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১.
Candide, a ___  that is the best-known work by Voltaire.
  1. ক
    ক) Allegorical Novel
  2. খ
    খ) Satirical Novel
  3. গ
    গ) Detective Fiction Novel
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Autobiographical Novel
ব্যাখ্যা
Candide, a satirical novel published in 1759 that is the best-known work by Voltaire. It is a savage denunciation of metaphysical optimism—as espoused by the German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz—that reveals a world of horrors and folly.

Source: britannica
২.
"The Stolen Child" is a poem by -
  1. ক
    ক) Walt Whitman
  2. খ
    খ) D. H. Lawrence
  3. গ
    গ) John Masefield
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) William Butler Yeats
ব্যাখ্যা
William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939):
- Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century.
- He is famous for his use of “Symbolism and Mysticism”.
- He wrote the preamble of Tagore's “Gitanjali” in 1912, which later got the Nobel prize in 1913.
- W.B Yeats got Nobel prize in 1923.
Major Works:
Poems: The Stolen Child, The wild swans at Coole, The Tower, The Winding Stair and Other poems, The Resurrection, The Second Coming, The Cat and the Moon, Byzantium, The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Among School Children, The Lord of Harts, falling of leaves, A prayer for My Daughter, When You Are Old.
Drama: The countess Cathleen, Cathleen in Houlihan.
৩.
'Civilization and Its Discontents' is a famous book written by-
  1. ক
    ক) Sigmund Freud
  2. খ
    খ) William Gerald Golding
  3. গ
    গ) Samuel Beckett
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Edward Morgan Forster
ব্যাখ্যা
Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. It was written in 1929 and first published in German in 1930 as Das Unbehagen in der Kultur.
'Civilization and Its Discontents' may be his most famous and most brilliant work.
৪.
What kind of literary work is “The Luncheon” by Somerset Maugham?
  1. ক
    ক) A Poem
  2. খ
    খ) A Short Story
  3. গ
    গ) A Noble
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) An Essay
ব্যাখ্যা
William Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1935):
Novelist, Playwright, and story writer.
His Major Works -
Novels: Of Human Bondage, The Sacred Flames, The Razor’s Edge, Cakes and Ale, the Magician, The Moon and Sixpence, Lady Frederick.
Play: The Land of Promise.
Short Stories: The Ant and the Grasshopper, the Luncheon.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.
৫.
'The Wind Among the Reeds' is a book of -
  1. ক
    ক) Short lyrics
  2. খ
    খ) Short stories
  3. গ
    গ) Short essays
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Novelette
ব্যাখ্যা
'The Wind Among the Reeds' is a Book written by William Butler Yeats.
In a letter to his publisher, Yeats referred to The Wind Among the Reeds as "a book of short lyrics Irish & personal." It may also be described as a collection of love poems both intense and indirect.

Source: Google books
৬.
'In Memory of W. B. Yeats' is an elegy written by
  1. ক
    ক) Wystan Hugh Auden
  2. খ
    খ) Thomas Stearns Eliot
  3. গ
    গ) Walt Whitman
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) John Masefield
ব্যাখ্যা
'In Memory of W. B. Yeats' is an elegy written by Wystan Hugh Auden.
Auden wrote a number of poems about his fellow poets, from A. E. Housman to Edward Lear, but this powerful elegy written in the wake of Yeats’s death in 1939 is his finest commemoration of another poet. As well as being an elegy for the dead poet, ‘In Memory of W. B. Yeats’ is also a meditation on the role and place of poetry in the modern world.
৭.
'The Analysis of Mind' is written by -
  1. ক
    ক) Sigmund Freud
  2. খ
    খ) Bertrand Russell
  3. গ
    গ) Winston Churchill
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Wystan Hugh Auden
ব্যাখ্যা
Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970): 
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, history writer, social critic, and political activist. He was awarded the Nobel prize in literature in 1950.

His notable Works:
- Mysticism and Logic,
- The Analysis of Mind,
- History of Western philosophy,
- Authority and Individual.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
৮.
The character ‘Robert Jordan’ is taken from the Nobel -
  1. ক
    ক) The Old Man and The Sea
  2. খ
    খ) A Farewell to Arms
  3. গ
    গ) Death in the Afternoon
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) For Whom the Bell Tolls
ব্যাখ্যা
The character ‘Robert Jordan’ is taken from Ernest Hemingway’s novel 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'.

Ernest Hemingway is an American novelist. He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1954 for literature.
His famous novels are For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Old Man and The Sea, A Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises, Death in the Afternoon, To Have and Have not. 

Source: https://www.britannica.com/
৯.
'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.' This line is taken from the works of -
  1. ক
    ক) William Somerset Maugham
  2. খ
    খ) Toni Morrison
  3. গ
    গ) George Orwell
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) William Sydney Porter
ব্যাখ্যা
This is a quotation from George Orwell's allegorical novel Animal Farm.
In it the animals conspire to take control of their farm from humans, establishing 'Animalist' commandments to prevent the reproduction of the oppressive behavior of humans.
১০.
'Leaves of Grass' is a poetry collection by -
  1. ক
    ক) Robert Frost
  2. খ
    খ) William Faulkner
  3. গ
    গ) Walt Whitman
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) William Butler Yeats
ব্যাখ্যা
Walt Whitman, in full Walter Whitman, (born May 31, 1819, West Hills, Long Island, New York, U.S.—died March 26, 1892, Camden, New Jersey), American poet, journalist, and essayist whose verse collection Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855, is a landmark in the history of American literature. 

Source: britannica
১১.
What is the literary work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez that falls into magic realism?
  1. ক
    ক) Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. খ
    খ) One Hundred Years of Solitude
  3. গ
    গ) The Wanderer
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Alice in the Wonderland
ব্যাখ্যা
In 1967, Marquez published his most popular novel, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and won international acclaim.
The novel is considered to be the most popular example of magical realism, a style that combines supernatural elements with a realistic narrative.

Source: https://www.hindustantimes.com/
১২.
Who is not an American litterateur
  1. ক
    ক) Robert Frost
  2. খ
    খ) Ernest Hemingway
  3. গ
    গ) W.B. Yeats
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Edgar Ellan Poe
ব্যাখ্যা
Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, Edgar Ellan Poe are authors and poets of American Literature.
William Butler Yeats is an Irish dramatist, poet, and critic.

Source: LiveMCQ Lecture
১৩.
'The Cantos' is a collection of poems by
  1. ক
    ক) Ezra Pound
  2. খ
    খ) Robert Frost
  3. গ
    গ) T.S. Eliot
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) W.B. Yeats
ব্যাখ্যা
The Cantos, a collection of poems by Ezra Pound(American poet and critic), who began writing these more or less philosophical reveries in 1915.
- The first was published in Poetry magazine in 1917; through the decades, the writing of cantos gradually became Pound’s major poetic occupation, and the last was published in 1968.
-The complete edition of The Cantos (1970) consists of 117 sections.

[Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Encyclopaedia Britannica]
১৪.
'Biff Loman' is an important character of -
  1. ক
    ক) Death of a Salesman
  2. খ
    খ) The Old Man and the Sea
  3. গ
    গ) For Whom the Bell Tolls
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) A Farewell to Arms
ব্যাখ্যা
'Death of a Salesman' is a famous play which is written by Arthur Miller.
• Important character of this play:
- Willy Loman,
- Biff Loman,
- Howard Wagner,
- Linda Loman,
- Happy Loman,
- Charley etc.
Source: Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.
১৫.
D.H. Lawrence’s ‘The Virgin and the Gypsy’ is a -
  1. ক
    ক) Poem
  2. খ
    খ) Short-story
  3. গ
    গ) Novel
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Play
ব্যাখ্যা
D.H. Lawrence(1885-1930): In full David Herbert Lawrence. English author of novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, and letters.
His novels:
- Sons and Lovers (1913
- The Virgin and the Gypsy
- The Rainbow (1915)
- Women in Love (1920)
- The White Peacock
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Aaron’s Rod, Kangaroo etc.
His famous short stories:
- The Rocking Horse Winner
- The Captain Doll, The Labybird
- The Price
- The Fox.
His plays:
- Touch and Go
- The Married Man
His Poems:
- The White Horse
- Birds Beasts and Flowers.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Encyclopaedia Britannica
১৬.
‘Salt-Water Ballads’ is a literary work by -
  1. ক
    ক) Robert Frost
  2. খ
    খ) Ezra Pound
  3. গ
    গ) John Masefield
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) William Butler Yeats
ব্যাখ্যা
John Masefield(1878-1967):
- He is a British poet.
- Best known for his poems of the sea, Salt-Water Ballads(1902, including “Sea Fever” and “Cargoes”), and for his long narrative poems, such as ‘The Everlasting Mercy’ (1911).

His other notable works: Dauber, Reynard the Fox.

[Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica]
১৭.
Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the critically acclaimed novel -
  1. ক
    ক) Beloved
  2. খ
    খ) Song of Solomon
  3. গ
    গ) The Bluest Eye
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) A Mercy
ব্যাখ্যা
Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the critically acclaimed novel Beloved (1987). She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
Her other famous novels:
- Song of Solomon
- The Bluest Eye
- Sula
- Home
- A Mercy etc.

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica.
১৮.
Samuel Beckett is the author of -
  1. ক
    ক) Murphy
  2. খ
    খ) Mortown
  3. গ
    গ) Free Fall
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) All of the above
ব্যাখ্যা
Murphy, a novel by Irish writer Samuel Beckett, published in 1938.
The story concerns an Irishman in London who yearns to do nothing more than sit in his rocking chair and daydream.

source: britannica
১৯.
Which of the following is not Walt Whitman's poem?
  1. ক
    ক) A Passage To India
  2. খ
    খ) O Captain! My Captain!
  3. গ
    গ) The Road not Taken
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Songs of Myself
ব্যাখ্যা
Walt Whitman(1819-1892): American poet, journalist, and essayist.
His famous works: A Passage To India (poem), Leaves of Grass, Drum-Taps, O Captain! My Captain!, Songs of Myself etc.

‘The Road not Taken’ is a famous poem of Robert Frost.

[Source: Live MCQ Lecture.]
২০.
'The Island of Doctor Moreau' is a science fiction novel written by -
  1. ক
    ক) Samuel Beckett
  2. খ
    খ) Herbert George Wells
  3. গ
    গ) David Herbert Lawrence
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Fyodor Dostoevsky
ব্যাখ্যা
H.G. Wells(1866-1946):
- In full Herbert George Wells.
- English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine and The  War of the Worlds and such comic novels as Tono-Bungay and The History of Mr. Polly.
- His other science fiction novels: The Wonderful Visit (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), The    First Men in the Moon (1901), and The Food of the Gods (1904).
- He also wrote many short stories, which were collected in The Stolen Bacillus (1895), The Plattner Story (1897), and Tales of          Space and Time (1899).

[Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Encyclopaedia Britannica]
২১.
Which one is a three-act play by John Millington Synge?
  1. ক
    ক) The Maiden Aunt
  2. খ
    খ) A Memory of Two Mondays
  3. গ
    গ) The Playboy of the Western World
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Love Thy Neighbour
ব্যাখ্যা
J.M. Synge(1871-1909):
In full John Millington Synge, leading figure in the Irish literary renaissance.
The Playboy of the Western World, comedy in three acts by J.M. Synge, was published and produced in 1907.

[Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica]
২২.
'But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep' was written by -
  1. ক
    ক) Ezra Pound
  2. খ
    খ) W. B. Yeats
  3. গ
    গ) T.S. Eliot
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Robert Frost
ব্যাখ্যা
Robert Frost is an American writer. 
One of his famous quotes:
'But I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep.'
This line is taken from his poem 'Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening'.
২৩.
Who is known as the father of detective stories?
  1. ক
    ক) Joseph Conrad
  2. খ
    খ) Rudyard Kipling
  3. গ
    গ) Edgar Allen Poe
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Jules Verne
ব্যাখ্যা
- Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic.
- He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre.
- Edgar Allan Poe created this new literary genre when he wrote ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’.
- Nearly forty-five years after Poe’s death, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle popularized the detective story when he created Sherlock Holmes.
২৪.
Who wrote 'The Ant and the Grasshopper'?
  1. ক
    ক) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  2. খ
    খ) William Somerset Maugham
  3. গ
    গ) Ernest Hemingway
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Wole Soyinka
ব্যাখ্যা
William Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1935):
Novelist, Playwright, and story writer.
His Major Works -
Novels: Of Human Bondage, The Sacred Flames, The Razor’s Edge, Cakes and Ale, the Magician, The Moon and Sixpence, Lady Frederick.
Play: The Land of Promise.
Short Stories: The Ant and the Grasshopper, the Luncheon.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.
২৫.
The literary work 'Four Quarters' is a poem by -
  1. ক
    ক) T.S. Eliot
  2. খ
    খ) William Butler Yeats
  3. গ
    গ) Walt Whitman
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) John Masefield
ব্যাখ্যা
Thomas Stearns Eliot(1888-1965):
-He is an American Born British poet Dramatist and Social Critic.
-He is famous for his Theory of Objective correlatives.
-He is best known as a leader of the Modernist movement in poetry.
Famous poem of T.S. Eliot are- The Waste Land, Gerontion, Journey to the Magi, Ash Wednesday, Four Quarters, The Hollow Man, Portrait of a Lady.
His famous drama are Murder in Cathedral, The Family Reunion, The Cocktail Party, The Elder Statement.
[Source: Live MCQ Lecture and An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman.]
২৬.
"Prejudices are what fools use for reason." is said by -
  1. ক
    ক) Bertrand Russell
  2. খ
    খ) Voltaire
  3. গ
    গ) Victor Hugo
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Leo Tolstoy
ব্যাখ্যা
Famous quotation of Voltaire:
- If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
- Prejudices are what fools use for reason.