19th Century British Literature
I MA English Question Bank
for Bishop Heber College
"Ode
on a Grecian Urn"
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. India b.
Greece c.USA d.
England
4.
What is Arcady?
a.
A place of love b.
A haunt of Pan c. A
haunt of Buddha d. A place for sinners
5.
What is a citadel?
a. A
city by the riverside b. A sacrificial cow c. A sacrificial lamb d. A Fort
6.
Which one will remain “in midst other owe”?
a.
passion b. poem c. West wind d. Urn
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.
trees b. viewed by others c. Urn d.
Lady love
10.
Whom does Keats address as “Cold pastoral”?
a.
pastoral land b. Urn c. cold breeze
d. plants
11.
What animal is sacrificed in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
a.
pig b. dog c. lamb d. Calf
12.
Who will not “fade” in “Ode on a
Grecian Urn”?
a.
flowers b. trees c. branches d. Lady
love
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.
lady love b. Calf c. urn d. bull
16.
Who can never say “adieu” to Spring?
a.
singer on the urn b. Tees on the urn
c. lovers on the urn d. Keats
17.
Which is “Forever warm and still to be enjoyed”?
a.
song d. Love c. trees d. melody
West
Wind
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
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
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
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. 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
Ulysses
101.
“Ulysses” is written in the form of _____________
a.
dramatic monologue b. Haiku c.
sonnet d. ode
102.
“Ulysses” deals with the desire to reach beyond the limits of one’s field of ______
a.
war b. vision c. life d. dream
103.
Who is Penelope?
a.
An admirer of Ulysses b. wife of Hallam c.wife
of Ulysses d. A stock character in “
The Perils of Pauline”.
104.
Who is Telemachus?
a.
enemy of Ulysses b. son of Arthur Hallam c. king of Ithaca d. Son of Ulysses
105.
Ulysses was the king of _________
a.
Ithaca b. Rome c. Oshakkaekya d. Brobdingnag
106.
Who is referred to here: “by slow prudence”
and “through soft degrees”?
a.
King Solomon b. Telemachus c.
Penelope d. Ulysses
107. Who says this: “a part of all that I have
met”?
a.
Penelope b. Telemachus c. Ulysses d.
Synge
108.
Ulysses thinks ________ will be an adequate king.
a.
Penelope b. Diego Costa c. Alexandros d. Telemachus
109.
Who is “Matched with an aged wife”?
a.
Ulysses b. Tagore c. Telemachus d.
Tennyson
110Tennyson’s
conception of the hero Ulysses is closer to________
a.
Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
b. Dante’s The Inferno c. Seneca’s Phaedra d. Seneca’s Oedipus
111.
Who was the closest and dearest friend of Tennyson?
a.
Arthur Miller b. Henry Vaughan c. Arthur Henry Hallam d. Clifford Hallam
112.
How does Ulysses feel about his homeland?
a.
He is happy about his people.
b.
He does not want Telemachus to rule
c.
He wants to stay there forever
d.
He finds the people savage and his wife
old
“Ring Out”
113.
Who is dying in the night? Answer with reference to “Ring
Out”?
a.
The year is dying in the night.
b.
An old man is dying in the night.
c.
A beloved person is dying in the night.
d.
Hallam is dying in the night.
114.
__________ emphasises on the popular phrase, “Old order changeth, giving place
to new”.
a.
Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses”
b.
Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out”
c.
Browning’s “Andrea del Sarto”
d.
Percy Bysshe Shelley's
“Ode to the West Wind”
115.
What does Tennyson mean by “Slowly dying cause”?
a.
useful reasons.
b.
problems which are now futile.
c.
customs or reasons which are now futile.
d.
efforts which are now futile.
116.
What does Tennyson mean by “Ring in the Christ that is to be”.
a.
Tennyson is a good person.
b.
Jesus is Christ
c.
beautiful bells are in Christian churches.
d.
the ultimate redemption lies in God.
117.
Where did Tennyson find his inspiration for “Ring Out”?
a.
Death
of his friend, Hallam.
b.
New year day.
c.
Birth of Jesus (Christmas)
d.
Bogi festival
Byron
185. The prisoner is locked up in the
-------------
a.
Castle of Otranto b. Castle
of Chillon c. Bedford
castle d. Carisbrooke Castle
186.
---------------------- is a famous work by Byron.
a. In Memoriam b. Lyrical Ballads
c. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage 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.French b. English c.Gothic d. Victorian
189. There --------- are pillars in the
dungeon.
a. 4 b.5 c. 8 d.7
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) deer b) bird c) lion d) snake
192. The middle brother is a skilled
a) warrior b) soldier c) hunter d) archer
193. The family is imprisoned because
of----------------
a) theft b)murder c) blasphemy d) standing firm in their faith
194. How did the father die?
a) at the battle b) due to sickness c)
at the stake d) in hunting
195. The central idea of The Prisoner of
Chillon is------------------
a) battle b) freedom 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) Thames b) Rhine c) Nile d) Lake Leman
198. Who visits the prisoner in the
dungeon?
a) A relative b) A bird 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) France b) Switzerland c) Ireland d) Africa
