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In the last twenty years of the 18th century, England produced two great romantic poets. They are:
A. Johnson and Blake
B. Blake and Burns
C. Pope and Goldsmith
D. Gray and Young
Why was Daniel Defoe arrested in May 1703?
A. Translating the Bible into English
B. Writing the pamphlet The Shortest Way of Dissenters
C. Not paying debts
D. Piracy
Jack Worthing, the central character in The Importance of Being Earnest, is found as a baby in a handbag in the cloakroom of which railway station?
A. Euston
B. Victoria
C. Waterloo
D. Paddington
Which of the following best summarizes the relationship between Fowler, Pyle, and Phuong in The Quiet American?
A. Love triangle
B. Good friends
C. Enemies
D. Colleagues
Who or what were Eye Witness, Andrew Morton, T. Tayor, and Merchant?
A. Pen names of Daniel Defoe
B. Colleagues of Daniel Defoe
C. Friends of Daniel Defoe
D. Enemies of Daniel Defoe
Who wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles?
A. Agatha Christie
B. Arthur Conan Doyle
C. H. Rider Haggard
D. P. D. James
Pride and Prejudice was originally a youthful work entitled?
A. First Impressions
B. Last Impressions
C. False Impressions
D. True Impressions
Which of the following writers wrote historical novels?
A. Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte
B. Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
C. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
Who was often called the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature?
A. William Shakespeare
B. William Morris
C. William Wordsworth
D. William Blake
Which of the following is an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?
A. Mansfield Park
B. Persuasion
C. Sense and Sensibility
D. Sanditon
In Pride and Prejudice, we initially dislike but later tend to like?
A. Bingley
B. Wickham
C. Darcy
D. Mr. Bennet
Where did O. Henry work as a teller?
A. Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
B. ANZ Grindlays Bank, Atlanta
C. First National Bank, Austin
D. First American Bank, Washington
Where did O. Henry flee to avoid trial?
A. Brazil
B. Canada
C. Honduras
D. England
Where did O. Henry die?
A. Philadelphia
B. New York
C. Austin
D. London
Which story by O. Henry deals with kidnappers who find the kidnapped boy a nuisance and want to return him with money?
A. Christmas by Injunction
B. The Cop and the Anthem
C. The Duplicity of Hargraves
D. The Ransom of Red Chief
How many dollars does Della get for her hair in The Gift of the Magi?
A. 80
B. 60
C. 20
D. 40
What is a sonnet?
A. A poem of six lines
B. A poem of fourteen lines
C. A poem of eight lines
D. A poem of twelve lines
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud is a:
A. Lyrical poem
B. Lyrical prose
C. Sonnet
D. Romance in prose
What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
A. Personification
B. Hyperboles
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration
What is the title of Wilde’s only novel?
A. The Picture of Damien Gray
B. The Picture of Declan Gray
C. The Picture of Dorian Gray
D. The Picture of Dominic Gray
The main features of Critical Realism in England were:
A. All of the above
B. These writers used the novel as a means to protest against the evils in contemporary social and economic life and to picture the world in a realistic way
C. The critical realists introduced new characters into literature
D. Critical Realism should depict typical characters in typical circumstances
What does Jim buy for Della in The Gift of the Magi?
A. Combs
B. Gold chain
C. Diamond ring
D. Silver bracelet
Which story by O. Henry deals with sacrifices a husband and wife make for buying Christmas presents for each other?
A. Heart of the West
B. Let Me Feel Your Pulse
C. The Gentle Grafter
D. The Gift of the Magi
Which humorous weekly was started by O. Henry?
A. The Rolling Stone
B. Shankar’s Weekly
C. Eve’s Weekly
D. Funny Times
When was O. Henry born?
A. 14 April 1865
B. 3 June 1868
C. January 1870
D. 11 September 1862
The main literary stream of the 18th century was:
A. Naturalism
B. Sentimentalism
C. Neo-classicism
D. Romanticism
What was O. Henry’s real name?
A. William Sidney Porter
B. Henry Ford
C. Clark Gable
D. Arthur Kent
Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth-century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism?
A. Art for God’s sake
B. Art for art’s sake
C. Art for the masses
D. Art for intellect’s sake