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1.

The line 'A thing of beauty is a joy forever' has been written by which of the following?

  • William Wordsworth

  • John Keats

  • Robert Frost

  • PB Shelley


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2.

Who wrote 'Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested'?

  • EV Lucas

  • VS Naipaul

  • Francis Bacon

  • EM Forster


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Francis Bacon


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3.

'Shylock' is a character in which play?

  • Othello

  • The Monkeys Paw

  • The Merchant of Venice

  • Romeo and Julie


4.

'Arms and the Man' was written by which playwright?

  • John Osborne

  • William Shakespeare

  • George Bernard Shaw

  • Eugene O'Neill


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5.

Write the name of the writer of the lesson

'A Fellow-Traveller'

  • Ruskin Bond

  • C E M Joad

  • A G Gardine

  • James Allen


6.

Select the appropriate alternative which best expresses the meaning of the following phrase.

To beat the air

  • To make frantic effort

  • To make effort that are useless or vain

  • To act foolishly

  • To make every possible effort


7.

Which of the following combination is found in the structure of the English language?

  • Subject-object-verb

  • Verb-object-subject

  • Subject-verb-object

  • Object-verb-subject


8.

Who plays the part of the fool in the 'Merchant of Venice'?

  • Tubal

  • Launcelot Gobbo

  • Lorenzo

  • Gratiano


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9.

What form of poetry is 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci'?

  • Lyric

  • Ballad

  • Sonnet

  • Ode


10.

'The Light of Asia' was divided into ________ cantos.

  • four

  • six

  • seven

  • eight


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