Paradise Lost Book 1 Important Lines

Line 1

Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit

Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste

Brought death into the world, and all our woe. 

Ans. With these lines, Milton begins Paradise Lost and lays the groundwork for his project, presenting his purpose, subject, aspirations, and need for heavenly guidance. He states that his subject will be the disobedience of Adam and Eve, whose sin allows death and pain into the world. He invokes his muse, whom he identifies as the Holy Spirit. He asserts his hopes that his epic poem will surpass the other great epic poems written before, as he claims that his story is the most original and the most virtuous. He also asks his muse to fill his mind with divine knowledge so that he can share this knowledge with his readers. Finally, he hopes this knowledge and guidance from his muse will allow him to claim authority without committing any heresies, as he attempts to explain God’s reasoning and his overall plan for humankind.

Line 22

What in me is dark

Illumine, what is low raise and support,

That to the height of this great argument

I may assert eternal Providence,

And justify the ways of God to men. 

Line 105

What though the field be lost?

All is not lost; th’ unconquerable will,

And study of revenge, immortal hate,

And courage never to submit or yield. 

Line 157

To be weak is miserable,

Doing or suffering. 

Line 254 (Satan to Beelzebub)

The mind is its own place and in itself

can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n."

Line 261

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. 

Line 330

Awake, arise, or be forever fallen! 

Line 648

Who overcomes

By force, hath overcome but half his foe. 

MODERNIST PERIOD MOCK TEST – 2

31/10/2017

For the students of University of Gour Banga, West Bengal, India

MODERNIST PERIOD 
 MOCK TEST – II

Total Marks - 40

Time – 1:30 Hours

1. Who is the author of Human Bondage ?

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) Leslie Stephen

(c) Arnold

(d) Rudyard Kipling

2. Who has written the poem If ?

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) Leslie Stephen

(c) Arnold

(d) Rudyard Kipling

3. Who is the author of Two Cheers for Democracy?

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) Leslie Stephen

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) Rudyard Kipling

4. Who is the originator of  'Sprung Rhythm' ?

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) Hopkins

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) Rudyard Kipling

5. The term 'Stream of consciousness' was first used by:

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) Hopkins

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) William James

6. The terms 'Inscape' and 'Instress' are associated with :

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) Hopkins

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) William James

7. Who called 'Hamlet' an artistic failure ?

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) Hopkins

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) T.S.Eliot

8. Who said, "For art's sake alone I would not face the toil of writing a single sentence ?"

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) G. B. Shaw

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) T.S.Eliot

9. Who was believed to be "a classicist in literature, royalist in politics and anglocatholic in religion ?"

(a) Somerset Maugham

(b) G. B. Shaw

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) T.S.Eliot

10. Who was the founder of the Bloomsbury Group, a literary club of England ?

(a) Virginia Woolf

(b) G. B. Shaw

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) T.S.Eliot

11. How should Rudyard Kipling be rightly called ?

(a) An Anglo – Dalit  poet

(b) An Anglo - Indian poet

(c) An Anglo - American poet

(d) An Anglo – British poet

12. Who initiated the term 'New Criticism' in English literary criticism ?

(a) David Daiches

(b) Albert

(c) E.M.Forster

(d) T.S.Eliot

13. In which verse - form is T.S. Eliot's Waste Land written ?

(a) Blank Verse

(b) Free Verse

(c) Rhyming Verse

(d) Heroic Verse

14. Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?

(a) Boer War

(b) Second World War

(c) Korean War

(d) First World War

15. Who wrote about the idyllic 'Isle of Innisfree'?

(a) Dylan Thomas

(b) Ezra Pound

(c) W. B. Yeats

(d) E. E. Cummings

16. Who was the King of England in the second decade of England?

(a) George II

(b) George III

(c) George Iv

(d) George V

17. When did George V die?

(a) 1914

(b) 1936

(c) 1940

(d) 1935

18. After George V who sat on the throne of England?

(a)Edward VIII

(b) George VI

(c) Elizabeth II

(d) Elizabeth

19. Which of the following is the period of World War I?

(a) 1939-1944

(b) 1914-1919

(c) 1917-1920

(d) 1920-1924

20. Which of the following is the period of World War II? 

(a) 1939-1944

(b) 1914-1919

(c) 1917-1920

(d) 1920-1924

B. Answer any two of the following questions.  Marks - 5X2 = 10

1. Elaborate the statement ‘Chocolate Cream Soldier’

2. How does Conrad relate Lagoon to the life of Arsat?

3. ‘That was his last charge’ – How did Arsat’s brother die?

4. “Our romance is shattered. Life is a farce” - Explain

C. Answer any one of the following questions.  Marks - 10X1 = 10

1. Justify the title of the play ‘Arms and the Man’.

2. Discuss the character of Arsat.

MODERNIST PERIOD MCQ TEST -1

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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Victorian Period, MCQ MOCK TEST – 2

For the students of University of Gour Banga, West Bengal, India

MCQ MOCK TEST – 2

Total Marks - 40

Time – 1:30 Hours

v  A. Instruction: Write MCQ no. And options in full on Answer Sheet.

1. The phrase 'Stormy Sisterhood' is applied to :

(a) Charlotte, Emily, Mary

(b) Charlotte, Emily, Jane

(c) Charlotte, Emily, Anne

(d) Aphra, Emily, Anne

2. What award was given to Hardy as a great novelist?

(a) Order of Merit

(b) Order of Novelist

(c) Order of King

(d) Order of Philosopher

3. In one of his novels Hardy says: "Happiness is but an occasional episode in the general drama of pain." It is in -

(a) Tess

(b) A Tale of Two Cities

(c) Hard Times

(d) Mayor of Casterbridge

4. In one of his novels Hardy quotes Shakespeare's remark :

"As flies to the wanton boys are we to the gods, They kill us for their sport." In which of the novels does he quote these lines?

 (a) Tess

(b) A Tale of Two Cities

(c) Hard Times

(d) Mayor of Casterbridge

5. Hardy believed in the philosophy of :

(a) Immanent Merit

(b) Immanent Novelist

(c) Immanent Will

(d) Immanent Philosophy

6. Who is the author of Prometheus Bound ?

(a) William Wordsworth

(b) Tennyson

(c) Elizabeth Barret Browning

(d) Robert Browning

7. The poet who speaks of Nature as 'Red in Tooth and Claw’?

(a) William Wordsworth

(b) Tennyson

(c) Elizabeth Barret Browning

(d) Robert Browning

8. Which of the following novels of Charles Dickens is most autobiographical?

 (a) Tess

(b) A Tale of Two Cities

(c) David Copperfield

(d) Mayor of Casterbridge

9. Who is the author of the novel ‘No Name’?

(a) William Wordsworth

(b) Tennyson

(c) Arnold

(d) Wilkie Collins

10. Who is the author of 'Unto This Last?

(a) Ruskin

(b) Tennyson

(c) Arnold

(d) Wilkie Collins

11. Dickens said about one of his novels:" I like this the best" which novel was he referring to?

(a) Tess

(b) A Tale of Two Cities

(c) David Copperfield

(d) Mayor of Casterbridge

12. Who is the author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

(a) William Wordsworth

(b) Tennyson

(c) R.L.Stevenson

(d) Robert Browning

13. Charles Dickens's characters are generally:

(a) Round

(b) General

(c) Motionless

(d) Flat

14. In Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities', the two cities referred to are:

 (a) London and Paris

(b) London and Washington

(c) Manchester and Paris

(d) London and Casterbridge

15. The theme of Tennyson's Idylls of the King is :

(a) The story of King Charles and His Round Table

(b) The story of King Arthur and His Kingdom

(c) The story of King Arthur and His Round Table

(d) The story of Roger Arthur and His Round Table

 16. Tennyson's Queen Mary is a:

(a) Drama

(b) Poem

(c) Prose

(d) Novel

 17. "Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell: "That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before." These lines are quoted from Tennyson's In Memoriam. What do these lines imply?

(a) Compromise between philosophy and faith

(b) Compromise between knowledge and faith

(c) Compromise between God and faith

(d) Compromise between earth and faith

18. Utilitarianism is a - Philosophical theory

(a) Literary theory

(b) Philosophical theory

(c) Social theory

(d) A medium of expression

 19. How many years did Tennyson take in brooding over and finishing In Memoriam ?

(a) Fifteen years

(b) Sixteen years

(c) Eighteen years

(d) Seventeen years

20. The Oxford Movement is also known as -

(a) Tractarianism

(b) National Apostasy

(c) Freedom Movement of Education

(d) Catholic Movement

B. Answer any two of the following questions.  Marks - 5X2 = 10

1. Discuss the character of Stephen Blackpool.

2.What kind of morality does Bitzer exibit?

3. Describe the relation of Gabriel and Bathsheba.

4. What is the impact of Bathsheba’s Valentine on Boldwood?

C. Answer any one of the following questions.  Marks - 10X1 = 10

1. Discuss Hardy’s Vision of life underlying in ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’.

2. How does Dickens illustrate education, culture and society in the novel ‘Hard Times’?

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Summary of A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway

Main Characters

Frederic Henry: He is the hero of the book. He is the narrator too. He is American, but he drives an ambulance for the Italian army.

Catherine Barkley: She’s the girl that Henry falls in love with. She is a British nurse. Before she meets Henry, she was engaged. Her fiancée died in war. Catherine dies in the end of this book.

Rinaldi: He is Henry’s good friend. Rinaldi is an Italian doctor; a surgeon. He is depressed about war because he is trying to heal and everyone is still getting injured. He was the guy who introduced Henry to Catherine (Rinaldi liked her first.)

Summary

Lieutenant Frederic Henry is a young American ambulance driver serving in the Italian army during World War I. At the beginning of the novel, the war is winding down with the onset of winter, and Henry arranges to tour Italy. The following spring, upon his return to the front, Henry meets Catherine Barkley, an English nurse’s aide at the nearby British hospital and the love interest of his friend Rinaldi. Rinaldi, however, quickly fades from the picture as Catherine and Henry become involved in an elaborate game of seduction. Grieving the recent death of her fiancé, Catherine longs for love so deeply. Her passion wakens for emotional interaction with Henry.

When Henry is wounded on the battlefield, he is brought to a hospital in Milan to recover. Several doctors recommend that he stay in bed for six months and then undergo a necessary operation on his knee. Henry learns happily that Catherine has been transferred to Milan and begins his recuperation under her care. During the following months, his relationship with Catherine intensifies. No longer simply a game in which they exchange empty promises and playful kisses, their love becomes powerful and real.

Once Henry’s damaged leg has healed, the army grants him three weeks period of recovery leave, after which he is scheduled to return to the front. He tries to plan a trip with Catherine, who reveals to him that she is pregnant. The following day, Henry is diagnosed with jaundice, and Miss Van Campen, the superintendent of the hospital, accuses him of bringing the disease on himself through excessive drinking. Believing Henry’s illness to be an attempt to avoid his duty as a serviceman, Miss Van Campen has Henry’s leave revoked, and he is sent to the front once the jaundice has cleared.

After recovery, Henry travels to the front, where Italian forces are losing ground and manpower daily. Soon after Henry’s arrival, a bombardment begins. When word comes that German troops are breaking through the Italian lines, the Allied forces prepare to retreat. Henry leads his team of ambulance drivers into the great column of evacuating troops. The men pick up two engineering sergeants and two frightened young girls on their way. Henry and his drivers then decide to leave the column and take secondary roads, which they assume will be faster. When one of their vehicles bogs down in the mud, Henry orders the two engineers to help in the effort to free the vehicle. When they refuse, he shoots one of them. To avoid court martial, he escapes from the quarrel.

After swimming a safe distance downstream, Henry boards a train bound for Milan. Henry reunites with Catherine in the town of Stresa. From there, the two escape to safety in Switzerland, rowing all night in a tiny borrowed boat. They settle happily in a lovely town called Montreux and agree to put the war behind them forever. Henry is sometimes plagued by guilt for abandoning the men on the front. When spring arrives, the couple moves to Lausanne so that they can be closer to the hospital. Early one morning, Catherine goes into labor. The delivery is exceptionally painful and complicated. Catherine delivers a stillborn baby boy and, later that night, dies of a hemorrhage. Henry stays at her side until she is gone. He attempts to say goodbye but cannot. He walks back to his hotel in the rain.

Victorian Period : MCQ MOCK TEST – I

For the students of University of Gour Banga, West Bengal, India

MCQ MOCK TEST – I

Total Marks - 40

Time – 1:30 Hours

 A. Instruction: Write MCQ no. and options in full on Answer Sheet.

1. Queen Victoria succeeded to the throne of England after:

 (a) William IV

(b) William II

(c) William VI

(d) William V

2. The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria's reign was celebrated in :

(a) 1888

(b) 1886

(c) 1887

(d) 1889

3. Queen Victoria became the Empress of India in :

 (a) 1877

(b) 1876

(c) 1875

(d) 1872

4. The Oxford Movement was basically a:

(a) Religious Movement

(b) Political Movement

(c) Farmer Movement

(d) Trade Movement

5. The Oxford Movement was started by:

 (a) the scholars of the Oxford University

(b) the scholars of the OxonUniversity

(c) the scholars of the Cambridge University

(d) the scholars of the Yale University

6. What was common amongst D.G.Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Morris and Swinburne?

(a) They all belonged to the Lake School

(b) They all belonged to the Raphaelite School

(c) They all belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite School

(d) They all belonged to the Romantic School

7. Who was the leader of the Pre-Raphaelite group of artists in England?

 (a) Christina Rossetti

(b) D.G.Rossetti

(c) Morris

(d) Swinburne

8. Who is the author of The Blessed Damozel ?

(a) Christina Rossetti

(b) D.G.Rossetti

(c) Morris

(d) Swinburne

9. Who is the author of Aurora Leigh?

 (a) Christina Rossetti

(b) Elizabeth Barret Browning

(c) Morris

(d) Robert Browning

10. The basic theme of Arnold's Literature and Dogma is

 (a) Theology

(b) Politics

(c) Ethics

(d) Philosophy

11. Arnold's Culture and Anarchy deals with the subject of

 (a) Theology

(b) Politics

(c) Education

(d) Philosophy

12. Darwin's The Origin of Species by Natural Selection challenges:

 (a) Genetic concept of the creation of the world

(b) Geographical concept of the creation of the world

(c) Political concept of the creation of the world

(d) Biblical concept of the creation of the world

13. What is common amongst Cardinal Newman, John Keble, Henry Newman and Stanley ?

 (a) They all belonged to the Oxford Movement

(b) They all belonged to the Raphaelite Movement

(c) They all belonged to the Pre-Raphaelite Movement

(d) They all belonged to the Romantic  Movement

14. Which of the following novels is called a "Novel without a hero”?

 (a) A tale of two cities

(b) David Copperfield

(c) Vanity Fair

(d) Hard Times

15. What is meant by ‘Wessex’?

(a) The region in which Hardy's novels are set

(b) The region in which Hardy's poems are set

(c) The region in which Hardy's dramas are set

(d) The region in which Hardy's lyrics are set

16. George Eliot's novel Romola is a:

 (a) Political novel

(b) Historical novel

(c) Religious novel

(d) Philosophic novel

17. 'George Eliot' was the pen-name of:

 (a) Maria Evans

(b) Mariana Evans

(c) Mari Evans

(d) Marian Evans

18. Charles Dickens left one novel unfinished. Which is it?

(a) A tale of two cities

(b) David Copperfield

(c) Vanity Fair

(d) Edwin Drood

19. Josiah is the character of the novel:

(a) A tale of two cities

(b) David Copperfield

(c) Vanity Fair

(d) Hard Times

20. Tennyson was appointed Poet - Laureate after:

 (a) William Wordsworth

(b) Tennyson

(c) Arnold

(d) Robert Browning

       B. Answer any  two of the following questions.  Marks - 5X2 = 10

1. “My ride is better than their ride” – explain.

2.” Fail alone I ........who succeeds” – Who is the speaker? Why does the speaker think so?

3. How has Thomas Hardy depicted nature in the poem “The Darkling Thrush”?

4. Discuss the optimistic aspect of the bird in “The Darkling Thrush”?

  C. Answer any one of the following questions.  Marks - 10X1 = 10

1. Discuss “The Last Ride Together” as a dramatic monologue.

2. How does Hardy interwoven pessimism and optimism in “The Darkling Thrush”?