Morels have with money?
A. Mrs. Morel loses her job.
B. A recent death in the family.
C. Mr. Morel's drinking.
D. Mrs. Morel's shopping habits.
ANSWER: C

74. When was David Herbert Lawrence born?

A. 3 February 1884
B. 17 May 1872
C. 11 September 1885
D. 30 December 1886
ANSWER: C

75. _________then goes on to say the pig must be a young and tender suckling.
A. Lamb
B. Bacon
C. Dickens
D. Woolf
ANSWER: A
76. Where did David Herbert Lawrence die?
A. New York
B. Taos
C. London
D. Vence
ANSWER: D

77. Which is David Herbert Lawrences first novel?

A. Sons and Lovers
B. The White Peacock
C. The Trespasser
D. The Rainbow
ANSWER: B

78. When was Emily Bronte born?

A. 3 March 1815
B. 4 August 1814
C. 30 July 1818
D. 6 November 1812
ANSWER: C

79. Where was Emily Bronte born?

A. Derbyshire
B. Dover
C. Tweed
D. Thornton
ANSWER: D

80. Which school did Emily Bronte attend?

A. Queen Anne School
B. Kilkenny Grammar School
C. Clergy Daughters School
D. Holy Family School
ANSWER: C

81. Where did Emily Bronte teach?

A. St. Patricks School
B. Miss Patchetts School
C. Queen Mary School
D. St. Josephs School
ANSWER: B

82. Where did Emily Bronte go to learn foreign languages and school management?
A. Brussels
B. Paris
C. Copenhagen
D. Helsinki
ANSWER: A

83. When was Wuthering Heights published?

A. 1842
B. 1847
C. 1832
 D. 1836
ANSWER: B

84. What was Emily Brontes pen name?

A. Currer Bell
B. Ellis Bell
C. Acton Bell
D. John Bull
ANSWER: B

85. When did Emily Bronte die?

A. 6 May 1850
B. 9 February 1860
C. 18 September 1852
D. 19 December 1848
ANSWER: D

86. Where did Emily Bronte die?

A. Boston
B. New York
C. Haworth
D. London
ANSWER: C

87. What caused Emily Brontes death?

A. Malaria
B. Brain haemorrage
C. Cholera
D. Tuberculosis
ANSWER: A

88. What is inscribed above the entrance of Wuthering Heights?

A. Hindley Earnshaw, 1729
B. 1623
C. Abandon all hope ye who enter here
D. Hareton Earnshaw, 1500
ANSWER: D

89. What kind of count ryside surrounds Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange?
A. Moorland
B. Savannah
C. Savannah
D. Grassy plains
ANSWER: A

90. What is the name of the village near Wuthering Heights?

A. Loch Crag
B. Gimmerton
C. Heatherton
D. Purvey
ANSWER: B

91. In what country is Wuthering Heights set?

A. Canada.
 B. The United States.
C. France.
D. England.
ANSWER: D

92. What is the name of the estate that Mr. Lockwood has rented from Mr. Heathcliff?
A. Gimmerton.
B. Wildes Estate.
C. Thrushcross Grange.
D. Wuthering Heights.
ANSWER: C

93. In what region of England was Emily Bronte raised?

A. Sussex
B. Gloucestershire
C. Yorkshire
D. Warwickshire
ANSWER: C

94. Who raises Hareton during the early years of his life?
A. Hindley
B. Heathcliff
C. Catherine
D. Nelly
ANSWER: D

95. What is the distance between Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights?
A. 1 mile.
B. 3 miles.
C. 4 miles.
D. 2 miles.
ANSWER: C

96. Which of the following characters dies first?

A. Mrs. Earnshaw
B. Mr. Earnshaw
C. Mrs. Linton
D. Edgar Linton
ANSWER: A

97. Which of the following characters dies in the last Wuthering Heights.
A. Hindley
B. Hareton.
C. Linton.
D. Heathcliff.
ANSWER: D

98. Which character speaks the words I am Heathcliff!

A. Linton Heathcliff
B. Hareton
C. Heathcliff
D. Catherine.
ANSWER: D
99. What is the name of the village near Wuthering Heights?
A. Loch Crag
B. Gimmerton
C. Heatherton
D. Purvey
ANSWER: B

100. In what region of England was Emily Bron të raised?

A. Sussex
B. Gloucestershire
C. Yorkshire
D. Warwickshire
ANSWER: C

101. Which of the following characters dies first?

A. Mrs. Earnshaw
B. Mr. Earnshaw
C. Mrs. Linton
D. Edgar Linto
ANSWER: A

102. Which of the following characters dies last?

A. Mr. Linton
B. Catherine
C. Heathcliff
D. Linton
ANSWER: C

103. According to Heathcliff when will Catherines body decompose?

A. When a hundred centuries have passed
B. When Edgar Linton is finally cursed to hel
C. Never
D. When Heathcliff can join her in the earth
ANSWER: D

104. Where does Lockwood record Nellys story

A. In a novel
B. In his diary
C. In the margins of his Bible
D. In Catherines diary
ANSWER: B

105. Which character speaks the words I am Heathcliff

A. Lint on Heathcliff
B. Hareton
C. Heathcliff
D. Catherine
ANSWER: D

106. Where does Earnshaw originally find Heathcliff?

A. London
B. Boston
C. Liverpool
D. Gimmerton
 ANSWER: C

107. Where is Catherine buried?

A. In a churchyard overlooking the moors
B. In the chapel
C. In the chapel
D. She is not buried, but cremated, and her ashes are scattered in the Thames.
ANSWER: A

108. At what age is Linton taken away from Thrushcross Grange by Heathcliff?
A. Four
B. Twenty
C. Eleven
D. Thirteen
ANSWER: D

109. At what age is Linton reunited with young Catherine?

A. Twenty-two
B. Nineteen
C. Sixteen
D. Forty-three
ANSWER: C

110. Whom does Hindley force to work as a servant in his home?

A. Joseph
B. Heathcliff
C. Heathcliffs son, Linton
D. Edgar Linton
ANSWER: B

111. Whom does Heathcliff force to work as a servant in his home?

A. Hindley
B. Catherine
C. Hareton
D. Isabella Linton
ANSWER: C

112. Where do Catherine and Heathcliff first become close?

A. In the nursery at Wuthering Heights
B. During Catherines visit to Liverpool
C. At Isabella Lintons birthday party
D. On the moors
ANSWER: D

113. Whom does Edgar Linton sometimes forbid his daughter to visit?
A. Linton Heathcliff
B. Hareton Earnshaw
C. Isabella Linton
D. The evangelical servant Joseph
ANSWER: A

114. The evangelical servant Joseph

A. Thrushcross Grange
B. Lowood
 C. The Chase
D. Wuthering Heights
ANSWER: D

115. Why does Heathcliff think his dogs attacked Lockwood?

A. Lockwood smells bad
B. Lockwood is unfamiliar to them
C. Lockwood tried to steal something
D. His dogs have rabies
ANSWER: C

116. What does Joseph accuse Lockwood of stealing?

A. A horse
B. Jewelry
C. Money
D. A lantern
ANSWER: D

117. What did Joseph make Catherine and Heathcliff do as children?

A. Scrub the floors
B. Memorize multiplication tables
C. Listen to sermons
D. Chop wood
ANSWER: C

118. Where is Lockwood's nightmare about Catherine Linton set?

A. A church
B. A library
C. Wuthering Heights
D. The moors
ANSWER: B

119. How does Lockwood wake up Heathcliff?

A. By accidentally slamming the door
B. By gently shaking his arm
C. By crying out in his sleep
D. By falling down the stairs
ANSWER: C

120. How long has Ellen Dean lived at Thrushcross Grange?

A. 10 years
B. 15 years
C. 16 years
D. 18 years
ANSWER: D

121. What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool?
A. A set of paints
B. A fiddle
C. A bridle for her horse
D. Fruit
ANSWER: D

122. Who took care of Heathcliff when he had measles as a child?

 A. Hindley Earnshaw
B. Mr. Earnshaw
C. Mr. Earnshaw
D. Nelly Dean
ANSWER: D

123. Which of these best describes Cathy Earnshaw's personality when she was a child?
A. Shy
B. Depressed
C. Mischievous
D. Docile
ANSWER: C

124. Whose arms does Mr. Earnshaw die in?

A. Nelly Dean's
B. Heathcliff's
C. Hindley's
D. Cathy Earnshaw's
ANSWER: D

125. Who forces Heathcliff to work in the fields after Mr. Earnshaw dies?
A. joseph
B. Hindley
C. Cathy Earnshaw
D. Mrs. Earnshaw
ANSWER: B

126. What is Hindley's wife Frances afraid of?

A. Strangers
B. Spiders
C. Spiders
D. Water
ANSWER: C

127. What happens to Cathy the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange?
A. She cuts her arm on a shard of broken glass
B. A dog bites her
C. She catches a cold
D. She falls down a rocky hill
ANSWER: B

128. What time of year does Cathy return from her stay at Thrushcross Grange?
A. Christmas
B. Remembrance Day
C. New Year's
D. May Day
ANSWER: A

129. Who does Heathcliff envy?

A. Hindley Earnshaw
B. Cathy Earnshaw
C. Edgar Linton
D. Mr. Linton
ANSWER: C
130. How does Cathy shock Linton when he comes to visit her?
A. She turns him away because she would rather spend time with Heathcliff
B. She pinches Ellen
C. She insults Isabella
D. She speaks well of Heathcliff
ANSWER: B

131. Which characters bear a resemblance to Catherine?

A. Hareton and Cathy
B. Isabella and Zillah
C. Linton and Nelly
D. Lockwood and Joseph
ANSWER: A

132. Who finds Healthcliffs body?

A. Cathy
B. Hareton
C. Linton
D. Nelly
ANSWER: D

133. Who is the primary narrator of the novel?

A. Catherine
B. Heathcliff
C. Lockwood
D. Lockwood
ANSWER: D

134. Whom does Catherine marry?

A. Edgar Linton
B. Hareton
C. Heathcliff
D. Hindley
ANSWER: A

135. Rabbi Ben Ezra is a ________.

A. dramatic monologue
B. elegy
C. dialogue
D. soliloquy
ANSWER: A

136. Which was Charles Dickens first novel?

A. David Copperfield
B. Nicholas Nickleby
C. The Pickwick Papers
D. Oliver Twist
ANSWER: C

137. When was Graham Greene born?

A. 21 March 1908
B. 27 May 1903
C. 27 September 1902
 D. 2 October 1904
ANSWER: D

138. Where was Graham Greene born?

A. Freetown
B. Havana
C. Berkhamsted
D. Saigon
ANSWER: C

139. Rabbi Ben Ezra was published in _____.

A. Rivals
B. Dramatis personae
C. chronicle
D. weekly
ANSWER: B

140. Rabbi Ben Ezra is a learned _____.

A. Jew
B. Hebrew
C. Spainish
D. Indian
ANSWER: A

141. Life is like a _____ fashioned by Master Potter

A. pot
B. wheel
C. sun
D. god
ANSWER: A

142. Rabbi Ben Ezra is compressed of a _____ vivid Scene

A. single
B. double
C. triple
D. final
ANSWER: A

143. Where was Francis Bacon born?

A. Liverpool
B. London
C. Cambridge
D. Paris
ANSWER: B

144. At first, Jack tells Algernon that Cecily is his __________ in Importance of being Earnest.
A. Sister
B. Hair Colorist
C. Aunt
D. Former governess
ANSWER: C

145. Which constituency did Francis Bacon represent in Parliament in 1586-1588?

A. Middlesex
 B. Ipswich
C. Taunton
D. Kent
ANSWER: C

146. When did Francis Bacon publish Advancement of Learning?

A. 1605
B. 1600
C. 1598
D. 1596
ANSWER: A

147. Which book of Francis Bacon was published in 1609?

A. Novum Organum
B. The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh
C. Sylva Sylvarum
D. De Sapientia Veterum
ANSWER: A

148. When did Francis Bacon die?

A. 9 Aug 1626
B. 9 April 1626
C. 9 Sep 1626
D. 9 October 1626
ANSWER: B

149. Rabbi Ben Ezra was a real historical figure of the __________
A. 5th century
B. 8th century
C. 7th century
D. 12th century
ANSWER: A

150. Where did Francis Bacon die?

A. Cambridge
B. Paris
C. Liverpool
D. London
ANSWER: D

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