MATCH THE LIST TYPE QUESTION

Correct Answer: 1. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D- III

Detailed Explanation:

A. Lois Reynolds Kerr → II. Guest of Honour

Guest of Honour is a notable work by Lois Reynolds Kerr, a Canadian playwright active in the early 20th century. It is one of the earliest examples of Canadian drama reflecting social concerns.





B. Dorothy Livesay → IV. Joe Derry

Dorothy Livesay, primarily known as a poet, also wrote Joe Derry, a documentary-style radio drama that reflected her socialist and working-class sympathies.





C. Gwen Pharis Ringwood → I. Dark Harvest

Gwen Pharis Ringwood is a key figure in Canadian theatre, and Dark Harvest is one of her well-known plays, exploring rural and social themes.





D. Carol Bolt → III. Red Emma

Carol Bolt is known for Red Emma, a feminist play based on the life of anarchist Emma Goldman, reflecting themes of political activism and social justice.







This match-the-following question is commonly seen in UGC NET English, particularly in sections focused on Canadian Literature, Women Writers, and Modern Drama.

Correct Answer: 1. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D- III

Detailed Explanation:

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A. Cynthia's Revels (1600) – II. Ben Jonson [Major Character: Criticus] – Satirical court comedy ridiculing vanity and affectation.

B. The Maid's Tragedy (1611) – IV. Beaumont and Fletcher [Major Characters: Amintor, Evadne] – Revenge tragedy involving betrayal and moral corruption.

C. Women Beware Women (1621) – I. Thomas Middleton [Major Characters: Bianca, Leantio] – Tragedy of lust, manipulation, and fatal desire.

D. The Shoemakers’ Holiday (1599) – III. Thomas Dekker [Major Characters: Simon Eyre, Ralph] – Festive comedy celebrating working-class life in London.

Correct Answer: 2. A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

Detailed Explanation:

A. “One day I wrote her name upon the strand...” – IV. Edmund Spenser

From Amoretti Sonnet 75 (1595) – Spenser writes of immortalizing love through verse.





B. “Under the greenwood tree...” – II. William Shakespeare

From As You Like It (1599) – A pastoral song celebrating simple forest life.





C. “The curfew tolls the knell of parting day...” – I. Thomas Gray

From Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (1751) – Mournful reflection on mortality.





D. “Remember how we picked the daffodils?...” – III. Ted Hughes

From Daffodils (1998) – Evokes memory, grief, and lost love.

Correct Answer: 3. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Detailed Explanation:

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A. He turned his back on the 'two decades of hypocrisy' – IV. W. H. Auden

Refers to Auden’s disillusionment with interwar British society.





B. The Welsh traditions of the power of spoken word are present in his poetry – I. Dylan Thomas

Thomas's lyrical voice reflects Welsh oral traditions and musicality.





C. He is identified as a representative middle-brow voice of the present, adjusting to the past – II. John Betjeman

Betjeman’s nostalgic yet accessible verse appealed to common readers.





D. His poetry plays with and against Romantic tradition in poetry – III. Philip Larkin

Larkin reworks Romantic themes with post-war realism and irony.

Correct Answer: 4. A-IV, B-III, C-I, D-II

Detailed Explanation:

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A. Silas Marner (1861) – IV. The Weaver of Raveloe

A moral tale about redemption through love and community.





B. Sybil (1845) – III. The Two Nations

Explores class divide between the rich and the poor.





C. Frankenstein (1818) – I. The Modern Prometheus

A cautionary tale about ambition, creation, and responsibility.





D. Oliver Twist (1837–39) – II. The Parish Boy's Progress

A social novel critiquing child labor and poverty in Victorian England.

Correct Answer: 3. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Detailed Explanation:

Here are the matched pairs with brief explanations:

A. Ursula – Skrebensky – IV. The Rainbow (1915)

Explores Ursula’s emotional and intellectual development.





B. Gudrun – Gerald – I. Women in Love (1920)

Centers on intense psychological and erotic tensions.





C. Connie – Mellors – II. Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)

A tale of love across class lines and bodily freedom.





D. Miriam – Paul – III. Sons and Lovers (1913)

Depicts Paul’s struggle between maternal attachment and romantic desire.

Correct Answer: 4. A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Detailed Explanation:

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A. "Liberty of the Press" – III. John Milton

From Areopagitica, advocates for freedom of speech and expression.





B. "The Vision of Mirza: An Oriental Allegory" – IV. Joseph Addison

An allegorical tale published in The Spectator, blending Eastern imagery with moral reflection.





C. "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" – I. Thomas de Quincey

A psychological essay analyzing a haunting moment in Shakespeare’s Macbeth.





D. "Mental Slavery of Modern Workmen" – II. John Ruskin

A critique of industrial dehumanization and labor conditions.

Correct Answer: 1. A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

Detailed Explanation:

A. John Gross – II. The Oxford Book of Essays

A curated anthology of significant English essays from various periods.





B. Wendy Martin – III. Essays by Contemporary American Women

Focuses on feminist and cultural insights from American women writers.





C. George Saintsbury – I. A History of English Prose Rhythm

A pioneering study of English prose style and rhythm through the ages.





D. Richard A. Lanham – IV. Analyzing Prose

A rhetorical guide for analyzing and understanding prose structure and style.

Correct Answer: 4. A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Detailed Explanation:

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A. Pidgin – III. A contact language which draws on elements from two or more languages

A simplified language developed for communication between speakers of different native languages, often for trade or colonial purposes.





B. Creole – IV. A term relating to people and languages especially in the erstwhile colonial tropics and subtropics, in the Americas, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania

A stable, natural language developed from a mixture of different languages, often originating from pidgins and spoken natively.





C. Idiolect – I. The language is special to an individual, sometimes described as a 'personal dialect'

The unique language use of an individual, including their choice of words, pronunciation, and grammar.





D. Register – II. A language defined according to social use, such as scientific, formal, religious, and journalistic

A variation of language determined by its use in particular contexts or situations.

Correct Answer: 2. A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

Detailed Explanation:

A. Collocation – III. A habitual association between particular words

Example: “make a decision” and “heavy rain.” These word pairs tend to occur together in natural usage.





B. Inflected – IV. A term in which a word takes various forms to show its grammatical role

Example: "run," "runs," "ran," and "running" are inflected forms of the verb run.





C. Polarity – II. A term for the contrast between positive and negative in sentences, clauses, and phrases

Example: “He is coming” (positive) vs. “He is not coming” (negative).





D. Generative – I. A term borrowed in the 1960s from mathematics into linguistics by Noam Chomsky

Refers to Generative Grammar, a theory that describes the implicit knowledge humans have about the structure and formation of sentences.

Correct Answer: 1. A-II, B-I, C-IV, D- III

Detailed Explanation:

A. Poverty and Un-British Rule in India – II. Dadabhai Naoroji

A seminal economic critique (1901) of British colonial exploitation written by the Grand Old Man of India.





B. The Slave Girl of Agra – I. Romesh Chunder Dutt

A historical romance set during the Mughal period, showcasing Dutt’s narrative fiction style.





C. Love Songs and Elegies – IV. Manmohan Ghosh

A poetic collection reflecting classical influence and emotional lyricism from one of India’s early modern poets.





D. Gora – III. Rabindranath Tagore

A socio-political novel (1910) by Tagore addressing nationalism, identity, and reform in colonial India.

Correct Answer: 2. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D- III

Detailed Explanation:

A. Surprised by Sin: The Reader in "Paradise Lost" – II. Stanley Fish

A seminal text in reader-response criticism, analyzing Paradise Lost from the perspective of the reader’s evolving response.





B. Five Readers Reading – IV. Norman Holland

This psychoanalytic reader-response study explores how different readers interpret the same text through their psychological filters.





C. The Reader, the Text, the Poem – I. Louise Rosenblatt

Introduces the transactional theory of reading, focusing on the active role of the reader in constructing meaning.





D. With Respect to Readers – III. Walter J. Slatoff

A work that emphasizes pluralism in reading and the variability of individual reader responses.

Correct Answer: 1. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Detailed Explanation:

A. Thick Description – IV. Clifford Geertz

An anthropological term used to describe detailed accounts of cultural practices, emphasizing context and interpretation.





B. Transcendental Signified – I. Jacques Derrida

A concept from deconstruction referring to an ultimate meaning or truth that supposedly grounds all signs but is critiqued as a fallacy.





C. Vehicle, Tenor – II. I. A. Richards

From The Philosophy of Rhetoric (1936), these are components of a metaphor: tenor is the subject, and vehicle is the image used to describe it.





D. Alienation Effect – III. Bertolt Brecht

Also known as Verfremdungseffekt, this theatrical technique prevents the audience from losing itself passively in the narrative and promotes critical detachment.

Correct Answer: 1. A-II, B-IV, C-III, D-I

Detailed Explanation:

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A. Thinking About Women – II. Mary Ellman

A pioneering feminist text (1968) that critiques the portrayal of women in literature using irony and wit.





B. The Female Eunuch – IV. Germaine Greer

A radical feminist work (1970) advocating for women's liberation and critiquing the repression of female sexuality.





C. The Dialectic of Sex – III. Shulamith Firestone

A foundational text of radical feminism (1970) blending Marxist and psychoanalytic theory to argue for the abolition of the family.





D. The Feminine Mystique – I. Betty Friedan

A key second-wave feminist book (1963) that exposed "the problem that has no name" — the dissatisfaction of suburban housewives.

Correct Answer: 3. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Detailed Explanation:

A. et sq. – IV. and the following

Abbreviation of et sequens or et sequentes; used to refer to a passage and the following pages or sections.





B. idem – I. the same

Latin for "the same"; used when referring to the same author previously cited.





C. loc. cit. – II. in the place cited

Abbreviation of loco citato; used to refer back to the same place in a previously cited work.





D. passim – III. everywhere

Used to indicate that something (like a theme or reference) appears frequently or throughout a text.