Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Prose - I
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
Course Code: U16EG102
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1. According to
Bacon the chief use of study is:
(a)
Ability (b) Ornament
(c)
Delight (d) Adornent
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
26. Who is Elia?
a)
Charles
Lamb
b) George Dyer c)
Mary Lamb d) Clerk
27.
Who was the child of London?
a)
George Dyer b) Charles
Lamb c) Dr. Johnson d) E.V. Lucas
28.
He spent __________ years working as a clerk in the East India House
a)
43 b) 23 c) 33 d) 13
29. Lamb was renowned for his warm sense
of ________ and legendary social gatherings
a)
Tragedy b) Wits c) irony d) humour
30. In 1807, Charles Lamb and Mary Anne
Lamb was published ____________
a)
Tale
from Shakespeare b)
Tale from Bible c) Tale of Two
cities d) Tale of Canterbury.
31. Charles Lamb died in______.
a)
1833 b) 1834 c) 1835 d) 1836
32. Essays of Elia was published in ____.
a) 1803 b) 1813 c) 1823 d) 1823
33. Oxford in the Vacation was first
published in the London Magazine on _______.
a)
Jul 1860
b) Aug 1860 c) Sep. 1860 d) Oct. 1860
34. Oxford in the vacation is written by
one who never was at _______ as a student.
a)
Oxford b) Cambridge c) Kingston d) New college
35. Lamb used to spend his annual
holidays in the ______ and other part of the Oxford
a)
Ground b) library c) Dining hall d) Campus
36. Lamb use to write under the pen-name
of ______.
a)
Charles b) Anne c) Elia d) Dyer
37. Elia tried to amuse the reader with
an account of a clerks working in the_____.
a) East Sea House b) North Sea House c) South
Sea House d) West Sea House
38. Elia used to look forward for
holidays to spend times in ________ at Oxford libraries.
a) Sleeping b) Chatting c) Surfing net d) reading books
39.
_______ feels as if he inhaling
learning while in them
a) Lamb b) Dyer c) Some Menials d) Mary
40. Dyer was busy with ______ manuscript
at Oriel
a) ancient b) modern c) postmodern d) new
41. Who himself look like an old book
badly needing a new cover?
a) Charles Lamb b) George
Dyer c) George Eliot d) G.B. Shaw
42. Dyer doing research concerning the
past _________ of the two universities.
a) Civil b) geography c) history
d) record
43. Lamb cares more for Oxford and
Cambridge than he does for fashionable resorts as_____
a) New York b)
Northampton c)
Sussex d) Bath
44. Whose picture was hung in his uneasy posture?
a)
St. Peter b)
St. Thomas c) St.
Mathew d) St.Paul
45. Where “it seems as though all the souls of all the writers”?
a)
In
oxford b) In old library c) In new library d) In Oxford campus
46. What is “quis sculpsit”?
a) Who was the engraver? a) Who was the painter? a) Who was the
singer? a) Who was the writer?
47. Who is Bartholomew?
a) Apostles of Jesus b)
Scholar in Oxford c) Professor in Oxford d) Elia
48. Who is Spagnoletti?
a) Spanish artist b)
Elia c) A famous cook d) Apollo
49. Who is Marsyas?
a) Musician b) Lamb c)
Player d) A student from Oxford.
50. Who challenged Apollo to a
contest of music?
a) Simper b) Marsyas c) Timeous d) David
51. According to Priestley what is more foolish
than going to hear a lecture?
a) learning from a lecture b) giving a lecture
c)
preparing a lecture d) not
giving a lecture
52. To Priestley there is no glory, no fun and no
money in _____
a)
writing b) giving a lecture
c)
acting d) none
53. Priestley is greatly in demand as a
lecturer.
a)
true b) false
c)
not much d) none
54. Priestley is basically a good ________
a)
singer b) lecturer
c) writer d) dancer
55. If Priestley
is given a pile of sheets, a fountain-pen or a type writer he will do his
__________
(a)
worst (b) best
(c)
will not care (d) none
56. According to
Priestley to-er-is human, to
________ divine
(a)
refuse (b) forgive
(c)
forget (d) none
57. According to Priestley a successful lecturer
takes a delight in his ________
(a)
voice (b) audience
(c)
mannerisms (d) dress
58. When he gives a lecture, Priestley ______
the town, the hall, the audience and himself.
(a)
adores (b) loves
(c)
despises (d) likes
59. What does Priestley say about his audience?
(a)
dreary people (b) malicious
people
(c)
snarling pedants (d) all the above
60. If Priestley went on an American tour there
would be men waiting with_____ outside the hall.
(a)
garlands (b) cash
prize
(c)
guns (d) none
61. When Priestley
writes, he feels that he is addressing a company of ____________ persons
(a)
bored persons (b) pleasant
persons
(c) pedants (d) none
62. Priestley has
probably ______________ a hundred readers every time he gives a lecture
(a)
gained (b) lost
(c)
added (d) none
63. Just as the
young ____________ falls into an ecstasy at the sound of flagons, the
successful lecturer thrills with the pleasure of his voice
(a)
Margantua (b) Targantua
(c)
Gargantua (d) None
64. According to Priestley what is more foolish
than going to hear a lecture?
(a)
learning from a lecture (b) giving a lecture
(c)
preparing a lecture (d) not
giving a lecture
68.
Priestley is _________ writer
(a) an American (b) an African (c) a
British (d) an Indian
69.
Priestley is _________ about lectures
(a) senseless (b) sensible (c) eager (d) none of the
above
70.What
does Priestley say about authors who give lectures?
(a) fools (b)idiots (c) successful men (d) none of the above
71.
How does Priestley state his own performance as a lecturer?
(a) make proud of himself an hour (b) make fool of himself an hour (c) make
glory of himself an hour (d) none of the above
72.
What are Priestley’s thoughts about the audience he faces?
(a) Malicious
people (b) very pleasant and
sensible people (c) dear and gentle
audience (d) none of the above
73.
How does Priestley contrast the successful lecturer from the bad one? The successful lecturer ___________
(a) bliss with happiness (b) thrills
with pleasure (c) harmony in delight
(d) none of the above
74.
What does Priestley imagine when the lecture he has promised to give seems
nearer?
(a) He
looks bright at nothing and his style wobbles (b) he is confident to take
the audience at straight (c) he mesmerizes them with his voice and his style
dictates. (d) none of the above
75.
Gargantua refers to a
(a) princess (b) monster (c) gigantic (d) plucky girl
76.
Priestley feels as __________ if people
are not interested in his lecture.
(a) happy as he can (b) a success (c) an insult (d) none of the above
77.
Priestley has probably lost a _________ readers in a lecture and gained a
twenty.
(a) hundred (b) dozen (c) handful of (d) none of the
above
78.
Priestley never wished to give an impression as a demanding______________
(a) reader (b) writer (c) lecturer
(d) none of the above
79.How
does Priestley conclude his essay?
(a) to err is human, to forgive is divine
(b) to err is human, to refuse –divine
(c) to err is lecturer, to forgive- audience (d) none of the above
80.
Priestley ___________ to give lectures
(a)
usually refuse (b) usually
fervent (c) usually entreat (d) none of the above
831.A
bad lecturer communicates his ____________ for the business.
(a) taste
(b) distaste (c) folly
(d) none of the above
82.
J B Priestley fully refers as
(a) Jack Burke Priestley (b) James Boynton Priestley (c) John Boynton Priestley (d) Jefferson
Babington Priestley
83.
‘The Times’ is
(a) one of the American leading
newspapers (b) one of the Indian leading newspapers (c) one
of the leading British newspapers (c) favourite T.V show
84.
A heavy shower of letters came for the mistakes made by famous
(a) poets (b) novelist (c) prose writers (d) actors
85.The
poet confess that before writing an article consults ___________ to make sure on the errors.
(a) encyclopaedia
(b) dictionary (c) facebook (d) wiki
86. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a. astuteness
b. eccentricity c.
cunningness d. cowardice
87. E.V.Lucas often contributed articles
to a journal called ____________.
a. Tatler b. Spectator c.
Punch d.
The Hindu
88. The essay “Bores” is taken from the
collection titled _____________.
a. Listener’s Lure b. Cricket
all his Life c. Events and Embroideries d. all
the above
89. Bores are always known for their
_______________.
a. cowardice b. indolence c. egotism
d. ingeniousness
90. The one who has a fixed idea to impart
is called a ___________.
a. flatterer b. philanthrop c. idiosyncratic d. bore
91. A true bore is one who is always
unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness
b. borishness c.prudishness d. none of
the above
92. According to Lucas, _____________
people are seldom bores.
a. busy b. simple c.kind d. poor
93. The saying ‘live and let live’ is
attributed to the writer _____________.
a. Schiller b. Immanuel Kant c. William Henley d. Father Newman
94. The most repellent specimen of all the
bores is called a ___________ bore
a. blissful b. eccentric c. buttonholing d.
notorious
95. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a.
astuteness b. eccentricity c. cunningness d. cowardice
96. The essay “Bores” is taken from the
collection titled _____________.
a. Listener’s
Lure b. Cricket all his Life c. Events and Embroideries d. all
the above
97. A true bore is one who is always
unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness
b. borishness c. prudishness d. silliness
98. Bores come out successful in life
because they find a number of ready ________.
a)
Listeners b) Speakers c) Preachers d) lecturer
99. No one is courageous enough to tell
the bores that their company is _________.
a)
Friendly b) tedious
c) familiar d) gifted
100. Buttonholing bore is ‘the man who
spreads ________ all over you’.
a)
Rejoices b)
Sticky
c) birdlime
d) Aroma
101. Lucas father used to say
“__________”.
a)
Do or die b) fair is foul c) to be or not to be d) Live and let live
102. The only way to get rid of a bore is
to tell him frankly that he is a _________.
a)
Nuisance b) Good companion c) Fellow traveller d) Saviour
103. ________ cannot be shaken off just
by gestures or indirect hints
a)
Preacher b)
Bores c) Lucas d) A fellow traveller
104. Unless these weekly papers stop
publication, bores are bound to___________.
a)
Fade b) demolish c) flourish
d) cherish
105. Few men are strong enough to say,
‘For Heaven’s sake, go away, you _________ me.’
a)
Cheat b) love c) trust d) weary
106. In 1889 Lucas joined the staff of
the__________.
a)
Wessex Daily News b) Sussex
Daily News c) Punch d) Methuen & Co
107.
_______ is a word used by the Gileadites as atest to detect the fleeing Ephraimites.
a. Bores b. Shibboleth c. button-holding d. stigma
108.
The word “axle-tree” means _______
a. rod
b. stick c. coat
d. carriage
109. Before the First World War Lucas was
for a while interested in the ________ .
a) Theatre b) Prose c) Poetry d) Fiction
110. “It requires a sense of superiority, assurance
and ___________ to write about bores at all
a) Selflessness b)self Motive c) self confidence d)
selfishness
111. _________ is a bore’s foundation
stone
a) Socialism b) Humour c) Idealism d) Egotism
112. To Lynd, the only fatal error in a writer is
to be________
(a)
accurate (b) uninteresting
(c)
interesting (d) none
113. Dr.Johnson endeared himself to posterity by
his _________ in his dictionary.
(a)
blunders (b) accurate
definitions
(c)
interesting details (d) none
114. To Lynd, all comedy arises from other
people’s _________
(a)
jokes (b) mistakes
(c)
foolishness (d) none
115. The inaccuracies of the historian ________
have been laughed at.
(a)
Dryden (b) Aristotle
(c) Froude
(d) Plato
116. According to Lynd, the poet uses the word
“chrysoberyl” for the _________
(a)
sense` (b) sound
(c)
precious stone (d) none
117. 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
118. 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
119. Why does Lynd awakes out of dream at night and
breaks into a sweat of fear?
(a)
bad dreams (b) is anxious if he had made a mistake
(c)
suffers from sleeplessness (d) none
120. ____________
blundered in Chronology and geography
(a)
Hazlitt (b) Milton
(c)
Shakespeare (d) Scot
121. The true
error-hunter is a man who searches for error as men search for______
(a)
Iron (b) Gold
(c)
Diamond (d) Copper
122. 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
123.
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
124.
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
125.
The truth is, the only fatal error in a writer is to be ____________
(a) careless (b) truth less (c) fiction less (d) un interesting
126.
All ________ probably arises from our enjoyment of other people’s mistakes
(a) tragedy (b) praise (c) comedy (d) none of the above
127.
Novelists need not be __________ by being accused of blundering.
(a) perturbed (b) relaxed (c) praised (d)
none of the above
128.
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
129.
To err not only makes human but also_________
(a)
clever (b) intelligent (c) wise (d) silly
130.
A true error- hunter is a man who searches for error as men search for
(a) pearls (b) honey hive (c) gold
(d) oil
131.
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
131.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
132.
A great many words that mean nothing to ordinary reader and yet reads with
(a)an irritation (b) an ignorance (c) a
pleasure (d) disinterest
133.
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
134.
Ornithologist is a person who studies
(a) birds (b) skin (c) brain
(d) insects
135.
Robert Lynd was born in
(a) Britain (b) Scotland (c)
Ireland (d) Europe
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.Augutus (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
150. 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
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