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UGC-NET PYQs – 17th Century Literature
Matching Questions
1. Match List-I with List-II:
List-I (Book)
(a) Anniversaries
(b) The Temple
(c) The Rehearsal Transpros’d
(d) Pindarique Odes
List-II (Poet)
I. Abraham Cowley
II. John Donne
III. George Herbert
IV. Andrew Marvell
Metaphysical Poets
2. “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” is written by:
A) John Donne
B) John Milton
C) Adrienne Rich
D) Sylvia Plath
E) Robert Frost
B) John Milton
C) Adrienne Rich
D) Sylvia Plath
E) Robert Frost
3. Who composed Lucasta: Posthume Poems, published posthumously?
Chronological Questions
4. Arrange the following poets in accordance with their years of birth:
A) George Herbert
B) Edmund Spenser
C) Philip Sidney
D) John Donne
E) Oliver Goldsmith
B) Edmund Spenser
C) Philip Sidney
D) John Donne
E) Oliver Goldsmith
Victorian Writers
5. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: “……. he who discovers no god whatever, how shall he discover heroes the visible temples of God” is a statement by Thomas Carlyle.
Statement II: “It is not that men are ill fed, but that they have no pleasure in the work by which they make their bread, and therefore look to wealth as the only means of pleasure” is a statement made by John Ruskin.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Statement II: “It is not that men are ill fed, but that they have no pleasure in the work by which they make their bread, and therefore look to wealth as the only means of pleasure” is a statement made by John Ruskin.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
6. Which of the following works have been written by Thomas Carlyle?
A) Of Heroes and Hero-Worship
B) The French Revolution
C) Of Human Bondage
D) The Hour and the Man
E) Hudibras
B) The French Revolution
C) Of Human Bondage
D) The Hour and the Man
E) Hudibras
