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40^th BCS

1. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a/an —

A. Epic	Ans: C   B. Ballad
C. Mock-heroic Poem	D. Elegy

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2. Which of the following is not an American poet?

A. Robert Frost	Ans: B   B. W. B. Yeats
C. Emily Dickinson	D. Langston Hughes

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3. William Shakespeare was born in —

A. 1616	Ans: C   B. 1664
C. 1564	D. 1493

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4. Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of —

A. John Milton	Ans: C   B. John Keats
C. Arthur Henry Hallam	D. Sydney Smith

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5.  “Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.”

      This sentence has been taken from the play —

A. Romeo and Juliet	Ans: C   B. Caesar and Cleopatra
C. Doctor Faustus	D. Antony and Cleopatra

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6. “What is in a name? That which we call a rose

   By any other name would smell as sweet” — who said this?

A. Juliet	Ans: A   B. Romeo
C. Portia	D. Rosalind

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7. “Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ‘Tis woman’s whole existence.” This is taken from the poem of —

A. P. B. Shelley	Ans: B   B. Lord Byron
C. John Keats	D. Edmund Spenser

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8. Who translated the ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ into English?

A. Thomas Carlyle	Ans: B   B. Edward Fitzgerald
C. D. G. Rossetti	D. William Thackeray

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9. ‘Ulysses’ is a novel written by —

A. Joseph Conrad	Ans: D   B. Thomas Hardy
C. Charles Dickens	D. James Joyce

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10.  The short story ‘The Diamond Necklace’ was written by —

A. Guy de Maupassant	Ans: A   B. O’Henry
C. Someset Maugham	D. George Orwell

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11.  “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” — Who said this?

A. Macbeth	Ans: B   B. Lady Macbeth
C. Mady Macduff	D. Macduff

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12. “Where are the songs of spring? Aye, where are they?

        Think of them, thou hast thy music too.” Who wrote this?

A. William Wordsworth	Ans: C   B. Robert Browning
C. John Keats	D. Samuel Coleridge

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13.  Who is the central character of ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte?

A. Mr. Earnshaw	Ans: C   B. Catherine
C. Heathcliff	D. Hindley Earnshaw

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14.  “The old order changeth, yielding place to new.” — This line is extracted from Tennyson’s poem —

A. The Lotos-Eaters	Ans: D   B. Tithonus
C. Locksley Hall	D. Morte d’ Arthur

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15. Who wrote the poem ‘The Good Morrow”?

A. George Herbert	Ans: C   B. Andrew Marvell
C. John Donne	D. Henry Vaughan