Explore topic-wise MCQs in Bachelor of Arts (BA).

This section includes 54 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Arts (BA) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

"All My Sons" was published in_______.

A. 1947
B. 1949
C. 1943
D. 1946
Answer» B. 1949
2.

In__________ year "The American Scholar" was published.

A. 1847
B. 1837
C. 1850
D. 1844
Answer» C. 1850
3.

________ is Happy's real name.

A. Harold
B. Bernard
C. Ben
D. Chris
Answer» B. Bernard
4.

______ character states"nobody dast blamet his man".

A. Willy Loman
B. Bernard
C. Charley
D. Happy
Answer» D. Happy
5.

In _______ year Arthur Miller won the "Pulitzer Prize for Drama".

A. 1949
B. 1956
C. 1954
D. 1945
Answer» B. 1956
6.

"A Farewell to Arms" published on _____.

A. 1926
B. 1929
C. 1937
D. 1940
Answer» C. 1937
7.

_____ is the protagonist of the play "Death of a Salesman".

A. Charley
B. Happy
C. Bernard
D. Willy Loman
Answer» E.
8.

__________ adventures nare narrated in "Mobi-Dick".

A. Ahab
B. Ibrahim
C. Edward
D. Ishmael
Answer» E.
9.

_________ introduces Henry to Catherine.

A. Mrs. Gage
B. Helan
C. Rinaldi
D. Velantini
Answer» D. Velantini
10.

_________play was first performed in New York city in 1962.

A. All My Sons
B. Death of Salesmen
C. Who's Afriad of Virginia Woolf?
D. Men Without Women
Answer» D. Men Without Women
11.

Ben end up __________when he went looking for his father.

A. Africa
B. America
C. Australia
D. England
Answer» B. America
12.

At the beginning of the novel, Henry reports that seven thousand soldiers have died due to _____.

A. Cuff
B. Cholera
C. Fever
D. Phenumonia
Answer» C. Fever
13.

Hernry's job in the Army is_______.

A. Ambulance driver
B. Soldier
C. Lieutenant
D. Doctor
Answer» B. Soldier
14.

________ is the "father of free verse".

A. Walt Whitman
B. Arthur Miller
C. Wallace Stevens
D. William Faulkner
Answer» B. Arthur Miller
15.

______is the refferred as the captain of the ship in the poem"O Captain!My Captain".

A. Chaucer
B. Lincoln
C. Washington
D. Martin Luther
Answer» C. Washington
16.

The poem O Captain ! My Captain is a/an ____.

A. Lampoo
B. Lyric
C. Sonnet
D. Elegy
Answer» E.
17.

_______was the father of Sylvia Plath.

A. Harold Plath
B. Steve Plath
C. Otto Plath
D. Ted Huges
Answer» D. Ted Huges
18.

The poetess compares "Daddy" to ____.

A. A Nazi
B. A Hitler
C. A Vampire
D. All the above
Answer» E.
19.

Wallace Stevens' poem "The Emperor of Ice-cream" occur in___________.

A. Chariot
B. Harmonium
C. Mountain Interval
D. The Princess
Answer» C. Mountain Interval
20.

Sylvia Plath was _______when her father died.

A. 8 years
B. 7 years
C. 6 years
D. 10 years
Answer» B. 7 years
21.

__________ is embodied on the sheet bused to cover the body.

A. Bird
B. Anmial
C. God
D. Men
Answer» B. Anmial
22.

Emily Dickinson had written about ___ poems.

A. 1300
B. 1400
C. 1600
D. 1700
Answer» E.
23.

The poet meant by "our fearful trip is done" is________.

A. The end of the first world war
B. The end of second world war
C. The end of civil war
D. The end of French revolution
Answer» D. The end of French revolution
24.

The swelling ground represent__________.

A. Grave
B. House
C. Heaven
D. Hell
Answer» B. House
25.

____________was the first title of the poem "Because I Could Not Stop for Death".

A. The Way of Death
B. The Chariot
C. Stopping the Death
D. Life to Death
Answer» C. Stopping the Death
26.

"Flag is flung" identify the figure of speech.

A. Alliteration
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole
Answer» B. Simile
27.

__________alphabet is used as in "The Scarlet Letter".

A. N
B. A
C. S
D. D
Answer» C. S
28.

The narrator comes upon a fork in the road while walking through _____.

A. Green Wood
B. Red Wood
C. Yellow Wood
D. White Wood
Answer» D. White Wood
29.

____ is the heroine of the novel "The Scarlet Letter".

A. Pearl
B. Laura
C. Ammy
D. Heater Prynne
Answer» E.
30.

______ is the main character in the novel "Herzog".

A. Kate
B. Benjay
C. Moses
D. James
Answer» D. James
31.

_________symbols are used by Henry David Thoreau in his essay "Walden".

A. Animals
B. ice
C. Walden pond
D. All the above
Answer» E.
32.

_________ acts in the play "The Zoo Story".

A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» B. 3
33.

______ wrote the play "The Zoo Story".

A. John Steinback
B. William Faulkner
C. Edward Albee
D. Heman Melville
Answer» D. Heman Melville
34.

The play "Desire Under the Elms" is divided into ___ parts.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five
Answer» C. four
35.

________ was the autor of "Light in August".

A. John Steinback
B. Heman Melville
C. Edward Albee
D. William Faulkner
Answer» E.
36.

________ is the genre of "Desire Under the Elms".

A. Novel
B. Absurd Play
C. Poetry
D. Essay
Answer» C. Poetry
37.

Genre of "Walden" is ____.

A. Essay
B. Novel
C. Play
D. Allegory
Answer» B. Novel
38.

"The America Scholar" is written by ____.

A. William Faulkner
B. William Tennessee
C. Ralph Waldo Emerson
D. Arthur Miller
Answer» D. Arthur Miller
39.

In ________novel major theme is the honour in struggle, defeath and pride.

A. The Old Man and the Sea
B. The Sound and the Fury
C. Herzog
D. The Zoo Story
Answer» B. The Sound and the Fury
40.

_______is the name of the fish Santiago caught.

A. Whale
B. Marlin
C. Dolphin
D. Flounder
Answer» C. Dolphin
41.

_____________ days Santiago struggle with the Marlin (Whale).

A. 82 days
B. 78 days
C. 80 days
D. 84 days
Answer» E.
42.

__________ is the protagonist nofnthe novel " The Great Gatsby".

A. Nick Carraway
B. Benjay
C. Jay Gatsby
D. Sanjay
Answer» B. Benjay
43.

The novel "The Sound and Fury" is written by _____.

A. John Steinback
B. Pearl S.Buck
C. William Faulkner
D. Tennessee Williams
Answer» D. Tennessee Williams
44.

_________ is the other title of the novel "Moby- Dick".

A. The Black Whale
B. The story of Ishmael
C. The White Whale
D. Dolphin
Answer» D. Dolphin
45.

_____________ wrote the novel "Herzog".

A. William Faulkner
B. Arthur Miller
C. William Tennessee
D. Saul Bellow
Answer» E.
46.

___________ novel describes the corruption of Southern aristocratic values.

A. Grapes of Wrath
B. The glass Menagerie
C. The Sound and the Fury
D. The Scarlet Letter
Answer» D. The Scarlet Letter
47.

The Marlin, Manolin and Santiago are the characters of ________ novel.

A. The Sound and Fury
B. The Old Man and the Sea
C. Mobi-Dick
D. All My Sons
Answer» C. Mobi-Dick
48.

The Novel ____ is a story of the interior struggle of Moses to find truth.

A. The Good Earth
B. The Zoo Story
C. The Great Gatsby
D. Herzog
Answer» E.
49.

The novel "The Good Earth " contains the details about daily life in ____ country at the end of the 19th century.

A. America
B. China
C. England
D. Australia
Answer» C. England
50.

The novel "The Great Gatsby" published in___ ____.

A. 1925
B. 1929
C. 1922
D. 1937
Answer» B. 1929