BCS English 01
০১. Which period is known as 'The Golden Age of English Literature' ?
     ক. The Victorian Age
     খ. The Eighteen Century
     গ. The Elizabethan Age
     ঘ. The Restoration Period
০২. In which city does the tragedy of 'Romeo and Juliet' take place ?
     ক. Verona
     খ. Venice
     গ. Naples
     ঘ. Florence
০৩. 'When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions'. Who is the speaker here.
     ক. Polonius
     খ. Prince Hamlet
     গ. Claudius
     ঘ. Gertrude
০৪. 'Songs of Innocence' is written by -
     ক. Lord Tennyson
     খ. Robert Browning
     গ. William Blake
     ঘ. Thomas Chatterton
০৫. Which event influenced the literature of the Romantic Period ?
     ক. French Revolution
     খ. Industrial Revolution
     গ. Russian Revolution
     ঘ. Hundred Years' War
০৬. 'The Sick Rose' is a -
     ক. Poem
     খ. Novel
     গ. Drama
     ঘ. Short Story
০৭. Who of the following writers was not a Novelist ?
     ক. James Joyce
     খ. Jane Austen
     গ. W. B. Yeats
     ঘ. Charles Dickens
০৮. Which of the following would be an example of a famous play ?
     ক. Gulliver's Travels
     খ. Othello
     গ. Dr Fuctos
     ঘ. Romeo and Juliet
০৯. Which of the following works is recognized as Shakespeare's earliest published piece ?
     ক. The Rape of Lucrece
     খ. Venus and Adonis
     গ. The Phoenix and the Turtle
     ঘ. A Midsummer Night's Dream
১০. 'The Taming of the Shrew' a work by William Shakespeare, belongs to which genre ?
     ক. Comedy
     খ. Tragedy
     গ. Romance
     ঘ. History
১১. Who is the author of the first scientific romance 'The Time Machine' ?
     ক. H. G. Wells
     খ. Samuel Butler
     গ. Henry James
     ঘ. George Moore
১২. 'What's in a name ? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet' – who said this ?
     ক. Juliet
     খ. Romeo
     গ. Portia
     ঘ. Rosalind
১৩. In which theatre did Shakespeare perform his plays ?
     ক. Globe theatre
     খ. Cycle theatre
     গ. Round theatre
     ঘ. None
১৪. Shakespeare's 'A Lover's Complaint' is a kind of -
     ক. History
     খ. Tragedy
     গ. Poem
     ঘ. Essay
১৫. English Romantic Tragedy was invented by -
     ক. William Shakespeare
     খ. Francis Bacon
     গ. Lord Byron
     ঘ. Christopher Marlowe
১৬. 'On the Blindness' is a famous sonnet written by --
     ক. Ben Jonson
     খ. John Bunyan
     গ. John Milton
     ঘ. Christopher Marlowe
১৭. How did P. B. Shelley die ?
     ক. Burned by fire
     খ. In rare diseases
     গ. In a boat crash
     ঘ. Shot by the assailants
১৮. 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope is a/an –
     ক. Epic
     খ. Ballad
     গ. Elegy
     ঘ. mock-heroic poem
১৯. 'A christmas carol' is a -- by Charles Dickens.
     ক. Ballad
     খ. Sketch Story
     গ. Short Novel
     ঘ. Historical Novel
২০. 'To be, or not to be, that is the question' is a famous soliloquy from -
     ক. Hamlet
     খ. Macbeth
     গ. Othello
     ঘ. King Lear
২১. Which poet was expelled from Oxford University ?
     ক. P. B. Shelley
     খ. John Keats
     গ. Lord Byron
     ঘ. William Wordsworth
২২. 'Men and Women' is written by -
     ক. Robert Browning
     খ. Bertrand Russell
     গ. William Butler Yeats
     ঘ. George Bernard Shaw
২৩. Who of the following is a famous epic poet in English literature ?
     ক. William Wordsworth
     খ. John Milton
     গ. Lord Tennyson
     ঘ. William Shakespeare
২৪. William Wordsworth was a -
     ক. Poet of Poets
     খ. Poet of Beauty
     গ. Rebel Poet
     ঘ. Poet of Nature
২৫. Who wrote the picaresque novel titled 'Tom Jones' ?
     ক. Horace Walpole
     খ. Henry Fielding
     গ. Laurence Sterne
     ঘ. Samuel Richardson