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This section includes 132 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Arts in English (M.A. English) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 51. |
“ I will show you a heroine as plain and small as myself†|
| A. | this is emily bronte in wuthering heights |
| B. | this is charlotte bronte in jane eyre |
| C. | this is george eliot in romola |
| D. | this is anne bronte in agnes grey |
| Answer» C. this is george eliot in romola | |
| 52. |
………………..was the leader in the Pre- Raphaelite Movement |
| A. | tennyson |
| B. | browning |
| C. | rossetti |
| D. | blake |
| Answer» D. blake | |
| 53. |
A noble and inspiring books f love poems by Miss Barret |
| A. | the cry of the children |
| B. | sonnets from the portuguese |
| C. | lady geraldine’s courtship |
| D. | casa guidi windows |
| Answer» D. casa guidi windows | |
| 54. |
Here is the list of women abandoned by their lovers in Hardy’s novels. Pick the odd one out |
| A. | fanny robin |
| B. | tess d’urberville |
| C. | marty south |
| D. | bathsheba everdene |
| Answer» E. | |
| 55. |
Heath Cliff is the main character in the novel |
| A. | 1 and 2 |
| B. | 1 and 4 |
| C. | 3 and 4 |
| D. | 3 and 2 |
| Answer» B. 1 and 4 | |
| 56. |
In which out of the following we see the creations of Lamb’s humour and pathos? |
| A. | old china |
| B. | dissertation on roast rig |
| C. | a chapter on ears |
| D. | imperfect sympathies |
| Answer» C. a chapter on ears | |
| 57. |
Which of the following was not written by De Quincey? |
| A. | joan of arc |
| B. | the revlt of the tartars |
| C. | endymion |
| D. | the english mail- coach |
| Answer» D. the english mail- coach | |
| 58. |
Who wrote ‘Confession of an Opium Eater’? |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | shelley |
| C. | de- quincey |
| D. | browne |
| Answer» D. browne | |
| 59. |
Who wrote the critical essay ‘Literary Reminiscences’? |
| A. | shelley |
| B. | de quincey |
| C. | coleridge |
| D. | burton |
| Answer» C. coleridge | |
| 60. |
Which character was the only one of Shelly’s character, who seems to be entirely human? |
| A. | prometheus |
| B. | hellas |
| C. | emilia |
| D. | beatrice |
| Answer» E. | |
| 61. |
Who wrote the “Witch of Atlas� |
| A. | scott |
| B. | wordsworth |
| C. | blake |
| D. | shelley |
| Answer» E. | |
| 62. |
Who wrote Lucy poems |
| A. | scott |
| B. | donne |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | dryden |
| Answer» D. dryden | |
| 63. |
In which of the followings spiritual appeal of nature is expressed in almost every line? |
| A. | to a highland girl |
| B. | stepping westward |
| C. | tintern abbey |
| D. | solitary reaper |
| Answer» D. solitary reaper | |
| 64. |
Who said that the poet was a ‘mere babbler’? |
| A. | scott |
| B. | byron |
| C. | wordsworth |
| D. | gibson |
| Answer» C. wordsworth | |
| 65. |
Which is the high watermark f poetry in the 19th century? |
| A. | tintern abbey |
| B. | intimations of immortality |
| C. | stepping westward |
| D. | solitary reaper |
| Answer» C. stepping westward | |
| 66. |
Whose epitaph contains “here lies one whose name was written in water†|
| A. | coleridge |
| B. | blake |
| C. | john keats |
| D. | william wordsworth |
| Answer» D. william wordsworth | |
| 67. |
Who brought the concept of negative capability? |
| A. | wordsworth |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | keats |
| D. | shelly |
| Answer» D. shelly | |
| 68. |
The concept of Pantheism believes in |
| A. | objectivity |
| B. | healing power of nature |
| C. | confession |
| D. | natural calamity |
| Answer» C. confession | |
| 69. |
Browning’s ‘Pauline’ came in |
| A. | 1834 |
| B. | 1897 |
| C. | 1833 |
| D. | 1901 |
| Answer» D. 1901 | |
| 70. |
……… poem of Tennyson was a long poem of over three thousand lines of blank verse. |
| A. | wages |
| B. | the princess |
| C. | the higher pantheism |
| D. | maud |
| Answer» E. | |
| 71. |
Wordsworth believes in the concept of ………… |
| A. | hellenism |
| B. | pantheism |
| C. | negative capability |
| D. | willing suspension of disbelief |
| Answer» C. negative capability | |
| 72. |
For ……………poem Tennyson got Chancellor’s Medal |
| A. | lyrical ballad |
| B. | timbuctoo |
| C. | merlin and the glean |
| D. | the princess |
| Answer» C. merlin and the glean | |
| 73. |
An immense poem, twice as long as ‘Paradise Lost’, longer by some two thousand lines than the Iliad by Browning |
| A. | pippa passes |
| B. | the ring and the book |
| C. | saul |
| D. | cleon |
| Answer» C. saul | |
| 74. |
……………wrote the song “ Tears, Idle Tears†|
| A. | browning |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | blake |
| D. | keats |
| Answer» C. blake | |
| 75. |
……………..is regarded as the poet, who has spoken the strongest word of faith to an age of doubt |
| A. | browning |
| B. | tennyson |
| C. | blake |
| D. | scott |
| Answer» B. tennyson | |
| 76. |
………………by Browning is an exquisite tribute to his dead wife. |
| A. | my star |
| B. | prospice |
| C. | one word more |
| D. | meeting at night |
| Answer» D. meeting at night | |
| 77. |
Which of these poems uses dramatic monologue as a poetic form? |
| A. | wordsworth’s the prelude |
| B. | robert browning’s my last duchess |
| C. | tennyson’s in memoriam |
| D. | shelly’s adonais |
| Answer» C. tennyson’s in memoriam | |
| 78. |
The poem ‘The Tyger’ is taken from |
| A. | songs of innocence |
| B. | songs of experience |
| C. | the four zoas |
| D. | the marriage of heaven and hell |
| Answer» C. the four zoas | |
| 79. |
The poem ‘The Tyger’ was published in……. |
| A. | 1794 |
| B. | 1788 |
| C. | 1780 |
| D. | 1789 |
| Answer» B. 1788 | |
| 80. |
Lectures on Shakespeare is the work of………….. |
| A. | thomas hardy |
| B. | mathew arnold |
| C. | william thackeray |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» E. | |
| 81. |
Who was the greatest nature poet of England? |
| A. | william wordsworth |
| B. | coleridge |
| C. | robert browning |
| D. | tennyson |
| Answer» B. coleridge | |
| 82. |
Who was known as the ‘grand old Man of the English letters’? |
| A. | william shakespeare |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | coleridge |
| D. | william wordsworth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 83. |
William Blake’s political radicalism intensified during the years leading up to the….. |
| A. | communist movement |
| B. | french revolution |
| C. | romantic movement |
| D. | industrial revolution |
| Answer» C. romantic movement | |
| 84. |
The book that marks the beginning of the Romantic Movement |
| A. | biographia literaria |
| B. | lyrical ballads |
| C. | men and women |
| D. | the prelude |
| Answer» C. men and women | |
| 85. |
The German philosopher who influenced the Romantic movement |
| A. | althusser |
| B. | carl marx |
| C. | immanuel kant |
| D. | hegel |
| Answer» D. hegel | |
| 86. |
The verse novel of Robert Browning based on an Italian Murder trial in the seventeenth century. |
| A. | memorabilia |
| B. | the ring and the books |
| C. | men and women |
| D. | paracelsus |
| Answer» C. men and women | |
| 87. |
“ Fra Lippo Lippi†appeared in the 1855 collection………… |
| A. | sordello |
| B. | incondita |
| C. | men and women |
| D. | bells and pomegranates |
| Answer» D. bells and pomegranates | |
| 88. |
…………….poem is Browning’s timeless respect for Shelly |
| A. | a death in the desert |
| B. | the ring and the books |
| C. | fra lippo lippi |
| D. | memorabilia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 89. |
To which well-known family does Fra Lippo Lippi’s patron belong? |
| A. | the medicis |
| B. | the borgias |
| C. | the buonapartes |
| D. | the urbinatis |
| Answer» B. the borgias | |
| 90. |
The first important poem of Robert Browning |
| A. | my last duchess |
| B. | fra lippo lippi |
| C. | paracelus |
| D. | memorabila |
| Answer» D. memorabila | |
| 91. |
What kind of of art does Fra Lippo Lippi produce? |
| A. | abstract art |
| B. | nebulous art |
| C. | landscapes |
| D. | portraits of real people |
| Answer» E. | |
| 92. |
, Name the first volume of Robert Browning’s poems |
| A. | paracelsus |
| B. | incondita |
| C. | sordello |
| D. | bells and pomergranates |
| Answer» C. sordello | |
| 93. |
In which year was the Origin of the Species†published? |
| A. | 1876 |
| B. | 1859 |
| C. | 1888 |
| D. | 1890 |
| Answer» C. 1888 | |
| 94. |
……………..is a historical tragedy in blank verse by Browning |
| A. | pippa passes |
| B. | a blot in scutchion |
| C. | a soul’s tragedy |
| D. | strafford 1837 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 95. |
The title of the “Vanity Fair†has been taken from |
| A. | bible |
| B. | paradise lost |
| C. | pilgrim progress |
| D. | canterbury tales |
| Answer» D. canterbury tales | |
| 96. |
Who is the author of “ Blessed Damozel? |
| A. | d g rossetti |
| B. | william thackeray |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | browning |
| Answer» B. william thackeray | |
| 97. |
In “ In Memorium†Tennyson mourns the death of ………. |
| A. | arthur hallam |
| B. | william wordsworth |
| C. | shelly |
| D. | browning |
| Answer» B. william wordsworth | |
| 98. |
The song of the Lotus is a poem by……… |
| A. | browning |
| B. | thomas hardy |
| C. | d g rossetti |
| D. | tennyson |
| Answer» E. | |
| 99. |
The verse novel of Elizabeth Barret Browning |
| A. | pride and prejudice |
| B. | wuthering heights |
| C. | jane eyre |
| D. | aurora leigh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 100. |
Maud is a poem written by |
| A. | browning |
| B. | wordsworth |
| C. | tennyson |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» D. coleridge | |