American and World Literature – Previous Year Questions
144 questions from past UGC NET English papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
Topic-wise mock tests
- 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
- Statement I: Doris Pilkington's non-fiction Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on the real experiences of three Aboriginal girls who fled the Moore River Native Settlement. Statement II: The three girls were Molly,…
- Assertion (A): James Ellroy began his career in crime fiction with Brown's Requiem (1981). Reason (R): His mother was murdered in 1958.
- Which two were earlier titles of Whitman's 'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking'? A. 'Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night' B. 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry' C. 'A Child's Reminiscence' D. 'The Wound-Dresser' E. 'A Wo…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Work A. Ernest Hemingway I. Typee B. William Faulkner II. Light in August C. Herman Melville III. Pudd'nhead Wilson D. Mark Twain IV. Across the River and into the Trees
- Who wrote Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life?
- Which two of the following plays are by Arthur Miller? A. They Too Arise B. The Real Thing C. Some Kind of Love Story D. Tiny Alice E. The Crying of Lot 49
- Which two of the following poems are by Robert Lowell? A. 'Anecdote of the Jar' B. 'Skunk Hour' C. 'Howl' D. 'Night Sweat' E. 'The Gift Outright'
- Which two of the following poems were NOT composed by Adrienne Rich? A. 'Diving into the Wreck' B. 'Transcendental Etude' C. 'Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law' D. 'The Applicant' E. 'Ripples on the Surface'
- Statement I: Invisible Man is a 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison. Statement II: It traces the surreal journey of an unnamed African American narrator from the racist South to New York.
- Which play may be considered a parody of Macbeth, with parts of Hamlet and King Lear?
- Arrange the following writers by date of birth: A. Goethe B. Oscar Wilde C. Bertolt Brecht D. Eugene O'Neill E. Molière
- Which two plays by Chekhov make creative use of Hamlet? A. The Proposal B. Three Sisters C. The Cherry Orchard D. Uncle Vanya E. The Seagull
- Which of the following are plays by Bertolt Brecht? A. The Caucasian Chalk Circle B. Life of Galileo C. Copernicus D. Archimedes E. Man Equals Man
- Who wrote The Flies, an adaptation of the Electra myth?
- Which of the following author–country pairings are correct? A. Philip Roth – USA B. Shirley Jackson – Australia C. Henry James – Canada D. Ruskin Bond – India E. Ali Cobby Eckermann – Australia
- Who wrote the story collection Reginald in Russia?
- Who wrote the play Angels in America?
- Which two of the following plays were written by Edward Albee? A. The Zoo Story B. The Price C. A Delicate Balance D. Frances E. Operation Sidewinder
- Which of the following was NOT written by Margaret Atwood?
- Who among the following is an Australian Aboriginal poet?
- Who wrote The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas?
- Which of the following is NOT a slave narrative?
- Which of the following is false about Frederick Douglass?
- Which of the following are novels by John Steinbeck? A. The Naked and the Dead B. The Grapes of Wrath C. East of Eden D. To Kill a Mockingbird E. Cannery Row
- In whose poem do 'Aunt Jennifer's tigers' appear?
- Which of the following are true about Gabriel García Márquez? A. He was a Caribbean novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. B. He was known as 'Gabo' or 'Gabito'. C. He won the Nobel Prize in Literatu…
- Which of the following author–text pairs are correct? A. Ian McEwan – Amsterdam B. Italo Calvino – If on a Winter's Night a Traveller C. Amitav Ghosh – The Circle of Reason D. D. M. Thomas – The Everest Hotel E. Doris L…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Poet List II: Poem A. Emily Dickinson I. 'Woman to Man' B. Kath Walker II. 'Banking Potatoes' C. Judith Wright III. 'Because I could not stop for Death' D. Yusef Komunyakaa IV. 'We Are…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Novel List II: Author A. The Famished Road I. Buchi Emecheta B. The Bride Price II. Nadine Gordimer C. Half of a Yellow Sun III. Ben Okri D. The Lying Days IV. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie