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unit test -IV

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many lines are there in the poem?

a)

24

b)

22

c)

23

d)

25

2.

How many sentences are there?

a)

7

b)

4

c)

3

d)

It depends

3.

Read the first sentence (stanza one). What does exulting mean?

a)

to worry about

b)

to celebrate

c)

to be sad

d)

to run away

4.

Who is the eponymous captain?

a)

The captain of the ship

b)

A famous politician

c)

A metaphor for a country

d)

A military commander

5.

Who is the narrator of this poem?

a)

Unknown

b)

Another captain

c)

A crew member

d)

A soldier

6.

In the second stanza, 'for you' is repeated 5 times. Why?

a)

The narrator is hopeful

b)

The narrator is despairing

c)

The narrator is happy

d)

The narrator is celebrating

7.

What does the speaker of the poem see lying on the deck by the Captain’s corpse?

a)

Ashes

b)

Water

c)

Tears

d)

Blood

8.

Which word best describes the tone of the speaker?

a)

Annoyed

b)

Joyous

c)

Grieving

d)

Indifferent

9.

What is the 'fearful trip' in the first line?

a)

A long journey

b)

Life

c)

A war

d)

None of the above

10.

“Exult O shores, and ring O bells!” is what type of rhetorical device?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Alliteration

c)

Apostrophe

d)

Asyndeton

11.

How many lines does Ulysses have?

a)

74

b)

68

c)

70

d)

75

12.

Ulysses consists of ------------ parts

a)

Five

b)

Two

c)

Four

d)

Three

13.

What is the name of the country Ulysses reigned?

a)

Kathaka

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Ithaca

d)

Ireland

14.

Tennyson's Ulysses is primarily an example of a(n)

a)

Epic

b)

Sonnet

c)

Elegy

d)

Dramatic monologue

15.

How did the king address his people?

a)

savage race

b)

my people

c)

rugged people

d)

both A and C

16.

What is the king after?

a)

knowledge

b)

power

c)

kingdom

d)

wealth

17.

''To whom I leave the sceptre and the isle'' Here the phrase 'Sceptre and the isle' would mean

a)

the kingship and the kingdom

b)

the sword and the power

c)

the power and the people

d)

none of the above

18.

" For some three suns to store and hoard myself' Here the phrase refers to

a)

Telemachus

b)

Mariners

c)

three long years

d)

three decades

19.

Identify the figure of speech employed in the following lines.

Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades

Vext the dim sea...

a)

Metaphor

b)

Transferred Epithet

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

20.

Identify the figure of speech in the following line.

The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Literary allusion

d)

Synecdoche

21.

What genre best describes this piece?

a)

Fiction

b)

Poetry

c)

Literary Non-fiction

d)

Mystery

22.

The speaker in this poem is most likely--

a)

W. H. Auden

b)

The unknown citizen

c)

A friend of the deceased

d)

A government agent

23.

Which best describes the tone of the narrator?

a)

Inspiring

b)

Critical

c)

Efficient

d)

Academic

24.

What does the author use capitalization to emphasize the most?

a)

The amount of friends the unknown citizen had

b)

Important locations where the unknown citizen traveled

c)

The numerous ways the government collected data

d)

Different companies the unknown citizen worked for

25.

Which line of the poem does NOT reveal clues related to setting?

a)

That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint,

b)

But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc

c)

A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.

d)

When there was peace, he was for peace: when there was war, he went.

26.

Which best describes the author's message?

a)

The Unknown Citizen had no real freedom because his life was micromanaged by the government.

b)

It's pointless to ask if people are "happy" or "free" because those types of questions can't be answered.

c)

If people were allowed to do what they wanted without the government intervening, it would be disastrous.

d)

People have evolved significantly since the era of phonographs and frigidaires.

27.

Both Winston Smith and the Unknown Citizen--

a)

Desire to rebel against the government

b)

Are expected to live in a certain manner

c)

Have strained relationships with their family

d)

Take time to reflect on their situation

28.

The speaker and the author would agree that the unknown citizen was free.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Based on the evidence, the unknown citizen followed the rules his entire life.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

All of the following are expectations in this society except--

a)

To fight in war

b)

To buy the newspaper

c)

To have a certain number of children

d)

To lead a life of sobriety

31.

The king and the hermit _______ the flower bed.

a)

dig

b)

digs

32.

When everyone _____ in fantastic clothes, the rebel dresses soberly.

a)

dress

b)

dresses

33.

Justin and his brother _________ home for the holidays.

a)

arrives

b)

arrive

34.

Karen ______ cake for her friends every Monday.

a)

bakes

b)

bake

35.

The animals ______ freely in the jungle.

a)

roams

b)

roam

36.

Soapy _____ to get caught by the cops.

a)

try

b)

tries

37.

The cops did not _______ Soapy for breaking the glass window.

a)

arrest

b)

arrests

38.

Nemo and Dory ______ my friends.

a)

are

b)

is

39.

The pencil or the sheet of blank paper that you need ________ on the desk.

a)

are

b)

is

40.

Kiran or Sara _____ coming to the party.

a)

is

b)

are

41.

Kiran and Sara ______ coming to the party.

a)

is

b)

are

42.

They _____ a dog that is active and friendly.

a)

has

b)

have

43.

The king or the guards _____ on their way to the castle.

a)

are

b)

is

44.

The guards or the king _______ on their way to the castle.

a)

are

b)

is

45.

The bearded man and the king _____ through the night.

a)

sleep

b)

sleeps

46.

The king _________ the bearded man by redressing his wound.

a)

helps

b)

help

47.

Either my mother or my father ______ me with my homework.

a)

helps

b)

help

48.

Everybody _______ a goal in life.

a)

have

b)

has

49.

There ______ my brother with his friends.

a)

goes

b)

go

50.

Ramu or his brothers _____ hiding behind the door.

a)

are

b)

is

51.

Young people ______ obey their parents.

a)

must

b)

may

c)

will

d)

might

52.

Laura, you and the kids just have dinner without waiting for me. I ______ work very hard today.

a)

should

b)

would

c)

may

d)

can

53.

I ______ be delighted to show you round the factory.

a)

could

b)

may

c)

would

d)

might

54.

Leave early so that you ______ miss the bus.

a)

won

b)

may

c)

won't

d)

might

55.

Jenny's engagement ring is enormous! It ______ have cost a fortune

a)

may

b)

might

c)

can

d)

must

56.

You ______ to write them today.

a)

can

b)

had

c)

will

d)

may

57.

I hope I ______ find it.

a)

shall

b)

could

c)

must

d)

will

58.

Unless he runs he______ catch the train.

a)

mustn't

b)

wouldn't

c)

won't

d)

will

59.

______ you be in Rome tonight.

a)

will

b)

may

c)

might

d)

maybe

60.

We ______ have time to help you tomorrow.

a)

may

b)

must

c)

will

d)

could

61.

"______ you hand me that pair of scissors, please?"

a)

may

b)

will

c)

shall

d)

should

62.

Jeanette did very badly on the exam. She _____ harder.

a)

must have studied

b)

could have studied

c)

should have studied

d)

must studied

63.

He was very lucky when he fell off the ladder. He _____ himself.

a)

could have hurt

b)

must have hurt

c)

should have hurt

d)

will have hurt

64.

My car stopped on the high way. It _____ out of gas

a)

may run

b)

must be

c)

may have run

d)

should have run

65.

If we had known your new address, we _____ to see you.

a)

would have come

b)

came

c)

will come

d)

would come

66.

Ulysses consists of ------------ parts

a)

Five

b)

Two

c)

Four

d)

Three

67.

What is the name of the country Ulysses reigned?

a)

Kathaka

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Ithaca

d)

Ireland

68.

Tennyson's Ulysses is primarily an example of a(n)

a)

Epic

b)

Sonnet

c)

Elegy

d)

Dramatic monologue

69.

How did the king address his people?

a)

savage race

b)

my people

c)

rugged people

d)

both A and C

70.

What is the king after?

a)

knowledge

b)

power

c)

kingdom

d)

wealth

71.

What is the name of Ulysses son

a)

Penelope

b)

Pylos

c)

Telemachus

d)

Telegonus

72.

The Victorian Era was marked by (a)   , which is the term used to describe the overseas expansion of the British Empire, specifically in India.

73.

Queen Victoria was only (a)   years old when she began her reign in 1837.

74.

What Centuary was the vicorian era

a)

19th

b)

21st

c)

20th

d)

none of the above

75.

Who has severely criticized the social and industrial condition of Victorian age in his work "Past and Present"?

a)

Ruskin

b)

Carlyle

c)

Browning

d)

Hopkins

76.

Which one of the following poems by Tennyson is a dramatic monologue?

a)

Crossing the Bar

b)

Tithonus

c)

In Memoriam

d)

The Charge of the Light Brigade

77.

Who is the most influential essayist of the Victorian period?

a)

Thomas Carlyle

b)

John Ruskin

c)

Thomas Hardy

d)

George Eliot

78.

In Memoriam by Tennyson is a/an _____________ .

a)

Epic

b)

Pastoral Elegy

c)

Dramatic monologue

d)

Ode

79.

In which literary text, the character Ulysses appears ?

(a)  

80.

The Trojan war was between ________ and _________.

a)

Greeks, Romans

b)

Romans, Persians

c)

Greeks, Trojans

81.

"Most blameless is he, centred in the sphere

Of common duties, decent not to fail

In offices of tenderness, (a)   " Who is the speaker referring to in these lines

82.

Who does the speaker hope to see when he touches the "Happy Isles"?

(a)  

83.

Identify one line that summarises the spirit of Victorian age (the adventurous nature of people).

4 lines
84.

What has made his mariners weak now?

(a)  

85.

What sort of a person is Ulysses? Explain in your words.

4 lines
86.

What genre best describes this piece?

a)

Fiction

b)

Poetry

c)

Literary Non-fiction

d)

Mystery

87.

The speaker in this poem is most likely--

a)

W. H. Auden

b)

The unknown citizen

c)

A friend of the deceased

d)

A government agent

88.

Which best describes the tone of the narrator?

a)

Inspiring

b)

Critical

c)

Efficient

d)

Academic

89.

What does the author use capitalization to emphasize the most?

a)

The amount of friends the unknown citizen had

b)

Important locations where the unknown citizen traveled

c)

The numerous ways the government collected data

d)

Different companies the unknown citizen worked for

90.

Which line of the poem does NOT reveal clues related to setting?

a)

That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint,

b)

But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc

c)

A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.

d)

When there was peace, he was for peace: when there was war, he went.

91.

Which best describes the author's message?

a)

The Unknown Citizen had no real freedom because his life was micromanaged by the government.

b)

It's pointless to ask if people are "happy" or "free" because those types of questions can't be answered.

c)

If people were allowed to do what they wanted without the government intervening, it would be disastrous.

d)

People have evolved significantly since the era of phonographs and frigidaires.

92.

Both Winston Smith and the Unknown Citizen--

a)

Desire to rebel against the government

b)

Are expected to live in a certain manner

c)

Have strained relationships with their family

d)

Take time to reflect on their situation

93.

The speaker and the author would agree that the unknown citizen was free.

a)

True

b)

False

94.

Based on the evidence, the unknown citizen followed the rules his entire life.

a)

True

b)

False

95.

All of the following are expectations in this society except--

a)

To fight in war

b)

To buy the newspaper

c)

To have a certain number of children

d)

To lead a life of sobriety

96.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

1. She __________ with her parents in London.

a)

lived

b)

lives

c)

living

d)

live

97.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

2. Last year I (go) (a)   to America for my holidays

98.

SIMPLE PAST TENSE

3. The weather ____________ strangely fine this morning when I opened the windows.

a)

is

b)

am

c)

was

d)

should

99.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

4. Aisha's son is (a)   (talk) on the phone rightnow.

100.

FUTURE PERFECT TENSE

6. Amisha __________ exited the room.

a)

Shall

b)

Will be

c)

Shall have

d)

Will have

101.

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

7. Please ring me up as soon as he ____________

a)

arriving

b)

arrived

c)

arrive

d)

arrives

102.

8. Seema ________ playing with her sister.

a)

Shall be

b)

Will be

c)

had

d)

has

103.

11. I _______ reach class by 10 am.

a)

Shall

b)

Will

c)

have

d)

am

104.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

5. Sara was _____________ because she was late for her classes.

a)

ran

b)

run

c)

runs

d)

running

105.

PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

8. The phone rang while I ________________ dinner.

a)

had

b)

was having

c)

am having

d)

will have

106.

10. What is the past tense of the word "write"?

(a)  

107.

12. In which of the following sentences 'for' is not used appropriately.

a)

I have been playing for the last 1 hour.

b)

She had been living in Delhi for 10 years now.

c)

Nisha has been living here for 2005.

d)

Ankita had been working in this company for a month.

108.

She helped me when I was in need.

a)

present

b)

simple past

c)

past perfect

109.
Alisha ___ her grandparents last week.
a)
visiting
b)
visited
c)
visits
d)
visit
110.
It  __________  almost every day in Manchester.
a)
rain
b)
rains
111.
eat
a)
Present Simple
b)
Present Perfect
c)
Past Simple
d)
Past Perfect
112.
was doing 
a)
Present Perfect Simple
b)
Past Continuous
c)
Present Continuous
d)
Past Perfect Continuous
113.
have / has gone 
a)
Present Perfect Simple
b)
Past Perfect Simple
c)
Present Perfect Continuous
d)
Present Simple
114.

My parents always ..................... me.

a)
helps
b)
help
c)
do help
115.
What is the tense of the verb?
Susan will see the movie on Friday.
a)
Present
b)
Past
c)
Future
116.
What is the tense of the verb?
Chase ate all of his vegetables.
a)
Present
b)
Past
c)
Future