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১.
Animal Farm is a____________ written by George Orwell.
  1. ক
    ক) Political fable
  2. খ
    খ) Poem
  3. গ
    গ) Drama
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Essay
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Political fable
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Political fable
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
Animal Farm:
- Anti-utopian satire by George Orwell, published in 1945.
- One of Orwell’s finest works.
- It is a political fable based on the events of Russia’s Bolshevik revolution and the betrayal of the cause by Joseph Stalin. - - The book concerns a group of barnyard animals who overthrow and chase off their exploitative human masters and set up an egalitarian society of their own. 
- Eventually the animals’ intelligent and power-loving leaders, the pigs, subvert the revolution.
- Concluding that “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” .

George Orwell:
- He is an English Novelist, Essayist, Journalist and Critic.
- His real name is Eric Arthur Blair.
- He was a police officer in Burma.

His famous Novels:
- Animal Farm,
- Nineteen Eighty-Four,
- Burmese Days,
- Coming up for Air
- Homage to Catalonia etc.
• Shooting an Elephant is a famous Short Story of George Orwell.


Source: Britannica.com 
২.
Sigmund Freud wrote_____
  1. ক
    ক) Interpretation of Dreams
  2. খ
    খ) Studies on Hysteria
  3. গ
    গ) Psychopathology in everyday life.
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) All of the above.
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) All of the above.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) All of the above.
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
Sigmund Freud: (1856 – 1939):
- Freud is famous for inventing and developing the technique of psychoanalysis; for articulating the psychoanalytic theory of motivation, mental illness. 
- Psychologist known for his theory of psycho-analysis.

Best Works:
- Interpretation of Dreams
- Psychopathology in everyday life.
- Studies on Hysteria

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
৩.
Henry James is _______ writer.
  1. ক
    ক) an Irish
  2. খ
    খ) an American
  3. গ
    গ) a British
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) a French
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) an American
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) an American
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
Henry James: 
- He was an American novelist and critic. He was born in 1843 in New York City. 
- During his lifetime he wrote 20 novels, 112 tales, and 12 plays in addition to several volumes of travel writing and criticism.

Best Works of Henry James:
- Daisy Miller 
- The American 
- The tragic muse 
- The wings of the dove 
- The golden bowl
- The Portrait of a Lady (1881)
- The Bostonians (1886)
- The Ambassadors (1903)

He died in 1916 in London.

Source: Britannica.com
৪.
Find the Odd one out_____
  1. ক
    ক) Gabriel Garcia Maquez
  2. খ
    খ) Harold Pinter
  3. গ
    গ) Wole Soyinka
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) John Masefield
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) John Masefield
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) John Masefield
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
- Among the four renowned writers mentioned above, John Masefield is exception in one consideration; He didn't receive a Nobel prize in literature as others did. 

- Gabriel Garcia Maquez is a Columbian writer and received Nobel prize in 1982.
- Harold Pinter is a British Playwright and was awarded Nobel prize in 2005.
- Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian writer and won Nobel prize in 1986.

Source: Britannica.com
৫.
Who is the author of the novel, "Things Fall Apart"?
  1. ক
    ক) Arundhati Roy
  2. খ
    খ) Chinua Achebe
  3. গ
    গ) Alice Munro
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Pearl S. Buck
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Chinua Achebe
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Chinua Achebe
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
Chinua Achebe(1930-2013):
- One of the world's most widely recognized and praised Nigerian novelists.
- Chinua Achebe wrote some of the most extraordinary works of the 20th century.
Best Works:
- Things Fall Apart (1958)
- No Longer at Ease
- Arrow of God
- A Man of the People
- Anthills of the Savannah.

Source:  Encyclopaedia Britannica
৬.
Which Character below is not from the Novel, " A Passage to India"______
  1. ক
    ক) Mr. Cyril Fielding
  2. খ
    খ) Dr. Azizar
  3. গ
    গ) Mrs. Moore
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Miss Adela
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Dr. Azizar
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Dr. Azizar
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
- Dr Azizar is not a valid character from the novel, A Passage to India by E.M Forster. 

A Passage to India ( Novel):
- A Passage to India is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th century English literature by the Modern Library.

Plot:
- The story revolves around four characters:
Dr. Aziz, his British friend Mr. Cyril Fielding, Mrs. Moore, and Miss Adela Quested.
- During a trip to the fictitious Marabar Caves (modeled on the Barabar Caves of Bihar), Adela thinks she finds herself alone with Dr. Aziz in one of the caves (when in fact he is in an entirely different cave), and subsequently panics and flees;
- It is assumed that Dr. Aziz has attempted to assault her. Aziz's trial, and its run-up and aftermath, bring to a boil the common racial tensions and prejudices between Indians and the British during the colonial era.

E.M. Forster (1879-1970):
- In full Edward Morgan Forster. British novelist, essayist, and social and literary critic.
- His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924).

Forster's other works:
- Aspects of Novel
- Where Angels Fear to Tread
- The Longest Journey
- A Room With a View
- The Celestial Omnibus(Collection of short stories).

Source: Britannica.com
৭.
Franz Kafka wrote____
  1. ক
    ক) Amerika
  2. খ
    খ) The Metamorphosis
  3. গ
    গ) The Trial
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) all of the above
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) all of the above
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) all of the above
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
Franz Kafka,
- (born July 3, 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Czech Republic]—died June 3, 1924, Kierling, near Vienna, Austria), German-language writer of visionary fiction whose works express the anxieties and alienation felt by many in 20th-century Europe and North America.

- His The Metamorphosis, novella which was published in German as Die Verwandlung in 1915.

Notable works:

- The Trial,
- The Castle,
- Amerika,
- In the Penal Colony,
- The Metamorphosis,
- Meditation,
- The Judgment,
- Description of a Struggle,
- Letter to Father.

Source: Britannica and Goodreads.com
৮.
"Stamboul Train" is a novel written by which author?
  1. ক
    ক) Orhan Pamuk
  2. খ
    খ) Graham Greene
  3. গ
    গ) J.K Rowling
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Henry Miller
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Graham Greene
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Graham Greene
খ
ব্যাখ্যা

- "Stamboul Train" is a novel written by Graham Greene. 

Graham Greene
- Born: 2 October 1904
- Death:  3 April 1991
-In full Henry Graham Greene.
-English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist whose novels treat life’s moral ambiguities in the context of contemporary political settings.

Notable works:
- Brighton Rock
- Its a Battlefield. ( Graham Greene later described it as his "first overtly political novel". Its theme, said Greene, is "the injustice of man's justice)
- The Power and the Glory (1940)
- The End of the Affair
- A Burnt-Out Case
- The Comedians
- Our Man in Havana
-The Quiet American

Source: Briatannica.com 

৯.
Which statement below is not true about writer Jean Paul Sartre?
  1. ক
    ক) He refused the Nobel prize in literature.
  2. খ
    খ) He is a Candian Novelist
  3. গ
    গ) He is considered as the exponent of Existentialism
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) None of the above
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) He is a Candian Novelist
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) He is a Candian Novelist
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
Jean-Paul Sartre :
- The 59-year-old author Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Which he was awarded in October 1964. He said he always refused official distinctions and did not want to be “institutionalised”. 
- Sartre is the only person to refuse the Nobel Prize in literature and is known to have voluntarily declined the award.
- He was a French novelist, playwright, and exponent of Existentialism—a philosophy acclaiming the freedom of the individual human being.

Best Works:
- No Exit
- Nausea
- Saint Genet
- Actor and Martyr
- The Psychology of Imagination
- Being and Nothingness.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica and https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1964/sartre/documentary/
১০.
Who was the leader of romantic movement in France?
  1. ক
    ক) Jean Paul Sartre
  2. খ
    খ) Samuel Beckett
  3. গ
    গ) Victor Hugo
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Jules Verne
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Victor Hugo
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Victor Hugo
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
Victor Hugo: (1802-1885) 
- He was the leader of the Romantic movement in France.

Victor Hugo’s famous work:
Novels:
- Les Miserable
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Poems:
- Autumn Leaves
- Songs of The Twilight
- Inner Voice

Source: Britannica.com
১১.
"Nine Soldires out of ten are born fools" is a quotation from G.B. Shaws which play?
  1. ক
    ক) Pygmalion
  2. খ
    খ) Caesar and Cleopatra
  3. গ
    গ) Man and Superman
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Arms and the Man
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) Arms and the Man
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) Arms and the Man
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
The quotation, "Nine Soldires out of ten are born fools." is an excerpt from George Bernard Shaw's play, Arms and the Man. 

Arms and the Man:
- It is a romantic comedy in three acts by George Bernard Shaw.
- It was produced in 1894 and published in 1898.
- The play is set in the Petkoff household in Bulgaria and satirizes romantic ideas concerning war and heroism.

Other Famous quotations from this play:
- "It is our duty to live as long as we can"
 
Main Characters: 
- Raina
- Bluntschli
- Sergius
- Catherine
- Louka
- Major Petkoff

Source: Britannica.com 
১২.
What is the real name of the prominent writer George Orwell?
  1. ক
    ক) Crurrer Bell
  2. খ
    খ) Eric Arthur Bell
  3. গ
    গ) Samuel Clemens
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) None of the above
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) None of the above
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) None of the above
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
- George Orwell এর আসল নাম হলো Eric Arthur Blair.
- তিনি ব্রিটিশ ভারতে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। Animal Farm এবং Nineteen Eighty-Four জর্জ অরওয়েলের দুটি বিখ্যাত উপন্যাস।

Best Works:
Novel:
- Animal Farm (1945 – a fairy story)
- Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Burmese Days
- Coming up for Air.
Story/Essay:
- Shooting an Elephant
- A Hanging.

On the Other hand, 
- Crurrer Bell is the pen name of writer Jane Eyre. 
- Samuel Clemens is the real name of Mark Twain.  


Source: Encyclopedia Britannica.
১৩.
The book, "Spirit of India" is written by_____
  1. ক
    ক) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
  2. খ
    খ) E.M. Forster
  3. গ
    গ) George Orwell
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) R. K. Narayan
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
- The book, "Spirit of India" is written by formar India President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. 

There are 25 books written by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. These books include-
- Wings of Fire
- Ignited Minds
- Turning Points 
- The Luminous Sparks
- Indomitable Spirit
- Spirit of India

Source: Britannica
১৪.
Which one below is written by Toni Morrison?
  1. ক
    ক) Beloved
  2. খ
    খ) Song of Solomon
  3. গ
    গ) Both A+B
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) None of them
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Both A+B
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Both A+B
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
- Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the critically acclaimed novel Beloved (1987).
- This American novelist received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.

Best Works: 
- Song of Solomon
- Beloved 
- The Bluest Eye
- Sula
- Home
- A Mercy 
- Jazz,
- The Bluest Eye (got Nobel prize in 1993),

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica
১৫.
"Around the World in Eighty Days" is written by_____
  1. ক
    ক) Sir A. Canon Doyle
  2. খ
    খ) Jules Verne
  3. গ
    গ) Daniel Defoe
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Robert Louis Stevenson
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Jules Verne
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Jules Verne
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
Jules Verne,
- A 19th-century French author.
- He is famed for such revolutionary science-fiction novels as 'Around the World in Eighty Days' and 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'.

His other famous literary works are:
- The Adventures of Captain Hatteras
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Paris in the Twentieth Century
- From the Earth to the Moon
- In Search of the Castaways

Source: Biography.com
১৬.
"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy is___
  1. ক
    ক) a poem
  2. খ
    খ) a play
  3. গ
    গ) a short story
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) a novel
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) a novel
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) a novel
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
Leo Tolstoy(1828-1910):
- Russian author Leo Tolstoy is considered a master of realistic fiction and one of the world’s greatest novelists
- Especially known for his two longest works, War and Peace (1865–69) and Anna Karenina (1875–77), which are commonly regarded as among the finest novels ever written.

Other Notable Works:
- Childhood,
- Resurrection

Source: Britannica.com
১৭.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky is an author from_____.
  1. ক
    ক) Ukraine
  2. খ
    খ) Russia
  3. গ
    গ) Belarus
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Germany
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Russia
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Russia
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
Fyodor Dostoyevsky:
-He is a Russian Novelist and writer.

Famous novels:
- Crime and Punishment,
- The Idiot,
- The Brothers Karamazov,
- Poor Folk,
- A Little Hero,
- The Eternal,
- Notes from Underground.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Britannica.com
১৮.
The satire, "Candide" is written by____
  1. ক
    ক) Voltaire
  2. খ
    খ) Jean Paul Sartre
  3. গ
    গ) Jules Vern
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) None of them
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Voltaire
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Voltaire
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
Voltaire (1694 – 1778):
- French historian and philosopher.

Best Works:
- Candide
- The Age of Louis XIV
- Henriade.

Best Quotes: 
- Common sense is not so common.

Source: Britannica.com
১৯.
"Mrs. Dalloway" is a novel written by______.
  1. ক
    ক) O. Henry
  2. খ
    খ) Oscar Wildes
  3. গ
    গ) Virgina Woolf
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) William Sidney Campbell
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Virgina Woolf
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Virgina Woolf
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
- She was a British Author. 
- She was a feminist:

Best Works:
-The Voyage Out (1915)
-Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
-To the Lighthouse (1927)
-The Waves (1931)
-Flush (1933)
-The Years (1937)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
২০.
Which one below is a short story by William Somerset Maugham?
  1. ক
    ক) Of Human Bondage
  2. খ
    খ) The Sacred Flame
  3. গ
    গ) Lady Frederick.
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) The Luncheon
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) The Luncheon
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) The Luncheon
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
- The Luncheon is a short story by William Somerset Maugham. 
- The other three options above in the question are novels written by  William Somerset Maugham.

Willam Somerset Maugham:(1874 – 1965):
- He is a novelist, playwright, and Short story writer.
- He wrote all of the above. 

Famous Novels:
- Of Human Bondage
- The Sacred Flames
- The Razor's Edge
- Cakes and Ale
- The Musician
- The Moon and Sixpence,
- Lady Frederick.

Short Stories:
- The Ant and the Grasshopper
- The Luncheon.

Source: Britannica.com
২১.
Which one below is the first novel written by Virginia Woolf?
  1. ক
    ক) Jacob's room
  2. খ
    খ) The Voyage in
  3. গ
    গ) The Voyage out
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) To the lighthouse
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) The Voyage out
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) The Voyage out
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
The Voyage out: 
The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the US in 1920 by Doran.
 Plot in Short: 
- Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage.
- The mismatched jumble of passengers provides Woolf with an opportunity to satirise Edwardian life.
- The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs Dalloway.

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941),
- She was a British Author. 
- She was a feminist:

Best Works:
-The Voyage Out (1915)
-Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
-To the Lighthouse (1927)
-The Waves (1931)
-Flush (1933)
-The Years (1937)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
২২.
Who is the author of the book, Time Machine?
  1. ক
    ক) H.G Wells
  2. খ
    খ) Thomas Kyd
  3. গ
    গ) Mark Twain
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Virginia Woolf
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) H.G Wells
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) H.G Wells
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
The Time Machine:
- The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells.
- It was first published in 1895.

H. G. Wells:
- পুরো নাম - Herbert George Wells. তিনি একজন ব্রিটিশ লেখক।
- ‘The Time Machine’ H. G. Wells রচিত একটি বিখ্যাত science fiction.
তার রচিত উল্লেখযোগ্য আরো কয়েকটি সায়েন্স ফিকশান -
- The Invisible Man,
- The War of the Worlds,
- The Island of Doctor Moreau,
- The First Men in the Moon ইত্যাদি।

Source: ব্রিটানিকা।
২৩.
Alice Munro is a short story writer from____
  1. ক
    ক) Canada
  2. খ
    খ) England
  3. গ
    গ) United States
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Australia
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Canada
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Canada
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
Alice Munro:
- Original: name Alice Ann Laidlaw.
- Born:  July 10, 1931, Wingham, Ontario, Canada.
- Canadian short-story writer who gained international recognition with her exquisitely drawn narratives. 
- Awarded Nobel Prize in 2013.
- The Swedish Academy dubbed her a “master of the contemporary short story”.

Best Works:
- Dance of the Happy Shades (Short story collection)
- Dear Life” “Runaway
- The Bear Came over the Mountain
- The Lives of Girls and Women
- The View from Castle Rock

Awards & Achievements: 
- Nobel Prize (2013)
- O. Henry Award (2012)
- Man Booker International Prize (2009)

Source: Britannica.com
২৪.
Which one is written by Alexandre Dumas?
  1. ক
    ক) The Three Musketeers
  2. খ
    খ) The Gold Thieves (Drama)
  3. গ
    গ) Twenty Years After (Novel)
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) All of the above
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) All of the above
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) All of the above
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
The Three Musketeers:
- It is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas.
- It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice.
- The plot Set between 1625 and 1628, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870):
- He is a French writer.
Notable works:
- The Three Musketeers (Novel),
- The Gold Thieves (Drama)
- Twenty Years After (Novel) etc.

Source: Britannica.com
২৫.
The novel, "Good Earth" is written by -
  1. ক
    ক) Mark Twain
  2. খ
    খ) Pearl S Buck
  3. গ
    গ) Maxim Gorky
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) W.H Auden
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Pearl S Buck
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Pearl S Buck
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
Pearl S. Buck is a famous American female novelist and writer.

- The Good Earth, novel by Pearl Buck, published in 1931. 
- She awarded Nobel Prize in 1938 for her rich and truly epic description of peasant life in China in this novel.
- She was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
- The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1932.

Her famous works:
- The Good Earth,
- Pavilion of Women,
- Imperial Women,
- A House Divided.

Source: Britannica.com
২৬.
"For the Time Being" is a poem written by____.
  1. ক
    ক) W.H Auden
  2. খ
    খ) W.B Yeats
  3. গ
    গ) T.S. Eliot
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Edgar Allan Poe
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) W.H Auden
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) W.H Auden
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
For the Time Being is a poem written by W.H Auden . 
W. H. Auden:
-In full Wystan Hugh Auden, (born February 21, 1907, York, Yorkshire, England—died September 29, 1973, Vienna, Austria)

Major Works: 
- For the Time Being
- Homage to Clio
- Letters from Iceland
- Musée des Beaux Arts
- On This Island
- Paid on Both Sides
- September 1, 1939
- The Age of Anxiety
- The Ascent of F6
- The Dance of Death
- The Double Man

Source: Britannica.com
২৭.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.” This an excerpt from the poem____
  1. ক
    ক) The Road Not Taken
  2. খ
    খ) Mending Wall
  3. গ
    গ) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Nothing Gold Can Stay
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) The Road Not Taken
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) The Road Not Taken
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
- All four poems mentioned above are written by Robert Frost. 
- The lines are an excerpt from the iconic poem The Road not Taken. 
Robert Frost: 
- In full, Robert Lee Frost, American poet.
- He was much admired for his depictions of the rural life of New England.
- His command of American colloquial speech, and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations.

Legendary/Best Poems:
- Road not Taken
- Mending Wall
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- Christmas Trees
- A Boy’s Will
- North of Boston
- Nothing Gold Can Stay
- After Apple-picking
- Home Burial.

Source: Britannica.
২৮.
Rudyard Kipling was born in____.
  1. ক
    ক) Kolkata, India.
  2. খ
    খ) Mumbai, India.
  3. গ
    গ) Chennai, India.
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Burma
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Mumbai, India.
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Mumbai, India.
খ
ব্যাখ্যা

Rudyard Kipling: 
- Full name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling.
- He was an Indian born British Journalist.
- Born: December 30, 1865, Bombay [now Mumbai], India.
- Death:  January 18, 1936, London, England.
- English short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
- He is chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907.

Best Works:
- Kim,
- The Jungle Book,
- Puck of Pook's Hill,
- Captain Courageous,
- Limits & Renewals,
- Just So Stories,
- Soldiers Three,
- The Light that Failed,
- Plain Tales from the Hills,
- Seven Seas,
- The White Man's Burden

Source: An ABC of English Literature- Dr M Mofizar Rahman 

২৯.
The Poem, Passage to India is written by____
  1. ক
    ক) E.M Forster
  2. খ
    খ) Walt Whitman
  3. গ
    গ) Rudyard Kipling
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Arundhati Roy
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Walt Whitman
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Walt Whitman
খ
ব্যাখ্যা

- The Poem, Passage to India is written by Walt Whitman.
*** A Passage to India is a novel written by E.M Forster. 

• Walt Whitman is an American poet, essayist and journalist.

Notable Works:
- A Passage To India (poem),
- Leaves of Grass,
- Drum-Taps,
- O Captain! My Captain,
- Songs of Myself.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Encyclopedia of Britannica.