English Lecture Exam 2026 Questions and Answers (updated 2026)

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1..“Of.man’s.first.disobedience.and.the.fruit/of.that.forbidden.tree”.is.the.opening.to:
a. Paradise.Lost.by.John.Milton
b. The.Vision.of.Delight.by.Ben.Jonson
c. The.Fairie.Quenne.by.Edmund.Spenser
d. The.Pilgrim’s.Progress.by.John.Bunyan

2..The.Picture.of.Dorian.Gray.is.a.novel.by.whose.author?
a. Oscar.Wilde.
b. Edgar.Allan.Poe.
c. John.2
d. Rudyard.Kipling

3..Who.was.the.captain.of.the.Nautilus.in.“20.000.Leagues.Under.the.Sea”?
a. Nemo
b. Boneville
c. Ahab
d. Smith

4..What.canon.of.religious.literature.was.finally,.firmly.fixed.at.the.end.of.4th.century.
AD?
a. The.Hebrew.Bible.
b. The.Mishnah
c. The.New.Testament
d. The.Koran

5..Who.wrote.the.novel.“The.Strange.Case.of.Dr.Jekyll.and.Mr.Hyde”?
a. William.Golding.




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b. Robert.Louis
c. D.H..Lawrence
d. Herman.Hesse

6..“No.smoking.during.the.cigarette.break.”.What.kind.of.figure.of.speech.was.used?
a. Irony.
b. Oxymoron
c. asyndeton
d. synecdoche

7..The.Greek.dramatist.authored.“Alcestis”.and.“Andromache.”
a. Homer.
b. Euripides
c. Virgil
d. Sophocles

8..In.the.23rd.century.BC,.Sargon.of.Akkad.conquered.Mesopotamia,.and.became.th
e.subject.of.legends..It.is.from.a.Sumerian.legend.that.we.learn.how.Sargon.establis
hed.himself.as.the.cupbearer.of.the.king.of.Kish.in.Sumer..What.early.form.of.writing.
did.the.Sumerians.invent?.a..Cuneiform.
b. Hieroglyphics
c. Oracle.Bone.Inscriptions
d. Native.Signs

9..“Memory”.is.the.standard.song.of.Cats.musical.by.Andrew.Lloyd.Weber..He.based
.his.play.on.Old.Possum’s.Book.of.Practical.Cats.by.whose.author?.a..Emily.Dickinso
n
b. John.Steinbeck
c. Thomas.Stearns.Elliot.Lowell
d. James.Rusell

10..Which.of.the.following.is.an.incorrect.representation.of.the.Scarlet.Letter
.throughout.the.course.of.the.novel?.a..Able.
b. Avowal.




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c. Anger
d. Adulteress

11..This.one.is.made.from.ersatz.coloring..ERZATS.means:
a. Genuine.
b. Authentic
c. Artificial
d. Real

12..Spot.the.correct.word.to.complete.the.analogy..Donkey.&.Horse:.Mule::Lion.&.Tig
er:
a. Panther.
b. Leopard
c. Thrag
d. Liger

13..Which.is.NOT.synonym.for.‘sleepy’?
a. Soporific.
b. Somnolent
c. Hyperbolic
d. Lethargic

14..Guest.house.rooms.must.be._________.by.noon.
a. Vacated.
b. Evacuated
c. Abandoned
d. Left

15..Which.is.NOT.synonym.for.‘gathering’?
a. Contesseration.
b. Conjuration
c. Collocation
d. Colligation

16..Complete.the.analogy..Obese:.Fat:.Polydactyl:




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a. Wives/husbands
b. Fingers/toes.
c. Arms/legs
d. Brothers/sisters

17..The.President.is.a.loquacious.speaker..LOQUACIOUS.means:
a. Reserved
b. Reticent
c.Taciturn
d.Verbose.

18..Which.word.is.defined.by:.A.great.fire,.as.of.many.buildings,.a.forest,.or.the.like?.
a..Consanguineous.
b. Conflagration
c. Blizzard
d. Chaos

19..You.eat.like.a.horse.when.________________________________.
a. Get.used.to.something.new
b. Drink.large.quantities.of.alcohol
c. Have.a.healthy.appetite
d. Run.fast

20..Unless.we.find.a.witness.to.corroborate.your.evidence,.it.will.not.stand.courts..
CORROBORATE.means:
a. Negate
b. Confirm
c. Collaborate
d. Interpret

21..Which.word.sound.different?
a. Fret.
b. Depth
c. Sweat.




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