CORE II: PROSE
– I
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Unit
I
Bacon: Of Studies
1.
According to Bacon who condemns studies?
a.
crafty men b.
simple men c. wise men
d. ready men
2.
Bacon suggests that the general counsels come best from those that are :
a. Experienced
b. Professionals c.
Learned d.
Businessmen
3.
To use studies too much for Ornament is _______
a. affection b. adornment c. affectation d. none
4.
To Bacon to spend too much time in studies is:
(a)
Affection (b) Affectation
(c)
Studious (d) Sloth
5.
According to Bacon what maketh an exact man?
(a)
sleeping (b) eating
(c)
chatting (d) reading
6.
Bacon suggests that if a man’s wit be wandering let him study:
(a)
History (b) Mathematics
(c)
Philosophy (d)
Logic
7.
According to Bacon what makes men wise?
(A)
Physics (B) Mathematics
(C)
Philosophy (D) History
8.
According to Bacon gentle walking is good for
(a)
eyes (b) stomach
(c)
brain (d) lungs
9. According to
Bacon the chief use of study is:
(a)
Ability (b) Ornament
(c)
Delight (d) Adornent
10. Bacon
suggests that if a man’s wit be wandering let him study:
(a)
Mathematics (b) History
(c)
Philosophy (d) Logic
11. Bacon’s
style is known for:
(a)
pathos (b) humour
(c)
paradox (d) aphorisms
12. According to
Bacon philosophy makes men:
(a)
wise (b) witty
(c)
subtle (d) grave
Unit
III
J.B.
Priestley : Lectures
1.
Priestley has probably ______________ a hundred readers every time he gives a
lecture
(a)
gained (b) lost
(c)
added (d) none
2.
Just as the young ____________ falls into an ecstasy at the sound of flagons,
the successful lecturer thrills with the pleasure of his voice
(a)
Margantua (b) Gargantua
(c)
Targantua (d) None
3. According to Priestley what is more foolish
than going to hear a lecture?
(a)
learning from a lecture (b)
giving a lecture
(c)
preparing a lecture (d) not giving a lecture
4. To Priestley there is no glory, no fun and
no money in _____
a)
writing b) giving
a lecture
c)
acting d) none
5. Priestley is basically a good ________
a)
singer b) lecturer
c)
writer d) dancer
6. According to Priestley a successful lecturer
takes a delight in his ________
(a)
dress (b) audience
(c)
voice (d) mannerisms
7. When he gives a lecture, Priestley ______
the town, the hall, the audience and himself.
(a)
adores (b) loves
(c)
despises (d) likes
8. If Priestley went on an American tour there
would be men waiting with_____ outside the hall.
(a)
garlands (b)
cash prize
(c)
guns (d) none
9. Priestley,
when he writes he feels that he is addressing a company of ____________ persons
(a)
bored persons (b) pleasant
persons
(c) pedants (d) none
10. According to Priestley what is more foolish
than going to hear a lecture?
(a)
learning from a lecture (b) giving a lecture
(c)
preparing a lecture (d) not
giving a lecture
11. Priestley is greatly in demand as a
lecturer.
a)
true b) false
c) not
much d) none
12. If Priestley
is given a pile of sheets, a fountain-pen or a type writer he will do his
__________
(a)
worst (b) best
(c)
will not care (d) none
13. According to
Priestley to-er-is human, to
________ divine
(a)
refuse (b) forgive
(c)
forget (d) none
Unit IV
Robert Lynd
: In Praise of Mistakes
1.
The true error-hunter is a man who searches for error as men search for______
(a)
Iron (b) Gold
(c)
Diamond (d) Copper
2.
According to Lynd, in the history of the world the man who makes mistakes has
never been ________
(a)
rewarded (b) appreciated
(c)
censured (d) none
3. To Lynd, the only fatal error in a writer is
to be________
(a)
accurate (b) uninteresting
(c)
interesting (d)
none
4. Dr.Johnson endeared himself to posterity by
his _________ in his dictionary.
(a)
blunders (b) accurate
definitions
(c)
interesting details (d) none
5. To Lynd, all comedy arises from other
people’s _________
(a)
mistakes (b) jokes
(c)
foolishness (d)
none
6. According to Lynd, the poet uses the word
“chrysoberyl” for the _________
(a)
sound ` (b) sense
(c)
precious stone (d) none
7. What according to Lynd is the chief value of
error?
(a)
makes the reader superior (b) confuses
the readers
(c)
makes the reader laugh (d)
none
8.
According to Lynd, there has been a heavy shower of letters in _______ about
the mistakes made by famous novelists:
(a)
The Times (b)
The Morning Star
(c)
The Saturday Review (d) None
9. ____________
blundered in Chronology and geography
(a)
Hazlitt (b) Milton
(c)
Shakespeare (d) Scot
10.
Robert Lynd remarks as one grows older no doubt, one cares less for the rarer
kind of jewellery in ____________
(a) article (b) prose
(c) drama (d) poetry
11. The inaccuracies of the historian ________
have been laughed at.
(a) Dryden (b)
Aristotle (c)
Froude (d) Plato
12. Why does
Lynd awakes out of dream at night and breaks into a sweat of fear?(a)
bad dream (b) is anxious
if he had made a mistake (c)
suffers from sleeplessness (d)
none
