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

TOPIC: ENGLISH LITERATURE

The Elizabethan Period

The Elizabethan Period (1558-1603)

General Questions

1. Which period is known as ‘The Golden age’ of English Literature? [38th BCS]

A. The Victorian age

B. The Elizabethan age

C. The Restoration age

D. The Eighteenth Century

Ans: B

2. Elizabethan Tragedy is centered on – [Khulna University: 10-11]

A. revenge

B. nature

C. war

D. none of these

Ans: A

3. Who is the member of ‘University Wits’ in the following list? [Passport Dept: 11]

A. William Shakespeare

B. Thomas Gray

C. Robert Greene

D. John Dryden

Ans: C

4. Peele is a/an- [Women Affairs: 02]

A. essayist

B. dramatist

C. poet

D. novelist

Ans: B

5. ‘The Fall of Troy’ is the best work of – . [Passport Dept: 06]

A. James

B. Peele

C. John

D. Homer

Ans: B

Edmund Spenser

1. Edmund Spenser is a- [Prison Supt: 12]

A. Scientist

B. Poet

C. Critics

D. Dramatist

Ans: B

2. ‘Faerie Queene’ is a/an- [Education Officer: 12]

A. play

B. short story

C. epic

D. novel

Ans: C

3. Who is called the poet of poets? [Govt. High School: 06]

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Edmund Spenser

C. Thomas Kyd

D. William Shakespeare

Ans: B

Thomas Kyd

1. The play ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ is written by- [38th BCS]

A. Thomas Kyd

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Shakespeare

D. Ben Jonson

Ans: A

2. Who wrote ‘The Spanish Tragedy’? [Govt. High School: 06]

A. John Lyly

B. Thomas Kyd

C. Robert Green

D. Christopher Marlowe

Ans: B

3. ‘The Spanish Targedy’ was written by- [Bangladesh Bank: 01]

A. Swift

B. G.B Shaw

C. Mark Twain

D. Thomas Kyd

Ans: D

4. Kyd is the innovator of _____ in English Literature [Dutch Bangla Bank: 04]

A. poetry

B. prose

C. John

D. romantic tragedy

Ans: D

5. Who is the father of English Revenge Tragedy?

A. Ben Jonson

B. Edmund Spenser

C. Henry Fielding

D. Thomas Kyd

Ans: D

Sir Philip Sidney

1. Which one is not a poetic work? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 14-15]

A. The Waste Land

B. An Apology for poetry

C. The Canterbury Tales

D. Paradise Lost

Ans: B

2. Who has written ‘An Apology for Poetry’? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 16-17]

A. Ralph Waldo Emerson

B. Whitman

C. Samuel Johnson

D. Franz Kafka

(Standard Answer: Sir Philip Sidney)

3. Who is the writer of ‘Arcadia’? [Dhaka University: 09-10]

A. Sir Philip Sidney

B. Alfred Tennyson

C. Lord Tennyson

D. John Milton

Ans: D (Note: Standard fact is Sir Philip Sidney wrote Arcadia).

4. What is the main theme of ‘Arcadia’? [Passport Dept: 06]

A. love

B. rural life

C. greed

D. wealth

Ans: D (Note: Standard themes are pastoral/love).

Francis Bacon

1. Francis Bacon is an illustrious- [44th BCS]

A. Essayist

B. Dramatist

C. Novelist

D. Journalist

Ans: A

2. Who is an essayist? [Civil Aviation: 21]

A. J. S. Mill

B. Charles Dickens

C. Francis Bacon

D. W. H. Newman

Ans: C

3. Who is called the father of English essays? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 10-11]

A. Francis Bacon

B. Robert Browning

C. Ted Hughes

D. O’ Henry

Ans: A

4. Who is considered to be the father of English prose? [Railway: 00]

A. Francis Bacon

B. King Alfred the Great

C. Henry Fielding

D. Geoffrey Chaucer

Ans: B

5. Bacon received education from--- [NBR: 03]

A. Eton

B. Oxford

C. Cambridge

D. Trinity College

Ans: C

Christopher Marlowe

1. Which of the following writers belongs to the Elizabethan period? [35th BCS]

A. Christopher Marlowe

B. Alexander Pope

C. John Dryden

D. Samuel Beckett

Ans: A

2. What is the full name of the tragedy ‘Dr. Faustus’? [Govt. High School: 06]

A. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

B. The Tragical of Doctor Faustus

C. The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus

D. Doctor Faustus

Ans: A

3. ‘Dr. Faustus’ was written by- [PWD: 10]

A. Ben Johnson

B. W. Shakespeare

C. Christopher Marlowe

D. John Webster

Ans: C

4. What is the main theme of Doctor Faustus? [PWD: 06]

A. love

B. thirst of power

C. jealously

D. revenge

Ans: B

5. In ‘The Passionate Shepherd to his Love’ the word that rhymes with ‘rocks’ is- [Dhaka University: 00-01]

A. shocks

B. locks

C. flocks

D. mocks

Ans: C

6. ‘Choose the line which follows the line’ and if these pleasures may thee move’ in ‘The passionate Shepherd to his love’. [Dhaka University: 98-99]

A. Then bear with me and be my love

B. Come live with me and be my love

C. Let me be the passionate Shepherd to your love

D. Let me all pleasures to you now prove

Ans: B

7. ‘Come on and be my friend’ is a/an- [Labor Dept: 09]

A. invitation

B. Persuasion

C. provocation

D. temptation

Ans: A

8. Who believed ‘Man is the maker of his fate’? [Rural Development: 13]

A. Franklin

B. Dryden

C. Carlyee

D. Marlowe

Ans: D

9. Christopher Marlowe was a writer of – [Janata Bank: 05]

A. Romantic period

B. Victorian period

C. Jacobean period

D. Elizabethan period

Ans: D

William Shakespeare

1. William Shakespeare was born in – [40th BCS]

A. 1616

B. 1664

C. 1564

D. 1493

Ans: C

2. 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

3. Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ is successful – [36th BCS]

A. tragedy

B. comedy

C. tragi-comedy

D. melo drama

Ans: C

4. Who wrote the plays ‘The Tempest’ and ‘A Mid Summer Night’s Dream’? [29th BCS]

A. Ben Johnson

B. Christopher

C. John Dryden

D. William Shakespeare

Ans: D

5. Shakespeare is known/famous mostly for his – [16th BCS]

A. poetry

B. novels

C. autobiography

D. plays

Ans: D

6. Which of the following is written by Shakespeare? [Senior Staff Nurse: 23]

A. Man and Superman

B. The importance of Being Earnest

C. The Tempest

D. All for Love

Ans: C

7. Willian Shakespeare was born in- [CHOP: 22]

A. USA

B. Germany

C. Greece

D. UK(Stratford-uponAvon)

Ans: D

8. Othello, Macbeth and Hamlet are three famous of Shakespeare- [Civil Aviation: 21]

A. Comedies

B. Plays

C. tragedies

D. novels

Ans: C

9. Which one of the following is not written by Shakespeare? [Jiban Bima: 21]

A. Macbeth

B. Hamlet

C. Dr. Faustus

D. Othello

Ans: C

10. In what year did Shakespeare died? [Meteorology Dept: 04]

A. 1570 AD

B. 1580 AD

C. 1630 AD

D. 1616AD

Ans: D

11. Shakespeare was a writer from- [Dhaka Bank: 03]

A. England

B. Wales

C. Greece

D. None of these

Ans: A

12. William Shakespeare is a great – [Jahangirnagar Univ: 13-14]

A. playwright

B. player

C. novelist

D. essayist

Ans: A

13. Which period of British literature does Shakespeare belong to – [Rajshahi Univ: 14-15]

A. Medieval

B. Romantic

C. Elizabethan

D. Modern

Ans: C

14. William Shakespeare was an English dramatist and poet of century. [Sonali Bank: 10]

A. fifteenth

B. sixteenth

C. fourteenth

D. seventeenth

Ans: B

15. Shakespeare lived in the reign of – . [Foreign Ministry: 01]

A. Elizabeth I

B. Elizabeth II

C. Queen Victoria

D. King Charles

Ans: A

16. William Shakespeare is a famous – [Expatriates Welfare: 12]

A. dramatist

B. novelist

C. essayist

D. critic

Ans: A

17. Shakespeare was famous for all but one of the following – [Youth Dept: 94]

A. comedies

B. tragedies

C. bourgeoisie drama

D. tragic-drama

Ans: C

18. Which of the following is not true about Shakespeare? [Sub-Registrar: 16]

A. Poet

B. Playwright

C. Novelist

D. Actor

Ans: C

19. Transliteration of ‘Shakespeare’ –

A. সেক্সপিয়র

B. শেক্‌সপিয়র

C. শেক্সপিয়র

D. শেক্সপিয়ার

Ans: B

20. Shakespeare wrote brilliant – [Election Commission: 08]

A. poems

B. essays

C. novels

D. dramas

Ans: D

21. Shakespeare was not – [Rajshahi Univ: 13-14]

A. a dramatist

B. a playwright

C. a poet

D. a story writer

Ans: D

22. William Shakespeare is a/an – dramatist. [Jagannath Univ: 14-15]

A. English

B. American

C. Brazilian

D. Spanish

Ans: A

23. William Shakespeare is not the author of : [Rajshahi Univ: 12-13]

A. Titus Andronicus

B. Taming the Shrew

C. White Devil

D. Hamlet

Ans: C

24. Which one of the following is not written by Shakespeare – [Dhaka Univ: 02-03]

A. Macbeth

B. Hamlet

C. Othello

D. Dr. Faustus

Ans: D

25. ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is written by – [PSC: 15]

A. Jane Austen

B. Charles Dicken

C. William Shakespeare

D. Virginia Woolf

Ans: C

26. William Shakespeare wrote- [Chittagong Univ: 08-09]

A. sonnets, tragedies and comedies

B. sonnets, plays and essays

C. sonnets, plays and novel

D. epics, tragedies and comedies

Ans: A

27. William Shakespeare never composed – [Khulna Univ: 08-09]

A. sonnets

B. comedies

C. tragedies

D. novels

Ans: D

28. In Shakespearean tragedy, the hero is – [Khulna Univ: 06-07]

A. an ordinary man

B. a high ranking man

C. a sacrilegious man

D. none of these

Ans: B

29. Shakespeare did not write – [Rajshahi Univ: 12-13]

A. All’s Well that Ends Well

B. Measure for Measure

C. Love’s Labour's Lost

D. Caesar and Cleopatra

Ans: D

30. Which of the following plays is not Shakespeares? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 09-10]

A. King John

B. Coriolanus

C. Hamlet

D. The White Devil

Ans: D

31. What sort of life does the ‘Shakespeare lead? [Jagannath Univ: 16-17]

A. Comfortable and rich

B. Comfortable and carefree life

C. A carefree and simple life

D. Cheerful and simple life

Ans: C

32. Pick the odd one out. [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. Macbeth

B. Hamlet

C. Lear

D. Antigone

Ans: D

33. Which one does not fall into the same category. [Dhaka Univ: 10-11]

A. Rosalind

B. Ophelia

C. Cordelia

D. Desdemona

Ans: A

34. William Shakespeare is a famous – Century English playwright.

A. Nineteenth

B. sixteenth

C. Eighteenth

D. fifteenth

Ans: B

35. Who is the greatest dramatist of all times? [PWD: 11]

A. G. B. Shaw

B. William Shakespeare

C. William Wordsworth

D. Jonathan Swift

Ans: B

36. The national poet of England is – [PM Office: 13]

A. Milton

B. Wordsworth

C. Homer

D. Shakespeare

Ans: D

Hamlet

1. Where is the setting of the play ‘Hamlet’? [43rd BCS]

A. England

B. Italy

C. France

D. Denmark

Ans: D

2. ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ is a famous dialogue from – [36th BCS]

A. Christopher Marlowe

B. Johns Webster

C. W. Shakespeare

D. T. S. Eliot

Ans: C

3. ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’– is famous dialogue from- [35th BCS]

A. Othello

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Hamlet

D. Macbeth

Ans: C

4. ‘To be or not to be that is the – .’ [29th BCS]

A. answer

B. danger

C. question

D. fortune

Ans: C

5. In Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet’, Hamlet was prince of – [Railway: 21]

A. Norway

B. Britain

C. Denmark

D. France

Ans: C

6. William Shakespeare wrote – [Jahangirnagar Univ: 16-17]

A. Pride & Prejudice

B. Hamlet

C. Pygmalion

D. The Paradise Lost

Ans: B

7. ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ who told it? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 17-18]

A. Confucius

B. Lord Byron

C. Shakespeare

D. Wordsworth

Ans: C

8. Who wrote Hamlet? [Rajshahi Univ: 17-18]

A. Blake

B. Chaucer

C. Shakespeare

D. Hamlet

Ans: C

9. Hamlet is a play written by – [Mass Comm Dept: 13]

A. Milton

B. Shaw

C. Shakespeare

D. Hamlet

Ans: C

10. Hamlet is a – [Rajshahi Univ: 13-14]

A. play

B. novel

C. short story

D. poem

Ans: A

11. Hamlet is a – [Begum Rokeya Univ: 16-17]

A. tragedy

B. poem

C. essay

D. short story

Ans: A

12. Shakespeare’s Hamlet is – [ACC: 04]

A. a comedy

B. a tragi-comedy

C. an epic

D. a tragedy

Ans: D

13. Which book is a Tragedy? [Edu Officer: 12]

A. Hamlet

B. Measure for Measure

C. As you like it

D. She stoops to conquer

Ans: A

14. The name of Hamlet’s fiancee is – [Jahangirnagar Univ: 15-16]

A. Ophelia

B. Desdemona

C. Cordelia

D. Rosalind

Ans: A

15. Which one is a tragedy? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 14-15]

A. Hamlet

B. Waiting for Godot

C. The Caretaker

D. Is you like it

Ans: A

16. We find the utterance ‘Frailty thy name is women’ in – [National Savings: 09]

A. Shakespeare

B. Bacon

C. Fielding

D. John Austen

Ans: A

17. ‘Frailty thy name is women’ in which of the following plays you find this? [Foreign Ministry: 12]

A. Macbeth

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Hamlet

D. Tempest

Ans: C

18. ‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your Philosophy’ – From which play? [Police: 98]

A. Hamlet

B. King Lear

C. Macbeth

D. Othello

Ans: A

19. Where is expressed the view that ‘There is a divinity that shapes our ends’? [Sub-Registrar: 92]

A. In King Lear

B. In Hamlet

C. In the Tempest

D. In Merry Windsor

Ans: B

20. Author of ‘Hamlet’ – . [Information Ministry: 03]

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. William Blake

C. William Wordsworth

D. W. Shakespeare

Ans: D

21. How many soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet in the play ‘Hamlet’?

A. Five

B. Six

C. Seven

D. Eight

Ans: C

King Lear

1. William Shakespeare is the author of –. [Foreign Ministry: 12]

A. Paradise Lost

B. Old Man & the Sea

C. Daffodils

D. King Lear

Ans: D

2. Who wrote the world famous tragic play ‘King Lear’? [Labor Dept: 06]

A. John Milton

B. W. Shakespeare

C. G. B. Shaw

D. Christopher Marlowe

Ans: B

3. William Shakespeare authored – . [BHBFC: 11]

A. Pride & Prejudice

B. Waiting for Godot

C. Sound of Music

D. King Lear

Ans: D

4. Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’ is a – . [Defense Ministry: 16]

A. Comedy

B. Historical Play

C. Tragedy

D. Satire

Ans: C

5. Which one of the following is not a character of ‘King Lear?

A. Goneril

B. Macduff

C. Regan

D. Edmund

Ans: B

Macbeth

1. Macbeth is –. [Power Board: 12]

A. a play

B. a novel

C. an essay

D. a poem

Ans: A

2. Macbeth is a – by Shakespeare. [National Univ: 11-12]

A. novel

B. short story

C. verse

D. play

Ans: D

3. What kind of literary creation ‘Macbeth’ is? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 15-16]

A. Epic

B. Tragedy

C. Novel

D. Story

Ans: B

4. ‘Three Witches’ are important characters in- [BREB: 16]

A. The way of the World

B. Hamlet

C. Oedipus Rex

D. Macbeth

Ans: D

5. ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’ is a quotation from – [Primary Edu: 01]

A. Hamlet

B. Othello

C. King Lear

D. Macbeth

Ans: D

6. Life is a tale told boy an idiot full of sound and fury – [Chittagong Univ: 16-17]

A. to signify nothing

B. to signifying nothing

C. for signifying nothing

D. in order-to signif

Ans: B

7. Who tells Macbeth, ‘The queen, my lord, is dead’?

A. Seyton

B. Siward

C. The Doctor

D. Caithess

Ans: A

8. Three witches are character in – .

A. Othello

B. King Lear

C. Macbeth

D. Romeo and Juliet

Ans: C

Othello

1. Desdemona is a character in the following Shakespearean play– [45th BCS]

A. Macbeth

B. Othello

C. Hamlet

D. King Lear

Ans: B

2. Othello gave Desdemona – as a token of love : [37th BCS]

A. Ring

B. Handkerchief

C. Pendant

D. Bangles

Ans: B

3. Othello is a Shakespeare’s play about- [35th BCS]

A. A Jew

B. A Roman

C. A Turk

D. A Moor

Ans: D

4. The name of Othello’s wife is – [Jahangirnagar Univ: 15-16]

A. Ophelia

B. Desdemona

C. Cordelia

D. Rosalind

Ans: B

5. Who elopes with Othello and marries him? –

A. Emilia

B. Mariana

C. Desdemona

D. Miranda

Ans: C

6. Who suffers severely in the long run? [NBR: 03]

A. Othello

B. Prospero

C. Caliban

D. Iago

Ans: D

7. Who is suspected to have relation with Desdemona?- [Women Affairs: 02]

A. Othello

B. Cassio

C. Lago

D. Caliban

Ans: B

8. Who gives Othello the handerchief?

A. Desdemona

B. Iago

C. Caliban

D. Emilia

Ans: B

Julius Caesar

1. What kind of play is Julius Caesar? [43rd BCS]

A. romantic

B. anti-romantic

C. comedy

D. historical

Ans: D

2. Julius Caesar was the ruler of Rome about – [28th BCS]

A. 1000 years ago

B. 1500 years ago

C. 3000 years ago

D. 2000 years ago

Ans: D

3. Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’ is a – [ACC: 04]

A. comedy

B. satire

C. tragedy

D. historical play

Ans: C

4. Brutus is a famous character of Shakespeare in – [Passport Dept: 11]

A. King Lear

B. The Tempest

C. Julius Caesar

D. Hamlet

Ans: C

5. Cowards die – before death. [Chittagong Univ: 12-13]

A. much time

B. many time

C. enough time

D. many times

Ans: D

6. Who said ‘Cowards die many times before their death’? [Chittagong Univ: 10-11]

A. Shakespeare

B. Franklin

C. Carlyle

D. Alexander Pope

Ans: A

7. ‘Cowards die many times before their death,’ said by – [PM Office: 13]

A. Macbeth

B. Hamlet

C. Julius Caesar

D. None of them

Ans: C

As You Like It

1. ‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’ is quoted from Shakespeare’s – . [44th BCS]

A. Julius Caesar

B. Macbeth

C. Comedy of Errors

D. As You Like it

Ans: D

2. ‘As you like it’ Author? [BCS Academy: 21]

A. Sinclair Lewis

B. William Shakespeare

C. George Bernard

D. Charles Dickens

Ans: B

3. Which of the following is a ‘Comedy’ written by Shakespeare? [Edu Officer: 10]

A. As you Like It

B. King Lear

C. Macbeth

D. Hamlet

Ans: A

4. ‘Sweet are the uses of adversity’ was stated by – [Islamic Univ: 11-12]

A. Voltaire

B. Shakespeare

C. Milton

D. Tolstoy

Ans: B

5. Celia is the daughter of Duke - [PWD: 06]

A. Frederick

B. Senior

C. Charles

D. Ansolo

Ans: A

6. ‘All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players’ a quotation from Shakespeare’s – [Parliament Sect: 06]

A. Macbeth

B. As You Like It.

C. Romeo and Juliet

D. Tempest

Ans: B

The Merchant of Venice

1. The Merchant of Venice is a Shakespearean play about – [36th BCS]

A. a Jew

B. A Moor

C. a Roman

D. a Turk

Ans: A

2. The quote ‘All that glitters is not gold’ is – [Data Entry: 20]

A. The Merchant of Venice

B. Othello

C. Romeo and Juliet

D. None

Ans: A

3. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is written by – [PSC: 16]

A. Shelly

B. Wordsworth

C. Shakespeare

D. Milton

Ans: C

4. Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ is a – [Passport Dept: 03]

A. Tragedy

B. Comedy

C. Satire

D. Lyric

Ans: B

The Tempest

1. Caliban is an important character from Shakespeare’s – [44th BCS]

A. The Tempest

B. Hamlet

C. Macbeth

D. Othello

Ans: A

2. Fill in the blank. ‘ –– ’ is Shakespeare’s last play. [37th BCS]

A. As you like it

B. Macbeth

C. Tempest

D. Othello

Ans: C

3. Which one is not similar? [PKSF: 23]

A. Hamlet

B. Macbeth

C. The Tempest

D. Othello

Ans: C (Others are tragedies, Tempest is a comedy/romance)

4. ‘The Tempest’ is written by – [BREB: 23]

A. Shelley

B. Marlowe

C. Dryden

D. Shakespeare

Ans: D

5. William Shakespeare wrote – [Narcotics Dept: 13]

A. Tempest

B. Doctor Faustus

C. Rainbow

D. The Sun also rises

Ans: A

6. Who wrote ‘The Tempest’? [Edu Officer: 12]

A. William Wordsworth

B. Ben Johnson

C. W. Shakespeare

D. Tennyson

Ans: C

7. Who asks Prospero to stop the tempest? [Bangladesh Bank: 01]

A. Alonso

B. Ferdinand

C. Miranda

D. Gonzalo

Ans: C

8. One of the following plays is not a tragedy? [PSC: 16]

A. Hamlet

B. Macbeth

C. Othello

D. Tempest

Ans: D

9. Which is known as Shakespeare’s Swan song? [Khulna Univ: 10-11]

A. Hamlet

B. Macbeth

C. The Tempest

D. Twelfth Night

Ans: C

10. The characters Prospero, Alonso and Antonio are from- [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. The Tempest

B. Macbeth

C. Othello

D. Romeo and Juliet

Ans: A

Romeo and Juliet

1. The play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written by – [Standard Bank: 12]

A. Charles Dickens

B. William Shakespeare

C. Jane Austen

D. Michael Modhusudon

Ans: B

2. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a – [Islamic Univ: 11-12]

A. Comedy

B. Tragedy

C. Romance

D. Morality Play

Ans: B

Measure for Measure

1. Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ is successful – [36th BCS]

A. tragedy

B. comedy

C. tragi-comedy

D. melo drama

Ans: C

2. Who wrote the play ‘Measure for Measure’? [Commerce Ministry: 07]

A. Ben Jonson

B. Jane Austen

C. W. Shakespeare

D. William Congreve

Ans: C

3. Who cancels Claudio’s death penalty? [Sonali Bank: 01]

A. Vinantio

B. Angelo

C. Isabella

D. Mariana

Ans: A

4. Who is arrested to make Juliet Pregnant? [Rural Development: 13]

A. Angelo

B. Claudio

C. Vinantio

D. Mack

Ans: B

5. Who offers her life to save claudio? [Commerce Bank: 01]

A. his sister Isabella

B. his sister Mariana

C. Vinantio

D. Angelo

Ans: A

The Taming of the Shrew

1. Who wrote ‘The Taming of the Shrew’? [Civil Aviation: 21]

A. William Shakespeare

B. G. B. Sha

C. W. B. Yeats

D. John Dryden

Ans: A

2. Who is the author of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’? [Sub-Registrar: 01]

A. Shaw

B. Shakespeare

C. Ibsen

D. Jonson

Ans: B

Twelfth Night

1. ‘Twelfth Night’ is – [Prison Supt: 13]

A. A comedy

B. An elegy

C. A novel

D. A tragedy

Ans: A

2. ‘Twelfth Night’ is written by – [Btwet 06-07]

A. William Shakespeare

B. Samuel Johnson

C. Sir Walter Scott

D. P.B. Shelly

Ans: A

The Comedy of Errors

1. Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar's 'Bhranti Bilas' is a translation of which book? [Secondary School: 97]

A. Uncle Tonis Cabin

B. Doll’s House

C. Macbeth

D. The Comedy of Errors

Ans: D

2. Who wrote ‘Comedy of Errors’? [Primary Head Master: 94]

A. Ben Jonson

B. G.B. Shaw

C. T. S. Eliot

D. William Shakespeare

Ans: D

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

1. The drama ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is written by – [Railway: 13]

A. George B. Shaw

B. Thomas Hardy

C. Shakespeare

D. T.S. Eliot

Ans: C

2. Shakespeare wrote – [National Univ: 08-09]

A. Lord of the Flies

B. The Riders to the sea

C. A Passage to India

D. A Mid Summer Night’s Dream

Ans: D

Under the Greenwood Tree

1. The poem ‘Under the Green Wood Tree’ was written by – [Khulna Univ: 11-12]

A. William Wordsworth

B. Robert Browning

C. William Shakespeare

D. Ralph Hodgson

Ans: C

2. In ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ the ‘Tree’ refers to – [Dhaka Univ: 10-11]

A. nature

B. forest

C. sun

D. a big tree

Ans: B

3. In the lines ‘Here shall he see/No enemy’ taken from ‘Under the Greenwood Tree.’ ‘Here’ stands for – [Dhaka Univ: 08-09]

A. nature

B. the greenwood tree

C. open space

D. hunting ground

Ans: A

4. In ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ the poet – [Jagannath Univ: 08-09]

A. does not speak about any enemy

B. speak about the life of comfort and happiness

C. speak of one enemy

D. mentions two enemies

Ans: D (Winter and rough weather)

5. In ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’, which of the following mentioned as an ‘enemy’? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 11-12]

A. Sun

B. Winter

C. Forest

D. Wild animal

Ans: B

6. What is the major attraction of life as expressed in “Under the green wood tree”? [Dhaka Univ: 04-05]

A. no people

B. rich nature

C. no enemy

D. singing birds

Ans: C

7. ‘The sweet bird’s throat’ in ‘Under the Greenwood tree’ refer to- [Dhaka Univ: 02-03]

A. The bird’s colourful body

B. The honey gathered from flowers

C. The melodious song of the bird

D. The silky colourful feather

Ans: C

8. Shakespeare thinks that the only enemies in the forest are- [Dhaka Univ: 97-98]

A. men and cattle

B. cold winter and rough weather

C. tigers and lions

D. room temperature

Ans: B

9. The line that follows ‘who doth ambition shun’ in ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ is- [Dhaka Univ: 97-98]

A. runs as fast as the sun

B. has a lot of time for sun

C. and loves to live the sun

D. is in no time undone

Ans: C (Actually: And loves to live i' the sun)

Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day

1. According to one of the most famous sonnets of Shakespeare ‘Shall I Compare thee to a Summer’s Day?’ the eternal beauty will- [Combined Bank: 21]

A. become more colourful than a summer’s day

B. be more attractive than golden face

C. live as long as the people read the sonnet

D. be more stunning in course of time

Ans: C

John Donne

1. ‘For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.’ This line is written by- [38th BCS]

A. Emily Dickinson

B. T. S. Eliot

C. Mathew Arnold

D. John Donne

Ans: D

2. Who wrote the poem ‘The Good Morrow’? [Commerce Ministry: 07]

A. John Donne

B. Shelley

C. Blake

D. Milton

Ans: A

3. John Donne was a - [Islamic Univ: 10-11]

A. a romantic poet

B. a didatic poet

C. satirical poet

D. a metaphysical poet

Ans: D

Ben Jonson

1. Who has written the play ‘Volpone’? [37th BCS]

A. John Webster

B. Ben Jonson

C. Christopher

D. W. Shakespeare

Ans: B

2. Which of the following school of literary writing is connected with a medical theory? [15th BCS]

A. Comedy of Manners

B. Theatre of the Absurd

C. Heroic Tragedy

D. Comedy of Humours

Ans: D

3. Ben Jonson introduced- [Sub-Registrar: 16]

A. allegory

B. heroic drama

C. comedy of manners

D. comedy of humour

Ans: D

4. ‘The Silent Woman’ was written by – [Rajshahi Univ: 10-11]

A. John Ruskin

B. Ben Jonson

C. Kalidas

D. Munishi Prem Chand

Ans: B

5. ‘Every Man in His Humour’ is the best work of- [Passport Dept: 06]

A. James

B. Ben Jonson

C. John

D. Homer

Ans: B

6. Who is called the ‘Father of English Comedy of Humours’? [Home Ministry: 02]

A. John Donne

B. Ben Jonson

C. Mathew Arnold

D. Christopher Marlowe

Ans: B

Andrew Marvell

1. The poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ was written by – [45th BCS]

A. Andrew Marvell

B. John Donne

C. George Herbert

D. Henry vaugha

Ans: A

2. Andrew Marvell was a- [Khulna Univ: 05-06]

A. Metaphysical poet

B. Victorian poet

C. Romantic poet

D. Modern poet

Ans: A

3. Who wrote the poem ‘The Definition of Love’?

A. Andrew Marvell

B. Matthew Arnold

C. Tennyson

D. Robert Browning

Ans: A

John Webster

1. ‘The White Devil’ was written by- [Women Affairs: 02]

A. Swift

B. G. B. Shaw

C. Mark Twain

D. John Webster

Ans: D

Robert Herrick

1. Which one is written by Robert Herrick? [BCS Admin Academy: 21]

A. Patriotism

B. Justice

C. The Patriot

D. To Daffodils

Ans: D

2. Which one of the following is written by Robert Herrick? [High School: 04]

A. Patriotism

B. Justice

C. The Patriot

D. To Daffodils

Ans: D

3. In Robert Herrick’s poem ‘To daffodils’ human life is compared with – [Dhaka Univ: 14-15]

A. summer’s rain

B. morning’s dew

C. spring

D. all three abc

Ans: D

4. In the room ‘To Daffodils’ the poet weeps over – [Postal Dept: 03]

A. loss of beautiful flower

B. loss caused to environment

C. loss of sweet scent

D. short-lived human life

Ans: D

5. In ‘To Daffodils’, human life is compared with – [Jahangirnagar Univ: 11-12]

A. sunset

B. flowing river

C. morning’s dew

D. graying hair

Ans: C

6. Why is the poet so sad to see the daffodils in ‘To daffodils’? [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. The poet is sad because the flowers have not bloomed fully

B. The poet is sad because winter will soon arrive.

C. The poet is sad because the flowers remind him of his own death.

D. The poet is sad because flowers bring very hot weather.

Ans: C

7. The poet Robert Herrick requests the daffodils to wait till – [Dhaka Univ: 02-03]

A. the morning prayer

B. the evening prayer

C. the sunrise

D. the noon prayer

Ans: B

8. ‘Hasting day’ in ‘To daffodils’ means- [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. fast day

B. quiet day

C. finishing day

D. hurriedly passing day

Ans: D

9. Which two things of nature does Robert Herrick find similar to human beings and daffodils?

A. rising man, moon

B. summer’s rain, morning’s day

C. spring, summer

D. hasting day, even song

Ans: B (Note: Summer's rain and morning's dew)

10. ‘To daffodils’ gives poignant expression to the inescapable – of life on earth. [Dhaka Univ]

A. permanence

B. transience

C. beauty

D. sadness

Ans: B

11. In Robert Herrick’s ‘To daffodils’, apart from human beings, what other things are lived? [Dhaka Univ: 05-06]

A. summer and winter

B. summer and rainy season

C. flowers and animals

D. summer and morning dew

Ans: D

12. In ‘To Daffodils, the words’ The pearls of morning dew’ indicate- [Dhaka Univ: 01-02]

A. the beauty or nature

B. the freshness of daffodils

C. the beauty of daffodils

D. our transitory life

Ans: D

13. The gist of ‘The Daffodils’ is that- [Dhaka Univ: 96-97]

A. life is short

B. the world is like a daffodil

C. our souls are immortal

D. we should pray regularly

Ans: A

14. In Herrick’s ‘Daffodils’, eve song means – [Dhaka Univ: 01-02]

A. song of the evening

B. evening religious service

C. a musical moment

D. harmonious action

Ans: A (or B, Evening prayer/service)

15. The central idea of ‘To daffodils’ is that– [Jahangirnagar Univ: 11-12]

A. we feel sad when someone dies

B. we are unhappy because life is short

C. life is short, so live honestly

D. life is short, so live to the fullest

Ans: D

16. The last line of ‘To Daffodils’ is – [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. Never to be seen again

B. Vanish like summer’s rain

C. Never to be found again

D. As quick a growth to meet decay

Ans: C

John Milton

1. ‘Paradise Lost’ attempted to- [44th BCS]

A. Justify the ways of man to God

B. Show that the Satan and God have equal power

C. Justify the ways of God to man

D. Explain why both good and evil are necessary

Ans: C

2. ‘Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav’n’ – Who wrote this? [43rd BCS]

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. John Milton

D. P. B. Shelley

Ans: C

3. Of the following authors, who wrote an epic? [38th BCS]

A. John Milton

B. Jane Mansfield

C. William Cowper

D. William Shakespeare

Ans: A

4. Which of the following is written in blank verse? [Biman Bangladesh: 22]

A. The Rape of the Lock

B. Absalom & Achitophel

C. Paradise Lost

D. In Memoriam

Ans: C

5. Who is the composer of ‘Paradise Lost’? [12th BCS]

A. John Keats

B. Lord Byron

C. S. T Coleridge

D. John Milton

Ans: D

6. Who wrote ‘On His Blindness’? [Textile: 18]

A. Homer

B. John Milton

C. Shakespeare

D. P.B.Shelley

Ans: B

7. The main character in ‘Paradise Lost Book I and Book II’ is – [Defense Ministry: 19]

A. God

B. Satan

C. Adam

D. Eve

Ans: B

8. ‘Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven’ who said this and where? [Passport Dept: 11]

A. Satan in ‘Paradise Lost’

B. Satan in ‘Paradise Regained’

C. Adam in ‘Paradise Lost’

D. Adam in ‘Paradise Regained’

Ans: A

9. Milton’s Paradise Lost is a – [Comilla Univ: 08-09]

A. poem

B. novel

C. drama

D. story

Ans: A

10. Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ is – [Jahangirnagar Univ: 15-16]

A. a tragic novel

B. a love poem

C. a religious epic

D. a science fiction

Ans: C

11. Who of the following is a famous epic poet in English literature? [Meteorology Dept: 95]

A. William Wordsworth

B. Lord Byron

C. William Shakespeare

D. John Milton

Ans: D

12. ‘Paradise Regained’ is an epic by – [Islamic Univ: 17-18]

A. John Keats

B. P. B. Shelley

C. John Milton

D. William Blake

Ans: C

13. Who is the writer of the elegy Lycidas? [Narcotics Dept: 99]

A. Thomas Gray

B. Alfred Tennyson

C. John Milton

D. John Keats

Ans: C

14. ‘Areopagitica’ was written by – [Foreign Ministry: 02]

A. John Milton

B. John Keats

C. Alfred Tennyson

D. Lord Tennyson

Ans: A

15. ‘Blank verse’ is a kind of verse – [Home Ministry: 10]

A. having no rhyming end

B. rhyming end

C. frequent rhyming

D. none

Ans: A

16. ‘An epic’ based on – performed by a hero. [Jagannath Univ: 12-13]

A. heroic deeds

B. bad work

C. general work

D. none

Ans: A

John Dryden

1. ‘All for Love’ is a drama written by – [44th BCS]

A. John Dryden

B. William Congreve

C. John Bunyan

D. Francis Bacon

Ans: A

2. ‘All for Love’ is a – [LGED: 18]

A. poem

B. drama

C. short story

D. novel

Ans: B

3. What was Dryden’s father? [Sonali Bank: 10]

A. a teacher

B. a doctor

C. a village rector

D. a poet

Ans: C

William Congreve

1. Who wrote the play ‘The Way of the World’? [43rd BCS]

A. William Shakespeare

B. William Congreve

C. Ben Jonson

D. Oscar Wilde

Ans: B

John Bunyan

1. ‘The pilgrim’s Progress’ is written by – [Janata Bank: 05]

A. John Bunyan

B. John Donne

C. John Keats

D. Cowley

Ans: A

Alexander Pope

1. Alexander Pope’s ‘An Essay on Man’ is a– [44th BCS]

A. Novel

B. Treatise

C. Short Story

D. Poem

Ans: D

2. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a /an– [40th BCS]

A. epic

B. ballad

C. mock-heroic poem

D. elegy

Ans: C

3. Who is not a Victorian poet? [38th BCS]

A. Mathew Arnold

B. Alexander Pope

C. Robert browning

D. Alfred Tennyson

Ans: B

4. Poet Alexander’s famous work – [Information Ministry: 03]

A. Rape of the Lock

B. Spectator

C. The Deserted Village

D. Man was made of mourn

Ans: A

5. Who was the famous mock-heroic poet in English literature? [Sub-Registrar: 92]

A. Lord Byron

B. John Milton

C. Alexander Pope

D. Lord Tennyson

Ans: C

6. ‘To err is human. To forgive is divine’. Here the work ‘divine means – [Begum Rokeya Univ: 12-13]

A. devilish

B. godlike

C. childlike

D. foolish

Ans: B

7. How many lines does ‘The Rape of the Lock’ have? [PWD: 06]

A. 790 lines

B. 789 lines

C. 799 lines

D. 794 lines

Ans: D

8. Who commands the Sylphs to guard Belinda? [Rural Development: 13]

A. Baron

B. Umbriel

C. Clarissa

D. Ariel

Ans: D

Jonathan Swift

1. The most famous satirist in English literature is – [38th BCS]

A. Jonathan Swift

B. Alexander Pope

C. Joseph Addison

D. Richard Steele

Ans: A

2. Who is the most famous satirist in English literature? [12th BCS]

A. Alexander Pope

B. Jonathan Swift

C. William Wordsworth

D. Butler

Ans: B

3. The satirical travel narrative ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ was written by – [Chittagong Univ: 14-15]

A. H. G. Wells

B. Jonathan Swift

C. Charles Dickens

D. Bernard Shaw

Ans: B

4. Jonathan Swift is the author of – .

A. The Old Man and the Sea

B. A Doll’s House

C. Gulliver’s Travels

D. Robinson Crusoe

Ans: C

5. ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ is written by – [LGED: 23]

A. R L Stevenson

B. Daniel Defoe

C. Jonathan Swift

D. D. H. Lawrence

Ans: C

6. Who is not a playwright? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 15-16]

A. Hanrik Ibsen

B. William Shakespeare

C. George Bernard Shaw

D. Jonathan Swift

Ans: D

7. ‘A Voyage to Lilliput’ is written by – [Karmasangsthan Bank: 11]

A. R. L. Stevenson

B. Thomas Hardly

C. Jonathan Swift

D. William Wordsworth

Ans: C

8. ‘A Tale of a Tub’ was written by – [Commerce Ministry: 09]

A. Jonson

B. G. B. Shaw

C. Mark Twain

D. Jonathan Swift

Ans: D

9. Gulliver, a man of average height, gets a new – into the pettiness of human nature when he arrives the land of the –. [Jagannath Univ: 17-18]

A. place, Laputa

B. destination, Lilliputs

C. insight, Lilliputs

D. insight, Brobdingnags

Ans: C

Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

1. Addison and Steele are known for – [Khulna Univ: 06-07]

A. Lyrical Ballad

B. The Mirror

C. The Spectator

D. Biographia Literaria

Ans: C

2. ‘Cato’ was written by– [Women Affairs: 02]

A. Swift

B. G. B. Shaw

C. Mark Twain

D. Joseph Addison

Ans: D

3. ‘The Tender Husband’ is a – [Bangladesh Bank: 01]

A. play

B. epic

C. story

D. essay

Ans: A

Dr. Samuel Johnson

1. Who wrote the first English Dictionary? [15th BCS]

A. Iazak Walton

B. Samuel Johnson

C. Samuel Butler

D. Sir Thomas Browne

Ans: B

2. Dr. Johnson’s full name is – [Rajshahi Univ: 14-15]

A. Richard Johnson

B. Samuel Johnson

C. Mithbael Johnson

D. Ben Jonson

Ans: B

3. Who is Dr. Johnson? [Rajshahi Univ: 14-15]

A. An 18th century poet and critic

B. A dramatist who is Shakespeare’s contemporary

C. A romantic poet

D. A postmodern theorist

Ans: A

Henry Fielding

1. Who wrote the picaresque novel titled ‘Tom Jones’? [44th BCS]

A. Samuel Richardson

B. Horace Walpole

C. Henry Fielding

D. Laurence Steme

Ans: C

2. ‘Tom Jones’ by Henry Fielding was first published in – [13th BCS]

A. the 1st half of 19th century

B. the 2nd half of 18th century

C. the 1st half of 18th century

D. the 2nd half of 19th century

Ans: C (1749)

3. Who is considered to be the father of English novel? [Railway: 00]

A. Francis Bacon

B. Geoffrey Chaucer

C. King Alfred the Great

D. Henry Fielding

Ans: D

4. Who is the father of English novel? [Islamic Univ: 17-18]

A. G. B. Shaw

B. Daniel Defoe

C. Henry Fielding

D. William Shakespeare

Ans: C

Thomas Gray

1. ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is written by – [37th/36th BCS]

A. William Wordsworth

B. Thomas Gray

C. John Keats

D. W. B. Yeats

Ans: B

2. The Title ‘graveyard poet’ is for – [CGA: 22]

A. Edmund Burke

B. William Blake

C. Oliver Goldsmith

D. Thomas Gray

Ans: D

3. Who is famous for his elegies? [Khulna Univ: 09-10]

A. Robert Browning

B. Lord C.

C. Thomas Gray

D. Thomas Paine

Ans: C

4. ‘Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert Air’- Who wrote this? [Narcotics Dept: 99]

A. P. B. Shelley

B. William Wordsworth

C. Thomas Gray

D. John Keats

Ans: C

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1. ‘Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains’– Who said this? [BSCIC: 21]

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Barack Obama

C. Louis XVI

D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Ans: D

2. Who was the propounder of the theory or slogan of French Revolution? [National Univ: 17]

A. Moses

B. Voltaire

C. Bertrand Russell

D. Rousseau

Ans: D

Edmund Burke

1. Edmund Burke belonged to – [Environment Dept: 95]

A. 16th century

B. 17th century

C. 18th century

D. 19th century

Ans: C

2. Who wrote ‘A speech on East India Bill’? [Environment Dept: 95]

A. Edmund Spenser

B. Edmund Burke

C. Sir Philip Sidney

D. Roger Bacon

Ans: B

Sir Walter Scott

1. ‘Ivan Hoe’ is a novel written by – [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. P. B. Shelley

B. Edmund Burke

C. Daniel Defoe

D. Sir Walter Scott

Ans: D

2. Sir Walter Scott was – [National Univ: 05-06]

A. a lawyer

B. a famous character in a historical novel

C. a novelist

D. a respectable ordinary person

Ans: A

3. In professional life Scott was a – [Food Dept: 04]

A. Player

B. Clerk

C. Lawyer

D. Teacher

Ans: C

4. Who wrote ‘Patriotism’? [Primary Headmaster: 02]

A. Willam Shakespeare

B. William Wordsworth

C. Sir Walter Scott

D. Robert Browning

Ans: C

5. Which poetry is written by Sir Walter Scott? [Govt. High School: 00]

A. Patriotism

B. The Patriot

C. A Frosty Night

D. All of the Above

Ans: A

William Blake

1. Who of the following was both a poet and a painter? [43rd BCS / 15th BCS]

A. John Keats

B. Spenser

C. William Blake

D. John Donne

Ans: C

2. Who of the following is not a novelist? [Civil Aviation: 21]

A. Charles Dickens

B. Emile Bronte

C. William Blake

D. Thomas Hardy

Ans: C

3. The poet William Blake has compared the schoolboy to – [Dhaka Univ: 19-20]

A. a prisoner

B. a great scholar

C. a caged bird

D. a brave warrior

Ans: C

4. William Blake is – [Pabna Univ: 16-17]

A. an English poet

B. an American poet

C. an Australian poet

D. Canadian writer

Ans: A

5. Who has written ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 15-16]

A. S. T. Coleridge

B. John Keats

C. William Blake

D. William Wordsworth

Ans: C

6. Which sentence is most applicable to Blake? [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. Blake had a strange way of life.

B. Blake had diverse interests.

C. Blake studied an extraordinary form of art.

D. Blake was a solitary man.

Ans: B

7. Blake saw angels in trees as a child because – [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. he was often drugged.

B. he was in love with nature

C. he was a visionary

D. angels were in the paintings

Ans: B

8. How did Blake view religion? [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. He did not believed in God and religion.

B. For Blake religion was a matter of inner feeling.

C. He believed religion was determined by the church.

D. Blake was a strict follower of the English church.

Ans: B

9. Blake’s art was an example of –– experience. [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. visual

B. religious

C. troubled

D. highly subjective

Ans: B

10. Who among the following is not a novelist? [Khulna Univ: 11-12]

A. Hardy

B. Joyce

C. Thackeray

D. Blake

Ans: D

11. The author of ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’ is– [Khulna Univ: 10-11]

A. John Lennon

B. Richard Marx

C. William Blake

D. John Keats

Ans: C

12. One of the four mentioned below is not a poet of Romantic age– [Railway: 00]

A. William Blake

B. Wordsworth

C. P. B. Shelley

D. John Keats

Ans: A

The Romantic Period (1798-1832)

1. The romantic age in English literature began with the publication of – [36th BCS]

A. Preface to Shakespeare

B. Preface to Lyrical Ballads

C. Preface to Ancient Mariners

D. Preface to Dr. Johnson

Ans: B (Lyrical Ballads published 1798)

2. 1798-1830 time period is called? [Family Planning: 98]

A. The Renaissance Period

B. The Elizabethan period

C. The Restoration Period

D. The Romantic Period

Ans: D

3. Pioneer/s of Romanticism is/are – [Edu Officer: 10]

A. Wordsworth

B. Coleridge

C. Both a & b

D. None

Ans: C

4. Which is known as Romantic period of English literature? [Khulna Univ: 11-12]

A. 1550-1558

B. 1649-1660

C. 1798-1832

D. 1910-1936

Ans: C

5. The year 1798 is famous for – [Statistics Officer: 10]

A. The French Revolution

B. The American Independence

C. Publication of Lyrical Ballads

D. The death of Keats

Ans: C

6. Most important feature of a romantic poetry is– [ACC: 04]

A. Beauty

B. Nature

C. Subjectivity

D. Imagination

Ans: C

7. The later part of 18th century was characterized by– [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. romanticism

B. intense love for nature

C. reason and logic

D. love for religion

Ans: B

8. Romantic poets are so called because – [Comilla Univ: 07-08]

A. they are connected more with heart than with head

B. they have written romances

C. they are seriously romantic about women

D. they are not Victorians

Ans: A

9. ‘Lyrical Ballads’ was published in the year– [National Savings: 09]

A. 1798

B. 1770

C. 1779

D. 1775

Ans: A

10. Romanticism is mainly connected with- [Islamic Univ: 11-12]

A. Joy and happiness

B. Expectation and disappointment

C. Excitement and sensation

D. Love and beauty

Ans: D

11. Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement? [Khulna Univ: 17-18]

A. art for intellect’s sake

B. art for God’s sake

C. art for art’s sake

D. art for the masses

Ans: C

William Wordsworth

1. The most famous romantic poet of English literature is – [43rd BCS]

A. John Dryden

B. Alexander Pope

C. William Wordsworth

D. T.S.Eliot

Ans: C

2. Who is known as ‘The poet of Nature’ in English literature? [36th BCS]

A. Lord Tennyson

B. John Milton

C. William Wordsworth

D. John Keats

Ans: C

3. The poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’ is written by – [36th BCS]

A. W. H. Auden

B. W. Wordsworth

C. W. B. Yeats

D. Ezra Pound

Ans: B

4. Wordsworth was inspired by- [BRDB: 23]

A. the French Revolution

B. the American Revolution

C. The Russian Revolution

D. the Industrial Revolution

Ans: A

5. William Wordsworth considered poets dreamers, because they have the ability to turn ‘Our wish, our power, our thought’ into a deed. What does the word ‘deed’ mean? [Rajshahi Univ: 22-23]

A. Contract

B. Construction

C. Action

D. Command

Ans: C

6. ‘The Prelude’ is a work of – [Begum Rokeya Univ: 17-18]

A. W. Wordsworth

B. P. B. Shelley

C. John Keats

D. S. T. Coleridge

Ans: A

7. William Wordsworth Collaborated with –– to publish The Lyrical Ballads. [Dhaka Univ: 13-14]

A. Coleridge

B. Shelley

C. Tennyson

D. Keats

Ans: A

8. William Wordsworth is – [Labor Dept: 09]

A. novelist

B. historian

C. poet

D. dramatist

Ans: C

9. Who was a ‘Poet Laureate’? [Bangladesh Bank: 08]

A. William Wordsworth

B. Robert Browning

C. T. S. Eliot

D. John Keats

Ans: A

10. William Wordsworth is pre-eminently – [Passport Dept: 07]

A. a poet of liberty

B. a poet of love

C. a poet of nature

D. a poet of humanism

Ans: C

11. William Wordsworth wrote- [Primary Headmaster: 97]

A. The Rape of the Lock

B. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

C. The Lucy poems

D. Absalom and Achitophel

Ans: C

12. Who wrote the poem about Lucy? [Primary Headmaster: 94]

A. S. T. Coleridge

B. P. B. Shelley

C. William Wordsworth

D. Lord Byron

Ans: C

13. ‘Written in March’ is a poem composed by – [Govt. High School: 01]

A. William Wordsworth

B. William Congreve

C. William Blake

D. William Shakespeare

Ans: A

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Wordsworth)

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1. ‘Child is the father of man’ is taken from the poem of – [36th BCS]

A. W. Wordsworth

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. P. B. Shelley

D. A. C Swinburne

Ans: A

2. ‘I wandered lonely as a Cloud’ is written by – [Comilla Univ: 15-16]

A. Robert Herrick

B. William Wordsworth

C. Shelley

D. William Blake

Ans: B

3. Why were the daffodils in Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud’ dancing? [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. The poet was daydreaming.

B. The flowers had cheerful company.

C. The sea wave beside had gone wild.

D. There was strong wind.

Ans: D

4. In ‘I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud’ Wordsworth compare the daffodils with- [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. the stars of the milky way

B. way the waves

C. the trees

D. the milky way

Ans: A

5. ‘They –– in never ending –– . [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. started, show

B. shone. Laughter

C. grow, row

D. stretched, line

Ans: D

6. Who wrote the following lines: ‘all at once I saw a crowd/a host of golden daffodils’? [35th BCS]

A. Wordsworth

B. Herrick

C. Shelley

D. Keats

Ans: A

7. ‘Ten thousand saw I at a glance,’ Who said this? [Meteorology Dept: 07]

A. Shakespeare

B. Coleridge

C. Keats

D. Wordsworth

Ans: D

8. ‘Ten thousand saw at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.’ What is the poet William Wordsworth referring to? [Labor Dept: 03]

A. birds

B. daffodils

C. leaves

D. bees

Ans: B

9. What is the colour of Daffodils? [Primary School: 07]

A. golden

B. pink

C. white

D. blue

Ans: A

10. ‘Nature never did betray the heart loved her’ is a quotation from – [Chittagong Univ: 11-12]

A. Wordsworth

B. B. J. Baryon

C. P. B. Shelley

D. J. Keats

Ans: A

11. The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more. These lines are from the poem [Sub-Registrar: 12]

A. The Solitary Reaper by Wordsworth

B. Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats

C. To a lady with a guitar by P. B. Shelley

D. Elegy written in a country Churchyard by Thomas Gray

Ans: A

12. ‘Jocund company’ in Wordsworth’s I wandered lonely as a cloud’ refers to – [Dhaka Univ: 04-05]

A. a friend

B. a group of man who stood

C. waves

D. daffodils

Ans: D

13. ‘Hasting day’ in ‘To Daffodils’ means- [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. fast day

B. quiet day

C. finishing day

D. hurriedly passing day

Ans: D

14. The last line of ‘To Daffodils’ is – [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. Ne’er to seen again.

B. Vanish like summer’s rain

C. Ne’er to be found again.

D. As quick a growth to meet decay.

Ans: C

15. The word ‘jocund’ in ‘I wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ means – [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. comic

B. merry

C. ridiculous

D. funny

Ans: B

16. In ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ the daffodils gave the poet. [Dhaka Univ: 07-08]

A. a great deal of pleasure

B. very pleasure

C. many pleasure

D. much pleasure

Ans: A

17. ‘The Daffodils’ wK RvZxq iPbv? [Parliament: 96]

A. Novel

B. Poem

C. Drama

D. Travelogue

Ans: B

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1. Where do the following lines occur in?‘Alone, alone, all, all alone,Alone on a wide, wide sea __.’ [38th BCS]

A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

B. Kubla Khan

C. The Nightingle

D. The Dungeon

Ans: A

2. Who wrote ‘Biographia Literaria’? [37th BCS]

A. Lord Byron

B. P. B. Shelley

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. Charles Lamp

Ans: C

3. Which of the following writers belongs to the romantic period in English literature? [36th BCS]

A. A Tennyson

B. Alexander Pope

C. John Dryden

D. S. T. Coleridge

Ans: D

4. The literary work ‘Kubla Khan’ is – [13th BCS]

A. a history of Vincent Smith

B. a verse by Coleridge

C. a drama by Oscar Wilde

D. a short-story by Smerset Maugham

Ans: B

5. Who was English poet addicted to opium? [Primary School: 03]

A. S. T. Coleridge

B. P. B. Shelley

C. John Keats

D. S. Buck

Ans: A

6. When did Coleridge die? [Rajshahi Univ: 08-09]

A. 1830

B. 1932

C. 1833

D. 1834

Ans: D

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Coleridge)

1. Which of the following does not describe the Ancient Mariner? [GST: 22-23]

A. Skinny

B. Sprightly

C. With a glittering eye

D. Unnaturally old

Ans: B

2. Who wrote the peom ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? [Govt High School: 19]

A. P. B. Shelley

B. Lord Byron

C. John Keats

D. S.T.Coleridge

Ans: D

3. Coleridge’s poem ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is a/an- [Islamic Univ: 17-18]

A. ballad

B. epic

C. sonnet

D. story

Ans: A

4. Who has ‘bright red lips and a death white skin’ in ‘The Ancient Mariner’? [Dhaka Univ: 01-02]

A. the marriage guest

B. the mariner

C. death

D. death’s female companion (Life-in-Death)

Ans: D

5. The Ancient Mariner sat- [Dhaka Univ: 97-98]

A. on a bench in the courtyard.

B. in an armchair under the porch.

C. on the floor of a spacious room.

D. on a stone outside the church.

Ans: D

6. In ‘The Ancient Mariner’ the sailors could see the shape of the sun through the board of the boat __. [Dhaka Univ: 97-98]

A. for those who failed

B. for those who lost

C. for those who suffered

D. for those who died

Ans: D

7. The Ship Do death in the Ancient Mariner- [Dhaka Univ: 96-97]

A. had a view of two

B. Had only one woman bright red and dead white skin

C. brought death to Mariner

D. carried death and her companion

Ans: D

8. The sailors were pleased to see the albatross because- [Dhaka Univ: 96-97]

A. the albatross in a beautiful bird

B. the albatross brings good luck to the sailors

C. the albatross is harmless bird

D. the albatross is good to eat

Ans: B