1.

Ted Hughes did critical analysis of love between him and his _________and wrote “Full
Moon and Little Frieda”.
a) Mother b) wife c) daughter
2. Title of the poem is highly______.
a) Boring b) symbolic c)impressive
3. _______ is a huge image whereas his daughter little Frieda is a small image.
a) sun b)earth c) moon
4. The poet sets setting of poem with ________evening.
a) Winter b) summer c) spring
5. _______created in first line of the poem pertains to sound; barking of dog and the clank
of bucket.
a) Imagery b) picture c) sound
6. Dark skin and stones are symbols of______.
a) Hope b) peace c) danger
7. Child utters the words moon! moon!; she is calling her______.
a) Father b) brother c) self
8. Last lines of the poem express view of an __________.
a) Painter b) carpenter c) artist
9. It indicates the ___________ of child, happiness of father.
a) Bravery b) weaknesses c) strength
10. Ted Hughes is the greatest fan of___________.
a) Sylvia b) Joseph c) Geoffrey Chaucer

Topic: Ted Hughes (MCQs)

The setting of ________ greatly influenced Hughes’ poetry.

OXFORD
LONDON

*YORKSHIRE*

BATH

Which of the following verbs is NOT used to characterize the wind?

*QUIVERING*

STAMPEDING

FLEXING

FLOUNDERING

The house best symbolizes _______

LOVE

COMFORT

*A RELATIONSHIP*

At Cambridge, Hughes studied _______

ANTHROPOLOGY AND ART HISTORY

ANTHROPOLOGY AND ENGLISH

ANTHROPOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES

*ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY*

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Which of the following is NOT a symbol in “Wind”?

*THE HILLS*

THE HOUSE

THE FIRE

THE WIND

The speaker compares the skyline to a ________

*GRIMACE*

TENT

AN EYE

IRON BAR
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What action do the characters perform at the end of the poem?

THEY READ A BOOK

THEY HAVE A CONVERSATION

THEY HOLD HANDS

*THEY WATCH A FIRE*

Hughes continually returned to ______ for inspiration in his poetry.

INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

LOVE

*THE NATURAL WORLD*

MODERN LIFE
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Hughes met Sylvia Plath at _______

A CLUB MEETING

A BOOKSTORE

A SPORTS EVENT

*THE LAUNCH OF HIS LITERARY MAGAZINE*

10

Which word best describes the tone of the poem?

LETHARGIC

HOPEFUL

DEFEATED
*TEMPESTUOUS*

11

“Wind” was published in which of Hughes’ poetry collections?

BIRTHDAY LETTERS

*THE HAWK AND THE RAIN*

FLOWERS AND INSECTS

TALES OF OVID

12

What was unusual about the hills when the speaker ventures outside in the morning?

THEY WERE COVERED IN DEBRIS

SEVERAL TREES HAD COLLAPSED

THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL

13

What is a guyrope?

*A ROPE USED TO SECURE A TENT*

A ROPE USED FOR MOUNTAIN CLIMBING

A ROPE USED TO RESCUE SOMEONE WHO IS DROWNING

A ROPED USED TO KEEP A BOAT AT DOCK

14

What do the characters feel as they sit inside?

THE WARMTH OF THE FIRE

*THE ROOTS OF THE HOUSE MOVE*

STONES FLYING AGAINST THE WALL OUSTIDE

15

Which word verb is used to characterize the fields?

QUAKING

*QUIVERING*

TREMBLING

FLATTENING

16

Who encouraged Hughes to publish his first collection of poetry?

PHILIP LARKIN

*SYLVIA PLATH*

SEAMUS HEANEY

17

Hughes last collection of poems primarily explored his relationship with _____

HIS FATHER

*SYLVIA PLATH*

HIS CHILDREN

HIS BROTHER

18
How does the gull bend in the wind?

LIKE A PIECE OF RUBBER

LIKE A TREE BRANCH

LIKE A SWORD

*LIKE AN IRON BAR*

19

Which literary device does NOT occur in the poem?

*IRONY*

ALITERATION

SIMILE

ONOMATOPEIA
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Which is NOT a theme of “Wind”?

*COURAGE*

THE POWER OF NATURE

POWERLESSNESS

INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT

21

“we grip/ Our hearts and cannot entertain book, thought,/ Or _______”

*EACH OTHER*

CHAOS

HOPE

LOVE
22

“This ______ has been far out at sea all night”

*HOUSE*

STORM

SHIP

WIND

23

The characters saw the window _________

THEY WERE TOO BUSY PAYING ATTENTION THE FIRE

SHATTER IN THE WIND

CRACK FROM AN IMPACT WITH ROCK

24

Which of the following is NOT an action the wind performs?

IT MAKES THE FIELDS QUIVER

IT FLINGS A MAGPIE AWAY

IT CAUSES THE STONES TO CRY

*IT TURNS THE SKY BLACK*

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Apart from the natural world, which of the following of Hughes’ fascinations is present in
“Wind”?

THE OCCULT

*WILDLIFE*
CHRISTIANITY

FOLKLORE

Topic: Sylvia Plath (MCQs)

As reflected in her poetry, Sylvia Plath’s most tortured relationship was with her:

BROTHER

MOTHER

AUNT

*FATHER*

Plath attended and taught at:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
BOSTON COLLEGE

*SMITH COLLEGE*

Plath’s only novel is entitled:

ARIEL

NICK AND THE CANDLESTICK

*THE BELL JAR*

THE COLOSSUS

Plath died from:

ILLNESS

A CAR CRASH

ACCIDENTAL DROWNING
*SUICIDE*

Plath’s poetry is considered part of which movement?

MODERNISM

ROMANTICISM

REALISM

*CONFESSIONAL POETRY*

Which fairy tale does Plath adapt in one of her most famous juvenilia poems?

*CINDERELLA*

SNOW WHITE

BLUEBEARD

THE LITTLE MERMAID

What frightens the fairytale heroine in the poem named after her?

FIRE

AN OGRE

A WITCH

*THE CLOCK*

“Full Fathom Five” compares Plath’s father to a:

FIRE GOD

GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD

GOD OF WAR

*SEA GOD*

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What natural danger is Plath’s father compared to in “Full Fathom Five”?

A HUGE CLIFF

AN ABYSS

*ICE-MOUNTAINS*

A THUNDERCLOUD

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At the end of “Full Fathom Five,” Plath’s father seems to be:

KILLED BY PLATH

*DEAD AND BURIED*

ALIVE

EXILED

11

“Full Fathom Five” alludes to which Shakespearean play?

*THE TEMPEST*

JULIUS CAESAR

OTHELLO

12

Which character speaks the words “full fathom five” in Shakespeare’s play?

IAGO

*ARIEL*

PROSPERO

HAMLET

13

“Metaphors” refers to a(n) _________ woman.

*PREGNANT*
SICK

BEAUTIFUL

ELDERLY

14

In “Metaphors,” Plath compares herself to all of the following EXCEPT:

*A PIG*

A BAG OF GREEN APPLES

A MELON

AN ELEPHANT

15

At the end of “Metaphors,” Plath compares her pregnancy to:

*A TRAIN THAT SHE CAN’T GET OFF OF*

A PLAGUE
A NATURAL DISASTER

A MIRACLE

16

“The Colossus” is assumed to be about:

TED HUGHES

NICHOLAS HUGHES

ROBERT LOWELL

*OTTO PLATH*

17

The sounds that the colossus emits are compared to:

POETRY

AN EXPLOSION

AN OPERA
*A BARNYARD*

18

Plath wonders whether the colossus considers himself:

A DEVIL

*AN ORACLE*

A GOD

A SAVIOR

19

What work of Greek literature is mentioned in “The Colossus”?

ANTIGONE

THE ILIAD

*THE ORESTEIA*

OEDIPUS REX
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Where does the poet spend the night in “The Colossus”?

IN THE STATUE’S STOMACH

IN THE STATUE’S HAND

IN THE STATUE’S MOUTH

*IN THE STATUE’S EAR*

21

At the end of “The Colossus,” the speaker says she no longer waits to hear:

*A BOAT*

AN EXPLOSION

A CHILD’S CRY

A VOICE

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In “A Life,” the speaker first describes:

A NAZI

A PREGNANT WOMAN

A STATUE

*A PAINTING*

23

The woman in “A Life” is speaking from:

A CAR

A FOGGY FIELD

*A HOSPITAL ROOM*

A CABIN

24

In “A Life,” the speaker compares to the future to:

A SHEEP

AN ELEPHANT

A CAT

25

In “A Life,” the speaker can be described as:

GUILTY

ANGRY

EXCITED AND JUMPY

*QUIET AND DETACHED*

Morning song by Sylvia plath MCQ”S

1. 1As reflected in her poetry, Sylvia Plath’s most tortured relationship was with
her:
BROTHER

HUSBAND

AUNT

FATHER

2. 2Plath attended and taught at:

SMITH COLLEGE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

BOSTON COLLEGE

3. 3Plath’s only novel is entitled:

NICK AND THE CANDLESTICK

THE BELL JAR

THE COLOSSUS

ARIEL
 4. 4Plath died from:

A CAR CRASH

SUICIDE

ACCIDENTAL DROWNING

ILLNESS

5. 5Plath’s poetry is considered part of which movement?

REALISM

MODERNISM

CONFESSIONAL POETRY

ROMANTICISM

6. 6Which fairy tale does Plath adapt in one of her most famous juvenilia
poems?

BLUEBEARD
CINDERELLA

THE LITTLE MERMAID

SNOW WHITE

7. 7What frightens the fairytale heroine in the poem named after her?

THE CLOCK

AN OGRE

A WITCH

FIRE

8. 8”Full Fathom Five” compares Plath’s father to a:

SEA GOD

GOD OF WAR

FIRE GOD

GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD

AN ABYSS

A HUGE CLIFF

A THUNDERCLOUD

ICE-MOUNTAINS

10. 10At the end of “Full Fathom Five,” Plath’s father seems to be:

EXILED

ALIVE

KILLED BY PLATH

DEAD AND BURIED

Seamus Heaney
1. When did Seamus Heaney get Nobel Prize for Literature?

a) 1995

b) 1992

c) 1986

d) 1998

2. When was Seamus Heaney born?

a) 3 February 1944

b) 13 April 1939

c) 14 August 1937

d) 30 December 1945

3. Where was Seamus Heaney born?

a) Kent

b) Essex

c) Sussex

d) Mossbawn

English: Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s Univers…

Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University, Belfast (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

4. Which university did Seamus Heaney attend?

a) Cambridge

b) Princeton

c) Queen’s

d) Yale
5. Which theatre company did Seamus Heaney join?

a) Field Day Theatre Company

b) Globe Theatre

c) Royal National Theatre

d) Royal Shakespeare Company

Seamus Heaney Collected Poems

Seamus Heaney Collected Poems (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6. When did Seamus Heaney publish Death of a Naturalist?

a) 1954

b) 1966

c) 1957

d) 1952

7. From which book of Seamus Heaney did American President William Jefferson Clinton read at
a state banquet?

a) Station Island

b) Door into the Dark

c) Field Work

d) The Cure at Troy

8. Which of the following prizes did Seamus Heaney win in 2006?

a) Booker Prize

b) Pulitzer Prize
c) T. S. Eliot Prize

d) Betty Trask Prize

9. When did Seamus Heaney die?

a) 28 January 2009

b) 10 June 2008

c) 30 August 2013

d) 12 November 2005

10. Where did Seamus Heaney die?

a) Dublin

b) Paris

c) Oxford

d) Belfast