19th Century British Literature I MA English Question Bank for Bishop Heber College

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                                                                                                                                 

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

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