Tuesday, December 5, 2017

I BA English - Fiction - I Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions

Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Fiction - I - The Time Machine
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions 


Unit III: Time Machine by H.G. Wells

101. What is the name of the creatures that live above ground?
           a. Eloi b. Morlocks c. Weena d. porcelains
102. Where is the time machine hidden?
a.   in the morlocks underworld
b. in the palace of green porcelains
c. in the woods near the palace of green porcelains
d. in the pedestal of the sphinx statue
103. What do the Morlocks fear most?
a. the time machine b. the time traveller c. the Eloi d. light.
104. The Time Machine was first published in the book form in the year?
 a. 1895 b. 1905 c. 1915 d. 1925.
105. In this novel, what is the fourth dimension?
a. hope b. the past c. space d. time.
106. What does the time traveller use to strike the Morlocks?
a. a lever b. the time machine c. weena d. a stick
107. How does the time traveller meet Weena?
a. he finds her sleeping.
b. he saves her from drowning
c. he saves her from the Morlocks
d. she introduces herself to him.
108.How does the time traveller believe time is related to space?
a. he does not think it is
b. it is slower than space
c. it is space’s zero dimension
d. it is space’s fourth dimension.
109. What do the Eloi eat?
a. flowers b. Morlocks  c. meat d. fruit.
110. The Time Machine symbolises……………..
a. space b. science and reason  c. invention  d. future.
111. “Communism said  I to myself” whose statement is this?
a. the time traveller b. medical man c. psychologist d. weena.
112. The Morlocks  represents  as ……………
a. poor b. tribal c. giant d. aristocracy.
113.  H.G.Wells supported the First World War as…………
a. war to end war b. war and murder c. sacrifice d. peaceful.
114.H.G.Wells joined in the fabian society in the year………….
          a. 1909 b. 1906 c.1903 d.1905
115. Wells most important novel in the inter-war years is……….
a. the world of William Clissold b. the world would be lost c. ending d. wars.
116. Who is a introvert in the novel “The Time Machine”?
          a. Filby b. The Provincial Mayor c.The Time Traveller d. Psychologist.
117. The Time Machine perceives the exploration of the dualities between …. And…..
          a. Technology and time b. aestheticism and utilitarianism c. middle and intelligent
d. good and bad.
118.  What is meant by instantaneous?
a. emergency b. praise c. happy d. cry.
119. Who says this statement, “ the ruddy sunset set me thinking of the sunset of mankind”?
a. the psychologist b. the medical man c. the time traveller d. doctor.
120. What do Morlocks eat?
a. vegetables b. fruits c. flowers d. Eloi.
121. What kind of creatures are the Morlocks?
 a. Diurnal b. nocturnal c. insomniacs d. hibernators.
122. Who is known as the founder of Communism?
a. Karl Marx b. Adam Smith c. Vladimir Lenin d. Friedrich Engels.
123 .What animal do the Morlocks resemble?
a. birds b. panthers c. gorillas d. apes.
 124. What is the name of the main character?
a. the time traveller b. the time bender c. the time runner d. the time changer.
125. What happened when the Eloi and morlocks went to battle?
a. the main character died b. Elois won c. Morlocks won d. weena died.
126. What does the time traveller refers to when he says “wilderness of rotting paper”?
a. the portrait gallery b. the forest exhibition c. the library d. the museum bookshop.
127. What is the Palace of Green Porcelain?
a.an old barn  b.an old museum  c. an old laboratory d.an old University
128. The Time Traveller thinks that sleeping next to a ______________ is their best hope for Protection?
a.cave  b.stream c.bush d. Fire
129.Who does the Time Traveller long to murder?
 a.Weena b. an Eloi c. The Editor and Journalist d. The Morlocks
 130. Which of the following ecological disasters does the Time Traveller inflict on the future?
a.       A forest fire b. interbreeding c. The introduction of foreign diseases d. Desertification
  131.Which character is described by the following: "an argumentative person with red hair"?
             a.Filby b. The editor c.The provincial mayor d. The time traveller
132.  Whose family was called as ‘ Bertie’?
             a. Filby  b. H.G.Wells  c. the Medical man d. the time traveller.
133.  How many years did the Morlocks and Eloi live in future?
             a. 20,000 b. 40,000  c. 800,000 d. 400,000
134. The Time Machine is  ……………………
          a. an Allegory b. a Hyperbole c. a Rhetoric d. a Paradoxical.
135. What is the name of the furry ape like creatures that live in underground in the future?
            a. Eloi b. Glinna c. Morlocks d. Bobo.
136. Who is filby?
a. a lawyer b. a police man c. doctor d. argumentative person.
137. What kind of hair that Elois have?
a. straight b. Bald c. uniformly curly d. short.
138.  In what year does the time traveller go to in the book?
            a. 1984 b. 50,000 c. 802,701 d. 1967.
139. Who takes the Time Machine?
          a. Eloi b. Morlocks C. Filby d. Medical man
140.Who is the narrator of the story “ The Time Machine”?
a. the time traveller b. Filby c. Weena d. Mr. Hillyer.
141. What is the only memory of the time traveller?
           a. A book b. his watch c. a journal d. two withered white flowers.
142. Who is a man of science in “The Time Machine”?
a. the Journalist b. The Provincial Mayor c.The Editor d. Filby.
143. The Time Machine is a…………………………..
a. imaginative story b. science Fiction c. horror story d. happy ending.
144. Where did the time traveller saw Weena?
a. a river b. underworld c. dancing in the hall d. singing in the festival.
145. How the time traveller know that he came to the present ?
a. through the time machine b. the newspaper c. time d. friends.
146. The other Fiction of H.G.Wells is ………………
a. The Invisible Man b. The Tale of two cities c.The Duchess of Malfi d.The Pilgrim’s Progress.
147. H.G.Wells engaging his self-portrait as……………
          a. Autobiography b. biography c. letter d. portrait
148. What is meant by Anachronism?
a. rude b. short account c. outdated d. passive.
149. What is meant by trammels?
a. difficult to understand b. good idea c. public transport d. substances.
150. What is meant by spasmodic?
a. happened suddenly b. casual c. joy d. none.
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Monday, October 9, 2017

I BA English - Prose - I Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions

Department of English
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
I BA English - Prose - I
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
Course Code: U16EG102
SF
Charles Lamb
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

E.V.Lucas

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 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

A.G Gardiner

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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