I BA English/ Fiction/ CIA 1/ 2023

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

BISHOP HEBER COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620 017

 

I B.A. English                                   Semester II                           Course: Fiction

Quiz Question Bank  Unit III and Unit V

Unit III          The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Unit V            “The Verger” by Somerset Maugham

“The Story Teller” by H.H. Munro (Saki)

“A Deed of Bravery”  by Jim Corbett

________

 

Unit III 

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

 101. In The Time Machine, what is the name of the creatures that live above ground?

 a. Eloi b. Morlocks c. Weena d. porcelains

102. Where is the time machine hidden?

a.   in the morlocks underworld

b. in the palace of green porcelains

c. in the woods near the palace of green porcelains

d. in the pedestal of the sphinx statue

103. What do the Morlocks fear most?

a. the time machine b. the time traveller c. the Eloi d. light.

104. The Time Machine was first published in the book form in_____.

a. 1895 b. 1905 c. 1915 d. 1925.

105. In The Time Machine, what is the fourth dimension?

a. hope b. the past c. space d. time.

106. What does the time traveller use to strike the Morlocks?

a. a lever b. the time machine c. Weena d. a stick

107. How does the time traveller meet Weena?

a. he finds her sleeping.

b. he saves her from drowning

c. he saves her from the Morlocks

d. she introduces herself to him.

108. How does the time traveller believe time is related to space?

a. he does not think it is

b. it is slower than space

c. it is space’s zero dimension

d. it is space’s fourth dimension.

109. What do the Eloi eat?

a. flowers b. Morlocks  c. meat d. fruits.

110. The Time Machine symbolizes________

a. space b. science and reason  c. invention  d. future.

111. “Communism said  I to myself” whose statement is this?

a. the time traveller’s b. medical man’s  c. psychologist’s d. Weena’s.

112. The Morlocks represent the_________.

a. poor b. tribal c. giant d. aristocracy.

113.  H.G. Wells supported the First World War as…………

a. war to end war b. war and murder c. sacrifice d. peaceful.

114. H.G. Wells joined the Fabian society in the year………….

 a. 1909 b. 1906 c.1903 d.1905

115. The most important novel of Wells in the inter-war years is……….

a. the World of William Clissold b. the World would be Lost c. Ending     d. Wars.

116. Who is an introvert in The Time Machine?

 a. Filby b. The Provincial Mayor c. The Time Traveller d. Psychologist.

117. The Time Machine perceives the exploration of the dualities between ______

a. Technology and time b. aestheticism and utilitarianism  c. middle and intelligent d. good and bad.

118.  What is meant by instantaneous?

a. emergency b. praise c. happy d. cry.

119. Who says this statement, “the ruddy sunset set me thinking of the sunset of mankind”?

a. the psychologist b. the medical man c. the time traveller d. doctor.

120. What do Morlocks eat?

a. vegetables b. fruits c. flowers d. Eloi.

121. What kind of creatures are the Morlocks?

a. Diurnal b. nocturnal c. insomniacs d. hibernators.

122. Who is known as “the founder of Communism”?

a. Karl Marx b. Adam Smith c. Vladimir Lenin d. Fredrick Engels.

123 .What animal do the Morlocks resemble?

a. birds b. panthers c. gorillas d. apes.

 124. What is the name of the main character?

a. the time traveller b. the time bender c. the time runner d. the time changer.

125. What happened when the Eloi and Morlocks went to battle?

a. the main character died b. Eloi won c. Morlocks won d. Weena died.

126. What does the time traveller refer to when he says “wilderness of rotting paper”?

a. the portrait gallery b. the forest exhibition c. the library d. the museum bookshop.

127. What is the Palace of Green Porcelain?

a. an old barn  b. an old museum  c. an old laboratory d. an old University

128. The Time Traveller thinks that sleeping next to a _____is their best hope for Protection.

a. cave  b. stream c. bush d. Fire

129. Who does the Time Traveller long to murder?

a. Weena b. an Eloi c. The Editor and Journalist d. The Morlocks

 130. Which of the following ecological disasters does the Time Traveller inflict on the future?

a. A forest fire b. interbreeding c. The introduction of foreign diseases d. Desertification

 131. Which character is described by the following: “an argumentative person with red hair”?

a. Filby b. The editor c. The provincial mayor d. The time traveller

132.  Whose family was called ‘Bertie’?

a. Filby  b. H.G.Wells  c. the Medical man d. the time traveller.

133.  How many years did the Morlocks and Eloi live in future?

 a. 20,000 b. 40,000  c. 800,000 d. 400,000

134. The Time Machine is _____.

a. an allegory b. a hyperbole c. a rhetoric d. a paradoxical.

135. What is the name of the furry ape-like creatures that live underground in the future?

a. Eloi b. Glinna c. Morlocks d. Bobo.

136. Who is Filby?

a. a lawyer b. a police man c. a doctor d. an argumentative person.

137. What kind of hair does Elois have?

a. straight b. Bald c. uniformly curly d. short.

138.  In which year does the time traveller reach with the help of the Time machine?

a. 1984 b. 50,701 c. 802,701 d. 1967.

139. Who takes the Time Machine?

a. Eloi b. Morlocks C. Filby d. Medical man

140. Who is the narrator of the story “The Time Machine”?

a. the time traveller b. Filby c. Weena d. Mr. Hillyer.

141. What is the only memory of the time traveller?

 a. A book b. his watch c. a journal d. two withered white flowers.

142. Who is a man of science in The Time Machine?

a. the Journalist b. The Provincial Mayor c.The Editor d. Filby.

143. The Time Machine is a_______

a. imaginative story b. Science Fiction c. horror story d. happy ending.

144. Where did the time traveller see Weena?

a. a river b. underworld c. dancing in the hall d. singing in the festival.

145. How did the time traveller know that he came to the present?

a. through the time machine b. the newspaper c. time d. friends.

146. The other Fiction of H.G. Wells is _____

a. The Invisible Man b. The Tale of Two Cities c. The Duchess of Malfi d. The Pilgrim’s Progress.

147. H.G. Wells engages his self-portrait as _____

 a. Autobiography b. biography c. letter d. portrait

148. What is meant by “Anachronism”?

a. rude b. short account c. outdated d. passive.

149. What is meant by “trammels” in The Time Machine?

a. difficult to understand b. good idea c. public transport d. substances.

150. What is meant by “spasmodic” in The Time Machine?

a. happened suddenly b. casual c. joy d. none.

Unit V

“The Verger” by Somerset Maugham

201. Where was St. Peter's Church located?

a. Marvell Square     b. Church Square      c. Neville Square     d. Peter’s Square

202. At what age did the verger begin working?
a. Ten             b. twelve        c. twenty-five                        d. sixteen

203. How long had Albert Edward Foreman been verger at St Peter’s when he was asked to step down?

a. Ten  years b. twelve years          c. sixteen years d. twenty-five years

204. Verger became a ____ and newsagent after resigning from the church.

a. tobacconist b. singer      c. fruit vender  d. player

205. What is the meaning of the idiom, “finger in every pie”?

 a. Involved in varied activities

b. Involved in selling goods

c. Involved in eating pie everyday

d. Involved in hating pie every day

206. The Verger asked to step down because he was____. 

a. an illiterate b. a drunkard         c. a shopkeeper         d. an idiot     

207. The verger deposits all his money in a ____. 

a. socks b. riverbank c. bank d. bunk
208. Albert Edward Foreman could neither read nor____.

a. speak b. write       c. sing d. eat

                                                                                                                      

“The Story Teller” by H.H. Munro (Saki)

209. The aunt refers to the bachelor’s story of Bertha as a/an __________ story.

a. improper  b. proper                   c. moral          d. vulgar

210. The aunt’s story did not have even the ring of _______ about it.

a. truth           b. pessimism             c. optimism   d. the funny side

211. The bachelor expected the children to compel their aunty for _________.

a. a beautiful story               b. a proper story       c. an improper story                      d. an immoral story

212. The medals given to Bertha were for ____________.

a. obedience, good conduct and punctuality

b. obedience, good looks and smartness.

c. obedience, demeanour and elegance.

d. obedience, decorum and truthfulness.

213. Bertha managed to reach a shrubbery of _________ bushes and she hid herself in one of the bushes.

a. myrrh                     b. myrtle       c. mulberry                d. blueberry

214. The bachelor said that Bertha was not as pretty as any of the girls, but was _____.

a. very good   b. good looking         c. horribly good      d. an embodiment of goodness.

215. What happens to the little girl in the story told by the aunt?

a. She is attacked by a wolf.

b. She is attacked by the citizens of her town.

c. She is attacked by a bull.

d. She gets a medal for being good.

216. What is the name of the character in the bachelor’s story?

a. Joe b. Bertha. c. Cyril d. Madeline

 

 “A Deed of Bravery”  by Jim Corbett

217. In the united provinces basket-making was done by__________

a. untouchables   b. sweepers   c. barbers    d. weavers

218.  The Bamboo in Kaladhungi grew in________

a. mountains   b. reserved forest   c. gardens    d. parks

219.  Where were Narwa and Haria going?

a. Kalagath  b. Sambal chour   c.  Kaladhungi   d. none

220.  What was the common sight in the grass jungle?

a. dears    b. footsteps of humans    c. footsteps of lion    d. footsteps of tiger

221.  What sight did Haria see when he looked back?

a. a tiger    b. a bear     c. a peacock   d.  a lion

222. How did Haria save Narwa fromTiger?

a. by firing  b. by pulling down   c.  by throwing stones   d. none             

223.  Haria went round Musabanga village because___________

a. not to face the tiger again    b. short cut to the hospital    c. Narwa was in great paind. Musabanga could not be reached otherwise

224. Maggie gave Narwa a stiff dose of ______________

a. Alcohol    b. sal volatile    c. Anti-biotic    d. pain killer

225.  The long scars on his chest and back that Narwa will carry to the burning-ghat were made by       ___________

a. the Tiger     b. the Doctor    c. his Friends      d.  his Brother

226. Narwa’s wants was taken care by_________

a. Haria     b. Maggie     c. Narwa’s wife      d. other friends

 

 

II MA ECOLITERATURE 2023 CIA 1

 Semester IV - II MA ECOLITERATURE 2023 CIA 1

 

Unit I

Introduction to Eco-Literature:

“Ecocriticism” (from Peter Barry’s Beginning Theory)

Unit IV

F.G. Scott: “The Unnamed Lake”

 

Unit I

Introduction to Eco-Literature: “Ecocriticism” (from Peter Barry’s Beginning Theory)

1. Who defined ecocriticism as “the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment”?

a. Peter Barry b. Cheryll Glotfelty c. William Rueckert d. Bate

2. ISLE is the house journal of ______.

a. OSLE-India b. ASLE c. tiNai d. MELTA

3. According to Peter Barry, which is still distinctly on the academic margins?

a. Ecocriticism b. Realism c. Romanticism d. New Criticism

4. Michael P.Branch traces the term “Ecocriticism” to_______.

a. William Rueckert b. Cheryl Glotfelty c. Nirmal Selvamony d. Michael P.Branch

5. Who is the author of the essay “Literature and Ecology: An Experiment in Ecocriticism?

a. Cheryl Glotfelty b. William Rueckert c. Nirmal Selvamony d. Michael P.Branch

6. Who are the three major nineteenth-century American poets who celebrate nature?

a. Maya Angelou, Rupert Brooke and Langston Hughes

b. Emerson, Fuller and Thoreau

c. Robert Frost, Rupert Brooke and Langston Hughes 

d. Robert Frost, Seamus Heaney and George Meredith

7. Who is the author of the book Nature?

a. Emerson b. Fuller c. Peter Barry d. Kate Soper

8. With which literary movement, Emerson, Fuller and Thoreau are related with?

a. Transcendentalism b. Romanticism c. Realism d. Expressionism

9. Summer in the Lakes is the first book of________

a. Peter Barry b. Emerson c. Fuller d. Kate Soper

10. What is the UK version of ecocriticism?

a. Light Green Studies b. Dark Green Studies c. Green Studies d. E-Studies

11. Ecocriticism takes its bearing from_______

a. Transcendentalism b. Romanticism c. Realism d. Expressionism

12. Green Studies takes it bearing from_______

a. Romanticism b. Transcendentalism c. Realism d. Expressionism

13. Who argues that colonialism and deforestation have frequently gone together?

a. Peter Barry b. Cheryll Glotfelty c. Jonathan Bate d. William Rueckert

14. According to Peter Barry, there is a scope for a study concerning _____and nature.

a. Environment b. Literature c. Culture d. Ecology

15. Ecocritics _____the notion that everything is Socially/linguistically constructed.

a. reject b. select c. choose d. elect

16. “It isn’t language which has a hole in its ozone layer”. Whose statement is this?

a. Kate Soper b. Fuller c. Peter Barry d. Alan Liu

17. Who has penned the Christian hymn, “All things bright and beautiful”?

a. Reginald Heber b. C.F. Abraham c. Jim Reeves d. C.F. Alexander

18. Who says that nature is nothing more than an anthropomorphic construct created by Wordsworth?

a. Kate Soper b. Fuller c. Peter Barry d. Alan Liu

19. An example for Area One: “the wilderness” is _________.

a. deserts. b. forests. C. hills. D. parks

20. An example of Area two: “the scenic sublime” is ___.

a. forests b. deserts C. hills. D. parks

21. An example of Area three: “the countryside” is _____.

a. parks b. forests. C. deserts D. hills

22. An example of Area four: “the domestic picturesque” is _____.

a. deserts b. forests. C. hills. D. parks 

23. In the outdoor environment, “pure” nature predominates in ______.

a. the wilderness b. the scenic sublime 

c. the countryside d. the domestic picturesque

24. In the outdoor environment, culture predominates in ______.

a. the domestic picturesque b. the scenic sublime 

c. the countryside d. the wilderness

25. In the outdoor environment, both culture and nature can be seen in _______.

a. the wilderness b. the scenic sublime

c. the countryside d. the domestic picturesque

26. According to Peter Barry, _______ is the preferred location of Thomas Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”.

a. the scenic sublime b. the countryside 

c. the wilderness d. the domestic picturesque

27. According to Peter Barry, _______ is the preferred location of James Thomson’s The Seasons.

a. the countryside b. the scenic sublime c. the wilderness d. the domestic picturesque

28. According to Peter Barry, _______ is the preferred location of William Cowper’s The Task.

a. the countryside b. the scenic sublime 

c. the wilderness d. the domestic picturesque

29. Who distinguishes between “light Greens” and “dark Greens” in The Song of the Earth?

a. Peter Barry b. Cheryll Glotfelty c. Bate d. William Rueckert

30. _____ believe that they can save the planet through a more responsible form of consumption and production.

a. Greens b. light Greens c. white Greens d. dark Greens

31. ________ take a radical stance regarding the use of technology.

a. dark Greens b. Greens c. white Greens d. light Greens

32. _____ believe in “Know Technology”.

a. light Greens b. Greens c. white Greens d. dark Greens

33. _____ believe in “No Technology”.

a. black Greens b. Greens c. dark Greens d. light Greens

34. _______ prefer the term “nature” to “environment”.

a. black Greens b. Greens c. dark Greens d. light Greens

35. “Dark Greens” are also called _________.

a. Deep Ecologists b. True Ecologists c. Wildlife Ecologists d. Natural Ecologists

36. In which play “the commodified landscape is sliced up and parcelled out to the highest rhetorical bidder”?

a. King Lear b. Riders to the Sea c. The Winter’s Tale d. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

37. Which play is referred to by Ralph W. Black in his article on the commodification of landscape?

a. Pericles, Prince of Tyre b. Riders to the Sea c. The Winter’s Tale d. King Lear 

38. Who sees King Lear as an archetypal family drama?

a. Trilling b. Frye c. Lacan d. Freud

39. According to the Ecocritics, the storm in the play King Lear represents______.

a. real weather b. unnatural behaviour c. emblematic correlative d. metaphor

40. In ecocriticism, what had seemed mere ______ is brought in from the critical margins to the critical centre.

a. setting b. language c. society d. human

41. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” uses ______.

a. symbiosis b. entropy c. negentropy d. mutualism

42. What is entropy?

a. Desirable energy b. Negative energy c. Required energy d. Necessary energy

43. Whose house is compared to a Black Hole by Peter Barry?

a. Usher’s house b. Rueckert’s house c. Hardy’s house     d. Blackie’s house.

44. Who cannot hear natural sounds but only processed music?

a. Usher b. Tennyson c. Jackson d. Frost

45. According to John Ruskin, _______ is our instinctive tendency to see our emotions reflected in our environment.

a. apostrophe b. personification c. pathetic fallacy d. parasitism

46. According to Peter Barry, which poet has no “environmental anxieties”?

a. Jackson b. Usher c. Tennyson d. Frost

47. “…nature, red in tooth and claw”. Whose insensitive statement is this?

a. Tennyson b. Usher c. Jackson d. Frost

48. According to Peter Barry, _______ implies an ideal fusion of agriculture and horticulture.

a. Thomas Hardy b. Tagore c. Tennyson d. Frost

49. Which Ecocritic quotes Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” in his critical essay?

a. Cheryl Glotfelty b. Scott Slovic c. Nirmal Selvamony d. William Rueckert

50. Who says that there is “no single, dominant world-view guiding ecocritical practice”?

a. William Rueckert b. Cheryl Glotfelty c. Nirmal Selvamony d. Scott Slovic

 

Unit IV

“Unnamed Lake”

16. ______ is a flowering plant distinguished by cylindrical stalks or hollow, stem like leaves.

a. Rush b. Grass c. Violet d. Aster

17. ______ are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds referred to by Frederick G. Scott.

a. Herons b. Vulture c. Kingfisher d. Herring

18. Frederick George Scott heard the “cry” of a _______.

a.. kingfisher b. fish-hawk c. wolf d. baby

19.______ brings out the beauty of an “untrodden” land.

a. F.R.Scott b. F.G.Scott c. Wordsworth d. Tagore

20. “It ______ among the thousand hills / Where no man ever trod”.

a. sleeps b. lives c. sees d. seeks

21. What is the name of the lake visited by Frederick George Scott?

a. Unnamed Lake b. Pykara Lake c. Lake Superior d. Dead Sea

22. According to Scott in “Unnamed Lake”, ____ spoke in the silent valley.

a. human being b. a parrot c. a the guardian mountains d. a guru