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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Master of Arts in English (MA English) , English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
What time does the poem “The Raven” take place? |
| A. | midnight |
| B. | noon |
| C. | dawn |
| D. | morning |
| Answer» A. midnight | |
| 2. |
When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," in “The Raven”, who did he think was outside? |
| A. | his neighbour |
| B. | the raven |
| C. | pluto |
| D. | some late night visitor |
| Answer» D. some late night visitor | |
| 3. |
In what month does the poem “The Raven” take place? |
| A. | december |
| B. | january |
| C. | october |
| D. | february |
| Answer» A. december | |
| 4. |
What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns in “The Raven”? |
| A. | annebelle |
| B. | lenore |
| C. | pluto |
| D. | lydia |
| Answer» B. lenore | |
| 5. |
What happens when the author opens the door in “The Raven”? |
| A. | the raven flies in |
| B. | he screams |
| C. | he only sees darkness |
| D. | he sees lenore standing outside |
| Answer» C. he only sees darkness | |
| 6. |
What word does the raven say whenever he speaks? |
| A. | quoth |
| B. | prophet |
| C. | nevermore |
| D. | lenore |
| Answer» C. nevermore | |
| 7. |
Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house? |
| A. | on the door frame |
| B. | on the mantle above the fireplace |
| C. | on a bust of pallas |
| D. | on the chair |
| Answer» C. on a bust of pallas | |
| 8. |
What was the author doing at the beginning of the poem “The Raven”? |
| A. | eating dinner |
| B. | reading a book |
| C. | cutting his toenails |
| D. | writing a letter |
| Answer» D. writing a letter | |
| 9. |
The raven is a symbol of |
| A. | birds |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | boredom |
| D. | death |
| Answer» D. death | |
| 10. |
How did the raven get into the house? |
| A. | he stepped in the window |
| B. | he came in the chimney |
| C. | he flew in the door |
| D. | he was already in the house |
| Answer» A. he stepped in the window | |
| 11. |
In what year was the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" published? |
| A. | 1872 |
| B. | 1892 |
| C. | 1860 |
| D. | 1855 |
| Answer» D. 1855 | |
| 12. |
Which of Whitman's contemporaries famously praised "Leaves of Grass" as "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed"? |
| A. | henry wadsworth longfellow |
| B. | henry david thoreau |
| C. | oliver wendell holmes |
| D. | ralph waldo emerson |
| Answer» D. ralph waldo emerson | |
| 13. |
“Passage to India” is an example of which Literary Movement? |
| A. | romanticism |
| B. | transcendentalism |
| C. | black art movement |
| D. | imagism |
| Answer» B. transcendentalism | |
| 14. |
Opening stanza of “Passage to India” celebrates which of the following great engineering achievements? |
| A. | the laying of the transatlantic undersea cable |
| B. | the joining of the union pacific and central pacific railroads at utah |
| C. | invention of steam engine |
| D. | the opening of the suez canal |
| Answer» D. the opening of the suez canal | |
| 15. |
Who is the “The Admiral himself” described in the poem “Passage to India”? |
| A. | marco polo |
| B. | alexander |
| C. | columbus |
| D. | tamerlane |
| Answer» C. columbus | |
| 16. |
Those oppressive "Cathedral Tunes" reflect the poem's (“There is a certain slant of Light”) theme of |
| A. | isolation |
| B. | mortality |
| C. | immortality |
| D. | versions of reality |
| Answer» A. isolation | |
| 17. |
That ‘Heavenly Hurt’ in “There is a certain slant of Light” that leaves no scar works with the speaker's sense of |
| A. | time |
| B. | suffering |
| C. | mortality |
| D. | spirituality |
| Answer» B. suffering | |
| 18. |
The lines “When it comes, the Landscape listens – Shadows – hold their breath” in “There is a certain slant of Light” is an example of? |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | pathetic fallacy |
| D. | anaphora |
| Answer» C. pathetic fallacy | |
| 19. |
How did Dickinson intend for the light to be viewed in “There is a certain slant of Light”? |
| A. | oppressive |
| B. | welcoming |
| C. | enchanting |
| D. | cold |
| Answer» A. oppressive | |
| 20. |
That "seal Despair" in “There is a certain slant of Light” is a sort of metaphor for the speaker's |
| A. | perseverance |
| B. | mortality |
| C. | versions of reality |
| D. | suffering |
| Answer» D. suffering | |
| 21. |
When the landscape "listens" in “There is a certain slant of Light”, it brings to mind the poem's theme of |
| A. | society and class |
| B. | awe and amazement |
| C. | truth |
| D. | transformation |
| Answer» B. awe and amazement | |
| 22. |
What is the literal meaning of the title “Home Burial”? |
| A. | death of marriage |
| B. | a broken home |
| C. | the death of the child |
| D. | a broken marriage |
| Answer» C. the death of the child | |
| 23. |
In "Home Burial", what is the mother's name? |
| A. | paris |
| B. | sabrina |
| C. | amy |
| D. | winifred |
| Answer» C. amy | |
| 24. |
What does the wife see through the window at the beginning of “Home Burial”? |
| A. | horsemen approaching |
| B. | the coroner’s wagon |
| C. | her child’s grave |
| D. | her husband returning |
| Answer» C. her child’s grave | |
| 25. |
What is the metaphorical meaning of the title "Home Burial"? |
| A. | the end of the marriage |
| B. | end of life |
| C. | beginning of a new life |
| D. | a new chapter in their lives |
| Answer» A. the end of the marriage | |
| 26. |
Who makes the ice cream in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”? |
| A. | the mother |
| B. | the speaker |
| C. | the roller of big cigars |
| D. | the newspaper boys |
| Answer» C. the roller of big cigars | |
| 27. |
Which is NOT an adjective you could apply to the cigar man in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”, based on the poem's description of him? |
| A. | masculine |
| B. | capable |
| C. | strong |
| D. | arrogant |
| Answer» D. arrogant | |
| 28. |
What is embroidered on the sheet used to cover the body in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”? |
| A. | birds |
| B. | hearts |
| C. | flowers |
| D. | leaves |
| Answer» A. birds | |
| 29. |
What part of the woman’s body might remain visible in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”? |
| A. | her wrinkled hands |
| B. | her closed eyes |
| C. | her stringy hair |
| D. | her horny feet |
| Answer» D. her horny feet | |
| 30. |
What are the wenches doing in “The Emperor of Ice Cream”? |
| A. | wrapping up the body |
| B. | taking care of the boys |
| C. | complaining |
| D. | hanging around |
| Answer» D. hanging around | |
| 31. |
Who is the blue-eyed boy in E.E. Cummings' poem 'Buffalo Bill's/defunct'? |
| A. | buffalo bill |
| B. | mr. death |
| C. | e.e. cummings |
| D. | e.e. cummings\ son |
| Answer» A. buffalo bill | |
| 32. |
What colour is the stallion in "Buffalo Bill's defunct"? |
| A. | red |
| B. | black |
| C. | silver |
| D. | white |
| Answer» C. silver | |
| 33. |
What is the original name of ‘Buffalo Bill’? |
| A. | william scout |
| B. | william cody |
| C. | william bill |
| D. | william west |
| Answer» B. william cody | |
| 34. |
The poem “I, Too” references which dark portion of America's past? |
| A. | the civil war |
| B. | slavery |
| C. | the civil rights movement |
| D. | prohibition |
| Answer» B. slavery | |
| 35. |
What is the point of view in the poem, "I, Too"? |
| A. | 1st person |
| B. | 2nd person |
| C. | 3rd person |
| D. | 4th person |
| Answer» A. 1st person | |
| 36. |
In the poem, "I, Too," America is a symbol for . . . |
| A. | death |
| B. | slavery |
| C. | money |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» D. freedom | |
| 37. |
What is the speaker referring to when he says "I am the darker brother" in “I, Too?” |
| A. | his family role |
| B. | his troubled past |
| C. | his skin colour |
| D. | his angry mood |
| Answer» C. his skin colour | |
| 38. |
What is the tone of this poem? |
| A. | optimistic |
| B. | angry |
| C. | solemn |
| D. | energetic |
| Answer» A. optimistic | |
| 39. |
In "I, Too," the speaker says that tomorrow, no one will dare to |
| A. | insult him |
| B. | throw him out |
| C. | hurt him |
| D. | tell him to eat in the kitchen |
| Answer» D. tell him to eat in the kitchen | |
| 40. |
An advertisement for what insensitively uses an image of Hiroshima in “For the Union Dead?” |
| A. | a movie |
| B. | a brand of safes |
| C. | a brand of watch |
| D. | a skin care product |
| Answer» B. a brand of safes | |
| 41. |
Colonel Shaw served in which war in “For the Union Dead?” |
| A. | world war i |
| B. | world war ii |
| C. | the vietnam war |
| D. | the civil war |
| Answer» D. the civil war | |
| 42. |
What animal does the final stanza compare cars to in “For the Union Dead?” |
| A. | zebras |
| B. | fish |
| C. | snakes |
| D. | cats |
| Answer» B. fish | |
| 43. |
The waists on the stone statues of soldiers are compared to what in “For the Union Dead?” |
| A. | mosquitos |
| B. | swans |
| C. | herons |
| D. | wasps |
| Answer» D. wasps | |
| 44. |
What does Colonel Shaw's father want in “For the Union Dead?” |
| A. | a better monument |
| B. | the ditch |
| C. | nothing |
| D. | his son\s weapon |
| Answer» B. the ditch | |
| 45. |
What does Colonel Shaw wait for at the end of the poem “For the Union Dead?” |
| A. | a greyhound\s gentle tautness |
| B. | a parking spot |
| C. | an end to violence |
| D. | the blessed break |
| Answer» D. the blessed break | |
| 46. |
What desert does Lowell reference in the first stanza in “For the Union Dead?” |
| A. | sonoran |
| B. | mojave |
| C. | sahara |
| D. | gobi |
| Answer» C. sahara | |
| 47. |
What is St. Gauden's relief made of in “For the Union Dead?”? |
| A. | stone |
| B. | copper |
| C. | marble |
| D. | bronze |
| Answer» D. bronze | |
| 48. |
Allen Ginsberg is traditionally associated with what literary movement? |
| A. | the hippie poets |
| B. | the beat poets |
| C. | the flower children |
| D. | the romantic poets |
| Answer» B. the beat poets | |
| 49. |
Which industrial tycoon does Ginsberg cite in "America?" |
| A. | larry miles |
| B. | henry ford |
| C. | warren buffett |
| D. | cornelius vanderbilt |
| Answer» B. henry ford | |
| 50. |
Ginsberg had an ambition to become which of the following in “America”? |
| A. | sailor. |
| B. | president. |
| C. | rabbi. |
| D. | cartoonist. |
| Answer» B. president. | |
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