English Lecturer Guide 3) Success Tims Succes es CONTENTS Section A: History of English Literature (Periodically) (MCQs & One-Liners) ‘© Old English Period (MCQs & One-Liners) 5 «Middle Ages (MCQs & One-Liners) 8 * The Renaissance Period (MCQs & One-Liners) 12 © The’ Puritan Period (MCQs & One-Lin 20 * The Restoration Period (MCQs & One-Liners) © 28 '* 18% Century (Age of Pope & Johnson) (MCQs & One-Liners) 34 + The Romantic Period (MCQs & One-Liners) 37 * The Victorian Period (MCQs & One-Liners) 43 20% Century (Modern & Post-Modern) (MCQs & One-Liners) 54 Section B: MCQs with Context, Reference, Solved Past Papers and Brief Explanation of All Major Writers and their Works ‘© The Age of Chaucer 62 + The Age’of Shakespeare 64 The Age of Milton 92 + The Age of Dryden 4 +The Age of Pope 114 + The Age of Romanticism 417 The Victorian Literature 155, * Modern, Post-Modern, Contemporary Literature 187 * American Literature 213 Miscellaneous: World Literature, South Asian Literature, Figure of Speech, Literary Terms & Movement and Literary Theory & Criticism. 230 Section C: American Literature 277 + Indian Literature 280 + World Literature Kashif Ali 282 «Literary Theory & Criticism 284 * Rhetoric & Prosody 03367084968 287 * Confusing and Tricky Works 20 | + Essential Facts & Special Titles 398 | + Noble Prize 300 «Famous Writers & Works (Old English - Post-Modern) 300 Section D: Golden MCQs Bank & Self-Assessment (British Literature, | American rature, World Literature, South Asain Litearture, iterary Theory & Criticsim, Literary Movements & Terms and Figure of Speech) © Golden MCQs Set # 1 304 * Golden MCQs Set #2 , 308 + Golden MCQs Set #3 313 * Golden MCQs Set #4 318 * Golden MCQs Set #5 322 "Golden MCQs Set # 6 327 + Golden MCQs Set #7. 331 + Golden MCQs Set # 8 335 Golden MCQs Set#9 i 340English Lecturer Guide 4 Success Times «Golden MCQs Set # 10 ae * Golden MCQs Set # 11 ee + » Golden MCQs Set # 12 Bes Golden MCQs Set # 13 Be ‘* Golden MCQs Set # 14 a5 Golden MCQs Set # 15 367 Section E: Compdendious Section for FPSC English Lectureship (Literature + Hmalet By William Shakespeare (MCQs) 370 «Twelfth Night or What You Will William Shakespeare (MCQs) 375 + The Tragedy of King Lear William Shakespeare (MCQs) 378 * The Way of The World by William Congreve (MCQs) 381 Pygmalion by George Bernard Shah (MCQs) 386, © Waiting for Gddot by Samuel Beckett (MCQs) 391 ‘+ The Caretaker by Harold Pinter (MCC's) 393 + Long Days Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill (MCQs) 399 Section F: Linguistics & ELT * Linguistics and Its Branches / Origins of Language / . Animals and Human Language 401 * Phonetics 403 > + Phonology Kashif Ali . 405 Word Formation and Morphology 407 © Grammar and Syntax 03367084968 408 * Semantics and Pragmatics 410 * Discourse Analysis / Language and The Brain 412 «First And Second Language Acquisition 414 Gestures and Sign Language / Written Language 416 Language History and Regional Variation 418 * Social Variation in Language / Language and Culture 420 * Linguistics & ELT Golden Set # 1 421 + Linguistics & ELT Golden Set # 2 424 * Linguistics & ELT Golden Set #3 428. *. Linguistics & ELT Golden Set#4 . 431 *. Linguistics & ELT Golden Set # 5 ; 434 Linguistics & ELT Golden Set #6 437 Linguistics & ELT Golden Set #7 . 439rr SS Success Times t English Lecturer Guide 5 ' HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE THE ANGLO-SAXON OR OLD-ENGLISH PERIOD (450-1050) 4, The Anglo-Saxon people began their invasion and conquest of south-western Britain around 450. . 2. The Britains, after whom the English province of the Roman Empire was named Britannia, spoke __Celtic languages. 3. In 43 AD, this island became the part of Roman Empire. 4, Roman withdrew in early 5" century. 5, After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Germanic Tribes from Western Europe invaded: Angles, Saxon and Jutes. 6. Generally Called “The. Anglo-Saxon” 7. The Old Saxon word angul_or_ongu! means _a hook, and the English verb © angle is used invariably by Walton and colder writers in the sense of fishing. 8. The name Saxon from seax, sax, and @ short sword means the sword-man. 9. By gradual changes this became first Anglelond, _Englelond, and _then England. 10. There were two social classes: Earls and Churls. 41, Earls was @ ruling class, and churls was a lower class. 12. They were pagans, believe in many deities. 13. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Christian missionaries were sent to enforce the religion in Britain. 14, The most significant landmark in Anglo _ = Saxon history is the conversion of the people to Christianity. The work began in 597 with Augustine's mission and was ‘completed in the period up to 605. Kashi 03367084968 Nn 45, The Monk Augustine arrived in Kent'in 597. 16. King Ethelbert was the first English Christian king. 417.A code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert is the first extended’ written specimen of Old English. 48,In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry. everlasting shame is the fate of those who fail to observe the. sacred duty of blood vengeance 49, Old English poets, such as the Beowulf poet, were fascinated by the tension between two aspects pagan and Christian moral codes of their hybrid culture 0. The use of *whale-road” for sea and ‘*life-house” for body are examples of Kenning literary technique, popular in Old English poetry 1, Beowulf is an “Epic”. Its author is “Anonymous” 22.15 it known as National _poem_of England. Fee 23. Hero: Beowulf, King of Geats, Son of Ecgtheow. Monster name is: Grendel, 24, King: Hrothgar, King of Danes, dialect is West Saxon and 3182 lines. 25, It concludes with funeral ceremony of Beowulf. i's also considered as first major poem in a European vernacular. 26, They are found four major manuscripts of Old English poetry. en ™foe. Su ess Times English Lecturer Guide 27. Vercelli Book: An Old English ‘Manuscript 1s and 3500 28. It contains prose sermon: lines of Old English poetry. The Dream ‘of the Rood, Andreas, Elene and The Fate of the Apostles 29. Exeter Book: One of the most important manuscripts containing Old English poetry. Given by Bishop Leeofric (1072) to Exeter Cathedral 30. Shorter Poems: The Wanderer, The Seafarer. The Wife's _Lament, The Husband’s Message, Resignation, The Complaint of Deor, Widsith, The Ruin, Wulf and Eadwacer, 34. Longer _poems: Guthlac, Christ, The Phoenix, Juliana 32. Widsith: The oldest poem in the language. The title of the poem means a Wide Wanderer. 33. It is the wanderings of a minstrel or travelling singer or musician. He speaks of the feudal audience and sings of the various wars. : » 24. The Complaint of Deor: Deor is also a minstrel, but he is not a wanderer. 35. The poem js lyrical in form, with a definite refrain and may be called the first English lyric. 42 lines- 7 unequal sections. Ending with a Christian consolation. 36. Wife's complaint: it has more personal tone. It is of a woman who has been falsely accused and banished from her ‘husband's presence. ands je: Here the nd delivers his message on piece and sends it to his Here is unpretentious and 9. 38. Wife's _complaint __and _Husband’s message: These two poems are the early stress of Anglo-Saxdn love poems, 39. Caedmon: The first native maker o' English verse. 7 40. It is said that an angel appeared to him in a dream and asked him to sing in praise of God. His religious poetry influenced later poets like Cynewulf 41. Cynewulf: He was a Northumbrian, Some of his poems are Juliana, The Fate of the Apostles, Christ, Elene, and The Dream of the Rood, 42.The Dream of the Rood - his masterpiece 43. The poet's vision of the cross and the address to him by the cross describing the Crucifixion. 44. The Battle of Brunanburh (937): West Saxon Dialect. Battle fought between English (Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred) and Danes. 45. King Alfred (849 ~ 901): He is known a5 the Father of English Prose. 46. One of the greatest kings of England King Alfred belonged to the 9" century. He became the king of Wessex in 871. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People also were translated 48. The famous Anglo ~ Saxon Chronicle was begun to be written during his reign, Alfred for the fist time created English prose. The Anglo - Saxon Chronicle is. Said to be the first vernacular history of any Teutonic people, 49. os erable Bede: (673 - 735) He was a ve of Jarrow in Ne i ~__ Benedictine monk. ie 50. He wrote mainly in Latin. Ecclesiastical History of the English People — Latin: 3 3 sae History of the World and i 8English Lecturer Guide 1 Success The original title of Bede's work is Historia Ecclesiastica McQs 4,BEOWULF is a national poem of: '44.The old Saxon word angul or ongul (a) England (b) American means alan: (c) France (d) None (a) Fish (b) Sea 2.Hrothgar was the king of 9 {cl Hook | (a)Danes (b)Rome . ,_ \© 15,How many social classes were in Anglo- (c) France (d) None = QD Saxon: 3 (4 | aHeorot is the name of = @) = d) 2 (a) Monster (b) witeh, eS 3 {c) Hall (¢) None 3 FS 18.king Alired was crowned in 4.BEOWULF is an/a: Sm @s70 b) 874 {a) Novel ib) Epic 9 (c) 875 (d) 1888 5.The baitle of Maldon is from. Period (a) Old Enalish (b) Middle English (©) Both (d) None | &.Which is the national poem of England? | @lliad (b) Odysse (c) Paradise Lost id) None of these Z.Who converted (a) Monk Augustine | (©)Play p the Germanic tribes? (b) Bede (c) King Alfred B.The upper class of Anglo-Saxon was: (b) Churls (c) Both _ (d) None ¥Who converted first in Old English? (a) King Athelbert (b) King Alfred {c) King Agustine. (d) None 10Ancient Britain became the par of Roman Empire in....A. D? (@)40 » — (b)41 oa A.The lower class of Anglo-Saxon is called? (a) Earls ~ (©) None of these (a) Earls (0) Greek tn a anived in Kent in - oa erihete oot 47.Alfred ordered to translate classics into (a) French ib) West Saxon (c) Italian (d) None of these 48.Before Christianity, poems were composed: a) Orally, (b) Written (c) None of these 49.How many major dialects were there? (a2 (b)3 {4 (a)5 20,’Bone-house for body”, is an example of: (a) Alteration (b) Elegy {c) Kenning (d) None of these 24.A metaphorical compound word or phrase used especially in Old English and. old poetry is (a) Elegy (b) Alliteration {c) Kenning (d) None of these 22."The Battle of Brunanburh” belongs to .. Period. (a) Norman b) Saxon (c) None of these 23.The poem “The Christ” is written by (a) Chaucer b) Cynwulf (c) None of these (24.King Alfred died in: (a) 901 (b) 902. - (c) 903 25,Bede wrote his Ecclesiastical History in: (@)French (by) GreekEnglish Lecturer Guide (©) English id) Latin 26.Who is called the father of English fearing? (@) Caedmon (b) Cynewulf (d) None of these 27.Who is the author of "Beowulf"? (a) Bede (b) Gower (c) Caedmon {d) Anonymous 28."The Seafarer’ is a poem of.....Period (a) Old English (b) Middle English (c) None of these 29,Bede was born in: {a)673 (b) 735 (©)738 (4) 788 +30.Juliana is written by? (@) Bede (©) Alfred 31," The Fates of the Apostles” is written by? {a) Cynewulf (b) Bede (©)None of these 32.King Alfred was born in: (a) 847 (b) 848/49 (©) 850 33.Who is the Father of English Prose? fa) King Alfred (b) Bede (6) Both (@) None of these -34.During the Anglo-Saxon Period, England was invaded by all of the following EXCEPT ae Kashif Al 03367084968 (b) Cynewulf 1. The ‘Normans, who were ‘residing in defeated the the Battle _of a and conquered : Y, Ages are sometimes referre: he "Dark Ages,” obscuring the ieee ral changes that took place in Juage, literature, the arts, and even” id class structures. . THE ANGLO-NORMAN PERIOD (1066-1 350) & THE At : / GI : (a E OF CHAUCER _—— Success Time; (b) Jutes (a) Celts (l (©) Saxons (4) Vikings ‘ 35.Much of the Anglo-Saxon poetry that has survived is: (2) Latin legends (c) Roman os id) Pagan, with Christian additions 36. What is another term for the Anglo. ‘Saxon language? (b) Irish history {a) Old English (b)Modern English (c) Middle English (d) Frisian English 37.Chiefly, who introduced Christianity to Britain? (a) Vikings (b) Romans (©) Germans (a) Anglo-Saxons 38.Anglo-Saxon literature survived in the 4 form of: , {a) Spoken verse ‘ — (b) Books 1 (c) Magazines (A) Pictures 39.1 what century did the Angles, Saxons 4 and Jutes migrate to the British Islands? (a) 4th Century (b) 5th Century. (c) 6th Century (d) 11th Century A0,Anglo-Saxon culture relied heavily on one’ to the king (a) Admiration (b) loyalty 4 (©) Contributions (d) payments MIDDLE AGES J 1 3. An i 3 fler the Norman, Conquest, the - 4 aristocfats embraced the Nomen « French dialect literary works were : , wrk in Latin or French, 4 Therefore, the clergy insisted on the of Latin, ‘the nob riot me ais Nobility on the use of 4 ~$. It was not untit early ‘ in the 14th century that English again emerged as ait ed rary and politcal language, °°"ears oe PS MT English Lecturer Guide 6 In the mouths of ordinary citizens, English became richer; with more than 10,000 French words were added, and principles were established. In Norman England the Church became the increasingly strong. Through the Church the culture of Greece and Rome was disseminated manuscripts copied Universities established at Cambridge ‘and Oxford. In_medieval thought, the Church and the King were “the two swords of God" in maintaining order in sociely. 9 The most popular form of literature during the Middle English period was the romances 10. These romances were mostly borrowed from Latin and French sources. 44. They deal ‘with the stories of King Arthur, The War of Troy, and the mythical acts. 42. Mystery plays became popular in the Middle English period. Miracle plays are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe. Medieval mystery plays focused on the representation of Bible stories in churches. 43, MIRACLE PALYS became popular in the Middle English period. 14. Plays were dealing with the lives of Saints 45. Another form of drama was the morality plays these were about the power of good and evil. : 16, What is allegory? An allegory is a story with two levels of meaning: FIRST: SURFACE. OF THE STORY SECOND: THE DEEPER MEANING AND SYMBOLIC LEVEL : 49, WILLIAM_LANGLAND: One of the greatest poets of the Middle-Ages was William Langland: ° 20. His poem, A_Vision of Piers the ~ Plowman holds an important place in English literature. It is classic work due toils style. 8. 1 2 S 3 3 = s a5 es a: 3 s 9 Success Times 24. It is a satire on the corrupt religious practice. It shows light on the ethical problems of the day 22, Langland is essentially a satiric poot. 23. WHAT IS STAIRE? Satire is a Iiterary Technique which is used by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society. 24, JOHN GOWER: Gower occupies an important place in the development of English poetry. Though it was Chaucer who played the most important role in this direction, Gower’s contribution cannot be ignored. 25. He is a great stylist. He proved that English might compete with the other languages which had most distinguished themselves in poetry. 26. Gower is mainly a narrative poet. His most important work is Confession Amantis. 21, Which is in the form of conversation between the poet and a divine interpreter Gower presents himseif as amoralist. 28. John Wycliffe: was an English 3 scholastic philosopher, theologian, Biblical translator, reformer, priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford. 29, The religious reformer, who first translated the gospels into English, and by his translation fixed a common standard of English speech. 30. He translated Bible from Latin into English in 1382. 31, He is known as “The Morning Star of Reformation”. 32, Lollard Movement: John Wycliffe challenged the authority of Catholic Church. 33.He sent’ throughout the country disciples, who were called Lollards or poor priests, to spread his teachings. Loliards are those who followed Wycliffe. 34, GEOFFREY CHAUCER: THE CROWN (OF 44TH CENTURY SinaEnglish Lecturer Guide 35. He is the father of English literature and poetry. 36. He is best known for his work “THE CANTERBURY TALES”. 37. He is Humorist, Sarcastic and Realist. 38. He was influenced by DANTE, PETRARCH AND BOCCACCIO 39. He worked as a courtier, a diplomat, and a civil servant, as well as working for the king from 1389 to 1391 as Clerk of the King's Works. 40. He was buried in “The P: of Westminster Abbey 41. Beginning of Hundred years’ War, between England and France in 1337/38-1453 42. Black Death (1348-1349) MC! A.in what year did the Norman Conquest take place? (a) 942. (b) 1066 (©) 1215 (d) 1350 2,Who was’ the leader of the Normans during the Norman Conquest? (a) William (b) Alfred (©) Harold (4) Robert 3. What was the main battle between the English and Normans? Baitle of Hastings . 10 (a) German « Success Time 43, The War of the Roses took place jn "1455 44, Peasants’ Revolt (1381) 45. Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author or compiler of Lp Morte dArthur. 46, |t is a compilation of traditional tales ~~ about the Legend King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. 47. William Caxton was an merchant, diplomat, and writer. 48. He introduced a printing press into England in 1476 at Bruges 49. Malory's Morte d’Arthur was printed by him in 1485. “The Red Pale” was the name of his printing press, Kashif Ali s 7084 (6) Thomas 3967" (a) none of these Z. Which king of England signed the Magna Carta? * English fa) King John(b) Richard (c) Harold (4) James 8.In which year was Magna Carta’ signed? fa) 1215 (by 1315 (c) 1415 (4) 1512 9. During which king's reign in England did the Hundred Years’ war stat? = _ (a) Henry Ill (b) James 11 (c) Edward 11) (d) Richard:tit 10. When did Peasants’ Revolt t take pl: England? Bo (a) 1380 (b) 1381 ie 1445 ‘ (d) None of these a Black Death” in England as came (a) 1215 b) 1 (0) 1415, er a ea 42. Who was the king in England at the time of Peasants'Revolt?. (a) Richard - (c) Her 13. (b) Richard 111 we (4) None of these Vho was Boccaccio? = ms (b) Greek Gy u 8 (e (6 fc at @ (ce At a ( 17 (a 18 ste &) (c) 19 (a) toi (c) 22, (a) (©) 23. @ (c) 24, Plac fa), (©)1 25. 4) a™. aon English Lecturer Guide i Success Times c) Italian (d) French (c) 1554 (d) None of these 44, Who wrote the Latin "History of the 26, Who wrote: “The Parliament of Foules Britons” fa) Chaucer (b) Gower (a) Geoffrey Chaucer (c)Langiand (d) Dunbar {b) John Wycliffe 27. Under what category, should Langland's (c) Geoffrey of Monmouth ‘The Piers Plowman’ be _ placed 45, Who started the Lollards’ Movement? (a) Romance (b) Pastoral (a) Wycliffe (b) Thomas (c) Religious allegory (c)Langland (d) Bede 28. In writing "Canterbury Tales’ Chaucer 46, Who is the writer of "Piers Plowman’? ry = 2 io a) Langland (b) Wycliffe ss (©) Gower (Fletcher = = Oo 47, Who is the writer of "Vox Clamantis” 3 (a) Fletcher b) Gower ee (c) Wycliffe (d) Harold °° 48, Who is generally known as the morning star of Reformation? (a) Wycliffe (b) Chaucer (©) Langland (d) Gower 49, Which one of the following was a contemporary of Chaucer (a) Spenser (b) Donne (c) Gower (d) Herrick 20, When did the hundred years’ war which started in? F: fa) 1335 (b) 1347 (c) 1337 (d) 1348 21. When did the hundred years’ war come to an end? (a) 1453, (b) 1337 (c)1455 (d) 1452 22, The Battle of Agincourt started in? (a) 1445, b) 1415 (0) 1544 (4) 1317 23. The famous work of Boccaccio is? {a) Decameron (b) Beowulf (C) Divine comedy (d) None of these _ 24. Where did the War of the Roses take lace? seme (b) Italy, wae = » (@)None ofthese 1@ War rof the Roses took place in? g ~ (b) 1456 was influenced by? (a) Decameron (c) The Divine Comedy 29. Besides being a poet, Chaucer was (b) Bible (b) a teacher (c) a diplomat ‘30. When did Chaucer die? a) 1400 (0) 1443 (0) 1343 (d) 1500 34, Of the following periods, which does not belong to Chaucer? (a) German (b) Italian (©) French’ (d) English 32, Which meter’has Chaucer used in his Troilus and Criseyde? (a) Ryme Royal (b) Terza Rima 33. Gower was a contemporary of (a) Langland (b) Donne (c) Milton (d) Pope 34, Who wrote Canterbury Tales? fa) Chaucer (b) Langland (0) Bede () Wycliffe 35.Which of these is magnum opus of Chaucer? {a) The Canterbury Tales (b) Troilus and Criseyde 36, Chaucer's franklin was guilty of which sin? {a) Gluttony (b) Murder (c) Both (d) None of these 37.From which language the "Chaucer" has been driven? name (a) Latin © (b) Greek. (c) French (d) None ~English Lecturer Guide 38. Chaucer was imprisoned during, (2) War of the Roses (b) Hundred years war (©) Both? (4) None of these 39. How many children Chaucer had? (a)3 (o)4 5 (9 ‘40. Where did Chaucer bury? (a) Westminster (b) Abbey - (c) Westminster Abbey . jno would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry? (a) Bede (b) Wycliffe (c) Geoffrey Chaucer 42.What_ was the occupation of ‘Chaucer's father? : (JA Knight (b) A Vintner (©) Both (d) None of these Chaucer became a page to which ing's daughter-in-law? 12 Success Times ‘45, What did Chaucer's wife us e to do? (@) ANun (b) Musician (c) Lady-in-waiting to Queen Philippa of Hainaut 46,In which’ year Chaucer was imprisoned by the French? (a) 1361 (b) 1367 {c) 1360 (4) 1343 47,Chaucer became a Member of Parliament in? fa) 1386 (b) 1345 (6) 13385 (d) 1368 48, The first complete version of Bible in English language was made by: (a) King Alfred (b) Wycliffe (c) Bede (d) Langlade 49. Where were the pilgrims going in the Canterbury tales? (a) Thomas Becket's Shrine (b) For a War (a) Edward | (b) Edward ttl (c) Saint Augustan’s Shrine (c) Edward Il (d) Edward 1V ‘50. Who used heroic couplet first in English? 44. One of Chaucer's daughters was.......? (a) Pope (b) Marlow (@)A Knight (b)ANUN Kachif Ali (c) Milton (d) Chaucer (C)A Diplomat (d) Physician . 03367084968 THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD (1500-1603) During the 15th century an intellectual jovement called the “Renaissance” ‘swept Western Europe. word means “rebirth” and refers x pie. peor chante Greek 8.He introduced a printing press into England in 1476 at Bruges. 9."The Red Pale” was the name of his printing press. 10. Before Caxton established his first press +in England, Johann Gutenberg and his Partners_had printed the Bible, it about 1455, in Germany, and printers were at work in several other European Se befge teen ‘of the 15th 44. Printing from movable provided the for circul: -12.Ths spree canaries i a limele English Lecturer Guide 43, itis certain, however, that something did ~~ happen in the course of the 15th century that changed the history of Westem civilization and the set of people's minds. 44,For England, the year 1485 is 2 convenient date for marking this change from medievalism, In that year two significant events took place: 45, The Wars of the Roses ended and William Caxton printed Malory's Le jorte d’Arthur. 16. In England the Renaissanc coincided roughly with the reigns of the Tudor. rulers nry Vill, Edward Vi,_Mar and Elizabeth |. Under Elizabeth's briliant rule England became ‘a world power. 47. There were also a political and religious change, when King Henry Vill became a head of church, broughty= church and state together, but cut of all contact with Catholic Church and the? Pope in Rome. , 48. The King and the Queen was much closest to God which led down to the rest ‘of mankind and Protestantism became more and more. important as it gave a whole new vision of man's relation with God. 19, Eminent Writer of Renaissance: Lyly, George Peele, Thomas Kyd, Robert Greene; Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Thomas Sackville, Spenser and Sir Philip Sidney. 20. The English Renaissance was a cultural and artistic movement in England dating _ fom the early 16th century to the early 47th century. 13 03367084968 Success Times 21, English literature: it was influenced by the ideas of the Renaissance related to art, religion and politics: 2, It was also heavily influenced by classic Greek and Roman literature and ideas. 23, Another important characteristic of English Renaissance iterature is humanism, or an optimistic outlook on humanity 24, Renaissance means the Revival_of 25, Enlightenment of the human mind after the darkness of the “Middle Ages”. 26, Fall of Constantinople in 1453 A.D. by | the invasion of the Turks, Greek scholars, and spread all over Europe, with invaluable Greek manusoripts. 27, The essence of this movement was that “man discovered himself_and the universe” 28, This movement was started in Italy by Dante, Petrarch and Baccaccio in the 44th century. 29, Vascoda Gama _circumnavigated the rth. 30, Columbus discovered America. 34. Copernicus discovered the _Solar he first Englishman who wrote under the influence of Greek studies was Sir Thomas More. 33.His Utopia, written in Latin, was suggested by Plato's Republic. 34. The Renaissance Period in English literature is also called _the izabethan Period or the A‘ Shakespeare. 35. The Elizabethan Age: is known as the golden age of English history. * 36, The Elizabethan’ Age (1558 - 1603) refers to the perfod of Elizabeth 1's reign and is characterized by vigorous intellectual thinking, an age of adventure ~-— English Lecturer Guide and discovery, and a time in which new ideas and new experiences were sought after. 37. Henry Howard (Earl of Surrey) and Sir Thomas Wyatt are two striking ‘instances of a talent for poetry existing in men of affairs 38. Although active in England's service, in their short lives the two became familiar with French and ttalian verse forms. 39, They adapted the Italian sonnet for English use, and Surrey introduced blank verse in his translation of 40. A third nobleman with a talent for writing was Sir Philip Sidney. 44,He . wrote’ a beautiful sonnet series, Astrophel_and__ Stella (1591 ‘and produced a tremendously long and somewhat tedious called Arcadia (1590), These gave money and encouragement to Poor, struggling writers. 42. Spenser: He got his early education from Merchant Taylor's London, 43:Edmund Spenser, also active in public service, was much more the professional man of letters than Wyatt or Sidney, 4, His Shepheardes Calender (1573) is made up of 12 Poems, one for each month of the year. 45, These poems were more charming than any England had seen for 200 years, 48.Spenser wrote many other poems INS Nusonnet: serisg called Amoretti(1595), x Faerie lueene (1589-96) er's iece, Ie left _ Unfinished, but the 6 books we Out of 12 planned, 47. 14 work'69 © men gy ‘wrote only for amusement, but they also SF Success Times 4a. The Faerie Queene: is an elaborate allegory built. on the story of @ 12-day feast honoring the Queen of Fairylang th I) eer eet out a post stanza wa adapted to tolling a story, a special form that is now known as. the Spenserian stanza. 50, Sir Philip Sidney wrote” Defence of " Poesie” 51, In prose writing produced the ornate style called Euphuism by Lyly. 52, Euphuism: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period, it introduced order and balance in English prose 53. During the Renaissance _Period- memorable achievement in Drama about the ‘middle of the’ sixteenth century some academic writers made attempts to write original plays in 3o English on the Latin model wt The three important plays of this type are: Nicholas Udall ‘s Ralph Roister Doister (comedy) John Still's Grummar Gurton’s Needle (comedy) 58: Thomas Sackville ‘s Gorbudue or Ferrex and Portex (tragedy), 87. “University Wits": Of Elizabethan dram: the University Wits 58. It was a professional set of literary men Marlowe was the entral_sun, and found him revolved, The second period 1a was dominated by lo In 66WEESE Orit English Lecturer Guide 61, Oxford: John Lyly, Thomas Lodge and George Peele 62, Thomas Kyd: not from any university 15 Success Times 1. Thomas Nash: born in 1567, died in 1601. He was famous for his “Summer's Last Will and Testment’. It was a He was active in The ‘put considered one of them (University satirical masque. Wits) politics of the day 63, The term “University Wits" was not 78.""The Unfortunate Traveller” or used in their lifetime, but was coined by George Saintsbury. 64, Romantic comedy foundation belongs to Robert Greene, John Lyly and George Peele 65. Lyly (1554-1606): Euphues written by John Lyly 66. Wrote a number of plays, the best known of them are: Compaspe (1581), Sapho and Phao (1584), Endymion (1591) and Midas (1592). 67. These plays are mythological and pastoral. They are written in prase intermingled with verse. Though the verse is simple and charming prose is marred by exaggeration, a characteristic of Euphuism, 68, George Peele (1558-97898): hp was an actor as well as writer of plays. ‘69, His earnest work is The Arraignment of Paris, (1584), 70, The Arraignment of Paris is'an eulogy of Queen Elizabeth A.The most famous is David and Bathsheba (1599). 72.Thomas Kyd (1558-95): his famous ‘work is The Spanish Tragedy. 13.He introduced the blood and thunder element in drama. ‘ Y4 Robert Greene (1560-1592); died in distress and debt. ‘15.His works are; Orlando Furioso, Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, Alphonsus King of Aragon and George a Greene. ost effective play is Friar Bacon ‘Friar Bungay, a simple love story two men with one maid 03367084968 Life of Jack Wilton" in 1594, It was a Prose Tales 79. Thomas Lodge: 1697. 80.He wrote a collaborated work with SHAKESPEARE ‘HENRY VI". 81. His play “The Wounds of Civil War" was a chronicle play. 82. Christopher Marlowe: born in 1564, died in 1593. 83, in 1587 his frst play Tamburlaine was produced 84. “The Tragical__History of Doctor Faustus” is story of the scholar who sells his soul to the Devil for woridly enjoyment and power. 85. He raised the subject-matter of drama to a higher level. £86, He introduced heroes who were men of great strength and vitality. born in 1558, died in 2 3 g 87. Possessing the Renaissance characteristic of insatiable spirit of adventure 88.He gave. life and reality to the characters. 89. He has been rightly called —the Father of English Dramatic Poetry. 90.He died at 29, stabbed in a tavern brawl, i 94, A line from his own Doctor Faustus is his best epitaph: “Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight.” 92. His plays, such as Tambutlaine (1587?) and Doctor Faustus (15882), bring passion and tragedy onto the stage in lines of great force.Pee aaal Me Success T these are a few of the 93, Shakespeore—Ganls PaeMiced Shakespeare made immortal. ee ee aee area 99, In addition to his ability to tell a story ang al panda to create character, Shakespeare was Se ee EE a aaa able to use words brilliantly. Phrases | his early manhood, apparently Ste Nween 1986 and 1588, Shakespeare and whole lines from his works have Ceteamereetnetertns ir bacomnd’ pall g of: dallyagsPoOe alot fae A example, “the milk of human kindness” condon. ne ae : /s the thing.” Entire speeches + te 37 plays as well as 154 or “the play's the thin eee are universally famillar—“To be or not to 96, He also wrote 2 narrative poems (Venus be," from Hamlet; “All the worlds ‘and Adonis, 1593; The Rape of Lucrece, stage,” from As You Like It; “The quality 1594). of mercy is not strained,” from The 97, Like Chaucer, Shakespeare had a Merchant of Venice. genius for telling a story. Although he 400. No one in all history has had a greater generally took over stories already told command of the right word, the by others, his adaptations of these unforgettable phrase, or the sentence narratives made them into something that strikes straight to the heart of the new and wonderful. , truth 98, Shakespeare surpassed even Chaucer i in creating characters. Noble and | disturbed Hamlet, pathetic Ophelia, wise English Lecturer Academy Portia, ambitious Macbeth, witty } Rosalind, villainous lago, dainty Ariel— Uden ad MCQs Registration Open 1, During the initial stages of nes, Fenaissance, the center of all changes in Europe was in (a) England (b) Italy (0) France (4) America 2, Renaissance is a..........word, fa)French =, (b) English (©) aan (4) Greek u eae: means: | @)Revival (b) 4 ~ (€) Re-awaking (a) rien 4, Renaissance first came to the: + _@)Spenser 8, Who is the Child of Renaissance? {a) Edmund Spenser (b) Marlowe © ei (d) Mitton 7. Whois the f i 7 wns father of humanism? (c) Boccaccio _ & When did ‘the fall of (b) Spenser. (d) Petrarch Constantinople take Place? (a) 1452 : (b) 1453, iota (4) 1455 = could be another nar fenaissance? ae (a) The New Learni in (0) The Reformation (©) The Prostantism, 18.Who is. termed as Star of Renaissance"? ae word ©) Chaucer.—EEE—_——_— Success Times pnglsh Lecter Guide Sse Tes (c) Marlow (d) Wycliffe 44, The True Prologue to the Renaissance is {a) Utopia (0) Garboduc 42, Who invented printing press in 1440? a) Johannes Gutenberg 5 (b) Thomas More (c) William Caxton 43, Who was Johannes Gutenberg? (b) Hamlet fa) German (b) French (©) English (d) American 44. When was the printing press invented in England? (a) 1476 (b) 1477 (c) 1475, (d) 1449 45. Who invented printing press in England? a) William Caxton —_(b) Thomas More (c) Johannes Gutenberg 16. Utopia was written by? (@) Spenser (b) Surrey {c) Thomas Moore __(d) Ovid 48. What is mean by “Utopia”? (@) A Romantic Kingdom (b) Holy Wars (c) The Kinqdom of nowhere 49, “Utopia” Translated into English by? 2 17. Utopia was originally written in? g (a) Latin (b) French i (c) Greek (d) English 2 S English Lecturer Academy (a) Moore (b) Surrey (c) Ralph Robinson (4) Lyly 20.It is believed to be the first English tragedy: (a) Gorboduc_ (b) Dr. Faustus (©) The Spanish Tragedy 24. Gorboduc is also known as? (a) Ferrex and Porrex - (b) Utopia _ » (c) The Spanish Tragedy 22. The Spanish Tragedy’ was written by? {a\ThomasKyd — (b)Lyly » (©) Moore (d) Sackville Join Now ‘Gorboduc’ was written by Thomas Norton and? (a) Thomas Kyd (b) Lyly (c) Moore id) Sackville 24, The Incident of The Great Fire took place in {a) 1666 (b)g667 (c) 1668 (a7 1669 25. “The Shepherd's Calendar’ was written by? {a) Spenser (b) Kyd (c) Eyly (d) Marlow 26. “The Fairie Queene” is written by? fa) Spenser (b) Kyd ()byly (d) Marlow 21. Who is “The Poet's Poet” fa) Spenser (b) Kyd bly (d) Marlow. 28. Spenser_was first called the "Poet's Poet” by’ (a) Dryden {b) Charles Lamb, (o)Lyly (d) Marlow 29. Spenser wooed Elizabeth Boyle in his: (a) Epithalamion 'b) Amoretti (c) Faerie Queene —_(d) None of these 30, Who wrote: “Epithalamion"? (a) Spenser (b) Kya (ty (d) Marlow 34."The Shepherd's Calendar” was published in? (a) 1555, (b) 1666 (c) 1579 (d) 1570 32. Who Introduced Sonnet into English? (a) Thomas Wyatt (b) Kyd (Henry Howard (d) Marlow 33. Who Introduced Blank verse? fa) Henry Howard §——(b) Ky (c) Thomas Wyatt (d) Marlow 34, Who is known as “The Earl of Surrey” {a) Henry Howard (b) Kyd (c) Thomas Wyatt (4) Marlow 35. Tottel's. Miscellany was written by? (a) Henry Howard (b) Thomas Wyatt18 Success Time, English Lecturer Guide (a) Ralph Roister Doister Both of them 36, Toitel's Miscellany was published in? (b) Utopia (c) Needle a) 1557. (b) 1856 50, Shakespeare got married at the age of7 (0) 1555 (d) 1450 (a) 18 (b) 28 Who wastefeaded? (c) 14 (4) 17 ) 51, As a writer of Sonnets Sidney was (a)Henry Howatd —(b) Kyo (c) Thomas Wyatt —_(d) Marlow 38, Thomas Wyatt was? @)Poet (b) Courtier (c) Ambassador (4) All of them 39. Sir Thomas Wyatt died in (@) Fairy Queen (b) Elegant Queen (a) 1541 {b) 1542 (c) Queen Elizabeth (c) 1543 i (d) 1544 53. The term University Wits was coined by? 40. Sir Philip Sydney was killed at a battle of (a) Dryden (b) Pope Zutphen in 1586, {c) George Saintsbury {a) True _() False : +54. "Dickens" of Elizabethan Age is: 1. “Arcadia” was written by? (a) Thomas Dekker —_(b) Lyly (a)Philip Sydney (b) Kyd (c) Sidney (d) Peele (©) Thomas Wyatt ___(d) Marlow 55. “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” 42. Astrophel and Stella was written by? is written by? (a)Philip Sydney () Kyd (a) Marlowe (b) Lyle (c) Thomas Wyatt (4) Marlow (0) Peele (d) Lodge 43. The Defence of Poesie is written by? 56, Marlowe died in? ‘ {a)Philip Sydney ——_(b) Kyd (a) 1593 (b) 1596 (0) Thomas Wyatt _(d) Marlow © 1595 (d) 1597. ‘44, The Defence of Poesie is also known as larlow went to? An Apologie for poetrie? {a) Cambridge (b) Oxiord (b) False : 58. Shakespeare's wife was: jong the following belongs {a) Anne Hathaway yroup known as University Wits? (c) Anne. William: 3 el i (b) Dryden 59. "He Ana: Sed away instead of died” it is entral Sun of the (a) Sarcasm gate: {c) Euphuism if 80: Marlowe was rumored to be? @) Cruel (b) Violent An Atheist / exual ey oe and Phao was written by? @) we (b)tyly See Ao ica (d)iLodge Kyd belonas) to which influenced by? (a) Petrarch (b) Marlow (c) Chaucer (d) Lyly 52, Who is known as Virgin Queen? Kashif Ali 03367084968 (b) Metaphor -(b) Cambridge’ «aE ~ (a) Hamnet Success Times English Lecturer Guide 19 (¢) Both id) None of these 3,Thomas Nash belongs to which university? (@) Oxford b) Cambridge (Both 64, The Arraignment of Paris was writen by? a) George Peele ——(b) Lyle (c) Marlowe (@) Lodge 65, Shakespeare went to which school? fa) Grammar School (b) Latin schoo! (c) None of these 66.How many epics were written by Shakespeare? (a7 (b) 8 fy2 (a)4 87, Shakespeare died in? (a) 1616 (b) 1617 (c) 1618 (d) 1619 68. How many Sonnets did he write? (a) 454 (b) 155 (c) 156 (d) 157 69. Which one is considered his longest Kashif Ali 03367084968 “play? (a) Hamlet (b) King Lear (c) Othello (d) The Tempest 70. Name of Shakespeare's son is: *(b) Hamlet (©) John (d) Shakespeare In which year Christopher Marlowe was (bb) 1564, _ (a) 1566 ‘what age did Christopher Marlow die? {b) 29 (d) 25 a place of England Christopher _ {c) 3 (a4 75, The first regular English comedy was written by? (a) Herbert (b) Dekker {c) Nicholas Udall 76, Who wrote “Mirror for Magistrates"? (@) Thomas Wyatt —_(b) Thomas Kyde (c) Thomas Sacville (4) Thomas Lodge 77. *Astrophel and Stella” is a a) Sonnet (b) Epic (c) Ballad 78. William Shakespeare born in (a) 1564 (b) 1565 (c) 1566 (d) 1567 79, The drama Tamburlaine is written by? {a) Marlowe (b) Lyly (0) Peele (d) Lodge ‘80. Shakespeare is buried inside the: (a) Westminster Abbey (b) Trinity Church (c) Protestant Cemetery 81, Thomas Kyd is known as one of the Founders of Romantic Comedy. (a) True (b) False 82, Thomas Kyd was a scrivener. (a) Tr (b) False 83. William Shakespeare is known as The Bard and also The Bard of Avon (a) True (b) False 84, who wrote the unfortunate traveller (a) Marlowe {b) Thomas Nashe (0) Peele (d) Lodge 85, Who wrote “Euphues” (a) Marlowe (b) Lyly (cy Peele (d) Lodge 86, What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowe's father? ‘ x _ (a)Carpenter ——,—(b) Cobbler - (¢) Knight * (d) Diplomat i - 87, Who wrote “David and Fair Bathsheba’ (@) Marlowe _ (b) George Peele= Success Times i 20 englit turer Guide English Lec lt Re © bi ou (c) Peele ; [ ethene: Se 95, Shakespeare's use of prose is usually ee limited to comic scenes Te b) Robert Green: rie Oe ratios on Sane 96. Who said: "Nothing can ie ace ee man, either in life of after @)lliness (b) Poisoned rate aie (c) Beheaded d) Stabbing (a) Soc 90, Who wrote “The History of Orlando Furioso” (a) Marlowe (b) Robert Greene - (c) Peele (d) Lodge 91, Ann Hathaway was.....years older than ‘Shakespeare: (a)4 (b)7 8 (d) 10 92. Who was beheaded? (a) Henry Howard (b) Kyd (©) Thomas Wyatt (@) Marlow. 93. Which of the following was not a one-act play writer (@) Drinkwater (b) Barrie : (c) Houghton id) Shakespeare 94.Who among the following was not a university wit Es (c) Dr. Johnson (d) Pope ‘ 97. Who saidvabout Shakespeare: "He was not of age but of ages” (a) Ben Jonson (b) Dryden (c) Dr. Johnson (4) Pope 98. About whom has it been said: “He knew small Latin and less Greek" (a) Shakespeare (b) Dryden (c) Dr. Johnson (d) Pope 99. Who said “Marlowe's mighty line” (a) Ben Jonson (b) Dryden (c) Dr. Johnson (d) Pope 100. Name which is not the work of Marlowe (a) Tambarlaine (b) Richard | (c) Dr. Faustus (d) The Jew of Malta English Lecturer Academy 03367084968 THE PURITAN AGE (1600-1660) "*2!statlon Open | 1. The Puritan Age: Itis divided into two sub periods: Jacobean and Caroline periods. 2, Jacobean Period (James | who rules from 1603 to 1625), 3. Caroline Period from 1625 to 1649). 4- Oliver Cromwell headed the Puritan Government formed after the execution 2 of Charles |, 5. 17% Century: deciine of the Renaissance rte 7 j 8. The name “Puritan* was at first given to ~ those who advocated certain changes in jarles I, who rules the form of worship of the reformed English Church under Elizabeth, ' 7. This movement was opposed. by king Charles | and his councilors, 2s well as some of the clergymen, 8. Puritan were originated to make change in the worship but later on it become a national movement against. the dictatorship of Charles 1st 8. Milton & Cromwell fought against Charles Ast. They stood for the libert 10. James 1 (1603-1635): Protestant, married Catholic. y of people. James,: a Anne of Denmark, @English Lecturer Guide Success Fane . Indian Literature +, Who was the first Indian poet who received the Nobel Prize for Literature? PPSC 3 (A) Si Aurobindo Ghosh (B) Bankim Chand Chatterjee (¢) Dr. Rabindranath Tagore (0) Or. V. S. Naipaul 2. Who was the first recipient of the Bhartiya Jnanpith Award? (A) Sumitranandan Pant (8) Jai Shankar Prasad (C) Ungasanker Joshi (D) G. Shankara Kurup 3, Who was the founder of the Bhartiya Jnanpith? (A) G. D. Birla (2) Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain (C) J.R. D. Tata (D) KM. Munshi 4, The Sahitya Akademi Awards are given for best writings in how many Indian languages? (A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 20 (0) 22 45, Who was the first recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for the best vweiting in English? . (A) R. K. Narayan (8) Mulk Raj Anand (C) Raja Rao (0) Khushwant Singh we popular film was made on one these novels of R. K. Narayan, Which of novels? (A) Waiting for the Mahatma (8) Malgudi Day s OM eDays (6) Guide 7. A very popular T. V. serial was made onione of the novels of R. K. Narayan, Identify the novel: (PPSC) (A) Gulde (8) Malqudi Days (C) Waiting for the Mahatma (D) The Bachelor of Arts 8. Which of the following is not a work of Raja Rao? (A) The Serpent and the Rope (B) On the Ganga Ghat (c Swami and Friends (D) Kanthapura 9. Who is the latest Nobel Laureate of Indian origin for Literature? (A) C. V. Raman (B)V.S. Naipaul (C) Rabindranath Tagore (D) Hargovind Khorana 40, Who is the author of A Bend in the River? (A) Kamala Markandeya (B)R.K. Narayan (C) Raja Rao D) V. S. Naipaul 41. Summer, in Calcutta is a poetical collection of: (A) Kamala Das (B) Amrita Pritam (C) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (D) Anita Desai 12. Who is the author of The Sword and the Sickle? (A) Manohar Malgonkar {B) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (C) Kamala Das (0) Nayantara Sahgal 13, In which year was Rabindranath Tagore awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature? (PPSC) (a) 1912 (B) 1913 (€) 1918 (0) 1920y English Lecturer Guide . Greek, Latin and Other Non-| 84 Success Times ritish Literatures 1. Who was the Originator of the Theory of Imitation in Literature? (A) Longinus (B) Aristotle " (C) Plato (0) Horace 2. Who was the most illustrious pupil of Plato? {A) Aristotle (B) Longinus (C) Aristophanes (D) Socrates 3. Who collected and compiled the Dialogues of Socrates? (A) Longinus (B) Horace (C) Aristotle {D) Plato 4. Who was the most illustrious disciple of Socrates? (A) Sophocies (B) Plautus {C) Plato (D) Critus 5. Aristotle was the teacher of: (A) Augustus Caesar (B) Alexander the Great (C) Emperor Nero (D) King Oedipus i 6. From where has the term ‘Oedipus Complex’ originated? A) Oedipus the Rex (B) Oedipus at Colonus (C) Antigone (D) Jocasta, the Queen of Thebes 7. The term ‘Electra Complex’ has originated from a tragedy entitled Electra written by: | (A) Aeschylus B) Sophocles (C) Euripides (D) Seneca 8. When king Oedipus discovered that he had unknowing married his own mother Jocasta, he blinded himself in penance. What did Jocasta do? (A) She also blinded herself B) She committed suicide (C) She became insane (D) She fled from her country 9. Which of the following plays is not by Sophocles? (A) Antigone (B) The Seven Against Thebes (C) Oedipus the Rex (D) Electra 10. Which of the following plays is ty Euripides? (A) Electra B) Alcestis (C) The Seven Against Thebes (D) Antigone 14. Which of the following plays is ty Aeschylus? (A) Lysistrata + (B) Electra (C) Alcestis (D) Eumenides 12. Which of the following plays is ty Aristophanes? (A)Lysistrata (8) Medea (C) Amores (D) Amphitryon 13. Metamorphoses is a: (A) Tragedy (B) Comedy (C) Collection of poems D) Collection of short stories 14. Which of the following plays is work of Ovid? . (A) Amphitryon (B) Pharsalia {(C) Amores (0) Medea 15. The first husband of Helen of 1 was: (A) Achilles (B) Menelaus (C) Paris (D) Hercules 16. Homer's The tliad and The Ody" were written in: (A) 700 B.c. (B) 1100 B.C:91 English Lecturer Guide Succes Ting, Rhetoric and Prosody Set #1 1, Meow, where's my milk, cried the cat is an example of? (A) Allusion (B)Onomatopoeia (C) Apostrophe (D) Litotes 2. Malacanang palace declared its holiday today is an example of? (A) Allusion (B) Metonymy (C) Anti-thesis (D) Irony 3. What kind of figure of speech is a direct comparison of two unlike things without using like and as? (A) Paradox (B) Metonymy (C) Metaphor (D) Oxymoron 4. My father brought me new wheels is an example of? (A) Synecdoche (B) Allusion (C) Hyperbole (D) Apostrophe 5, What kind of figure of speech is an opposite of what you mean? (A) Onomatopoeia (B) Irony (C) Anti-thesis (D) Metonymy 6. A rich man is no richer than a poor man is an example of? (A) Litotes (B) Personification (C) Paradox (0) Hyperbole 7. What kind of figure of speech is used to affirm by negating the opposite? (A) Synecdoche —(B) Melonymy {C) Litotes. (0) Allusion 8. Virtually a sea but dry like a heart is an example of? {A)Anti-thesis _(B) Apostropho (C)Personification (0) Irony 9. What kind of figure of speech is a tepresent the sound of what it is describe? (A) Simile (8) Metonymy (C) Metaphor {D)Onomatopoeia 40. Roll on, thou dark and deep ocean. Roll!” is an example of? (A) Hyperbole (B) Metaphor c) Apostrophe (BD) Oxymoron 41, He was aS brave as a lion. (A) Simile (B) Metaphor (C) Personification 12, “All the world's a sta men and women merely players; They have fheir exits and their entrances; (William: Shakespeare: As you like it) (A) Simile (B) Metaphor (C) Personification 43. "Death lays its icy hands on kings.” (A) Simile (8) Metaphor (C) Personification 44, "My luv is like a red, red rose...” {A) Simile (8) Metaphor (C) Personification 15, "Death! where is thy sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory?” ge and all the (A) Simile (B) Metaphor {C) Personification 16. He is a lion. (A) Simile (B) Metaphor (C) Personification 17. The wind wrapped its icy fingers around my body. (A) Simile (C) Personification 18. The boat was tossed like a cork on the waves, (A) Simile (C) Personification (B) Metaphor (B) Metaphorsh Lecturer Guide Endl 370. In Memory of. w. B. Yeats, (Poem) _W.H,. Auden 371. In Memory of Sigmund Freud Poem) —W. H. Auden 372. ‘Autobiography re Tramp tobiography) — W.H. Davies Oty ‘at an Air Station 373. Autobiography (Poem) — Philip Larkin 374. French Revolution ‘William Wordsworth 375, The French Revolution (Prose Work) - Thomas Carlyle 376, The Light that Failed (Novel) - Rudyard Kipling 377. The Book of Sno! Thackeray 378, The Book of the Duchess (Poem) “Geoffrey Chaucer amalion (Play) - Bernard Shaw mation (Prose work) ~ (Poem) - bs (Novel) - W.M. 373. 380. The New Pya! William Hazlitt 381.A Discourse of English Poetrie (Critical work) = William Webbe 362. An Apoloay for Poetry / Defense ‘of Poesie (Critical work) — Philip Sidney 383. Observations in the Art of English Poesie (Critical work) - Thomas 384, Campion 385. The Arte of English Poesie (Critical work) — George Puttenhiam 386, Essay on Dramatic _Poesie {Critical work) — John Dryden 387. A_Defense_of Poetry (Critical work) - P. B. Shelley 388.A Defence of Poetry, Music and Stage Plays (Critical work) - Thomas Lodge 103 Success Timeg 389.A Defense of Nonsen: 00 ZS: K. Chesterton Pf" . A Defence of Rhyme (Critical y ~ Samuel Daniel Sele 391, The Four Ages of Poetry (Critical work) — Thomas Love Peacock 392. An Apolagie for Actors (Critical work) - Thomas Heywood 393.A Praise of Poetrie (Poetry) — Thomas Churchard 394, The Confessions (Autobiography) ~ J.J. Rousseau 395. Confessions of _an__ English Opium _Eater_(Autobio. raphy) — Thomas De Quincey 396. Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (Essay) - S.T. Coleridge 397. The Confessions of a Young Man (Memoir) — George Moore 398. Confessions _of __2 Lover Autobiographical novel) — Mulk Raj Anand 399. Confessions of a Mask (Novel) — Yukio Mishima (Japanese) 400. The Confession (Novel) — Maxim Gorky 401.A Confession (Scholarly work) — Leo Tolstoy 402. Edward_Il_ (Play) — Christopher Marlowe 403, Edward | (Play) — George Peele 404, The Revolt of Islam (Poem) — P. 8, Shelley 405. The Prayer of Islam (Poem) - Sarojini Naidu —English Lecturer Gin Success Times Essential Facts about English Literature Special Titles of Literary Persons 1, First Historian - Bede 2. First English poet — Caedmon works _- Cynewult 4, The Father of English Literature - Geoffrey Chaucer 5. The Father of English Language - Geoffrey Chaucer 6. Morning star_of Renaissance - Geoffrey Chaucer 7. Father of English Poetry - Geoffrey Chaucer 2.Grandfather_of English Novel - Geoffrey Chaucer - (Note: G.K. Chesterton describes: If Chaucer is the Father of English Poetry, he is the Grandfather of the English Novel.) . 9. The Father of English Learning - Venerable Bede 19. The Father of English History - Venerable’. ~de 14. Morning star__* Reformation - John Wycliffe 12. First Protestant of Englan. hn Wyclife 13. Father of English Prose - King Alfred ~ (Note: King Alfred, John Wye rate: King Aled, John Wycliffe & being called “Rather of engi Prose” : “sh riches ange? mad wer * Herta see it —Enalish 16, The Poet's Poet {By Charles Lamb) - Edmund Spenser 17. The Child of Renaissance _ Edmund Spenser 18. The Bridge Between Renaissance and Reformation - Edmung Spenser “ 19. The Father of Printing - Gutenberg 20. Father of English Press - William Caxton 21,Morning star__of Elizabethan drama - Christopher Marlowe 22. The Father of English Tragedy - Christopher Marlowe of Avon - William 24.The Father of English Drama - William Shakespeare 25. Sweet _Swan_of Avon - William Shakespeare 26. The Bard - William Shakespeare 27. Father of Essay - Montaigne 28. Father of English Essay - Francis Bacon 29, Father _of English Grammar - Lindley Murray 30. Father of Tragedy - Aeschylus “4 Father of Comedy — Aristophanes 32, Pow _>f Love - John Donne 33. Metaphysical Poet - John Donne 34, Epic Poet of Engi. + - John Mito 35. The Great Master of Verse - Jom Milton 36. Lady of The Christ Colleae - Jo" Milton 37. Poet_of The Devil's Party - Jo Milton| ee Lecturer Guide N Success Ti Past Papers MCQs with Context & Explanation MCQs on English Literature The Age of Chaucer Who says, “Ready to wend on my Pilgrimage/To Canterbury with full devout heart"? (a)The Monk (b)Geoffrey (c)The Knight (d)The parson Key Points: In the spring, pilgrims fong to go to shrines in faraway places and especially from all over England they go to Canterbury. Their purpose is to thank St. Thomas, whom they credit wath having helped them when they were sick. At the Tabard the reader meets the narrator, a pilgrim named Geoffrey who is similar but not identical to the poet Chaucer. Geoffrey, having arrived at the Tabard “ready to wend on my Pilgrimage/To Canterbury with full devout heart", eagerly meets his fellow pilgrims, They are 29 of them in all, The pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales were going to thank St. Thomas for— {a) Helping them when they were sick (b) Providing them wealth and happiness (c)_A routine pilgrimage (d) Praying to absolve an impending danger Key Points: Among the miracles credited to St. Thomas were many examples of healing the sick. Sometimes he seemed to heal - In which of the people from a distance. if they Prayed to him, and in such cases jt was usual to make the pilgrimage later to the actual shrine, to give an offering and thanks to the saint there. Chaucer's opening lines in the "The Canterbury Tales" mention that as a motive for his pilgrims’ journey, following does the young Theban Canterbury Tales reference to Warriors come? {a) The Knight's Tale (b) The Squire's Tale (c) The Miller's Tale (4) The Friar's Tale Key Points: "The Knight's Tale” is the first tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The Knight, tells a long, involved tale of love from ancient Greece about two knights, Arcite and Palamon. They were captured in a war between Thebes and Athens and thrown into an Athenian prison to spend the rest of their lives there. - The phrase ‘Morning Star of Renaissance” refers to— (a) Langiand (b) Geoffrey Chaucer (c) Wyciif (8) Diderot Key Points: There is a trend among some scholars to see Chaucer as 2 Precursor to Renaissance. He is unarguably a transitional figut® though he is one who lives during 4Jish Lecturer Guide essays. 2, Of Population (1820) 3, The Adventures of Caleb wi tes), b Williams 24, Who called Shelley “a beautiful and ineffectual angel beating in the void his Luminous wings in vain’ (@) Waltet Pater (o)AC. Swinburne (c) Matthew Arnold Key Polnte:))) @ The above-mentioned quotation “a beautiful and ineffectual angel, beatin in the void his luminous wings in vain’ is said by Matthew Arnold to Percy Bysshe Shelley, Matthew Arnold was born on Dec.24, 1822, Laleham, Middlesex, England. He was the son of Thomas Arnold. Chief works Culture and Anarchy Empedocles on Etna Essays on Criticism 25, What caused John Keats’ death? (a) Malaria (b) Tuberculosis (c)Pneumonia (d) Typhoid Key Points + The Romantic Poet, John Keats died of tuberculosis on 23rd February 1821 in Rome. He was twenty-five years old. He requested that his tombstone bear no _ name but the epitaph: . “tHere lies one whose name was writ _ inwater”. , Chief Poetical Work: (4) T.S. Eliot _ 3. Endymion 4 Lamia a 121 a 4, The Enquirer (1797), a collection of Z English Lecturer Academy a |. Ode on a Gracian Urn 03367084968 Ode to a Nightingale registration Open * Virgil's Aeneid was a book.translated by John Keats. He was the prize for ‘Aeneid's translation, 27. For which profession did John Keats have the license but never practice it? {a) Pharmacist (b) Architect (0) Engineer (0) Lawyer Key Point: * John Keats, the English Romantic Poet was trained as an apothecary (pharmacist) but gave up that career in favour of writing, His, best work was written in 1818-1819, and includes "The _ Eve of St. Agnes" and “Isabella”. * He was born on October 31, 1795, in London, England + He became a licensed’ apothecary (pharmacist) in 1816. + He.died of tuberculosis 28. In which poem does Wordsworth write “Come forth into the light of things,/ Let Nature be your Teacher”? (a) “The Tables Turned’ (b) “The world is too much with us” (c) “I wandered lonely as a cloud” (d) “The Solitary Reaper” Key Points: + The above-mentioned poetic lines have been taken from the poem “The Tables Turned” by William Wordsworth. * Chief Works 1. An Evening Walk (1793) 2. Descriptive Sketches (1793) - 3. Lyrical Ballads (1798) The Excuirsion (1814) The Prelude (1850) 29. Keats's “Endymion” is dedicated to — (a) Leigh Hunt (b) Milton (c)Shakespeare (d) Thomas Chatterton Key Points: + John Keats “Endymion” is dedicated to Thomas Chatterton. . « “Endymion” is a Poetic Romance. « Thomas Chatterton was November 20, 1752, in Bristol. + His first known poem was a scholarly Millonic piece, “On the Last Epiphany’. born on*English Lecturer Guide 168 democracy and the rise of evolutionary science and its impact on religion. = Tennyson's views, regarding above- mentioned the development of that time is characterized by the famous Victorian: ‘compromise or avoidance: of extremes. 72. Who coined the phrase-“Poetry is the criticism of life”? (a) T.S. Eliot (c) F.R. Leavis (d) Matthew Arnold Key Points: * “Poetry is the criticism of life’, this view was represented by Matthew Amold. By poetic truth, he meant representation of life in a true way: * Amold's viewpoint about: poetry is that poetry should deal with ideas, not facts. Matthew Arnold, educated at Oxford and * Balliol College. * He started writing poetry early in life. 73. ‘Philip Prip’ is a character in Charles Dickens’ novel: (a) A Tale of Two Cities ib) Great Expectations (c) Oliver Twist (d) David Copperfield Key Points: « ‘Philip Prip' is a character in Charles Dickens novel 'Great Expectations. ‘+ In his novel "The Great Expectations”, Charles Dickens created a character called Philip pirrip or pip. Pip is the protagonist (main character), + This novel of Dickens tells the story of ‘a boy who is the protagonist. The novel focuses on the maturity of the bo) childhood to adulthood, Se 74, Robert Brownin i 1g Is famous for his: {@) Novels (b) Short stories far Mes English Lecturer Academy {d) Plays Key Points: scene ee * Robert Browning was Bp an English poet Bie bor May 7, 1812, in ph mon orwell, England. He is best known logues, © «Gris dramatic manok uch | m les vividly portray a central Mi & L character agai “Background, Reserve tion (b) Fil. Lucas Success tip, lex human motives in a varie compl periods historical perio. Tn which poem does Tennyso his friend ‘Arthur Hallam’ (b) Enoch Arden (d) Ulysses 75. commemorate (a) The Princess {c)In Memoriam. Key Points: Tennyson ‘comm "Arthur Hallam Memoriam” ‘Arthur Henry Hallam was the best frieng of Tennyson. «Hallam ied suddenly in 1833. Hallam and Tennyson first met ay Cambridge where they became ¢ member of the legendry intellectual club the “Apostles”. 76. Which of the following poets wrote the poem entitled ‘Dover Beach’? mmemorates his frien in his poem “iq a) Arnold (b) Tennyson (c) Mitton (d) Wordsworth Key Points: * Matthew Amold wrote the poem “Dover Beach”. « This was set near Dover, along the southeast coast of England, where Amold and his new wife spent some time for honeymoon in 1851. «1851 was a period: when traditional feligion was getting shock waves from the New Science and therefore Europeans and Americans were forced to rethink how life began on the planet. Amold's ‘Dover Beach’ also came under the influence of new thinking emerging among the Europeans. 77. Bathsheba is the heroine of: (2) Return of the Native (b) Tess of D'urberville (c) Far from the Mai (Gude the Obscuss Key Points: * Bathsheba is a fictic h ictional character ful pemed Bathsheba _Everdene, Frome ofT Thomas Hardy's novel 'F2" ae the Madding Crowd". ar from the Madding Crowd (1874) © mgmas Hardy's fourth novel and u Major literary success. It gai! CrowdSe English Lecturer Guide ce is clearly stated int of resemblan tela ‘metaphor itis just ina simile whereas in @ hinted or implied 144, What is a direct address to the dead, to the absent, or a personified object or idea? (a) Epigram (b) Personification (c) Apostrophe (d) None of these Key Point: «In the figure of speech ‘Apostrophe’ the speaker directs the address to the dead, to the absent, or a personified object or idea. Hello, darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again , Moon you.are now with me. 145. What is the figure of speech when the real meaning is exactly the opposite of that which is expressed by words apparently? (a) Satire b) Irony (c) Oxymoron (d) None of these Key Point: * When the real meaning is exactly the ‘opposite of that which is expressed by words then the figure of speech is “irony”. * In irony expression or utterance is marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning. + Example: “The embodiment of the waspish don, from his Oxbridge tweeds to the bonedry ironies of his speech and prose” (Ron Rosenbaum). 146. What figure of speech has been used in the following line? “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” an ; latement, ©xaggeration or (@) Metaphior Lecturer Academy (b) Oxymoron Enact HY @ tape tbole ‘i 03367084968 stro stration Open Registration . a dire Perfumes» cf Arabia will not Hypertic egt® hand” This. is a Hee lic stalement because ji erbole there is oF Success Tin Times ) that it would not smef committed} she ed every perfume iq nice even if she us Arabia: 447. Identify following line: The pen is mig} (a) Metaphor (c) Personification the figure of speech in the tier than the sword, (b) Simile (d) Metonymy Key Point: = The pen is mightier than the sword. in this statement, the figure of speech jis “Metonymy” «Broadly: speaking metonymy Is a trope in. which one entity is used to stand for another associated entity, More specifically we can say that it is a: replacive relationship that is the basis for several conventional metonymic expressions. 148. A ballad is: {a) A short poem narrating a tale (b)A poem was written on somebody's death (c) A prayer song (4) A marriage song Key Point: + Any light, simple song, especially one sentimental or romantic character havit two or more stanzas. + In another way, we can say that a b: is a’simple narrative poem of folk origi composed in short stanzas and adapt for singing. < 149. A lyric is: (a) A long poem was written in the form of address (b) A poem was written in praise of God {c) A short poem in which the poet expresses his intense personal feelings (@) A triumphal songs * A lytic is a poem that expresses Personal feelings in a way i iy that is il Song. We can also say that a categor Poetry that expresses emotion (often 450 onSlke Way) is lyric poetry. . The literary art of diminishing a amusement and scorn is called: 5jjsh Lecturer Guide a q 261 i ; Faaitypes oftambic meter are) ae follow Success Times fambie dimeter — (two lambs pring) ELSeuplet (4) Ottava rima * jambie trimeter — (three iambs per line) Key Points: | jambic tetrameter — ( four iambs per line) * A verse, of two lines of equal length iambic pentameter - (five iambs per line) rhyming with each other at the end is | lambic hexameler - (alexandrine: six called a couplet jambs per line). ” In other words, we-can say that a couplet 471. What is the figure of speech used in is a literary devjce that can be.defined as the following sentence? “Friendship is « having two successive rhyming lines in a sheltering tree. verse and having the same meter to form (a) simile. (0) Apostrophe a complete thought. It is matked by @ (Hyperbole. ~~ (a) Metaphor usual ~ rhythm, ‘thyme scheme, and Key Point: {di Metaphor incorporation of specific utterances. Peete One of the commonly used couplet e pa siBarison sie re ane a examples is these two lines from William. @bjects is implied but not expressed in a Shakeeiatas oe definite way. It is also called an implied or mu Sine ute on _ compressed simile. It takes for grante teresa corse Reaies! -Araswrien tere coe eveiat “of comparison are used. fallewing ines eee as For oma peslelgt=vlomcaiicae.+) Alone) slone)allallaione assic lines: Love is flower-ikte, Alone, on a wide wide seal Friendship is a sheltering tree, (a) Personification {b) Apostrophe In this line, the poet does not compare _{c) Alliteration (4) Pun Jove and friendship to plants. He said they Key Points: a are equal to trier. in the : - . given lines the figure of speech 472, The substitution of part for the whole used is ‘Allitaration”. Alliteration is a stylistic device in which several words, - {a) Synecdoche oi Hagen 03367084968 having the same first consonant sound, ( yymbol - occur close together inaseries. : ‘ Kashif Ali, - put a better butter makes a batter better. Synecdoche is a literary device in which «_ Aig bully beats a baby boy. part of something represents the whole or 175. What is the figure of speech in the it may use a whole to represent a part following sentence? , * Synecdoche may alsq use the larger “Authority forgets a dying king.” - group to refer to a smaller group or vice- (a) Personification. (>) Apostrophe “Versa. It may also call athingbythename —(°) Hyperbole (d) Metaphor, ‘the material it is made of or it may refer Key Point: © Ih the above sentence, the figure of speech that we found is personification. Synecd i In. personification, inanimate. lifeless) *boots” usually refers tosoldiers. objects and abstract notions are, spoken “sails refers to a whole ship, ‘i of as having life and intelligence. is commonly synecdoche ~ + Some Other Examples of Personification f Death Lays its icy hands on kings. Let no ambition mock their useful toil.English Lecturer Guide 417. The Book of The Duchesse - ibyChaucer }. The Book of Martyrs - 18. ey y! a story by John 19, The Pilgrim’s Progress - by John ‘Bunya 20. The Pilgrims of the Rhine - by Bulwer Lytton 21, The_Life_and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - a novel by > Sterne 22. Tristram & Iscult - Matthew Arnold 23. Lyrical Ballads - Collection poems Coleridge & Wordsworth 24, Preface to Lyrical Bullads - A prose by Wordsworth. 25. All for love - A blank verse tragedy, by Dryden 26. Love labour ‘Shakespeare 27. A portrait of The Artist_as_a Young man -A novel by Joyce 28, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog Dylan Thomas} “43. Antigone (Play) ~ Sophocles 44, Antigone (Play) ~ Jean Anouilh 45, Don Juan (Poem) ~ Lord Byron » 46, Don Juan (Play) — Bertolt Brecht * 47. The Alchemist (Play) ~ Ben Jonson 48. The Alchemist (Novel) ~ Paulo Coelho 49. Don Quixote (Novel) — Cervantes 50.The Female Quixote _(Novel _ Charlotte Lennox 51.Female Quixotism (Novel) — Tabitha ‘A poem by lost - A drama by \ 03367084968" 1 -Oscar Wilde 291 Kashif Ali Success Times 29. Portrait of dare - a novel £ by Francis Brot James ete 30. A portrait of A | novel by Hen ortralt of A lady - a ry James, HY 31. The Duchess of Dadna - a dr. i Sirarvice“ebasoe a drama by . The Duche: a Webste een - tragedy John 33. A Tale of Two 26 quale-of two cities - 2 novel by 34. A Tale of Manchester Life - novel by Mrs. E Gaskell 35. The Anatomy of Melancholy - a tique by Robert Burton 36. The Anatomy of the world - a poem on prince Henry writien by Donne 37. The Battle of Books - a satire by swift 38. The Battle of Maldon - Angio Saxon War poem. 39.A_women killed with kindness - a drama by Heywood 40. The woman in the Moon - a play by Lily 41, Ode on The Nativity - a poem by Milton 42. Ode on Duty - a poem by Wordsworth 59, Ulysses (Play) — Stephen Phillips 60. The Return of Ulysses (Play) — Robert Bridges 61. The Winter's Tale (Play) - Wiliam ‘Shakespeare 62. A Winter's Tale (Poem) ~ Dylan Thomas 63. A Portrait of the Artist_as a Young, Man (Novel) — James Joyce 64. Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman (Scholarly work) — Linda Huf 65. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (Short story collection) = Dylan Thomas 66. Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man (Novel) - Joseph Heller : 67. Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man (Poem) - Ogden Nash 68. A Vision of Judgment (Poem) — Robert ‘Southey, 69. The Vision of Judgment (Poem) — Lord Byron 70. A Tale of a Tub (Play) ~ Ben Jonson 74.A Tale of a Tub (Prose) - Jonathan ‘Swift - 72, Tale of a Tub (Poem) ~ Sylvia Plathgnglsh vector Guide aL American Literature ' Li hom the mingway's novel "For wi ke Hh Tolls” Is set agalnst the fall World War b) SI anish Civil War id War a cmricen War of Independence ey Point: . ee Whom the Bell Tolis" is a novel by Emest Hemingway, published in 4940. The story goes on about a guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. 2. "Man can be destroyed but not defeated” is a line from- (a)Arms and the Man (b) Nineteen Eighty-Four ¢] Old Man and the Sea (g) For Whom the Bell Tolls Key Point: In ‘Old Man and the Sea’ by Ernest Hemingway, Santiago says, "A man can be destroyed but not defeated”. It simply throws light on the strong determination of a person that never let him give up anything in life imespective of the count of failures he commits during the achievement of his target. 3.Uncle Tom's Cabin is written by— (2) Mark Twain ilariet Beecher Sione nry James i Key Point: (d) Willa Cather ee Tom's Cabin’ is an anti- very novel by American author ieee Beecher Stowe, published in te {vel had a profound effect on and wey toward African-Americans have nein the U.S, and is said to te cient lay the groundwork for 4,"Manolln" |s the name of a... hi Bemnavaye “Tho Old Man and the jaa" (a) Fish * (c)Cily Koy Point: « In Emost Hemingways novel “The Old Man and the Sea", one character serves both of these roles, His name Is Manolin, though he is mostly referred to as “the boy’. 5. Which American writer was a great influence on Whitman? (a) Thoreau (b) Cooper (c) Hawthorne (d) Emerson Key Point: Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the founders of the Transcendentalist Movement, wrote in a letter to Walt Whitman in 1855, “I greet you at the beginning of a great career.” Emerson went on to be a major influence on Whitman's poetry. ¢ Walt Whitman was born on 34st May 1819, West Hills, Long Island. * Leaves of Grass is a landmark in the history of American Literature. 6. What Is the major symbol in Whitman's “Song of Myself"? (a) The ocean (b) A bird (c)Atombstone —(d) The grass Key Point: * The major symbol in Whitman's “Song of Myself" is “The grass”. Throughout Whitman's poetry, plant life symbolizes both growth and multiplicity. The title “Leaves of Grass" highlights another of Whitman's themes: the beauly of the individual, + Each leave or blade of grass possesses its distinct beauty, andEnglish Lecturer Guide 92. Who wrote: 'Catiline?’ (a) Johnson b) Jonson (c) Swift (d) Pope 93. ‘Livia’ is a character in (a) Shakespeare's' Twelfth Night’ (b) Jonson's 'Sejanus' (c) Barrie’s'The Admirable Crichton’ (d) Shakespeare's ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ 94. 'The Man in the Moon’ is a satire by (a) Drayton (b) Daniel (c) Swift (d) Dryden 95. "Ideas Mirror’ is a book of Sonnets by (a) Petrarch (b) Sidney (c) Spenser (4) Drayton 96. In which play does ‘Sensual Appetite” address the audience directly as under: “For all that they be now in this hall, they be the most part my servants all." (a) 'Volpone’ by Jonson (b) ‘Dr. Faustus' by Marlowe c) ‘The Four Elements’ by John Skelton (d) ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ by Eliot 97. Who wrote the following lines: "When these words were spoken, There came thither wending, 388 Success Tite A little boat moving, On the ate, floated, And two women in it, Wong formed.” tou (a) Chaucer (b) Gower (c) Dunbar (d) Layaman (regarding the sto; of th passing of King Arthur) e 98. The romances of 'Havelok' (by yy ,, Skeat) and Wo ‘Horn’ (by J. Hall) were inspired by, Legends. " {a) Scandinavian —_(b) Danish (c) French (d) Italian 99. The first Saxon king of England was (a) William the Conqueror (b) Arthur {c) Cerdic (d) Henry 1 100. In which poem do the following lines appear: "O young Mariner, Down to the haven Call your companions, (a) Coleridge's ‘The Ancient Mariner’ (b) Masefield's ‘Vagabond’ {c) Tennyson's ‘Merlin and the Gleam (d) Tennyson's Maud" Golden MCQs Bank # 03 1. Point out the correct chronological sequence (a) Alexanders Feast-Prelude--Rabbi Ben Ezra—Adonais b) Alexander's Feast--Prelude-- Adonais--Rabbi Ben Ezra (c) Pretude--Alexander’s Feast--Adonais (d) Rabbi Ben Ezra (d) Rabbi Ben Ezra-- Prelude-Adonais~-Alexander's Feast 2. Of which poem is the following the opening couplet: "Sweet Spirit! Sister of that orphan one, Whose empire is the name thou weepest on.” (a) ‘Epipsychidion’ by Shelley (b) "Endymion’ by Keats (c) ‘Faerie Queene'by Spenser , (d) ‘Prologue to Canterbury Tales’ > chaucer 3. 'Panthea’ is a character in (a) Manfred b) Prometheus Unbound (c) Candida (d) Waiting for Godel 4, Who says of Shakespeare: "...SWe* he Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble ° native wood-notes wild." (a) M. Arnold (b) Shelley (c) Wordsworth (d) Miltonenplie Nglish, Lecturer Guide success Times 8 produce’ 49 develop’ c.'to predict’ Allthe above: LINGUISTICS MCQs #7 . ‘50 MCQs) i Q tia among the following are the a. Monosyllabic a De ferieble ic d. Polysyllabie in properties of grammar? oo He on ig marked with——- @. To account by its rules for the infinite sentences of a language b. To be explicit about the grammaticality of sentences ©. To predict all and the only Possible grammatical sentences of a language d. All the above. 2)Which among the following terms denotes the formal agreement between various constituent elements of a language? a. Concord : b. Gerund ¢. Phrase structure d. None of the above 3) The clear /W/ and the dark /V may be considered to be the ----—of the same phoneme /l/ a.Allophones _ b. Allomorphs ¢. Morpheme variants d. Minimal pairs 4) In which of the following wards, is the sound /k/ aspirated a. Kill b. Skill c. Skin d. Skit 5) The /k/ in ‘kill’ and “skill are —— a.Allophones _ b. Allomorphs c. Morpheme variants d. Minimal pairs 6) The initial /V and the final AV in the word ‘little’ are --—- a.Allophones —_b, Allomorphs . Morpheme variants d. Minimal pairs 7) The word ‘examination’ is a word 13) The 8) A syllabic division b. An arrow mark 2 hohéil d. A vertical bar 9) Words with more than three syllables are called ——- words ; 2.Multisyllabic b. Disyllabic e Try syllabic __d. 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