English · UNIT 02 · MOCK TEST

Mock 2 – American Literature: Fiction & Drama (Part 1)

Unit 2: American and World Literature · 25 questions · about 30 minutes. Press End Mock any time to see your score and the correct answers.

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Q1.

Arrange the following novels in chronological order:

A. The Handmaid's Tale
B. Lucky Jim
C. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
D. Things Fall Apart

AD, A, B, C BB, D, C, A CB, A, C, D DD, B, A, C

Q2.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Author	List II: Work
A. Henry Miller	I. The Grapes of Wrath
B. John Steinbeck	II. No Name in the Street
C. James Jones	III. Tropic of Cancer
D. James Baldwin	IV. From Here to Eternity

AA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV BA-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II CA-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III DA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

Q3.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Novel	List II: Author
A. The Childhood of Jesus	I. L. P. Hartley
B. The Go-Between	II. Evelyn Waugh
C. Brideshead Revisited	III. J. M. Coetzee
D. The Catcher in the Rye	IV. J. D. Salinger

AA-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II BA-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV CA-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III DA-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

Q4.

Absalom, Absalom! is:

Aa novel by William Faulkner Ba satirical poem by Dryden Ca play by Shaw Da poem by Shelley

Q5.

Arrange the following plays in chronological order:

A. Miller, Death of a Salesman
B. Williams, The Glass Menagerie
C. Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
D. O'Neill, The Iceman Cometh
E. Rose, Twelve Angry Men

AA, D, E, B, C BA, C, B, E, D CD, C, B, A, E DD, B, A, E, C

Q6.

Arrange the following novels by Toni Morrison in chronological order:

A. Jazz
B. Beloved
C. The Bluest Eye
D. Song of Solomon
E. Tar Baby

AA, E, C, D, B BD, C, E, B, A CC, D, E, B, A DE, D, A, B, C

Q7.

Arrange the following writers by year of birth:

A. Maya Angelou
B. Toni Morrison
C. Alice Walker
D. Langston Hughes
E. James Baldwin

AD, A, E, C, B BD, E, A, B, C CE, A, D, B, C DE, A, B, C, D

Q8.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Work	List II: Author
A. Wahngin Country	I. Alexis Wright
B. Plains of Promise	II. Jack Davis
C. My Place	III. Anita Heiss
D. Not Meeting Mr Right	IV. Sally Morgan

AA-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I BA-I, B-IV, C-III, D-II CA-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III DA-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

Q9.

Which Ibsen play did a London reviewer call 'an open drain' (or 'open sewer')?

AA Doll's House BAn Enemy of the People CGhosts DThe Wild Duck

Q10.

Arrange the following novels by Margaret Atwood in chronological order:

A. The Edible Woman
B. The Handmaid's Tale
C. The Blind Assassin
D. Lady Oracle
E. The Robber Bride

AB, C, A, E, D BD, B, C, A, E CE, A, D, C, B DA, D, B, E, C

Q11.

Arrange the following novels by Chinua Achebe in chronological order:

A. A Man of the People
B. Things Fall Apart
C. Arrow of God
D. Anthills of the Savannah
E. No Longer at Ease

AC, B, E, A, D BB, C, E, A, D CB, E, C, A, D DA, B, D, E, C

Q12.

Which is NOT a play by Eugene O'Neill?

AAnna Christie BStrange Interlude CThe Plough and the Stars DAll God's Chillun Got Wings

Q13.

Who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

AToni Morrison BChimamanda Ngozi Adichie CAma Ata Aidoo DMaya Angelou

Q14.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Author	List II: Work
A. Sally Morgan	I. Karobran
B. Monica Clare	II. Caprice: A Stockman's Daughter
C. Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara)	III. My Place
D. Alexis Wright	IV. Plains of Promise

AA-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II BA-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV CA-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III DA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

Q15.

Which of the following nineteenth-century novels portray disabled characters?

A. Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
B. Flaubert, Madame Bovary
C. Austen, Pride and Prejudice
D. Dickens, A Christmas Carol
E. Melville, Moby-Dick

AA, D, E only BB, D, E only CC, B, E only DA, D, B only

Q16.

Arrange the following campus novels in chronological order:

A. Coetzee, Disgrace
B. Malcolm Bradbury, The History Man
C. Mary McCarthy, The Groves of Academe
D. Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
E. Philip Roth, The Human Stain

AE, B, C, D, A BD, C, B, A, E CA, D, E, C, B DB, A, D, E, C

Q17.

Which of the following are NOT slave narratives?

A. Richard Wright, Black Boy
B. Roxane Gay, An Untamed State
C. Elizabeth Keckley, Behind the Scenes
D. Caryl Phillips, The Nature of Blood
E. Booker T. Washington, Up from Slavery

A(B) and (D) only B(C) and (E) only C(A) and (B) only D(B) and (C) only

Q18.

Statement I: Toni Morrison's Beloved is based on the true story of an enslaved Black woman. Statement II: Beloved is a novel about the trauma of apartheid.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Q19.

Who remarked, 'I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor'?

AHenry David Thoreau BRalph Waldo Emerson CHenry James DEmily Dickinson

Q20.

Which text is taken as a short treatise on Transcendentalism?

AEmerson's Nature BThoreau's Walden CWhitman's Leaves of Grass DThoreau's 'Civil Disobedience'

Q21.

Assertion (A): Toni Morrison and Adrienne Rich have contributed to a distinctive style. Reason (R): Feminism, Adrienne Rich observes, is the field where 'subjectivity and politics have to come together' most naturally.

ABoth A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A BBoth A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A CA is correct but R is not correct DA is not correct but R is correct

Q22.

Which of the following is true about Arthur Miller's plays?

A. After the Fall is semi-autobiographical.
B. Incident at Vichy deals with Nazi persecution of Jews.
C. The Price anticipates an economic crash.
D. The Creation of the World and Other Business is not a serio-comic retelling of Genesis.
E. The Crucible examines the responsibilities of the artist.

A(E) and (A) only B(A) and (C) only C(A) and (B) only D(D) and (E) only

Q23.

What among the following is NOT true about Anna Karenina?

AThe novel was published in 1872. BThe novel is written in eight parts. CIt tells the story of two major characters, Anna and Konstantin Levin. DThe novel is revolutionary in its treatment of women.

Q24.

Match List I with List II:

List I: Character	List II: Novel
A. Sethe	I. The Handmaid's Tale
B. Okonkwo	II. Beloved
C. Offred	III. Things Fall Apart
D. Winston Smith	IV. Nineteen Eighty-Four

AA-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV BA-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I CA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV DA-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

Q25.

Assertion (A): James Ellroy began his career in crime fiction with Brown's Requiem (1981). Reason (R): His mother was murdered in 1958.

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