Literature - Exercise - 5 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

TOPIC: ENGLISH LITERATURE

Exercise - 5

Major Writers and Works

Group A: English Literature MCQs

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

2. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 'Langston Hughes' is a — a) Russian poet b) British poet c) American poet d) Rumanian poet

15. 'Virginia Woolf' is a — a) novelist b) dramatist c) short story writer d) Physiological novelist

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

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

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

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

20. Who is not a playwright? a) Henrik Ibsen b) William Shakespeare c) George Bernard Shaw d) Jonathan Swift

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

22. Who is not a Romantic poet? a) Wordsworth b) Keats c) Shelley d) Browning

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

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

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

26. In what year did Shakespeare die? a) 1570 AD b) 1580 AD c) 1630 AD d) 1616 AD

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

28. Christopher Marlowe is Shakespeare's — a) Successor b) predecessor c) contemporary d) mentor

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Group A: Answers with Explanations

1. Ans: a) Victorian Explanation: Charles Dickens, the author of David Copperfield, is the most famous novelist of the Victorian Era.

2. Ans: d) Queen Victoria Explanation: The Victorian Age (1837–1901) corresponds with the reign of Queen Victoria.

3. Ans: c) Neo-classical age Explanation: Jonathan Swift (author of Gulliver's Travels) was a prominent satirist of the Augustan Age, which falls under the Neo-classical period.

4. Ans: c) The Spectator Explanation: Joseph Addison and Richard Steele famously collaborated on the daily publication The Spectator (1711–1712).

5. Ans: a) the French Revolution Explanation: William Wordsworth and many other Romantic poets were deeply influenced by the ideals of liberty and equality from the French Revolution.

6. Ans: c) Francis Bacon Explanation: Francis Bacon is known as the father of the English essay. While Dickens wrote novels and Mill was a philosopher, Bacon is most famous for his essays.

7. Ans: d) Russia Explanation: Leo Tolstoy is a giant of Russian literature, famous for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

8. Ans: a) French Explanation: Guy de Maupassant is a 19th-century French writer, considered a master of the short story form.

9. Ans: a) W.B. Yeats Explanation: William Butler Yeats was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and a famous Irish poet/dramatist.

10. Ans: a) Germany Explanation: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature.

11. Ans: d) USA Explanation: Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA.

12. Ans: c) American novelist Explanation: Hemingway is one of the most influential American novelists of the 20th century.

13. Ans: c) William Faulkner Explanation: William Faulkner was an American writer from Mississippi. Pope, Defoe, and Browning were British.

14. Ans: c) American poet Explanation: Langston Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, an American artistic movement.

15. Ans: a) novelist Explanation: Virginia Woolf is a celebrated modernist novelist (known for stream of consciousness), though option (d) 'Physiological novelist' (likely a typo for Psychological) is sometimes discussed, 'novelist' is the primary classification.

16. Ans: b) novelist Explanation: Charles Dickens is the quintessential English novelist of the Victorian era.

17. Ans: b) bard (poet) Explanation: Homer is the legendary ancient Greek epic poet (bard), author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.

18. Ans: d) American poet Explanation: Robert Frost is one of the most famous American poets, known for his depictions of rural New England life.

19. Ans: b) Irish Explanation: W.B. Yeats was Irish and served as a Senator for the Irish Free State.

20. Ans: d) Jonathan Swift Explanation: Ibsen, Shakespeare, and Shaw are famous playwrights. Swift is best known as a satirist and novelist (Gulliver's Travels).

21. Ans: a) Milton Explanation: John Milton wrote Paradise Lost, the greatest epic poem in the English language.

22. Ans: d) Browning Explanation: Robert Browning was a major poet of the Victorian era. Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley were Romantic poets.

23. Ans: d) Stratford-upon-Avon Explanation: Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

24. Ans: a) 1564 AD Explanation: Shakespeare was born in April 1564.

25. Ans: b) 1564 Explanation: (See explanation 24).

26. Ans: d) 1616 AD Explanation: Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616.

27. Ans: a) English Explanation: He is the national poet of England.

28. Ans: b) predecessor Explanation: Although born in the same year (1564), Marlowe began writing earlier and established blank verse in drama before Shakespeare. He is often cited as Shakespeare's great predecessor.

29. Ans: d) Shakespeare Explanation: William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the national poet of England.

30. Ans: c) five acts Explanation: Standard Elizabethan drama, including Shakespeare's plays, follows a five-act structure.

31. Ans: d) Bourgeoisie drama Explanation: Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies, and historical plays (sometimes tragic-comedies/romances). "Bourgeoisie drama" refers to a later genre (18th century) focusing on the middle class.

32. Ans: b) a high ranking man Explanation: In classical and Shakespearean tragedy, the tragic hero is typically a person of high estate (king, prince, general) whose fall affects the state.

33. Ans: c) Tempest Explanation: The Tempest is generally considered the last play Shakespeare wrote alone.

34. Ans: d) The Tempest Explanation: A "swan song" refers to a final performance or work; The Tempest is Shakespeare's farewell to the stage.

35. Ans: d) William Wordsworth Explanation: Wordsworth is known as the "High Priest of Nature" or "Poet of Nature" due to his focus on the natural world.

36. Ans: c) John Keats Explanation: Keats is famous for the line "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" and is often associated with the pursuit of beauty.

37. Ans: d) Henry Fielding Explanation: Henry Fielding is often called the "Father of the English Novel" for works like Tom Jones.

38. Ans: d) comedy of humours Explanation: Ben Jonson popularized the "Comedy of Humours," where characters represent specific bodily fluids (humours) affecting personality.

39. Ans: d) G.B. Shaw Explanation: George Bernard Shaw is often credited as the father of modern English drama/literature for introducing realism and social issues (Ibsenism) to the English stage.

40. Ans: b) Edmund Spenser Explanation: Edmund Spenser is called the "Poet's Poet" because his complex craft appealed highly to other poets (a term coined by Charles Lamb).

Group B: English Literature MCQs

1. Who wrote the epic 'Paradise Lost'? a) William Shakespeare b) John Milton c) John Keats d) Lord Byron

2. 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is a poem written by— a) S.T. Coleridge b) William Wordsworth c) P.B. Shelley d) John Keats

3. Who is known as the 'Rebel Poet' in English literature? a) John Keats b) P.B. Shelley c) Lord Byron d) William Blake

4. The period from 1660 to 1700 is known as— a) The Restoration Period b) The Elizabethan Age c) The Victorian Age d) The Romantic Age

5. Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare? a) Twelfth Night b) As You Like It c) Macbeth d) The Tempest

6. 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty' appears in which poem? a) Ode to a Nightingale b) Ode on a Grecian Urn c) Ode to the West Wind d) The Cloud

7. Who wrote 'Gulliver’s Travels'? a) Charles Dickens b) Jonathan Swift c) Daniel Defoe d) Thomas Hardy

8. Who is the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'? a) Charlotte Bronte b) George Eliot c) Jane Austen d) Virginia Woolf

9. The main character of 'Hamlet' is— a) Prince of Denmark b) Prince of Scotland c) King of England d) King of France

10. T.S. Eliot is famous for his poem— a) The Waste Land b) Daffodils c) Kubla Khan d) The Solitary Reaper

11. Who wrote 'Animal Farm'? a) George Orwell b) Ernest Hemingway c) Mark Twain d) Charles Dickens

12. 'To be or not to be, that is the question' is a famous quote from— a) Macbeth b) Othello c) Hamlet d) King Lear

13. Which poet is known for his 'Dramatic Monologues'? a) Alfred Lord Tennyson b) Robert Browning c) W.B. Yeats d) John Milton

14. Who is the author of 'Robinson Crusoe'? a) Daniel Defoe b) Samuel Richardson c) Henry Fielding d) Sir Walter Scott

15. 'Ulysses' is a poem by— a) Robert Browning b) Matthew Arnold c) Alfred Lord Tennyson d) John Keats

16. Who wrote the novel 'A Passage to India'? a) E.M. Forster b) Rudyard Kipling c) George Orwell d) D.H. Lawrence

17. Geoffrey Chaucer is known for— a) The Faerie Queene b) The Canterbury Tales c) Utopia d) Morte d'Arthur

18. Who is the author of 'The Old Man and the Sea'? a) William Faulkner b) Ernest Hemingway c) John Steinbeck d) F. Scott Fitzgerald

19. Which age is known as the 'Golden Age' of English Literature? a) Victorian Age b) Elizabethan Age c) Restoration Age d) Modern Age

20. 'Silent Woman' is a play by— a) Ben Jonson b) Shakespeare c) Christopher Marlowe d) John Webster

21. Who wrote 'Wuthering Heights'? a) Jane Austen b) Emily Bronte c) Charlotte Bronte d) Anne Bronte

22. 'Child is the father of man' is a quote by— a) William Wordsworth b) Lord Byron c) P.B. Shelley d) S.T. Coleridge

23. Who is the first Nobel Laureate in Literature from Britain? a) G.B. Shaw b) T.S. Eliot c) Rudyard Kipling d) W.B. Yeats

24. 'Ode to the West Wind' was written by— a) John Keats b) P.B. Shelley c) William Blake d) Lord Byron

25. The literary term 'Soliloquy' means— a) A speech made by a character alone on stage b) A dialogue between two characters c) A song sung by a chorus d) A conflict in the drama

26. Who wrote 'The Merchant of Venice'? a) Christopher Marlowe b) William Shakespeare c) Ben Jonson d) John Dryden

27. Who is the author of 'Waiting for Godot'? a) Samuel Beckett b) Harold Pinter c) Arthur Miller d) Tennessee Williams

28. 'Adonais' is an elegy written on the death of— a) William Wordsworth b) Lord Byron c) John Keats d) P.B. Shelley

29. Who wrote 'Arms and the Man'? a) G.B. Shaw b) Oscar Wilde c) Henrik Ibsen d) Arthur Miller

30. Which of the following is a Metaphysical poet? a) John Donne b) John Keats c) Alexander Pope d) William Wordsworth

31. 'Justice' is a play written by— a) John Galsworthy b) G.B. Shaw c) T.S. Eliot d) Samuel Beckett

32. Who wrote 'Of Studies'? a) Charles Lamb b) Francis Bacon c) Joseph Addison d) Richard Steele

33. Who is called the 'Bard of Avon'? a) William Shakespeare b) John Milton c) Alexander Pope d) Edmund Spenser

34. The character 'Shylock' appears in— a) Macbeth b) The Merchant of Venice c) The Tempest d) As You Like It

35. Who wrote the poem 'The Patriot'? a) Robert Browning b) Lord Byron c) Walter Scott d) W.B. Yeats

36. A sonnet consists of— a) 10 lines b) 12 lines c) 14 lines d) 16 lines

37. Who wrote 'Great Expectations'? a) Thomas Hardy b) Charles Dickens c) Jane Austen d) George Eliot

38. The poem 'Easter 1916' is written by— a) T.S. Eliot b) W.B. Yeats c) W.H. Auden d) Ezra Pound

39. Who translated the Bible into English for the first time? a) John Wycliffe b) Thomas More c) William Tyndale d) King James I

40. 'Caesar and Cleopatra' is a play by— a) William Shakespeare b) G.B. Shaw c) John Dryden d) Ben Jonson

Group B: Answers with Explanations

1. Ans: b) John Milton Explanation: Milton is famous for his epic poem Paradise Lost, which tells the biblical story of the Fall of Man.

2. Ans: a) S.T. Coleridge Explanation: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote this famous ballad, known for the albatross and the line "Water, water, everywhere."

3. Ans: c) Lord Byron Explanation: Lord Byron was known for his rebellious nature and lifestyle, often called the "Rebel Poet" of the Romantic age. (Note: In Bengali literature, Kazi Nazrul Islam is the Rebel Poet, but in English, Byron fits the archetype).

4. Ans: a) The Restoration Period Explanation: This period begins in 1660 when the monarchy was restored in England under King Charles II.

5. Ans: c) Macbeth Explanation: Twelfth Night, As You Like It, and The Tempest are comedies/romances. Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies.

6. Ans: b) Ode on a Grecian Urn Explanation: This is the concluding line of John Keats's famous ode.

7. Ans: b) Jonathan Swift Explanation: Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels as a satire on human nature and travellers' tales.

8. Ans: c) Jane Austen Explanation: Jane Austen is the celebrated author of Pride and Prejudice, published in 1813.

9. Ans: a) Prince of Denmark Explanation: The full title of the play is The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.

10. Ans: a) The Waste Land Explanation: Published in 1922, this is a landmark poem of the Modernist movement.

11. Ans: a) George Orwell Explanation: Orwell wrote this allegorical novella reflecting on the Russian Revolution.

12. Ans: c) Hamlet Explanation: This is the opening line of Prince Hamlet's famous soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 1.

13. Ans: b) Robert Browning Explanation: Browning perfected the "Dramatic Monologue" form in poems like My Last Duchess.

14. Ans: a) Daniel Defoe Explanation: Published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction.

15. Ans: c) Alfred Lord Tennyson Explanation: Tennyson wrote Ulysses, a dramatic monologue about the Greek hero growing old.

16. Ans: a) E.M. Forster Explanation: A novel set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement.

17. Ans: b) The Canterbury Tales Explanation: Chaucer is best known for this collection of stories told by pilgrims.

18. Ans: b) Ernest Hemingway Explanation: This novella helped Hemingway win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

19. Ans: b) Elizabethan Age Explanation: The Elizabethan era (1558–1603) is considered the Golden Age due to the flourishing of drama, poetry, and the arts.

20. Ans: a) Ben Jonson Explanation: Epicoene, or The Silent Woman is a comedy by Ben Jonson.

21. Ans: b) Emily Bronte Explanation: It was Emily Bronte's only novel. Her sister Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre.

22. Ans: a) William Wordsworth Explanation: This line appears in his poem "My Heart Leaps Up."

23. Ans: c) Rudyard Kipling Explanation: Kipling won the Nobel Prize in 1907, becoming the first English-language writer to receive the prize.

24. Ans: b) P.B. Shelley Explanation: A famous ode where Shelley addresses the wind as a "destroyer and preserver."

25. Ans: a) A speech made by a character alone on stage Explanation: It allows the audience to hear the character's inner thoughts.

26. Ans: b) William Shakespeare Explanation: A famous play featuring Portia and Shylock.

27. Ans: a) Samuel Beckett Explanation: A prime example of the "Theatre of the Absurd."

28. Ans: c) John Keats Explanation: P.B. Shelley wrote Adonais to mourn the death of his friend and fellow poet, John Keats.

29. Ans: a) G.B. Shaw Explanation: A comedy that satirizes romantic ideas about war and love.

30. Ans: a) John Donne Explanation: John Donne is the leading figure of the Metaphysical school of poetry (17th century).

31. Ans: a) John Galsworthy Explanation: Galsworthy was a novelist and playwright known for highlighting social issues; Justice deals with the prison system.

32. Ans: b) Francis Bacon Explanation: Of Studies is one of Bacon's most famous essays ("Reading maketh a full man...").

33. Ans: a) William Shakespeare Explanation: He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and is affectionately called the Bard.

34. Ans: b) The Merchant of Venice Explanation: Shylock is the Jewish moneylender in this play.

35. Ans: a) Robert Browning Explanation: A poem describing the fickleness of public opinion.

36. Ans: c) 14 lines Explanation: A standard sonnet has 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter.

37. Ans: b) Charles Dickens Explanation: A novel featuring the character Pip and the convict Magwitch.

38. Ans: b) W.B. Yeats Explanation: A poem about the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland.

39. Ans: a) John Wycliffe Explanation: Wycliffe produced the first complete handwritten translation of the Bible into English (late 14th century). Tyndale later did the first printed one.

40. Ans: b) G.B. Shaw Explanation: Caesar and Cleopatra is a play by Shaw, not to be confused with Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra or Julius Caesar.

Group C: English Literature MCQs

1. Who wrote the novel 'Vanity Fair'? a) Charles Dickens b) W.M. Thackeray c) Thomas Hardy d) Jane Austen

2. The comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as' is known as— a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Personification d) Hyperbole

3. Who is the author of 'The Return of the Native'? a) Thomas Hardy b) Charles Dickens c) Somerset Maugham d) D.H. Lawrence

4. 'A Tale of Two Cities' refers to which two cities? a) London and Dublin b) London and Paris c) Paris and Rome d) London and New York

5. Who wrote the poem 'The Daffodils'? a) William Wordsworth b) John Keats c) P.B. Shelley d) Robert Herrick

6. 'Sherlock Holmes' is a famous character created by— a) Agatha Christie b) Arthur Conan Doyle c) Ian Fleming d) G.K. Chesterton

7. Who is the author of '1984'? a) Aldous Huxley b) George Orwell c) H.G. Wells d) Ray Bradbury

8. The literary term 'Elegy' refers to— a) A song of joy b) A song of mourning c) A love poem d) A war poem

9. Who wrote 'Dr. Faustus'? a) Ben Jonson b) Christopher Marlowe c) William Shakespeare d) John Webster

10. Which poet is famous for 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience'? a) William Blake b) John Milton c) Alexander Pope d) Lord Byron

11. Who is the author of 'Emma'? a) Charlotte Bronte b) Jane Austen c) George Eliot d) Emily Bronte

12. The Victorian Age ended in— a) 1890 b) 1900 c) 1901 d) 1910

13. Who wrote the play 'Murder in the Cathedral'? a) G.B. Shaw b) T.S. Eliot c) Harold Pinter d) Samuel Beckett

14. 'Things Fall Apart' is a famous novel by— a) Chinua Achebe b) Wole Soyinka c) Ngugi wa Thiong'o d) Salman Rushdie

15. Who is the author of 'The Jungle Book'? a) R.K. Narayan b) Rudyard Kipling c) E.M. Forster d) Jim Corbett

16. 'Poetic Justice' was a term coined by— a) Aristotle b) Thomas Rymer c) Samuel Johnson d) Matthew Arnold

17. Who wrote 'The Rape of the Lock'? a) Alexander Pope b) John Dryden c) Jonathan Swift d) Thomas Gray

18. Who is known as the 'Sage of Concord'? a) Walt Whitman b) Ralph Waldo Emerson c) Henry David Thoreau d) Mark Twain

19. Which of the following is a comedy by Shakespeare? a) Hamlet b) King Lear c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream d) Othello

20. Who wrote 'Man and Superman'? a) G.B. Shaw b) Ernest Hemingway c) Leo Tolstoy d) Charles Dickens

21. The poem 'The Solitary Reaper' is written by— a) S.T. Coleridge b) William Wordsworth c) John Keats d) Lord Tennyson

22. Who is the author of 'Gitanjali'? a) R.K. Narayan b) Rabindranath Tagore c) Raja Rao d) Mulk Raj Anand

23. 'George Eliot' was the pen name of— a) Mary Ann Evans b) Emily Dickinson c) Virginia Woolf d) Charlotte Bronte

24. Who wrote 'Of Truth'? a) Francis Bacon b) Charles Lamb c) Bertrand Russell d) Addison

25. 'Othello' gave Desdemona a— a) Ring b) Handkerchief c) Necklace d) Letter

26. Who is the author of 'War and Peace'? a) Fyodor Dostoevsky b) Leo Tolstoy c) Anton Chekhov d) Maxim Gorky

27. Which period is called 'The Age of Reason'? a) The Renaissance b) The 18th Century (Augustan Age) c) The Romantic Age d) The Victorian Age

28. Who wrote 'Moby Dick'? a) Herman Melville b) Nathaniel Hawthorne c) Mark Twain d) Walt Whitman

29. Who is the author of 'Sons and Lovers'? a) James Joyce b) D.H. Lawrence c) Virginia Woolf d) Joseph Conrad

30. 'Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven' is a quote from— a) The Bible b) Paradise Lost c) Dr. Faustus d) The Divine Comedy

31. Who wrote 'A Doll’s House'? a) Henrik Ibsen b) Anton Chekhov c) August Strindberg d) G.B. Shaw

32. The Romantic Age began with the publication of— a) The Spectator b) Lyrical Ballads c) The Tatler d) Pride and Prejudice

33. Who is the author of 'The Canterbury Tales'? a) William Langland b) Geoffrey Chaucer c) John Gower d) Thomas Malory

34. Who wrote 'Sense and Sensibility'? a) Jane Austen b) George Eliot c) Mrs. Gaskell d) Bronte Sisters

35. 'Kubla Khan' was written by— a) William Wordsworth b) S.T. Coleridge c) Lord Byron d) John Keats

36. Who wrote 'The God of Small Things'? a) Arundhati Roy b) Jhumpa Lahiri c) Kiran Desai d) Anita Desai

37. Who is the author of 'Utopia'? a) Thomas More b) Francis Bacon c) John Lyly d) Philip Sidney

38. The play 'The Way of the World' was written by— a) William Congreve b) John Dryden c) Oliver Goldsmith d) R.B. Sheridan

39. Who wrote 'Leaves of Grass'? a) Robert Frost b) Walt Whitman c) Emily Dickinson d) T.S. Eliot

40. 'Frailty, thy name is woman' is a quote from— a) Othello b) Hamlet c) Macbeth d) King Lear

Group C: Answers with Explanations

1. Ans: b) W.M. Thackeray Explanation: Vanity Fair is a Victorian novel satirizing society, famous for the character Becky Sharp.

2. Ans: b) Simile Explanation: A simile explicitly compares two things using "like" or "as" (e.g., "White as snow").

3. Ans: a) Thomas Hardy Explanation: Hardy is famous for his novels set in the fictional county of Wessex.

4. Ans: b) London and Paris Explanation: Charles Dickens's novel is set during the French Revolution, moving between these two capitals.

5. Ans: a) William Wordsworth Explanation: "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is the opening line of this famous poem about daffodils.

6. Ans: b) Arthur Conan Doyle Explanation: He created the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.

7. Ans: b) George Orwell Explanation: A dystopian novel about totalitarianism and surveillance (Big Brother).

8. Ans: b) A song of mourning Explanation: An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

9. Ans: b) Christopher Marlowe Explanation: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus is an Elizabethan tragedy about a man who sells his soul to the devil.

10. Ans: a) William Blake Explanation: Blake was a pre-Romantic poet and artist who published these two contrary states of the human soul.

11. Ans: b) Jane Austen Explanation: Emma is a novel about a young woman who fancies herself a matchmaker.

12. Ans: c) 1901 Explanation: The Victorian age ended with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901.

13. Ans: b) T.S. Eliot Explanation: A verse drama portraying the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket.

14. Ans: a) Chinua Achebe Explanation: A seminal African novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe about the effects of colonialism.

15. Ans: b) Rudyard Kipling Explanation: A collection of stories including the famous character Mowgli.

16. Ans: b) Thomas Rymer Explanation: Rymer coined the term to describe a literary device where virtue is rewarded and vice is punished.

17. Ans: a) Alexander Pope Explanation: A mock-heroic narrative poem satirizing a high-society scandal.

18. Ans: b) Ralph Waldo Emerson Explanation: Emerson was a leader of the Transcendentalist movement, based in Concord, Massachusetts.

19. Ans: c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Explanation: Hamlet, Lear, and Othello are tragedies. Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy.

20. Ans: a) G.B. Shaw Explanation: A four-act drama containing the famous "Don Juan in Hell" dream sequence.

21. Ans: b) William Wordsworth Explanation: A lyric poem about a girl in the fields singing in a language the poet doesn't understand (Gaelic).

22. Ans: b) Rabindranath Tagore Explanation: Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for this collection of poems (Song Offerings).

23. Ans: a) Mary Ann Evans Explanation: She used a male pen name to ensure her works would be taken seriously in the Victorian era.

24. Ans: a) Francis Bacon Explanation: The opening essay in Bacon's collection ("What is truth? said jesting Pilate...").

25. Ans: b) Handkerchief Explanation: The strawberry-spotted handkerchief is the key prop Othello uses as "proof" of infidelity.

26. Ans: b) Leo Tolstoy Explanation: A massive Russian novel chronicling the French invasion of Russia.

27. Ans: b) The 18th Century (Augustan Age) Explanation: Also known as the Neoclassical period, characterized by logic, reason, and order.

28. Ans: a) Herman Melville Explanation: An American novel about Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for the white whale.

29. Ans: b) D.H. Lawrence Explanation: A semi-autobiographical novel exploring the complex bond between a mother and her son.

30. Ans: b) Paradise Lost Explanation: Spoken by Satan in Book I of Milton's epic.

31. Ans: a) Henrik Ibsen Explanation: A landmark play about a woman (Nora) leaving her restrictve marriage.

32. Ans: b) Lyrical Ballads Explanation: Published in 1798 by Wordsworth and Coleridge, marking the beginning of the Romantic movement in England.

33. Ans: b) Geoffrey Chaucer Explanation: (See Group B explanation).

34. Ans: a) Jane Austen Explanation: Published in 1811, dealing with the dashwood sisters (Sense/Logic vs Sensibility/Emotion).

35. Ans: b) S.T. Coleridge Explanation: A famous poem written after an opium-induced dream about the palace of Xanadu.

36. Ans: a) Arundhati Roy Explanation: The novel won the Booker Prize in 1997.

37. Ans: a) Thomas More Explanation: Written in 1516, describing an ideal island society.

38. Ans: a) William Congreve Explanation: A Restoration comedy of manners, famous for its wit.

39. Ans: b) Walt Whitman Explanation: A poetry collection he revised throughout his life, celebrating democracy and nature.

40. Ans: b) Hamlet Explanation: Spoken by Hamlet in Act 1, Scene 2, regarding his mother's hasty remarriage.