English misc (75) MCQs with Answers

is a term introduced by Noam Chomsky to describe the actual use of language in concrete situations.

• A.Competence
• B.Langue
• C.Performance
• D.Parole

Look on my works, ye mighty and despair. From which poem this line has been taken?

• A.Ozymandias
• B.The Raven
• C.Daffodils
• D.The Road Not Taken

John Milton's Lycidas was written to commemorate the death of

• A.King Edward (who had drowned)
• B.John Milton's mother
• C.Oliver Cromwell
• D.King Charles I

Milton's Paradise Lost is written in _?

• A.Free verse
• B.Blank verse
• C.Heroic couplet
• D.Sonnet form

What is a sestet?

• A.A six-line stanza in a poem
• B.The first eight lines of a sonnet
• C.The last six lines of a sonnet
• D.A fourteen-line poem

What is the Stream of Consciousness technique?

• A.To depict a character's logical and sequential thoughts
• B.To depict the multitudinous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind of a character
• C.To depict only the conscious decisions of a character
• D.To depict the dialogue between characters

"Twenty Minutes with Mrs. Okentubb" is a ?

• A.Novel
• B.Poem
• C.Short Story
• D.Play

What is Mr. Chips' profession?

• A.Doctor
• B.Lawyer
• C.School Teacher
• D.Engineer

What is the name of Wordsworth's long poem?

• A.The Excursion
• B.Lyrical Ballads
• C.The Recluse
• D.The Prelude

"Lyrics" is a form of ?

• A.Poetry
• B.Prose
• C.Drama
• D.Novel