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21.
'For God's sake hold your tongue and let me love.' This line is taken from the poem __.
  • A To His Coy Mistress
  • B The Canonization
  • C The Definition of Love
  • D The Sun Rising
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

This is the opening line of John Donne's poem 'The Canonization'.

22.
The one-act play 'Riders to the Sea' was written by __.
  • A G. B. Shaw
  • B Oscar Wilde
  • C J. M. Synge
  • D John Galsworthy
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

'Riders to the Sea' is a famous one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright J. M. Synge.

23.
'Neither a borrower nor a lender be For loan oft loses both itself and friend.' This extract is taken from Shakespeare's play ___.
  • A Macbeth
  • B King Lear
  • C Measure for Measure
  • D Hamlet
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

These lines are spoken by Polonius to his son Laertes in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

24.
Who composed the elegiac poem 'Thyrsis'?
  • A Thomas Gray
  • B Matthew Arnold
  • C John Milton
  • D P. B. Shelley
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Thyrsis' is an elegy written by Matthew Arnold to commemorate his friend Arthur Hugh Clough.

25.
Who is the writer of the famous essay 'Tradition and the Individual Talent'?
  • A George Orwell
  • B Aldous Leonard Huxley
  • C T. S. Eliot
  • D Francis Bacon
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

This critical essay was written by T. S. Eliot and published in 1919.

26.
'Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.' This line occurs in Shelley's poem _.
  • A To a Skylark
  • B Ode to the West Wind
  • C Adonais
  • D The Cloud
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

This famous line is from P.B. Shelley's poem 'To a Skylark'.

27.
Who authored the futuristic novel 'Brave New World'?
  • A E. M. Forster
  • B Virginia Woolf
  • C Aldous Leonard Huxley
  • D Graham Greene
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

'Brave New World' is a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley published in 1932.

28.
'Good fences make good neighbors'. This line was written by ___.
  • A Robert Graves
  • B Robert Frost
  • C Ezra Pound
  • D Carl Sandburg
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

This line is from Robert Frost's poem 'Mending Wall'.

29.
'Cowards die many times before their deaths: The valiant never taste of death but once'. In which play of Shakespeare is this quote found?
  • A Julius Caesar
  • B Romeo and Juliet
  • C The Tempest
  • D Twelfth Night
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

This famous quote is spoken by Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's play of the same name.

30.
'Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.' This quote is extracted from Tennyson's poem titled __.
  • A Morte d' Arthur
  • B The Lotos-Eaters
  • C Tithonus
  • D Locksley Hall
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

This line appears in Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem 'Locksley Hall'.

31.
The tragedy 'Samson Agonistes' was penned by __.
  • A Christopher Marlowe
  • B Henrick Ibsen
  • C John Milton
  • D Arthur Miller
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

'Samson Agonistes' is a tragic closet drama by John Milton.

32.
Who is the playwright of the absurd drama 'Waiting for Godot'?
  • A Jean Genet
  • B Samuel Beckett
  • C Harold Pinter
  • D Tom Stoppard
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Waiting for Godot' is a landmark play of the Theatre of the Absurd by Samuel Beckett.

33.
'It's strange – but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction.' This quote is taken from a poem of _.
  • A Mark Twain
  • B Robert Herrick
  • C Lord Byron
  • D Franz Kafka
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

This quote is from Lord Byron's satirical epic poem 'Don Juan'.

34.
Who wrote the novella 'Heart of Darkness'?
  • A Joseph Conrad
  • B Doris Lessing
  • C John Osborne
  • D Thomas Hardy
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

'Heart of Darkness' is a famous novella by Joseph Conrad.

35.
Who was the writer of the autobiographical essay 'Shooting an Elephant'?
  • A Francis Bacon
  • B George Orwell
  • C Joseph Addison
  • D Charles Lamb
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Shooting an Elephant' is an essay by George Orwell.