Brief-2012
a. What is regarded as the “precious life blood of a master spirit” by Milton?
Ans: A good book.
b. Who is the believer of the maxim- “A penny saved is a penny got”?
Ans: Sir Andrew Freeport.
c. “The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together”- who wrote this and why?
Ans: Samuel Johnson wrote the line to define the idea of metaphysical conceit.
d. What kind of odes did Cowley write?
Ans: Pindaric odes.
e. Who was the editor of “The Spectator”?
Ans: Richard Steele.
f. To whom does Milton compare the Star Chamber?
Ans: আগের সিলেবাসের।
g. What does the word ‘Areopagitica’ mean?
Ans: আগের সিলেবাসের।
h. What is Pragmatism?
Ans: Pragmatism means practical consideration of certain things.
i. What type of region according to Bacon should be selected for new colonization?
Ans: uninhabited region.
J. When, according to Bacon, should a man marry?
Ans: A young man should think seriously when he should marry. An old man should not at all marry.
k. Why does Milton compare books to a bad piece of meat?
Ans: আগের সিলেবাসের।
l. What is ‘magna-Carta”?
Ans: Magna -carta is a charter by King John of England in 1215.
Brief-2013– LX
a. Why did Bacon compare truth to a pear!?
Ans: Because the truth is naked and open in daylight that illustrates the objects of life. It is like a pearl that shines in the daylight, not a diamond that shines in the candle lights.
b. What is the most ordinary cause of single life?
Ans: Having fuller enjoyment of liberty.
c. What was the name of the periodical started by Steele in 1709?
Ans: The Tatler.
d. What is censorship?
Ans: The act of examining or judging any kind of book or letters before its publication.
e. Who was the famous biographer of Samuel Johnson
Ans: James Boswell.
f. Who was Martin-V?
Ans: Head of the Catholic Church.
g. To what does Addison compare “Paradise Lost”?
Ans: আগের সিলেবাসের।
h. What according to Milton is real virtue?
Ans: আগের সিলেবাসের।
i. What Pindaric Odes did Cowley paraphrase?
Ans: Cowley paraphrased Olympic Ode and Nemean Ode following Pindar.
j. Who are the metaphysical poets?
Ans: The metaphysical poets are,
- John Donne
- George Herbert
- Richard Crashaw
- Abraham Cowley
- Andrew Marvell
- Henry Vaughan.
k. Who wrote the book The Advancement of Learning?
Ans: Francis Bacon wrote the book “The Advancement of Learning”.
I. When and where did the East India Company set its trading posts in India?
Ans: In the provinces of Madras and Bombay of India in 1610 and 1611 respectively.
Brief-2014
a. What is the name of the satire written by Cowley?
Ans: “The Puritan and Papist”.
b. What kind of allusions does Cowley use?
Ans: The allusions used by Cowley are not always to vulgar things. He offends by exaggeration as much as by diminution. Whatever he writes is always polluted with some conceits.
c. What is the aim of the ‘Spectator’?
Ans: The aim of The Spectator is to enliven morality with wit.
d. What is Soho Square?
Ans: Soho Square is the place where Sir Roger lives when he is in the town.
e. What is the essay “Of Plantation” about?
Ans: The essay illustrates the interest in English colonization in America.
f. How many kinds of love are mentioned by Bacon in “Of Love”?
Ans: Three types,
- nuptial love
- friendly love and
- wanton love.
g. Why is a married man hostage to fortune?
Ans: Because his wife and children are impediments to great enterprises.
h. Who drafted and introduced the East India Bill”?
Ans: Fox.
i. When did Edmund Burke give the speech on the East India Bill?
Ans: on 1″ December 1783.
j. What is ‘Areopagite’?
Ans: আগের সিলেবাসের।
k. What is a pamphlet?
Ans: Pamphlet is a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject.
Brief-2015
a. What are the three roles played by a wife in different stages of life?
Ans: The three roles played by a wife in different stages of life are
- mistress
- companion and
- nurse.
b. What is the most ordinary cause of single life?
Ans: Having fuller enjoyment of liberty is the most ordinary cause of single life.
c. What kind of writing is “The Guardian” by Cowley?
Ans: Comedy.
d. What type of composition is “The Life of Cowley?
Ans: Biography and critical study of Cowley’s character and works.
e. What is Magna Carta?
Ans: Magna -carta is a charter by King John of England in 1215.
f. What were the East India Company’s officials formally called?
Ans: English East India Company.
g. What is the aim of the Spectator?
Ans: The aim of The Spectator is to enliven morality with wit.
h. What is Tatler?
Ans: The Tatler is a periodical launched in London by the essayist Sir Richard Steele in April 1709.
i. What is meant by the freedom of the press?
Ans: The freedom of the press is the right of newspapers, magazines etc. to report news without being controlled by the government.
J. Why did Milton write Areopagitica?
Ans: John Milton wrote the book to protest against censorship.
k. Why is not an unmarried man a good citizen?
Ans: Because he leads a carefree life.
l. Who are the metaphysical poets?
Ans: The metaphysical poets are,
- John Donne
- George Herbert
- Richard Crashaw
- Abraham Cowley
- Andrew Marvell
- Henry Vaughan.
Brief-2016
a. What types of love are mentioned by Bacon in his essay “Of Love”?
Ans: Three types,
- nuptial love
- friendly love and
- wanton love.
b. Who was Pilate?
Ans: Pilate was a Roman Governor.
c. What is superior to taking revenge?
Ans: Pardoning or forgiving.
d. Why did Sir Roger de Coverley remain a bachelor?
Ans: Because he was disappointed in love by a widow in his youth.
e. How old is Sir Roger de Coverley now?
Ans: Fifty six years old.
f. What is the Spectator’s Club?
Ans: The Spectator’s Club is the group of gentlemen whom Steele sits and chats with most often.
g. What was the name of the epic poem that Cowley attempted to write?
Ans: “The Davies”.
h. Who is the father of criticism mentioned in “The Life of Cowley”?
Ans: John Dryden.
i. What type of work is “Love’s Riddle”?
Ans: Comedy.
J. What was the main target of Burke’s Speech on the East India Bill?
Ans: The abuses of East India Company’s authority in India.
k. Who was Edmund Burke?
Ans: Edmund Burke was an Anglo-Irish statesman, political philosopher and a well-known orator and author.
l. What is the East India Charter?
Ans: The East India Charter is a charter to establish monopoly and to create power.
Brief-2017
a. Who was Tacitus?
Ans: Well-known historian of ancient Rome.
b. What does Bacon mean by the term “Plantation”?
Ans: According to Francis Bacon the term ‘Plantation’ means colonization.
c. Who are the impediments to great enterprise according to Bacon?
Ans: According to Francis Bacon, wife and children are the impediments to great enterprise
d. Who inherited Sir Roger’s property?
Ans: Captain Sentry.
e. A penny saved is a penny got – Who is the believer of the maxim?
Ans: Sir Andrew Freeport.
f. What did Sir Roger do to beautify the inside of his church?
Ans: He has decorated and beautified the inside of the church with several texts of his own choosing on his own accord and at his own expense.
g. What kind of odes did Cowley write?
Ans: Pindaric Odes.
h. Who first coined the term ‘metaphysical poets”?
Ans: Dr. Samuel Johnson.
i. Write two names of the members of the Spectator’s Club?
Ans: Sir Roger de Coverley and Sir Andrew Freeport
j. Who was the first governor-general of India?
Ans: Warren Hastings.
k. When did Edmund Burke deliver his famous speech on Fox’s East India Bill?
Ans: In 1783.
l. Who were the Tartars?
Ans: The Tartars are the members of the combined forces of central Asian peoples including Mongols and Turks under the leadership of Genghis Khan.
Brief-2018
a. Why can’t unmarried men be the best citizens?
Ans: Unmarried men lead a careless life and are indifferent about their life. So they cannot be good citizens.
b. Why do people have a tendency to avoid the truth?
Ans: Because of their natural but corrupt love for lies itself.
c. Who was Epicurus?
Ans: A Greek philosopher.
d. Why was Sir Roger given priority?
Ans: As Sir Roger was the landlord of the whole congregation, he was given priority.
e. What is the Inner Temple?
Ans: The Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court in London.
f. What is the religious value of Sunday?
Ans: The religious value of Sunday is that it refreshes the notions of religion in the villager’s mind.
g. Who did Cowley follow in writing odes?
Ans: Pindar.
h. What type of men were the metaphysical poets?
Ans: Men of wit and conceit.
i. How does Cowley compare a lover to Manna?
Ans: Because the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
j. With what does Burke compare the East India Bill?
Ans: Burke compared the East India Bill with the Magna charter.
k. What was the condition of the people of this huge terrain during the rule of the East India Company?
Ans: The condition of the people of this huge terrain was that nobody could eat a mouthful of rice without the permission of the East India Company.
l. What is pragmatism?
Ans: Pragmatism means practical consideration of certain things.
Brief – 2019
a. What is the most ordinary cause of single life?
Ans: Having fuller enjoyment of liberty.
b. Who is the believer of the maxim “A penny saved is a penny got”?
Ans: Sir Andrew Freeport.
c. What type of justice is revenge?
Ans: According of Francis Bacon, revenge is a kind of wild justice
d. What is the Spectator’s Club?
Ans: The Spectator’s Club is the group of gentlemen whom Steele sits and chats with most often.
e. What is a country Sunday?
Ans: A country Sunday means a Sunday spent in the countryside.
f. What is a catechizing day?
Ans: Catechizing day is a day of teaching as examined by means of questions and answers.
g. What kind of poet was Cowley?
Ans: Metaphysical poet.
h. What do metaphysical conceits do?
Ans: Metaphysical conceits connect the reader’s sensory perceptions to abstract ideas.
i. What type of composition is The Life of Cowley?
Ans: Biography and critical study of Cowley’s character and works.
J. Who was Faizullah Khan?
Ans: Syed Faizullah Khan was the first Nawab of Rampur.
k. Who introduces the ‘East India Bill’?
Ans: Fox.
l. What is ‘Magna Carta’?
Ans: Magna -carta is a charter by King John of England in 1215.
Brief-2020
a. What is an epigram?
Ans: An epigram is the terse statement that suggests the universal truth.
b. What are “Sirens ‘and ‘Furies”?
Ans: Siren in Greek mythology is a creature of half bird and half woman who lured Sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. Furies is the snake haired goddesses of vengeance usually three in number who pursued unpunished.
c. What type of love are mentioned by Bacon in his essay ‘Of Love’?
Ans: Three types,
- nuptial love
- friendly love and
- wanton love.
d. Why did the author like plantations in a pure soil?
Ans: The author pushed the idea of colonization in a pure land from the point of view that in a pure soil people are not displanted.
e. What is ‘East India Bill”?
Ans: The East India Bill is a charter to establish monopoly and to create power.
f. What was the main target of Burke’s “Speech on East India Bill”?
Ans: The abuses of East India Company’s authority in India.
g. Who was the inventor of the famous ‘country dance’?
Ans: Cecil Sharp.
h. What is the aim of “The Spectator”?
Ans: The aim of The Spectator is to enliven morality with wit.
i. What is a hassock?
Ans: A hassock is a small cushioned piece of furniture that serves as a footrest.
j. Who is the father of criticism mentioned in the Life of Cowley?
Ans: John Dryden.
k. What is the name of the satire written by Cowley?
Ans: The Papist Puritan.
l. Who was Pilate?
Ans: Pilate was a Roman Governor.
