“Lectures” by J.B. Priestley for I BA English

Department of English

Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

I BA English - Prose - I

Question Bank – Multiple Choice Questions

“Lectures” by J.B. Priestley

1. According to Priestley what is more foolish than going to hear a lecture?

           a)  learning from a lecture                         b)  giving a lecture

         c)  preparing a lecture                                  d)  not giving a lecture

2. To Priestley there is no glory, no fun and no money in _____

         a)  writing                                                       b)  giving a lecture

         c)  acting                                                         d)  none

3. Priestley is greatly in demand as a lecturer.

         a)  true                                                            b)  false

         c)  not much                                                   d)  none

4. Priestley is basically a good ________

         a)  singer                                                        b)  lecturer

            c)  writer                                                       d)  dancer

5. If Priestley is given a pile of sheets, a fountain-pen or a type writer he will do his __________

         (a)  worst                                                        (b)  best

         (c)  will not care                                             (d)  none

6. According to Priestley to-er-is human, to ________ divine

         (a)  refuse                                                      (b)  forgive

         (c)  forget                                                       (d)  none

7. According to Priestley a successful lecturer takes a delight in his ________

         (a)  voice                                                        (b)  audience

         (c)  mannerisms                                             (d)  dress

8. When he gives a lecture, Priestley ______ the town, the hall, the audience and himself.

         (a)  adores                                                      (b)  loves

         (c)  despises                                                  (d)  likes

9. What does Priestley say about his audience?

         (a)  dreary people                                         (b)  malicious people

         (c)  snarling pedants                                     (d)  all the above

10. If Priestley went on an American tour there would be men waiting with_____ outside the hall.

         (a)  garlands                                                   (b)  cash prize

         (c)  guns                                                         (d)  none

11. Priestley when he writes he feels he is addressing a company of ____________ persons

         (a)  bored persons                                        (b)  pleasant persons

            (c)  pedants                                                    (d)  none

12. Priestley has probably ______________ a hundred readers every time he gives a lecture

         (a)  gained                                                      (b)  lost

         (c)  added                                                       (d)  none

13. Just as the young ____________ falls into an ecstasy at the sound of flagons, the successful lecturer thrills with the pleasure of his voice

         (a)  Margantua                                               (b)  Targantua

         (c)  Gargantua                                              (d)  None

14. According to Priestley what is more foolish than going to hear a lecture?

         (a)  learning from a lecture                          (b)  giving a lecture

         (c)  preparing a lecture                                 (d)  not giving a lecture

18. Priestley is  _________ writer

(a) an American                                      (b) an African 

(c) a British                                 (d) an Indian

19. Priestley is _________ about lectures

     (a) senseless  (b) sensible (c) eager (d) none of the above

20.What does Priestley say about authors who give lectures?

     (a)  fools       (b)idiots     (c) successful men   (d) none of the above

21. How does Priestley state his own performance as a lecturer?

     (a) make proud of himself an hour (b) make fool of himself an hour (c) make glory of himself an hour (d) none of the above

22. What are Priestley’s thoughts about the audience he faces?

     (a) Malicious people  (b) very pleasant and sensible people  (c) dear and gentle audience   (d) none of the above

23. How does Priestley contrast the successful lecturer from the bad one?  The successful lecturer ___________

     (a) bliss with happiness   (b) thrills with pleasure  (c) harmony in delight (d) none of the above

24. What does Priestley imagine when the lecture he has promised to give seems nearer?

     (a) He looks bright at nothing and his style wobbles

(b) he is confident to take the audience at straight

(c) he mesmerizes them with his voice and his style dictates.

(d) none of the above

25. Gargantua refers to a

     (a) princess                             (b) miniature monster

(c) gigantic monster                 (d) plucky girl

26. Priestley feels as  __________ if people are not interested in his lecture.

     (a) happy as he can               (b) a success

(c) an insult                                (d) none of the above

27. Priestley has probably lost a _________ readers in a lecture and gained a twenty.

     (a) hundred  (b) dozen (c) handful of (d) none of the above

28. Priestley never wished to give an impression as a demanding______________

     (a) reader (b) writer  (c) lecturer (d) none of the above

29.How does Priestley conclude his essay?

 (a) to err is human, to forgive is divine

(b) to err is human, to refuse –divine

(c) to err is lecturer, to forgive- audience

(d) none of the above

30. Priestley  ___________  to give lectures

 (a)   usually refuse                   (b) usually fervent

(c) usually entreat                       (d) none of the above

31.A bad lecturer communicates his ____________ for the business.

    (a) taste   (b) distaste (c)   folly   (d) none of the above

32. J B Priestley fully refers as

 (a) Jack Burke Priestley  (b) James Boynton Priestley

(c) John Boynton Priestley (d) Jefferson Babington Priestley

33. ‘The Times’ is

(a) one of the American leading newspapers

(b) one of the Indian leading newspapers 

(c) one of the leading British newspapers

(c) favourite T.V show

34. A heavy shower of letters came for the mistakes made by famous

     (a) poets (b) novelist (c) prose writers (d) actors

35.The poet confess that before writing an article consults  ___________ to make sure on the errors.

 (a) encyclopaedia (b) dictionary (c) facebook (d) whattsapp