TGT English Mock Test 26 Welcome to your TGT English Mock Test 26 1. Malvilo is a character from the play- (A) The Winter's Tale (B) Romeo and Juliet (C) Taming of the Shrew (D) Twelfth Night None 2. Who said, "No Bishop. no king ?" (A) James I (B) Charles I (C) Puritans (D) Elizabeth None 3. Sir Moby Belch is a character from the play-- (A) The Winter's Tale (B) Taming of the Shrew (C) King Lear (D) Twelfth Night None 4. The three sections of "In Memory of W.B. Yeats" lokk like- A. poems within poem B. poems of an epic C. sonnets of a long story D. none of these None 5. Which of the following desires the poet talks about in the poem "Wants"? A. invitation cards B. the desire to have sex C. family gatherings D. D. All of these None 6. Which one of these is not a poem by Walt Whitman? A. When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloom'd B. Distant Likeness C. Song of Myself D. Leaves of Grass None 7. Dickinson could print during her life time Poems. (A) Three or Four (B) Five or Six (C) Seven (D) None of them. None 8. "Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down. He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees." The above lines are from - A. Mending wall B. Directive C. The Onset D. Nothing Gold can Stay None 9. "It begins in delight and ends in wisdom. The figure is the same for love... No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader... Read it a hundred times; it will forever keep its freshness as a metal keeps its fragrance. It can never lose its sense of a meaning that once unfolded by surprise as it went." The above lines are from- A. The Figure a Poem Makes B. Directive C. The Onset D. Nothing Gold can Stay None 10. Which of the following writers writes uninhibitedly- about his or her sexual relationships? (P-2000) A. Mulk Raj Anand B. Nissim Ezekiel C. Kamala Das D. Robert Frost None 11. Where does Kamala Das write "In the orbit of illicit sex, there seemed to be only crudeness and violence? A. My Story B. Neutral Tones C. Death Brings No Loss D. The Suicide None 12. Who does Launcelot want to work for instead of Shylock? A. Bassanio B. Antonio C. Gratiano D. Portia None 13. What does Shylock's daughter Jessica give Launcelot when he leaves? A. Her ring B. A letter C. Keys to Shylock's safe D. A map None 14. Shylock is worried that trouble is brewing. What does he ask Jessica to do? A. Hide B. Keep the doors locked C. Move out of Venice D. Look out the window None 15. When Shylock talks to Jessica about Launcelot, how does he describe Launcelot? A. A terrible person B. A fine servant C. Untrustworthy D. Kind but lazy None 16. In Act II, Scene VI, who meets in front of Shylock's house? A. Bassanio and Antonio B. Gratiano, Salarino, and Lorenzo C. Gratiano, Solanio, and Lorenzo D. Gratiano, Salarino, and Launcelot None 17. Jonson wrote for a. (A) Generation (B) Achievements (C) Remarkable (D) None of these A None 18. Jonson represents the Renaissance in: (A) England (B) Germany (C) Italy (D) Spain None 19. "My Strict hand Was made to seize on vice and with a grip; From which play the lines have been taken? (A) Everyman in his humour (B) Everyman out of his humour (C) Robat (D) None of them None 20. Everyman in his Humour the author lashes: (A) Vice and folly (B) Virtue (C) Mentality (D) None of them None 21. "Ben Jonson method differs from Shakespeare"" who says so? (A) Legouis (B) Thorndike (C) Milton (D) None of these None 22. He was a great an admirer of Milton, the blind writer. He said: "This man cuts us all out." Milton actually gave permission for Paradise Lost to be transformed by him, saying "Ay, you may tag my verses if you will." Who was he? A. John Dryden B. William Wycherley C. John Vanbrugh D. George Farquhar None 23. Which play of Dryden the following lines have been taken from? Is this the seat our conqueror has given? And this the climate we must change for heaven? These regions and this realm my wars have got; A This mournful empire is the loser's lot; In liquid burnings, or on dry, to dwell, Is all the sad variety of hell. A. Amboyna B. The Mistaken Husband C. The State of Innocence D. Aureng-Zebe None 24. The ideal relation of husband and wife is depicted by Shakespeare in the relationship between-- (A) Othello and Desdemona (B) Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (C) Brutus and Portia (D) Orlando and Rosalind None 25. When did the Reformation begin in England (A) 147I (B) 1377 (C) 1355 (D) 1420 None 26. Wh0 among the following is not influenced by Spenser ? A) Milton (B) Wordsworth (C) Keats (D) Shakespeare None 27. The followers of Calvin were called- (A) Presbyterians (B) Surrealists (C) Independents (D) None of these None 28. The Puritan attack on Elizabeth took place in the year- (A) 1558 (B) 1569 (C) 1579 (D) 1590 None 29. In l579, the name of the Presbyterian leader was- the year- (A) Thomas Cartright (B) Thomas Browne (C) John Ball (D) Wyclif None 30. The theatre The Curtain was built in (A) 1576 (B) 1574 (C) 1577 (D) 1586 None 31. The complete title of Dryden's play The State of Innocence is- A. The State of Innocence, and John Milton (1674) B. The State of Innocence, and Paradise Lost (1674) C. The State of Innocence, and Lucifer (1674) D. The State of Innocence, and Fall of Man, an Opera (1674) None 32. What is the central theme of the play The Apple Cart? A. The Working of Democracy B. The Working of Monarchy C. The working of Autocracy D. The working of Theocracy None 33. The Maturing of "Immaturity is Shaw's A. First novel B. Second Novel C. Third Novel D. Fourth Novel None 34. Galsworthy presents various forms of egoistic prejudices, delusion and numerous other vices that eat into the vitals of our life. The play is- A. The Joy B. A Family Man C. The Skin Game D. The Show None 35. This is a domestic drama and in this play Galsworthy attacks the misuse of authority and exposes its harmful consequences in domestic life. A. The Show B. The Forest C. The Skin Game D. A Family Man None 36. "You mob, the most contemptible thing under the sun. You are the thing that pelts the weak; kicks women; hurts down free speech. This is today, that tomorrow. Brain you have done. Spirit not the least of it." These lines form a part of the play- A. The Show B. The Forester C. The Mob D. Strife None 37. Which is the first full-length play by Harold Pinter, first published in London by Encore Publishing in 1959? A. The Birthday Party (1957) B. The Room (1957) C. The Dumb Waiter (1957) D. A Slight Ache (1958) None 38. Which play of Harold Pinter is set in a rundown seaside boarding house where a little birthday party is turned into a nightmare when two sinister strangers arrive unexpectedly? A. The Birthday Party (1957) B. The Room (1957) C. The Dumb Waiter (1957) D. A Slight Ache (1958) None 39. Who worked for the student newspaper, The Michigan Dally, as well as the satirical Gargoyle Humor Magazine? A. Arthur Miller B. Harold Pinter C. A.D. Hope D. Virginia Woolf None 40. Which was the first play of Arthur Miller? A. No Villain B. They Too Arisc C. Honors at Dawn D. The Grass Still Grows None 41. Who provided the voice of A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in the audiobook of Kalam's autobiography by Charkha Audiobooks, Wings of Fire? A. Amitabh Bachchan B. Gulzar C. Girish Karnad D. Shahrukh Khan None 42. Who among the following was invited to speak about "his life in theater" in an hour-long session at the Tata Literary Festival held in Mumbai in 2012, but instead of talking about the subject, he took the opportunity to lash out at V. S. Naipaul for his "antipathy towards Indian Muslims"? A. Badal Sarkar B. Gulzar C. Girish Karnad D. R.N. Tagore None 43. Counsels Civil and Moral is the subtitle given to A. Bacon's essays B. Hooker's Pamphlet C. Montaigne's essays D. Nashe's novel None 44. In 1899, Gardiner was appointed editor of the A. Northern Daily Telegraph B. Chelmsford Chronicle C. Bournemouth Directory D. Blackburn Weekly Telegraph None 45. Which one of the following is a comedy of mistaken identity ? (A) The Comedy of Errors (B) Love's Lobour Lost (C) The Merchant of Venice (D) As You Like It None 46. The Tempest came out in the year- (A) 1608 (B) 1609 (C) 1610 (D) 1611 None 47. Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors (1592) is based on- (A) Euphues (B) Canterbury Tales (C) Praise of Folly (D) Pautus' Menaechmi or The Twins None 48. Which one of the following is not a romance by Shakespeare ? (A) Pericles (B) Cymbeline (C) Coriolanus (D), The Tempest None 49. Totus mundus agit historian means- A) All the world is a stage (B) All the world is a history (C) History is all world (D) World is coming None 50. In the play King Lear, the villain (A) lago (B) Claudius (C) Edmund (D) Shylock None Please fill in the comment box below. Time's up