Literature - Exercise -2 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

TOPIC: ENGLISH LITERATURE

1. Literary Terms

1. Which one does not relate to literature? [জাতীয় রাজস্ব বোর্ডের ইন্সপেক্টর/গোয়েন্দা কর্মকর্তা-১০] a) Epilogue b) Monologue c) Demagogue d) Prologue Ans: c (Explanation: Demagogue refers to a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires rather than using rational argument).

2. A 'Prologue' is - [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 08-09] a) the science of versification b) an introduction to a play or a literary work c) a song of mourning d) a poem or speech at the end of a play Ans: b

3. A closing speech in a play, often delivered after the completion of the main action is called - [DU (B-EE) 14-15] a) a monologue b) an epilogue c) a prologue d) a dialogue Ans: b

4. A long speech by one actor in a play or movie is called- [SUST (A) 12-13] a) Dialogue b) Monologue c) Prologue d) Epilogue Ans: b

5. When a speaker speaks his thoughts aloud it is called - [স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের কারা তত্ত্বাবধায়ক-০৫] a) aside b) monody c) soliloquy d) negative capability Ans: c (Soliloquy: A speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his thoughts aloud).

6. Soliloquy means -- [প্রাথমিক ও গণশিক্ষা অধিদপ্তরে সহকারী পরিচালক-০১] a) to memorise b) talking to oneself c) action of speech d) rehearsal of a play Ans: b

7. The appropriate meaning of the word 'monologue' is- [বাংলাদেশ টেলিভিশনের প্রযোজক-০৬] a) a long speech in a play spoken by one actor especially when alone b) conversation in a play c) a speech in a play in which a character, who is alone on the stage, speaks his thoughts aloud d) a dialogue between the two actors or actresses in a drama Ans: a

8. What is the meaning of 'Soliloquy'? [নির্বাচন কমিশন সচিবালয়ে সহকারী পরিচালক-১০] a) action of body b) action of speech c) to memorize a part d) long self speech by an actor Ans: d

9. A drama is a/an--- [শ্রম পরিদপ্তরের জনসংখ্যা ও পরিবার কল্যাণ কর্মকর্তা-০৯] a) novel retold in dialogue b) magical performances on the stage c) fairy tale d) story translated into action Ans: b (Note: While 'story translated into action' is a common definition, the source key indicates 'b'. Standard definition: A play for theater/radio/TV).

10. Tragedy means- [IU 06-07] a) a serious play with a happy ending. b) a serious play with a sad ending. c) a humorous play with a sad ending. d) a funny play with a touchy ending. Ans: b

11. A tragedy does not have [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 05-06] a) a tragic hero b) a plot c) an act d) an octave-sestet division Ans: d (Explanation: Octave-sestet is a feature of Petrarchan Sonnets).

12. Comedy is- [IU 06-07] a) a light play with a happy ending. b) an amusing play with a serious ending. c) a serious play with a humorous ending. d) a plays that shows terrible things in a way that is intended to be funny. Ans: a

13. A comedy does not have [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 07-08] a) a happy ending b) a plot c) catharsis d) comic element Ans: c (Explanation: Catharsis is associated with Tragedy).

14. Pantomime is acting on the stage without [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 06-07] a) gesture b) song c) speech d) exaggerated facial expression Ans: c

15. The hero or central character of a literary work is- [JU (C) 14-15] a) Villain b) Protagonist c) Antagonist d) Chorus Ans: b

16. 'Protagonist' refers to/ indicates [27 BCS, DU (B-EE) 10-11] a) the villain in a play b) the leading character or actor in a play c) the clown in a play d) the stage-director of a play Ans: b

17. 'Melodrama' is a kind of play of- [IU (C) 11-12] a) violent and sensational themes b) historical themes c) philosophical themes d) pathetic themes Ans: a

18. A Machiavellian character is [কারিগরী শিক্ষা অধিদপ্তরের চিফ ইন্সট্রাক্টর-০৩] a) an honest person b) a selfish person c) a courageous person d) a judicious person Ans: b

20. What is catastrophe? [প্রাক-প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক-১৫] a) The comical end of dramatic events b) The tragic end of dramatic events c) The comic tragic end of the play d) None of the above Ans: b

21. Climax is related to - [KU 07-08] a) Prose b) Drama c) Poetry d) Novel Ans: b

22. A climax is [COU (D) 12-13] a) a climbing apparatus b) point of greatest intensity c) a crisis in a drama d) the latest scene in a drama Ans: b

23. The "climax" of a plot is what happens-. [35th BCS, 36th BCS] a) in the beginning b) at the end c) at the height d) in the confrontation Ans: c

24. What is an act in a play? [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 07-08] a) a unit of act on with no change of place or time b) the rising action of a play c) a major division in the action of a play d) conversation of character is in a play Ans: c

41. What is a funny poem of five lines called? [37th BCS] a) Quartet b) Limerick c) Sixtet d) Haiku Ans: b

42. Couplet can occur in [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 06-07] a) short story b) essay c) poetry d) novel Ans: c

46. 'Blank verse is a kind of verse- [37th BCS, DU (B) 15-16] a) having no rhyming end b) having blanks in the verse c) having no significance d) having no rhythmic flow Ans: a

47. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse? [37th BCS] a) Alliterative verse b) Sonnet form c) Iambic pentameter d) Dactylic Hexameter Ans: c

48. A sonnet is a poem having - lines. [RU (দর্শন) 05-06] a) sixteen b) ten c) twelve d) fourteen Ans: d

54. Sonnet এর প্রথম ভাগে কত লাইন হয়? a) 8 b) 10 c) 12 d) 14 Ans: a (Explanation: The Octave has 8 lines).

55. An epic is a/an: [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 05-06] a) eulogy b) elegy c) prologue d) long narrative poem Ans: d

63. An elegy is a - [সাব-রেজিস্ট্রার-১৬] a) hymn b) ode c) satire d) poem of lamentation Ans: d

72. A 'dirge' is a song to be sung at -- [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 09-10] a) weddings b) reunions c) funerals d) temples Ans: c

73. What is the meaning of the word 'Dirge'? [DU (B-EE) 15-16] a) a kind of sonnet sequence b) a song expressing patriotic sentiment c) a long verse telling about an adventure d) a song expressing grief, lamentation and mourning Ans: d

80. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions. [30 BCS] a) Lyric b) Ode c) Hymn d) Ballad Ans: c

81. A formal composition or speech expressing high praise of somebody [31 BCS] a) elegy b) eulogy c) caricature d) exaggeration Ans: b

82. A funny imitation of a poem - [সোশ্যাল ইসলামী ব্যাংক-১০] a) Counterfeit b) Sonnet c) Caricature d) Parody Ans: d

83. A story, with animals as the main characters, and a moral, is called a- [CU (B) 08-09] a) fiction b) legend c) fable d) parable Ans: c

84. The 'Poet laureate' is [15 BCS] a) the best poet of the country b) the Court Poet of England c) a winner of Nobel Prize in literature d) a classical poet Ans: b

85. The term 'fiction' is related to [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 07-08] a) fact b) fiction c) imagination d) faction Ans: c (Note: Often contrasted with fact, relies on imagination).

86. A fiction means [IU (খ) 05-06] a) folk action b) a branch of literature that describes imaginary people and events. c) a literary device d) confusion Ans: b

96. The literary term which says one thing in disguise of another is- [BRUR (A) 14-15] a) an epic b) Allegory c) Metaphor d) Symbol Ans: b

98. — is a type of literary device where an author ridicules specific people, groups, or some aspects of society. [JU (C2) 15-16] a) Parody b) Setting c) Satire d) Elegy Ans: c

100. In 'poetic justice- [KU (মানবিক স্কুল) 09-10] a) poets are rewarded b) vice is punished and virtue is rewarded c) a poet becomes a national d) a poet recites his own poetry Ans: b

101. 'Poetic Licence' means [RU (A-বিজোড়) 14-15] a) freedom to write poetry b) freedom to read poetry c) freedom to change the normal rules of language in a special piece of writing d) doing what one likes Ans: c

2. Periods of English Literature

143. 'Jacobean Period' of English Literature refers to a) 1558-1603 b) 1625-1649 c) 1603-1625 d) 1649-1660 Ans: c

144. 'Restoration period' in English literature refers to- [37th BCS] a) 1560 b) 1660 c) 1760 d) 1866 Ans: b

145. The period from AD 1066 to 1500 is known as- a) The old English Period b) The Middle English Period c) The Anglo Saxon Period d) The Victorian Period Ans: b

146. Which of the following ages in literary history is the latest? [115 BCS] a) The Augustan Age b) The Victorian Age c) The Georgian Age d) The Restoration Age Ans: c

148. Which period is known as 'The golden age of English literature'? [সাব-রেজিস্ট্রার-৯২] a) the Victorian age b) the Elizabethan age c) the Restoration age d) the Eighteen century Ans: b

149. Which is known as the Romantic period of English literature? [KU (সমাজবিজ্ঞান স্কুল) 11-12] a) 1550-1558 b) 1649-1660 c) 1798-1832 d) 1910-1936 Ans: c

150. In which century was the Victorian period? [16th BCS] a) 17th century b) 18th century c) 19th century d) 20th century Ans: c

151. Which was the oldest period in English Literature? a) Anglo-Norman b) Anglo-Saxon c) Middle age d) Chaucer's period Ans: b

152. 'Renaissance' means - [CU (E) 10-11] a) rebirth of learning b) renewal of hard task c) renewal of commitment d) redefining Third World Ans: a

3. Major Writers and Works

154. 'David Copperfield' is a/an — novel. [36 BCS] a) Victorian b) Elizabethan c) Romantic d) Modern Ans: a

156. The Victorian age is named after- [KU 10-11] a) King Victor I b) The victors in the war against the French c) Victory of the British empire d) Queen Victoria Ans: d

157. Jonathan Swift belongs to -- [TU (B) 10-11] a) Elizabethan age b) Victorian age c) Neo-classical age d) Romantic age Ans: c

163. Addison and Steele are known for [KU 06-07] a) Lyrical Ballad b) The Mirror c) The Spectator d) Biographia Literaria Ans: c

166. Wordsworth was inspired by a) the French Revolution b) the American Revolution c) the Russian Revolution d) the Industrial Revolution Ans: a

171. Who is an essayist? a) J.S. Mill b) Charles Dickens c) Francis Bacon d) W.H. Newman Ans: c

173. Leo Tolstoy is a novelist of — a) England b) Germany c) France d) Russia Ans: d

176. Guy de Maupassant is a famous — short story writer. a) French b) Italian c) German d) Russian Ans: a

177. Famous Irish poet and dramatist is — a) W.B. Yeats b) Leo Tolstoy c) H.G. Wells d) Alexander Pope Ans: a

179. Goethe is the greatest poet of — a) Germany b) Russia c) England d) France Ans: a

180. Where was Ernest Hemingway born? a) England b) Australia c) Canada d) USA Ans: d

184. Earnest Hemingway is a famous- a) British novelist b) Irish novelist c) American novelist d) Latin American novelist Ans: c

186. One of the following authors, one is American. Who is he? a) Alexander Pope b) Daniel Defoe c) William Faulkner d) Robert Browning Ans: c

187. 'Langston Hughes' means a) Russian poet b) British poet c) American poet d) Rumanian poet Ans: c

192. 'Virginia Woolf' is a — a) novelist b) dramatist c) short story writer d) Physiological novelist Ans: a (or d, Modernist novelist).

193. Charles Dickens is a great — a) poet b) novelist c) critic d) play writer Ans: b

197. Homer was a — a) political leader b) bard (poet) c) novelist d) acclaimed philosopher Ans: b

200. Robert Frost is a great — a) Russian poet b) Korean poet c) British poet d) American poet Ans: d

201. W.B. Yeats was a/an — poet. a) American b) Irish c) English d) Scottish Ans: b

204. Who is not a playwright? a) Henrik Ibsen b) William Shakespeare c) George Bernard Shaw d) Jonathan Swift Ans: d (Swift was a satirist/novelist).

205. Who among the following is an English epic poet? a) Milton b) Shelley c) Wordsworth d) Keats Ans: a

209. Who is not a Romantic poet? a) Wordsworth b) Keats c) Shelley d) Browning Ans: d (Browning was Victorian).

213. Where was Shakespeare born? a) London b) Coventry c) Sussex d) Stratford-upon-Avon Ans: d

214. Shakespeare was born in- a) 1564 AD b) 1778 AD c) 1899 AD d) 1773 AD Ans: a

215. Shakespeare was born in the year — [40th BCS] a) 1540 b) 1564 c) 1340 d) 1610 Ans: b

216. In what year Shakespeare died — a) 1570 AD b) 1580 AD c) 1630 AD d) 1616 AD Ans: d

219. William Shakespeare is a/an — dramatist. a) English b) American c) Brazilian d) Spanish Ans: a

221. Christopher Marlowe is Shakespeare's — a) Successor b) predecessor c) contemporary d) mentor Ans: b (Marlowe was born same year but started writing earlier and died young. Often considered predecessor/contemporary).

223. The national poet of England is — a) Milton b) Wordsworth c) Homer d) Shakespeare Ans: d

228. A Shakespearean play consists of — a) three acts b) two acts c) five acts d) one act Ans: c

230. Shakespeare was famous for all but one of the following: a) Comedies b) Tragedies c) Tragi-comedy d) Bourgeoisie drama Ans: d

236. In Shakespearean tragedy, the hero is — a) an ordinary man b) a high ranking man c) a sacrilegious man d) none of these Ans: b

237. Fill in the blank. '—' is Shakespeare's last play. a) As you like it b) Macbeth c) Tempest d) Othello Ans: c (The Tempest).

238. Which is known as Shakespeare's swan song? a) Macbeth b) Hamlet c) Othello d) The Tempest Ans: d

239. Who is called/known as the 'Poet of Nature' in English Literature? [38th BCS] a) Lord Byron b) John Keats c) P.B. Shelley d) William Wordsworth Ans: d

240. Who is called the "poet of beauty" in English literature? a) P.B. Shelley b) Lord Byron c) John Keats d) William Wordsworth Ans: c

241. Who is considered to be the father of English novel? a) Francis Bacon b) Geoffrey Chaucer c) King Alfred the Great d) Henry Fielding Ans: d

244. Ben Jonson introduced — a) allegory b) heroic drama c) comedy of manners d) comedy of humours Ans: d

246. Who is the father of modern English Literature? a) T.S. Eliot b) Shakespeare c) Johnson d) G.B. Shaw Ans: d

248. Who is called the poet of poets? a) Geoffrey Chaucer b) Edmund Spenser c) Thomas Kyd d) William Shakespeare Ans: b

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