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| 1. |
The…………….was a turning point in the British Political history of Nineteenth Century. |
| A. | factory act of 1833 |
| B. | emancipation act of 1833 |
| C. | reform bill of 1832 |
| D. | education act 1833 |
| Answer» C. reform bill of 1832 | |
| 2. |
Father of Utilitarianism |
| A. | james mill |
| B. | jermy bentham |
| C. | newman |
| D. | macaulay |
| Answer» B. jermy bentham | |
| 3. |
Which novel by Charles Dickens is generally regarded as the first Victorian novel |
| A. | hard times |
| B. | the pickwick papers |
| C. | little dorrit |
| D. | bleak house |
| Answer» B. the pickwick papers | |
| 4. |
Which novel by Thomas Hardy had the subtitle “ A Pure Woman” which shocked Victorian readers? |
| A. | the obscure |
| B. | the well – beloved |
| C. | a pair of blue eyes |
| D. | tess of the d’urberviles |
| Answer» D. tess of the d’urberviles | |
| 5. |
Which of the Bronte sisters wrote “Shirly” a novel set in Yorkshire during the Industrial depression |
| A. | charlotte |
| B. | emily |
| C. | maria |
| D. | elizabeth |
| Answer» A. charlotte | |
| 6. |
) Which of the book was written by Victorian novelist George Eliot? |
| A. | hard times |
| B. | mill on the floss |
| C. | far from madding crowd |
| D. | the heart of darkness |
| Answer» B. mill on the floss | |
| 7. |
Name of the novel by Thackeray known as “A Novel without a Hero” |
| A. | timbuctoo |
| B. | catherine |
| C. | a shabby genteel story |
| D. | vanity fair |
| Answer» D. vanity fair | |
| 8. |
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 earshaw 1500 |
| Answer» D. hareton earshaw 1500 | |
| 9. |
What kind of countryside surrounds Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange |
| A. | moorland |
| B. | savannah |
| C. | forest |
| D. | grassy plains |
| Answer» A. moorland | |
| 10. |
What is the name of the village near Wuthering Heights? |
| A. | loch crag |
| B. | gimmerton |
| C. | hearherton |
| D. | purvey |
| Answer» B. gimmerton | |
| 11. |
Who raises Hareton during the early years of his life? |
| A. | hindley |
| B. | heathcliff |
| C. | catherine |
| D. | nelly |
| Answer» D. nelly | |
| 12. |
Whom does Hindley force to work as a servant in his home? |
| A. | joseph |
| B. | heathcliff |
| C. | heathcliff’s son linton |
| D. | edger linton |
| Answer» B. heathcliff | |
| 13. |
What happens to Hindley after his wife dies? |
| A. | he becomes an alcoholic gambler |
| B. | he lives his son in heathcliff’s care |
| C. | he dedicates his life to god’s service |
| D. | he refuses to leave his son’s side |
| Answer» A. he becomes an alcoholic gambler | |
| 14. |
What was depicted in Tess’s personal struggles that caused controversy when the novel came out? |
| A. | sexual hypocrisy |
| B. | poverty |
| C. | religious uncertainty |
| D. | rural labour practices |
| Answer» A. sexual hypocrisy | |
| 15. |
What was Thomas Hardy’s last novel? |
| A. | tess of the d’ubervilles |
| B. | jude the obscure |
| C. | far from the madding crowd |
| D. | return of the native |
| Answer» B. jude the obscure | |
| 16. |
The action of the novel Tess of the d’Ubervilles takes place in what area of England? |
| A. | essex |
| B. | sussex |
| C. | wessex |
| D. | london |
| Answer» C. wessex | |
| 17. |
What advice does Mrs. Durbeyfield give Tess? |
| A. | not to tell angel her secret |
| B. | not to tell alec her secret |
| C. | to leave alec |
| D. | to marry alec |
| Answer» A. not to tell angel her secret | |
| 18. |
how does Tess die? |
| A. | pneumonia |
| B. | she is hanged |
| C. | angel kills her |
| D. | heartache |
| Answer» B. she is hanged | |
| 19. |
What does Tess name her son? |
| A. | destiny |
| B. | hope |
| C. | sorrow |
| D. | burden |
| Answer» C. sorrow | |
| 20. |
A Tale of Two Cities was published in weekly installments from April to November of what year? |
| A. | 1845 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1879 |
| D. | 1890 |
| Answer» B. 1859 | |
| 21. |
Why was Doctor Manette imprisoned ? |
| A. | he stole bread |
| B. | he failed to save the life of an aristocrat’s daughter |
| C. | the marquis evremonde feared that manette would reveal one of the marquis’ dark secrets. |
| D. | he was an outspoken critic of the royal family |
| Answer» C. the marquis evremonde feared that manette would reveal one of the marquis’ dark secrets. | |
| 22. |
What feature of the chimney sweepers face does Charles Lamb admire? |
| A. | tounge |
| B. | sooty cheeks |
| C. | teeth |
| D. | eyes |
| Answer» C. teeth | |
| 23. |
What was Charles Lamb’s final book? |
| A. | elia |
| B. | walden |
| C. | tales from shakespeare |
| D. | the last essays of elia |
| Answer» D. the last essays of elia | |
| 24. |
What was the first Elia essay? |
| A. | a chapter on ears |
| B. | dream children a reverie |
| C. | the south sea house |
| D. | old china |
| Answer» C. the south sea house | |
| 25. |
Who was appointed as Poet Laureate after William Wordsworth? |
| A. | browning |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | mathew arnold |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» B. tennyson | |
| 26. |
Which one s Gaskell’s first novel? |
| A. | cranford |
| B. | north and south |
| C. | ruth |
| D. | mary barton |
| Answer» D. mary barton | |
| 27. |
George Eliot was the pen name of………….. |
| A. | mary anne evans |
| B. | christina rossetti |
| C. | mary shelly |
| D. | elizabeth |
| Answer» A. mary anne evans | |
| 28. |
Which one is the unfinished novel of Charles Dickens? |
| A. | hard times |
| B. | pickwick papers |
| C. | edwin drood |
| D. | great expectations |
| Answer» C. edwin drood | |
| 29. |
Oscar Wild’s ‘Woman of No Importance’ appears in…………… |
| A. | 1877 |
| B. | 1888 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1875 |
| Answer» C. 1893 | |
| 30. |
Who was the leader of Pre- Raphaelite group of artists in England? |
| A. | robert browning |
| B. | d g rossetti |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | robert southey |
| Answer» B. d g rossetti | |
| 31. |
Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after |
| A. | william iv |
| B. | george iii |
| C. | george iv |
| D. | edward vii |
| Answer» A. william iv | |
| 32. |
Who is the author of “ Aurora Leigh”? |
| A. | jane austen |
| B. | elizabeth barret browning |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» B. elizabeth barret browning | |
| 33. |
Maud is a poem written by |
| A. | browning |
| B. | wordsworth |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» C. tennyson | |
| 34. |
The verse novel of Elizabeth Barret Browning |
| A. | pride and prejudice |
| B. | wuthering heights |
| C. | jane eyre |
| D. | aurora leigh |
| Answer» D. aurora leigh | |
| 35. |
The song of the Lotus is a poem by……… |
| A. | browning |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | d g rossetti |
| D. | tennyson |
| Answer» D. tennyson | |
| 36. |
In “ In Memorium” Tennyson mourns the death of ………. |
| A. | arthur hallam |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | shelly |
| D. | browning |
| Answer» A. arthur hallam | |
| 37. |
Who is the author of “ Blessed Damozel? |
| A. | d g rossetti |
| B. | william thackeray |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | browning |
| Answer» A. d g rossetti | |
| 38. |
The title of the “Vanity Fair” has been taken from |
| A. | bible |
| B. | paradise lost |
| C. | pilgrim progress |
| D. | canterbury tales |
| Answer» C. pilgrim progress | |
| 39. |
In which year was the Origin of the Species” published? |
| A. | 1876 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1890 |
| Answer» B. 1859 | |
| 40. |
, Name the first volume of Robert Browning’s poems |
| A. | paracelsus |
| B. | incondita |
| C. | sordello |
| D. | bells and pomergranates |
| Answer» B. incondita | |
| 41. |
……………..is a historical tragedy in blank verse by Browning |
| A. | pippa passes |
| B. | a blot in scutchion |
| C. | a soul’s tragedy |
| D. | strafford 1837 |
| Answer» D. strafford 1837 | |
| 42. |
The first important poem of Robert Browning |
| A. | my last duchess |
| B. | fra lippo lippi |
| C. | paracelus |
| D. | memorabila |
| Answer» C. paracelus | |
| 43. |
To which well-known family does Fra Lippo Lippi’s patron belong? |
| A. | the medicis |
| B. | the borgias |
| C. | the buonapartes |
| D. | the urbinatis |
| Answer» A. the medicis | |
| 44. |
What kind of of art does Fra Lippo Lippi produce? |
| A. | abstract art |
| B. | nebulous art |
| C. | landscapes |
| D. | portraits of real people |
| Answer» D. portraits of real people | |
| 45. |
“ Fra Lippo Lippi” appeared in the 1855 collection………… |
| A. | sordello |
| B. | incondita |
| C. | men and women |
| D. | bells and pomegranates |
| Answer» C. men and women | |
| 46. |
…………….poem is Browning’s timeless respect for Shelly |
| A. | a death in the desert |
| B. | the ring and the books |
| C. | fra lippo lippi |
| D. | memorabilia |
| Answer» D. memorabilia | |
| 47. |
The verse novel of Robert Browning based on an Italian Murder trial in the seventeenth century. |
| A. | memorabilia |
| B. | the ring and the books |
| C. | men and women |
| D. | paracelsus |
| Answer» B. the ring and the books | |
| 48. |
The German philosopher who influenced the Romantic movement |
| A. | althusser |
| B. | carl marx |
| C. | immanuel kant |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» C. immanuel kant | |
| 49. |
The book that marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement |
| A. | biographia literaria |
| B. | lyrical ballads |
| C. | men and women |
| D. | the prelude |
| Answer» B. lyrical ballads | |
| 50. |
Who was known as the ‘grand old Man of the English letters’? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | coleridge |
| D. | william wordsworth |
| Answer» D. william wordsworth | |
| 51. |
Who was the greatest nature poet of England? |
| A. | william wordsworth |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | robert browning |
| D. | tennyson |
| Answer» A. william wordsworth | |
| 52. |
Lectures on Shakespeare is the work of………….. |
| A. | thomas hardy |
| B. | mathew arnold |
| C. | william thackeray |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» D. coleridge | |
| 53. |
William Blake’s political radicalism intensified during the years leading up to the….. |
| A. | communist movement |
| B. | french revolution |
| C. | romantic movement |
| D. | industrial revolution |
| Answer» B. french revolution | |
| 54. |
The poem ‘The Tyger’ was published in……. |
| A. | 1794 |
| B. | 1788 |
| C. | 1780 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» A. 1794 | |
| 55. |
The poem ‘The Tyger’ is taken from |
| A. | songs of innocence |
| B. | songs of experience |
| C. | the four zoas |
| D. | the marriage of heaven and hell |
| Answer» B. songs of experience | |
| 56. |
Which of these poems uses dramatic monologue as a poetic form? |
| A. | wordsworth’s the prelude |
| B. | robert browning’s my last duchess |
| C. | tennyson’s in memoriam |
| D. | shelly’s adonais |
| Answer» B. robert browning’s my last duchess | |
| 57. |
……………..is regarded as the poet, who has spoken the strongest word of faith to an age of doubt |
| A. | browning |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | blake |
| D. | scott |
| Answer» A. browning | |
| 58. |
An immense poem, twice as long as ‘Paradise Lost’, longer by some two thousand lines than the Iliad by Browning |
| A. | pippa passes |
| B. | the ring and the book |
| C. | saul |
| D. | cleon |
| Answer» B. the ring and the book | |
| 59. |
………………by Browning is an exquisite tribute to his dead wife. |
| A. | my star |
| B. | prospice |
| C. | one word more |
| D. | meeting at night |
| Answer» C. one word more | |
| 60. |
For ……………poem Tennyson got Chancellor’s Medal |
| A. | lyrical ballad |
| B. | timbuctoo |
| C. | merlin and the glean |
| D. | the princess |
| Answer» B. timbuctoo | |
| 61. |
……………wrote the song “ Tears, Idle Tears” |
| A. | browning |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | blake |
| D. | keats |
| Answer» B. tennyson | |
| 62. |
……… poem of Tennyson was a long poem of over three thousand lines of blank verse. |
| A. | wages |
| B. | the princess |
| C. | the higher pantheism |
| D. | maud |
| Answer» D. maud | |
| 63. |
Browning’s ‘Pauline’ came in |
| A. | 1834 |
| B. | 1897 |
| C. | 1833 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» C. 1833 | |
| 64. |
Wordsworth believes in the concept of ………… |
| A. | hellenism |
| B. | pantheism |
| C. | negative capability |
| D. | willing suspension of disbelief |
| Answer» B. pantheism | |
| 65. |
The concept of Pantheism believes in |
| A. | objectivity |
| B. | healing power of nature |
| C. | confession |
| D. | natural calamity |
| Answer» B. healing power of nature | |
| 66. |
Who brought the concept of negative capability? |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | keats |
| D. | shelly |
| Answer» C. keats | |
| 67. |
Whose epitaph contains “here lies one whose name was written in water” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | blake |
| C. | john keats |
| D. | william wordsworth |
| Answer» C. john keats | |
| 68. |
Which is the high watermark f poetry in the 19th century? |
| A. | tintern abbey |
| B. | intimations of immortality |
| C. | stepping westward |
| D. | solitary reaper |
| Answer» B. intimations of immortality | |
| 69. |
In which of the followings spiritual appeal of nature is expressed in almost every line? |
| A. | to a highland girl |
| B. | stepping westward |
| C. | tintern abbey |
| D. | solitary reaper |
| Answer» C. tintern abbey | |
| 70. |
Who wrote Lucy poems |
| A. | scott |
| B. | donne |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | dryden |
| Answer» C. wordsworth | |
| 71. |
Who said that the poet was a ‘mere babbler’? |
| A. | scott |
| B. | byron |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | gibson |
| Answer» B. byron | |
| 72. |
Who wrote the “Witch of Atlas”? |
| A. | scott |
| B. | wordsworth |
| C. | blake |
| D. | shelley |
| Answer» D. shelley | |
| 73. |
Which character was the only one of Shelly’s character, who seems to be entirely human? |
| A. | prometheus |
| B. | hellas |
| C. | emilia |
| D. | beatrice |
| Answer» D. beatrice | |
| 74. |
Who wrote ‘Confession of an Opium Eater’? |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | shelley |
| C. | de- quincey |
| D. | browne |
| Answer» C. de- quincey | |
| 75. |
Who wrote the critical essay ‘Literary Reminiscences’? |
| A. | shelley |
| B. | de quincey |
| C. | coleridge |
| D. | burton |
| Answer» B. de quincey | |
| 76. |
Which of the following was not written by De Quincey? |
| A. | joan of arc |
| B. | the revlt of the tartars |
| C. | endymion |
| D. | the english mail- coach |
| Answer» C. endymion | |
| 77. |
In which out of the following we see the creations of Lamb’s humour and pathos? |
| A. | old china |
| B. | dissertation on roast rig |
| C. | a chapter on ears |
| D. | imperfect sympathies |
| Answer» B. dissertation on roast rig | |
| 78. |
Heath Cliff is the main character in the novel |
| A. | 1 and 2 |
| B. | 1 and 4 |
| C. | 3 and 4 |
| D. | 3 and 2 |
| Answer» A. 1 and 2 | |
| 79. |
“ I will show you a heroine as plain and small as myself” |
| A. | this is emily bronte in wuthering heights |
| B. | this is charlotte bronte in jane eyre |
| C. | this is george eliot in romola |
| D. | this is anne bronte in agnes grey |
| Answer» B. this is charlotte bronte in jane eyre | |
| 80. |
Here is the list of women abandoned by their lovers in Hardy’s novels. Pick the odd one out |
| A. | fanny robin |
| B. | tess d’urberville |
| C. | marty south |
| D. | bathsheba everdene |
| Answer» D. bathsheba everdene | |
| 81. |
A noble and inspiring books f love poems by Miss Barret |
| A. | the cry of the children |
| B. | sonnets from the portuguese |
| C. | lady geraldine’s courtship |
| D. | casa guidi windows |
| Answer» C. lady geraldine’s courtship | |
| 82. |
………………..was the leader in the Pre- Raphaelite Movement |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | browning |
| C. | rossetti |
| D. | blake |
| Answer» C. rossetti | |
| 83. |
“ The sea is calm tonight The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits, on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone, the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay Come to the window, sweet is the night air” |
| A. | this is dg rossetti in ‘house of life’ |
| B. | this is christina rossetti in ‘goblin market and other poems’ |
| C. | this is swinburne in ‘songs of italy’ |
| D. | this is mathew arnold in ‘dover beach’ |
| Answer» D. this is mathew arnold in ‘dover beach’ | |
| 84. |
Which of the following is in the chronological order? |
| A. | morte d’ arthur, in memoriam, vanity fair |
| B. | vanity fair, in memoriam, morte d’ arthur |
| C. | morte d’ arthur, vanity fair, in memoriam |
| D. | in memoriam, vanity fair, morte d’ arthur |
| Answer» C. morte d’ arthur, vanity fair, in memoriam | |
| 85. |
Oscar Wild’s time period is from |
| A. | 1834 to 1896 |
| B. | 1839 to 1894 |
| C. | 1840 to 1948 |
| D. | 1856 to 1900 |
| Answer» D. 1856 to 1900 | |
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