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Mock Test for Lecturer in English

Name: - ________________________________________________________

January 16, 2020 Time Allowed 75 minutes

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01- Charles Dickens wrote under the pen name __________________.

a. Boxton b. Elia c. Elis Doll d. Boz e. None of these
02- T.S. Eliot’s middle name is ________________.
a. Sturns b. Sterns c. Stern d. Stuart e. None of these
03. ____________ was the first person to use the term Mimesis in connection with poetry.
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Longinus d. Horace e. None of these
04. “Art for art sake” found its true adherent in ______________.
a. Wordsworth b. Byron c. Browning d. Oscar Wilde e. All of these.
05. Chaucer lived during the reigns of ___________________.
a. Edward III b. Richard II c. Henry IV d. Elizabeth e. None of these.
06. Bacon’s essays are written in ______________style.
a. Aphoristic b. Expository c. Descriptive d. Persuasive e. None of these.
07. The intellectual father of French Revolution is _______________.
a. J.J Thomas b. Rousseau c. Montesquieu d. Derida e. None of these.
08. The originator of Oxford Movement was _______________.
a. Sheridan b. John Keble c. GB Shaw d. Ibsen e. None of these.
09. Who wrote “The Pilgrim’s Progress”?
a. Daniel Defoe b. John Bunyan c. John Milton d. Dryden e. None of these.
10. Which is not a form of poetry?
a. Epic b. Ballad c. Tale d. Sonnet e. All of these.
11. The most dominant figure of the age of restoration was?
a. John Milton b. Dryden c. Thomas Wyatt d. Spencer e. All of these.
12. Poetry is Spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings is said by.
a. P.B Shelley b. Coleridge c. Keats d. Wordsworth e. None of these.
13. The period between 1660 to 1750 is known as:
a. The age of classicism b. The age of romanticism c. The age of Milton d. The age of restoration
e. None of these
14. “Brevity is the soul of wit” is a quotation from.
a. Keats b. Milton c. Spencer d. Chaucer e. None of these.
15. The term “Pathetic Fallacy” is coined by.
a. Milton b. Coleridge c. Carlyle d. Ruskin e. None of these.
16. When did John Keats die?
a. 11th May 1838 b. 12th March 1833 c. 23rd February 1821 d. 19th August 1825 e. None of these.
17. What is Christopher Marlowe’s Nationality?
a. British b. German c. Dutch d. American e. None of these.
18. Marlowe died of ?
a. Illness b. Stabbing c. Poisoning d. Hanging e. None of these.
19. The first English comedy is known to be written by_____________.
a. Nicholas Udall b. Thomas Colwell. c. Ben Johnson d. Marlowe e. None of these.
20. In what country is Dr. Faustus based?
a. England b. Italy c. France d. Germany e. None of these.
21. Who translated Utopia in English language.
a. Thomas More b. Thomas Lodge c. Ralph Robinson d. William Tyndale e. None of these.
22. The first complete version of Bible in English was made by_______________.
a. Wycliffe b. Thomas More c. John Lyly d. Robert Greene e. None of these.
23. “Astrophel and Stella” is a/an _____________.
a. Allegory b. Epic c. Sonnet d. Ballad e. None of these.
24. “The Prince of poets in his time” is inscribed on the grave of ______________.
a. Philp Sidney b. John Milton c. Edmund Spencer d. John Donne e. None of these.
25. Who wrote “Life of Milton”.
a. Samuel Johnson b. Edmund Spencer c. S.T Coleridge d. T.S Eliot None of these.
26. Milton is best described as a/an.
a. Anglican b. Methodist c. Protestant d. Buddhist e. None of these.
27. What angel often speaks to Adam in paradise?
a. Michelanglo b. Rephael c. Pandosto d. Ball e. None of these.
28. The Ode is derived from a long tradition of what type of poetry.
a. Lyric b. Epic c. Satiric d. Virgilian e. None of these.
29. Which of the following poets does Milton emulate?
a. Virgil b. Homer c. Both a & b d. None of these.
30. Which is the Prose work of S.T Coleridge?
a. Kubla Khan b. Christabel c. The Ancient Mariner d. Biographia Literaria
31. In which town was Shakespeare born?
a. London b. Cambridge c. Oxford d. Stratford e. None of these.
32. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write?
a. 110 b. 154 c. 175 d. 187 e. None of these.
33. The line “to be or not to be” comes from which play.
a. Macbeth b. Twelfth Night c. As you like it d. Hamlet e. None of these.
34. Which of these was not one of Shakespeare’s Plays?
a. Titus Andronicus b. The Tempest c. Cymbeline d. Shakespeare in love
35. In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play?
a. King John b. Richard II c. Henry VIII d. Henry V e. None of these.
36. Which is the name of Shakespeare’s son?
a. Hamnet b. Hamlet c. John d. William e. None of these.
37. Who is the author of Utopia?
a. Thomas More b. Shakespeare c. Marlowe d. Sidney e. None of these.
38. In the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” who is the queen of fairies?
a. Titania b. Lysander c. Hermia d. Oberon e. None of these.
39. Who is the heroine of the play “Twelfth Night”?
a. Viola b. Orsino c. Maria d. Feste e. None of these.
40. The play Hamlet is set in which of the following countries?
a. France b. England c. Norway d. Denmark e. None of these.
41. The play Macbeth is set in which of the following countries?
a. Germany b. Scotland c. Ireland d. Denmark e. None of these.
42. Who was the King at the start of the play “Macbeth”?
a. Macbeth b. Banquo c. Duncan d. Donalbain e. None of these.
43. Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play?
a. Duncan b. Lady Macbeth c. Lady Macduff d. Macduff e. None of these.
44. In Shakespeare’s play, Henry V is the king of what country?
a. France b. England c. Norway d. Denmark e. None of these.
45. In the play, Henry V, what country does Henry wish to conquer?
a. France b. England c. Norway d. Denmark e. None of these.
46. In the play, “Henry V” who is the queen of France?
a. Queen Isabel b. Queen Nim c. Queen Alice d. Queen Montjoy
47. Shakespeare often employed which of the following stylistic form in his dramas?
a. Blank Verse b. Old English c. Authorial Narration d. Prose
48. How many lines of are there in Spenserian stanza?
a. 08 b. 09 c. 12 d. 24
49. According to original scheme how many tales every pilgrim was supposed to tell.
a. 02 b. 04 c. 06 d. 08
50. Which writer arranged for the publication of The Dubliners?
a. Ezra Pound b. W.B Yeats c. Virginia Wolf d. Hemingway
51. Which of the following is associated with modernism?
a. T.S Eliot b. T.E Hulme c. Ezra Pound d. All of these.
52. In Ulysses, James Joyce retells which ancient story?
a. Homer’s Iliad b. Homer’s the Odyssey c. Virgil’s Aeneid d. Sophocles Antigone
53. In Ulysses, which experimental technique does Joyce use?
a. Puns b. Parodies c. Unconventional d. all of the above
54. According to Dante, when it is most appropriate to use Latin?
a. In written Literature b. In Everyday Speech c. In Love Poetry d. In Essays
55. Who is an honest old counselor in “The Tempest”?
a. Alonso b. Ariel c. Gonzalo d. Stephano e. None of these.
56. According to T.S Eliot which of the following play by Shakespeare is artistic failure.
a. Hamlet b. The Tempest c. Twelfth Night d. As you like it.
57. Vanity Fair is a novel by ?
a. Jane Austin b. Charles Dickens c. W.M Thackeray d. Thomas Hardy
58. Who is praised as a hero by Carlyle in his lecture on the “Hero is King”?
a. Johnson b. Cromwell c. Shakespeare d. Martin Luther
59. Identify the writer who first used blank verse in English poetry?
a. Sir Thomas Wyatt b. Earl of Surrey c. Shakespeare d. Milton
60. Who said that “Milton was of the Devils party without knowing it”?
a. Black b. Eliot c. Johnson d. Shelley
61. “Epipsychidion” was composed by___________________.
a. Coleridge b. Wordsworth c. Keats d. Shelley e. None of these.
62. “The better part of valor is discretion” occurs in which of the following play?
a. Hamlet b. Twelfth Night c. Henry IV part I d. The Tempest e. None of these
63. “Pride and Prejudice” was originally entitled as?
a. Last impressions b. False Impressions c. First Impressions d. True Impressions
64. The key note of Browning Philosophy of life is ___________________.
a. Agnosticism b. Optimism c. Pessimism d. Skepticism
65. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines not heroes?
a. Ruskin b. Ben Johnson c. Carlyle d. William Hazlitt
66. Oedipus Complex is?
a. Physical Ailment b. Type of novel c. Literary Theory d. Sons attraction towards Mother
67. Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice” is a.
a. Picaresque Novel b. Gothic Novel c. Domestic Novel d. Historical Novel
68. Who said Keats was a Greek.
a. Wordsworth b. Coleridge c. Lamb d. Shelley
69. Who in Hamlet suggests that one should neither be a lender nor a borrower>?
a. Gertrude b. Polonius c. Horatio d. Hamlet
70. Who was a villain in Othello?
a. Claudius b. Egeus c. Othello d. Iago e. None of these.
71. Who is the most translated author of the World?
a. Leo Tolstoy b. Agatha Cristie c. V.I. Lenin d. Mao Tse Tung
72. Who is called the Master Builder?
a. Akbar b. Shah Jehan c. Aurangzeb d. None
73. Juba is the capital of ___________ ?
a. Spain b. Suriname c. South Sudan d. Somalia
74. All powers to the Soviets” is the slogan given by ___________?
a. Vladimir Putin b. Adolf Hitler c. Vladimir Lenin d. None of these
75. Russia observed its independence day every year on__________?
a. June 5 b. June 12 c. June 20 d. June 25
76. Where is headquarter of European Union?
a. Vienna b. Brussels c. Tirana d. Yerevan
77. Who is the author of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’?
a. Ernest Hemingway b. Churchill c. Wilson d. Hardy
78. Who punished Musa bin Nusayr for invading Spain __________?
a. Hajj Bin Yousuf b. Walid Bin Abdul-Malik c. Umar bin Abdul Aziz d. Sulaiman
79. Jamrud is called the Gateway to__________?
a. Bolan Pass b. Khyber Pass c. Malakand Pass d. Lowari Pass
80. The Road not Taken’ is a famous poem of _________ ?
a. Robert Frost b. Walt Whitman c. Emily Dickinson d. None of these
81. “Colorado river” is located in ________ ?
a. Canada b. U.K c. Australia d. US
82. In which year Japan attacked Manchuria _________ ?
a. 1930 b. 1931 c. 1936 d. 1937
83. From which city, the Russian revolution of 1917 begin?
a. Warsaw b. Moscow c. Petrograd d. Ukraine
84. Which civilization is known as the birthplace of democracy?
a. China b. Indian c. Persian d. Greeks
85. The Bloodless Revolution of 1688 was started in which country __________ ?
a. England b. Italy c. Portugal d. France
86. “Asiana” Airline is belongs to _________ ?
a. Afghanistan b. South Korea c. Syria d. Iraq
87. Rome’s first code of laws; _____________ adopted in 450 B.C.
a. Twelve Tables b. Ten Table c. Eleven Table d. None of these
88. Which country is the largest producer of fruits in the world?
a. Japan b. China c. India d. Bangladesh
89. 1 nibble equals to___________?
a. 12 bits b. 16 bits c. 4 bits d. 2 bits
90. Google was founded on_________?
a. Sept 4, 1998 b. Mar 6, 1998 c. Jan 14, 1998 d. Aug 20, 1998
91. Treaty of Versailles was signed on ________ ?
a. 27 may 1919 b. 28 June 1919 c. 29 July 1919 d. 30 August 1919
92. The last country of Axis power to surrender during the end of the World War II was ________ ?
a. Germany b. England c. France d. Japan
93. Benito Mussolini was a leader of _________ ?
a. Portugal b. Germany c. Indonesia d. Italy
94. The morpheme is the smallest syntactical unit. How many morphemes would the word
“antidisestablishmentarianism” have?
a. 1 b. 6 c. 7 d. 5
95. Which of the following is not a breed of morpheme, found in most languages?
a. Derivational b. Strange c. Free d. Inflectional
96. The which of these language groups does English belong?
a. Baltic b. Romance c. Germanic d. Slavonic
97. What is defined as “the study of sentence structure”?
a. Morphology b. Semantics c. Phonology d. Syntax
98. The smallest unit of sound that can be altered to change the meaning of a word is called a:
a. Morpheme b. Bound morpheme c. Phoneme d. Allophone
99. The English word “fig” is a:
Morpheme b. bound Morpheme c. Phoneme d. None of the above
100. The study of the construction of words out of morphemes.
a. Phonetics b. Phonology c. Morphemes d. Morphology

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Test designed by: Muhammad Ibrahim Khokhar (Mike)

Prepared by: Waseem Ahmed Kalhoro

 Answer Key of Mock Test-1 for lectureship in English held @ SALU
1. D 35. D 69. B
2. B 36. A 70. D
3. A 37. A 71. B
4. D 38. A 72. B
5. C 39. A 73. C
6. A 40. D 74. C
7. B 41. B 75. B
8. B 42. C 76. B
9. B 43. D 77. A
10. C 44. B 78. D
11. B 45. A 79. B
12. D 46. A 80. A
13. D 47. A 81. D
14. E 48. B 82. B
15. D 49. B 83. C
16. C 50. A 84. D
17. A 51. D 85. A
18. B 52. B 86. B
19. A 53. D 87. B
20. D 54. D 88. B
21. C 55. C 89. C
22. A 56. A 90. A
23. C 57. C 91. B
24. C 58. B 92. D
25. A 59. B 93. D
26. C 60. A 94. C
27. B 61. D 95. B
28. A 62. C 96. C
29. C 63. C 97. D
30. D 64. B 98. C
31. D 65. A 99. A
32. B 66. D 100. D
33. D 67. C
The End
34. D 68. D