HTET Solved Question Paper haminpur.com
1. Which of the following is not a poet?
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Terry Saylor
(C). Elizabeth B. Browning
(D). Emily Dickinson
Right Answer: B
2. Who has defined 'poetry' as a fundamental creative act using languages?
(A). H. W. Longfellow
(B). Ralph Waldo Emerson
(C). Dylan Thomas
(D). William Wordsworth
Right Answer: C
3. What is a sonnet?
(A). A poem of six lines
(B). A poem of eight lines
(C). A poem of twelve lines
(D). A poem of fourteen lines
Right Answer: D
4. What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as?
(A). Prosody
(B). Allegory
(C). Scansion
(D). Assonance
Right Answer: A
5. Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?
(A). Onomatopeia
(B). Metonymy
(C). Alliteration
(D). Hyperbole
Right Answer: D
6. There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by - This is a couplet from the Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet?
(A). Metaphor
(B). Synecdoche
(C). Euphemism
(D). Irony
Right Answer: B
7. Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?
(A). Hindu
(B). Celtic
(C). Arabic
(D). Arameic
Right Answer: C
8. Complete this Shakespearan line - Let me not to the marriage of true minds bring:
(A). Impediments
(B). Inconveniences
(C). Worries
(D). Troubles
Right Answer: A
9. Which of the following is a Japanese poetic form?
(A). Jintishi
(B). Villanelle
(C). Ode
(D). Tanka
Right Answer: A
10. What is the title of the poem that begins thus - 'What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare'?
(A). Comfort
(B). Leisure
(C). Relaxation
(D). Tranquility
Right Answer: B
11. Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England ?
(A). Victor Hugo
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). John Milton
(D). Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Right Answer: A
12. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature?
(A). William Blake
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). William Morris
(D). William Wordsworth
Right Answer: D
13. What is a funny poem of five lines called?
(A). Quartet
(B). Limerick
(C). Sextet
(D). Palindrome
Right Answer: B
14. How did W. H. Auden describe poetry?
(A). An awful way to earn a living
(B). A game of knowledge
(C). The soul exposed
(D). An explosion of language
Right Answer: B
15. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry?
(A). Light verse
(B). Romantic
(C). Political satire
(D). War poems
Right Answer: D
16. Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?
(A). Denver
(B). St Louis
(C). Cuba
(D). Toronto
Right Answer: B
17. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess?
(A). Carolyn Kizer
(B). Mary Oliver
(C). Sylvia Plath
(D). Marianne Moore
Right Answer: C
18. How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?
(A). 24
(B). 31
(C). 21
(D). 28
Right Answer: D
19. In what form did Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood' first become known?
(A). Book of poetry
(B). A radio play
(C). A stage play
(D). a short film
Right Answer: B
20. The magazine 'Contemporary Poetry and Prose' was inspired by which exhibition?
(A). The Festival of Britain
(B). The Surrealist Exhibition
(C). People of the 20th Century
(D). Drawing the 20th CEntury
Right Answer: B
21. Why did 'Poetry Quarterly' cease publication in 1953?
(A). Owner convicted of fraud
(B). Fall in Sales
(C). Rise in taxation on magazines
(D). Shortage of paper
Right Answer: A
22. Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what?
(A). Politician
(B). Dramatist
(C). Novelist
(D). Architect
Right Answer: C
23. Of which poet was it said 'Even if he's not a great poet, he's certainly a great something'?
(A). Elliot
(B). Kipling
(C). Cummings
(D). Brooke
Right Answer: B
24. Where were the pilgrims going in the canterbury tales?
(A). To the shrine of st. Peter at canterbury cathedral
(B). To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral
(C).
(D).
Right Answer: B
25. in which language the stories of canterbury tale are written?
(A). French
(B). Latin
(C). Middle english
(D). English
Right Answer: C
26. chaucer's franklin was guilty of which sin?
(A). Lust
(B). Corruption
(C). Theft
(D). Gluttony
Right Answer: D
27. How many languages did chaucer know?
(A). 2
(B). 4
(C). 1
(D). 5
Right Answer: B
28. from which language the name ''chaucer'' has been driven?
(A). french
(B). latin
(C). italian
(D). english
Right Answer: A
29. Where did chaucer bury?
(A). westminster abbey
(B). kent church
(C). chapel at windsor
(D).
Right Answer: A
30. chaucer was imprisoned during----------------------?
(A). hundred years' war
(B). Black death
(C). Peasant revolt
(D).
Right Answer: A
31. how many children chaucer had?
(A). 4
(B). 1
(C). 0
(D). 2
Right Answer: A
32. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
(A). the Normans
(B). the Geats
(C). the Celts
(D). the Anglo-Saxons
Right Answer: D
33. Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
(A). French
(B). Norwegian
(C). Spanish
(D). Hungarian
Right Answer: A
34. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?
(A). Beowulf
(B). Arthur
(C). Caedmon
(D). Augustine of Canterbury
Right Answer: B
35. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?
(A). tenth
(B). eleventh
(C). twelfth
(D). thirteenth
Right Answer: E
36. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?
(A). Henry II
(B). Henry III
(C). Henry V
(D). Louis XIV
Right Answer: E
37. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?
(A). Bede
(B). Sir Thomas Malory
(C). Geoffrey Chaucer
(D). Caedmon
Right Answer: C
38. What was vellum?
(A). parchment made of animal skin
(B). the service owed to a lord by his peasants ("villeins")
(C). unrhymed iambic pentameter
(D). an unbreakable oath of fealty
Right Answer: A
39. Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:
(A). the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.
(B). the Norman Conquest of 1066.
(C). the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
(D). the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
Right Answer: D
40. What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?
(A). Boethius's Consolidation of Philosophy
(B). Saint Jerome's translation of the Bible
(C). Malory's Morte Darthur
(D). Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Right Answer: E
41. Who was the first English Christian king?
(A). Alfred
(B). Richard III
(C). Richard II
(D). Henry II
Right Answer: E
42. In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance?
(A). banishment to Asia
(B). everlasting shame
(C). conversion to Christianity
(D). mild melancholia
Right Answer: B
43. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with:
(A). nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
(B). bewilderment and visceral loathing.
(C). admiration and elegiac sympathy.
(D). bigotry and shallow triumphalism.
Right Answer: C
44. The use of "whale-road"for sea and "life-house"for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?
(A). symbolism
(B). simile
(C). metonymy
(D). kenning
Right Answer: D
45. Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?
(A). Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.
(B). Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.
(C). Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.
(D). Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.
Right Answer: A
46. Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?
(A). embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
(B). repetition of parallel syntactic structures
(C). ironic understatement
(D). stress on every third diphthong
Right Answer: C
47. How did Henry II, the first of England's Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France?
(A). the Battle of Hastings
(B). Saint Patrick's mission
(C). the Fourth Lateran Council
(D). the execution of William Sawtre
Right Answer: E
48. Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?
(A). Latin
(B). Dutch
(C). French
(D). Celtic
Right Answer: B
49. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives?
(A). Geoffrey Chaucer
(B). Marie de France
(C). Chrétien de Troyes
(D). a and c only
Right Answer: E
50. To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of "romance"emerged, initially apply?
(A). a work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empire
(B). a story about love and adventure
(C). a Roman official
(D). a work written in the French vernacular
Right Answer: D
51. Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to
(A). the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
(B). the lower orders of the nobility
(C). agricultural laborers
(D). the clergy
Right Answer: D
52. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth's The History of the Kings of Britain?
(A). the reign of King Arthur
(B). the coronation of Henry II
(C). King John's seal of the Magna Carta
(D). the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine
Right Answer: A
53. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for
(A). courtiers entering the service of Richard II
(B). translators of French romances
(C). women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
(D). knights preparing for their first tournament
Right Answer: C
54. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?
(A). They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
(B). Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
(C). Their readers' primary language was English.
(D). a and c only
Right Answer: D
55. In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the "flowering"of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers?
(A). Geoffrey of Monmouth
(B). the Gawain poet
(C). the Beowulf poet
(D). Chrétien de Troyes
Right Answer: B
56. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury?
(A). Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
(B). The common people were still essentially pagan.
(C). They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.
(D). The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.
Right Answer: D
57. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?
(A). Dante's Divine Comedy
(B). Boccaccio's Decameron
(C). The Dream of the Rood
(D). Chaucer's Legend of Good Women
Right Answer: A
58. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?
(A). Sir Thomas Malory
(B). Margery Kempe
(C). Geoffrey Chaucer
(D). William Langland
Right Answer: D
59. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?
(A). the Battle of Agincourt
(B). the Battle of Hastings
(C). the Norman Conquest
(D). the Black Death
Right Answer: E
60. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
(A). the short story
(B). the heroic epic
(C). the morality play
(D). the romance
Right Answer: C
61. Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?
(A). She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.
(B). She was a virgin martyr.
(C). She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.
(D). She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.
Right Answer: C
62. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?
(A). Julian of Norwich
(B). Margery Kempe
(C). William Langland
(D). Sir Thomas Malory
Right Answer: D
63. what was the occupation of Chaucer's father?
(A). leather merchant
(B). civil servant
(C). a vintner
(D).
Right Answer: C
64. Chaucer became a page to which king's daughter-in-law?
(A). Edward III
(B). Richard II
(C). Henry IV
(D).
Right Answer: A
65. which of these is not certain about Chaucer?
(A). his birth date
(B). his death year
(C). his father's name
(D).
Right Answer: A
66. which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?
(A). Edward III
(B). Henry II
(C). Richard II
(D).
Right Answer: B
67. what was the duration of hundred year's war?
(A). 1300 to 1350
(B). 1337 to 1453
(C). 1302 to 1343
(D).
Right Answer: B
68. what did Chaucer's wife use to do?
(A). lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
(B). nurse of royal court
(C). governess to Henry IV
(D).
Right Answer: A
69. one of Chaucer's daughter was............?
(A). a musician
(B). an astronomer
(C). a nun
(D).
Right Answer: C
70. in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?
(A). 1360
(B). 1357
(C). 1378
(D).
Right Answer: A
71. chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for..............?
(A). beating a friar in a London street
(B). for writing poetry against the church
(C). for crossing the border of Great Britain
(D).
Right Answer: A
72. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?
(A). Westminster Palace
(B). Tower of London
(C). St. George's chapel at Windsor
(D). Buckingham Palace
Right Answer: D
73. Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during.............?
(A). 1374 to 1385
(B). 1350 to 1360
(C). 1360 to 1400
(D).
Right Answer: A
74. Chaucer was released from legal action by ........................ in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?
(A). Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne
(B). Philippa de Roet of Flanders
(C). Agnes de Copton
(D).
Right Answer: A
75. Chaucer became a member of Parliament in...........?
(A). 1386
(B). 1300
(C). 1343
(D).
Right Answer: A
76. Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as.........?
(A). Chaucer's corner
(B). poet's corner
(C). legend's corner
(D).
Right Answer: B
77. what was chaucer's profession?
(A). a poet
(B). a merchant
(C). a civil servant
(D).
Right Answer: C
78. One of Marlowe's earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem 'Pharsalia', written by which Roman poet?
(A). Ovid
(B). Lucan
(C). Virgil
(D). Horace
Right Answer: B
79. Marlowe's poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' begins with the line "Come live with me and be my love"; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line?
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Thomas Kyd
(C). John Dryden
(D). John Donne
Right Answer: D
80. In Marlowe's play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta?
(A). Lazarus
(B). Solomon
(C). Barabas
(D). Shylock
Right Answer: C
81. How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
(A). 16
(B). 20
(C). 24
(D). 28
Right Answer: C
82. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?
(A). Henry V
(B). Richard III
(C). Edward II
(D). John
Right Answer: C
83. One of Marlowe's most famous poems was an account of which lovers?
(A). Anthony and Cleopatra
(B). Hero and Leander
(C). Troilus and Cressida
(D). Apollo and Hyacinth
Right Answer: B
84. Marlowe's play 'Tamburlaine the Great' was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?
(A). Zhu Yuanzhang
(B). Genghis Khan
(C). Timur
(D). Kublai Khan
Right Answer: C
85. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in
Right Answer: B
87.
(A).
(B).
(C).
(D).
Right Answer:
88. In what country is 'Dr Faustus' based?
(A). England
(B). Italy
(C). France
(D). Germany
Right Answer: D
89. When, is it estimated, was 'Dr Faustus' first performed?
(A). 1594
(B). 1604
(C). 1590
(D). 1593
Right Answer: A
90. At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?
(A). Wittenburg
(B). Sorbonne
(C). Heidelberg
(D). Cambridge
Right Answer: A
91. Faustus' servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?
(A). Bach
(B). Schumann
(C). Beethoven
(D). Wagner
Right Answer: D
92. Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?
(A). Valdes and Cornelius
(B). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
(C). Troilus and Cressida
(D). Pyramus and Thisbe
Right Answer: A
93. Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devil's angels?
(A). Mephastophilis
(B). beelzebub
(C). Aamon
(D).
Right Answer: A
94. What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?
(A). his body
(B). his house
(C). his soul
(D). his horse
Right Answer: C
95. Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus' character at the beginning of the play?
(A). kind
(B). stupid
(C). sensitive
(D). arrogant
Right Answer: D
96. Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers?
(A). The Pope
(B). The Holy Roman Emperor
(C). The King of England
(D). The King of France
Right Answer: A
97.
(A).
(B).
(C).
(D).
Right Answer:
98. "Renaissance" is a:
(A). French word
(B). Italian word
(C). Greek word
(D). Spanish word
Right Answer: A
99. What is the meaning of "Renaissance":
(A). Rebirth, revival and re-awaking
(B). Reveal, revel and reverie
(C). Raillery, renunciation and recoup
(D).
Right Answer: A
100. Renaissance first came to the:
(A). France
(B). Italy
(C). England
(D). Rome
Right Answer: B
101. Which of the following are University wits:
(A). John Gower and Robert Peele
(B). John Skelton and Thomas lodge
(C). John Lyly and Robert Greene
(D). John Donne and Thomas Nashe
Right Answer: C
102. University Wits were those who:
(A). Had training at two universities
(B). gave curriculum of two universities
(C). Erected two universities
(D).
Right Answer: A
103. Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:
(A). 14 th
(B). 15 th
(C). 16 th
(D). 14 th and 16 th
Right Answer: B
104. Who born in 1422:
(A). William Caxton
(B). Robert Henry
(C). John Lyly
(D). Thomas more
Right Answer: A
105. Utopia was first printed in:
(A). 1615
(B). 1516
(C). 1517
(D). 1518
Right Answer: B
106. Who translated Utopia in English language:
(A). Thomas More
(B). Thomas lodge
(C). Ralph Robinson
(D). William Tyndale
Right Answer: C
107. The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
(A). Wyclif
(B). Thomas more
(C). John Lyly
(D). Robert Greene
Right Answer: A
108. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
(A). Thomas Nash
(B). Thomas More
(C). Thomas lodge
(D). Thomas Wyatt
Right Answer: D
109. Who wrote "Mirror for Magistrates"?
(A). Thomas Sacville
(B). Thomas Wyatt
(C). Thomas lodge
(D). Thomas Kyde
Right Answer: A
110. Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
(A). 1553
(B). 1554
(C). 1555
(D). 1550
Right Answer: B
111. "Astrophel and Stella" is a:
(A). Allegory
(B). Epic
(C). Sonnet
(D). Ballad
Right Answer: C
112. Greville was biographer of:
(A). Edmund Spencer
(B). John Donne
(C). Sir Philip Sidney
(D). John Milton
Right Answer: C
113. "The Prince Of Poets in his time", on whom grave the inscription is given?
(A). Sir Philip Sidney
(B). John Milton
(C). Edmund Spencer
(D). John Donne
Right Answer: C
114. What is Faerie Queene:
(A). An allegory
(B). An epic
(C). A ballad
(D). A sonnet
Right Answer: A
115. In whose reign Morality plays began?
(A). Henry five
(B). Elizabeth one
(C). Henry six
(D). Henry eight
Right Answer: C
116. Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:
(A). The Faerie Queene
(B). The shepheaedes Calendar
(C). Complaints
(D). Colin Clouts come home again
Right Answer: B
117. Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries:
(A). Edmund Spenser
(B). John Milton
(C). John Donne
(D). Sir Philip Sidney
Right Answer: C
118. The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to ?
(A). Nicholas Udall
(B). Thomas Colwell
(C). Lord Burghley
(D).
Right Answer: A
119. Thomas kyd (1558-95. achieved great popularity with which of his first work?
(A). The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune
(B). The Spanish Tragedy
(C). Jeronimo
(D). Cornelia
Right Answer: B
120. Marlowe born in________
(A). 1562
(B). 1563
(C). 1564
(D). 1565
Right Answer: C
121. In "the tragic history of Doctor Faustus". Faustus was a :
(A). German scholar
(B). French scholar
(C). Spanish scholar
(D). Greek scholar
Right Answer: A
122. After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem "Hero and Leander"?
(A). Shakespeare
(B). Thomas Nash
(C). George Chapman
(D). Thomas More
Right Answer: C
123. Who succeeded Lyly?
(A). Robert Greene
(B). John Milton
(C). Philip Sidney
(D). Christopher Marlowe
Right Answer: A
124. Which of the Marlowe's plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash?
(A). Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.
(B). The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.
(C). The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.
(D). Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris.
Right Answer: B
125. Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?
(A). Thomas Nah
(B). Thomas lodge
(C). Thomas Kyd
(D). Thomas Hardy
Right Answer: B
126. The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as:
(A). Letters to the Margret Paston
(B). Margret Paston to John Paston
(C). The Paston letters
(D). To John Paston
Right Answer: C
127. Who wrote "Holy Sonnets"?
(A). Edmund Spenser
(B). John Donne
(C). Shakespeare
(D). John Milton
Right Answer: B
128. Who wrote following lines:
"........ I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
(A). John Donne
(B). John Milton
(C). Earnest Hemingway
(D). D.H. Lawrence
Right Answer: A
129. "On his blindness", a collection of sonnets is written by:
(A). Edmund Spenser
(B). John Milton
(C). Shakespeare
(D). Sir Philip Sidney
Right Answer: B
130. "Paradise lost" was lost by:
(A). Eve
(B). Adam
(C). Both a and b
(D). Satan
Right Answer: C
131. In "Paradise regained" who regained the paradise?
(A). Satan
(B). Jesus
(C). Adam and Eve
(D). Only Adam
Right Answer: C
132. Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?
(A). Colin clouts come home again
(B). Faerie queen, first three books
(C). The Shepherd's calendar
(D). Faerie queen, second three books
Right Answer: C
133. Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to --------------------------------------?
(A). Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton
(B). Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh
(C). Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle
(D). Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle
Right Answer: C
134. John Donne's "The Anniversaries" is a:
(A). An elegy in two parts
(B). An epic in three parts
(C). A ballad in four parts
(D). None of these
Right Answer: A
135. Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?
(A). Marlowe
(B). Milton
(C). Spencer
(D). Johnson
Right Answer: C
136. During Spencer's visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as__________________ much of his work:
(A). Rosalind
(B). Belinda
(C). Both a and b
(D). None of above
Right Answer: A
137. William Shakespeare born in:
(A). 26 April 1567
(B). 26 April 1566
(C). 26 April 1565
(D). 26 April 1564
Right Answer: D
138. William Shakespeare was....... child of John and Mary:
(A). second
(B). fourth
(C). third
(D). fifth
Right Answer: B
139. He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.
(A). 18, 1582
(B). 17, 1581
(C). 16, 1580
(D). 15, 1579
Right Answer: A
140. Which of the following statement is correct:
(A). Shakespeare's first child Susanna was born in 1583.
(B). In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.
(C). both a and b.
(D). None of above.
Right Answer: C
141. Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
(A). 7
(B). 8
(C). 9
(D). 10
Right Answer: B
142. After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.
(A). two
(B). three
(C). four
(D). five
Right Answer: C
143. Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died in------------?
(A). 1595
(B). 1596
(C). 1597
(D). 1598
Right Answer: B
144. Shakespeare is buried inside the:
(A). Westminster Abbey
(B). Trinity Church
(C). Protestant Cemetery
(D). None of above
Right Answer: B
145. By -------- Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
(A). 1590
(B). 1591
(C). 1592
(D). 1593
Right Answer: C
146. Who declared him as Britain's greatest dramatist in 1598?
(A). Queen Elizabeth
(B). Francis Meres, a lawyer
(C). Burbage, an actor
(D). King James
Right Answer: B
147. Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
(A). About 1611
(B). About 1610
(C). About 1609
(D). About 1608
Right Answer: B
148. What is Christopher Marlowe's Nationality?
(A). British
(B). German
(C). Dutch
(D). American
Right Answer: A
149. What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowe's father?
(A). Carpenter
(B). Civil servant
(C). Cobbler
(D). Farmer
Right Answer: C
150. From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education Corpus Christi College ?
(A). Cambridge
(B). oxford
(C). witternburg
(D). Harvard
Right Answer:
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Terry Saylor
(C). Elizabeth B. Browning
(D). Emily Dickinson
Right Answer: B
2. Who has defined 'poetry' as a fundamental creative act using languages?
(A). H. W. Longfellow
(B). Ralph Waldo Emerson
(C). Dylan Thomas
(D). William Wordsworth
Right Answer: C
3. What is a sonnet?
(A). A poem of six lines
(B). A poem of eight lines
(C). A poem of twelve lines
(D). A poem of fourteen lines
Right Answer: D
4. What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as?
(A). Prosody
(B). Allegory
(C). Scansion
(D). Assonance
Right Answer: A
5. Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?
(A). Onomatopeia
(B). Metonymy
(C). Alliteration
(D). Hyperbole
Right Answer: D
6. There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by - This is a couplet from the Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet?
(A). Metaphor
(B). Synecdoche
(C). Euphemism
(D). Irony
Right Answer: B
7. Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?
(A). Hindu
(B). Celtic
(C). Arabic
(D). Arameic
Right Answer: C
8. Complete this Shakespearan line - Let me not to the marriage of true minds bring:
(A). Impediments
(B). Inconveniences
(C). Worries
(D). Troubles
Right Answer: A
9. Which of the following is a Japanese poetic form?
(A). Jintishi
(B). Villanelle
(C). Ode
(D). Tanka
Right Answer: A
10. What is the title of the poem that begins thus - 'What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare'?
(A). Comfort
(B). Leisure
(C). Relaxation
(D). Tranquility
Right Answer: B
11. Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England ?
(A). Victor Hugo
(B). Alexander Pope
(C). John Milton
(D). Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Right Answer: A
12. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature?
(A). William Blake
(B). William Shakespeare
(C). William Morris
(D). William Wordsworth
Right Answer: D
13. What is a funny poem of five lines called?
(A). Quartet
(B). Limerick
(C). Sextet
(D). Palindrome
Right Answer: B
14. How did W. H. Auden describe poetry?
(A). An awful way to earn a living
(B). A game of knowledge
(C). The soul exposed
(D). An explosion of language
Right Answer: B
15. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry?
(A). Light verse
(B). Romantic
(C). Political satire
(D). War poems
Right Answer: D
16. Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?
(A). Denver
(B). St Louis
(C). Cuba
(D). Toronto
Right Answer: B
17. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess?
(A). Carolyn Kizer
(B). Mary Oliver
(C). Sylvia Plath
(D). Marianne Moore
Right Answer: C
18. How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?
(A). 24
(B). 31
(C). 21
(D). 28
Right Answer: D
19. In what form did Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood' first become known?
(A). Book of poetry
(B). A radio play
(C). A stage play
(D). a short film
Right Answer: B
20. The magazine 'Contemporary Poetry and Prose' was inspired by which exhibition?
(A). The Festival of Britain
(B). The Surrealist Exhibition
(C). People of the 20th Century
(D). Drawing the 20th CEntury
Right Answer: B
21. Why did 'Poetry Quarterly' cease publication in 1953?
(A). Owner convicted of fraud
(B). Fall in Sales
(C). Rise in taxation on magazines
(D). Shortage of paper
Right Answer: A
22. Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what?
(A). Politician
(B). Dramatist
(C). Novelist
(D). Architect
Right Answer: C
23. Of which poet was it said 'Even if he's not a great poet, he's certainly a great something'?
(A). Elliot
(B). Kipling
(C). Cummings
(D). Brooke
Right Answer: B
24. Where were the pilgrims going in the canterbury tales?
(A). To the shrine of st. Peter at canterbury cathedral
(B). To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral
(C).
(D).
Right Answer: B
25. in which language the stories of canterbury tale are written?
(A). French
(B). Latin
(C). Middle english
(D). English
Right Answer: C
26. chaucer's franklin was guilty of which sin?
(A). Lust
(B). Corruption
(C). Theft
(D). Gluttony
Right Answer: D
27. How many languages did chaucer know?
(A). 2
(B). 4
(C). 1
(D). 5
Right Answer: B
28. from which language the name ''chaucer'' has been driven?
(A). french
(B). latin
(C). italian
(D). english
Right Answer: A
29. Where did chaucer bury?
(A). westminster abbey
(B). kent church
(C). chapel at windsor
(D).
Right Answer: A
30. chaucer was imprisoned during----------------------?
(A). hundred years' war
(B). Black death
(C). Peasant revolt
(D).
Right Answer: A
31. how many children chaucer had?
(A). 4
(B). 1
(C). 0
(D). 2
Right Answer: A
32. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britain around 450?
(A). the Normans
(B). the Geats
(C). the Celts
(D). the Anglo-Saxons
Right Answer: D
33. Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary around the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?
(A). French
(B). Norwegian
(C). Spanish
(D). Hungarian
Right Answer: A
34. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?
(A). Beowulf
(B). Arthur
(C). Caedmon
(D). Augustine of Canterbury
Right Answer: B
35. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as the language of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?
(A). tenth
(B). eleventh
(C). twelfth
(D). thirteenth
Right Answer: E
36. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in 1336?
(A). Henry II
(B). Henry III
(C). Henry V
(D). Louis XIV
Right Answer: E
37. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?
(A). Bede
(B). Sir Thomas Malory
(C). Geoffrey Chaucer
(D). Caedmon
Right Answer: C
38. What was vellum?
(A). parchment made of animal skin
(B). the service owed to a lord by his peasants ("villeins")
(C). unrhymed iambic pentameter
(D). an unbreakable oath of fealty
Right Answer: A
39. Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbers having been destroyed in:
(A). the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.
(B). the Norman Conquest of 1066.
(C). the Peasant Uprising of 1381.
(D). the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.
Right Answer: D
40. What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?
(A). Boethius's Consolidation of Philosophy
(B). Saint Jerome's translation of the Bible
(C). Malory's Morte Darthur
(D). Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Right Answer: E
41. Who was the first English Christian king?
(A). Alfred
(B). Richard III
(C). Richard II
(D). Henry II
Right Answer: E
42. In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail to observe the sacred duty of blood vengeance?
(A). banishment to Asia
(B). everlasting shame
(C). conversion to Christianity
(D). mild melancholia
Right Answer: B
43. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their pagan ancestors with:
(A). nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.
(B). bewilderment and visceral loathing.
(C). admiration and elegiac sympathy.
(D). bigotry and shallow triumphalism.
Right Answer: C
44. The use of "whale-road"for sea and "life-house"for body are examples of what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?
(A). symbolism
(B). simile
(C). metonymy
(D). kenning
Right Answer: D
45. Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of Old English poetry?
(A). Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.
(B). Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use of language.
(C). Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.
(D). Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.
Right Answer: A
46. Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry?
(A). embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
(B). repetition of parallel syntactic structures
(C). ironic understatement
(D). stress on every third diphthong
Right Answer: C
47. How did Henry II, the first of England's Plantagenet kings, acquire vast provinces in southern France?
(A). the Battle of Hastings
(B). Saint Patrick's mission
(C). the Fourth Lateran Council
(D). the execution of William Sawtre
Right Answer: E
48. Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-Norman England?
(A). Latin
(B). Dutch
(C). French
(D). Celtic
Right Answer: B
49. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Breton storytellers for their narratives?
(A). Geoffrey Chaucer
(B). Marie de France
(C). Chrétien de Troyes
(D). a and c only
Right Answer: E
50. To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of "romance"emerged, initially apply?
(A). a work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empire
(B). a story about love and adventure
(C). a Roman official
(D). a work written in the French vernacular
Right Answer: D
51. Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily to
(A). the royal family and upper orders of the nobility
(B). the lower orders of the nobility
(C). agricultural laborers
(D). the clergy
Right Answer: D
52. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth's The History of the Kings of Britain?
(A). the reign of King Arthur
(B). the coronation of Henry II
(C). King John's seal of the Magna Carta
(D). the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitaine
Right Answer: A
53. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction for
(A). courtiers entering the service of Richard II
(B). translators of French romances
(C). women who have chosen to live as religious recluses
(D). knights preparing for their first tournament
Right Answer: C
54. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show what about the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?
(A). They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.
(B). Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.
(C). Their readers' primary language was English.
(D). a and c only
Right Answer: D
55. In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the "flowering"of Middle English literature is evident in the works of which of the following writers?
(A). Geoffrey of Monmouth
(B). the Gawain poet
(C). the Beowulf poet
(D). Chrétien de Troyes
Right Answer: B
56. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishop of Canterbury?
(A). Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.
(B). The common people were still essentially pagan.
(C). They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a form of black magic.
(D). The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.
Right Answer: D
57. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?
(A). Dante's Divine Comedy
(B). Boccaccio's Decameron
(C). The Dream of the Rood
(D). Chaucer's Legend of Good Women
Right Answer: A
58. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?
(A). Sir Thomas Malory
(B). Margery Kempe
(C). Geoffrey Chaucer
(D). William Langland
Right Answer: D
59. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?
(A). the Battle of Agincourt
(B). the Battle of Hastings
(C). the Norman Conquest
(D). the Black Death
Right Answer: E
60. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personified vices and virtues?
(A). the short story
(B). the heroic epic
(C). the morality play
(D). the romance
Right Answer: C
61. Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?
(A). She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.
(B). She was a virgin martyr.
(C). She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.
(D). She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.
Right Answer: C
62. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as it is personified in Sir Lancelot?
(A). Julian of Norwich
(B). Margery Kempe
(C). William Langland
(D). Sir Thomas Malory
Right Answer: D
63. what was the occupation of Chaucer's father?
(A). leather merchant
(B). civil servant
(C). a vintner
(D).
Right Answer: C
64. Chaucer became a page to which king's daughter-in-law?
(A). Edward III
(B). Richard II
(C). Henry IV
(D).
Right Answer: A
65. which of these is not certain about Chaucer?
(A). his birth date
(B). his death year
(C). his father's name
(D).
Right Answer: A
66. which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?
(A). Edward III
(B). Henry II
(C). Richard II
(D).
Right Answer: B
67. what was the duration of hundred year's war?
(A). 1300 to 1350
(B). 1337 to 1453
(C). 1302 to 1343
(D).
Right Answer: B
68. what did Chaucer's wife use to do?
(A). lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainaut
(B). nurse of royal court
(C). governess to Henry IV
(D).
Right Answer: A
69. one of Chaucer's daughter was............?
(A). a musician
(B). an astronomer
(C). a nun
(D).
Right Answer: C
70. in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?
(A). 1360
(B). 1357
(C). 1378
(D).
Right Answer: A
71. chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for..............?
(A). beating a friar in a London street
(B). for writing poetry against the church
(C). for crossing the border of Great Britain
(D).
Right Answer: A
72. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not in his charge?
(A). Westminster Palace
(B). Tower of London
(C). St. George's chapel at Windsor
(D). Buckingham Palace
Right Answer: D
73. Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during.............?
(A). 1374 to 1385
(B). 1350 to 1360
(C). 1360 to 1400
(D).
Right Answer: A
74. Chaucer was released from legal action by ........................ in a deed of May 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?
(A). Miss Cecily Chaumpaigne
(B). Philippa de Roet of Flanders
(C). Agnes de Copton
(D).
Right Answer: A
75. Chaucer became a member of Parliament in...........?
(A). 1386
(B). 1300
(C). 1343
(D).
Right Answer: A
76. Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to know as.........?
(A). Chaucer's corner
(B). poet's corner
(C). legend's corner
(D).
Right Answer: B
77. what was chaucer's profession?
(A). a poet
(B). a merchant
(C). a civil servant
(D).
Right Answer: C
78. One of Marlowe's earliest published works was his translation of the epic poem 'Pharsalia', written by which Roman poet?
(A). Ovid
(B). Lucan
(C). Virgil
(D). Horace
Right Answer: B
79. Marlowe's poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' begins with the line "Come live with me and be my love"; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line?
(A). William Shakespeare
(B). Thomas Kyd
(C). John Dryden
(D). John Donne
Right Answer: D
80. In Marlowe's play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta?
(A). Lazarus
(B). Solomon
(C). Barabas
(D). Shylock
Right Answer: C
81. How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?
(A). 16
(B). 20
(C). 24
(D). 28
Right Answer: C
82. Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?
(A). Henry V
(B). Richard III
(C). Edward II
(D). John
Right Answer: C
83. One of Marlowe's most famous poems was an account of which lovers?
(A). Anthony and Cleopatra
(B). Hero and Leander
(C). Troilus and Cressida
(D). Apollo and Hyacinth
Right Answer: B
84. Marlowe's play 'Tamburlaine the Great' was based loosely on the life of which Asian ruler?
(A). Zhu Yuanzhang
(B). Genghis Khan
(C). Timur
(D). Kublai Khan
Right Answer: C
85. What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the events surrounding the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in
1572?
(A). The Massacre at Berlin
(B). The Massacre at Rome
(C). The Massacre at Copenhagen
(D). The Massacre at Paris
Right Answer: D
86. In the title of Marlowe's play, of where was Dido the Queen?
(A). Troy
(B). Carthage
(C). Sparta
(D). Persia
Right Answer: B
87.
(A).
(B).
(C).
(D).
Right Answer:
88. In what country is 'Dr Faustus' based?
(A). England
(B). Italy
(C). France
(D). Germany
Right Answer: D
89. When, is it estimated, was 'Dr Faustus' first performed?
(A). 1594
(B). 1604
(C). 1590
(D). 1593
Right Answer: A
90. At what famous university is Faustus a scholar?
(A). Wittenburg
(B). Sorbonne
(C). Heidelberg
(D). Cambridge
Right Answer: A
91. Faustus' servant shares his name with a famous German composer. Who?
(A). Bach
(B). Schumann
(C). Beethoven
(D). Wagner
Right Answer: D
92. Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What are their names?
(A). Valdes and Cornelius
(B). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
(C). Troilus and Cressida
(D). Pyramus and Thisbe
Right Answer: A
93. Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devil's angels?
(A). Mephastophilis
(B). beelzebub
(C). Aamon
(D).
Right Answer: A
94. What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for great knowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?
(A). his body
(B). his house
(C). his soul
(D). his horse
Right Answer: C
95. Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus' character at the beginning of the play?
(A). kind
(B). stupid
(C). sensitive
(D). arrogant
Right Answer: D
96. Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers?
(A). The Pope
(B). The Holy Roman Emperor
(C). The King of England
(D). The King of France
Right Answer: A
97.
(A).
(B).
(C).
(D).
Right Answer:
98. "Renaissance" is a:
(A). French word
(B). Italian word
(C). Greek word
(D). Spanish word
Right Answer: A
99. What is the meaning of "Renaissance":
(A). Rebirth, revival and re-awaking
(B). Reveal, revel and reverie
(C). Raillery, renunciation and recoup
(D).
Right Answer: A
100. Renaissance first came to the:
(A). France
(B). Italy
(C). England
(D). Rome
Right Answer: B
101. Which of the following are University wits:
(A). John Gower and Robert Peele
(B). John Skelton and Thomas lodge
(C). John Lyly and Robert Greene
(D). John Donne and Thomas Nashe
Right Answer: C
102. University Wits were those who:
(A). Had training at two universities
(B). gave curriculum of two universities
(C). Erected two universities
(D).
Right Answer: A
103. Which century is known as Dawn of Renaissance:
(A). 14 th
(B). 15 th
(C). 16 th
(D). 14 th and 16 th
Right Answer: B
104. Who born in 1422:
(A). William Caxton
(B). Robert Henry
(C). John Lyly
(D). Thomas more
Right Answer: A
105. Utopia was first printed in:
(A). 1615
(B). 1516
(C). 1517
(D). 1518
Right Answer: B
106. Who translated Utopia in English language:
(A). Thomas More
(B). Thomas lodge
(C). Ralph Robinson
(D). William Tyndale
Right Answer: C
107. The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by:
(A). Wyclif
(B). Thomas more
(C). John Lyly
(D). Robert Greene
Right Answer: A
108. Who took Degree at fifteen from Cambridge in 1518?
(A). Thomas Nash
(B). Thomas More
(C). Thomas lodge
(D). Thomas Wyatt
Right Answer: D
109. Who wrote "Mirror for Magistrates"?
(A). Thomas Sacville
(B). Thomas Wyatt
(C). Thomas lodge
(D). Thomas Kyde
Right Answer: A
110. Philip Sidney was born on 30th November:
(A). 1553
(B). 1554
(C). 1555
(D). 1550
Right Answer: B
111. "Astrophel and Stella" is a:
(A). Allegory
(B). Epic
(C). Sonnet
(D). Ballad
Right Answer: C
112. Greville was biographer of:
(A). Edmund Spencer
(B). John Donne
(C). Sir Philip Sidney
(D). John Milton
Right Answer: C
113. "The Prince Of Poets in his time", on whom grave the inscription is given?
(A). Sir Philip Sidney
(B). John Milton
(C). Edmund Spencer
(D). John Donne
Right Answer: C
114. What is Faerie Queene:
(A). An allegory
(B). An epic
(C). A ballad
(D). A sonnet
Right Answer: A
115. In whose reign Morality plays began?
(A). Henry five
(B). Elizabeth one
(C). Henry six
(D). Henry eight
Right Answer: C
116. Which book Edmund Spenser dedicated to the Philip Sidney:
(A). The Faerie Queene
(B). The shepheaedes Calendar
(C). Complaints
(D). Colin Clouts come home again
Right Answer: B
117. Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries:
(A). Edmund Spenser
(B). John Milton
(C). John Donne
(D). Sir Philip Sidney
Right Answer: C
118. The first regular English comedy, based on the model of the Latin comedy, is attributed to ?
(A). Nicholas Udall
(B). Thomas Colwell
(C). Lord Burghley
(D).
Right Answer: A
119. Thomas kyd (1558-95. achieved great popularity with which of his first work?
(A). The Rare Triumphs of love and fortune
(B). The Spanish Tragedy
(C). Jeronimo
(D). Cornelia
Right Answer: B
120. Marlowe born in________
(A). 1562
(B). 1563
(C). 1564
(D). 1565
Right Answer: C
121. In "the tragic history of Doctor Faustus". Faustus was a :
(A). German scholar
(B). French scholar
(C). Spanish scholar
(D). Greek scholar
Right Answer: A
122. After the death of Christopher Marlowe who completed his unfinished poem "Hero and Leander"?
(A). Shakespeare
(B). Thomas Nash
(C). George Chapman
(D). Thomas More
Right Answer: C
123. Who succeeded Lyly?
(A). Robert Greene
(B). John Milton
(C). Philip Sidney
(D). Christopher Marlowe
Right Answer: A
124. Which of the Marlowe's plays were written in collaboration with Thomas Nash?
(A). Queen of Carthage and The passionate Shepherd.
(B). The tragedy of Dido and Queen of Carthage.
(C). The passionate Shepherd and The tragedy of Dido.
(D). Queen of Carthage and The Massacre of Paris.
Right Answer: B
125. Who was the son of a rich London merchant and born in 1557?
(A). Thomas Nah
(B). Thomas lodge
(C). Thomas Kyd
(D). Thomas Hardy
Right Answer: B
126. The collection of the papers and correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family is known as:
(A). Letters to the Margret Paston
(B). Margret Paston to John Paston
(C). The Paston letters
(D). To John Paston
Right Answer: C
127. Who wrote "Holy Sonnets"?
(A). Edmund Spenser
(B). John Donne
(C). Shakespeare
(D). John Milton
Right Answer: B
128. Who wrote following lines:
"........ I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
(A). John Donne
(B). John Milton
(C). Earnest Hemingway
(D). D.H. Lawrence
Right Answer: A
129. "On his blindness", a collection of sonnets is written by:
(A). Edmund Spenser
(B). John Milton
(C). Shakespeare
(D). Sir Philip Sidney
Right Answer: B
130. "Paradise lost" was lost by:
(A). Eve
(B). Adam
(C). Both a and b
(D). Satan
Right Answer: C
131. In "Paradise regained" who regained the paradise?
(A). Satan
(B). Jesus
(C). Adam and Eve
(D). Only Adam
Right Answer: C
132. Which of the following published in 1579 and although it placed Spencer immediately in the highest rank of living writers?
(A). Colin clouts come home again
(B). Faerie queen, first three books
(C). The Shepherd's calendar
(D). Faerie queen, second three books
Right Answer: C
133. Spencer married in June 11, 1594 to --------------------------------------?
(A). Elizabeth Wilton D/O Lord Grey De Wilton
(B). Elizabeth Raleigh D/O Walter Raleigh
(C). Elizabeth Boyle D/O James Boyle
(D). Elizabeth Boyle D/O Richard Boyle
Right Answer: C
134. John Donne's "The Anniversaries" is a:
(A). An elegy in two parts
(B). An epic in three parts
(C). A ballad in four parts
(D). None of these
Right Answer: A
135. Who of the following is known as Child Of Renaissance?
(A). Marlowe
(B). Milton
(C). Spencer
(D). Johnson
Right Answer: C
136. During Spencer's visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as__________________ much of his work:
(A). Rosalind
(B). Belinda
(C). Both a and b
(D). None of above
Right Answer: A
137. William Shakespeare born in:
(A). 26 April 1567
(B). 26 April 1566
(C). 26 April 1565
(D). 26 April 1564
Right Answer: D
138. William Shakespeare was....... child of John and Mary:
(A). second
(B). fourth
(C). third
(D). fifth
Right Answer: B
139. He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.
(A). 18, 1582
(B). 17, 1581
(C). 16, 1580
(D). 15, 1579
Right Answer: A
140. Which of the following statement is correct:
(A). Shakespeare's first child Susanna was born in 1583.
(B). In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.
(C). both a and b.
(D). None of above.
Right Answer: C
141. Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
(A). 7
(B). 8
(C). 9
(D). 10
Right Answer: B
142. After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.
(A). two
(B). three
(C). four
(D). five
Right Answer: C
143. Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died in------------?
(A). 1595
(B). 1596
(C). 1597
(D). 1598
Right Answer: B
144. Shakespeare is buried inside the:
(A). Westminster Abbey
(B). Trinity Church
(C). Protestant Cemetery
(D). None of above
Right Answer: B
145. By -------- Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
(A). 1590
(B). 1591
(C). 1592
(D). 1593
Right Answer: C
146. Who declared him as Britain's greatest dramatist in 1598?
(A). Queen Elizabeth
(B). Francis Meres, a lawyer
(C). Burbage, an actor
(D). King James
Right Answer: B
147. Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
(A). About 1611
(B). About 1610
(C). About 1609
(D). About 1608
Right Answer: B
148. What is Christopher Marlowe's Nationality?
(A). British
(B). German
(C). Dutch
(D). American
Right Answer: A
149. What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowe's father?
(A). Carpenter
(B). Civil servant
(C). Cobbler
(D). Farmer
Right Answer: C
150. From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education Corpus Christi College ?
(A). Cambridge
(B). oxford
(C). witternburg
(D). Harvard
Right Answer:
www.haminpur.com
Disclaimer : We try to provide free and accurate information.
However, we are not liable to any type of mistake that may arise due to the results provided by this portal.
Privacy : We do not share any submitted information to other purposes.