English (002) MTTC Exam Questions with Verified Answers

Upton Sinclair - Answer-American novelist, journalist and essayist; "The Jungle" - attacked and exposed abuses in the Chicago meat packing industry - instrumental in forcing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; "King Coal", "Boston"; A "muckracker" Muckracker - Answer-A socially minded band of writers who decried and attacked perceived immoral conduct in business and government Johan Strindberg - Answer-Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and short-fiction writer; "The Red Room" - bohemian life in Sweden; Blending realism and naturalism together in a unique manner; "The Father", "Miss Julie"; later works turned to symbolism mixed with expressionism for "Ghost Sonata", "The Great Highway" - autobiographical plays; An unhappy childhood followed by 3 failed marriages influenced his work Ford Madox Ford (Ford Hermann Hueffer) - Answer-English novelist and critic; "The Good Solider" narrates an unhappy marriage in English upper class; BFF's with Joseph Conrad - Collaborated two novels "The Inheritors" and "Romance", "Parade's End" - a trilogy of novels set in America and Europe; Fought in France in World War I Gertrude Stein - Answer-American poet, essayist, novelist and short-story writer; "Three Lives" - a novel of working class women; "Tender Objects, Food, and Rooms" her poetry collection; "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" her autobiography (Alice B. Toklas was her secretary and partner); BFF's with Picasso, Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford; Flamboyant figure in Paris famous for her acid tongue and wit Rabindranath Tagore - Answer-Indian poet, playwright, novelist, short-fiction writer and songwriter; Best known for his spiritual poetry written in Bengali - 1st collection was "The ideal One"; Noted for his lyrical, spiritual poetry; "Song Offerings" - Won a Novel Prize in Literature (1911); "The Hungry Stones", "Broken Ties" - Stories of village Begal life D.H. Lawrence - Answer-English novelist, poet, essayist and short-fiction writer; "Sons and Lovers", "The Rainbow", "Women in Love", "Lady Chatterly's Lover" - banned in England for 30 yrs; Books focused on love, class, social standing and sexuality; The intensity to his work and life that sometimes scandalized peers George Bernard Shaw - Answer-British playwright and critic; Published his collection of dramas in "Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant" - included some of his best work including his critical prefaces; "Caesar and Cleopatra", "Major Barbara", "Pygmalion", "St. Joan"; Awarded the Nobel prize in Literature (1925); Chose controversial topics for his