UGC-NET PYQs
1. In which book of Paradise Lost does Milton refer to “Agra and Lahore of Great Mogul”?
- 1)Book III
- 2)Book IV
- 3)Book VII
- 4)Book XI
2. “What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallowed Reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid?” These lines are written by:
- 1)Ben Jonson
- 2)John Milton
- 3)Robert Browning
- 4)William Wordsworth
3. Choose the correct chronological sequence in which the following texts were written:
A) Lycidas
B) Hero and Leander
C) Masque of Comus
D) Paradise Lost
E) The Waste Land
- 1)A, B, D, E, C
- 2)B, C, A, D, E
- 3)B, A, E, C, D
- 4)B, E, D, C, A
4. Which of the following works of Milton seeks to adapt the form of Greek tragedy?
- 1)Samson Agonistes
- 2)Paradise Regained
- 3)Lycidas
- 4)Comus
5. Arrange the correct chronological sequence of the publication of the following texts:
A) “September 1, 1939”
B) “The Collar”
C) Beppo
D) Paradise Lost
E) Seeing Things
- 1)B, D, C, A, E
- 2)B, A, E, C, D
- 3)A, E, B, C, D
- 4)C, B, A, D, E
6. Find the chronological sequence of John Milton’s publications:
A) “Paradise Lost”
B) “Lycidas”
C) “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity”
D) “On Shakespeare”
E) “Paradise Regained”
- 1)A, B, C, D, E
- 2)B, D, E, C, A
- 3)C, D, E, B, A
- 4)C, D, B, A, E
7. Match List I with List II
LIST I
A Christopher Hill
B Catherine Belsey
C E. M. W. Tillyard
D Thomas N Corns
LIST II
I Milton
II Milton’s Language
III John Milton: Language, Gender, Power
IV Milton and the English Revolution
- 1)A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II
- 2)A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
- 3)A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
- 4)A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV
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