I BA English Prose - II Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions for CIA 1

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 ……………..

a)self control b) freedom c) impartiality d) friendliness

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