| 1). Which of the following begins with these words? “Good morning to the day; and next, my gold! Open the shrine that I may see my saint" A). The Poetaster B). Cynthias Revels C). Volpone D). None of these Correct Answer: Volpone
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| 2). Who could have written The Book of Job? A). John Milton B). Henry Waughn C). William Shakespeare D). None of these Correct Answer: None of these
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| 3). The theatres were reopened in 1660. When were they closed last? A). 1616 B). 1642 C). 1650 D). 1652 Correct Answer: 1642
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| 4). The “Circulating Libraries” were popular during A). The Eighteenth Century B). The seventeenth Century C). The Nineteenth Century D). Both A and C Correct Answer: Both A and C
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| 5). The Closed Heroic Couplet used by pope is unique because... A). The two lines act as a stanza B). It makes use of an end stopped first line C). Every Line contains, a caesura D). All the above Correct Answer: All the above
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| 6). Which of the following Chaucers tale is in Prose? A). The Pardoners tale B). The Cooks tale C). The Prioress's tale D). The Parsons tale Correct Answer: The Parsons tale
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| 7). Don Juan written by Lord Byron is specimen of A). A Heroic Play B). Epic Satire C). Epic Narrative D). Romantic Poem Correct Answer: Epic Satire
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| 8). The first Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays was printed in ? A). 1616 B). 1660 C). 1623 D). None of these Correct Answer: 1623
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| 9). Look Back in Anger was year preformed in year A). 1955 B). 1956 C). 1957 D). 1958 Correct Answer: 1956
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| 10). Who is the movement poet A). Philip Larkin B). Ted Hughes C). T.S. Eliot D). W.H. Auden Correct Answer: Philip Larkin
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| 11). __________ is not a character in Jane Austen's 'Emma' A). Catherine Morland B). George Knightley C). Harriet Smith D). Frank Churchill Correct Answer: Catherine Morland
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| 12). Who said A thought to Donne was an experience. It modified his Sensibility A). F.R. Leavis B). T.S. Eliot C). Samuel Johnson D). I.A. Richards Correct Answer: T.S. Eliot
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| 13). The Great Tradition was written by _________ A). G. Wilson Knight B). T.S. Eliot C). F.R. Leavis D). Allen Tate Correct Answer: F.R. Leavis
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| 14). Rape of the lock by Pope contains _________ cantos A). Two B). Three C). Four D). Five Correct Answer: Five
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| 15). Romeo & Juliet is based on the story by which Italian Author? A). Bandello B). Virgil C). John Stow D). H.B. Stowe Correct Answer: Bandello
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| 16). A Reed Shaken by the wind is written by ________ A). W.H. Auden B). Tim May C). T.S.Eliot D). Gavin Maxwell Correct Answer: Gavin Maxwell
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| 17). “Literature always anticipates life. It does not copy it but moulds it to its purpose" was said by A). Oscar Wilde B). Ezra Pound C). Coleridge D). Aristotle Correct Answer: Oscar Wilde
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| 18). Who said, “I awoke one morning and found myself" famous A). Chaucer B). Matthew Arnold C). Shakespeare. D). Byron Correct Answer: Byron
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| 19). Who wrote under pseudonym of 'y.y' A). Bertrand Russell B). Jerome K. Jerome C). Robert Lynd. D). Francis Bacon Correct Answer: Robert Lynd.
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| 20). Who said 'Get Stewed, Books are a load crop' A). Philip larkin B). B. Behan C). Hitler D). Nixon Correct Answer: Philip larkin
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| 21). Who is the Author of 'Toba Tek Singh' A). Saadat Hasan Manto B). Kishan Chander C). Prem Chand D). K.A. Abbas Correct Answer: Saadat Hasan Manto
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| 22). Who was the first recipient of Sahitya Akademi award for English A). Raja Rao B). R.K. Narayan C). Bhabani Bhattacharya D). Mulk Raj Anand Correct Answer: R.K. Narayan
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| 23). Which among the following gods and goddesses takes sides in the Trojan was in 'Iliad'? A). Athena B). Aphiodite C). Zeus D). Hera Correct Answer: All
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| 24). Who wrote 'The rising of the moon' A). Lady Gregory B). W.B. Yeats C). John Osborne D). Harold Pinter Correct Answer: Lady Gregory
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| 25). Who is not regarded as the Georgian Poet? A). Hopkins B). W.H. Davies C). Walter de la Mare D). John Masefield Correct Answer: Hopkins
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| 26). 'Cry the beloved country' is written by A). Alan Paton B). Nadine Gordimes C). Alodus Huxley D). J.D. Salinger Correct Answer: Alan Paton
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| 27). New Testament has __________ books A). 27 B). 29 C). 31 D). 33 Correct Answer: 27
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| 28). Sean 0' Casey wrote which work? A). The Shadow of the Glen B). The Rising of the Moon C). The Tinker's Wedding D). Juno and the Paycock Correct Answer: Juno and the Paycock
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| 29). The manuscripts of Shakespeare's play are available? A). Certainly yes B). Certainly no C). Partly available D). None of these Correct Answer: Certainly no
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| 30). Shakespeare's sonnets are in the following form: A). Three quartrains and a couplet. B). An octave and sestet C). Both 'a' and 'b' D). None of these Correct Answer: Three quartrains and a couplet.
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| 31). Who is the heroine in Shakespeare 'Tempest' A). Viola B). Portia C). Miranda D). Beatrice Correct Answer: Miranda
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| 32). “France standing on the top of nature seeming born again." These lines are from... A). The Prelude B). Daffodils C). Tintern Abbey D). None of these Correct Answer: The Prelude
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| 33). Which of the following of G.B. Shaw was prescribed because of its protrayal sexual exploitation? A). Widower's Houses B). Mrs. Warren's Profession C). The Philanderer D). Buyant Billions Correct Answer: Mrs. Warren's Profession
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| 34). Shelley's Queen Mab is about.. A). Religious persecution B). Domestic bondage C). Both 'a' and 'b' D). None of these Correct Answer: Both 'a' and 'b'
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| 35). Who wrote Abasalom Abasalom? A). Dryden B). Dr. Johnson C). Willaim Faulkner D). Fitzgerald Correct Answer: Willaim Faulkner
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| 36). The Quintessence of Ibsenism was written by... A). G.B. Shaw B). Oscar Wilde C). R.L. Stevenson D). None of these Correct Answer: G.B. Shaw
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| 37). What does Arnold's 'Scholar Gypsy' deal with? A). About scholarship B). About the Gypsies C). About the decay of youth and hope D). None of these Correct Answer: About the decay of youth and hope
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| 38). The 'prefaces' of Shaw to his own plays are very popular A). Yes B). No C). Perhaps D). None of these Correct Answer: Yes
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| 39). The novel, No name (1862) was written by... A). Anthony Trollope B). Charles Kingsley C). Wilkie Collins D). None of these Correct Answer: Wilkie Collins
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| 40). Shakaspeare's Sonnets were printed by... A). Thomas Thorpe B). Ben Jonson C). Francis Beaumont D). John Fletcher Correct Answer: Thomas Thorpe
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| 41). The year 1776 was associated with A). Invention of steam engine B). The Wars of Roses C). American Independence D). None of these Correct Answer: American Independence
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| 42). Who is an 18th century author, essayist and a painter. One of the paintings is still in National Portrait Gallery A). Joseph Addison B). Bacon C). Hazlitt D). W.M. Thackeray Correct Answer: Hazlitt
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| 43). Which of Charles Lamb friend said “Lamb was the most delightful, the most provoking and sensible of men. He always made the best pun, and the best remarks in the course of evening." A). Hazlitt B). Coleridge C). Bacon D). Wordsworth Correct Answer: Hazlitt
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| 44). Who among the following introduced sonnets? A). Thomas Wyatt B). Philip Sidney C). Shakespeare D). Spenser Correct Answer: Thomas Wyatt
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| 45). The Term 'Negative Capability' is associated with A). Wordsworth B). John Keats C). T.S. Eliot D). Shelley Correct Answer: John Keats
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| 46). What is everyman A). Essay by Camb B). Essay by Bacon C). A Morality Play D). A Comedy Correct Answer: A Morality Play
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| 47). 'Light breaks where no sunshines' is written by A). D.H. Lawrence B). T.S. Eliot C). W.B. Yeats D). Dylan Thomas Correct Answer: Dylan Thomas
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| 48). Who wrote 'Daffodils' A). Keats B). Shelley C). Byron D). Wordsworth Correct Answer: Wordsworth
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| 49). When was Johnson's Dictionary published A). 1754 B). 1755 C). 1756 D). 1757 Correct Answer: 1755
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| 50). Orwell's Animal Farm is about ... A). The animal world B). The Homosapiens C). The degeneration of communist ideas D). None of these Correct Answer: The degeneration of communist ideas
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