BCS English 12
০১. 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' is a -
     ক. Play
     খ. Short Story
     গ. Poem
     ঘ. Novel
০২. 'The sun also rises' is a novel written by -
     ক. Ernest Hemingway
     খ. Thomas Hardly
     গ. Harmanne Melville
     ঘ. Charles Dickens
০৩. Francis Bacon is a/an -
     ক. Essayist
     খ. Novelist
     গ. Poet
     ঘ. Dramatist
০৪. Victor Hugo was a -
     ক. English Novelist
     খ. French Novelist
     গ. American Novelist
     ঘ. Scottish Novelist
০৫. Who is the author of 'The Origin of Species' ?
     ক. A Pope
     খ. C. Darwin
     গ. T. Hardy
     ঘ. O. Goldsmith
০৬. 'The Rape of the Lock', by Alexander Pope is/an -
     ক. Epic
     খ. Ballad
     গ. Mock Heroic Poem
     ঘ. Elegy
০৭. Which of the following is not an American poet ?
     ক. W. B. Yeats
     খ. Emily Dickinson
     গ. Langston Hughes
     ঘ. Robert Frost
০৮. William Shakespeare was born in -
     ক. 1664
     খ. 1564
     গ. 1616
     ঘ. 1493
০৯. 'Sweet helen make me immortal with a kiss'. The sentence has been taken from the play-
     ক. Romeo and Juliet
     খ. Antony and Cleopatra
     গ. Caesar and Cleopatra
     ঘ. Doctor Faustus
১০. Who translated the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' into English ?
     ক. Thomas Carlyle
     খ. Edward FitzGerald
     গ. D. G. Rossetti
     ঘ. William Thackeray
১১. The short story 'The Diamond Necklace' was written by -
     ক. Guy de Maupassant
     খ. O Henry
     গ. Somerset Maugham
     ঘ. George Orwell
১২. 'The old order changeth, yielding place to new'- this line is extracted from Tennyson's poem -
     ক. Tithonus
     খ. Morte d' Arthur
     গ. Locklsey Hall
     ঘ. The Lotos Eaters
১৩. Who wrote the Poem 'The Good-Morrow' ?
     ক. John Donne
     খ. George Herbert
     গ. Andrew Marvell
     ঘ. Henry Vaughan
১৪. William Hazlitt is a -
     ক. Essayist
     খ. Novelist
     গ. Dramatist
     ঘ. Poet
১৫. Which Indian English writer wrote 'A Suitable Boy' ?
     ক. Nirod Chaudhuri
     খ. Vikram Seth
     গ. Jhumpa Lehri
     ঘ. Anita Desai
১৬. 'Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts' -Who is the poet ?
     ক. Kippling
     খ. Wordsworth
     গ. Byron
     ঘ. Shelley
১৭. The last line of 'To daffodils' is -
     ক. Ne'er to be seen again
     খ. Vanish like summer's rain
     গ. As quick a growth to meet decay
     ঘ. Ne'er to be found again
১৮. John Keats was engaged to -
     ক. Anne Hathaway
     খ. Mary Shelley
     গ. Fanny Brawne
     ঘ. Harriet Westbrook
১৯. 'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever' was stated by -
     ক. John Milton
     খ. John Keats
     গ. Francis Bacon
     ঘ. William Shakespeare
২০. John Milton married Mary Powell in -
     ক. 1642
     খ. 1742
     গ. 1632
     ঘ. 1643
২১. Alexander Pope's 'An Essay on Man' is a -
     ক. Short Story
     খ. Treatise
     গ. Novel
     ঘ. Poem
২২. Who is the father of English Novel ?
     ক. Henry Fielding
     খ. John Milton
     গ. William Blake
     ঘ. P. B. Shelley
২৩. T. S. Eliot was born in -
     ক. Canada
     খ. U S A
     গ. Ireland
     ঘ. Russia
২৪. Who is the author of 'Crime and Punishment' ?
     ক. Jonathan Swift
     খ. John Milton
     গ. Fyodor Dostoevsky
     ঘ. George Eliot
২৫. Who is the author of 'The Waste Land' ?
     ক. T. S. Eliot
     খ. P. B. Shelley
     গ. George Eliot
     ঘ. William Blake