Browning’s famous poem ‘Rabbi Ben Ezra’ is included in ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro” reads: “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.” Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ?

   A. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature.
   B. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature.
   C. It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.
   D. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene.

2. Complete the following sentence. Robert Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” is_______________?

   A. a sonnet expressing his devotion to his wife.
   B. a dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer.
   C. a dramatic monologue spoken by Browning.
   D. an epic describing a great romance.

3. Which of the following features of Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” make it classifiable as a Victorian poem ?

   A. It has a regular rhyme scheme (aa/bb/cc/dd…), which is sustained throughout the poem.
   B. It is primarily a narrative poem.
   C. It is concerned with conventional 19thcentury relations between a man and a woman.
   D. All of these answers

4. Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately defies classification. Pound’s poem alludes to which of the following epic poems ?

   A. The Mahabharata
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. The Odyssey
   D. The Aeneid

5. Which of the following statements best characterizes Ezra Pound’s poem “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley” ?

   A. It is primarily a narrative poem.
   B. It uses iambic pentameter to achieve tonal fluidity.
   C. It undermines the idea of a single lyrical voice by using diverse cultural symbols and numerous phrases in various languages.
   D. Its intensity derives from the combination of modern subject matter and alexandrine couplets.

6. Ezra Pound’s “Canto I” opens with the following lines: “And then went down to the ship,/Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea, and(…).” Which of the following statements best characterizes these lines and the poem as a whole ?

   A. These lines set an impersonal tone which dominates the entire poem.
   B. These lines establish a rhythmical pattern, which is followed strictly throughout the poem.
   C. These lines are the only impersonal lines in the poem, the rest of which is primarily focused on the complexity of human emotions.
   D. These lines establish a personal tone, focusing on a lyrical perspective similar to late-Victorian era poetry.

7. Browning is famous for his______________?

   A. Sensory images
   B. Dramatic Monologues
   C. Narrative ballads
   D. Blank Verse

8. Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?

   A. William Shakespeare
   B. Thomas Kyd
   C. John Dryden
   D. John Donne

9. The key-note of Browning’s philosophy of life is ________________?

   A. agnosticism
   B. optimism
   C. pessimism
   D. skepticism

10. The first play of Ben Johnson is ____________?

    A. Every Man in His Humour
    B. Cynthia Revels
    C. The Alchemist
    D. Epicene or The Silent Woman

    Submitted by: Shabana