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   (Assorted for help of UG students) 1. Which literary age covers the years 1900–1950? Answer: The Modern Age 2. Which movement dominated English literature in this period? Answer: Modernism 3. Which event marked the end of Victorian optimism? Answer: The First World War 4. Which war influenced literature between 1939–1945? Answer: The Second World War 5. What dominant mood followed World War I? Answer: Disillusionment 6. Which term describes loss of faith in traditional values? Answer: Moral skepticism 7. Which social class gained prominence in literature? Answer: The working class 8. Which empire’s decline forms an important background? Answer: The British Empire 9. What new role did women assume during World War I? Answer: Participation in the workforce 10. Which movement fought for women’s voting rights? Answer: The Suffrage Movement 11. Which movement emphasised experimentation? Answer: Modernism 12. Which poetic movement stres...

 (assorted for help of UG students) 1. The Rape of the Lock is written by:    a) John Dryden    a) Alexander Pope    a) Samuel Johnson    a) Jonathan Swift Answer: Alexander Pope 2. The poem belongs to which genre?    a) Epic    a) Mock-epic    a) Pastoral    a) Elegy Answer: Mock-epic 3. Canto I mainly serves to:    a) Describe a battle    a) Introduce characters and setting    a) Narrate the climax    a) Provide moral resolution Answer: Introduce characters and setting 4. The heroine introduced in Canto I is:    a) Clarissa    a) Thalestris    a) Belinda    a) Arabella Answer: Belinda 5. The poem opens with a reference to:    a) War    a) Love tragedy    a) Trivial events    a) Religious conflict Answer: Trivial events...