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MCQs for I BA English students - Charles Lamb’s "Oxford in the Vacation" - from Dr Suresh Frederick
Charles Lamb’s "Oxford in the Vacation"
1. Who is Elia?
a) Pen name of Charles Lamb
b) Pen name of George
Dyer
c) Pen name of Mary
Lamb d) Clerk
2. Who was the child of London?
a) George
Dyer b) Charles Lamb
c) Dr
Johnson
d) E.V. Lucas
3. Lamb has spent __________ years working as a clerk in the East
India House
a) 43
b) 23
c) 33
d) 13
4. Lamb is renowned for his warm sense of ________ and legendary social
gatherings
a) Tragedy
b)
Wits
c) irony
d) humour
5. In 1807, Charles Lamb and Mary Anne Lamb have published ____________
a) Tales from Shakespeare b) Tales from Bible
c) Tale of Two cities d) Tale of Canterbury.
6. Charles Lamb died in______.
a) 1833
b) 1834 c)
1835
d) 1836
7. Essays of Elia was published
in ____.
a)
1803
b) 1813
c) 1823
d) 1823
8. “Oxford in the Vacation” was first published in the London Magazine on
_______.
a) Jul
1860
b) Aug
1860
c) Sep.
1860
d) Oct. 1860
9. Oxford in the vacation is written by one who never was at _______ as
a student.
a) Oxford
b)
Cambridge
c)
Kingston
d) New college
10. Lamb used to spend his annual holidays in the ______ and other part of
the Oxford
a)
Ground
b) library
c) Dining
hall d) Campus
11. Lamb use to write under the pen-name of ______.
a)
Charles
b)
Anne
c) Elia d)
Dyer
12. Elia tried to amuse the readers 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
13. Elia used to look forward for holidays to spend times in ________ at
Oxford libraries.
a)
Sleeping
b)
Chatting
c) Surfing net d) reading
books
14. _______ feels as if he is inhaling learning while in them
a) Lamb
b)
Dyer
c) Some
Menials
d) Mary
15. Dyer was busy with ______ manuscript at Oriel College.
a) ancient
b)
modern
c) postmodern
d) new
16. 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
17. Dyer doing research concerning the past _________ of the two
universities.
a) Civil
b) geography
c) history d)
record
18. Lamb cares more for Oxford and Cambridge than he does for fashionable
resorts as_____
a) New York b) Northampton
c)
Sussex
d) Bath
19. Whose picture was hung in his uneasy posture?
a) St. Peter
b) St.
Thomas
c) St. Mathew
d) St.Paul
20. Where “it seems as though all the souls of all the writers”?
a) In the garden
b) In old library c) In new
library d) In Oxford
campus
21. What is “quis sculpsit”?
a) Who was the engraver? a) Who was the painter? a) Who
was the singer? a) Who was the writer?
22. Who is Bartholomew?
a) Apostles of Jesus b) Scholar in Oxford c)
Professor in Oxford d) Elia
23. Who is Spagnoletti?
a) Spanish artist b) Elia c) A famous cook d)
Apollo
24. Who is Marsyas?
a) Musician b) Lamb c) Player d) A student from Oxford.
25. Who challenged Apollo to a contest of music?
a) Simper b) Marsyas c) Timeous d) David
Friday, October 1, 2021
MCQs Prose - I for Students of BHC from Dr Suresh Frederick
Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Prose - I
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
Bacon’s “Of Studies”
1. According to Bacon, the chief use of study is:
(a) Ability (b) Ornament (c) Delight (d) Adornment
2. To Bacon to spend too much time in studies is:
(a) Affection
(b) Affectation (c) Studious (d) Sloth
3. For abilities which are natural is like natural plants that need
_________
(a) pruning by study (b) sunlight (c)
air (d) water
4. According to Bacon, who condemns studies?
a. crafty men b. simple
men c. wise
men d. ready men
5. ___________ maketh a full man
(a) speaking (b) reading (c) writing
(d) listening
6. History makes men wise; poets witty; mathematics subtle and
natural philosophy _____
(a)
shallow (b) deep (c)
intense (d) low
7. The exercise bowling is good for ______ and reins
(a)
rock (b) sand (c) stone (d) none
of the above
8.A man who studies a lot is temperamentally ___________
(a) active (b) inactive (c) smart (d) lazy
9. Studies develop the human’s natural ____________
(a) ability (b)
inability (c) value (d) delight
10. Different kinds of ________ have different effects upon the
reader.
(a) books (b) compact discs (c) equipment
(d) none of the above
11.Experience is essential to add to the value of __________
(a)land (b)
gold (c) building (d) studies
12. The study of logic and rhetoric develop a human’s
(a) muscles (b) intelligence (c) debating
power (d) singing ability
13. Planning and Management of affairs are expected only from
persons
(a) who seldom reads (b) who debate often (c) who read a
lot (d) who plan a lot
14. Some Books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some
few to be chewed and
(a)
spitted (b) vomited (c) digested (d)
printed
15. One should not read books merely to contradict others but to
(a) judge the cost
of the book
(b) judge the number
of pages in the book
(c) judge
the value of the material the book contains
(d) judge the time
taken to make us sleepy
16. Simple men
admire studies and wise men ______ them
(a) use (b)
misuse (c) lecture (d) reject
17. Bacon’s style is known for:
(a) pathos (b) humour
(c) paradox (d) aphorisms
18. According to Bacon what maketh an exact man?
(a) sleeping (b) reading
(c) chatting (d) writing
19. Bacon suggests that if a man’s wit be wandering let him study:
(a) Mathematics (b) History
(c) Philosophy (d) Logic
20. According to Bacon what makes men wise?
(A) Physics (B) Mathematics
(C) Philosophy (D) History
21. According to Bacon gentle walking is good for
(a) eyes (b) stomach
(c) brain (d) lungs
22. According to Bacon philosophy makes men:
(a) wise (b) witty(c) subtle (d) grave
23. Bacon suggests that the general counsels come best from those
that are :
a. Experienced b. Professionals
c. Learned d. Businessmen
24. To use studies too much for Ornament is _______
a. Affection b. Affectation c. Adornment d. Abuse
25. To Bacon one must read to :
a. Weigh and consider b. Contradict and
confute
c. Talk and discourse d. Take for granted
MODERN LITERATURE I [Chaucer to the Jacobeans] ML 1 for I MA students of Bishop Heber College by Dr Suresh Fredeerick
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
SEMESTER – I
Core I: MODERN LITERATURE
I [Chaucer to the Jacobeans]
Objective Type
Questions
UNIT II
Donne : 1. “Canonization”,
2.
“Extasie”
Marvell : 1. “To His Coy Mistress”
2.
“The Garden”
2.
“The Pulley”
Richard Lovelace : “To Althea, from Prison”
John Donne: 1.“Canonization”, 2.
“Extasie”
51. Who coined the term “metaphysical
poetry”?
a. Andrew
Marvell b. John
Donne c. Samuel
Johnson d. Henry Vaughan
52. What is the “stamped face”
referred to by Donne in “Canonization”?
a. face in a
stamp b. holy
face c. Coin d.
real face
53. Fill in the blank: “For God's
sake hold your tongue, and let me ________”.
a. love b.
live c.
tell d.
give
54. Fill in the blank: “Call her one,
me another _______”.
a.
taper b.
moth c.
candle d. fly
55. What is a phoenix?
a.
Mall b.
Bike c.
Mythological
plant d. Mythological
bird
56. According to Donne, why should a
person “take a course”?
a. To get a job b
For running c. For higher
studies d.
To begin family life
57. “We’ll build in sonnets pretty
rooms”. What is the meaning of “room” here?
a. a place in a house b. stanza
in a poem c.
room in a mansion d.
veranda
58. What is canonization?
a. accepter of a
canon b.
Having a
gun c. to
make saint of d. a priest
59. According to Donne, what do
soldiers find?
a.
Army b.
House c.
Country d. War
60. According to Donne, what do
lawyers get?
a. Litigious men b.
Car c.
Dress d.
Robe
61.What is meant by ek stasis?
a. Stand outside b.
experience of joy c. experience of love d.
to stand
62. Who is the “Great Prince in
prison”?
a.
Body b. The
soul c.
Earth d.
Donne
63. After the “concoction”, who will
depart as a “purer” person?
a.
Man b. Onlooker c.
Lover d.
Lady Love
64. A “metaphysical _____” is a
particular type of poetic metaphor of the sort developed by the “metaphysical
poets”.
a.
simile b. conceit c.
poem d.
song
65. “This ecstasy doth unperplex”.
What does “unperplex” mean?
a. resolve b.
complex c.
confuse d.
compound
66. “We owe them thanks”, who are
“them” according to Donne?
a. Bodies b.
souls c.
faces d.
gods
67. “Yielded their senses’ force to
us,/ Nor are dross to us, but allay”. Which is referred to as an “allay” by
Donne?
a.
soul b. body c.
sprit d.
sense
68. Who are “weak men” according to
Donne?
a. Physically
weak b.
Those who cannot write poetry
c. Those who look for
manifestation d.
Dull-headed
69. Which are “firmly cemented / With
a fast balm”?
a. Sick person’s legs b. a
house c.
a
window d. Lovers’
hands
70. Fill in the blank: “A single
violet _______,/ The strength, the colour, and
the size,/…Redoubles
still, and multiplies”.
a.
plant b.
sapling c.
bud d. Transplant
Andrew Marvell: 1. “To His Coy Mistress”, 2. “The
Garden”
71. Who stopped the sun on its
course?
a. Joshua b.
Jesus
Christ c.
Andrew Marvell d. John Donne
72. “Time’s winged chariot” is an
allusion to:
a. Helios b.
Ares c.
Zeus d.
Hermes
73. What is the “Humber”?
a. The Indian Ocean b. a
river in England c.
Lake Victoria d. The English Channel
74. What is the structure of the
poem, “To His Coy Mistress”?
a.
novelistic b.
syllogism c. free
verse d.
ode
75. What is the key theme of the
poem, “To His Coy Mistress”?
a. carpe diem b. Carpe
Jugulum c. carpimus
noctem d. Toccata
76. Why does Marvell refer to “Indian
Ganges”?
a. exotic element b.
likes India c.
Likes the Ganges d. Wants rubies
77. Where is the Humber river?
a.
Calcutta b.
Hull c.
Hollywood d. London
78. Fill up the blank: “...the
youthful ____ /Sits on thy skin like morning dew”.
a.
skin b.
age c. hue d.
pink
79. Fill up the blank: “The _____ is
a fine and private place...”.
a.
room b.
house c.
garden d. grave
80. What are “amorous birds” in “To
his Coy Mistress:?
a. Birds of
prey b. Angry
birds c.
Fighting birds d. Love
birds
81. Marvell sees____________ as
superior to the white and red hues that commonly signify passionate love.
a.
violet b.
blue c.
yellow d. green
82. Apollo metamorphosed Daphne into
a _______.
a.
girl b.
bird c. laurel d.
nymph
83. Pan metamorphosed ______ into a
reed.
a.
Cinderella b.
Pandora c.
Joshua d. Syrinx
84. Who is the “skilful gardener”
referred to by Marvell in “The Garden?
a. Trained gardener b.
Experienced gardener c.
Devil d. God
85. Who are crowned with palm leaves?
a.
Singers b.
Kings c. Victors
in games d. Poets
86. Who is given the oak leaves?
a. Animal b.
Sports person c. Ruler
of a country d.
Hockey player
87. What are “bays”?
a.
sea b.
land c.
flowers d. laurels
88. Which is the “garden state” referred
to by Marvell in “The Garden”?
a.
Heaven b. Vasantham
garden c.
Hades d. Garden
of Eden
89. What does George Herbert mean by
“furniture” in “Affliction”?
a.
humans b.
house c.
college d. nature
George Herbert : 1. “Affliction”, 2.
“The Pulley”
90. What does George Herbert refer to
as a “lingring book”?
a. A collection of
poems b.
Drama c. The Bible d.
Poems of Herbert
91 From which game has the metaphor
“cross-bias” been taken?
a.
cricket b.
foot
ball c.
Dart-board d.
bowling
92. Who is the “some other master”
referred to by Herbert?
a.
Jesus b.
Jehovah c. devil d.
Little Master
93. What is the “way that takes the
town”?
a. Spiritual
life b. worldly
life c.
God-fearing life d. Religious life
94. What is the only positive thing
in the Pandora ’s Box?
a.
Wealth b. Hope c.
Beauty d. Sorrow
95. What is the “jewel” referred to
by Herbert in “Pulley”?
a. rest b.
gold c.
ring d.
beauty
Richard Lovelace: “To Althea, from Prison”
96. With whom did Richard Lovelace
side during a power struggle in England?
a. The Church b. The
Parliament c. King Charles I d.
The Prince of Persia
97. Why cannot the walls and iron
bars that surround Lovelace imprison him?
a. protected by
God b.
Physically free
c. protected by a strong
person d. Free
in mind
98. What are the “Committed linnets”?
a. caged birds b.
cunning birds c. dead birds d.
those committed to work
99.What is the main theme of Richard
Lovelace’s “To Althea from Prison”?
a. Love for
Althea b. No
one can imprison the human mind
c. Love for the
King d.
Prison life
100. What is a “Hermitage” according
to Lovelace?
a.
hut b.
a place where hermits
live c. mind d.
sages live
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