1. Who among the following Victorian poets is the most sensitive to the
conflict between the old and the new ?
(A) Tennyson
(B) Rossetti
(C) Browning
(D) Swinburne
Answer: A
2. The line “The sea is calm tonight” occurs in :
(A) Tennyson’s “Maude”
(B) Arnold’s “Thyrsis”
(C) Tennyson’s “The Lotos-Eaters”
(D) Arnold’s “Dover Beach”
Answer: D
3.“Music that gentler on the spirit lies than tired eyelids upon tired eyes”
the above lines occur in Tennyson’s :
(A) Tears, Idle Tears
(B) In Memoriam
(C) Maud
(D) The Lotus Eaters
Answer: D
4.Which of the following poems by Tennyson does NOT speak of old age
and death?
(A) “The Beggar Maid”
(B) “The Lotus-Eaters”
(C) “Ulysses”
(D) “Tithonus”
Answer: (A)
5.What attitude towards death would you find in such poems as
Tennyson’s “crossing the bar,” Whitman’s “Death Carol,” and Kipling’s
“L’Envoi”?
1. Resignation
2. Despair
3. Hope
4. Protest
Answer: 3
6.Who is the author of the poem “The Defence of Lucknow” dealing with the
siege of Lucknow, one of the terrible incidents of the Indian Mutiny ?
(1) Rudyard Kipling
(2) Edward Lear
(3) Alfred Lord Tennyson
(4) Robert Browning
Answer: 3
7. A.S. Byatt’s Possession attempts the imitation of the work of two
Victorian poets, loosely
based on
I. Alfred Tennyson
II. Robert Browning
III. Christina Rossetti
IV. William Morris
The right combination according to the code is
(1) I and II
(2) II and IV
(3) II and III
(4) III and IV
Answer: 3
8.Which narrative poem by Lord Tennyson presents the story of a fisherman
turned Merchant sailor who, after a shipwreck, is marooned on a desert
island ?
1.”Crossing the Bar”
2.”Tithonus”
3.”Enoch Arden”
4.”Maud”
Answer: 3
9. Lytton Strachey’s Eminent Victorians carries biographical sketches of
writers and public figures. Identify the list below that correctly mentions
those Eminent Victorians.
1.Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon.
2.A.E.W. Mason, Sir Arthur Quiller Couch, Matthew Arnold, Robert Bridges.
3.E.F. Benson, Cardinal Manning, Lord Tennyson, Beatrice Webb.
4.George Harding, General Gordon, Robert Browning, Mrs Humphrey Ward.
Answer: 1
10.Tennyson’s poem about women’s rights and women’s sphere is :
(A) Maud
(B) In Memoriam
(C) Idylls of the King
(D) The Princess
Answer: D
11. Tennyson’s Ulysses is
(I) a poem expressing the need for going forward and braving the struggles of life
(II) a dramatic monologue
(III) a morbid poem
(IV) a poem making extensive use of satire
The right combination for the above statement, according to the code, is
(A) I & IV
(B) II and III
(C) III and IV
(D) I and II
Answer: D
12.Which of the following Tennyson poems is a dramatic monologue ?
(A) In Memoriam
(B) “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
(C) “Crossing the Bar”
(D) “Tithonus”
Answer: D
13.Which of the following historical events does Tennyson’s poem “The
Charge of the Light Brigade” describe ?
(1) The Battle of Hastings
(2) The Wars of the Roses
(3) The Battle of Waterloo
(4) The Crimean War
Answer: 4
14. In which of the following poems does Tennyson describe and condemn
the spirit of aestheticism whose sole religion is the worship of beauty and of
knowledge for their own sake and which ignores human responsibility and
obligations of one’s fellowmen?
(1) “The Princess”
(2) “The Lady of Shallot”
(3) “The Palace of Art”
(4) “Tithonus”
Answer: 3
15. Match the titles of the following poems by Tennyson with their opening
lines according to the code given below :
(Titles of poems)
i. “Tithonus”
ii. “The Lotos- Eaters”
iii. ‘Ulysses’
iv. ‘The Lady of Shalott’
(Opening Lines)
1. “‘Courage’ he said, and pointed towards the land. The mounting wave will roll us
shoreward soon.”
2. “The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen
to the ground.”
3. “On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye.”
4. “It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Matched with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race.”
i ii iii iv
(A) 2 1 4 3
(B) 3 2 1 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 2 4 3 1
Answer: A
16.A poet laureate said “I do not think that since Shakespeare there has
been such a master of the English language as I.” Who is the poet ?
(1)Stephen Spender
(2) John Dryden
(3) Alfred Lord Tennyson
(4) Ted Hughes
Answer: 3
16.Which two poems in the following list are examples of dramatic
monologue?
A. Alfred Tennyson, “Ulysses”
B. Philip Larkin, “Church Going”
C. Carol Ann Duffy, “Medusa”
D. Katherine Philips, “A Married State”
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. A and D only
2. B and C only
3. C and D only
4. A and C only
Answer: 4
17. Match List I with List II
List I List II
(First line) (Poet)
A. “Courage!” he said, and pointed toward the land… I. G.M. Hopkins
B. I am poor brother Lippo, by your leave! II. Alfred Tennyson
C. I caught this morning morning’s minion… III. D.G. Rossetti
D. Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been… IV. Matthew Arnold
E. The sea is calm tonight… V. Robert Browning
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A . A-II, B-III, C-I, D-V, E-IV
B . A-II, B-V, C-I, D-III, E-IV
C . A-III, B-IV, C-V, D-I, E-II
D . A-IV, B-V, C-I, D-III, E-II
Answer:B
18. Match List I with List II
List I List II
(First line) (Poet)
A. “Courage!” he said, and pointed toward the land… I. G.M. Hopkins
B. I am poor brother Lippo, by your leave! II. Alfred Tennyson
C. I caught this morning morning’s minion… III. D.G. Rossetti
D. Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been… IV. Matthew Arnold
E. The sea is calm tonight… V. Robert Browning
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
A . A-II, B-III, C-I, D-V, E-IV
B . A-II, B-V, C-I, D-III, E-IV
C . A-III, B-IV, C-V, D-I, E-II
D . A-IV, B-V, C-I, D-III, E-II
Answer:D