British Literature – Previous Year Questions
441 questions from past UGC NET English papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
Topic-wise mock tests
- Who wrote The Golden Bough, which influenced Eliot's poetry and criticism?
- Which of the following books make up Lewis Grassic Gibbon's A Scots Quair? A. Sunset Song B. Brothers and Sisters C. Cloud Howe D. Men and Wives E. Grey Granite
- What is Ted Hughes's Wodwo?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Work List II: Author A. Lions and Shadows I. W. H. Auden B. The Still Centre II. Louis MacNeice C. Translation of Agamemnon III. Stephen Spender D. The Sea and the Mirror IV. Christoph…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Work A. Graham Greene I. Down and Out in Paris and London B. Daniel Defoe II. The Grass Is Singing C. George Orwell III. A Journal of the Plague Year D. Doris Lessing I…
- Which of the following are works by William Faulkner? A. Sanctuary B. Color Struck C. Jesus, the Son of Man D. Light in August E. Absalom, Absalom!
- Which of the following poets have held the Oxford Professorship of Poetry? A. James Fenton B. Margaret Atwood C. Seamus Heaney D. Anne Sexton E. Paul Muldoon
- Which of the following was NOT a member of the Beat Generation?
- Which of the following were Movement poets? A. Donald Davie B. Hilda Doolittle C. Michael Longley D. Philip Larkin E. Derek Walcott
- Which of the following are known as Cambridge critics? A. Arthur Quiller-Couch B. F. R. Leavis C. George Saintsbury D. I. A. Richards E. William Empson
- Which of the following facts about the Frankfurt School are correct? A. It was founded in Frankfurt in 1925. B. Adorno and Horkheimer were two of its members. C. It established the term 'critical theory'. D. It had stro…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Humour List II: Temperament A. Blood I. Phlegmatic B. Yellow bile II. Sanguine C. Phlegm III. Melancholy D. Black bile IV. Choleric
- Who praised Chaucer's translation of the Roman de la Rose?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Quotation List II: Play A. 'Some are born great, some achieve greatness…' I. The Tempest B. 'Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind' II. The Comedy of Errors C. 'Ill deeds is…
- Which of the following were written by Robert Greene? A. The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First B. Alphonsus C. A Moon for the Misbegotten D. The Old Wives' Tale E. King of Aragon
- Which of the following were written by George Peele? A. The Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First B. A Moon for the Misbegotten C. The Arraignment of Paris D. The Scottish History of James the Fourth E. The Old Wive…
- 'What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones / The labour of an age in piled stones… Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid / Under a star-ypointing pyramid?' Who wrote these lines?
- Who wrote The Power of Love (1643), which advocates brotherly love as a route to radical social change?
- Arrange the following works in order of publication: A. Yeats, The Tower B. Dryden, The Hind and the Panther C. Yeats, The Wild Swans at Coole D. Dryden, Mac Flecknoe E. Larkin, The Whitsun Weddings
- Who wrote that he wished to have it said that he had 'brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables, and in Coffee-Houses'?
- Who wrote A Woman Killed with Kindness?
- Who wrote a poem titled 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning'? A. John Donne B. John Milton C. Adrienne Rich D. Sylvia Plath E. Robert Frost
- Which two of the following poems are linked by their form (the country-house poem)? A. 'The Last Ride Together' B. 'Ulysses' C. 'Upon Appleton House' D. 'To Penshurst' E. The Waste Land
- Which of the following poems were written by Alexander Pope? A. The Dunciad B. Moral Essays C. Grongar Hill D. Cooper's Hill E. Absalom and Achitophel
- Who composed the lyrical drama Hellas?
- Which of the following defines 'sentimental comedy'?
- Which of the following works were NOT written by Thomas Carlyle? A. On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History B. The French Revolution C. Of Human Bondage D. The Hour and the Man E. Hudibras
- Of which Jane Austen novel did Somerset Maugham remark that the heroine is 'a little prig' and the hero 'a pompous ass', yet he did not care?
- In which year was Treasure Island published?
- Tennyson's The Princess: A Medley is: