1. A 'Bard' is a/an - 6.

Who is the poet of the poem

ক. A professional poet 'Adonais'?
খ. Novice storyteller ক. Coleridge
গ. Folklore researcher খ. P. B. Shelley
ঘ. Historical reenactor গ. John Keats
উত্তর: ক. A professional poet ঘ. Wordsworth
2. What crime does the Ancient Mariner উত্তর: খ. P. B. Shelley
commit in The Rime of the Ancient 7. William Wordsworth is known as:
Mariner? ক. The poet of Nature
ক. He steals a treasure খ. Lake Poet
খ. He kills an albatross গ. The father of romantic age
গ. He sets fire to a ship ঘ. all of the above
ঘ. He betrays his crew উত্তর: ঘ. all of the above
উত্তর: খ. He kills an albatross 8. 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'
3. 'Lyrical Ballads' was published in- translated by-
ক. 1789 ক. Edward Fitzgerald
খ. 1796 খ. Elizabeth Gaskell
গ. 1798 গ. Makepeace Thackeray
ঘ. 1776 ঘ. Mathew Arnold
উত্তর: গ. 1798 উত্তর: ক. Edward Fitzgerald
4. Who wrote poem about Lucy? 9. Who is not a Victorian poet?
ক. William Blake ক. Alfred Lord Tennyson
খ. Lord Byron খ. Robert Browning
গ. William Wordsworth গ. William M. Thackeray
ঘ. John Keats ঘ. Thomas Hardy
উত্তর: গ. William Wordsworth উত্তর: গ. William M. Thackeray
5. 'Dover Beach' is written by - 10. Who wrote 'Middlemarch'?
ক. Alfred Tennyson ক. George Eliot
খ. Mathew Arnold খ. Mark Twain
গ. P.B Shelley গ. Thomas Hardy
ঘ. Lord Byron ঘ. Henry James
উত্তর: খ. Mathew Arnold উত্তর: ক. George Eliot
11. Who wrote 'Love for Love'?
ক. William Congreve 16. Which of the following best describes
খ. John Dryden William Hazlitt's profession?
গ. S.T. Coleridge ক. novelist
ঘ. William Wordsworth খ. critic
উত্তর: ক. William Congreve গ. poet
12. Time period “the Age of Pope” ঘ. None of the above
ক. 1660-1798 উত্তর: খ. critic
খ. 1702-1745 17. 'Charles Lamb' belongs to which of
গ. 1745-1798 the following literary period?
ঘ. 1772-1834 ক. The Augustan age
উত্তর: খ. 1702-1745 খ. The Restoration Period
13. What is Limerick? গ. The Age of sensibility
ক. a humorous poem with five lines ঘ. The Romantic Period
খ. A form of one-act play উত্তর: ঘ. The Romantic Period
গ. A historical fiction 18. Who composed the famous poem
ঘ. A poem of lamentation 'The Solitary Reaper'?
উত্তর: ক. a humorous poem with five lines ক. Coleridge
14. The literary term 'Hyperbole' refers খ. Wordsworth
to - গ. Keats
ক. A polite expression replacing a harsh ঘ. Shelley
one. উত্তর: খ. Wordsworth
খ. A statement intended to be taken 19. The author of 'Songs of Innocence
literally. and of Experience' is -
গ. A form of understatement. ক. John Lennon
ঘ. An exaggerated statement. খ. William Blake
উত্তর: ঘ. An exaggerated statement. গ. Richard Mark
15. Who wrote the poem London? ঘ. John Keats
ক. William Blake উত্তর: খ. William Blake
খ. John Keats 20. Who wrote the poem "The Patriot"?
গ. P.B. Shelley ক. Robert Browning
ঘ. William Wordsworth খ. Lord Alfred Tennyson
উত্তর: ক. William Blake গ. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
ঘ. George Orwell
উত্তর: ক. Robert Browning উত্তর: ক. Robinson Crusoe
21. Which of the following novels is 26. "The Paradise Lost" written by John
written by Thomas Hardy? Milton is a/an -
ক. Oliver Twist ক. Elegy
খ. Adam Bede খ. Epic
গ. Middlemarch গ. Sonnet
ঘ. Far from the Madding Crowd ঘ. Ballad
উত্তর: ঘ. Far from the Madding Crowd উত্তর: খ. Epic
22. Who composed the poem 'Morte d 27. 'All for love' is written by -
Arthur'? ক. John Dryden
ক. William Blake খ. William Congreve
খ. Alfred Tennyson গ. Samuel Butler
গ. Dylan Thomas ঘ. John Bunyan
ঘ. Robert Frost উত্তর: ক. John Dryden
উত্তর: খ. Alfred Tennyson 28. There are ___ voyages in Gulliver’s
23. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s ‘In Travels.
Memoriam' is an elegy on the death of - ক. two
ক. his fellow poet Shelley খ. there
খ. his friend Arthur Henry Hallam গ. four
গ. his fellow poet John Keats ঘ. five
ঘ. his friend Edward king উত্তর: গ. four
উত্তর: খ. his friend Arthur Henry Hallam 29. 'The Pilgrim's Progress' is written by-
24. George Bernard Shaw wrote- ক. Thomas Hobbes
ক. Caesar and Cleopatra খ. William Blake
খ. Arms and the Man গ. John Bunyan
গ. The Virginians ঘ. Emily Dickenson
ঘ. Both A and B উত্তর: গ. John Bunyan
উত্তর: ঘ. Both A and B 30. Which playwright is most associated
25. 'Friday' is a character in- with the genre "Comedy of Humours"?
ক. Robinson Crusoe ক. George Bernard Shaw
খ. Man and Superman খ. Richard Sheridan
গ. Sons and Lovers গ. Thomas Kyd
ঘ. A Farewell to Arms ঘ. Ben Jonson
উত্তর: ঘ. Ben Jonson 35. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' is a
31. What does the term "catastrophe" moral fantasy novel by -
primarily refer to in the context of ক. Oscar Wilde
literature? খ. H. G Wells
ক. The introductory part of a narrative গ. J. K. Rowling
খ. It is the moral lesson of a story ঘ. William Gerald Golding
গ. The dreadful consequence of the story উত্তর: ক. Oscar Wilde
of a tragedy 36. Under which pseudonym did Emily
ঘ. It occurs only in comedies, while Bronte publish 'Wuthering Heights'?
climax occurs in all genres ক. Ellis Bell
উত্তর: গ. The dreadful consequence of the খ. Currer Bell
story of a tragedy গ. Mary Ann Evans
32. 'Elizabeth Bennet' is the female ঘ. Acton Bell
protagonist of - উত্তর: ক. Ellis Bell
ক. As You Like It 37. 'Was this the face that launched a
খ. Pride and Prejudice thousand shipsAnd burnt the topless
গ. Pygmalion towers of Ilium?' This extract is taken
ঘ. My Last Dutchess from -
উত্তর: খ. Pride and Prejudice ক. Paradise Lost
33. 'Sydney Carton' is the protagonist খ. Doctor Faustus
of - গ. Arms and the Man
ক. Hard Times ঘ. Julius Ceasar
খ. A Tale of Two Cities উত্তর: খ. Doctor Faustus
গ. Great Expectations 38. "It was the best of times, it was the
ঘ. Bleak House worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,
উত্তর: খ. A Tale of Two Cities it was the age of foolishness" - Who
34. Who is the author of 'The Bluest phrased this?
Eye'? ক. Christopher Marlowe
ক. Thomas Hardy খ. Thomas Hardy
খ. Charles Dickens গ. Charles Dickens
গ. D. H. Lawrence ঘ. G.B. Shaw
ঘ. Toni Morrison উত্তর: গ. Charles Dickens
উত্তর: ঘ. Toni Morrison
39. Which time frame is known as the 44. The poetic work 'The Good Morrow'
'Golden Period of English Literature'? is written by -
ক. 1550-1603 ক. John Donne
খ. 1554-1603 খ. Lord Alfred Tennyson
গ. 1558-1603 গ. Andrew Marvell
ঘ. 1562-1603 ঘ. Henry Vaughan
উত্তর: গ. 1558-1603 উত্তর: ক. John Donne
40. Who of the following is not a 45. The famous characters "Jim & Della"
Metaphysical poet? are from -
ক. John Cleveland ক. The Catcher in the Rye
খ. Thomas Nashe খ. Moby-Dick
গ. John Donne গ. The Gift of Magi
ঘ. Henry Vaughan ঘ. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
উত্তর: খ. Thomas Nashe উত্তর: গ. The Gift of Magi
41. Francis Bacon is best known as - 46. 'The Cocktail Party' is written by -
ক. Dramatist ক. John Masefield
খ. Story-teller খ. Harold Pinter
গ. Painter গ. T. S Eliot
ঘ. Essayist ঘ. Katherine Mansfield
উত্তর: ঘ. Essayist উত্তর: গ. T. S Eliot
42. Who wrote 'A Christmas Carol'? 47. Who wrote the famous historical
ক. George Eliot romance 'Ivanhoe'?
খ. Charlotte Bronte ক. Sir Walter Scott
গ. Charles Dickens খ. Emily Bronte
ঘ. Thomas Hardy গ. Mathew Arnold
উত্তর: গ. Charles Dickens ঘ. Edward Fitzgerald
43. 'Waiting for Godot' is a/an - উত্তর: ক. Sir Walter Scott
ক. Play 48. Who among them is not a novelist?
খ. Poem ক. Oscar Wilde
গ. Novel খ. Samuel Beckett
ঘ. Short story গ. W.B Yeats
উত্তর: ক. Play ঘ. James Joyce
উত্তর: গ. W.B Yeats
49. During his lifetime, how many গ. Joseph Conrad
sonnets did Shakespeare write? ঘ. E. M Forster
ক. 134 উত্তর: গ. Joseph Conrad
খ. 144 54. In which of Shakespeare's literary
গ. 154 works did he depict the characters of
ঘ. 164 "Sebastian and Viola"?
উত্তর: গ. 154 ক. Hamlet
50. Who wrote the literary piece "Things খ. Macbeth
Fall Apart"? গ. Twelfth Night
ক. Fyodor Dostoevsky ঘ. Othello
খ. Toni Morrison উত্তর: গ. Twelfth Night
গ. Chinua Achebe 55. The famous 'Harry Potter' series is
ঘ. Wole Soyinka authored by -
উত্তর: গ. Chinua Achebe ক. J.L. Borges
51. Which time frame is known as the খ. J.K. Rowling
'Restoration Period' of English গ. D.F. Wallace
Literature? ঘ. Margaret Atwood
ক. 1649 -1750 উত্তর: খ. J.K. Rowling
খ. 1660-1700 56. Which of the following is written by
গ. 1702-1745 Fyodor Dostoyevsky?
ঘ. 1703-1750 ক. A Farewell to Arms
উত্তর: খ. 1660-1700 খ. Moby Dick
52. Who wrote the Beast Fable গ. Crime and Punishment
'Volpone'? ঘ. Life on the Mississippi
ক. George Orwell উত্তর: গ. Crime and Punishment
খ. Ben Jonson 57. Who is the female protagonist of
গ. Geoffrey Chaucer Virgina Woolf's famous novel 'Mrs.
ঘ. William Somerset Maugham Dalloway'?
উত্তর: খ. Ben Jonson ক. Lily
53. Who wrote the novella 'Heart of খ. Rachel
Darkness'? গ. Clarissa
ক. Rudyard Kipling ঘ. Elizabeth
খ. William Gerald Golding উত্তর: গ. Clarissa
58. Which of the following is not a গ. Frost at Midnight
poem? ঘ. Christabel
ক. Venus and Adonis উত্তর: ক. Kubla khan
খ. Prometheus Unbound 63. 'Hours of Idleness' is written by -
গ. The Rape of Lucrece ক. Lord Byron
ঘ. A Lover's Complaint. খ. John Keats
উত্তর: খ. Prometheus Unbound গ. Alfred Tennyson
59. 'The Excursion' by William ঘ. John Milton
Wordsworth is a - উত্তর: ক. Lord Byron
ক. Drama 64. 'Ozymandias' by P.B. Shelley is-
খ. Poem ক. an ode
গ. Novel খ. a sonnet
ঘ. Essay গ. a pastoral elegy
উত্তর: খ. Poem ঘ. a lyric poem
60. 'Barabas' is a character which is উত্তর: খ. a sonnet
sketched by - 65. 'Animal Farm' is a novel written by -
ক. William Shakespeare ক. Stevenson
খ. Christopher Marlowe খ. George Orwell
গ. George Bernard Shaw গ. Jonathon Swift
ঘ. Harold Pinter ঘ. Mark Twain
উত্তর: খ. Christopher Marlowe উত্তর: খ. George Orwell
61. The characters 'Heathcliff' and 66. Which literary work is from the
'Catherine' are created by - Victorian age in below-
ক. Jane Austen ক. Measure for Measure
খ. Virginia Woolf খ. Volpone
গ. Emily Bronte গ. David Copperfield
ঘ. George Eliot ঘ. Biographia Literaria
উত্তর: গ. Emily Bronte উত্তর: গ. David Copperfield
62. Which poem of S.T. Coleridge is 67. To be or not to be that is the ____.
believed to be written under the ক. questions
influence of a dream? খ. question
ক. Kubla khan গ. quotation
খ. Rime of the Ancient Mariner ঘ. quotient
উত্তর: খ. question 73. Find the odd man out:
68. Who is a 'University Wits'? ক. Alfred Tennyson
ক. John Benson খ. William Wordsworth
খ. George Peele গ. John Dryden
গ. Thomas Norton ঘ. Robert Browning
ঘ. Thomas Moore উত্তর: ঘ. Robert Browning
উত্তর: খ. George Peele 74. "Death of a Salesman" is a play
69. Who wrote 'beauty is truth, truth written by-
beauty'? ক. G.B Shaw
ক. Shakespeare খ. Arthur Miller
খ. Wordsworth গ. Henry James
গ. Keats ঘ. Harold Pinter
ঘ. Eliot উত্তর: খ. Arthur Miller
উত্তর: গ. Keats 75. Blank verse is kind of verse __.
70. "Uneasy lies the head that wears a ক. having blanks in the verse
crown." This quotation is from - খ. having no rhythmic flow
ক. King Lear গ. having no significance
খ. Henry (iv) ঘ. having no rhyme at the end
গ. Henry (v) উত্তর: ঘ. having no rhyme at the end
ঘ. Macbeth 76. The duration of 'Elizabethan Period'
উত্তর: খ. Henry (iv) is-
71. 'Moby Dick' is a novel written by - ক. 1558-1603
ক. William Wordsworth খ. 1625-1649
খ. Emily Bronte গ. 1603-1625
গ. Herman Melville ঘ. 1649-1660
ঘ. Henry James উত্তর: ক. 1558-1603
উত্তর: গ. Herman Melville 77. ‘Oliver Twist’ is a -
72. William Shakespeare wrote- ক. Novel
ক. Julius Caesar খ. Poem
খ. Caesar and Cleopatra গ. Short story
গ. The Canterbury Tales ঘ. Prose
ঘ. All of the above উত্তর: ক. Novel
উত্তর: ক. Julius Caesar
78. Which literary device do you find in উত্তর: ক. Geoffery Chaucer
the expression “Fair is foul, foul is fair”? 83. Which one is written by R.K.
ক. Paradox Narayan?
খ. Hyperbole ক. Under the Banyan Tree
গ. Personification খ. Under the Greenwood Tree
ঘ. Simile গ. A Sky Full of Stars
উত্তর: ক. Paradox ঘ. Both A and C
79. Who is the father of English novel? উত্তর: ক. Under the Banyan Tree
ক. Henry Fielding 84. 'Gorboduc' is a ___ by Thomas
খ. Charles Dickens Norton and Thomas Sackville.
গ. Walter Scott ক. novel
ঘ. Francis Bacon খ. comedy
উত্তর: ক. Henry Fielding গ. Poem
80. Who has written the poem ''Elegy ঘ. tragedy
Written in a Country Churchyard''? উত্তর: ঘ. tragedy
ক. Thomas Gray 85. ‘Riders to the Sea’ is-
খ. P. B Shelley ক. a poem by Lord Byron
গ. Robert Frost খ. a play by J.M. Synge
ঘ. Y. B Yeats গ. a novel by D.H. Lawrence
উত্তর: ক. Thomas Gray ঘ. a short story by Maugham
81. 'If Winter comes,Can spring be far উত্তর: খ. a play by J.M. Synge
behind?' was stated by Shelley in- 86. Who is the author of 'Wings of Fire'?
ক. Ode To A Skylark ক. Abdul Kalam
খ. A Defence of Poetry খ. Franz Kafka
গ. Queen Mab গ. E. M. Forster
ঘ. Ode to the West Wind ঘ. Alice Munro
উত্তর: ঘ. Ode to the West Wind উত্তর: ক. Abdul Kalam
82. Who is known as the Father of 87. The 'merit' in the sentence 'The boy
English Modern Poetry? showed his merit by making twenty
ক. Geoffery Chaucer mistakes in ten minutes' is an example
খ. Thomas Malory of-
গ. George Bernard Shaw ক. Irony
ঘ. Edmund Spenser খ. Metaphor
গ. Simile ক. Boswell
ঘ. Paradox খ. Ben Jonson
উত্তর: ক. Irony গ. Samuel Johnson
88. Which of the following writers ঘ. Milton
belong to the Elizabethan period? উত্তর: গ. Samuel Johnson
ক. Christopher Marlowe 93. An implicit or indirect reference to
খ. Alexander Pope another work of literature -
গ. John Dryden ক. Alliteration
ঘ. Samuel Backett খ. Catharsis
উত্তর: ক. Christopher Marlowe গ. Allusion
89. 'Desdemona' is an important ঘ. Conceit
character in the Shakespearean play - উত্তর: গ. Allusion
ক. Macbeth 94. Who wrote “The Poverty of
খ. Othello Philosophy”?
গ. Hamlet ক. Charles Robert Darwin
ঘ. King Lear খ. Karl Marx
উত্তর: খ. Othello গ. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
90. Who is called an optimist in the ঘ. Bertrand Russell
Victorian Age? উত্তর: খ. Karl Marx
ক. Arnold 95. Who wrote the poem 'The Daffodils'?
খ. Tennyson ক. William Wordsworth
গ. Dickens খ. Robert Herrick
ঘ. Browning গ. Walt Whitman
উত্তর: ঘ. Browning ঘ. Ted Hughes
91. Who was the youngest of the উত্তর: ক. William Wordsworth
Romantic poets? 96. William Shakespeare was born in
ক. Keats ________.
খ. Coleridge ক. 1616
গ. Byron খ. 1664
ঘ. Shelley গ. 1574
উত্তর: ক. Keats ঘ. 1564
92. Who did write first English উত্তর: ঘ. 1564
dictionary?
97. ‘To err is human; to forgive divine.’ 99. Which century was the Victorian
Who told this? Period?
ক. Alexander Pope ক. 17th
খ. Gladstone খ. 18th
গ. John Milton গ. 19th
ঘ. Abraham Lincoln ঘ. 20th
উত্তর: ক. Alexander Pope উত্তর: গ. 19th
98. Representative Poet of Victorian Age 100. 'All the perfumes of Arabia will not
- sweeten this little hand'- a quotation
ক. Charles Dickens from-
খ. John Keats ক. Hamlet
গ. Alfred Tennyson খ. King Lear
ঘ. None of them গ. Othello
উত্তর: গ. Alfred Tennyson ঘ. Macbeth
উত্তর: ঘ. Macbeth