UGC-NET PYQs
1. The predominant emotion running through the poem “Cristina” by Robert Browning is that of:
- 1)Sadness
- 2)Aggression
- 3)Love
- 4)None of the above
2. Abt Vogler is authored by:
- 1)Matthew Arnold
- 2)Robert Browning
- 3)A. L. Tennyson
- 4)None of the above
3. Identify the correct ones among the following:
[A] The dramatic monologue ensures the reciprocal dialogue of the narrator.
[B] The nineteenth century poets fully exploited the poetic form of dramatic monologue
[C] The poetry of experience by Robert Langbaum outlines a discussion on dramatic monologue
[D] The linguistic pragmatics make the narcissistic speaker of dramatic monologue speak exclusively
[E] The speaker and the listener in the dramatic monologues of Robert Browning share the same pedestal of communication.
- 1)A, B and C only
- 2)B, C and D only
- 3)C, D and E only
- 4)B, D and E only
4. Which of the following works of Browning are pure dramas?
A) Strafford
B) The Last Ride Together
C) A Blot in the ‘Scutcheon
D) Pippa Passes
E) Porphyria’s Lover
- 1)A and C
- 2)B and E
- 3)C and D
- 4)B and C
5. Which of the following two poems are linked with each other in terms of form?
A) “The Last Ride Together”
B) “Ulysses”
C) “Upon Appleton House: To My Lord Fairfax”
D) “To Penshurst”
E) “The Waste Land”
- 1)A and E only
- 2)A and B only
- 3)A and D only
- 4)C and D only
6. Find the chronological order of the writers in terms of the period they belonged to:
A) Richard Steele
B) Charles Lamb
C) John Dryden
D) Francis Bacon
E) Matthew Arnold
- 1)A, B, C, D, E
- 2)B, D, E, C, A
- 3)C, B, D, A, E
- 4)D, C, A, B, E
7. “The Princess: A Medley” by Tennyson is:
- 1)A Lyric
- 2)An Elegy
- 3)A Narrative Poem
- 4)A Dramatic Monologue
8. Arrange the following poets in accordance with their years of birth:
A) Rudyard Kipling
B) Robert Browning
C) John Masefield
D) A. E. Housman
E) John Donne
- 1)E, A, B, D, C
- 2)E, B, A, C, D
- 3)E, B, A, D, C
- 4)A, D, B, C, E
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