Who wrote ‘An Apology for Poetry’?
Correct answer(s):
- Sir Philip Sidney
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Who is called the poet of poets?
Correct answer(s):
- Edmund Spenser
Shakespeare was famous for all but one of the following ___
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- Bourgeois Drama
A great playwright of Shakespeare time was ____
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- Christopher Marlowe
Who is considered to be the father of English prose?
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- Francis Bacon
The condition of most slum dwellers is so miserable that it cannot be described in words. – Which is the best phrase for the underlined expression?
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- beggars description
Trying unitedly we were able to have our project approved against strong oppositions. – Which of the following says nearly the same as ‘against’?
Correct answer(s):
- in the teeth of
Not many people can commit such a heinous crime in cold blood. – What does the italicized idiom above mean?
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- in cool brain and calculated thought
William Shakespeare was a famous ____ century English Playwright.
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- sixteenth
The invention of computer has turned over a new leaf in the history of modern technology. – Which of the following is nearest in meaning to the underlined idiom above?
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- opened a new chapter
‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a drama by ____
Correct answer(s):
- William Shakespeare
In what year did Shakespeare die?
Correct answer(s):
- 1616 AD
William Shakespeare is a famous ____
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- dramatist
Who wrote ‘Patriotism’?
Correct answer(s):
- Sir Walter Scott
London town is found a living being in the work of ____
Correct answer(s):
- Charles Dickens
‘David Copperfield’ is a / an ____ novel.
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- Victorian
Who is William Hazlitt?
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- Essayist
‘The waves beside them danced'(from ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’) is an example of ____
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- personification
The central idea of ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ is that _____
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- we can find solace in nature
Who is known as the father of English drama?
Correct answer(s):
- William Shakespeare