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Practice Set 19

December 27, 2025
Questionnaire

1. "How Do I Love Thee?” (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is best known for which of the following features?

A. Its dramatic monologue expressing spiritual doubt

B. Its enumeration of the many ways the poet loves her beloved

C. Its criticism of Victorian marriage

D. Its depiction of nature as a source of divine love

 

2. What is considered Jane Austen’s darkest novel in tone and theme?

A. Pride and Prejudice

B. Sense and Sensibility

C. Mansfield Park

D. Emma

 

3. The dominant tone of "Essays of Elia" is:

A. Satirical and harsh

B. Philosophical and argumentative

C. Personal, nostalgic, and humorous

D. Didactic and moralizing

 

4. Which essay reflects Lamb’s personal sorrow and unfulfilled domestic life?

A. Poor Relations

B. Old China

C. Dream Children

D. The South-Sea House

 

5. John Keats’s most productive literary years were:

A. 1805–1810

B. 1812–1815

C. 18181819

D. 1820–1825

 

6. "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen is best described as:

A. A tragic novel focusing on social injustice

B. A Gothic parody featuring a naive heroine who confuses fiction with reality

C. A historical romance set during the Napoleonic Wars

D. A psychological novel centered on moral corruption

 

7. Which of the following is a famous essay from "Essays of Elia?"

A. On Liberty

B. Dream Children

C. Of Studies

D. A Defence of Poetry

 

8. During his most productive period, Keats wrote all of the following except:

A. Ode to a Nightingale

B. Ode on a Grecian Urn

C. Endymion

D. In Memoriam

***"In Memoriam" Written by Tennyson***

 

9. Who coined the term “Spots of Time” in English literature?

A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. William Wordsworth

C. John Keats

D. P. B. Shelley

 

10. "The Prelude" primarily traces the growth of:

A. English rural society

B. The French Revolution

C. The poet’s own mind

D. Nature poetry

 

11. The concept of “Spots of Time” appears in:

A. Lyrical Ballads

B. Tintern Abbey

C. The Prelude

D. Michael

 

12. Thomas De Quincey is best known for his work:

A. Essays of Elia

B. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

C. The Prelude

D. Biographia Literaria

 

13. Which writer is famous for twist endings in short stories?

A. Anton Chekhov

B. Guy de Maupassant

C. O. Henry

D. Somerset Maugham

 

14. Which of the following is a famous novel by Somerset Maugham?

A. Of Human Bondage

B. The Mill on the Floss

C. Tess of the d’Urbervilles

D. The Picture of Dorian Gray

 

15. Which of the following is a famous short story by Maugham?

A. The Luncheon

B. The Signal-Man

C. The Open Window

D. The Tell-Tale Heart

 

16. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was published in:

A. 1885

B. 1890

C. 1895

D. 1900

 

17. Which character influences Dorian Gray towards a life of hedonism?

A. Lord Henry Wotton

B. Basil Hallward

C. Sibyl Vane

D. Alan Campbell

 

18. In literature, a hedonistic character typically:

A. Seeks knowledge above all

B. Pursues sensory pleasures and personal gratification

C. Sacrifices desires for moral duty

D. Avoids worldly experiences

 

19. Which of the following is not one of the four main characters in "The Merchant of Venice?"

A. Antonio

B. Bassanio

C. Shylock

D. Iago

 

20. Who is the merchant referred to in the title of "The Merchant of Venice?"

A. Bassanio

B. Antonio

C. Gratiano

D. Lorenzo

 

21. Who is known as the leading English poet of World War I?

A. Wilfred Owen

B. John Keats

C. William Blake

D. Alfred Tennyson

 

22. Siegfried Sassoon is famous for:

A. Romantic poetry

B. Satirical and realistic war poetry

C. Epic poems

D. Pastoral poems

 

23. Which war poet wrote "Dulce et Decorum Est?"

A. Rupert Brooke

B. Siegfried Sassoon

C. Wilfred Owen

D. Robert Graves

 

24. The final lines of "Strange Meeting" convey Owen’s wish for:

A. Revenge against the enemy

B. Absolute peace through the abolition of war

C. Eternal glory for fallen soldiers

D. Spiritual redemption for himself

 

25. The central character of "Madame Bovary" is:

A. Emma Bovary, a dissatisfied doctor's wife

B. Madame de Rênal, a governess

C. Thérèse Raquin, a passionate woman

D. Madame Bovary, a wealthy aristocrat

 

26. The deliberate understatement for ironic or dramatic effect, often using negation, is:

A. Hyperbole

B. Litotes

C. Euphemism

D. Irony

 

27. "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" was written by:

A. T. S. Eliot

B. W. B. Yeats

C. Robert Frost

D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 

28. The poem was reprinted in which of Yeats’s collections?

A. The Wind Among the Reeds

B. The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics

C. Responsibilities

D. The Tower

 

29. In "The Wild Swans at Coole," the swans symbolize:

A. Eternal beauty and passage of time

B. Political rebellion

C. Religious salvation

D. Personal grief

 

30. Which poem reflects Yeats’s response to the 1916 Easter Rising?

A. The Second Coming

B. Easter 1916

C. Leda and the Swan

D. Byzantium

 

31. Using a related word or concept to stand for something else, e.g., “the crown” for a king, is called:

A. Synecdoche

B. Metonymy

C. Euphemism

D. Irony

 

32. A figure of speech where a part is used to represent the whole or vice versa is:

A. Synecdoche

B. Metonymy

C. Allegory

D. Hyperbole

 

33. "The Prelude" was written as an introduction to:

A. Lyrical Ballads

B. The Recluse

C. The Excursion

D. Tintern Abbey

 

34. "The Prelude" was published:

A. During Wordsworth’s lifetime

B. In 1798

C. In 1805

D. After Wordsworth’s death

 

35. A contradictory statement that reveals a truth is called:

A. Paradox

B. Oxymoron

C. Irony

D. Satire

 

36. A brief story used to teach a moral lesson is called:

A. Allegory

B. Parable

C. Fable

D. Satire

 

37. A humorous imitation of a serious work, often to criticize it, is called:

A. Parody

B. Satire

C. Irony

D. Farce

 

38. In "Sailing to Byzantium", Yeats contrasts:

A. Youth and age

B. War and peace

C. Love and hate

D. Nature and industry

 

39. Which playwright is famous for "Pygmalion" and "Saint Joan?"

A. George Bernard Shaw

B. Oscar Wilde

C. Henrik Ibsen

D. Arthur Miller

 

40. Henrik Ibsen, known as the “Father of Modern Drama,” was from:

A. England

B. Germany

C. Norway

D. Sweden

 

41. Oscar Wilde is best known for which genre of plays?

A. Tragedy

B. Comedy of manners

C. Historical drama

D. Absurdist drama

 

42. Which of the following is a famous play by Henrik Ibsen?

A. A Doll’s House

B. Pygmalion

C. The Importance of Being Earnest

D. The Crucible

 

43. Who is the hero of "Arms and the Man", known as a professional soldier with a practical view of war?

A. Sergius Saranoff

B. Captain Bluntschli

C. Raina Petkoff

D. Nicola

 

44. Which character serves as comic relief and a loyal servant in the play "Arms and the Man"?

A. Captain Bluntschli

B. Raina Petkoff

C. Nicola

D. Sergius Saranoff

 

45. The Restoration in 1660 ended the Commonwealth Period and restored:

A. Parliamentary supremacy

B. The monarchy under Charles II

C. Puritan rule

D. Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector

 

46. The Commonwealth Period in England refers to the years:

A. 1603–1625

B. 16491660

C. 1660–1685

D. 1701–1714

 

47. The line “Good fences make good neighbors” appears in:

A. The Road Not Taken ( Robert Frost)

B. Mending Wall (Robert Frost)

C. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening  (Robert Frost)

D. Birches (Robert Frost)

 

48. Charles Lamb is famous for which type of essays?

A. Critical and philosophical essays

B. Personal and humorous essays

C. Political essays

D. Scientific essays

 

49. Which of the following best defines an essay?

A. A long fictional narrative

B. A short literary composition expressing personal ideas or arguments

C. A collection of poems

D. A dramatic dialogue

 

50. Which D. H. Lawrence novel caused controversy due to its explicit treatment of sexuality?

A. The Rainbow

B. Women in Love

C. Lady Chatterley’s Lover

D. Sons and Lovers