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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger” was first performed in the year |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» C. 1954 | |
| 2. |
Who wrote the screen play Karel Reisz’ Adaptation of “ The FrenchLieutenant’s Woman” |
| A. | harold pinter |
| B. | bernard shaw |
| C. | henrik ibsen |
| D. | virginia woolf |
| Answer» B. bernard shaw | |
| 3. |
The narrative technique usually employed by James Joyce___________. |
| A. | stream of consciousness |
| B. | symbolism |
| C. | imagism |
| D. | modernism |
| Answer» B. symbolism | |
| 4. |
The short story “The Rocking-Horse Winner” appeared in |
| A. | new lines |
| B. | harper’s bazaar |
| C. | horse collections |
| D. | mariner’s win |
| Answer» C. horse collections | |
| 5. |
Mention the name of pawnbroker’s widow in the story “Araby” |
| A. | mrs.mercer |
| B. | mrs. pekker |
| C. | mrs. sampson |
| D. | mrs. heidegger |
| Answer» B. mrs. pekker | |
| 6. |
The short story “Araby” is narrated by |
| A. | a boy |
| B. | an young woman |
| C. | an elderly |
| D. | author |
| Answer» B. an young woman | |
| 7. |
Name Joyce’s only collection of short stories |
| A. | the dubliners |
| B. | ulysses |
| C. | the portrait |
| D. | araby |
| Answer» B. ulysses | |
| 8. |
According to Woolf the best way to understand a novel is to---------- whatwe have read |
| A. | criticize |
| B. | compare |
| C. | write |
| D. | analyse |
| Answer» D. analyse | |
| 9. |
Who coined the word ‘Theatre of the Absurd’? |
| A. | albert camus |
| B. | franz kafka |
| C. | martin eslin |
| D. | robert |
| Answer» D. robert | |
| 10. |
The autobiographical novel “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” isbeing written by__________. |
| A. | d.h lawrence |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | james augustine joyce |
| D. | virginia woolf |
| Answer» D. virginia woolf | |
| 11. |
Who among the following is Alison’s father |
| A. | colonel redfern |
| B. | webster |
| C. | nigel |
| D. | morgan |
| Answer» B. webster | |
| 12. |
The winged horse mentioned in the poem ‘Easter 1916’ |
| A. | pegasus |
| B. | sleipinir |
| C. | unicorn |
| D. | hippocampus |
| Answer» B. sleipinir | |
| 13. |
The Magi are the three wise men from the east who travelled to----- |
| A. | bethalhem |
| B. | israel |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | rome |
| Answer» B. israel | |
| 14. |
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» B. orlando: a biography . | |
| 15. |
Sarah Woodruff enjoys an artistic, creative life in the house of ----------in thelast part of French Lieutenant’s Woman. |
| A. | rosetti |
| B. | rose |
| C. | magnum |
| D. | freeman |
| Answer» B. rose | |
| 16. |
Expressionism originated in __________. a)France b)Germany c)Italy d)England25.Name the character mentioned as the mistress of Jimmy Porter. |
| A. | helena charles |
| B. | alison |
| C. | madeline |
| D. | lisa |
| Answer» C. madeline | |
| 17. |
Marchbanks is a character from G B Shaw’s play………. |
| A. | pygmalion |
| B. | arms and the man |
| C. | candida |
| D. | the irrational knot |
| Answer» D. the irrational knot | |
| 18. |
In Easter 1916 Yeats commemorates -------in Dublin on 24 April 1916. |
| A. | uprising |
| B. | marriage party |
| C. | battle |
| D. | religious function |
| Answer» B. marriage party | |
| 19. |
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» B. capitalist slavery | |
| 20. |
‘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» E. | |
| 21. |
Harold Pinter’s plays are typical examples of comedy of ……. |
| A. | menace |
| B. | manners |
| C. | humours |
| D. | life |
| Answer» B. manners | |
| 22. |
‘Watching from a bluff the sparkling armada of ------draw near’ |
| A. | promises |
| B. | faith |
| C. | hope |
| D. | trust |
| Answer» B. faith | |
| 23. |
------ was the verse memoir for Plath written by Ted Hughes. |
| A. | cave birds |
| B. | birthday letters |
| C. | river |
| D. | moor town |
| Answer» C. river | |
| 24. |
An example of oxymoron in Easter 1916. |
| A. | terrible beauty |
| B. | horse-hoof slides |
| C. | green is worn |
| D. | vainglorious lout |
| Answer» B. horse-hoof slides | |
| 25. |
--------- is Sarah Woodruff’s alleged French lover. |
| A. | varguennes |
| B. | ernestina freeman |
| C. | charles smithson |
| D. | sam farrow |
| Answer» B. ernestina freeman | |
| 26. |
Virginia Wolf belongs to the famous----------- group. |
| A. | clapham group |
| B. | bloomsbury group |
| C. | feminist group |
| D. | london group |
| Answer» C. feminist group | |
| 27. |
The anthology New Lines was edited by----------- |
| A. | catherine |
| B. | robert brook |
| C. | philip larkin |
| D. | robert conquest |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
The term avant-garde literally means------- |
| A. | advance-guard |
| B. | carry on guards |
| C. | cheers guards |
| D. | come on guards |
| Answer» B. carry on guards | |
| 29. |
Name the German dramatist most associated with epic theatre? |
| A. | eugene o'neill |
| B. | bertolt brecht |
| C. | benjamin fondane |
| D. | elmer rice |
| Answer» C. benjamin fondane | |
| 30. |
The prototype of modern Angry Young Man in the play Look Back inAnger? |
| A. | cliff |
| B. | colonel redfurn |
| C. | jimmy porter |
| D. | john graham |
| Answer» D. john graham | |
| 31. |
Name the theatre found by W. B Yeats? |
| A. | globe theatre |
| B. | abbey theatre |
| C. | greek theatre |
| D. | theatre of maud gonne |
| Answer» C. greek theatre | |
| 32. |
‘The black sailed ship’ metaphorically alludes to……………. |
| A. | birth |
| B. | death |
| C. | resurrection |
| D. | fall |
| Answer» C. resurrection | |
| 33. |
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» B. the fly | |
| 34. |
Ted Hughes was honoured with the Poet Laureateship in the year------- |
| A. | 1989 |
| B. | 1984 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» C. 1979 | |
| 35. |
‘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» B. thomas macdonagh | |
| 36. |
What is the name of Usher’s improvised poem? |
| A. | the palace on the hill. |
| B. | the haunted house |
| C. | the haunted palace |
| D. | the fallen flower |
| Answer» D. the fallen flower | |
| 37. |
What does ‘porphyrogene’ mean ? |
| A. | insane |
| B. | beautiful |
| C. | of royal birth |
| D. | stricken with fatal disease |
| Answer» B. beautiful | |
| 38. |
What is the woman’s relation to Roderick? |
| A. | they are cousins |
| B. | they are siblings |
| C. | no relation |
| D. | they are married |
| Answer» C. no relation | |
| 39. |
What is the name of the one woman in the story ? |
| A. | madeline |
| B. | nancy |
| C. | caroline |
| D. | ligeia |
| Answer» B. nancy | |
| 40. |
How do Usher and the narrator know one another? |
| A. | they are brothers |
| B. | they have never met |
| C. | they met during the war |
| D. | they were boyhood friends |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
Why does the boy’s father walk a little stiffly ? |
| A. | he broke his leg falling from a horse. |
| B. | he was shot in the knee cap |
| C. | he was shot in the knee while in the confederate army |
| D. | he was shot in the heel while stealing a horse. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
”Son Coeur est un luth suspend” means: |
| A. | his mind is a hanging lute |
| B. | acid |
| C. | snuff |
| D. | opium |
| Answer» B. acid | |
| 43. |
In the first court case in the story ,what does the justice orderMr.Snopes to do? |
| A. | accept the apology of his enemy |
| B. | build a new barn |
| C. | pay ten bushels of corn |
| D. | leave the area and not return |
| Answer» D. leave the area and not return | |
| 44. |
How many of Mr.Snopes’ children are travelling with family? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 3 | |
| 45. |
The boy’s name is |
| A. | abner |
| B. | colonel sartoris |
| C. | harris |
| D. | de spain |
| Answer» B. colonel sartoris | |
| 46. |
What does the boy smell in the court room at the beginning of the story ? |
| A. | mildew |
| B. | oranges |
| C. | smoke |
| D. | cheese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
The image used by the poet to represent future Africa is ________________ |
| A. | white faded flower |
| B. | red fruit |
| C. | green apple |
| D. | yellow flag |
| Answer» B. red fruit | |
| 48. |
David Diop’s ‘Africa’ celebrates the typical love of the African for their ______ |
| A. | parents |
| B. | girls |
| C. | mother land |
| D. | ancestors |
| Answer» D. ancestors | |
| 49. |
The title of the poem written by David Diop __________________ |
| A. | edge |
| B. | the mystic drum |
| C. | africa |
| D. | mother to son |
| Answer» D. mother to son | |
| 50. |
The black of Africa breaks under the weight of _____________ |
| A. | humiliation |
| B. | colonization |
| C. | imagination |
| D. | imperialism |
| Answer» B. colonization | |