1.The poet who said, “My poems are not about violence, but vitality,” is :
(A) Philip Larkin
(B) Ted Hughes
(C) C.D. Lewis
(D) Thom Gunn
Answer: B
2. ‘The page is printed’. This is the last line in a poem by :
(A) Sylvia Plath
(B) Dylan Thomas
(C) Philip Larkin
(D) Ted Hughes
Answer: D
3.Which post-war British poet was involved in a disastrous marriage with
Sylvia Plath ?
(A) Philip Larkin
(B) Ted Hughes
(C) Stevie Smith
(D) Geoffrey Hill
Answer: B
4.Ted Hughes’s poem ‘The Thought- Fox’ is
I. About Thought as Fox
II. about the Fox as Thought
III. About the process of writing poetry.
IV. About Thought entering the poet’s brain like the Fox emerging from darkness.
Find the most appropriate combination according to the code:
(A) I and II are correct.
(B) I and III are correct.
(C) I and IV are correct.
(D) I, III and IV are correct.
Answer: (D)
5.Match the following :
Poet Bird
I. John Keats
II. P.B. Shelley
III. G.H. Hopkins
IV. Ted Hughes
1. Hawk
2. Falcon
3. Skylark
4. Nightingale
I II III IV
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 3 4 2 1
(D) 3 4 1 2
Answer: A
6.Which of the following landscapes of England figures prominently in the
poetry of Ted Hughes ?
(1) Cornish cliff
(2) Dorset moors
(3) Yorkshire moors
(4) Chesil Beach
Answer: 3
7.Which two are the works of Ted Hughes?
A. Wildtrack
B. Wodwo
C. Lupercal
D. Jack Straw’s Castle
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
- A and B only
- B- A and C only
- C- B and C only
- D- B and D only
Answer:C