SPSC Lecturer English Past Paper 2008/09 21- What is Oedipus Complex? A. A Kind of Physical AlimentB. A Kind of VitaminC. A Son’s Attraction towards His MotherD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. A Son's Attraction towards His Mother Description 22- "My own great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh as being wiser than the intellect." Who wrote this? A. Graham GreeneB. D. H. LawrenceC. Charles DickensD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. D. H. Lawrence Description 23- In his famous play______, Shakespeare makes fun of the Puritans. A. Twelfth NightB. HamletC. The TempestD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. Twelfth Night Description 24- 'The reservation is in virtue than in vengeance.' This line is spoken by ______. A. Sir Toby BelchB. MalvolioC. Sir Andrew AguecheekD. None of these View Answer Answer : D. None of these Description 25- In Paradise Lost, Book I, Satan is the embodiment of Milton's______. A. Sense of Injured MeritB. Hatred of TyrannyC. Spirit of RevoltD. All of the above View Answer Answer : D. All of the above Description 26- Who calls poetry 'the breadth and finer spirit of all knowledge'? A. WordsworthB. ShelleyC. KeatsD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. Wordsworth Description 27- 'Twelfth-Night' opens with the speech of ______. A. ViolaB. DukeC. OliviaD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. Duke Description 28- In Sons and Lovers, William died of ______. A. An AccidentB. PneumoniaC. SuicideD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. Pneumonia Description 29- Coleridge's poem ______, is called an opium dream? A. Kubla KhanB. ChristabelC. The Ancient MarinerD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. Kubla Khan Description 30- In his famous poem 'Ode to the West Wind', Shelley used ______ stanza form. A. Rime RoyalB. Ottava RimaC. Terza RimaD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. Terza Rima Description 31- ______ coined the phrase 'Pathetic fallacy'. A. MiltonB. ColeridgeC. John RuskinD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. John Ruskin Description 32- Tracts for the Times relates to ______. A. The Oxford MovementB. The Pre-Raphaelite MovementC. The Romantic MovementD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. The Oxford Movement Description 33- The Chartist Movement sought ______. A. Protection of the Political Rights of the Working ClassB. Recognition of Chartered Trading CompaniesC. Political Rights for WomenD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. Protection of the Political Rights of the Working Class Description 34- Biographia Literaria was written by ______. A. ByronB. ShelleyC. ColeridgeD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. Coleridge Description 35- Who was Fortinbras? A. Claudius’s SonB. Cousin of the King of NorwayC. Ophelia’s LoverD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. Cousin of the King of Norway Description 36- In the play Hamlet, ______ soliloquies are spoken by Hamlet. A. NineB. SevenC. tenD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. Seven Description 37- "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." The above lines are from ______. A. Tintern AbbeyB. The Waste LandC. The Second ComingD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. The Second Coming Description 38- William Morel in 'Sons and Lovers' is drawn after ______. A. Lawrence’s FatherB. Lawrence’s BrotherC. Lawrence HimselfD. None of these View Answer Answer : A. Lawrence's Father Description 39- The most notable characteristic of Keats' poetry is ______. A. SensualityB. SatireC. SensuousnessD. None of these View Answer Answer : C. Sensuousness Description 40- The keynote of Browning's philosophy of life is ______. A. AgnosticismB. OptimismC. PessimismD. None of these View Answer Answer : B. Optimism Description 1 2 3
