1. "The greatest tragic dramatist of the modern world.” — said of Henrik Ibsen by
A. George Bernard Shaw
B. T. S. Eliot
C. Arnold
D. Hazlitt
2. How many books are there in "Paradise Lost" (final version)?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 24
3. John Milton belonged to which literary period?
A. Renaissance
B. Elizabethan
C. Metaphysical
D. Puritan Age
4. An allegory is a narrative in which characters represent—
A. Real people
B. Historical events
C. Abstract ideas
D. Natural objects
5. Blank verse is written in—
A. Rhyming couplets
B. Free verse
C. Iambic pentameter without rhyme
D. Trochaic hexameter
6. A long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds is an—
A. Ballad
B. Epic
C. Lyric
D. Elegy
7. Irony in literature refers to—
A. Exaggeration
B. Contrast between appearance and reality
C. Use of symbols
D. Direct statement
8. Who is known as the “Father of English Drama”?
A. Christopher Marlowe
B. William Shakespeare
C. Ben Jonson
D. Thomas Kyd
9. "The Duchess of Malfi" was written by—
A. John Webster
B. Thomas Kyd
C. Philip Massinger
D. John Ford
10. Which playwright is associated with Senecan tragedy in England?
A. Shakespeare
B. Ben Jonson
C. Thomas Kyd
D. John Dryden
11. Which of the following is NOT written by Milton?
A. Lycidas
B. Samson Agonistes
C. Areopagitica
D. Absalom and Achitophel
12. The term “catharsis” in tragedy means—
A. Moral lesson
B. Emotional purification
C. Comic relief
D. Plot twist
13. A stanza of three lines is called—
A. Quatrain
B. Couplet
C. Tercet
D. Octave
14. Personification means—
A. Comparing two things
B. Giving human qualities to non-human objects
C. Overstatement
D. Repetition of sounds
15. Who is the author of the experimental novel "Tristram Shandy?"
A. Daniel Defoe
B. Samuel Richardson
C. Laurence Sterne
D. Henry Fielding
16. "Middlemarch" is subtitled—
A. A Novel of Provincial Life
B. Scenes from Clerical Life
C. Studies of Character
D. A Story of English Society
17. Joseph Andrews was originally intended as a parody of—
A. Clarissa
B. Pamela
C. Tom Jones
D. Roxana
18. "Sons and Lovers" reflects the life of—
A. Thomas Hardy
B. D. H. Lawrence
C. E. M. Forster
D. Arnold Bennett
19. Mulk Raj Anand’s Coolie ends with—
A. Revolution
B. Marriage
C. The death of Munoo (protagonist)
D. Escape from exploitation
20. Which novel of Anita Desai deals with the psychological alienation of a housewife?
A. Fire on the Mountain
B. Clear Light of Day
C. Cry, the Peacock
D. In Custody
21. Which author is BEST matched with the technique of stream of consciousness in Indian English fiction?
A. R. K. Narayan
B. Anita Desai
C. Kamala Markandaya
D. Jhumpa Lahiri
22. Raja Rao’s "The Serpent and the Rope" was published in—
A. 1958
B. 1960
C. 1962
D. 1965
23. Anita Desai’s "Cry, the Peacock" appeared in—
A. 1958
B. 1960
C. 1963
D. 1965
24. "Ode to the West Wind" is composed of—
A. 3 cantos
B. 4 cantos
C. 5 cantos
D. 6 cantos
25. The verse form used in "Ode to the West Wind" is—
A. Spenserian stanza
B. Terza rima
C. Blank verse
D. Heroic couplet
26. “Shelley was an ineffectual angel, beating in the void his luminous wings in vain.” — said by
A. T. S. Eliot
B. Matthew Arnold
C. A. C. Bradley
D. F. R. Leavis
27. “Keats was a Greek.” — said by
A. Shelley
B. Matthew Arnold
C. T. S. Eliot
D. Coleridge
28. Which poem contains the line “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
A. Adonais
B. Ode to Liberty
C. Ode to the West Wind
D. Epipsychidion
29. "Shakespeare is not of an age, but for all time.” — said about Shakespeare by
A. Ben Jonson
B. Dryden
C. Samuel Johnson
D. Coleridge
30. Daniel Defoe is often regarded as—
A. Father of English Novel
B. Father of English Drama
C. Father of English Essay
D. Father of English Journalism
31. "Robinson Crusoe" was published in—
A. 1704
B. 1719
C. 1722
D. 1731
32. Robinson Crusoe is based on the real-life experiences of—
A. Captain Cook
B. Alexander Selkirk
C. James Cook
D. William Dampier
33. "Moll Flanders" is written in the form of—
A. Third-person narration
B. Epistolary novel
C. Autobiographical confession
D. Dramatic monologue
34. Charles Dickens separated from his wife Catherine Hogarth in—
A. 1845
B. 1851
C. 1858
D. 1865
35. Virginia Woolf married Leonard Woolf in—
A. 1908
B. 1910
C. 1912
D. 1915
36. Which statement about John Milton is CORRECT?
A. He became blind after writing Paradise Lost
B. He was blind when he began composing "Paradise Lost"
C. He lost eyesight during the Great Fire of London
D. He dictated Areopagitica after becoming blind
37. Which pair is INCORRECTLY matched?
A. Keats — trained as an apothecary
B. Dickens — worked in a blacking factory
C. Wordsworth — educated at Oxford
D. Hardy — trained as an architect
***Wordsworth studied at Cambridge, not Oxford***
38. Which term best describes a narrative technique that deliberately draws attention to its own fictional nature?
A. Realism
B. Mimesis
C. Defamiliarization
D. Metafiction
39. In prosody, a spondee consists of—
A. An unstressed followed by a stressed syllable
B. Two unstressed syllables
C. Two stressed syllables
40. Charles Lamb collaborated with his sister Mary Lamb on—
A. Tales from Shakespeare
B. Lyrical Ballads
C. Lives of the Poets
D. Table Talk
41. Which critic popularized the term “Cockney School” through his attacks?
A. William Hazlitt
B. Francis Jeffrey
C. Leigh Hunt
D. John Gibson Lockhart
42. Which of the following writers is NOT associated with the Cockney School?
A. Leigh Hunt
B. John Keats
C. Charles Lamb
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
43. Which journal was closely linked with the Cockney School?
A. The Edinburgh Review
B. Blackwood’s Magazine
C. The Spectator
D. The Quarterly Review
44. The term heteroglossia, as used by Bakhtin, denotes—
A. Use of archaic language
B. Multiplicity of social voices within a text
C. Excessive symbolism
D. Authorial omniscience
45. Charles Lamb is best known for—
A. Romantic poetry
B. Essays
C. Novels
D. Tragedies
46. The pen name “Elia” of Charles Lamb was originally associated with—
A. A fictional character
B. An Italian friend
C. A clerk at the South Sea House
D. Lamb himself in childhood
47. Leigh Hunt acted as an editor for which major Romantic poet?
A. William Blake
B. John Keats
C. Percy Bysshe Shelley
D. Lord Byron
48. William Hazlitt’s most famous work of criticism is—
A. The Spirit of the Age
B. Essays of Elia
C. The Preface to Lyrical Ballads
D. Biographia Literaria
49. De Quincey’s "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" was first published in—
A. 1809
B. 1813
C. 1821
D. 1825
50. William Hazlitt wrote a critical essay on—
A. Shakespeare, Milton, and Napoleon
B. Byron, Shelley, and Keats
C. Pope, Dryden, and Swift
D. Blake, Coleridge, and Wordsworth