Tuesday, April 4, 2017

I BA English CORE III: PROSE II Question Bank for CIA 2 Unit III and Unit V from Dr.Suresh Frederick

UNIT III
        E.M. Forster                           :             What I Believe
Richard Wright                       :             How was Bigger Born?  

101. According to E.M.Forster, Erasmus and _________ are the two philosophical guides in his life time.
a) Moses b) St. Paul c) Montaigne d) Tagore
102. E.M.Forster considers loyalty to a_______ is more important than the loyalty to one’s country.
a) Business b) Friend c) Family d) Relationship
103. Dante portrays ________ and Cassius are the worst betrayers of their friend Julius Caesar.
a) Antony b) Brutus c) Casca d) Judas
104. E.M.Forster believes in two special merits of Democracy, the freedom of the individual and _________
a) Force b) Open criticism c) Creative action d) Human values
105. In ‘What I Believe ‘E.M.Forster has given example for force from _________
a) Philosophy of Ludwig Feuerbach b) Niebelung’s Ring c) Zurich’s Baur au Lac d) Oper und Drama
106. Who is Brunnhilde?
a) Giant b) Valkyries c) God d) Dwarf
107. What does Forster mean intervals of peace as _______
a) Force b) Democracy c) Law d) Civilization
108. According to E.M.Forster _________ attitude brings progress and equality among humans.
a) Imagination b) Courage c) Sensitive d) Good
109. E.M.Forster mainly believes in these three tenets______,_____ and ______
a) Sensitive, considerate and brave b) Equality, innovative and pain c) Force, democracy and relationship d) Tolerance, good temper and sympathy
110. E.M.Forster does not believe the ideas of _______
a) Erasmus b) Montaingne c) Moses d) Dante
111. According to E.M.Forster, where did the immoral people admit?
a) Mount Moriah b) Elysian Field c) Parliament d) Rome
112. E.M.Forster’s purpose of living one has to assume that the personality is solid, and the ________ is an entity.
a) Knowledge b) Behavior c) Self d) Culture
113. According to E.M.Forster, ______ is a matter for the heart, which signs no documents.
a) Relationship b) Reliability c) Personality d) Character
114. E.M.Forster regarded the personal relations as ________ luxuries.
a) High class b) Lower class c) Bourgeois d) Powerful person
115. According to E.M.Forster,______ and _______ to an individual can run counter to the claims of the state.
a) Love and Loyalty b) Personality and Character c) Knowledge and Behavior d) Culture and Duty
116. E.M.Forster admires most are those who are sensitive and want to _______ something.
a) Argue b) Create c) Suggest d) Discuss
117. E.M.Forster believes in parliament because it is a________
a) Hushed- up scandals b) Talking shop c) Personal relationship d) Home office
118. E.M.Forster feels that ______ destroys all the lovely things which the people have made.
a) Civilization b) Force c) Democracy d) Criticism
119. In Niebelung’s Ring, the giants have the guns, but they do not realize that they are _______.
a) Intellectual b) Cheerful c) Powerful d) Fearful
120. Who is Fafnir in Niebelung’s Ring?
a) Giants   b) Mortals   c) Valkyries   d) Gods
121. The Valkyries are symbols not only of courage but of __________
a) Love b) Intelligent c) Freedom d) Eternal
122. In Brunnhilde’s last song, she proclaims that the ________ which is eternally triumphant.
a) Human spirit b) Moral c) Freedom d) Love
123. Who is Siegfried?
a) Son of Wotan   b) Son of Gunther  c) Son of Siegmund  d) Son of Hagen
124. According to E.M.Forster __________is a dangerous vice.
a) Hero-worship b) God- worship c) Goddess- worship d) Master- worship
125. E.M.Forster is against __________ himself.
a) Male-chauvinism b) Asceticism c) Feminism d) Modernism

1.  Wright knew Bigger 1 as a bully, when he was a _____.
a. kid b. youth c. adult d. old man
2. Bigger No 1 ______ the other kids.
a. terrorized b. loved c. played with d. hated
3. Bigger No 1 would return the toys only when his victim ______.
a. paid him properly b. play with him regularly c. report it to their parents d. report it to Bigger’s parents.
4. Wright come to know of Bigger No 2 when he was ______old.
a. seventeen years b. ten years c. five years d. twenty years
5. Bigger No 2’s toughness was directed at ______.
a. the white people b. the black people c. the innocent people d. women
6. ____ bought food on credit, which he refused to pay.
a. Bigger No 2 b. Bigger No 1 c. Bigger No 3 d. Bigger No 5
7. _____rented a room and never paid rent.
a. Bigger No 2 b. Bigger No 1 c. Bigger No 3 d. Bigger No 5
8. The white people had everything and black people had nothing is the explanation given by ____.
a. Bigger No 2 b. Bigger No 1 c. Bigger No 3 d. Bigger No 5
9. Bigger No 2 called the people who do not cheat the whites as ______.
a. fools b. intelligent c. wise d. good
10. _____ was a guy who, Wright says, “carried his life in his hands in a literal fashion”.
a. Bigger No 3 b. Bigger No 1 c. Bigger No 2 d. Bigger No 5
11. ______ used to take things that did not belong to him.
a. Bigger No 3 b. Bigger No 1 c. Bigger No 2 d. Bigger No 5
12. _____ died during the Prohibition era.
a. Bigger No 3 b. Bigger No 1 c. Bigger No 2 d. Bigger No 5
13. _____ had a violent death.
a. Bigger No 3 b. Bigger No 1 c. Bigger No 2 d. Bigger No 5
14. _______ enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
a. Jim Crow laws b. Jan van Riebeeck laws c. Zuma laws d. Black laws
15.  _____ was a series of rigid anti-black laws.
a. Jim Crow law b. Jan van Riebeeck law c. Zuma law d. Black law
16. Under ______, African Americans were relegated to the status of second class citizens.
a. Jim Crow b. Jan van Riebeeck c. Zuma d. Black Black
17. ______ also broke Jim Crow laws by riding in the white sections of street cars and refusing to pay to ride.
a. Bigger No 5 b. Bigger No 4 c. Bigger No 3 d. Bigger No 1
18. Wright explains that Bigger is a ____ of men he had himself known while growing up in the South. 
a. fusion b. confusion c. confrontation d. pick
20. The author of “How Bigger was Born” is ---------------
a. Richard Wright       b. Henry James         c. Poe                  d.  Nathaniel Hawthorne
21. Bigger is in the plot of ---------------
Vanishing Animals      b. Native Son          c. Animal Farm           d.   Negro Land
22. Bigger is a product of a ---------------
a.   trade union              b. dislocated society           c. violent action             d. thrilling moment

UNIT V
Gerald Durrel            :       Vanishing Animals
        John Stuart Mill              :          On the Equality of Sexes

201. A few of live specimens of Pere David Deers were taken to England in       ________
a) 1880 b) 1892 c) 1894 d) 1895
202. The White- tailed gnus are hunted in abundance in __________
a) China b) England c) South Africa d) North America
203. The great Waddling Pigeons inhabited the island_________
a) Whispande b) Woburn c) Bedfordshire d) Mauritius
204. Where did Father David find a strange herd of deer?
a) Whispande zoo b) Continental zoos c) Imperial Hunting park d) Woburn
205. The country_______has become a place where the strangest groups of animals seek shelter as refugees.
a) China b) South Africa c) England d) North America
206. In Canada, the _________ are reintroduced in their former inhabitants with the help of aero planes and parachutes.
a) Pigeons b) White- tailed gnus c) Beavers d) Deers
207. Father David got two deer skins which he triumphantly shifted to ________
a) China b) England c) Paris d) Europe
208. Due to over flood in the river ________, the walls of the Imperial Hunting Park were broken and deers escaped from the zoo.
a) Woburn b) Hun-Ho c) Donga d) Chobe
209. The Duke Bedford’s father bought _________ Pere David Deers from the continental zoos.
a) Seventeen b) Eighteen c) Sixteen d) Twenty
210. Where does the Duke Bedford father’s estate situated?
a) Woburn b) Whispande c) Continental d) China
211. When the author was working at Whispande zoo which gave shelter for ________ newly- born Pere David deers.
a) Two b) Three c) Four d) Six
212. ________ is one such species that has sought refuge in England.
a) Pere David Deer b) White-tailed gnus c) Pigeons d) Beavers
213. The existence of Pere David Deer was first discovered by a ________ missionary named Father David.
a) German b) Italy c) French d) Canada
214. When did Father David discover the existence of  Pere David Deer?
a) Early seventeen hundreds b) Early eighteen hundreds c) Early nineteen hundreds d) Early sixteen hundreds
215. While he was working at _________ he happened to hear some rumors about a strange herd of deer in the Imperial Hunting Park.
a) Peking b) Bedfordshire c) Europe d) South Africa
216. In two acres of Whispande zoo were filled with thick _________ trees that resembled a wild forest.
a) Coconut b) Pine c) Olive   d) Whitewood
217. The sounds made by the _________ during the nights at Whispande zoo were bewitching the author.
a) Wolves b) Deer c) Beavers d) Gnus
218. Antelopes are facing a different problem by their act of ________ at the chaser in the midst of running away to save their lives.
a) Moving b) Staring c) Eating d) Climbing
219. In the Island Mauritius, the pigeons were hunted endlessly which resulted in the complete extinction of the species by ________
a) 1680 b) 1682 c) 1681 d) 1683
220. ______ leads to the destruction of the livelihood of animals.
a) Rehabilitation b) Deforestation c) Persecution d) Consideration
221. Durrell was born in _________
a) Jameshpur, India b) California, America c) Florida d) London
222. Which book made Durrell a notable writer?
a) The overloaded Ark  b) A zoo in my Luggage c) Jersey d) My Family and other Animals
223. Name Durrell’s first book
a) The overloaded Ark b) A Zoo in my Luggage c) Jersey d) My Family and other Animals
224. List the Corfu trilogy in its order
a) My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods b) The Garden of the Gods, My Family and other Animals and Beasts and Relatives c) The Garden of the Gods, Beasts and Relatives and My Family and other Animals d) Beasts and Relatives, The Garden of the Gods and My Family and other Animals
225._______ is a collection of technical essays on zoo-keeping and conservation.
a) The Overloaded Ark b) The Stationary Ark c) My Family and other Animals and Beasts d) Beasts and Relatives
26. J.S.Mill is a pioneering _________.
a) Protagonist b) Feminist c) Male- Feminist d) Pessimist
27. According to J.S.Mill, what does mould the character of the two sexes?
a) Duties b) Roles c) Culture d) Society
28. How does J.S.Mill identify the natural differences between male and female?
a) Study of Psychology  b) Study of History  c) Study of Culture  d) Study of Science
29. According to J.S.Mill, men always portray women as ________ creature.
a) Powerful b) Intellectual c) Passionate d) Equal
30. J.S.Mill wants women to express their own ideas and views in this male dominating society through the______.
a) Art of Drawing  b) Art of Speaking  c) Art of Writing  d) Art of Understanding
31. In the progressive period of   human history, the condition of women has been approaching_____ to equality with men.
a) Below b) Above c) Attain d) nearer
32. The nature of women is an eminently artificial thing, the result of forced______ in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others.
a) Proportion b) Repression c) Conception d) Emanation
33. John Stuart Mill was a_______ century thinker and writer.
a) 17th century b) 18th century c) 19th century d) 20th century
34. J.S.Mill’s classics are On Liberty and _____
a) The Second Sex b) On The Subjection of Women c) A Room of One’s Own d) What does a women need to know
35. J.S.Mill’s writing_______ power makes it unique.
a) Passionate b) Argumentation c) Edification d) Transformation
36. According to J.S.Mill, women as persons and as writers should realize their________ .
a) Self identity b) Quest for identity c) True identity d) Cultural identity
37. How did the history of civilization, according to J.S.Mill?
a) Enslavement of women b) Independence of women c) Equality with men d) Theoretical perceptions
38. In J.S.Mill’s own time, woman’s space was_______ and man’s outside it.
a) Society b) Room c) Office d) Home
39. J.S.Mill discusses woman’s role oscillates between extremes and conflict or tensions prevail between the natural________ roles and modernity.
a) Patriarchy b) Biological c) Psychological d) flexible
40. J.S.Mill discusses women an image of_______ and passionate nature has been created for the edification of the men, their superiors.
a) Delicate b) Subjugation c) Intellectual d) Subordinate
41. Mill declares that_________ in life definitely have very important roles in moulding one’s behavioural patterns.
a) Influence b) Knowledge c) Events d) Moral
42. Mill says that women are the repressed and subjugated class and need to be ________
a) Dominated b) Deemed c) Established d) Emancipated
43. The research seems that into the physical, social_______ and _______ states of women will help to perceive differences and pave the way for equality.
a) Intellect and character b) Cultural and economic c) Influence and insight d) Moral and mental
44. Who did state that man defies opinion and woman has to subject herself to write freely on social and cultural issues?
a) J.S.Mill b) Mme de Stael c) Virginia Woolf d) Adrienne Rich
45. J.S.Mill asserts that when a man’s _______ views are not accepted, a woman’s will not be.
a) Unorthodox b) Patriarchy c) Psychological d) Hypothetical
46. Mill condemns________ in women’s writing.
a) Slavishness b) Innovative thoughts c) Power d) Self-awareness
47. Mill anticipates ________ feminist studies.
a) Liberal b) Radical c) Social d) Cultural
48. According to J.S.Mill, he concludes with the realization of woman’s personal and creative _______ will result in original works.
a) Power b) Writing c) Behaviour d) Autonomy
49. In the 19th century, only the ________ women were treated equally with men.
a) Educated b) High class c) Lower class d) Powerful
50. Mill concludes, women are a ________ of man’s will and pleasure in the past, present and future.


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