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”

Herbert : 1. “Affliction”,

                 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

PhD Produced by Dr Suresh Frederick

 

PhD Produced by Dr Suresh Frederick

1. Dr. S. Beula Esther Bharathidasan University, 2006.

2. Dr. G. Ruby (17344/Ph.D.-2/Eng/PT) Bharathidasan University, 2008.

3. Dr. K. Premkumar(18097/PhD/PT)Bharathidasan University, 2008.

4. Dr. Sri. Pa. Dhevarajan (2856/ PhD/ PT/July 2003) Bharathidasan University, 2010.

5. Dr. V.S.Murugaiyan (20304/PhD 2/ Eng/PT/ Jan 2004) Bharathidasan University, July 2010.

6. Dr.  Cheryl Davis (022175/PhD 2/PT/October 2007) Bharathidasan University, December 2011

7. Dr. Victoria Alan (04716/PhD 2/FT) Bharathidasan University, January 2012.

8. Dr. K.Shanthi (30065/PhD 2/ PT/ Jan 2005) Bharathidasan University, February 2012.

9. Dr. V.Sekhar (2950/Ph.D.2/Eng/PT/April 2004) Bharathidasan University, January 2013.

10. Dr. A. Sheeba Princess (020860/Ph.D2/Eng/Part-Time/ October 2007) Bharathidasan University, July 2013.

11. Dr. Vathana Fenn (PhD-E-2008-0144) Bharathiar University, Coimbatore August 2013.      

12. Dr. S. Nova Bright (06983/Ph.D.2/ENGLISH/F.T/July 2010) Bharathidasan University, January 2014.

13. Dr. K.Kaviarasu (025451/ Ph.D.2/ENGLISH/P.T/October 2007)Bharathidasan University, July 2014.

14. Dr. S.Melwin (038988/Ph.D.2/ENGLISH/Full-Time/April 2010) Bharathidasan University, February 2015.

15 Dr. S.Cynthia Ruth (PhD-E-2008-0555) Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, May 2015.

16. Dr. Siffo Kumeds (033972/PhD2/English/Full-time/January 2011) Bharathidasan University, August 2015.

17. Dr. S.Navam Kirubai Rajan (047584/Ph.D2/English/Part-Time/April 2010) Bharathidasan University, March 2015.

18. Dr. S.Newton Raja (42931/PhD2/English/Part-time/ January 2013)  Bharathidasan University, April 2016.

19. Dr. J. Chriso Ricky Gill (16864/Ph.D2/English/Full-time/July 2012) - Bharathidasan University, August 2016.

20. Dr. M.Prasath (Ph.D.-E-2008-0127) Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, September 2016.

21. Dr. S. Samuel Rufus (Ph.D.-E-2009-1336) Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, October 2016.

22. Dr. S.Syed Shaw (01209210010/DU/PhD/2008) Dravidian University, Kuppam February 2017.

23. Dr. M. Ilaya Kanmani Nanmozhi (41319/Ph.D.2/ENGLISH/Part-Time/April 2009) -Bharathidasan University, May 2017.

24. Dr. S.P.Ruth Rajathi (6468/PhD2/English/Full-Time/ July 2014) Bharathidasan University, June 2017.

25. Dr. R.Magdaline Dyana (704/PhD2/English/Full-Time/ April 2014) Bharathidasan University, November 2017.

26. Dr. V.Vishnu Vardhan (34369/PhD2 /English/Full-Time/October 2014) –Bharathidasan University, June 2017.

27. Dr. I.Lydia Glory (34420/Ph.D2/English/Part-Time/ October 2013) Bharathidasan University, 2019.

28. Dr. S.Anand Arul Das (32360/PhD2/English/Part-Time/October 2014)       Bharathidasan University, December 2019.

29. Dr. M.Gnanamurali (25897/PhD2/English/Full-Time/ October 2016) Bharathidasan University, Trichy, February 2021. 

30. Dr. A. Jeba Issac Samuel (07903/PhD2/English/Part-Time/ April 2016) Bharathidasan University, Trichy, May 2021. 

31. Dr. F. Frazer Frank Joe (16679/Ph.D2/English/Full Time/ October 2017) Bharathidasan University, Trichy, May 2021. 

32. Dr. J.Premkumar (36755/Ph.D2/English/PT/ January 2017) Bharathidasan University, Trichy, August 2021.

Eco Quotes

 Dr. Suresh Fredrick says, “Human beings always knew that wild forests are uninhabitable and that is why they looked down upon wild forests. That is why the forests are destroyed to make way for fields which would field grains. The animals are also left out” (Balachandran 13).

 

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Dr. Suresh Frederick says:

Ecocriticism is an interdisciplinary subject. Knowledge of life science is essential to study literature through this criticism. Ecocriticism is totally opposed to the anthropocentric view, i.e., the human-centered view, subscribed to by many human beings. It supports the biocentric view. The human-centered view is beneficial to humans but the biocentric view is beneficial to both humans and the biosphere. (Balachandran 14)

 

Balachandran, K. Critical Essays on Australian Literature. New Delhi: Arise Publishers, 2010. Print.

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Dr. Suresh Frederick says “Symbiosis keeps everything moving in the evolutionary direction. This is vital for the growth of the biosphere. Symbiosis can be equated to

integrative Oikos in Oikopoetics”(Jha 12).

 

Jha, Gauri Shankar. Indian English Poetry: Recent Explanations. Delhi: Authorspress, 2008. Print.

 

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Dr. Suresh Frederick says, “Ecocriticism helps human beings to have a broader view of nature. It urges humans to have a biocentric view despite their apparently incorrigible anthropocentrism due to their selfish nature”(Selvamony 136 ).

 

Selvamony, Nirmal Dasan, Rayson K .Alex. Eds.  Essays in Ecocriticism. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2007. Print.