DREAM CHILDREN Question Paper Instructions: Allquestions are compulsory. * Each question carries equal marks. * Choose the most appropriate option for each question. 1. What is ‘Lethe’? (a) A lake in Greece (b) A garden in Eden (c) The mythological river of forgetfulness (d) A lethargic fellow 2. What figure of speech does Lamb use in the expression "...my bachelor armchair"? (a) Vision (b) Simile (c) Metaphor (d) Transferred epithet 3, Who is “faithful Bridget” referred to in the essay’ (a) Lamb's sister Mary Lamb (b) Lamb's favourite dog (c) Lamb's sweetheart (d) Lamb's nurse 4, What figure of speech does the please "busy-idle diversion" bear? (a) Chiasmus (b) Oxymoron (c) Transferred epithet (d) Personification 5, What is "Children in the Wood"? (a) A story about children’s travelling through a forest (b) A haunting place for children (c) A ballad about the murder of two children by their cruel uncle (d) A comic story for children 6. “Here little Alice spread her hands.” Alice gives such a physical gesture when she hears that (a) Her great-grandmother was the best dancer in her youth (b) Her uncle John was a good rider (c) Her uncle John carried his brother on back (d) Her greal-grandmother knew the Psaltery and a great part of the Testament by heart 7, “..here Alice's littl right foot played an involuntary movement." - Alice gives such a physical gesture when she hears that (a) Her great-grandmother was the best dancer in her youth (b) Her uncle John was a good rider (c) Her uncle John carried his brother on back (d) Her great-grandmother knew the Psaltery and a great part of the Testament by heart 8. “Here John expanded all his eye-brows and tried to look courageous.” - Little John gives such a physical gesture when he hears that (a) His uncle John was a good rider (b) His uncle John carried his brother on back (c) His great-grandmother knew the Psaltery and a great part of the Testament by heart (d) His great-grandmother could see the apparition of two infants at night in the Norfolk mansion 9. How did John help Lamb when the latter became a lame-footed boy? (a) John used to carry Lamb upon his back (b) John bought a walking stick for Lamb (c) Lamb was never helped by John (d) John used to provide him medicine 10. The occasion for writing this essay was (a) Field's death (b) John Lamb's death (c) Lamb's breaking off the relationship with Ann Simmons (d) All of these *..if someone were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey". - Here the Abbey" refers to (a) Westminster Abbey (b) Tintern Abbey (c) Longhorn Abbey (d) London Abbey 12. What is the subiitle of the essay Dream Children? (a) A Reverie (b) An Autobiography (c) A Biography (d) A Walk down the Memory Lane 13. Where was Dream Children first published? (a) Essays of Elia (b) London Magazine (c) Memoirs of Lamb (4) A Walk down the Memory Lane 44. In which volume was the essay published later? (a) A Walk Down The Memory Lane (b) Memoirs of Lamb (c) Essays of Elia (d) London Magazine "115, Charles Lamb wrote under the pseudonym of (a) Elija (b) Elisha (c) Eliza (d) Elia 16. What are children generally fond of? (a) Hearing the stories of their elders (b) Listening to fairy tales (c) Playing with peers (d) Eating sweets 17. Who is Field to the dream children in the essay? (a) Grandmother (b) Great grandmother (c) Great aunt (d) Mother 18. Where did Field live? (a) In a bungalow at Hertfordshire (b) In a small cottage at London (c) Ina great house in Norfolk (d) In her own house at Suffolk 19. What was the story associated with the Norfolk mansion? (a) The house being haunted by ghosts (b) The outstanding dance performance by Field in that house (c) The owner of the house being a man of low taste (d) The tragic killing of two children by their cruel uncle 20. Where in the house was the story of the children and their uncle carved out? (a) In the wood upon the chimney piece of the great hall (b) In the ceiling of the larder (c) Ina marble in the bedroom (d) In the main gate 21. The wooden piece in which the story of children and their uncle was carved out was replaced by (a) A metal one (b) A marble one (c) A ceramic one (4) All of them 22. The dream daughter of Lamb is named (a) Alia (b) Elia (c) Alice (d) Elisha 23. The dream son of Lamb is named (a) Johnny (b) John (c) Jonsy (d) Joan 24. What happened to the old ornaments of the great mansion of Norfolk? (a) They were carried away to the owner's other house (b) They were sold away (c) They were burnt in fire (d) They were donated to a charitable trust 25, What type of a woman was Field? (a) Bohemian (b) Good and pious (c) Quarrelsome (d) A non-believer in Christianity 26. Which disease attacked Field? (a) Pneumonia (b) Paralysis (c) Cancer (d) Consumption 27. Why was Field not frightened by the apparition of two infants at night in the Norfolk mansion? (a) She was a sorcerer (b) She could drive them by magical power (c) She slept with her grand children (d) She was good and religious 28. The apparition of two infants were seen (a) Gliding up and down the great staircase where Field slept (b) Dancing on the stair case (¢) Crying in the great hall (d) Merry-making in the forest nearby 29. How many busts of Roman emperors were there in the great mansion of Norfolk? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14 30. Which fruits were forbidden in the garden of Norfolk? (a) Apples and peaches (b) Apples and nectarines (c) Nectarines and peaches (d) Grapes and apples 31. What is an orangery? (a) A natural garden of orange (b) Baskets full of oranges (c) Orange gardens in England (d) A glass-roofed conservatory in which oranges grow 82, Name the fishes referred to in this essay. (a) Dace and pike (b) Salmon and pike (c) Dace and salmon (d) All of the above 33. John Lamb was Charles Lamb's (a) Father (b) Brother (c) Grandfather (d) Great-grand father 34, Among her grand children, whom did Mrs. Field love especially? (a) Charles (b) Tom (c) John (d) Elia 35. What type of a boy was Charles Lamb? (a) Extrovert (b) Irritating (c) Pampered (d) Introvert 36. What type of a man was John Lamb? (a) Handsome and high spirited (b) Introvert (c) Iritating (d) Pampered 37. How many years did Lamb wait for her lady love Alice W - n? (a) Six years (b) Seven years (c) Five years (d) Eight years 38. Who was Alice W - n referred to in this essay? (a) John Lamb's lady-love (b) CharlesLamb's wife (c) Charles Lamb's lady-love (d) John Lamb's wife 39, What was the real name of Alice Wn? (a) Mary Lamb (b) Terry Harold (c) Laura Bloom (d) Ann Simmons 40. Who was Bartrum? (a) Husband of Ann Simmons (b) A friend of John Lamb (c) Charles’ business-partner (d) An English horse-dealer 41. Why did the dream children of Lamb call Bartrum their father? (a) Because they were asked to do so by their dream-father (b) Because their mother Ann Simmons married Bartrum (c) Because their real father was dead (d) Because Bartrum tortured them for not doing so such a distance there is betwixt life and death.” - Here Lamb's tone is that of (a) Bereavement (b) Union with the departed soul (c) Nostalgia (d) Merriment 43. "Waiting on the tedious shores of the Lethe for millions of ages.” - Here the sentence alludes to (a) Mythology (b) The Bible (c) History (d) Romanticism 44... someone were to camry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.’s tawdry gilt drawing-room.” - Here Lady C. refers to (a) An imaginary lady of fashion (b) Lamb's aunt (c) The wife of the landlord of the Norfolk ‘mansion (d) A woman representative in the House of Commons 45, With regard to note of melancholy and luxury of imagination, Dream Children can be ‘compared to (a) Ode to Autumn (b) Ode to Nightingale (c) Ode to a Skylark (d) All of these 46. ‘Reverie! in Dream Children means (a) Deep slumber (b) Day dreaming (c) Unconscious state (d) Strong antipathy 47. Romantic element(s) in Dream Children is/are (a) Note of melancholy (b) Imagination (c) Personal elements (d) All of these 48. Children in the Wood ballad was included in (a) Wood ballad {b) Perce’s Reliques (c) Children’s ballad (d) The Arabian Nights 49. Children love to listen to stories about their elder to (a) Get amused (b) Know past events (d) Become sad slair (b) The great hall (c) The kitchen (4) The dining room 51. Alice's look was "to tender to be called upbraiding”. - Here ‘upbraiding’ means, (a) Reproachful (b) Melancholy (c) Careful (d) Rearing 52. "Those innocent would do her no harm." - Here “those innocent” refers to (a) Alice and John (b) Two apparitions (c) Two children murdered by their uncle (d) John Lamb and Charles Lamb '53. In the fish pond, the fish/fishes that darted to and fro is/are (a) Pike (b) Salamander {c) Dace (d) All of these 54. The expression “dream children” evokes (a) Wishful thought (b) Nostalgic feeling (c) Hallucination (d) Practical sentiment 65. The opening sentence in Dream Children is (a) A proposition (b) A universal truth (c) A surmise (d) A contradictory sentence 56. Lamb's feeling standing before the busts of twelve Caesars suggests his (a) Historical feeling (b) Love for antics (c) Negative capability (d) Romanticism 57.*..my children crept about me.” - Here “crept about” means (a) Hung around (b) Danced around (c) Annoyed (d) Came in dream 58. Dream Children is full of (a) Mythological references (b) Historical events (c) Biblical allusions (d) Personal reminiscences 59. The term upbraiding means... (a) Slaughter (b) dishonest © chiding or scolding (d) wicked 60. The trees which look melancholic .. a)Yew trees byfirs c) apple trees d) orange trees