NTS GAT Subject (English Literature) FLP 2 Free Quiz

1. Who wrote "Self-Reliance"?

A. Thoreau B. Whitman C. Emerson D. Dickinson

2. Which poet is known for her compact poetry on death and nature?

A. Dickinson B. Whitman C. Emerson D. Thoreau

3. Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

A. Douglass B. Jacobs C. Lincoln D. Stowe

4. Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?

A. Douglass B. Lincoln C. Stowe D. Jacobs

5. Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

A. Hemingway B. Faulkner C. Fitzgerald D. Steinbeck

6. Who wrote "A Farewell to Arms"?

A. Fitzgerald B. Faulkner C. Steinbeck D. Hemingway

7. Who wrote "The Sound and the Fury"?

A. Hemingway B. Faulkner C. Fitzgerald D. Steinbeck

8. Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"?

A. Steinbeck B. Hemingway C. Faulkner D. Fitzgerald

9. Who wrote "The Color Purple"?

A. Morrison B. Angelou C. Hurston D. Walker

10. What group rebelled against mainstream culture in the 1950s?

A. The Beat Generation B. The Lost Generation C. The Harlem Renaissance D. The Bloomsbury Group

11. Who wrote "On the Road"?

A. Ginsberg B. Burroughs C. Kerouac D. Kesey

12. Who wrote "Howl"?

A. Kerouac B. Burroughs C. Kesey D. Ginsberg

13. What literary movement is associated with Poe and Hawthorne?

A. Realism B. Naturalism C. American Gothic D. Transcendentalism

14. What is a character defect that leads to a protagonist's downfall?

A. Hubris B. Tragic flaw C. Catharsis D. Peripeteia

15. What is a reversal of fortune in a tragedy?

A. Catharsis B. Anagnorisis C. Peripeteia D. Hamartia

16. Who wrote "Doctor Faustus"?

A. Marlowe B. Shakespeare C. Jonson D. Webster

17. What type of drama explores psychological depth and social issues?

A. Greek B. Modern C. Elizabethan D. Restoration

18. Who wrote "Death of a Salesman"?

A. Williams B. O'Neill C. Miller D. Albee

19. What type of comedy features exaggerated situations and slapstick humor?

A. Farce B. Tragicomedy C. Melodrama D. Satire

20. What type of tragedy explores themes of fate and hubris?

A. Shakespearean B. Modern C. Restoration D. Greek

21. Who wrote "Medea"?

A. Euripides B. Sophocles C. Aeschylus D. Aristophanes

22. Which ancient philosopher criticized poetry in "The Republic"?

A. Aristotle B. Horace C. Plato D. Longinus

23. Who wrote "Poetics"?

A. Plato B. Horace C. Longinus D. Aristotle

24. Who wrote "Ars Poetica"?

A. Aristotle B. Horace C. Longinus D. Plato

25. Who wrote "Lives of the Poets"?

A. Johnson B. Dryden C. Pope D. Sidney

26. Who wrote the "Lyrical Ballads"?

A. Keats B. Shelley C. Wordsworth and Coleridge D. Byron

27. Who is known for his work on practical criticism?

A. Leavis B. Eliot C. Pound D. Richards

28. Who wrote "Orientalism"?

A. Spivak B. Bhabha C. Said D. Fanon

29. Who wrote "Can the Subaltern Speak?"?

A. Said B. Bhabha C. Fanon D. Spivak

30. Who wrote "The Location of Culture"?

A. Said B. Bhabha C. Spivak D. Fanon

31. What criticism examines literature through gender and women's experiences?

A. Marxist B. Psychoanalytic C. Feminist D. Post-Colonial

32. Who wrote "Literary Theory: An Introduction"?

A. Jameson B. Williams C. Said D. Eagleton

33. Who wrote "Culture and Society"?

A. Eagleton B. Williams C. Jameson D. Said

34. What criticism interprets literature through unconscious desires?

A. Marxist B. Feminist C. Psychoanalytic D. Post-Colonial

35. Which theory focuses on the form and structure of a literary work?

A. Marxism B. Psychoanalysis C. Formalism D. Feminism

36. Which theory examines literature through class struggle?

A. Feminism B. Psychoanalysis C. Marxism D. Post-Colonialism

37. Which theory examines literature from formerly colonized countries?

A. Post-Colonialism B. Marxism C. Feminism D. Structuralism

38. What concept argues that the author's intentions should not determine meaning?

A. Reader-response B. Death of the author C. Formalism D. Structuralism

39. What concept refers to the relationship between texts?

A. Intertextuality B. Formalism C. Structuralism D. Deconstruction

40. Which theory examines literature through sexuality and gender identity?

A. Feminism B. Marxism C. Queer theory D. Post-Colonialism

41. Which theory examines literature through environmental concerns?

A. Marxism B. Feminism C. Post-Colonialism D. Ecocriticism

42. What concept refers to Western representations of the East?

A. Hybridity B. Diaspora C. Orientalism D. Hegemony

43. What term refers to marginalized groups excluded from power?

A. Hegemony B. Hybridity C. Diaspora D. Subaltern

44. What concept refers to the feeling of unease caused by something familiar yet strange?

A. The sublime B. The uncanny C. The abject D. The grotesque

45. What concept refers to horror and disgust at the breakdown of boundaries?

A. The sublime B. The uncanny C. The abject D. The grotesque

46. Who wrote "Ulysses"?

A. Woolf B. Joyce C. Lawrence D. Forster

47. Who wrote "Mrs Dalloway"?

A. Woolf B. Joyce C. Lawrence D. Forster

48. Who wrote "A Passage to India"?

A. Joyce B. Woolf C. Lawrence D. Forster

49. What movement celebrated African American culture in the 1920s?

A. Modernist B. Harlem Renaissance C. Victorian D. Romantic

50. Who wrote "Brave New World"?

A. Orwell B. Huxley C. Bradbury D. Zamyatin

51. Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?

A. Salinger B. Plath C. Bradbury D. Fitzgerald

52. Who wrote "Robinson Crusoe"?

A. Fielding B. Richardson C. Swift D. Defoe

53. Who wrote "Tom Jones"?

A. Fielding B. Richardson C. Defoe D. Swift

54. Who wrote "Great Expectations"?

A. The Brontes B. Dickens C. Eliot D. Hardy

55. Who wrote "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"?

A. Dickens B. Eliot C. Hardy D. Hardy

56. Who wrote "A Farewell to Arms"?

A. Fitzgerald B. Faulkner C. Steinbeck D. Hemingway

57. Who wrote "The Sound and the Fury"?

A. Hemingway B. Faulkner C. Fitzgerald D. Steinbeck

58. Who wrote "Mrs Dalloway"?

A. Joyce B. Lawrence C. Woolf D. Forster

59. Who wrote "Ulysses"?

A. Woolf B. Lawrence C. Forster D. Joyce

60. Who wrote "Sons and Lovers"?

A. Joyce B. Lawrence C. Woolf D. Forster

61. Who wrote "1984"?

A. Huxley B. Bradbury C. Orwell D. Zamyatin

62. Who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

A. Morrison B. Walker C. Hurston D. Angelou

63. Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

A. Morrison B. Hurston C. Walker D. Angelou

64. Who wrote "The Bell Jar"?

A. Salinger B. Bradbury C. Plath D. Fitzgerald

65. How many lines are in a sonnet?

A. 10 lines B. 12 lines C. 14 lines D. 16 lines

66. What is poetry that does not follow a consistent meter or rhyme scheme?

A. Blank verse B. Sonnet C. Free verse D. Epic

67. What type of poem is a long narrative about a heroic figure?

A. Lyric B. Ballad C. Ode D. Epic

68. What is a poem of mourning called?

A. Ode B. Epic C. Elegy D. Sonnet

69. What figure of speech compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"?

A. Metaphor B. Personification C. Simile D. Hyperbole

70. What is the repetition of vowel sounds called?

A. Assonance B. Alliteration C. Consonance D. Onomatopoeia

71. What is a metrical line of five iambs?

A. Trochaic B. Anapestic C. Dactylic D. Iambic pentameter

72. Who wrote "Paradise Lost"?

A. Shakespeare B. Chaucer C. Spenser D. Milton

73. Who wrote "Ode to a Nightingale"?

A. Keats B. Wordsworth C. Byron D. Shelley

74. What are essays?

A. Poems B. Plays C. Essays D. Novels

75. Who is known for his personal and philosophical essays?

A. Bacon B. Montaigne C. Emerson D. Thoreau

76. Who wrote "The Rambler"?

A. Johnson B. Addison C. Steele D. Swift

77. Who wrote the "Autobiography" and "Poor Richard's Almanack"?

A. Jefferson B. Franklin C. Paine D. Adams

78. Who wrote "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"?

A. Douglass B. Jacobs C. Stowe D. Lincoln

79. Who wrote "Politics and the English Language"?

A. Orwell B. Huxley C. Bradbury D. Zamyatin

80. Who wrote "Black Boy"?

A. Baldwin B. Wright C. Ellison D. Hughes

81. Who wrote "Invisible Man"?

A. Ellison B. Wright C. Baldwin D. Hughes

82. Which Harlem Renaissance writer is known for his poetry and prose?

A. Wright B. Baldwin C. Hughes D. Ellison

83. What did Romantic literature emphasize?

A. Emotion, individualism, and nature B. Reason C. Order D. Tradition

84. Which Romantic poet wrote "The Prelude"?

A. Keats B. Byron C. Wordsworth D. Shelley

85. Which novel is considered the first Gothic novel?

A. Radcliffe B. Lewis C. Shelley D. Walpole

86. Who wrote "The Mysteries of Udolpho"?

A. Walpole B. Radcliffe C. Lewis D. Shelley

87. Who wrote "The Monk"?

A. Lewis B. Radcliffe C. Walpole D. Shelley

88. What did Romantic poets often celebrate?

A. Urban B. Industrial C. Nature D. Political

89. Which revolution influenced Romantic writers?

A. American Revolution B. French Revolution C. Industrial Revolution D. Russian Revolution

90. Which author is often considered a transitional figure between Romantic and Victorian periods?

A. Jane Austen B. The Brontes C. Eliot D. Dickens

91. Which Scottish poet wrote "Auld Lang Syne"?

A. Wordsworth B. Coleridge C. Burns D. Blake

92. Who wrote "Enquiry Concerning Political Justice"?

A. Paine B. Godwin C. Wollstonecraft D. Shelley

93. Who wrote "Ivanhoe"?

A. Austen B. Dickens C. Scott D. Eliot

94. Who wrote "Middlemarch"?

A. Eliot B. Dickens C. Hardy D. The Brontes

95. Who wrote "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"?

A. Dickens B. Eliot C. Hardy D. The Brontes

96. Who wrote "Dover Beach"?

A. Tennyson B. Browning C. Rossetti D. Arnold

97. Who wrote "On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History"?

A. Ruskin B. Arnold C. Mill D. Carlyle

98. Which two authors wrote novels addressing social issues in Victorian England?

A. Poets B. Critics C. Novelists D. Playwrights

99. Who wrote "The Woman in White"?

A. Dickens B. Collins C. Eliot D. Hardy

100. What type of novel focused on the lives of the working class?

A. Gothic B. Romantic C. Industrial D. Sentimental

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