Deck 1: Literature

Question 1

'This man had kept a school……' Who is referred to here by W B Yeats?

A)patrick henry pearse
B)thomas macdonagh
C)major john macbride
D)maud gonne

Answer 1

patrick henry pearse

Question 2

Ted Hughes was honoured with the Poet Laureateship in the year-------

A)1989
B)1984
C)1979
D)1978

Answer 2

1984

Question 3

The opening lines of Journey of the Magi are a quotation from-----

A)lancelot andrewes's 1622 nativity sermon
B)the fly
C)cannonization
D)mathews

Answer 3

lancelot andrewes's 1622 nativity sermon

Question 4

'The black sailed ship' metaphorically alludes to…………….

A)birth
B)death
C)resurrection
D)fall

Question 5

Name the theatre found by W. B Yeats?

A)globe theatre
B)abbey theatre
C)greek theatre
D)theatre of maud gonne

Question 6

The prototype of modern Angry Young Man in the play Look Back in Anger?

A)cliff
B)colonel redfurn
C)jimmy porter
D)john graham

Question 7

Name the German dramatist most associated with epic theatre?

A)eugene o'neill
B)bertolt brecht
C)benjamin fondane
D)elmer rice

Question 8

The term avant-garde literally means-------

A)advance-guard
B)carry on guards
C)cheers guards
D)come on guards

Question 9

The anthology New Lines was edited by-----------

A)catherine
B)robert brook
C)philip larkin
D)robert conquest

Question 10

Virginia Wolf belongs to the famous----------- group.

A)clapham group
B)bloomsbury group
C)feminist group
D)london group

Question 11

--------- is Sarah Woodruff's alleged French lover.

A)varguennes
B)ernestina freeman
C)charles smithson
D)sam farrow

Question 12

An example of oxymoron in Easter 1916.

A)terrible beauty
B)horse-hoof slides
C)green is worn
D)vainglorious lout

Question 13

'He had done most bitter wrong'-To whom was the wrong done?

A)w.b yeats
B)thomas macdonagh
C)major john macbride
D)maud gonne

Question 14

------ was the verse memoir for Plath written by Ted Hughes.

A)cave birds
B)birthday letters
C)river
D)moor town

Question 15

'Watching from a bluff the sparkling armada of ------draw near'

A)promises
B)faith
C)hope
D)trust

Question 16

Harold Pinter's plays are typical examples of comedy of …….

A)menace
B)manners
C)humours
D)life

Question 17

In Dumb Waiter Ben and Gus quarrel over the phrase-------

A)lighting the kettle
B)capitalist slavery
C)naked vulnerability
D)life's burden

Question 18

In Easter 1916 Yeats commemorates -------in Dublin on 24 April 1916.

A)uprising
B)marriage party
C)battle
D)religious function

Question 19

Marchbanks is a character from G B Shaw's play……….

A)pygmalion
B)arms and the man
C)candida
D)the irrational knot

Question 20

Expressionism originated in __________. a)France b)Germany c)Italy d)England 25.Name the character mentioned as the mistress of Jimmy Porter.

A)helena charles
B)alison
C)madeline
D)lisa

Question 21

Sarah Woodruff enjoys an artistic, creative life in the house of ----------in the last part of French Lieutenant's Woman.

A)rosetti
B)rose
C)magnum
D)freeman

Question 22

The essay 'How should One Read a Book' appears in------

A)the common reader: second series
B)orlando: a biography .
C)mrs dollway
D)to the lighthouse

Question 23

The Magi are the three wise men from the east who travelled to-----

A)bethalhem
B)israel
C)jerusalem
D)rome

Question 24

Who among the following is Alison's father

A)colonel redfern
B)webster
C)nigel
D)morgan

Question 25

The winged horse mentioned in the poem 'Easter 1916'

A)pegasus
B)sleipinir
C)unicorn
D)hippocampus