TGT English Mock Test 14

1. The New Criticism is written by:

2. Seven Types of Ambiguity is written by:

3. A representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

4. The poems "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles" deal with-

5. Which work of Kingsley Amis is dedicated to Philip Larkin?

6. In which of his poems given below do we witness Whitman's uninhibited treatment of sex?

7. Who was Otis P. Lord by profession (in life of Dickinson)?

8. "Birches" is a poem of Frost, but who wrote "Swinger of Birches: A portrait of Robert Frost" (1957)?

9. "They click upon themselves As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored" The above lines are from-

10. The theme of alienation is central to the poetry of-

11. In India by Nissim Ezekiel depicts the relationship between- (PGT- 10)

12. Walcott in the poem "A Far Cry from Africa," uses in the poem.

13. The literary critic Kirsch calls an early poem of Derek Walcott "a turning point in Walcott's development as a poet". The poem was-

14. Who kills Lord Siward's son?

15. Where are Scottish kings crowned?

16. Why is Macduff able to kill Macbeth despite the witches' prophecy?

17. Where is Duncan killed?

18. Who flees Scotland to join Malcolm in England?

19. What was the weather like the night Duncan was murdered?

20. Who kills Lady Macbeth?

21. How does Brainworm get Formal's official cloak?

22. Why does Brainworm take Formal's coat?

23. Brainworm demands money from Mathew and Bobadil for:

24. In which theatrical convention, the words spoken by a character on the stage, are

25. The term, adopted from unrhymed Greeks and Latin heroic verse and introduced in Italy in 16th century. is known as-

26. Which literary form is a poem in the form of a letter to a friend or patron ?

27. Free Verse' is a kind of verse which-

28. Which one is a short form of Opera' ?

29. "A set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula for the poet's emotion, so that when the external facts are given, the emotion is at once evoked" is known as-

30. A seven-line decasyllabic stanza in lambic pentametre with the rhyme scheme aba, bbcc, is known as-

31. What does Brainworm take in exchange for the cloak?

32. Downright accompanies Brainworm to...

33. Which of the following sources has inspired Dryden's play The Indian Emperour?

34. Dryden's play The Indian Emperour inspired a dramatic work of French writer Voltaire. The play was-

35. In which play of Dryden do the following characters appear- Montezuma, Odmar, Guyomar, Orbellan, Traxalla?

36. The play takes place during the-

37. After the Battle of Slivnitza, a Swiss mercenary soldier in the Serbian army climbs in through Raina's bedroom balcony window. He was-

38. The Battle of Slivnitsa was a decisive factor in the victory of the Bulgarian army over the Serbians on November 17-19, 1885 in the

39. Galsworthy is: (TGT-04)

40. Which work of Galsworthy earned him Nobel Prize for Literature?

41. Whose plays are known for theatrical fraud?

42. Goldberg and McCann are two visitors in the play...

43. What is Yanks real name?

44. What does Yank tell the I.W.W. he will do for them?

45. This play is a bold experiment on folk theme, which comes from Kathasaritsagar. But Karnadd has based his work on Thomas Mann's Transposed Head. Devadatta, Kapila, Padmini, are main characters. The play is -

46. Who is the narrator of the play 'Hayavadna"?

47. Who coined the popular phrases like- "hostages to fortune" and "jesting Pilate"

48. Who criticised Bacon saying, "He was the wisest, brightest and meanest of mankind"?

49. The play The Tender Husband was written by Steele with the help of-

50. Who wrote the prologue to The Mistake, by John Vanbrugh?