Question Bank For BDP Course
Session - Dec 2019 & June 2020
Elective Course
English 2nd Paper (New Syllabus)
The Renaissance and the Reformation: EEG-02
1. What does the word renaissance mean?
Rebirth
2. Who was Martin Luther?
The founder of protestant church
3. The Reformation in England marked a tussle for authority between whom?
Pope and English ruler, King Henry viii
4. Colin Clout is a character in which piece of literature?
The Shepheard's Calendar
5. Who was the originator of the first English blank verse?
Henry Howard, the earl of Surrey
6. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154 sonnets
7. As what did the followers of Ben Jonson come to be known?
Sons of Ben
8. Songs and Sonnets is a collection of poems by whom?
John Donne
9. What does John Milton’s pamphlet Areopagitica advocate?
Freedom of press
10. Who famously said of William Shakespeare that “of all modern and perhaps ancient poets, (he) had the largest and most comprehensive soul”?
John Dryden
11. Who is Cupid according to Greek mythology?
God of love
12. Why does the speaker in Philip Sidney’s ‘Loving in Truth’ spite himself?
as all his efforts prove to be fruitless.
13. What does the concluding couplet of Shakespeare’s ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day’ celebrate?
Male friendship
14. From where is the reference “Whatever dies was not mix’d equally” in John Donne’s ‘The Good Morrow’ drawn?
from the medieval science of alchemy
15. In John Milton’s ‘On His Blindness’ the concluding line “They also serve who only stand and wait” is an example of what?
Epigram
16. What does the word ‘discourse’ mean in Francis Bacon's essay ‘Of Studies’?
—conversation or discussions…in the art of oration
17. Which garden does Bacon mention in the opening line of his essay ‘Of Gardens’?
Garden of Eden
18. In Apology for Poetry, Philip Sidney categorizes poetry into three kinds. What are they?
Religious, Philosophical and Historical
19. Where does the Abdication Scene in Edward II take place?
Richard ll
20. “Fear’d am I more than lov’d”, who says these words in Edward II?
Mortimer
21. In which year was the famous First Folio of Shakespeare’s works registered?
1623
22. Where does the action in Macbeth largely take place?
Macbeth's castle in Inverness
23. How many times is Lady Macbeth mentioned in Holinshed, which is Shakeapeare’s source for Macbeth?
Only once
24. Which character does not appear in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?
Banquo's Ghost
25. As what is As You Like It is generally classified?
Romantic Comedy, pastoral romance and a festive comedy
26. C. L. Barber perceives As You Like It as what?
Festive comedy
27. In As You Like It, what is the relation between Oliver and Orlando?
Brother
28. The famous ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech in As You Like It is spoken by whom?
Jaques
29. What is Rosalind in disguise named in As You Like It?
Ganymede
30. What aspect of gender does Shakespeare show in As You Like It?
Cross dressing
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