Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Prose - I
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
Course Code: U16EG102
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Charles Lamb
26. Who is Elia?
a) Charles Lamb b) George Dyer c) Mary Lamb d) Clerk
27. Who was the child of London?
a) George Dyer b) Charles Lamb c) Dr. Johnson d) E.V. Lucas
28. He spent __________ years working as a clerk in the East India House
a) 43 b) 23 c) 33 d) 13
29. Lamb was renowned for his warm sense of ________ and legendary social gatherings
a) Tragedy b) Wits c) irony d) humour
30. In 1807, Charles Lamb and Mary Anne Lamb was published ____________
a) Tale from Shakespeare b) Tale from Bible c) Tale of Two cities d) Tale of Canterbury.
31. Charles Lamb died in______.
a) 1833 b) 1834 c) 1835 d) 1836
32. Essays of Elia was published in ____.
a) 1803 b) 1813 c) 1823 d) 1823
33. Oxford in the Vacation was first published in the London Magazine on _______.
a) Jul 1860 b) Aug 1860 c) Sep. 1860 d) Oct. 1860
34. Oxford in the vacation is written by one who never was at _______ as a student.
a) Oxford b) Cambridge c) Kingston d) New college
35. Lamb used to spend his annual holidays in the ______ and other part of the Oxford
a) Ground b) library c) Dining hall d) Campus
36. Lamb use to write under the pen-name of ______.
a) Charles b) Anne c) Elia d) Dyer
37. Elia tried to amuse the reader with an account of a clerks working in the_____.
a) East Sea House b) North Sea House c) South Sea House d) West Sea House
38. Elia used to look forward for holidays to spend times in ________ at Oxford libraries.
a) Sleeping b) Chatting c) Surfing net d) reading books
39. _______ feels as if he inhaling learning while in them
a) Lamb b) Dyer c) Some Menials d) Mary
40. Dyer was busy with ______ manuscript at Oriel
a) ancient b) modern c) postmodern d) new
41. Who himself look like an old book badly needing a new cover?
a) Charles Lamb b) George Dyer c) George Eliot d) G.B. Shaw
42. Dyer doing research concerning the past _________ of the two universities.
a) Civil b) geography c) history d) record
43. Lamb cares more for Oxford and Cambridge than he does for fashionable resorts as_____
a) New York b) Northampton c) Sussex d) Bath
44. Whose picture was hung in his uneasy posture?
a) St. Peter b) St. Thomas c) St. Mathew d) St.Paul
45. Where “it seems as though all the souls of all the writers”?
a) In oxford b) In old library c) In new library d) In Oxford campus
46. What is “quis sculpsit”?
a) Who was the engraver? a) Who was the painter? a) Who was the singer? a) Who was the writer?
47. Who is Bartholomew?
a) Apostles of Jesus b) Scholar in Oxford c) Professor in Oxford d) Elia
48. Who is Spagnoletti?
a) Spanish artist b) Elia c) A famous cook d) Apollo
49. Who is Marsyas?
a) Musician b) Lamb c) Player d) A student from Oxford.
50. Who challenged Apollo to a contest of music?
a) Simper b) Marsyas c) Timeous d) David
E.V.Lucas
86. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a. astuteness b. eccentricity c. cunningness d. cowardice
87. E.V.Lucas often contributed articles to a journal called ____________.
a. Tatler b. Spectator c. Punch d. The Hindu
88. The essay “Bores” is taken from the collection titled _____________.
a. Listener’s Lure b. Cricket all his Life c. Events and Embroideries d. all the above
89. Bores are always known for their _______________.
a. cowardice b. indolence c. egotism d. ingeniousness
90. The one who has a fixed idea to impart is called a ___________.
a. flatterer b. philanthrop c. idiosyncratic d. bore
91. A true bore is one who is always unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness b. borishness c.prudishness d. none of the above
92. According to Lucas, _____________ people are seldom bores.
a. busy b. simple c.kind d. poor
93. The saying ‘live and let live’ is attributed to the writer _____________.
a. Schiller b. Immanuel Kant c. William Henley d. Father Newman
94. The most repellent specimen of all the bores is called a ___________ bore
a. blissful b. eccentric c. buttonholing d. notorious
95. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a. astuteness b. eccentricity c. cunningness d. cowardice
96. The essay “Bores” is taken from the collection titled _____________.
a. Listener’s Lure b. Cricket all his Life c. Events and Embroideries d. all the above
97. A true bore is one who is always unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness b. borishness c. prudishness d. silliness
98. Bores come out successful in life because they find a number of ready ________.
a) Listeners b) Speakers c) Preachers d) lecturer
99. No one is courageous enough to tell the bores that their company is _________.
a) Friendly b) tedious c) familiar d) gifted
100. Buttonholing bore is ‘the man who spreads ________ all over you’.
a) Rejoices b) Sticky c) birdlime d) Aroma
101. Lucas father used to say “__________”.
a) Do or die b) fair is foul c) to be or not to be d) Live and let live
102. The only way to get rid of a bore is to tell him frankly that he is a _________.
a) Nuisance b) Good companion c) Fellow traveller d) Saviour
103. ________ cannot be shaken off just by gestures or indirect hints
a) Preacher b) Bores c) Lucas d) A fellow traveller
104. Unless these weekly papers stop publication, bores are bound to___________.
a) Fade b) demolish c) flourish d) cherish
105. Few men are strong enough to say, ‘For Heaven’s sake, go away, you _________ me.’
a) Cheat b) love c) trust d) weary
106. In 1889 Lucas joined the staff of the__________.
a) Wessex Daily News b) Sussex Daily News c) Punch d) Methuen & Co
107. _______ is word used by the Gileadites as atest to detect the fleeing Ephraimites.
a. Bores b. Shibboleth c. button-holding d. stigma
108. The word “axle-tree” means _______
a. rod b. stick c. coat d. carriage
109. Before the First World War Lucas was for a while interested in the ________ .
a) Theatre b) Prose c) Poetry d) Fiction
110. “It requires a sense of superiority, assurance and ___________ to write about bores at all
a) Selflessness b)self Motive c) self confidence d) selfishness
111. _________ is a bore’s foundation stone
a) Socialism b) Humour c) Idealism d) Egotism
A.G Gardiner
136. “Alpha of the Plough” is the pseudonym of ________
(a) Robert Lynd (b) Francis Bacon
(c) A.G Gardiner (d) J.B Priestley
137. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________
(a) bird (b) man
(c) dog (d) mosquito
138. A.G Gardiner accused his fellow- traveller as _________
(a) a vagrant (b) a public nuisance
(c) travelling without a ticket (d) all the above
139. A.G Gardiner travelled in a ______
(a) bicycle (b) train
(c) bus (d) none
140. A.G Gardiner and his fellow- traveller knew about each other’s journey.
(a) true (b) false
(c) to some extent (d) none
141. Name the writers who continually misquoted the poets they loved.
(a) Pope and Dryden (b) Bacon and Lamb
(c) Hazlitt and Swift (d) Lamb and Hazlitt
142. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________
(a) bird (b) man
(c) dog (d) mosquito
143. According to Priestley to-er-is human, to ________ divine
(a) refuse (b) forgive
(c) forget (d) none
144. Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he has _________ him.
(a) insulted (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried
145. How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?
(a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above
146. How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?
(a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above
147. When one is alone in the carriage what can he do?
(a) sing and dance (b) open and close window (c) play golf and even stand on head (d) all the above
148. How did the author responded to the behaviour of his fellow traveller?
(a) kissed him (b) flicked him off (c) prayed with him (d) danced and sung with
him
149.How many times the author warns his fellow traveller?
(a) dozen of times (b) a score of time (c) twice (d) often
150. Gardiner refers his fellow traveller as a __________
(a) genius (b) almighty (c) vagrant (d) all the above
151. After attacking his fellow traveller with a blow what did the author do?
(a) lunged him (b) jumped on the seat (c) adopted tactics of feline cunning (d) all
the above
152. According to A.G. Gardiner what are the noblest attributes of man?
(a) pride and prejudice (b) anger and rage (c) magnanimity and mercy (d) fear and
dilemma
153. Gardiner feels that __________ has made them fellow travelers
(a) misfortune (b) fortune (c) fate (d) all the above
154. Gardiner feels that he cannot kill his fellow traveller but ____________ him.
(a) reprieve (b) discharge (c) dismantle (d) none of the above
155. Gardiner was feeling ______________ to his fellow creature
(a) equal (b) inferior (c) superior (d) guilty
156. Gardiner refers whom to have called the non-human beings a as brother?
(a) St. Francis (b) St.Augutus (c) St.Thomas (d) none of the above
157. Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he has _________ him.
(a) insulted (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried
158. Gardiner heard a friendly voice in the window who is it?
(a) Station master (b) engine driver (c) guard (d) friendly porter
159. A G Gardiner fully refers as
(a) Alwin Godwin Gardiner (b) Abel Gonsalvez Gardiner (c) Alfred George Gardiner (d) none of the above
150. How did the fellow traveller behave with the author?
(a) Made a menace (b) Spoke well and behaved gently (c) Ignored the author (d) Sang and slept
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