Non-Fictional Prose Questions and Answers

Q: 'An Essay of Dramatic Poesie' is written by :

An Essay of Dramatic Poesie was written by John Dryden.Published in 1668, it is a dialogue among four speakers, Crites, Eugenius, Lisideius and Neander (Dryden's own voice), who debate the merits of ancient and modern drama, French and English drama, and rhyme against blank verse. It contains Dryden's famous praise of Shakespeare and is a founding work of English dramatic criticism.Swift, Addison and Goldsmith wrote criticism too, Addison in the Spectator and Goldsmith in his essay on laughing and sentimental comedy, but the Essay of Dramatic Poesie is Dryden's.

Q: The pamphlet 'A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage' is penned by :

The pamphlet was written by Jeremy Collier.Collier, a nonjuring clergyman, published A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage in 1698. He attacked Restoration comedy for indecency, profanity and the mockery of the clergy, and named playwrights including Congreve, Vanbrugh, Dryden and D'Urfey. The pamphlet started a long controversy and helped push comedy towards the more sentimental style of the eighteenth century.Vanbrugh and D'Urfey were among Collier's targets and replied to him rather than writing the attack. William Prynne wrote an earlier assault on the stage, Histriomastix (1633).

Q: "Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" is the pseudonym of the American writer :

"Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." was the pseudonym of Washington Irving.Irving published The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in 1819-20. It contains his best-known tales, 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', together with essays on English life, and it made him the first American writer to win international fame. He also used the pen names Diedrich Knickerbocker and Jonathan Oldstyle.Mark Twain was itself the pen name of Samuel Clemens, while Cooper and Bryant published under their own names.

Q: Who wrote the book The Souls of Black Folk ?

The Souls of Black Folk was written by W.E.B. Dubois (Du Bois).Published in 1903, the book of essays introduced the idea of 'double consciousness', the sense of always looking at oneself through the eyes of others, and declared that 'the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line'. It also challenged Booker T. Washington's policy of accommodation.Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man (1952), Richard Wright Native Son (1940), and James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Fire Next Time, all later works of African American literature.

Q: Who is the author of Age of Uncertainty ?

The Age of Uncertainty is by John Kenneth Galbraith.The Canadian-American economist wrote the book in 1977 to accompany his BBC television series of the same name. It traces the history of economic ideas, from Adam Smith and Marx to Keynes, and contrasts the confident certainties of nineteenth-century economic thought with the uncertainty of the modern age.Amartya Sen is an economist known for Development as Freedom, Nirad C. Chaudhuri wrote The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, and W.H. Auden wrote the long poem The Age of Anxiety, whose similar title is the trap.

Whose autobiography is World Within World?

A.C Day Lewis
B.Stephen Spender
C.Siegfried Sassoon
D.WH Auden

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB PGT - 2023,

Answer: B

World Within World (1951) is the autobiography of Stephen Spender. It describes his life in the 1930s and his relations with Auden, Isherwood and the political literature of the time. C. Day Lewis wrote The Buried Day, Sassoon wrote the Sherston memoirs, and Auden did not write an autobiography of this name. Spender wrote World Within World in 1951, covering his early life, the Spanish Civil War and his friendships with writers such as Auden and Isherwood. Day Lewis's memoir is The Buried Day, Sassoon wrote Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, and Auden's prose is in essays.

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Who is the subject of the essay, ‘Prophet of the Revolution’?

A.Dryden
B.Shelley
C.Dickens
D.Carlyle

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB PGT - 2023,

Answer: B

The subject of the essay Prophet of the Revolution is Shelley, according to the key. The question gives only the title and the options Dryden, Shelley, Dickens and Carlyle, and the identification of the essay's author and date could not be checked in this review, so the key is kept as printed. Shelley is often called a prophet of revolution for his political poems such as The Masque of Anarchy.

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"Flaws in the Glass: A Self Portrait" is an autobiography by:

A.Paul Jennings
B.Peter Carey
C.Banjo Paterson
D.Patrick White

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB PGT - 2023,

Answer: D

Flaws in the Glass: A Self-Portrait (1981) is the autobiography of Patrick White, the Australian Nobel laureate. Paul Jennings, Peter Carey and Banjo Paterson wrote other works, so the key is Patrick White. The book was published in 1981, eight years after White won the Nobel Prize in 1973, and it looks back on his childhood, his years in England and his life in Australia. Carey is a younger novelist who won the Booker Prize twice, Paterson is the bush balladeer, and Jennings is a children's author.

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Which book by VS Naipaul conveys the sense of disillusionment which the author experiences on his first visit to India?

A.India: A Wounded Civilization Now
B.Area of Darkness
C.Flag on the Island
D.The Loss of El Dorado

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB PGT - 2023,

Answer: B

"An Area of Darkness" (1964) by V. S. Naipaul conveys the disillusionment he felt on his first visit to India, the land of his ancestors. He wrote of the poverty, the dirt and the lack of order that he saw, which differed from the picture he had formed.

"India: A Wounded Civilization" is a later book, published in 1977. "A Flag on the Island" is a collection of stories. "The Loss of El Dorado" is a history of Trinidad and Venezuela. So the second option is the answer.

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Virginia Woolf's novel, A Room of One's Own is an extension of her own essay. What was the topic of that essay which she later extended into a novel?

A.Literature and women
B.Education and women
C.Women and economy
D.Literature and history are a male construct

Exam Year(s)

DSSSB PGT - 2023,

Answer: D

The key gives option D, "Literature and history are a male construct". Woolf's book grew out of two lectures she gave in 1928 on women and fiction, and the essay she expanded was on that subject. I could confirm the origin in her lectures but I could not confirm the wording in option D as the topic, so the answer rests on the key.

Nothing found shows the key to be wrong, although "Literature and women" (option A) is closer to the usual title, Women and Fiction. Education and women, and women and the economy, are themes in the book but not its starting topic.

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'An Essay of Dramatic Poesie' is written by :

A.Jonathan Swift
B.Joseph Addison
C.John Dryden
D.Oliver Goldsmith

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

An Essay of Dramatic Poesie was written by John Dryden.

Published in 1668, it is a dialogue among four speakers, Crites, Eugenius, Lisideius and Neander (Dryden's own voice), who debate the merits of ancient and modern drama, French and English drama, and rhyme against blank verse. It contains Dryden's famous praise of Shakespeare and is a founding work of English dramatic criticism.

Swift, Addison and Goldsmith wrote criticism too, Addison in the Spectator and Goldsmith in his essay on laughing and sentimental comedy, but the Essay of Dramatic Poesie is Dryden's.

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The pamphlet 'A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage' is penned by :

A.John Vanbrugh
B.Thomas D'urfey
C.Jeremy Collier
D.William Prynne

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

The pamphlet was written by Jeremy Collier.

Collier, a nonjuring clergyman, published A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage in 1698. He attacked Restoration comedy for indecency, profanity and the mockery of the clergy, and named playwrights including Congreve, Vanbrugh, Dryden and D'Urfey. The pamphlet started a long controversy and helped push comedy towards the more sentimental style of the eighteenth century.

Vanbrugh and D'Urfey were among Collier's targets and replied to him rather than writing the attack. William Prynne wrote an earlier assault on the stage, Histriomastix (1633).

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"Geoffrey Crayon, Gent" is the pseudonym of the American writer :

A.Washington Irving
B.Mark Twain
C.James Fenimore Cooper
D.William Cullen Bryant

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

"Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." was the pseudonym of Washington Irving.

Irving published The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in 1819-20. It contains his best-known tales, 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', together with essays on English life, and it made him the first American writer to win international fame. He also used the pen names Diedrich Knickerbocker and Jonathan Oldstyle.

Mark Twain was itself the pen name of Samuel Clemens, while Cooper and Bryant published under their own names.

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Who wrote the book The Souls of Black Folk ?

A.Ralph Ellison
B.W.E.B. Dubois
C.Richard Wright
D.James Baldwin

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The Souls of Black Folk was written by W.E.B. Dubois (Du Bois).

Published in 1903, the book of essays introduced the idea of 'double consciousness', the sense of always looking at oneself through the eyes of others, and declared that 'the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line'. It also challenged Booker T. Washington's policy of accommodation.

Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man (1952), Richard Wright Native Son (1940), and James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain and The Fire Next Time, all later works of African American literature.

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10.

Who is the author of Age of Uncertainty ?

A.John Kenneth Galbraith
B.Amartya Sen
C.Nirad C. Chaudhury
D.W.H. Auden

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The Age of Uncertainty is by John Kenneth Galbraith.

The Canadian-American economist wrote the book in 1977 to accompany his BBC television series of the same name. It traces the history of economic ideas, from Adam Smith and Marx to Keynes, and contrasts the confident certainties of nineteenth-century economic thought with the uncertainty of the modern age.

Amartya Sen is an economist known for Development as Freedom, Nirad C. Chaudhuri wrote The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, and W.H. Auden wrote the long poem The Age of Anxiety, whose similar title is the trap.

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