Who translated the ‘Rubaiyat Omar Khayyam’ into English?
a) Thomas Carlyleb) Edward Fitzgeraldc) D.G Rossettid) William Thackeray Answer: b) Edward Fitzgerald
English
Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, This woman’s whole existence.
This is taken from the poem of – a) P. B Shelleyb) Lord Byronc) John Keatsd) Edmund Spenser Answer: b) Lord Byron
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet –
a) Julietb) Romeoc) Portiad) Rosalind Answer: a) Juliet
‘Sweet Helen’ make me immortal with a kiss.
The sentence has been taken from the play – a) Romeo and Julietb) Caesar and Cleopatrac) Doctor Faustusd) Antony and Cleopatra Answer: c) Doctor Faustus
Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of –
a) John Miltonb) John Keatsc) Arthur Henry Hallamd) Sydney Smith Answer: c) Arthur Henry Hallam
William Shakespeare was born in –
a) 1616b) 1664c) 1564d) 1493 Answer: c) 1564
Which of the following is an American poet?
a) Robert Frostb) W.B. Yeatsc) Emily Dickinsond) Langston Hughes Answer: b) W.B. Yeats
‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a/an –
a) epicb) balladc) mock-heroic poemd) elegy Answer: c) mock-heroic poem