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BCS Confidence: English Literature .Confidente.Both a & cThis is an extract from:a.Paradise Lostb.Paradise Regainedc.Samson Agonistesd.Divorce Tracts43. Which Welsh poet wrote "Under Milk Wood?"a.Anthony Hopkinsb.Richard Burtonc.Tom Jonesd.Dylan Thomas54. William Shakespeare was born in the year:a.1564b.1544c.1578d.158244. Who wrote Canterbury Tales?a.Geoffrey Chaucerb.Dick Whittingtonc.Thomas Lancasterd.King Richard II45. Who wrote "The Hound of the Baskervilles?"a.Agatha Christieb.H Ryder-Haggardc.P D Jamesd.Arthur Conan Doyle55. Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy?a.Titus Andronicusb.Othelloc.Macbethd.Hamlete.None of the above46. Wlliam Shakespeare is not the author of:a.Titus Andronicusb.Taming of the Shrewc.White Devild.Hamlet47. is a late 20th century play written by a woman?a.Queen Cristinab.Top Girlsc.Camilled.The Homecoimg48. Which of the following writers wrote historical novels?a.Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronteb.Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworthc.William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridged.Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley49. Who wrote "Ten Little Niggers?"a.Sir Arthur Conan Doyleb.Irvine Welshc.Agatha Christied.None of above50. Which of the following are Thomas Hardy books?a.The Poor Man and the Ladyb.The Return of Nativec.Cholltteed.None of the above51. Which of the following is not a work of John Keats?a.Endymionb.To some ladiesc.To hoped.None of above52. Who wrote the poems, "On death" and "Women, Wine, and Snuff?"a.John Miltonb.John Keatsc.P.B. Shelleyd.William Wordsworth53. "Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whosemortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss ofEden."[Type text]56. Who wrote 'The Winter's Tale?'a.George Bernard Shawb.John Drydenc.Christopher Marlowed.William Shakespeare57. What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?a) No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.b) A simile is more descriptive.c) A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn't.d) A simile must use animals in the comparison.58. What is the word for a "play on words"?a) punb) similec) haikud) metaphor59. Which represents an example of alliteration?a) Language Artsb) Peter Piper Picked Peppersc) I like music.d) A beautiful scenery with music60. What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?a) Personificationb) Hyperbolesc) Alliterationd) Onomatopoeia61. The theme is .?a) a plot.b) an characterc) an addressd) the point a writer is trying to make about a subject.62. Concentrate on these elements when writing a good poem.a) characters, main idea, and themeb) purpose and audiencec) theme, purpose, form, and mood.d) rhyme and reason63. Which is not a poetry form?a) epicb) talec) balladd) sonnet64. Which is an example of a proverb?a) Get a "stake" in our business.For more information please contact: 01938858860, BCS Confidence[Type text]

BCS Confidence: English Literature Reviewb) You can't have your cake and eat it, tooc) The snow was white as cotton.d) You're driving me crazy.65. Which is an exaggeration?a) Alliterationb) Haikuc) Hyperboled) Prose66. Which of the following is not a poet?a) William Shakespeareb) Terry Saylorc) Elizabeth B. Browningd) Emily Dickinson67. Who has defined 'poetry' as a fundamental creative act using languages?a. H. W. Longfellowb. Ralph Waldo Emersonc. Dylan Thomasd. William Wordsworth68. What is a sonnet?a. A poem of six linesb. A poem of eight linesc. A poem of twelve linesd. A poem of fourteen lines69. What is study of meter, rhythm and intonation of a poem called as?a. Prosodyb. Allegoryc. Scansiond. Assonance70. Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?a. Onomatopeiab. Metonymyc. Alliterationd. Hyperbole71. There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by - This is acouplet from the Bailiff's Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is usedby the poet?a. Metaphorb. Synecdochec. Euphemismd. Irony72. Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known asQasidas?a. Hindub. Celticc. Arabicd. Arameic73. Complete this Shakespearan line - Let me not to the marriage of trueminds bring:a. Impedimentsb. Inconveniencesc. Worriesd. Troubles74. Which of the following is a Japanese poetic form?a. Jintishib. Villanellec. Oded. Tanka[Type text]75. What is the title of the poem that begins thus - 'What is this life, if full ofcare, we have no time to stand and stare'?a. Comfortb. Leisurec. Relaxationd. Tranquility76. Which of the following is not an English poet (i. e. from England)?a. Victor Hugob. Alexander Popec. John Miltond. Samuel Taylor Coleridge77. Who was often called as the Romantic Poet as most of his poemsrevolved around nature?a. William Blakeb. William Shakespearec. William Morrisd. William Wordsworth78. What is a funny poem of five lines called?a. Quartetb. Limerickc. Sextetd. Palindrome79. How did W. H. Auden describe poetry?a. An awful way to earn a livingb. A game of knowledgec. The soul exposedd. An explosion of language80. Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry?a. Light verseb. Romanticc. Political satired. War poems81. Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?a. Denverb. St Louisc. Cubad. Toronto82. Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess?a. Carolyn Kizerb. Mary Oliverc. Sylvia Plathd. Marianne Moore83. How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?a. 24b. 31c. 21d. 2884. In what form did Dylan Thomas's 'Under Milk Wood' first becomeknown?a. Book of poetryb. A radio playc. A stage playd. a short film85. The magazine 'Contemporary Poetry and Prose' was inspired by whichexhibition?a. The Festival of Britainb. The Surrealist Exhibitionc. People of the 20th Centuryd. Drawing the 20th CEnturyFor more information please contact: 01938858860, BCS Confidence[Type text]

BCS Confidence: English Literature Review86. Why did 'Poetry Quarterly' cease publication in 1953?a. Owner convicted of fraudb. Fall in Salesc. Rise in taxation on magazinesd. Shortage of paper87. Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what?a. Politicianb. Dramatistc. Novelistd. Architect88. Of which poet was it said 'Even if he's not a great poet, he's certainly agreat something'?a. Elliotb. Kiplingc. Cummingsd. Brooke1.which of these is magnum opus of chaucer?A. Troilus and criseydeb. House of famec. The canterbury talesd. Parliament of fowls.89. Where were the pilgrims going in the canterbury tales?A. To the shrine of st. Peter at canterbury cathedralb. To the shrine of saint thomas becket at canterbury cathedral90.in which language the stories of canterbury tale are written?A. Frenchb. Latinc. Middle englishd. English91.chaucer's franklin was guilty of which sin?A. Lustb. Corruptionc. Theftd. Gluttony92. How many languages did chaucer know?A.2b.4c.1d.593.from which language the name ''chaucer'' has been driven?A.frenchb.latinc.italiand.english94. Where did chaucer bury?A.westminster abbeyb.kent churchc.chapel at windsor95.chaucer was imprisoned during----------------------?A.hundred years' warb. Black deathc. Peasant revolt96 .how many children chaucer had?A.4b.1[Type text]c.0d.2MIDDLE AGES97. Which people began their invasion and conquest of southwestern Britainaround 450?a) the Normansb) the Geatsc) the Celtsd) the Anglo-Saxonse) the Danes98. Words from which language began to enter English vocabulary aroundthe time of the Norman Conquest in 1066?a) Frenchb) Norwegianc) Spanishd) Hungariane) Danish99. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature beforebecoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?a) Beowulfb) Arthurc) Caedmond) Augustine of Canterburye) Alfred100. Toward the close of which century did English replace French as thelanguage of conducting business in Parliament and in court of law?a) tenthb) eleventhc) twelfthd) thirteenthe) fourteenth101. Which king began a war to enforce his claims to the throne of France in1336?a) Henry IIb) Henry IIIc) Henry Vd) Louis XIVe) Edward III102. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?a) Bedeb) Sir Thomas Maloryc) Geoffrey Chaucerd) Caedmone) John Gower103. What was vellum?a) parchment made of animal skinb) the service owed to a lord by his peasants ("villeins")c) unrhymed iambic pentameterd) an unbreakable oath of fealtye) a prized ink used in the illumination of prestigious manuscripts104. Only a small proportion of medieval books survive, large numbershaving been destroyed in:a) the Anglo-Saxon Conquest beginning in the 1450s.b) the Norman Conquest of 1066.c) the Peasant Uprising of 1381.d) the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 1530s.e) the wave of contempt for manuscripts that followed the beginning ofprinting in 1476.For more information please contact: 01938858860, BCS Confidence[Type text]

BCS Confidence: English Literature Review105. What is the first extended written specimen of Old English?a) Boethius's Consolidation of Philosophyb) Saint Jerome's translation of the Biblec) Malory's Morte Darthurd) Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Peoplee) a code of laws promulgated by King Ethelbert106. Who was the first English Christian king?a) Alfredb) Richard IIIc) Richard IId) Henry IIe) Ethelbert107. In Anglo-Saxon heroic poetry, what is the fate of those who fail toobserve the sacred duty of blood vengeance?a) banishment to Asiab) everlasting shamec) conversion to Christianityd) mild melancholiae) being buried alive108. Christian writers like the Beowulf poet looked back on their paganancestors with:a) nostalgia and ill-concealed envy.b) bewilderment and visceral loathing.c) admiration and elegiac sympathy.d) bigotry and shallow triumphalism.e) the deepest reluctance.109. The use of "whale-road"for sea and "life-house"for body are examplesof what literary technique, popular in Old English poetry?a) symbolismb) similec) metonymyd) kenninge) appositive expression110. Which of the following statements is not an accurate description of OldEnglish poetry?a) Romantic love is a guiding principle of moral conduct.b) Its formal and dignified use of speech was distant from everyday use oflanguage.c) Irony is a mode of perception, as much as it was a figure of speech.d) Christian and pagan ideals are sometimes mixed.e) Its idiom remained remarkably uniform for nearly three centuries.111. Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical devicein Old English poetry?a) embellishment at the service of Christian doctrineb) repetition of parallel syntactic structuresc) ironic understatementd) stress on every third diphthonge) a compound of two words in place of a single word112. How did Henry II, the first of England's Plantagenet kings, acquire vastprovinces in southern France?a) the Battle of Hastingsb) Saint Patrick's missionc) the Fourth Lateran Councild) the execution of William Sawtree) his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine113. Which of the following languages did not coexist in Anglo-NormanEngland?a) Latinb) Dutchc) French[Type text]d) Celtice) English114. Which twelfth-century poet or poets were indebted to Bretonstorytellers for their narratives?a) Geoffrey Chaucerb) Marie de Francec) Chrétien de Troyesd) a and c onlye) b and c only115. To what did the word the roman, from which the genre of"romance"emerged, initially apply?a) a work derived from a Latin text of the Roman Empireb) a story about love and adventurec) a Roman officiald) a work written in the French vernaculare) a series of short stories116. Popular English adaptations of romances appealed primarily toa) the royal family and upper orders of the nobilityb) the lower orders of the nobilityc) agricultural laborersd) the clergye) the Welsh117. What is the climax of Geoffrey of Monmouth's The History of the Kingsof Britain?a) the reign of King Arthurb) the coronation of Henry IIc) King John's seal of the Magna Cartad) the marriage of Henry II to Eleanor of Aquitainee) the defeat of the French by Henry V118. Ancrene Riwle is a manual of instruction fora) courtiers entering the service of Richard IIb) translators of French romancesc) women who have chosen to live as religious reclusesd) knights preparing for their first tournamente) witch-hunters and exorcists119. The styles of The Owl and the Nightingale and Ancrene Riwle show whatabout the poetry and prose written around the year 1200?a) They were written for sophisticated and well-educated readers.b) Writing continued to benefit only readers fluent in Latin and French.c) Their readers' primary language was English.d) a and c onlye) a and b only120. In addition to Geoffrey Chaucer and William Langland, the "flowering"ofMiddle English literature is evident in the works of which of the followingwriters?a) Geoffrey of Monmouthb) the Gawain poetc) the Beowulf poetd) Chrétien de Troyese) Marie de France121. Why did the rebels of 1381 target the church, beheading the archbishopof Canterbury?a) Their leaders were Lollards, advocating radical religious reform.b) The common people were still essentially pagan.c) They believed that writing, a skill largely confined to the clergy, was a formof black magic.d) The church was among the greatest of oppressive landowners.e) a and c only122. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of theafterlife?For more information please contact: 01938858860, BCS Confidence[Type text]

BCS Confidence: English Literature Reviewa) Dante's Divine Comedyb) Boccaccio's Decameronc) The Dream of the Roodd) Chaucer's Legend of Good Womene) Gower's Confessio Amantis123. Who is the author of Piers Plowman?a) Sir Thomas Maloryb) Margery Kempec) Geoffrey Chaucerd) William Langlande) Geoffrey of Monmouth124. What event resulted from the premature death of Henry V?a) the Battle of Agincourtb) the Battle of Hastingsc) the Norman Conquestd) the Black Deathe) the War of the Roses125. Which literary form, developed in the fifteenth century, personifiedvices and virtues?a) the short storyb) the heroic epicc) the morality playd) the romancee) the limerick126. Which of the following statements about Julian of Norwich is true?a) She sought unsuccessfully to restore classical paganism.b) She was a virgin martyr.c) She is the first known woman writer in the English vernacular.d) She made pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Rome, and Santiago.e) She probably never met Margery Kempe.127. Which of the following authors is considered a devotee to chivalry, as itis personified in Sir Lancelot?a) Julian of Norwichb) Margery Kempec) William Langlandd) Sir Thomas Malorye) Geoffrey Chaucer133.what did Chaucer's wife use to do?a. lady-in-waiting to Queen Philip pa of Hainautb. nurse of royal courtc. governess to Henry IV134.one of Chaucer's daughter was.?a. a musicianb. an astronomerc. a nun135. in which year chaucer was imprisoned by the French?a. 1360b. 1357c. 1378136.chaucer was fined in 1367 or 1366 for.?a. beating a friar in a London streetb. for writing poetry against the churchc. for crossing the border of Great Britain137. Chaucer was made in-charge of many palaces,which of these was not inhis charge?a. Westminster Palaceb. Tower of Londonc. St. George's chapel at Windsord. Buckingham Palace138. Chaucer acted as a controller of custom during.?a. 1374 to 1385b. 1350 to 1360c. 1360 to 1400139. Chaucer was released from legal action by . in a deed ofMay 1, 1380 from rape and abduction?a. Miss Cecily Chaumpaigneb. Philippa de Roet of Flandersc. Agnes de Copton140. Chaucer became a member of Parliament in.?a. 1386b. 1300c. 1343128.what was the occupation of Chaucer's father?a. leather merchantb.civil servantc. a vintner141. Chaucer buried in a corner of Westminster, which came to knowas.?a. Chaucer's cornerb. poet's cornerc. legend's corner129. Chaucer became a page to which king's daughter-in-law?a. Edward IIIb. Richard IIc. Henry IV142. what was chaucer's profession?a. a poetb. a merchantc. a civil servant130. which of these is not certain about Chaucer?a. his birth dateb. his death yearc. his father's name131. which of these kings was not served by Chaucer?a. Edward IIIb. Henry IIc. Richard II132.what was the duration of hundred year's war?a.1300 to 1350b.1337 to 1453c. 1302 to 1343[Type text]The Life and Works of ChristopherMarlowe ( Elizabethan era)143)One of Marlowe's earliest published works was his translation of theepic poem 'Pharsalia', written by which Roman poet?a)Ovidb)Lucanc)Virgild)Horace144) Marlowe's poem 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' begins with theline "Come live with me and be my love"; which other English author wrote afamous poem beginning with this line?For more information please contact: 01938858860, BCS Confidence[Type text]

BCS Confidence: English Literature Reviewa)William Shakespeareb)Thomas Kydc)John Drydend)John Donne155)At what famous university is Faustus a dge145)In Marlowe's play, what was the name of the Jew of Malta?a)Lazarusb)Solomonc)Barabasd)Shylock146How many years of happiness was Dr Faustus promised by the Devil?a)16b)20c)24d)28147) Which of these Kings was the subject of a play by Marlowe?a)Henry Vb)Richard IIIc)Edward IId)John148)One of Marlowe's most famous poems was an account of which lovers?a)Anthony and Cleopatrab)Hero and Leanderc)Troilus and Cressidad)Apollo and Hyacinth149) Marlowe's play 'Tamburlaine the Great' was based loosely on the life ofwhich Asian ruler?a)Zhu Yuanzhangb)Genghis Khanc)Timurd)Kublai Khan150)What was the title of the play by Marlowe that portrayed the eventssurrounding the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572?a)The Massacre at Berlinb)The Massacre at Romec)The Massacre at Copenhagend)The Massacre at Paris151)In the title of Marlowe's play, of where was Dido the her Marlowe was England's first official Poet Laureate.a)Trueb)False156)Faustus' servant shares his name with a famous German 7)Faustus asks two magicians to aid him in summoning the devil. What aretheir names?a)Valdes and Corneliusb)Rosencrantz and Guildensternc)Troilus and Cressidad)Pyramus and Thisbe158)Through his magic, Faustus is visited first by which of the devil's angels?a)Mephastophilisb)beelzebubc)Aamon159)What does Faustus promise to the devil in exchange for greatknowledge, riches and power for a period of 24 years?a)his bodyb)his housec)his sould)his horse160)Which of the following qualities would most accurately describe Faustus'character at the beginning of the play?a)kindb)stupidc)sensitived)arrogant161)Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers?a)The Popeb)The Holy Roman Emperorc)The King of Englandd)The King of France162)At the end of the play, Faustus is dragged down to hell, begging torepent.a)Trueb)FalseDr.Faustus By Christopher Marlowe163) "Renaissance" is a:a)French wordb)Italian wordc)Greek wordd)Spanish word153)In what country is 'Dr Faustus' based?a)Englandb)Italyc)Franced)Germany164) What is the meaning of "Renaissance":a)Rebirth, revival and re-awakingb)Reveal, revel and reveriec)Raillery, renunciation and recoup154)When, is it estimated, was 'Dr Faus

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