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Kubla Khan
DATE: Sun Dec 24 20:43:41 2023 TIME: 20 mins
1 What is the full title of the poem “Kubla Khan”?
(A) Kubla Khan: A Vision in a Dream (B) Kubla Khan: A Fragment
(C) Kubla Khan: An Ode (D) Kubla Khan: A Romantic Tale
Correct Option: ( B, )
Solution:
2 In which year was “Kubla Khan” first published?
(A) 1798 (B) 1816
(C) 1828 (D) 1832
Correct Option: ( B, )
Solution:
3 What is the setting of “Kubla Khan”?
(A) Ancient Rome (B) Medieval England
(C)
Xanadu, Kubla Khan’s palace in China (D) The French Revolution
Correct Option: ( C, )
Solution:
4 Which literary movement does “Kubla Khan” belong to?
(A) Romanticism (B) Realism
(C) Modernism (D) Classicism
Correct Option: ( A, )
Solution:
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5 What is the central theme of “Kubla Khan”?
(A) Love and Loss (B) Nature and Imagination
(C) War and Conquest (D) Industrialization and Progress
Correct Option: ( B, )
Solution:
6 Who interrupted Coleridge while he was writing “Kubla Khan”?
(A) William Wordsworth (B) Samuel Johnson
(C) Robert Southey (D) A person from Porlock
Correct Option: ( D )
Solution:
7 Which River is mentioned in “Kubla Khan” as flowing through caverns
measureless to man?
(A) Nile River (B) Ganges River
(C) Alph River (fictional) (D) Amazon River
Correct Option: ( C, )
Solution:
8 Which famous work by Marco Polo may have inspired Coleridge’s
portrayal of Xanadu?
(A) India (B) The Book of Ser Marco Polo
(D)
(C) Il Milione (The Million) The Description of the World (Devisement
du Monde)
Correct Option: ( C, )
Solution:
9 Which famous opium-induced dream is associated with the composition of
“Kubla Khan”?
(A) (B)
Coleridge’s dream about a visit to Mount Mary Shelley’s dream about Frankenstein
Etna
(C) (D)
Thomas De Quincey’s dream about John Keats’ dream about Ode to a
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Nightingale
Correct Option: ( A, )
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Solution:
10 What does the word “stately” refer to in the line “In Xanadu did Kubla
Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree”?
(A) (B)
The solemn and dignified nature of Kubla The imposing and impressive architecture
Khan’s decree of Xanadu
(C) (D)
The regal and majestic presence of Kubla The grandeur and magnificence of the
Khan himself pleasure-dome
Correct Option: ( D )
Solution:
11 What does Coleridge describe as being heard in Xanadu’s gardens in
“Kubla Khan”?
(A) Birds singing sweet melodies (B) Fountains gushing with water
(C)
Abyssinian maidens singing hymns (D) All of the above
Correct Option: ( D )
Solution:
12 What does Coleridge describe as bursting forth like a mighty fountain
from Mount Abora in “Kubla Khan”?
(A) A sacred river (B) A stream of consciousness
(C) A volcanic eruption (D) A spring of inspiration
Correct Option: ( A, )
Solution:
13 Which literary device is exemplified by the repetition of sounds such as
“d,” “m,” and “s” in the line “Five miles meandering with a mazy
motion”?
(A) Alliteration (B) Assonance
(C) Consonance (D) Onomatopoeia
Correct Option: ( A, )
Solution:
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14 What does Coleridge describe as floating midway on waves in “Kubla
Khan”?
(A) "Lifeless ocean" (B) "Caverns measureless to man"
(C) "Dulcimer" (D) "Pleasure-dome"
Correct Option: ( D )
Solution:
15 Which literary term refers to an abrupt change within a line or stanza
that disrupts its rhythm or structure?
(A) "Enjambment" (B) "Caesura"
(C) "Anaphora" (D) "Euphony"
Correct Option: ( A, )
Solution:
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