For the students of University of Gour
Banga, West Bengal, India
MODERNIST PERIOD
MCQ MOCK TEST – 1
Total Marks - 40
Time – 1:30 Hours
1. What is common amongst
Rupert Brooke, Julian Grenfell and Siegfried Sassoon as poets ?
(a) They
were all romantic poets
(b) They
were all nature poets
(c) They
were all metaphysical poets
(d) They
were all war poets
2. Who was the author of the
popular tragic play Riders to the Sea?
(a)
Ruskin
(b) J.M.Synge
(c)
Arnold
(d)
Wilkie Collins
3. The poet who supported
British Imperialism in India?
(a) Rudyard
Kipling
(b) J.M.Synge
(c)
Arnold
(d)
Wilkie Collins
4. Rudyard Kipling was born in
:
(a) Bombay
(b)
Delhi
(c)
Kolkata
(d)
Madurai
5. "Oh, East is East, and
West is West, And never the twain can meet." Whose lines are these?
(a) Rudyard
Kipling
(b) J.M.Synge
(c)
Arnold
(d)
Wilkie Collins
6.
T.S.Eliot dedicated his The Waste Land to :
(a) Maria
Pound
(b) J.M.Synge
(c)
Arnold
(d) Ezra
Pound
7. In
how many parts is The Waste Land divided ?
(a) Three
parts
(b) Six
parts
(c) Five
parts
(d)Four
parts
8.
Which of the poem of T.S.Eliot ends with the lines?
"Datta,
Dayadhvam, Damyata, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti."
(a)
Tess
(b) A
Tale of Two Cities
(c) The
Waste Land
(d)
Mayor of Casterbridge
9.
James Joyce's Ulysses is based on the pattern of :
(a) Odyssey
(b) Aenied
(c) The
Waste Land
(d)
Mayor of Casterbridge
10.
James Joyce initiated :
(a) Stream
of consciousness technique
(b) Stream
of seriousness technique
(c) Stream
of boldness technique
(d) Stream
of motiveless technique
11.
Virginia Woolf was the daughter of an eminent critic. Who is he ?
(a) Maria
Pound
(b) Leslie
Stephen
(c)
Arnold
(d) Ezra
Pound
12. A
character in Virginia Woolf's novels changes his sex. Which is that novel ?
(a)
Tess
(b) A
Tale of Two Cities
(c) The
Waste Land
(d) Orlando
13.
What is the Central theme of Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman ?
(a) A
woman's search for a fitting mate
(b) A dog's
search for a fitting mate
(c) A cat's
search for a fitting mate
(d) A man's
search for a fitting mate
14. In
which of Shaw's plays the 'Chocolate cream hero' appears ?
(a) Man
and Superman
(b) Arms
and the Man
(c) Tess
(d) A
Tale of Two Cities
15.
The phrase 'Don Juan in Hell' occurs in Shaw's :
(a) Man
and Superman
(b) Arms
and the Man
(c) Tess
(d) A
Tale of Two Cities
16.
What is the central theme of Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession ?
(a) Prostitution
(b)
Business
(c)
Teachership
(d)
Physician
17.
"The law is what it is -a majestic edifice sheltering all of us, each
stone of which rests on another."In which play of Galsworthy do these
lines occur?
(a) Man
and Superman
(b) Arms
and the Man
(c) Tess
(d) Justice
18. In
which year was Bernard Shaw awarded the Nobel Prize ?
(a)
1924
(b)
1923
(c) 1925
(d)
1930
19.
Joseph Conrad's novels are generally set in the background of :
(a)
the playground
(b) the
sea
(c)
the moon
(d)
the lanscape
20.
E.M.Forster's A Passage to India deals with :
(a) relationship
between the Hindus and Muslims
(b) relationship
between the Christianms and Muslims
(c) relationship
between the Britishers and Bengalees
(d) relationship
between the Britishers and Indians
B.
Answer any two of the following questions.
Marks - 5X2 = 10
1. Discuss the symbolism of the
Swans.
2. What does Yeats mean ‘lover by
lover’?
3. Describe the episode of Marabar
Caves.
4. Discuss the significance of title
‘A Passage to India’.
C.
Answer any one of the following questions.
Marks - 10X1 = 10
1. Write a critical appreciation
of the poem ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’.
2. How does Dickens illustrate religions,
races and society in the novel ‘A Passage to India’?
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