এমসিকিউ টেস্ট
লাইব্রেরি / English Literature

English Language and Literature

The Modern Period

251 প্রশ্ন

141. Who wrote ''Paintings as a Pastime''?

a) Winston Churchill
b) D.H. Lawrence
c) George Orwell
d) Bertrand Russel
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: Winston Churchill. Explanation: He was the prime minister of United Kingdom. His famous books are- History of the second world war, the river war.

142. Who said, ''God has put us on earth to love our neighbors and to show it''?

a) Winston Churchill
b) D.H. Lawrence
c) E.M Froster
d) Bertrand Russel
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: E.M Forster. Explanation: ''God has put us on earth to love our neighbors and to show it'' is taken from the novel 'A passage to India'. This novel is written by E.M Forster. Another famous line from this novel is- '''God has put us on earth to love our neighbors and to show it''.

143. 'A passage to India' is a/an-

a) novel
b) play
c) essay
d) poem
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: novel. Explanation: 'A passage to India' is a E.M Forster. Two famous line from this novel- ''God has put us on earth to love our neighbors and to show it'' and '''God has put us on earth to love our neighbors and to show it''.


"Passage to India" by Walt Whitman is a poem.

144. ''Dubliners'' is a short story by-

a) Jules Verne
b) Somersen Maugham
c) James Joyce
d) Henry James
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: James Joyce. Explanation: ''Dubliners'' is a short story by- James Joyce. James Joyce was an Irish Novelist and poet. His well known works- Ulysses (novel), Dubliners (short story), A portrait of the Artist as a young man (novel).

145. James Joyce was a/an-

a) American novelist
b) Irish Novelist
c) British Novelist
d) French Novelist
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: James Joyce. Explanation: James Joyce was an Irish Novelist and poet. His well known works- Ulysses (novel), Dubliners (short story), A portrait of the Artist as a young man (novel).

146. 'Mrs. Dalloway' is a/an-

a) poem
b) drama
c) novel
d) autobiography
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: novel. Explanation: 'Mrs Dalloway' is a novel by Virginia Woolf. Characters from 'Mrs Dalloway'- Clarissa, Dalloway, Peter Walsh, Richard Dalloway.

147. ''Mrs. Dalloway'' is written by-

a) Virginia Woolf
b) Somersen Maugham
c) James Joyce
d) Henry James
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: Virginia Woolf. Explanation: 'Mrs Dalloway' is a novel by Virginia Woolf. Characters from 'Mrs Dalloway'- Clarissa, Dalloway, Peter Walsh, Richard Dalloway.

148. Who wrote ''The voyage out''?

a) James Joyce
b) Kiplings
c) Virginia Woolf
d) Maugham
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: Virginia Woolf. Explanation: ''The voyage out'' is written by Virginia Woolf.

149. Who wrote the novel ''The white peacock''?

a) D.H Lawrence
b) T.S Eliot
c) Ezra Pound
d) Boris pasternak
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: D.H Lawrence. Explanation: ''The white peacock'' is a novel by D.H Lawrence. His well known works- The white peacock, Sons and Lovers, The rainbow, Women in love, Lady chatterley's lover, A modern lover.

150. Which one is an autobiographical novel?

a) Lady Chatterley's lover
b) A modern lover
c) Sons and lovers
d) Man and Superman
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: Sons and lovers. Explanation: Sons and lovers is an autobiographical novel by D.H Lawrence.

151. ''The Rainbow'' is-

a) a poem by Wordsworth
b) a short story by Maugham
c) a novel by D.H. Lawrence
d) A verse by Coleridge
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: a novel by D.H. Lawrence.

152. Who was a novelist and a painter in English Literature?

a) William Blake
b) D.H. Lawrence
c) G.B Shaw
d) Thomas Hardy
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: D.H. Lawrence. Explanation: D.H. Lawrence was a novelist and a painter in English Literature. He was also an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic. His famous novel is 'sons and lovers'. His well known works- The white peacock, Sons and Lovers, The rainbow, Women in love, Lady chatterley's lover, A modern lover. *** William Blake was both a poet and a painter.

153. 'The hairy ape' is written by-

a) D. H Lawrence
b) O'Neil
c) T.S Eliot
d) Ezra Pound
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: O'Neil. Explanation: 'The hairy ape' is written by- O'Neil. He won Nobel prize. His well known plays are- Bread and Butter, The Hairy Ape, Beyond the Horizon.

154. 'The waste Land' is a literary collaboration by-

a) Wordsworth and S.T Coleridge
b) Ezra pound and T.S Eliot
c) W.B Yeats and G.B Shaw
d) Henry howard and Thomas More
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: Ezra pound and T.S Eliot. Explanation: 'The waste Land' is a literary collaboration by- Ezra pound and T.S Eliot. 'The waste land' is a poem. T.S Eliot got Nobel prize for this poem.

155. Who wrote ''Murder in the Cathedral''?

a) T.S Eliot
b) D.H Lawrence
c) G.B Shaw
d) Pearl B. Suck
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: T.S Eliot. Explanation: ''Murder in the Cathedral'' is a play by T.S Eliot. His well known works- The Waste Land (poem), Murder in the Cathedral (play), The family reunion (play), Gerontion (poem). The waste land is a long poem in five parts.

156. Who is not a Nobel Laureate?

a) Ezra pound
b) T.S Eliot
c) Boris Pasternak
d) Pearl S. Buck
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: Ezra pound. Explanation: T.S Eliot, Boris Pasternak and Pearl S. Buck are Nobel Laureate.

157. Who wrote ''The Lord of the Rings''?

a) Aldous Husley
b) John Ronald Tolkien
c) Wilfred Owen
d) William Faulkner
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: John Ronald Tolkien.

158. ''The mansion'' is written by-

a) Herman Melville
b) William Faulkner
c) Earnest Hemingway
d) Saul Bellow
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: William Faulkner. Explanation: ''The mansion'' is written by- William Faulkner. His well known works- Soldier's play, The sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, Absalom Absalom!

159. Who is the writer of a famous novel 'The sound and the Fury''?

a) Herman Melville
b) William Faulkner
c) Earnest Hemingway
d) Saul Bellow
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: William Faulkner. Explanation: ''The sound and the Fury'' is written by- William Faulkner. His well known works- Soldier's pay, The sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, Absalom Absalom!, The mansion.

160. ''A Farewell to Arms'' is a famous novel by-

a) Herman Melville
b) William Faulkner
c) Earnest Hemingway
d) Saul Bellow
ব্যাখ্যা:

Answer: Earnest Hemingway. Explanation: ''A Farewell to Arms'' is a famous novel by-Earnest Hemingway. His famous novels- The old man and the sea, The sun also rises, A farewell to Arms, For whom the bell tolls, The Torrents of Spring.