1.
Areopagitica' advocated _____.
a) the freedom of right
b) the freedom of press
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c) the freedom of information
d) the freedom of secret things
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: the freedom of press
Explanation: John Milton এর 'Areopagitica' (about freedom of press) একটি Pamphlet(পুস্তিকা)। যা লেখা হয়েছিল লেখক, প্রকাশক ও প্রকাশনা সংস্থার স্বাধীনতার জন্য।
✔John Milton কে বলা হয়-
➙ Epic poet
➙ A great master of verse in puritan period
✔John Milton এর Famous epics:
➙Paradise Lost
➙Paradise Regained
✔John Milton এর Famous elegies:
➙Lycidas (Edward King এর মৃত্যু নিয়ে লেখা)
➙On Shakespeare
✔John Milton এর Famous quotes:
➙ "It is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."
➙ "Childhood shows the man as morning shows the day."
➙ "Death is the golden key that opens the place of eternity."
➙"Education is the harmonious development of body, mind and soul."
2.
Jim Hawkins' is the central character of the novel:
a) The Return of the native
b) Treasure Island
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c) Sherlock Holmes
d) The way of All flesh
ব্যাখ্যা:
Treasure Island is written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, best known for his works Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The Return of the native is a novel by Thomas Hardy.
Sherlock Holmes is by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The way of all flesh is by Samuel Butler.
3.
"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher" is written by-
a) William Wordsworth
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b) Lord Byron
c) S.T. Coleridge
d) John Keats
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: ??????? ??????????:
Explanation: ?????? ?????? ?? ??????????:
* "Child is the father of the man". (My heart leaps up when I behold)
* "Nature never did betray the heart that loved her". (Tintern Abbey)
* "The music in my heart I bore/Long after it was heard no more". (The Solitary Reaper)
* "Let nature be your teacher".
4.
"Nature never betray the heart that loved her" is a famous quote by-
a) Wordsworth
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b) Shelley
c) Coleridge
d) Byron
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: ??????? ??????????:
Explanation :
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* Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. (Lyrical Ballads)
* Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting.
* The ocean in a mighty harmonist.
* All at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils. Ten thousands saw I at a glance tossing their heads In sprightly dance. (The Daffodils)
5.
"She stoops to Conquer" was written by-
a) Oliver Goldsmith
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b) Thomas Gray
c) Samuel Johnson
d) William Blake
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Oliver Goldsmith.
Explanation: Oliver Goldsmith said:
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall".
His famous is novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield'.
6.
What is the major idea of 'An Essay on Man'?
a) A disastrous life of man
b) A God of infinite wisdom exists
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c) Forgive is divine
d) Man was made to Mourn
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: A God of infinite wisdom exists.
Explanation: Alexandar Pope, Neo-classical period এর একজন গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লেখক।
তাঁর উল্লেখযোগ্য সাহিত্যকর্মগুলো হল:
1) 'Essay on Criticism',
2) 'The Rape of the Lock',
3) 'An Essay on Man',
4) 'The Dunciad',
5) Translation of Homer's 'The Illiad'.
7.
'Clarissa' is a epistolary novel written by-
a) Henry Fielding
b) Samuel Johnson
c) Samuel Richardson
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d) Edward Gibbon
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Samuel Richardson.
Explanation: Clarissa, in full Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady, epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson.
His Notable works are-
'Pamela'; or, 'Virtue Rewarded',
'Clarissa: Or The History of a Young Lady',
'The History of Sir Charles Grandison'.
8.
"Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds" In which poem we found those line?
a) The patriot
b) A voyage to Abyssinia
c) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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d) London: A poem
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
Explanation: 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' by Thomas Gray.
এই কবিতাটিই তাঁকে সাহিত্যের জগতে অমর করেছে।তিনি মূলত Elegy(শোক কবিতা) র
জন্য বিখ্যাত। এই কবিতায় বিখ্যাত কয়েকজন ব্যক্তির নাম এসেছে, যেমন- Hampden, Miton, Cromwell, Goddess Muse.
তাঁর বিখ্যাত আরেকটি Elegy- 'Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat'.
9.
What is the theme of the adventure novel 'Robinson Crusoe'?
a) Alone in Island better than nasty world
b) History of an ancient mariner
c) Story about a churchyard
d) The Life and strange surprising adventures
✓
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: The Life and strange surprising adventures.
Explanation: Daniel Defoe এর বিখ্যাত গ্রন্থ 'Robinson Crusoe'.
Robinson Crusoe নামক উপন্যাসের কেন্দ্রীয় চরিত্র Robinson Crusoe.
10.
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea."
is a quote of-
a) Henry Fielding
✓
b) John Locke
c) John Dryden
d) John Milton
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Henry Fielding.
Explanation: Henry Fielding is the author of this line "Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea."
His notable work:
- Joseph Andrews
- Tom Jones
- Amelia
- Miscellanies.
11.
Which one is a poetic work?
a) The Indian Emperor
b) The Wild Gallant
c) An evening's love
d) The Medal
✓
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: The Medal.
Explanation: 'The Medal' is a poetic work by John Dryden.
'Metaphysical Poetry' টার্মটি তিনিই প্রথম ব্যবহার করেছিলেন।
His notable works:
- 'The Indian Emperor',
- 'The Wild Gallant',
- 'All for Love',
- 'Mac Flecknoe',
- 'The Essay on Dramatic Poesy'
- ,Absalom and Achitophel',
- 'Aureng-Zebe'.
'Love for Love' is written by William Congreve.
12.
Which one was written by Alexander Pope?
a) A Farewell to Arm
b) The Wanderings women
c) Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
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d) Candida
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot.
Explanation: The Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot was written by Alexander Pope.
তাঁর উল্লেখযোগ্য সাহিত্যকর্মগুলো হল:
1) 'Essay on Man',
2) 'The Rape of the Lock',
3) 'An Essay on Criticism',
4) 'The Dunciad',
5) Translation of Homer's 'The Illiad'.
13.
Psalmanazar' is the character from
a) Rape of the lock
b) Pamela
c) A modest proposal
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d) Gulliver's travels
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: A modest proposal.
Explanation: 'Psalmanazar' is the character from 'A Modest Proposal'.
- Jonathan Swift is the writer of 'A Modest Proposal'.
Jonathon Swift is known as the author of:
'Gulliver's Travels',
'A Tale Of A Tub'.
14.
Thomas Gray wrote-
a) To Blossom
b) The Funeral
c) Ode on the Spring
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d) Volpone
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Ode on the Spring.
Explanation: Thomas Gray wrote 'Ode on the Spring'.
His famous work:
- 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.'
- 'Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat',
- 'The Bard'.
15.
The False Alarms' is written by-
a) Samuel Richardson
b) Samuel Johnson
✓
c) John Lock
d) Thomas Gray
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Samuel Johnson.
Explanation: Samuel Johnson’s work:
-'A Voyage to Abyssinia',
-'London: A Poem',
-'The Vanity of Human Wishes',
-'The Patriot' (Pamphlet),
-'Preface to Shakespeare',
-'The False alarms'.
16.
Who wrote 'The Vicar of Wakefiled'?
a) Oliver Goldsmith
✓
b) Jonathan swift
c) Samuel Richardson
d) William Congreve
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Oliver Goldsmith.
Explanation: 'She Stoops to Conquer' তাঁর বিখ্যাত কমেডি।
His famous quotes:
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall".
''Handsome is that handsome does'' is a quote by Oliver Goldsmith".
17.
What is the theme of the adventure novel 'Robinson Crusoe'?
a) Alone in Island better than nasty world
b) History of an ancient mariner
c) Story about a churchyard
d) The Life and strange surprising adventures
✓
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: The Life and strange surprising adventures.
Explanation: Daniel Defoe রচিত বিখ্যাত গ্রন্থ 'Robinson Crusoe'.
18.
Which one is John Dryden's comedy?
a) The Indian Emperor
b) Tyrannick Love
c) Religio Laici
d) The Wild Gallant
✓
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: The Wild Gallant.
Explanation: John Dryden's notable works:
1) All for Love,
2) The Indian Emperor,
3) Aureng-Zebe,
4) Absalom and Achitophel,
5) Mac Flecknoe,
6) The Essay on Dramatic Poesy.
19.
Which of the following books is written by Henry Fielding?
a) The Modern Husband
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b) Death of Sir Roger
c) The True Born Englishman
d) A Tale of The Tub
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: The Modern Husband.
Explanation: Henry Fielding's pen name was 'Captain Hercules Vinegar'.
His well-known works:
-An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
-Joseph Andrews
-Tom Jones (novel)
-Amelia.
20.
John Bunyan is famous for-
a) All for Love
b) The Pilgrim's Progress
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c) The Indian Emperor
d) The Way of the World
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: The Pilgrim's Progress.
Explanation: 'The Pilgrim's Progress' গল্পটি John Bunyan এর বিখ্যাত গ্রন্থ। এই গল্পটি খ্রিষ্ট ধর্মের উপর প্রতিষ্ঠিত। এই গল্পের একটি বিখ্যাত উক্তি হচ্ছেঃ
"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart".
