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| 1. |
According to Martin Luther King Jr. what is the highest expression of non-injury? |
| A. | avoiding external injury |
| B. | love |
| C. | avoiding internal injury |
| D. | suffering |
| Answer» B. love | |
| 2. |
‘The Philosophy of Non-Violence’ states that the focus of the non-violent resister is on ________ |
| A. | the evil system |
| B. | the enemy |
| C. | the evil-doer |
| D. | the self |
| Answer» A. the evil system | |
| 3. |
Martin Luther King Jr. considers publicity for a non-violent resister as________ |
| A. | a blessing |
| B. | a pitfall |
| C. | a misunderstanding |
| D. | a curse |
| Answer» B. a pitfall | |
| 4. |
The essay ‘On the Rule of the Road’ by A. G. Gardiner is about the judicial use of ___________ |
| A. | roads |
| B. | footpaths |
| C. | liberty |
| D. | prisons |
| Answer» C. liberty | |
| 5. |
The fat old lady, in the beginning of the essay ‘On the Rule of the Road’, is walking down a busy road in ___________ |
| A. | spain |
| B. | britain |
| C. | moscow |
| D. | petrograd |
| Answer» D. petrograd | |
| 6. |
A. G. Gardiner says that people are liberty-drunk these days. What does the author mean by ‘liberty-drunk’? |
| A. | people are over-using individual liberty. |
| B. | the public is drinking too much. |
| C. | there is no liberty for the common man. |
| D. | liberty is a luxury. |
| Answer» A. people are over-using individual liberty. | |
| 7. |
The essay ‘On the Rule of the Road’ argues that in order that the liberties of all may be preserved, the liberties of everyone must be ___________ |
| A. | granted |
| B. | set free |
| C. | banned |
| D. | curtailed |
| Answer» D. curtailed | |
| 8. |
What is the pen-name of A. G. Gardiner under which he wrote his essays? |
| A. | bassett horn |
| B. | bozzo |
| C. | alpha of the plough |
| D. | a. g. g. |
| Answer» C. alpha of the plough | |
| 9. |
What would be the result if liberty enabled everyone to do whatever they wanted whenever they wanted to? |
| A. | peace |
| B. | universal chaos |
| C. | complete freedom |
| D. | individual freedom |
| Answer» B. universal chaos | |
| 10. |
Vanka was apprenticed to Alaykhin to become ___________ |
| A. | a cook |
| B. | a shoe-maker |
| C. | a night-watchman |
| D. | a teacher |
| Answer» B. a shoe-maker | |
| 11. |
What time of the year is the story ‘Vanka’ set? |
| A. | on christmas day |
| B. | on easter |
| C. | on christmas eve |
| D. | on vanka’s birthday. |
| Answer» C. on christmas eve | |
| 12. |
Konstantin Makarich, Vanka’s grandfather, works as _____________ |
| A. | a cook |
| B. | a shoe-maker |
| C. | a night-watchman |
| D. | a teacher |
| Answer» C. a night-watchman | |
| 13. |
What do the other apprentices make Vanka steal? |
| A. | master’s work tools |
| B. | fish |
| C. | vodka |
| D. | master’s cucumbers |
| Answer» D. master’s cucumbers | |
| 14. |
What did Vanka’s diet consist of at the master’s? |
| A. | bread and gruel |
| B. | tea and bread |
| C. | tea and cabbage soup |
| D. | potato and soup |
| Answer» A. bread and gruel | |
| 15. |
Who taught Vanka to read and write? |
| A. | konstantin makarich |
| B. | his mother |
| C. | the maids |
| D. | olga |
| Answer» D. olga | |
| 16. |
Why was Vanka beaten by the master the previous day? |
| A. | for stealing his cucumbers |
| B. | for falling asleep while rocking their brat |
| C. | for cleaning the fish the wrong way |
| D. | for disobedience |
| Answer» B. for falling asleep while rocking their brat | |
| 17. |
What was Schatz’s initial symptom? |
| A. | fever |
| B. | headache |
| C. | stomach pain |
| D. | influenza |
| Answer» B. headache | |
| 18. |
When the doctor examined Schatz, his temperature was___________ |
| A. | 40 degree farenheit |
| B. | 102 degree farenheit |
| C. | 50 degree farenheit |
| D. | 79 degree farenheit |
| Answer» B. 102 degree farenheit | |
| 19. |
What was Schatz’s real disease? |
| A. | cancer |
| B. | tuberculosis |
| C. | influenza |
| D. | pneumonia |
| Answer» C. influenza | |
| 20. |
What did the father in A Day’s Wait do in order to cheer the boy up? |
| A. | went hunting |
| B. | went fishing |
| C. | read to him |
| D. | left him alone |
| Answer» C. read to him | |
| 21. |
In which season did the story A Day’s Wait take place? |
| A. | summer |
| B. | winter |
| C. | spring |
| D. | autumn |
| Answer» B. winter | |
| 22. |
What did the father in A Day’s Wait catch when he went out hunting? |
| A. | fish |
| B. | quail |
| C. | chicken |
| D. | deer |
| Answer» B. quail | |
| 23. |
What kind of a hero is Schatz? |
| A. | romantic hero |
| B. | anti-romantic hero |
| C. | antagonist hero |
| D. | fatalistic hero |
| Answer» D. fatalistic hero | |
| 24. |
What is the central theme of the story ‘Marriage is a Private Affair’? |
| A. | stubborn sons |
| B. | duty towards grandchildren |
| C. | unconditional love of fathers |
| D. | clash of cultures |
| Answer» D. clash of cultures | |
| 25. |
Name the tribe to which Nene belonged. |
| A. | ibo |
| B. | ibibo |
| C. | yoruba |
| D. | morua |
| Answer» B. ibibo | |
| 26. |
Where do Nene and Nnaemeka live their married life? |
| A. | in lagos |
| B. | in ibibo village |
| C. | in ibo village |
| D. | in america |
| Answer» A. in lagos | |
| 27. |
What was the suggestion of the villagers when they heard of Nnaemeka’s plan to marry from another tribe? |
| A. | to kill him |
| B. | to make him an outcaste |
| C. | to treat him with herbs |
| D. | to forcefully marry him to another girl |
| Answer» C. to treat him with herbs | |
| 28. |
Whose picture was cut out of the wedding photo by Okeke? |
| A. | nnaemka |
| B. | nene |
| C. | okeke |
| D. | nene’s parents |
| Answer» B. nene | |
| 29. |
Compared to other playwrights of the time what was different about Shaw’s stage directions? |
| A. | there were no stage directions |
| B. | romantic stage directions |
| C. | short stage directions |
| D. | lengthy stage directions |
| Answer» D. lengthy stage directions | |
| 30. |
What did Raina call Captain Bluntschli? |
| A. | king |
| B. | chocolate-cream soldier |
| C. | portrait soldier |
| D. | brave |
| Answer» B. chocolate-cream soldier | |
| 31. |
The interior of Raina’s room is a mixture of Bulgarian and __________ furniture. |
| A. | viennese |
| B. | serbian |
| C. | swiss |
| D. | american |
| Answer» A. viennese | |
| 32. |
What is Catherine Petkoff’s preferred clothing? |
| A. | evening dresses |
| B. | kimonos |
| C. | fashionable tea gowns |
| D. | fur coats |
| Answer» C. fashionable tea gowns | |
| 33. |
Through what did Captain Bluntschli make his first entrance? |
| A. | the front door |
| B. | raina’s bedroom door |
| C. | the back door |
| D. | the window |
| Answer» D. the window | |
| 34. |
What is the military rank of Raina’s father? |
| A. | colonel |
| B. | captain |
| C. | major |
| D. | lieutenant |
| Answer» C. major | |
| 35. |
Name the famous literary character to whom Sergius Saranoff is compared by Captain Bluntschli while describing the cavalry charge to Raina? |
| A. | othello |
| B. | don quixote |
| C. | hamlet |
| D. | gulliver |
| Answer» B. don quixote | |
| 36. |
In which season does Act II of ‘Arms and the Man’ take place? |
| A. | spring |
| B. | summer |
| C. | winter |
| D. | autumn |
| Answer» A. spring | |
| 37. |
What is Saranoff’s military rank? |
| A. | colonel |
| B. | captain |
| C. | major |
| D. | lieutenant |
| Answer» C. major | |
| 38. |
What did Bluntschli do after running away from home? |
| A. | began a hotel business |
| B. | joined the army |
| C. | got married |
| D. | got arrested by the police |
| Answer» B. joined the army | |
| 39. |
What had Raina put into the pocket of the old coat in which she and her mother had sent off captain Bluntschli? |
| A. | chocolates |
| B. | a necklace |
| C. | a signed portrait |
| D. | a cake |
| Answer» C. a signed portrait | |
| 40. |
Where was the old coat of Major Petkoff found at last? |
| A. | in the battle field |
| B. | in the kitchen |
| C. | in the blue closet |
| D. | in the garden |
| Answer» C. in the blue closet | |
| 41. |
‘Arms and the Man’ takes its title from_____________ |
| A. | farewell to arms |
| B. | the old man and the sea |
| C. | illiad |
| D. | aeineid |
| Answer» D. aeineid | |
| 42. |
Captain Bluntschli is a professional soldier in the Serbian Army. What is his nationality? |
| A. | british |
| B. | italian |
| C. | swiss |
| D. | german |
| Answer» C. swiss | |
| 43. |
In Bluntschli’s famous dialogue to Raina he calls nine out of ten soldiers to be __________ |
| A. | brave |
| B. | coward |
| C. | fools |
| D. | selfish |
| Answer» C. fools | |
| 44. |
Who calls Nicola ‘the ablest man in Bulgaria’? |
| A. | major petkoff |
| B. | sergius saranoff |
| C. | capt. bluntschli |
| D. | raina petkoff |
| Answer» C. capt. bluntschli | |
| 45. |
Bluntschli mistook Raina’s age and called her a ‘school girl of 17’. What was her real age? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 23 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 33 |
| Answer» B. 23 | |
| 46. |
Louka accuses Nicola of having the soul of a servant. Who accuses Louka of having the same? |
| A. | catherine petkoff |
| B. | capt. bluntschli |
| C. | sergius saranoff |
| D. | nicola |
| Answer» C. sergius saranoff | |
| 47. |
How old is Bluntschli? |
| A. | 28 |
| B. | 34 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» B. 34 | |
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