English Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers | English Quiz Set 16

(1) The seven deadly sins are sought to be portrayed in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Which of the following sins is not covered by Chaucer ?

I. Jealousy

II. Envy

III. Lust

IV. Homicide

The right combination according to the code is

(1) I & II
(2) I & III
(3) I & IV
(4) III & IV
Answer: I & IV
(2) Richardson’s Pamela had its origin in
(1) the real case of a woman born to lower-middle-class parents
(2) an elementary letter-writing manual
(3) the general plight of English women
(4) the suggestion of a friend to defend middle-class values
Answer: an elementary letter-writing manual

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(3) The Medall, a poem written by John Dryden in 1681, is sub-titled
(1) A Satire against Sedition
(2) A Satire against Tyranny
(3) A Satire against Greed
(4) A Satire against Apostasy
Answer: A Satire against Sedition
(4) “Full fathom five thy father lies” is an example of
(1) assonance
(2) alliteration
(3) apostrophe
(4) enjambment
Answer: alliteration
(5) What is a trochee ?
(1) A two syllable foot of verse with two heavy stresses
(2) A two syllable foot of verse in which the stress falls on the first syllable
(3) Three successive heavy stresses
(4) A six line stanza in which the rhyme sounds are all identical
Answer: A two syllable foot of verse in which the stress falls on the first syllable
(6) Keats’s “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” combines two poetic forms

I. Lyric

II. Dramatic Monologue

III. Ballad

IV. Sonnet

The right combination according to the code is

(1) II and III
(2) I and IV
(3) I and III
(4) II and IV
Answer: I and III
(7) ______ narrator highlights the problem of narrative authority.
(1) First person
(2) Self-conscious
(3) Third person
(4) Participant
Answer: Self-conscious
(8) Who among the following modern writers is associated with the quote, “Only connect” ?
(1) D.H. Lawrence
(2) Virginia Woolf
(3) James Joyce
(4) E.M. Forster
Answer: E.M. Forster
(9) Which of the following images does not figure in Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts” ?
(1) a boy falling out of the sky
(2) children … skating on a pond at the edge of wood
(3) ranches of isolation and the busy griefs
(4) the dogs go on with their doggy life
Answer: ranches of isolation and the busy griefs
(10) Feste is a clown in
(1) Twelfth Night
(2) As You Like It
(3) The Taming of the Shrew
(4) Much Ado About Nothing
Answer: Twelfth Night
(11) Which play by Tom Stoppard has a play within the play ?
(1) Enter a Free Man.
(2) The Real Inspector Hound.
(3) Jumpers.
(4) Night and Day.
Answer: The Real Inspector Hound
(12) Which of the following is not true of free verse ?
(1) Characterised by short, irregular lines
(2) No rhyme pattern
(3) Written in iambic pentameter
(4) A dependence on the effective and more intense use of pauses
Answer: Written in iambic pentameter
(13) James Thomson’s long poem, The Seasons, revised and expanded all his life, began in the first instance as a poem entitled
(1) Spring
(2) Summer
(3) Winter
(4) Autumn
Answer: Winter
(14) Two cantos from the seventh book of The Faerie Queene appeared posthumously. They are known as
(1) Mutability cantos
(2) Friendship cantos
(3) Justice cantos
(4) Courtesy cantos
Answer: Mutability cantos
(15) Foucault believes that the facts of history will protect us from
(1) repeating mistakes
(2) totalitarianism
(3) deconstructionism
(4) historicism
Answer: historicism

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