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In Pinter's Birthday Party, Stanley is given a birthday present. What is it?
In Pinter's Birthday Party, Stanley is given a birthday present. What is it?
- A drum
- A violin
- A piano
- A toy (correct)
How does Lord Jim end?
How does Lord Jim end?
- Jim surrenders himself to Doramin.
- Jim kills himself with a last unflinching glance.
- Jim answers “the call of exalted egoism” and betrays Jewel.
- Jim is shot through the chest by Doramin. (correct)
“Where I lacked a political purpose, I wrote lifeless books.” To which of the following authors can we attribute the above admission ?
“Where I lacked a political purpose, I wrote lifeless books.” To which of the following authors can we attribute the above admission ?
- Evelyn Waugh
- Charles Morgan
- George Orwell
- Graham Greene (correct)
Modernism has been described as being concerned with 'disenchantment of our culture with culture itself'. Who is the critic?
Modernism has been described as being concerned with 'disenchantment of our culture with culture itself'. Who is the critic?
"Only that film, which fluttered on the grate, Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing." The above lines are quoted from
"Only that film, which fluttered on the grate, Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing." The above lines are quoted from
Which one of the following modern poems employs ottava rima ?
Which one of the following modern poems employs ottava rima ?
John Dryden in his heroic tragedy All for Love takes the story ton Shakespeare's
John Dryden in his heroic tragedy All for Love takes the story ton Shakespeare's
Arrange the following works in the order in which they appear. Identify the correct code : I. No Longer at Ease II. Things Fall apart III. A Man of the People IV. Arrow of God. The correct combination according to the code is:
Arrange the following works in the order in which they appear. Identify the correct code : I. No Longer at Ease II. Things Fall apart III. A Man of the People IV. Arrow of God. The correct combination according to the code is:
Samuel Pepys kept his diary from
Samuel Pepys kept his diary from
In the Defence of Poetry, what did Sydney attribute to poetry?
In the Defence of Poetry, what did Sydney attribute to poetry?
An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot presents portraits of the following contemporary individuals:
An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot presents portraits of the following contemporary individuals:
Match the following authors with their works: List - A (Authors) List - B (Works) I. Alice Walker 1. Invisible Man II. Ralph Ellison 2. The Color Purple III. Richard Wright 3. Their Eyes Were Watching God IV. Zora Neale Hurston 4. Native Son. Which is the correct combination according to the code:
Match the following authors with their works: List - A (Authors) List - B (Works) I. Alice Walker 1. Invisible Man II. Ralph Ellison 2. The Color Purple III. Richard Wright 3. Their Eyes Were Watching God IV. Zora Neale Hurston 4. Native Son. Which is the correct combination according to the code:
Which of these plays by Shakespeare does not use 'cross-dressing' as a device ?
Which of these plays by Shakespeare does not use 'cross-dressing' as a device ?
Which of the following works cannot be categorised under postcolonial theory ?
Which of the following works cannot be categorised under postcolonial theory ?
Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a classic statement of Philosophy.
Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a classic statement of Philosophy.
“Power circulates in all directions, to and from all social levels, at all times." Who said this ?
“Power circulates in all directions, to and from all social levels, at all times." Who said this ?
Which one of the following is not written by an Australian Aboriginal writer?
Which one of the following is not written by an Australian Aboriginal writer?
Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey jointly brought out Tottel's Miscellany during the Renaissance. Identify the name of the Earl of Surrey from the following:
Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Earl of Surrey jointly brought out Tottel's Miscellany during the Renaissance. Identify the name of the Earl of Surrey from the following:
Match the following lists: List - I (Novelists) List - I (Novels) I. Margaret Laurence 1. Surfacing II. Margaret Atwood 2. The Stone Angel III. Sinclair Ross 3. Medicine River IV. Thomas King 4. As for Me and My House Which is the correct combination according to the code:
Match the following lists: List - I (Novelists) List - I (Novels) I. Margaret Laurence 1. Surfacing II. Margaret Atwood 2. The Stone Angel III. Sinclair Ross 3. Medicine River IV. Thomas King 4. As for Me and My House Which is the correct combination according to the code:
The dramatic structure of Restoration comedies combines in it the features of I. The Elizabethan Theatre II. The Neoclassical Theatre of Italy and France III. The Irish Theatre IV. The Greek Theatre The correct combination according to the code is:
The dramatic structure of Restoration comedies combines in it the features of I. The Elizabethan Theatre II. The Neoclassical Theatre of Italy and France III. The Irish Theatre IV. The Greek Theatre The correct combination according to the code is:
Which American poet wrote 'I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world' ?
Which American poet wrote 'I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world' ?
The etymological meaning of the word "trope" is
The etymological meaning of the word "trope" is
Who among the following English poets defined poetic imagination as 'a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite 'I AM'"?
Who among the following English poets defined poetic imagination as 'a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite 'I AM'"?
Little Nell is a character in Dickens'
Little Nell is a character in Dickens'
Match the following: List – A (Schools/Concept of Criticism) List – B (Critics) I. Formalism 1. John Crow Ransom II. New Critics 2. The Jungians III. Psychological Theory of the Value of Literature 3. Victor Shklovsky IV. Literary art as archetypal image 4. I.A. Richards The correct combination according to the code is:
Match the following: List – A (Schools/Concept of Criticism) List – B (Critics) I. Formalism 1. John Crow Ransom II. New Critics 2. The Jungians III. Psychological Theory of the Value of Literature 3. Victor Shklovsky IV. Literary art as archetypal image 4. I.A. Richards The correct combination according to the code is:
In the late seventeenth century a 'Battle of Books' erupted between which two groups?
In the late seventeenth century a 'Battle of Books' erupted between which two groups?
"Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day Love's pleasure drives his love away..." In the above quote the last line is an example of
"Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day Love's pleasure drives his love away..." In the above quote the last line is an example of
Match the author with the work: List - I (Authors) List - II (Works) I. Kingsely Amis 1. Saturday and Sunday Morning II. Allan Silletoe 2. The Golden Note Book III. Doris Lessing 3. The Left Bank IV. Jean Rhys 4. Lucky Jim Which is the correct combination according to the code:
Match the author with the work: List - I (Authors) List - II (Works) I. Kingsely Amis 1. Saturday and Sunday Morning II. Allan Silletoe 2. The Golden Note Book III. Doris Lessing 3. The Left Bank IV. Jean Rhys 4. Lucky Jim Which is the correct combination according to the code:
In which of Hardy's novels does the character Abel Whittle appear ?
In which of Hardy's novels does the character Abel Whittle appear ?
The phrase 'dark Satanic mills' has become the most famous description of the force at the centre of the industrial revolution. The phrase was used by
The phrase 'dark Satanic mills' has become the most famous description of the force at the centre of the industrial revolution. The phrase was used by
"Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the scared river ran." Where does this 'sacred river' directly run to ?
"Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the scared river ran." Where does this 'sacred river' directly run to ?
Who is the twentieth century poet, a winner of the Nobel Prize in literature who rejected the label 'British' though he has always written in English rather than his regional language?
Who is the twentieth century poet, a winner of the Nobel Prize in literature who rejected the label 'British' though he has always written in English rather than his regional language?
Which of the following statements best describes Sir Thomas Browne's Religio Medici?
Which of the following statements best describes Sir Thomas Browne's Religio Medici?
Which of the following characters from Eliot's Waste Land is not correctly mentioned ?
Which of the following characters from Eliot's Waste Land is not correctly mentioned ?
Which one of the following best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ?
Which one of the following best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era ?
Which poem by Shelley bears the alternative title, "The Spirit of Solitude"?
Which poem by Shelley bears the alternative title, "The Spirit of Solitude"?
Which tale in The Canterbury Tales uses the tradition of the Beast Fable ?
Which tale in The Canterbury Tales uses the tradition of the Beast Fable ?
At the end of Sons and Lovers Paul Morel
At the end of Sons and Lovers Paul Morel
When you say 'I love her eyes, her hair, her nose, her cheeks, her lips' you are using a rhetorical device of
When you say 'I love her eyes, her hair, her nose, her cheeks, her lips' you are using a rhetorical device of
The following are two lists of plays and characters. Match them. List - I (Plays) List - II (Characters) I. Women Beware Women 1. Malevole II. The Malcontent 2. Beatrice III. The City Madam 3. Bianca IV. The Changeling 4. Doll Tearsheet Which is the correct combination according to the code:
The following are two lists of plays and characters. Match them. List - I (Plays) List - II (Characters) I. Women Beware Women 1. Malevole II. The Malcontent 2. Beatrice III. The City Madam 3. Bianca IV. The Changeling 4. Doll Tearsheet Which is the correct combination according to the code:
With Bacon the essay form is
With Bacon the essay form is
Evelyn Waugh's Trilogy published together as Sword of Honour is about
Evelyn Waugh's Trilogy published together as Sword of Honour is about
Who coined the phrase 'The Two Nations' to describe the disparity in Britain between the rich and the poor ?
Who coined the phrase 'The Two Nations' to describe the disparity in Britain between the rich and the poor ?
Milton introduces Satan and the fallen angels in the Book I of Paradise Lost. Two of the chief devils reappear in Book II. They are I. Moloch II. Clemos III. Belial IV. Thamuz. The correct combination according to the code is
Milton introduces Satan and the fallen angels in the Book I of Paradise Lost. Two of the chief devils reappear in Book II. They are I. Moloch II. Clemos III. Belial IV. Thamuz. The correct combination according to the code is
When Chaucer describes the Friar as a "noble pillar of order”, he is using
When Chaucer describes the Friar as a "noble pillar of order”, he is using
John Osborne's Look Back in Anger is an example of
John Osborne's Look Back in Anger is an example of
Which character in Jane Eyre uses religion to justify cruelty ?
Which character in Jane Eyre uses religion to justify cruelty ?
Which Romantic poet defined a slave as 'a person perverted into a thing'?
Which Romantic poet defined a slave as 'a person perverted into a thing'?
John Suckling belongs to the group of
John Suckling belongs to the group of
Sir Thomas More creates the character of a traveller into whose mouth the account of Utopia is put. His name is
Sir Thomas More creates the character of a traveller into whose mouth the account of Utopia is put. His name is
Flashcards
What is J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace?
What is J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace?
A narrative of sin and redemption in post-apartheid South Africa.
What is Lucidity?
What is Lucidity?
A style characterized by plainness, simplicity and the avoidance of elaborate figures of speech.
What is Kitchen-sink drama?
What is Kitchen-sink drama?
John Osborne's Look Back in Anger is an example of this dramatic genre.
Umber's meaning in poetry
Umber's meaning in poetry
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What is Pragmatics?
What is Pragmatics?
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Defoe's Works Characterized
Defoe's Works Characterized
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Lacan's revision of Descartes
Lacan's revision of Descartes
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Remains of the Day - NOT true
Remains of the Day - NOT true
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Post-structuralism - statement NOT true
Post-structuralism - statement NOT true
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The Pre-Raphaelites promoted?
The Pre-Raphaelites promoted?
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Deconstructive reading is?
Deconstructive reading is?
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Phillis Wheatley is?
Phillis Wheatley is?
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The basic principle of New Criticism is?
The basic principle of New Criticism is?
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Phillis Wheatley's Write Style
Phillis Wheatley's Write Style
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"High above the north pole..."
"High above the north pole..."
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What is the Secondary Space?
What is the Secondary Space?
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"emotion which you feel"
"emotion which you feel"
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Study Notes
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- Paper consists of fifty multiple-choice questions; all questions are compulsory
- At the start of the exam, the question booklet will be given to you
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- Each item has four alternative responses marked (A), (B), (C) and (D)
- Darken the circle on the correct response against each item
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- The use of any calculator or log table is prohibited
- There is no negative marking for incorrect answers
Pinter's Birthday Party
- In Pinter's Birthday Party, the character Stanley is given a drum as a birthday present
Lord Jim's Ending
- Lord Jim ends with Jim being shot through the chest by Doramin
Writing Books
- The quote “Where I lacked a political purpose, I wrote lifeless books," can be attributed to George Orwell
Modernism
- Modernism is described as "disenchantment of our culture with culture itself" - by critic Lionel Trilling
Lines From Literary Work
- The lines, "Only that film, which fluttered on the grate, Still flutters there, the sole unquiet thing" are quoted from "This Lime-Tree Bower, My Prison"
Modern Poems
- “In Praise of Limestone” is a modern poem which employ ottava rima
John Dryden's All for Love
- John Dryden's heroic tragedy All for Love adapts the story from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
Literary Works Arrangement
- The correct arrangement of the works is as follows: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, and A Man of the People
Samuel Pepys' Diary
- Samuel Pepys kept his diary from 1660 to 1669
Sydney's Attribution to Poetry
- In The Defence of Poetry, Sydney attributed a magical power to poetry
An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
- An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot presents portraits of Addison and Lord Hervey
Authors and Works
- Alice Walker - The Color Purple
- Ralph Ellison - Invisible Man
- Richard Wright - Native Son
- Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God
Cross-Dressing in Shakespeare
- Julius Caesar is a play by Shakespeare that does not use cross-dressing as a device
Postcolonial Theory
- Discipline and Punish cannot be categorized under postcolonial theory
Locke's Essay on Human Understanding
- Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding is a classic statement of Empiricist Philosophy
Power Circulation
- Michel Foucault said, “Power circulates in all directions, to and from all social levels, at all times.”
Australian Aboriginal Writer
- Peter Carey is not written by an Australian Aboriginal writer
Tottel's Miscellany
- Henry Howard, the Earl of Surrey, and Sir Thomas Wyatt, jointly brought out Tottel's Miscellany during the Renaissance
Novelist and Novel
- Margaret Laurence - The Stone Angel
- Margaret Atwood - Surfacing
- Sinclair Ross - As for Me and My House
- Thomas King - Medicine River
Restoration Structure
- The dramatic structure of Restoration comedies combines features of the Elizabethan Theatre and the Neoclassical Theatre of Italy and France
American Poet: Barbaric Yawp
- Walt Whitman is an American poet who wrote "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."
Etymological Meaning of "Trope"
- The etymological meaning of the word "trope" is turning
Poetic Imagination
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge defined poetic imagination as "a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite 'I AM.'"
Little Nell
- Little Nell is a character in Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop
Literary Criticism
- Formalism- Victor Shklovsky
- New Critics - John Crow Ransom
- Psychological Theory of the Value of Literature - I.A. Richards
- Literary art as archetypal image - The Jungians
Battle of Books
- In the late seventeenth century, a "Battle of Books" erupted between Champions of Ancient and Modern Learning
Quote Analysis
- The last line in "Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day Love's pleasure drives his love away..." is an example of zeugma
Match Author with Work
- Kingsley Amis- Lucky Jim
- Allan Sillitoe- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Doris Lessing- The Golden Note Book
- Jean Rhys- The Left Bank
Abel Whittle's Novel Apperance
- Abel Whittle appears in The Mayor of Casterbridge
Dark Satanic Mills
- William Blake uses the phrase "dark Satanic mills," which became the most famous description of the force at the center of the industrial revolution
Sacred River
- In Kubla Khan, the sacred river directly runs to a lifeless ocean
Twentieth- Century Poet
- Seamus Heaney is the twentieth-century poet, a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, who rejected the label "British," though he has always written in English rather than his regional language
Sir Thomas Brownes
- Sir Thomas Brownes' *Religio Medici *emphasizes Browne's love of mystery and wonder
Eliot's Characters from Wasteland
- The typist, Madam Sosostris, and The Young Man Carbuncular
General Feeling In literature
- "Studied melancholy and aestheticism" best describes the general feeling expressed in literature during the last decade of the Victorian era
Poem by Shelley
- Alastor is a poem by Shelley that bears the alternative title, "The Spirit of Solitude"
Canterbury Tales
- The Nun's Priest's Tale is the tale in The Canterbury Tales that uses the tradition of the Beast Fable
Sons and Lovers End
- At the close of Sons and Lovers, Paul Morel sets off in quest of life away from his mother
Rhetorical Device
- Enumeration is the rhetorical device used when you say "I love her eyes, her hair, her nose, her cheeks, her lips"
Play and Character
- II The Malcontent - 2. Beatrice (The Malcontent)
- I Women Beware Women - 1. Malevole (From Women Beware Women)
- IV The Changeling - 4 Doll Tearsheet (The Changeling)
- 3 Bianca ( The City Madam) III The City Madam
Literary device
- With Bacon the literary essay form is the aphoristic expression of accumulated public wisdom
Evelyn Waugh's Honors
- Evelyn Waugh's Trilogy published together as Sword of Honour relates to The English at War
The Two Nations
- The phrase "The Two Nations" was coined to describe the disparity in Britain between the rich and the poor by Benjamin Disraeli
Paradise Lost: Satan and Angels
- In Book 1 of Paradise Lost, Milton introduces Satan and the fallen Angels with them two of the chiefest devils from Book II being Beliad and Moloch
Chaucer's Noble Pillar
- When Chaucer describes the Friar as a "noble pillar of order", he is using irony
Joohn Osborn's Look Back in Anger
- Joohn Osborn's Look Back in Anger is an example of Kitchen-sink drama
Jane Eyre Character
- Mr.Brocklehurst is the charater in Jane Eyre uses religion to justify cruelty
Slave perverted into a thing
- Shelley defined a slave as a person perverted into a thing
Metaphysical poets
- John Suckling is a Cavalier poet
Sir Thomas More
- Sir Thomas More's character mouth the account of Utopia is put' Raphel
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