Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Prose - I
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
Course Code: U19EG102
E.V.
Lucas’s “Bores”
1. E.V. Lucas was commissioned to write a
biography of ________ the Quaker poet.
a)
Bernard
Barton, b)
G.B. Shaw c) Charles Lamb d) Mary Lamb
2. In 1889 Lucas joined the staff of
the__________.
a)
Wessex Daily News b)Sussex
Daily News c) Punch d) Methuen & Co
3. In 1924 Lucas was appointed as the
chairman of __________ Company.
a)
Sussex Daily News b) London
Magazine c) Methuen & Co d)
Punch
4. Lucas first volume of poetry is
____________
a) The
face on the wall b) Song of the Bat
c) Willow and Leather d) A Spark from a Flint
5. Who declared Lucas's essays "among
the most agreeable of our age"
a)
Frank
Swinnerton b)
Charles lamb c) Henry
Herbert d) Bernard Batron
6. Lucas play The Visit of the King
was produced at the ________ in 1912,
a)
Globe Theatre b) Palace
Theatre c) Black Friar theatre d) Lotus Theatre
7. E.V. Lucas study of Highways and Byways
in Sussex continues to influence postmodern explorations of the _____.
a)
Royal b) Kings c) Local d) Middle class
8. From 1933 until his death he was a member
of the _________ Advisory Committee
a)
Kings Lands b)
Queens Lands c) Swards
Lands d) Crown Lands
9. Before the First World War Lucas was for a
while interested in the ________ .
a)
Theatre
b) Prose c) Poetry d) Fiction
10. At the age of seventy Lucas died in a
nursing home in _________ London
a)
Eltham b) Marylebone c)
Sussex d)
Statford
11. “It requires a sense of superiority,
assurance and ___________ to write about bores at all
a)
Selflessness b)self Motive c) self confidence d)
selfishness
12. _________ is a bore’s foundation stone
a)
Socialism b) Humour c) Idealism d) Egotism
13. Bores come out successful in life because
they find a number of ready ________.
a)
Listeners b) Speakers c) Preachers d) lecturer
14. No one is courageous enough to tell the
bores that their company is _________.
a)
Friendly b) tedious
c) familiar
d) gifted
15. Buttonholing bore is ‘the man who spreads
________ all over you’.
a)
Rejoices b)
Sticky
c) birdlime
d) Aroma
16. 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
17. 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 traveler d) Savior
18. ________ cannot be shaken off just by
gestures or indirect hints
a)
Preacher b)
Bores c) Lucas d) A fellow traveler
19. Unless these weekly papers stop
publication, bores are bound to___________.
a)
Fade b) demolish c) flourish
d) cherish
20. Few men are strong enough to say, ‘For
Heaven’s sake, go away, you _________ me.’
a)
Cheat b) love c)
trust d) weary
21. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a. astuteness
b. eccentricity c.
cunningness d. cowardice
22. E.V.Lucas often contributed articles to a
journal called ____________.
a. Tatler b. Spectator c.
Punch d. The Hindu
23. 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
24. Bores are always known for their
_______________.
a. cowardice b. indolence c. egotism d. ingeniousness
25. The one who has a fixed idea to impart is
called a ___________.
a. flatterer b. philanthropic c. idiosyncratic d. bore
26. A true bore is one who is always
unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness b. borishness c.
prudishness d. none of the above
27. According to Lucas, _____________ people
are seldom bores.
a. busy b. simple c.kind d.
poor
28. The saying ‘live and let live’ is
attributed to the writer _____________.
a. Schiller b. Immanuel Kant c. William Henley d. Father Newman
29. The most repellent specimen of all the
bores is called a ___________ bore
a. blissful b. eccentric c. buttonholing d.
notorious
30. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a.
astuteness b. eccentricity c. cunningness d. cowardice
31. A true bore is one who is always
unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness b. borishness c.prudishness d. silliness
32._______a word used by the Gileadites as atest to detect the fleeing Ephraimites.
a. Bores b. Shibboleth c. button-holding d. stigma
33.
The word “axle-tree” means _______
a.
rod b. stick
c. coat d. carriage
