81.
An Essay on Man' is a -
a) poem
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b) essay
c) drama
d) satire
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: poem.
Explanation: 'An Essay on Man' is a poem by Alexander Pope.
His another famous poem is 'An Essay on Criticism'.
82.
"A little learning is a dangerous thing" is a famous quote by-
a) John Dryden
b) Jonathan Swift
c) William Congreve
d) Alexander Pope
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ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Alexander Pope.
Explanation: This is a famous quote by Alexander Pope from his famous poem 'An Essay on Criticism.
Another famous quotes by him are:
1)"Charms strike the sight but merit strikes the heart".
2)"To err is human, forgive is divine". (“মানুষ মাত্রই ভুল, ক্ষমা স্বৰ্গীয়")
3)"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread". (“হাতি ঘোড়া গেল তল, ভেড়া বলে কত জল”)
83.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"- said by
a) Samuel Richardson
b) John Bunyan
c) Alexander Pope
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d) John Dryden
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Alexander Pope.
Explanation: "To err is human, to forgive is divine" is a famous quote by Alexander Pope from his poem 'An Essay on Criticism'.
Other quotes from this poem:
1)"Charms strike the sight but merit strikes the heart".
2)"A Little Learning is a dangerous thing". (অল্প বিদ্যা ভয়ংকরী।)
3)"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread". (“হাতি ঘোড়া গেল তল, ভেড়া বলে কত জল”)
84.
"The proper study of mankind is man", the line has been taken from-
a) An Essay on Man
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b) An Essay on Criticism
c) Aeropagitica
d) The Rape of the Lock
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: An Essay on Man.
Explanation: "The proper study of mankind is man" is a famous quote from 'An Essay of Man' by Alexander Pope.
Other quotes from this poem are:-
1. "An honest man is the noblest work of God".
2. "Charms strike the sight but merit strikes the heart".
3. "A Little Learning is a dangerous thing". (অল্প বিদ্যা ভয়ংকরী।)
4. "To err is human, to forgive is divine". (“মানুষ মাত্রই ভুল, ক্ষমা স্বৰ্গীয়")
5. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread". (“হাতি ঘোড়া গেল তল, ভেড়া বলে কত জল”)
85.
The most famous satirist in English literature-
a) Jonathan Swift
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b) Joseph Addison
c) Daniel defoe
d) Richard Steel.
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Jonathan Swift.
Explanation: Jonathan Swift কে বলা হয় 'The Greatest Satirist in English Literature'.
বাংলা সাহিত্যের প্রথম বিদ্রূপাত্মক লেখক হলেন প্রমথ চৌধুরী।
86.
Pamela' was written by-
a) Swift
b) G.B Shaw
c) Mark Twain
d) Samuel Richardson
✓
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Samuel Richardson.
Explanation: Pamela or Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary (পত্র সম্বন্ধীয়) novel by Samuel Richardson.
It is considered the first novel in English.
87.
A Tale of a Tub'- is written by-
a) Daniel Defoe
b) Jonathan Swift
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c) Richard Steel
d) Joseph Addison
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Jonathan Swift.
Explanation: 'A Tale of Tub' is a famous novel by Jonathan Swift.
His well known work are:
1. A Modest Proposal.
2. A Tale of a Tub(Prose)
3. The Battle of the Book (satire).
88.
Which one is the famous novel by Daniel Defoe?
a) Pamela
b) Robinson Crusoe
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c) A Voyage to Lillliput
d) A Tale of a Tub
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Robinson Crusoe.
Explanation: Robinson Crusoe উপন্যাসটিকে বলা হয় The First Realistic Fiction in English।
এই উপন্যাসের কেন্দ্রীয় চরিত্র Robinson Crusoe নিজেই।
89.
"He is not poor that have little, but that desires much"- said by
a) Daniel Defoe
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b) Alexander Pope
c) Jonathan Swift
d) Richardson
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Daniel Defoe.
Explanation: Daniel Defoe is a famous neoclassical prose write and is well-known for his immortal prose-fiction 'Robinson Crusoe'.
90.
Father of English one-act play-
a) Samuel Richardson
b) Samuel Johnson
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c) Oliver Goldsmith
d) Henry Fielding
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Samuel Johnson.
Explanation: Dr. Samuel Johnson is called 'the father of English one act play'.
He is also the father of English Dictionary. He wrote first English Dictionary in 1755.
His well-known works :
1. A Voyage to Abyssinia
2. London: A Poem
3. The Vanity of Human Wishes
5. The Patriot (Pamphlet)
6. Preface to Shakespeare
7. The False alarms.
91.
Who was the national poet of Russia?
a) Alexander Pushkin
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b) Leo Tolstoy
c) Nikolai Gogol
d) Maxim Gorky
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Alexander Pushkin.
Explanation: Alexander Pushkin ছিলেন একজন বিখ্যাত রাশিয়ান লেখক এবং রাশিয়ার জাতীয় কবি।
তাঁর বিখ্যাত কাজ The Queen of Spades(story), The Tale of the Fisherman and the fish (Fairy Tale) ইত্যাদি।
92.
The Mourning Bride' is a drama by-
a) John Dryden
b) William Congreve
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c) Richard Steel
d) Richardson
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: William Congreve.
Explanation: 'The Mourning Bride' is a famous drama by William Congreve.
His well known Dramas:
1. The Way of the World (দি ওয়ে অব দি ওয়ার্লড) (১৭০০ )
2. Love for Love, (লাভ ফর লাভ) (১৬৯৫),
3. The Old Bachelor, (দি ওল্ড ব্যাচেলর) (১৬৯৩)
4. The Double-Dealer, (দি ডাবল ডিলার) (১৬৩৯),
5. The Mourning Bride. (দি মর্নিং ব্রাইড) (১৬৯৭).
93.
Who is a famous dramatist and also was a friend of Jonathan Swift?
a) Daniel Defoe
b) William Congreve
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c) Alexander Pope
d) John Dryden
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: William Congreve.
Explanation: William Congreve is a famous dramatist and also was a friend of Jonathan Swift.
Neoclassical period এর একজন বিখ্যাত নাট্যকার।
Restoration যুগের অনেকগুলো বিখ্যাত নাটকের রচয়িতা তিনি।
যেমন- 'The Way of the World', 'The Old Bachelor', 'The Mourning Bride', 'Love for Love' etc.
94.
Who translated Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey into English in Augustan Period?'
a) George Chapman
b) Alexander Pope
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c) Samuel Johnson
d) John Dryden
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Alexander Pope.
Explanation: Alexander Pope গ্রীক কবি Homer এর দুইটি মহাকাব্য 'Iliad' এবং 'Odyssey' ইংরেজিতে অনুবাদ করেছেন।
তিনি Neoclassical(Augustan) যুগের একজন উল্লেখযোগ্য কবি।
তিনি তাঁর mock-epic, 'The Rape of the Lock' এর জন্য বিশেষভাবে বিখ্যাত।
95.
'The Dunciad' is a famous satirical poem by-
a) Daniel Defoe
b) Jonathan Swift
c) Henry Fielding
d) Alexander Pope
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ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Alexander Pope.
Explanation: 'The Dunciad' is a mock epic poem by Alexander Pope. It is actually a political satire.
Alexander Pope is mostly popular as a 'mock heroic poet'.
His popular mock-epic is 'The Rape of the Lock'.
96.
Who wrote the first novel in 1740?
a) Henry Fielding
b) Charles Dickens
c) Samuel Richardson
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d) John Bunyan
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Samuel Richardson.
Explanation: Samuel Richardson wrote 'Pamela or The Virtue Rewarded', the first novel in English literature in 1740.
It is an epistolary(পত্রসম্বন্ধীয়) novel.
97.
What is now considered the first modern novel in English Literature?
a) Pamela
b) The Virtue Rewarded
c) A Modest Proposal
d) Both a & b
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ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Both a & b.
Explanation: Samuel Richardson wrote 'Pamela or The Virtue Rewarded', the first novel in English literature in 1740.
It is an epistolary(পত্রসম্বন্ধীয়) novel.
This novel is regarded is the 'first modern novel in English literature'.
98.
French Revolution occurred at the age of-
a) Puritan Age
b) Augustan Age
c) Age of Sensibility
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d) Victorian Age
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Age of Sensibility.
Explanation: French Revolution, 'The age of Sensibility' যুগের ঘটনা।
French revolution এর স্লোগান ছিল "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".
এ যুগকে Age of Johnson ও বলা হয়।
* Alexander Pope- এর মৃত্যুর পর এবং Lyrical Ballads প্রকাশের সাথে সাথে এই যুগ শেষ হয়।
French Revolution (1789) এই যুগের ঘটনা।
Voltaire, Rousseau এ যুগের অন্যতম রাজনীতি সচেতন লেখক।
99.
Whose pen name was Captain Hercules Vinegar?
a) Samuel Johnson
b) Henry Fielding
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c) Alexander Pope
d) Thomas Gray
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Henry Fielding.
Explanation: Henry Fielding is considered to be 'the father of English novel'.
His pen name was 'Captain Hercules Vinegar'.
100.
Preface to Shakespeare' is written by-
a) Samuel Johnson
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b) Henry Fielding
c) Milton
d) J.S Mill
ব্যাখ্যা:
Ans: Samuel Johnson.
Explanation: Dr. Samuel Johnson is called 'the father of English Dictionary. He is also a renowned critic.
'Preface to Shakespeare' is a famous critical work by him.
His other well-known works are-
'A Voyage to Abyssinia',
'London: A poem', '
'The Vanity of Human Wishes',
'The Patriot'(pamphlet) etc.
