Thursday, February 8, 2018

MCQs –I CIA 2018 Semester Fiction I B.A. English



DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620 017

I B.A. English                         Semester II            Course:   Fiction                 
Quiz Question Bank


Unit III:

Time Machine by H.G. Wells

101. In The Time Machine, what is the name of the creatures that live above ground?
           a. Eloi b. Morlocks c. Weena d. porcelains
102. Where is the time machine hidden?
a.   in the morlocks underworld
b. in the palace of green porcelains
c. in the woods near the palace of green porcelains
d. in the pedestal of the sphinx statue
103. What do the Morlocks fear most?
a. the time machine b. the time traveller c. the Eloi d. light.
104. The Time Machine was first published in the book form in the year?
 a. 1895 b. 1905 c. 1915 d. 1925.
105. In The Time Machine, what is the fourth dimension?
a. hope b. the past c. space d. time.
106. What does the time traveller use to strike the Morlocks?
a. a lever b. the time machine c. weena d. a stick
107. How does the time traveller meet Weena?
a. he finds her sleeping.
b. he saves her from drowning
c. he saves her from the Morlocks
d. she introduces herself to him.
108.How does the time traveller believe time is related to space?
a. he does not think it is
b. it is slower than space
c. it is space’s zero dimension
d. it is space’s fourth dimension.
109. What do the Eloi eat?
a. flowers b. Morlocks  c. meat d. fruit.
110. The Time Machine symbolizes________
a. space b. science and reason  c. invention  d. future.
111. “Communism said  I to myself” whose statement is this?
a. the time traveller b. medical man c. psychologist d. weena.
112. The Morlocks represent the_________.
a. poor b. tribal c. giant d. aristocracy.
113.  H.G.Wells supported the First World War as…………
a. war to end war b. war and murder c. sacrifice d. peaceful.
114. H.G.Wells joined in the Fabian society in the year………….
          a. 1909 b. 1906 c.1903 d.1905
115. Wells most important novel in the inter-war years is……….
a. the world of William Clissold b. the world would be lost c. ending d. wars.
116. Who is an introvert in The Time Machine?
 a. Filby b. The Provincial Mayor c.The Time Traveller d. Psychologist.
117. The Time Machine perceives the exploration of the dualities between ______
a. Technology and time b. aestheticism and utilitarianism c. middle and intelligent d. good and bad.
118.  What is meant by instantaneous?
a. emergency b. praise c. happy d. cry.
119. Who says this statement, “the ruddy sunset set me thinking of the sunset of mankind”?
a. the psychologist b. the medical man c. the time traveller d. doctor.
120. What do Morlocks eat?
a. vegetables b. fruits c. flowers d. Eloi.
121. What kind of creatures are the Morlocks?
a. Diurnal b. nocturnal c. insomniacs d. hibernators.
122. Who is known as the founder of Communism?
a. Karl Marx b. Adam Smith c. Vladimir Lenin d. Friedrich Engels.
123 .What animal do the Morlocks resemble?
a. birds b. panthers c. gorillas d. apes.
 124. What is the name of the main character?
a. the time traveller b. the time bender c. the time runner d. the time changer.
125. What happened when the Eloi and morlocks went to battle?
a. the main character died b. Elois won c. Morlocks won d. weena died.
126. What does the time traveller refers to when he says “wilderness of rotting paper”?
a. the portrait gallery b. the forest exhibition c. the library d. the museum bookshop.
127. What is the Palace of Green Porcelain?
a. an old barn  b. an old museum  c. an old laboratory d.an old University
128. The Time Traveller thinks that sleeping next to a _____is their best hope for Protection?
a.cave  b.stream c.bush d. Fire
129. Who does the Time Traveller long to murder?
a.Weena b. an Eloi c. The Editor and Journalist d. The Morlocks
 130. Which of the following ecological disasters does the Time Traveller inflict on the future?
a. A forest fire b. interbreeding c. The introduction of foreign diseases d. Desertification
 131. Which character is described by the following: “an argumentative person with red hair”?
  a.Filby b. The editor c.The provincial mayor d. The time traveller
132.  Whose family was called as ‘Bertie’?
a. Filby  b. H.G.Wells  c. the Medical man d. the time traveller.
133.  How many years did the Morlocks and Eloi live in future?
  a. 20,000 b. 40,000  c. 800,000 d. 400,000
134. The Time Machine is _____.
          a. an allegory b. a hyperbole c. a rhetoric d. a paradoxical.
135. What is the name of the furry ape like creatures that live in underground in the future?
a. Eloi b. Glinna c. Morlocks d. Bobo.
136. Who is Filby?
a. a lawyer b. a police man c. doctor d. argumentative person.
137. What kind of hair that Elois have?
a. straight b. Bald c. uniformly curly d. short.
138.  In what year does the time traveller go to in the book?
a. 1984 b. 50,701 c. 802,701 d. 1967.
139. Who takes the Time Machine?
a. Eloi b. Morlocks C. Filby d. Medical man
140.Who is the narrator of the story “ The Time Machine”?
a. the time traveller b. Filby c. Weena d. Mr. Hillyer.
141. What is the only memory of the time traveller?
 a. A book b. his watch c. a journal d. two withered white flowers.
142. Who is a man of science in The Time Machine?
a. the Journalist b. The Provincial Mayor c.The Editor d. Filby.
143. The Time Machine is a_______
a. imaginative story b. Science Fiction c. horror story d. happy ending.
144. Where did the time traveller see Weena?
a. a river b. underworld c. dancing in the hall d. singing in the festival.
145. How the time traveller know that he came to the present?
a. through the time machine b. the newspaper c. time d. friends.
146. The other Fiction of H.G.Wells is ………………
a. The Invisible Man b. The Tale of Two Cities c. The Duchess of Malfi d. The Pilgrim’s Progress.
147. H.G.Wells engages his self-portrait as……………
 a. Autobiography b. biography c. letter d. portrait
148. What is meant by Anachronism?
a. rude b. short account c. outdated d. passive.
149. What is meant by trammels in The Time Machine?
a. difficult to understand b. good idea c. public transport d. substances.
150. What is meant by spasmodic in The Time Machine?
a. happened suddenly b. casual c. joy d. none.
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MCQs –I CIA 2018 Semester VI – NEW LITERATURES – III BA English



MCQs –I CIA 2018 Semester VI – NEW LITERATURES – III BA English

UNIT I


A.D. Hope                                            :           Australia
Charles Harpur                                 :           An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament 
F.R. Scott                                             :           Canadian Authors Meet
Oodgeroo Noonuccal                      :           No More Boomerang

UNIT I
            A.D. Hope                               :           Australia
1. A ________ is a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human.
a) sphinx b) Maximinus c) mummy d) Pluto
2. How does Hope call the major cities of Australia?
 a) teeming sores b) teeming life c) teeming growth d) teeming blood
3. Where is Cairns?
a) Australia b) South Africa  c)Canada  d) New Zealand
4. Australians boast that they ______ in Australia.
a) survive b) live c) die d) sing
5. Why does Hope call Australians a “second-hand Europeans”?
a) Most of them are convicts b) Most of them buy second-hand goods c) Most of them are not from Britain d) Most of them hate Britain
6. Why do the Australians “pullulate timidly on the edge of alien shores”?
a) Not happy with the country b) The land is fertile there c) Other places are fallow d) Timid survival permitted
7. What does Hope mean by “pullulate”?
a) crowded b)population  c)live timidly d)pull from all sides
8. Who are the “cultured apes” according to A.D. Hope?
a) Europeans b) Americans c) Indians d) Australians
9.“From the deserts the prophets come”. What is the reference?
a) The Bible b) Desert Digest c) The New Testament d) The Zend-Avesta
10. Which country is referred to as a barren land by Hope?
a) Australia b) America c) India d) Canada
11. ___ is “the last of lands”.
a) Australia b) America c) India d) Canada
12. Hope describes the Austrian people describes as_____
a) “monotonous tribes” b) “marvellous tribes” c) “fabulous tribes”  d) “spectacular tribes”
13. Hope ironically calls the Australians as _______
a) “ultimate men” b) “uncritical men”  c) “gullible men”   d) “naive men” 

Charles Harpur                       :           An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament 
14. Thomahawk is a type of ________ used by the natives of Australia.
a) axe b) spear  c) drum d) boat
15. Who is merciless in “An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament”?
a) The white man b) The black man c) The red Indian d) The natives of Australia
16. _______ is a gift from her husband.
a) Braid b) Baby c) Thomahawk d) A palm full of water
17 What is smouldering?
a) To burn slowly with smoke b) To quench with water c) To satiate with smoke d) To slake with water
18 “I’ll bear thee on as I have borne / With____ steps”
 a) stealthy b) public  c) free d) unrestricted
19 Which is covered by darkness in “An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament”?
a) The forest b) The village c) The clan d) The plant
20 The mother is willing to barter the braid to save her child by getting him a ______
a) palmful of water b) beautiful toy c) handful of rice d) piece of fried chicken
21. Who mimics the sound of the father?
a) The mountain b) His son c)His wife d) His friends
22. Why is the “hunting call” missing from the mountains?
a) The hunter is killed b) The hunter is not there c) The hunter follows ahimsa d) The hunter is mute
23. “An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament” is written as ______.
a) a Dramatic Monologue b) a Fable c) an Allegory d)an  Imagery
24. What is the refrain of “An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament”?
 a) O moan not! b) O sob not! c) O fear not! d) O whine not!
25. What is moaning?
a) Expression of suffering b) Expression of happiness c) Feeling for the dead d) To mourn for dead the people
26. _______is a type of poem in which a speaker addresses a silent listener.
a) Dramatic monologue b) Fable c) Allegory d)Imagery

F.R. Scott                                :           Canadian Authors Meet
27. The____ are the goddesses of music, song and dance, and the source of inspiration to poets.
a) Muses b) Cogitates c) Ares d) Athena
28. A _____ is a note played for one quarter of the duration of a whole note.
a) crotchet b) clef c) minim d) semibreve
29. “Shall we gather at the river” is a _______.
a) Christian hymn  b) River song c) nursery rhyme d) Canadian National Anthem
 30. The ______ is the national symbol of Canada.
a) maple leaf b) neem leaf c) green leaf d) apple leaf
31. The Canadian authors meet beneath a portrait of the_____
a) Prince of Wales b) Frederick Schwartz c) Donald Trump d) Justin Pierre James Trudeau
32. Who are considered “Virgins of sixty” by Francis Reginald Scott?
a) Canadian Writers b) Canadian Workers c) Elderly people  d)Experienced women
33. Whose quality is measured by “their faith and philanthropies”?
a) Writers from Canada b) Writers from Australia c) Writers from Africa d) Writers from New Zealand 
34. The writers’ worth is measured by their _____
a) zeal for God and King b) passion for writing c) zeal for vocabulary d)passion for rhymes  35. “Shall we go round the mulberry bush” is a _____
a) nursery rhyme b) spiritual song c) nature song d) song on bush
36. Frederick George Scott is a poet from _____.
a) Canada b)Australia c)Africa d)New Zealand 
37. ________is spoken in the same breath as having another cup of tea.
a) The appointment of a Poet Laureate b) Preparing a cup of coffee c) Writing a poem d) Singing a song
38. Who is Bliss Carman?
a) A poet from Canada b) A lyricist from Canada c) A dramatist from Canada d) A politician from Canada

Oodgeroo Noonuccal              :           No More Boomerang
39. _____is an aboriginal club for corporal punishment.
a) Waddy b) Ab club c) Ab stick d) Bush stick
40. _______is a Mythical monster inhabiting the Australian rivers.
a) Bunyip b) Kappa c) Charon d) Fosse grim
41. What is a wallaby?
a) A type of kangaroo  b) A type of wall c) A type of baby d) A type of bird
41. ______changed her name to Oodgeroo Noonuccal.
a) Kath Walker b) Cassius Clay c) Christina Walker d) Catherine Clay
42. Why did Oodgeroo Noonuccal change her name?
a) To resume her traditional name. b) She does not like the name. c) She liked Australians. d) She disliked Australians.
43. What is a boomerang?
a) A curved throwing weapon b) A playing toy c) An action taken d) A long stick
44. What is “corroboree”?
a) The Aboriginal singing and dancing b) A type of kangaroo  c) An aboriginal club d) A Mythical monster
45. In Australia, movies have replaced_____
a) corroboree b) waddy c) boomerang d) Bunyip
46. The indigenous people have lost the boomerang and the spear and gained _______.
a) the bar and beer. b) the money c) the bob d) the dog collars
47. _____is a slang term for a unit of currency in Australia.
a) Bob b) Wampum c) Ducats d) Bucks
48. _____is a basic aboriginal shelter made of bark and sticks.
a) Gunya b) Shed c) Villa d)Hut
49. ______is a throwing stick used to launch a spear.
a) The woomera b) The boomerang c) The corroboree d) The message-stick
50. ______is a form of communication traditionally used by Indigenous Australians.
a) A message-stick b) A boomerang c) A corroboree d) A woomera



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