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401. |
Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger” was first performed in the year |
A. | 1945 |
B. | 1950 |
C. | 1954 |
D. | 1956 |
Answer» C. 1954 | |
402. |
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 | |
403. |
The narrative technique usually employed by James Joyce___________. |
A. | stream of consciousness |
B. | symbolism |
C. | imagism |
D. | modernism |
Answer» B. symbolism | |
404. |
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 | |
405. |
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 | |
406. |
The short story “Araby” is narrated by |
A. | a boy |
B. | an young woman |
C. | an elderly |
D. | author |
Answer» B. an young woman | |
407. |
Name Joyce’s only collection of short stories |
A. | the dubliners |
B. | ulysses |
C. | the portrait |
D. | araby |
Answer» B. ulysses | |
408. |
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 | |
409. |
Who coined the word ‘Theatre of the Absurd’? |
A. | albert camus |
B. | franz kafka |
C. | martin eslin |
D. | robert |
Answer» D. robert | |
410. |
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 | |
411. |
Who among the following is Alison’s father |
A. | colonel redfern |
B. | webster |
C. | nigel |
D. | morgan |
Answer» B. webster | |
412. |
The winged horse mentioned in the poem ‘Easter 1916’ |
A. | pegasus |
B. | sleipinir |
C. | unicorn |
D. | hippocampus |
Answer» B. sleipinir | |
413. |
The Magi are the three wise men from the east who travelled to----- |
A. | bethalhem |
B. | israel |
C. | jerusalem |
D. | rome |
Answer» B. israel | |
414. |
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 . | |
415. |
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 | |
416. |
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 | |
417. |
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 | |
418. |
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 | |
419. |
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 | |
420. |
‘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. | |
421. |
Harold Pinter’s plays are typical examples of comedy of ……. |
A. | menace |
B. | manners |
C. | humours |
D. | life |
Answer» B. manners | |
422. |
‘Watching from a bluff the sparkling armada of ------draw near’ |
A. | promises |
B. | faith |
C. | hope |
D. | trust |
Answer» B. faith | |
423. |
------ was the verse memoir for Plath written by Ted Hughes. |
A. | cave birds |
B. | birthday letters |
C. | river |
D. | moor town |
Answer» C. river | |
424. |
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 | |
425. |
--------- is Sarah Woodruff’s alleged French lover. |
A. | varguennes |
B. | ernestina freeman |
C. | charles smithson |
D. | sam farrow |
Answer» B. ernestina freeman | |
426. |
Virginia Wolf belongs to the famous----------- group. |
A. | clapham group |
B. | bloomsbury group |
C. | feminist group |
D. | london group |
Answer» C. feminist group | |
427. |
The anthology New Lines was edited by----------- |
A. | catherine |
B. | robert brook |
C. | philip larkin |
D. | robert conquest |
Answer» E. | |
428. |
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 | |
429. |
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 | |
430. |
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 | |
431. |
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 | |
432. |
‘The black sailed ship’ metaphorically alludes to……………. |
A. | birth |
B. | death |
C. | resurrection |
D. | fall |
Answer» C. resurrection | |
433. |
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 | |
434. |
Ted Hughes was honoured with the Poet Laureateship in the year------- |
A. | 1989 |
B. | 1984 |
C. | 1979 |
D. | 1978 |
Answer» C. 1979 | |
435. |
‘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 | |
436. |
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 | |
437. |
What does ‘porphyrogene’ mean ? |
A. | insane |
B. | beautiful |
C. | of royal birth |
D. | stricken with fatal disease |
Answer» B. beautiful | |
438. |
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 | |
439. |
What is the name of the one woman in the story ? |
A. | madeline |
B. | nancy |
C. | caroline |
D. | ligeia |
Answer» B. nancy | |
440. |
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. | |
441. |
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. | |
442. |
”Son Coeur est un luth suspend” means: |
A. | his mind is a hanging lute |
B. | acid |
C. | snuff |
D. | opium |
Answer» B. acid | |
443. |
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 | |
444. |
How many of Mr.Snopes’ children are travelling with family? |
A. | 1 |
B. | 2 |
C. | 3 |
D. | 4 |
Answer» C. 3 | |
445. |
The boy’s name is |
A. | abner |
B. | colonel sartoris |
C. | harris |
D. | de spain |
Answer» B. colonel sartoris | |
446. |
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. | |
447. |
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 | |
448. |
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 | |
449. |
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 | |
450. |
The black of Africa breaks under the weight of _____________ |
A. | humiliation |
B. | colonization |
C. | imagination |
D. | imperialism |
Answer» B. colonization | |