1. Which Romantic poet was a close friend of Charles Lamb?
A. William Wordsworth
B. John Keats
C. Percy Bysshe Shelley
D. Lord Byron
2. Identify the incorrect statement:
A. Heroic couplet = rhymed iambic pentameter
B. Sonnet = 14 lines
C. Elegy = humorous poem
D. Ode = poem of praise
3. Eliot’s concept of “impersonality” in art suggests that:
A. Poetry should express personal emotions directly
B. The poet should detach personal feelings from poetry
C. Poetry must be autobiographical
D. Emotion is unnecessary in poetry
4. Which prose work is written by Donne?
A. Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
B. Areopagitica
C. Utopia
D. Leviathan
5. The famous country house poem by Ben Jonson is:
A. On My First Son
B. To Celia
C. To Penshurst
D. Song to Diana
6. Ben Jonson’s connection with the Sidney family inspired:
A. Volpone
B. The Alchemist
C. To Penshurst
D. Every Man in His Humour
7. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is best described as:
A. Epic poem
B. Dramatic monologue
C. Ballad
D. Ode
8. Which of the following is NOT a poem by John Donne?
A. The Relic
B. The Anniversary
C. The Collar
D. The Ecstasy
9. The use of pararhyme (half-rhyme) is a distinctive feature of:
A. Rupert Brooke
B. Wilfred Owen
C. Siegfried Sassoon
D. Isaac Rosenberg
10. Lyric poetry mainly focuses on:
A. Historical events
B. Objective facts
C. Personal emotions and feelings
D. Political systems
11. Jonson’s theory of “humours” in comedy is primarily derived from:
A. Platonic philosophy
B. Medieval theology
C. Classical medical theory (Galenic humoral theory)
D. Renaissance humanism
12. Eliot played a major role in reviving interest in:
A. Romantic poets
B. Metaphysical poets
C. War poets
D. Victorian novelists
13. Which poem uses the famous compass conceit?
A. The Anniversary
B. A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
C. The Relic
D. The Dream
14. "For whom the bell tolls” is taken from:
A. The Flea
B. The Canonization
C. Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
D. Holy Sonnets
15. Which war poet was influenced by Sassoon during treatment at Craiglockhart War Hospital?
A. Rupert Brooke
B. Wilfred Owen
C. Edward Thomas
D. Robert Graves
16. Which poem ends with the line “Let us sleep now…”?
A. Dulce et Decorum Est
B. Anthem for Doomed Youth
C. Strange Meeting
D. The Soldier
17. T. S. Eliot received the Nobel Prize in Literature in:
A. 1922
B. 1939
C. 1948
D. 1955
18. Which collaborator worked closely with Jonson on court masques (set design)?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Inigo Jones
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. John Milton
19. Christopher Marlowe died in:
A. 1603
B. 1593
C. 1588
D. 1620
20. "Tamburlaine the Great" is based on the life of:
A. A Roman emperor
B. A Persian king
C. A Central Asian conqueror (Timur/Tamerlane)
D. A Greek hero
21. Ballad meter consists of:
A. 5 stresses each line
B. Alternating tetrameter and trimeter
C. Free verse
D. Blank verse
22. The common rhyme scheme of ballad meter is:
A. AAAA
B. ABAB
C. ABCB
D. AABB
23. Ballad meter is most associated with:
A. Epic poetry
B. Dramatic monologue
C. Folk songs and narrative poetry
D. Sonnets
24. Which critic accused metaphysical poets of “yoking heterogeneous ideas by violence together”?
A. T. S. Eliot
B. Samuel Johnson
C. F. R. Leavis
D. Cleanth Brooks
25. Marlowe’s use of blank verse in "Tamburlaine" is often called:
A. Heroic couplet
B. Free verse
C. The “mighty line”
D. Ballad meter
26. "The Children of the Chapel" refers to:
A. A religious institution
B. A group of adult actors
C. A company of boy actors in London
D. A literary society
27. Christopher Marlowe was a contemporary of:
A. John Milton
B. William Shakespeare
C. Alexander Pope
D. William Wordsworth
28. The famous First Folio (1623) is associated with:
A. John Milton
B. William Shakespeare
C. Geoffrey Chaucer
D. Ben Jonson
29. "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats" later inspired:
A. A novel
B. A film
C. A musical (Cats)
D. A painting
30. Identify the incorrect statement about meter:
A. Pentameter = 5 feet
B. Tetrameter = 4 feet
C. Trimeter = 3 feet
D. Dimeter = 4 feet
31. Which of the following is a key theme in war poetry?
A. Celebration of luxury
B. Disillusionment with war
C. Pastoral beauty
D. Industrial progress
32. Which collection includes Donne’s religious sonnets?
A. Songs and Sonnets
B. Holy Sonnets
C. Lyrical Ballads
D. The Temple
33. Who among the following is known for highlighting the “pity of war”?
A. Wilfred Owen
B. John Keats
C. William Wordsworth
D. Alexander Pope
34. Which type of poetry is primarily narrative and tells a story?
A. Lyric
B. Ode
C. Ballad / Epic
D. Sonnet
35. The phrase “brutal reality of trenches” in war poetry refers to:
A. Peaceful countryside life
B. Heroic victories only
C. Harsh and deadly conditions of soldiers
D. Royal court life
36. “Death, be not proud” is also known as:
A. Holy Sonnet X
B. Holy Sonnet I
C. The Relic
D. The Dream
37. Which poem begins with “Busy old fool, unruly Sun”?
A. The Sun Rising
B. The Good-Morrow
C. The Flea
D. Holy Sonnet X
38. Early editions of Hamlet appeared in:
A. Folio only
B. Quarto form
C. Octavo form
D. Manuscript only
39. In bibliographical terms, a “leaf” consists of:
A. One page
B. Two pages (recto and verso)
C. Four pages
D. Eight pages
40. A sheet folded three times produces:
A. Folio
B. Quarto
C. Octavo
D. Sextodecimo
41. An octavo format results in how many leaves per sheet?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
42. Compared to a quarto, a folio is generally:
A. Smaller
B. Cheaper
C. Larger and more prestigious
D. Less important
43. Brobdingnag is known for (Gulliver’s Travels):
A. Flying islands
B. Intelligent horses
C. Giants
D. Invisible people
44. John Donne used which poetic style?
A. Blank verse
B. Free verse
C. Metaphysical conceits
D. Ballad form
45. What is a “conceit” in Donne’s poetry?
A. A rhyme scheme
B. A complex metaphor
C. A stanza form
D. A rhythm pattern
46. The novel "Gulliver’s Travels" mainly uses fantasy to:
A. Entertain only
B. Promote science
C. Satirize human nature and society
D. Describe travel routes
47. Ben Jonson flourished mainly during the reign of:
A. Elizabeth I
B. James I
C. Charles II
D. Queen Anne
48. In 1605, Ben Jonson was present at a supper party attended by conspirators of the:
A. Popish Plot
B. Gunpowder Plot
C. Rye House Plot
D. Essex Rebellion
49. Charles Lamb collaborated with his sister Mary Lamb on:
A. Pride and Prejudice
B. Tales from Shakespeare
C. Utopia
D. Gulliver’s Travels
50. The Latin phrase “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” originates from:
A. Virgil
B. Horace
C. Ovid
D. Cicero