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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. |
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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