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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 51. |
The line “This hour a slave, the next a deity” belongs to which of the following poems? |
| A. | in memory of w |
| B. | yeats b) my last duchess |
| C. | ode to a skylark |
| D. | essay on man |
| Answer» D. essay on man | |
| 52. |
Pick out the phrase that is symbolic of the physical act of lovemaking in the poem “I am your Man” |
| A. | dog in heat |
| B. | here i stand |
| C. | moon’s too bright |
| D. | promises to you |
| Answer» A. dog in heat | |
| 53. |
“When I consider how my light was spent” is a _______. |
| A. | sonnet |
| B. | lyric |
| C. | ballad |
| D. | ode |
| Answer» A. sonnet | |
| 54. |
__________ is a poem that was inspired after the poet took a country walk in Italy along with his second wife. |
| A. | la belle dame sans merci |
| B. | ode to a skylark |
| C. | a valediction: forbidding mourning |
| D. | the layers |
| Answer» B. ode to a skylark | |
| 55. |
The phrase ‘good night’ in Dylan’s poem refers to _______. |
| A. | life |
| B. | love |
| C. | death |
| D. | pain |
| Answer» C. death | |
| 56. |
“In Memory of W.B.Yeats” by W.H. Auden is a _________. |
| A. | ode |
| B. | sonnet |
| C. | elegy |
| D. | epic |
| Answer» C. elegy | |
| 57. |
“I am Your Man” was first released in ________. |
| A. | 1989 |
| B. | 1988 |
| C. | 1987 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» B. 1988 | |
| 58. |
“My Last Duchess” is a _____________. |
| A. | dramatic monologue |
| B. | satire |
| C. | villanelle |
| D. | ballad |
| Answer» A. dramatic monologue | |
| 59. |
“A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” was first published in ________. |
| A. | 1690 |
| B. | 1625 |
| C. | 1629 |
| D. | 1633 |
| Answer» D. 1633 | |
| 60. |
“When I consider how my light is spent” is also known as _________. |
| A. | sonnet 11 |
| B. | sonnet 18 |
| C. | sonnet 19 |
| D. | sonnet 14 |
| Answer» C. sonnet 19 | |
| 61. |
“Ode to a Skylark” is a poem by ________. |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | john keats |
| C. | dylan thomas |
| D. | p.b.shelley |
| Answer» D. p.b.shelley | |
| 62. |
_________ is a poetic recreation of the story of Alphonso II, Duke of Ferrara (1523). |
| A. | my last duchess |
| B. | essay on man |
| C. | the layers |
| D. | ode to a skylark |
| Answer» A. my last duchess | |
| 63. |
_____________ is a poem that was written by the poet in order to comfort his wife while he was away in France, while she remained in England. |
| A. | la belle dame sans merci |
| B. | the layers |
| C. | i am your man |
| D. | a valediction: forbidding mourning |
| Answer» D. a valediction: forbidding mourning | |
| 64. |
The two lovers compared to the two legs of compass is an example of ________. |
| A. | imagery |
| B. | metaphysical conceit |
| C. | alliteration |
| D. | enjambment |
| Answer» B. metaphysical conceit | |
| 65. |
________ is a poem that portrays a quest for identity. |
| A. | i am your man |
| B. | the layers |
| C. | my last duchess |
| D. | when i consider how my light is spent |
| Answer» B. the layers | |
| 66. |
Who wrote the poem Childhood? |
| A. | pablo neruda |
| B. | rainer maria rilke |
| C. | nazim hikmet |
| D. | langston hughes |
| Answer» B. rainer maria rilke | |
| 67. |
Who wrote the book The Book of Hours? |
| A. | rainer maria rilke |
| B. | namdeo laxman dhasal |
| C. | diane glancy |
| D. | yehuda amichai |
| Answer» A. rainer maria rilke | |
| 68. |
Who wrote Sonnets to Orpheus? |
| A. | diane glancy |
| B. | pablo neruda |
| C. | yehuda amichai |
| D. | rainer maria rilke |
| Answer» D. rainer maria rilke | |
| 69. |
Who wrote the Duino Elegies? |
| A. | charles baudelaire |
| B. | bassey ikpi |
| C. | rainer maria rilke |
| D. | joao cabral de melo neto |
| Answer» C. rainer maria rilke | |
| 70. |
Who wrote the poem Tonight I can Write the Saddest Lines? |
| A. | pablo neruda |
| B. | joao cabral de melo neto |
| C. | bassey ikpi |
| D. | yehuda amichai |
| Answer» A. pablo neruda | |
| 71. |
Who was the first recipient of Nobel Prize for Literature from a Latin American country? |
| A. | rainer maria rilke |
| B. | langston hughes |
| C. | pablo neruda |
| D. | nazim hikmet |
| Answer» C. pablo neruda | |
| 72. |
Who wrote The Heights of Macchu Picchu? |
| A. | diane glancy |
| B. | bassey ikpi |
| C. | joao cabral de melo neto |
| D. | pablo neruda |
| Answer» D. pablo neruda | |
| 73. |
Who wrote Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair? |
| A. | langston hughes |
| B. | pablo neruda |
| C. | nazim hikmet |
| D. | yehuda amichai |
| Answer» B. pablo neruda | |
| 74. |
Who wrote the poem Some Advice to Those Who Will Serve Time in Prison? |
| A. | langston hughes |
| B. | nazim hikmet |
| C. | bassey ikpi |
| D. | pablo neruda |
| Answer» B. nazim hikmet | |
| 75. |
Who wrote The Day Before Tomorrow? |
| A. | rainer maria rilke |
| B. | yehuda amichai |
| C. | diane glancy |
| D. | nazim hikmet |
| Answer» D. nazim hikmet | |
| 76. |
Who wrote Moscow Symphony? |
| A. | nazim hikmet |
| B. | pablo neruda |
| C. | charles baudelaire |
| D. | bassey ikpi |
| Answer» A. nazim hikmet | |
| 77. |
Who wrote Things I Didn't Know I Loved? |
| A. | charles baudelaire |
| B. | diane glancy |
| C. | nazim hikmet |
| D. | yehuda amichai |
| Answer» C. nazim hikmet | |
| 78. |
Who wrote "I Come and Stand at Everyone's Door"? |
| A. | diane glancy |
| B. | bassey ikpi |
| C. | pablo neruda |
| D. | nazim hikmet |
| Answer» D. nazim hikmet | |
| 79. |
Who wrote the poem Mother to Son? |
| A. | a d hope |
| B. | langston hughes |
| C. | pablo neruda |
| D. | diane glancy |
| Answer» B. langston hughes | |
| 80. |
Who wrote The Negro Speaks of Rivers? |
| A. | langston hughes |
| B. | gabriel garcía marquez |
| C. | alice walker |
| D. | eugene o'neill |
| Answer» A. langston hughes | |
| 81. |
Who wrote The Weary Blues? |
| A. | eugene o'neill |
| B. | pablo neruda |
| C. | nazim hikmet |
| D. | langston hughes |
| Answer» D. langston hughes | |
| 82. |
Who wrote Fine Clothes for the Jews? |
| A. | alice walker |
| B. | yehuda amichai |
| C. | langston hughes |
| D. | nazim hikmet |
| Answer» C. langston hughes | |
| 83. |
Who wrote Montage of a Dream Deferred? |
| A. | langston hughes |
| B. | carl sandberg |
| C. | pablo neruda |
| D. | alice walker |
| Answer» A. langston hughes | |
| 84. |
Who wrote the essay The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain? |
| A. | tennessee williams |
| B. | nathaniel hawthorne |
| C. | alice walker |
| D. | langston hughes |
| Answer» D. langston hughes | |
| 85. |
Who wrote the poem Stonemasons, My Father and Me? |
| A. | kamala das |
| B. | namdeo laxman dhasal |
| C. | nizzim ezekiel |
| D. | a k ramanujan |
| Answer» B. namdeo laxman dhasal | |
| 86. |
Who wrote the poem Without Title? |
| A. | maya angelou |
| B. | alice walker |
| C. | diane glancy |
| D. | sylvia plath |
| Answer» C. diane glancy | |
| 87. |
Who wrote the poem Anniversaries of War? |
| A. | yehuda amichai |
| B. | wilfred owen |
| C. | w h auden |
| D. | carl sandberg |
| Answer» A. yehuda amichai | |
| 88. |
Who wrote the poem Be Drunk? |
| A. | thomas de quincy |
| B. | charles baudelaire |
| C. | john keats |
| D. | leonard cohen |
| Answer» B. charles baudelaire | |
| 89. |
Who wrote the poem Landscape of the Capibaribe River? |
| A. | carl sandberg |
| B. | langston hughes |
| C. | pablo neruda |
| D. | joao cabral de melo neto |
| Answer» D. joao cabral de melo neto | |
| 90. |
Who wrote the poem Homeward? |
| A. | chinua achebe |
| B. | bassey ikpi |
| C. | ruskin bond |
| D. | a k ramanujan |
| Answer» B. bassey ikpi | |
| 91. |
Who wrote I'm Telling the Truth But I'm Lying? |
| A. | bassey ikpi |
| B. | leonard cohen |
| C. | rainer maria rilke |
| D. | diane glancy |
| Answer» A. bassey ikpi | |
| 92. |
Who wrote the novel Not of This Time Not of This Place? |
| A. | oscar wilde |
| B. | yehuda amichai |
| C. | henry james |
| D. | r k narayan |
| Answer» B. yehuda amichai | |
| 93. |
Who wrote One Age in a Dream? |
| A. | alice walker |
| B. | maya angelou |
| C. | diane glancy |
| D. | pablo neruda |
| Answer» C. diane glancy | |
| 94. |
Who wrote Apology to My Unborn? |
| A. | rainer maria rilke |
| B. | bassey ikpi |
| C. | leonard cohen |
| D. | yehuda amichai |
| Answer» B. bassey ikpi | |
| 95. |
Who coined the term She-donism? |
| A. | virginia woolf |
| B. | alice walker |
| C. | maya angelou |
| D. | diane glancy |
| Answer» D. diane glancy | |
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