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
- What did Brecht call his drama, to distinguish it from traditional theatre?
- Which two of the following poems are by Judith Wright? A. 'Meditation on a Bone' B. 'Imperial Adam' C. 'Woman to Man' D. 'The Old Prison'
- Who wrote the short story 'The Voter'?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Play List II: Playwright A. Madmen and Specialists I. Dennis Scott B. The Sea at Dauphin II. Wole Soyinka C. The Trial of Dedan Kimathi III. Derek Walcott D. An Echo in the Bone IV. Ng…
- With which movements is Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal generally associated? A. Neoclassicism B. Symbolism C. Modernism D. Postmodernism
- Who created the character Julien Sorel?
- Who wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude?
- Who wrote the story 'Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black'?
- Match List I with List II: List I: Novel List II: Author A. Don Quixote I. Machado de Assis B. The Sorrows of Young Werther II. Honoré de Balzac C. Lost Illusions III. Goethe D. Epitaph of a Small Winner IV. Miguel de C…
- Match List I with List II: List I: Poet List II: Language A. Charles Baudelaire I. French B. Heinrich Heine II. German C. Sylvia Plath III. English D. José Martí IV. Spanish
- Which two of the following works were written by Flaubert? A. The Temptation of Saint Anthony B. Old Goriot C. Thérèse Raquin D. Sentimental Education
- Which nineteenth-century term of Russian currency did Nietzsche use for the collapse of traditional Western values?
- Whom does García Márquez name at the opening of his Nobel lecture, 'The Solitude of Latin America'? A. Ferdinand Magellan B. Christopher Columbus C. Marco Polo D. Antonio Pigafetta
- Match List I with List II: List I: Playwright List II: Play A. Bertolt Brecht I. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof B. Tennessee Williams II. Life of Galileo C. Václav Havel III. Miss Julie D. August Strindberg IV. Temptation
- Arrange the following books in chronological order of publication: A. The Handmaid's Tale B. The Color Purple C. The Golden Notebook D. The Bluest Eye
- Which two does Emerson call 'the chancellors of God' in 'Self-Reliance'? A. Truth B. Cause C. Spirit D. Effect
- Which two novels belong to Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy? A. The Book of Illusions B. Ghosts C. The Locked Room D. Winter Journal
- Match List I with List II: List I: Author List II: Memoir A. Pablo Neruda I. Under My Skin B. Graham Greene II. Speak, Memory C. Doris Lessing III. Memoirs D. Vladimir Nabokov IV. A Sort of Life
- Which Borges story has an epigraph from Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy?
- How does Christ respond to the Grand Inquisitor in The Brothers Karamazov?
- In 'Civil Disobedience', what two things did Thoreau learn from his night in jail? A. That the State is ultimately weak B. That captivity inspires courage C. That his neighbours were friends only in good times D. That c…
- Which novel consists of a 999-line poem preceded by a Foreword and followed by a Commentary and Index?
- Which two dramatists are associated with epic theatre? A. Fernando Arrabal B. Bertolt Brecht C. Arnolt Bronnen D. James Saunders
- What is the subject of Ivan's controversial article in The Brothers Karamazov?