PGT English Mock Test 20 Welcome to your PGT English Mock Test 20 1. 1. It is a lyrical poem that gives, a little picture of everyday life amid natural surrounding generally rural or pastoral. Originally the term was applied to the poems of Theocritus. The term is: a. Idyll b. Lyric C. Ballad d. Lay None 2. 2. John Heywood's The Four P's is: a. Interlude b. Comic relief C. Poetic justice d. Mystery play None 3. 3. Mysteries plays were concerned with the Bible while Miracle plays dealt with: a. The lives of saints and martyrs b. The lives of ghosts c. The lives of common man d. The lives of gods and goddesses None 4. 4. "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him." Who said this? A. Voltair B. John Keats C. Robert Frost D. Thomas Hardy None 5. 5. "An allegory is a series of metaphors or symbols continued throughout an entire story so as to represent or describe one series of facts by another series that is analogous to it in its main features. "- Nesfield. (PGT-03) Following this, which of the books mentioned below is an allegory? A. Pilgrim's Progress B. The crucification of Christ C. Gulliver's Travels D. Robinson Crusoe None 6. None 7. 6. Which one of the following is not a pastoral elegy? (PGT-09) A. Milton's Lycidas B. Shelley's Adonais C. Arnold's Thyrsis D. Pope's The Rape of the Lock None 8. 7. A poem telling the story of the leader of the whole community written in a narrative form and lofty style is called: (PGT-2000) A. A drama B. An epic C. A short story D. A lyric None 9. 8. Choose the name of the Roman Emperor who conquered England in 43 A.D.? (TGT-13) A. Julius Caesar B. Claudius C. Antony D. None of these None 10. 9. A line consisting of one metrical foot: A. One meter B. Di meter C. Solo meter D. Monometer None 11. 10. Italian stanza form composed of eight 11-syllable lines, rhyming abababce: A. Ottava Rima B. Terza Rima C. Rhyme Royal D. Alexandrine None 12. 11. In art and literature the act of describing animals and things as having human feelings: A. Human Fallacy B. Personification C. Onomatopoeia D. Pathetic Fallacy None 13. 12. Who invented the term Pathetic Fallacy"? A. Matthew Arnold B. John Ruskin C. John Dryden D. Shakespeare None 14. 13. A line of ten syllables or five feet; each foot is composed of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. A. lambic Pentameter B. lambic Hexameter C. Alexandrine D. Iambus None 15. 14. The figure of speech in Pluck from the ntemory a rooted sorrow' is- (PGT-10) A. Similes w B. Metaphor C. Personification D. Hyperbole None 16. 15. The sonnets were first published in a 1609 quarto with the title: il givello) od1.05 A. SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. Never before Imprinted B. SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. Printed First Time C. SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. I Printed First D. SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS. 154 Sonnets None 17. 16. Which Sonnets had previously been published in the 1599 miscellany The Passionate Pilgrim. A. sonnets 135 and 141 B. sonnets 136 and 142 C. sonnets 137 and 143 D. sonnets 138 and 144 None 18. 17. The following lines are taken from: The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. A. Samson Agonistes B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost D. Comus None 19. 18. The following lines are taken from: To live a life half dead, a living death. A. Samson Agonistes B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost a D. Comus None 20. 19. The following lines are taken from: bohat Wisest men Have erred, and by had women been deceived. A. Comus B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost D. Samson Agonistes None 21. 20. The following lines are taken from: Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men; Unless there be who think not God at all. A. Comus B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost D. Samson Agonistes None 22. 21. The following lines are taken from: My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them at rest. A. Samson Agonistes B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost D. Comus None 23. 22. Who speaks the following lines in Samson Agonistes? In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. A. Samson B. Dalila C. Manoa D. Harapha None 24. 23. The following lines are taken from: Fame, if not double-faced, is double-mouthed, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; A. Samson Agonistes B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost 1 D. Comus None 25. 24. 'Assonance' is the repetition of identical- (A) vowel sounds (B) consonant sounds (C) both (A) and (B) (D) none of the above None 26. 25. "He is deadly alive" is an example of- (A) Metaphor (B) Imagery (C) Onomatopoeia (D) Oxymoron None 27. 26. Which one of the following is based on the sound in sense theory ? (A) Hyperbole (B) Kenning (C) Onomatopoeia (D) Oxymoron None 28. 27. Who coined the phrase "Iart pour I'art" ? (A) Benjamin Constant (B) Gautier (C) Baudlaire (D) None of the above None 29. 28. Affective Fallacy means- (A) affect in a wrong way (B) misguide the reader (C) the emotional effects upon the mind of the reader (D) the change of material None 30. 29. Who defined the above term ? (A) Wimsatt (B) Beardsley (C) None of these (D) Both (A) & (B) None 31. 30. This term was defined in The Verbal Icon which was published in- (A) 1950 (B) 196O (C) 1954 (D) 1966 None 32. 31. The following lines are taken from: Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offense returning, to regain Love once possessed. A. Comus C. Paradise Lost B. Lycidas D. Samson Agonistes None 33. 32. The following lines are taken from: Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end; Not wedlock-treachery. A. Samson Agonistes B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost D. Comus None 34. 33. The following lines are taken from: Boast not of what thou would'st have done, but do What then thou would'st. A. Comus B. Lycidas C. Paradise Lost D. Samson Agonistes None 35. 34. Who wrote about the use of paradoxes in the poem "The Canonization" illustrates that paradox is not limited to use in logic. Instead, paradox enables poetry to escape the confines of logical and scientific language? A. Cleanth Brooks B. Alexander Pope C. Jonathan Swift D. Dr. Johnson None 36. 35. In a mock-epic like The Rape of the Lock the subject is trivial, whereas the treatment and style is- A. Superfluous B. Classical C. Romantic D. Grand None 37. 36. Pope wrote in a letter, "It will be in vain to deny that I have some regard for this piece, since I dedicate it to You. Yet you may bear me witness, it was intended only to divert a few young Ladies, who have good sense and good humour enough to laugh not only at their sex's little unguarded follies, but at their own." The letter was addressed to- A. Mrs. Arabella Fermor B. Lord Petre C. John Caryll D. Jonathan Swift's wife None 38. 37. In the beginning of this mock-epic The Rape of the Lock, Pope declares that a "dire offence" (Canto 1 line 1) has been committed. A lord has assaulted a "gentle belle" (line 8). The "dire offence" was- A. Sexual rape B. Sexual harassment C. Gender Discrimination D. Dishonourable act of cutting off a lock of hair None 39. 38. Gray's 'Ode on Spring', 'Hymn of Adversity and Hymn to Ignorance' all published in - (A) 1786 (B) 1742 (C) 1751 (D) 1732 None 40. 39. What is the name of Gray's aunt? (A) Anne More (B) Mary Antrobus (C) Mary Hutchinson (D) Annette Vallon None 41. 40. Who wrote 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' and A Long Story"? (A) Shakespeare (B) John Milton (C) Thomas Gray (D) Thomas Hardy None 42. 41. Who considered poetry the product of head rather than heart? A. Romantic Poets B. Elizabethan Poets C. Neo-classical Poets D. Victorian Poets None 43. 42. According to Wordsworth, a poet must be a man possessed of more than usual organic: A. Intellect B. Sensibility C. Emotion D. Wit None 44. 43. According to Wordsworth, Poetry proceeds from the internal feelings of the: A. Readers B. Common People C. Poet D. None of these None 45. 44. How many causes Wordsworth has mentioned that lead to poetic composition? A. Six B. Seven C. Eight D. Nine None 46. 45. Shelley's Ariel to Miranda was inspired by Shakespeare's- A. The Tempest B. Hamlet C. The Winter's Tale D. Love's Labour Lost None 47. 46. Who said about Keats, "He is with Shakespeare"? A. P.B. Shelley B.S.T. Coleridge C. Matthew Arnold D. Walter Pater None 48. 47. Who said "Keats was a Greek"? (PGT-10) A. Shelley B. Arnold C. Coleridge D. Wordsworthalle None 49. 48. "My eyes are full of tears, my heart of love, My heart is breaking, and my eyes are dim, And I am all aweary of my life." The above lines are taken from: A. The Miller's Daughter B. Maud C. Tithonus D. Oenone None 50. 49. "Of love that never found his earthly close, What sequel?" The above lines are taken from: A. Love and Duty B. Maud C. Tithonus D. Oenone None 51. 50. 'Asolando' was published on: (A) on the day of his marriage (B) on the birth of his son (C) on the day of his death (D) None of these None Please fill in the comment box below. Time's up