SAVOURING THE CLASSICS

MODULE 1

1.When did Milton write “Paradise Lost”?

a) 1652
b) 1667
c) 1670
d) 1616

2.What was the theme of Milton’s sonnet “On His Blindness”?

a) laments his madness
b) laments his poverty
c) laments about lost love
d) laments his blindness

3. At what age did Milton become completely blind?

a) 42
b) 43
c) 50
d) 40

4.Which famous work of Milton was about the freedom of press and the free
exchange of views?
a) Areopagitica
b) Paradise Lost
c) Paradise Regained
d) Samson Agonistes

5. What is John Milton’s “one talent” mentioned in the sonnet?

a) ability to write poetry
b) singing
c) criticizing
d) painting

6. Milton’s “On His Blindness” is a ------------

a) elegy
b) sonnet
c) epic
 d) haiku

7. Milton’s first master piece work was------------

a) Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity
b) Lycidas
c) On his Blindness
d) Samson Agonistes

8. What does Milton’s soul wish?

a) to be rich
b) to gain more talents
c) to serve God by writing great poetry
d) to be spiritual

9. When was Areopagitica written?

a) 1644
b) 1667
c) 1670
d) 1616

10. Pick out the work which is written by Milton

a) In Memorium
b) On His Blindness
c) Pilgrim’s Progress
d) Ulysses

11.Who is the author of Odyssey?

a) Homer
b) Milton
c) Shakespeare
d) Tennyson

12. Homer’s Iliad is a ------------

a) war epic
b) elegy
c) sonnet
d) ode
13. Odyssey tells the story of ---------------
a) Homer
b) Milton
c) Prometheus
d) Odysseus

14. Odysseus’ son was -----------------

a) Achilles
b) Eumaeus
c) Hercules
d) Telemachus

15. The wife of Odysseus was

a) Aphrodite
b) Penelope
c) Eurycleia
d) Athena

16. The goddess who befriended and helped Odysseus was

a) Athena
b) Poseidon
c) Aphrodite
d) Pan

17. Odysseus has been away from home for

a) 10 years
b) 15 years
c) 17 years
d) 20 years
18. How long did the battle of Troy last?
a) 10 years
b) 20 years
c) 5 years
d) 4 years
19. When Odysseus returns home, he adopts the guise of a ------------
a) swineherd
b) beggar
c) soothsayer
d) soldier

20. Odyssey is an ---------

a) epic
b) sonnet
c) couplet
d) elegy

21.What was the name of the swineherd who helped Odysseus?

a) Eumaeus
b) Telemachus
c) Penelope
d) Laertes

22.What was the name of the father of Odysseus?

a) Eumaeus
b) Telemachus
c) Penelope
d) Laertes

23. Whom does Telemachus deploy to convey the news of his safe return to
Penelope?
a) beggar
b) Penelope
c) Laertes
d) Eumaeus

24. Who appears outside the hut of Eumaeus?

a) Odysseus
b) Penelope
c) Laertes
d) Athena

25. What message to Penelope does Telemachus ask Eumaeus to deliver?

 a) That she is to make a sacrifice to Athena
b) That he is safe
c) That he has found his father
d) That he has a plan to kill the suitors

26. How many cantos does Dante’s Inferno have?

a) 31
b) 32
c) 33
d) 34

27. Which three beasts does Dante encounter while trying to climb the
mountain in Canto I?
a) Lion, Leopard , She-wolf
b) Serpent, Leopard, She-Wolf
c) Lion, Serpent, She-Wolf
d) Lion, Dragon, Leopard

28. Taken together, Dante’s three works Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso are
called the--------------
a) Commedia
b) The True Way
c) The Divine Comedy
d) La Vita Nuova

29. Who comes to guide Dante while he is seeking a way out of the forest?
a) Virgil
b) Homer
c) Juvenal
d) Ovid

30. The Divine Comedy focuses on the theme --------------

a) Love
b) afterlife
c) death
d) poverty

31. Dante’s walk through the dark forest is a metaphor of -----------

 a) despair
b) sin
c) lost love
d) death

32. Virgil is an allegorical representation of --------------

a) human reason
b) despair
c) sin
d) death

33. According to Virgil who will kill the She-wolf?

a) lion
b) leopard
c) hound
d) snake

34. What made Dante descend the hill?

a) She-wolf
b) Snake
c) Hound
d) Leopard

35. Raghuvamsa, Kumara-sambhava, Abhijnanasakuntalam are works of ----

a) Homer
b) Tagore
c) Kalidasa
d) Sarojini Naidu

36. Abhijnanasakuntalam is a --------------------

a) Sanskrit drama
b) elegy
c) memoir
d) sonnet

37. Omar Khayyam wrote poems in the form of ----------

a) sonnets
b) Rubaiyat
 c) couplets
d) Haiku

38. Translator of Omar Khayyam’s poetry was---------------

a) Omar Khayyam himself
b) Edward Fitzgerald
c) Milton
d) Homer

39. The theme of Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam is -----------

a) transience of life
b) salvation
c) sin
d) love

40. Whom did the poet frequently visit in his youth?

a) Doctor and Saint
b) his loved one
c) his parents
d) his siblings

MODULE 2
41. Who is the merchant of Venice?
a) Antonio
b) Lorenzo
c) Bassanio
d) Gratiano
42. Who needs money to suit Portia?
a) Lorenzo
b) Antonio
c) Bassanio
d) Gratiano
43. Who marries Nerissa?
a) Lorenzo
b) Gratiano
c) Antonio
d) Bassanio
44. Who marries Shylock's daughter, Jessica?
a) Bassanio
b) Gratiano
c) Lorenzo
d) Antonio
45. What is Shylock's profession?
a) Lawyer
b) Merchant
c) Usurer
d) Sailor
46. What religion is Shylock?
a) Jewish
b) Catholic
c) Muslim
d) Anglican
47. How much money does Antonio borrow from Shylock?
a) 5000 ducats
b) 5000 pounds
c) 3000 pounds
d) 3000 ducats

48. If Antonio cannot pay the money back in three months he must give Shylock a pound of
_________.
a) Apple
b) Flesh
c) Heart
d) Meat
49. Jessica trades Leah's (Shylock's dead wife) ring for what?
a) Jessica elopes with Lorenzo
b) Jessica elopes withBellario
c) She loved Gratiano
d) She hated her father
50. Which of these men is not mentioned as one of Portia's suitors?
a) Neopolitan Prince
b) Duke of Saxony
c) County Palatine
d) Monsieur Le Bon
51. Which of these is NOT a choice of casket?
a) lead
b) bronze
c) silver
d) gold
52. Portia dresses up as a man named ______ at the trial.
a) Bellario
b) Gratiano
c) Lorenzo
d) Balthazar
53. Which casket has the inscription "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves"?
a) Gold
b) Lead
c) Bronze
d) Silver
54.What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play?
a) He stands to lose a fortune in his present business ventures.
b) He owes a fantastic sum of money to Shylock.
c) He gives no reason.
d) The woman he loves does not return his feelings.
55. From what character flaw does Bassanio believe Gratiano suffers?
a) Mean-spiritedness
b) A lack of depth
c) Stinginess
d) Vanity
56. The caskets that Portia’s suitors must pick from are made of what materials?
a) Gold, silver, lead
b) Teak, mahogany, pine
c) Bone, porcelain, clay
d) Marble, stone, brick
57. Which of the following is not a reason Shylock gives for hating Antonio?
a) Antonio is in love with Shylock’s daughter, Jessica.
b) Antonio has insulted Shylock in the past.
 c) Antonio lends money without interest, which damages Shylock’s
business.
d) Antonio hates Jews.
58. How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and
Antonio?
a) As an opportunity for revenge
b) As his way of being charitable
c) As a harmless prank
d) As a way of procuring food
59. Whom does Bassanio agree to bring with him to Belmont?
a) Old Gobbo
b) Gratiano
c) Antonio
d) Jessica
60. Who loses the opportunity to marry Portia by choosing the silver casket?
a) The Jew of Malta
b) The prince of Arragon
c) The duke of Earl
d) The viscount of Normandy
61. What course of action does Portia suggest when she learns that Shylock wishes to collect
his pound of flesh?
a) That Bassanio and his men disguise themselves and usher Antonio a safe distance
away from Venice
b) That the matter be dealt with in a court of law
c) That Jessica plead with her father for mercy
d) That the bond be paid many times over
62. Where does Portia instruct her servant Balthasar to hurry?
a) To an apothecary
b) To Padua to visit Doctor Bellario
c) To Morocco
d) To Shylock’s house
63. In court, how does Antonio react to Shylock’s insistence on collecting his pound of flesh?
a) He weeps openly.
b) He vows that he will meet Shylock’s hatred with patience.
c) He curses Shylock’s vengefulness.
d) He makes an impassioned plea to the court to intervene on his behalf.
64. Who enters the court disguised as a young doctor of Law named Balthasar?
 a) Portia
b) Nerissa
c) Jessica
d) Lorenzo
65. What loophole in Shylock’s bond allows Portia to stop him from taking a pound of
Antonio’s flesh?
a) Jewish law prohibits Shylock from practicing his trade on the Sabbath.
b) Shylock is entitled only to flesh, but not blood.
c) Shylock forgot to sign the bond.
d) There is no hard evidence that Antonio’s ships have sunk, and that he cannot pay
the bond.
66. How is Shylock punished for seeking to take Antonio’s life?
a) He is banished.
b) He is ordered to surrender all his property to the Church of Rome.
c) He must convert to Christianity and will his possessions to Jessica and Lorenzo
upon his death.
d) He must work as Antonio’s servant for the remainder of his life.
67. What words does Shylock utter after accepting the court’s sentence?
a) A pox upon Venice
b) These are most unlawful laws
c) Forgive me my sins
d) I am not well
68. What does Bassanio offer the young law clerk who saves Antonio?
a) His gloves
b) His wife
c) The ring that Portia gave him
d) The three thousand ducats originally due to Shylock
69. What does Lorenzo order when he learns that Portia is on her way to Belmont?
a) A banquet to welcome the lady of the house
b) Music
c) A ring to match the one she once gave to Bassanio
d) Flowers
70. What news does Antonio receive at the play’s end?
a) Shylock has killed himself.
b) Some of the ships he supposed were lost have arrived in port.
c) The duke of Venice has changed his mind and finds Antonio guilty of forfeiture of
Shylock’s bond.
d) His long-lost brother has been found.
71.Who marries Shylock's daughter, Jessica?
a) Lorenzo
b) Antonio
c) Bassanio
d) Balthasar

72.In the opening scene, Prince Escalus addresses peace, "rebellious subjects, enemies to
profaners of this neighbour-stained steel". He is referring to
a) Romeo and Juliet.
b) Tybalt and Mercutio.
c) the citizens of Verona and Mantua.
d) Lord Capulet and Lord Montague.

73. How do Romeo and Benvolio learn about the Capulet's "masque"?
a) Romeo is hiding in the orchard and overhears Juliet on the balcony.
b) The servant cannot read and asks Romeo to read the message.
c) The Nurse tells them.
d) Montague is planning a surprise raid and wants them to come.

74.In the beginning of the play, Juliet is

a) 12 years old.
b) not yet 14 years old.
c) almost 15 years old.
d) only 16 years old.

75.Lady Capulet wants Juliet to marry

a) Romeo.
b) Paris.
c) Tybalt.
d) no one until she is older.

76. Shortly after Juliet has met Romeo, she expresses her sentiments by saying "O, be some
other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell so
sweet." In this speech, Juliet
a) is admiring the flowers outside her room.
b) considers changing her name from Capulet to Montague.
c) declares her love for Romeo despite that he is a Montague.
d) has noticed Romeo hiding in the orchard.

77.A "soliloquy" is
a) an aside heard by some actors but not by the audience.
b) a speech delivered by an actor alone on stage.
c) an opening speech which introduces the play or an act.
 d) the final or closing speech in the play.

78.In the soliloquy which begins "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?",
a) Romeo is in the orchard hiding from Benvolio and Mercutio.
b) Juliet is signalling to Romeo from her balcony.
c) Romeo is expressing his love for Rosaline.
d) Romeo has spotted Paris at the sepulchre.

79.Who says "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."?

a) Romeo
b) Paris
c) the nurse
d) Friar Laurence

80. The words "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" are spoken by
a) Mercutio and Benvolio when they are looking for Romeo in the orchard.
b) Juliet when she is on the balcony.
c) Tybalt when he wants to fight against Romeo.
d) Paris when he arrives at the sepulchre.

81. In Act II, the "balcony scene" takes place

a) after Romeo and Juliet have married.
b) in the church where they were married.
c) in the sepulchre.
d) in the Capulet's house overlooking the orchard.

82. When Juliet learns about Tybalt's death, she is upset because
a) both Mercutio and Tybalt have died.
b) Tybalt was her cousin.
c) her father would be angry with Romeo.
d) the Prince has banished Romeo.

83. Lord Capulet originally scheduled the wedding for Thursday but moves it ahead to
Wednesday. As a result,
a) Juliet goes to Mantua where she joins Romeo at the sepulchre.
b) Friar Laurence cannot inform Romeo about the plan to give Juliet a sleeping
potion.
c) Romeo leaves Verona and goes to Mantua.
d) Romeo kills Tybalt in a sword fight.

84. Friar John could not deliver the letter to Romeo because
a) Romeo had never left Mantua.
 b) in Verona "searchers of the town … seal'd up the doors."
c) there was a plague in Mantua so Friar John could not go there.
d) Friar Laurence had an "infectious pestilence".

85. Romeo learns of Juliet's "death" from

a) Benvolio.
b) Friar Laurence.
c) Friar John.
d) his servant Balthasar.

86. Juliet stabs herself when she awakes from the sleeping potion because
a) she fears her father's anger at her marriage to Romeo.
b) the sleeping potion has made her insane.
c) she fears spending the night alone in the sepulcher.
d) Romeo is dead.

87. Who interrupts Romeo and Juliet's private conversation?

a) Lady Capulet
b) The nurse
c) Mercutio
d) Lord Capulet

88.What does Juliet reveal that Romeo overhears?

a) That their families are bitter enemies
b) That she does not love Paris
c) That she loves Romeo
d) That she does not want to leave her home

89.To which of the following does Romeo NOT compare Juliet, as he gazes at her window?
a) The sun
b) The East
c) The stars in heaven
d) A million wildflowers

90.What does Romeo wish for, as he watches Juliet lean her cheek on her hand?
a) That he could be kissing that cheek
b) To be a ring upon her finger
c) For her to be his wife
d) To be a glove upon her hand

MODULE 3

91.Where does the novel Les Miserables begin?

 a) Notre-Dame
b) b Digne
c) London
d) Paris

92. Who is the sister of Myriel?

a) Madam Magliore
b) Mademoiselle Baptisine
c) Madam Valentina
d) Zephine

93.What is Myriel’s position within the church?

a) Bishop
b) Pope
c) Priest
d) Verger

94.What are the luxuries that Myriel holds onto out of consideration?
a) set of silverware and two silver candlesticks
b) golden chain
c) a silk robe
d) a gas lamp and indoor plumbing

95.What is the name of the boy from whom Jean Valjean steals a silver coin?
a) Enjoiras
b) Felix
c) Georges Pontmercy
d) Petit Gervais

96.Who is the protagonist of Les Miserables?

a) Javert
b) Jean Vajean
c) Jean Valjean
d) Colette

97.Which of the following is the posthumously published novel of Jane Austen?

a) Persuasion
b) Emma
c) Mansfield Park
d) Sense and Sensibility

98.Which is the ‘mixer’ dance that derived from an 18th century Cotillion figure?
a) Familjevalsen
b) Boulanger
 c) Burlesque
d) Jamming

99.In which novel appears the following statement “a single man in possession of a good
fortune must be in want of a wife” ?
a) Les Miserables
b) Don Quixote
c) Pride and Prejudice
d) Emma

100.Who is the close friend of Elizabeth?

a) Charlotte
b) Cordelia
c) Bingley
d) Mary

101.Who is referred by Mr.Bennet ‘as having something more of quickness than her sisters’?
a) Mary
b) Elizabeth
c) Jane
d) Catherine

102.What is the name of Darcy’s sister?

a) Imogene
b) Georgiana
c) Cordelia
d) Amelia

103.The Bennet family lived in the village of –

a) Pemberley
b) Longbourn
c) Rosings
d) London

104.To which Bennet daughter does Mr.Collins propose marriage?

a) Elizabeth
b) Jane
c) Mary
d) Lydia

105. How many daughters does Mrs.Bennet have?

a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
 d) 6

106.What is the name of the man who has just bought Netherfield?
a) Mr.Collins
b) Mr.Bingley
c) Mr.Wickham
d) Mr.Darcy

107. How does Mary spend most of her time ?

a) Singing
b) Gossiping
c) Reading
d) Writing

108.What is Don Quixote’s real name?

a) Alphonso
b) Eduardo
c) Alonso
d) Miguel

109.What is the name of Don Quixote’s horse?

a) Dapple
b) El Toredo
c) Rocinante
d) El Ceballo

110.Name the imaginary character who Quixote imagines as the thief of his books
a) Briareus
b) Freston the Wise
c) Rocinante
d) Dapple

111.Name the Spanish knight who tore a heavy branch from an oak tree and thrashed so
many Moors
a) Diego Perez
b) Sancho Panza
c) Don Quixote
d) Agrajes

112.To Don Quixote ,the windmills seem to appear as -----

a) Giants
b) Monks
c) Knights
d) Friars
113.Why did Don Quixote want to become a knight errant?
a) Make things right for everyone
b) Make things worse
c) Make his friends happy
d) without any purpose

114.How does Sancho Panza agree to become the squire?

a) Quixote promises him that he will make him governor of an island
b) Without any purpose
c) He will become a president
d) Just to help a friend

115.The author of Don Quixote

a) Miguel de Cervantes
b) Don Quixote
c) Sancho Panza
d) Victor Huego

116.Where is Don Quixote from?

a) La Manca,Italy
b) Venezuela
c) La Mancha ,Spain
d) France

117. Sancho Panza’s occupation

a) Accounts General
b) Knight
c) King
d) Farmer

118.Who was the peasant girl that Don Quixote had a crush on, who he decided to be his
lady?
a) Dalhia
b) Dulcinea
c) Catherine
d) Dophelia

119. Victor Hugo was ---

a) Spanish writer
b) French writer
c) Italian
d) Indian
120.The literal meaning of Les Miserables is
a) The miserable ones
b) Less miserable
c) without miseries
d) full of miseries

121.Les Miserable first published in the year –

a) 1862
b) 1832
c) 1962
d) 1932

122.How many years did it take to complete the novel Les Miserables
a) 15 years
b) 16 years
c) 17 years
d) 18 years

123.How many years did Jean Valjean spend in prison?

a) 25
b) 20
c) 19
d) 18

124.Where does Jean Valjean finally find shelter?

a) In a small inn
b) In a barn
c) In a kennel
d) In Bishop Myriel’s house

125.Who heard the words “You’re free” as strange words?

a) Don Quixote
b) Elizabeth
c) Sancho Panza
d) Jean Valjean

126.What was the colour of the passport of the former convicts who had served forced
labour?
a) white
b) yellow
c) black
d) red
127.Mr. Bennet’s property is entailed.What does it mean?
a) girls have the right to inherit the property
b) only the elder one has the right to inherit
c) only the younger one has the right to inherit
d) none of the girls can inherit it

128.What device does Cervantes use to introduce the comedic nature of Don Quixote?
a) A dream sequence
b) A gypsy fortune teller
c) Talking animals
d) Silly advice from a friend

129.Who gives Mrs.Bennet a description of Mr.Bingley when her husband will not?
a) Lady Lucas
b) Lady Catherine
c) Lady De Bourgh
d) Lady Collins

130.How do most people react to Valjean when he comes to Digne?

a) They are friendly to him
b) They do not want to associate with him because he is an ex-convict
c) They take no notice of him
d) they greet him warmly

131.Who is Agrajes?
a) A character Amelia
b) A character in Amadis of Gaul
c) A character in Odyssey
d) A character in Medea

132. Name the monstrous giant in Greek mythology who had fifty heads and
hundred arms.
a) Caliban
b) Ariel
c) Briareus
d) Gaul

133.How does Myriel react when the police bring Valjean back to his house?
a) He takes back the silver in order to donate it to charity
b) He curses him for robbing his host
 c) He pretends not to recognize Valjean
d) He admonishes Valjean for forgetting the candlesticks

134.Why does Myriel let Valjean spend the night in his house?
a) He wants to convert Valjean to Christianity
b) He wants to treat his fellow man with his fellow man with kindness and
respect
c) He thinks that Valjean has money
d) Because Valjean once saved Myriel’s life

135.What is the title of the short novel Jane Austen wrote in in 1795 but never
published?
a) Lady Sarah
b) Lady Sharon
c) Lady Susan
d) Lady Samantha

136.In Pride and Prejudice , what is Mr. Darcy’s first name?

a) Fitzherbert
b) Fitzpatrick
c) Fitzroy
d) Fitzwilliam

137.Which is Jane Austen’s first novel?

a) Northanger Abbey
b) Sense and Sensibility
c) Persuasion
d) Pride and Prejudice

138.Which literary character did Cervantes create?

a) Orlando Furioso
b) Lazarillo Tormes
c) Don Quixote
d) Ricardo Reis

139.Cervantes published his novel Don Quixote in how many parts?

a) 2
b) 12
 c) 7
d) 10

140.The first volume of Don Quixote was published in the year----

a) 1605
b) 1610
c) 1615
d) 1620
MODULE 4
141.To which genre that ‘‘The Black Veil’’ belongs
a) Romantic tale
b) b) gothic tale
c) travel tale
d) science fiction

142.The era in which ‘’The Black Veil’’ belongs?

a) 1900s
b) 1950s
c) 1800s
d) 1850s

143.What is wage offered by the young medical practitioner to the helper boy?
a) One shilling per week
b) ten shillings per week
c) twenty shillings per week
d) fifty shillings per week

144.What was the appearance of the old lady in ‘‘The Black Veil’’?
a) Dressed as if in wedding
b) dressed in deep mourning
c) dressed like a devotee
d) dressed like a beggar

145.Why does the lady says it is ‘‘useless’’ to give assistance to the patient at that day?
a) The patient is abroad
b) the patient’s disease is incurable
c) the patient is in jail
d) the patient is under medication in a hospital

146.What was the news that the young medical practioner wishes to convey Rose, his lover
on his visit to home during Christmas?
 a) About his meeting with her friend
b) about his meeting with his first patient
c) about his meeting with the priest
d) about his visit to the museum

147.Where is the house of the old lady in ‘‘The Black Veil’’?

a) Scotland
b) Toronto
c) Walworth
d) Norwegia

148.What is the time by which the doctor agreed to visit the old lady’s house?
a) 8 a.m
b) 9 a.m
c) 10 a.m
d) 12 p.m

149.What was the old lady’s relation to the patient in ‘‘The Black Veil’’?
a) Brother
b) b) husband
c) c) son
d) d) friend

150. ‘‘Kabuliwala’’ was originally written in which language?

a) Bangali
b) Marathi
c) Hindi
d) Kannada

151. Which was the chapter of the novel dealt by Mini’s father in the opening of
‘‘Kabuliwala’’?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 17
d) 12

152. What kind of a place was Walworth?

a) A holy place
b) a place occupied by people of questionable character
c) a tourist spot
d) a place well known for seafood

153.Who welcomed the doctor when he reached the old lady’s house?
a) Her son
b) a young man
 c) a pale and haggard old man
d) her daughter

154.Who was the first patient of the young medical practitioner?

a) An old lady
b) an old lady’s son
c) an old man
d) an actor

155. What was the nationality of John Vincent Moon?

a) Ireland
b) England
c) Dutch
d) Portuguese

156.How did the narrator in ‘‘The Shape of the Sword’’ was known to his neighbours?
a) an Irish man at Tyneham
b) The English man at La Colorado
c) a Dutch man at Cornwall
d) an American at Texas

157.Where did the Irish freedom fighters take refuge during Irish war of independence?
a) Vincent Moon’s house
b) b) in an old cottage
c) c) in the church
d) d) General Bekerley’s house

158.Who is the speaker of ‘‘The Shape of the Sword’’?

a) An English man
b) b) John Vincent Moon
c) c) Borges
d) d) Dickens

159.How does Vincent Moon’s scar is being described?

a) A perfect arc
b) looks like a line
c) a perfect oval
d) l- shaped scar

160.Who are the Bashkirs?

a) A tribe from Turkey
b) Pahom's cousins
c) People from France
d) A tribe from Africa
161. What is the theme of the story ‘‘How Much Land Does a Man Need’’?
a) don’t buy land
b) wealth cannot bring happiness
c) it is good to own too much land
d) don’t move around
162.What is Pahom's tragic flaw?
a) He cares too much
b) He lost his wife and went nuts
c) He doesn't care about his family
d) He is greedy and wants land

163.What is Pahom’s wife's message about peasant life ?

a) It's glamorous - money, fame
b) It has many temptations
c) She hates it and wants money
d) It has it's flaws, but at least it has no temptations
164.How does the elder sister feel about city life in ‘‘How Much Land does a man Need’’?
a) She loves it and hates peasants
b) She hates the temptations
c) She feels lost
d) She's broke
165.What does the Devil decide to do after Pahom's boasting?
a) Kill him
b) leave him alone
c) give him land and get him into his power
d) make him a devil worshipper
166.What happens when Pahom's cows go on his neighbour’s land?
a) neighbour keeps them
b) they run away
c) Pahom quietly takes them back
d) Pahom is fined
167.What does Pahom's greed earn him in the end?
a) money
b) land
c) family
d) death
168.Which is NOT a physical obstacle Pahom encounters?
a) cows
b) high grass
c) thirst
d) exhaustion
169.What happens in Pahom's dream?
a) a landowner stabs him
b) he runs out of food
c) appearance of the devil and his death
d) his wife leaves him
170.How much land does Pahom get from the Bashkirs with his price?
a) 1200 acres
 b) 14000 acres
c) 1300 acres
d) as much as he can walk in a day before sunset
171. How did Bashkirs welcomed Pahom?
a) By giving snacks
b) by giving tea and Kumiss
c) by giving blankets
d) by giving wine
172.How does Pahom change when he becomes a landowner?
a) happier right away, but greedier
b) hates it and gives it away
c) so happy he leaves his family
d) angry
173.How did Pahom come to know about the land of Baskirs?
a) from a peasant
b) from his friend
c) from a dealer
d) from his wife
174.How much land did Pahom buy from the lady, who is his neighbour?
a) 40 acres
b) 100 acres
c) 50 acres
d) 10 acres
175.Who inspired Pahom to migrate to Volga?
a) a broker
b) an officer
c) his son
d) a peasant
176.Who was accused of cutting down Pahom’s woods?
a) John
b) Simon
c) Pahom’s brother
d) George
177.Name the hero and heroine of the narrator’s novel in Kabuliwala?
a) Pratap Singh and Mini
b) Romeo and Juliet
c) Pratap Singh and Kanchanmala
d) Ram and Sita
178.What was Mini’s fear about Kabuliwala on their first meeting?
a) his bag may contain children
b) his bag may contain worms
c) his bag may contain snakes
 d) his bag may contain knives
179.What was Kabuliwala’s reply to Mini’s question ‘‘Kabuliwala, O Kabuliwala what is in
your sack?’’
a) billi
b) raisins
c) nuts
d) hanti
180.What is the name of Kabuliwala?
a) Rahman
b) Omar
c) Rahamat
d) Abdulla
181.What kind of a person is Mini’s mother ?
a) timid
b) bold
c) generous
d) patient
182.Kumiss is made from -------?
a) cow’s milk
b) mare’s milk
c) mule’s milk
d) donkey’s milk
183.Why did Kabuliwala committed homicide?
a) is a criminal
b) a man denied him to give the money indebted to him
c) a man beaten him
d) the victim has stolen his money
184.Who was the friend that Mini found after Kabuliwala went to jail?
a) Balu
b) Ram
c) Nabi
d) Sudha
185.Mini’s wedding was fixed for------ holidays?
a) Christmas
b) Pooja
c) Diwali
d) Ramzan
186.Why did Mini’s father allowed Kabuliwala to see Mini?
a) by seeing the impression of very small hand of Kabuliwala’s daughter
b) upon Mini’s request
c) he feels pity on Mini
 d) upon his neighbours’ request
187. To which country does Kabuliwala belong?

a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) Afghanistan
d) Pakistan
188.What was the amount fixed by Bashkirs?
a) 1 lakh rubles a day
b) 1000 rubles a day
c) 100 rubles a day
d) 5000 rubles a day
189.What was Pahom’s gift to the Chief of Bhaskirs?
a) Wine and money
b) Cows and hen
c) Dressing gown and tea
d) gold and money
190.What was the occupation of the elder sister’s husband in ‘‘How Much Land Does a Man
Need’’?
a) policeman
b) peasant
c) cow herder
d) tradesman
191.In which year was “Kabuliwala” written?

a) 1890

b) 1891

c) 1892

d) 1893

192.How old is Mini when the story “Kabuliwala” begins?

a) 5

b) 6

c) 7

d) 8
193.Which of these is a character in the novel being written by the narrator of “Kabuliwala”?

a) Rana Prathap

b) Pradeep Singh

c) Pratap Singh

d) Rana Pradeep

194.In the story “Kabuilwala,” where is Mini’s house?

a) Kabul

b) Amritsar

c) Jaipur

d) Kolkata

195.How many years have passed when the Kabuliwala comes to meet Mini again?

a) 8

b) 9

c) 10

d) 11

196.Who is the sentry in “Kabuliwala”?

a) Deendayal

b) Ramdayal

c) Hardayal

d) Ramlal

197.What did the Kabuliwala take out from his bag?

a) Oranges

b) Peaches
 c) Bananas

d) Raisins

198. Pick out the work which is not written by Dickens

a) Little Dorrit

b) A Tale of Two Cities

c) El Aleph

d) Great Expectations

199. Who among the following is a Russian writer?

a) Victor Hugo

b) Leo Tolstoy

c) Jorge Luis Borges

d) Dante Aligheri
200. In which year did Rabindranath Tagore win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
a) 1903
b) 1930
c) 1913
d) 1931