Choose the correct chronological sequence in question numbers 21-30 :

21. Choose the correct chronological sequence

(A) Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility,

Mansfield Park
(B) Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Pride and
Prejudice
(C) Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, Sense and
Sensibility
(D) Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park,
Northanger Abbey
 Sense and Sensibility:
 Significance of the title: Sense [ Good Sense, Common
Sense] and Sensibility [ Emotionality]
 Elinor Dashwood - Common Sense
 Marianne Dashwood - Sensibility
 Published anonymously in three volumes in 1811.
 Austen began writing sense and sensibility in 1795.
Initially the title was Elinor and Marianne. She
revised this novel in 1809. She Published this novel in
1811 in the Name of By a Lady. This Novel is written
in the form of Epistolary Novel.
 Pride and Prejudice:
 Originally Published: 28 Jan 1813
 Novel Of Manners - Novel of manners is a genre of
literature that focuses on the social customs, values,
and habits of a particular social class or group. The
 novel often shows how these conventions influence
or restrict the behaviour of the characters.
 Jane Austen originally intended to title the book
“First Impressions,” but later changed it to “Pride
and Prejudice” to avoid duplicating the title of
another book published in 1800.
 Fitzwilliam Darcy – Pride
 Elizabeth Bennet – Prejudice
 Mansfield Park:
 Third Published novel Of Jane Austen in 1814.
 First Edition was published by Thomas Egerton in
1814.
 Second Edition was published by John Murray in
1816.
 Genre - Social Comedy
 Mansfield Park is the name of the main house
featured in the novel of the same name by Jane
Austen. The title helps to clue us in to the importance
of a certain place and directs our attention to the major
setting of the novel, as opposed to just a specific
character or a thematic idea, as with some of Jane
Austen’s other novels. Mansfield Park itself represents
different things to different characters at various times.
It’s alternately a frightening and alien place, a safe
haven, a future goal, a prison, and a place of love.
Mansfield Park the house is as complicated as the
characters that inhabit it.
 Northanger Abbey:
 Coming Of Age and satire of Gothic Novel
 Coming Of Age- Young Person’s Transition from being
child to adult
  Some common themes in coming-of-age novels include
maturation, acculturation, loss of innocence, wisdom
and/or acumen [ability to take good judgments] , and
worldliness.
 The title of Jane Austen’s novel “Northanger Abbey”
reflects one of the novel’s major thematic concerns. The
book’s protagonist, Catherine, is obsessed with Gothic
novels and with Northanger Abbey. The title also helps
to clue readers into the type of novel that Jane Austen
is satirizing.
 Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennox's
The Female Quixote (1752).
 Northanger Abbey was completed in 1803, the first of
Austen's novels completed in full, but was published
posthumously in 1817 with Persuasion.

Answer: D:
1.Sense and Sensibility [ 1811]
2.Pride and Prejudice [ 1813]
3. Mansfield Park [ 1814]
4. Northanger Abbey [1817]
22. Shakespeare criticism by:
(A) Spurgeon - T.S. Eliot -Stephen Greenblatt - Bradley
(B) Bradley - Spurgeon - T.S. Eliot – Stephen Greenblatt
(C) T.S. Eliot - Stephen Greenblatt - Bradley -Spurgeon
(D) Stephen Greenblatt - Bradley - T.S. Eliot -Spurgeon
  Andrew Cecil Bradley [ 1851- 1935] - A.C. Bradley ’s
magisterial Shakespearean Tragedy (1904), a book that
remains highly readable.
 Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon [1869 – 1942] -
Shakespeare's Imagery and What it Tells Us (1935)
 T.S.Eliot [1888-1965] - Hamlet and His Problems ( 1919)
 Stephen Greenblat [1943] - Stephen Greenblatt was the first
to use the term “New Historicism”, Michel Foucault and
Jonathan Dollimore where two theorists, who contributed to
the definition of the term.
 Stephen Greenblatt has written several books on Shakespeare
including:

 The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (2011)

 Shakespeare’s Freedom (2010)
 Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
(2004)
 Hamlet in Purgatory (2001)
 Marvelous Possessions (1991)
 Renaissance Self-Fashioning (1980)

Answer: B
Bradley – 1851
Spurgeon – 1869
Eliot - 1888
Greenblat - 1943
23. Choose the correct chronological sequence
(A) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Oxford Movement, Movement Poetry ,
Imagism
(B) Oxford Movement, Pre-Raphaelite Movement Brotherhood,
Imagism, Movement Poetry

(C) Imagism, Movement Poetry, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Oxford

Movement

(D) Movement Poetry, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Oxford Movement,

Imagism

Answer: B
 Oxford Movement - John Keble’s sermon entitled “National
Apostasy” (July 14, 1833), which John Henry Newman considered
the beginning of the Oxford Movement.
 The Oxford Movement was a movement of high church members
of the Church of England which began in the 1830s and eventually
developed into Anglo-Catholicism.
 Pre – Raphaelite Brotherhood- The Pre-Raphaelite movement
began in 1848 as an organisation of painters who called themselves
Pre-Raphaelites.
 The occasion of the founding of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood
was a book of engravings which Holman Hunt and D. G. Rossetti
saw at the house of Edward Millais, of certain Italian frescoes.
 The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in John Millais’s
parents’ house on Gower Street, London in 1848. At the first
meeting, the painters John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
and William Holman Hunt were present.
 Movement Poetry - A Movement Poet is a younger writing-room
disciple who continues the work of their master. They tend to write
 in the voice of their mentor, often using explicit references and
anecdotes. Often these poems are imitative in nature but not
necessarily intended to be so.
 The Movement was a term coined in 1954 by J. D. Scott, literary
editor of The Spectator, to describe a group of writers including
Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Donald Davie, D. J. Enright, John
Wain, Elizabeth Jennings, Thom Gunn and Robert Conquest.
 Imagism - Imagist poetry is defined by directness, economy of
language, avoidance of generalities, and a hierarchy of precise
phrasing over adherence to poetic meter.

 The concept of Imagist poetry as it is known today largely spans

from two Imagist anthologies compiled by Richard Aldington and
Ezra Pound.
24. Choose the correct chronological Sequence

(A) Closet drama, Epic Theatre, Theatre of the Absurd, Portable Theatre
(B)Epic Theatre, Portable Theatre, Theatre of absurd, Closet Drama
(C)Portable Theatre, Closet drama, Epic theatre, Theatre of the Absurd
(D)Theatre of the Absurd, Portable Theatre, Closet drama, Epic Theatre
Answer: A
 CLOSET DRAMA: A closet drama is a play that is not intended to
be performed onstage but read by a solitary reader or sometimes
out loud in a large group. It is created primarily for reading rather
than production and is unconcerned with stage technique. Some
examples of closet dramas include John Milton’s Samson
Agonistes (1671), Thomas Hardy’s The Dynasts (three parts,
1903–08), and Goethe’s Faust.
 Origin of Closet Drama Closet drama began in 1900s when
Friedrich von Schlegel and many other argued that the tragedies of
Seneca the Younger were written to recite only and not to perform
on stage, although, it could not be proved in later parts that his
plays were written to read in small gatherings of the rich.
 Epic Theatre: Epic theatre is a dramatic theory and practice that
was evolved by the playwright-director Bertolt Brecht in Germany
from the 1920s onward. The term "epic theatre" was coined by
Erwin Piscator during his first year as director of Berlin's
Volksbühne (1924–27). Piscator aimed to encourage playwrights to
address issues related to "contemporary existence".
 Acting in epic theatre requires actors to play characters believably
without convincing either the audience or themselves that they
have "become" the characters. This is called Gestus when an actor
takes on the physical embodiment of a social commentary.
 Theatre Of the Absurd: The Theatre of the Absurd is a post-World
War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written
by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s.
It is also a term for the style of theatre the plays represent. The
term was coined by Martin Esslin in his 1960 book of the same
name. He defined it as such because all the plays emphasized the
absurdity of the human condition.
 Some of its characteristics are:

 Meaninglessness of life and elements of existentialism

 No organized movement or wonder
 Lack of plot and resolution
 Repetition of clichés and routines
 Puzzled dialogues and nonsense language
 Stereotypical and archetypal characters
 Absurd or unexplained ending
 A menacing outside force that remains a mystery.
  Portable Theatre: Portable Theatre Company was formed by Tony
Bicât and David Hare in 1968, a year that saw widespread
political unrest in Britain (and internationally) and where a youth
orientated ‘counterculture’ flourished and was seen to challenge
the existing order. The company was writer-led and toured
alternative arts venues in the UK between 1968 -1973. Their aim
was to present original and provocative new writing that
challenged the staid mediocrity of mainstream theatre.
25. Choose the correct chronological Sequence

(A) Thomas Nashe, Ben Jonson, Kyd, Marlowe

(B)Ben Jonson, Thomas Kyd, Marlowe, Thomas Nashe

(C)Thomas Kyd, Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, Ben Jonson

(D)Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Kyd, Ben Jonson
Answer: C
Thomas Kyd - 1558-1594
Marlowe - 1564-1593
Thomas Nashe - 1558 to 1603
Ben Jonson - 1603 to 1625

26. Choose the correct chronological sequence

(A) Essay on Dramatic Poesy, Areopagitica, Urn Burial, Religio Medici
(B)Areopagitica, Urn Burial, Religio Medici, Essay on Dramatic Poesy
(C)Religio Medici, Areopagitica, Urn Burial,Essay on Dramatic Poesy
(D)Urn Burial, Essay on Dramatic Poesy, Areopagitica, Religio Medici
Answer: C
Religio Medici - Religio Medici is a work by Sir Thomas Browne,
published in 1642. Religio Medici is a spiritual memoir by Sir Thomas
Browne, a 17th-century English physician and author. In the book,
Browne reflects on the relation between his medical profession and his
Christian faith and explores various scientific and religious topics. The
book is considered a classic of English literature and influenced many
later writers.
Aeropagatica - Areopagitica is a 1644 prose polemic by John Milton
advocating freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Areopagitica is
a 1644 prose polemic by John Milton advocating freedom of speech and
freedom of the press. It was written in response to the Parliament of
England’s order to license and regulate the printing of books.
Areopagitica is considered to be one of the most influential and eloquent
arguments for the liberty of the press and the free exchange of ideas in
history
Urn Burial - Urn Burial is another work by Sir Thomas Browne,
published in 1658. The essay is an investigation of burial customs and
the idea of death and decay. The title refers to the discovery of a Roman
urn burial in Norfolk, England. Browne uses this discovery as a
starting point for his reflections on death and the transience of human
life.
Essay On Dramatic Poesy - An Essay of Dramatic Poesy was written in
1668 by John Dryden and published in 1669. “An Essay of Dramatic
Poesy” is a work of literary criticism by John Dryden in which he
attempts to justify drama as a legitimate form of “poetry” comparable to
the epic, as well as defend English drama against that of the ancients and
the French. The treatise is staged as a dialogue among learned friends
and begins with a battle between England and the Netherlands. Four
gentlemen, Crites, Eugenius, Lisideius, and Neander, are travelling by
boat to see the battle and start a discussion on modern literature
27. Choose the correct chronological sequence

(A) Kamala Das, Sarojini Naidu, Toru Dutt, Meena Alexander

(B)Meena Alexander, Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu,Kamala Das

(C)Sarojini Naidu, Kamala Das, Meena Alexander, Toru Dutt

(D)Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu, Kamala Das,Meena Alexander

Answer: D
Toru Dutt was a Bengali poetess who wrote in English and French. She
was born in 1856 in Bengal and died in 1877 in Calcutta. Her works
include Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan and A Sheaf Gleaned
in French Fields.

Sarojini Naidu was an Indian independence activist and poet who wrote
in English. She was born on February 13, 1879, in Hyderabad and died
on March 2, 1949. Her works include The Golden Threshold, The Bird
of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring.
Kamala Das was an Indian poet who wrote in English as well as
Malayalam. She was born on March 31, 1934, in Kerala and died on
May 31, 2009. Her works include Summer in Calcutta, The
Descendants.

Meena Alexander was an Indian poet who wrote in English. She was
born on February 17, 1951, in Allahabad and died on November 21,
2018. Her works include The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on
Postcolonial Experience.

28. Choose the correct chronological sequence

(A) Jude, Lady Havisham, Dorothea, More Papers

(B)Dorothea, Mrs. Morel, Jude, Lady Havisham

(C)Dorothea, Jude, Mrs. Morel, Lady Havisham
(D)Lady Havisham, Dorothea, Jude, Mrs. Morel
Answer: D
 Lady Havisham is a character in Charles Dickens’ novel Great
Expectations published in 1861.
 Dorothea is a character in George Eliot’s novel Middlemarch
published in 1871-1872.
 Jude is a character in Thomas Hardy’s novel Jude the Obscure
published in 1895.
 Mrs. Morel is a character in D.H. Lawrence’s novel Sons and
Lovers published in 1913.
29. Choose the correct chronological Sequence

(A) The Well-Wrought Urn, The Verbal Icon, Theory of Literature,

Literary Theory: An Introduction
(B)The Well-Wrought Urn, Theory of Literature, The Verbal Icon,
Literary Theory: An Introduction
(C)The Verbal Icon, The Well-Wrought Urn, Literary Theory: An
Introduction, Theory ofLiterature
(D)Literary Theory: An Introduction, The Well-Wrought Urn, Theory of
Literature, The Verbal Icon
Answer: A
 The Well-Wrought Urn is a 1947 collection of essays by Cleanth
Brooks.
 The Verbal Icon is a 1954 book by William K. Wimsatt Jr. and
Monroe C. Beardsley.
 Theory of Literature is a 1949 book by Rene Wellek and Austin
Warren.
 Literary Theory: An Introduction is a 1983 book by Terry Eagleton

30. Nobel Prize Winners in Literature:

(A)Seamus Heaney, T.S. Eliot, NadineGordimer, W.B. Yeats

(B)W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Nadine Gordimer,Seamus Heaney

(C)T.S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats,Nadine Gordimer

(D)Nadine Gordimer, Seamus Heaney, W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot,
Answer: B
 W.B. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 for
his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives
expression to the spirit of a whole nation.
 T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 for
his outstanding, pioneer contributions to present-day poetry.
 Nadine Gordimer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in
1991 for her magnificent epic writing which has been of very great
benefit to humanity.
 Seamus Heaney was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995
for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday
miracles and the living past
Select the matching pair in question numbers 31 to 40:

31. Select the matching pair

(A) A Idylls of the King - Browning
(B)The Diverting History of John Gilpin -William Cowper
(C)The Tower - T.S. Eliot
(D)The Fall of Hyperion - Shelley

Answer: B
The Diverting History of John Gilpin is a comic ballad written by
William Cowper in 1782. It tells the story of John Gilpin, a draper(a
person who sells fabrics)from Cheapside in London, who is fond of
horses and a good glass of wine. On a journey to the Bell Inn at
Edmonton with his wife and children riding on horseback, he loses
control of his horse and is carried many miles farther than he had
planned. The poem is Cowper’s most famous work and has been
frequently illustrated.

32. Select the matching pair

(A) Hard Times - Psychological novel
(B)To the Light-house - Picaresque novel
(C)The Castle of Otranto - Gothic novel
(D)Wuthering Heights - Historical novel

Answer: C
The Castle of Otranto is a novel by Horace Walpole. First published in
1764, it is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second
edition, Walpole applied the word ‘Gothic’ to the novel in the subtitle –
A Gothic Story. Set in a haunted castle, the novel merged medievalism
and terror in a style that has endured ever since.
33. Select the matching pair

(A) Emily Bronte - Yorkshire Moors

(B)Hardy - Scotland
(C)Walter Scott - Ireland
(D)Mark Twain - Yoknapatawfa

Answer: A
  Emily Bronte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire.
 Thomas Hardy was born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset.
 Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
 Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri.

34. Select the matching pair

(A) Surrealism - Tristan Tzara
(B)Imagism - Spender
(C)Naturalism - Yeats
(D)Magic Realism - Galriel Garcia Marquez
Answer: D
Magical realism is a literary genre that combines realistic narrative with
fantastical elements. It is characterized by the following:

1.Set in the real world

2.Fantastical elements normalized
3.Incorporate myth
Magical realism is especially associated with contemporary Latin
American fiction, such as the work of Gabriel García Márquez.
However, it is also encountered in novels from other continents, such as
those of Günter Grass, Salman Rushdie and Milan Kundera
35. Select the matching pair
(A) Victor Shklovsky - Carnivalesque
(B)Stanley Fish - Aphasia
(C)Hjelmslev - Glossematics
(D)Roland Barthes - Affective Stylistics
Answer: C
Glossematics is a theory and system of linguistic analysis proposed by
the Danish scholar Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) and his collaborators,
who were strongly influenced by the work of the Swiss linguist
Ferdinand de Saussure.