Question 1

The autobiographical novel &#34;Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man&#34; is being written by__________.&#10;A)d.h lawrence&#10;B)thomas hardy&#10;C)james augustine joyce&#10;D)virginia woolf

Accepted Answer

"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is an autobiographical novel written by James Augustine Joyce, an Irish novelist and poet.

Question 2

Who coined the word 'Theatre of the Absurd'?&#10;A)albert camus&#10;B)franz kafka&#10;C)martin eslin&#10;D)robert

Accepted Answer

Martin Esslin coined the term "Theatre of the Absurd" in his 1961 book of the same name, describing a set of plays written in the 1950s and 1960s that shared themes of existentialism and absurdism.

Question 3

According to Woolf the best way to understand a novel is to---------- what we have read&#10;A)criticize&#10;B)compare&#10;C)write&#10;D)analyse

Accepted Answer

Woolf believed that writing about what we have read helps in deepening our understanding and appreciation of a novel, as it encourages active engagement and reflection on the text.

Question 4

Name Joyce's only collection of short stories&#10;A)the dubliners&#10;B)ulysses&#10;C)the portrait&#10;D)araby

Accepted Answer

Joyce's only collection of short stories is "The Dubliners."

Question 5

The short story &#34;Araby&#34; is narrated by&#10;A)a boy&#10;B)an young woman&#10;C)an elderly&#10;D)author

Accepted Answer

"Araby" is narrated by a young boy, who is the protagonist of the story, experiencing his first crush.

Question 6

Mention the name of pawnbroker's widow in the story &#34;Araby&#34;&#10;A)mrs.mercer&#10;B)mrs. pekker&#10;C)mrs. sampson&#10;D)mrs. heidegger

Accepted Answer

Mrs. Mercer is the name of the pawnbroker's widow in the story "Araby."

Question 7

Who wrote the screen play Karel Reisz' Adaptation of &#34; The French Lieutenant's Woman&#34;&#10;A)harold pinter&#10;B)bernard shaw&#10;C)henrik ibsen&#10;D)virginia woolf

Accepted Answer

Harold Pinter wrote the screenplay for Karel Reisz's adaptation of "The French Lieutenant's Woman."

Question 8

The short story &#34;The Rocking-Horse Winner&#34; appeared in&#10;A)new lines&#10;B)harper's bazaar&#10;C)horse collections&#10;D)mariner's win

Accepted Answer

"The Rocking-Horse Winner" was published in Harper's Bazaar, a magazine known for featuring literature and visual arts, in 1926.

Question 9

The narrative technique usually employed by James Joyce___________.&#10;A)stream of consciousness&#10;B)symbolism&#10;C)imagism&#10;D)modernism

Accepted Answer

James Joyce is renowned for his use of the stream of consciousness technique, which aims to capture the flow of thoughts and feelings running through a character's mind.

Question 10

Osborne's &#34;Look Back in Anger&#34; was first performed in the year&#10;A)1945&#10;B)1950&#10;C)1954&#10;D)1956

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The answer of Osborne's &#34;Look Back in Anger&#34; was first...

Question 11

The early stories in Joyce's &#34;Dubliners&#34; have -------- as protagonists&#10;A)women&#10;B)irish peasants&#10;C)children&#10;D)mythical characters

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The answer of The early stories in Joyce's &#34;Dubliners&#34; have...

Question 12

--------------- is the only play published by James Joyce&#10;A)exiles&#10;B)the dead&#10;C)the black sun&#10;D)chamber music

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The answer of --------------- is the only play published by...

Question 13

Who among the following is a Movement poet?&#10;A)elizabeth jennings&#10;B)ted hughes&#10;C)t.s eliot&#10;D)w.h auden

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The answer of Who among the following is a Movement...

Question 14

&#34;Dubliners&#34; was first published in the year&#10;A)1912&#10;B)1914&#10;C)1918&#10;D)1921

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The answer of &#34;Dubliners&#34; was first published in the year&#10;A)1912&#10;B)1914&#10;C)1918&#10;D)1921...

Question 15

Stream of Consciousness novel is a product of&#10;A)18 c&#10;B)16c&#10;C)17c&#10;D)20c

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The answer of Stream of Consciousness novel is a product...

Question 16

Virginia Woolf was the daughter of an eminent critic and scholar. Who was he?&#10;A)matthew arnold&#10;B)carlyle&#10;C)john ruskin&#10;D)leslie stephen

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The answer of Virginia Woolf was the daughter of an...

Question 17

Who has been called the leader of Angry Young Men?&#10;A)alan sillitoe&#10;B)john wain&#10;C)colin wilson&#10;D)john osborne

Accepted Answer

The answer of Who has been called the leader of...

Question 18

Yeats was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in&#10;A)1903&#10;B)1910&#10;C)1917&#10;D)1923

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The answer of Yeats was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature...

Question 19

Eliot's &#34;Journey of the Magi&#34; occurs in his&#10;A)ariel poems&#10;B)poems (1920)&#10;C)the wasteland&#10;D)four quartets

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The answer of Eliot's &#34;Journey of the Magi&#34; occurs in...

Deck 2: Literary Trivia: Authors and Their Works