Literature - Exercise - 7 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

TOPIC: ENGLISH LITERATURE

Exercise - 7

The Romantic Period (1798-1832)

General Questions

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)

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

Jane Austen

1. The Character, Elizabeth Bennet, appears in the novel – [45th BCS]

A. Pride and Prejudice

B. Tess of the D’Urbervilles

C. Wuthering Heights

D. Jane Eyre

Ans: A

2. ‘Love and Friendship’ is written by-[BEPZA: 21]

A. Francis Bacon

B. Jane Austen

C. Jonathan Swift

D. Charles Dickens

Ans: B

3. Who is the author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’? [Janata Bank: 20]

A. Leo Tolstoy

B. Charles Dickens

C. Jane Austen

D. William Shakespeare

Ans: C

4. ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is- [Defense Ministry: 16]

A. Short story

B. A drama

C. Ode

D. A novel

Ans: D

5. Jane Austen is the writer of – [Passport Dept: 11]

A. Jane Eyre

B. Ramona

C. Emma

D. Rebecca

Ans: C

6. Which one is not a play? [National Savings: 09]

A. The Tempest

B. Othello

C. King Lear

D. Pride and Prejudice

Ans: D

7. ‘Emma’ was written by- [Labor Dept: 03]

A. Swift

B. G. B. Shaw

C. Mark Twain

D. Jane Austen

Ans: D

Lord Byron

1. Don Juan was composed by – [45th BCS]

A. W. B. Yeats

B. E. B. Browning

C. George Gordon Byron

D. Alexander Pope

Ans: C

2. Lord Byron was an __ poet. [Jahangirnagar Univ: 16-17]

A. Anglo-Scottish

B. Irish

C. American

D. Italian

Ans: A

3. John Keats is known as a romantic poet. So is – [Sonali Bank: 14]

A. T. Eliot

B. Lord Tennyson

C. Lord Byron

D. G. M Hopkins

Ans: C

4. Who wrote the poem ‘Don Juan’? [Sonali Bank: 14]

A. William Wordsworth

B. William Blake

C. Lord Byron

D. John Keats

Ans: C

5. Who is the author of ‘Heaven and Earth’? [Rajshahi Univ: 09-10]

A. Lord Tennyson

B. William Wordsworth

C. Lord Byron

D. John Keats

Ans: C

6. ‘The Vision of Judgment’ was written by– [Primary School: 07]

A. Swift

B. G. B. Shaw

C. Mark Twain

D. Lord Byron

Ans: D

7. Who is considered to be the ‘Rebel Poet’ in English Literature? [Railway: 01]

A. Walter Scott

B. Lord Byron

C. John Keats

D. John Austin

Ans: B

P.B. Shelley

1. Who wrote the poem ‘Ozymandias’? [45th BCS]

A. Thomas Hardy

B. Wordsworth

C. P. B. Shelley

D. Edmund Spenser

Ans: C

2. P. B. Shelley’s ‘Adonais’ is an elegy on the death of- [37th BCS]

A. John Milton

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. John Keats

D. Lord Byron

Ans: C

3. William Wordsworth and P. B. Shelley are two ____. [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. Modern Poet

B. novelist

C. ancient poet

D. romantic poet

Ans: D

4. Shelley was one of the greatest ___ poets. [Jahangirnagar Univ: 15-16]

A. romantic

B. realistic

C. naturalistic

D. symbolist

Ans: A

5. Who among the following is a revolutionary poet? [Passport Dept: 14]

A. John Keats

B. P. B. Shelley

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. William Wordsworth

Ans: B

6. P. B. Shelley is known as- [Power Board: 12]

A. Epic Poet

B. Romantic Poet

C. Poet of Nature

D. Poet of Beauty

Ans: B

7. Who wrote Prometheus Unbound? [Foreign Ministry: 12]

A. Coleridge

B. Keats

C. Byron

D. Shelley

Ans: D

8. ‘Ode to the West Wind’ is by- [Environment Dept: 11]

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Coleridge

D. Wordsworth

Ans: B

9. One of the following was a romantic poet- [Social Welfare: 10]

A. Tennyson

B. Arnold

C. Shelley

D. Browning

Ans: C

10. ‘Poet of Skylark and Wind’ is known as? [Primary Headmaster: 93]

A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. W. Wordsworth

D. P. B. Shelley

Ans: D

11. Who is not a poet of Victorian Age? [Environment Dept: 05]

A. Robert Frost

B. W. B. Yeats

C. P. B. Shelley

D. H. G. Wells

Ans: C

Ozymandias (Shelley)

1. ‘Visage’ in the Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ refers to- [Defense Ministry: 23]

A. body

B. sculpture

C. face

D. statue

Ans: C

2. In Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’ frown, and ‘sneer of cold command’ are seen on - [Jahangirnagar Univ: 11-12]

A. the pedestal of the statue

B. the visage of the maturet (statue?)

C. the har id of the statue

D. the sand of the antique land

Ans: A (Note: Frown is typically on the visage (face). Source indicates A, though B (visage) is contextually more accurate).

3. The central idea of ‘Ozymandias’ is - [Jahangirnagar Univ: 11-12]

A. all things, both great and small, will perish

B. man is mortal, art is immortal

C. imagination is stronger than fact

D. history repeats

Ans: A

4. In Ozymandias, who saw the statue of Ozymandias? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 11-12]

A. the poet

B. an old man

C. a traveller

D. a sculptor

Ans: C

5. In ‘Ozymandias’ the poet says, ‘I met a traveller an land.’ [Dhaka Univ: 07-08]

A. by, old

B. going, ancient

C. from, antique

D. passing, antique

Ans: C

6. In Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’, the words “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings” are inscribed on- [Dhaka Univ: 10-11]

A. The visage of the statue

B. the pedestral of the statue

C. the hand of the statue

D. the sand of the antique land.

Ans: B

7. In the poem ‘Ozymandias’, who calls Ozymandias ‘King of Kings’? [Islamic Univ: 15-16]

A. the traveller

B. the speaker

C. Ozymandia himself

D. other kings

Ans: C

8. In the poem ‘Ozymandias’, the phrase ‘king of kings’ is an example of – [Dhaka Univ: 14-15]

A. exaggeration

B. irony

C. sarcasm

D. hum

Ans: B

John Keats

1. Who is not a modern poet? [43rd BCS]

A. W. B. Yeats

B. W. H. Auden

C. John Keats

D. T. S. Eliot

Ans: C

2. Who was the youngest of the Romantic poets? [Civil Aviation: 21]

A. Keats

B. Coleridge

C. Byron

D. Shelley

Ans: A

3. Who of the following is a poet? [Agriculture Extension: 21]

A. John Keats

B. John Locke

C. Charles Dickens

D. Mary Shelley

Ans: A

4. Who wrote ‘Ode to Psyche’? [Janata Bank: 20]

A. Lord Byron

B. John Keats

C. Shakespeare

D. William Wordsworth

Ans: B

5. John Keats is – [ACC: 19]

A. Poet

B. Dramatist

C. Artist

D. None

Ans: A

6. Who is called the poet of beauty in English Literature? [Youth Dept: 19]

A. P. B. Shelley

B. Lord Byron

C. John Keats

D. W. Wordsworth

Ans: C

7. Who is the poet of beauty? [Comilla Univ: 11-12]

A. Wordsworth

B. John Keats

C. Lord Byron

D. P. B. Shelley

Ans: B

8. ‘Ode to Autumn’ was written by – [PWD: 11]

A. Shelley

B. Keats

C. Byron

D. Blake

Ans: B

9. ‘Chapman’s Homer in ‘On first looking into Chapman’s Homer’ Keats means – [Dhaka Univ: 09-10]

A. Chapman’s translation of Homer

B. Chapman’s ideas of Homer

C. Chapman’s understanding of Homer

D. Chapman’s biography of Homer

Ans: A

10. John Keats is known as – [Bangladesh Bank: 09]

A. Blind man

B. poet of Sensuouseness

C. Lame

D. Poet of nature

Ans: B

11. A famous English poet who was professionally known as a man of medicine is- [Info Ministry: 06]

A. Shelley

B. Keats

C. Milton

D. Pope

Ans: B

12. Keats belonged to – . [PSC: 06]

A. Eighteenth century

B. Nineteenth century

C. Twentieth century

D. Seventeenth century

Ans: B

13. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ quotation from Keats- [Prison Supt: 05]

A. The eve of St. Agnes

B. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. Endymion

D. Ode to west wind

Ans: C

14. Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’? [Parliament: 06]

A. Keats

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Shakespeare

Ans: A

15. Poet of sensuousness- [ACC: 04]

A. P. B. Shelley

B. Wordsworth

C. John Keats

D. Byron

Ans: C

16. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’? [Meteorology: 04]

A. Wordsworth

B. Shelley

C. Shakespeare

D. Keats

Ans: D

17. The poet of ‘Romantic Age’ is – [Passport Dept: 00]

A. George Well

B. D. H. Lawrence

C. John Milton

D. John Keats

Ans: D

18. John Keats is primarily a poet of – [Youth Dept: 99]

A. Beauty

B. Nature

C. Love

D. Revolution

Ans: A

19. Which English poet died of tuberculosis? [Narcotics Dept: 99]

A. P. B. Shelley

B. Robert Burns

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. John Keats

Ans: D

20. Who wrote ‘Ode To Nightingale’? [Govt. High School: 97]

A. Pope

B. Shelley

C. Wordsworth

D. Keats

Ans: D

21. John Keats belongs to which class of poets? [Sub-Registrar: 92]

A. Romantic

B. Modern

C. Classical

D. Ancient

Ans: A

Charles Lamb

1. Charles Lamb was- [Environment Dept: 95]

A. an essayist

B. a novelist

C. a epic poet

D. a dramatist

Ans: A

2. ‘Essays of ‘Elia’ was written by- [Khulna Univ: 09-10]

A. William Hazlitt

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Charles Lamb

D. Emily Bronte

Ans: C

Victorian Period (1832-1901)

General Questions

1. Who is not a Victorian poet? [45th BCS]

A. Alfred Tennyson

B. Robert Browning

C. William Wordsworth

D. Matthew Arnold

Ans: C

2. In which century was the Victorian Period? [16th BCS]

A. 17th century

B. 18th century

C. 19th Century

D. 20th century

Ans: C

3. The Victorian age is named after – . [Rural Electrification: 16]

A. King Victor I

B. Victory of the British empire

C. the victors in the war against the French

D. Queen Victoria

Ans: D

4. Which of the following ages in literary history is the latest? [PSC: 06]

A. The Anglo-Saxon Age

B. The Renaissance Age

C. The Romantic Age

D. The Victorian Age

Ans: D

5. How long did the queen Victoria rule England? [Rajshahi Univ: 08-09]

A. from 1800—1900

B. from 1870—1900

C. from 1820—1900

D. from 1837—1901

Ans: D

Alfred Lord Tennyson

1. ‘Ulysses’ is a poem written by– [45th BCS]

A. Robert Browning

B. Wordsworth

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. Alfred Tennyson

Ans: D

2. ‘The old order changeth, yielding place to new’.—This line is extracted from Tennyson’s poem - [40th BCS]

A. The Lotus-Eaters

B. Tithonus

C. Locksley Hall

D. Morte D’Arthur

Ans: D

3. Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of – [40th BCS]

A. John Milton

B. John Keats

C. Arthur Henry Hallam

D. Sydney Smith

Ans: C

4. Into the _____ of death rode the six hundred. [29th BCS]

A. city

B. tunnel

C. road

D. valley

Ans: D

5. Which period does the poet Alfred Tennyson belong to? [Passport Dept: 14]

A. Romantic

B. Victorian

C. Puritan

D. Elizabethan

Ans: B

6. Tennyson lived during the reign of- [Food Dept: 04]

A. Elizabeth

B. Victoria

C. Chaucer

D. James JR

Ans: B

7. Lord Tennyson is known as- [Rajshahi Krishi Bank: 10]

A. Epic poet

B. Lyric poet

C. Romantic poet

D. poet of beauty

Ans: B

8. Tennyson wrote- [Govt. High School: 06]

A. Dover Beach

B. My Last duhess

C. The lotus Eaters

D. The Eve of St.Agnes

Ans: C

9. Which of the following sentences is correct? [Chittagong Univ: 14-15]

A. Wordsworth succeeded Tennyson as poet laureate

B. Wordsworth succeeded Browning as poet laureate

C. Tennyson succeeded Shelley as poet laureate

D. Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as poet laureate

Ans: D

10. Who wrote the poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’? [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. W. H. Auden

B. Tennyson

C. W.B. Yeats

D. Wordsworth

Ans: B

11. The first line of the poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigad’ by Lord Alfred Tennyson is- [Dhaka Univ: 17-18]

A. Half a legend, half a legend

B. Half a league onward, half a league

C. Half a league, half a league

D. Half a league, half a legend

Ans: C

Charles Dickens

1. London town is found a living being in the works of – [36th BCS]

A. Thomas Hardy

B. Charles Dickens

C. W. Congreve

D. D. H. Lawrence

Ans: B

2. Who wrote the two famous novels ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘A Tale of Two Cities’? [29th BCS]

A. Thomas Hardy

B. John Keats

C. George Eliot

D. Charles Dickens

Ans: D

3. ‘Great Expectations’ is novel written by – [Jiban Bima: 21]

A. Shakespeare

B. Thomas Hardy

C. Jane Austen

D. Charles Dickens

Ans: D

4. ‘Pip’ is the protagonist in Charles Dickens’ novel – [Railway Ministry: 21]

A. A Christmas Carol

B. A Tale of Two Cities

C. Oliver Twist

D. Great Expectations

Ans: D

5. What is the pen-name of Charles Dickens? [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. Elia

B. Boz

C. Evoe

D. Bell Ellis

Ans: B

6. The book ‘Oliver Twist’ was written by – [UCBL: 11]

A. Charles Darwin

B. Charles Dickens

C. George Eliot

D. Balwant Gargi

Ans: B

7. Charles Dickens is a great –– . [ACC: 04]

A. Poet

B. Critic

C. Playwright

D. Novelist

Ans: D

8. Charles Dickens is not the novelist for one the following – [Railway: 00]

A. A tale of two cities

B. Treasure Island

C. David Copperfield

D. Great Expectation

Ans: B

9. One of the four mentioned below is not a novelist of Modern Age in English Literature. Who is he? [PSC: 98]

A. H.G. Wells

B. Charles Dickens

C. Rudyard Kipling

D. T.S.Eliot

Ans: B

A Tale of Two Cities

1. A famous novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ is written by – [Combined Bank: 23]

A. Charles Dickens

B. George Eliot

C. Jane Austen

D. Thomas Hardy

Ans: A

2. ‘A Tale of two cities’ is a/an – [Ministry Officials: 16]

A. novel

B. drama

C. epic

D. fiction

Ans: A

3. Which two cities are referred to in ‘A Tale of two cities’? [CGA: 22]

A. Paris and Mexico city

B. London and Rome

C. Paris and Athens

D. London and Paris

Ans: D

4. Based on which revolution was ‘A Tale of two cities’ written? [Dhaka Univ: 01-02]

A. Bolshevik

B. Glorious Revolution

C. American Revolution

D. French Revolution

Ans: D

David Copperfield

1. ‘David Copperfield’ is a/an –– novel. [36th BCS]

A. Victorian

B. Elizabethan

C. Romantic

D. Modern

Ans: A

2. ‘David Copperfield’ is written by – [Biman Bangladesh: 20]

A. Jane Austen

B. P.B. Shelley

C. Alfred Tennyson

D. Charles Dickens

Ans: D

3. In which of the following novels Charles Dickens is most autobiographical? [One Bank: 12]

A. Great Expectation

B. David Copperfield

C. Old Curiosity Shop

D. Oliver Twist

Ans: B

4. Charles Dickens was the writer of – [Social Welfare: 10]

A. Jane Eyre

B. Wuthering Heights

C. David Copperfield

D. Return of the Native

Ans: C

5. Which book was written by Charles Dickens? [Primary School: 01]

A. The Moon and the Sixpence

B. As you like it

C. David Copperfield

D. The Old man and the sea

Ans: C

Robert Browning

1. Robert Browning was a –– poet. [37th BCS]

A. Romantic

B. Victorian

C. Modern

D. Elizabethan

Ans: B

2. Browning was the composer of any of the following poems – [17th BCS]

A. Two Voices

B. The Scholar Gipsy

C. Andrea del Sarto

D. One one

Ans: C

3. Who is the poet of the ‘Victorian Age’? [11th BCS]

A. Helen Keller

B. Mathew Arnold

C. Shakespeare

D. Robert Browning

Ans: D

4. Who among the following is not a recipient of the Nobel prize in literature? [Sonali Bank: 14]

A. Rabindranath Tagore

B. W. B. Keats

C. T. S. Eliot

D. Robert Browning

Ans: D

5. Browning wrote – [Edu Officer: 12]

A. Rabbi Ben Ezra

B. La Belle Sans Merci

C. Adonais

D. Done Juan

Ans: A

6. Who excels in dramatic monologue? [Khulna Univ: 11-12]

A. John Milton

B. Robert Browning

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. Wordsworth

Ans: B

7. Where was the patriot taken in ‘The Patriot’? [Audit: 14]

A. To the gallows

B. To the public stage

C. To the ruler's court

D. Not given

Ans: B

8. The tone of the speaker in ‘The Patriot’ by Robert Browning is- [Dhaka Univ: 02-03]

A. happy

B. angry

C. confused

D. bitter

Ans: D

9. Who composed the poem ‘The Patriot’? [Family Planning: 98]

A. Sir Walter Scott

B. Robert Browning

C. Robert Herrick

D. Robert Frost

Ans: B

10. ‘The palsied few’ who watch the patriots in Browning’s poems are – [Dhaka Univ: 98-99]

A. hair

B. combs

C. curling iron

D. the mob

Ans: C (Note: Source answer is C, though contextually ambiguous).

Matthew Arnold

1. Who is the poet of the ‘Victorian Age’? [11th BCS]

A. Helen Keller

B. Mathew Arnold

C. Shakespeare

D. Robert Browning

Ans: D

2. Matthew Arnold belongs to- [Rajshahi Univ: 06-07]

A. Romantic age

B. Victorian age

C. Puritan age

D. Modern age

Ans: B

3. ‘The Scholar Gipsy’ wrote by- [Sonali Bank: 04]

A. Mathew Arnold

B. Robert Browning

C. W.B. Yeats

D. Alfred Tennyson

Ans: A

4. Who is a Victorian poet? [Passport Dept: 05]

A. Lord Byron

B. Thomas Gray

C. Mathew Arnold

D. None of them

Ans: C

W.M. Thackeray

1. Vanity Fair is a –– . [Foreign Ministry: 12]

A. short story

B. drama

C. poem

D. novel

Ans: D

2. Who has written the novel ‘Vanity Fair’? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 15-16]

A. Jane Austen

B. Charles Dickens

C. W. M. Thackeray

D. Thomas Hardy

Ans: C

Charlotte Bronte

1. Who is the author of ‘Jane Eyre’? [43rd BCS]

A. Charlotte Bronte

B. Emily Bronte

C. Jane Austen

D. Mary Shelley

Ans: A

2. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote Jane Eyre? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 12-13]

A. Anne

B. Charlotte

C. Emily

D. Louise

Ans: B

Emily Bronte

1. Who is the central character of ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte? [40th BCS]

A. Mr. Earnshaw

B. Catherine

C. Heathcliff

D. Hindley Earnshaw

Ans: C

2. The novel ‘Wuthering Heights’ is written by – [Foreign Ministry: 12]

A. Charles Dickens

B. Charlotte Bronte

C. Emily Bronte

D. Thomas Hardy

Ans: C

George Eliot

1. Find the odd-man-out – [35th BCS]

A. George Eliot

B. Thomas Hrady

C. John Milton

D. Homer

Ans: A

2. George Eliot was the pen name of - [Biman Bangladesh: 22]

A. Eric Arthur Blair

B. Mary Anm Evans

C. Samvel Clemens

D. William Sydney Porter

Ans: B

3. George Eliot was a novelist of which century? [Primary School: 06]

A. 17th century

B. 18th century

C. 19th century

D. 20th century

Ans: C

4. What is the real name of George Eliot? [Comilla Univ: 03-04]

A. William Hazlitt

B. Jane Austen

C. T. S. Eliot

D. Mary Anne Evans

Ans: D

5. What is the pen-name of Mary Anne Evans? [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. Evou

B. Boz

C. Maxim Gorky

D. George Eliot

Ans: D

6. Mary Anne Evans is known as- [Food Dept: 04]

A. Blind man

B. George Eliot

C. Lame

D. Poet of nature

Ans: B

7. ‘Adam Bede’ was written by- [Primary Headmaster: 02]

A. Swift

B. G B Shaw

C. Mark Twain

D. Eliot

Ans: D

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

1. Who was not awarded the Noble Prize? [Food Dept: 21]

A. John Gatsworthy

B. Orhan Pamuk

C. Winston Churchill

D. Elizabeth Barret

Ans: D

Thomas Hardy

1. Clym Yeobright, is the protagonist of the novel – [45th BCS]

A. David Copperfield

B. Adam Bede

C. A passage to India

D. The Return of the Native

Ans: D

2. Which of the following books is written by Thomas Hardy? [36th BCS]

A. Vanity Fair

B. The Return of the Native

C. Pride and Prejudice

D. Oliver Twist

Ans: B

3. Who is novelist? [Parliament: 23]

A. William Shakespeare

B. Alfred Tennyson

C. Thomas Hardy

D. John Donne

Ans: C

4. Thomas Hardy was born in- [Environment Dept: 05]

A. 1850

B. 1950

C. 1855

D. 1940

Ans: D

5. ‘The Return of the Native’ is written by- [Passport Dept: 07]

A. Aldoux Huxley

B. Somerset Maugham

C. Alexandre Dumas

D. Thomas Hardy

Ans: D

6. Who wrote the novel ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’? [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. Thomas Hardy

B. Jane Austen

C. Charles Dickens

D. D. H. Lawrence

Ans: A