THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL - SHERIDAN

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL - SHERIDAN

1.      In the prologue, what does Garrick say about Sheridan? That he's fighting a losing battle.

2.      Who is the hero of the novel? Charles surface.

3.      In the opening scene of The School for Scandal Snake is drinking cholocate.

4.      In the opening scene of the school for scandal, Snake and lady Sneerwell are speaking about the secret love between Lady Brittle and captain Boastall.

5.      Who called Sir Oliver Surface as little premium, when he was in the disguise of Mr. Premium? Trip

6.      Lady Sneerwell’s scandals were published in? The town and Country magazine.

7.      Who is Lady Teazle's "lover"? Joseph Surface

8.      Who does not gather at the Teazle house to get information on the argument? Snake

9.      What does Trip do that surprises Sir Oliver? He tries to raise some money

10.  Do the Teazles love each other? Yes but the hide it and love to quarrel

11.  What does Snake wish the others at Joseph's house to keep secret? That he told the truth.

12.  Which one of the gentlemen writes poetry at the drop of a hat? Sir Benjamin Backbite

13.  What is Joseph's argument to Lady Teazle as to why she should have an affair? She should sin in her own defense to save her reputation.

14.  Which of the two Surface brothers is in cahoots with Lady Sneerwell? Joseph Surface

15.  Which painting does Charles refuse to sell? Sir Oliver Surface

16.  What is Sheridan lampooning in this play? Gossip, malice and hypocrisy

17.  Who hides behind the screen to avoid detection? Lady Teazle

18.  Who does Maria love? Charles Surface

19. 

12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why does Rowley distrust Joseph? He thinks Joseph has too much sentiment.

20.  Which character does most harm by championing acquaintances? Mrs. Candor

21.  What does Snake do at Sir Peter's house? Drops a forged letter

22.  Who is to marry at the end? Charles and Maria

23.  Why does Lady Teazle have a "lover"? It's fashionable.

24.  Who does Sir Peter want Maria to marry? Joseph Surface

25.  Who is Sir Benjamin Backbite?  Maria's "lover"

26.  Where does Sir Peter hide when Charles visits Joseph? In the closet

27.  Why is Joseph cozying up to Lady Teazle? to gain her support

28.  Which of the following does not belong to "The School for Scandal"? Charles Surface

29.  Why does Lady Sneerwell indulge in slander? Because she was once injured by slander and she enjoys bringing others to that pain.

30.  Who are Lady Sneerwell's cohorts in her slander plot against Charles? Snake and Joseph

31.  Lady Sneerwell is ready to sacrifice her wealth to win Charles Surface as his lover.

32.  Lady Sneerwell is a widow of a Knight.

33.  Maria was loved by whom? Charley Surface

34.  Who was Surface brother’s father’s of Steward?  Rowley

35.  How was the scandal compared to? Hydra.

36.  Who was Crabtree? Uncle of  Benjamin Bacbite.

37.  Who are the scandal mongers? Lady Sneerwell, Mr.Candour and Crabtree.

38.  ‘when an old bachelor takes a tough wife, what is the who expect?”- who says? Sir Peter

39.  What is the wish of Sir Peter Teazle? He wants Maria to marry Joseph Surface.

40.  After Surface brother’s father’s death who acted a kind of guardian to both till their uncle return from the East? Sir Peter Teazle.

41.  Who was Oliver Surface’s old friend?  Sir Peter

42.  How many years Oliver surface had been in India? 16 years.

43.  In India, where did Oliver lived at? Calcutta.

44.  Who suffered by marrying an old Bachelor? Lady Teazle

45.  The characters indulging in scandal mongering are Rich.

46.  Where does the scandal mongers gather and spread scandals? Lady Sneerwell.

47.  Who would like that law should be enacted against scandal mongers? Sir Peter Teazle.

48.  Who was worse than a bankrupt? Charles Surface.

49.  Who proposed the plan that sir Oliver may test Charles in disguise? Sir Peter.

50.  Who was a jew? Moses.

51.  Oliver surface, who is disguised as Stanley, went to Joseph’s house.

ALL FOR LOVE – DRYDEN

ALL FOR LOVE – DRYDEN

1.       Which one of the systems of value is used in All for Love?  Roman Love.

2.       What is the first play of Dryden?  Spanish Fraiar

3.       Which is the play written by Dryden for himself?  All for Love.

4.       What is the alternative title of All for Love? The World Well Lost

5.       Who was the first and the most skillful exponent of the heroic couplet? Dryden.

6.       What is the main source of All for Love? Antony and Cleopatra

7.       Who are the Triumvirates? Antony, Leipdus and Caesar

8.       Where is All for Love set in? Alexandria.

9.       Who was Alexas? Cleopatra’s Eunuch

10.   ‘A mortal for he was to us and Egypt’. These are the words of Alexas. Who is mortal for of Egypt? Caesar.

11.   ‘Actium, Actium!oh’ – who cries thus?  Antony

12.   How old was Ventidius? 30

13.   On whose Birthday does the action of All for Love take place on?  Antony.

14.   How does Ventidius compare Antony with ? Tiger.

15.   ‘O that faint word, respect! How disdain it’. Who hates the modest word respect? Cleopatra.

16.   Who is Octavia? Sister of Caesar.

17.   Who are Agrippa and Antonia? Daughters of Antony.

18.   ‘No lovers lived so great or died so well’. The lovers referred here is? Antony and Cleopatra.

19.   How many years Antony and Cleopatra had been loved for? 7 years.

20.   To Which country  does Ventidius belong and does he hate? He belongs Roman and he hates Egyptian.

21.   ‘Jealous is a polished glass, held to the lips when life is in doubt”- who says? Alexas.

22.   What are Charmion and Iras? Maids of Cleopatra.

23.   To which country does Antony belong? Rome.

24.   Antony and Cleopatra stands for? Passion.

25.   Alexas and Ventidius symbolize? Reason.

26.   How did Antony die? He fell on his sword.

27.   ‘this one kiss-more worth than all’- who says? Antony

28.   The Heroic play All for Love stands for? Love and Honour.

29.   Ventidius is Antony’s? General.

30.   Dryden does not bring one character and he is kept in back-round. Who is he? Octavius.

31.   The action of the play confined into two days.

32.   Which play of Dryden is written in blank verse? All for Love.

33.   The Roman camp all around Alexandria under the leadership of?  Antony

34.   Who describes All for Love as a trash of dramatic attempt? Hazlitt.

35.   In which year Dryden became poet laureate? 1668

36.   Which is the first drama in blank verse ?  All for Love.

37.   Where was Antony defeated at? Acteum.

38.   Who infuses a desire for winning in the heart of Antony?  Ventidius.

39.   Who is the emperor of Rome? Octavius Caesar.

40.   What is the cause of Octavius frustration on Antony?  Antony’s neglect of Octavia.

41.   Who is the old lover of Cleopatra ?  Julius Caesar.

42.   To whom this play is dedicated? Earl of Derby.

43.   Who informs Antony that Cleopatra has stabbed herself? Alexas.

44.   How did Cleopatra die? By snake poison.

45.   This play consists of The preface and the Dedication.

46.   In the prologue, Dryden attacks critics of his time.

47.   In the epilogue, Dryden immortalizes Antony.

48.   What is the reason for Dryden’s immortality?  Antony sacrifices his all for love.

49.   By whom the title is suggested? Lady Castlemaine.

50.   Seropian delivers their eulogy.

51.   What is the name of Cleopatra’s son? Caesarian.

52.   Dryden is the supreme master of satire.

53.   Being  a classicist, Dryden followed the three unities.

54.   Play of action is confined to the premises of the Temple of Isis.

55.   Antony is torn between love and law. Finally love proves more powerful than duty.

NET MODEL QUESTIONS-TRY YOUR ANSWERS.

Unit – I British Literature

51. “Here’s God’s Plenty” which work does Dryden refer to

A. Spenser

B. Chaucer

C. Marlowe

D. Shakespeare

52. In which stanza does the refrain in Epithalamion change?

A. 17

B. 18

C. 19

D. 20

53. “A Good advice for Satan’s Kingdom” who said these words with special reference to Bacon’s Essays.

A. Alexander Pope

B. Charles Lamb

C. William Blake

D.

54. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless tower of Ilium?

Whose face is referred to?

A. Desdemona’s

B. Viola’s

C. Mirranda’s

D. Helen’s

55. “Ha, I like not that” whose words are there?

A. Othello

B. Iago

C. Emilia

D. Desdemona

56.

The word “Sans” in seven ages of man (As you like it) is from

A. Greek language

B. French Language

C. English Language

D. Spanish Language

57. Moving of the earth brings harmes as what science is referred to herein Done fears

A. Geography

B. Geology

C. Seismology

D. Physiology

58. Who is the speaker of the statements?

A. Beical

B.  Beelzehud

C. Moloeu

D. Satan

59. The Editor of Shakespeare’s plays is

A. Pope

B. Theobald

C. Warburton

D. All of them

60. Song made in lieu of many ornaments with which my love should duly have been deci” What is the title of the song?

A.       Amoretti

B. Epithalamion

C. Prothalamion

D. The Faerie Queene

61. Who was responsible for the publication of The Vicar of Wakefield

A.  Addision

B. Steel

C. Goldings

D. Dr. Johnson

62. What is the red name of Elia?

A.  Charles Lamb

B. Bacon

C. Hazlitt

D. Goldsmith

63. Which Character of Macbeth suffers from somnambulism

A. Lady Macbeth

B. Lady Macduff

C. Macbeth

D. Banquet

64. Gnomes are the sprints of

A. Earth

B. Air

C. Fire

D. Water

65. George Eliot was the pen name adopted by

A. Virginia Woolf

B. Mary Anna Evans

C. Charles Lamb

D. Greene

66. Who made the famous statement “Shakespeare has no heroes but only heroines”

A. Ruskin

B. Carlyle

C. Johnson

D. Dryden

67. Which of the following poems ends with a moving address to the poet’s sides?

A.  Prelude

B. Michael

C. Upon Westminster’s Bridge

D. Tintern Abbey lines

68. The poem “Andreo del Sarto” is an example of

A. Dramatic Monologue

B. Ode

C. Elegy

D. Ballad

69. Duncan was to this of

A. England

B. Scotland

C. Ireland

D. None of them

70. If ______ comes can spring he talks

A. Autumn

B. Summer

C. Spring

D.  Winter

Unit- II American Literature

71. Willy Loman appears in the play

A. The Crucible

B. Death of a Sa;esman

C. All My sons

D. The Prize

72. The Hairy Ape uses the technique of _____________________

A. symbolism

B. absurd

C. expressionism

D. surrealism

73.  The tragic protagonist in The Hairy Ape is

A. Yank

B. Paddy

C.  Lors

D. The second Engineer

74. The bird referred to in When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloom” is the

A. Lark

B. Thrush

C. Raven

D. Skylark

75.  The scholar is the right state according to Emerson is a

A. mere thinker

B. man thinking

C. borrower of other men’s ideas

D. parrot of other’s thoughts

76. The major symbol in “When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” is

A. Star

B. Lilac

C. Bird

D. all of these

77. In “Because I could not stop for Death” death is

A. a friend

B. an enemy

C. a suitor

D. a driver

78. Who is the author of the poem “Birches”?

A. Whitman

B. Emerson

C. Robert Frost

D. Poe

79.In which poem of Robert Frost does the following lines occur, “The earth is the best place for love making.”

A. West Running Brook

B. Mending Wall

C. The Road not Taken

D. Birches

80. In the title poem “Black Panthers” the term panthers refers to

A. the Blacks

B. the Niggers

C. the African - American

D. all of these

81.The author of the poem “Buffalo Bill’s Defunct” writes his name

A. in small letter

B. initials in small letters

C. without punctuation

D. all of these

82. Buffalo Bills

      defunct

      used to ride a silver smooth stallion

      The figure of speech used here is

A. Alliteration

B. Assonance

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Antithesis

83. In “Civil Disobedience” Thoreau advocates

A. violent resistance

B. passive resistance

C. violence of all Kinds

D. terrorist tactics

84.”The jail can imprison the body but not the mind” this is the view of

A. Walt Whitman

B. Emerson

C. Thoreau

D. Dreiser

85. Who is the author of the famous novel The Colour Purple

A. Ambrose Bierce

B. Alice Walker

C. Hemmingway

D. Saul Bellow

86. “The Mirror” in Sylvia Plath’s title poem stands for

A. God

B. Lake

C. Specles

D. All of them

87.The Glass Menagerie is a/an

A. memory play

B. absurd play

C. tragic- comedy

D. romantic comedy

88. The narrator of the story in The Glass Menagerie is

A. Wingfield

B. Amande

C. Tom

D. Taura

89. Who is the protagonist of the novel The Old Man and the Sea

A. Santiago

B. Manolin

C. Carlus

D. Diplaggio

90. Mark Twain’s pen name is

A. Samuel Beckett

B. Samuel Lionel Clemens

C. Samuel Mark Clemens

D. Samuel Tailor Clemens

Unit- III Commonwealth Literature

91.The poem “Australia” was written by

A. A.D. Hope

B. Judith Wright

C. Campel

D. Kath Walker

92. Derek Walcott is the author of

A. The Fall of the House of Usher

B. Ruins of a Great House

C. Small-scale Reflection on a Great House

D. My Grandmother’s House

93. Who is the author of “Clock and Heart”?

A. Gabriel Okara

B. A.D. Hope

C. Judith Wright

D. Katherine Mansfield

94. “The Cinnamon Peeler” is a poem written by

A. a Canadian poet

B. a Nigerian poet

C. an Indian poet

D. an American Poet

95. “The Cinnamon Peeler” is written

A. in confessional vein

B. in a philosophical vein

C. in a psychological vein

D. in a spiritual vein

96.”Once upon a Time” by Gabriel Okara makes a

A. a nostalgic peep into the innocence of the past

B. a nostalgic peep into the hypocrisy of the past

C. a study of the spirituality

D. a nostalgic pe ep into the innocence of the past and the decadence of the present.

97. Bliss and other stories was written by __________________ writer

A.      Australian

B. New Zealand

C. Carrabin

D. Indian

98. Things Fall Apart is a title taken form

A. Yeats

B. Keats

C. Eliot

D. Auden

99. Who is the author of the novel Surfacing?

A. V.S. Naipal

B. Salman Rushdie

C. Margaret Atwood

D. Kiran Desai

100. Among the following one is not the novel of Patrick White

A.  Voss

B. The Eye of the Storm

C. Riders in the chariot

D. Riders to the Sea

101. Who is the author of the novel A House for Mr. Biswas

A. V.S. Naipal

B. Salman Rushdie

C. Margaret Atwood

D. Patrick White

102.Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel  is a

A. Tragedy

B. Romance

C. Satirical Comedy

D. Tragi-Comedy

103. Wole Soyinka is a Nature of

A. South Africa

B. Ethiopia

C. Nigeria

D. Kenya

104. In Things Fall Apart Okonkwo has

A. eleven wives and three children

B. three wives and eleven children

C. one wife and eleven children

D. two wives and two children

105. Patrick white is a

A. Caribbean writer

B. Canadian wtiter

C. Australian Writer

D. Nigerian writer

106. Surfacing is a novel in

A. Canadian literature

B. Australian literature

C. African literature

D. New Zealand literature

107. The author of the poem “Ruins of a Great House” is called the finest, the most complete of the West Indian poets by

A. William Walsh

B. C.D. Narasimahiah

C. Srinath

D. M.K.Naik

108. A.D. Hope calls the British colonies

A. Exploiters

B. rollers

C. burglane

D. all of these

109. Bliss and other stories is

A. a novel

B. a collection of short stories

C. a short fiction

D. an Anthology of prose pieces

110. “Once upon a Time” revels the

A. hypocrisy of the man

B. sincerity of the man

C. honesty of the man

D. integrity of the man

Unit- IV Indian Writing in English

111. “Our Causarina Tree” is associated with the memory of

A. Toru Dutt’s mother

B. Toru Dutt’s father

C. Toru Dutt’s aunt

D. Toru Dutt’s brother and Sister

112. Sri Aruobindo’s “The Tiger and the Deer” is

A. an autobiographical poem

B. a philosophical poem

C. a psychological poem

D. a poem highlighting Indian Culture

113. The sub-title of Gitanjali is

A. Hymn to God

B. Hymn to soul

C. Song Offerings

D. All of these

114. “The Queen’ Rival” is a poem by

A. Toru Dutt

B. Sarojini Naidu

C. Kamala Das

D. Mamta Kalia

115. In the poem Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher the birdwatcher means  an/ a

A. Ornithologist

B. botanist

C. Geologist

D. Philologist

116. The line “Things come in everyday to lose themselves among other things”  occurs in the poem

A. A River

B. History

C. Breaded Fish

D. Small-scale Reflections on a great House

117. In the poem “My Grandmother’s House” my Grandmother stands for.

A. Ammalu

B. Balamani Amma

C. Rukkmani

D. None of these

118. “River, Once” is a poem taken from the section____________ in Parthasarathi’s Rough Passage

A. Exile

B. Trial

C. Home Coming

D. None of these

119. In Jayanta Mahapatra’s poem “Hunger”, the hunger stands for

A. food

B. sex

C. power

D. food and sex

120. Who describes Nehru’s “Discovery of India” as a semi-historical work

A. C.D. Narasimhaiah

B. M.K. Naik

C. K.R.Srinivasa Iyengar

D. William Walsh

121. “The Autobiography of unknown Indian” is dedicated to the memory of        .

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. the British Empire in India

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Indira Gandhi

122. Abdual Kalam is the author of_________________

A. My Story

B. The Revenue Stamp

C. My Days

D. The Wings of Fire

123. “The Fire and the Rain” is an Indian English drama by

A. Anita Desai

B. Nissim Ezekiel

C. Girish Karnard

D. Vijay Tendulkar

124. Mhesh Dattani’s play______________ deals with Hindu-Muslim conflict

A. Tughlaq

B. Train to Pakistan

C. Azadi

D. Final Solutions.

125. The wife of the English teacher in R.K Narayan’s title novel

A. Rosie

B. Sushila

C. Nalini

D. Gowri

126. The protagonist in Coolie died of

A. Cancer

B. Cholera

C. Consumption

D. Cordial arrest

127. Cry, the Peacock by Anita Desai is a

A. Psychological novel

B. Autobiographical novel

C. Philosophical novel

D. Archetypal novel

128. Arundhathi Roy’s God of Small Things won

A. the booker Prize

B. Sahitya Akademi Award

C. Order for Meri

D. Pulitzer Prize

129. Who wrote the novel Jasmine?

A. Meenakshi Mukherjee

B. Bharathi Mukherjee

C. Kamla Markandaya

D. Kiran Desai

130. Who is the narrator of the novel Midnight’s Children?

A. Salman Sinai

B. Ahmed Ali

C. Mohamed Ali

D. Iqbal

Unit- V ELT, Literary Trends and Movements

131. Thomas Grey’s line “The Ploughman homeward plods his weary way” is in _____________ pentameter.

A. Dactylic

B. Trochaic

C. Iambic

D. Spondaic

132. Identify the figure of speech used in the lines:

The unravished bride of quietness / Thou foster child of silence and slow time.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Alliteration

D. Assonance

133. There is book on the table. The question tag is, ________________

A. Is it there?

B. Isn’t there?

C. Isn’t it?

D. Isn’t there?

134. Pure vowels are otherwise called

A. Vowel glides

B. Diphthongs

C. Phonemes

D. Monopthongs

135 . The word’spring’ has the syllabic structure of ___________________

A. CCCVCC

B. CVC

C. VC

D. CCVCC

136. Distinctive sound unit is called__________

A. Monopthong

B. Dipthong

C. Morpheme

D. Phoneme

137. There are____________ voiceless consonants in English.

A. 12

B. 8

C. 15

D. 9

138. T.G stands for

A. Transformation

B. Generative

C. Both B and A

D. None of them

139. /h/ is a 

A. Dental

B. Nasal

C. Alveolar

D. Glottal

140. English belongs to _______________ group of the Germanic branch of Indo-European family.

A. West Germanic

B. East Germanic

C. North Germanic

D. None of them

141. Standard English rose from the following dialect:

A. Northern Midland

B. East Midland

C. West Midland

D. Southern Midland

142. Spot out the error:

I am sorry I did not know you have left here when you came to see me last Thursday

                        A                     B                                 C                                 D

A. A

B.B

C. C

D. D

143. Who says “Criticism is as inevitable as breathing”?

A. Northrope Frye

B.I. A Richards

C. T.S. Eliot

D. Samuel Jhonson

144.  The Preface To lyrical Ballads was written by

A. Shelley

B. Dryden

C. Arnold

D. Wordsworth

145. Shelley’s Defence of Poetry was written in reply to

A. The Peacock’s Essays

B. Gosson’s School of Abuse

C.  Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballada

D. Arnold’s The Defence of Poetry

146. The standardization of spelling was attend with the advent of

A. Renaissance

B. Reformation

C. Printing Press

D.  Shakespeare

147. “Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion but an escape from emotion” this is a word of __________

A. I. A Richard

B. T.S. Eliot

C. Arnold

D. Sydney