Quiznetik

Appreciating Prose | Set 1

1. Which of the following is not given as the purpose of study by Bacon in “Of Studies”?

Correct : C. economic gain

2. At the time of receiving the Nobel Prize, it was a time of misery for Camus birthplace says Camus himself. Which was his birthplace?

Correct : A. algeria

3. According to Bacon which of the following men use studies most effectively and wisely by combining it with observation?

Correct : B. wise men

4. Art was a means to connect himself with his fellow men and it allowed him to live at the same level with them. Who is this statement talking about?

Correct : D. albert camus

5. Bacon believes that the study of ____ makes one witty.

Correct : B. poetry

6. The study of Mathematics makes one ______.

Correct : A. subtle

7. What according to Bacon is the true purpose of study?

Correct : C. to weigh and consider

8. Bacon wrote that “To spend too much time in studies is sloth”. What is the meaning ‘sloth’ here ?

Correct : A. laziness

9. Elia is the pen name of which of the following authors?

Correct : B. charles lamb

10. In the Dream Children: A Reverie, Mrs. Field is James Elia’s ____________.

Correct : B. great grandmother

11. In the Dream Children: A Reverie , Mrs. Field was not a ______ person.

Correct : C. sadistic

12. In the Dream Children: A Reverie, John L. is Elia’s _______.

Correct : A. brother

13. The subtitle of “Dream Children” means ______.

Correct : C. day-dream

14. According to Chesterton, to run after one’s hat is as worthy an act as _____.

Correct : B. the act of making love

15. What according to Chesterton can turn everyday nuisances and irritations into a joyful act?

Correct : D. sense of humour

16. Chesterton urges his readers to remain _______.

Correct : A. optimistic and imaginative

17. Pico Iyer compares a comma to _____.

Correct : B. god

18. What has the power to reveal the culture of the age according to Pico Iyer?

Correct : A. punctuation

19. In his “Nobel Acceptance Speech”, Camus expresses his ______ over the state of his generation.

Correct : A. doubts and concerns

20. The essay “In Praise of the Humble Comma” was published in the Times magazine on ______.

Correct : C. june 24, 2001

21. What kind of writing does Roy believe she can easily write?

Correct : C. fiction

22. According to Pico Iyer, which type of punctuation is often overlooked, underestimated and considered as a trivial?

Correct : A. comma

23. ___________ has the power to transform ordinary sentences by lending it beauty and subtlety according to Pico Iyer.

Correct : B. punctuation

24. In “The Education of a British Protected Child”, who describes himself as a ‘British Protected Person’?

Correct : D. chinua achebe

25. Achebe mentions that his ______ had to work as domestic help at her Principal’s house in return for her education.

Correct : D. mother

26. Achebe mentions in “The Education of a British Protected Child” that the Empire Day was celebrated on __________.

Correct : B. may 24th

27. In the essay, Achebe met Dr. J.M. Stuart Young on his trip alone to ____ on the Empire day.

Correct : B. onitsha

28. Who was the person who brought about the ‘Textbook Act’ in Achebe’s “The Education of a British Protected Child”?

Correct : C. william simpson

29. What was the motto that accompanied the logo of the Government College at Umuahia in which Achebe was educated in?

Correct : B. in unum luceant

30. In Achebe’s “The Education of a British Protected Child”, who was Joseph Garba?

Correct : D. nigerian foreign minister

31. Who is the Japanese interpreter who intimates Marcel Junod on the previous glory of Hiroshima in “The First Atom Bomb”?

Correct : B. miss ito

32. Roy recounts that it was on _______ that the US backed General Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected government.

Correct : D. september 11, 1973

33. In “The First Atom Bomb”, how many American planes were said to be spotted in the sky on the day that Hiroshima was hit by the atom bomb?

Correct : C. four

34. Professor Tsusuki in “The First Atom Bomb” was one of the best _____ in Japan.

Correct : A. surgeons

35. Who received the delegation of the International Red Cross at his office in the essay “The First Atom Bomb”?

Correct : B. general macarthur

36. “That’s what an atomic bomb does…”Who said this statement in “The First Atom Bomb”?

Correct : B. professor tsusuki

37. The essay “The First Atom Bomb” which emphasizes the urgent need for saving mankind from itself was written by ___________.

Correct : C. marcel junod

38. In “Justice Vs Mercy”, who was sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister and her children?

Correct : B. jean valjean

39. When was Albert Camus awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Correct : C. 1957

40. In “Justice Vs Mercy”, Jean Valjean stole one of the following things. Which one was it?

Correct : B. a loaf of bread

41. Who wrote the essay “Come September”?

Correct : B. arundhati roy

42. Who taught the important lesson of mercy to Jean Valjean in “Justice Vs Mercy”?

Correct : C. the bishop

43. Camus and the people of his generation feel hopelessly lost due to the impact of ______.

Correct : B. world wars

44. Which two countries does Roy state are gifts of imperialism and British colonialism to the modern world?

Correct : C. palestine and kashmir

45. The devastating situation in Palestine is ________ according to Roy, as she mentions in “Come September”.

Correct : C. same

46. In which year did Saddam Hussain invade Kuwait, according to Roy?

Correct : A. 1990

47. In 1597, _________________ applied the word ‘essay’ to the genre for the first time in English

Correct : B. francis bacon

48. The word autobiography was first used by _________ in 1797

Correct : A. william taylor

49. A film, book, or illustrated lecture about the places visited by or experiences of a traveler is_________

Correct : C. travelogue

50. Lamb use to write under the pen-name of ______

Correct : C. elia

51. Who is the author of the book ‘Utopia’?

Correct : D. sir thomas more

52. Morte’d Arthur was written by______________

Correct : A. sir thomas malory

53. John Lyly’s first prose work was_____________

Correct : B. euphues, the anatomy of wit

54. In which year The Advancement of Learning was published?

Correct : C. 1605

55. The Anatomy of Melancholy was written by_________

Correct : A. robert burton

56. Milton’s greatest prose work is__________

Correct : D. areopagitica

57. _________is the representative writer of the Restoration age.

Correct : C. john dryden

58. The Pilgrim’s Progress is the masterpiece of ______

Correct : A. john bunyan

59. Who wrote the Essay of Dramatic Poesie ?

Correct : B. john dryden

60. The best known prose work of Daniel Defoe was_______

Correct : B. the true born english man

61. Who was the founder of the journal ‘The Tatler’?

Correct : A. richard steele

62. Modern Painters is the work of ______________

Correct : C. john ruskin

63. _____________was a representative of the school of aesthetic criticism.

Correct : A. walter pater

64. Essays in Criticism was written by ___________

Correct : C. mathew arnold

65. Who are the authors of Lyrical Ballads?

Correct : C. wordsworth and coleridge

66. _______________is known as the bible of Feminist Movements

Correct : D. a vindication of the rights of woman

67. ___________Biographia Literaria is one of the most valuable Prose Works.

Correct : B. coleridge’s

68. Shelly’s ___________is a strong exposition of the Romantic point of view.

Correct : C. a defence of poetry

69. The Spirit of the Age (1825) was written by______

Correct : A. william hazlitt

70. ____________is known as the writer of ‘impassioned prose’.

Correct : B. thomas de quincey

71. Confessions of an English Opium – Eater is an autobiographical work of _____________

Correct : A. thomas de quincey

72. ‘Alpha of the Plough’ is the pen name of __________

Correct : D. a g gardiner

73. One of the most elevated scientist of the century who was engaged in the debate between science and religion

Correct : C. thomas henry huxley

74. A G Ward describes _____________ as “a philosophic jester bursting bubbles of snobbery and pretence with wit and satire”

Correct : B. max beerbohm

75. Who has been referred as ‘ the prince of paradox’?

Correct : C. g k chesterton

76. “Y.Y” was the pen name of__________

Correct : A. robert lynd

77. _______________is regarded as a great modern biographer

Correct : B. lytton strachey

78. Who is the author of Eminent Victorians?

Correct : A. lytton strachey

79. Peter Ackroyd’s biography of ________is regarded as one of the best biographies in English language.

Correct : D. charles dickens

80. _____________is particularly noted for his biography of Charles Lamb

Correct : B. e v lucas

81. _____________was an eminent Victorian prose writer

Correct : A. ruskin bond

82. ___________ developed further Ruskin’s approach to social and economic problems through art to active propaganda for socialism.

Correct : D. william morris

83. An Inland Voyage is the collection of essays of _______

Correct : B. r l stevenson

84. Who contributed five biographies for Encyclopaedia of Britannica?

Correct : C. macaulay

85. Who contributed the literary term ‘pathetic fallacy’?

Correct : A. john ruskin

86. Who was the author of ‘A Vindication of the Right of Woman?

Correct : B. mary wollstonecraft

87. The Lives of the Poets was written by_______

Correct : B. samuel johnson

88. Oliver Goldsmith’s ___________is a series of imaginary letters from a Chinese traveller

Correct : A. the citizen of the world

89. Name of the imaginary character in the essays of Joseph Addison

Correct : B. sir roger de coverley

90. Who is the author of Robinson Crusoe?

Correct : C. daniel defoe

91. The Pilgrim’s Progress is the masterpiece of ______

Correct : D. john bunyan

92. The _____century was doubtlessly an age of prose.

Correct : B. 18th

93. __________ had a powerful effect on early Stuart prose

Correct : A. puritanism

94. Who wrote Apology for Poetrie?

Correct : A. philip sidney

95. Novum Organum is the work of _________

Correct : C. bacon

96. _________was a strong believer of the theory of art for art’s sake.

Correct : D. walter pater