Literature - Exercise - 4 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination
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TOPIC: ENGLISH LITERATURE
Exercise - 4
Group A
Questions
1. Who is considered to be the father of English poem? Who is known as the father of English poetry? a) William Langland b) Geoffrey Chaucer c) Thomas Malory d) William Shakespeare
2. Who is considered to be the father of English prose? a) Francis Bacon b) King Alfred the Great c) Henry Fielding d) Geoffrey Chaucer
3. Who is the greatest dramatist of all times? a) G.B. Shaw b) William Shakespeare c) William Wordsworth d) Jonathan Swift
4. The most famous satirist in English literature is — a) Jonathan Swift b) Alexander Pope c) Joseph Addison d) Richard Steel
5. Who is considered to be the Rebel Poet in English Literature? a) Walter Scott b) Lord Byron c) John Keats d) Jane Austen
6. Lord Tennyson is known as — a) Epic poet b) Lyric poet c) Romantic poet d) Poet of beauty
7. Who did write the First English dictionary? a) Ben Jonson b) Boswell c) Milton d) Samuel Johnson
8. What is not the work of Winston Churchill? a) History of the second world war b) History of the English Speaking People c) Life in Marlborough d) Far from the Madding Crowd
9. The author of "The Captive Lady" is — a) John Keats b) Michael Madhusudan Dutt c) O'Henry d) Leo Tolstoy
10. What is the real name of the great English novelist George Eliot? a) William Hazlitt b) Jane Austen c) T.S. Eliot d) Mary Ann Evans
11. সতের-আঠারো শতক পর্যন্ত সময়কালকে ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের কোন যুগ বলা হয়? (Which period is called the 17th-18th century in English literature?) a) The Renaissance Period b) The Elizabethan Age c) The Restoration Period d) The Romantic Age
12. The romantic age in English Literature began with the publication of - a) Preface to Shakespeare b) Preface to Lyrical Ballads c) Preface to Ancient Mariners d) Preface to Dr. Johnson
13. Most important feature of a romantic poetry is — a) Beauty b) Nature c) Subjectivity d) Imagination
14. 'Lyrical Ballads' was published in the year — a) 1798 b) 1770 c) 1779 d) 1725
15. A famous English poet who was addicted to Opium — a) S.T. Coleridge b) Jane Austen c) P.B. Shelley d) William Wordsworth
16. John Keats কোন শ্রেণির কবি? (What class of poet is John Keats?) a) Romantic b) Modern c) Classical d) Ancient
17. Who was greatest modern American short story writer? a) E. Hemingway b) S. Bellow c) O'Henry d) W.A. Longfellow
18. The real name of O'Henry was- a) Samuel L. Clemens b) William Sidney Porter c) Fitz James O'Brien d) William Huntington Wright
19. Which among the following writers is not a Nobel Laureate? a) T.S. Eliot b) Grahame Greene c) Toni Morrison d) William Faulkner
20. Who was the only Laureate to refuse the Nobel Prize? a) Jean Paul Sartre b) Leo Tolstoy c) T.S. Eliot d) Rabindranath Tagore
21. গীতাঞ্জলির ইংরেজি অনুবাদের নাম কি? (What is the name of the English translation of Gitanjali?) a) Song Collected b) Songs c) Song Book d) Song Offerings
22. Who wrote the introduction for Tagore's Gitanjali? a) John Keats b) T.S. Eliot c) W.B. Yeats d) Sir Walter Scott
23. A Doll's House is written by- a) Francis Bacon b) E.M. Forster c) R.K. Narayan d) Henrik Ibsen
24. 'As You Like It' is a - a) Comedy b) Tragedy c) Romance d) Morality Play
25. Who is the author of 'Animal Farm'? a) Thomas More b) Dickens c) Shakespeare d) George Orwell
26. Who is the author of 'A Brief History of Time'? a) Stephen Hawking b) V.S. Naipaul c) E.M. Forster d) Anthony Burgess
27. 'A Passage to India' is written by — a) D.H. Lawrence b) E.M. Forster c) Alex Huxley d) Nirad C. Chaudhury
28. 'Alice in the Wonderland' belongs to — a) detective literature b) satirical literature c) juvenile literature d) religious literature
29. Shakespeare wrote- a) Lord of the Flies b) A Farewell to Arms c) A Passage to India d) As You Like It
30. Who is the author of 'A Farewell to Arms'? a) Helen Keller b) Bertrand Russell c) Ernest Hemingway d) Charles Dickens
31. 'Brick Lane' is written by - a) Anita Desai b) Shobha De c) Monica Ali d) Jhumpa Lahiri
32. 'Comedy of Errors' নাটকটি কার লেখা? (Who wrote the play 'Comedy of Errors'?) a) Ben Jonson b) G.B. Shaw c) T.S. Eliot d) William Shakespeare
33. "Caesar and Cleopatra" is - a) A tragedy by Shakespeare b) A play by G.B. Shaw c) A poem by Lord Byron d) A novel by S.T. Coleridge
34. David Copperfield is written by- a) Charles Dickens b) William Shakespeare c) Somerset Maugham d) O' Henry
35. What is the full name of the tragedy "Dr. Faustus"? a) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus b) The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus c) The Tragic History of Doctor Faustus d) Doctor Faustus
36. The satirical travel narrative Gulliver's Travels was written by - a) Jonathan Swift b) H.G. Wells c) D.H. Lawrence d) Pearl S. Buck
37. Harry Potter, now a very popular novel was written by- a) J.K. Rowling b) Roald Dahl c) Rona Jhaques d) Jaqueline Wilson
38. Hamlet is a — by Shakespeare. a) novel b) play c) story d) tale
39. 'Faerie Queene' is - a) a play b) a novel c) an epic d) a short story
40. Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' is a — a) comedy b) satire c) tragedy d) historical play
41. Homer's "Iliad" is a/an- a) Novel b) Drama c) Epic d) Epilogue
Answers with Explanations (Group A)
Ans: b) Geoffrey Chaucer Chaucer is universally recognized as the Father of English Poetry/Literature, most famous for "The Canterbury Tales".
Ans: b) King Alfred the Great King Alfred is cited as the 'Father of English Prose' due to his translation works from Latin to English. (Note: Wycliffe or Mandeville are sometimes mentioned, but Alfred is the standard answer).
Ans: b) William Shakespeare Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest dramatist and writer in the English language.
Ans: a) Jonathan Swift Swift is the foremost prose satirist in the English language, famous for "Gulliver's Travels".
Ans: b) Lord Byron Lord Byron is known as the Rebel Poet for his rebellious nature and lifestyle.
Ans: b) Lyric poet Alfred Lord Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of the Victorian era and is celebrated as a Lyric Poet.
Ans: d) Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson published "A Dictionary of the English Language" in 1755.
Ans: d) Far from the Madding Crowd This novel was written by Thomas Hardy, not Churchill.
Ans: b) Michael Madhusudan Dutt He was a famous Bengali poet and dramatist who also wrote in English.
Ans: d) Mary Ann Evans George Eliot was the pen name used by Mary Ann Evans to ensure her works were taken seriously.
Ans: a) The Renaissance Period (Note: This covers the 1500s to 1600s, though the question phrasing implies a broad historical sweep).
Ans: b) Preface to Lyrical Ballads Specifically, the publication of the "Lyrical Ballads" (1798) by Wordsworth and Coleridge marked the beginning.
Ans: c) Subjectivity Subjectivity and Imagination are core traits of Romanticism, focusing on the writer's inner feelings.
Ans: a) 1798 The landmark year for the start of the Romantic Age.
Ans: a) S.T. Coleridge Coleridge struggled with opium addiction, which influenced poems like "Kubla Khan".
Ans: a) Romantic John Keats was a key figure of the second generation of Romantic poets.
Ans: c) O'Henry Famous for his short stories with surprise endings.
Ans: b) William Sidney Porter O. Henry was his pen name.
Ans: b) Grahame Greene Greene was nominated but never won the Nobel Prize. Eliot, Morrison, and Faulkner are all laureates.
Ans: a) Jean Paul Sartre Sartre declined the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964.
Ans: d) Song Offerings Tagore's own English translation of Gitanjali.
Ans: c) W.B. Yeats The Irish poet W.B. Yeats wrote the introduction to the English version of Gitanjali.
Ans: d) Henrik Ibsen A famous play by the Norwegian playwright.
Ans: a) Comedy A pastoral comedy by Shakespeare.
Ans: d) George Orwell A political allegory/satire.
Ans: a) Stephen Hawking A landmark book on cosmology.
Ans: b) E.M. Forster A novel set against the backdrop of the British Raj.
Ans: c) juvenile literature Though analyzed by adults, it is a classic of children's (juvenile) literature.
Ans: d) As You Like It The other titles are by Golding, Hemingway, and Forster.
Ans: c) Ernest Hemingway A novel set during the Italian campaign of World War I.
Ans: c) Monica Ali A novel focusing on the Bangladeshi community in London.
Ans: d) William Shakespeare One of his early plays.
Ans: b) A play by G.B. Shaw Do not confuse with Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" or "Antony and Cleopatra".
Ans: a) Charles Dickens A classic Victorian novel.
Ans: a) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus The full title of Christopher Marlowe's play.
Ans: a) Jonathan Swift A satire on human nature and travellers' tales.
Ans: a) J.K. Rowling The author of the famous fantasy series.
Ans: b) play Specifically, a tragedy.
Ans: c) an epic An epic poem by Edmund Spenser.
Ans: c) tragedy Though based on history, it is classified as a tragedy.
Ans: c) Epic One of the major ancient Greek epic poems.
Group B
Questions
1. Who wrote "The Odyssey and the Iliad"? a) Milton b) Homer c) Virgil d) Hoffman
2. Shakespeare's "King Lear" is a- a) Comedy b) Satire c) Tragedy d) Historical play
3. "Jane Eyre" was written by - a) Jane Austen b) Charlotte Bronte c) Charles Dickens d) Emily Bronte
4. Who wrote the book 'Ivanhoe'? a) O'Henry b) R.L. Stevenson c) Ernest Hemingway d) Sir Walter Scott
5. The literary work 'Kubla Khan' is- a) a history by Vincent Smith b) a verse by Coleridge c) a drama by Oscar Wilde d) a short story by Somerset Maugham
6. 'Lycidas' কার রচনা? (Whose work is 'Lycidas'?) a) Thomas Gray b) John Keats c) John Milton d) Alfred Tennyson
7. 'Macbeth' is a- a) play b) novel c) poem d) essay
8. 'Macbeth' is a — by Shakespeare. a) novel b) short story c) verse d) play
9. 'The Merchant of Venice' is a Shakespearean play about — a) A Jew b) A Moor c) A Roman d) A Turk
10. Othello is a Shakespeare's play about — a) A Jew b) A Turk c) A Roman d) A Moor
11. Who is the author of 'Man and Superman'? a) Thomas Hardy b) G.B. Shaw c) Charles Dickens d) Ernest Hemingway
12. "Ode to Autumn" was written by - a) Shelley b) Keats c) Byron d) Blake
13. The epic 'Odyssey' was written by- a) Milton b) Tennyson c) Homer d) Shakespeare
14. The first English novel, Pamela, has been written by- a) Daniel Defoe b) Henry Fielding c) Samuel Richardson d) Sir Walter Scott
15. "The Origin of Species" was written by- a) Charles Darwin b) Newton c) Gulliver d) Mary Curie
16. Who is the author of "Nineteen Eighty Four"? a) Thomas Hardy b) Walter Scott c) J.M. Barrie d) George Orwell
17. "Paradise Lost" is- a) Short story b) Epic poem c) Play d) Lyrical poem
18. 'Paradise Lost' attempted to — a) Justify the ways of man to God b) Justify the ways of God to man c) Show that the Satan and God have equal power. d) Explain why good and evil are necessary
19. 'Pride and Prejudice' is written by- a) Jane Austen b) Emily Bronte c) Shakespeare d) Wordsworth
20. 'Romeo and Juliet' is a — a) Comedy b) Tragedy c) Romance d) Morality Play
21. Poet Alexander Pope's famous work- a) Rape of the Lock b) Spectator c) The Deserted Village d) Man was made to mourn
22. 'Sherlock Holmes' detective stories were written by- a) G.K. Chesterton b) Edgar Allan Poe c) John Galsworthy d) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
23. "The Canterbury Tales" are told by- a) Geoffrey Chaucer b) John Wycliffe c) Boccaccio d) Thomas Barth
24. The poem 'The Solitary Reaper' is written by — a) W. Wordsworth b) W.H. Auden c) W.B. Yeats d) Ezra Pound
25. Who is the author of "The Jungle Book"? a) Hans Christian Anderson b) Enid Blyton c) Rudyard Kipling d) H.G. Wells
26. Author of "The Time Machine" is - a) T.S. Eliot b) Thomas Kyd c) H.G. Wells d) Robert Herrick
27. Who is the author of "The Taming of the Shrew"? a) Shaw b) Shakespeare c) Ibsen d) Jonson
28. "The Sun also rises" is a novel written by a) Charles Dickens b) Herman Melville c) Ernest Hemingway d) Thomas Hardy
29. Who is the writer of "The God of Small Things"? a) Arundhati Roy b) V.S. Naipaul c) Jhumpa Lahiri d) Salman Rushdie
30. "Things Fall Apart" is written by - a) W.B. Yeats b) V.S. Naipaul c) Wole Soyinka d) Chinua Achebe
31. "The Rainbow" is- a) a poem by Wordsworth b) a short story by Somerset Maugham c) a novel by D.H. Lawrence d) a verse by Coleridge
32. "The Daffodils" is a poem written by — a) Wordsworth b) William Wordsworth c) Alfred Tennyson d) Robert Browning
33. The author of the novel 'The Trial' is: a) Victor Hugo b) Leo Tolstoy c) Franz Kafka d) Ernest Hemingway
34. The Waste Land is written by --- a) Matthew Arnold b) James Joyce c) Thomas Stearn Eliot d) Dylan Thomas
35. "The Waste Land" is - a) an essay b) a novel c) a poem d) a play
36. "Waiting for Godot" is - a) a problem play b) a morality play c) an Absurd drama d) a novel
37. James Joyce's famous novel — a) Roots b) Ulysses c) Tom Jones d) Rebecca
38. The author of the mystery-detective novel "The Vinci Code" - a) Henry Moor b) Monica Ali c) Dan Brown d) Lady Smith
39. "War and Peace" is written by- a) Tolstoy b) Dickens c) Milton d) Shakespeare
40. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'- a) Tennyson b) Pearl S. Buck c) Mrs. Harriet Stowe d) Thomas Hardy
41. Who wrote "Wuthering Heights"? a) Jane Austen b) Emily Bronte c) Thomas Hardy d) D.H. Lawrence
Answers with Explanations (Group B)
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Ans: b) Homer The two foundational epic poems of ancient Greek literature.
Ans: c) Tragedy A tragedy concerning the gradual descent into madness of the title character.
Ans: b) Charlotte Bronte A novel that follows the experiences of its eponymous heroine.
Ans: d) Sir Walter Scott A historical novel set in 12th-century England.
Ans: b) a verse by Coleridge A famous poem written after an opium-influenced dream.
Ans: c) John Milton A pastoral elegy dedicated to the memory of Edward King.
Ans: a) play A tragedy.
Ans: d) play Specifically, a tragedy.
Ans: a) A Jew Refers to the character Shylock.
Ans: d) A Moor Refers to the title character, Othello.
Ans: b) G.B. Shaw A four-act drama.
Ans: b) Keats One of Keats's most famous odes.
Ans: c) Homer See question 1.
Ans: c) Samuel Richardson Often considered the first true English novel, written in epistolary form.
Ans: a) Charles Darwin The foundation of evolutionary biology.
Ans: d) George Orwell A dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale.
Ans: b) Epic poem Written in blank verse.
Ans: b) Justify the ways of God to man The stated purpose of the poem in Book I.
Ans: a) Jane Austen A romantic novel of manners.
Ans: b) Tragedy Though it has comic elements early on, it ends in the tragic death of the lovers.
Ans: a) Rape of the Lock A mock-heroic narrative poem.
Ans: d) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The creator of the most famous detective in fiction.
Ans: a) Geoffrey Chaucer A collection of 24 stories.
Ans: a) W. Wordsworth A lyric poem.
Ans: c) Rudyard Kipling A collection of stories.
Ans: c) H.G. Wells A science fiction novella.
Ans: b) Shakespeare A comedy.
Ans: c) Ernest Hemingway His first major novel.
Ans: a) Arundhati Roy Winner of the Booker Prize in 1997.
Ans: d) Chinua Achebe A defining work of modern African literature.
Ans: c) a novel by D.H. Lawrence It was banned for obscenity upon publication.
Ans: b) William Wordsworth Also known as "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".
Ans: c) Franz Kafka A novel about a man arrested for an unspecified crime.
Ans: c) Thomas Stearn Eliot (T.S. Eliot) A central work of modernist poetry.
Ans: c) a poem See above.
Ans: c) an Absurd drama A play by Samuel Beckett where characters wait for someone who never arrives.
Ans: b) Ulysses A modernist novel paralleling the Odyssey.
Ans: c) Dan Brown The question likely refers to "The Da Vinci Code".
Ans: a) Tolstoy A literary work mixed with chapters on history and philosophy.
Ans: c) Mrs. Harriet Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery novel.
Ans: b) Emily Bronte Her only novel.
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