Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli
Department of English
I BA English Prose - II
Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions
UNIT
I
Joseph
Addison :
Sir Roger at the Theatre
Bertrand Russell
: Education and Discipline
1. Sir Roger was much interested in Andromache because………….
a) He pitied her b) he once loved a widow c) Wants to
help her d) None
2. Who is the author of the essay ‘Sir Roger at the
Theatre’?
a) Steele b) Addison c) Huxley d) Swift
3.Sir Roger said that if……………. Would accompany them to the theatre,
he would not be afraid of the Mohocks
a) John b)Captain Sentry c) Butler d)
Servants
4.On the entering of Pyrrhus Sir Roger told the author
that……………had a better way of walking
a)King of Italy b)King of England c) King of
France d) King of Germany
5. The author looked upon Sir Roger’s remarks as a piece of
natural………….
a) dramatics b)criticism c) delight d)comment
6.Sir Rogar’s coachman…………….told him that the coach was
ready for he has mended the four wheels
a) Paul b)David c) John d) Sam
7.Sir Roger had read the life of Hector when he was a school
boy at the end of the…………..
a)Text book b)Dictionary c) Classical
book d)Diary
8.________ was engaged to Orestes before the Trojan war
a) Helen b) Hermione c) Andromache d) Pylades
9. Who was the king of Troy?
a) Pyrrhus b)Pylades c) Priam d)
Achilles
10.The new tragedy that Sir Roger wished to see was …………
a)The Distressed Mother b) The Poor Widow c)The
Distressed Father(d) The Orphan Son
11. Hector’s widow was………………
a) Hermione b) Orestes c) Andromache d) Helen
12. Sir Roger was afraid that the…………….
Would attack them if they arrived late
a)Kohocks b) Nohocks c )Lohocks d) Mohocks
13. Sir Roger was a good …………….
a)game hunter b) painter c )fox hunter
d) singer
14. Who proposed to Hector’s widow?
a)Pyrrhus b) Pylades c) Achilles d) Orestes
15. Sir Roger had special concern for…………
a) Hermione b) Andromache c ) Hellen d)
All the alone
16. Who is the son of Hector?
a)Pyrrhus b) Orestes c ) Astyanax d) None
17. Who killed Pyrrhus?
a) Hector b) Orestes c) Pylades d) Helen
18. The new tragedy was written by…………….
a) Ambrose Philips b) Addison c) Steele d) Sir Roger
19. The last play that sir Roger saw was………
a) The General b) The Parliament c) The Committee
d) The House
20. The last play that Sir Roger saw was a good
………………comedy
a) Puritan b)Church of England c) Lutheran d)
Catholic
21.Who killed the king of Troy?
a) Achilles b)Hector c) Pylades d) Pyrrhus
22.The chief contributors to the ‘Spectator’ were………….
a) Addison and Steele b)Sir Roger and
Captain Sentry c )A.G.Gardiner and Charles Lamb d) E.V.Lucas
and Huxley
23.Who were the Mohocks?
a) gentlemen b) countrymen c)ruffians d) farmer
24. Who killed Hector?
a)Achilles b)Orestes c)Pyrrhus d)Pylades
25.Who is the brother-in-law of Helen?
a) Pyrrhus b) Achilles c) Orestes d)Agamemnon
26. According to Russell, the purpose of education is …………
a) freedom b)civilization c)nationalism d)impartiality
27. On the question of freedom in education there are……………..
main schools of thought
a) two b) four c ) three d) five
28. To Russell those who are subject to authority become
either submissive or…………………
a)intelligent b)rebellions c
) stupid d) dull
29. To Russell an authoritative education turns the people
into………….
a)dictators b) timid tyrants c) national
leaders d) None
30. Who tends to bully the weaker?
a)rebels b) authoritative c ) submissive d)
All the above
31.To Russell ………..was a rebel and was wise
a)Copernicus b) Plato c )Galileo d)
Aristotle
32. To Russell what is wanted is good nature and ……………..
33. To Russell the …………lose initiative both in thought and
action
a) rebellious b) intelligent c) submissive d)
stupid
34. When rebels become educators, they encourage ………..in
their pupils
a) good nature b)defiance c) anger d)horror
35.The belief that liberty will ensure moral perfection is a
relic of………..
a) Moralism b)Marxism c) Rousseauism d)Stalinism
36. The feeling of being thwarted finds an outlet in ……….the
weaker
a) applauding b) encouraging c) bullying d)abusing
37. The humiliations a person endures at his public school
he passes on to his_____
a) Onatives b) Monatives c) Lonatives d)Fallatives
38. To Russell there should be a sympathy with the
child’s……….
a) dreams b) ambitions c) desires d) likes
39. To Russell…………for others is an essential element in
civilization
a) Interest b) Consideration c) Love d) Compassion
40. According to Russell tyrannical institutions are……………….
a) Self-Inflicting b) Self –Perpetuating c)Self-
realising d) Self-apraising
41. If children are left to play together without adult
interference there is a tyranny of the……………………
a) weaker b) stronger c)greater d) mightier
42. According to Russell educators must have a liking for
children that people have for______
a) horses or dogs b)dogs or cats c)dogs or birds
d)horses or birds
43. To Russell teachers must have an interest which consists
in spontaneous_______ in the presence of children
a) interest b)pleasure c)concern d)liking
44. To Russell it is impossible for ____ teachers to have an
instinctive liking for children
a) over-worked b)ambitious c) intelligent
d) disinterested
45. The essay “Education and Discipline” was first
published in his collection of
essays titled _________
a) In Praise of Idleness b)The Problems of
Philosophy c)Mysticism and logic and other essays d)Understanding History and
other Essays
46. The essay “Education and Discipline” was first
published in the year
a)1947 b)1935 c)1936 d)1934
47. According to Russell, ideally, individuality and
_______ can and should peacefully coexist in the same individual.
a)sociality b)practicality c)reality
d)congeniality
48. According to Russell, complete liberty to the
child, ignores the importance of ______to the child, and also the positive
purpose of education.
a)discipline b)knowledge c)incompetence d)ineptness
49. While dealing with children, there is danger in
both extremes of liberty and _______.
a) authority b)equality c)supremacy
d)subordination0
50. Bertrand Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for
literature in the year _____
a)1950 b)1949 c)1948 d)1951
