43rd BCS-2021.
English literature
(Literary Terms):
Memory CHECK :(10)
(৪১ তম বিসিএস এ আশা করি এখান থেকে ১/২ কমন পাবেন,এর বাহিরে পড়তে হবে না)
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1.A song Embodying religious & secred emotions.............
a)Lyric. b)Ode.
c)Hymn★, d)Ballad.
2."Dramatic Monologue ' is used in.............
a)Drama, b)Short story,
c)Novel, d)Poetry ★,
3.Who Excels in dramatic monologue?
a)John Milton,. b)Robert Browning ★,
c)S.T.Coleridge, d)William Wordsworth,
4.A drama is a.......
a)novel retold in dialogues,
b)magical performance on the stage★,
c)Fairy tale,
d)story translated into action.
5.Drama originated in the ancient Greece in the 5th century as a religious rite to worship.............
a)Zeus,. b)Dionysus ★,
c)Cupid, d)Apollo,
6."A short speech by a player at the end of a play " is called.............
a)Monologue, b)an epilogue ★,
c)A prologue, d)a soliloquy.
7.A person who writes plays is called........
a)Play-write, b)dramatiser,
c)Playwright ★, d)Play writer.
8.What is the meaning of "Chorus"?
a)a song which is sing alone,
b)A part of song,
c)a duet song,
d)A group of people trained to sing together ★
9.It is impossible to write a drama without a.........
a)pen, b)director,
c)Plot★, d)pencil.
10."Pantomime " is action on stage without.......
a)gesture, b)song,.
c)Speech ★,
d)exaggerated facial expression.
11.The Hero or central character of a literary work is..........
a)Villain, b)Protagonist ★,
c)Antagonist, d)Chorus.
12.A "Prologue" is............
a)a poem /speech at the end of a play,
b)an introduction to a play or literary work,★
c)A song of mourning,.
d)the Science versification.
13.What is the meaning of "Soliloquy "?
a)action of body,.
b)action of speech,
c)to memorial part,
d)Long self speech by an actor.★
14.A tragedy does not have.....
a)a tragic hero, b)a plot,
c)an act, d)an octave sestet division ★
15.A comedy doesn’t have.........
a)a happy ending,
b)a plot,
c)catharsis ★,.
d)Comic elements.
16.Tragedy means................
a)a serious play with a happy ending,
b)a serious play with a sad Ending ★,
c)a humorous play with a sad ending,
d)a funny play with a touchy ending.
17.What is" Catastrophe "?
a)The comical end of dramatic events,
b)The Tragic end of dramatic events ★,
c)the comic -tragic end of play,
d)none of the above.
18.Which of the following school of literary writings is connected with a " Medical theory "?
a)Comedy of manners,
b)Theatre of the absurd,
c)Heroic tragedy,
d)Comedy of Humours★,
19.The Only Medium of Literature " is.........
a)Language ★, b)painting,
c)Sculpture, d)Architecture.
20.What is the salient feature of all literature?
a)Artistic Quality ★, b)Sensuous Quality,
c)Suggestive quality, d)Reflective quality.
21.A novel in the form of a letter is called...............
a)picaresque novel, b)novelette,
c)non -fictional novel, d)epistolary novel★.
22. When a poem has a speaker, what does a novel have?
a)narrator ★, b)Character,
c)author, d) speaker.
23.The narrator of a novel in Third person is called...................
a)a dedicated, b)an evanescent,
c)a Ubiquitous, d)an omniscient ★★,
24.The Literary term"Euphemism "means.......
a)Vague idea,
b)in offensive expression ★
c)a sonnet,
d)wise saying.
25.Which of the Following is not a poetic tradition?
a)The Epic, b)The Comic,
c)The Occult★, d)The Tragic.
26.What is a funny poem of five lines called?
a)Quarted, b)Limerick ★,
c)Sixted, d)Haiku.
27.The comparison of unlike things using the words "Like or As" is known to be......
a)metaphor, b)Simile★,
c)Alliteration, d)Personification,
28.The Climax of a plot is what happens.................
a)in the beginning, b)at the height ★,
c)at the end, d)in the confrontation.
29.The sentence "Who would have thought Shylock was so unkind?
a)Hyperbole, b)interrogation,
c)command, d)Wonder★,
30."The Poet Laureate" means........
a)the best poet of the country,.
b)a winner of the novel prize,
c)the Court poet of England "★
d)a classical poet.
31.Melodrama is a kind of Play of ............
a)Violent & sensational themes★
b)Historical themes,
c)Philosophical themes.
d)Pathetics themes.
32.What is "Limerick "?
a)A form of light Verse★,
b)A form of One-act play,
c)A kind of short narrative poem,.
d)A kind of love poem.
33.Which word does not related to literature?
a)epilogue, b)monologue,
c)Prologue, d)Demalogue★★
34.A poem of fourteenth lines is called............
a)Elegy, b)Sonnet,★★
c)Ode, d)Epic.
35.An Account of a Person's life is called.............
a)Biography ★, b)Autobiography,
c)Autography, d)Life history.
36.Protagonist indicates.......................
a)The Villain in a play,
b)The Leading character or actor in a play★,.
c)the Clown of a play.
d)The Stage Director.
37.When a person writes the story of his own life, it is called............
a)an autobiography ★,
b)A biography,.
c)Sonnet,.
d)a Diary.
38."Ballad' is a.........
a)A kind of short narrative poem, ★,
b)a kind of long poem,
c)A kind of condoling poem,.
d)A Rhyme verse.
39.A sonnet is a poem having........ Lines.
a)sixteen, b)ten,
c)twelve, d)Fourteen ★★,.
40.A Machiavellian character is..............
a)an Honest person, b)a selfish person ★,
c)a courageous person,.
d) a judicious person.
41.What is Elegy?
a)Historical poem, b)figurative story,
c)Enemy, d)Song of Lamentations ★,
42.What is an Epic?
a) a prose composition, b) a romance,
c)a sonnet,
d)A long poem of Heroic deeds.★★
43.What is the meaning of "Dirge"?
a)A kind of sonnet sequence,.
b)A Petronic sentiment,.
c)A long verse of Adventure themes,
d)a Song expressing grief, lamentations
& mourning ★
44."Blank Verse"is a kind of verse.............
a)having no Rhyming End★.
b)having blanks in the Verse,.
c)having no significance,.
d)having no Problem.
45.If a part of a Speech or Writing breaks the Theme, it is called...........
a)pomposity, b)Digression ★★,
c)Exaggeration, d)anti-climax.
46.A fantasy is..............
a)An imaginary story★,
b) A funny film,
c) Real life evens,
d)A funny place.
47.The patriot is the star of the country. Here the "star ''is used as a/an........
a)simile, b)metaphor ★★,
c)Allegory, d)Personification.
48." Jaws of death" is an example of..............
a)Metaphor, b)Simile,.
c)Personification ★★, d)Symbol.
49.The repetition of beginning consonant sound is known as................
a)Personification, b)Onomatopoeia,
c)Alliteration ★, d)Rhyme.
50.Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?
a)Alliterative verse,
b)sonnet forms,
c)Iambic Pentameter ★
d)Dactylic Hexameter.
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Eros Sultan Mahmud
B.A.Hon's & M.A.English (NU)
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