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| 1. |
Which of the following is not given as the purpose of study by Bacon in “Of Studies”? |
| A. | pleasure |
| B. | ornament |
| C. | economic gain |
| D. | ability |
| Answer» C. economic gain | |
| 2. |
At the time of receiving the Nobel Prize, it was a time of misery for Camus birthplace says Camus himself. Which was his birthplace? |
| A. | algeria |
| B. | nigeria |
| C. | tunisia |
| D. | libya |
| Answer» A. algeria | |
| 3. |
According to Bacon which of the following men use studies most effectively and wisely by combining it with observation? |
| A. | crafty men |
| B. | wise men |
| C. | rich men |
| D. | simple men |
| Answer» B. wise men | |
| 4. |
Art was a means to connect himself with his fellow men and it allowed him to live at the same level with them. Who is this statement talking about? |
| A. | marcel junod |
| B. | arundhati roy |
| C. | pico iyer |
| D. | albert camus |
| Answer» D. albert camus | |
| 5. |
Bacon believes that the study of ____ makes one witty. |
| A. | history |
| B. | poetry |
| C. | literature |
| D. | sociology |
| Answer» B. poetry | |
| 6. |
The study of Mathematics makes one ______. |
| A. | subtle |
| B. | deep |
| C. | contend |
| D. | grave |
| Answer» A. subtle | |
| 7. |
What according to Bacon is the true purpose of study? |
| A. | to contradict and confute |
| B. | to believe and take for granted |
| C. | to weigh and consider |
| D. | to find talk and discourse |
| Answer» C. to weigh and consider | |
| 8. |
Bacon wrote that “To spend too much time in studies is sloth”. What is the meaning ‘sloth’ here ? |
| A. | laziness |
| B. | animal |
| C. | productive |
| D. | clever |
| Answer» A. laziness | |
| 9. |
Elia is the pen name of which of the following authors? |
| A. | bacon |
| B. | charles lamb |
| C. | addison |
| D. | thomas hardy |
| Answer» B. charles lamb | |
| 10. |
In the Dream Children: A Reverie, Mrs. Field is James Elia’s ____________. |
| A. | grandmother |
| B. | great grandmother |
| C. | neighbour |
| D. | landlad |
| Answer» B. great grandmother | |
| 11. |
In the Dream Children: A Reverie , Mrs. Field was not a ______ person. |
| A. | religious |
| B. | graceful |
| C. | sadistic |
| D. | noble and kind |
| Answer» C. sadistic | |
| 12. |
In the Dream Children: A Reverie, John L. is Elia’s _______. |
| A. | brother |
| B. | grandfather |
| C. | house owner |
| D. | friend |
| Answer» A. brother | |
| 13. |
The subtitle of “Dream Children” means ______. |
| A. | nightmare |
| B. | dream |
| C. | day-dream |
| D. | river |
| Answer» C. day-dream | |
| 14. |
According to Chesterton, to run after one’s hat is as worthy an act as _____. |
| A. | it is ridiculous |
| B. | the act of making love |
| C. | it is funny |
| D. | it seems like a game |
| Answer» B. the act of making love | |
| 15. |
What according to Chesterton can turn everyday nuisances and irritations into a joyful act? |
| A. | physical strength |
| B. | rebellion |
| C. | anger |
| D. | sense of humour |
| Answer» D. sense of humour | |
| 16. |
Chesterton urges his readers to remain _______. |
| A. | optimistic and imaginative |
| B. | impatient and negative |
| C. | angry and frustrated |
| D. | ambitious and happy |
| Answer» A. optimistic and imaginative | |
| 17. |
Pico Iyer compares a comma to _____. |
| A. | devils |
| B. | god |
| C. | angels |
| D. | friends |
| Answer» B. god | |
| 18. |
What has the power to reveal the culture of the age according to Pico Iyer? |
| A. | punctuation |
| B. | alignment |
| C. | apostrophe |
| D. | emotions |
| Answer» A. punctuation | |
| 19. |
In his “Nobel Acceptance Speech”, Camus expresses his ______ over the state of his generation. |
| A. | doubts and concerns |
| B. | hatred |
| C. | pride |
| D. | anger |
| Answer» A. doubts and concerns | |
| 20. |
The essay “In Praise of the Humble Comma” was published in the Times magazine on ______. |
| A. | june 24, 2002 |
| B. | june 23,2001 |
| C. | june 24, 2001 |
| D. | june 23, 2002 |
| Answer» C. june 24, 2001 | |
| 21. |
What kind of writing does Roy believe she can easily write? |
| A. | non fiction |
| B. | poetry |
| C. | fiction |
| D. | drama |
| Answer» C. fiction | |
| 22. |
According to Pico Iyer, which type of punctuation is often overlooked, underestimated and considered as a trivial? |
| A. | comma |
| B. | full-stop |
| C. | parentheses |
| D. | question mark |
| Answer» A. comma | |
| 23. |
___________ has the power to transform ordinary sentences by lending it beauty and subtlety according to Pico Iyer. |
| A. | comma |
| B. | punctuation |
| C. | exclamation mark |
| D. | words |
| Answer» B. punctuation | |
| 24. |
In “The Education of a British Protected Child”, who describes himself as a ‘British Protected Person’? |
| A. | igbo people |
| B. | king leopond ii |
| C. | mr. kurtz |
| D. | chinua achebe |
| Answer» D. chinua achebe | |
| 25. |
Achebe mentions that his ______ had to work as domestic help at her Principal’s house in return for her education. |
| A. | sister |
| B. | grandmother |
| C. | friend |
| D. | mother |
| Answer» D. mother | |
| 26. |
Achebe mentions in “The Education of a British Protected Child” that the Empire Day was celebrated on __________. |
| A. | may 23rd |
| B. | may 24th |
| C. | may 22nd |
| D. | july 27th |
| Answer» B. may 24th | |
| 27. |
In the essay, Achebe met Dr. J.M. Stuart Young on his trip alone to ____ on the Empire day. |
| A. | igbo |
| B. | onitsha |
| C. | river niger |
| D. | nwafor |
| Answer» B. onitsha | |
| 28. |
Who was the person who brought about the ‘Textbook Act’ in Achebe’s “The Education of a British Protected Child”? |
| A. | bishop adjai crowther |
| B. | stuart young |
| C. | william simpson |
| D. | james welch |
| Answer» C. william simpson | |
| 29. |
What was the motto that accompanied the logo of the Government College at Umuahia in which Achebe was educated in? |
| A. | il unuu unum |
| B. | in unum luceant |
| C. | unum in lucee |
| D. | luceant il unuu |
| Answer» B. in unum luceant | |
| 30. |
In Achebe’s “The Education of a British Protected Child”, who was Joseph Garba? |
| A. | us foreign relations minister |
| B. | the principal |
| C. | a scholar |
| D. | nigerian foreign minister |
| Answer» D. nigerian foreign minister | |
| 31. |
Who is the Japanese interpreter who intimates Marcel Junod on the previous glory of Hiroshima in “The First Atom Bomb”? |
| A. | a japanese journalist |
| B. | miss ito |
| C. | colonel marcus |
| D. | general fitch |
| Answer» B. miss ito | |
| 32. |
Roy recounts that it was on _______ that the US backed General Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government. |
| A. | september 11, 1977 |
| B. | september 11, 1976 |
| C. | november 11, 1977 |
| D. | september 11, 1973 |
| Answer» D. september 11, 1973 | |
| 33. |
In “The First Atom Bomb”, how many American planes were said to be spotted in the sky on the day that Hiroshima was hit by the atom bomb? |
| A. | two |
| B. | three |
| C. | four |
| D. | six |
| Answer» C. four | |
| 34. |
Professor Tsusuki in “The First Atom Bomb” was one of the best _____ in Japan. |
| A. | surgeons |
| B. | army officers |
| C. | journalists |
| D. | interpreters |
| Answer» A. surgeons | |
| 35. |
Who received the delegation of the International Red Cross at his office in the essay “The First Atom Bomb”? |
| A. | marcel junod |
| B. | general macarthur |
| C. | colonel webster |
| D. | general fitch |
| Answer» B. general macarthur | |
| 36. |
“That’s what an atomic bomb does…”Who said this statement in “The First Atom Bomb”? |
| A. | general macarthur |
| B. | professor tsusuki |
| C. | miss ito |
| D. | general finch |
| Answer» B. professor tsusuki | |
| 37. |
The essay “The First Atom Bomb” which emphasizes the urgent need for saving mankind from itself was written by ___________. |
| A. | pico iyer |
| B. | marshall juno |
| C. | marcel junod |
| D. | addison |
| Answer» C. marcel junod | |
| 38. |
In “Justice Vs Mercy”, who was sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister and her children? |
| A. | javert |
| B. | jean valjean |
| C. | victor hugo |
| D. | john valjeen |
| Answer» B. jean valjean | |
| 39. |
When was Albert Camus awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature? |
| A. | 1955 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» C. 1957 | |
| 40. |
In “Justice Vs Mercy”, Jean Valjean stole one of the following things. Which one was it? |
| A. | a slice of cake |
| B. | a loaf of bread |
| C. | a candle |
| D. | silver cutlery |
| Answer» B. a loaf of bread | |
| 41. |
Who wrote the essay “Come September”? |
| A. | william wordsworth |
| B. | arundhati roy |
| C. | mary roy |
| D. | usha jesudasan |
| Answer» B. arundhati roy | |
| 42. |
Who taught the important lesson of mercy to Jean Valjean in “Justice Vs Mercy”? |
| A. | javert |
| B. | the narrator |
| C. | the bishop |
| D. | the mayor |
| Answer» C. the bishop | |
| 43. |
Camus and the people of his generation feel hopelessly lost due to the impact of ______. |
| A. | industrialization |
| B. | world wars |
| C. | religion |
| D. | nihilism |
| Answer» B. world wars | |
| 44. |
Which two countries does Roy state are gifts of imperialism and British colonialism to the modern world? |
| A. | pakistan and afghanistan |
| B. | israel and canada |
| C. | palestine and kashmir |
| D. | kashmir and pakistan |
| Answer» C. palestine and kashmir | |
| 45. |
The devastating situation in Palestine is ________ according to Roy, as she mentions in “Come September”. |
| A. | better |
| B. | positive |
| C. | same |
| D. | good |
| Answer» C. same | |
| 46. |
In which year did Saddam Hussain invade Kuwait, according to Roy? |
| A. | 1990 |
| B. | 1991 |
| C. | 1992 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» A. 1990 | |
| 47. |
In 1597, _________________ applied the word ‘essay’ to the genre for the first time in English |
| A. | montaigne |
| B. | francis bacon |
| C. | huxley |
| D. | samuel johnson |
| Answer» B. francis bacon | |
| 48. |
The word autobiography was first used by _________ in 1797 |
| A. | william taylor |
| B. | w h longfellow |
| C. | dr. johnson |
| D. | john bryson |
| Answer» A. william taylor | |
| 49. |
A film, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited by or experiences of a traveler is_________ |
| A. | journal |
| B. | article |
| C. | travelogue |
| D. | memoir |
| Answer» C. travelogue | |
| 50. |
Lamb use to write under the pen-name of ______ |
| A. | charles |
| B. | anne |
| C. | elia |
| D. | dyer |
| Answer» C. elia | |
| 51. |
Who is the author of the book ‘Utopia’? |
| A. | francis bacon |
| B. | charles lamb |
| C. | chaucer |
| D. | sir thomas more |
| Answer» D. sir thomas more | |
| 52. |
Morte’d Arthur was written by______________ |
| A. | sir thomas malory |
| B. | wilson |
| C. | robert greene |
| D. | charles lamb |
| Answer» A. sir thomas malory | |
| 53. |
John Lyly’s first prose work was_____________ |
| A. | euphues and his england |
| B. | euphues, the anatomy of wit |
| C. | principal navigation |
| D. | the lyfe of john picus |
| Answer» B. euphues, the anatomy of wit | |
| 54. |
In which year The Advancement of Learning was published? |
| A. | 1600 |
| B. | 1607 |
| C. | 1605 |
| D. | 1700 |
| Answer» C. 1605 | |
| 55. |
The Anatomy of Melancholy was written by_________ |
| A. | robert burton |
| B. | thomas browne |
| C. | francis bacon |
| D. | john milton |
| Answer» A. robert burton | |
| 56. |
Milton’s greatest prose work is__________ |
| A. | comus |
| B. | lycidas |
| C. | paradise lost |
| D. | areopagitica |
| Answer» D. areopagitica | |
| 57. |
_________is the representative writer of the Restoration age. |
| A. | john bunyan |
| B. | john locke |
| C. | john dryden |
| D. | daniel defoe |
| Answer» C. john dryden | |
| 58. |
The Pilgrim’s Progress is the masterpiece of ______ |
| A. | john bunyan |
| B. | john dryden |
| C. | daniel defoe |
| D. | thomas hobbes |
| Answer» A. john bunyan | |
| 59. |
Who wrote the Essay of Dramatic Poesie ? |
| A. | hobbes |
| B. | john dryden |
| C. | john bunyan |
| D. | sir william temple |
| Answer» B. john dryden | |
| 60. |
The best known prose work of Daniel Defoe was_______ |
| A. | the shortest way |
| B. | the true born english man |
| C. | dissenters |
| D. | robinson crusoe |
| Answer» B. the true born english man | |
| 61. |
Who was the founder of the journal ‘The Tatler’? |
| A. | richard steele |
| B. | joseph addison |
| C. | jonathan swift |
| D. | jonathan arbthnot |
| Answer» A. richard steele | |
| 62. |
Modern Painters is the work of ______________ |
| A. | william morris |
| B. | thomas carlyle |
| C. | john ruskin |
| D. | r l stevenson |
| Answer» C. john ruskin | |
| 63. |
_____________was a representative of the school of aesthetic criticism. |
| A. | walter pater |
| B. | r l stevenson |
| C. | mathew arnold |
| D. | thomas carlyle |
| Answer» A. walter pater | |
| 64. |
Essays in Criticism was written by ___________ |
| A. | walter pater |
| B. | r l stevenson |
| C. | mathew arnold |
| D. | macaulay |
| Answer» C. mathew arnold | |
| 65. |
Who are the authors of Lyrical Ballads? |
| A. | shelly and coleridge |
| B. | byron and wordsworth |
| C. | wordsworth and coleridge |
| D. | coleridge and keats |
| Answer» C. wordsworth and coleridge | |
| 66. |
_______________is known as the bible of Feminist Movements |
| A. | gender trouble |
| B. | mad woman in the attic |
| C. | a room of one’s own |
| D. | a vindication of the rights of woman |
| Answer» D. a vindication of the rights of woman | |
| 67. |
___________Biographia Literaria is one of the most valuable Prose Works. |
| A. | shelly’s |
| B. | coleridge’s |
| C. | wordsworth’s |
| D. | walter scott’s |
| Answer» B. coleridge’s | |
| 68. |
Shelly’s ___________is a strong exposition of the Romantic point of view. |
| A. | biographia literaria |
| B. | the essays of elia |
| C. | a defence of poetry |
| D. | the english poets |
| Answer» C. a defence of poetry | |
| 69. |
The Spirit of the Age (1825) was written by______ |
| A. | william hazlitt |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | charles lamb |
| D. | shelly |
| Answer» A. william hazlitt | |
| 70. |
____________is known as the writer of ‘impassioned prose’. |
| A. | william hazlitt |
| B. | thomas de quincey |
| C. | charles lamb |
| D. | shelly |
| Answer» B. thomas de quincey | |
| 71. |
Confessions of an English Opium – Eater is an autobiographical work of _____________ |
| A. | thomas de quincey |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | shelly |
| D. | keats |
| Answer» A. thomas de quincey | |
| 72. |
‘Alpha of the Plough’ is the pen name of __________ |
| A. | hilaire belloc |
| B. | e v lukas |
| C. | g k chesterton |
| D. | a g gardiner |
| Answer» D. a g gardiner | |
| 73. |
One of the most elevated scientist of the century who was engaged in the debate between science and religion |
| A. | goerge eliot |
| B. | hilaire belloc |
| C. | thomas henry huxley |
| D. | g h lewes |
| Answer» C. thomas henry huxley | |
| 74. |
A G Ward describes _____________ as “a philosophic jester bursting bubbles of snobbery and pretence with wit and satire” |
| A. | hilaire belloc |
| B. | max beerbohm |
| C. | e v lucas |
| D. | g k chesterton |
| Answer» B. max beerbohm | |
| 75. |
Who has been referred as ‘ the prince of paradox’? |
| A. | robert lynd |
| B. | j b s haldane |
| C. | g k chesterton |
| D. | e v lucas |
| Answer» C. g k chesterton | |
| 76. |
“Y.Y” was the pen name of__________ |
| A. | robert lynd |
| B. | j b s haldane |
| C. | walter pater |
| D. | carl jung |
| Answer» A. robert lynd | |
| 77. |
_______________is regarded as a great modern biographer |
| A. | peter ackroyd |
| B. | lytton strachey |
| C. | robert lynd |
| D. | michel faber |
| Answer» B. lytton strachey | |
| 78. |
Who is the author of Eminent Victorians? |
| A. | lytton strachey |
| B. | robert lynd |
| C. | virginia woolf |
| D. | peter ackroyd |
| Answer» A. lytton strachey | |
| 79. |
Peter Ackroyd’s biography of ________is regarded as one of the best biographies in English language. |
| A. | t s eliot |
| B. | thomas more |
| C. | charlie chaplin |
| D. | charles dickens |
| Answer» D. charles dickens | |
| 80. |
_____________is particularly noted for his biography of Charles Lamb |
| A. | hilaire belloc |
| B. | e v lucas |
| C. | a g gardiner |
| D. | g k chesterton |
| Answer» B. e v lucas | |
| 81. |
_____________was an eminent Victorian prose writer |
| A. | ruskin bond |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | e v lucas |
| D. | g k chesterton |
| Answer» A. ruskin bond | |
| 82. |
___________ developed further Ruskin’s approach to social and economic problems through art to active propaganda for socialism. |
| A. | thomas carlyle |
| B. | mathew arnold |
| C. | walter pater |
| D. | william morris |
| Answer» D. william morris | |
| 83. |
An Inland Voyage is the collection of essays of _______ |
| A. | walter pater |
| B. | r l stevenson |
| C. | mathew arnold |
| D. | thomas carlyle |
| Answer» B. r l stevenson | |
| 84. |
Who contributed five biographies for Encyclopaedia of Britannica? |
| A. | walter pater |
| B. | john ruskin |
| C. | macaulay |
| D. | thomas carlyle |
| Answer» C. macaulay | |
| 85. |
Who contributed the literary term ‘pathetic fallacy’? |
| A. | john ruskin |
| B. | walter pater |
| C. | mathew arnold |
| D. | t s eliot |
| Answer» A. john ruskin | |
| 86. |
Who was the author of ‘A Vindication of the Right of Woman? |
| A. | virginia woolf |
| B. | mary wollstonecraft |
| C. | judith butler |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» B. mary wollstonecraft | |
| 87. |
The Lives of the Poets was written by_______ |
| A. | dr. johnson |
| B. | samuel johnson |
| C. | edward gibbon |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» B. samuel johnson | |
| 88. |
Oliver Goldsmith’s ___________is a series of imaginary letters from a Chinese traveller |
| A. | the citizen of the world |
| B. | the hermit |
| C. | the deserted village |
| D. | the traveller |
| Answer» A. the citizen of the world | |
| 89. |
Name of the imaginary character in the essays of Joseph Addison |
| A. | elia |
| B. | sir roger de coverley |
| C. | robinson |
| D. | mathew |
| Answer» B. sir roger de coverley | |
| 90. |
Who is the author of Robinson Crusoe? |
| A. | robert green |
| B. | charles dickens |
| C. | daniel defoe |
| D. | george orwell |
| Answer» C. daniel defoe | |
| 91. |
The Pilgrim’s Progress is the masterpiece of ______ |
| A. | john dryden |
| B. | daniel defoe |
| C. | thomas hardy |
| D. | john bunyan |
| Answer» D. john bunyan | |
| 92. |
The _____century was doubtlessly an age of prose. |
| A. | 16th |
| B. | 18th |
| C. | 19th |
| D. | 17th |
| Answer» B. 18th | |
| 93. |
__________ had a powerful effect on early Stuart prose |
| A. | puritanism |
| B. | communism |
| C. | humanism |
| D. | egalitarianism |
| Answer» A. puritanism | |
| 94. |
Who wrote Apology for Poetrie? |
| A. | philip sidney |
| B. | thomas lodge |
| C. | milton |
| D. | robert greene |
| Answer» A. philip sidney | |
| 95. |
Novum Organum is the work of _________ |
| A. | milton |
| B. | johnson |
| C. | bacon |
| D. | robert greene |
| Answer» C. bacon | |
| 96. |
_________was a strong believer of the theory of art for art’s sake. |
| A. | r l stevenson |
| B. | thomas carlyle |
| C. | william morris |
| D. | walter pater |
| Answer» D. walter pater | |
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