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TOPIC: QUOTATIONS

QUESTIONS

BCS Questions

Famous Quotations

1. ‘Oh, lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!’ The extract is taken from P. B. Shelley’s poem – [44th BCS]

A. The Cloud

B. To a skylark

C. Ode to the West Wind

D. Adonais

Ans: C

2. ‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more,’ These memorable lines in Shakespearean tragedy are spoken by- [44th BCS]

A. Lady Macbeth

B. Banquo

C. Duncan

D. Macbeth

Ans: D

3. ‘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

4. ‘All changed, changed utterly; A terrible beauty is born.’ This extract is taken from W. B. Yeats’ poem titled – [44th BCS]

A. No Second Troy

B. Easter 1916

C. The Second Coming

D. The Wild Swans at Coole

Ans: B

5. ‘He prayeth best, who loveth best’ – Who said it? [44th BCS]

A. John Milton

B. John Donne

C. Lord Byron

D. S. T. Coleridge

Ans: D

6. ‘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

7. ‘If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?’ – Who wrote this? [43rd BCS]

A. William Blake

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. Lord Byron

D. P. B. Shelley

Ans: D

8. ‘Why, then, ‘tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ This extract is taken from the drama – [41st BCS]

A. King Lear

B. Macbeth

C. As You Like It

D. Hamlet

Ans: D

9. ‘Made weak by time and date, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to Yield.’ Is taken form the poem written by – [41st BCS]

A. Robert Browning

B. Matthew Arnold

C. Alfred Tennyson

D. Lord Byron

Ans: C (From the poem 'Ulysses')

10. ‘Was this the face that launch’d a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of llium?’ – Who speaks the famous lines? [41st BCS]

A. Caesar

B. Antony

C. Faustus

D. Romeo

Ans: C (From 'Doctor Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe)

11. ‘Where are the songs of spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too’ – who wrote this? [40th BCS]

A. William Wordsworth

B. Robert Browning

C. John Keats

D. Coleridge

Ans: C

12. ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.’ Who said this? [40th BCS]

A. Macbeth

B. Lady Macbeth

C. Lady Macduff

D. Macduff

Ans: B

13. ‘To be, or not to be that is the question’ is a famous soliloquy from – [39th BCS]

A. Hamlet

B. Macbeth

C. King Lear

D. Othello

Ans: A

14. ‘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

15. Where do the following lines occur in? ‘Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea – ’ [37th BCS]

A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

B. Kubla Khan

C. The Nightingle

D. The Dungeon

Ans: A

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

A. W. Wordsworth

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. P. B. Shelly

D. A. C. Swindurne

Ans: A

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

A. Christopher Marlowe

B. John Webstar

C. W. Shakespeare

D. T. S. Eliot

Ans: C (From the play 'Hamlet')

18. 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

19. ‘A little learning is a dangerous thing’ is quotation from – [35th BCS]

A. Oscar Wilds

B. Alexander Pope

C. Alfred Tennyson

D. Voltaire

Ans: B

20. ‘To be or not to be, that is the- . [29th BCS]

A. meaning

B. question

C. answer

D. issue

Ans: B

21. ‘If winter comes, can spring be far behind?’ These lines were written by – [28th BCS]

A. Keats

B. Frost

C. Eliot

D. Shelley

Ans: D

22. Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty’? [15th BCS]

A. Shakespeare

B. Wordsworth

C. Keats

D. Eliot

Ans: C (From 'Ode on a Grecian Urn')

23. ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ was stated by- [11th BCS]

A. Disraeli

B. Emerson

C. Gladstone

D. Shakespeare

Ans: C

PSC & Other Exam Questions

Famous Quotations & Authors

24. ‘Our sweetest songs are those that tell us of saddest thought’ is written by__. [Power Grid: 24]

A. Wordsworth

B. William Shakespeare

C. S.T. Coleridge

D. P.B. Shelley

Ans: D (From To a Skylark)

25. ‘Cowards die many times before their death’. This extract is taken from Shakespeare’s: [PSC Staff Officer: 23]

A. Macbeth

B. Hamlet

C. Othello

D. Julius Caesar

Ans: D

26. ‘Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers’ কার উক্তি – [CGA: 22]

A. Alfred Lord Tennyson.

B. Robert Browning

C. Thomas Hardy

D. Charles Dickens

Ans: A

27. ‘April is the cruelest month’ is written by – [BEPZA: 21]

A. W. B. Yeats

B. T. S. Eliot

C. Robert Frost

D. Auden

Ans: B (From The Waste Land)

28. Uneasy lies the head- [BBS: 21]

A. when wears a crown

B. When wears a crown

C. That wears a crown

D. Who wears a crown

Ans: C (Shakespeare's Henry IV)

29. ‘One man in his time plays many parts.’ It is a quote of – [Combined 7 Banks: 21]

A. William Shakespeare

B. Robert Frost

C. Ben Jonson

D. Thomas Kyd

Ans: A (From As You Like It)

30. `Who quoted ‘It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer’? [BJS: 21]

A. William Blackstone

B. Cesare Beccaria

C. John Selden

D. T. H. White

Ans: A

31. ‘I am one who loved not wisely but too well’ is a quotation from- [Combined 7 Banks: 21]

A. Milton

B. William Shakespeare

C. T. S. Eliot

D. Ruskin

Ans: B (From Othello)

32. ‘Workers of the world United’ কার উক্তি? [Rajshahi Univ: 22-23]

A. কার্ল মার্কস

B. জন এফ কেনেডি

C. লিও টলস্টয়

D. মাওসেতুং

Ans: A

33. ‘Blow, blow, thou winter wind thou art not so unkind’ is taken from the writings of− [Dhaka Univ: 20-21]

A. William Blake

B. John Keats

C. William Shakespeare

D. P.B Shelley

Ans: C

34. ‘The Struggle this is a struggle for freedom− the struggle this time is a struggle of Emancipation’− is a very famous quote from? [Dhaka Univ: 20-21]

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Nelson Mandela

C. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

D. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Ans: D

35. Who is the speaker of this quote ‘No man is above the law and no man is below It.’? [12th BJS: 18]

A. Franklin

B. Dickens

C. Doughles

D. Roosevelt

Ans: D

36. `Who wrote this famous line, ‘Our sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest thought?’ [Expatriates' Ministry: 12]

A. P.B.Shelley

B. Shakespeare

C. John Keats

D. Robert Frost

Ans: A

37. ‘Judges like Caesar’s wife should be above suspicion.’ [10th BJS: 16]

A. Bowen LJ

B. Sir William Blackstone

C. Francis Bacon

D. Lord Denning

Ans: A

38. ‘Corruption wins not more than honesty.’ উক্তিটি কার? [10th BJS: 16]

A. William Shakespeare

B. Seneca

C. Niccolo Machiavelli

D. Plato

Ans: A (From Henry VIII)

39. ‘The smile that win, the tints that glow’-Who wrote this line. [Dhaka Univ: 18-19]

A. D.H. Lawrence

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Niccolo Machiavelli

D. Lord Byron

Ans: D (From She Walks in Beauty. Note: Original question had an error in options).

40. ‘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 (From Hamlet)

41. `Who said ‘Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.’? [Chittagong Univ: 07-08]

A. Rousseau

B. Keats

C. Lord Masefield

D. Stuart Mill

Ans: A

42. ‘Know thyself ’ is written by ___? [Chittagong Univ: 07-08]

A. Aristotle

B. Plato

C. Socrates

D. Homer

Ans: C

43. ‘Better three hours too soon than a minute too late ’was said by- [Islamic Univ: 15-16]

A. William Shakespeare

B. William Wordsworth

C. O’ Henry

D. Edgar Allan Poe

Ans: A

44. ‘Hold fast to dreams’ Who wrote the line? [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. John Keats

B. John Donne

C. Langston Hughes

D. D.H. Lawrence

Ans: C

45. ‘How can the bird that is born for joy’ What is the next line? [Islamic Univ: 15-16]

A. Sit in a cage and sing

B. But drop his tender wing

C. And forget the youthful spring

D. By sorrow and care’s dismay

Ans: A (From William Blake's The Schoolboy)

46. ‘All people dream, but not equally.’ Who wrote this line? [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. Langston Hughes

B. D.H. Lawrence

C. John Keats

D. John Donne

Ans: B (Commonly attributed to T.E. Lawrence, often confused in exams. Option B is likely the intended key).

47. ‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.’ Was stated by __. [13th BJS]

A. John Keats

B. William Shakespeare

C. Milton

D. Bacon

Ans: A

48. ‘Poets are the unacknowledged legislature of the world’ who told it? [Thana Education Officer: 96]

A. Browning

B. Tennyson

C. Shelley

D. Byron

Ans: C

49. ‘Come live with me and be my love...’ Who is the poet? [Railway: 00]

A. J. Webster

B. C. Marlowe

C. W. Shakespeare

D. Lord Byron

Ans: B

50. `Who believed ‘Man is the maker of his fate.’? [BRDB: 13]

A. Franklin

B. Dryden

C. Carlyee

D. Marlowe

Ans: D

51. ‘Good face is the best letter of recommendation’ was stated by-[Passport Directorate: 00]

A. Queen Victoria

B. Queen Elizabeth

C. Queen Anne

D. Queen Marry

Ans: B

52 . ‘Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ Who said? [Chittagong Univ: 08-09]

A. Lord Acton

B. Confucius

C. Alexander Pope

D. Voltaire

Ans: A

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

A. In King Lear

B. In Merry Wives of Windsor

C. In the Tempest

D. In Hamlet

Ans: D

54. ‘Cowards die –– before their death.’ [Chittagong Univ: 12-13]

A. much time

B. many time

C. enough time

D. many times

Ans: D

55. ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ – in which of the following plays you find this? [Savings Directorate: 09]

A. Macbeth

B. Romeo and Juliet

C. Hamlet

D. Tempest

Ans: C

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

A. Voltaire

B. Shakespeare

C. Milton

D. Tolstoy

Ans: B

57. ‘To be or not to be’ is beginning of a famous soliloquy from-[Labor Directorate: 01]

A. Paradise Lost

B. Romeo & Juliet

C. Hamlet

D. Shahanama

Ans: C

58. ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’ this quotation is taken from Shakespeare’s – [Sub-Judge: 07]

A. Hamlet

B. Othello

C. Merchant of Venice

D. Julius Caesar

Ans: D

59. ‘Cowards die many times before their death’ বাক্যটি শেক্সপিয়ারের কোন নাটক হতে উদ্ধৃত হয়েছে? [Home Ministry: 01]

A. Macbeth

B. Julius Caesar

C. Hamlet

D. Othello

Ans: B

60. ‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your Philosophy.’ [Thana Family Planning Officer: 98]

A. Hamlet

B. King Lear

C. Macbeth

D. Othello

Ans: A

61. ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’ is a quotation from- [Primary Education Dept: 01]

A. Hamlet

B. Othello

C. Macbeth

D. King Lear

Ans: C

62. ‘Blow, blow thou winter wind...’ Who is the poet? [PSC Asst. Director: 98]

A. J. Webstar

B. Marlowe

C. W. Shakespeare

D. Lord Byron

Ans: C

63. ‘All the world’s stage, And all the men and women merely players...’ These lines are written by-[Sub-Registrar: 92]

A. Oliver Goldsmith

B. Alfred Tennyson

C. W. Shakespeare

D. D. H. Lawrence

Ans: C

64. ‘The upright Judge condemns crimes but he does not hate the criminals’ -উক্তিটি কার? [10th BJS]

A. William Shakespeare

B. Seneca

C. Niccolo Machiavelli

D. Plato

Ans: B

65. ‘Better three hours too soon than a minute too late’ was said by- [Islamic Univ: 15-16]

A. W. Shakespeare

B. William Wordsworth

C. O’ Henry

D. Edgar Allan Poe

Ans: A

66. `Who told that ‘All that glitters is not gold’? [Dhaka Univ: 05-06]

A. Edmand Spenser

B. William Shakespeare

C. Robert Herrick

D. Thomas Kyd

Ans: B

67. `Who wrote ‘Where ignorance is bliss, it is fully to be wise’? [Sonali Bank: 10]

A. George Orwell

B. Robert Frost

C. Thomas Gray

D. John Milton

Ans: C

68. ‘All’s Well that ends Well’– এই বিখ্যাত প্রবাদবাক্যটি কার? [PSC Asst. Director: 09]

A. W.Shakespeare

B. Karl Mark

C. Socrates

D. Aristotle

Ans: A

69. `Who told it- ‘They think too little who talk too much’? [IDBP: 04]

A. Aristotle

B. Franklin

C. Hobbes

D. Dryden

Ans: D

70. ‘I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs’- Where is this from? [Dhaka Univ: 13-14]

A. King Lear

B. The Merchant of Venice

C. The Jew of Malta

D. Volpone

Ans: B

71. `Who wrote the famous poetic line ‘To err is human, to forgive is divine’? [Khulna Univ: 11-12]

A. Alexander Pope

B. Shelley

C. John Keats

D. Dryden

Ans: A

72. ‘Man is political animal’- Who said this? [Environment Dept: 20]

A. Dante

B. Plato

C. Aristotle

D. Socrates

Ans: C

73. `Knowledge is power’ was stated by – [Islamic Univ: 11-12]

A. Bacon

B. Hamlet

C. Socrates

D. Rousseau

Ans: A

74. `Who said ‘An unexamined life is not worth living’? [Asst. Meteorologist: 95]

A. Socrates

B. Plato

C. Aristotle

D. Zeno

Ans: A

75. ‘Knowledge is power’ was stated by- [Islamic Univ: 11-12]

A. Hobbes

B. Mills

C. Socrates

D. Rousseau

Ans: A

76. `Who authored that statement ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere.’ [Chittagong Univ: 12-13]

A. Harold Laski

B. Martin Luther King

C. Tocqueville

D. Abraham Lincoln

Ans: B

77. `Who authored the statement ‘The government is the best which governs least’? [Chittagong Univ: 11-12]

A. Hobart Spencer

B. Harold Laski

C. Tocqueville

D. Henry David Thoreau

Ans: D

78. ‘But I have promises to keep And Miles to go before I sleep’– was written by-[Labor Directorate: 01]

A. T. S. Eliot

B. W. B. Yeats

C. Robert Frost

D. Ted Hoghes

Ans: C

79. ‘Mistakes are the portals of discovery’ উক্তিটি কার? [District Anti-Corruption Officer: 09]

A. W. H. Auden

B. James Joyce

C. Somerset

D. D. H. Lawrence

Ans: B

80. ‘While I stand on the roadway or no the pavement grey, I hear it in the deep heart’s core’. From which poem these lines have been taken? [Islamic Univ: 15-16]

A. From September 1, 1939

B. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

C. The charge of the light Brigade

D. Dreams

Ans: B

81. ‘Death is the sound of distant thunder of a picnic’-উক্তিটি কার? [Khulna Univ: 05-06]

A. Samuel Beckett

B. Thomas Hardy

C. W. H. Auden

D. William Sidney Porter

Ans: C

82. ‘Fair daffodils! We weep to see...’ Who is the writer? [Passport Directorate: 11]

A. William Wordsworth

B. Robert Herrick

C. William Blake

D. John Keats

Ans: B

83. `Who wrote ‘Some books are to be tested, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested’? [Junior Auditor: 11]

A. Joseph Addison

B. Francis Bacon

C. Dr. Johnson

D. Charles Lamb

Ans: B

84. ‘I am the Revolution’ উক্তিটি কার? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 15-16]

A. এডলফ হিটলার

B. বেনিতো মুসোলিনি

C. নেপোলিয়ন বোনাপার্ট

D. অটোফন বিসমার্ক

Ans: C

85. ‘Impossible is a word which is found in a fool’s dictionary’ was the observation of- [Mercantile Bank: 15]

A. Che Guevara

B. Plato

C. Einstein

D. Napoleon

Ans: D

86. ‘Give me good mother, I will give you good nation’- was the observation of – [BRDB: 14]

A. Abraham Lincoln

B. Hitler

C. SK Mujib

D. Napoleon

Ans: D

87. ‘Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, writing an exact man’ Who told it? [TV Engineer: 04]

A. Chapman

B. Frost

C. Hamlet

D. Bacon

Ans: D

ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS (Quotations)

1. Ans: C (Ode to the West Wind) 2. Ans: D (Macbeth) 3. Ans: D (As you Like it) 4. Ans: B (Easter 1916) 5. Ans: D (S. T. Coleridge) 6. Ans: C (John Milton) 7. Ans: D (P. B. Shelley) 8. Ans: D (Hamlet) 9. Ans: C (Alfred Tennyson) 10. Ans: C (Faustus) 11. Ans: C (John Keats) 12. Ans: B (Lady Macbeth) 13. Ans: A (Hamlet) 14. Ans: D (John Donne) 15. Ans: A (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) 16. Ans: A (W. Wordsworth) 17. Ans: C (W. Shakespeare) 18. Ans: A (Wordsworth) 19. Ans: B (Alexander Pope) 20. Ans: B (question) 21. Ans: D (Shelley) 22. Ans: C (Keats) 23. Ans: C (Gladstone)

47. Ans: D (P.B. Shelley) 48. Ans: D (Julius Caesar) 24. Ans: A (Alfred Lord Tennyson) 25. Ans: B (T. S. Eliot) 26. Ans: C (That wears a crown) 27. Ans: A (William Shakespeare) 28. Ans: A (William Blackstone) 29. Ans: B (William Shakespeare) 30. Ans: A (কার্ল মার্কস) 31. Ans: C (William Shakespeare) 32. Ans: D (Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) 33. Ans: D (Roosevelt) 34. Ans: A (P.B. Shelley) 35. Ans: A (Bowen LJ) 36. Ans: A (William Shakespeare) 37. Ans: C (Byron - Note: Key C might indicate incorrect option text, author is Byron) 38. Ans: C (Shakespeare) 39. Ans: A (Rousseau) 40. Ans: C (Socrates) 41. Ans: A (William Shakespeare) 42. Ans: C (Langston Hughes) 43. Ans: A (Sit in a cage and sing) 44. Ans: B (D.H. Lawrence) 45. Ans: A (John Keats) 46. Ans: C (Shelley) 47. Ans: B (C. Marlowe) 48. Ans: D (Marlowe) 49. Ans: B (Queen Elizabeth) 50. Ans: A (Lord Acton) 51. Ans: D (In Hamlet) 52. Ans: D (many times) 53. Ans: C (Hamlet) 54. Ans: B (Shakespeare) 55. Ans: C (Hamlet) 56. Ans: D (Julius Caesar) 57. Ans: B (Julius Caesar) 58. Ans: A (Hamlet) 59. Ans: C (Macbeth) 60. Ans: C (W. Shakespeare) 61. Ans: C (W. Shakespeare) 62. Ans: A (William Shakespeare) 63. Ans: A (W. Shakespeare) 64. Ans: B (William Shakespeare) 65. Ans: C (Thomas Gray) 66. Ans: A (W. Shakespeare) 67. Ans: D (Dryden) 68. Ans: B (The Merchant of Venice) 69. Ans: A (Alexander Pope) 70. Ans: C (Aristotle) 71. Ans: A (Bacon) 72. Ans: A (Socrates) 73. Ans: A (Hobbes - Note: "Knowledge is power" is Bacon or Hobbes. Key says A) 74. Ans: B (Martin Luther King) 75. Ans: D (Henry David Thoreau) 76. Ans: C (Robert Frost) 77. Ans: B (James Joyce) 78. Ans: B (The Lake Isle of Innisfree) 79. Ans: C (W. H. Auden) 80. Ans: B (Robert Herrick) 81. Ans: B (Francis Bacon) 82. Ans: C (নেপোলিয়ন বোনাপার্ট) 83. Ans: D (Napoleon) 84. Ans: D (Napoleon) 85. Ans: D (Bacon)

TOPIC: LITERARY TERMS

QUESTIONS

Alliteration

1. The repetition of beginning consonant sound is known as – [37th BCS]

A. Personification

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Alliteration

D. Rhyme

Ans: C

2. ‘Mist and mellow fruitfulness’ Which of the following figures of speech is used in this sentence? [Govt. High School: 06]

A. Alliteration

B. Metaphor

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Personification

Ans: A

3. What figure of speech do you find in ‘budding beauty’? [Dhaka Univ: 14-15]

A. Assonance

B. Alliteration

C. Simile

D. Meatphor

Ans: B

4. Which one of the following is correct? [Jagannath Univ: 10-11]

A. I saw a saw to see a tree with an axe.

B. I saw an axe man to saw a tree with an axe.

C. I saw a saw to saw a tree with an axe.

D. I saw a saw seeing a tree with an axe.

Ans: B (Note: Highlights the 's' sound repetition, though contextually tricky).

5. Which literary device can be found in the sentence ‘She sells sea shells on the sea shore’? [Khulna Univ: 17-18]

A. Rhyme

B. Hyperbole

C. Alliteration

D. Simile

Ans: C

6. Commencement of the words with the same letter. [UCB: 2010]

A. Rhyme

B. Alliteration

C. Pun

D. Oxymoron

Ans: B

7. Alliteration is the repetation of – sound.

A. Initial

B. End

C. Middle

D. Any

Ans: A

8. What figure of speech has been used in ‘Jingle-jangle, melodious murmur’? [Asst. Thana Edu Officer: 99]

A. Personification

B. Metaphor

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Alliteration

Ans: D (Note: Also contains Onomatopoeia, but Alliteration [m-m] is often the tested answer in this specific question bank context).

Allegory

9. The literary term which says one thing in disguise of another is – . [BRUB: 14-15]

A. Satire

B. Allegory

C. Metaphor

D. Symbol

Ans: B

10. ‘Allegory’ শব্দের অর্থ কোনটি? [Begum Rokeya Univ: 10-11]

A. রূপক

B. প্রতীক

C. চিহ্ন

D. সংকেত

Ans: A

11. A work which has a meaning behind the surface meaning is – [Passport Directorate: 11]

A. an epic

B. an allegory

C. a metaphor

D. personification

Ans: B

12. Allegorical means – . [Mass Comm Dept: 13]

A. poetry

B. written in verse

C. with timely significant

D. having a symbolic meaning

Ans: D

Allusion

13. Which is the correct meaning of the word ‘allusion’? [Asst. Thana Edu Officer: 10]

A. false impression

B. prophecy

C. intrigue

D. indirect reference

Ans: D

14. –– is a reference to another literary work that the reader should understand in order to make connection. [Jahangirnagar Univ: 15-16]

A. false impression

B. prophecy

C. intrigue

D. indirect reference

Ans: D

Assonance

15. Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in poetry? [Combined 7 Banks: 21]

A. Assonance

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Rhyme

D. Grammar

Ans: D

16. ‘An Austrian army awfully arrayed’ is an example of – [Khulna Univ: 17-18]

A. alliteration

B. assonance

C. reiteration

D. consonance

Ans: B (Note: Repetition of the 'A' sound. Often also cited as Alliteration, but Assonance focuses on the vowel).

17. Assonance refers to the repetition of same vowel in two or more words placed closely. Which of the following is not an example of assonance? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 15-16]

A. Curse, bless me now

B. Men sell the wedding bells

C. Go and now the lawn

D. We light fire on the mountain

Ans: A

18. Assonance refers to the repetition of similar vowel sounds. Which of the following is an example of assonance? [Jahangirnagar Univ: 09-10]

A. the flash of a hand

B. burning broom

C. cawing crow

D. buzzing bell

Ans: A

Ballad

19. Ballad means – [Rajshahi Univ: 08-09]

A. classical music

B. classical dance

C. street drama

D. romantic folk song

Ans: D

20. Ballad is – [Anti-Corruption: 03]

A. a kind of short narrative poem

B. a kind of short condoling poem

C. a kind of short lyrical poem

D. a rhyme verse

Ans: A

21. Which of the following is a story in verse? [Chittagong Univ: 11-12]

A. elegy

B. ballad

C. ode

D. sonnet

Ans: B

22. A story in verse – [Shahjalal Islami Bank: 10]

A. Elegy

B. Hymn

C. Sonnet

D. Ballad

Ans: D

Climax

23. The ‘climax’ of a plot is what happens [36th BCS / 35th BCS]

A. in the beginning

B. at the end

C. at the height

D. in the confrontation

Ans: C

24. A climax is – [Comilla Univ: 12-13]

A. climbing apparatus

B. point of greatest intensity

C. a crisis in a drama

D. the latest scene in a drama

Ans: B

25. Climax is related to – [Khulna Univ: 07-08]

A. Prose

B. Drama

C. Poetry

D. Novel

Ans: B

26. ‘Climax’– [Rajshahi Univ: 09-10]

A. A statement containing two opposing but true ideas

B. A funny situation involving a dilemma

C. A false statement of a deceive people

D. A disease

Ans: A (Note: This definition is actually for Paradox. 'Climax' usually refers to the peak of action. However, based on the provided source key, A is selected).

Comedy & Drama

27. Comedy means – [Islamic Univ: 06-07]

A. a light play with a happy ending

B. a amusing play with a serious ending

C. a serious play with a humorous ending

D. a play that shows terrible things in a way that is intended to be funny

Ans: A

28. Comedy does not have – [Khulna Univ: 07-08]

A. a happy ending

B. a plot

C. catharsis

D. comic element

Ans: C (Catharsis is a feature of Tragedy).

29. A drama is a/an – [Labor Dept: 09]

A. novel retold in dialogue

B. magical performances on the stages

C. fairy tale

D. story translated into action

Ans: B (Note: Standard definition is D, but source key indicates B).

30. Drama originated in the ancient Greece in the 5th century as a religious rite to worship –. [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. Zeus

B. Dionysus

C. Cupid

D. Apollo

Ans: B

Dramatic Monologue & Elegy

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

A. John Milton

B. Robert Browning

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. William Wordsworth

Ans: B

32. ‘Dramatic monologue’ is used in – [Islamic Univ: 17-18]

A. Drama

B. Short story

C. Novel

D. Poetry

Ans: D

33. An elegy is a – [Medical Admission: 22-23]

A. hymn

B. limerick

C. satire

D. poem of lamentation

Ans: D

34. A lyric poem mourning for the death of an individual is called- [Probashi Kallyan Bank: 21]

A. ode

B. elegy

C. ballad

D. epic

Ans: B

Epic

35. What is an epic? [PGCB: 24]

A. a long poem

B. a long prose composition

C. a romance

D. a novel

Ans: A

36. ‘Epic’ শব্দের পরিভাষা কী? [Islamic Univ: 17-18]

A. কিংবদন্তি

B. পুরাণ

C. মহাকাব্য

D. বিস্তৃত কাহিনী

Ans: C

37. An epic is – [Rajshahi Univ: 16-17]

A. an august work

B. a humble worek

C. a significant work

D. a noteworthy work

Ans: A (Note: 'August' here means majestic or impressive).

38. An epic is – [Jagannath Univ: 16-17]

A. a novel

B. a drama

C. a comedy

D. a poem

Ans: D

39. What is an epic? [PSC: 16]

A. A heroic depiction

B. A historical fiction

C. A long narrative poem

D. A collection of poems

Ans: C

Euphemism & Hyperbole

40. The literary term ‘euphemism’ means – [38th BCS]

A. vague idea

B. inoffensive expression

C. a sonnet

D. wide saying

Ans: B

41. The word ‘Euphemism’ means – [20th BCS]

A. stating one thing like another.

B. description of disagreeable thing an agreeable name.

C. contrast of words is made in the same sentence.

D. a statement is made emphatic by overstatement.

Ans: B

42. A hyperbole is a/an: [Dhaka Univ: 12-13]

A. authentic statement of something

B. overstatement of something

C. understatement of something

D. hesitant statement of something

Ans: B

43. The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration for emphasis... is- [Islamic Univ: 16-17]

A. metaphor

B. personification

C. metonymy

D. hyperbole

Ans: D

44. ‘Ten thousand saw I at a glance’ is a figure of speech known as – . [Asst. Thana Edu Officer: 99]

A. hyperbole

B. litotes

C. irony

D. satire

Ans: A

Irony & Limerick

45. The word ‘merit’ in the sentence ‘The boy showed his merit by making twenty mistakes in ten minutes’ is an example of- [Chittagong Univ: 14-15]

A. irony

B. metaphor

C. personification

D. pun

Ans: A

46. What is a funny poem of five lines called? [37th BCS]

A. Quartet

B. Limerick

C. Sixtet

D. Haiku

Ans: B

47. The word ‘Limerick’ means – [Chittagong Univ: 12-13]

A. A form of light verse

B. A form of dramatic monologue

C. A kind of long narrative poem

D. A kind of historical play

Ans: A

Simile And Metaphor

48. The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as is known as – [37th BCS]

A. metaphor

B. simile

C. alliteration

D. personification

Ans: B

49. ‘Youth like summer morn’ it can be an example of – . [Personal Officer: 22]

A. metaphor

B. personification

C. rhyme

D. simile

Ans: D

50. Metaphor involves – [BBS: 21]

A. Implicit comparison

B. Illicit comparison

C. Explicit comparison

D. Elaborate comparison

Ans: A

51. Which is the example of a metaphor? [Dhaka Univ: 16-17]

A. The lawn is a beautiful green blanket we spread out every summer.

B. You could have knocked me over with a feather.

C. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

D. The weather is as cool as a summer day in the Midwest.

Ans: A

52. Metaphor is a comparison between – [Mass Comm: 05]

A. two things of Nature

B. two similar things

C. two dissimilar objects

D. two criteria

Ans: C

Satire, Sonnet And Soliloquy

53. A satire is- [Chittagong Univ: 16-17]

A. a statement... opposite of its surface meaning

B. a composition... aiming at eliminating evil customs

C. an implicit comparison

D. a witty composition which is apparently self-contradictory

Ans: D (Note: Standard definition is B/aims to correct. Option D defines 'Paradox'. However, the provided source key indicates D).

54. ‘Sonnet’ means – [Survey Dept: 05]

A. a lyrical poem of fourteen lines.

B. a lyrical poem of thirteen lines.

C. a poem of eight lines.

D. none of above.

Ans: A

55. A sonnet is a poem of – [Rajshahi Univ: 13-14]

A. Fourteen lines

B. Sixteen lines

C. two stanzas

D. for quatrains

Ans: A

56. Soliloquy means – [Primary Education: 01]

A. to memorise

B. talking to oneself

C. action of speech

D. rehearsal of a play

Ans: B

Other Literary Terms

57. Words inscribed on a tomb is an – [43rd BCS]

A. epitome

B. epithet

C. episode

D. epitaph

Ans: D

58. ‘Cul-de-sac’ means – [JSA: 21]

A. Selection

B. Bubble

C. Dead end

D. Error

Ans: C

59. A serious play with a sad ending is called a – [Jiban Bima: 21]

A. tragedy

B. comedy

C. farce

D. wonderful

Ans: A

60. ‘The protagonist’ means – [Food Dept: 21]

A. the villain in play

B. the central figure of a drama

C. the clowne is a play

D. the stage director of a play

Ans: B

61. The word related to ‘Play on words’ is – [Combined 7 Banks: 21]

A. pun

B. simile

C. haikcu

D. metaphor

Ans: A

62. ‘Free market’ is an example of – . [Combined 7 Banks: 21]

A. Irony

B. Oxymoron

C. Synecdoche

D. Hyperbole

Ans: B

ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS (Literary Terms)

1. Ans: C (Alliteration) 2. Ans: A (Alliteration) 3. Ans: B (Alliteration) 4. Ans: B (I saw an axe man...) 5. Ans: C (Alliteration) 6. Ans: B (Alliteration) 7. Ans: A (Initial) 8. Ans: D (Alliteration)

Allegory: 1. Ans: B (Allegory) 2. Ans: A (রূপক) 3. Ans: B (an allegory) 4. Ans: D (having a symbolic meaning)

Allusion: 1. Ans: D (indirect reference) 2. Ans: D (indirect reference)

Assonance: 1. Ans: D (Grammar) 2. Ans: B (assonance - Note: Repeated 'A' sound. Also Alliteration, but key B) 3. Ans: A (Curse, bless me now - Note: No dominant vowel repetition) 4. Ans: A (the flash of a hand - Note: 'a' sound)

Ballad: 1. Ans: D (romantic folk song) 2. Ans: A (short narrative poem) 3. Ans: B (ballad) 4. Ans: D (Ballad)

Climax: 1. Ans: C (at the height) 2. Ans: B (point of greatest intensity) 3. Ans: B (Drama) 4. Ans: A (statement containing...)

Comedy: 1. Ans: A (light play with happy ending) 2. Ans: C (catharsis)

Drama: 1. Ans: B (magical performances... Note: Key B? Definition is usually D 'story translated into action'. Source 1536 Q1 Ans: B. I will list B) 2. Ans: B (Dionysus)

Dramatic Monologue: 1. Ans: B (Robert Browning) 2. Ans: D (Poetry)

Elegy: 1. Ans: D (poem of lamentation) 2. Ans: B (elegy)

Epic: 1. Ans: A (a long poem) 2. Ans: C (মহাকাব্য) 3. Ans: A (an august work) 4. Ans: D (a poem) 5. Ans: C (A long narrative poem)

Euphemism: 1. Ans: B (inoffensive expression) 2. Ans: B (description of disagreeable thing...)

Hyperbole: 1. Ans: B (overstatement) 2. Ans: D (hyperbole) 3. Ans: A (hyperbole)

Irony: 1. Ans: A (irony)

Limerick: 1. Ans: B (Limerick) 2. Ans: A (A form of light verse)

Simile & Metaphor: 1. Ans: B (simile) 2. Ans: D (simile) 3. Ans: A (Implicit comparison) 4. Ans: A (The lawn is a... blanket) 5. Ans: C (two dissimilar objects)

Other Terms: 1. Ans: D (Satire definition D? No, B is correct. Key says D 'witty composition...'. I'll list D per source). 1. Ans: A (Sonnet) 2. Ans: A (Fourteen lines) 1. Ans: B (talking to oneself) 1. Ans: D (epitaph) 2. Ans: C (Dead end) 3. Ans: A (tragedy) 4. Ans: B (central figure) 5. Ans: A (pun) 6. Ans: B (Oxymoron)