Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Prose - I
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
Course Code: U16EG102
GP
1.
Steele’s fruitful collaboration with _______ left its indelible mark on English
literature.
a.
Swift b. Pope c. Dr.Johnson d.
Addison
2.
A self-contradictory statement is called a _______________.
a.
satire b.
paradox c.
oxymoron d. none of these
3. Who among the
following writers was knighted in the year 1715?
a.
Swift b. Pope c. Addison d.
Steele
4. The poem on
speed was written by the poet called ________.
a.
Keats b. Byron c. Henley d.
None of the above
5. ___________ is
called the ‘prince of paradox.’
a. G.K.Chesterton b.
E.V.Lucas c. Max Beerbohm d. None of the above
6. Mr. Carnegie is
a _______________.
a.
Philosopher b.
Philanthropist c. Journalist d. Writer
7. The essay
“Speed” is taken from the collection titled _____________.
a. Listener’s Lure b. Cricket
all his Life c. Mainly
on the Air d. all
the above
8. The fictional
detective created by Chesterton in his stories was ______________.
a.
Roger b. Morgan c.
Father Brown d. None of the above
9. In the
__________ form of flattery, falsehood itself appeared more true.
a. Old b. New
c. Old and new d. None of above
10. Words like
‘quiet’, ‘modest’ and ‘simple’ were used for _________ the wealthy.
a.
eulogizing b. glorifying c. flattering d. All the above
11. Whose company does Altangi desire the most?
a. the magistrate
b. the maimed sailor
c. the Man in Black d.
the ragged woman
12. The Man in
Black professes himself to be a ________________.
a. braggard b. eccentric c. man-hater d. philanthropist
13. The saying
‘live and let live’ is attributed to the writer _____________.
a.
Schiller b. Immanuel Kant c. William Henley d. Father Newman
14. The credit of
designing St. Paul’s Cathedral in twenty-five minutes goes to ___________.
a. Edward
Gibbon b. Rudyard Kipling c. Christopher Wren d. Oscar Wilde
15. The
_____________ was, for Henley, a glorious revelation.
a. Aeroplane b.
Mercedes c. Marathon d. Black Bess
16. The Man in
Black uses the language of ________________
a. flatterer b. science c. bombast d.
ill-nature
17. Max Beerbohm,
in his essay brings out the modern man’s craze for ___________.
a. Money b. Flattery c. Speed d.
all the above
18. Beerbohm says
that in this age of speed, we are constantly told by the press to be _____
conscious.
a. noise b.
traffic c. prayer d. money
19. According to
Beerbohm ______ has become mankind’s fetish.
a.
speed b. glory c. romance d. none of these
20. Flattery in
the modern age becomes intolerable when it is applied to a person’s ________.
a. birth b. death c.
wealth d. life
21. Richard Steele
was born in __________.
a.London
b. New York
c.
Dublin d. Scotland
22. The Chinese
letters were written by a fictitious Chinese Philosopher by name -----
a. Fum
Hoam B. Altangi c. Man in
Black d.
Goldsmith
23. The Trumpet
club originally consisted of ---- members
a. 30 b.
45 c.
15 d.
50
24. The character
of the Man in Black is full of -----
a.
Pretensions b. Inconsistencies
c. Affectations d. All the above
25. Richard
Steele’s conversation with the members of the club is a kind of preparative for
-----
a.
Play b. work
c. Sleep d. talk
26. The first
beggar who meets the Man in Black is ------
a. a
maimed sailor b. a ragged old man c.
a woman with a child
d. a
parishioner
27. Jeoffrey Notch
calls every thriving man an -----
a.
idler b.
upstart c. impostor d. idiot
28. ------ is the only man who seemed ashamed of
his natural benevolence
a. Altangi b. Roger
c. Bencher d. The Man in Black
29. The foreman of
the Trumpet club is ________________.
a.
Honest old Dick Reptile b. Major Matchlock c. Jeoffrey Notch
d. Bencher
30. The Man in
Black gave _____________to the sailor or the clips of wood.
a. a
penny b.
a pound c. a shilling d. None of the above
31. Bencher was
closely associated with __________________.
a. Fun
Hoam b.
Jack Ogle c. Nestor d.
Belial
32. Major
Matchlock served in the _____________________.
a.
Spanish War b. World
War c.
Civil war d. None of the above
33. The narrator
of “The Trumpet Club” compares the conversation of the old to the wise words of
______________________.
a.
Achilles b. Nestor c. Hector
d. Milton
34. The Man in
Black rails against the _______________.
a.
Kings b.
Magistrates c.
Beggars d. all the
above
35. The greatest
wit of the Trumpet club was -----
a.
Bencher b. Major Matchlock c. Richard Steele d. Jeoffrey Notch
36. Honest Old
Dick Reptile is described as an ______________ man.
a.
Philosophical b. Intelligent c. Indolent d.
all the above
37. Steele adopted
the pseudonym -------------- in the early issues of the Tatler.
a.
Roger b. Spectator c. Isaac Bickerstaff d. None of the above
38. The story of
the old Gantlett is recounted by ___________________.
a. Jeoffrey Notch b.
Bencher c. Major Matchlock d.
Jack Ogle
39. The first
beggar said that he was forced to beg to support ______________.
a. his
fellow beggars b. his
countrymen c. his dying wife and five children
d. all
the above
40. According to
the narrator Steele, the conversation of the old people is filled
with__________.
a.
Trifles b. Frivolities
c. Wisdom d. All the above
41. Major
Matchlock recounts the battle of ___________ .
a.
Edgehill b. Naseby c.Marston Moor d. all the above
42. The greatest
wit of the members of the trumpet club was ________
a.
Major Matchlock b. Jeoffrey
Notch d. Richard Steele d.
Bencher
43. The only man
of the trumpet club who has the liberty of stirring the fire was ___________
a. Jeoffrey Notch b. Major Matchlock c. Jack Ogle d. Samuel
Hudibras
44. Steele calls the members at the club
___________________ companions
a.
arbitrary b. shining c. reckless d. devious
45. Honest Old
Dick Reptile brought his nephew to the club in order to show him _____________
a. good
company b. a taste of the world c. Both a&b d. none of
these
46. Altangi says
that he desires the friendship of ____________
a. Beau Tibbs b. The Man in Black c.
Mrs. Tibbs d. None of these
47. The Man in
Black pretends to be _____________
a. a prodigy of
parsimony b. man-hater c. man of prudence d. all the above
48.The old man
with tattered finery felt shameful about
his profession of _____________
a.
Begging b. Fighting d. Stealing d. none
of the above
49. The Man in
Black, in reality was full of _____________
a. egotism b. indolence c. compassion d.
self-pity
50. The Man in
Black gave the first beggar _____________
a.
a piece of silver b.
a piece of gold c. a piece of
advice d. all the above
51. Chesterton
says that the modern method of flattery is ______________
a. ingenious b. subtle b. harmful d. all the
above
52. A true bore is
one who is always unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness
b. borishness c.prudishness d. none of
the above
53. According to
Lucas, _____________ people are seldom bores.
a.
busy b. simple c.kind d. poor
54. The modern flatterer adopts a new method of
flattery which deals with the use of __________
a.
negatives b. aphorisms c. poetry d.satire
55. According to
Chesterton, ________________________ are rare and royal virtues, not to be
lightly talked about.
a. pride and pomp b.
simplicity and modesty c.
compassion and love d. none of
the above
56. The term
transcendental pantheism is associated with ____________.
a.
Immanuel Kant b. Bertrand
Russell c. John Locke d. Descartes
57. Chesterton says that the journalists who
write about Mr. Pierpont Morgan do not say that he is as beautiful as
_____________________
a. Midas b. Apollo c.
Solomon d. Mars
58. The word
______________ is said to be employed by
the Japanese before any word that occurs in a polite sentence.
a. simple b. modest c. honourable d.
quiet
59. The book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
was written by __________________.
a. Charles Dickens b. Rudyard Kipling c. Edward Gibbon d. William Henley
60. Beerbohm feels
that reducing the speed-limit of the motorists will save ___________
a. energy
consumption b. national income c.
vast number of human lives d.
none of the above
