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I MA English 2021-2022 - Semester – II 19th Century British Literature – I CIA

Semester – II 19th Century British Literature – I CIA

 

Unit I:  Ode to Dejection by Coleridge         

Unit II: “Ode to West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats          

“The Prisoner of Chillon” (Lines 1 – 109, 300 – 392) by Byron   

Unit V

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

 

Unit I: Ode to Dejection by Coleridge

26. The original title of “Dejection: An Ode” is -----------

a. “A Letter to [Asra]”                       b. A Letter to Sara Fricker  

c. A Letter to Sara Hutchinson         d. A Letter to Wordsworth

27. The first four lines of “Dejection: An Ode” are borrowed from -----------

 a. Ballad of Sir Patrick Spence b. Lochinvar     

c. Beowulf        d. La Belle Dame Sans Merci

28. When was Dejection: An Ode, its present form published?

a. Apr 4, 1802   b. June 15, 1802          c. Aug 22,1802                        d. Oct 4, 1802

 29. “I see, not feel, how beautiful they are” – “I” refers

   a. Coleridge          b. Wordsworth          c. Sara Fricker           d. Sara Hutchinson

30. To Coleridge “Joy” means -------- between one’s inner life and the life of nature.

   a. harmony                        b. hegemony              c. symphony              d. acrimony

31. What has nature given Coleridge at his birth?

   a. imagination                  b. ratiocination         c. speculation            d. adaptation

32.  “Thou Actor” refers to --------

  a. the wind             b. the poet     c. the Aeolian lute    d. the virtuous lady

33. Who is Otway?

  a. a dramatist                    b. a poet         c. a novelist               d. an essayist

34. Ode is a form of ------ poem.

  a. objective              b. subjective             c. relative                   d. correlative

35. “Dejection” means sad over a/an --------- loss.

  a. Irrecoverable    b. recoverable           c. physical                  d. fiscal

36. ------- was a popular figure of speech used by the Romantic poets.

  a. apostrophe                    b. aside           c. allegory                  d. aphorism

37. Which Romantic poet was called the “sage of Highgate”?

  a. Coleridge           b. Wordsworth          c. Keats                                  d. Shelley

38. By “genius” Coleridge means -------   ----------.

  a. guiding spirit      b. smothering weight   c. phantom light   d. winter bright

39. “Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud” – “her” refers to -------.

  a. Nature     b. the Moon               c. the Sun                   d. the Stars

40. “Joy . . . wedding Nature to us gives in dower / A new --- and a new -------.

  a. Earth, Heaven   b. Earth, Hell             c. Hell, Heaven         d. Heaven, Earth

41. “This was my sole resource” – “my” refers --------.

  a. Coleridge           b. Browning               c. Matthew Arnold   d. Wordsworth

42. “I turn from you: - “you” refers to ------.

  a. viper thoughts  b. Aeolian lute          c. blasted tree           d. peeping flowers

43. “. . . devils’ Yule” means ------ celebrated by devils.

  a. Christmas                       b. New Year               c. Easter                     d. Michealmas

44. Aeolus is the God of ----.

  a. winds       b. fire              c. water          d. music

45. “. . . may my friend such vigils keep” – who is “my friend”?

  a. sleep                    b. lute             c. imagination                       d. wind

46. “Dear Lady” stands for --------.

  a. Sara Hutchinson           b. Sara Fricker                       c. Dorathy      d. Mary Lamb

47. Coleridge hailed ------- as “the best poet of the age”.

  a. Wordsworth                  b. Keats                      c. Shelley                    d. Byron

48. Lyrical Ballads opens with Coleridge’s ---------.

  a. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner   b. Christabel   c. Dejection: An Ode d. Kubla Khan

49. Whom did Wordsworth declare ---- “ the most wonderful man that I have ever known”?

  a. Coleridge                       b. Blake                      c. Shelley                                d. Keats

50. Who are “ the two great seminal minds of England” according to John Stuart Mill?

  a. Jeremy Bentham and Samuel Taylor Coleridge  b. Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge             c. Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge      d. Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

Unit II

“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats

1. What does the speaker refer the urn to?

a.  “An unravished bride of quietness” b.    “bold lover”  c. “leaf-fring’ d legend” d.  “sweet pipes”

2. Why does Keats address the urn as a “cold pastoral”?

 a.   Lifeless  b.  very old      c. Full of green plants                   d. No one can touch it.

3.    Where is Tempe?

a.   Greece                 b.  India           c.USA            d. England

4. What is Arcady?

 a.   A haunt of Pan   b.   A place of love c.         A haunt of Buddha d.           A place for sinners

5. What is a citadel?

  a.   A Fort    b.   A sacrificial cow              c. A sacrificial lamb           d. A city by the riverside

6. Which one will remain “in midst other owe”?

   a.   Urn          b.        poem                         c.         West wind     d. passion

7. What is “Attic shape”?

a.   A genuine relic from Greece            b.    Top floor in a house     c. Fit  d. A fine shape

8. Why does Keats consider Urn as a “foster child of Silence and slow time”.

a. preserved like its mother  b. heated by others c. Loves foster mothers d. Loves foster children

9. Whose  “Fair attitude” is referred to by Keats ?

a. viewed by others  b. trees c. Urn d. Lady love

10. Whom does Keats address as “Cold pastoral”?

a. Urn b. pastoral land c. cold breeze d. plants

11. What animal is sacrificed in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?

a. Calf b. dog c. lamb d. pig

12. Who will not “fade” in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?

a. Lady love b. trees c. branches d. flowers

13. Who is the “unwearied” person in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?

a. Happy melodist b.mob c. bold lover d. lady love

14. When will a person get “parching tongue”?

a. High fever b. studies a lot c. sleeps a lot d. dead

15. Whose “silken flanks” are dressed with garlands?

a. Calf             b.  lady love c. urn d. bull

16. Who can never say “adieu” to Spring?

a. Tees on the urn b. singer on the urn c. lovers on the urn d. Keats

17. Which is “Forever warm and still to be enjoyed”?

a. Love d. song c. trees d. melody

 

Ode to West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley

18. What is a lyre?

a. stringed instrument  b. a land c. a humble lay d. sun

19. Who is a Maenad?

a. female followers of Bacchus b. Bacchus c. boy d. Name of a country

20. Why is the West wind a trumpet of prophesy?

a.   It brings rain   b. It brings the promise of spring   c. It blows over all regions d. It  promises the second coming of Jesus

21. The writing of which pamphlet caused Percy Bysshe Shelley’s expulsion?
a.   Common Sense b. The Necessity of Atheism c.A Declaration of Rights d.   Pride and Prejudice                                                                                                                                 

22. In “Ode to the West Wind”, the speaker suggests that the west wind ______          

a.   protects flowers b.   protects roots  c.          preserves lands d. preserves seeds

23. In “Ode to the West Wind”, what are the “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”?

a.  trees  b. Cricketers           c. stars         d. leaves

24.  Shelley says that as a young man he too was like the West wind, because he also was _____

   a.   wild, swift and proud       b.    tame, swift and happy c. quiet, quick and dangerous d. soft, red and alert

25.  Who is the “azure sister” of the west wind?

   a.   sky   b.   east wind       c. west glee d. moon

26.  Who wants to “pant” beneath the power of west wind?

  a.   loose clouds     b.   the poet c. dead leaves                      d. swift waves

26. “A new birth” will be caused by______
a) the quivering within the wave’s intenser day b ) the incantation of the verse. c. new Mother  d) the sapless foliage of the ocean

27. Winter and Spring in “Ode to the West Wind” stand for_________
a)brightness b) the seasons. c. anger and ambition d. death and revival

28. The trumpet of prophecy will be blown by__________
a. the musician. b. God c. poet’s lips. d. the West Wind.
29. The “dead leaves” are compared to_______

a. dead thoughts b. dead bodies c. dead animals c. dry leaves

30. Shelley in “Ode to the West Wind” uses metaphors from ________

a. nature b. war c. The Bible d. Songs

31. In “Ode to the West Wind”, what are the symbolic representation of “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”?

a. leaves b. the entire human society c. branches d. animals

32. In the second stanza, Shelley refers ________

a. leaves b. clouds c. branches d. waves

33. The howling of the wind is imagined by Shelley to be the dirge for _______

a. the dead leaves b. the dead thoughts c. the morning song d. the closing year

34. Shelley bids ______to uplift his moral stands.

a. the spring season b. the maenads c. harp d. the west wind

7. “A new birth” will be caused by______
a) the quivering within the wave’s intenser day b ) the incantation of the verse c. new Mother  d) the sapless foliage of the ocean

 

“The Prisoner of Chillon”  by Byron

185. The prisoner is locked up in the _______

a. Castle of Chillon b. Castle of Otranto c. Bedford castle  d. Carisbrooke  Castle

186.  _______is a famous work by Byron.

      a. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage b. Lyrical Ballads  c. In Memoriam d. Biographia  Literaria

187.  The character of the prisoner was inspired by ________

       a. Francois Bonivard b. John Bunyan c. Nelson Mandela d. St.Paul

188. The castle is built in _______ style.

       a. Gothic b. English c. French d. Victorian

189. There --------- are pillars in the dungeon.

       a. 7 b.5 c. 8 d. 4

190. The prisoner is the__________son in the family

     a) eldest b) elder c) youger d) youngest

191. The youngest brother is like a________

      a) bird b)  deer  c) lion d) snake

192. The middle brother is a skilled______

       a) hunter b) singer c)dancer d) foot ball player

193. The family is imprisoned because of__________

        a) standing firm in their faith b)murder c) blasphemy d) theft

194. How did the father die?

       a) at the stake b) due to sickness c) at the battle d) in hunting

195. The central idea of The Prisoner of Chillon is_________

       a) freedom b) battle c) religion d) love

196. Lord Byron was a good friend of__________

        a) Shelley b) Wordsworth c) Coleridge d) Tennyson

197. _______lies near the walls of Chillon.

         a) Lake Leman b) Rhine c) Nile d) Thames

198. Who visits the prisoner in the dungeon?

         a) A mice b) A relative c) A friend d) A soldier

199. The dungeon has become a____ to the prisoner.

        a) hermitage b) home c) temple d) palace

200. The Castle of Chillon is located in

        a) Switzerland b) France c) Ireland d) Africa

 

Great Expectations

239. In what publication was Great Expectations originally serialized?

a. Home and Away     b. The English Almanac     c. Simple Wisdom   d. All the Year Round

240. What kind of novel is Great Expectations?

            a. Bildungsroman    b. Kunstlerroman          c. Eirhungsroman         d. none

241. Who is Estella’s father?

            a. Compeyson               b. Magwitch               c. Joe             d. Jaggers

242. Who is the "pale young gentleman" in Great Expectations?

            a. Wemmick              b. Herbert             c. Jaggers              d. Startop

243. How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life?

            a. 9                  b.23                 c.18                 d.7

244. What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London?

            a. Embarrassment               b. Joy               c. Anger          d. Resignation

245. What name does Wemmick call his elderly father?

            a. Aged parent         b. Venerable ancestor           c. Decrepit Sire            d. Old Feller

246. Where does Estella live when she goes abroad?

            a. France               b. Spain             c. Germany             d. Boston

247. What name does Magwitch use to hide his identity?

            a. Provis        b. Clovis          c. Quo Vadis          d. Uncle Caveat  

248. In what region of England are the marshes of the novel found?

               a. Sussex           b. Wessex               c. Kent                        d. Gloucestershire    

249. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch?

            a. The river        b. Mrs. Joe’s house                    c. The Smithy     d. The Churchyard

250. The plot of the novel, Great Expectations, is set in -------------- century.

            a. 18th              b. 19th                                               c.20th                            d.21st

Friday, February 25, 2022

Question Bank / I B.A. English / Semester II / Course: Fiction Unit III: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620 017

 

I B.A. English                                 Semester II                         Course: Fiction

Question Bank

Unit III:

 

The 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_____.

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. fruits.

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’s b. medical man’s  c. psychologist’s d. Weena’s.

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. Fredrick 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. Eloi 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. a doctor d. an argumentative person.

137. What kind of hair that Elois have?

a. straight b. Bald c. uniformly curly d. short.

138.  In what year may 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 did 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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