1. Which work is often considered the “manifesto of English Romanticism”?
A. Biographia Literaria
B. Preface to Lyrical Ballads
C. Defence of Poetry
D. A Vision of Judgement
2. Wordsworth added the famous definition of poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” in the Preface of—
A. 1798 edition
B. 1800 edition
C. 1802 edition
D. 1815 edition
3. Which text serves as Coleridge’s philosophical defence of Romantic criticism?
A. Table Talk
B. Letters on Poetry
C. Biographia Literaria
D. Sibylline Leaves
4. “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world” appears in—
A. Queen Mab
B. The Revolt of Islam
C. A Defence of Poetry
D. Adonais
5. Which essay by Lamb criticizes the Restoration actors’ misrepresentation of Shakespeare?
A. On the Tragedies of Shakespeare
B. On the Artificial Comedy of the Last Century
C. On Some of the Old Actors
D. Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading
6. Hazlitt’s major Romantic critical work Lectures on the English Poets was delivered in—
A. 1808
B. 1812
C. 1815
D. 1818
7. Which Romantic text explicitly rejects neoclassical poetic diction?
A. Byron’s English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
B. Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads
C. Coleridge’s The Friend
D. Lamb’s Essays of Elia
8. “Imagination is the faculty which… dissolves, diffuses, dissipates” appears in—
A. Biographia Literaria
B. The Prelude
C. Poems in Two Volumes
D. Dejection: An Ode
9. Shelley’s A Defence of Poetry was written as a response to—
A. Wordsworth’s Preface
B. Peacock’s "The Four Ages of Poetry"
C. Byron’s satire
D. Keats’s poetic theory
10. Which Romantic prose text defends Milton against classical critics and praises poetic freedom?
A. Coleridge’s The Friend
B. Hazlitt’s The Spirit of the Age
C. Leigh Hunt’s The Examiner Essays
D. Blake’s "Annotations to Reynolds"
11. Which Romantic critic is most associated with the idea of “organic form”?
A. Hazlitt
B. Lamb
C. Coleridge
D. De Quincey
12. The concept of “associationism” influencing early Romantic thought is most closely tied to—
A. Locke and Hume
B. Kant
C. Aristotle
D. Dante
13. What does the term “Byronic hero” refer to?
A. A purely virtuous protagonist
B. A rebellious, brooding, and flawed individual
C. A classical tragic hero
D. A pastoral shepherd figure
14. Which of the following is a novel by Oscar Wilde?
A. The Picture of Dorian Gray
B. Lady Susan
C. Emma
D. Sense and Sensibility
15. Oscar Wilde’s famous play The Importance of Being Earnest was first performed in:
A. 1885
B. 1890
C. 1895
D. 1900
16. Lycidas, Milton’s elegy, was written in memory of:
A. His father
B. Edward King
C. His teacher
D. Oliver Cromwell
17. Which work of Milton is written in prose to defend freedom of the press?
A. Areopagitica
B. Eikonoklastes
C. Of Education
D. De Doctrina Christiana
18. R.K. Narayan’s fictional town of Malgudi is inspired by—
A. Chennai
B. Mysore
C. Madurai
D. Coimbatore
19. Who wrote "The Discovery of India" while imprisoned in 1942–46?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. B.R. Ambedkar
C. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
D. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
20. Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children won the Booker Prize in—
A. 1979
B. 1981
C. 1985
D. 1987
21. Mulk Raj Anand’s novel Untouchable primarily deals with—
A. Partition
B. Caste discrimination
C. Rural poverty
D. Colonial administration
22. Raja Rao’s first novel Kanthapura was published in:
A. 1935
B. 1937
C. 1938
D. 1944
23. Who introduced blank verse into English drama?
A. Marlowe
B. Shakespeare
C. Milton
D. Dryden
24. The term “Byronic hero” was coined by—
A. Shelley
B. Byron
C. Coleridge
D. Keats
25. In Romantic criticism, “primary imagination” and “secondary imagination” are terms introduced by—
A. Wordsworth
B. Shelley
C. Coleridge
D. Keats
26. Ode is—
A. A short lyric poem on a single idea
B. A long, formal poem expressing exalted emotion
C. A narrative poem about historical events
D. A dialogue in verse
27. Which Indian author is famous for blending folklore, myth, and modern fiction in novels like "The God of Small Things"?
A. Anita Desai
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Kiran Desai
D. Ruskin Bond
28. Negative Capability (Keats) refers to—
A. The poet’s mastery of rhyme
B. Acceptance of uncertainty and ambiguity without seeking reason
C. Imitation of classical models
D. Use of heroic couplets
29. Ottava rima is a stanza form primarily used for—
A. Elegies
B. Satirical and narrative poetry
C. Sonnets
D. Odes
30. Alexander Pope is best associated with which period of English literature?
A. Renaissance
B. Neo-classical / Augustan
C. Romantic
D. Victorian
31. Restoration drama flourished primarily in which years?
A. 1603–1660
B. 1660–1700
C. 1700–1750
D. 1750–1800
32. Arundhati Roy’s "The God of Small Things" was published in:
A. 1995
B. 1996
C. 1997
D. 1998
33. The “Lucy poems” were written by—
A. Coleridge
B. Wordsworth
C. Keats
D. Shelley
34. Sarojini Naidu’s first collection "The Golden Threshold" was published in:
A. 1902
B. 1905
C. 1907
D. 1910
35. Who is known for introducing “magic realism” into Indian English fiction?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Anita Desai
36. The “West Wind” in Shelley’s ode functions MOST strongly as a symbol of—
A. Revolutionary force
B. Pastoral peace
C. God’s punishment
D. Historical decay
37. The skylark in Shelley’s "To a Skylark" symbolizes—
A. Human sorrow
B. Unpremeditated joy
C. Nature’s rebirth
D. Poetic failure
38. Felicia Hemans’s popular poem “Casabianca” was published in:
A. 1815
B. 1820
C. 1826
D. 1830
39. Coleridge and Wordsworth settled in the Lake District in:
A. 1795
B. 1797
C. 1799
D. 1801
40. Which author belonged to the Lost Generation?
A. Hemingway
B. Steinbeck
C. Faulkner
D. All of the above
41. “The Sage of Concord” refers to:
A. Hawthorne
B. Thoreau
C. Emerson
D. Poe
42. Which poet was part of the metaphysical school?
A. Marvell
B. Wordsworth
C. Dryden
D. Pope
43. The Spenserian stanza was created for which work?
A. The Shepherd’s Calendar
B. The Faerie Queene
C. Amoretti
D. Astrophel
44. Who wrote the Hymns to the Night?
A. Holderlin
B. Novalis
C. Rilke
D. Goethe
45. Who is the first Indian to receive the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (highest literary honour in India)?
A. R.K. Narayan
B. Mulk Raj Anand
C. R. Parthasarathy
D. C. Rajagopalachari
46. Byron’s death occurred in:
A. 1822
B. 1824
C. 1826
D. 1830
47. Which poet is linked with Irish Revival?
A. Keats
B. Yeats
C. Blake
D. Eliot
48. Anxiety of influence is associated with:
A. Harold Bloom
B. Terry Eagleton
C. I.A. Richards
D. Leavis
49. Dryden served as England’s first:
A. Poet Laureate
B. Poet-critic
C. Translator
D. Court poet
50. Eliot’s concept of “Objective Correlative” appears in his essay:
A. “Tradition and the Individual Talent”
B. “Hamlet and His Problems”
C. “The Metaphysical Poets”
D. “Dante”