Objective Type Questions

For each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the answer. Only one of them is correct. Choose the correct alternative.

1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born on ...
(a) March 6, 1806 England
(b) March 16, 1806 France
(c) March 26, 1806 Itlay
(d) April 6, 1806 Germany

2. Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most important poets of...
(a) The Elizabeth Age
(b) Victorian Age
(c) Romantic Age
(d) Modern Age

3. ......... was the first collection of poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(a) How Do I Love thee?
(b) The Seraphim and other Poems
(d) None of these
(c) Aurora Leigh

4. ......... ways of loving are mentioned in the poem.
(a) Eight ways
(b) Nine ways
(c) Ten ways
(d) Eleven ways

5. "I love thee freely, as men strive for
(a) Justice
(b) Right
(c) Equality
(d) Love

6. "Old grief" means ....... in the poem "How Do I Love Thee?".
(a) Happy moments
(b) Memorizing memories
(c) Past struggle
(d) None of these

7. Which of the following statement, described as central theme of the poem "How do I Love Thee?"
(a) Love is unconditional and eternal.
(b) True freedom comes from the freedom of the soul.
(c) Love requires sacrifies.
(d) All of the above

8. Who is the speaker in the poem "How Do I love Thee?"
(a) Robert Browning/the Husband
(b) Elizabeth Browning/the poetess or beloved
(c) William Shakespeare/lover
(d) None of these

9. What type/kind of this poem "How do I Love Thee?"
(a) Free verse
(b) An Ode
(c) A Shakespearean sonnet
(d) A Petrarchan/Italian sonnet

10. ""I love thee freely, as men strive for right" is an example of...
(a) A metaphor
(b) A simile
(c) Personification
(d) None of these

11. "I love thee with a love I seemed to lose" is an example of...
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Alliteration
(c) Personification
(d) Simile

12. Elizabeth was married to the leading victorian poet
(a) Algernon Charles Surinburne
(b) Alfred Lord Tennyson
(c) Robert Browning
(d) Matthew Arnold

13. 'Sonnet 43' is taken from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's collection of poems .......
(a) Sonnets from the portuguese
(b) Poem in two volumes
(c) The Seraphim and other poems
(d) An Essay on mind and other poems

14. What is another title of "Sonnet 43"?
(a) My Love
(b) How do I love Thee?
(c) My Love For My Husband
(d) Love Infinite

15. 'Sonnet 43' was published in ......
(a) 1848
(b) 1850
(c) 1857
(d) 1849

16. "How Do I Love Thee?" has been interpreted as the poetess's spiritual, eternal and pure love and affection for her .......
(a) Husband
(b) Lover
(c) Brother
(d) Father

17. "My Soul can reach, when feeling out of sight" is an example of.... figure of speech.
(a) Hyperbole
(b) Metaphor
(c) Personification
(d) Simile

18. "How Do I Love Thee?" is a .......
(a) Short
(b) Yes - No
(c) Wh... ...
(d) Rhetorical

19. Which of the following is not a prominent motif in the poem?
(a) Wealth
(b) Life and Death
(c) Love
(d) Religion and Spirituality

20. The phrase "Lost Saints" likely refers to
(a) Historical figures who died in war.
(b) Lost faith in religious or important figures in the speaker's life.
(c) Saints who passed away.
(d) Lost religious artefacts.

21. "How Do I Love Thee" is a poem by :
(a) Robert Browning
(c) Alfred Lord Tennyson
(b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning
(d) Matthew Arnold

22. Who is the author of the poem "How Do I Love Thee"?
(a) Alfred Lord Tennyson
(b) Philip Larkin
(c) John Milton
(d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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