TGT English Mock Test 23

1. The term Criticism is derived from the Greek word 'Kritikos' which means

2. Which kind of poetry has something of Ubi sunt motif (the formula of "Where are they?", for lamenting the past)?

3. Milton's Lycidas (1637) is written on the death of his friend named:

4. From which poem are the following lines quoted? And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.

5. "Others abide our question. Thou art free/ We ask and ask: thou smilest and art still Out-topping knowledge" In these lines written by Arnold, 'Thou' refers to:

6. The following lines are taken from: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold... The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity

7. In The Waste Land' the phrase "Violet hour' refers to:

8. The character of Philomela in The Waste Land' was raped by:

9. "In Memory of W.B. Yeats" appeared in Another Time in-

10. Which of the following poems begins with the line- "all this, the wish to be alone"

11. He was "the poet of American optimism and pragmatism, the rhapsodist of our material and spiritual resources, the unabashed celebrant of the self at home in an open, dynamic universe." Who was he?

12. Dickinson remained a private-

13. "The land was ours before we were the land's/ She was our land more than a hundred years/ Before we were her people" These lines are from-

14. "If this uncertain age in which we dwell Were really as dark as I hear sages tell, And I convinced that they were really sages, I should not curse myself with it to hell." The above lines are from -

15. Who said, "I want to fill my life with as many experiences as I can manage to garner because I don't believe that one can get born again."

16. Who is called a confessional poet?

17. What issue causes the conflict between Shylock and the Christian characters to come to a head?

18. In the play, what breaks the cycle of insults, injuries and revenge that traps Shylock and the Christian characters together?

19. What does cross-dressing allow Portia to do?

20. Which play of Shakespeare is best known for Shylock and his famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech on humanity; also notable is Portia's speech about "the quality of mercy"?

21. Who is the comic character in the play?

22. What source or sources do Salarino and Solanio suggest are the cause of Antonio's sadness?

23. The comedies of Ben Jonson have the lack of

24. Tennyson's In Memoriam is an elegy on-

25. Enoch Arden' is a poem by

26. In Shakespeare's play Andronicus', Titus is killed by-

27. Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-96) is a-

28. Who was shy and retiring by nature?

29. What is name of the daughter of Shylock, a villain in The Merchant of Venice ?

30. Jessica runs away with- Titus

31. Ben Jonson's art is primarily satirical and deprives him public

32. There is vigour but not feminine charm.

33. Ben Jonson has the tendency towards the...

34. Ben Jonson bas the classical

35. The plot of which play by Dryden concerns two separate storylines - one a romance between Palmyra and Leonidas, who were separated from their parents as babies and who were raised together by Hermogenes, who has kept their past a secret.; the other which concerns Rhodophil and his friend Palamede?

36. The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery is a written by John Dryden. The play was first acted late in 1672, by the King's Company at their theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields, but was not a success with its audience.

37. For which of his play Dryden drew plot material from a play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca titled Con quien vengo vengo?

38. Shaw was rejected by a woman. E described her as "the greatest orator in England." She was the President of the Theosophical Movement. She joined the Fabian Society in 1885. Her name was-

39. Shaw's plays are known as-

40. Galsworthy's famous play, The Silver Box deals with: (TGT-13)

41. Who is Harold Cleaver is Galsworthy's Justice?

42. Which is not a characteristic of Galsworthy's problem plays?

43. Harold Pinter's first play The Room was first produced in -

44. Which play of Harold Pinter is considered by critics the earliest example of his "comedy of menace"?

45. In 1985, Pinter recalled that his early act of conscientious objection resulted from being "terribly disturbed as a young man by the

46. Which drama of Arthur Miller has been numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century?

47. Which of the following author is most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961)?

48. Who made his acting as well as screenwriting debut in a Kannada movie, Samskara (1970), based on a novel by U.R. Ananthamurthy and directed by Pattabhirama Reddy?

49. In television, who played the role of Swami's father in the TV series Malgudi Days (1986-1987), based on R. K. Narayan's books, directed by Kannada actor and director Shankar Nag?

50. Histories make men___; poets the mathematics