Fyodor Dostoevsky
1. Which of the following features are present in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment?
I. Nihilism
II. Utilitarianism
III. Rationalism
IV. Christian Symbolism
The correct combination according to the code is:
(A) I and II are correct
(B) I and IV are correct
(C) III and IV are correct
(D) I and III are correct
Answers: (B)
2. Which is conrad’s novel written against the themes explored in Dostoevsky’s crime and punishment?
A.Nostromo
B. Lord Jim
C. Under Western Eyes
D.The nigger of narcissus
Answers: (c)
Leo Tolstoy
1. Leo Tolstoy`s Anna Karenina closing lines present…
1. a sad reaction on the unfortunate suicide of Anna which should have been averted
2. the enlivening freshness of a rain which has been threatening to break out
3. Levin`s armation that whatever happens to him, life is not meaningless but unquestionably meaningful
4. Vronsky`s lament over the death of Anna which ends on a positive note, arming the human tendency to pass over the tragic events with hope
Answer:3
Anton Chekhov
1. Statement I: Constantin Stanislavski collaborated with Anton Chekhov to stage dramas on stage) Statement II: The book My Life in Art was written by Constantin Stanislavski.
In the light of the statements given above choose the correct answer given below:
1) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
2) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
3) Statement I is true and Statement II is false
4) Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Answer:2
2. “Medicine is my lawful wife” ………….. once said “and literature is my mistress.”
(1) Franz Kafka
(2) Leo Tolstoy
(3) Anton Chekhov
(4) Albert Camus
Answer: 3
3. Which character in Anton Chekhov’s play, The Cherry Orchard, first suggests the selling of the orchard?
(1) Tromov
(2) Yephikodov
(3) Lopakhin
(4) Varya
Answer: 3
4. Who among the following characters of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov dies in the final scene ?
(1) Anya
(2) Firs
(3) Varya
(4) Lopakhin
Answer: 2
5. What illusion does Lyuba Ranevsky in Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard have as she looks at the orchard ?
(1) She sees it gleaming with a bluish aura.
(2) She sees her dead mother walking through the orchard.
(3) She sees it full of ripe fruits without a trace of leaves.
(4) She sees her childhood friends playing in the orchard.
Answer: 2
Maxim Gorky
1. Maxim Gorky, the Great Russian writer of fiction and drama, was in real life a man called ______. (A) Goliardic Kreshkov
(B) Ronsardo Felixikov
(C) Malthias Serpieri
(D) Aleksei Peshkov
Answer: (D)