AD's English Literature

  Difficulty Level:  Graduation          Time: 1hr 30 Mnt Each Question: Word Limit: 30  Somerset Maugham’s" The Lotus Eater": Model Questions - Answers  1Q: Why does the narrator in The Lotus Eater compare most people to tramcars? A: The narrator compares most people to tramcars because they follow a set routine, going back and forth on the same track without experiencing the freedom and spontaneity of life. 2Q: Who is called 'Lotus Eater'? Why is he so called? A: Thomas Wilson is called the 'Lotus Eater' because he chooses to live a life of idleness and pleasure on the island of Capri, resembling the mythical Lotus Eaters who indulged in sensual delights and ignored their responsibilities. 3Q: Why did the narrator in The Lotus Eater feel interested in Thomas Wilson? A: The narrator felt interested in Thomas Wilson because he represented a unique and unconventional lifestyle, contrasting with the societal norms. Wilson's reject...

  Difficulty Level: Post Graduation          Time: 1hr Each Question: Word Limit: 30  George Bernard Shaw What is a perfectly free person? – How does Shaw answer this question? These natural job can not be shirked – What natural jobs are referred to by the speaker in this line? What, according to Shaw, should be the object of all honest governments? But the newspapers assure you that you vole has decided the election and than this constitutes you a free citizen’s– Where does the sentence occur and what does it mean in its context? The slavery of man to man is the very opposite of this. It is hateful to the body and to the spirit – Where does this pan age occur and what does it signify? …………………..We are told that all our miseries are our own doing? How are all our miseries our own doing? How is Nature, according to Shaw , kind to her ...

  Difficulty Level: Graduation          Time: 1hr 30 Mnt Each Question: Word Limit: 30   ARMS AND THE MAN by     George Barnard Shaw  Short Questions -Answers  1. What do you know of Catherine Petkoff from the first Act of ‘Arms and The Man’? In the first Act of 'Arms and The Man,' Catherine Petkoff is portrayed as an affluent and proud woman. She is Raina's mother and Major Petkoff's wife. She is concerned about her social status and displays a sense of vanity and self-importance. 2. Comment on the title of the play ‘ Arms and The Man’. The title of the play, 'Arms and The Man,' suggests a juxtaposition between romance and war. It symbolizes the contrasting ideals of heroism and love, as represented by the characters. The play explores the romanticized notions of war and challenges them through satire. 3. Critical comment on the title? From a critical perspective, the title 'Arms and The Man' emphasi...

  Difficulty Level: Graduation          Time: 1hr 30 Mnt Each Question: Word Limit: 30   ARMS AND THE MAN by     George Barnard Shaw  Model Questions and Answers 1. Why does Bluntschli say that the Bulgarian officers send for their wives to keep discipline? Answer: Bluntschli says that the Bulgarian officers send for their wives to keep discipline because the officers fear their wives' disapproval more than anything else. They believe that the presence of their wives will keep them in line and prevent them from engaging in any misconduct or indiscretions. 2. Why did Raina tell the story of ice pudding? What was its effect on the persons who heard it? Answer: Raina tells the story of ice pudding to impress and entertain the soldiers, particularly Sergius. The story highlights Raina's romantic and imaginative nature, and it enhances her image as a lady of noble qualities. The effect on the persons who heard it i...

Difficulty Level: Graduation          Time: 1hr 30 Mnt Each Question: Word Limit: 30   ARMS AND THE MAN by     George Barnard Shaw  Short Questions- Answers 1.Yes; that’s the secret of success in service- Who says this? Answer: Captain Bluntschli says this. 2 You touch a button: something tinkles in the kitchen; and then Nicola comes up – Who says this and to whom? What is the thing referred to in this speech? Answer: Louka says this to Raina. The thing referred to is an electric bell used to summon Nicola, the servant. 3 It was the cradle and the grave of my military reputation.- Who says this and to whom? What does it signify? Answer: Major Petkoff says this to Raina. It signifies that the major's military reputation was both established and destroyed by his actions in the same war. 4 I suppose soldiering has to be a trade like any other trade. – Who is the speaker? What does he mean by it? Answer: Captain B...

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (published 1902): Related Short Questions What is the name of the boat on which Marlow narrated his tale in Heart of Darkness? The name of the cruising yawl on which Marlow narrated his tale in Heart of Darkness is the Nellie. It was anchored on the sea-beach of the Thames. Who were the persons listening to Marlow's tale on the Nellie? Other than the narrator, Charlie Marlow, the individuals listening to the tale on the Nellie were the Director of the companies (who also served as the captain and host), the Lawyer, the Accountant, and the frame narrator. How does the prime narrator describe Marlow's posture in Heart of Darkness? Marlow is described as a man with sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back, and an ascetic attitude. He is depicted as sitting cross-legged with his palms facing outward, resembling an idol. The prime narrator likens him to a Buddha preaching in European clothes, without a lotus flower. This imagery of resem...

The Transformative Essence of Romanticism: Reviving Awe, Individualism, Emotional Depth, and the Unfettered Human Soul Exploring the Dimensions of Romanticism: A Multifaceted Journey through Strangeness, Wonder, Subjectivity, Emotional Depth, Imagination, and Liberated Human Spirit The term ' Romanticism ' has been variously defined by different critics Walter Pater calls it ' the addition of strangeness to beauty '. Watts Dunton defines it as the renaissance of wonder. Abercrombie , on the other hand, stresses the subjective element of romanticism, and writes, ' Romanticism is a withdrawal outer experience to concentrate upon inner experience '. Legouis and Cazamian emphasize both the emotional and imaginative aspects of romanticism and point out the ' accented predominance of emotional life, provoked and directed by the exercise of the imaginative vision '. The Romantic Movement , says W. J. Long , ' was marked and is always marked by a strong ...

A Set of 26 Objective Questions & Answers   Indo-European Language Family 1.Indo-European Language Family is the most widely spoken family of languages in the world covering more or less 1.6 billion speakers.  2.No written records or solid archaeological evidence of the Indo-European tribe. 3 .Indo-European Language Family: Comparative Languages: Albanian, Armenian, Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Greek, Indo-Iranian, Italic (including the Romance languages), Slavic, and two extinct subfamilies, Anatolian (including Hittite) and Tocharian.)

  A Set of 26 Objective Questions & Answers Widsith means    ' wide traveler’ Lollard Movement:   Originally a movement group of oxford followers of the unorthodox doctrines of John Wycliffe in the fourteenth century. The Lollard Movement continued till the Sixteenth century. Their main demands were for freely available vernacular translations of the Bible, and a reduction in the materialism and powers of the Catholic Church. In the golden treasury of Elizabethan poetry The Sonnet as a poetical type is of the utmost significance. 

Difficulty Level: Graduation          Time: 1hr 30 Mnt Each Question: Word Limit: 30 ARMS AND THE MAN by     George Barnard Shaw Short Questions - Answers What is the significance of the title, ‘Arms and The Man’? Answer: The title "Arms and The Man" symbolizes the contrasting themes explored in the play. "Arms" represents the romanticized ideals of war and heroism, while "The Man" refers to the practical and realistic portrayal of soldiers as flawed individuals. 'The Man is not a conventional stage soldier' - why? Answer: The character of Captain Bluntschli, referred to as "The Man," is not a conventional stage soldier because he defies the traditional stereotypes of heroic and fearless warriors. Bluntschli is pragmatic, focused on survival, and possesses a deep understanding of the realities of war. Is the setting of 'Arms and The Man' Ruritanian? Answer: No, the setting of "Arms and The Man" is not Ruritanian. The p...

"Since there's no Help, come let us kiss and part”                                        Michael Drayton                                                 Sonnet LXI: Since There's No Help Since there's no help, come, let us kiss and part, Nay, I have done, you get no more of me, And I am glad, yea, glad with all my heart, That thus so cleanly I myself can free. Shake hands for ever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain. Now at the last gasp of Love's latest breath, When, ...

“This is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years.”  Marshal Foch of France on Versailles Treaty's contents after First World War   Unraveling the Historical Landscape: The Preceding Events and Interwar Years between Two World Wars From Serenity to Nightmare: The Traumatic Aftermath of World War I and the Precursor to World War II The period of twenty five years (1914-1939) between the first world war and the beginning of the second world war offered the sharpest possible contrast to the official serenity and complacency of the Victorian era.  Victorian period , followed as it was by the equally staid Edwardian period from 1901 to 1910, made the English society feel itself permanently freed from wholesale destruction of life and devastation of property. Consequently, the First World War, with it’s over whelming anxieties, sacrifices, and disasters, came as a terrific shock to the society. The entire society had to undergo four years of suffering, and ...