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Literary Terms and Genres (Metaphor, Simile, Elegy, Alleteration, Personification, Hyperbole, Euphemism, Blank Verse, Ballad, Allegory, Allusion, Tragedy, Comedy, Sonnet, Satire, Ode, Lyric, Irony, etc.), Periods of English Literature (Basic info), Famous Quotation and Characters (All Ages). সোর্সঃ যেকোনো গাইড বই, An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman এবং Live MCQ লেকচার PDF
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১.
‘Eternal passion!
Eternal pain!’ is a quote from -
  1. ক
    ক) Amelia Earheart
  2. খ
    খ) Robert Herrick
  3. গ
    গ) Matthew Arnold
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) John Dryden
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Matthew Arnold
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Matthew Arnold
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
Listen, Eugenia—
How thick the bursts come crowding through the leaves!
Again—thou hearest?
Eternal passion!
Eternal pain!
- Matthew Arnold 
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture and Poetryfoundation
২.
The character ‘Robinson Crusoe’ is found in which writer’s writing?
  1. ক
    ক) G.B. Shaw
  2. খ
    খ) Daniel Defoe
  3. গ
    গ) Ian Fleming
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Alexander Pope
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Daniel Defoe
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Daniel Defoe
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
‘Robinson Crusoe’, novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in London in 1719. Defoe’s first long work of fiction, it introduced two of the most-enduring characters in English literature: Robinson Crusoe and Friday.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
৩.
'The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free' is an example of -
  1. ক
    ক) Alliteration
  2. খ
    খ) Allusion
  3. গ
    গ) Anecdote
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Hyperbole
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Alliteration
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Alliteration
ক
ব্যাখ্যা

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or stressed syllables is known as alliteration.
Example: “Puffs, powders, patches, Bibles, billet-doux''. (Pope: The Rape of the Lock)
Here, ''p'' and ''b'' have been repeated.
Another example: The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
(Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)
Here, ''f'' and ''b'' have been repeated.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman

৪.
‘Jane Bennet’ is a character of-
  1. ক
    ক) Pride and Prejudice
  2. খ
    খ) Middlemarch
  3. গ
    গ) War and Peace
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) A pair of Blue Eyes
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Pride and Prejudice
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Pride and Prejudice
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
'Pride and Prejudice' is a famous Novel of Jane Austen. Important characters of 'Pride and Prejudice' are Mrs Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Bennet.
Source: Britannica
৫.
Main literary features of the Old English Period are -
  1. ক
    ক) Intense love of glory
  2. খ
    খ) Love of sea adventures
  3. গ
    গ) Savage
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) All of them
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) All of them
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) All of them
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
Heroic deeds, love of Sea adventures, intense love of glory and savage are the main literary features of Old English period.
Source: Live MCQ Lecture.
৬.
A lyric poem mourning for death is-
  1. ক
    ক) Tragedy
  2. খ
    খ) Elegy
  3. গ
    গ) Epithalamion
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Hymn
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Elegy
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: খ
খ) Elegy
খ
ব্যাখ্যা
A lyric poem mourning for death of an individual or lamenting over a tragic event is called elegy. Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, Tennyson’s “In Memoriam” are two of the best elegies in English literature.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
৭.
Comparison between two different things is called -
  1. ক
    ক) Metaphor
  2. খ
    খ) Simile
  3. গ
    গ) Ballad
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Caesura
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Metaphor
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Metaphor
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
Comparison between two different things is called metaphor.
It is a compressed form of simile.
''Liza is a rose'' is an example of metaphor as there is an implied comparison between the colour, softness, fragrance, beauty etc. of the rose and those of Liza.
[Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica]
৮.
The comparison of unlike things using the words like or as is known to be-
  1. ক
    ক) Simile
  2. খ
    খ) Metaphor
  3. গ
    গ) Allusion
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Alliteration
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Simile
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Simile
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
Simile is an explicit comparison between two unlike entities. In the simile, unlike the metaphor, the resemblance is explicitly indicated by the words “like” or “as”. Example: My affection hath unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman.
৯.
The character 'Yahoo' is found in the fiction-
  1. ক
    ক) Heart of Darkness
  2. খ
    খ) The War of the Worlds
  3. গ
    গ) Gulliver’s Travel
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) The Jungle Book
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Gulliver’s Travel
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Gulliver’s Travel
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
Jonathan Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travel (fiction).
Characters of this book are: Gulliver, Blefuscudian, Yahoos, Houyhnhnms, Lilliputians, Laputans.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture
১০.
Catherine Earnshaw is a character from-
  1. ক
    ক) Wuthering Heights
  2. খ
    খ) Aurora Leigh
  3. গ
    গ) The Cry of the Children
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) The Pickwick Papers
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Wuthering Heights
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Wuthering Heights
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights. Its characters are: Catherine Earnshaw, Cathy Linton, Edgar Linton, Heathcliff, Lockwood.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture
১১.
A work which has a meaning behind the surface meaning is a/an -
  1. ক
    ক) blank verse
  2. খ
    খ) allusion
  3. গ
    গ) ode
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) allegory
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) allegory
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ
ঘ) allegory
ঘ
ব্যাখ্যা
Allegory is a literary form in which one story is told in the guise of another story.
In other words, an allegory is a story of double meanings.
Allegory, a symbolic fictional narrative that conveys a meaning not explicitly set forth in the narrative.
[Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Britannica]
১২.
'King Duncan' is a character in-
  1. ক
    ক) Hamlet
  2. খ
    খ) A Woman of No Importance
  3. গ
    গ) Macbeth
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) The Musketeers
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Macbeth
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Macbeth
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
King Duncan, Macbeth, Macduff are the important characters of Shakespeare's play ‘Macbeth’. Macbeth was beheaded by Macduff.
Source: Britannica
১৩.
Which is a form of lyric?
  1. ক
    ক) Ode
  2. খ
    খ) Elegy
  3. গ
    গ) Dramatic monologue
  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
Lyric: A short poem expressing personal or subjunctive thoughts and intense feelings of a single speaker.
The sonnet, ode, elegy, hymn, dramatic monologue, epithalamion are the different forms of lyric.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman.
১৪.
Which age is not in the Renaissance Period?
  1. ক
    ক) Barren age
  2. খ
    খ) Jacobean age
  3. গ
    গ) Commonwealth age
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Caroline age
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Barren age
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: ক
ক) Barren age
ক
ব্যাখ্যা
The Renaissance period is divided into Elizabethan, Jacobean, Caroline and Commonwealth Period. Barren age is a part of The Middle English Period.
source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman
১৫.
A comedy which portrays the ridiculous behaviour pattern of the individuals of an aristocratic society is called-
  1. ক
    ক) High Comedy
  2. খ
    খ) Low Comedy
  3. গ
    গ) Comedy of Manners
  4. ঘ
    ঘ) Comedy of Humors
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Comedy of Manners
উত্তর
সঠিক উত্তর: গ
গ) Comedy of Manners
গ
ব্যাখ্যা
A comedy which portrays the ridiculous behaviour pattern of the individuals of an aristocratic society is called Comedy of Manners. It traditionally focuses on the infidelity, intrigue, immorality, jealousy, coarseness etc. of an artificial society.
The Way of the World by Congreve and The School for Scandal by Sheridan are examples of it.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman.