Sunday 12 January 2020



SEIZE THE DAY - QUIZ
Saul Bellow
1. The story of Seize the Day is set in __________
            a) 1950s           b) 1920s          c)1890s            d) 1970s
2. When the story of Seize the Day opens, Tommy is living _________
            a) in his father’s apartment     b) wotj Dr.Tamkin      c) in the Hotel Gloriana d) with          his wife, Margaret
3. How old is Tommy Wilhelm?
            a) 44    b) 34    c) 24    d) 54
4. With whom does Tommy entrust his last of his money?
            a) his father     b) Margaret     c) Mr Perls       d) Dr.Tamkin
5. From where did Tommy graduate?
            a) Penn State   b) University of Minnesota     c) New York University         d) did not        graduate
6. Dr.Adler calls his son ________
            a) ‘My son’      b) Wilky          c) Tommy        d) Dr.Wilhelm
7. Tommy’s true name is ________
            a) Tommy Wilhelm     b) Tommy Tamkin       c) Wilhelm Tamkin      d) Wilhelm Adler
8. When Tommy asks his father the year of his mother’s death,  Dr.Adler says that it is_____
            a) 1932            b) 1941            c) 1924            d) 1936
9. ______is in need of money as he has recently lost his job and has a wife and two children.
            a) Dr.Adler      b) Tommy        c) Mr.Perls       d) Dr.Tamkin
10. Tommy is unable to marry __________ as his wife will not grant him a divorce.
            a) Susan           b)Judith           c) Olive           d) Mary
11. Tommy has become unaccustomed to _________ and misses the country.
            a) Boston         b) Massachusetts         c) New York   d) Texas
12. Tommy always drink _________ in the morning.
            a) orange juice             b) coffee          c) coca-cola     d) tea
13. ______ always appears a bit dirty and untidy.
            a) Mr.Perls       b) Tommy Wilhelm     c) Dr.Adler      d) Philpa
14. Tommy’s father suggests that Tommy shall _____________
            a) go to the Baths        b) play the stock market          c) give him his bill for the hotel          d) apologize to Mr.Perls
15. Philpa wants to borrow money from Dr.Adler to ___________
            a) rent a gallery for a painting exhibition        b) invest in the share market c) to help               her brother   d) to help her husband
16. Philpa is the daughter of __________
            a) Dr.Adler      B0 Mr.Perls     c) Dr.Tamkin   d) Dr.Wilhelm
17. ___________ is Tommy’s dog.
            a) Puppy          b) Jimmy         c) Scissors       d) Berkley
18. What does Wilhelm do at breakfast that angers his father?
            a) he begins to choke himself  b) he spits at this father           c) he punches his father              across the table            d) he calls him a coward
19. Dr.Tamkin wrote a poem about_______
            a) himself        b) Tommy        c) Dr.Adler      d) Margaret
20. Tommy’s grandfather called him ______ when he was young.
            a) Wilky          b) Hippopotamus        c) Little Tommy          d) velvet
21. Tommy ends up at ___________ at the end of the novel
            a) his father’s death bed         b) a parlour      c) the funeral of a stranger d) graveyard
22. In the opening chapter, Tommy eats breakfast with ___________
            a) his wife       b) his father     c) Olive           d) Maurice Venice
23. ___________ gives Tommy the advice he sought from his father.
            a) Olive           b) Tamkin        c) Detroit Purple Gand           d) Maurice Venice
24. At the end of the novel, Tommy finds himself weeping at the funeral of ___________
            a) Maurice Venice       B0 Tamkin      c) Dr.Adler      d) a complete stranger
25. Tommy comes to New York to _________
            a) seek his father’s assistance  b) pursue his love        c) audition for an acting role               d) invest in a hotel
26. _________ serves as a backdrop of Tommy’s feelings of isolation.
            a) World War II          b) Vietnam War          c) Cold War    d) Great Depression
Answers
1.                   a
2.                   c
3.                   a
4.                   d
5.                   d
6.                   b
7.                   d
8.                   a
9.                   b
10.               c
11.               c
12.               c
13.               b
14.               a
15.               a
16.               a
17.               c
18.               a
19.               b
20.               d
21.               c
22.               b
23.               b
24.               d
25.               a
26.               a

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THE SCARLET LETTER - QUIZ
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1. The story of Hester Prynne is set in _________ century.
            a) 16th              b) 17th              c) 18th              d)19th
2.  The narrator of the story of The Scarlet Letter is _________
            a) an Attorney             b) a Minister    c) a Land Surveyor     d) a Customs Officer
3.  Hester and Chillingworth lived in________ before coming to America.
            a) Amsterdam             b) Paris            c) Edinburgh   d) Jamaica
4. Chillingworth has been living with ___________ before he appears in Boston.
            a) Puritans       b) native Americans    c) Spanish settlers       d) Canadians
5. __________ is situated immediately outside the door of the prison in which Hester is kept.
            a) a rose bush  b) a pine tree   c) a gallows     d) a graveyard
6. In what city do Hester and Peal live?
            a) Salem          b) Providence  c) Boston         d) Hartford
7. Mistress Hibbins is the sister of _____________
            a) the governor            b) Hester         c) Dimmesdale            d) Chillingworth
8. How does Mistress Hibbins eventually die?
            a) executed publicly as a witch           b) strangled by Chillingworth c) by diphtheria
            d) shot dead by Peal
9.  Hester supports herself financially as a _________
            a) prostitute     b) seamstress   c) nurse            d) farmhand
10. Hester is buried next to ___________
            a) Dimmesdale            b) Chillingworth          c) Pearl            d) the governor
11. Pearl did not recognize her mother Hester when she sees her with Dimmesdale in the               forest as Hester had removed ________
            a) the scarlet letter       b) her cap        c) her mask      d) her gloves
12. Pearl acknowledges Dimmesdale as her father at his death by _____________
            a) calling him ‘father’  b) interrupting his sermon       c) kissing him  d) crying on     seeing his corpse
13. What mark can supposedly be seen on Dimmesdale’s chest?
            a) a scarlet letter A      b) a tattoo        c) a mark of the devil  d) a red rose
14. Hester and Dimmesdale plan to escape their suffering by ___________
            a) going to live with the native Americans     b) boarding a ship bound for Europe
            c) killing Chillingworth           d) committing suicide
15. The narrator first encountered Hester Prynne story at _______
            a) a library       b) at an attic in Salem Custom’s office           c) school     d) a sermon
16. Hester made a ______ for Governor Winthrop.
            a) cloak for his swearing-in     b) night cap     c) pair of gloves          d) winter hat
17. Where do Hester and Peal live?
            a) in the poor house     b) in an abandoned cottage on the outskirt of Boston c) in the
            forest   d) in the house of Roger Chillingworth
18. Chillingworth pretends to be a __________
            a) minister       b) doctor         c) madman      d) scholar
19. Hester’s letter ‘A’ eventually come to represent ______ to the townspeople.
            a) Able                        b) Alone          c) Avaricious   d) Absolutely Admirable
20. The narrator lost his job in the Customs Office as __________
            a) he was lazy  b) he was writing when he should be working           c) he    misappropriated funds                        d) a new custom house President who is of a different         party was elected
21. ______accompanies Hester’s husband when he first appears on the outskirts of the crowd.
            a) a British sailor         b) his dog        c) his native American captor d) his minister             friend
22. Hester at first refuses medicine from her husband because she ________
            a) fears it is poisoned  b) prefers to suffer      c) doesn’t like the taste d) wants to save        it for her child
23. Chillingworth wants to remain in Boston because he wants to _________
            a) salvage his marriage            b) open a clinic            c) seek revenge on Hester’s lover       d) to torment Hester
24. Hester Prynne is good at ______
            a) music           b) writing stories         c) needle work            d) painting
25. Hester is never commissioned to make clothes for ______
            a) funerals       b) weddings    c) religious rituals        d) social galas
26. What best characterizes Pearl’s character?
            a) quiet            b) gentle          c) tormented    d) impious
27. Who harasses Hester and Pearl on their way to the Governor’s mansion?
            a) an angry drunk        b) the local sheriff       c) a group of children  d) Roger          Chillingworth
28. The townspeople wanted to take Pearl away from Hester because they ________
            a) fear Hester is abusing Pearl b) are concerned about Pearl’s moral upbringing 
            c) are worried that Hester cannot support Pearl financially    d) resent any happiness in       Hester’s life
29. Who finally convinced Governor Bellingham to let Hester retain guardianship over Pearl?
            a) Chillingworth          b)Dimmesdale c) Reverend Wilson    d) Hester Prynne
30. Chillingworth was sometimes referred to by townspeople as ___________
            a) toad b) leech            c) lizard           d) cockroach
31. Chillingworth wanted to live with Dimmesdale as he did not have a __________  
            a) son   b) daughter      c) wife             d) sister
32. Pearl pushed Hester away from Dimmesdale and Chillingworth as she suspected         Chillingworth to be a __________  
            a) devil            b) monster       c) beggar         d) leper
33. The narrator decided to write about the scarlet letter as he _________
            a) wanted to impress his family          b) was in love with Hester c) was Pearl’s       grandson         d) was interested in American History.
34. What motivates Chillingworth to remain in Boston?
            a) his lust for revenge  b) his love for Hester  c) his wish to suffer    d) his growing             reputation  
35. Who do the townspeople speculate as Pearl’s real father?
            a) Dimmesdale            b) Chillingworth          c) an anonymous sailor            d) the devil
            Answers
1.                   b
2.                   d
3.                   a
4.                   b
5.                   a
6.                   c
7.                   a 
8.                   a
9.                   b
10.               a
11.               a
12.               c
13.               a
14.               b
15.               b
16.               c
17.               b
18.               b
19.               a
20.               d
21.               c
22.               a
23.               c
24.               c
25.               b
26.               d
27.               c
28.               b
29.               b
30.               b
31.               c
32.               a
33.               d
34.               a
35.               d       
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MAJOR  BARBARA
George Bernard Shaw
1.      Major Barbara is a ___________ English play.
a)      one-act      b) two-act        c) three-act      d) five-act
2.      Major Barbara was first published in ___________
a)      1887          b) 1907            c) 1917            d) 1927
3.      The setting of Major Barbara is ___________
a)      Dublin       b) London       c) Bristol         d) Cambridge
4.      _________ is Sarah’s fiancé.
a)      Adolphus Cusins   b) Bill Walker  c) Charles Lomax        d) Snobby Price
5.      Charles Lomax will not receive his trust fund until he reaches __________ years.
a)      30  b) 35    c) 40    d) 45
6.      Barbara is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in the _____________
a)      Salvation Army     b) Bible Societies        c) Christian Humanitarian Aid
d) Quaker Organizations
7.   Adolphus Cusins is a __________ scholar.
     a) Latin            b) Greek          c) Spanish        d) Irish
8.   Andrew Undershaft is a rich and successful ___________
     a) leather industrialist  b) automobile industrialist      c) munition maker      
     d) cotton grower
9.   Major Barbara is engaged to ___________
a)             Adolphus Cusins        b) Bill Walker  c) Charles Lomax        d) Snobby Price
10.  According to tradition, the heir to the Undershaft’s fortune must be __________
     a) an educated boy      b) a physically challenged       c) an army man           
     d) a foundling
11.  ___________ is the butler in Britomart’s family.
     a) PeterShirley b) Todger        c) Morrison      d) Bilton
12. ___________ is the motto of the Salvation Army.
     a) Bread and Butter    b) Violence and Savagery       c) Peace and Mercy    
     d) Blood and Fire
13. What is the name of Bill Walker’s daughter?
     a) Jenny           b) Sarah           c) Rummy       d) Mog
14. What does Barbara name mean?
     a) Beauty         b) Wisdom      c) Soulfulness  d) Loveliness
15.  What is Lady Britomart’s maiden name?
     a) Saxmundham          b) Undershaft  c) Fairmille      d) Stevenage
16. According to Undershaft, _________ is necessary to salvation.
     a) Money and intelligence       b) Baptism and first communion
     c) Money and gunpowder       d) Money and rage
17. What doe Undershaft identify as the worst crime?
     a) Poverty        b) Theft           c) Hypocrisy    d) Weakness
18. What does Horace Bodger produce?
     a) Arms            b) Liquor         c) Coal d) Bread
19. Undershaft’s firm was founded during the reign of _____________
     a) Elizabeth I   b) Victoria I    c) James II       d) James I
20. What job does Peter Shirley take at the foundry?
     a) Gate-keeper b) Grave-digger           c) Foreman      d) Driver
21. What does Undershaft consider the ‘final test’ of conviction?
     a) Power          b) Justice         c) Love            d) Killing
22. What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen?
     a) Politics         b) Writing        c) Philosophy  d) Law
23.  _______ stole Bill Walker’s money.
     a) Rummy Mitchens    b) Jenny Hill    c) Snobby Price           d) Peter Shirley
24. Lomax is _________
     a) an atheist     b) a Catholic    c) an Anglican d) an agnostic
25. Undershaft agrees to pay _______ of Cusins’s proposed starting salary.
     a) half  b) three-quarters          c) three-fifths  d) all of it
26. As the play opens Lady Britomart tells Stephen that he must __________
     a) find his father          b) manage family affairs         c) give her advice
     d) marry off his sister
27. Andrew Undershaft arrives at Lady Britomart’s house and fails to recognize _______
     a) Major Barbara         b) Stephen       c) Lomax         d) Sarah
28. Undershaft visits Barbara at _______________
     a) boarding school       b) blanket factory        c) Salvation Army       d) dairy farm
29. Who finally becomes Undershaft’s heir at the armory?
     a) Barbara        b) Cusins         c) Stephen       d) Lomax
30. After Undershaft’s arrival, the family members come to abandon _________ across the course of the play.
     a) Undershaft  b) Stephen       c) Lady Britomart       d) Barbara
31. Barbara is about to humiliate _____ when Undershaft appears at the Salvation Army.
     a) Bill Walkers b) Rummy Mitchens   c) Peter Shirley            d) O’Brien Price
32. What allowed Undershaft to establish himself in the world?
     a) inheritance   b) his will        c) luck d) class status
33. Cusins is a student of ___________
     a) Sophocles    b) Euripides     c) Major Barbara         d) Undershaft
34. The characters in Major Barbara come to realize that _________ has/have power in the world.
     a) military industrialists           b) God c) individuals  d) the middle class
35. What does Undershaft consider the worst of society’s crimes?
     a) wealth          b) poverty        c) religion        d) war
36. __________ appears as the savior throughout the play Major Barbara.
     a) Cusins          b) Undershaft  c) Barbara        d) Lady Britomart
37. During the play, Barbara realizes that __________ is essential to salvation.
     a) God             b) poverty        c) selflessness  d) bloodshed
38. Undershaft demands __________ from other people.
     a) brotherhood             b) love c) resistance     d) obedience
39. What causes Undershaft’s name to appear often in newspapers?
     a) his weapons             b) accusations against him      c) his writing   d) threat of war
40. The reason for Undershaft to disinherit Stephen is _________
     a) Lady Britomart’s divorce    b) Lady Britomart’s infidelity                        c) Stephen’s spending habits  d) his desire for foundling successor
41. Barbara looks forward to her father’s visit as _________
     a) his soul needs saving           b) he is generous         c) she loves his attention
     d) she likes controversy
42. Undershaft says that as war becomes more destructive, war also becomes more ____
     a) deadly         b) fascinating  c) profitable     d) immoral
43. Lady Britomart surprises everyone by suggesting that they shall engage in ________
     a) debate          b) acting          c) prayer          d) games
44. Peter Shirley feels ______ about receiving a free lunch from the Salvation Army.
     a) ashamed      b) grateful       c) blessed        d) surprised
45. At the Salvation Army, Bill Walker blames and attacks __________
     a) Barbara        b) Undershaft  c) Jenny           d) Rummy
46. What causes Barbara to raise an objection to accepting a donation from Bodger?
     a) healthy finances      b) Undershaft’s objection       c) commitment to poverty
     d) his distilleries
47. Undershaft explains to Lady Britomart that ________ for the foundry to remain in the family.
     a) she must remarry     b) a miracle must happen        c) Stephen must apologize
     d) Barbara must marry a foundling
48. What makes Cusins a foundling and thus able to become heir to the foundry?
     a) his parents’ death    b) abandonment at birth          c) born in Ireland d) parents’ illegal marriage
49. Undershaft tells Barbara that he saves people from _______ which he considers to be the worst of all crimes.
     a) murder         b) greed           c) poverty        d) religion
50. After pledging to stay with Cusins, Barbara tells him she had planned to marry_____
     a) him  b) foundling heir         c) her father’s choice   d) a cousin

Answers

1.      c
2.      b
3.      b
4.      c
5.      b
6.      a
7.      b
8.      c
9.      a
10.  d
11.  c
12.  d
13.  d
14.  d
15.  d
16.  b
17.  a
18.  b
19.  d
20.  a
21.  d
22.  a
23.  c
24.  c
25.  c
26.  b
27.  b
28.  c
29.  b
30.  c
31.  a
32.  b
33.  a
34.  a
35.  b
36.  c
37.  d
38.  d
39.  a
40.  d
41.  a
42.  b
43.  c
44.  a
45.  c
46.  d
47.  d
48.  d
49.  c
50.  b

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