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This section includes 132 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Oscar Wild’s time period is from |
| A. | 1834 to 1896 |
| B. | 1839 to 1894 |
| C. | 1840 to 1948 |
| D. | 1856 to 1900 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
“ 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» E. | |
| 3. |
………………..was the leader in the Pre- Raphaelite Movement |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | browning |
| C. | rossetti |
| D. | blake |
| Answer» D. blake | |
| 4. |
“ 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» C. this is george eliot in romola | |
| 5. |
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» E. | |
| 6. |
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» C. a chapter on ears | |
| 7. |
Who wrote the critical essay ‘Literary Reminiscences’? |
| A. | shelley |
| B. | de quincey |
| C. | coleridge |
| D. | burton |
| Answer» C. coleridge | |
| 8. |
Who wrote the “Witch of Atlas”? |
| A. | scott |
| B. | wordsworth |
| C. | blake |
| D. | shelley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
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» E. | |
| 10. |
Who wrote ‘Confession of an Opium Eater’? |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | shelley |
| C. | de- quincey |
| D. | browne |
| Answer» D. browne | |
| 11. |
Who said that the poet was a ‘mere babbler’? |
| A. | scott |
| B. | byron |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | gibson |
| Answer» C. wordsworth | |
| 12. |
Whose epitaph contains “here lies one whose name was written in water” |
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | blake |
| C. | john keats |
| D. | william wordsworth |
| Answer» D. william wordsworth | |
| 13. |
Wordsworth believes in the concept of ………… |
| A. | hellenism |
| B. | pantheism |
| C. | negative capability |
| D. | willing suspension of disbelief |
| Answer» C. negative capability | |
| 14. |
Browning’s ‘Pauline’ came in |
| A. | 1834 |
| B. | 1897 |
| C. | 1833 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» D. 1901 | |
| 15. |
……… 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» E. | |
| 16. |
……………wrote the song “ Tears, Idle Tears” |
| A. | browning |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | blake |
| D. | keats |
| Answer» C. blake | |
| 17. |
For ……………poem Tennyson got Chancellor’s Medal |
| A. | lyrical ballad |
| B. | timbuctoo |
| C. | merlin and the glean |
| D. | the princess |
| Answer» C. merlin and the glean | |
| 18. |
………………by Browning is an exquisite tribute to his dead wife. |
| A. | my star |
| B. | prospice |
| C. | one word more |
| D. | meeting at night |
| Answer» D. meeting at night | |
| 19. |
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» C. saul | |
| 20. |
……………..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» B. tennyson | |
| 21. |
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» C. the four zoas | |
| 22. |
The poem ‘The Tyger’ was published in……. |
| A. | 1794 |
| B. | 1788 |
| C. | 1780 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» B. 1788 | |
| 23. |
Lectures on Shakespeare is the work of………….. |
| A. | thomas hardy |
| B. | mathew arnold |
| C. | william thackeray |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
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» C. romantic movement | |
| 25. |
Who was known as the ‘grand old Man of the English letters’? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | coleridge |
| D. | william wordsworth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
…………….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» E. | |
| 27. |
“ Fra Lippo Lippi” appeared in the 1855 collection………… |
| A. | sordello |
| B. | incondita |
| C. | men and women |
| D. | bells and pomegranates |
| Answer» D. bells and pomegranates | |
| 28. |
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» B. the borgias | |
| 29. |
In which year was the Origin of the Species” published? |
| A. | 1876 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1890 |
| Answer» C. 1888 | |
| 30. |
……………..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» E. | |
| 31. |
, Name the first volume of Robert Browning’s poems |
| A. | paracelsus |
| B. | incondita |
| C. | sordello |
| D. | bells and pomergranates |
| Answer» C. sordello | |
| 32. |
The title of the “Vanity Fair” has been taken from |
| A. | bible |
| B. | paradise lost |
| C. | pilgrim progress |
| D. | canterbury tales |
| Answer» D. canterbury tales | |
| 33. |
Who is the author of “ Blessed Damozel? |
| A. | d g rossetti |
| B. | william thackeray |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | browning |
| Answer» B. william thackeray | |
| 34. |
In “ In Memorium” Tennyson mourns the death of ………. |
| A. | arthur hallam |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | shelly |
| D. | browning |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 35. |
The song of the Lotus is a poem by……… |
| A. | browning |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | d g rossetti |
| D. | tennyson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Who is the author of “ Aurora Leigh”? |
| A. | jane austen |
| B. | elizabeth barret browning |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» C. tennyson | |
| 37. |
Oscar Wild’s ‘Woman of No Importance’ appears in…………… |
| A. | 1877 |
| B. | 1888 |
| C. | 1893 |
| D. | 1875 |
| Answer» D. 1875 | |
| 38. |
George Eliot was the pen name of………….. |
| A. | mary anne evans |
| B. | christina rossetti |
| C. | mary shelly |
| D. | elizabeth |
| Answer» B. christina rossetti | |
| 39. |
Which one s Gaskell’s first novel? |
| A. | cranford |
| B. | north and south |
| C. | ruth |
| D. | mary barton |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
What was Charles Lamb’s final book? |
| A. | elia |
| B. | walden |
| C. | tales from shakespeare |
| D. | the last essays of elia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
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» D. london | |
| 42. |
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» C. far from the madding crowd | |
| 43. |
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» B. poverty | |
| 44. |
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» E. | |
| 45. |
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» B. emily | |
| 46. |
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» E. | |
| 47. |
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» D. education act 1833 | |
| 48. |
Oscar Wild’s time period is from |
| A. | 1834 to 1896 |
| B. | 1839 to 1894 |
| C. | 1840 to 1948 |
| D. | 1856 to 1900 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
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» D. in memoriam, vanity fair, morte d’ arthur | |
| 50. |
“ 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» E. | |