CSS Past Paper of English Literature Paper - II (2001)

1) Shakespeare uses soliloquy for: a) revelation of character
b)    dramatic purposes
c)    establishing the theme
d)    None of these

a) revelation of character


2. ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ is a:
a)    Thrilling story 
b)    Tragedy
c)    Satire
d)    None of these

c) Satire


3. Hemingway wrote:
a)    The Sun also Rises
b)    The Rivals
c)    The Jew of Malta
d)    None of these

a) The Sun also Rises





4. The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is 
a)    Emma
b)    Elizabeth
c)    Lydia
d)    None of these

b) Elizabeth


5. ‘Hyperion’ by Keats may be classified as:
a)    An Ode
b)    Sonnet
c)    An Epic
d)    None of these

c) An Epic


6. T. S. Eliot wrote:
a)    The Pasture 
b)    The Waste Land 
c)    Birches
d)    None of these

b) The Waste Land 


7. G.B. Shaw’s principles of criticism are similar to those of:
a)    Karl Marx 
b)    S. Butler 
c)    None of these

a) Karl Marx 


8. “The Waste Land’ is:
a)    An Allegory
b)    A Sonnet
c)    Blank verse
d)    None of these

c) Blank verse 

9. Yeats poetry possess the imaginative mysticism of:
a)    Nationalism
b)    Criticism
c)    Romanticism
d)    None of these

b) Criticism


10. Who considers Hamlet to be an Artistic failure
a)    Bradley
b)    Eliot
c)    Kermode 
d)    None of these

b) Eliot 


11. Which influence is shown in the work of Shaw?
a)    French
b)    German
c)    None of these

a) French


12. Eliot shows a bent towards
a)    Romanticism
b)    Victorianism
c)    None of these

a) Romanticism


13. Mrs. Dalloway is the masterpiece of:
a)    M. Drabble
b)    V. Woolf
c)    None of these

b) V. Woolf 


14. The Central Figure among the Victorian Poets is:
a)    Keats
b)    Tennyson
c)    Milton
d)    None of these

b) Tennyson 

15. Browning is known for his:
a)    Dramatic Monologue
b)    Parody 
c)    Blank verse
d)    None of these

a) Dramatic Monologue


16. Which novel is written by D. H. Lawrence?
a)    The Ice Age
b)    Sons and Lovers
c)    None of these

b) Sons and Lovers


17. The ‘Arcadia’ by Sir Philip Sydney is a:
a)    Pastoral
b)    Romance
c)    Comedy
d)    None of these

b) Romance


18. ‘The Faerie Queene’ was written by:
a)    Milton
b)    Lyly
c)    Spenser
d)    None of these

c) Spenser


19. ‘The Crowns of Wild Olive’ was written by:
a)    Huxley
b)    Ben Johnson
c)    Ruskin
d)    None of these

c) Ruskin


20. David Copper Field, Hard Times and Little Dorrit, all were written by: a) Hardy 
b)    Dickens
c)    Moore
d)    None of these

b) Dickens