I BA English / Prose 1/ Bacon’s “Of Studies”

 

Department of English

Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

I BA English - Prose - I

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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 man’s natural ____________

   (a) ability  (b) inability   (c) value (d) none of the above

10.Different kinds of ________ have different effects upon the reader.

 (a) books  (b) compact discs (c) equipments (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 man’s

(a) muscles  (b) intelligence  (c) debating power (d) none of the above

 13. Planning and Management of affairs are expected only from persons

(a) who seldom reads (b) who debate often (c) who reads a lot (d) none of the above

 14. Some Books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and

      (a) spitted    (b) vomited   (c)  digested  (d) none of the above

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) none of the above

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)  eating 

         (c)  chatting                                                    (d)  reading

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.  none

25. To Bacon one must read to :

            a. weigh and consider b. contradict and confute c. talk and discourse d.  take for granted

UG I BA English/ Prose 1/ A.G. Gardiner’s “A Fellow Traveller”

Department of English

Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

I BA English - Prose - I

Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions

Course Code: U24EG102

A.G. Gardiner’s “A Fellow Traveller”

136. “Alpha of the Plough” is the pseudonym of ________

         (a)  Robert Lynd                                          (b)  Francis Bacon

         (c)  A.G Gardiner                                      (d)  J.B Priestley

137. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________

         (a)  bird                                                          (b)  man

         (c)  dog                                                           (d)  mosquito

138. A.G Gardiner accused his fellow- traveller as _________

         (a)  a vagrant                                               (b)  a public nuisance

         (c)  travelling without a ticket                (d)  all the above

139. A.G Gardiner travelled in a ______

         (a)  bicycle                                                    (b)  train

         (c)  bus                                                           (d)  none

140. A.G Gardiner and his fellow- traveller knew about each other’s journey.

         (a)  true                                                          (b)  false

         (c)  to some extent                                      (d)  none

141. Name the writers who continually misquoted the poets they loved.

         (a)  Pope and Dryden                                (b)  Bacon and Lamb

         (c)  Hazlitt and Swift                                 (d)  Lamb and Hazlitt

142. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________

         (a)  bird                                                          (b)  man

         (c)  dog                                                           (d)  mosquito

143. According to Priestley To-er-is human, to ________ divine

         (a)  refuse                                                     (b)  forgive

         (c)  forget                                                      (d)  none

144. Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he has _________ him.

(a) insulted  (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried

145. How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?

    (a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above

146. How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?

     (a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above

147. When one is alone in the carriage what can he do?

 (a) sing and dance (b) open and close window

(c) play golf and even stand on head    (d) all the above

148. How did the author responded to the behaviour of his fellow traveller?

 (a) kissed him               (b) flicked him off 

(c) prayed with him       (d) danced and sung with  him

149.How many times the author warns his fellow traveller?

        (a) dozen of times (b) a score of time (c) twice (d) often

150. Gardiner refers his fellow traveller as a __________

      (a) genius (b) almighty (c) vagrant (d) all the above

151. After attacking his fellow traveller with a blow what did the author do?

         (a) lunged him (b) jumped on the seat (c) adopted tactics of feline cunning (d) all the above

152. According to A.G. Gardiner  what are the noblest attributes of man?

         (a) pride and prejudice (b) anger and rage

(c) magnanimity and mercy (d) fear and dilemma

153. Gardiner feels that __________ has made them fellow travelers

            (a) misfortune    (b) fortune  (c) fate  (d) all the above

154. Gardiner feels that he cannot kill his fellow traveller but _______him.

            (a) reprieve (b) discharge (c) dismantle (d) none of the above

155. Gardiner was feeling ______________ to his fellow creature

            (a) equal (b) inferior (c) superior (d) guilty

156. Gardiner refers whom to have called the non-human beings a as brother?

  (a) St. Francis   (b) St. Augustus (c) St. Thomas   (d) none of the above

157. Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he has _________ him.

(a) insulted  (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried

158. Gardiner heard a friendly voice in the window who is it?

  (a) Station master (b) engine driver (c) guard  (d) friendly porter

159.  A G Gardiner fully refers as

(a) Alwin Godwin Gardiner  (b) Abel Gonsalvez Gardiner (c) Alfred George Gardiner (d) none of the above

160. How did the fellow traveller behave with the author?

          (a) Made a menace (b) Spoke well and behaved gently

(c) Ignored the author  (d) Sang and slept

UG I / Prose 1 / Robert Lynd’s “In Praise of Mistakes”

 Department of English

Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

I BA English - Prose - I

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Course Code: U24EG102

Robert Lynd’s “In Praise of Mistakes”

1. To Lynd, the only fatal error in a writer is to be________

         (a)  accurate                                                   (b)  uninteresting

         (c)  interesting                                               (d)  none

2. Dr. Johnson endeared himself to posterity by his _________ in his dictionary.

         (a)  blunders                                                 (b)  accurate definitions

         (c)  interesting details                                   (d)  none

3. To Lynd, all comedy arises from other people’s _________.

         (a)  jokes                                                         (b)  mistakes

         (c)  foolishness                                              (d)  none

4. The inaccuracies of the historian ________ have been laughed at.

         (a)  Dryden                                                     (b)  Aristotle

            (c)  Froude                                                   (d)  Plato

5. According to Lynd, the poet uses the word “chrysoberyl” for the _______.

         (a)  sense`                                                       (b)  sound

         (c)  precious stone                                        (d)  none

6. What according to Lynd is the chief value of error?

         (a)  makes the reader superior               (b)  confuses the readers

         (c)  makes the reader laugh                         (d)  none

7. According to Lynd, there has been a heavy shower of letters in _______ about the mistakes made by famous novelists:

         (a)  The Times                                              (b)  The Morning Star

         (c)  The Saturday Review                             (d)  None of the Above

8. Why does Lynd wake out of dream at night and breaks into a sweat of fear?

            (a)  bad dreams    (b)anxious  if he had made a mistake

         (c)  suffers from sleeplessness                    (d)  none

9. ____________ blundered in Chronology and Geography

         (a)  Hazlitt                                                       (b)  Milton

         (c)  Shakespeare                                          (d)  Scot

10. The true error-hunter is a man who searches for error as men search for______

         (a)  Iron                                                          (b)  Gold

         (c)  Diamond                                                  (d)  Copper

11. According to Lynd, in the history of the world the man who makes mistakes has never been ________

         (a)  rewarded                                                 (b)  censured

         (c)  appreciated                                           (d)  none

12. Robert Lynd remarks as one grows older no doubt, one cares less for the rarer kind of  jewellery  in ____________

    (a) article    (b) prose             (c) drama                          (d) poetry

13.Robert Lynd remarks as one grows older no doubt, one cares less for the rarer kind of jewellery  in

    (a) article          (b) prose     (c) drama              (d) poetry

14. The truth is, the only fatal error in a writer is to be ____________

     (a) careless   (b) truth less (c) fiction less (d) uninteresting

15. All ________ probably arises from our enjoyment of other people’s mistakes

     (a) tragedy (b) praise (c) comedy (d) none of the above

16. Novelists need not be __________ by being accused of blundering. 

     (a) perturbed (b) relaxed (c) praised (d) none of the above

17. Robert Lynd points out that the newspapers are full of accurate articles and correct information ____________ give pleasure.

      (a) seldom(b) occasionally (c) obviously (d) none of the above

18. To err not only makes human but also_________

(a) clever    (b) intelligent    (c) wise  (d) silly

19. A true error- hunter is a man who searches for error as men search for

     (a) pearls (b) honey hive  (c) gold (d) oil

20. Robert Lynd also gratifies his readers

          (a) by misquoting the poets

           (b) confusing Darius to Xerxes

(c) mentioning towns in wrong countries

          (d) all the above

21.The Journalist quotes the beginning of an article by a punch :

     (a) ‘all is well that ends well’

     (b) ‘the Journey of a thousand miles starts in a single step’

     (c) ‘the sting of the serpent is in its tail’

     (d) all the above

22. A great many words that mean nothing to ordinary reader and yet reads with

     (a) irritation (b) ignorance  (c) pleasure (d) disinterest

23.Robert Lynd proclaims that  every writer concede a margin of error but the reader is more particular on the information of the ________.

        (a) character  (b) author  (c) facts  (d) all the above

24. Ornithologist is a person who studies

       (a) birds  (b) skin             (c) brain  (d) insects

25. Robert Lynd was born in_____.

           (a) Britain     (b) Scotland   (c) Ireland   (d) Europe