II MA ECOLITERATURE 2024 CIA 1 MCQs

 

Semester IV - II MA ECOLITERATURE 2024 CIA 1

 Unit I

Introduction to Eco-Literature:

“Ecocriticism” (from Peter Barry’s Beginning Theory)

Unit IV

F.G. Scott: “The Unnamed Lake”

 

Unit I

Introduction to Eco-Literature: “Ecocriticism” (from Peter Barry’s Beginning Theory)

1. Who defined ecocriticism as “the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment”?

a. Peter Barry b. Cheryll Glotfelty c. William Rueckert d. Bate

2. ISLE is the house journal of ______.

a. OSLE-India b. ASLE c. tiNai d. MELTA

3. According to Peter Barry, which is still distinctly on the academic margins?

a. Ecocriticism b. Realism c. Romanticism d. New Criticism

4. Michael P.Branch traces the term “Ecocriticism” to_______.

a. William Rueckert b. Cheryl Glotfelty c. Nirmal Selvamony d. Michael P.Branch

5. Who is the author of the essay “Literature and Ecology: An Experiment in Ecocriticism?

a. Cheryl Glotfelty b. William Rueckert c. Nirmal Selvamony d. Michael P.Branch

6. Who are the three major nineteenth-century American poets who celebrate nature?

a. Maya Angelou, Rupert Brooke and Langston Hughes

b. Emerson, Fuller and Thoreau

c. Robert Frost, Rupert Brooke and Langston Hughes 

d. Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney and George Meredith

7. Who is the author of the book Nature?

a. Emerson b. Fuller c. Peter Barry d. Kate Soper

8. With which literary movement, Emerson, Fuller and Thoreau are related with?

a. Transcendentalism b. Romanticism c. Realism d. Expressionism

9. Summer in the Lakes is the first book of________

a. Peter Barry b. Emerson c. Fuller d. Kate Soper

10. What is the UK version of ecocriticism?

a. Light Green Studies b. Dark Green Studies c. Green Studies d. E-Studies

11. Ecocriticism takes its bearing from_______

a. Transcendentalism b. Romanticism c. Realism d. Expressionism

12. Green Studies takes it bearing from_______

a. Romanticism b. Transcendentalism c. Realism d. Expressionism

13. Who argues that colonialism and deforestation have frequently gone together?

a. Peter Barry b. Cheryll Glotfelty c. Jonathan Bate d. William Rueckert

14. According to Peter Barry, there is a scope for a study concerning _____and nature.

a. Environment b. Literature c. Culture d. Ecology

15. Ecocritics _____the notion that everything is Socially/linguistically constructed.

a. reject b. select c. choose d. elect

16. “It isn’t language which has a hole in its ozone layer”. Whose statement is this?

a. Kate Soper b. Fuller c. Peter Barry d. Alan Liu

17. Who has penned the Christian hymn, “All things bright and beautiful”?

a. Reginald Heber b. C.F. Abraham c. Jim Reeves d. C.F. Alexander

18. Who says that nature is nothing more than an anthropomorphic construct created by Wordsworth?

a. Kate Soper b. Fuller c. Peter Barry d. Alan Liu

19. An example for Area One: “the wilderness” is _________.

a. deserts. b. forests. C. hills. D. parks

20. An example of Area two: “the scenic sublime” is ___.

a. forests b. deserts C. hills. D. parks

21. An example of Area three: “the countryside” is _____.

a. parks b. forests. C. deserts D. hills

22. An example of Area four: “the domestic picturesque” is _____.

a. deserts b. forests. C. hills. D. parks 

23. In the outdoor environment, “pure” nature predominates in ______.

a. the wilderness b. the scenic sublime c. the countryside d. the domestic picturesque

24. In the outdoor environment, culture predominates in ______.

a. the domestic picturesque b. the scenic sublime c. the countryside d. the wilderness

25. In the outdoor environment, both culture and nature can be seen in _______.

a. the wilderness b. the scenic sublime

c. the countryside d. the domestic picturesque

26. According to Peter Barry, _______ is the preferred location of Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”.

a. the scenic sublime b. the countryside c. the wilderness d. the domestic picturesque

27. According to Peter Barry, _______ is the preferred location of James Thomson’s The Seasons.

a. the countryside b. the scenic sublime c. the wilderness d. the domestic picturesque

28. According to Peter Barry, _______ is the preferred location of William Cowper’s The Task.

a. the countryside b. the scenic sublime c. the wilderness d. the domestic picturesque

29. Who distinguishes between “light Greens” and “dark Greens” in The Song of the Earth?

a. Peter Barry b. Cheryll Glotfelty c. Bate d. William Rueckert

30. _____ believe that they can save the planet through a more responsible form of consumption and production.

a. Greens b. light Greens c. white Greens d. dark Greens

31. ________ take a radical stance regarding the use of technology.

a. dark Greens b. Greens c. white Greens d. light Greens

32. _____ believe in “Know Technology”.

a. light Greens b. Greens c. white Greens d. dark Greens

33. _____ believe in “No Technology”.

a. black Greens b. Greens c. dark Greens d. light Greens

34. _______ prefer the term “nature” to “environment”.

a. black Greens b. Greens c. dark Greens d. light Greens

35. “Dark Greens” are also called as _________.

a. Deep Ecologists b. True Ecologists c. Wildlife Ecologists d. Natural Ecologists

36. In which play “the commodified landscape is sliced up and parcelled out to the highest rhetorical bidder”?

a. King Lear b. Riders to the Sea c. The Winter’s Tale d. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

37. Which play is referred to by Ralph W. Black in his article on the commodification of landscape?

a. Pericles, Prince of Tyre b. Riders to the Sea c. The Winter’s Tale d. King Lear 

38. Who sees King Lear as an archetypal family drama?

a. Trilling b. Frye c. Lacan d. Freud

39. According to the Ecocritics, the storm in the play King Lear represents______.

a. real weather b. unnatural behaviour c. emblematic correlative d. metaphor

40. In ecocriticism, what had seemed mere ______ is brought in from the critical margins to the critical centre.

a. setting b. language c. society d. human

41. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” uses ______.

a. symbiosis b. entropy c. negentropy d. mutualism

42. What is entropy?

a. Desirable energy b. Negative energy c. Required energy d. Necessary energy

43. Whose house is compared to a Black Hole by Peter Barry?

a. Usher’s house b. Rueckert’s house c. Hardy’s house     d. Blackie’s house.

44. Who cannot hear natural sounds but only processed music?

a. Usher b. Tennyson c. Jackson d. Frost

45. According to John Ruskin, _______ is our instinctive tendency to see our emotions reflected in our environment.

a. apostrophe b. personification c. pathetic fallacy d. parasitism

46. According to Peter Barry, which poet has no “environmental anxieties”?

a. Jackson b. Usher c. Tennyson d. Frost

47. “…nature, red in tooth and claw”. Whose insensitive statement is this?

a. Tennyson b. Usher c. Jackson d. Frost

48. According to Peter Barry, _______ implies an ideal fusion of agriculture and horticulture.

a. Thomas Hardy b. Tagore c. Tennyson d. Frost

49. Which Ecocritic quotes Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” in his critical essay?

a. Cheryl Glotfelty b. Scott Slovic c. Nirmal Selvamony d. William Rueckert

50. Who says that there is “no single, dominant world-view guiding ecocritical practice”?

a. William Rueckert b. Cheryl Glotfelty c. Nirmal Selvamony d. Scott Slovic

 

Unit IV

“Unnamed Lake”

16. ______ is a flowering plant distinguished by cylindrical stalks or hollow, stem like leaves.

a. Rush b. Grass c. Violet d. Aster

17. ______ are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds referred to by Frederick G. Scott.

a. Herons b. Vulture c. Kingfisher d. Herring

18. Frederick George Scott heard the “cry” of a _______.

a.. kingfisher b. fish-hawk c. wolf d. baby

19.______ brings out the beauty of an “untrodden” land.

a. F.R.Scott b. F.G.Scott c. Wordsworth d. Tagore

20. “It ______ among the thousand hills / Where no man ever trod”.

a. sleeps b. lives c. sees d. seeks

21. What is the name of the lake visited by Frederick George Scott?

a. Unnamed Lake b. Pykara Lake c. Lake Superior d. Dead Sea

22. According to Scott in “Unnamed Lake”, ____ spoke in the silent valley.

a. human being b. a parrot c. a the guardian mountains d. a guru

 

Indian Writing in English / U23EG102 / MCQs for my I BA English Students

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620 017

I B.A. English / Semester I

 

Indian Writing in English / Course Code: U23EG102

 

Unit II

 Mahatma Gandhi: Voluntary Poverty

Jawaharlal Nehru: The Indus Valley Civilization

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan: An Ideal Before Youth

N.C. Chaudhuri: The Eternal Silence of These Infinite Crowds

 

Voluntary Poverty by Mahatma Gandhi 

1. “Voluntary Poverty” is an address delivered at the hall in_____.

a)New Delhi b) London c) Mumbai d) New York

2. What did Gandhi decide after witnessing the difficulties of the people?

            a) Discard only Wealth

            b) Discard only food

            c) Discard Wealth and Food

            d) Discard Wealth and Possession

3. According to Gandhi, the only thing which can be possessed by all is _____.

            a) non-possession              b) wealth

            c) sand                                   d) possession

4. What did Gandhi get through the service of his fellow men?

            a) Comfort and Joy                        b) Pain and Struggle

            c) Progress and Experience             d) Self-respect and Satisfaction

5. According to M. K. Gandhi, possession seems to be a ________.

            a) Joy   b) Crime       c) Service       d) Faith

6. What does Gandhi refer to the word ‘Bliss’?

            a) Civilization b) Poverty c) Happiness d) Conviction

7. The _____ is a temporary possession given by God.

a)  body b) soul c)  temple    d) lamb

8. Why did Gandhi surrender his body to the will of God?

            a) For Dissipation b) For Self-indulgence c) For Service d) For Pleasure

9. Who is the hardest Task-Master in Voluntary Poverty?

 a) M. K. Gandhi b) Tolstoy c) Politician d) God

10. It is ___ to serve your fellow human beings. 

a) bliss           b) sore                        c) bore            d) grace

11. According to Gandhi, if he kept anything as his own, he had to defend it against  ___.

a) the enemies b) the whole world c) the friends d) the nature

12. Gandhi cites the example from  ______, a character who seeks to rid himself of a terrible burden.

a) Shakespeare’s The Tempest 

b) Rabindranath Tagore’s Gora

c) John Millington Synge’s  The Playboy of the Western World

d) John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress

13. Which fictional character seeks to rid himself of his burden? 

a) Doctor Faustus b) Django c) Christian d) Caliban

 

The Indus Valley Civilization by Jawaharlal Nehru 

14. ____ is called the Architect of Modern India

a)Jinnah b) Jawaharlal Nehru c) Mahatma Gandhi d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

15. Jawaharlal Nehru discusses the ______and ______ condition of the Indus valley civilization.

a)     social, mental  b) political, social  c) psychological, moral  d) moral, political

16. Impressive remains of Indus Valley civilization have been discovered at ____ and ________.

a)     Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa  b) Harappa, Mehrgarh   c) Uttar Pradesh, Sind   d) Gujarat, Lothal

17. Jawaharlal Nehru visited Mohenjo-Daro twice in __________ and _________.

a)     1945, 1938   b)1927, 1929   c) 1935, 1945  d) 1931, 1936

18. Indus valley civilization was widespread certainly in _______________.

a)     South India  b) Uttar Pradesh   c) North India   d) North East India

19. The Indus valley civilization is believed to have spread to the ___________.

a)     Yamuna Valley   b) Gangetic Valley  c) Sind Valley  d) Parvati Valley

20.___________ and ______________ are one of  the most important areas where the civilization process were initiated and developed.

a)     Mesopotamia, Egypt b) Harappa, Sind   c) Egypt, Punjab   d) Asia, Africa

21.____________ was used for textiles even at the remote period of India.

a)     Jute   b) Silk  c) Cotton  d) Linen

22. Indus Valley civilization is predominantly a _____________ civilization.

a)     sacred  b) secular  c) temporal  d) democratic

23._________ class played an important role in the Indus valley civilization.

a)     Noble   b) Tailor   c) Clerical  d) Merchant

24. In Indus Valley civilization, the finest structures are those erected for the convenience of the _______.

a)     kings      b) nobles   c) citizens   d) priests

25. The people of the Indus Valley had many contacts with _____________ civilization.

a)     China  b) Egypt  c) Mesopotamia  d) Sumerian

An Ideal Before Youth by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

26. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was the _____ Vice President of India.

            a) First    b) Second  c) Third   d) Fourth

27. “Arthakri avidya” in Sanskrit means the utilitarian aspect of ________.

a) life b) love c) education d) death

28. “Bread and butter” refers to a person’s main source of ______.

a) poverty b) food c) wheat d) livelihood

29. Which will train the youth to solve drastic social and economic changes?

            a) Education    b) Business   c) Politics   d) Sports

30. The industrial growth of our country needs _______ and engineers.  

            a) scientists, technicians b) politicians, lawyers

            c) teachers, officers               d) parents, students

31. Dr Radhakrishnan does not believe that scientific and technological are devoid of _____

            a) Moral values   b) crimes   c) Justice    d) None of these

32. ____ is not encouraged in the world today.

            a) Independent thinking b) Dependent thinking c) Reliable thinking d) None of these

33. According to Dr Radhakrishnan, who has a great influence on pupils?

            a) Teachers   b) Parents     c) Friends       d) Movies

34. ______ and wealth begin to exercise a kind of intoxication on the minds of men.

            a) Power   b) Spirituality  c) Poverty d) Love

35. _____says: ‘None else compels, ye suffer from yourselves…”.

a) Buddha b) Aristotle c) St. John d) Plato

 

 The Eternal Silence of these Infinite Crowds by Nirad Choudhari 

36. The Eternal Silence of these Infinite Crowds is taken from Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s ____.

a.   A Passage to England

b.   The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

c.  The Continent of Circe 

d.   The Intellectual in India

37. Who does the author talk about as being reserved in the essay “The Eternal Silence of These Infinite Crowds”?

a.  French men

b. English People

c.  Indians

d.   None of the above

38. When do Indians exhibit their kindness?

a.   Public

b.   Private

c.  Never

d.   Both a and b

39. Noise in India is referred to as___.

a.  The night sky

b.   Boiling cauldron

c.  The warmth of the sun

d.   Music to the ear

40. Who pointed out that English people bury their faces in newspapers when they travel on underground trains?

a.      Nirad C. Chaudhuri

b.     A fellow passenger in a bus journey in India

c.      A writer on a news article

d.     An English friend in England

41. The most crowded street in London seemed like ______________

a.      A calm lake

b.     Gentle whisper of nature

c.      Timeless expanse of solitude

d. A film of pre-talkie day

42. What book did a fellow passenger try to pull from Chaudhuri’s hand?

a.   An edition of Gita

b.   The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian

c.  A native language comic

d.   The New Testament of the Bible

43. Which of these incidents is not mentioned in the essay “The Eternal Silence of These Infinite Crowds”?

a.   One of the fellow passengers on the Delhi bus remarked about the author’s turban hilariously.

b.   One of the fellow passengers on the Delhi bus unwantedly enquires about the author’s habit of jerking his head.

c.  One of the fellow passengers is offended for not providing him with a book by the author.

d.   One of the fellow passengers twists the author’s wrist to know the time.

44. What does Chaudhuri mean by “comedie humaine”?

a.      A famous French novel

b.     A type of theatre performance

c.      The contrast between public and private life

d.     A term for dramatic behaviour

45. Why did the elderly gentleman want Chaudhuri’s name and address?

a.      To invite him to a social event

b.     To send him some mangoes as a token of gratitude

c.      To discuss a legal matter

d.     To continue their conversation later

46. How does Chaudhuri describe the behaviour of passengers on Delhi buses regarding physical contact?

a.      They avoid physical contact entirely

b.     They only engage in physical contact with acquaintances

c.      They use each other for bodily comfort and support

d.     They consider physical contact disrespectful

47. What does Chaudhuri feel about the behaviour of Englishmen in pubs and restaurants?

a.      He finds it loud and obnoxious

b.     He appreciates their warm conversations

c.      He is uncomfortable with the silence

d.     He is surprised by their friendliness

48. What is Chaudhuri’s overall tone when describing the behaviour of passengers on Delhi buses?

a.      Critical and judgmental

b.     Nostalgic and reflective

c.      Puzzled and confused

d.     Amused and appreciative

49. What reaction did Chaudhuri get when he tried to initiate a conversation in an English club?

a.      He was met with enthusiasm and engaged in a lively discussion

b.     His intrusion was deflected skilfully but politely

c.      He was met with rudeness and discourtesy

d.         He was asked to leave the club

50. What is the meaning of the word “rejoin”?

a)To join b)To reply c)To hurl d) To rely