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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. |
Ibrahim al-Rubaish’s ode is addressed to? |
| A. | Sea |
| B. | West wind |
| C. | Nightingale |
| D. | Skylark |
| Answer» A. Sea | |
| 52. |
In the poem Ode to the Sea, the narrator is longing to: |
| A. | Meet the family |
| B. | Jump in to the sea |
| C. | Kill the soldiers |
| D. | End the life |
| Answer» A. Meet the family | |
| 53. |
The poet is comparing the calmness of the sea with………? |
| A. | Life |
| B. | Protest |
| C. | Death |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Death | |
| 54. |
According to the narrator, the sea is supporting…..? |
| A. | The prisoner |
| B. | Terrorists |
| C. | The US soldiers |
| D. | Narrator |
| Answer» C. The US soldiers | |
| 55. |
What eats the patience of the narrator in Ode to the Sea ? |
| A. | Bitterness of the sea |
| B. | Bitterness of the prisoners |
| C. | Bitterness of the soldiers |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» A. Bitterness of the sea | |
| 56. |
‘Your calm is like death’ which figure of speech is used here? |
| A. | Alliteration |
| B. | Assonance |
| C. | Metaphor |
| D. | Simile |
| Answer» A. Alliteration | |
| 57. |
What has the divine power of a balm to soothe and heal the wounded hearts? |
| A. | Poetry |
| B. | Speech |
| C. | Prison |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» A. Poetry | |
| 58. |
Guantanamo Bay is in: |
| A. | Canada |
| B. | Cuba |
| C. | US |
| D. | UK |
| Answer» B. Cuba | |
| 59. |
Which word is used by the poet to show his anger against the sea? |
| A. | Gentle |
| B. | Mute |
| C. | Deaf |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 60. |
The prisoners come to the shore usually out of: |
| A. | Their wish |
| B. | Compulsion |
| C. | Both 1&2 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Compulsion | |
| 61. |
According to the narrator what was the gaining of the sea for the last three years? |
| A. | Voyage |
| B. | Dead bodies of the prisoners |
| C. | Poems on sea |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Poems on sea | |
| 62. |
The silence of the sea is compared to: |
| A. | Chain |
| B. | Captivity |
| C. | Poetry |
| D. | Death |
| Answer» D. Death | |
| 63. |
According to the narrator, the sea had colluded with whom? |
| A. | Detainee |
| B. | Faithless |
| C. | God |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Faithless | |
| 64. |
The word kafir means: |
| A. | Faithful |
| B. | Faithless |
| C. | Loving |
| D. | Caring |
| Answer» A. Faithful | |
| 65. |
Ghanashyam is a …….. poem? |
| A. | Realistic |
| B. | Confessional |
| C. | Satirist |
| D. | Romantic |
| Answer» B. Confessional | |
| 66. |
The poem Ghanashyam is written by: |
| A. | Balamani Amma |
| B. | Kamala Das |
| C. | Vijayalakshmi |
| D. | Sugathakumari |
| Answer» B. Kamala Das | |
| 67. |
Kamala Das is comparing Ghanashyam to a……? |
| A. | Skylark |
| B. | Parrot |
| C. | Koel |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Koel | |
| 68. |
Ghanashyam vanishes like a/an: |
| A. | Magician |
| B. | Air |
| C. | Spectral flame |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Spectral flame | |
| 69. |
Kamala Das compares life with: |
| A. | Moisture |
| B. | Drought |
| C. | Death |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Moisture | |
| 70. |
She weaves raiment for Ghanashyam with……….. |
| A. | Song |
| B. | Cotton |
| C. | Silk |
| D. | Words |
| Answer» D. Words | |
| 71. |
Which poetic technique is used to show the narrator’s search for love? |
| A. | Metaphor |
| B. | Simile |
| C. | Rhyme |
| D. | Rhythm |
| Answer» B. Simile | |
| 72. |
The god referred in Ghanashyam is………? |
| A. | Lord Siva |
| B. | Brahma |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Indra |
| Answer» C. Krishna | |
| 73. |
With the birth of a child, what does originate? |
| A. | New connection |
| B. | New traps |
| C. | New pains |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 74. |
In Ghanashyam, death is compared to: |
| A. | Drought |
| B. | Evil |
| C. | Devil |
| D. | Sorrow |
| Answer» A. Drought | |
| 75. |
How does Kamala Das state her search for love? |
| A. | Game |
| B. | Tragic game |
| C. | Pleasure |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Tragic game | |
| 76. |
The poet was led toward Ghanashyam as a/an: |
| A. | Koel |
| B. | Radha |
| C. | Devotee |
| D. | Enchanted fish |
| Answer» D. Enchanted fish | |
| 77. |
When does the wisdom must come? |
| A. | In patience |
| B. | With anger |
| C. | In silence |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. In silence | |
| 78. |
More than anything, the narrator loves………..? |
| A. | Her husband |
| B. | The guests |
| C. | Koel |
| D. | The disguise of Krishna |
| Answer» D. The disguise of Krishna | |
| 79. |
‘You came in strange forms’. Who? |
| A. | Husband |
| B. | Childhood friend |
| C. | Ghanashyam |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Ghanashyam | |
| 80. |
‘His ageing body’. Who is referred here? |
| A. | Ghanashyam |
| B. | Madhava Das |
| C. | Krishna |
| D. | Lover |
| Answer» B. Madhava Das | |
| 81. |
What does the narrator in Ghanashyam want to carry in her arms? |
| A. | An infant |
| B. | A child |
| C. | A friend |
| D. | Peace |
| Answer» D. Peace | |
| 82. |
Raiment means: |
| A. | Silk |
| B. | Paper |
| C. | Dress |
| D. | Water |
| Answer» C. Dress | |
| 83. |
Sylvia Plath is a …….. poet? |
| A. | Surrealist |
| B. | Post colonial |
| C. | Confessional |
| D. | Romantic |
| Answer» C. Confessional | |
| 84. |
The word achoo means: |
| A. | Dare |
| B. | Fear |
| C. | Compel |
| D. | It doesn’t have a meaning |
| Answer» D. It doesn’t have a meaning | |
| 85. |
The poem Daddy is against: |
| A. | Autocracy |
| B. | Nazism |
| C. | Terrorism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Nazism | |
| 86. |
Daddy in the poem is a representative of each…….. |
| A. | Italian |
| B. | German |
| C. | Spanish |
| D. | American |
| Answer» B. German | |
| 87. |
What does the black shoe suggest in the poem? |
| A. | Death |
| B. | Violence |
| C. | Male domination |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» C. Male domination | |
| 88. |
In the poem, gray colour denotes …….. |
| A. | Life |
| B. | Vitality |
| C. | Death |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Death | |
| 89. |
The term ‘marble- heavy means: |
| A. | Heaviness of a dead body |
| B. | A huge weight |
| C. | Heavy like marble |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» A. Heaviness of a dead body | |
| 90. |
What does the poet suggest by Freakish Atlantic? |
| A. | Atlantic sea |
| B. | Unpredictable nature of Atlantic |
| C. | Voyages |
| D. | Pirates |
| Answer» B. Unpredictable nature of Atlantic | |
| 91. |
What does ‘engine’ refer to? |
| A. | Machine |
| B. | Weapon |
| C. | German language |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. German language | |
| 92. |
‘Lived like a foot’ is a ……? |
| A. | Simile |
| B. | Metaphor |
| C. | Assimilation |
| D. | Assonance |
| Answer» A. Simile | |
| 93. |
What does the repetition of the word ‘war’ mean? |
| A. | The endless s war |
| B. | The relevance of war |
| C. | The horror of war |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. The horror of war | |
| 94. |
‘Pollack’ is the derogatory slang of…..? |
| A. | British |
| B. | American |
| C. | Polish |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Polish | |
| 95. |
Daddy is famous for the vivid use of ……….. |
| A. | Imagery |
| B. | Alliterartion |
| C. | Rhyme |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» A. Imagery | |
| 96. |
Sylvia Plath is described as a girl with ………. complex. |
| A. | Superiority |
| B. | Inferiorty |
| C. | Electra |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Electra | |
| 97. |
Which book is referred to in the poem ‘Daddy’ to show the Nazi reign? |
| A. | Das Capital |
| B. | Meinkampf |
| C. | The Paradise Lost |
| D. | Odyssey |
| Answer» B. Meinkampf | |
| 98. |
What is Belsen? |
| A. | A place |
| B. | A Nazi leader |
| C. | Name of a concentration camp |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Name of a concentration camp | |
| 99. |
Sylvia Plath was born in? |
| A. | Moscow |
| B. | Boston |
| C. | Paris |
| D. | Cambridge |
| Answer» B. Boston | |
| 100. |
The word pandemonium means--- |
| A. | A noisy place |
| B. | A calm place |
| C. | A garden |
| D. | A seashore |
| Answer» A. A noisy place | |
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