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PGTRB TEST - 13 - IMMORTALITY, TINTERN ABBEY & DREAM CHILDREN

Total questions: 135

Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
William Wordsworth was born in the year:
a)
1755
b)
1770
c)
1778
d)
1789
2.
Which of the following is NOT written by William Wordsworth?
a)
The Excursion
b)
The Prelude
c)
The Task
d)
Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey
3.
“The Child is father of the Man” — appears in which of Wordsworth’s poems?
a)
Resolution and Independence
b)
Ode: Intimations of Immortality
c)
My Heart Leaps Up
d)
Lucy Gray
4.
The phrase “emotion recollected in tranquillity” is associated with which theoretical idea of Wordsworth’s?
a)
Sublime
b)
Negative Capability
c)
Romantic Irony
d)
Definition of Poetry
5.
"A reasoning heart, a watchful eye, / A poet's insight shall he gain..." — this line from The Excursion reflects:
a)
Nature as indifferent
b)
Nature as a moral teacher
c)
Urban alienation
d)
Historical realism
6.
Which critic accused Wordsworth of being a “high priest of nature-worship”?
a)
T.S. Eliot
b)
Matthew Arnold
c)
John Ruskin
d)
George Saintsbury
7.
In which of his poems does Wordsworth write: “Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours”
a)
Composed upon Westminster Bridge
b)
The World is Too Much with Us
c)
The Solitary Reaper
d)
Michael
8.
Which of the following statements about Wordsworth is incorrect?
a)
He was made Poet Laureate in 1843
b)
He believed in the use of elevated diction in poetry
c)
He collaborated with Coleridge on Lyrical Ballads
d)
He believed Nature had spiritual power
9.
"She dwelt among the untrodden ways / Beside the springs of Dove" is about:
a)
Dorothy Wordsworth
b)
Lucy, an idealized pastoral figure
c)
A fictional shepherdess
d)
A mythological muse
10.
Which famous autobiographical poem by Wordsworth was posthumously published in 1850?
a)
The Excursion
b)
The Recluse
c)
The Prelude
d)
Home at Grasmere
11.
Which of the following works was co-authored by Charles Lamb and his sister Mary Lamb?
a)
The Essays of Elia
b)
Tales from Shakespeare
c)
Specimens of English Dramatic Poets
d)
The Last Essays of Elia
12.
“No author ever gave more to the world with less pretension…” — this remark about Charles Lamb was made by:
a)
William Hazlitt
b)
Leigh Hunt
c)
Thomas De Quincey
d)
T.S. Eliot
13.
Charles Lamb’s persona “Elia” first appeared in:
a)
The Examiner
b)
The London Magazine
c)
The Spectator
d)
The Edinburgh Review
14.
Identify the essay by Lamb from which the following line is taken: “Borrowers of books — those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.”
a)
New Year’s Eve
b)
The Two Races of Men
c)
Imperfect Sympathies
d)
Dream Children: A Reverie
15.
Which of the following statements about Charles Lamb is incorrect?
a)
He worked at the East India Company for over 30 years.
b)
His essays are known for their rich humor and whimsical melancholy.
c)
He was a close friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge.
d)
He was never affected by personal tragedy.
16.
In Tintern Abbey, what is the significance of the line “Five years have past; five summers, with the length / Of five long winters!”?
a)
It emphasizes Wordsworth’s forgetfulness
b)
It marks the start of his poetic career
c)
It reflects the exact time elapsed since his last visit to the Wye
d)
It shows his disinterest in nature
17.
In Tintern Abbey, the line “The sounding cataract / Haunted me like a passion” suggests:
a)
Joyful indifference to nature
b)
Emotional turmoil due to family loss
c)
Nature’s deep psychological impact on the speaker
d)
The poet's fear of death
18.
In Tintern Abbey, the phrase “A motion and a spirit, that impels / All thinking things, all objects of all thought” refers to:
a)
The force of revolution
b)
Pantheistic presence in nature
c)
The poet’s imagination
d)
The influence of society
19.
What does Tintern Abbey mean by the line “Nature never did betray / The heart that loved her”?
a)
Nature is a deceptive force
b)
Nature consoles those who respect her
c)
Only weak hearts are betrayed
d)
Betrayal is a theme in Romanticism
20.
In Tintern Abbey, “With tranquil restoration:—feelings too / Of unremembered pleasure” implies:
a)
The poet’s forgetfulness
b)
The calming influence of nature on unconscious memory
c)
The lack of poetic inspiration
d)
Historical amnesia
21.
The line “These beauteous forms, / Through a long absence, have not been to me / As is a landscape to a blind man’s eye” in Tintern Abbey means:
a)
Nature had no meaning to him
b)
He was blind to his surroundings
c)
The images remained vivid in his memory
d)
He had lost poetic inspiration
22.
In Tintern Abbey, the line “Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart” shows:
a)
Physical disease
b)
Cold indifference
c)
Embodied emotional response to nature
d)
Artistic restraint
23.
Tintern Abbey says “Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood” refers to:
a)
A religious conversion
b)
A trance-like visionary state brought by nature
c)
Anger toward urban life
d)
Meditation on mortality
24.
In Tintern Abbey, the phrase “The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse, / The guide, the guardian of my heart” is addressed to:
a)
Dorothy, the poet's sister
b)
His daughter
c)
Nature
d)
The church
25.
In Tintern Abbey, “We see into the life of things” expresses:
a)
Physical sight
b)
The visionary insight nature enables
c)
Death and decay
d)
Scientific curiosity
26.
In Tintern Abbey, what is the meaning of “Though changed, no doubt, from what I was when first / I came among these hills”?
a)
Wordsworth has aged and regrets his youth
b)
Acknowledgement of emotional and spiritual evolution
c)
Regret over past sins
d)
Frustration at lost friends
27.
In Tintern Abbey, what does the line “The still, sad music of humanity” represent?
a)
The chaos of civilization
b)
The poetic style of the Enlightenment
c)
Sorrowful yet harmonious aspects of human life
d)
The silence of death
28.
In Tintern Abbey, “In darkness and amid the many shapes / Of joyless daylight” refers to:
a)
The gloom of modern life
b)
City life devoid of nature’s joy
c)
Death and its aftermath
d)
Blindness
29.
Tintern Abbey contains the line “The fever of the world”, which suggests:
a)
Disease spread in towns
b)
Inner turmoil caused by modern existence
c)
Physical illness
d)
Revolutionary rebellion
30.
Tintern Abbey ends with a wish that his sister may:
a)
Become a nun
b)
Live in the city
c)
Retain her deep connection to nature
d)
Marry a poet
31.
What literary device is present in the line from Tintern Abbey: “Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart”?
a)
Synecdoche
b)
Metonymy
c)
Tactile imagery
d)
Hyperbole
32.
In Tintern Abbey, the phrase “a sense sublime / Of something far more deeply interfused” exemplifies:
a)
Irony
b)
Conceit
c)
Pantheistic metaphor
d)
Sarcasm
33.
The line “Nature never did betray / The heart that loved her” in Tintern Abbey employs:
a)
Apostrophe
b)
Personification
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Metaphor
34.
What figure of speech is used in Tintern Abbey: “The sounding cataract / Haunted me like a passion”?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Allegory
35.
Tintern Abbey primarily uses which poetic form?
a)
Heroic couplets
b)
Ode
c)
Blank verse
d)
Sonnet sequence
36.
In Tintern Abbey, the word “cataract” refers to:
a)
A type of rock
b)
A waterfall
c)
A cave
d)
A disease
37.
In Tintern Abbey, “sublime” means:
a)
Ridiculous
b)
Morally corrupt
c)
Spiritually elevated or awe-inspiring
d)
Superficial
38.
What does “beauteous” mean in Tintern Abbey?
a)
Complex
b)
Beautiful
c)
Fierce
d)
Unreal
39.
In Tintern Abbey, the word “tranquil” refers to:
a)
Violent
b)
Nostalgic
c)
Calm and peaceful
d)
Mournful
40.
What is meant by “interfused” in the line from Tintern Abbey: “Of something far more deeply interfused”?
a)
Interrogated
b)
Merged or blended throughout
c)
Separated
d)
Scattered
41.
In Tintern Abbey, the poet addresses the poem’s final section to:
a)
His lover
b)
His brother
c)
His sister Dorothy
d)
Nature
42.
In Tintern Abbey, which character is described as still close to nature and in her “wild eyes”?
a)
The poet’s wife
b)
Dorothy
c)
A childhood friend
d)
A stranger
43.
In Tintern Abbey, the “Hermit’s cave” is mentioned as:
a)
A real figure met by the poet
b)
A religious sanctuary
c)
A symbolic image of solitude in nature
d)
A grave
44.
In Tintern Abbey, who is indirectly contrasted with the poet’s matured vision?
a)
His daughter
b)
The French revolutionaries
c)
His youthful self
d)
Coleridge
45.
Tintern Abbey hints that the sister is:
a)
A symbol of innocence and intuition in nature
b)
A critic of his thoughts
c)
A religious guide
d)
Uninvolved in nature
46.
Assertion (A): In Tintern Abbey, Wordsworth sees nature as a moral teacher. Reason (R): The poet calls nature “the guide, the guardian of my heart.”
a)
A and R both true; R explains A
b)
A and R both true; R does not explain A
c)
A true; R false
d)
A false; R true
47.
Assertion (A): In Tintern Abbey, the poet idealizes youth as the best time for nature appreciation. Reason (R): The poet says childhood is the only time of joy.
a)
A true; R false
b)
A and R both false
c)
A and R both true; R explains A
d)
A false; R true
48.
Assertion (A): Tintern Abbey reflects a Romantic emphasis on individual memory. Reason (R): The poet frequently refers to external events more than inner experience.
a)
A true; R false
b)
A and R both true; R explains A
c)
A and R both true; R does not explain A
d)
A false; R true
49.
Assertion (A): The poet in Tintern Abbey has undergone a transformation in his perception of nature. Reason (R): He claims nature now gives him “abundant recompense.”
a)
A and R true; R explains A
b)
A and R true; R does not explain A
c)
A true; R false
d)
A false; R true
50.
Assertion (A): The tone of Tintern Abbey is melancholic and disillusioned. Reason (R): The poet laments nature’s betrayal.
a)
A and R both true
b)
A false; R false
c)
A true; R false
d)
A false; R true
51.
Tintern Abbey was composed in:
a)
1805
b)
1798
c)
1790
d)
1815
52.
In which collection was Tintern Abbey published?
a)
Lyrical Ballads (1798)
b)
The Prelude (1850)
c)
Poems in Two Volumes (1807)
d)
Excursion (1814)
53.
The subtitle of Tintern Abbey is:
a)
“On Revisiting a Childhood Home”
b)
“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”
c)
“Song of Nature”
d)
“Lines on a Ruined Church”
54.
Tintern Abbey is set on the banks of:
a)
Thames
b)
Avon
c)
Wye
d)
Eden
55.
Tintern Abbey explores the themes of:
a)
Social revolution
b)
Loss and redemption
c)
Nature, memory, and spiritual growth
d)
Death and grief
56.
In Poem: Immortality, the line “The things which I have seen I now can see no more” expresses:
a)
Hope for future visions
b)
Despair over nature’s silence
c)
Loss of childhood perception
d)
Criticism of nature
57.
In Poem: Immortality, what does the line “There hath past away a glory from the earth” signify?
a)
The death of a friend
b)
A vision of apocalypse
c)
The fading of childhood’s divine connection
d)
A political loss
58.
In Poem: Immortality, the line “Not in entire forgetfulness, / And not in utter nakedness” suggests:
a)
Complete loss of memory
b)
Children are born without knowledge
c)
A spiritual origin still lingers in humans
d)
Blind materialism
59.
In Poem: Immortality, “Shades of the prison-house begin to close / Upon the growing boy” symbolizes:
a)
Physical blindness
b)
Childhood innocence being confined by adulthood
c)
Legal punishment
d)
Death approaching
60.
In Poem: Immortality, the line “Heaven lies about us in our infancy!” implies:
a)
Death is near to children
b)
Infants can see divine truths
c)
Childhood is empty
d)
Nature is distant in youth
61.
In Poem: Immortality, “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting” conveys:
a)
A metaphor for reincarnation
b)
A religious sermon
c)
A loss of heavenly knowledge through birth
d)
A dream-like imagination
62.
In Poem: Immortality, what does “The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star” refer to?
a)
The sun
b)
The soul's divine origin
c)
A literal planet
d)
The poet’s friend
63.
In Poem: Immortality, “Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own” shows:
a)
Earthly pleasures distract us from the divine
b)
Earth is a kind mother
c)
Nature nurtures the soul
d)
Materialism is essential
64.
In Poem: Immortality, “Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might / Of heaven-born freedom” refers to:
a)
A fallen angel
b)
A future political leader
c)
A divine child retaining celestial memory
d)
The poet’s inner child
65.
In Poem: Immortality, “Full soon thy soul shall have her earthly freight” means:
a)
The child will die
b)
The child will bear worldly burdens
c)
The child will become rich
d)
The child will forget dreams
66.
In Poem: Immortality, the line “The cataracts blow their trumpets from the steep” is an example of:
a)
Death imagery
b)
Musical metaphor
c)
Nature heralding a divine truth
d)
Political rebellion
67.
In Poem: Immortality, “Whither is fled the visionary gleam?” is best interpreted as:
a)
Hope for the future
b)
Questioning loss of spiritual insight
c)
A dream about ghosts
d)
Political commentary
68.
In Poem: Immortality, what is the tone of the line “Nothing can bring back the hour / Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower”?
a)
Celebration of progress
b)
Joyful nostalgia
c)
Deep elegy for childhood innocence
d)
Satirical commentary
69.
In Poem: Immortality, “Though nothing can bring back the hour” is immediately followed by:
a)
A call for action
b)
Despair
c)
Acceptance and gratitude
d)
Historical reflection
70.
In Poem: Immortality, “We will grieve not, rather find / Strength in what remains behind” marks a shift toward:
a)
Denial
b)
Nature worship
c)
Spiritual resilience
d)
Anger
71.
In Poem: Immortality, the phrase “The cataracts blow their trumpets” contains:
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Allusion
d)
Oxymoron
72.
In Poem: Immortality, the line “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting” is an example of:
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Paradox
c)
Metaphor
d)
Allegory
73.
In Poem: Immortality, “Shades of the prison-house” is an example of:
a)
Symbolism for restriction of spiritual insight
b)
Metaphor for sleep
c)
Literal prison
d)
Satirical device
74.
The dominant theme in Poem: Immortality uses which poetic device most effectively?
a)
Dramatic monologue
b)
Narrative irony
c)
Philosophical imagery
d)
Free verse
75.
The structure of Poem: Immortality is best described as:
a)
Elegiac sonnet
b)
Blank verse ode
c)
Free verse narrative
d)
Couplet-based epistle
76.
In Poem: Immortality, what does “gleam” mean in “Whither is fled the visionary gleam?”?
a)
A literal light
b)
A flash of memory
c)
A brief shine signifying spiritual insight
d)
Fire
77.
In Poem: Immortality, the word “freight” in “her earthly freight” means:
a)
Baggage of the soul
b)
Ship cargo
c)
Light
d)
Childhood dream
78.
In Poem: Immortality, what does “prison-house” metaphorically refer to?
a)
Childhood illness
b)
Earth’s climate
c)
Limiting effects of growing up
d)
Real imprisonment
79.
In Poem: Immortality, the term “splendour” most nearly means:
a)
Pain
b)
Spiritual glory and beauty
c)
Silence
d)
Storm
80.
In Poem: Immortality, what does “visionary” imply in the phrase “visionary gleam”?
a)
Hallucinatory
b)
False
c)
Prophetic and deeply insightful
d)
Bright
81.
In Poem: Immortality, who is referred to as “Thou little Child”?
a)
The poet’s daughter
b)
A divine child symbolizing humanity's purest state
c)
Coleridge’s son
d)
An orphan
82.
In Poem: Immortality, which figure retains memory of the divine origin the longest?
a)
Old man
b)
Youth
c)
Child
d)
Poet
83.
In Poem: Immortality, who is “the best Philosopher”?
a)
Plato
b)
The child, untainted by the world
c)
The adult with education
d)
Nature
84.
In Poem: Immortality, the “Earth” is personified as:
a)
A healer
b)
A deceiver
c)
A nurse distracting the child from heavenly truth
d)
A poet
85.
In Poem: Immortality, which character best reflects lost innocence?
a)
The child
b)
The old man
c)
The ghost
d)
The butterfly
86.
Assertion (A): Poem: Immortality supports the idea that childhood is a state of divine connection. Reason (R): Wordsworth writes, “Heaven lies about us in our infancy.”
a)
A and R true; R explains A
b)
A and R true; R doesn’t explain A
c)
A true; R false
d)
A false; R true
87.
Assertion (A): In Poem: Immortality, adulthood is a time of heightened spiritual clarity. Reason (R): The poem celebrates growing responsibilities.
a)
A and R both true
b)
A true; R false
c)
A false; R false
d)
A false; R true
88.
Assertion (A): The poet in Poem: Immortality eventually reconciles with the loss of childhood visions. Reason (R): He affirms strength in the memories and nature’s presence.
a)
A and R true; R explains A
b)
A true; R false
c)
A false; R true
d)
A and R false
89.
Assertion (A): Poem: Immortality is devoid of religious or spiritual undertones. Reason (R): The poet focuses only on physical nature.
a)
A and R both false
b)
A true; R false
c)
A false; R true
d)
A and R both true
90.
Assertion (A): Wordsworth uses the child as a philosophical symbol in Poem: Immortality. Reason (R): The child is portrayed as wiser than the man.
a)
A and R both true; R explains A
b)
A true; R false
c)
A and R both false
d)
A false; R true
91.
Poem: Immortality was published in:
a)
1805
b)
1802
c)
1807
d)
1798
92.
The full title of Poem: Immortality is:
a)
“Ode on Childhood”
b)
“Ode to the Past”
c)
“Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood”
d)
“Ode: Nature and the Soul”
93.
Poem: Immortality is an example of:
a)
A narrative poem
b)
A philosophical ode
c)
A blank verse epic
d)
A dramatic monologue
94.
What is the central theme of Poem: Immortality?
a)
Romantic love
b)
Reincarnation
c)
Loss of divine vision with age
d)
War and peace
95.
Poem: Immortality contrasts:
a)
Youth and old age
b)
Child’s divine awareness and adult rationalism
c)
Dream and death
d)
Nature and politics
96.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, what does the line “Children love to listen to stories about their elders” reveal about Lamb’s narrative tone?
a)
Satirical
b)
Melancholic
c)
Reflective and intimate
d)
Didactic
97.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, “Alice put out one of her dear motherly legs” shows:
a)
Satirical attack on women
b)
Imaginary affection and realism combined
c)
Alice’s awkwardness
d)
A dream turned into a nightmare
98.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, Lamb writes “I missed his kindness and would have gone to him, but he was gone” – this line expresses:
a)
Self-pity
b)
Deep regret and loss
c)
Political statement
d)
Comedy
99.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the phrase “We are not of Alice, nor of thee, nor are we children at all” marks:
a)
Start of a new story
b)
A psychological revelation that the children are imaginary
c)
Alice’s death
d)
Loss of memory
100.
What does Dream Children by Charles Lamb mean in the line: “Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes, sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever...”?
a)
Lamb’s prison life
b)
His long, unfulfilled courtship of Ann Simmons
c)
A political career
d)
Waiting for a lost relative
101.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, “Grandmother Field was esteemed the best dancer in the county” shows:
a)
The fading traditions of rural England
b)
A mocking tone
c)
Disrespect for elders
d)
Superficial pride
102.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, Lamb writes “When she came to die she dreamed of heaven” – this line expresses:
a)
Lamb’s fear of death
b)
Grandmother Field’s religious devotion
c)
Alice’s revenge
d)
Ghostly hallucination
103.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the expression “He was no longer a clerk, but a poor pensioner” refers to:
a)
John L’s death
b)
Lamb’s early job
c)
Lamb’s old age
d)
His father's decline
104.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, “He had Parkinson’s and was forced to retire” refers to:
a)
Charles
b)
His brother John
c)
His uncle
d)
His cousin
105.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the line “This was he whom I loved above all” is directed at:
a)
His brother John
b)
His friend Coleridge
c)
His imaginary son
d)
His uncle
106.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the line “John L. (or James Elia) was no more” signifies:
a)
A romantic betrayal
b)
The narrator’s guilt
c)
His brother’s death
d)
His failed career
107.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, “He was lame-footed and wore a velvet shoe” refers to:
a)
John Lamb
b)
Coleridge
c)
Charles himself
d)
A church priest
108.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, Lamb says “How she would have wept to see them, that never saw them” about:
a)
Alice
b)
His sister Mary
c)
Grandmother Field
d)
His mother
109.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the narrator mentions “I dreamt children were around me” – what technique is used here?
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Dream-reality ambiguity
c)
Sarcasm
d)
Comedy
110.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, what does Lamb mean by “I awoke, and found myself quietly seated in my bachelor armchair”?
a)
The dream ends, and reality of solitude returns
b)
He was married
c)
He lost his job
d)
He fainted
111.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, what literary device is employed in the phrase “Reverie” in the title?
a)
Allegory
b)
Irony
c)
Dream vision narrative
d)
Allusion
112.
The technique of revealing truth through an imagined dialogue in Dream Children by Charles Lamb is:
a)
Allegory
b)
Interior monologue
c)
Dramatic monologue
d)
Frame narrative
113.
The contrast between dream and reality in Dream Children by Charles Lamb is an example of:
a)
Paradox
b)
Dramatic irony
c)
Juxtaposition
d)
Soliloquy
114.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the children vanish at the end. This is an example of:
a)
Metaphor
b)
Anticlimax
c)
Magical realism
d)
Symbolism
115.
Lamb's use of a first-person unreliable narrator in Dream Children by Charles Lamb serves to:
a)
Satirize family life
b)
Deepen emotional resonance through subjectivity
c)
Provide comic relief
d)
Mock the genre
116.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, what does “reverie” mean?
a)
A complaint
b)
A reflective dream-like thought
c)
A violent memory
d)
A prayer
117.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the word “pensioner” means:
a)
Wealthy investor
b)
Someone living on a retired allowance
c)
An orphan
d)
Soldier
118.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, what does “awe-struck” suggest about the children’s reaction?
a)
Fear and admiration
b)
Disgust
c)
Anger
d)
Confusion
119.
What does “bachelor arm-chair” indicate in Dream Children by Charles Lamb?
a)
His married life
b)
His single, solitary state
c)
His academic job
d)
His wealth
120.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, “narrative reverie” refers to:
a)
A hallucination
b)
A satire
c)
A dream-like storytelling with emotional depth
d)
A biblical vision
121.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, who is Alice based on?
a)
His mother
b)
His sister Mary
c)
Ann Simmons – Lamb’s unrequited love
d)
His niece
122.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, John L. refers to:
a)
Charles Lamb’s cousin
b)
His father
c)
His friend
d)
His elder brother
123.
Who is Grandmother Field in Dream Children by Charles Lamb?
a)
Imaginary character
b)
Historical noblewoman
c)
Real ancestor admired by Lamb
d)
Biblical figure
124.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the children John and Alice represent:
a)
Ghosts
b)
Idealised projections of unfulfilled desires
c)
Real grandchildren
d)
His past friends
125.
In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the character who "never married" is:
a)
John Lamb
b)
Charles Lamb
c)
Alice
d)
James Elia
126.
Assertion (A): In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, the children are real figures from Lamb’s family. Reason (R): Lamb spent time with them during childhood.
a)
A and R both true
b)
A true; R false
c)
A false; R true
d)
A and R both false
127.
Assertion (A): Dream Children by Charles Lamb explores the tension between imagination and reality. Reason (R): The children vanish when Lamb returns to consciousness.
a)
A and R true; R explains A
b)
A and R true; R doesn’t explain A
c)
A true; R false
d)
A false; R true
128.
Assertion (A): In Dream Children by Charles Lamb, Lamb finds closure for his love of Alice. Reason (R): He eventually marries her.
a)
A and R true
b)
A true; R false
c)
A false; R false
d)
A false; R true
129.
Assertion (A): Dream Children by Charles Lamb is an autobiographical essay. Reason (R): Lamb includes both factual and fictional elements of his life.
a)
A and R true; R explains A
b)
A and R true; R does not explain A
c)
A true; R false
d)
A false; R true
130.
Assertion (A): The essay Dream Children by Charles Lamb ends on a comic note. Reason (R): Lamb wakes up and laughs at his dream.
a)
A and R both true
b)
A true; R false
c)
A false; R false
d)
A false; R true
131.
Dream Children by Charles Lamb was published in:
a)
1822
b)
1820
c)
1823
d)
1815
132.
The essay Dream Children by Charles Lamb appeared in which collection?
a)
Essays in Criticism
b)
Essays of Elia
c)
Last Essays
d)
Imaginary Conversations
133.
The tone of Dream Children by Charles Lamb is primarily:
a)
Satirical
b)
Ironical
c)
Nostalgic and melancholic
d)
Utopian
134.
What is the main theme of Dream Children by Charles Lamb?
a)
Political revolution
b)
Fulfilment in marriage
c)
Regret, loss, and unfulfilled desires
d)
Social satire
135.
Dream Children by Charles Lamb represents which form?
a)
Philosophical dialogue
b)
Lyrical ballad
c)
Personal essay blended with fictional reverie
d)
Travelogue