PGT English Mock Test 7

1. An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) is:

2. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

3. A short introductory essay preceding the text of a book written by a person other than the author

4. "He resembles the animal that brows on thistles" is an example of- (PGT-03)

5. Who, among the following, was the first poet laureate officially appointed by the British sovereign? (TGT-10)

6. The fall of in 1453 marks the beginning of Renaissance in Europe. (TGT-09)

7. Who is known as "the poet's poet"? (TGT-10)

8. W.H. Auden belonged to the- (TGT-10)

9. An indirect word or expression that you use instead of a more direct one when you are talking about something that is unpleasant or embarrassing. The use of such expressions is called:

10. An agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds is called:

11. A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture (Bible):

12. A funny play for the theatre full of ridiculous situations:

13. A short piece of writing at the beginning of a book, sometimes praise by a famous person or someone who is not the writer:

14. Find the figure of speech in- 'To err is human to forgive divine' (PGT-02)

15. Shakespeare's twins, son and daughter were baptised on 2nd February1585.

16. Shakespeare's twins were-

17. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell describes the poet's visit to Hell, a device adopted from Dante's Divine Comedy and Milton's Paradise Lost. Who is the poet?

18. Paradise Lost is separated into twelve "books" or sections, the lengths of which vary greatly. The longest is with 1,189 lines

19. Paradise Lost separated into twelve "books" or sections, the lengths of which vary greatly. The shortest with 640 lines.

20. Donne fell in love with Egerton's niece -

21. In which Canto of The Rape of the Lock the following lines occur? Coffee, which makes the politician wise, And see through all things with his half-shut eyes. ..But when mischief mortals bend their will, How soon they find fit instruments of ill!

22. In which Canto of The Rape of the Lock the following lines occur? Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lapdogs, breathe their last.

23. In which Canto of The Rape of the Lock the following lines occur? Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul

24. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of The Theatre of the Absurd?

25. The term The Theatre of the Absurd was philosophically based on-

26. Myth of Sisyphus (1942) was written by-

27. Terence and Plautus were names related to-

28. Acadermic dramas were popular in century.

29. Acrneism, an anti-symbolist move- ment, flourished during the century.

30. The origin of the above movement Was in

31. In this poem, the poet feels that after his death if someone enquires about him, people would say that he often went to dew-covered upland meadow to watch-

32. An epitaph is a song

33. In the poem, the poet describes that on his tomb stone will be written that he was-

34. In which poem Browning writes about Wordsworth? "Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat."

35. The following lines appear in - "She is in her grave, and oh The difference to me!"

36. Which time Wordsworth refers to in these lines from Prelude? Europe at that time was thrilled with joy, France standing on the top of golden hours, And human nature seeming born again

37. Which poem these lines have been taken from? "They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude."

38. Shelley said, while referring to Adonais, "I have dipped my pen in consuming fire for his (Keats's) destroyers." Who were the destroyers?

39. With which of the following poets do we associate the pictorial quality of poetry? (PGT-2000)

39. With which of the following poets do we associate the pictorial quality of poetry? (PGT-2000)

40. What is John Keats's first work? (PGT-03)

41. Which of the following historical events does "The Charge of the Light Brigade" describe?

42. Following the precedent of Shelley, Browning became an -

43. According to Arnold, who is next to Shakespeare and Milton?

44. Arnold defines poetry thus: "Poetry is a criticism of life, under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty." Where does he give this definition?

45. W.B. Yeats has written a poem 'Lake Isle of Innisfree. Where is Innisfree situated?

46. What is Yeats's 'Land of Heart's Desire"?

47. The title of the poem 'Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' is:

48. Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' opens with:

49. W.H. Auden became an American citizen in-

50. Larkin was appointed sub-librarian at The Queen's University of Belfast in-