Oliver Goldsmith
1.The deserted village by Oliver goldsmith
{1] Critiques the rural institutions
{2]Voice revolt of individual against institution
{3] Reflects upon different views on the human soul
{4] Advocates urbanism over rural backwardness
Answer:{2]
2. Match the following authors with their respective works with the help of
the code given below :
1. The Vanity of Human Wishes
2. The Vicar of Wakefield
3. She Stoops to Conquer
4. The Beggar’s Opera
I. Oliver Goldsmith
II. John Gay
III. Samuel Johnson
IV. Richard Sheridan
Code :
I II III IV
(A) 1 4 3 2
(B) 2 4 1 3
(C) 3 2 4 1
(D) 4 3 2 1
Answer: *
3. Who among the following translated Homer?
(1) Thomas Gray
(2) Samuel Johnson
(3) Oliver Goldsmith
(4) Alexander Pope
Answer: 4
4. Who among the following is the author of Account of the Augustan Age
in England (1759) ?
1. John Gay
2. William Hazlitt
3. Oliver Goldsmith
4. Samuel Johnson
Answer: 3
5. The first Canadian poet is :
(A) Charles Sangster
(B) Oliver Goldsmith
(C) Charles Heavysege
(D) Alexander MacLauchlan
Answer: A
6. Who among the following is not an Irish writer?
(A) Oscar Wilde
(B) Oliver Goldsmith
(C) Edmund Burke
(D) Thomas Gray
Answer: (D)
7. Two among the following poets wrote the “Village” poems that address
the perennial theme of rural poverty :
I. Oliver Goldsmith
II. William Collins
III. Samuel Johnson
IV. George Gabbe
The right combination according to the code is
(A) I and III
(B) II and III
(C) I and IV
(D) I and II
Answer: * (Marks given to all)
8. Match the following :
(I) James Thomson, Oliver Goldsmith, William Cowper, George Crabbe
(II) George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, Abraham Cowley, John
Donne
(III) Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Robert
Graves.
(IV) W. H. Davies, Walter de la Mare, John Drinkwater, Rupert Brooke
(a) Metaphysical poets
(b) Transitional Poets
(c) War Poets
(d) Georgians
(I) (II) (III) (IV)
(A) (d) (a) (c) (b)
(B) (d) (b) (d) (a)
(C) (b) (a) (c) (d)
(D) (a) (c) (d) (b)
Answer:*
9. Who wrote the poem “Deserted Village”?
A. Thomas Gray
B. Oliver Goldsmith
C. William Collins
D. William Wordsworth
Answer:B
10. Who is the author of the short play. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets?
a. Ben Jonson
b. George Bernard Shaw
c. Oscar Wilde
d. Oliver Goldsmith
Answer:B