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| 1. |
‘This man had kept a school……’ Who is referred to here by W B Yeats? |
| A. | patrick henry pearse |
| B. | thomas macdonagh |
| C. | major john macbride |
| D. | maud gonne |
| Answer» A. patrick henry pearse | |
| 2. |
Ted Hughes was honoured with the Poet Laureateship in the year------- |
| A. | 1989 |
| B. | 1984 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» B. 1984 | |
| 3. |
The opening lines of Journey of the Magi are a quotation from----- |
| A. | lancelot andrewes's 1622 nativity sermon |
| B. | the fly |
| C. | cannonization |
| D. | mathews |
| Answer» A. lancelot andrewes's 1622 nativity sermon | |
| 4. |
‘The black sailed ship’ metaphorically alludes to……………. |
| A. | birth |
| B. | death |
| C. | resurrection |
| D. | fall |
| Answer» B. death | |
| 5. |
Name the theatre found by W. B Yeats? |
| A. | globe theatre |
| B. | abbey theatre |
| C. | greek theatre |
| D. | theatre of maud gonne |
| Answer» B. abbey theatre | |
| 6. |
The prototype of modern Angry Young Man in the play Look Back in Anger? |
| A. | cliff |
| B. | colonel redfurn |
| C. | jimmy porter |
| D. | john graham |
| Answer» C. jimmy porter | |
| 7. |
Name the German dramatist most associated with epic theatre? |
| A. | eugene o'neill |
| B. | bertolt brecht |
| C. | benjamin fondane |
| D. | elmer rice |
| Answer» B. bertolt brecht | |
| 8. |
The term avant-garde literally means------- |
| A. | advance-guard |
| B. | carry on guards |
| C. | cheers guards |
| D. | come on guards |
| Answer» A. advance-guard | |
| 9. |
The anthology New Lines was edited by----------- |
| A. | catherine |
| B. | robert brook |
| C. | philip larkin |
| D. | robert conquest |
| Answer» D. robert conquest | |
| 10. |
Virginia Wolf belongs to the famous----------- group. |
| A. | clapham group |
| B. | bloomsbury group |
| C. | feminist group |
| D. | london group |
| Answer» B. bloomsbury group | |
| 11. |
--------- is Sarah Woodruff’s alleged French lover. |
| A. | varguennes |
| B. | ernestina freeman |
| C. | charles smithson |
| D. | sam farrow |
| Answer» A. varguennes | |
| 12. |
An example of oxymoron in Easter 1916. |
| A. | terrible beauty |
| B. | horse-hoof slides |
| C. | green is worn |
| D. | vainglorious lout |
| Answer» A. terrible beauty | |
| 13. |
‘He had done most bitter wrong’—To whom was the wrong done? |
| A. | w.b yeats |
| B. | thomas macdonagh |
| C. | major john macbride |
| D. | maud gonne |
| Answer» D. maud gonne | |
| 14. |
------ was the verse memoir for Plath written by Ted Hughes. |
| A. | cave birds |
| B. | birthday letters |
| C. | river |
| D. | moor town |
| Answer» B. birthday letters | |
| 15. |
‘Watching from a bluff the sparkling armada of ------draw near’ |
| A. | promises |
| B. | faith |
| C. | hope |
| D. | trust |
| Answer» A. promises | |
| 16. |
Harold Pinter’s plays are typical examples of comedy of ……. |
| A. | menace |
| B. | manners |
| C. | humours |
| D. | life |
| Answer» A. menace | |
| 17. |
In Dumb Waiter Ben and Gus quarrel over the phrase------- |
| A. | lighting the kettle |
| B. | capitalist slavery |
| C. | naked vulnerability |
| D. | life’s burden |
| Answer» A. lighting the kettle | |
| 18. |
In Easter 1916 Yeats commemorates -------in Dublin on 24 April 1916. |
| A. | uprising |
| B. | marriage party |
| C. | battle |
| D. | religious function |
| Answer» A. uprising | |
| 19. |
Marchbanks is a character from G B Shaw’s play………. |
| A. | pygmalion |
| B. | arms and the man |
| C. | candida |
| D. | the irrational knot |
| Answer» C. candida | |
| 20. |
Expressionism originated in __________. a)France b)Germany c)Italy d)England 25.Name the character mentioned as the mistress of Jimmy Porter. |
| A. | helena charles |
| B. | alison |
| C. | madeline |
| D. | lisa |
| Answer» B. alison | |
| 21. |
Sarah Woodruff enjoys an artistic, creative life in the house of ----------in the last part of French Lieutenant’s Woman. |
| A. | rosetti |
| B. | rose |
| C. | magnum |
| D. | freeman |
| Answer» A. rosetti | |
| 22. |
The essay ‘How should One Read a Book’ appears in------ |
| A. | the common reader: second series |
| B. | orlando: a biography . |
| C. | mrs dollway |
| D. | to the lighthouse |
| Answer» A. the common reader: second series | |
| 23. |
The Magi are the three wise men from the east who travelled to----- |
| A. | bethalhem |
| B. | israel |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | rome |
| Answer» A. bethalhem | |
| 24. |
Who among the following is Alison’s father |
| A. | colonel redfern |
| B. | webster |
| C. | nigel |
| D. | morgan |
| Answer» A. colonel redfern | |
| 25. |
The winged horse mentioned in the poem ‘Easter 1916’ |
| A. | pegasus |
| B. | sleipinir |
| C. | unicorn |
| D. | hippocampus |
| Answer» A. pegasus | |
| 26. |
The autobiographical novel “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” is being written by__________. |
| A. | d.h lawrence |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | james augustine joyce |
| D. | virginia woolf |
| Answer» C. james augustine joyce | |
| 27. |
Who coined the word ‘Theatre of the Absurd’? |
| A. | albert camus |
| B. | franz kafka |
| C. | martin eslin |
| D. | robert |
| Answer» C. martin eslin | |
| 28. |
According to Woolf the best way to understand a novel is to---------- what we have read |
| A. | criticize |
| B. | compare |
| C. | write |
| D. | analyse |
| Answer» C. write | |
| 29. |
Name Joyce’s only collection of short stories |
| A. | the dubliners |
| B. | ulysses |
| C. | the portrait |
| D. | araby |
| Answer» A. the dubliners | |
| 30. |
The short story “Araby” is narrated by |
| A. | a boy |
| B. | an young woman |
| C. | an elderly |
| D. | author |
| Answer» A. a boy | |
| 31. |
Mention the name of pawnbroker’s widow in the story “Araby” |
| A. | mrs.mercer |
| B. | mrs. pekker |
| C. | mrs. sampson |
| D. | mrs. heidegger |
| Answer» A. mrs.mercer | |
| 32. |
Who wrote the screen play Karel Reisz’ Adaptation of “ The French Lieutenant’s Woman” |
| A. | harold pinter |
| B. | bernard shaw |
| C. | henrik ibsen |
| D. | virginia woolf |
| Answer» A. harold pinter | |
| 33. |
The short story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” appeared in |
| A. | new lines |
| B. | harper’s bazaar |
| C. | horse collections |
| D. | mariner’s win |
| Answer» B. harper’s bazaar | |
| 34. |
The narrative technique usually employed by James Joyce___________. |
| A. | stream of consciousness |
| B. | symbolism |
| C. | imagism |
| D. | modernism |
| Answer» A. stream of consciousness | |
| 35. |
Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger” was first performed in the year |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» B. 1950 | |
| 36. |
The early stories in Joyce’s “Dubliners” have -------- as protagonists |
| A. | women |
| B. | irish peasants |
| C. | children |
| D. | mythical characters |
| Answer» A. women | |
| 37. |
--------------- is the only play published by James Joyce |
| A. | exiles |
| B. | the dead |
| C. | the black sun |
| D. | chamber music |
| Answer» C. the black sun | |
| 38. |
Who among the following is a Movement poet? |
| A. | elizabeth jennings |
| B. | ted hughes |
| C. | t.s eliot |
| D. | w.h auden |
| Answer» A. elizabeth jennings | |
| 39. |
“Dubliners” was first published in the year |
| A. | 1912 |
| B. | 1914 |
| C. | 1918 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» B. 1914 | |
| 40. |
Stream of Consciousness novel is a product of |
| A. | 18 c |
| B. | 16c |
| C. | 17c |
| D. | 20c |
| Answer» D. 20c | |
| 41. |
Virginia Woolf was the daughter of an eminent critic and scholar. Who was he? |
| A. | matthew arnold |
| B. | carlyle |
| C. | john ruskin |
| D. | leslie stephen |
| Answer» D. leslie stephen | |
| 42. |
Who has been called the leader of Angry Young Men? |
| A. | alan sillitoe |
| B. | john wain |
| C. | colin wilson |
| D. | john osborne |
| Answer» D. john osborne | |
| 43. |
Yeats was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in |
| A. | 1903 |
| B. | 1910 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1923 |
| Answer» D. 1923 | |
| 44. |
Eliot’s “Journey of the Magi” occurs in his |
| A. | ariel poems |
| B. | poems (1920) |
| C. | the wasteland |
| D. | four quartets |
| Answer» A. ariel poems | |
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