M.A. Part-I Examination (English) | MCQ Questions and Answers

M.A. Part-I Examination (English) | MCQ Questions and Answers

Choose the correct option from each of questions given below.

1. "Child", "palsy" and "gout" feature in

(A) Fern Hill

(B) The Garden

(C) The Canonization

(D) Flea

2. The poem that quotes from the Upanishads is

(A) The Canonization

(B) The Good-Morrow

(C) Circus Animals' Desertion

(D) The Wasteland

3. "Enchanted islands, allegorical dreams" are mentioned in

(A) Lapis Lazuli

(B) The Second Coming

(C) The Circus Animals' Desertion

(D) Insensibility

4. The Countess Cathleen is referred to in

(A) The Waste land

(B) "Les marchands d'âmes"

(C) Ulysses

(D) Lapis Lazuli

5. Who says, "I could kill her now./In you, orin myself, for I do think/It is some sin in usheaven doth revenge/by her"?

(A) The cardinal

(B) Ferdinand

(C) Bosola

(D) Antonio

6. Where does the Duchess send Antonio after her brothers learn she is married?

(A) Malfi

(B) Rome

(C) Ancona

(D) France

7. By which of the following names does Volpone refer to his treasure in Act-I, Scene I of the play?

(A) My Lover

(B) My Fool

(C) My Friend

(D) My Saint

8. Who says, "Yes Sir, the spider and the beeoft-times suck from one flower"?

(A) Volpone

(B) Voltore

(C) Sir Politic-would-be

(D) Peregrine

9. What is the name of Corbaccio's son in the play Volpone?

(A) Corvino

(B) Voltore

(C) Bonario

(D) Mosca

10. Who stands in the way of Mirabell marrying the woman he desires in the play The Way of the World?

(A) Mrs. Fainal

(B) Ms. Marwood.

(C) Lady Wishfort

(D) Ms. Millamant

11. Where does Act-I, Scene-I of the play, “The Way of the World” take place?

(A) Lady Wishfort's house

(B) A Brothel

(C) A Tea-house

(D) A.Chocolate-house

12. In The Way of the World, Mirabell arranges for a pretended Uncle

(A) To woo and win Lady Wishfort

(B) To woo and win Foible

(C) To woo and win Mrs. Fainal

(D) To woo and win Ms. Marwood

13. The School for Scandal is considered

(A) A Farce

(B) A Sentimental Comedy

(C) An Eighteenth century comedy of manners

(D) A Dark Comedy

14. Sir Peter believes that his wife Lady Teazle

(A) is too childish, spending money lavishly without reason.

(B) is too ignorant of politics.

(C) is very frequently deceived by wicked people.

(D) is opposed to the idea of raising a family.

15. What is Charles and Joseph's last name in the play The School for Scandal?

(A) Sneerwell

(B) Crabtree

(C) Surface

(D) Backbite

16. Where was Jack found as a baby in the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest”?

(A) In a car

(B) In a carriage

(C) In a restroom

(D) In a hand bag

17. What do Gwendolyn and Cecily require of their husbands?

(A) They must be witty.

(B) They must be wicked.

(C) They must be named Earnest.

(D) They must be rich.

18. Why does the French commander not allow Joan to move forward to attack?

(A) Because he thinks Joan does not have any special power.

(B) Because he will not allow a woman to lead his army.

(C) Because of unfavourable wind conditions.

(D) Because the English array is too powerful.

19. Living in which age does Jimmy believe to be "pretty dreary"?

(A) The Post Colonial age

(B) The British age

(C) The Roman age

(D) The American age

20. What is Alison doing at the beginning of the play in Look Back in Anger?

(A) Making a phone call

(B) Reading

(C) Dancing

(D) Ironing

21. What message from Godot does the boy deliver?

(A) He no longer plans to come.

(B) He will not be there that evening, but surely the next day.

(C) He has been delayed indefinitely.

(D) He will arrive before nightfall.

22. What is the name of the mistreated man who serves Pozzo?

(A) Lucky

(B) Bingo

(C) Fortunato

(D) Blaze

23. What idea sounds appealing to both Vladimir and Estragon in the play Waiting for Godot?

(A) To cease waiting

(B) To part company

(C) Robbing someone

(D) Committing suicide

24. In Tom Jones who is initially believed to be Tom's mother?

(A) Mrs. Partridge

(B) Mrs. Wilkins

(C) Jenny Jones

(D) an unnamed scullery maid

25. Who employed Jenny Jones in Tom Jones?

(A)Mr. Hare

(B) Mr. Fox

(C) Mr. Wolf

(D) Mr. Partridge

26. What name did Walter Shandy select for his son?

(A) Thomas

(B) Trismegistus

(C) Tristram

(D) Toby

27. Who is the victim of the hot chestnut incident, and who is blamed for it?

(A) Dr. Slop, Obadiah

(B) Trismegistus Tristram

(C) Uncle Toby, Widow Wadman

(D) Phutatorius, Yorick

28. Who makes the amusing observation that "nothing in the shandy household is well hung"?

(A) Obadiah

(B) Susannah

(C) Bridget

(D) Corporal Trim

29. Who is Estella's father in Great Expectations?

(A) Mr. Jaggers

(B) Mathew Pocket

(C) Magwitch

(D) Compeyson

30. Who tells Pip that Compeys on was Miss Havisham's fiancé?

(A) Estella

(B) Magwitch

(C) Wemmick

(D) Herbert

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