Question
Bank for “A
Fellow Traveller”
by A.G Gardiner
1. “Alpha of the Plough” is the pseudonym of ________
(a)
Robert Lynd (b) Francis
Bacon
(c) A.G
Gardiner (d) J.B
Priestley
2. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________
(a)
bird (b) man
(c)
dog (d) mosquito
3. A.G Gardiner accused his fellow- traveller as _________
(a)
a vagrant (b) a
public nuisance
(c)
travelling without a ticket (d) all the above
4. A.G Gardiner travelled in a ______
(a)
bicycle (b) train
(c)
bus (d) none
5. A.G Gardiner and his fellow- traveller knew about each other’s journey.
(a)
true (b) false
(c)
to some extent (d) none
6. 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
7. A.G Gardiner’s fellow-traveller was a ________
(a) bird (b) man
(c)
dog (d) mosquito
8. According to Priestley
to-er-is human, to ________
divine
(a)
refuse (b) forgive
(c)
forget (d) none
9.
Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he
has _________ him.
(a)
insulted (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried
10.
How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?
(a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above
11.
How does Gardiner describe his sense of freedom?
(a) pleasant (b) uneasy (c) boring (d) none of the above
12.
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
13.
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
14.How
many times the author warns his fellow traveller?
(a) dozen of times (b) a score of
time (c) twice (d) often
15.
Gardiner refers his fellow traveller as a __________
(a) genius (b) almighty (c) vagrant (d) all the above
16.
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
17.
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
18.
Gardiner feels that __________ has made them
fellow travelers
(a) misfortune (b) fortune
(c) fate (d) all the above
19.
Gardiner feels that he cannot kill his fellow traveller but ____________ him.
(a) reprieve (b) discharge (c) dismantle (d) none of the above
20.
Gardiner was feeling ______________ to his fellow creature
(a) equal (b) inferior (c) superior (d) guilty
21.
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
22.
Gardiner feels that he has interested in his fellow traveller and in return he
has _________ him.
(a)
insulted (b) pleased (c) entertained (d) worried
23.
Gardiner heard a friendly voice in the window who is it?
(a) Station master (b) engine driver (c)
guard (d) friendly porter
24. A G Gardiner fully refers as
(a)
Alwin Godwin Gardiner (b) Abel Gonsalvez
Gardiner (c) Alfred George Gardiner
(d) none of the above
25. 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
Question
Bank for “Bores” by E.V. Lucas
Choose the correct
answer:
1. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a. astuteness
b. eccentricity c.
cunningness d. cowardice
2. E.V.Lucas often contributed articles to
a journal called ____________.
a. Tatler b. Spectator c.
Punch d.
The Hindu
3. 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
4. Bores are always known for their
_______________.
a. cowardice b. indolence c. egotism
d. ingeniousness
5. The one who has a fixed idea to impart
is called a ___________.
a. flatterer b. philanthrop c. idiosyncratic d. bore
6. A true bore is one who is always
unconscious of his _________________
a. foolishness
b. borishness c.prudishness d. none of
the above
7. According to Lucas, _____________
people are seldom bores.
a. busy b. simple c.kind d. poor
8. The saying ‘live and let live’ is
attributed to the writer _____________.
a. Schiller b. Immanuel Kant c. William Henley d. Father Newman
9. The most repellent specimen of all the
bores is called a ___________ bore
a. blissful b. eccentric c. buttonholing d.
notorious
10. Bores thrive because of people’s ____________.
a.
astuteness b. eccentricity c. cunningness d. cowardice
11. 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
12. A true bore is one who is always unconscious
of his _________________
a. foolishness
b. borishness c.prudishness d.
silliness
13. Bores come out successful in life
because they find a number of ready ________.
a)
Listeners b) Speakers c) Preachers d) lecturer
14. No one is courageous enough to tell
the bores that their company is _________.
a)
Friendly b) tedious
c) familiar
d) gifted
15. Buttonholing bore is ‘the man who
spreads ________ all over you’.
a)
Rejoices b)
Sticky
c) birdlime
d) Aroma
16. 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
17. 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 traveler d) Savior
18. ________ cannot be shaken off just by
gestures or indirect hints
a)
Preacher b)
Bores c) Lucas d) A fellow traveler
19. Unless these weekly papers stop
publication, bores are bound to___________.
a)
Fade b) demolish
c) flourish d) cherish
20. Few men are strong enough to say,
‘For Heaven’s sake, go away, you _________ me.’
a)
Cheat b) love c) trust d) weary
21. In 1889 Lucas joined the staff of
the__________.
a)
Wessex Daily News b) Sussex
Daily News c) Punch d) Methuen & Co
22.
_______ is a word used by the Gileadites as atest to detect the fleeing Ephraimites.
a. Bores b. Shibboleth c. button-holding d. stigma
23..
The word “axle-tree” means _______
a. rod b. stick c. coat
d. carriage
Before the First World War Lucas was for
a while interested in the ________ .
a)
Theatre
b) Prose c) Poetry d) Fiction
24. “It requires a sense of superiority,
assurance and ___________ to write about bores at all
a)
Selflessness b)self Motive c) self confidence d)
selfishness
25. _________ is a bore’s foundation
stone
a)
Socialism b) Humour c) Idealism d) Egotism
Question
Bank for “Oxford in the Vacation” by Charles Lamb
1. Who is Elia?
a)
Charles
Lamb
b) George Dyer c)
Mary Lamb d) Clerk
2.
Who was the child of London?
a)
George Dyer b) Charles
Lamb c) Dr. Johnson d) E.V. Lucas
3.
He spent __________ years working as a clerk in the East India House
a)
43 b) 23 c) 33 d) 13
4. Lamb was renowned for his warm sense
of ________ and legendary social gatherings
a)
Tragedy b) Wits c) irony
d) humour
5. 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.
6. Charles died in______.
a)
1833 b) 1834 c) 1835 d) 1836
7. Essays of Elia was published in ____.
a) 1803 b) 1813 c) 1823 d) 1823
8. Oxford in the Vacation was first
published in the London Magazine on _______.
a)
Jul 1860
b) Aug 1860 c) Sep. 1860 d) Oct. 1860
9. Oxford in the vacation is written by
one who never was at _______ as a student.
a)
Oxford b) Cambridge c) Kingston d) New college
10. Lamb used to spend his annual
holidays in the ______ and other part of the Oxford
a)
Ground b) library c) Dining hall d) Campus
11. Lamb use to write under the pen-name
of ______.
a)
Charles b)
Anne
c) Elia d) Dyer
12. 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
13. He used to look forward for holidays
to spend times in ________ at Oxford libraries.
a) Sleeping b) Chatting c) Surfing net d) reading books
14.
_______ feels as if he inhaling
learning while in them
a) Lamb
b) Dyer c) Some Menials d) Mary
15. Dyer was busy with ______ manuscript
at Oriel
a) ancient b) modern c) postmodern d) new
16. 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
17. Dyer doing research concerning the
past _________ of the two universities.
a)
Civil b) geography c) history
d) record
18. Lamb cares more for Oxford and
Cambridge than he does for fashionable resorts as_____
a) New York b)
Northampton c)
Sussex d) Bath
19. Who hung in his uneasy posture in the old Baskett prayer book?
a)
St. Peter b)
St. Thomas c) St.
Mathew d) St.Paul
20. 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
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