BCA first semester
GE- English literature
1. Which foreign poet inspired Toru Dutt in her style?
a) Milton
b) Wordsworth
c) Keats
d) Tennyson
Answer: d) Tennyson
2. The ode is mainly characterized by:
a) Short stanzas
b) Long epic narrative
c) Lyric of praise or tribute
d) Humorous tone
Answer: c) Lyric of praise or tribute
3. Which famous elegy was written by Thomas Gray?
a) Lycidas
b) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
c) Adonais
d) In Memoriam
Answer: b) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
4. The Solitary Reaper was written by:
a) William Blake
b) William Wordsworth
c) William Shakespeare
d) John Keats
Answer: b) William Wordsworth
5. A dramatic monologue is a poem in which:
a) The poet speaks to himself only
b) A single character speaks to a silent listener
c) Multiple voices interact
d) The chorus narrates
Answer: b) A single character speaks to a silent listener
6. Toru Dutt’s poem reflects her grief for:
a) Her parents
b) Her siblings who died young
c) Her homeland
d) Her lost childhood friend
Answer: b) Her siblings who died young
7. The Italian sonnet is also called:
a) Miltonic sonnet
b) Petrarchan sonnet
c) Spenserian sonnet
d) Romantic sonnet
Answer: b) Petrarchan sonnet
8. Which natural image does Wordsworth use to compare the girl’s song?
a) A cuckoo bird
b) A nightingale
c) A skylark
d) A dove
Answer: b) A nightingale
9. Which poetic form often deals with mourning or loss?
a) Ballad
b) Ode
c) Elegy
d) Lyric
Answer: c) Elegy
10. The ballad is best described as:
a) A reflective lyric
b) A short story in prose
c) A narrative song or poem in simple language
d) A dramatic play
Answer: c) A narrative song or poem in simple language
11. Our Casuarina Tree can be classified as:
a) Ode
b) Elegy
c) Ballad
d) Epic
Answer: a) Ode
12. Allegory is best described as:
a) A simple song
b) A story or poem with symbolic meaning
c) A humorous narrative
d) A factual description
Answer: b) A story or poem with symbolic meaning
13. Which of these is usually sung and transmitted orally?
a) Sonnet
b) Ballad
c) Ode
d) Elegy
Answer: b) Ballad
14. The main theme of The Solitary Reaper is:
a) Patriotism
b) Beauty of nature and power of memory
c) War and peace
d) Religious devotion
Answer: b) Beauty of nature and power of memory
15. John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is an example of:
a) Ode
b) Epic
c) Allegory
d) Ballad
Answer: c) Allegory
16. The lyric mainly expresses:
a) Narration of war
b) Personal emotions and feelings
c) Objective facts
d) Religious doctrines
Answer: b) Personal emotions and feelings
17. Which of these is a famous dramatic monologue by Robert Browning?
a) Ulysses
b) My Last Duchess
c) Kubla Khan
d) Ode to the West Wind
Answer: b) My Last Duchess
18. Toru Dutt compares the casuarina tree’s size to:
a) A mountain
b) A giant
c) A cathedral
d) A ship
Answer: b) A giant
19. An elegy is a poem that:
a) Celebrates love
b) Laments the dead
c) Narrates a heroic tale
d) Expresses joy
Answer: b) Laments the dead
20. The poet could not understand the reaper’s language but still felt:
a) Indifferent
b) Deeply moved
c) Curious only
d) Irritated
Answer: b) Deeply moved
21. The ode is most associated with which poet?
a) John Keats
b) William Wordsworth
c) Pindar
d) Lord Byron
Answer: c) Pindar
22. Which natural element is not mentioned in Our Casuarina Tree?
a) Creeper
b) Lake
c) Snow
d) Monkey
Answer: c) Snow
23. Which of these is a famous traditional ballad?
a) La Belle Dame sans Merci
b) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
c) Sir Patrick Spens
d) Ode on a Grecian Urn
Answer: c) Sir Patrick Spens
24. Who is regarded as the finest lyric poet of the Romantic Age?
a) William Wordsworth
b) P.B. Shelley
c) John Keats
d) Lord Byron
Answer: b) P.B. Shelley
25. Which of the following is an epic?
a) Paradise Lost
b) The Prelude
c) The Waste Land
d) Kubla Khan
Answer: a) Paradise Lost
26. The song of the reaper remained with the poet as:
a) A vague memory
b) An everlasting impression in his heart
c) A forgotten tune
d) A passing sound
Answer: b) An everlasting impression in his heart
27. How many quatrains are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
Answer: c) Three
28. A sonnet traditionally contains how many lines?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 16
Answer: c) 14
29. Which creature is described climbing the casuarina tree?
a) A peacock
b) A snake
c) A monkey
d) A parrot
Answer: c) A monkey
30. In The Solitary Reaper, the girl is:
a) Weaving
b) Singing while reaping
c) Reading
d) Sleeping
Answer: b) Singing while reaping
31. What kind of song does the reaper sing?
a) Joyful
b) Melancholy and plaintive
c) Humorous
d) Patriotic
Answer: b) Melancholy and plaintive
32. Which of the following best describes the tone of The Solitary Reaper?
a) Humorous
b) Reflective and musical
c) Violent
d) Satirical
Answer: b) Reflective and musical
33. Both poems (The Solitary Reaper and Our Casuarina Tree) share which common theme?
a) Loss and memory
b) Humor and satire
c) War and heroism
d) Science and progress
Answer: a) Loss and memory
34. In The Solitary Reaper, the poet asks the reader to:
a) Listen quietly
b) Join the song
c) Clap for the girl
d) Ignore her
Answer: a) Listen quietly
35. Who is known as the master of the English sonnet?
a) John Milton
b) William Shakespeare
c) Geoffrey Chaucer
d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Answer: b) William Shakespeare
36. What emotion dominates Our Casuarina Tree?
a) Happiness
b) Nostalgia and melancholy
c) Humor
d) Anger
Answer: b) Nostalgia and melancholy
37. What does the casuarina tree symbolize for Toru Dutt?
a) Her country
b) Her childhood memories and lost siblings
c) Her struggles
d) Her hope for the future
Answer: b) Her childhood memories and lost siblings
38. Which term refers to a narrative poem about heroic deeds?
a) A short reflective poem
b) An epic
c) A humorous verse
d) A love lyric
Answer: b) An epic
39. Which poem is written in ballad form?
a) Ode to a Nightingale
b) The Solitary Reaper
c) Lycidas
d) Kubla Khan
Answer: b) The Solitary Reaper
40. Which poet wrote Our Casuarina Tree?
a) Toru Dutt
b) Sarojini Naidu
c) Kamala Das
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: a) Toru Dutt
