UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-39 (JUNE-2011-II)

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UGC-NET&SET-ENGLISH-MODEL PAPER-39 (JUNE-2011-II)


41. MacFlecknoe is an attack on Dryden’s literary rival,
(A) Richard Flecknoe
(B) Thomas Shadwell
(C) John Wilmot
(D) Matthew Prior

42. Eighteenth century writers used satire frequently for
(A) attacking human vices and follies.
(B) inciting the reading public.
(C) glorifying the culture of the upper classes.
(D) pleasing their women readers.

43. Byron’s “The Vision of Judgement” is a satire directed against
(A) Charles Lamb
(B) John Keats
(C) Henry Hallam
(D) Robert Southey

44. Tom Paine’s The Rights of Man was published in
(A) 1790
(B) 1791
(C) 1792
(D) 1793

45. Andrew Marvell’s “An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell’s Return from Ireland” was written in
(A) 1647
(B) 1649
(C) 1650
(D) 1648

46. “The Rime of Ancient Mariner” is about
(A) a perilous adventure in the sea
(B) the accidental killing of an octopus
(C) the curse of a sea God
(D) the guilt and expiation of the Ancient Mariner

47. “To Daffodils” is a poem, written by
(A) Robert Herrick
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) John Keats
(D) P.B. Shelley

48. Which of the following novels reconstructs the historical events of the Indian Mutiny ?
(A) The Jewel in the Crown
(B) The Siege of Krishnapur
(C) The Day of the Scorpion
(D) The Towers of Silence

49. “England, my England” is a poem by
(A) W.E. Henley
(B) A.E. Housman
(C) R.L. Stevenson
(D) Rudyard Kipling

50. Shelley was expelled from the Oxford University due to the publication of
(A) The Revolt of Islam
(B) The Necessity of Atheism
(C) The Triumph of Life
(D) The Masque of Anarchy

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