Semester – II 19th
Century British Literature – I CIA
Unit I: Ode to Dejection by Coleridge
Unit
II: “Ode to West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
“Ode
on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
“The Prisoner of
Chillon” (Lines 1 – 109, 300 – 392) by Byron
Unit V
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Unit I: Ode
to Dejection by Coleridge
26. The original title of “Dejection:
An Ode” is -----------
a. “A Letter to [Asra]” b.
A Letter to Sara Fricker
c. A Letter to Sara Hutchinson d. A Letter to Wordsworth
27. The first four lines of
“Dejection: An Ode” are borrowed from -----------
a. Ballad
of Sir Patrick Spence b. Lochinvar
c. Beowulf d. La Belle Dame Sans Merci
28. When was Dejection: An Ode, its present form published?
a. Apr 4, 1802 b. June 15, 1802 c.
Aug 22,1802 d. Oct 4, 1802
29. “I see, not feel, how beautiful they are”
– “I” refers
a. Coleridge b. Wordsworth c. Sara Fricker d. Sara Hutchinson
30. To Coleridge
“Joy” means -------- between one’s inner life and the life of nature.
a. harmony b.
hegemony c. symphony d. acrimony
31. What has nature
given Coleridge at his birth?
a.
imagination b.
ratiocination c. speculation d. adaptation
32. “Thou Actor” refers to --------
a. the
wind b. the poet c. the Aeolian lute d. the virtuous lady
33. Who is Otway?
a. a
dramatist b. a poet c. a novelist d. an essayist
34. Ode is a form of
------ poem.
a. objective b.
subjective c. relative d. correlative
35. “Dejection” means
sad over a/an --------- loss.
a. Irrecoverable
b. recoverable c. physical d.
fiscal
36. ------- was a
popular figure of speech used by the Romantic poets.
a. apostrophe b.
aside c. allegory d. aphorism
37. Which Romantic
poet was called the “sage of Highgate”?
a. Coleridge b. Wordsworth c. Keats d. Shelley
38. By “genius”
Coleridge means ------- ----------.
a. guiding spirit b. smothering weight c.
phantom light d. winter bright
39. “Ours is her
wedding garment, ours her shroud” – “her” refers to -------.
a. Nature b. the Moon c.
the Sun d. the Stars
40. “Joy . . .
wedding Nature to us gives in dower / A new --- and a new -------.
a. Earth,
Heaven b. Earth, Hell c. Hell, Heaven d. Heaven, Earth
41. “This was my sole
resource” – “my” refers --------.
a. Coleridge b. Browning c. Matthew Arnold d.
Wordsworth
42. “I turn from you:
- “you” refers to ------.
a. viper
thoughts b. Aeolian lute c. blasted tree d. peeping flowers
43. “. . . devils’
Yule” means ------ celebrated by devils.
a. Christmas b.
New Year c. Easter d. Michealmas
44. Aeolus is the God
of ----.
a. winds b. fire c.
water d. music
45. “. . . may my
friend such vigils keep” – who is “my friend”?
a. sleep b. lute c. imagination d. wind
46. “Dear Lady”
stands for --------.
a. Sara
Hutchinson b. Sara Fricker c. Dorathy d. Mary Lamb
47. Coleridge hailed
------- as “the best poet of the age”.
a. Wordsworth b. Keats c. Shelley d. Byron
48. Lyrical Ballads opens with Coleridge’s
---------.
a. The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner b. Christabel c.
Dejection: An Ode d. Kubla Khan
49. Whom did
Wordsworth declare ---- “ the most wonderful man that I have ever known”?
a. Coleridge b.
Blake c. Shelley d. Keats
50. Who are “ the two
great seminal minds of England” according to John Stuart Mill?
a. Jeremy
Bentham and Samuel Taylor Coleridge b.
Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge c.
Keats and Samuel Taylor Coleridge d.
Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Unit II
“Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats
1. What does the speaker refer the
urn to?
a. “An unravished
bride of quietness”
b. “bold lover” c. “leaf-fring’ d legend” d. “sweet pipes”
2. Why does Keats address the urn as
a “cold pastoral”?
a. Lifeless b. very old c. Full of green plants d. No one can touch it.
3.
Where is Tempe?
a.
Greece b. India
c.USA d. England
4. What is Arcady?
a. A haunt of Pan b. A
place of love c. A haunt of Buddha
d. A place for sinners
5. What is a citadel?
a. A Fort b. A sacrificial cow c. A sacrificial lamb d. A city by the riverside
6. Which one will remain “in midst
other owe”?
a. Urn b. poem c. West wind d. passion
7. What is “Attic shape”?
a. A genuine relic
from Greece b. Top floor in a
house c. Fit d.
A fine shape
8. Why does Keats consider Urn as a
“foster child of Silence and slow time”.
a. preserved like its mother b. heated by others
c. Loves foster mothers d. Loves foster children
9. Whose “Fair attitude” is referred to by Keats ?
a. viewed by others b. trees c.
Urn d. Lady love
10. Whom does Keats address as “Cold
pastoral”?
a. Urn b. pastoral land c. cold breeze d. plants
11. What animal is sacrificed in
“Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
a. Calf b. dog c. lamb d. pig
12. Who will not “fade” in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
a. Lady love b. trees c. branches d. flowers
13. Who is the “unwearied” person in
“Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
a. Happy melodist b.mob c. bold lover d. lady love
14. When will a person get “parching tongue”?
a. High fever
b. studies a lot c. sleeps a lot d. dead
15. Whose “silken flanks” are
dressed with garlands?
a. Calf b.
lady love c. urn d. bull
16. Who can never say “adieu” to
Spring?
a. Tees on the urn b. singer on the urn c. lovers on the urn d. Keats
17. Which is “Forever warm and still
to be enjoyed”?
a. Love d. song c. trees d. melody
Ode to West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
18. What is a lyre?
a. stringed instrument b. a land c. a humble lay d. sun
19. Who is a Maenad?
a. female followers of Bacchus b. Bacchus c. boy d. Name of a country
20. Why is the West wind a trumpet of prophesy?
a.
It brings
rain
b. It brings the promise of spring c. It blows over all regions d. It promises the
second coming of Jesus
21. The writing of which pamphlet caused Percy Bysshe
Shelley’s expulsion?
a.
Common Sense
b. The Necessity of Atheism c.A
Declaration of Rights
d. Pride and Prejudice
22. In “Ode to the West Wind”, the speaker suggests that
the west wind ______
a.
protects flowers b. protects
roots c. preserves
lands d. preserves seeds
23. In “Ode to the West Wind”, what are the
“Pestilence-stricken multitudes”?
a.
trees b. Cricketers c. stars d. leaves
24.
Shelley says
that as a young man he too was like the West wind, because he also was _____
a. wild, swift
and proud b. tame, swift and happy c. quiet,
quick and dangerous d. soft, red and alert
25.
Who is the “azure sister” of the west wind?
a. sky
b. east wind c.
west glee d. moon
26.
Who wants to “pant” beneath the power of west wind?
a. loose clouds b. the poet
c. dead leaves d.
swift waves
26. “A new birth” will be caused
by______
a) the quivering within the wave’s intenser day b ) the incantation of the verse. c. new Mother d) the sapless foliage of the ocean
27. Winter and Spring in “Ode to the
West Wind” stand for_________
a)brightness b) the seasons. c. anger and ambition d. death and revival
28. The trumpet of prophecy will be
blown by__________
a. the musician. b. God c. poet’s lips. d.
the West Wind.
29. The “dead leaves” are compared to_______
a. dead thoughts b. dead bodies c. dead animals c. dry leaves
30. Shelley in “Ode to the West
Wind” uses metaphors from ________
a. nature b.
war c. The Bible d. Songs
31. In “Ode to the West Wind”, what are the symbolic
representation of “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”?
a. leaves b. the entire human society c. branches
d. animals
32. In the
second stanza, Shelley refers ________
a. leaves b. clouds c. branches d. waves
33. The
howling of the wind is imagined by Shelley to be the dirge for _______
a. the dead
leaves b. the dead thoughts c. the
morning song d. the closing year
34. Shelley bids ______to uplift his moral stands.
a. the
spring season b. the maenads c. harp d.
the west wind
7. “A new birth” will be caused
by______
a) the quivering within the wave’s intenser day b ) the incantation of the verse c. new Mother d) the sapless foliage of the ocean
“The Prisoner of Chillon” by Byron
185. The prisoner is locked up in
the _______
a. Castle of Chillon b. Castle of
Otranto c. Bedford castle d. Carisbrooke Castle
186.
_______is a famous work by Byron.
a. Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage b. Lyrical Ballads c. In Memoriam d. Biographia Literaria
187.
The character of the prisoner was inspired by ________
a. Francois Bonivard b. John Bunyan c. Nelson Mandela d. St.Paul
188. The castle is built in _______
style.
a. Gothic b. English c.
French d. Victorian
189. There --------- are pillars in
the dungeon.
a. 7
b.5 c. 8 d. 4
190. The prisoner is
the__________son in the family
a) eldest b) elder c) youger d) youngest
191. The youngest brother is like
a________
a) bird b) deer c) lion d) snake
192. The middle brother is a
skilled______
a) hunter
b) singer c)dancer d) foot ball player
193. The family is imprisoned
because of__________
a) standing
firm in their faith b)murder c) blasphemy d) theft
194. How did the father die?
a) at
the stake b) due to sickness c) at
the battle d) in hunting
195. The central idea of The
Prisoner of Chillon is_________
a) freedom
b)
battle c) religion d) love
196. Lord Byron was a good friend
of__________
a) Shelley b) Wordsworth c) Coleridge d) Tennyson
197. _______lies near the walls of
Chillon.
a) Lake Leman b) Rhine c)
Nile d) Thames
198. Who visits the prisoner in the
dungeon?
a) A mice b) A relative c) A
friend d) A soldier
199. The dungeon has become a____ to
the prisoner.
a) hermitage
b) home c) temple d) palace
200. The Castle of Chillon is
located in
a) Switzerland
b) France c) Ireland d) Africa
Great
Expectations
239. In what publication was Great Expectations originally
serialized?
a. Home and Away b. The English Almanac c. Simple Wisdom d. All
the Year Round
240. What kind of novel is Great Expectations?
a. Bildungsroman b. Kunstlerroman
c. Eirhungsroman d. none
a. Compeyson b. Magwitch c.
Joe d. Jaggers
242.
Who is the "pale young gentleman" in Great
Expectations?
a. Wemmick b. Herbert c.
Jaggers d. Startop
243.
How old is Pip when Magwitch returns to his life?
a. 9 b.23 c.18
d.7
244.
What is Pip’s reaction to Joe’s visit to him in London?
a. Embarrassment b. Joy c.
Anger d. Resignation
245.
What name does Wemmick call his elderly father?
a. Aged parent b.
Venerable ancestor c. Decrepit
Sire d. Old Feller
246.
Where does Estella live when she goes abroad?
a. France b.
Spain c. Germany d. Boston
247.
What name does Magwitch use to hide his identity?
a. Provis b. Clovis c. Quo Vadis d. Uncle Caveat
248. In what region of
England are the marshes of the novel found?
a. Sussex b. Wessex c. Kent d. Gloucestershire
249. Where does Pip first encounter Magwitch?
a.
The river b. Mrs. Joe’s house c. The
Smithy d. The Churchyard
250. The plot of the novel, Great Expectations, is set in -------------- century.
a.
18th b. 19th c.20th d.21st
