UG TRB – COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION UNIT – II BRITISH LITERATURE – I Milton’s Paradise Lost Book IX (lines: 795-833)

 

UG TRB – COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION

UNIT – II

BRITISH LITERATURE – I

Milton’s Paradise Lost Book IX (lines: 795-833)

**1. What is the speaker's attitude towards the Tree of Knowledge in these lines?**

   - A) Reverence and admiration

   - B) Indifference and neglect

   - C) Fear and avoidance

   - D) Hostility and disdain

 

**Answer: A) Reverence and admiration**

 

**2. How does the speaker plan to express gratitude to the Tree of Knowledge in the future?**

   - A) Through silence and contemplation

   - B) By offering sacrifices

   - C) Through morning songs and praise

   - D) By avoiding its presence

 

**Answer: C) Through morning songs and praise**

 

**3. What does the speaker promise to do to alleviate the burden of the Tree's full branches?**

   - A) Prune the branches

   - B) Share the fruit with others

   - C) Ignore the burden

   - D) Offer sacrifices to the tree

 

**Answer: B) Share the fruit with others**

 

**4. How does the speaker describe their growth in knowledge through the Tree of Knowledge?**

   - A) Rapid and uncontrollable

   - B) Gradual and disciplined

   - C) Forbidden and cursed

   - D) Secret and mysterious

 

**Answer: B) Gradual and disciplined**

 

**5. What is the speaker's view on those who envy the knowledge they have gained?**

   - A) Sympathy and understanding

   - B) Contempt and disdain

   - C) Indifference and apathy

   - D) Gratitude and generosity

 

**Answer: B) Contempt and disdain**

 

**6. According to the speaker, what role does experience play in their acquisition of knowledge?**

   - A) It is irrelevant

   - B) It is secondary to divine guidance

   - C) It is the best guide

   - D) It is a hindrance

 

**Answer: C) It is the best guide**

 

**7. How does the speaker characterize Heaven in relation to Earth in these lines?**

   - A) Close and easily observable

   - B) Distant and difficult to perceive

   - C) Indifferent to earthly affairs

   - D) Secretive and mysterious

 

**Answer: B) Distant and difficult to perceive**

 

**8. What internal conflict does the speaker express regarding their relationship with Adam?**

   - A) Fear of rejection

   - B) Desire for superiority

   - C) Concern about divine punishment

   - D) Doubt about sharing knowledge

 

**Answer: B) Desire for superiority**

 

**9. What dilemma does the speaker face in deciding whether to reveal their change to Adam?**

   - A) Fear of divine retribution

   - B) Fear of Adam's rejection

   - C) Fear of Death

   - D) Fear of losing knowledge

 

**Answer: C) Fear of Death**

 

**10. What final resolution does the speaker make regarding sharing bliss or woe with Adam?**

   - A) They decide to keep their knowledge a secret

   - B) They choose to share both joy and sorrow with Adam

   - C) They decide to abandon Adam

   - D) They remain undecided

 

**Answer: B) They choose to share both joy and sorrow with Adam**

**11. How does the speaker express their love for Adam in these lines?**

   - A) By distancing themselves from him

   - B) By expressing superiority

   - C) By resolving to share bliss or woe with him

   - D) By avoiding any mention of love

 

**Answer: C) By resolving to share bliss or woe with him**

 

**12. According to the speaker, what does their love for Adam make them willing to endure?**

   - A) Isolation and loneliness

   - B) All forms of suffering, including death

   - C) Deception and betrayal

   - D) Ignorance and bliss

 

**Answer: B) All forms of suffering, including death**

 

**13. What does the speaker fear regarding the possibility of Adam marrying another Eve?**

   - A) Divine punishment

   - B) Eternal loneliness

   - C) The continuation of life without them

   - D) The loss of knowledge

 

**Answer: C) The continuation of life without them**

 

**14. How does the speaker feel about the idea of Adam living with another Eve while they are extinct?**

   - A) Indifferent

   - B) Content

   - C) Enraged

   - D) Deeply saddened

 

**Answer: D) Deeply saddened**

 

**15. What word best describes the speaker's commitment to sharing bliss or woe with Adam?**

   - A) Indecisive

   - B) Resolute

   - C) Apathetic

   - D) Deceptive

 

**Answer: B) Resolute**

 

**16. In the context of the lines, what is the significance of the speaker's reference to dieting by the Tree of Knowledge?**

   - A) Physical nourishment

   - B) Intellectual growth and maturity

   - C) Spiritual enlightenment

   - D) Avoidance of temptation

 

**Answer: B) Intellectual growth and maturity**

 

**17. How does the speaker view the act of giving Adam knowledge without a copartner?**

   - A) As a form of betrayal

   - B) As a means of asserting power

   - C) As an act of kindness

   - D) As a necessary evil

 

**Answer: B) As a means of asserting power**

 

**18. What does the speaker find "not undesirable" in considering the possibility of being superior to Adam?**

   - A) Deception

   - B) Loneliness

   - C) Equality

   - D) Superiority

 

**Answer: D) Superiority**

 

**19. What does the speaker consider as the best guide, second only to the Tree of Knowledge?**

   - A) Divine intervention

   - B) Divine punishment

   - C) Experience

   - D) Ignorance

 

**Answer: C) Experience**

 

**20. How does the speaker view the concept of secret knowledge in relation to wisdom?**

   - A) As a hindrance to wisdom

   - B) As an essential aspect of wisdom

   - C) As irrelevant to wisdom

   - D) As a deceptive quality

 

**Answer: B) As an essential aspect of wisdom**

**21. How does the speaker view the act of dieting by the Tree of Knowledge in relation to their own maturity?**

   - A) As a source of physical strength

   - B) As a way to assert dominance

   - C) As a means to intellectual maturity

   - D) As an unnecessary burden

 

**Answer: C) As a means to intellectual maturity**

 

**22. What does the speaker plan to do each morning to express their gratitude to the Tree of Knowledge?**

   - A) Offer sacrifices

   - B) Sing songs and offer praise

   - C) Prune its branches

   - D) Ignore its presence

 

**Answer: B) Sing songs and offer praise**

 

**23. According to the speaker, what would have happened if the gift of knowledge had been owned by others?**

   - A) It would have grown elsewhere

   - B) It would not have grown in the same way

   - C) It would have remained hidden

   - D) It would not have existed

 

**Answer: B) It would not have grown in the same way**

 

**24. How does the speaker characterize their relationship with Heaven in these lines?**

   - A) As close and accessible

   - B) As distant and remote

   - C) As indifferent to earthly affairs

   - D) As directly involved in their decisions

 

**Answer: B) As distant and remote**

 

**25. What does the speaker imply about the watchful nature of Heaven and its "great Forbidder"?**

   - A) Heaven is indifferent to earthly actions

   - B) The "great Forbidder" is always vigilant

   - C) Other concerns may distract Heaven's attention

   - D) Heaven has spies to monitor earthly affairs

 

**Answer: C) Other concerns may distract Heaven's attention**

 

**26. How does the speaker express the dilemma of appearing to Adam after their change?**

   - A) As a cause for celebration

   - B) As a source of fear and uncertainty

   - C) As an opportunity for deception

   - D) As a chance for revenge

 

**Answer: B) As a source of fear and uncertainty**

 

**27. What internal conflict does the speaker express in considering whether to share full happiness with Adam?**

   - A) Fear of divine punishment

   - B) Fear of Adam's rejection

   - C) Fear of eternal loneliness

   - D) Fear of losing knowledge

 

**Answer: D) Fear of losing knowledge**

 

**28. How does the speaker characterize Adam's potential reaction to their change?**

   - A) Indifferent

   - B) Angry and resentful

   - C) Happy and accepting

   - D) Fearful and surprised

 

**Answer: B) Angry and resentful**

 

**29. What does the speaker fear regarding their own existence if they do not share bliss or woe with Adam?**

   - A) Eternal loneliness

   - B) Divine punishment

   - C) Loss of knowledge

   - D) Death

 

**Answer: A) Eternal loneliness**

 

**30. In these lines, what does the speaker prioritize over their own existence?**

   - A) Knowledge

   - B) Bliss or woe shared with Adam

   - C) Secrecy and deception

   - D) Revenge against Adam

 

**Answer: B) Bliss or woe shared with Adam**

**31. How does the speaker characterize the Tree of Knowledge in relation to its operation on Sapience?**

   - A) As cursed and infamed

   - B) As blessed and obscure

   - C) As indifferent and unimportant

   - D) As forbidden and deceptive

 

**Answer: B) As blessed and obscure**

 

**32. What is the speaker's plan for the Tree's fair fruit from now on?**

   - A) To ignore its existence

   - B) To share it freely with all

   - C) To hoard it for personal use

   - D) To offer sacrifices to it

 

**Answer: B) To share it freely with all**

 

**33. How does the speaker describe their early care for the Tree of Knowledge?**

   - A) As neglectful

   - B) As without song or praise

   - C) As careful and attentive

   - D) As indifferent and careless

 

**Answer: C) As careful and attentive**

 

**34. According to the speaker, what will tending to the Tree's branches achieve?**

   - A) It will prevent the burden

   - B) It will make the burden heavier

   - C) It will make the Tree stronger

   - D) It will ease the burden for all

 

**Answer: D) It will ease the burden for all**

 

**35. How does the speaker characterize the Gods in comparison to their own growth in knowledge?**

   - A) Gods are ignorant

   - B) Gods know all things

   - C) Gods envy the speaker's knowledge

   - D) Gods have no relevance to knowledge

 

**Answer: B) Gods know all things**

 

**36. How does the speaker describe Wisdom in relation to the Tree of Knowledge?**

   - A) As a deceptive force

   - B) As a secret entity

   - C) As open and accessible

   - D) As a force that retires

 

**Answer: D) As a force that retires**

 

**37. How does the speaker view their own secrecy in comparison to the secret nature of Wisdom?**

   - A) As transparent and open

   - B) As equally mysterious

   - C) As irrelevant to wisdom

   - D) As a necessary concealment

 

**Answer: D) As a necessary concealment**

 

**38. What does the speaker fear regarding their own secrecy and Heaven being high and remote?**

   - A) Divine punishment

   - B) Heaven's indifference

   - C) Loss of knowledge

   - D) Adam's rejection

 

**Answer: B) Heaven's indifference**

 

**39. What alternative care does the speaker propose may have diverted the "great Forbidder" from watching?**

   - A) Divine intervention

   - B) Secret knowledge

   - C) Other concerns and cares

   - D) A pact with nature

 

**Answer: C) Other concerns and cares**

 

**40. In contemplating the presentation of their change to Adam, what does the speaker express doubt about?**

   - A) The authenticity of their change

   - B) Adam's ability to understand

   - C) The outcome of their revelation

   - D) The need to share the change

 

**Answer: C) The outcome of their revelation**

**41. How does the speaker view the potential act of sharing full happiness with Adam?**

   - A) As an act of generosity

   - B) As a source of joy

   - C) As an equal partnership

   - D) As a cause for uncertainty

 

**Answer: D) As a cause for uncertainty**

 

**42. According to the speaker, what does sharing bliss or woe with Adam potentially make them?**

   - A) Equal

   - B) Inferior

   - C) Superior

   - D) Indifferent

 

**Answer: A) Equal**

 

**43. How does the speaker describe the concept of being "Superior" at times in relation to Adam?**

   - A) As an undesirable quality

   - B) As a potential advantage

   - C) As a deceptive illusion

   - D) As an unattainable goal

 

**Answer: B) As a potential advantage**

 

**44. What does the speaker suggest about the potential gift of knowledge to others?**

   - A) It would have flourished in a different manner

   - B) It would have remained dormant

   - C) It would have been undesired

   - D) It would not have existed at all

 

**Answer: A) It would have flourished in a different manner**

 

**45. According to the speaker, what role does experience play in their acquisition of knowledge?**

   - A) It is irrelevant

   - B) It is secondary to divine guidance

   - C) It is the best guide

   - D) It is a hindrance

 

**Answer: C) It is the best guide**

 

**46. What is the speaker's attitude toward those who envy the knowledge they possess?**

   - A) Sympathy and understanding

   - B) Contempt and disdain

   - C) Indifference and apathy

   - D) Gratitude and generosity

 

**Answer: B) Contempt and disdain**

 

**47. How does the speaker view Heaven in relation to Earth?**

   - A) Close and easily observable

   - B) Distant and difficult to perceive

   - C) Indifferent to earthly affairs

   - D) Secretive and mysterious

 

**Answer: B) Distant and difficult to perceive**

 

**48. What does the speaker suggest about the potential distraction of the "great Forbidder"?**

   - A) It is always vigilant

   - B) It may have other concerns

   - C) It is indifferent to earthly affairs

   - D) It does not exist

 

**Answer: B) It may have other concerns**

 

**49. In contemplating the presentation of their change to Adam, what internal conflict does the speaker express?**

   - A) Fear of divine retribution

   - B) Desire for secrecy

   - C) Concern about Adam's reaction

   - D) Doubt about the truth of their change

 

**Answer: C) Concern about Adam's reaction**

 

**50. What does the speaker ultimately prioritize over their own existence in these lines?**

   - A) Knowledge

   - B) Bliss or woe shared with Adam

   - C) Secrecy and deception

   - D) Revenge against Adam

 

**Answer: B) Bliss or woe shared with Adam**