TRB ENGLISH UNIT - I, II, III ANSWER KEYS

PGTRB ANSWERS 1 C 2 C 3 B 4 D 5 D 6 A 7 B 8 A 9 C 10 C 11 D 12 B 13 C 14 A 15 B 16 C 17 B 18 C 19 B 20 B 21 B 22 C 23 C 24 B 25 A 26 B 27 B 28 C 29 B 30 C 31 A 32 C 33 B 34 B 35 D 36 A 37 D 38 B 39 D 40 D 41 C 42 B 43 B 44 B 45 C 46 A 47 D 48 B 49 B 50 A 51 C 52 B 53 A 54 B 55 B 56 C 57 D 58 B 59 A 60 B 61 C 62 A 63 D 64 A 65 B 66 A 67 D 68 C 69 A 70 A 71 A 72 C 73 C 74 B 75 A 76 A 77 D 78 B 79 C 80 B 81 C 82 B 83 A 84 C 85 D 86 C 87 B 88 A 89 A 90 D 91 C 92 B 93 C 94 A 95 D 96 A 97 D 98 D 99 D 100 A 101 C 102 D 103 A 104 B 105 C 106 A 107 C 108 D 109 C 110 A 111 B 112 D 113 B 114 B 115 B 116 C 117 B 118 A 119 B 120 A 121 C 122 C 123 B 124 B 125 A 126 B 127 D 128 D 129 B 130 A 131 C 132 C 133 C 134 A 135 A 136 A 137 C 138 D 139 B 140 A 141 D 142 A 143 B 144 D 145 B 146 C 147 A 148 C 149 C 150 B 151 A 152 A 153 C 154 D 155 D 156 A 157 C 158 D 159 C 160 D 161 B 162 B 163 C 164 A 165 D 166 A 167 D 168 B 169 C 170 D 171 C 172 C 173 A 174 C 175 C 176 A 177 C 178 A 179 D 180 C 181 B 182 B 183 A 184 D 185 C 186 A 187 C 188 B 189 A 190 B 191 D 192 C 193 D 194 C 195 B 196 A 197 B 198 D 199 B 200 A 201 C 202 C 203 B 204 A 205 C 206 A 207 D 208 B 209 A 210 B 211 A 212 C 213 A 214 C 215 A 216 A 217 B 218 D 219 D 220 B 221 A 222 D 223 D 224 D 225 B 226 B 227 C 228 A 229 A 230 D 231 B 232 B 233 C 234 D 235 C 236 A 237 A 238 C 239 C 240 A 241 D 242 B 243 C 244 C 245 D 246 C 247 A 248 A 249 A 250 B 251 D 252 A 253 D 254 A 255 D 256 D 257 A 258 C 259 D 260 C 261 D 262 B 263 A 264 A 265 B 266 B 267 D 268 A 269 C 270 A 271 C 272 B 273 A 274 B 275 C 276 D 277 A 278 A 279 B 280 C 281 B 282 C 283 A 284 C 285 C 286 A 287 C 288 D 289 A 290 B 291 B 292 C 293 B 294 B 295 B 296 C 297 D 298 A 299 C 300 C 301 D 302 B 303 A 304 C 305 B 306 B 307 C 308 D 309 B 310 D 311 C 312 A 313 C 314 D 315 B 316 B 317 C 318 C 319 D 320 B 321 A 322 B 323 D 324 C 325 B 326 B 327 D 328 D 329 C 330 A 331 D 332 C 333 D 334 C 335 C 336 C 337 B 338 A 339 B 340 C 341 B 342 A 343 A 344 D 345 B 346 A 347 C 348 B 349 A 350 B 351 B 352 D 353 B 354 D 355 C 356 B 357 A 358 B 359 C 360 C 361 A 362 B 363 A 364 D 365 A 366 C 367 A 368 C 369 B 370 D 371 B 372 A 373 B 374 B 375 D 376 B 377 D 378 A 379 D 380 C 381 B 382 A 383 D 384 C 385 A 386 A 387 B 388 B 389 C 390 A 391 D 392 B 393 A 394 D 395 D 396 C 397 D 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410

TRB ENGLISH UNIT - III EXPECTED QUESTIONS

UNIT – III IMMORTALITY ODE 325. The poem uses an irregular form of the ……… ode in …. stanzas. a. Horatian, 11 b. Pindaric, 11 c. Horatian, 12 d. Pindaric, 12 326. The poem contains …. stanzas split into ….. movements. a.11, two b. 11, three c. 12, two d. 12, three 327. There was a time when ……., ……., and …….. a. grove, meadow, stream b. stream, meadow, grove c. meadow, steam, grove d. meadow, grove, stream 328. The ode praises children for being the …………... a. best inspirer b. best motivator c. best poet d. best philosopher 329. How does the poet see meadow? a. friend b. sister c. child d. mother 330. What makes poet grief? a. birds song b. young deer cry c. echoes of mountains d. all of these 331. What restores poet from grief to strength? a. sound of waterfalls b. echoes of mountains c. gusting of windows d. all of these 332. children play and laugh among the …….. a. mountains b. hills c. flowers d. bushes 333. “Where is it now, the ….. and the ….?” – the poet asks. a. nature, dream b. dream, nature c. dream, glory d. glory, dream 334. Poet proclaims that human life is merely “a ….. and a ……” a. life and death b. death and life c. sleep and forgetting d. forgetting and sleep 335. The poet imagines his life as ………year old boy. a. four b. five c. six d. seven Tintern Abbey 336. How many years did it pass for poet’s visit here? a. three b. four c. five d. six 337. He leans against the dark…… tree. a. orchard b. sycamore c. pine c. bunyan 338. "The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,/ The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul/ Of all my moral being" – the poet refers here a. nature b. sister c. friend d. memory 339. "all which we behold is full of blessings". The poet refers here a. nature b. sister c. friend d. memory 340. The poem was written by wordsworth after a walking tour with his sister in …… borders. a. Swedish b. Irish c. Welsh d. Spanish 341. The poem opens with the poet visiting a place called Tintern Abbey on the banks of the River Wye in …….. a. Northeast wales b. southeast wales c. Eastnorth wales d. Eastsouth wales Ode to Dejection 342. The poem in its original form was written to Sara Hutchinson. a. Sara Hutchinson b. Clara Hudson c. Sarah Hamilton d. Clora Hullton 343. The title of the poem as a draft before publication a. Letter of Sara Hutchinson b. Letter to Clara Hudson C. Sarah Hamilton d. Clora Hullton 344. The poem was a reply to a. Frost’s France: An Ode b. Shelley’s ode to a skylark c. Keats’s ode to nightingale d. wordsworth’s Resolution and Indepedence 345. Like Immortality ode, Dejection also a a. Horation ode b. Pindaric Ode c. Irregular ode d. none of these 346. The poet alludes in the first stanza is a. sir Patrick spans b. Robin Hood c.The tower of Doctrine d. series the first 347. The poet refers moon as the predictor of a. tsunami b. whirlwinds c. glacier d. storm 348. “we ……. but what we ……” a. give, receive b.receive, give c. tell, hear d. hear, tell KUBLA KHAN 349. The poem was composed in a. one night b. two night c. three night d. four night 350. Upon waking, he set about writing lines of poetry that came to him from the dream until he was interrupted by "a person from ……". a. Pollock b. Porlock c. Bedrock d. Prologue. 351. Coleridge plans to write a. 100-200 lines b. 200-300 lines c. 300-400 lines d. 400-500 lines 352. Who prompts Coleridge to publish the fragment work? a. Lord Tennyson b. Lord Wellington c. Lord cooper d. Lord Byron 353. Kubla Khan was the grandson of the legendary Mongol conqueror……… a. Verghese Khan b. Genghis Khan c. Narghese khan d. Langhese Khan 354. Kubla Khan built a summer palace called Xanadu in …….. a. Georgia b. Mangalore c. Nigeria d. Mongolia 355. The poet begins the poem by describing about the river,….. a. Alpha b. Alphe c. Alph d. Alfa 356. Caverns …………. to man. a. limitless b. measureless c. endless d. careless 357. In line 12, the hill is covered by …… trees. a. cedar b. bunyan c. coconut d. Juniper 358. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion- What is the poetic device used here? a. assonance b. alliteration c. onomatopoeia d. hyberpole 359. Use the correct phrase: “Caverns …………. to man, ………sea, ………….ocean. a. measureless, sunless, lifeless b. sunless, lifeless, measureless c. lifeless, measureless, sunless d. measureless, lifeless, sunless Ode on a Grecian Urn 360. He was inspired to write the poem after reading two articles by English artist and writer …...... a. Benjamin Franklin b. Benjamin Frank c. Benjamin Haydon d. Benjamin Peter 361. To compose poetry, Keats left his job as a. assistant house surgeon b. assistant manager c. assistant house maid d. assistant blacksmith 362. Five odes of Keats were transcribed by …….., who later provided copies to the publisher …………. a. Richard Woodhouse, Brown b. Brown, Richard Woodhouse c. William Peter, Albert d. Albert, William Peter 363. The technique of Ode on a Grecian Urn is a. ekphrasis b. hyperbole c. simile d. metaphor 364. In the second stanza, "Ode on a Grecian Urn", which emphasizes words containing the letters "p", "b", and "v", uses ………… a. spondees b. caesurae c. assonance d. syzygy 365. The first seven lines of each stanza follow an …… rhyme scheme. a. ABABCDE b.ABABCED c. ABBACDE d. ABBACDE 366. In the final stanza, the poet presents the conclusions drawn from his ….. attempts to engage with the urn. a. one b. two c. three d. four 367. Where does the word sylvan derive from? a. Latin b. greek c. Spanish d. german 368. In lines 25-30, Keats uses the word ‘happy’ …. times and ‘forever’ ….. times. a. four, three b. five, four c. six, five d. seven, six Ode to Autumn 369. Which is the final work in a group of poems known as Keats's "1819 odes"? a. ode on a grecian urn b. Ode to Autumn c. ode to psyche d. ode on melancholy 370. Keats composed "To Autumn" after a walk near …………along the river….. a. Birmingham , Thames b. Leeds, Tyne c. Bristol,Wye d. Winchester,Itchen 371. The work has been interpreted as Keats response to a. Napoleonic wars b. peterloo massacre c. Battle of waterloo d. none 372. Keats wrote a letter to his friend……….. and described the beauty of the river. a. John Hamilton Reynolds b. Peter Hamilton Reynolds c. William Hamilton Reynolds d. George Hamilton Reynolds 373. "To Autumn" is a poem of …… stanzas, each of …….. lines. a. three, ten b. three, eleven c. four, ten d. four, eleven 374. At the beginning of the third stanza he employs the dramatic ………device associated with a sense of melancholy. a. spondees b. ubi sunt c. odal hymn d. astrophe 375. Who praised "Ode on a Grecian Urn" as "the nearest to absolute perfection" of Keats's odes. a. Aileen Ward b. Doughlas Bush c. Mathew Arnold d. A.C. Swinburne Ode to the West wind 376. The speaker says that the wind stirs the ……… from “his summer dreams,” a. Arabic b. Mediterranean c. Black d. Pacific 377. Oh! lift me as a ……, a …….., a ……! a. leaf, wave, cloud b. wave, cloud, leaf c. cloud, leaf, wave d. wave, leaf, cloud 378. “Ode to the West Wind” follows this scheme: a. ABABCBCDCDEDEE b. ABABCBCBCDCDEE c. ABAABACDCDEDEE d. ABABCBCBCDECDE 379. How many times does the poet appeal to West Wind in the first canto? a. one b. two c. three d. four 380. The wind burying seeds in the ground is like ……….. a. a farmer sows the seeds in the field b. a teacher instill the wise into the students’ mind c. a charioteer driving corpses to their graves d. a turtle burying their egg into sea shore 381. Shelley makes a specific reference in the poem to the city of ……. a. London b. Baiae c. Manhattan d. Birmingham 382. Shelley wrote the poem inland, in a forest on the River…. near ……... a. Arno, Florence b. Thames, Florence c. Arno, London d. Arno, Florence 383. Shelley received the inspiration for it one fall day when the strong west wind swept down from the …….. and through the ……. landscape of west-central Italy. a. Pacific, Alexandrian c. Indian ocean, India n c. Pacific, Nottingham d. Atlantic, Tuscan 384. The leaves are yellow and black, pale and red, a. as if they are designed by gardener b. as if they are withered by sun c. as if they have died of infectious disease d. as if west wind changes its form The Prelude Book- I 385. How was the poem “Prelude” called by Wordsworth? a. Poem b. an autobiographical poem c. Prelude d. Growth of a poet’s mind 386. What are the subtitles of the poem “prelude”? a. Growth of a poet’s mind; An autobiographical poem b. Poem; Autobiographical poem c. Growth of a poet’s mind; poem d. Growth of mind; a poem 387. Wordsworth wrote a letter to his ………….. and referred his poem as “ the poem on the growth of my own mind”. a. Reynolds b. Dorothy c. Coleridge d. Keats 388. Prelude was published a. three months before wordsworth death b. posthumously c. published in 1798 d. published in 1849 389. The poem was intended as the prologue to a long three-part epic and philosophical poem, ………….. a. Solitary Reaper b. The Tables Turned c. The Recluse d. Peter Bell 390. Wordsworth initially planned to write this work together with …………. a. Coleridge b. Reynolds` c. Dorothy d. R. Morgan 391. Which is not one of the necessary ingredients for creativity? a. vital soul b. knowledge of underlying principles of things c. painstaking observations of natural phenomenon d. historical & martial themes 392. Wordsworth as a youth he stole a boat and rowed one night across …… Lake. a. Windermere b. Ullswater c. Derwentwater d. Wastwater 393. He is particularly troubled when he remembers that certain vistas in Westmoreland — particularly the ……. a. sea b. falls c. lake d. animals 394. As a child, Wordsworth wanted to be a. in church b. in school c. with sister d. outside 395. On Wordsworth's summer vacation, whom does he want to see? a. Dorothy b. father c. Coleridge d. old Dame 396. Speaking of the shops in Cambridge, Wordsworth says that "I was the Dreamer, they the ______"? a. sunrise b. sunset c. Dream d. nightmare 397. Why was Wordsworth exultant upon hearing of Robespierre's execution? a. Because Catholicism would return to England. b. Because he would be allowed to return to France. c. Because Napoleon would be allowed to rule the new French Republic. d. Because the Reign of Terror in France was ended.

TRB ENGLISH MODEL QUESTIONS UNIT - II

Unit – II Cannonization - Donne 176. What is major conceit in the poem? a. love is ascetism b. love is aesthetic c. love is atheism d. love is theism 177. How many grey hairs do author have? a. three b. four c. five d. six 178. The rhyme scheme of the poem is a. ABBACCCDD b. AABBCDCDD c. ABABCDCDC d. ABCABCCDC 179. Author compares himself with i) tapers ii) eagle iii) Phoenix iv) dove a. i), ii), iii) b. ii), iii), iv) c. i), iii), iv) d. i), ii), iii), iv) The Ecstasy 180. Donne agrees with ……. that true love is spiritual. a. Aristotle b. Cervantes c. Plato d. Marvell 181. It is springtime. ……. are in bloom. a. Lillies b. violets c. lavenders d. rose 182. Donne tries to convey that Spiritual love is ……………. a. Soul meeting b. physical attachment c. devoid of sex d. loving one person 183. ……..serve as a gateway to the soul. a. eyes b. heart c. mind d. mouth 184. ‘Extasie’ is the word derived from …… which means ……… a. Roman, standing inside b. Latin, extend c. French, intend d. Greek, standing outside 185. Who calls this poem as ‘nasty poem’? a. Marvell b. Lodge c. Lewis d. Nash Paradise Lost IX 186. Book 9 climaxes Adam and Eve’s story, a. the fall of man b. the rise of man c. the sin of man d. nothing 187. Satan sneaks into garden by disguising first a. snake b. flower c. mist d. girl 188. Adam and Eve is the sin of a. eating fruit b. disobedience c. physical attraction d. god 189. Milton invokes…….., “celestial patroness”. a. Urania b. God c. Apollo d. Cynthia 190. When does Satan return to the Garden of Eden? a. Satan finds Eve alone at work b. Raphael’s departure to Heaven c. Using the fight of Adam and Eve d. Eve is near to Apple tree 191. Satan enters the Garden during a. Morning b. Afternoon c. Evening d. Night 192. Satan enters into garden and a. changes its form as serpent b. chooses the angry serpent and enters into its body c. chooses the sleeping serpent and enters its body d. changes its form as standing snake 193. Why is Eve interested in work separately? a. they can finish the work earlier b. She alone wants to meet serpent c. she fights with Adam d. she wants to test her strength 194. Eve was made from a …………..taken from Adam’s side. a. skin b. cell c. rib d. perspiration 195. Who inform of Satan’s plot to seduce them into sin? a. Gabriel b. Raphael c. Uriel d.Abdiel 196. Who find Satan’s whispering to Eve in the garden? a. Gabriel’s angels b. Raphael angels c. Uriel’s angels d. Abdiel’s angels 197. What river does Satan use to get back in the garden? a. Alphs b. Tigris c. Medas d. Nile 198. Satan enters the serpent’s body through its…. a. stomach b. eyes c. tail d. mouth 199. The first letter of each line from 510-514 spells "Satan." That's called …….. a. metonymy b. acrostic c. anesthesia d. acoustic The Rape of the Lock 200. The word Rape derived from …….., rapere, means to snatch, grab. a. Latin b. Greek c. French d. Spanish 201. Pope derived his sylphs from the 17th century ……….. Rosicrucian novel. a. Latin b. Greek c. French d. Spanish 202. How many times does Baron attempt to snip off one of her locks? a. one b. two c. three d. four 203. Belinda fights with Baron and throws …… on him to subdue him. a. dust into his eyes b. snuff into his nose c. bangles on his face d. none of these 204. she travels on the ……river to Hampston court palace. a. Thames b. Tigris c. Alphs d. Nile 205. Baron sacrificed several tokens of his former affections, including i)garters, ii)gloves, iii) bouquets and iv) billet-doux (love-letters). a. i),ii),iii)iv) b) i),ii),iii) c)i),ii),iv) d. i), iii), iv) 206. ……… is to guard her earrings, …….. her watch, and …… her locks. ……. himself will protect Shock, the lapdog. a. Brillante, Momentilla, Crispissa, Ariel b. Momentilla, Brillante, Ariel, Crispissa c. Crispissa, Ariel, Momentilla, Brillante d. Ariel, Crispissa, Brillante, Momentilla 207. A band of …… Sylphs will guard the all-important petticoat. a. twenty b. thirty c. fourty d. fifty 208. Belinda sits down with …… of the men to a game of cards, ombre. a. one b. two c. three d. four 209. Who gives scissors to Baron to cut the lock? a. Clarissa b. Thalestris c. Sir Plume d. Baron himself 210. He addresses the “Goddess of Spleen,” and returns with a bag of “…, .., and …….”. a. sobs, sighs, passions b. sighs, sobs, passions c. passions, sighs, sobs d. sighs, passions, sobs 211. Belinda’s “anxious cares” and “secret passions” after losing of her lock are equal to the emotions of all who have ever known “…., ….. and …….” a. rage, resentment, despair b. resentment, rage, despair c. despair, rage, resentment d. rage, despair, resentment Samson Agonistes 212. Samson Agonistes is derived from ……….. means Samson ……… a. French, the Defeater b. Latin, the Victor c. Greek, the Champion d. German, the Saver 213. Samson Agonistes draws the story from …….. a. Old testament b. New testament b. Chronicles d. old & new testament 214. Samson Agonistes has i)Greek tragedy, ii)Hebrew scripture, iii) chronicles a. i) `b. ii) c. i), ii) d. iii) 215. For which god the festival is celelbrating? a. sea god Dagon b. sun god – Apollo c. Moon god – Cynthia d. Love god – cupid 216. The story starts with a. arguments b. prologue c. Invocation d. Samson’s memory 217. Samson’s first marriage was with Philistine women named………, against his parents wish. a. Dalila b. Timna c. Dalina d. Telina 218. Dalila attempted ……..times to know the secret of Samson. a. one b. two c. three d. four Affliction 219. Herbert’s collection of work is a. Tempest b. Temper c. Tempel d. Temple 220. The poem consists of ……….. stanzas with a rhyme scheme of ……... a. 12 seven line, abcabc b. 11 six line, ababcc c. 10 five line, aabbcc d. 9 fourline,ababbc 221. The poem talks about a. service to god b. praying god all times c. being spiritual d. god’s power The Pulley 222. What is the first gift given to human by god? a. Beauty b. wisdom c. honor d. strength 223. If rest is given to human, he/she a. will forget god b. will lose all gifts c. will be losen the love of god. d. all of them 224. Which takes human beings to the shadow of god? a. Love b. Need of wealth c. Need of health d. Weariness To his coy mistress 225. This poem has …..stanzas a. two b. three c. four d. five 226. The river mentioned in the poem is a. Nile b. Ganges c. Yamuna d. Tigris 227. How love is described in poetic lines? a. saint love b. lust love c. vegetable love d. sexual love 228. sits on thy skin like………. a. morning dew b. moon’s bright c. breeze air d. sun’s shine Life of Milton 229. His criticism on ‘Lycidas’ “……., ……… and therefore ………”. a. easy, vulgar, disgusting b. vulgar, easy, disgusting c. disgusting, easy, vulgar d. easy, disgusting, vulgar 230.Who asked Dr. Johnson to write about Milton? a. Friend b. Wife c. children d. publishers 231. Johnson accuses Milton for his a. Inferiority complex b. superiority complex c. lack of idealism d. No verse 232. Milton says about “Lycidas” “…… harsh, ….. uncertain, and ……..unpleasing”. a. diction, numbers, rhymes b. diction, rhymes, numbers c. rhymes, diction, numbers d. numbers, diction, rhymes 233. Dr. Johnson wrote a letter to ……………in which he referred about Virgil and Shepherd. a. Lord Tennyson b. Lord Chamberlein c. Lord Chasterfield d. Lord Christian 234. Saho, a famous ……………. by Johnson. a. Poem b. Periodical c. Play d. Club 235. According to Johnson, Milton’s sonnets are……….. a. best b. Good c. worst d. bad 236. Milton’s favourite poet was………. a. Cowley b. Donne c. Herbert d. Lodge The Pilgrim’s Progress 237. The full title of The Pilgrim’s Progress is “The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come”. a. True …b. False c. Partially True d. There is no Full title 238. The English text comprises …… words and is divided into ….. parts. a. 110260, two b. 110260, three c. 108260, two d. 108260, three 239. What is burden to Christian? a. knowing about his parents b. knowing about his wife & children c. knowing about his sin d. knowing about his friend 240. Who directs Christian to Wicket gate? a. Evangelist b. Obstinate c. Pliable d. Mr. Worldly Wiseman 241. Who fall/s into the slough of Despond? a. Christian & Evangelist b. Evangelist & Pliable c. Obstinate d. Christian & Pliable 242. Evangelist meets the wayward Christian as he stops before Mount ……. on the way to Mr. Legality's home. a. Zion b. Sinai c. Andes d.Everest 243. In the Second Part, Goodwill is shown to be …… himself. a. Christian b. Evangelist c. Jesus d. Worldly Wiseman 244. From the House of the Interpreter, Christian finally reaches the "place of deliverance" a. perseverance b. performance c. deliverance d. tolerance 245. After Christian is relieved of his burden, he is greeted by three angels, who give him the greeting of …….., ………, and ……….as a passport into the Celestial City. a. new garments, peace, scroll b. scroll, peace, new garments c. new garments, scroll, peace d. peace, new garments, scroll 246. How many days did Christian spend in the House of Palace Beautiful? a. one b. two c. three d. four 247. Christian fights against the demonic- dragon like Apollyon, the Lord and the god of a. Destruction b. Hell c. Heaven d. Underworld 248. Where does Christian meet Faithful? a. the valley of shadow of death b. city of destruction c. Hill Lucre d. Giant’s Doubting Castle 249. Beelzebub refers to a. Lord of the Flies b. Destroyer c. Deceiver d. Mocker 250. Apollyon refers to a. Lord of the Flies b. Destroyer c. Deceiver d. Mocker 251. Who saves Christian from Slough of Despond? a. Faithful b. Trustful c. Aid d. Help 252. Who has been identified as Holy spirit in the second part? a. Interpreter b. Hypocrisy c. Timorous d. Watchful 253. Who receives ‘gold angel coin’ from Christiana in the second part” a. Interpreter b. Hypocrisy c. Timorous d. Watchful 254. Pope and Pagan are the allegories of a. Roman catholism & Paganism b. Roman Catholicism & Puritanism c. Puritanism & Paganism d. Roman Catholicism & Protestant 255. How many sons Christiana have? a. one b. two c. three d. four 256. House Beautiful is ….. a. extremely slippery b. filled with demons, dragons c. pleasant area d. rest stop for pilgrims Tom Jones 257. Captain Blifil falls dead a. apoplexy b. cancer c. chronic disease d. typhoid 258. The narrator skips forward ……. years. a. ten b. eleven c. twelve d. thirteen 259. Tom frequently steals ….. and ….. to support the family of Black George, one of Allworthy's servants. a. oranges, apples b. oranges, doves c. apples, doves d. apples, ducks 260. Why does Tom leave Molly? a. Tom begins to love Sophia b. Tom hates Molly c. Tom rejects Molly as she has affairs d. Sophia forces Tom to leave Molly 261. Thwackum and Square are promised ………pounds a. Two thousand b. Ten thousand c. Hundred thousand d. thousand 262. Sophia leaves her …….. in Tom’s bed. a. kerchief b. muff c. ring d. hand sleeves 263. Whom does Lady Bellaston persuade to rape Sophia? a. Lord Fellamor b. Tom c. Blifil d. Fitzpetrick 264. Who is "little Benjamin"? a. Patridge b. Lord Fellamor c. Molly d. Sophia 265. What does Tom sell to Blifil in order to give money to Black George? a. Books b. Bible c. golden ring d. Clothes 266. Who is described as "born to be hanged"? a. Lord Fellamor b. Tom Jones c. Molly d. Sophia 267. What gift from Allworthy does Tom sell? a. Picture b. Ring c. Books d. Horse 268. Why is Tom imprisoned? a. He tries to kill Fitzpetrick b. He rapes Mrs. Waters c. He beats Mr. Blifil d. He punishes Nightingale 269. Who hates bachelor’s proposals? a. Sophia b. Nancy c. Lady Bellaston d. Mrs. Waters 270. Mrs. Western wanted to marry Sophia to a. Master Blifil b. Tom Jones c. Nightingale d. Fitzpatrick 271. Tom Jones is a i) Picaresque novel ii) comic novel iii) Bildungsroman novel a. i), ii) b. i), iii) c. i), ii), iii) d. ii), iii) 272. Picaresque is derived from a. French b. Spanish c. Latin d. Greek 273. Who calls Fielding as father of English novel? a. Richardson b. Scott c. Johnson d. Arnold 274. Who praised Fielding as a great historian? Walter Scott. a. Richardson b. Scott c. Johnson d. Arnold 275. How many books does Tom Jones contain? a. 16 b. 17 c. 18 d. 19 276. How many words were used in this work? a. 347647 b. 346774 c. 346477 d. 346747 All for Love 277. What are the omens described by Serapion? a. whirlwind, storms, flooding of Nile b. whirlwind, storms, fire rain c. whirlwind, storms, tsunami d. whirlwind, storms, flooding of Tigris 278. All for Love is written in a. blank verse b. Caricature c. Caesura d. Chaismus 279. Dryden confines the action to a. Rome b. Alexandria c. Italy d. France 280. It was performed ……times during 1700-1800. a. 103 b. 113 c. 123 d. 143 281. Serapion hosts a festival to celebrate …….honour. a. Cleopatra’s b. Antony’s c. Caesar d. Octavius 282.A. Reason:Ventidius agrees with Antony's relationship with Cleopatra B. Explanation:He offers to give Antony troops if he leaves her. a. B is correct explanation of A. b. B is wrong explanation of A. c. A is wrong Reason but B is correct statement. d. A is right reason but B is wrong. 283. …….. suggests that Cleopatra should give the …… onto Antony. a. Alexas, bracelet b. Venditius, ring c. Enobarbus, crown d. Serapion, rope 284. Why does Antony and Octavius battle with Brutus and Cassius? a. Because Brutus and Cassius try to ruin Rome b. Brutus and Cassius too love in Cleopatra c. Brutus and Cassius killed Julius Caesar d. Brutus and Cassius already defeated Antony and Octavius. 285. How does Venditius call the gifts of Cleopatra? a. filthy b. dirty c. poisoned d. useless 286. “He melts, we conquer”, who says? a. Alexas b. Venditius c. Enobarbus d. Cleopatra 287. Antony boasts to Venditius that he has killed ……….Romans a. 3000 b. 4000 c. 5000 d. 6000 288. How do Dolabella and Venditius make Antony to quit Egypt? a. They beg a pardon for past statement b. They try to kill themselves before Antony c. They blackmail Antony if he does not come to battle, they will kill Cleopatra d. They bring Antony’s wife and Daughters 289. Cleopatra commited suicide by allowing ….. to bite her. a. asp b. carter c. python d.viper school for scandal 290. Sir Oliver was from ……. and he has been ……… years. a. West Indies, sixteen b. East Indies, Sixteen c. West Indies, sixty d. East indies, sixty 291. The prologue is tribute to a. Mrs. John Crowe b. Mrs. John Crewe c. Mrs. John Crown d. Mrs. John Crew 292. The prologue is written by a. David Patrick b. Sheridan c. David Garrick d. David Catrick 293. At the beginning of the drama, Snake updates Lady sneerwell about the rumors of a. Charles & Teazle b. Lady Brittle & Captain Boastall c. Joseph & Maria d. None 294. Sir Peter praises Joseph's high morals to Sir Oliver. a. Oliver believes it. b. Oliver suspects that he might be a hypocrite c. Oliver compares Joseph’s morals with Charles’s d. all of these 295. Lady Teazle asks her husband …… pounds a. one hundred b. two hundred c. three hundred d. four hundred 296. Charles admits that he has sold i) the family silver and ii) his late father's library, offers to sell "Premium" iii) the family portrait collection and iv) old furniture a. i), ii), iii), iv) b. ii), iii),iv) c. i),ii),iii) d. i), iii),iv) 297. What does Sir Peter find Lady Teazle thing at Joseph’s home? a. kerchief b. scuff c. ring d. petticoat 298. Joseph claims that his uncle Oliver has left him nothing except i) tea, ii)shawls, iii)birds, and iv)Indian crackers a. i),ii),iii),iv b. i),ii).iii) c.ii),iii),iv) d.i), iii),iv) 299. Sir Oliver outraged, the truth is he sent ……pounds from India to Joseph. a. 10000 b. 11000 c. 12000 d. 13000 300. Who says Sir Peter was wounded in a swordfight with Joseph Surface. a. Lady Sneerwell b. Mrs. candour c. Sir Benjamin d. Crabtree 301. who says it was a pistol duel with Charles. a. Lady Sneerwell b. Mrs. Candour c. Sir Benjamin d. Crabtree 302. Who wrote humorous epilogue? a. George Colman the Elder, spoken by Lady Sneerwell b. George Colman the Elder, spoken by Lady Teazle c. George Colman the Elder, spoken by Sir Oliver d. George colman the Elder, spoken by Charles 303. Who is referred as “French Millener” by Charles? a. Lady Teazle b. Lady Sneerwell c. Mrs. candour d. Maria the Way of the World 304. Mirabell has affair with Mrs. Fainall a. after loving with Millament b. after rejecting by Millament c. before the action of the play begins d. after the action of the play begins 305. Who reveals Mirabell’s scheme to Lady Wishfort? a Ms. Millament b. Ms. Marwood c. Mrs. Fainall d. Millament 306. Full name of Mirabell a. George Mirabell b. Edward Mirabell c. Captain Mirabell d. William Mirabell 307. Who are comedic characters? a. Petulant & Mirabell b. Witwoud & Sir Wilful c. Witwoud & Petulant d. Mirabell & Wilful 308. Full name of Ms. Fainall a. Anabella Fainall b. Alabella Fainall c. Aberalla Fainall d. Arabella Fainall 309. Lady Wishfort is ……..years old. a. 45 b.55 c. 65 d. 75 310. Who is Peg? a. Friend to Millament b. Friend to Lady Wishfort c. Maid to Millament d. Maid to Lady Wishfort 311. Who is Mincing? a. Friend to Millament b. Friend to Lady Wishfort c. Maid to Millament d. Maid to Lady Wishfort 312. The prologue was delivered by a. Betterton b. Benneton c. Belingston d. Berginham 313. Which is wrong statement? When Fainall marries Arabell, a. She is pregnant by Mirabell b. She is Widow c. She has children d. She still continues her relationship with Mirabell She Stoops to Conquer 314. The play opens with prologue, an actor a. boasts of anti-sentimental comedy b. presents the social-ills c. criticizes aristocratic lives d. mourns the death of classical low comedy 315. Who loves everything old? a. Young Marlow b. Hardcastle c. Hastings d. Tony 316. Who speaks the prologue? a. Mr. Hardcastle b. Mr. Woodward c. Mr. Lumberg d. Mr. Marlowe 317. Hardcastle always complains Tony’s a. immaturity & affair b. affair & drinking c. immaturity & jokes d. affair & jokes 318. Who discloses to Kate that Marlowe is shy towards upper class women? a. Hardcastle b. Mrs. Hardcastle c. Constance d. Hastings 319. Why does Constance pretend to love Tony? a. She has no other way b. She should otherwise Tony will her c. She is forced to love by Mrs. Hardcastle d. she can hide her love on Hastings. 320. On knowing the plan of elopement, Mrs. Hardcastle threatens to send her a. aunt Ketikent’s house b. aunt Pedigree’s house c. aunt Pilament’s house d. aunt Filament’s house 321. Who informs Hastings that he is not in Inn? a. Constance b. Kate c. Marlowe d. Hardcastle 322. Why does Hastings not reveal the truth to Marlowe that they are not in Inn? a. Hastings cannot meet his beloved Castance again b. Marlowe may cancel the trip and cannot tolerate the disappointment c. Marlowe already in love with masquerade Kate, so Hastings does not want to disturb it d. None of the above 323. In which Act, the mistake of night is happened? a. Act I b. Act III c. Act IV d. Act V 324. Where does Mrs. Hardcastle keep the Jewels? a. Basket b. Casket c. Box d. Wardrobe

TRB ENGLISH EXPECTED QUESTIONS - UNIT I

PG TRB MODEL QUESTIONS – UNIT I 1. How the word ‘April’ is spelled by Chaucer in Prologue to Canterbury Tales a) April b) Aprile c) Aprille d) Aprill 2. Where does the action begin at tavern outside of London, ….? a) Manchester b) York c) circa d) Portsmouth 3. Who will judge the best tale narrated by pilgrims? a)Chaucer b) Host c) Pilgrim d) None of these 4. How many tales are planned by Chaucer? a) 24 b) 48 c) 60 d) 120 5. Who complains Chaucer’s rhythm in tell-tale and asks him to narrate in prose? a) Monk b) Melibe c) Host d) Friar 6. Who proposes tell-telling game? a) Host b) Monk c) Pastor d) Friar 7. Who looks like Robin Hood in a dressed in green and decked out with bows and arrows? a) Squire b) Yeoman c) Prioress d) Monk 8. Who sings through nose, speaking incorrect French, never spills a drop in eating? a) Prioress b) Monk c) Friar d) Yeoman 9. Which character is described as ‘manly man’ by Chaucer?, and his past time is hunting. a) Friar b) Yeoman c) Monk d) Merchant 10. What is “ th'encrees of his wynnyng” in Canterbury Tales? a. Interest in Women b. Interest in Land c. Interest in money d. Interest in gold 11. Whose motivation is th'encrees of his wynnyng? a. Friar b. Yeoman c) Monk d) Merchant 12. Which character spends most on books rather than food or clothes? a. Merchant b. Clerk c. Sergent of law d. Franklin 13. Which character is the most financial success in profession and purchasour or land-buyer? a. Merchant b. clerk c. Sergent of Law d. Franklin 14. Who is known as ‘Saint Julian” and firm believer of the philosophy of Epicurus? a. Franklin b. Merchant c. Tradesman d. Cook 15. One of the tradesmen is not mentioned by Chaucer, who’s that? a. Carpenter b. Hair-dresser c. Weaver d. Cloth-dyer 16. Whose character is described as “With broad hips, a big butt, and a hat as big as a boat”? a. Shipman b. Physician c. Wife of Bath d. Parson 17. Whom does Chaucer tell as “gold in phisik is a cordial"? a. Plowman b. Physician c. Wife of Bath d. Shipman 18. How does not Host make fun of Chaucer in CT? a. little doll b. being fat c. talkative d. staring at ground all the time 19. In what genre the story is asked by Host to Parson in CT? a. Verse b. fable c. rhythm d. Prose 20. Which of the four powers of elderly is not mentioned by Reeve in CT? a. Boasting b. love c. anger lying FAERIE QUEEN BOOK – I 21. How many cantos are in Faerie Queen Book – I? a. 6 b. 12 c. 18 d. 24 22. The hero Red Cross Knight gets its name because of a. Red-cross emblazoned on his dagger b. Red-cross emblazoned on his dress c. blood Red-cross emblazoned on his shield d. blood red-cross emblazoned on his cap 23. The Red cross knight has been given task by a. Una b. Duessa c. Gloriana Archimango 24. What is the real name of Red Cross a. William b. George c. Andrew d. Hebrew 25. What is the real identity of the hermit? a. Archimango b. Sansfoy c. Fradubio d. Spenser 26. What does Spenser mean in this line “ Her vomit full of books and papers”? a. Protestant propaganda b. Roman Catholic propaganda c. Red cross fury on beast d. Beast fury on Red Cross 27. How many spirits Archimango conjures up to disturb Red cross? a. one b. two c. three d. four 28. Morpheus is the god of ……….. a. Sun b. love c. sleep d. moon 29. Fidessa is the daughter of the emperor of the ……. a. East b. West c. North d. South 30. The tree once it was man named ….. a. Archimango b. Sansfoy c. Fradubio d. Duessa 31. Spenser does not borrow from ….. a. Don Quixote b. Illiad c. Odyssey d. Bible 32. The lion, a protector and companion to Una, is killed by whom? a. Archimango b. Sansfoy c. Sansloy d. Church robber 33. Red cross and Duessa reached the House of …. where Lucifera was the queen. a. Fury b. Pride c. Love d. Help 34. Lucifera calling off her couch which is pulled by six beasts in which six …. are taking ride. a. Saints b. counselors c. soldiers d. lovers 35. Redcross is about to kill Sansloy but he disappears in a. black cave b. black forest c. black dress d. black cloud 36. Who throws Red cross Knight in the dungeon of castle? a. Orgoglio b. Dwarf c. Sansloy d. Archimango 37. King Arthur’s shield is made up of pure…………. a. Gold b. Pearls c. Platinum d. Diamond 38. Who is the Faerie queen? a. Una b. Gloriana c. Duessa d. Elizabeth 39. Caelia has three daughters. One of the characters below is not among them. a. Fidelia b. Sperenza c. Charissa d. Harizma 40. How was Trevisian’s friend Terwin killed? a. Killed by Despair b. Killed by Trevisian c. Killed by Arthur d. killing himself 41. Where does Red cross first manage to leave a wound? a. one of its claws b. one of its nails c. one of its wings d. long tail of spikes 42. Red cross rams his sword into dragon’s …… a. heart b. throat c. stomach d. eyes Prothalamion – Spenser 43. Nymphs does not use one of these flowers for preparing bouquet. a. Primroses b. Rose lilies c. white lilies d. violets 44. What is the first mythology used in this poem? a. swan b. nymphs c. Cynthia d. cupid 45. Venus and Cynthia are goddess of ……… and ……. a. love and sun b. sun and moon c. love and moon d. sun and moon 46. Thames exactly looked like ….the river of ancient fame. a. Peneus b. Vosges c. Apenine d. Emilia 47. The wedding starts at a. Southampton b. Leeds c. Manchester d. London 48. The river Lee, with headquarter at a. London b. Kent c. Southampton d. Tempe 49. The Earl of Essex walked along the river with his ……. hair. a. Silver hair b. golden hair c. black hair d. brown hair 50. The two young men resembled the twin of Jupiter namely, a. Castor and pollux b. Trudy and Castor c. Mawu and Pollux d. Mawu and Trudy 51. Prothalamion was published during the …….period. a. Norman dynasty b. House of Plantagenet c. Tudor dynasty d. Stuart dynasty Epithalamion 52. Epithalamion was written for his bride, Elizabethan Boyle, on their wedding day in a. 1593 b. 1594 c.1595 d.1596 53. Epithalamion follows the rhyme scheme of a. ABABCC DEDEFF b. ABAABADEDFFE c. ABCABC DEFDEF d. ABABCDCD EFEF 54. Each stanza has either 18 or 19 lines except 15th stanza which has only a. 16 lines b. 17 lines c. 15 lines d. 14 lines 55. Spenser compares his love to the mythology of a. Antony b. Orpheus c. Gladiator d. Apollo 56. Who is goddess of dawn? a. Cynthia b. Tithonus c. Rosy Morne d. Juno 57. In stanza 15th, the poet laments because a. he remembers his lady love b. the climate is not jovial c. Queen Elizabeth arrival may gets late for marriage d. marriage is fixed in Barnaby’s day Bacon’s essays 58. What is the full title of Bacon’s Essays? a. Essays or Counsels, morals and civil b. Essays or Counsels, civil and morals c. Essays or morals, counsels and civil d. Essays or morals, civil and counsels 59. In which age Bacon has come under? a. Renaissance b. Reformation c. Augustan d. Victorian 60. What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not ……..an answer. a. wait b. stay c. stand d. find 61. Truth is like ………that shows what is visible to naked eye. a. gold b. diamond c. pearl d. sunlight 62. Bacon says, “A mixture of a lie doth ever add …………” a. pleasure b. unhappy c. pain d. reality 63. “A liar is man who is …….. towards god but is ….. towards men. a. brave,odd b. coward, brave c. odd, brave d. brave, coward 64. Which person is not referred by Bacon in Of Truth? a. Aristotle b. Lucian c. Pilate d. Montaigne Of Adversity 65. “Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are ….” a. broken b. crushed c. pressed d. huddled 66. According to Seneca “that the good things which belong to …….. are to be ……..; but the good things that belong to ……… are to be ……….” a. Prosperity, wished and adversity, admired b. Prosperity, admired and adversity, wished c. Adversity, wished and prosperity, admired d. Adversity, admired and prosperity, wished 67. Bacon continues his argument with a Latin saying “Bona rerum secundarum optabilia; adversarum mirabilia”, meaning a. “Things of defeat are fear, opposing boldness” b.”Things of victory are wonderful, opposing desired” c. “Things of defeat are boldness, opposing fear” d. “Things of victory are desired, opposing wonderful” 68. Bacon refers two mythological figures a. Hercules and Gladiator b. Prometheus and Gladiator c. Prometheus and Hercules d. Gladiator and Achiles 69. By prosperity, one might discover the ……., but adversity helps to discover …... . a. Vice , virtue b. virtue ,vice c. immorality ,morality d. morality, immorality 70. As prosperity is the sacred sign of ………. while adversity is the sacred sign of ……… a. old testimony, new testimony b. new testimony, old testimony 71. Bacon uses ….. and ………. proverbs. a. Greek and Latin b. Greek and French c. Latin and German d. French and German Of Studies 72. “Crafty men …… studies, simple men ….. them, and wise men …. them” a. contemn, use, admire b. admire, contemn, use c. contemn, admire, use d. use, contemn admire 73. Who look down upon books as useless for them? a. angry men b. loving men c. cunning men d. illiterate men 74. ”Some books are to be …., others to be …, and some few to be …….”. a. tasted, digested, swallowed b. tasted, swallowed, digested c. swallowed, digested, tasted d. digested, swallowed, tasted 75. “Reading maketh a …. man; conference a ….. man; and writing an ……. man” . a. full, ready, exact b. full, exact, ready c. ready, full, exact d. exact, full, ready 76. Summaries and extracts of books are tasteless, insipid reading. They are like ……. water which is completely tasteless. a. distilled water b. carbonate water c. rose water d. rain water. 77. Wandering mind can read ………... a. English literature b. Physics c. Chemistry d. Mathematics 78. Excess of everything is …... a. pain b. bad c. pleasure d. disease Of Revenge 79. “Revenge is a kind of ….. justice”. a. wide b. gild c. wild d. wield 80. One who pardoning the wrong has …….. characteristics. a. Kings’ b. Prince’s c. counselors’ d. saints’ 81. Salomon – the son of ….., a Biblical figure. a. Christ b. King c. David d. Christopher 82. Bacon thinks of man as a selfish creature motivated by ……. a. idealism b. egoism c. fascism d. theism 83. Some perverse men are malignant by nature. Bacon uses simile of… a. shrub b. hedge c. fern d. bush 84. The revenge taken by hidden way is like……………... a. stabbing one’s back in the dark b. attacking clandestinely in the dark c. arrows shot in the dark d. choking one’s throat in the dark 85. One of the revenge deaths is not mentioned by Bacon. who is that? a. Julius Ceasar b. Emperor Pertinax c. Henry III of France d. Edward II of England Of Ambition 86. Of Ambition was First appeared ….; revised …... a. 1612, 1624 b. 1613, 1626 c. 1612, 1625 d. 1613, 1625 87. Unrealized ……. and unexpressed ……. are very poisonous and injurious. a. ambition, love b. ambition, anger c. love, ambition d. anger, ambition 88. Ambitious man is like a seeled ….. a. dove b. peacock c. parrot d. sparrow 89. Ambition is like a. choler b. cholar c. chaler d. cholre 90. Ambitious men serves as ………. to kings. a. hooligans b. soldiers c. servants d. shields Of Friendship 91. An essay was written by Bacon at the special request of his life-long friend, …... a. Mathew Arnold b. Tony Mathew c. Toby Mathew d. Arnold Mathew 92. “Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god”, said by. a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Cervantes d. Montaigne 93. Epimenides the Candian-said to have slept for …….. years in a cave. a. 55 b. 56 c. 57 d. 58 94. Numa the Roman, the second king of Rome. He retired off and on into a ……. a. cave b. forest c. mountains d. hills 95. Empedocles the Sicilian, the philosopher of Sicily who leapt into the crater of the volcano Mount ……. to prove his divinity. A. Patna b. Adnes c. Everest d. Etna 96. Heraclitus saith well in one of his enigmas, …… light is ever the best. a. Dry b. Fade c. Good d. Bright 97. The second fruit of friendship is ……… and …….. for the understanding. a. infirmity, chief b. majestic, paramount c. prevalent, regal d. healthful, sovereign 98. Magna civitas, magna solitudo [A great town is a great solitude] is the adage from a. French b.German c. Greek d. Latin Apologie for Poetrie – Philip Sidney 99. Sidney justified his stand by referring a. cowmanship of Philip Hugo b. Horsemanship of Philip Hugo c. cowmanship of Piatro Pugliano d. Horsemanship of Piatro Pugliano 100. A treatise entitled The School of Abuse written by Stephen Gosson was dedicated to a. Sir Philip Sidney b. Edmund Spenser c. Bacon d. None of these 101. Gosson calls poets Pipers and jesters a. Pipers,jokers b. jesters,papers c. pipers,jesters d. peppers, justers 102. Romans had called poets ……….. a. Vates b. prophet c. seer d. all of them 103. Greeks called Poets by the word poiein which means a. creator b. liar c. truth-sayer d. soothsayer 104. Poetry is superior to Philosophy and History. a. Mathematics, history b. philosophy, history c. science, history d. science, philosophy 105. According to Sidney, the end of all knowledge is the teaching of ……. a. vice b. wisdom c. virtue d. all of the above 106. What are lacking in the present generation of poets, according to Sidney? a. art, imitation & exercise b. art, aesthetic, & grammar c. aesthetic, nature & imitation d. art, aesthetic & exercise 107. According to Sidney, Gorboduc is a a. good work b. bad work c. fault work d. weak work 108. The proper aim of comedy is to afford ………... a. giving themes b. express social evils c. complete laughter d. delightful teaching The Book of Job 109. The Book of Job is “the greatest poem of ancient and modern times”, said by a. Shakespeare b. Bacon c. Tennyson d. Arnold 110. Prologue in two scenes: first in ……., second in ……… a. earth, heaven b. earth, hell c. heaven, earth d. hell, earth 111. How many cycles of speech between Job and his three friends? a. Two b. Three c. Four d. Five 112. Job’s three friends are Eliphaz the ……., Bildad the …… and Zophar the ……….. a. Shuhite, Temanite, Naamathite b. Naamathite, Shuhite, Temanite c. Temanite, Naamathite, Shuhite d. Temanite, Shuhite, Naamathite 113. One of the monologues is not used in The Book of Job. a. Poem to wisdom b. opening monologues c. closing monologues d. Elihu’s speeches 114. God speeches from a. lightning b. whirlwind c. forest d. sea 115. What is the theme of book of job address? a. how to handle unfaithful friends b. reason for righteous person difficulties c. how to lead a married life d. none of the above 116. Who did Job invite to his son’s birthday? a. Friends b. servants c. Brother and sister d. none of the these 117. What was Satan originally? a. rival of god b. angel of god c. enemy of god d. none of these 118. Who replied, "Skin for Skin, A man will give anything to save his life? a. satan b. god c. Job d. Elihu 119. How did Job's friends react when they heard about his sufferings? a. start praying b. touch with each other c. neglect him d. none of these 120. Why did Job friends sit quietly? a. It is the jewish tradition not to speak b. they do not know how to console him c. they are afraid to face Job d. friends could not tolerate 121. How much longer did Job live after his sufferings? a. 120 b. 130 c. 140 d. 150 122. What does Job ask to God? a. Wealth b. Health c. patience d. mercy 123. "For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are but a shadow". who said this? a. Job b. Bildad c. Elihu d. Zophar 124. What does Job talk about to sinners? a. Trials and tribulations of the righteous b. People who hates god c. selfishness of people d. none of these 125. What does the name Job mean? a. Persecuted and object of scorn b. Humiliated and object of treason c. Despised and object of silly things d. aggrieved and object of jeering 126. How many times was Job accused by his friends as sinner? a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20 127. Who said, "Quit quarreling with God" agree with him and you will have peace? a. Bildad b. Job c. Shuhide d. Zophar 128. What did Job say about the widows concerning a loan? a. give exemption b. can maintain same charge c. some relaxation d. need to repay what they have 129. “Man is a worm in god’s sight” – who said this? a. Bildad b. Job c. Shuhide d. Zophar 130. Whose heart make Job to sing? a. Widow b. wife c. poor d. children 131. What was the symbol used for exploited poor people? a. dog b. cat c. donkey d. horse 132. What did Job do to orphans? a. feeding them b. teaching them c. caring them as his own children d. consoling them 133. How did God call Job? a. My son b. silent sufferer c. god critic d. god lover 134. After the death of Job's children and servants, how does Satan make life even worse for Job? a. Give him chronic disease b. takes his energy c. takes all his wealth d. All of the above Dr. Faustus 135. The full title of Dr. Faustus is a. The tragical history of the life and death of Dr. Faustus b. The historical tragedy of the life and death of Dr. Faustus c. The history of the life and death of Dr. Faustus’s tragedy d. The tragedy of the life and death of Dr. Faustus’s history 136. Dr. Faustus is based on the …….story of the title character …. a. German, Johan Georg Faust b. French, Oliver Gram Faust C. German, William Georg Faust d. French, Georg Gram Faust 137. The play is in ……….and …… in thirteen scenes (1604) or twenty scenes (1616). a. blank verse, poetic b. poetic, blank verse c. blank verse, prose d. prose, blank verse 138. Chorus functions as i) narrator ii) interact with characters iii)rather provides an introduction to the play iv) rather provides a conclusion to the play a. i), ii), iii) b)ii), iii), iv) c) i), ii), iv) d) i), iii), iv) 139. Chorus describes Faustus as a. “ease of stock” b. “base of stock” c. “case of stock” d. “face of stock” 140. Faustus earns his doctorate at University of a. Wittenburg b. Oxford c. Cambridge d. London 141. Faustus story is likened to the story of a. Icles b. Hercules c. Icales d. Icarus 142. Faustus’ end bring to the reader’s mind to the idea of a. hubris b. debris c. destiny d. character 143. Faustus ….. Divinity as ……. a. accepts, useful b. rejects, useless c. hates, loveless d. humiliates, sinful 144. Who proclaims this, "How am I glutted with conceit of this"? a. Wagner b. Faustus c. good angel d. bad angel 145. Lucifer is also called a. King of devils b. Prince of devils c. messenger of devils d. servant of devils 146. Mephistophilis saying: "Oh, Faustus, leave these frivolous demands, which strikes a terror to my fainting soul" because of Faustus’ a. inquiring about the nature of black magic b. inquiring about the nature of Lucifer c. inquiring about the nature of Hell d. inquiring about the nature of soul 147. “Per inoequalem motum respect totes”- this latin phrase is used Mephistophilis for Faustus questions about a. science related questions b.who made the world c. theology related questions d. man related questions 148. Mephistophilis brings …….. to break the wound open again, and thus Faustus is able to take his oath written in his own blood. a. herbs b. oil c. coal d. soil 149. Lucifer, accompanied by ……….. to present the seven deadly sins to Faustus. a. Beelzebub and bad angel b. Mephistophilis and bad angel c. Beelzebub and Mephistophilis d. bad angel and good angel 150. Lucifer then, as ………, brings to Faustus the personification of the seven deadly sins. a. duty b. entertainment c. illustration d. pleasure The Spanish Tragedy 151. Who is Pluto and Prosperine? a. King and queen of underworld b. Prince and Princess of Underworld c. King and queen of Heaven d. Prince and Princess of Heaven 152. Andrea and Revenge back to the world after passing through the gates of a. Horn b. Ivory c. Gold d. Diamond 153. Why does Lorenzo kill Horatio? a. Lorenzo wants to get her sister married to Balthazar b. Lorenzo wants to take revenge for Horatio’s false claim of capturing Balthazar c. Horatio’s lower birth d. Lorenzo does not like Duke’s intimation with Horatio 154. Who is verbal manipulator and machiavellian plotter? a. Andrea b. Hieronimo c. Lorenzo d. Balthazar 155. What motivates Balthazar to kill Horatio? a. Horatio’s lower birth b. Balthazar wants to make reconciliation with two countries. c. Balthazar was defeated by Horatio in war d. Balthazar’s genuine love on Bel-imperia 156. Who cries out first for revenge? a. Andrea b. Balthazar c. Lorenzo d. Hieronimo 157. How many murderes killed Horatio? a. Two b. three c. four d. five 158. Why was Serbarine killed by Pedringano? a. Balthazar suspects Serbarine that latter may inform murder to Viceroy. b. Lorenzo suspects Serbarine that latter may inform murder to King. c. Balthazar suspects Serbarine that latter may inform murder to Hieronimo. d. Lorenzo suspects Serbarine that latter may inform murder to Hieronimo. 159. What did the old man Bazulto request to Hieronimo? a. Bazulto requested the monetary help after his son’s death b. Bazulto wanted to participate in war to take revenge for his son’s death c. Bazulto requested Hieronimo’s help to take revenge for his son’s death d. Bazulto requested Hieronimo justice for his son’s death 160. Viceroy discovered Alexandro is not the culprit but it is Villupo. what did Alexandro ask to Viceroy? a. Alexandro begged that he wanted to behead Villupo. b. Alexandro begged that he wanted Villupo to exile from Portuguese. c. Alexandro begged that he wanted to beat Villupo d. Alexandro begged that Villupo need mercy and freed. 161. Who is Christophil? a. servant to Bel-imperia appointed by Hieronimo b. servant to Bel-imperia appointed by Lorenzo in prison c. servant to Bel-imperia appointed by King in prison d. servant to Bel-imperia appointed by Balthazar in prison 162. Who discovers the letter on Pedringano’s body? a. Hieronimo b. Hangman c. Loranzo d. Balthazar 163. The Page, a messenger boy who brings ……… to the execution. a. Lorenzo’s letter contained box b. Balthazar’s letter contained box c. Lorenzo’s empty box d. Balthaar’s empty box The Alchemist – Ben Jonson 164. Who considered it as one of three most perfect plots in literature? a. Coleridge b. Shakespeare c. Kyd d. Greene 165. Face is compared to highway man ……….. a. Richard Ratsey b. William Ratsey c. Robert Ratsey d. Gamaliel Ratsey 166. Captain refers in Captain Face is a. sea captain b. captain of the team c. captain of the house d. nothing 167. Full name of Surly is a. Sir Patine Surly b. Sir Prigate Surly c. Sir Felinax Surly d. Sir Pertinax Surly 168. Who delivers the epilogue? a. Lovewit b. Face c. Dol d. Subtle 169. Lovewit has been away from his home about a. four weeks b. five weeks c. six weeks d. seven weeks 170. One of the names is not used by Jeremy a. Face b. Lungs c. Ulen Spiegel d. Stean 171. Tribulation and Ananais are a. Protestants b. Roman catholics c. Puritans d. Presbytarians 172. Tribulation and Ananais never realize their scheme to counterfeit ……..money. a. Spanish b. Portuguese c. Dutch d. German 173. “Tis his fault. He ever murmurs and objects his pains, and says the weight of all lies upon him.” – who said? a. Face b. Subtle c. Lovewit d. Epicure Mammon 174. Who calls this truce as “venture tripartite”? a. Face b. Subtle c. Dol d. Lovewit 175. The Alchemist is not a a. Renaissance Play b. coney-catching play c. Reformation play d. classical play

POLYTECHNIC TRB SYLLABUS

ENGLISH UNIT I – CHAUCER TO SHAKESPEARE Geoffrey Chaucer: The Book of the Duchess Edmund Spencer: Epithalamion Shakespeare:Sonnet(8,15,24,30,37,40,46,76,82,91,112,116,126,140,144,147,154) Francis Bacon: of Oxford of Nobility of Travel of Friendship of Love Ben Jonson: Volpone or the Fox Christopher Marlowe: Dr. Faustus Sir Jhomas More: Utopia John Webster: The White Devil William Langland: Piers the plowman Shakespeare: The comedy of Errors A Midsummer Night's Dream Hamlet Henry VIII Love's Labour Lost UNIT 2- JACOBEAN TO AUGUSTAN AGE John Milton: Paradise Regained John Dryden: All for Love Alexander pope: The Rape of the Lock Andrew Marwell: Garden Thomas gray: Elegy written in a country churchyard Jonathan swift: A Tale of a Tub Addison and Steele: The spectators and the coverly papers. (Essays 1-10, Macmillan Edn) Oliver Goldsmith: The Deserted village Henry Fielding: Joseph Andrews Samuel Daniel: Christ Victoric Triumph Sir Thomas Brown: The Garden of Cyrus William Blake: Songs of Experience Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels Henry Vaughan: Regeneration UNIT 3 – ROMANTIC PERIOD William Wordsworth: The Daffodils The Solitary Reaper Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads Biographia Literaria P. B. Shelly: Ode to the west wind John keats: Ode to Autumn Charles Lamb: The Essays of Elia 1) Oxford in the vacation 2) New year's Eve 3) Dream children: A Reverie 4) The price of chimney-sweeper 5) My Relations Byron: Prometheus Jane Austen: Emma Walter Scott: The Talisman William Hazlit: Characters of Shakespeare's plays. Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights UNIT 4 - VICTORIAN AGE Tennyson: The princess: A Medley Robert Browning: Men and Women Andrea Del Sarto Mathew Arnold: Rugby Chapel Dover beach. D.G.Rosetti : The Blessed Damozel George Eliot: Romola W.M Thackeray: Vanity Fair R.L.Stevenson: Treasure Island John Ruskein: Sesame and Lilies Charles Dickens: A Tale of two cities.

UNIT 5 - MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY PERIODS W.B.Yeats : Sailing to Byzantium Thomas Hardy: The Woodlanders. Virginia Woolf: Mr.Bennet and Mrs.Brown A.L. Huxley: Time Must Have a Stop E.M.Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread T.S.Eliot: Murder in Cathedral C.P.Snow: Corridors of Power G.B. Shaw: The Devil's Disciple Ezra Pound: The Pisan Cantos Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest UNIT 6 - AMERICAN LITERATURE Whitman: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd H.W.Long Fellow : The May Queen Edgar Allam Poe: The Haunted Palace To my Mother The Lake Emily Dickinson: A something in a Summer's Day Bless God, he went as soldier's How happy is the little Stone This is my Letter to The World. Robert Frost: Blue Berries Wallace Stevens: The Snow man Emerson: The American Scholar Henry James: The lesson of the master O'Neill: The Great God Brown Hawthorne: A House of the Seven Gables Edward Albe: The American Dream Alice Walker: By the light of my Father's smile Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Earnest Hemingway: The Old Man and The Sea UNIT 7 - INDIAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE Nissin Ezekiel: Night of the Scorpion A.K. Ramanujam: A River R. Parthasarathy: Lines for a Photograph Toru Dutt: Our Casuarina Tree Sarojini Naidu: The Soul's Prayer Anita Desai: Where shal we go for this summer? Badal Surcar: Evam Indrajit Sri Aurobindo: Rose of God. Arundhati Roy: The God of Small Things Mulk Raj Anand: Untouchable Deshpande: The Dark Holds No Terror Kirish karnard: Tugulaq UNIT 8 - LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS. Family of Indo European Languages Historical Linguistics LSRW Theories of Language acquisition Dialects Phonology Affixes Derivational and inflectional affixes Morphemes Acronyms Phrase and structures Phonetics and phonology Minimal Pairs Sociolinguistics Semantics and Pragmatics Neurolinguistics Dichotic listening Lingua franca Jargon UNIT 9 - CRITICISM AND LITERARY THEORIES Plato: Republic Francis Bacon: The Advancement of learning Samuel Johnson: On fiction Preface to Shakespeare S.T Coleridge: Biographia Literaria Mathew Arnold: The function of criticism at the present time I A Richards: Practical Criticism Northrop Frye: The critical path T.S.Eliot: Hamlet and his Problems I A Richards: Principles of Literary Criticism Rene Wellek: Concepts of Criticism Aristotle: Poetics Ezra Pound: The ABC of Reading Wayne C. Booth: The Rhetoric of fiction Empson: Seven types of Ambiguity UNIT 10 - POST COLONIAL LITERATURE AND EUROPEAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION Atwood: Surfacing Lawrence: The Fire Dwellers P.K.Page : Adolescence Chinua Achebe: Arrow of God Wole Soyinka: A Dance of the Forests Wilfered Campbell: The Winter Lakes AG.Smith: The White House Ondaatje: There's a trick with a knife I'm learning to do George Ryga: Portrait of Angelica In the shadow of the vulture Ibsen: The lady from the sea Moliere: The comic pastoral Sir Thomas More: The Four Last Things

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THE BOOK OF DUCHESS 1.What is a dream-vision poem? A poem in which the narrator recounts a dream 2.How long has the narrator of The Book of the Duchess been unable to sleep? Eight years 3.When the narrator cannot sleep, what games are options for his insomnia? Chess or tables (backgammon) 4.The Book of the Duchess was written in what form? Octosyllabic couplets 5.For what person is The Book of the Duchess, perhaps, an elegy? Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster 6.Who is Juno? A Roman goddess 7.What book does the narrator of The Book of the Duchess use to help his insomnia? Ovid's Metamorphoses 8.Of what rank are Seys and Alcyone? King and Queen 9.How does Seys die? Drowned in a shipwreck

10.What does Alcyone refuse to do until she has found out what happened to Seys? Eat bread 11.To whom does Alcyone pray when she hears nothing of Seys? Juno 12.Who is Morpheus? The god of sleep 13.What does Juno bid Morpheus, through her messenger, to do? Reanimate Seys and send him to Alcyone 14.When Alcyone sees Seys brought to her by Morpheus, where is she? In bed 15.What color is the knight wearing when the dreamer first encounters him? Black 16.What kind of poetry is the "complaint" (or "compleynt" in Middle English)? Lyric poetry 17.What game does the Black Knight play with Fortune? Chess 18.Where does the narrator in The Book of the Duchess find the Black Knight? In a flower-filled meadow 19.What fundamental thing does the narrator not understand about the Black Knight's story? That the Lady White has died 20.How does the Black Knight describe his lady? From the head down 21.What does Lady Fortune spin? Her wheel 22.What is one of the sources for Chaucer's reference to Lady Fortune? Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy 23.What is shown in the stained glass of the narrator's dream chamber? The Trojan War 24.What is painted on the walls of the narrator's dream chamber in The Book of the Duchess? The Romaunce of the Rose 25.To whom does the Black Knight say he was in service before he met Lady White? The God of Love

THEORY AND CRITICISM

Literary criticism and literary theory are two important terms that we encounter in literary studies. There are varying views on the difference between literary criticism and literary theory; some scholars use these two terms to describe the same concept whereas some other scholars consider literary criticism as the practical application of the literary theories. In this article, we are considering the latter perspective. Literary criticism is the study, evaluation and interpretation of literature whereas literary theory is the different frameworks used to evaluate and interpret a particular work. This is the main difference between literary criticism and literary theory. What is Literary Criticism Literary criticism is the study, analysis, evaluation and interpretation of literature. In other words, it judges the value of a work. In literary criticism, a particular work or a body of work is evaluated according to its aesthetic value, historical/cultural/social significance of the work, use of language, and insights and insights of the work. These qualities are often mutually dependent or inflective. Literary criticism has a long history and can be traced back to the times of Pluto. Literary criticisms are often published in essay or book format

Literary theory is understanding the nature, and function of literature and the relation of text to its author, reader, and society. It can be described as the frame that supports literary criticism. Literary theory consists of a variety of scholarly approaches to evaluate a study. In simple terms, they can be described as the different perspectives or angles scholars use to evaluate literature. Some of the major schools of literary theory include : Formalism – focuses on the structural purposes of a text Reader-Response Criticism – focuses on the response of the reader to a text Structuralism – focuses on the universal underlying structures of a text Gender/Queer Studies – focuses on the portrayal of gender and gender relations Post-colonial Studies – focuses on the influence of colonialism on literature Psychoanalytic Criticism – focuses on the role of consciousness and unconsciousness in literature Marxist Criticism – focuses on the political, economic and social in the literature Difference Between Literary Criticism and Literary Theory Definition Literary Criticism is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Literary Theory is the different frameworks used to evaluate and interpret a particular work. Theoretical vs Practical Literary Criticism is the practical application of literary theory. Literary Theory is a combination of the nature and function of literature and the relation of text to its author, reader, and society.

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Nobel prizes in Literature

All Nobel Prizes in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded 109 times to 113 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and2016.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 Bob Dylan"for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 Svetlana Alexievich"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 Patrick Modiano"for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 Alice Munro"master of the contemporary short story"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011Tomas Tranströmer"because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality"

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 Mario Vargas Llosa"for his cartography of structures ofpower and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 Herta Müller"who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008 Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio"author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2007 Doris Lessing"that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2006 Orhan Pamuk"who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005 Harold Pinter"who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2004 Elfriede Jelinek"for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 John M. Coetzee"who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvementof the outsider"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2002 Imre Kertész"for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual againstthe barbaric arbitrariness of history"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul"for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2000 Gao Xingjian"for an æuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999 Günter Grass"whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1998José Saramago"who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997Dario Fo"who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1996Wislawa Szymborska"for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1995Seamus Heaney"for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1994Kenzaburo Oe"who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1993Toni Morrison"who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1992Derek Walcott"for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historicalvision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1991Nadine Gordimer"who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1990Octavio Paz"for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1989Camilo José Cela"for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man'svulnerability"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1988Naguib Mahfouz"who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1987Joseph Brodsky"for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1986Wole Soyinka"who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashionsthe drama of existence"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1985Claude Simon"who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1984Jaroslav Seifert"for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983William Golding"for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality ofmyth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1982Gabriel García Márquez"for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981Elias Canetti"for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1980Czeslaw Milosz"who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1979Odysseus Elytis"for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength andintellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedomand creativeness"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1978Isaac Bashevis Singer"for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewishcultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1977Vicente Aleixandre"for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society,at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1976Saul Bellow"for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1975Eugenio Montale"for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under thesign of an outlook on life with no illusions"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1974Eyvind Johnson"for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom"Harry Martinson"for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973Patrick White"for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1972Heinrich Böll"for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspectiveon his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed toa renewal of German literature"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1971Pablo Neruda"for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1970Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn"for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1969Samuel Beckett"for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1968Yasunari Kawabata"for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1967Miguel Angel Asturias"for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966Shmuel Yosef Agnon"for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"Nelly Sachs"for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1965Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov"for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1964Jean-Paul Sartre"for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedomand the quest for truth, has exerteda far-reaching influence on our age"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1963Giorgos Seferis"for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1962John Steinbeck"for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1961Ivo Andric"for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1960Saint-John Perse"for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1959Salvatore Quasimodo"for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1958Boris Leonidovich Pasternak"for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russianepic tradition"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1957Albert Camus"for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates theproblems of the human consciencein our times"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1956Juan Ramón Jiménez"for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artisticalpurity"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1955Halldór Kiljan Laxness"for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954Ernest Miller Hemingway"for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated inThe Old Man and the Sea,and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill"for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952François Mauriac"for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1951Pär Fabian Lagerkvist"for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell"in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1949William Faulkner"for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1948Thomas Stearns Eliot"for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947André Paul Guillaume Gide"for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1946Hermann Hesse"for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classicalhumanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1945Gabriela Mistral"for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1944Johannes Vilhelm Jensen"for the rare strength and fertility ofhis poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1943No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1942No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1941No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1940No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1939Frans Eemil Sillanpää"for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1938Pearl Buck"for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1937Roger Martin du Gard"for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycleLes Thibault"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1936Eugene Gladstone O'Neill"for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1935No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was with 1/3allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1934Luigi Pirandello"for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1933Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin"for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1932John Galsworthy"for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form inThe Forsyte Saga"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1931Erik Axel Karlfeldt"The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930Sinclair Lewis"for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create,with wit and humour, new types of characters"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1929Thomas Mann"principally for his great novel,Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1928Sigrid Undset"principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1927Henri Bergson"in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skillwith which they have been presented"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1926Grazia Deledda"for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1925George Bernard Shaw"for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1924Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont"for his great national epic,The Peasants"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923William Butler Yeats"for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form givesexpression to the spirit of a whole nation"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1922Jacinto Benavente"for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1921Anatole France"in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1920Knut Pedersen Hamsun"for his monumental work,Growth of the Soil"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1919Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler"in special appreciation of his epic,Olympian Spring"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1918No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1917Karl Adolph Gjellerup"for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals"Henrik Pontoppidan"for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1916Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam"in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1915Romain Rolland"as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1914No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913Rabindranath Tagore"because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse,by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of theWest"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1912Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann"primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramaticart"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1911Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck"in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1910Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse"as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyricpoet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf"in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1908Rudolf Christoph Eucken"in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range ofvision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907Rudyard Kipling"in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations ofthis world-famous author"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1906Giosuè Carducci"not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterizehis poetic masterpieces"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905Henryk Sienkiewicz"because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1904Frédéric Mistral"in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist"José Echegaray y Eizaguirre"in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, inan individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1903Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson"as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshnessof its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1902 Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen"the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with specialreference to his monumental work,A history of Rome"The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901Sully Prudhomme"in special recognition of his poeticcomposition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect".