Top 80+ Solved Twentieth Century British Literature up to 1940 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Eliot stated that his references to certain vegetation ceremonies were influences that came fromwhich book?
a. the tain
b. from ritual to romance
c. the golden bough
d. the mabinogeon
Q. Which of these works did Eliot NOT make a reference to in "The Waste Land"?
a. shakespeare\s "measure for measure"
b. goldsmith\s "the vicar of wakefield"
c. kyd\s "spanish tragedy"
d. spenser\s "prothalamion"
Q. Which Upanishad is part of the reference in the last section?
a. brhadaranyaka upanishad
b. chandogya upanishad.
Q. “Hieronymo’s mad again.” What is the source of this quote?
a. hamlet
b. measure for measure
c. spanish tragedy
d. dward ii
Q. What is the first line of the poem "Funeral Blues"?
a. stop all the clocks
b. he was my north
c. cut off the telephone
d. pour away the ocean
Q. How was the dog supposed to be prevented from barking?
a. by putting him outside
b. a juicy bone
c. with a muzzle
d. by giving him away
Q. What message were the airplanes (or aeroplanes) going to write in the air?
a. directions to the funeral
b. he is dead
c. the deceased\s name
d. he was my north
Q. What color gloves were the traffic policemen to wear?
a. white satin gloves
b. red satin gloves
c. gray wool gloves
d. black cotton gloves
Q. Where does the soldier in "Strange Meeting" find himself?
a. in hell
b. in heaven
c. in purgatory
d. at home
Q. In "Strange Meeting", what does the soldier see that leads him to believe he is in hell?
a. the dead man\s arms
b. the dead man\s legs
c. the dead man\s smile
d. the dead man\s eyes
Q. The dead man in "Strange Meeting" says he used to possess
a. courage and wisdom
b. money
c. good looks
d. religion
Q. What does the dead man in "Strange Meeting" want to do at the very end?
a. return to earth
b. kill the soldier
c. talk more
d. sleep