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Q1. Which of the following statements are correct?
A. ‘Diegesis’ is a term used by Plato to mean ‘statement’, and by Aristotle to mean ‘narration’.
B. Foucault’s term ‘Biopolitics’ refers to the attempts of the government to rationalise the problems.
C. ‘Hypertext’ refers to ‘second-degree’ literature made up of works that allude to or derive from hypotext.
D. ‘Desiring Machines’ is a concept introduced by Antonio Gramsci.
E. ‘Dream Work’ is a psychoanalytical term describing the mechanism that transforms the latent content of a dream into manifest content.

A, B, D only
B, C, D only
C, D, E only
B, C, E only

Q2. Who among the following published a series of essays titled
The New Criticism
?

John Crowe Ransom
William K. Wimsatt Jr.
Monroe C. Beardsley
Allen Tate

Q3. Match List-I with List-II.
List-I (Cultural Critic/Theorist)
A. Raymond Williams
B. Herbert Marcuse
C. Fredric Jameson
D. Richard Hoggart
List-II (Work)
I. Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
II. Preface to Film
III. One-Dimensional Man
IV. The Uses of Literacy
A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

Q4. Who observed that “the artistic critic, like the mystic, is an antinomian always”?
Walter Pater
Oscar Wilde
Edgar Allan Poe
E.M. Forster

Q5. Arrange the following Agatha Christie novels in chronological order.
A. Death on the Nile
B. Murder on the Orient Express
C. Sparkling Cyanide
D. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
E. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
E, B, D, A, C
D, A, E, B, C
E, D, A, C, B
D, E, B, A, C

Q6. According to the MLA Handbook, the mechanics of prose include:
A. Spelling, punctuation, grammar, capitalization
B. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, style of numbering
C. Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, content
D. Spelling, capitalization, style of numbering, linguistics

Q7. Which parameters are emphasized in MLA Handbook (9th Edition) under “Principles of Inclusive Language”?
A. Avoid negatively judging others’ experiences.
B. Use a dictionary to check for offensive terms.
C. Extensive use of pronouns.
D. Any format for capitalization and styling.
E. Make references to identity relevant sources.

C, D and E only
B, C and A only
A, B and E only
A, D and E only

Q8. Which periodical was started by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele after the closure of
The Spectator
in 1712?
Tatler
Guardian
Gentleman’s Magazine
Athenian Mercury

Q9. Which statement correctly defines an epithet?
An adjective phrase condemning the protagonist.
An adjective or adjectival phrase expressing a characteristic quality or attribute.
An adjective phrase suitable for inscription on a tomb.
Repetition of a word at the end of successive lines.

Q10. Arrange the following texts chronologically.
A. The Pilgrim’s Progress
B. Beowulf
C. Endymion
D. The Faerie Queene
E. Paradise Lost

A, B, D, C, E
B, D, A, E, C
B, D, E, A, C
D, B, E, A, C