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(1) To refer to the unresolvable difficulties a text may open up, Derrida makes use of the term :
(1) aporia
(2) difference
(3) erasure
(4) supplement
Answer: aporia
(2) Who, among the following English playwrights,scriptedthefilm Shakespeare in Love ?
(1) Harold Pinter
(2) Alan Bennett
(3) Caryl Churchill
(4) Tom Stoppard
Answer: Tom Stoppard

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(3) Arrange the following in the chronological order :

1. Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Women

2. Lyrical Ballads

3. French Revolution

4. Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

(1) 4, 3, 1, 2
(2) 3, 2, 1, 2
(3) 1, 2, 4, 3
(4) 2, 1, 3, 4
Answer: 4, 3, 1, 2
(4) Which of the following employs a narrative structure in which the main action is relayed at second hand through an enclosing frame story ?
(1) Sons and Lovers
(2) Ulysses
(3) The Power and the Glory
(4) Heart of Darkness
Answer: Heart of Darkness
(5) The Irish Dramatic Movement was heralded by such figures as
(1) W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn
(2) Jonathan Swift and his contemporaries
(3) H. Drummond, Edward Irving and John Ervine
(4) Oscar Wilde and his contemporaries
Answer: W. B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and Edward Martyn
(6) Which poem by Chaucer was written on the death of Blanche, Wife of John of Gaunt ?
(1) Troilus and Criseyde
(2) The House of Fame
(3) The Book of Duchess
(4) The Legend of Good Women
Answer: The Book of Duchess
(7) The Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrex is the other title of
(1) Gorboduc.
(2) Ralph Roister Doister.
(3) Damon and Pythias.
(4) Lamentable Tragedy.
Answer: Gorboduc.
(8) Who of the following poets is Australian ?
(1) Austin Clarke
(2) Judith Wright
(3) Edwin Muir
(4) Derek Walcott
Answer: Judith Wright
(9) “He found it [English] brick and left it marble”, remarked one great writer on another. Who were they ?
(1) Milton on Shakespeare.
(2) Dryden on Milton.
(3) Johnson on Dryden.
(4) Jonson on Shakespeare.
Answer: Johnson on Dryden.
(10) Who, among the following, is a Nobel Laureate ?
(1) Tony Morrison.
(2) Seamus Heaney.
(3) Ted Hughes.
(4) Geoffrey Hill.
Answer: Seamus Heaney.
(11) The predominant tone and thrust of Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” are
(1) comic
(2) solemn
(3) hortatory
(4) irony
Answer: irony
(12) C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards were reputed in the 1930s for introducing
(1) Practical Criticism
(2) New Criticism
(3) Standard English Project
(4) Basic English Project
Answer: Standard English Project
(13) In which of the following works does Mrs. Malaprop appear ?
(1) The Rivals.
(2) She Stoops to Conquer.
(3) The Mysteries of Udolpho.
(4) The Way of the World.
Answer: The Rivals.
(14) Which of the following statements about Christopher Marlowe are true ?

I. Edward II was written in the last year of Marlowe’s life.

II. Many critics consider Doctor Faustus to be Marlowe’s best play.

III. His Spanish Tragedy comes a close second.

IV. Marlowe was less educated than Shakespeare.

(1) I and II are true
(2) II and III are true
(3) II and IV are true
(4) III and IV are true
Answer: I and II are true
(15) “Art for Art’s Sake” became a rallying cry for
(1) the Aesthetes
(2) the Symbolists
(3) the Imagists
(4) the Art Noveau School
Answer: the Aesthetes

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