PGT English Mock Test 26 Welcome to your PGT English Mock Test 26 1. Everyman is an anonymous (A) Shakespearean play (B) Restoration Comedy (C) heroic play (Đ) morality play None 2. Drayton, Webster, Middleton and Samuel Daniel were English poets of the ........ age. (A) Elizabethan (B) Augustan (C) Chaucerian (D) Victorian None 3. Battle of Castlian took place in the year- (A) 1453 (B) 1415 (C) 1408 (D) 1463 None 4. Who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2019? A. Bob Dylan B. Peter Handke C. Doris Lessing D. Patrick Modiano None 5. Who are the winners of Man Booker Prize Award A. Margaret Atwood & Bernardine Evaristo B. Anna Burns & George Saunders C. Paul Beatty & Marlon James D. None of these None 6. Who won the Sahitya Academy Award in English for 2019? A. Ances Salim for The Blind Lady's Descendants B. Shashi Tharoor for his non-fiction An Era of Darkness C. Nand Kishore Acharya D. V Madhusoodanan Nair None Note: Fill in the Blanks with an appropriate Literary Term (7-8) 7. A is a question asked in a form which does not in reality seek an answer but rather emphasizes a certain point.h A. Satire B. Rhetorical question C. Irony D. Persuation None 8. A is a direct and vivid comparison between two things usually considered distinct or unrelated. A. metaphor B. Simile C. Hyperbole D. Comparison None 9. In which of his work Thomas Carlyle argued that the actions of the "Great Man" play a key role in history, claiming that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men"? ) A. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (1841) B. Sartor Resartus (1836) C. Occasional Discourse on the Negro Question (1849) D. Latter-Day Pamphlets (1850 None 10. Whose works include The French Revolution: A History, 3 vols (1837) and The History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, 6 vols (1858-65)? A. James Macpherson B. Thomas Carlyle C. James Joyce D. Virginia Woolf None 11. What is the meaning of the title Sartor Resartus, a novel by Thomas Carlyle? A. The tailor re-tailored B. The post man dispatched C. The Washerman washed D. The milkman milked None 12. Which 20th century English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic is known for his lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism? A. George Orwell B. Thomas Carlyle C. James Joyce D. Virginia Woolf None 12. Which 20th century English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic is known for his lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism? A. George Orwell B. Thomas Carlyle C. James Joyce D. Virginia Woolf None 13. Which author is known by his pen name George Orwell? A. Eric Arthur Blair B. Thomas Carlyle C. James Joyce D. Virginia Woolf None 14. Pun is- (TGT-05) A. Opposite word B. A play on words C. A Funny word D. Identical words None 15. Who is known as the fourth-witch among Shakespeare's women characters? (PGT-2000, 09) A. Desdemona B. Gertrude C. Lady Macbeth D. Cordelia None 16. The name of Macbeth's wife in the Shakespearean play is- (PGT-05) A. Cordelia B. Calpurnia C. Desdemona D. none of the above None 17. Which is Shakespeare's longest play, with 30,557 words? A. Twelfth Night B. Romeo and Juliet C. The Tempest D. Hamlet None 18. Paradise Lost comprises books. (TGT-2011) A. 12 B. 16 C. 10 D. 14 None 19. Paradise Lost is written in- (TGT-2011) A. free verse B. blank verse C. rhymed verse D. none of the above None 20. The famous line "what though the field be lost; all is not lost" is spoken by- (TGT- 2011) A. Adam B. Eve C. Satan D. Beelzebub None 21. Milton begins Paradise Lost Book I with (TGT-2011) A. Lament B. Invocation C. Soliloquy D. Refrain None 22. Milton is most famous for his A. Narrative style B. Dramatic style C. Grand style D. Aphoristic style None 23. The word that completes the famous line "Better to " is... (TGT-2011) reign in Hell than serve in A. sky B. Heaven C. Earth D. Moon None 24. The song ending with, "the spotted snakes with double tongue" is taken,from the play- (A) The Tempest (B) Hamlet (C) A Midsummer Night's Dream (D) As You Like It None 25. Tottel's Miscellany is a collection of Songs, Sonnets and lyrics. (A) 300 (B) 350 (C) 99 (D) 199 None 26. Elizabeth I dictator the name of whom is- (A) Mary (B) Edward IV (C) Anne (D) Henry VIlI None 27. Who is of the view that Chaucer is not as great as the classicists ? succeeded a catholic (A) Arnold (B) Sydney (C) Tennyson (D) Johnson None 28. Battle of Pavia took place in the (A) 1521 (B) 1526 (C) 1534 (D) 1525 None 29. Tottel’s Miscellany was published (A) 1554 (B) 1516 (C) 1565 (D) 1557 None 30. Wyatt's Satire were composed in- (A) heroic couplets (B) terza rima (C) rhyme royal (D) quatrains None 31. Donne belongs to the period of - A. The Elizabethan age B. The Caroline age C. The Jacobean age D. Restoration Age None 32. Who was provoked to write 'Reflections Critical and Satirical upon a late Rhapsody Called, an Essay upon Criticism, just after the publication of Pope's An Essay on Criticism? A. Joseph Addison B. John Dennis C. Thomas Macaulay D. Colley Cibber None 33. Messiah is a 'sacred eclogue' by Alexander Pope, composed in 1712. It is based on the Fourth Eclogue of- A. Homer B. Virgil C. Horace D. None of these None 34. The Rape of the Lock is a Alexander Pope. written by A. Ballad B. Lyric C. mock-heroic narrative poem D. Ode None 35. What is the dominant mood of the poem? (A) Gloom and sadness (B) Fun and enjoy (C) Happy and light (D) Party and dance None 36. What dominates the poem? (A) Life (B) Death (C) Birth (D) Happy None 37. Which work of Wordsworth can only be called subjective autobiography? A. Lucy Poems B. Peter Bell C. Ballads D. The Prelude None 38. Which period in Wordsworth's career was marked with gloom? A. 1790-1795 B. 1785 - 190 C. 1792-1797 D. 1798-1805 None 39. About which poem Wordsworth wrote, "There is not an image in it which I have not observed, and now in my 73rd year I recollect the time and place where most of them were noticed." A. To The Cuckoo B. Daffodils C. The Prelude D. An Evening Walk None 40. About which poem Wordsworth said, "Its object is partly to expose the vices of the penal law and the calamities of was as they affect individuals." A. Guilt and Sorrow B. Daffodils C. The Prelude D. An Evening Walk None 41. What is the subtitle of Oedipus tyrannus? A. Swell foot The Tyrant B. The Spirit of Solitude C. The Triumph of Life D. England in 1819 None 42. The other title of Keats's Isabella is- A. The Post of Basil B. The Pot of Water C. The Pot of Flower D. None of these None 43. When did the last poem Idylls appear? (P-03) A. 1885 B. 1844 C. 1853 D. 1890 None 44. Tennyson has written a poem on a Which City? A. Delhi B. Kolkata C. Lucknow D. Mumbai None 45. My Last Duchess' is written in the form of: (A) Lyric (B) Elegy (C) Ode (D) Dramatic monologue None 46. The Oxford movement is also known as: A. Tractarian Movement B. Pre-Raphaelite Movement C. Classical Movement D. Romantic Movement None 47. Who was the chief protagonist of Imagism in England? A. T.E. Hulme B. W.B. Yeats C. T.S. Eliot D. Ezra Pound None 48. "All perform their tragic play, There struts Hamlet, there is Lear, That's Ophelia, that Cordelia" The above lines are from- A. Lapis Lazuli B. Blood and the Moon C. Second Coming D. A Prayer for old Age None 49. Which of the following is not a drama by Eliot? A. Ash Wednesday B. Murder in the Cathedral C. The family Reunion D. The cocktail Party None 50. Who has written the book The Art of T.S. Eliot? A. Elizabeth Drew B. Helen Gardner C. T.S. Eliot D. Grover Smith None Please fill in the comment box below. Time's up