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Test Novel and Short Stories

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1. The English novelist, ___________wrote the novels such as Shamela (1741) Joseph Andrews
(1742), and Tom Jones (1749).
(a). Henry Fielding
(b). Richardson
(c). Scott
(d). Jonathan Swift
2. _________ is known for his picaresque protagonists.
(a). Henry Fielding
(b). Richardson
(c). Scott
(d). Jonathan Swift
3. Joesph Andrews is introduced as ________ epic in prose.
(a).romantic
(b). comic
(c). tragic
(d). narrative
4. Shamela is parody of __________’s novel, Pamela.
(a). Henry Fielding
(b). Richardson
(c). Scott
(d). Jonathan Swift
5. Joseph Andrews is an _________ novel.
(a). tragic
(b). romantic
(c). eponymous
(d). small
6. _______’s novels paint a realistic picture of the small circle of landed gentry in provincial
England leading their apparently tranquil lives.
(a). Fielding
 (b). Austen
(c). Dickens
(d). Hardy
7. All of Austen’s six novels deal with the business of getting_____.
(a). married
(b). disappointed
(c). admired
(d). promoted
8. The most urgent preoccupation of _____bright, young heroines is courtship and finally marriage.
(a). Fielding’s
(b). Austen’s
(c). Dickens’
(d). Hardy’s
9. Mrs. _______ chief interest in life is to have her five daughters married to rich men.
(a). Bennet’s
(b). Higgins’
(c). Havisham’s
(d). Mary’s
10. In the beginning, Darcy belittles Elizabeth and hurts her dignity by refusing to _______ with her.
(a). eat
(b). dance
(c). play
(d). sing
11. Darcy overcomes his pride and Elizabeth her ________and they are happily united.
(a).ego
(b). pride
(c). prejudice
(d). dislike
12. ________depicts The England in which social mobility is limited and class consciousness is
strong.
(a). Fielding
(b). Austen
(c). Dickens
(d). Hardy
13. Charlotte Bronte’s novel, ________, is a a novel of love, mystery and passion which poses
profound moral and social questions.
(a). Jane Eyre
(b). Adam Bede
(c).Tess
(d). Wuthering Heights
14. Emily Brontë’s only novel, _______ (1847), contains a degree of emotional force and
sophisticated narrative structure not seen before in the history of the English novel.
(a). Jane Eyre
(b). Adam Bede
(c).Tess
(d). Wuthering Heights
15. The Brontë sisters opened up new ______for the form of the English novel and for the portrayal
of women in fiction.
(a). Houses
(b). centres
(c). points
(d). possibilities
16. The Victorian novel is rich in linguistic ________as the genre explores differences in social class
and expands the boundaries of nationhood and social identity.
(a). uniformity
(b). simplicity
(c). change
(d). variation
17. _______recognised her worth, and published much of Elizabeth Gaskell’s writing in his
magazines Household Words and All the Year Roun(d).
(a). Trollope
(b). Thackeray
(c). Dickens
(d). Hardy
18. The _______novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell’s social concern, her realistic use of character, setting,
and speech, and her pleas for humanity and reconciliation have been restored in recent years.
(a). Modernist
(b). Victorian
(c). Augustan
(d). Romantic
19. The naturalist novelist, George Gissing’s novels show a concern and sympathy for the deprived
which is not far removed from _______.
(a). Trollope
(b). Thackeray
(c). Meredith
(d). Hardy
20. Charles Dickens(1812_1870) was a son of a __________ clerk.
(a). navel
(b). municipal
(c). shipping
(d). port
21. Dickens married the daughter of his newspaper editor, ________ Hogarth who bore him 9
children.
(a). Katherine
(b). Mariana
(c). Mary
(d). Ellen
22. Dickens had a love affair with a London actress________ that affected his family life.
(a). Ellen Turner
(b). Ellen Seth
(c). Ellen Robert
(d). Ellen Herbert
23. Oliver Twist (1837–38) highlighted the problems of poor _______who after the Poor Law Act of
1833 ended up in the workhouse, or at the mercy of crooks like Fagin and Bill Sykes.
(a). city women
(b). city men
(c). city children
(d). citizens
24. _______ asks the workhouse master, ‘Please, Sir, I want some more.’
(a). David
(b). Oliver
(c). Tom
(d). Sidney
25. Bildungsroman refers to a novel of_______.
(a). growing up
(b). love
(c). mystery
(d). buildings
26. In the 1840s, Dickens described increasingly realistically the society of his time, but with a faith
and optimism in the semi-autobiographical _______(1849–50).
(a). Oliver Twist
(b). Hard Times
(c). The Trial
(d). David Copperfield
27. ‘The great expectations’ designed for Pip were that he was to be sent to London and be educated
into a ______with financial aid from a mysterious benefactor.
(a). graduate
(b). learned
(c). skilled
(d). gentleman
28. Pip mistakenly thought that ________was his benefactor.
(a). Havisham
 (b). Maggie
(c). Jude
(d). Poyser
29. Pip was only a snob when he was supposed to be in great expectations. But he acted as a
________ when he owned nothing.
(a). graduate
(b). learned
(c). starved
(d). gentleman
30. The ever present possibility of _______and necessity of sacrifice are the dominant concerns of
the novel, A Tale of Two Cities.
(a). love
(b). crime
(c). resurrection
(d). religiosity
31. A French aristocrat by birth, ________chooses to live in England because he cannot bear to be
associated with the cruel injustices of the French social system.
(a). Charles Darnay
(b). Sydney Carton
(c). Defarge
(d). Evremonde
32. ______ becomes a Christ-like figure, a selfless martyr whose death enables the happiness of his
beloved and ensures his own immortality.
(a). Charles Darnay
(b). Sydney Carton
(c). Defarge
(d). Evremonde
33. Madame ______ secretly knits a register of the names of the revolution’s intended victims.
(a). Pross
(b). Defarge
(c). Lucie
(d). Emma
34. Doctor Manette is transformed from an insensate ______who mindlessly cobbles shoes into a
man of distinction.
(a). prisoner
(b). doctor
(c). worshiper
(d). revolutionary
35. In 1789, the peasants in Paris storm the Bastille and the French Revolution begins and the
_______ murder aristocrats in the streets.
(a). prisoners
 (b). doctors
(c). worshipers
(d). revolutionaries
36. Sydney Carton meets his death at the_________, and the narrator confidently asserts that Carton
dies with the knowledge that he has finally imbued his life with meaning.
(a). Guillotine
(b). court
(c). residence
(d). home
37. In the final scene of Great Expectations, Pip and Estella, after a separation of many years, meet
again on the desolate property where Miss ______'s house once stood.
(a). Havisham
(b). Estella
(c). Lucy
(d). Jessica
38. ________(1854), subtitled For These Times, is the most familiar of Dickens’s ‘state of the
nation’ novels, perhaps because it is one of his shortest.
(a). Oliver Twist
(b). Hard Times
(c). The Trial
(d). David Copperfield
39. _______ contains a picture of the industrialised English Midlands which emphasises the
dehumanising aspects of the Industrial Revolution.
(a). Oliver Twist
(b). Hard Times
(c). The Trial
(d). David Copperfield
40. Mr. Gradgrind, the_________, insists on ‘facts’ at the expense of imagination.
(a). Journalist
(b). critic
(c). scholar
(d). educator
41. The opening sentence of ___________ is , “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it
was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . .”
(a). Tess of the d’Urberville
(b). The Great Expectations
(c). Hard Times
(d). A Tale of Two Cities
42. Charles Darnay remembers these words of the dying prisoner, Gabelle, “For the love of______,
of justice, of generosity, of the honour of your noble name!”
(a). my wife
 (b). revolution
(c). Heaven
(d). equality
43. Sydney Carton is sometimes introduced as a hero of the __________ novel for his failed
adventures in life before his ultimate success.
(a).Romantic
(b).picaresque
(c). historical
(d). semi-autobiographical
44. Education, one of Dickens’s concerns throughout his life, finds a memorable embodiment in Mr
_______ in his novel, Hard Times.
(a).Higgins
(b). Henry
(c). Matthew
(d). Gradgrind
45. The novels of Anthony Trollope offer considerable insight into the _____ of society in Victorian
England.
(a). conflict
(b). progress
(c). structure
(d). system
46. _____ was the most industrious of writers, the most prolific since Scott, writing every day while
at the same time maintaining a career and travelling all over the country and abroad as a Post
Office civil servant.
(a). Trollope
(b). Austen
(c). Dickens
(d). Hardy
47. Trollope wrote two great ____of interconnected novels: the Barsetshire novels (1855–67), set in
a fully realised West Country area, and the Palliser novels (1864–80).
(a). novels
(b). books
(c). series
(d). biographies
48. Trollope’s novels trace the rise and fall of _______characters, shading in their ideals and
aspirations with a gentle irony, rather than with the social concern.
(a). Romantic
(b). Victorian
(c). Augustan
(d). American
49. Barchester Towers explores the conflict of High and Low _________ .
 (a). society
(b). church
(c). language
(d). English
50. In his ornate, wordy style and his sensitivity to issues of class, Thomas Hardy (1840_1928)
seemed a characteristic ________ novelist.
(a). Romantic
(b). Victorian
(c). Augustan
(d). American
51. Hardy was apprenticed to an_______ and he worked in an office, which specialized in
restoration of churches.
(a). poet
(b). novelist
(c). astronomer
(d). architect
52. Setting is of crucial importance in Hardy's novels, and his finest novels are all set in the region of
_______, which is based upon Hardy's own native corner of England.
(a). Wessex
(b). Midlands
(c). Essex
(d). Nottinghamshire
53. Controversy over the moral stance of his later novels Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) and Jude
the Obscure (1896) led Hardy to abandon writing novels, and to concentrate on_______.
(a). poems
(b). designing
(c). acting
(d). architecture
54. The Return of the Native takes the tract of windswept upland in Hardy's Wessex known as
______as one of its central themes--and, arguably, as its central character.
(a). Eustacia
(b). Clym
(c). landscape
(d). Egdon Heath
55. The "Native" of the novel's title, Clym goes abroad to work as a _______merchant in Paris, but
comes home when he realizes that his ambition is not towards material wealth.
(a). diamond
(b). cloth
(c). food
(d). sweets
56. Wildeve and Eustacia die and Clym becomes a _________ in the end of the novel.
 (a). preacher
(b). merchant
(c). trader
(d). farmer
57. The central event of Tess of the D’Urbervilles is the rape of Tess and the_____ this produces in
her in the face of social conventions which expect her to remain chaste.
(a). sin
(b). guilt
(c). marriage
(d). pleasure
58. Angel Clare carries Tess across the room, murmuring, “My poor, poor Tess, my dearest darling
Tess! So sweet, _______, so true!’”
(a). so good
(b). so bitter
(c). so bad
(d). so cute
59. Tess’s marriage with Angel Clare is disturbed because of her past and Angle Clare leaves for
_________.
(a). India
(b). Australia
(c). Italy
(d). Brazil
60. The narrator of Tess utters, “Justice was done, and the President of the Immortals, in
_________phrase, had ended his sport with Tess.”
(a). Aeschylean
(b). Aristotlean
(c). Kantian
(d). Athenian
61. The narrator of The Return of the Native comments on irony that “Often a drop of irony into an
indifferent situation renders the whole______”.
(a). truth
(b). piquant
(c). passive
(d). drama
62. Eustacia says to her husband Clym Yeobright, “"If you had never returned to your native place,
Clym, what a _______it would have been for you!”
(a). loss
(b). blessing
(c). failure
(d). tragedy
63. George Eliot was born in _____ at the estate of her father’s employer in Chilvers Coton,
Warwickshire.
(a). 1819
(b). 1829
(c). 1839
(d). 1849
64. While living in Coventry, Mary Ann Evans(George Eliot) met ______and Caroline Bray, who
led her to question her faith by introducing her to new religious and political ideas.
(a). David
(b). Michael
(c). Charles
(d). Charlotte
65. Through her work on the Westminster Review, she met several prominent philosophers and
theologians of the time, including Herbert_______.
(a). Spencer
(b). Reed
(c). Lewes
(d). Stone
66. Herbert Spencer introduced George Eliot to George______, a drama critic and philosopher.
(a). Lewes
(b). Henry
(c). Heath
(d). Henry Lewes
67. Lewes and Eliot fell in love but could not marry because Lewes already had a wife, so in a rather
_________move for the age, Eliot and Lewes later lived together.
(a). social
(b). normal
(c). ordinary
(d). scandalous
68. George Eliot (née Mary Ann Evans) took a male name partly in order to rise above the
‘______novels’ syndrome.
(a). mystery
(b). historical
(c). silly
(d). autobiographical
69. In the works of George Eliot, the English novel reached new depths of social and
_________concern, and moral commitment.
(a). apolitical
(b). political
(c). ideological
(d). philosophical
70. George Eliot’s novels are largely set in the realistically presented location of the _______area of
her childhood – Warwickshire.
(a). Wessex
(b). Midlands
(c). Essex
(d). Nottinghamshire
71. ________’s characters tend to be ordinary, unheroic people caught up in circumstances which
are greater than any individual.
(a). Emily Bronte
(b). Charles Dickens
(c). George Eliot
(d). Thomas Hardy
72. The narrator of the novel __________ asserts that “Our deeds determine us, as much as we
determine our deeds.”
(a).Adam Bede
(b). Middlemarch
(c). The Mill on the Floss
(d). Romola
73. Dorothea Brooke is the protagonist of George Eliot’s novel, __________ .
(a). Middle March
(b). Romola
(c). Adam Bede
(d). Mill on the Floss
74. Middlemarch was a _____in the Midlands in 1832, at the time of the First Reform Act.
(a). movement
(b). Act
(c). town
(d). capital
75. George Eliot’s last novel, _________, moves on to grander themes of dedication in the
professional, artistic and nationalistic senses, following Gwendolen Harleth’s career through
disillusionment to self-sacrifice.
(a). Daniel Deronda
(b). Romola
(c). Adam Bede
(d). Mill on the Floss
76. The fight for a Jewish nation, and a wider worldview than English provincial life, are keynotes of
Eliot’s novel, __________.
(a). Daniel Deronda
(b). Romola
(c). Adam Bede
(d). Mill on the Floss
77. In her novel, Adam Bede, the portrayal of ______as a positive social force possibly stems from
Eliot’s own rejection of some organized religions.
(a). Calvinists
(b). Baptists
(c). Methodists
(d). Protestants
78. The more sophisticated, socialite characters of Adam Bede laugh at the Methodists and take a
haughty view toward________, whereas the simpler villagers are attracted to the gentle love with
which she preaches.
(a). Gowendolen
(b). Dinah Morris
(c). Hetty Sorel
(d). Maggie Tulivar
79. Dinah’s love transforms Hetty in jail because she comforts and listens to Hetty and does
not________ her.
(a). love
(b). like
(c). judge
(d). praise
80. Adam’s dog, Gyp, loves his master and Gyp’s condition reflects Adam’s love of the
________and his desire to help and care for those who depend on him.
(a). helpless
(b). powerful
(c). strong
(d). helping
81. In modern novel, the definite shape of a novel’s plot, which organises characters and events,
gave way to less logical and ________modes of organisation.
(a). artificial
(b). fabricated
(c). structured
(d). sequential
82. A common motif in Modernist fiction is that of an alienated or dysfunctional individual trying in
vain to make sense of a predominantly urban and ______society.
(a). organized
(b). managed
(c). united
(d). fragmented
83. Modernist fiction transcends the limitations of the Realist novel with its concern for larger
factors such as social or historical ______
(a). scene
(b). change
 (c). scenario
(d). realism
84. The term, stream of consciousness, refers to the flow of________, perceptions, and thoughts
which stream unbidden through our minds.
(a). ideas
(b). impressions
(c). idealism
(d). season
85. The stream of consciousness can be illogical and________.
(a). logical
(b). random
(c). grand
(d). material
86. The ‘stream of consciousness’ technique was developed by the novelists in order to render
directly and in depth the experience of _________characters.
(a). universal
(b). type
(c). classical
(d). individual
87. During 1900–1930, the themes of loneliness and isolation and the difficulties of _________both
with other individuals and with a wider social and cultural community were explored by the
novelists.
(a). relationships
(b). interaction
(c). living
(d). individual
88. Rudyard Kipling wrote about the psychological and moral problems of living among people who
are subject to _________rule but of a different culture.
(a). French
(b). British
(c). Portuguese
(d). German
89.Kipling confirmed the importance and value of an Empire and the white man’s ________to
create a single rich civilisation among diverse races, cultures, and creeds.
(a).right
(b). obsession
(c). desire
(d). responsibility
89. The Kailyard School of Scottish novel refers to highly ________and romanticized form of novel.
(a). sentimental
(b). sensitive
 (c). refined
(d). objective
90. John Galsworthy is deeply concerned with issues of ____and social awareness.
(a). morality
(b). spirit
(c). aesthetics
(d). class
91. Galsworthy is best known for his Forsyte Saga (1906–34), a series of nine novels which covers
late Victorian days to the early 1920s and traces the fortunes of an ________English family.
(a). upper class
(b). middle class
(c). poor
(d). lower middle class
92. H.G. Wells took many of his characters from a ______ social level.
(a). upper
(b). middle
(c). elite
(d). lower
93. Wells’ characters are generally ________and positive and, though not always successful, in the
end more fully understand what they need to be happy.
(a). pessimist
(b). energetic
(c). melancholic
(d). discouraged
94. V.S. Naipaul moves with ease from high social comedy, such as, A House for Mr Biswas (1961),
to deeply serious examinations of _______and third world problems, such as A Bend in the River
(1979), set in Africa.
(a). Indian culture
(b). colonialism
(c). deism
(d). impressionism
95. ________’s novels The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and Murder on the Orient Express
(1934) are considered to be classics of detective novels.
a. Wilkie Collins
(b). Agatha Christie
(c). Dickens
(d). Arthur Conan Doyle
96. E.M. Forster offers a more critique of the social and cultural world of the early part of twentieth
century and of the values which held the British ________together.
(a). nation
(b). empire
 (c). people
(d). nationals
97. In his last novel, A Passage to India (1924), _________questions whether the dualities of East
and West, the Indian people and the ruling British, can be truly brought together.
(a). Forster
(b). Woolf
(c). Joyce
(d). Bennett
98. Contrasts are central to __________ novels.
(a). Forster’s
(b). Woolf’s
(c). Joyce’s
(d). Galsworthy’s
99. In Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) and A Room with a View (1908) Forster _______refined
English gentility and sensuous Italian vitality.
(a). compares
(b). coordinates
(c). contrasts
(d). co-relates
100. David Lodge argues that two major literary tropes, metaphor and_______, constitute the
basis of two major literary styles of modern writing.
(a). narrative
(b). metonymy
(c). dramatic
(d). lyrical
101. According to Lodge, metaphor corresponds to Modernism and Symbolism, while
________corresponds to anti-Modernism and Realism.
(a). narrative
(b). metonymy
(c). dramatic
(d). lyrical
102. Ford’s _________ trilogy, Fifth Queen (1907–8), and the tetralogy Parade’s End (1924–
28), with its hero Tietjens, were notable contributions to the experimentation with narrative
techniques and styles which Ford promoted.
(a). expressionist
(b). symbolic
(c). postcolonial
(d). impressionist
103. (D). H. Lawrence’s first major novel _______ is semi-autobiographical and describes the
life of coal-mining workers.
(a). Sons and Lovers
 (b). The Rainbow
(c). The Kangaroo
(d). The Plumed Serpent
104. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers chronicles the domestic conflicts in his own home between
a coarse, _______father and a self-consciously genteel mother.
(a). articulate
(b). inarticulate
(c). judicial
(d). middleclass
105. In The Rainbow and its sequel Women in Love (1921), Lawrence explores human
relationships with _________ precision and with intense poetic feeling.
(a). personal
(b). social
(c). poetical
(d). psychological
106. There are creative tensions both in his novels and extensively in his short stories between
different generations, between man and his environment and between human reason and
human______.
(a). intellect
(b). instinct
(c). mind
(d). approach
107. In Lawrence’s fiction, the industrial world is associated with mechanised feelings and
with the death of spontaneous, ________ responses to life.
(a). intellectual
(b). instinctive
(c). mental
(d). wise
108. Lawrence believes that complete honesty between lovers will lead to greater self-
knowledge, deeper________, and a stronger will to live.
(a). fulfillment
(b). corruption
(c). mystical
(d). hypocrisy
109. Where Modern was a keyword for the first part of the twentieth century, the term
_______has been widely used to describe the attitudes and creative production which followed
the Second World War.
(a). modern
(b). postmodern
(c). Anglican
(d). Edwardian
110. __________ celebrates diversity, eclecticism, and parody in all forms of art, from
architecture to cinema, from music to literature.
(a). modernism
(b). postmodernism
(c). Marxism
(d). humanism
111. Virginia Woolf was born into a large, talented, ______class, intellectual family in
London.
(a). lower
(b). middle
(c). proletariat
(d). upper
112. Virginia Woolf was the daughter of_________, a famous Victorian biographer, critic, and
philosopher.
(a). Leslie Stephen
(b). Huxley
(c). Lawrence
(d). Arnold
113. _________experimented very successfully with the concept of ‘Time on the clock and
time in the mind’.
(a). Hardy
(b). Lawrence
(c). Meredith
(d). Virginia Woolf
114. Virginia Woolf was at the centre of the ________Group, an artistic and literary group.
(a). Bloomsbury
(b). Auden
(c). Imagists
(d). The Movement
115. Bloomsbury Group is renowned for their rebellion against Victorian puritanism and had
great influence on ________culture from 1920 to the 1940s.
(a). Scottish
(b). Irish
(c). British
(d). European
116. Virginia Woolf rebelled against the ________ of novelists such as H.G. Wells, Arnold
Bennett and John Galsworthy.
(a). novels
(b). spirituality
(c). mysticism
(d). materialism
117. Virginia Woolf utilizes poetic rhythms and imagery to create a ______impressionism in
order to capture her characters’ moods with great delicacy and detail.
(a). narrative
(b). dramatic
(c). expressive
(d). lyrical
118. Mrs Dalloway (1925) describes the events of one single day in central London through
the mind of one character, ________Dalloway, who is to be the hostess of a party for high-
society friends later the same evening.
(a). Ramsay
(b). Clarissa
(c). Judith
(d). Margret
119. Clarissa endeavours to balance a need for privacy with a need for ________ with other
people.
(a). meditation
(b). reflection
(c). dealing
(d). communication
120. In To The Lighthouse, two days in the life of a family on holiday are recorded: one before
the________, one after it, when some of the characters have died.
(a). Great War
(b). Boer War
(c). Civil War
(d). Great Battle
121. Mrs Ramsay even after her death continues to exert a _______influence over all those
who return to the holiday home years later.
(a). material
(b). spiritual
(c). personal
(d). liberal
122. Since Virginia Woolf has no definite or fixed vision of reality, the ________of the
symbols is an essential part of her art.
(a). definition
(b). insight
(c). foresight
(d). suggestiveness
123. A Room of One’s Own (1928), a classic text of______, gives a unique account of why a
woman must have money and a room of her own in order to write fiction.
(a). Marxism
(b). feminism
 (c). historicism
(d). liberalism
124. The concern of writers is to ‘examine for a moment an ordinary mind on an ordinary
day’, Virginia Woolf wrote in an essay entitled_________.
(a).Modernism
(b). Modern Novel
(c). The Novels
(d). Modern Fiction
125. Stream of consciousness abandons cohesion, syntax, and punctuation and lexical
correctness which previously brought _______and clarity to narration.
(a). intention
(b). order
(c). flow
(d). impression
126. James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in the town of Rathgar, near______, Ireland.
(a). Dublin
(b). London
(c). Glasgow
(d). Warwickshire
127. Joyce's parents managed to scrape together enough money to send their talented son to
the _________Wood College, a prestigious boarding school.
(a). Clongowes
(b). Eton
(c). Harrow
(d). Jesuit
128. Joyce excelled as an actor and writer at _________College.
(a). Belvedere
(b). Eton
(c). Harrow
(d). Jesuit
129. Joyce attended University College _______ where he became increasingly committed to
language and literature as a champion of Modernism.
(a). Dublin
(b). London
(c). Glasgow
(d). Warwickshire
130. Joyce wrote something in each of the principal genres before concentrating on________:
Chamber Music and Pomes Penyeach (poetry); Exiles (play), and Dubliners (short stories).
(a). fiction
(b). drama
(c). poetry
 (d). criticism
131. The protagonist of A Portrait of the Artist as a Youngman, Stephen Dedalus, is in many
ways Joyce's fictional________.
(a). single
(b). double
(c). character
(d). worth
132. Joyce even published stories under the pseudonym ________ before writing the novel.
(a). Simon
(b). Dedalus
(c). Eliot
(d). Stephen Daedalus
133. Joyce spent most of his adult life in Europe, mainly in France, Italy, and_________.
(a). Germany
(b). Spain
(c). Poland
(d). Switzerland
134. Stephen attends Clongowes Wood, Belvedere, and University Colleges, struggling with
questions of faith and _________before leaving Ireland to make his own way as an artist.
(a). reason
(b). painting
(c). music
(d). nationality
135. During his exile in Paris, Joyce wrote two major novels, ______and Finnegans Wake.
(a). Ulysses
(b). The Ambassadors
(c). Inheritors
(d). The Spire
136. The novel shows how Stephen Dedalus gradually frees himself from these influences and
decides to become an _____from Ireland and to dedicate his life to writing.
(a). ascetic
(b). exile
(c). artist
(d). affluent
137. Stephen Dedalus develops a view of the writer as necessarily _________ from the values
of society and committed only to artistic values.
(a). associated
(b). absorbed
(c). alienated
(d). aristocrat
138. Stephen Dedalus compared the artist to the ______of creation who ‘remains within or
behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring
his fingernails’.
(a). God
(b). creator
(c). artist
(d). intelligent
139. Ulysses tells the story of one day in the lives of Dublin _______and vividly evokes the
life of the city.
(a). city
(b). citizens
(c). haste
(d). station
140. In the many sections of Joyce’s fiction which involve narrative recounts, Irish _______
speech patterns are prevalent.
(a). formal
(b). informal
(c). discursive
(d). colloquial
141. Charles Dickens(1812_1870) was a son of a __________ clerk.
(a). navel
(b). municipal
(c). shipping
(d). port
142. Joseph Conrad was born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski of _______ parents in
Russia and did not learn English till he was twenty one.
(a). Russian
(b). Polish
(c). English
(d). British
143. Conrad’s novels have a variety of locations which reflect his own extensive_______,
mainly as a merchant seaman.
(a). study
(b). research
(c). visits
(d). travels
144. Conrad brought to his novels ________experiences and attitudes which were unusual for
a writer of his time.
(a). innate
(b). native
(c). exotic
 (d). intrinsic
145. In his early novels, Conrad uses his _____experiences in remote places as a means of
exploring human character and English codes of honour and loyalty in particular.
(a). intellectual
(b). magic
(c). nostalgic
(d). sea
146. Themes of trust and betrayal, ignorance and _________dominate Conrad’s works.
(a). knowledge
(b). corruption
(c). hysteria
(d). self-knowledge
147. Lord Jim, a young Englishman who panics and deserts his ship, dies an honourable death
but not before his moral ______are explored in detail.
(a). beliefs
(b). concerns
(c). creeds
(d). conflicts
148. The treasure of ________corrupts Nostromo in Conrad’s novel, Nostromo.
(a). Ivory
(b). gold
(c). diamond
(d). silver
149. Conrad is a master of complex ________ techniques such as time-shifting and
flashbacks, which prevent a reader from adopting too simplistic an interpretation of events.
(a). narrative
(b). dramatic
(c). lyrical
(d). characterisation
150. In Heart of Darkness, Conrad describes a long journey to a place deep inside the _______
Congo, the heart of darkness of the title.
(a). Belgian
(b). English
(c). Mexican
(d). European
151. The intermediate narrator Marlow, retraces his first visit to _____Africa and his growing
awareness of the evils he encounters.
(a). West
(b). democratic
(c). South
(d). colonial
152. The story told by Marlow contrasts Western ________ in Europe with what that
_________has done to Africa.
(a). world
(b). government
(c). state
(d). civilisation
153. Kurtz, the central character, is a portrait of how the commercial and material exploitation
of _______ lands can make men morally hollow, and create a permanent nightmare in the soul.
(a). West
(b). democratic
(c). South
(d). colonial
154. Kurtz’s last words were, “The_______! The______!”.
(a). power
(b). horror
(c). justice
(d). brute
155. Conrad’s most explicitly ________novels are Nostromo (1904), The Secret Agent
(1907), and Under Western Eyes (1911).
(a). social
(b). political
(c). economic
(d). historical
156. Throughout his fiction Conrad depicts human isolation, the conflict between different
parts of one’s personality and external fate as well as the difficulties of human_______.
(a).will
(b). power
(c). intellect
(d). communication
157. George Orwell, real name Eric Blair, wrote fiction in ________style and vice versa.
(a). fiction
(b). prose
(c). novel
(d). nonfiction
158. Orwell’s novels in 1930s are studies in social realism, using traditional forms of the novel
and blending documentary fact with _______invention in original ways.
(a). artistic
(b). realistic
(c). novel
(d). factual
159. Orwell is probably best known throughout the world as a political _______for his
allegory Animal Farm.
(a). activist
(b). satirist
(c). novelist
(d). prisoner
160. Animal Farm (1945), a parable of the corruption of Communism, narrates the revolution
of farm animals against the ______of their masters and how the pigs take over as the new
masters.
(a). favors
(b). exploitation
(c). command
(d). will
161. Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-four is a vision of the ways in which _______
governments, right-wing or left-wing, can destroy individual thought and feeling.
(a). totalitarian
(b). liberal
(c). orthodox
(d). conservative
162. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the head of state, _______, the dictator who watches
everybody, has to be obeye(d).
(a). Big Brother
(b). Boss
(c). Chief
(d). Comrade
163. William Golding’s first published novel Lord of the Flies (1954) reflects post-war
disillusionment with human _______.
(a). fate
(b). corruption
(c). nature
(d). destiny
164. Lord of the Flies describes how a group of English schoolboys, who are shipwrecked on a
desert island, degenerate into_______.
(a). nobles
(b). savages
(c). angels
(d). gentlemen
165. With a combination of fantasy and _______realism, Golding shows how the essential
nature and original sin of man is revealed when the constraints of civilisation are removed.
(a). political
(b). social
 (c). cultural
(d). psychological
166. Like George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World,
Golding’s Lord of the Flies has been described as a_______.
(a). dystopia
(b). utopia
(c). island
(d). new world
167. Golding’s novel, Free Fall(1959) explores man’s capacity to choose between good and
evil, demonstrating how the fall from grace is not _______but a matter of human choice.
(a). consequence
(b). optional
(c). serious
(d). predetermined
168. In The Inheritors (1955), Golding examines the evolution of man in ______times and
shows how one tribe supersedes another because it can perform more evil deeds.
(a). primeval
(b). medieval
(c). prime
(d). evolutionary
169. Golding’s fictional search for a truth of humanity ties in with (A).S. Byatt’s idea of a
________attempt in fiction to replace or substitute the faith that has been put in question.
(a). Darwinian
(b). Anglican
(c). European
(d). post-Darwinian
170. Both Muriel Spark and Edna O’Brien use the idea of young ______seeking their
independence in the big city as an image of the search for identity and a role in life.
(a). boys
(b). people
(c). girls
(d). men
171. Muriel Spark observes her characters with wit and______, taking in all ages and classes.
(a). empathy
(b). apathy
(c). sympathy
(d). pity
172. Achebe’s novel, _____transformed the landscape of African fiction, both in his own
continent and the western imagination.
(a). Heart of Darkness
(b). Waiting for the Barbarian
 (c). The July’s People
(d). Things Fall Apart
173. Margret ______’s earlier novels include A Summer Bird-Cage (1963) and The Ice Age
(1977).
(a). Muriel Spark
(b). Edna O’Brien
(c). Margrett Drabble
(d). Jeanette Winterson
174. Achebe’s novel, Things Fall Apart, shares the significance of oral narrative using
_________ proverbs.
(a). Yoruba
(b). Igbo
(c). Geiko
(d). Swahili
175. Drabble’s work displays a sense of the _______ concerns which has been a strong
characteristic of the English novel.
(a). political
(b). social
(c). individual
(d). positive
176. Doris_______’s five-volume Children of Violence series, beginning with Martha Quest
(1952), is perhaps the richest of the novels of self-discovery of a young woman in post-war
years.
(a). Spark
(b). Brien
(c). Lessing
(d). Winterson
177. Lessing’s The Golden Notebook (1962), a long novel combines the political, the social,
and the psychological, to narrate the _________of a personality.
(a). making
(b). development
(c). integration
(d). disintegration
178. Fay Weldon’s novels which she refuses to describe as feminist, are concerned with every
aspect of ______experience, including the humdrum experience of being a wife and mother.
(a). Female
(b). human
(c). male
(d). individual
179. Iris Murdoch revels in _________using or alluding to a wide range of other writings in
her own works.
 (a). characterization
(b). feminism
(c). humanism
(d). intertextuality

181. 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
180. Joe Gargery is Pip’s?
(a). brother
(b). brother-in-Jaw
(c). guardian
(d). cousin
181. Estella is the daughter of?
(a). Joe Gargery
(b). Abel Magwitch
(c). Miss Havisham
(d). Bentley Drumnile
182. Which of the following novels has the sub-title ‘A Novel Without a Hero’?
(a). Vanity Fair
(b). Middlemarch
(c). Wuthering Heights
(d). Oliver Twist
183. A _________contains carefully chosen details that appeal to the reader’s senses of sight,
sound, smell, touch, or taste.
(a). exposition
(b). description
(c). narration
(d). diction
184. ________is the method a writer uses to develop characters.
(a). exposition
(b). characterization
(c). narration
(d). style
185. A short narrative handed down through oral tradition, with various tellers and groups
modifying it and having collective authorship is called_______.
(a). fable
(b). fairytale
 (c). folktale
(d). ballad
186. In the plot of a story, the action that occurs after the climax is called ________.
(a). conclusion
(b). falling action
(c). resolution
(d). anticlimax
187. The vantage point from which a story is told is called _________.
(a). narrator’s view
(b). point of view
(c). character’s view
(d). main point
188. Plot is the action or ______of events in a story.
(a). sequence
(b). description
(c). detail
(d). outline
189. The five basic elements in a plot line are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action
and________ .
(a). resolution
(b). dissolution
(c). end
(d). conclusion
190. The main character or hero of a story is called _________.
(a). protagonist
(b). antagonist
(c). narrator
(d). the character
191. Why did the novel seem a genre particularly well-suited to women?
(a) It did not carry the burden of an august tradition like poetry.
(b) It was a popular form whose market women could enter easily.
(c) It often concerned the domestic world with which women were familiar.
(d) all of the above
192. Aesop’s fables teach homely _______.
(a). relations
(b). cultures
(c). morals
(d). activities
193. Modern short stories rarely have either the parable’s explicit moral or the allegory’s clear
system of _______.
(a). signs
 (b). codes
(c). ethics
(d). equivalents
194. The American short story writer, known for her concern for the lives of the French settled
in Louisiana, wrote
(a). The Story of an Hour
(b) The Lesson
(c). The Bear
(d). The Cask of Amonilado
195. Edgar Allen Poe’s story, The Cask of Amontillado, has been told by _________ of
Montresor.
(a). book
(b). the point of view
(c). verb view
(d). graphic details
196. The point of view of “Young Goodman Brown” is a __________ point of view.
(a). participant
(b). nonparticipant
(c). narrator as a major character
(d). narrator as a minor character
197. In novel or short story, nonparticipant or ________narrator is omniscient.
(a). first person
(b). second person
(c). third person
(d). none of them
198. The contrast between what the narrator perceives and what the reader understands
produces a/an ________ effect.
(a). comic
(b). tragic
(c). ironic
(d). humorous
199. Nadine Gordimer is a South African fiction writers who writes mostly about the
relationship of the ________ with the indigenous Bantus.
(a). Afrikaners
(b). black
(c). English
(d). Dutch
200. Hanif Kureishi’s short story, My Son the Fanatic, deals with the dilemma of first and
second generation of ________ living in the UK.
(a). Muslims
(b). immigrants
(c). feminists
(d). Marxists