English Core (1st IT)

Which one among the following tragedies is not considered to be written by Seneca ?

• Oedipus

• Octavia

• Medea

• Agamemnon

In Comedy of Humours, the term humour is derived from a Latin term umor which means

• Soil

• Fire

• Liquid

• Gel

Which one among the following is not a Caroline Poet?

• Robert Herrick

• Thomas Carew

• Richard Lovelace

• Andrew Marvel

Which one among the following is characteristics of Metaphysical Poets?

• They were all highly intellectualized.

• They all used rather strange imagery.

• They used frequent paradoxes.

• All of them.

Which one among the following statements are false?

• Blank Verse is written in regular metrical but unrhymed lines.

• Blank Verse is written in iambic pentameter.

• Free Verse is written in regular metrical pattern.

• Free Verse may have some rhyme and rhythm.

When was Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary published?

• 1760

• 1755

• 1758

• 1759

Who became a friend of Samuel Johnson and later published his biography?

• Christopher Marlowe

• George Bernard Shaw

• James Boswell

• P. G. Wodehouse

The Neo-Classical poets were deeply influenced by:

• French Poets

• Indian Poets

• Elizabethan Poets

• Modern Poets

The Neo-Classical poets give importance to:

• Imagination

• Wit and Reason

• Emotion

• Religion

The Neo-Classical poets used a particular poetic form in their poetry and the name of this poetic form was:

• Lyric

• Sonnet

• Ode

• Heroic Couplet