Periods of English Literature at a glance
The Old English Period or The Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066) |
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The Middle English Period (1066-1500) |
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Anglo-Norman Period | The Age of Chaucer | Barren Age |
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The Renaissance Period (1500-1660) |
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Preparation for |
Elizabethan Age | Jacobean Age | Caroline Age |
Commonwealth |
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The Neoclassical Period (1660-1798) |
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The Restoration Period | The Augustan Age or The age of Sensibility or The Age of Pope |
The Age of Johnson
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The Romantic Period (1798-1832) |
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The Victorian Period (1832-1901) |
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The Modern Period (till the World War II) |
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The Edwardian Period (1901-1910) |
The Georgian Period (1910-1939) |
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The Postmodern Period (1939-) |
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1. Which of the following ages in the literary history is the latest?
A. The Augustan Age B. The Victorian Age C. The Georgian Age D. The Restoration Age Note: প্রদত্ত Age-গুলোর মধ্যে latest Age হচ্ছে The Georgian Age (1910-1939). |
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Ans: C |
Periods of English Literature in details
- The Old English Period or The Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066)
- The Middle English Period (1066-1500)
Anglo-Norman Period
(1066-1340) |
The Age of Chaucer
(1340-1400)- 14th Century |
Barren Age
(1400-1485) |
- The Renaissance Period (1500-1660)
Preparation for Renaissance (1500-1558) | Elizabethan Age
(1558-1603) |
Jacobean Age
(1603-1625) |
Caroline Age
(1625-1649) |
Commonwealth Period (1649-1660) |
Famous Writers of The The Renaissance Period | ||||
Christopher Marlowe
(1564-1593) William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Sir Philip Sidney (1554 -1586) |
৩৮ তম বিসিএস | Which period is known as “the golden age of English literature?
A. The Victorian age B. Elizabethan Age C. The restoration age D. The Eighteenth Century |
Ans: B |
৩৮ তম বিসিএস | Jacobean Period’ of English literature refers to-
A. 1558-1603 B. 1625-1649 C. 1603-1625 D. 1649-1660 |
Ans: C |
৩৫ তম বিসিএস | 1. Which of the following writers belong to the Elizabethan period?
A. Christopher Marlowe B. Alexander Pope C. John Dryden D. Samuel Beckett |
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Ans: A |
Sonali Bank Ltd. Senior Officer 2014 | 2. William Shakespeare was an English dramatist and poet of the – century.
A. fifteenth B. sixteenth C. fourteenth D. seventeenth |
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Ans: B |
রাজশাহী বিশ্ব. ‘এ’ বিজোর ইউনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 3. Which period of British literature does Shakespeare belong to?
A. Medieval B. Romantic C. Elizabethan D. Modern |
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Ans: C
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রাজশাহী বিশ্ব. ‘এ’ বিজোর ইউনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 4. Who among the following playwrights is Shakespeare’s contemporary?
A. Arthur Miller B. Christopher Marlowe C. Samuel Becket D. William Congreve |
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Ans: B |
The Neoclassical Period (1660-1798)
The Restoration Period
(1660-1700) |
The Augustan Age or The Age of Pope (1702-1745) | The age of Sensibility or The Age of Johnson (1745-1798) |
The Famous Writers of The Neoclassical Period | ||
John Dryden (1631-1700) | Alexander Pope (1688-1744) | Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) |
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Who is not a Victorian poet?
A. Mathew Arnold B. Alexander Pope C. Robert Browning D. Alfred Tennyson |
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The Romantic Period (1798-1832)
‘Preface to lyrical ballads’-এর প্রকাশনার মধ্য দিয়ে Romantic Age-এর সূচনা হয়। S.T. Coleridge এবং W. Wordsworth সম্মিলিতভাতে ১৭৯৮ সালে এটি প্রকাশ করেন।Famous Writers of The Romantic Period S.T. Coleridge , William Wordsworth, William Blake, Lord Byron, P. B. Shelly, John Keats |
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1. The romantic age in English literature began with the publication of–.
A. Preface to Shakespeare B. Preface to Lyrical Ballads C. Preface to Ancient Mariners D. Preface to Dr. Johnson |
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Ans: B
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2. Which of the following writers belongs to the romantic period in English literature?
A. A. Tennyson B. Alexander Pope C. John Dryden D. S. T. Coleridge |
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Ans: D
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3. John Keats is known as a Romantic poet. So is (Choose one name)–
A. T. S. Eliot B. Lord Tennyson C. Lord Byron D. G. M. Hopkins Note: এধরণের প্রশ্নের ক্ষেত্রে সমসাময়িক যুগের Writer-কে সঠিক উত্তর হিসেবে বেছে নিতে হবে। |
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Ans: C
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4. William Wordsworth was Romantic poet, so was–
A. T. S. Eliot B. John Keats C. Ezra Pound D. G. M. Hopkins
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Ans: B
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খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (সমাজবিজ্ঞান স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 5. Which is known as Romantic Period of English literature?
A. 1550-1558 B. 1649-1660 C. 1798-1832 D. 1910-1936 |
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Ans: C
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জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ক’ ইউনিট ২০১০-১১ | 6. According to most of the critics who is not a romantic poet?
A. John Keats B. T. S. Eliot C. Rabindranath Tagore D. William Wordsworth |
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Ans: B
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The Victorian Period (1832-1901)-19th Century
Victorian Period was named after Queen Victoria
The Pre-Raphaelites (1848-1860) | Aestheticism and Decadence (1880-1901) |
Famous Writers of The Victorian Period |
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Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) George Eliot (1819-1880)- George Eliot was a English Woman Robert Browning (7 May 1812– 12 December 1889) Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) |
Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928)
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1. Find the odd-man-out–
A. George Eliot B. Thomas Hardy C. Joseph Conrad D. James Joyce Note: উপরিউক্ত লেখকদের মধ্যে কেবল George Eliot-এর জন্ম এবং মৃত্যু উনবিংশ শতকের মধ্যে |
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Ans: A
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2. In which century was the Victorian Period?
A. 17th Century B. 18th Century C. 19th Century D. 20th Century |
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Ans: C
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3. Who is the poet of the ‘Victorian Age’?
A. Helen Keller B. Matthew Arnold C. Shakespeare D. Robert Browning |
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Ans: B, D |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (কলা ও মানবিক স্কুল) ২০১১-১২
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4. The Victorian Age is named after–
A. King Victor 1 B. Victory of the British empire C. Queen Victoria D. The Victors in the war against the French |
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Ans: C
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The Modern Period (till the World War II)
The Edwardian Period
(1901-1910) |
The Georgian Period
(1910-1939) |
Famous Writers of The Modern Period | |
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
[Polish বংশোদ্ভূত English Novelist]
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Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) [English Novelist & Poet]
James Joyce (1882-1941) [Irish Novelist & Poet] |
The Postmodern Period (1939- )
Famous Writers of The Postmodern Period |
Samuel Backett (1911-1994) |
Famous Authors and their works
William Shakespeare:
William Shakespeare was born in 26 April, 1564 and was died in 23 April 1616. He was a writer of Elizabethan Age (16th Century) and his Title was ‘Bard of Avon’. Shakespeare is mostly known for his plays.
Shakespeare’sremarkable works are-
Plays |
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Comedy |
Tragedy |
1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2. All’s Well that Ends well 3. Antony and Cleopatra 4. Love’s Labour’s Lost 5. The Merchant of Venice 6. As You Like It (Pastoral Comedy) 7. The Tempest (swansong) 8. Twelfth Night 9. Comedy of Errors 10. Measure for Measure 11. Much Ado About Nothing 12. Taming of the Shrew |
1. Romeo and Juliet
2. King Lear 3. Julius Caesar 4. Othello 5. Hamlet 6. Titus Andronicus
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The winter’s tale (it is called ‘Problem play’) | |
Song: Under the greenwood tree (from As You Like It) |
৩৬ তম বিসিএস | 1. Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure’ is a successful–
A. tragedy B. comedy C. melodrama D. tragi-comedy |
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Ans: B |
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2. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a Shakespearean play about–
A. a Jew B. a Moor C. A roman D. a Turk Note: Shylock নামক একজন ইহুদি (Jewish)-কে উপজীব্য করে ‘The Merchant of Venice’ Comedy-টি লিখিত। |
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Ans: A |
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3. ‘Othello’ is a Shakespeare’s play about–
A. A Jew B. A Roman C. A Turk D. A Moor |
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Ans: D |
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4. Who wrote the plays, ‘The Tempest’ and ‘The Mid Summer Night’s Dream’?
A. Ben Johnson B. Christopher C. John Dryden D. William Shakespeare |
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Ans: D |
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5. Shakespeare is known mostly for his–
A. poetry B. novels C. plays D. autobiography |
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Ans: C |
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6. Which of the following is a play by Shakespeare?
A. King Lear B. The Duchess of Malfi C. Candida D. Waiting for Godot |
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Ans: A |
জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরম্নল ইসলাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ঘ’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 7. Which is known as Shakespeare’s swansong?
A. Hamlet B. Macbeth C. The Tempest D. Twelfth Night Note: Swansong – Last Work বা শেষ কর্ম |
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Ans: C |
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
‘এ’ (বিজোড়) ইউনিট ২০১৩-১৪ |
8. Hamlet is a –.
A. play B. novel C. short story D. poem |
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Ans: A |
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
‘এ’ (বিজোড়) ইউনিট ২০১৩-১৪ |
9. Shakespeare was not a –.
A. a dramatist B. a playwright C. a poet D. a story writer |
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Ans: D |
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১২-১৩ | 10. Hamlet is a play written by–.
A. Milton B. Shaw C. Ibsen D. Shakespeare |
8.
Ans: D |
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এ-৫’ ইউনিট ২০১২-১৩ | 11. William Shakespeare is not the author of –.
A. Titus Andronicus B. Taming of the shrew C. White Devil D. Hamlet |
11.
Ans: C |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্বদ্যিালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 12. In “Under the greenwood tree”, Which of the following is mentioned as an enemy?
A. Sun B. Winter C. Forest D. Wild animals |
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Ans: B |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্বদ্যিালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 13. The central idea of “Under the greenwood tree” is that:
A. life in the forest is dangerous B. urban life is disgusting C. we all should live simple life D. life in nature is simple and free |
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Ans: D |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (সমাজবিজ্ঞান স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 14. The poem ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ was written by–
A. William Wordsworth B. Robert Browning C. William Shakespeare D. Ralph Hodgson |
14.
Ans: C |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (বিবিএ) ২০১১-১২ | 15. Romeo and Julliet is a–.
A. Comedy B. Tragedy C. Romance D. Morality play |
15.
Ans: B |
জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (ব্যবসায় বিভাগ) ২০১১-১২ | 16. Macbeth is a – by Shakespeare.
A. novel B. short story C. verse D. play |
16.
Ans:D |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১০-১১ | 17. In ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ the ‘Tree’ refers to
A. nature B. forest C. sun D. a big tree |
17.
Ans: B |
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist, and political activist who held both Irish and British citizenship. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
G.B. Shaw’sremarkable works are-
Full-length plays | Short plays |
1. Widowers’ Houses
10. Man and Superman 17. Captain Brassbound’s Conversion 18.The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles 19. In Good King Charles’s Golden Days 20.Saint Joan 21. Candida 22. Geneva 23. Misalliance 24. On the Rocks 25. Major Barbara 26. Pygmalion 27. Getting Married 30. Joan of Arc |
1. The Man of Destiny
13. How He Lied to Her Husband 14. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets 15. Passion, Poison, and Petrifaction 16. The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet 17. Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress 18. The Music Cure 19. O’Flaherty V.C. 21. Overruled 22. Press Cuttings
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Adaptation (play)-The Gadfly | |
Plays Pleasant and Plays Unpleasant (Collection of Plays) |
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1. Who is the author of ‘Man and Superman’?
A. Henry Fielding B. H. G. Wells C. Walter Scott D. G. B. Shaw |
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Ans: D |
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2. The Play ‘Candida’ is by–
A. James Joyce B. Shakespeare C. G. B. Shaw D. Arthur Miller |
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Ans: C |
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3. The play ‘Arms and the Man’ is by–
A. James Joyce B. Samuel Beckett C. Arthur Miller D. George Bernard Shaw Note: ‘Arms and the man’ is a Comedy. |
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Ans: D |
১২ তম বিসিএস | 4. ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ is–
A. a tragedy by Shakespeare B. a play by G. B. Shaw C. a poem by Lord Byron D. a novel by S. T. Coleridge |
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Ans: B |
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ভাষা বিভাগ’ ২০১০-১১ | 5. Who is the author of the drama ‘Joan of Arc’?
A. G. B. Shaw B. Lord Byron C. P. B. Shelley D. Charles Dickens |
5.
Ans: A |
Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870)
Charles John Huffam Dickens popularly known as Charles Dickens who was an English writer and social critic. He is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.Charles Dickens published well over a dozen major novels and novellas, a large number of short stories.
Novella: A novella is a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel, somewhere between 7,500 and 40,000 words.
Charles Dickens’ remarkable works are-
Novels | Novellas |
1. The Pickwick Papers (1st Novel) 7. Dombey and Son
2. Oliver Twist (2nd Novel) 9. Bleak House 3. Nicholas Nickleby 11. Little Dorrit 4. The Old Curiosity Shop 10. Hard Times 5. Martin Chuzzlewit 8. David Copperfield 5. Barnaby Rudge(Historical Novel) 13. Our Mutual Friend 14. Edwin Drood (Last Novel) 12. Great Expectations 12. A Tale of Two Cities (set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.) |
1. A Christmas Carol
4. The Chimes
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1. ‘David Copperfield’ is a/an – novel.
A. Victorian B. Elizabethan C. Romantic D. Modern Note: Charles Dickensযেহেতু Victorian যুগের Writerসেহেতু তাঁর সকল সৃষ্টিই Victorianযুগের হবে। |
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Ans: A
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2. London town is found a living being in the works of –.
A. Thomas Hardy B. Charles Dickens C. W. Congreve D. D. H. Lawrence Note: Charles Dickens তাঁরপ্রায় সব উপন্যাসেই London শহরকে ‘a living being’ হিসেবে চিত্রিত করেছেন। |
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Ans: B
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3. Who wrote the two famous novels, ‘David Copperfield’ and The Tale of Two Cities’?
A. Thomas Hardy B. Jane Austen C. George Eliot D. Charles Dickens |
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Ans: D
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ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘সি’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 4. ‘Charles Dickens’ is a great–
A. Poet B. Critic C. Play-wright D. Novelist |
4.
Ans: D |
George Orwell(25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)
Eric Arthur Blair better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic.
George Orwell’s remarkable works are-
Novels | Non-fictions |
1. Burmese Days
5. Animal Farm |
1. Down and Out in Paris and London
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1. ‘Animal Farm’ was written by–
A. George Orwell B. Stevenson C. Swift D. Mark Twain |
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Ans: A
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Jane Austen’s remarkable works are-
Novels |
1. Sense and Sensibility
3. Persuasion 4. Emma 7. Lady Susan |
Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 1792 – 8 July 1822)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (P.B. Shelley) was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is perhaps best known for classic poems.
- B. Shelley’s remarkable works are-
Poems | Poem (Elegy) | Lyrical Drama |
1. Ozymandias
3. To a Skylark 4. Music 5. When Soft Voices Die 6. The Cloud 8. The Revolt of Islam |
Adonias | Prometheus Unbound |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এইচ’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 1. In the poem ‘Ozymandias’ who calls Ozymandias ‘king of kings’?
A. The traveller B. The speaker C. Ozymandias himself D. Other kings |
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Ans: C |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 2. In the poem ‘Ozymandias’, the phrase ‘king of kings’ is an example of
A. B. Irony D. Humour C. Sarcasm D. Exaggeration |
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জাতীয় কবি কাজী নজরম্নল ইসলাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘সি’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬
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3. “Visage” in Shelley’s “Ozymandias” refers to:
A. body B. Sculpture C. face D. statue Note: Visage-মুখম-ল |
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Ans: C |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 4. In Shelley’s “Ozymandias” ‘frown’ and ‘sneer of cold command’ are seen on–
A. the pedestal of the statue B. desert sand C. two trunkless legs D. shattered visage |
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Ans: D |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 5. The central idea of “Ozymandias” is that:
A. man is mortal, art immortal B. all things, both great and small, will perish C. history repeats D. imagination is stronger than fact |
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Ans: B |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 6. In “Ozymandias”, who saw the statue of Ozymandias?
A. the poet B. an old man C. a traveller D. a sculptor |
6.
Ans: C |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 7. The statue of Ozymandias is:
A. on a mountain B. beside a river C. in a desert D. in a valley |
7.
Ans: C |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 8. The phrase “trunkless legs” in the poem “Ozymandias” refers to:
A. huge legs B. legs without toes C. legs without body D. beautiful legs |
8.
Ans: C |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১০-১১ | 9. In Shelley’s “Ozymandias” the words, ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings’ are inscribed on
A. the visage of the statue B. the pedestal of the statue C. the hand of the statue D. the sand of the antique land |
9.
Ans: B |
Robert Browning (7 May 1812– 12 December 1889)
Robert Browning was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.
Robert Browning’s remarkable works are-
Poems (Monologues) | Children’s Poem | Poems |
1. Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
2. Fra Lippo Lippi 3. Andrea Del Sarto 4. My last Duchess |
1. Th Pied Piper of Hamelin | 1. Porphyria’s Lover,
2. How They Brought the Good News From Ghent to Aix, 3. The Diptych Meeting at Night, 4. The Patriotic Home thoughts from Abroad, |
১৭ তম বিসিএস | 1. Browning was the composer of any of the following poems–
A. Tow Voices B. The Scholar Gipsy C. Andrea Del Sarto D. Oenone |
1.
Ans: C |
O Henry(September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910)
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings.
- Henry’s remarkable works are-
Short Stories | Story collections |
1. “The Duplicity of Hargraves | 1. The Four Million
3. Whirligigs
|
Novel: Cabbages and Kings |
১৩ তম এবং ১৪ তম বিসিএস | 1. What is the real name of the great American short story writer, ‘O Henry’?
A. Samuel L. Clemen B. William Sydney Porter C. Fitz-James O’ Brien D. William Huntington Wright |
1.
Ans: |
Other famous authors and their respective works:
Authors | Works |
Alexander Pope | The rape of the Lock (Mock Epic),
The Dunciad, Essay of Man (Poem) |
Alfred Tennyson | In memorian (Verse),
The lady of Shalott, Ulysses, Idylls of the King (Verse), (Break, Break, Break) -Lyrical Poem |
Ben Jonson | Volpone,
Everyman in His Humour, Silent Woman (Drama), The Alchemist (Play) |
George Eliot | Adam Bede (Novel),
Middle March (Novel) Silas Marner, The Mill on the Floss (Novel), |
Authors | Works |
Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice (Novel),
Sense and Sensibility (Novel), Emma (Novel) |
John Milton (He excels in dramatic monologue) | Paradise Lost (Epic),
Paradise Regained (poem), Lycidas (Elegy), Samson Agonistes(Tragic closet drama) |
Jonathan Swift | Gullivers’ Travels (novel),
Battle of the Books (Satire), Voyage to Liliput (Satire) A Tale of Tub (A Satire on Extremist) |
Mrs.Virginia Woolf | Night and Day,
Mrs. Dalloway, A room of One’s Own, A Haunted House (Novel) |
৩৮ তম বিসিএস | Of the following authors, who wrote an epic?
A. John Milton B. Jane Mansfield C. William Cowper D. William Shakespeare |
Ans: A |
১৪ তম বিসিএস | 1. Who wrote ‘beauty is truth, truth is beauty’?
A. Justify the ways of man to God. B. Justify the ways of God to man C. Show that the Satan and God have equal power D. Explain why good and evil are necessary |
1.
Ans: B |
শাহজালাল বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এ’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 2. Paradise Regained was written by–
A. William Shakespeare B. John Donne C. John Milton D. Ben Jonson E. John Dryden |
2.
Ans: C |
চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘বি’ ইউনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 3. The satirical travel narrative Gulliver’s Travels was written by —
A. H. G. Wells B. Jonathan Swift C. Charles dickens D. Bernard Shaw |
3.
Ans: B |
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১২-১৩ |
4. Paradise Lost is an epic written by–
A. Homer B. Tagore C. Dante D. Milton |
4.
Ans: D |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (কলা ও মানবিক স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 5. Who excels in dramatic monologue?
A. John Milton B. Robert Browning C. S. T. Coleridge D. William Wordsworth |
5.
Ans: A |
Authors | Works |
Lord Byron | Don Juan (Epic Satire),
Vision of Judgement (Poem), Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (Religious Poem) |
Oscar Wilde | An Ideal Husband,
Importance of Being Earnest (Comedy), A Woman of No Importance (Novel) |
Matthew Arnold | Dover Beach,
Sohrab and Rustum (Poem), The Scholar Gypsy(Poem) |
S. T. Coleridge | Kubla Khan (Poem),
Biographia Literaria (Literary Criticism), Ancient Mariner (Poem) |
Thomas Hardy | The Mayor Casterbrid,
Far From the Madding Crowd (Novel), The Reutrn of the Native (Novel), Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Novel), Under the Greenwood Tree (Novel) |
৩৮ তম বিসিএস | Where do the following lines occur?
“Alone, alone, all, all alone Alone on a wide, wide sea….” A. Kubla Khan B. The Nightingale C. The Dungeon D. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
Ans: D |
৩৬ তম বিসিএস | 1. Which of the following books is written by Thomas Hardy?
A. Vanity Fair B. The Return of the Native C. Pride and Prejudice D. Oliver Twist |
1.
Ans: B |
১৩ তম বিসিএস | 2. The literary work ‘Kubla Khan’ is–
A. a history by Vincent Smith B. a verse by Coleridge C. a drama by Oscar Wilde D. a short story by Somerset Maugham |
2.
Ans: |
Authors | Works |
Christopher Marlowe | Dr. Faustus,
The Jew of Malta, Tamburlaine |
Charlotte Bronte | Jane Eyre,
Professor, Shirley |
Aristophanes | The Peace,
The Clouds, Frogs |
Henry Fielding | Tom Jones (Novel),
Joseph Andrews, Top Secret (Novel) |
Thomas Moore | The Epicurean,
The Minstrel Boy, The La Rose of Summer |
Toni Morrison | The bluest Eye (Novel), Sula (Novel)
A Mercy (Novel) |
William Makepeace Thackeray | Vanity Fair (Novel),
Henry Esmond, The Virginians (Essay) |
William Wordsworth | Lyrical Ballads,
The Prelude (Verse), The Daffodils (Poem), Michael, Tintern Abbey, The Solitary Reaper (Poem) |
৩৬ তম বিসিএস | 1. The poem ‘The Solitary Reaper’ is written by–
A. W. H. Auden B. W. Wordsworth C. W. B. Yeats D. Ezra Pound |
1.
Ans: B |
৩৫ তম বিসিএস | 2. Find the odd-man-out–
A. The bluest Eye B. Sula C. As I Lay Dying D. A Mercy Note: “The bluest Eye, Sula এবং A Mercy” Toni Morrison এর তিনটি Novel আর ‘As I Lay Dying’ হচ্ছে William Faulkner-এর একটি Novel. সুতরাং Option-টিই odd one. |
2.
Ans: C |
১৩ তম বিসিএস | 3. ‘Tom Jones’ by Henry Fielding was first published in–
A. the 1st half of 19th Century B. the 2nd half of 18th Century C. the 1st half of 18th Century D. the 2nd half of 19th Century |
3.
Ans: A |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘সি’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 4. ‘Vanity Fair’ is written by–
A. Charles Dickens B. William Thackeray C. P. B. Shelley D. Wordsworth |
4.
Ans: B |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ক’ ইউনিট ২০১২-১৩ | 5. Why were the daffodils in Wordsworth’s ‘I wandered the Lonely as a Cloud’ dancing?
A. The poet was day dreaming B. The flowers had cheerful company C. There was a strong wind D. The sea waves beside them had gone wild |
5.
Ans: C |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ক’ ইউনিট ২০১২-১৩ | 6. Why is the poet so sad to see the daffodils in “The Daffodils”?
A. The poet is sad because the flowers have not bloomed fully. B. The poet is sad because the winter will soon arrive. C. The poet is sad because the flowers remind him of his death. D. The poet is sad because flowers bring very hot weather. |
6.
Ans: C |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 7. The central idea of “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is that:
A. nature is beautiful B. nature excites human imagination C. we can find solace in nature D. nature is harmful for human being |
7.
Ans: C |
Authors | Works |
Geoffre Chaucer | Canterbury Tales,
The Legend of Good Women |
Karl Marx | Das Capital,
Communist Manifesto |
Leo Tolstoy | War and Peace (Novel),
Anna Karenina (Novel) |
D. H. Lawrence | Sons and Lovers (Novel),
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Novel), The rainbow (Novel) |
Daniel Defoe | Moll Flanders,
Robinson Crusoe (Novel), |
Dante | La Divina Comedia (Verse),
Divivine Comedy (Poetical Work) |
Dr. Samuel Johnson | Vanity of the Human Wishes,
Dictionary of the English Language (1st Eng. Dictionary) |
William Blake | Songs of Experience,
Songs of Innocence |
Allen Ginsberg |
Howl (poem),
September on Jeoosre Road (poem), Iron Horse (poem), Planet News (Book of Poetry) |
২৯ তম এবং ১৫ তম বিসিএস | 1. Who Wrote first English dictionary?
A. Boswell B. Ben Jonson C. Samuel Johnson D. Milton |
1.
Ans: C |
১৩ তম বিসিএস | 2. ‘The rainbow’ is–
A. a Poem by Wordsworth B. a short story by Somerset Maugham C. a Novel by D. H. Lawrence D. a verse by Coleridge |
2.
Ans: C |
শাহজালাল বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এ’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 3. Who Wrote the poem ‘September on Jessore Road’ in 1971?
A. American poet Robert Frost B. English poet William Wordsworth C. Romantic poet John Keats D. Bangladeshi poet Shamsur Rahman E. American poet Allen Ginsberg |
3.
Ans: E |
জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় মানবিক বিভাগ ২০১৩-১৪ | 4. The author of ‘War and Peace’ is–
A. Sholokor B. Nobokor C. Tolstoy D. Gorky |
4.
Ans: C |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (কলা ও মানবিক স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 5. The author of ‘Songs of Innocence’ and ‘Songs of Experience’ is–
A. John Lennon B. Richard Mark C. William Blake D. John Keats |
5.
Ans: C |
Authors | Works |
Abul Fazal | Ain-i-Akbari (Law Book),
Akbar Nama (Biography) |
Aeschylus | Prometheos Bound,
Agamemnon |
Andrew Marvell | The Garden,
To His Coy Mistress |
Bertrand Russel | Marriage and Morals (Essay),
The Impact of Science upon Society |
Charses Darwin | Descent of Man,
Origin of Species (Scientific Writing) |
Ernest Hemingway | Old Man and the Sea (Novel),
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Novel), A Farewell to Arms (Novel) The Sun Also Rises (Novel) |
Robert Herrick | Hesperides,
To Daffodils (poem) |
Rudyard Kipling | Kim,
The Jungle Book(Fairy Tale) |
George Laycock | Strange Monster & Great Secret,
The Hunters & the Hunted, The Wild Bears, The Deer Hunters Bible |
১২ তম এবং ১০ম বিসিএস | 1. Who is the author of ‘A Farewell to Arms’?
A. T. S. Eliot B. John Milton C. Plato D. Ernest Hemingway |
1.
Ans: D |
১১ তম বিসিএস | 2. Who is the author of ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’?
A. Charles Dickens B. Homer C. Lord Tennison D. Ernest Hemingway |
2.
Ans: D |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘সি’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 3. The major theme of ‘To Daffodils’ is–
A. Life is short, art long B. Daffodils are beautiful C. The ravages of time D. Nature never dies |
3.
Ans: A |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এইচ’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 4. Who is the author of several books on wildlife?
A. Hazlitt B. Johnson C. Herrick D. George Laycock |
4.
Ans: D |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ঘ’ ইউনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 5. In Robert Herrick’s poem ‘To Daffodils’ human life is compared with-
A. Summer’s rain B. Morning’s dew C.Spring D. All three (A, B, C) |
5.
Ans: D |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এস’ ইউনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 6. Who is the author of ‘The Sun Also Rises’?
A. Viknam Seth B. Monica Ali C. Ernest Hemingway D. William Blake E. None of these |
6.
Ans: C |
বরিশাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ঘ’ ইউনিট ২০১২-১৩ | 7. The author of the ‘Old Man and the Sea’ is:
A. Kipling B. Stevenson C. Hemingway D. Pearl Buck |
7.
Ans: C |
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 8. “The Origin of Species’ was written by–
A. Charles Darwin B. Newton C. Galileo D. Mary Curie |
8.
Ans: A |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 9. In “To Daffodils”, human life is compared with–
A. sunset B. flowing river C. morning’s dew D. graying hair |
9.
Ans: C |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 10. The central idea of “To Daffodils” is that:
A. we feel sad when someone dies B. we are unhappy because life is short C. life is short, so live honestly D. life is short, so live to the fullest |
10.
Ans: D |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘গ’ ইউনিট ২০১১-১২ | 11. The speaker of “I wandered lonely as a cloud” saw:
A. wet daffodils B. yellow daffodils C. fair daffodils D. golden daffodils |
11.
Ans: D |
ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১০-১১ | 12. Which two things of nature does Robert Herrick find similar to human beings and daffodils?
A. rising sun, moon B. summer’s rain, morning’s dew C. spring, summer D. hasting day, even song |
12.
Ans: B |
Authors | Works |
Dylan Thomas | Under Milk wood, Eighteen Poems |
Edmund Spenser | Fairie queene (Allegorical Poem) |
E. M. Forster | Longest journey, A Passage to India (Novel) |
Francis Bacon | Novum Organum, Essays |
Homer | Iliad (Epic), Odessey (Epic) |
John Webster | The white Devil, The Duchess of Malfi |
Maxim Gorky | Mother, My Childhood |
W. B. Yeats | The Tower, The Lake Isle of Innisfree,
Songs Offerings (Gitanjali) |
William Faulkner | Light in August, Sound and the Fury (Novel) |
৩৬ তম বিসিএস | 1. “A Passage to India” is written by–
A. E. M. Forster B. Rudyard Kipling C. Galls Worthy D. A. H. Auden Note: ব্রিটিশ রাজ এবং ১৯২০ সালে Indian Independence Movement-এর উপর ভিত্তি করে E. M. Forster এ উপন্যাসটি লেখেন। |
1.
Ans: A |
৩৬ তম বিসিএস | 2. ‘Gitanjali’ of Rabindranath Tagore was translated by–
A. W. B. Yeats B. Robert Frost C. John Keats D. Rudyard Kipling |
2.
Ans: A |
৩৫ তম বিসিএস | 3. The poem “Isle of Innisfree” is written by–
A. Dylan Thomas B. Ezra Pound C. W. H. Auden D. W. B. Yeats |
3.
Ans: D |
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4. Who wrote the Introduction to Rabindranath Tagore’s Song Offerings (also known as English Gitanjali)?
A. T. S. Eliot B. W. H. Auden C. Ezra Pound D. W. B. Yeats |
4.
Ans: D |
বেগম রোকেয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘খ’ ইউনিট ২০১২-১৩ | 5. The epic ‘Odyssey’ was written by–
A. Milton B. Tennyson C. Homer D. Shakespeare |
5.
Ans: C |
Authors | Works |
H. G. Wells | The Invisible Man(Novel), The Time Machine (Science Fiction) |
Mark Twain | Tom Sawyer (Novel), Adventure of Tom Sawyer (Travelogue) |
R. L. Stevenson | New Arabian Nights, Travel With a Donkey (Travelogue) |
Sir Walter Scott | Ivanhoe (Novel), Lady of the lake (Novel) |
Sir Winston Churchill | The Gathering Strom, History of the Second World War,
A History of the English-Speaking People, Life in Marlborough |
T. S. Eliot | The Waste Land (Poem), Murder in the Cathedral (Play) |
Thomas Carlyle | Past and President French Revolution (Historical Work) |
Thomas Gray | Ode to Adversity, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (Elegy) |
Robert Louis Stevenson | Kidnapped, Treasure Island |
৩৬ তম বিসিএস | 1. ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ is Written by–
A. William Wordsworth B. Thomas Gray C. John Keats D. W. B. Yeats |
1.
Ans: B |
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ই’ ইউনিট (জোড়) ২০১৫-১৬ | 2. Write the type of the work “Time Machine” by H.G. Wells–
A. essay B. verse C. comedy D. science fiction |
2.
Ans: D |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এইচ’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 3. ‘The Waste Land’ is–
A. an essay B. a drama C. a novel D. a poem |
3.
Ans: D |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (সমাজবিজ্ঞান স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 4. The literary work, ‘The Waste Land” is a–
A. poem by T. S Eliot B. historical work by Charles Dickens C. play by P. B. Shelley D. none |
4.
Ans: A |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (কলা ও মানবিক স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 5. What is not the work of Winston Churchill?
A. History of Second World War B. History of the English Speaking People C. Life in Marlborough D. Far From the Madding Crowd Note: ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ is Thomas Hardy‘s fourth novel. |
5.
Ans: D |
Authors | Works |
Abul Kalam Azad | India wins Freedom (Autobiography) |
Addison | Vision of Mirza (Allegory) |
Adger Allan Poe | The Raven |
Adlof Hitler | Mein Kamf |
Alexander Dumas | Three Musketeers (Novel) |
Aristotle | Poetics |
Arnald Toynbee | One World and India (Historical Work) |
Arundhuty Roy | God of Small things (Novel) |
Arther Conan Doyle | Adventure of Sherlok Holmes (Thrill Story) |
Congreve | Way of the World (Comedy) |
১০ম বিসিএস | 1. Who is the author of ‘India Wins Freedom’?
A. Mahatma Gandhi B. J. L. Nehru C. Abul Kalam Azad D. Moulana Akram Khan |
1.
Ans: C |
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ক’ ইউনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 2. Who wrote ‘The Unfinished Memoirs’?
A. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman B. Khan Ataur Rahman C. Abraham Lincoln D. Mahatma Gandhi |
2.
Ans: A |
Authors | Works |
Dostoevsky | Crime and Punishment (Novel) |
Emile Bronte | Wuthering Heights (Novel) |
H. W. Longfellow | A Psalm of life |
Henrik Ibsen | A Doll’s House (Social Drama) |
J. M. Barrie | A Kiss for Cinderella (Play) |
James Henry Leigh Hunt | Abu Ben Adhem |
James Joyce | Ulysses (Novel) |
John Bunyan | The Pilgrim’s Progress (Allegorical Novel) |
John Keats | Isabella (Long Verse) |
Machiavelli | Prince (Political Treatise) |
J. M. Synge | Riders to the Sea (one act play) |
Franz Kafka | The Trial (Novel), The Castle (Novel),
The Metamorphosis (Novella) |
৩৫ তম বিসিএস | 1. Riders to the Sea is–
A. an epic poem B. a novella C. a one act play D. a theatrical adaptation of a poem |
1.
Ans: C |
চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ই’ ইউনিট ২০১৩-১৪ | 2. Who is the author of the novel ‘The Trial’?
A. Ernest Hemingway B. Leo Tolstoy C. Gabriel Garcia Marquez D. Franz Kafka E. Victor Hugo |
2.
Ans: D |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ইংরেজি বিভাগ ২০১৩-১৪
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3. Which of these is the odd man out?
A. Romeo and Juliet B. A Doll’s House C. Arms and the Men D. Tartuffe
Note: ‘A Doll’s House’ is a social drama. |
3.
Ans: B
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বেগম রোকেয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (কলা ও সামাজিক বিজ্ঞান স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 4. A Doll’s House is written by–
A. Francis Bacon B. Henrick Ibsen C. E. M. Forster D. R. K. Narayan |
4.
Ans: B |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (আইন বিভাগ) ২০১১-১২ | 5. Who wrote ‘Crime and Punishment’?
A. George Eliot B. Dostoyevsky C. Anglo Saxon D. John Keats |
5.
Ans: B |
Authors | Works |
Mary Shelley | Frankenstein |
Mrs. Harriet Stowe | Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Novel) |
Nirad C. Chowdhury | A Passage to England (Novel) |
Oliver Goldsmith | The Vicar of Wakefield (Novel) |
Rajendra Prasad | India Divided (Autobiography) |
Robert Frost | West Running Brook |
Salman Rushdie | Satanic Verses (Ficticious Story) |
Samuel Butler | The Way of All Flesh |
Samuel Johnson | The Vanity of Human Wishes |
Saul Bellow | Seize the Day |
Svetlana Alexievich | Voices From Chernobyl (Oral History Book) |
Julian Barnes | The Sense of an Ending (Novel) |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় সামাজিক বিজ্ঞান স্কুল ২০১৫-১৬ | 1. Who is the author of the book ‘Voices from Chernobyl’?
A. Svetlana Alexievich B. Lev Mei C. Leo Tolstoy D. Ivan Turgenev |
1.
Ans: A |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (কলা ও মানবিক স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 2. Who is the author of the book ‘The Sense of an Endin’?
A. Julian Barnes B. Henry Fielding C. R. K. Narayan D. Tomas Transtromer |
2.
Ans: A |
Authors | Works |
Sigmund Freud | Delusion and Dream |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
Sir Philip Sidney | An Apology for Poetry (a literary criticism)
The Lady of May (a one-act play) |
Sir Thomas More | Utopia (Speculative Work) |
Stephen W. Hawking | A Brief History of Time (History) |
Thomas Kyd | The Spanish Tragedy (Play) |
Virgil | Aeneid (Epic Poem) |
William Langland | Piers Plowman |
Jules Gabriel Verne | Around the world in Eighty Days |
৩৮ বিসিএস | The play ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ is written by–
A. Thomas Kyd B. Cristopher Marlowe C. Shakespeare D. Ben Johnson |
Ans: A |
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘সি’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 1. ‘A Brief History of Time’. The author of the book is–
A. Einstein B. Stephen Hawking C. Blaiac Pascal D. John Bardeen |
1.
Ans: B |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘সি’ ইফনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 2. Which one is not a poetic work?
A. The waste Land B. An Apology for Poetry C. The Canterbury Tales D. Paradise Lost |
2.
Ans: B |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় বাংলা বিভাগ ২০১৩-১৪ | 3. Who is the author of ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’?
A. Hugo Gernsback B. H. G. Wells C. Jules Gabriel Verne D. William Shakespeare |
3.
Ans: C |
Famous Authors, their Origin & Type
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
Geoffre Chaucer | Father of Eng. Poerty | Lord Byron | Eng. Romantic Poet |
Alfred Tennyson | English Poet | Robert Herrick | English Poet |
Andrew Marvell | English Poet | S. T. Coleridge | English Poet |
John Milton | English Poet | Thomas Gray | English Poet |
P. B. Shelley | English Poet | William Blake | English Poet |
W. Wordsworth | English Poet |
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
D. H. Lawrence | English Poet and Novelist | Rudyard Kipling | English Poet and Novelist |
Oscar Wilde | English Poet and Novelist | Thomas Hardy | English Poet and Novelist |
Sonali Bank Ltd. Officer & Officer (Cash) 2014 | 1. Robert Herrick was an English –.
A. Novelist B. Historian C. Poet D. Dramatist |
1.
Ans: |
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
Charles Dickens | English Novelist | Jane Austen (Woman) | English Novelist |
Charlotte Bronte | English Novelist | Mary Shelley | English Novelist |
E. M. Forster | English Novelist | Mrs.Virginia Woolf | English Novelist |
Henry Fielding | English Novelist | William Thackeray | English Novelist |
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
Daniel Defoe | Eng. Novelist and Journalist | George Eliot | Eng. Novelist, poet, journalist |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | English Novelist and Detective writer | George Orwell | Eng. Novelist, essayist, journalist |
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
William Shakespeare | Greatest English Poet and Dramatist | Christopher Marlowe | EnglishPoet, Playwrightand Translator |
Ben Jonson | English Poet and Dramatist | Sir Philip Sidney | English Poet and Soilder |
Alexander Pope | English Poet and Satirist | Matthew Arnold | English Poet and Critic |
Dylan Thomas | English Poet and Journalist | T. S. Eliot | Eng. Poet and Playwright
(Born in USA but Settled in England) |
James Henry Leigh Hunt | English Poet, Essayist and Politician |
১৩ তম বিসিএস | 1. T. S. Eliot was born in
A. Ireland B. England C. Wales D. USA |
1.
Ans: D |
জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ই’ ইফনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 2. William Shakespeare was a/an – dramatist.
A. English B. American C. Brazilian D. Spanish |
2.
Ans: A |
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
Charses Darwin | English Writer | Dr. Samuel Johnson | English Writer and Lexicographer |
Samuel Johnson | English Writer | John Bunyan | English Prose Writer |
Thomas Carlyle | English Writer | William Langland | English Porse Writer |
রাজশাহী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এ’ বিজোড় ইফনিট ২০১৪-১৫ | 1. Who was Dr. Johnson?
A. An 18th century poet and critic B. A dramatist who is Shakespeare’s contemporary C. A Romantic poet D. A postmodern theorist Note: Dr. Johnson’sfull name is Samuel Johnson who was born and died in 18th century. |
1.
Ans: A |
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
John Webster | English Playwright | Bertrand Russel | British Philosopher |
Thomas Kyd | English Playwright | Francis Bacon | Eng. Philosopher and Essayist |
Samuel Butler | English Author | H. G. Wells | English Science Fiction Writer |
Sir Winston Churchill | Politician of England |
চট্ট্রগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ই’ ইউনিট ২০১০-১১ | 1. Bertrand Russel was a British–
A. journalist B. scientist C. politician D. philosopher E. astronaut |
1.
Ans: D |
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
H. W. Longfellow | American Poet | Saul Bellow | American Novelist (Born in Canada) |
Allen Ginsberg | American Poet | William Faulkner | American Novelist |
Robert Frost | American Poet | Adger Allan Poe | American Short Story Writer |
Ezra Pound | American Poet and Critic |
- S. Eliot & Ezra Pound are collaborators and friends.
১৭ তম বিসিএস
|
1. Any of the following pairs are literary collaborators–
A. Eliot and Pound B. Yeats and Eliot C. Pope and Dryden D. Shelly and Keats |
1.
Ans: A
|
Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
Thomas Moore | Irish Poet | Aeschylus | Father of Greek Tragedy |
W. B. Yeats | Irish Poet and Dramatist | Aristophanes | Greek Poet and Playwright |
G. B. Shaw | Irish Dramatist and Critic | Aristotle | Greek Philosopher |
Oliver Goldsmith | Irish Poet, Writer, Novelist and Playwright | Homer | Greek Epic Poet |
বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘ডি’ ইফনিট ২০১৫-১৬
|
1. Homer was a –
A. Bard B. Political Leader C. Acclaimed Philosopher D. Novelist Note: Bard – Poet/Writer |
1.
Ans: A
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Names | Origin & Type | Names | Origin & Type |
Leo Tolstoy | Russian Author | Karl Marx | German Philosopher and Economist |
Maxim Gorky | Russian Author | Adlof Hitler | German Fiejrer |
Dante | Italian Poet | Sigmund Freud | Austrian Founder of Psycho-Analysis |
Robert Louis Stevenson | Scottish Author and poet |
Special Titles of Some Literary Persons
Figures | Titles |
Venerable Bede | Father of English Learning |
Alfred the Great | The Founder of English Prose |
John Wycliff | Father of English Prose |
Alexander Pope | Mock Heroic Poet |
Christopher Marlowe | Father of English Tragedy |
Daniel Defoe | Father of English Novel |
Edgar Allen Poe | Father of English Mystery Play |
Francis Bacon | Father of English Essay |
GeofferyChaucer | Father of English Poetry |
Sir Thomas Wyatt | First Sonneteer in English Literature |
William Newbury | Father of Historical Criticism |
বাংলাদেশ টেক্সটাইল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে নিয়োগ পরীÿা ২০১৩-১৪ | 1. Who is the father of English novels?
A. G. B. Shaw B. Daniel Defoe C. R. L. Stevenson D. Shakespeare |
1.
Ans: B |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘সি-৩’ ইউনিট ২০১৩-১৪ | 2. Who is the Father of Modern English Poetry?
A. Cynewulf B. Jeoffery Chaucer C. Robert Browning D. None of the above |
2.
Ans: B |
Figures | Titles |
Caedmon | First Poet in English Literature |
Edmund Spenser | The Poet of Poet |
William Shakespeare | Bard of Avon |
John Donne | Poet of Love/Metaphysical Poet |
John Milton | Epic Poet/The great Master of Verse |
John Dryden | Father of English Criticism |
Jonathan Swift | One of the famous satirists in English Literature |
George Bernard Shaw | The greatest modern dramatist and psychaitrist |
Lindley Murray | Father of English Grammar |
Coleridge & Wordsworth | Father of Romanticism |
Nicholas Udall | First English Comedy Writer |
৩৮ তম বিসিএস/১২ তম বিসিএস | 1. Who is the most famous Satirist in English literature?
A. Alexander Pope B. Jonathan Swift C. William Wordsworth D. Butler |
1.
Ans: B |
Figures | Titles |
Henry Fielding | Father of English Novel |
James Joyce | Father of English Stream of Conscious Novel |
Jane Austen | Anti-romantic in Romantic Age |
John Keats | Poet of Beauty |
Lord Byron | Rebel Poet |
P. B. Shelley | Revolutionary Poet/Poet hope and regeneration |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (S. T. Coleridge) | Poet of Super naturalism/Opium Eater |
Samuel Johnson | Father of English one Act Play |
Sigmund Freud | A great psycho-analyst and psychiatrist |
William Blake | Poet and Painter |
William Wordsworth | Poet of Nature/ Poet of Children/ Lake Poet |
৩৬ তম বিসিএস | 1. Who is known as ‘the poet of nature’ in English literature?
A. Lord Tennyson B. John Milton C. William Wordsworth D. John Keats |
1.
Ans: C |
১৫ তম বিসিএস | 2. Who of the following was both a poet and painter?
A. Keats B. Donne C. Blake D. Spenser |
2.
Ans: C |
জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এ’ ইউনিট ২০১৩-১৪ | 3. Who is called the ‘poet of beauty’?
A. William Wordsworth B. John Keats C. P. B. Shelley D. Shakespeare |
3.
Ans: B |
Famous Quatations
Writers | Quotations |
John Keats | Beauty is truth, truth is beauty |
William Wordsworth | I wandered lonely as a cloud |
১৫ তম বিসিএস
|
1. Who wrote ‘beauty is truth, truth is beauty’?
A. Shakespeare B. Wordsworth C. Keats D. Eliot |
1.
Ans: C
|
ইসলামী বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘এইচ’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 2. In ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’ the daffodils gave the poet–
A. a great deal of pleasure B. very pleasure C. many pleasure D. much pleasure |
2.
Ans: D |
কুমিলস্না বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ‘বি’ ইউনিট ২০১৫-১৬ | 3. “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is written by–
A. Robert Herrick B. William Wordsworth C. Shelley D. William Blake |
3.
Ans: B |
List of Mentionable Nobel Laureates in Literature
Year | Laureates | Countries | Categories |
1901 | Sully Prudhomme (1st) | France | Poetry, Essay |
1902 | Theodor Mommsen | Germany | History, Law |
1907 | Rudyard Kipling | United Kingdom | Novel, Short story, Poetry |
1909 | Selma Lagerlöf | Sweden | Novel, Short story |
1913 | Rabindranath Tagore | India | Rabindranath Tagore |
1923 | William Butler Yeats | Ireland | Poetry |
1925 | George Bernard Shaw | United Kingdom | Drama, Literary criticism |
1936 | Eugene O’Neill | United Kingdom | Drama |
1938 | Pearl S. Buck | USA | Novel, Biography |
1948 | T. S. Eliot | United Kingdom (Born in USA) | Poetry |
1949 | William Faulkner | USA | Novel, Short story |
1950 | Bertrand Russell | United Kingdom | Philosophy |
1953 | Winston Churchill | United Kingdom | History, Essay, Memoirs |
1954 | Ernest Hemingway | USA | Novel, Short story, Screenplay |
1958 | Boris Pasternak | Former Soviet Union | Novel, Poetry, Translation |
1969 | Samuel Beckett | Ireland | Novel, Drama, Poetry |
1971 | Pablo Neruda | Chile | Poetry |
1982 | Gabriel García Márquez | Colombia | Novel, Short story, Screenplay |
1988 | Naguib Mahfouz | Egypt | Novel |
1993 | Toni Morrison | USA | Novel |
1999 | Günter Grass | Germany | Novel, Drama, Poetry |
2001 | V. S. Naipaul | United Kingdom (Born in Trinidad & Tobago) |
Novel, Essay |
2005 | Harold Pinter | United Kingdom | Drama, Screenplay |
2006 | Orhan Pamuk | Turkey | Novel, Screenplay, Essay |
2007 | Doris Lessing | United Kingdom | Novel, Drama, Poetry, Short story, Memoirs |
2008 | J. M. G. Le Clézio | Germany | Novel, Short story, Essay, Translation |
2009 | Herta Müller | Germany (Born in Romania) |
Novel, Poetry |
2010 | Mario Vargas Llosa | Peru | Novel, Short story, Essay, Drama, Memoirs |
2011 | Tomas Tranströmer | Sweden | Poetry, Translation |
2012 | Mo Yan | China | Novel, Short story |
2013 | Alice Munro | Canada | Short story |
2014 | Patrick Modiano | France | Novel |
2015 | Svetlana Alexievich | Belarus(Born in Ukrainian SSR) | History, Essay |
2016 | Bob Dylan | USA | Poetry, Songwriting |
2017 | Kazuo Ishiguro | United Kingdom (born in Japan) | Novel |
৩৫ তম বিসিএস | 1. Who among the following writers in not a Nobel Laureate?
A. T. S. Eliot B. Toni Morrison C. Grahame Greene D. William Faulkner |
1.
Ans: C |
১২তম বিসিএস | 2. Who is the modern philosopher who was awarded Nobel Prize for literate?
A. James Baker B. Dr. Kissinger C. Bertrand Russel D. Lenin |
2.
Ans: C |
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3. Who among the following is not a recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature?
A. Rabindranath Tagore B. W. B. Yeats C. T. S. Eliot D. Robert Browning |
3.
Ans: D |
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4. Who received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2013?
A. Alice Munro B. Gunter Grass C. Nadine Gordimer D. V. S. Naipaul |
4.
Ans: A |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (সমাজবিজ্ঞান স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 5. Who among the following is not a novelist?
A. Hardy B. Joyce C. Thackeray D. Blake |
5.
Ans: D |
খুলনা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় (কলা ও মানবিক স্কুল) ২০১১-১২ | 6. Who was not awarded the Nobel Prize?
A. John Galsworthy B. Orhan Pamuk C. Winston Churchill D. Elizabeth Barrett |
6.
Ans: D |
৩৮ তম বিসিএস | 1. “For god’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love” This line is written by–
A. Emily Dickinson B. T. S. Eliot C. Mathew Arnold D. John Donne |
1.
Ans: D |
৩৮ তম বিসিএস | 2. The literary term ‘euphemism’ means–
A. vague idea B. a sonnet C. wise saying D. in offensive expression |
2.
Ans: D |
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