DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
SEMESTER – I
Core I: MODERN LITERATURE I [Chaucer to the Jacobeans]
Objective Type Questions
UNIT II
Donne
: 1. “Canonization”,
2. “Extasie”
Marvell
: 1. “To His Coy Mistress”
2. “The Garden”
2. “The Pulley”
Richard
Lovelace : “To Althea, from Prison”
John
Donne: 1.“Canonization”, 2. “Extasie”
51. Who coined the term
“metaphysical poetry”?
a. Andrew
Marvell b. John
Donne c. Samuel
Johnson d. Henry Vaughan
52. What is the “stamped face”
referred to by Donne in “Canonization”?
a. face in a
stamp b. holy
face c. Coin d.
real face
53. Fill in the blank: “For
God's sake hold your tongue, and let me ________”.
a. love b.
live c.
tell d.
give
54. Fill in the blank: “Call
her one, me another _______”.
a.
taper b.
moth c.
candle d. fly
55. What is a phoenix?
a.
Mall b.
Bike c.
Mythological
plant d. Mythological
bird
56. According to Donne, why
should a person “take a course”?
a. To get a job b
For running c. For higher studies d.
To begin family life
57. “We’ll build in sonnets
pretty rooms”. What is the meaning of “room” here?
a. a place in a
house b. stanza in a poem c.
room in a
mansion d.
veranda
58. What is canonization?
a. accepter of a
canon b.
Having a
gun c. to
make saint of d. a priest
59. According to Donne, what do
soldiers find?
a.
Army b.
House c.
Country d. War
60. According to Donne, what do
lawyers get?
a. Litigious men b.
Car c.
Dress d.
Robe
61.What is meant by ek
stasis?
a. Stand outside b.
experience of joy c. experience of
love d.
to stand
62. Who is the “Great Prince in
prison”?
a.
Body b. The
soul c.
Earth d.
Donne
63. After the “concoction”, who
will depart as a “purer” person?
a.
Man b. Onlooker c.
Lover d.
Lady Love
64. A “metaphysical _____” is a
particular type of poetic metaphor of the sort developed by the “metaphysical
poets”.
a.
simile b. conceit c.
poem d.
song
65. “This ecstasy doth
unperplex”. What does “unperplex” mean?
a. resolve b.
complex c.
confuse d.
compound
66. “We owe them thanks”, who
are “them” according to Donne?
a. Bodies b.
souls c.
faces d.
gods
67. “Yielded their senses’
force to us,/ Nor are dross to us, but allay”. Which is referred to as an
“allay” by Donne?
a.
soul b. body c.
sprit d.
sense
68. Who are “weak men”
according to Donne?
a. Physically
weak b.
Those who cannot write poetry
c. Those who look for
manifestation d.
Dull-headed
69. Which are “firmly cemented
/ With a fast balm”?
a. Sick person’s legs b. a
house c.
a
window d. Lovers’
hands
70. Fill in the blank: “A
single violet _______,/ The strength, the colour, and
the size,/…Redoubles
still, and multiplies”.
a.
plant b.
sapling c.
bud d. Transplant
Andrew
Marvell: 1. “To His Coy Mistress”, 2. “The Garden”
71. Who stopped the sun on its
course?
a. Joshua b.
Jesus
Christ c.
Andrew Marvell d. John Donne
72. “Time’s winged chariot” is
an allusion to:
a. Helios b.
Ares c.
Zeus d.
Hermes
73. What is the “Humber”?
a. The Indian
Ocean b. a river in England c.
Lake Victoria d. The English Channel
74. What is the structure of
the poem, “To His Coy Mistress”?
a.
novelistic b.
syllogism c. free
verse d.
ode
75. What is the key theme of
the poem, “To His Coy Mistress”?
a. carpe diem b. Carpe
Jugulum c. carpimus
noctem d. Toccata
76. Why does Marvell refer to
“Indian Ganges”?
a. exotic element b.
likes
India c.
Likes the Ganges d. Wants rubies
77. Where is the Humber river?
a.
Calcutta b.
Hull c.
Hollywood d. London
78. Fill up the blank: “...the
youthful ____ /Sits on thy skin like morning dew”.
a. skin b.
age c. hue d.
pink
79. Fill up the blank: “The
_____ is a fine and private place...”.
a.
room b.
house c.
garden d. grave
80. What are “amorous birds” in
“To his Coy Mistress:?
a. Birds of
prey b. Angry
birds c.
Fighting birds d. Love
birds
81. Marvell sees____________ as
superior to the white and red hues that commonly signify passionate love.
a.
violet b.
blue c.
yellow d. green
82. Apollo metamorphosed Daphne
into a _______.
a.
girl b.
bird c. laurel d.
nymph
83. Pan metamorphosed ______
into a reed.
a.
Cinderella b.
Pandora c.
Joshua d. Syrinx
84. Who is the “skilful
gardener” referred to by Marvell in “The Garden?
a. Trained gardener b.
Experienced gardener c.
Devil d. God
85. Who are crowned with palm
leaves?
a.
Singers b.
Kings c. Victors
in games d. Poets
86. Who is given the oak
leaves?
a.
Animal b.
Sports person c. Ruler
of a country d.
Hockey player
87. What are “bays”?
a.
sea b.
land c.
flowers d. laurels
88. Which is the “garden state”
referred to by Marvell in “The Garden”?
a.
Heaven b. Vasantham
garden c.
Hades d. Garden
of Eden
89. What does George Herbert
mean by “furniture” in “Affliction”?
a.
humans b.
house c.
college d. nature
George
Herbert : 1. “Affliction”, 2. “The Pulley”
90. What does George Herbert
refer to as a “lingring book”?
a. A collection of
poems b.
Drama c. The Bible d.
Poems of Herbert
91 From which game has the
metaphor “cross-bias” been taken?
a.
cricket b.
foot
ball c.
Dart-board d.
bowling
92. Who is the “some other
master” referred to by Herbert?
a.
Jesus b.
Jehovah c. devil d.
Little Master
93. What is the “way that takes
the town”?
a. Spiritual
life b. worldly
life c.
God-fearing life d. Religious life
94. What is the only positive
thing in the Pandora ’s Box?
a.
Wealth b. Hope c.
Beauty d. Sorrow
95. What is the “jewel”
referred to by Herbert in “Pulley”?
a. rest b.
gold c.
ring d.
beauty
Richard
Lovelace: “To Althea, from Prison”
96. With whom did Richard
Lovelace side during a power struggle in England?
a. The Church b. The
Parliament c. King Charles I d.
The Prince of Persia
97. Why cannot the walls and
iron bars that surround Lovelace imprison him?
a. protected by
God b.
Physically free
c. protected by a strong
person d. Free
in mind
98. What are the “Committed
linnets”?
a. caged birds b.
cunning birds c. dead birds d.
those committed to work
99.What is the main theme of
Richard Lovelace’s “To Althea from Prison”?
a. Love for
Althea b. No
one can imprison the human mind
c. Love for the
King d.
Prison life
100. What is a “Hermitage”
according to Lovelace?
a.
hut b.
a place where hermits
live c. mind d.
sages live
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