M.A ENGLISH LITERATURE ENTRENCE EXAM IMPORTANT MCQ PART 1

M.A ENGLISH LITERATURE ENTRENCE EXAM

IMPORTANT MCQ PART 1

question no (1) The subjugation of Women (1869) is an important text of:
option are
(a) George Eliot
(b) Byron
(c) John Mill
(d) Hardy

Answer is option  (c) John Mill


question no (2) Which of the following poems by Tennyson is a monodrama?
option are
(a) Ulysses
(b) Break, Break, Break
(c) Maud
(d) Crossing the Bar 


Answer is option  (c) Maud


question no  (3) The line “she dwells with Beauty – Beauty that must be” occurs in Keats’
option are
(a) Lamia
(b) Ode to a Grecian Urn
(c) Ode on Melancholy
(d) Endymion 


Answer is option  (c) Ode on Melancholy


question no  (4) Negative Capability to Keats, means
option are
(a) The ability to sympathize with other
(b) Say bad thing, about others
(c) To empathize 


Answer is option  (c) To empathize 


question no  (5) “Art for arts sake” found its true adherent in:
option are
(a) Wordsworth
(b) Byron
(c) Browning
(d) Wilde 


Answer is option  (d) Wilde 


question no  (6) It as the best of times, it was the worst of time, it was the worst – the opening of Dickens’
option are
(a) Hard Times
(b) David Copperfield
(c) Oliver Twist
(d) A Tales of Two Cities 


Answer is option  (d) A Tales of Two Cities 


question no  (7) The character of Little Neil is a creation of: 
option are
(a) Hardy
(b) Eliot
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) Dickens


Answer is option  (d) Dickens

question no  (8) “Idylls of the King” is illustration of Tennyson’s deep interest in: 
option are
(a) Medieval legends
(b) The role of the king
(c) Hero worship 
(d) The contemporary condition


Answer is option  (b) The role of the king


question no (9) Who believed that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of emotions?

option are
(a) Blake
(b) Byron
(c) Wordsworth 
(d) Keats 


Answer is option  (c) Wordsworth


question no  (10) Who after the publication of a poem, awoke and found himself famous?
option are
(a) Shelley
(b) Browning
(c) Wordsworth 
(d) Keats 


Answer is option  (c) Wordsworth 


question no  (11) The image of the femme fatale dominates the poetry of:
option are
(a) Wordsworth
(b) Keats
(c) Byron
(d) Tennyson


Answer is option  (b) Keats


question no  (12) Little Time is a character in Hardy’s
option are
(a) The return of the native
(b) Jude the Obscure
(c) Mayor of Casterbridge


Answer is option  (b) Jude the Obscure


question no  (13) Which is the famous elegy written by Shelley?
option are
(a) In Memoriam
(b) Lycidas
(c) Adonis
(d) Thyrsis


Answer is option  (c) Adonis


question no  (14) The moral choice is everything in the works of:
option are
(a) Dickens
(b) George Eliot
(c) Hardy 


Answer is option  (a) Dickens


 question no  (15) Which of the following is illustrative of Ruskin’s interest in social economy?
option are
(a) The Seven Lamps
(b) Unto this Last
(c) The Stones of Venice


Answer is option  (b) Unto this Last


question no  (16) Which one of the following poets named the Romantic poet as the “pond poets”?
option are
(a) Southey
(b) Shelley
(c) Keats
(d) Byron 


Answer is option  (a) Southey


question no  (17) The Charge of the Light Brigade” (Tennyson) commemorates:
option are
(a) The Boer War
(b) The battle of Trafalgar
(c) The Crimean War 


Answer is option  (c) The Crimean War 


question no (18) The Elgin Marbles inspired Keats to write:
option are
(a) Endymion
(b) Lamia
(c) The Grecian Urn
(d) Melancholy 


Answer is option  (c) The Grecian Urn 


question no  (19) Would you tell Sordelo (Browning) as a:
option are
(a) Dramatic Monologue
(b) Dramatic Lyrics
(c) Tragic Drama 


Answer is option  (b) Dramatic Lyrics


question no (20) Which one of the following poets was appointed Poet Laureate in the year 1813?
option are
(a) Tennyson
(b) Byron
(c) Southey
(d) Wordsworth 


Answer is option  (c) Southey

 

 

 

 

B.A ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER GAUHATI UNIVERSITY 2ND SEM

                                                   3 (sem 2/cbcs) ENG HC 2

                                                                      2022

                                                                 ENGLISH

                                                   PAPER : ENG-HC-2026

                                         ( British Poetry and Drama : 14^th to

                                                     17^th centuries )

                                              [Honours Core )

                                               Full Marke: 80

                                               Time 3 hours

 

The Figures in the margin indicute full marks

                       for the questions

 

1. Answer any ten of the following questions                                                                     1x10=10

 

(a ) What is the name of the fifth husband of wife of Bath?

Ans: Jankyn

(B) When did Wife of Bath's fourth husband

pass away?

 

(C) Name any one place of pilgrimage that Wife of Bath has been mentioned to have visited other than Canterbury.

Ans: Boulogne

(d) When was Spenser's Amoretti published?

1595

 

 

(e) Whom does the poet forbid from

mourning in Donne's A Valediction Forbidding Mourning?

his wife, Anne,

(F) Who appears in front of Doctor Faustus in the guise of a Franciscan friar?

Mephistophilis

(g) Why does Faustus choose Necromancy as the subject of his study? 

Faustus becomes dissatisfied with his studies of medicine, law, logic and theology; therefore, he decides to turn to the dangerous practice of necromancy, or magic.

(h) How does Faustian sign his pact with Lucifer?

It must be signed with Faustus' blood.

(i) Who is the first of the seven deadly sins

to appear before Faustus? 

 pride

(j) Who discovers Duncan's body?

Macduff discovers King Duncan's body.

 

(k) Who has been mentioned as gaidens of witchcraft in Macbeth

Hecate

(l) Where do the Scottish kings get crowned in Macheth?

Moot Hill at Scone PALACE

(m) Who saves Viola from the wreck in Twelfth Night?

Viola was pulled from the wreckage and rescued by the Sea Captain,

( n) How are Sur Toby and Olivia related?

Sir Toby Belch is a character in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. He is Olivia's uncle.

 

(o) Why does Feste call Olivia a fool ?

This is an example of Feste's awareness. He sees the foolishness of Olivia stubborn mourning for her brother when, it can be argued, he is in a better place

 2.Answer any five of the following questions

 

                                                             2×5=10

 

(a) What kind of husbands does Wife of

Bath like?

The Wife of Bath has had five husbands. Her first husbands were rich and old; her last husbands were young and handsome. That clearly shows her plan: first get the money, then have fun. It is very hard to respect her, for the only things she longs for are money and sex,

 (b) What is the source of Wife of Bath's

fortune?

The Wife of Bath uses the medieval equation of women with property to her advantage in her relationships by in effect trading herself for money.

 

 

(c)Why does the speaker call the sun a busy old fool in The Sunne Rising? 

Donne uses expressions such as, "Busy old fool" (line 1) and "Saucy Pedantic Wretch" [perfectionist] (line 5) to describe his annoyance with it. The speaker of the poem questions the sun's motives and yearns for the sun to go away so that he and his lover can stay in bed.

(d) Who is Beelzebub in Doctor Faustus?

 

(e) What does the Horse-Courser do in Doctor Faustus and what does Faustus do to him?

The horse-courser pulls on Faustus' legs, awakens him, and demands that Faustus pay him back his money. He is astounded when Faustus' entire leg comes off. He is so frightened that he promises to pay Faustus forty more dollars.

 

(f) What is Lady Macbeth's role in the

murder of Duncan?

Lady Macbeth plans to invite king Duncan over for dinner, but really she is convincing Macbeth to murder him. She influences him to kill Duncan because he is the only one standing in the way of Macbeth becoming king. Lady Macbeth plans the killing but convinces Macbeth to do the dirty deed.

 

(g) Why has it been said in Macbeth that the Birnam Wood' moved though woods

are immovable?

A prophecy Macbeth receives from three witches suggests he will remain king until Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane. Because trees can't move and entire forests aren't capable of relocating, Macbeth believes this to be impossible. Considering himself invincible, he rests easy

(b) What is the cause of Orsino's sadness in Act I of Twelfth Night?

Orsino is hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lady Olivia and pines away for her. He refuses to hunt and orders musicians to entertain him while he thinks about his desire for Olivia. His servant Valentine reminds him that Olivia does not return his love or even listen to the messages he sends her.

3. Write short notes : on any four of the following:                                   5x4=20

(a) The 'bad husbands' of Wife of Bath

(b) Donne's poetic concerns in Batter my

Heart

(c) Metaphysical conceit

(d) Role of scholars in Doctor Faustus

 

(e) Wagner

 

(f) Significance of the witches in Macbeth

 

(g) Banquet scene

 

(h) Appropriateness of the title, Twelfth night 

4. Answer any four of the following questions.                                    10×4=40

a) Discuss the nature of relationship that Wife of Bath had with her 'good husbands.

(b) Do you think that Wife of Bath is a woman ahead of her times in terms of her thoughts and actions? Give a reasoned answer.

 

(c) Write an analytical note on the poetic theme(s) present in the prescribed sections of Spenser's Amoret

 

d) Attempt a  critical appreciation of John Donne's The Sunne Risin

 

(e) Assess John Donne as a metaphysical poet with reference to prescribed in your syllabus. the poe

 

(f) What is a morality play? Do you think

that Doctor Faustus is a morality play

Elaborat

 

(g) Do you believe that Macbeth is weak for

the role that he choses to play? Give your views on it

h) Discuss the nature of Macbeth-Banque relationship and its significance in Macbet

(i) Write a detailed note on the theme of disguise and mistaken identity in Shakespeare's Twelfth Nig

 

(j).       "A loveable rogue. 

           A selfish hypocrite"

 

Analyze the character of Sir Toby on the basis of the above statement.