PGT English Mock Test 12 Welcome to your PGT English Mock Test 12 1. A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes a. Dance b. Opera c. Musical dance d. Open orchestra None 2. A formal expression of praise a. Panegyrics b. Sycophancy c. Necromancy d. None of these None 3. A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way a. Melody b. Laughing stock C. Parody d. Periodic None 4. The Caxton Press was established in: A. 1475 B. 1476 C. 1477 D. 1478 None 5. The first book printed in English by Caxton Press was A. History of Troy B. History of Britain C. History of Greece D. The Bible None 6. Who wrote "True wit is what oft was thought but never so well expressed"? A. Pope B. Drydend C. Swift D. Shakespeare None 7. Caedmon and Cynewulf are: A. Anglo-Saxon poets B. Romantic poets C. Elizabethan poets D. Victorian poets None 8. A name, especially a completely fake one, under which an author publishes their work instead of using their real name: A. Nom de plume B. Alexander Pope C. Sole name D. Ben Jonson None 9. A feeling of pleasure, mixed with sadness, when you think of happy times in the past A. longing B. merrymaking C. past love D. nostalgia None 10. The branch of philosophy that studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality: A. Ontology B. odontology C. Friend name D. Pencil name None 11. A staged drama set to music in its entirety, made up of vocal pieces with instrumental accompaniment and usually with orchestral overtures and interludes: A. Dance B. Comedy C. Opera D. Masque None 12. A formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing: A. Panegyrics B. Sycophancy C. Necromancy D. Dermatology None 13. Which is the figure of speech used in the following sentence? (P-04) "Friendship is the sheltering tree." A. Simile B. Apostrophe C. Hyperbole D. Metaphor None 14. Between what time periods did William Shakespeare begin a successful career in London as an actor? A. Between 1585 and 1592 B. Between 1579 and 1583 C. Between 1579 and 1587 D. Between 1580 and 1591 None 15. Which period of Shakespeare's career/life is referred as "lost years" by scholars? A. between 1580 and 1592 B. between 1582 and 1592 C. between 1590 and 1592 D. between 1585 and 1592 None 16. Milton defined his views of Greek tragedy in the preface to A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Lycidas None 17. "Tragedy, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems: therefore said by Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such-like passions, that is to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated. Nor is nature wanting in her own effects to make good his assertion: for so in physic things of melancholic hue and quality are used against melancholy, sour against sour, salt to remove salt humors." In which work Milton wrote it? A. Paradise Lost B. Paradise Regained C. Samson Agonistes D. Lycidas None 18. Milton wrote his Elegia Prima, a first Latin elegy, to a friend from St Paul's. His name was- A. Edward King B. Ben Johnson C. John Donne D. Charles Diodati None 19. John Donne uses the following devices in his poetry- A. abrupt openings B. Hyperbole & Paradoxes C. Conceits & Ironies D. All of these None 20. What beverage is served after the card game ends? A. Tea B. Coffee C. Wine D. Brandy None 21. Who arms the Baron with a pair of scissors? A. Belinda B. Sir Plume C. Lord Petre D. Clarissa None 22. Who gets accidentally cut by the scissors? A. The Baron B. Clarissa C. One of the Sylphs D. Shock None 23. Some of the salient features of 'modermism' are- (A) the complexity of style, form and complex allusions (B) the stream of consciousness (C) both (A) & (B) (D) logical exposition of thought None 24. The term 'monologue' in literary usage, means- (A) a short speech by one of the principal characters (B) a prolonged speech by one of the principal characters (C) a prolonged speech by one of the secondary characters (D) a short speech by a single secondary character, None 25. 'Monologue' can be used in-- (A) a poem (B) a play (C) a novel (D) all these above None 26. Invocation' means an appeal for (A) divine inspiration to the Muse (B) demonic inspirati on to the Muse (C) beauty to the Venus (D) military operation to the Mars None 27. 'Invocation' is generally made by an epic poet at the (A) beginning of an epic (B) end of an epic (C) middle of an epic (D) not in the epic None 28. The movement called 'Futurism' was founded by- (A) R. S. Crane (B) J. C. Ransom (C) Ezra Pound (D) Flippo Marinetti None 29. Eight line stanza of lambic penta- meter rhyming abababec is known as- (A) terza rima (B) ottava rimna (C) spenserian stanza (D) heroic couplet None 30. When was Thomas Gray born? A. 20th December, 1715 B. 16th January, 1716 C. 26th December, 1716 D. 30th January, 1717 None 31. Where was Thomas Gray born? A. Cornhill, London B. Hartshill, Warwickshire C. Cocker Mouth, Cumberland D. Iyengar, Mysore None 32. Thomas Gray was the son of A. Anand Gray B. Peter Grayug C. Philip Gray D. Michael Gray None 33. Who wrote and about whom - (TGT-01) "Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart. A. Milton about Shakespeare B. Keats about Milton C. Wordsworth about Milton D. Milton about Spencer None 34. Wordsworth wrote the Prelude in- (PGT- 02/T-13) A. 12 Books B. 14 Books C. 10 Books D. 16 Books None 35. In which year The Prelude was published? (TGT-13) A. 1805 B. 1850 D. 1837 C. 1855 None 36. To whom is Wordsworth's autobiographical poem The Prelude addressed? (PGT-09) A. Jane Austen B. Coleridge C. Pope D. Dr. Johnson None 37. Who called Wordsworth the Egotistical sublime? (P-02) A. Lamb B. Arnold C. Eliot D. Keats None 38. Choose the correct option "Little we see in Nature that is ours." The above line has been quoted from- (TGT- 13) A. Tintern Abbey B. The World is too much with us C. Ode on Intimation of Immortality D. Lucy Gray None 39. Who is the writer of Descriptive Sketches (TGT-13) A. John Milton B. Shakespeare C. Galsworthy D. Wordsworth None 40. Who has written Ruth? (TGT-13) A. Milton B. Shakespeare C. Galsworthy D. Wordsworth None 41. Shelley dedicated his The Revolt of Islam to- A. William Godwin B. Mary C. Harriet Westbrook D. Keats None 42. Who writes in a letter to his brothers George and Tom Keats on 21st December, 1817 "Shakespeare possessed so enormously-I mean Negative Capability that is when man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason." A. Keats B. Shelley C. Lamb D. Wordsworth None 43. The term 'Negative capability' is given by- (PGT-04) A. Wordsworth B. John Keats C. Byron D. P.B. Shelley None 44. The following lines form a part of Tennyson's - "There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colours gay She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay.' A. Maud B. The Lay of Shallot C. Queen Mary D. Lotos-Eaters None 45. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 was awarded to- A. Abdulrazak Gurnah B. Orhan Pamuk C. Elif Shafak D. Louise Gluck None 46. "Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd;" These lines are from Tennyson's A. The Charge of the Light Brigade B. Ulysses C. Morte D' Arthur D. Maud None 47. Browning meet the poet Elizabeth Barret in the year: (A) 1854 (B) 1845 (C) 1830 (D) None of these None 48. Who calls Arnold "a propagandist of literature" and "an over-worked school- inspector? A. W.H. Auden B. T.S. Eliot C. F.R. Leavis D. I.A. Richards None 49. Arnold said about a poet, "His poetry is the reality, his philosophy is the illusion." Which of the following poetsis referred in these lines? A Shelley B. Wordsworth C. Chaucer D. Spencer None 50. Which poem was contributed by Shakespeare to Robert Chester's Love's Martyr ? (A) The Phoenix and the Turtle (B) Venus and Adonis (C) The Rape of Lucrece (D) A Lover's Complaint None Please fill in the comment box below. Time's up