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This section includes 99 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.
| 1. |
Who is William's fiancée? |
| A. | annie |
| B. | clara |
| C. | lily |
| D. | miriam |
| Answer» D. miriam | |
| 2. |
While in the clinic at Clongowes, Stephen has the paper read to him. He hears about the deathof |
| A. | lord roxborough |
| B. | winston churchill |
| C. | charles parnell |
| D. | the pope |
| Answer» D. the pope | |
| 3. |
Sean O’ Casey’s “Juno and Paycock” is ____________ in a trilogy of plays. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 4. |
The play “Juno and Paycock” is written on the background of _______ civil war. |
| A. | american |
| B. | scottish |
| C. | british |
| D. | irish |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Ah, what can GOD do against the stupidity of O’man! Who says this? |
| A. | mary boyle |
| B. | jack boyle |
| C. | juno |
| D. | johnnyboyle |
| Answer» C. juno | |
| 6. |
Sean o Casey’s original name was_____________. |
| A. | sean casey |
| B. | addison casey |
| C. | abbott casey |
| D. | john casey |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
“There isn’t a GOD,there isn’t a GOD; if there is HE wouldn’t let these things happen”. Whoutters this? |
| A. | mary boyle |
| B. | jack boyle |
| C. | juno |
| D. | johnny boyle |
| Answer» D. johnny boyle | |
| 8. |
“A principle’s a principle”, who repeats this dialogue? |
| A. | mary boyle |
| B. | jack boyle |
| C. | joxer delay |
| D. | johnny boyle |
| Answer» B. jack boyle | |
| 9. |
Who says, "Only as Caesar’s slave have I found real freedom." |
| A. | apollodorus |
| B. | rufio |
| C. | brtiannus |
| D. | ponthius |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Who is described as "an effective sergeant, an incompetent general, a deplorable dictator" inthe play Caesar and Cleopatra? |
| A. | caesar |
| B. | belzanor |
| C. | pothinus |
| D. | rufio |
| Answer» C. pothinus | |
| 11. |
“Hieronymo’s mad again.” What is the source of this quote? |
| A. | hamlet |
| B. | measure for measure |
| C. | spanish tragedy |
| D. | dward ii |
| Answer» D. dward ii | |
| 12. |
Eliot stated that his references to certain vegetation ceremonies were influences that came fromwhich book? |
| A. | the tain |
| B. | from ritual to romance |
| C. | the golden bough |
| D. | the mabinogeon |
| Answer» D. the mabinogeon | |
| 13. |
Before it was deleted, the line "Get me a woman, I said; you're too drunk, she said" was part ofwhich section of the poem? |
| A. | what the thunder said |
| B. | a game of chess |
| C. | burial of the dead |
| D. | the fire sermon |
| Answer» D. the fire sermon | |
| 14. |
Who helped Eliot edit the poem, and, in the process, suggested the deletion of large portions ofthe poem? |
| A. | pound |
| B. | yeats |
| C. | frost |
| D. | owen |
| Answer» B. yeats | |
| 15. |
What shine “blue beak”? |
| A. | sky |
| B. | feathers |
| C. | embers |
| D. | eyes |
| Answer» D. eyes | |
| 16. |
“Kingdom of day lights dauphin dapple dawn drawn falcon” Identify the figure of speech used. |
| A. | simile |
| B. | metaphor |
| C. | assonance |
| D. | alliteration |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
The Manager's main interests lie in |
| A. | saving kurtz from the natives |
| B. | amassing wealth |
| C. | stopping slavery |
| D. | expelling marlow from the congo |
| Answer» C. stopping slavery | |
| 18. |
Kurtz's frightening consumption with the Congo is a negative side effect of excessive |
| A. | greed |
| B. | colonization |
| C. | slavery |
| D. | curiosity |
| Answer» C. slavery | |
| 19. |
In the eyes of Marlow, what does his journey down the river symbolize? |
| A. | movement in the present |
| B. | movement in the past |
| C. | lack of movement |
| D. | movement into the future |
| Answer» C. lack of movement | |
| 20. |
What is the name of Morels' coal-mining community? |
| A. | the bottoms |
| B. | the tops |
| C. | the sides |
| D. | hell\s row |
| Answer» B. the tops | |
| 21. |
What language does Paul tutor Miriam in? |
| A. | russian |
| B. | french |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | latin |
| Answer» C. spanish | |
| 22. |
What does William die of? |
| A. | erysipelas |
| B. | pneumonia |
| C. | heart disease |
| D. | tuberculosis |
| Answer» B. pneumonia | |
| 23. |
Who is William's fiancée? |
| A. | annie |
| B. | clara |
| C. | lily |
| D. | miriam |
| Answer» D. miriam | |
| 24. |
What is Walter Morel's job? |
| A. | collier |
| B. | surgeon |
| C. | writer |
| D. | painter |
| Answer» B. surgeon | |
| 25. |
Stephen falls in love with a girl named |
| A. | emma clere |
| B. | vanessa o\keer |
| C. | josie o\veer |
| D. | amanda deere |
| Answer» B. vanessa o\keer | |
| 26. |
Stephen's father manages to get Stephen back into private school. He is to attend |
| A. | clongowes |
| B. | dublin boy\s academy |
| C. | eaton |
| D. | belvedere |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
As a young boy, Stephen reads and is enraptured by |
| A. | the adventures of huckleberry finn |
| B. | pilgrim\s progress |
| C. | the count of monte cristo |
| D. | the canterbury tales |
| Answer» D. the canterbury tales | |
| 28. |
While in the clinic at Clongowes, Stephen is cared for by |
| A. | his mother |
| B. | father arnall |
| C. | brother michael |
| D. | dante |
| Answer» D. dante | |
| 29. |
James Joyce was raised in a family that was deeply |
| A. | atheistic |
| B. | protestant |
| C. | buddhist |
| D. | catholic |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
While in the clinic at Clongowes, Stephen has the paper read to him. He hears about the death of |
| A. | lord roxborough |
| B. | winston churchill |
| C. | charles parnell |
| D. | the pope |
| Answer» D. the pope | |
| 31. |
At Clongowes, Stephen is picked on by a bully named |
| A. | cranly |
| B. | icarus |
| C. | wells |
| D. | parnell |
| Answer» D. parnell | |
| 32. |
Stephen's father is |
| A. | both financially inept and a painter |
| B. | a painter |
| C. | financially inept |
| D. | a financial genius |
| Answer» D. a financial genius | |
| 33. |
The name "Dedalus" makes allusion to |
| A. | the mythological figure who flew too close to the sun and drowned in the ocean |
| B. | the mythological figure who escaped from his island prison by constructing a pair of wings |
| C. | the mythological figure who solved the riddle of the sphinx |
| D. | the mythological figure who devoured his own daughter to prolong his life |
| Answer» C. the mythological figure who solved the riddle of the sphinx | |
| 34. |
Joyce was an important pioneer of the narrative technique known as |
| A. | stream of tension |
| B. | dramatic montage |
| C. | conditioned genesis |
| D. | stream of consciousness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
As a young boy, Stephen is |
| A. | erudite and cocky |
| B. | insensitive and rambunctious |
| C. | athletic and confident |
| D. | unathletic and shy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
The play “Juno and Paycock†is written on the background of _______ civil war. |
| A. | american |
| B. | scottish |
| C. | british |
| D. | irish |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Sean o Casey’s original name was_____________. |
| A. | sean casey |
| B. | addison casey |
| C. | abbott casey |
| D. | john casey |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
Ah, what can GOD do against the stupidity of O’man! Who says this? |
| A. | mary boyle |
| B. | jack boyle |
| C. | juno |
| D. | johnnyboyle |
| Answer» C. juno | |
| 39. |
“There isn’t a GOD,there isn’t a GOD; if there is HE wouldn’t let these things happenâ€. Who utters this? |
| A. | mary boyle |
| B. | jack boyle |
| C. | juno |
| D. | johnny boyle |
| Answer» D. johnny boyle | |
| 40. |
Sean O’ Casey’s “Juno and Paycock†is ____________ in a trilogy of plays. |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» D. fourth | |
| 41. |
“A principle’s a principleâ€, who repeats this dialogue? |
| A. | mary boyle |
| B. | jack boyle |
| C. | joxer delay |
| D. | johnny boyle |
| Answer» B. jack boyle | |
| 42. |
Mary Boyle is an attractive young woman whose age is |
| A. | 21 |
| B. | 22 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» C. 25 | |
| 43. |
What medieval image suggests patience? |
| A. | wheel |
| B. | cathedral |
| C. | mountain |
| D. | seasons |
| Answer» B. cathedral | |
| 44. |
Why has the Chorus gathered at the top of the play? |
| A. | They have been summoned by Thom |
| B. | they want to murder thomas. |
| C. | their crops have dried up and they need mercy. |
| D. | they sense something bad is going to |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
Why did Eliot write this play? |
| A. | becket\s family asked him to. |
| B. | he wanted to impress his priest. |
| C. | he was commissioned for a festival. |
| D. | he read a book about becket. |
| Answer» D. he read a book about becket. | |
| 46. |
How long has Thomas been gone when he returns? |
| A. | fifteen years |
| B. | seven years |
| C. | three years |
| D. | sixteen months |
| Answer» C. three years | |
| 47. |
What position has Thomas held in the past? |
| A. | jester |
| B. | exchequer |
| C. | king |
| D. | chancellor |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
What position does Thomas hold at the time of his murder? |
| A. | chancellor |
| B. | archbishop |
| C. | king |
| D. | exchequer |
| Answer» C. king | |
| 49. |
Who was King of England in Becket's time? |
| A. | henry ii |
| B. | henry i |
| C. | reginald fitz urse |
| D. | theobald |
| Answer» B. henry i | |
| 50. |
When was Caesar and Cleopatra written? |
| A. | 1898 |
| B. | 1897 |
| C. | 1868 |
| D. | 1902 |
| Answer» B. 1897 | |