II MA English Quiz Bank on Ecocriticism for CIA 2 from Suresh Frederick

II MA English Quiz Bank on Ecocriticism for CIA 2

Oikopoetics

31. Oikos is a _____________ word

a. Greek    b. Latin                c. Tamil                 d. Roman            

32.A typical oikos is a nexus in which the ________, the humans, natural and cultural phenomena stand in an integrated relationship

a. animals  b. sacred   c. atmosphere     d. ecosphere

33.In tinai, the naturo-cultural elements of oikos is __________

a. mutal      b. uri          c. karu               d. porul

34.Art, especially, poetry, is a variety of communication/communion shaped by the oikos of the _______ in question

a. politics   b. nature    c. culture   d. society

35.Historically speaking, ______ basic types of oikos have discernibly shaped all poetry.

a. three              b. two                   c. five                   d. twelve

36. The first type of oikos integrates the sacred, nature, culture and the humans in a _____

a. integrated kinship    b. complex kinship    c. hierarchy         d. anarchy

37.The power relations among the members of the ________ oikos are both horizontal and vertical.

a. hierarchic                 b. anarchic          c. familial d. market

38. ___________ said "The two-legged and four-legged lived like kith and kin"

a. Cheryl Glotfelty         b. Wordsworth    c. Nirmal Selvamony    d. Black Elk

39. In ____________ oikos there was hardly any distinction between ritual and art.

a. Integrative              b. hierarchic                 c. anarchic          d. all

40. ________ meter continued to be the norm for invocatory verse.

a. Venpa              b. Akaval            c. elelo                  d. karanthai

41. Vancippattu means ____________

a. love song                   b. field song                  c. boat songs     d. dirge song

42. In the hierarchic or political oikos the members stand in a hierarchic relationship, with ______ at the bottom

a. Sacred             b. human             c. nature   d. Gods

43. Tinai as the larger social order has given way to the ______ varna

a. Dravidian                  b. Indian              c. Greek     d. Aryan

44. In __________ oikos power is channeled only in a vertical direction

a. Integrative                b. hierarchic                c. anarchic d. all

45. In ___________ oikos the sacred was confined to a special space deemed holy

a. anarchic           b. integrative                 c. hierarchic      d. all

46. _________ was confined to a special space, namely, the court/ palace

a. The ruled                  b. Man                           c. Woman   d. The ruler

47. In hierarchic oikos _______ was considered more auspicious, productive and useful

a. Wetland                b. nature             c. dryland  d. the sacred

48._________, worthy of worship and poetic celebration, were located usually in wetland.

a. kovil                          b. talam              c. oor                   d. naadu

49. In ____________ oikos nature was more tangibly useful.

a. Integrative                b. hierarchic                 c. anarchic         d. all

50. In the ________ phase the Tamil poetry entered its initial phase when the writers looked upon nationalism, industrialism, and rationalism as forces that could liberate them from the hierarchic oikos.

a. Fourth             b. third                c. second    d. first

The Silkworms

23. The silkworm is the ______ of the domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori.

a. litter b. worm c. larva or caterpillar d. butterfly

24. The silkworms have _____distinct morphological stages

a. three b. four c. five d. two

25. After hatching from the egg, larvae go through _____molts.

a. four b. three c. five d. two

26. When the silkworms were young, they were like ______

a. little plants b. little angels c. little dragon d. little worms

27. ______ is process whereby a population of selected animals or plants become accustomed to human provision and control.

a. Training b. Wildness c. Domestication d. Beating

28. “_______says Don’t, and they do not”.

a. The ancestral voice b. God c. Owner d.Trainer

29. Buddleia is commonly known as _______.

a. the butterfly bush b. the flame of the forest c. the Buddha’s flower d. the paper flower tree

30. The Silkworms were rambling. Here, “rambling” means _____.

a. the activity of walking for pleasure.                                  b. suffering in a cage.

c. distressed in a box.                                                            d. dancing on ramp.         

“The Snake Trying”  by W.W.E.Ross

31.W.W.E.Ross was a Canadian ______and poet.

a. short story writer b. Novelist c. lover of nature d. Geophysicist d artist.

32. The persona in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, goes to _____to kill a snake.

a. playground b. cities c .class d. woods

33. The persona in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, carries ______ in his hands.

a. a stick b. a gun c. a sickle d. a bag.

34. What is a reed, referred to “The Snake Trying”?

a. a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family

b. a short tree

c. A primitive wind instrument 

d. A flexible strip of cane set into certain instruments to produce tone

35. Why does the persona in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, allow the snake to leave?

a. venomous snake b. non-venomous snake c. beautiful d. ugly

36. The snake in the poem, “The Snake Trying”, is ______.

a . black in colour b. made of gold. c. beautiful and graceful  .c. violent