PG TRB ENGLISH TOPIC WISE TEST 49 | UNIT 8 By Tamil Madal - February 10, 2022 0 176 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Welcome to your PG TRB ENGLISH TOPIC WISE TEST 49 | UNIT 8 Name Reg No 1. Who are the main critics of Neoclassical Age"? A) Dryden B) Pope C) Johnson D) All of the above 2. What is an epic? (a) a prose composition (b) a romance (c) a novel (d) a long poem 3. Who among the following is called "Animal Poet"? A. Larkins B. Ted Hughes C. Stephen Spender D. Dylan Thomas 4. The systematic study of versification in poetry is A. Prosody B. Euphony C. Assonance D. Alliteration 5. In general, tragedy involves what? A.Hilarious but ridiculous comedy B.The ruin of the leading characters C.Critisisms of social, economic, or political problems D.A happy ending where justice is served 6. What are Aristotle's three Unities? A.Time, Place, Action B.Action, plot, humour C.Drama, comedy, satire D.Denouement, anaganorsis, peripeteia 7. Among the following who was known as "The English Master of short story" ? A. T.S. Eliot B. James Joyce C. Wyndham Lewis D. Katherine Masefield 8. ____play denotes only dramas based on the saints lives A. Miracle B. Mystery C. Morality D. Interlude 9. The word Imagism was coined by A) Edgar Allen Poe B) Arthur Symons C) Ezra Pound D) Andre Breton 10. Who is regarded as the 'Father of the Science Fiction'? (a) Isaac Asimov (b) Jules Verne (c) H.G. Wells (d) Arthur C.Clarke 11. Which of the following is not a modernist movement? (A) Expressionism (B) Surrealism (C) Realism (D) Humanism 12. Ottava rima was brought into England through the sonnets of A. Shakespeare B. Spencer C. Dryden D. Wyatt 13. Who is not related to French feminism? A) Julia Kristeva B) Mary Wollstonecraft C) Hélène Cixousx D) Luce Irigaray 14. Which is a comedy that involves ridiculous or hilarious complications without regard for human values? A.Comedy of Manners B.Problem Play C.Farce D.Fantasy 15. Who defines criticism as the play of mind on the aesthetic qualities of literature? A-Atkins B-Sainsbury C-Victor Hugo D-Edmund Gosse 16. Chaucer‟s literary period divided into ______ stages A) Two B) Three C) Four D) Five 17. The term, “objective correlative” is associated with _____. A. T.S. Eliot B. Ted Hughes C. Sylvia Plath D. Thom Gunn 18. The Miracle Plays' flourished in England from about the A) 12th to 14th century B) 12th to 15th century C) 14th to 16th century D) 12th to 16th century 19. Sequence of interrelated events that make up the action is A. Plot B. Setting C. Characters D. Theme 20. Post modernism arose after the _________ A) World war I B) World war II C) Hundred years war D) Civil war 21. How many are the classes of waves of modern feminism? A.Four waves B.Five waves C.Six waves D.Three waves 22. From the following indicate the critic who is not a New Critic: A) Allen Tate B) Robert Penn Warren C) Cleanth Brooks D) Claude Levi-Strauss. 23. Who among the following is not a sacred poet? A. Herbert B. Carew C. Crashaw D. Vaughan 24. The term Metaphysical was first used by A. Dryden B. Cowley C. Dr Johnson D. John Donne 25. The Egoist was written by A. Butler B. Thackeray C. Trollope D. G.Meredith 26. The metre which is most common in English poetry is A) Syllabic B) Quantitative C) Accentual syllabic metre D) Accentual metre 27. What is imagery? A.Use of particular sounds that create visual representation of ideas in the protagonist B.Use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds C.Use of particular words that create visual representation of hate in our minds D.Use of particular headings that create visual representation of love in our minds 28. Who coined the term "Feminism"? A.Karl Marx B.Lily Thompson C.Antoine Louis D.Ella Martins 29. An Alexandrine is a line of A. Eight Iambic feet B. Six Iambic feet C. Four Iambic feet D. Seven Iambic feet 30. Which of the following best describes journalism? A.It is a field of study which involves gathering and delivering information to the public. B.A field of mass communication which is aimed at providing the citizens with information which will make them free and self-governing. C.The study of creating news articles and opinion articles that shall form an informed citizenry. D.None of the above. 31. The mother tongue is used as the medium of instruction in A) Direct method B) Bi lingual method C) Grammar Translation method D) None of these 32. Harlem Renaissance writers are ______ A) Indo – European B) Indo – American C) American D) African – American 33. How many types are there in literary criticism? A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8 34. Traditional epics were written in A) Verse B) Novel C) Fiction D) None of these 35. Which is a drama of social criticism that discusses social, economic, or political problems by means of a play? A.Problem Play B.Farce C.Melodrama D. Tragedy 36. Which of the following was a Movement Poet? (A) Louis MacNeice (B) Sylvia Plath (C) Thom Gunn (D) E. E. Cummings 37. Identify the speaker of the following quote”One is not born, but rather becomes women”? A) Simon de Beauvoir B) Elaine Showalter C) Kate Millet D) Julia Kristeva 38. Affective Fallacy is associated with A. W.k Wimsatt and Beardsley B. Cleanth Brooks C. Wimsatt and Brooks D. Stanley Fish 39. What is a protagonist? A.The minor character in a play, film, novel B.The leading character in a film C.The leading character in a play, film or novel D.The leading character in a play, film or novel who always dies 40. One of these men did NOT write during the Restoration period. Who? A.Sir Walter Scott B.John Dryden C.Thomas Otway D.John Milton 41. The Realistic Novel is also called A. Novel of Incident B. Novel of Ideas C. Novel of Manners D. Novel of facts 42. Which of the following was NOT considered a "University Wits" representative? A.Christopher Marlowe B.Robert Greene C.Thomas Kyd D.William Shakespeare 43. Who coined the term ‘stream of consciousness’? (A) William James (B) James Joyce (C) Henry James (D) James Stuart Mill 44. Who popularized realism in modern Drama? A.G.B Shaw B .Henrik Ibsen C. Shakespeare D. John Dryden 45. Which should be avoid in newspaper Language? A) Active Words B) Passive Words C) Often used Words D) Adjectives 46. The Rhyme Royal was first used in English verse by Geoffrey Chaucer in A. Canterbury tales B. Troilus and Criseyde C. House of Fame D. Roman de la Rose 47. The Etymological meaning of Criticism is A. Analysis B. Finding Fault C. Judgement D. Strainer 48. Pragmatic Criticism, is the prevalent (Wide - Spread) in the century of A) 16th Century B) 17th Century C) 18th Century D) 19th Century 49. Creative Non Fiction is also called... A.Essay B.Fiction C.Poetry D. Poesy 50. Which is a comedy that wittily portrays fashionable life? A.Melodrama B.Farce C.Fantasy D.Comedy of Manners 51. The movement associated with Modernism is _________. a) Dadaism b) Symbolism c) Vorticism d) All the above 52. What is dramatic irony? A.When the outcome is the opposite of the expectation. B.When the audience knows things the characters in the text do not know. C. when what a character says is the opposite of what they mean D. None 53. Samuel Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the A.comedy B.tragedy C.tragi-comedy D.none of the above 54. Who among the following not a Graveyard poet? A. Thomas Grey B.Edward Young C. Robert Flair D. Robert Herrick 55. The term Anglo Saxon comes from two ___________ tribes called Angles and Saxons A) Norman B) France C) German D) Italic 56. Which of the following is not a feminist novel? A) Ashpurna Debi’s Subarnalata B) Rajam Krishnan’s Lamp in the Liverpool C) Chudamani Raghavan’s Yamini D) Bani Basu’s The Enemy Within 57. Melodrama' is a kind of play of— (a) violent and sensational themes (b) historical themes (c) philosophical themes (d) pathetics themes 58. What does ‘Hegemony’ mean? A) Dominance of one political state over another B) Socio-economic disparity C) Assimilation between two different cultures D) None 59. What are the four (4) parts of a story? A.Beginning, Motivation, Climax, End B.Beginning, Middle, Climax, End C.Beginning, Middle, Conclusion, End D.Beginning, Middle, Climax, Protagonist 60. Who amongst the following is NOT a dramatist? A.Rabindranath Tagore B.Girish Karnad C.Sadat Hassan Manto D.Vijay Tendulkar 61. What is meant by flashback? A.Conclusion of the narrative B.Interruption in the narrative to show quick events from the past which may help explain what’s occurring in the present. C.Beginning of the narrative to show what will happen in the future D.Middle of the narrative 62. Which movement is a reaction against machines, routinized killing and the belief in science? A.Post-Modernism B.Modernism C.Magical Realism D.Naturalism 63. In which period, literature dealt with the issues and problems of the day? A) Modern B) Romantic C) Victorian D) None of the above 64. Who originated the genre 'Melodrama'? A) Tom Taylor B) Martin Esslin C) Thomas Carlyle D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau 65. Malapropism is a term derived from a play by A. Goldsmith B. Stele C. Sheridan D. Dryden 66. Who used term “dissociation of sensibility” first? (A) T.S Eliot (B) E.M Forster (C) W.B. Yeats (D) G.B. Shaw 67. Who among the following is not a Lake poet? A. Keats B. Wordsworth C. Coleridge D. Southe 68. Do You know Arthur Miller married an iconic American actress, Who was she? A.Marilyn Monroe B.Audrey Hepburn C.Grace Kelly D.Elizabeth Taylor 69. Which of the following is not a branch of creative writing? A.Essay B.Thesis C.Poetry D.Fiction 70. Novel is characterized by the terms Realism' and A) Innovation B) Experiences C) Individualism D) Symbolism one of these 71. The process of approaching mainly with the help of music A) Interactive method B) Suggestopaedia C) Direct method D) TPR method 72. Who among the following is not a War Poet? A. W.H Auden B. Wilfred Owen C. Brooke D. Sassoon 73. Which of the following periods of English literature came last? A.The Commonwealth Period B.The Jacobean Age C.The Elizabethan Age D.The Middle English Period 74. Who called the poet a Vates? A-Romans B-Squmards C-Greeks D-Italians 75. _________ is known for his post-World War satires and playwrights. A) Thomas Pynchon B) Kurt Vonnegut C) Joseph Heller D) John Barth 76. Which of the following literary sub-periods does NOT fall under the Neoclassical Period? A.The Restoration B. The Age of Sensibility C.The Augustan Age D.Jacobean Age 77. In what language did Shakespeare write? A. Middle English B.Modern English C.Old English D.German 78. Carpe Diem is a special genre of poetry which means A) Nature B) Seize the day C) Seize the year D) Romance 79. The prime example of the Negative Capability as viewed by Keats, was--- A) Coleridge B) Milton C) Shakespeare D) Wordsworth 80. Transcendentalism is all of the following EXCEPT: A.A theory that truth exists beyond reason and experience B.A conviction that people should follow their own beliefs C.A belief that humankind, nature, and God are all interconnected D.A belief that all life is reincarnated 81. Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is considered a Romantic Tragedy? A.Hamlet B.King Lear C.Twelfth Night D.Romeo and Juliet 82. When were women first allowed to act on stage? A.during the Elizabethan times B.during the reign of Charles II C.during the reign of Queen Victoria D.during the reign of Henry VIII 83. Which of the following is a Memoir by Stuart Hall? A) Familiar Stranger:A Life Between Two Islands B) The Hard Road to Renewal C) Resistance Through Rituals D) None 84. The American Renaissance is also called as A) The Early National Period B) The Realistic Period C) The Romantic Period D) The Jazz age 85. Heroic Dramas were made popular by who among the following A.Samuel Johnson B.John Dryden C.Ben Jonson D.George Chapman 86. The term Gynocriticism was coined by A) Betty Friedman B) Elaine Showalter C) Luce Irigarey D) Susan Sontag 87. Who used the term ‘Patriarchal Govt’? A) Kate Millett B) Carole Pateman C) Betty Friedman D) S.Firestone 88. Who gave the idea of Hamartia, anagnorisis and peripeteia as important for a good tragedy? A.Horace B.Homer C.Aristotle D.Philip Sydney 89. Who is associated with Comedy of Humours? A.William Shakespeare B.Ben Jonson C.John Webster D.John Fletcher 90. What are the key features of a Jacobean play? A.bloodshed, pessimism and political strife B.romance,separation and reunion C.Irish Independence struggle D.Reformation of the English Church 91. Which school of poetry is called "Brotherhood"? A. The Pre Romantics B. The Pre Raphaelite C. The Puritans D. Oxford Poets 92. The Eco Criticism was coined by _______ in 1978. A) Kate Millet B) Barbara C) Bell Hooks D) William Rueckert 93. Which movement below focuses on representing life as it is? A.Early Settlers B.Romanticism C.Naturalism D.Post-Modernism 94. Which was he Golden Age of Latin Literature? A) Augustan Age B) The Restoration C) Jacobean Age D) Contemporary period 95. Which regime in England placed restrictions on theatres? A.Charles II's B.Henry VIII's C.Queen Elizabeth's D.Oliver Cromwell's 96. Which of these is not part of feminism? A.Women's suffrage B.Property rights C.Gender-neutral language D.Reproductive things 97. Which period of literature came first? A.Regency B.Victorian C.Romantic D. Restoration 98. Nineteenth and Twentieth century literature were quite different. How was twentieth century literature different? A.A few excellent authors focused on numerous subjects B.Author's from very various backgrounds covered a lot of subjects C.Author's wrote short, to the point pieces with limited imagery D. None 99. Neo-Classical writers wrote dramas in imitation/emulation of A.The Romantics B.The Elizabethans C.The Classics D.None of the above 100. The period of remarkable creativity in literature and other arts by African-American at the end of the first world war is referred as A. New Renaissance B. New Rebirth C. Neo Modernism D. Harlem Renaissance Time is Up! Time's up
