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Deptt. Of English & Foreign LanguagesDeptt. Of English & Foreign LanguagesTezpur UniversityTezpur University

Quiz round # 1

1. With which enormously influential perspective or practice 1. With which enormously influential perspective or practice is the early-twentieth-century thinker Sigmund Freud is the early-twentieth-century thinker Sigmund Freud associated?associated?

a) eugenics a) eugenics b) psychoanalysis b) psychoanalysis c) phrenology c) phrenology d) anarchismd) anarchism

The correct answer is : b) psychoanalysisb) psychoanalysis

2. Assamese writer Rebati Mohan Dutta Chaudhury is popularly 2. Assamese writer Rebati Mohan Dutta Chaudhury is popularly known as…known as…

a) Bihagi Kabia) Bihagi Kabi

b) Ekhud Kakaidewb) Ekhud Kakaidew

c) Silabhadrac) Silabhadra

d) Bakul Banar Kabid) Bakul Banar Kabi

Ans: c)Ans: c)

3. Which best describes the imagist movement, exemplified in 3. Which best describes the imagist movement, exemplified in the work of T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound?the work of T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound?

a) a poetic aesthetic vainly concerned with the way words appear on the a) a poetic aesthetic vainly concerned with the way words appear on the page page

b) an effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, b) an effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery

c) an attention to alternate states of consciousness and uncanny imagery c) an attention to alternate states of consciousness and uncanny imagery d) a neoplatonic poetics that stresses the importance of poetry aiming to d) a neoplatonic poetics that stresses the importance of poetry aiming to

achieve its ideal "form"achieve its ideal "form"

The correct answer is : b) an effort to rid poetry of romantic b) an effort to rid poetry of romantic fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision fuzziness and facile emotionalism, replacing it with a precision and clarity of imagery.and clarity of imagery.

4. Which phrase indicates the interior flow of thought 4. Which phrase indicates the interior flow of thought employed in high-modern literature?employed in high-modern literature?

a) automatic writing a) automatic writing b) confused daze b) confused daze c) total recall c) total recall d) stream of consciousness d) stream of consciousness e) free association e) free association

The correct answer is: d) stream of consciousnessd) stream of consciousness

5. Which of the following became the most popular Romantic 5. Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth's claim that poetic poetic form, following on Wordsworth's claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual poet as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful individual poet as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"?feelings"?

a) the lyric poem written in the first person a) the lyric poem written in the first person b) the sonnet b) the sonnet c) doggerel rhyme c) doggerel rhyme d) the political tract d) the political tract e) the odee) the ode

The correct answer is: a) the lyric poem written in the first personThe correct answer is: a) the lyric poem written in the first person

6. Which royal dynasty was established in the resolution of the so-called 6. Which royal dynasty was established in the resolution of the so-called War of the Roses and continued through the reign of Elizabeth I?War of the Roses and continued through the reign of Elizabeth I?

a)a)Tudor Tudor 

b)b)Windsor Windsor 

c)c)York York 

d)d)Lancaster Lancaster 

e)e)ValoisValois

The correct answer is : a) Tudor

7. Who introduced the art of printing into England?7. Who introduced the art of printing into England?

a) a) Elizabeth Eisenstein Elizabeth Eisenstein 

b) b) Johannes Gutenberg Johannes Gutenberg 

c) c) Henry VIII Henry VIII 

d) d) William Tyndale William Tyndale 

e) e) William CaxtonWilliam Caxton

The correct answer : e)e)William CaxtonWilliam Caxton

8. Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for utilizing a new "mythical method" 8. Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for utilizing a new "mythical method" in place of the old "narrative method" and demonstrates the use of ancient in place of the old "narrative method" and demonstrates the use of ancient mythology in modernist fiction to think about "making the modern world mythology in modernist fiction to think about "making the modern world possible for art"?possible for art"?

a) Virginia Woolf's The Waves a) Virginia Woolf's The Waves b) Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness b) Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness c) James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake c) James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake d) E. M. Forster's A Passage to India d) E. M. Forster's A Passage to India e) James Joyce's Ulysses e) James Joyce's Ulysses

Ans: e)Ans: e)

9. When was the ban finally lifted on D. H. Lawrence's novel 9. When was the ban finally lifted on D. H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover, written in 1928.Lady Chatterley's Lover, written in 1928.

a) 1930 a) 1930

b) 1945 b) 1945

c) 1960 c) 1960

d) 2000 d) 2000

Ans: c)Ans: c)

10.10. This prominent literary figure of Assam came into the This prominent literary figure of Assam came into the limelight with his poem “Xaap” in his college days. Who is limelight with his poem “Xaap” in his college days. Who is he?he?

a) Homen Borgohaina) Homen Borgohain

b) Syed Abdul Malikb) Syed Abdul Malik

c) Nabakanta Baruahc) Nabakanta Baruah

d) Hiren Bhattacharyad) Hiren Bhattacharya

Ans: a)Ans: a)

11. Which of the following terms is defined as the application of a 11. Which of the following terms is defined as the application of a scientific attitude of mind toward studying the Bible, seen as a mere text of scientific attitude of mind toward studying the Bible, seen as a mere text of history and not an infallibly sacred document?history and not an infallibly sacred document?

a) New Criticism a) New Criticism b) Critical Inquiry b) Critical Inquiry c) Scientific Bibliology c) Scientific Bibliology d) Higher Criticism d) Higher Criticism e) New Historicism e) New Historicism

Ans: d)Ans: d)

12. Which South-African novelist won the Nobel Prize for 12. Which South-African novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2007?literature in 2007?

a) Orhan Pamuka) Orhan Pamuk

b) Harold Pinterb) Harold Pinter

c) J. M. Coetzeec) J. M. Coetzee

d) Doris Lessingd) Doris Lessing

Ans: d)Ans: d)

13. Who is the present president of Asom Sahitya Sabha?13. Who is the present president of Asom Sahitya Sabha?

a) Nilamani Phukana) Nilamani Phukan

b) Nagen saikiab) Nagen saikia

c) Arupa Patangia Kalitac) Arupa Patangia Kalita

d) Kanaksen Dekad) Kanaksen Deka

Ans: d)Ans: d)

14. Who began to ignite the embers of dissent against the 14. Who began to ignite the embers of dissent against the Catholic church in November 1517 in a movement that came Catholic church in November 1517 in a movement that came to be known as the Reformation?to be known as the Reformation?

a) Anne Boleyn a) Anne Boleyn b) Martin Luther b) Martin Luther c) Pope Leo X c) Pope Leo X d) Ulrich Zwingli d) Ulrich Zwingli e) John Calvin e) John Calvin

Ans: b) Martin LutherAns: b) Martin Luther

15. “Halodhia Soraye Baodhan Khay” is written by...15. “Halodhia Soraye Baodhan Khay” is written by...

a) Hiren Gohaina) Hiren Gohain

b) Nabakanta Baruahb) Nabakanta Baruah

c) Jatin Goswamic) Jatin Goswami

d) Homen Borgohaind) Homen Borgohain

Ans: d)Ans: d)

16. Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-16. Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism?seeds of modernism?

a) art for intellect's sake a) art for intellect's sake b) art for God's sake b) art for God's sake c) art for the masses c) art for the masses d) art for art's sake d) art for art's sake e) art for salee) art for sale

The correct answer is : d) art for art's saked) art for art's sake

17. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious 17. Which historical figure initiated a series of religious persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning persecutions condemning Protestants as heretics and burning them at the stake in the 1550s?them at the stake in the 1550s?

a) a) Archbishop CranmerArchbishop Cranmerb) b) Catherine of Aragon Catherine of Aragon c) c) Elizabeth I Elizabeth I d) d) Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots e) e) Mary TudorMary TudorAns: e)Ans: e)

18. What is the title of the 118. What is the title of the 1stst volume of Dr. Hiren Gohain’s volume of Dr. Hiren Gohain’s autobiography?autobiography?

a) Jibonor Batota) Jibonor Batot

b) Botahot Kor Godhuli Gopalb) Botahot Kor Godhuli Gopal

c) Adha Likha Dastawezc) Adha Likha Dastawez

d) Jibon Jatrad) Jibon Jatra

Ans: b)Ans: b)

19. To what subgenre did the Senecan influence give rise, as 19. To what subgenre did the Senecan influence give rise, as evidenced in the first English tragedy evidenced in the first English tragedy GorboducGorboduc, or , or Ferrex Ferrex and Porrexand Porrex??

a) a) villain tragedy villain tragedy 

b) b) poetic tragedy poetic tragedy 

c) c) heroic tragedy heroic tragedy 

d) d) revenge tragedy revenge tragedy 

e) e) pastoral tragedypastoral tragedy

Ans: d)Ans: d)

20. Who succeeded Elizabeth I on the throne of England?20. Who succeeded Elizabeth I on the throne of England?

a) Elizabeth II a) Elizabeth II b) Henry IX b) Henry IX c) James I c) James I d) Charles I d) Charles I e) Mary, Queen of Scots e) Mary, Queen of Scots

Ans: c)Ans: c)

21. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic 21. Which hero made his earliest appearance in Celtic literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, literature before becoming a staple subject in French, English, and German literatures?and German literatures?

a)a)Beowulf Beowulf b)b)Arthur Arthur c)c)Caedmon Caedmon d)d)Augustine of Canterbury Augustine of Canterbury e)e)AlfredAlfredAns: b)Ans: b)

22. Who would be called the English Homer and father of 22. Who would be called the English Homer and father of English poetry?English poetry?

a) Bede a) Bede b) Sir Thomas Malory b) Sir Thomas Malory c) Geoffrey Chaucer c) Geoffrey Chaucer d) Caedmon d) Caedmon e) John Gower e) John Gower

Ans: c)Ans: c)

23. What is the first Assamese novel to win Sahitya Academy 23. What is the first Assamese novel to win Sahitya Academy Award?Award?

a) Mrityunjaia) Mrityunjai

b) Yaruingamb) Yaruingam

c) Aximot Zar Heral Ximac) Aximot Zar Heral Xima

d) Nahoror Niribili Saad) Nahoror Niribili Saa

Ans: b)Ans: b)

24. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the 24. Which influential medieval text purported to reveal the secrets of the afterlife?secrets of the afterlife?

a) a) Dante's Dante's Divine ComedyDivine Comedy  

b) b) Boccaccio's Boccaccio's DecameronDecameron  

c) c) The Dream of the RoodThe Dream of the Rood  

d) d) Chaucer's Chaucer's Legend of Good WomenLegend of Good Women  

e) e) Gower's Gower's Confessio AmantisConfessio Amantis

Ans: a)Ans: a)

25. Famous Assamese novel “Maharathi” written by 25. Famous Assamese novel “Maharathi” written by Chandraprasad Saikia is based on the life of which character?Chandraprasad Saikia is based on the life of which character?

a) Arjuna) Arjun

b) Bhimb) Bhim

c) Karnac) Karna

d) Duryodhand) Duryodhan

Ans: c)Ans: c)

26. Which two Indian writers are among the six shortlisted 26. Which two Indian writers are among the six shortlisted novelists for the 2008 Man Booker prize?novelists for the 2008 Man Booker prize?

a) Amitav Ghosh & Aravind Adigaa) Amitav Ghosh & Aravind Adiga

b) Shashi Tharoor & Vikram Chandrab) Shashi Tharoor & Vikram Chandra

c) Shashi Deshpande & Agha Shahid Alic) Shashi Deshpande & Agha Shahid Ali

d) Raja Rao & Girish Karnadd) Raja Rao & Girish Karnad

Ans: a) Amitav Ghosh for his novel Ans: a) Amitav Ghosh for his novel Sea of PoppiesSea of Poppies & Aravind Adiga for his & Aravind Adiga for his debutant novel debutant novel The White TigerThe White Tiger

27. Who is the current chief editor of “Gariaxi” magazine?27. Who is the current chief editor of “Gariaxi” magazine?

a) Harekrishna Dekaa) Harekrishna Deka

b) Hemanta Barmanb) Hemanta Barman

c) Kanaksen Dekac) Kanaksen Deka

d) Tilak Hazarikad) Tilak Hazarika

Ans: a)Ans: a)

28. Which Italian novelist gained enormous response from 28. Which Italian novelist gained enormous response from international readers through his novels “international readers through his novels “The Name of the The Name of the RoseRose”, “”, “Foucault’s PendulumFoucault’s Pendulum” and “” and “The Island of the Day The Island of the Day BeforeBefore”?”?

a) José Saramagoa) José Saramago

b) Gabriel García Márquezb) Gabriel García Márquez

c) Aldo Manutiusc) Aldo Manutius

d) Umberto Ecod) Umberto Eco

Ans: d)Ans: d)

29. What was the name of Don Quixote's horse? 29. What was the name of Don Quixote's horse?

a) Bucephalusa) Bucephalus

b) Rosinanteb) Rosinante

c) Cathederisc) Cathederis

d) La Manchad) La Mancha

Ans: b)Ans: b)

30. What was the setting for Boris Pasternak's "Doctor 30. What was the setting for Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"?Zhivago"?

a) The Greek War of Independencea) The Greek War of Independence

b) Russia's October Revolutionb) Russia's October Revolution

c) Czarist Russia in the late 1800sc) Czarist Russia in the late 1800s

d) The post-war World War II military dictatorship in Greeced) The post-war World War II military dictatorship in Greece

Ans: b)Ans: b)

31. Noted for his "Art of Love," who was banished to a 31. Noted for his "Art of Love," who was banished to a remote outpost on the Black Sea in AD 8 on charges of remote outpost on the Black Sea in AD 8 on charges of immorality?immorality?

a) Horacea) Horace

b) Ovidb) Ovid

c) Virgilc) Virgil

d) Cicerod) Cicero

Ans: b)Ans: b)

32. Gustave Flaubert's most famous book got him charged 32. Gustave Flaubert's most famous book got him charged with immorality, because its main character is an adulteress. with immorality, because its main character is an adulteress. Who was she?Who was she?

a) Mata Haria) Mata Hari

b) Emma Bovaryb) Emma Bovary

c) Lady Chatterleyc) Lady Chatterley

d) Anna Kareninad) Anna Karenina

Ans: b)Ans: b)

33. Which writer lost use of his left hand at the Battle of 33. Which writer lost use of his left hand at the Battle of Lepanto, was once kidnapped by Barbary pirates and started Lepanto, was once kidnapped by Barbary pirates and started his masterpiece while sitting in jail?his masterpiece while sitting in jail?

a) Leo Tolstoya) Leo Tolstoy

b) Voltaireb) Voltaire

c) Geoffrey Chaucerc) Geoffrey Chaucer

d) Miguel de Cervantesd) Miguel de Cervantes

Ans: d)Ans: d)

34. "... A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is 34. "... A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is said by which character of a Shakespearen play?said by which character of a Shakespearen play?

a) Lady Macbetha) Lady Macbeth

b) Richard IIb) Richard II

c) Hamletc) Hamlet

d) Julietd) Juliet

Ans: d)Ans: d)

35. What is similar between the two Assamese novels 35. What is similar between the two Assamese novels “Dhanya Nara Tanu Bhaal” and “Zakeri Nahike Upam”?“Dhanya Nara Tanu Bhaal” and “Zakeri Nahike Upam”?

a) Both are Jnanpeeth award winner.a) Both are Jnanpeeth award winner.

b) Both are written by the same author.b) Both are written by the same author.

c) Both are based on the life of Sankardev.c) Both are based on the life of Sankardev.

d) Both are published in the same year.d) Both are published in the same year.

Ans: c)Ans: c)

36. Which Shakespearean play follows the adventures of 36. Which Shakespearean play follows the adventures of identical twin brothers, both named Antipholus?identical twin brothers, both named Antipholus?

a) As You Like Ita) As You Like It

b) The Comedy of Errorsb) The Comedy of Errors

c) Much Ado About Nothingc) Much Ado About Nothing

d) The Two Gentlemen of Veronad) The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Ans: b)Ans: b)

37. During which war did the battle take place that inspired 37. During which war did the battle take place that inspired Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem, "Charge of the Light Brigade"?Brigade"?

a) Napoleonic Warsa) Napoleonic Wars

b) Boer Warb) Boer War

c) World War Ic) World War I

d) Crimean Ward) Crimean War

Ans d)Ans d)

38. Which of these playwrights won the Pulitzer Prize four 38. Which of these playwrights won the Pulitzer Prize four times, as well as the 1936 Nobel Prize for literature?times, as well as the 1936 Nobel Prize for literature?

a) Eugene O'Neilla) Eugene O'Neill

b) Ernest Hemingwayb) Ernest Hemingway

c) Tennessee Williamsc) Tennessee Williams

d) William Faulknerd) William Faulkner

Ans: a)Ans: a)

39. Whose autobiography is “Mor Hridoy Ekhan Yoddhakhetra”?39. Whose autobiography is “Mor Hridoy Ekhan Yoddhakhetra”?

a) Kanaksen Dekaa) Kanaksen Deka

b) Hiren Bhattacharyab) Hiren Bhattacharya

c) Homen Borgohainc) Homen Borgohain

d) Bhabendranath Baruahd) Bhabendranath Baruah

Ans: c)Ans: c)

40. Why was playwright Ben Jonson thrown in jail in 1598?40. Why was playwright Ben Jonson thrown in jail in 1598?

a) Stealing breada) Stealing bread

b) Divorcing his wifeb) Divorcing his wife

c) Killing an actor in a duelc) Killing an actor in a duel

d) Plagiarizing Shakespeared) Plagiarizing Shakespeare

Ans: c)Ans: c)

41. Which Jane Austen novel was originally titled "Elinor 41. Which Jane Austen novel was originally titled "Elinor and Marianne"?and Marianne"?

a) Emmaa) Emma

b) Mansfield Parkb) Mansfield Park

c) Pride and Prejudicec) Pride and Prejudice

d) Sense and Sensibilityd) Sense and Sensibility

Ans: d)Ans: d)

42. What type of fish is caught by the old man in 42. What type of fish is caught by the old man in Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea"?Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea"?

a) Sharka) Shark

b) Whaleb) Whale

c) Sawfishc) Sawfish

d) Marlind) Marlin

Ans: d)Ans: d)