Sem-1-English (Core/Elective)–Paper

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Sem-1-English (Core/Elective)–Paper–101-1

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6. The 18th century critic and writer Dr Samuel Johnson said that the purpose of literature was to
_________.

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D) invigorate

C) instruct

A) entertain

B) amuse

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Name of College *

7. _______________ was of the opinion that by reading about the deeds of good and heroic men we
are led towards goodness and heroism.

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D) Philip Sidney

B) John Dryden

A) Dr Johnson

C) Charles Dickens

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2. Originality in literature consists of _______________

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C) finding new skills of writing

B) inventing new ideas

D) inventing new ways of inspiration

A) expressing the old themes in a new way

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17. During the recitation of the __________ in Dorian Ode the dancers stood still.

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B) Anti strophe

C) Epode

A) Strophe

D) None

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of literature?

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A) Originality

D) Brevity

C) Moral consciousness

B) Permanence

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8. The lyric was sung by a single voice to the accompaniment of a _________.

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D) harmonium

C) piano

B) guitar

A) lyre

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10. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the lyric?

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A) It is a very long poem

B) It is a musical poem

C) It is a subjective poem

D) It deals with a single emotion

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14. “Ode on the Intimations of Immortality” is written by ___________.

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C) John Milton

D) Matthew Arnold

A) Samuel Coleridge

B) William Wordsworth

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15. The structure of the Dorian Ode was borrowed from the movements of the ___________.

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D) dancers

C) players

A) musicians

B) actors

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12. Robert Herrick’s lyric ___________ deals with the theme of sadness at the brief life of the flowers
on a fruit tree.

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D) To Plants

A) To Flowers

C) To Autumn

B) To Blossoms

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11. The Elizabethan lyrics are known for their __________.

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A) style

B) rhythm

D) subjects

C) word music

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24. The Italian sonnet is also known as the ___________.

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B) Horatian Sonnet

C) Shakespearean Sonnet

A) Petrarchan Sonnet

D) Miltonic Sonnet

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3. D. H. Lawrence’s novel _____________ gives a true and lively picture of working class life.

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B) Sons and Lovers

D) Sons and Daughters

A) Fathers and Sons

C) Mothers and Daughters

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18. The other name of the Lesbian Ode is ______________.

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C) Italian Ode

B) Pindaric Ode

D) Germanic Ode

A) Horatian Ode

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22. The sonnet is composed of two parts namely ____________.

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C) The Epode and the Strophe

A) the Octave and the Sestet

B) The Rhyme and the Rhythm

D) The Verse and the Meter

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25. A pause that comes at the end of the eighth line in the Octave is called __________.

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A) Caesura

D) Cease

C) Spondee

B) Stop

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19. The Dorian Ode is also known as the _____________

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D) Spenserian Ode

C) Pindaric Ode

B) English Ode

A) Roman Ode

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5. The chief reasons of studying literature are _____________.

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A) To learn about another culture

B) To appear well-educated

C) To enjoy

D) All of these

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9. The Song, the Ode, the Sonnet are types of ___________ poetry.

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B) descriptive

D) epic

C) lyrical

A) narrative

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20. The word sonnet is derived from the Italian word ____________.

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C) Senile

B) Sonnetto

D) Silence

A) Senorita

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16. The first part of the Dorian Ode in which the dancers moved from the right to the left is called
___________.

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A) Strophe

D) Mythos

C) Caesura

B) Stop

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4. Thomas Hardy is a regional novelist who wrote about the South-Western part of England, named
________.

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A) Wessex

D) Derbyshire

B) Sussex

C) Hampshire

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13. The Ode is often in the form of an __________.

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A) invocation

C) address

B) invitation

D) inspiration

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21. The sonnet is a short poem of __________ lines.

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C) 12

B) 10

A) 20

D) 14

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23. ___________________ introduced the sonnet into England.

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C) Wyatt and Surrey

A) Sidney and Spenser

D) Wordsworth and Coleridge

B) Steele and Addison

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