DEPARTMENT
OF ENGLISH
BISHOP
HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
SEMESTER
– I
Core
I: MODERN LITERATURE I [Chaucer to the
Jacobeans]
Objective Type Questions Course Code: P22EG201
Unit I
1.
In 1348 between one
third and one half of the English population died within 18 months because of
_____________
a. Plague b.
Cholera c. Cancer d. Smallpox
2.
Chaucer born in the
reign of King _______________
a. Edward II b.
Edward III c. Richard
II d. Henry IV
3.
Chaucer lived through
the reign of King ____________
a. Edward II b.
Edward III c. Richard II d. Henry IV
4.
Chaucer died after
King ___________ ascended the throne.
a. Edward II b.
Edward III c. Richard II d. Henry IV
5.
Chaucer was the Member
of the Parliament of ___________
a. Kent b. London c.
Italy d.
Canterbury
6.
Chaucer was appointed
as controller of wool customs in the port of _________
a. Kent b.
London c. Italy d. Canterbury
7.
Chaucer wrote Canterbury
Tales influenced by Giovanni Boccaccio, a great writer from ________
a. Kent b.
London c. Italy d. Canterbury
8.
_______________ is 80
miles from London
a. Kent b.
London c. Italy d. Canterbury
9.
___________ is the
father of English Literature
a. Chaucer b.
Spenser c. Shakespeare d. Wyatt
10.
Thomas Becket was
killed in Canterbury Cathedral in _______
a. 1330 b.
1170 c. 1190 d. 1070
11.
Becket was a trusted
adviser and friend of King _________
a. Edward II b.
Richard III c. Henry II d. Charles II
12.
The narrator meets
____________ pilgrims at an inn
a. 30 b.
28 c. 31 d. 29
13.
Canterbury Tales is considered as a/an “____________ satire”
a. estates b.
Juvenalian c. Horatian d. Old English
14.
Chaucer completed
_______ stories and 2 fragments.
a. 21 b.
22 c. 23 d. 24
15.
___________ served the
king well in the Crusades.
a. The Squire b.
The Friar c. The
Knight d. The Parson
16.
____________ was a
“lover and a cadet”.
a. The Parson b.
The Friar c. The Knight d. The Squire
17.
_________ wears a
bracelet “Love conquers all”.
a. The Prioress b. The Wife of Bath c.
The Host d. The Friar
18.
___________’s head was
bald and shone like glass.
a. The Squire b.
The Monk c. The Knight d. The Parson
19.
The hot summer had
burned the face of _________ all brown.
a. The Knight b.
The Friar c. Shipman d. The Parson
20.
_______ was a perfect
example of the true Christian priest.
a. Shipman b.
The Friar c. The Knight d. The Parson
21.
Next to the Knight,
____________ is one of the most admired people on the pilgrimage.
a. The Oxford Cleric b. The Squire c.
The Knight d. Shipman
22.
_________ was
considered the bishop’s sheriff.
a. The Pardoner b.
The Summoner c. The Parson d. The Monk
23.
________ was
“intimate” with city dames
a. The Prioress b.
The Wife of Bath c. The Friar d. The Host
24.
__________ made a
point of being first at the altar or offering in church
a. The Prioress b.
The Host c. The Friar d. The Wife of Bath
25.
_______ rode last
among the group
a. The Reeve b.
The Wife of Bath c. The Friar d. The Host
Unit II
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 a “dross” by Donne?
a. soul b. body
c. spirit 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
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. A trained gardener b. An 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
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. football 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. 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
95. Richard Lovelace
imagines that fine wine flowing with such unabashed abundance inside the
prison. Even the ____ are ignorant of such liberty.
a. fish b.
angels c. linnets d.
winds
96. According
to Richard Lovelace singing his king’s praises affords Lovelace greater
liberty than the ____ .
a. fish b.
angels c. linnets d.
winds
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. The main theme of
Richard Lovelace’s “To Althea from Prison” is True liberty resides_____.
a. in love for Althea b. in
the mind
c. in love for the King d. in 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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