Previous Years (2013-2020

2013

1. What is the pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte?
   Ans: The pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte is Currer Bell.
2. How did Tess die?
   Ans: Tess was hanged as a punishment for murdering Alec.
3. Who is Sydney Carton?
   Ans: Sydney Carton is an assistant of Stryver who sacrifices his life for the sake of his love for Lucie.
4. Whom does Stryver insult as a ‘mincing Fool”?
   Ans: Stryver insults Lucie as a ‘mincing Fool’.
5. Who is Charlotte Lucas?
   Ans: Charlotte Lucas is the eldest daughter in the Lucas family. She is a close friend of Elizabeth.
6. Who is Old Lady Day?
   Ans: Old Lady Day is the Day that lots of farm workers change positions and move from farm to farm looking for new work.
7. Why does Darcy get rid of his pride?
   Ans: Darcy gets rid of his pride as Elizabeth refuses his proposal.
8. Name the two cities mentioned in “A Tale of two Cities”?
   Ans: The two cities mentioned “A Tale of Two Cities” are London and Paris.
9. How old is Jane?
   Ans: Jane is twenty-two years old.
10. What did Tess name her child?
    Ans: Tess named her child ‘Sorrow’.
11. How many sisters are there in Darcy family?
    Ans: There is only one sister in Darcy’s family.
12. What is the name of Tess’ sister?
    Ans: Liza Lu is the name of Tess’ sister.

2014

1. What is the Netherfield park?
   Ans: The name of the estate Bingley has rented is Netherfield Park
2. Who is Parson Tringham?
   Ans: Parson Tringham is a clergyman in Marlott.
3. What is Westminster Hall?
   Ans: Westminster Hall is the oldest building on the Parliamentary estate. It is located in London
4. How many daughters did the Bennet family have?
   Ans: The Bennet family had five daughters.
5. In which school did Jane receive her education?
   Ans: Jane received her education at Lowood School.
6. Where and when was Tess raped by Alec?
   Ans: ‘Tess was raped by Alec in the Chase when she was returning from fair and market of Chaseborough.
7. What do you know about guillotine?
   Ans: The guillotine is the violent revolutionaries’ executional method of choice.
8. What is the name of the bank mentioned in “A Tale of two Cities”?
   Ans: Tellson’s Bank.
9. Where does Tess fall in love with Angel?
   Ans: Tess falls in love with Angel at Talbothay’s Dairy.
10. Who is Edward Rochester?
    Ans: Edward Rochester is the owner of Thornfield manor.
11. Who is Lady Catherine De Bourgh?
    Ans: Lady Catherine De Bourgh is Darcy’s aunt.
12. What is the red room in Jane Eyre?
    Ans: The red room is the frightening chamber in which Mr. Reed died.

2015

1. What is the genre of Pride and Prejudice?
   Ans: “Pride and Prejudice” is a comedy of manners.
2. What is ‘Boz’?
   Ans: ‘Boz’ is Dicken’s pseudonym/nickname.
3. Where do the bennets live?
   Ans: The Bennets live in the village of Longbourn lying about a mile outside the small country town of Meryton.
4. How many years did Jane Eyre pass at Lowood School?
   Ans: Jane Eyre passed eight years at Lowood School.
5. What is Saint Antoine?
   Ans: Saint Antione is the suburb of Paris where the Defarges live.
6. Name the two cities mentioned in “A Tale of Two Cities”.
   Ans: The two cities mentioned in “A Tale of Two Cities” are London and Paris.
7. How does Jane extinguish the fire?
   Ans: Jane brings a basin of water and tries to extinguish the fire by throwing the water over Rochester.
8. What is the name of Tess’ village?
   Ans: The name of Tess’ village is Marlott.
9. Why does Tess write a letter to Angel Clare before the marriage ceremony?
   Ans: Tess writes a confessional letter to Angel telling him of her past and slips it under his door.
10. What kind of lady was Mrs. Reed?
    Ans: Mrs. Reed was a cruel woman who was very unkind to Jane.
11. Who represent Pride in “Pride and Prejudice”?
    Ans: Darcy represents Pride in “Pride and Prejudice
12. How does Alec die?
    Ans: Tess kills him by stabbing him with a knife.

2016

1. What was the original title of the novel Pride and Prejudice?
   Ans: First Impressions was the original title of the novel “Pride and Prejudice”.
2. Why did Charlotte Lucas marry Mr. Collins?
   Ans: Charlotte Lucas married Mr. Collins for monetary security. Their marriage is purely a marriage of convenience based on worldly advantages and practical considerations.
3. What is Netherfield Park?
   Ans: The name of the estate Bingley has rented is Netherfield Park.
4. What two cities are mentioned in “A Tale of Two Cities”?
   Ans: London and Paris.
5. Who are the two persons who look alike in “A Tale of Two Cities”??
   Ans: The two persons who look alike in “A Tale of Two Cities” are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton.
6. What is guillotine?
   Ans: The guillotine is the violent revolutionaries’ executional method of choice.
7. What was the pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte?
   Ans: Currer Bell was the pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte.
8. Who is Sorrow?
   Ans: Sorrow is the son of Tess by Alec.
9. Why is the manor Thornfield so called?
   Ans: The manor Thornfield is so called because rooks cawed and wheeled about the house and alighted in the meadows where stood the great knotted thorn trees which gave the place its name.
10. Who as Jane’s Pupil at Thornfield?
    Ans: Adele Varens is Jane’s pupil at Thornfield.
11. What is Prince?
    Ans: Prince is the name of the old horse belonged to the Durbeyfield family.
12. What is the sub-title of Tess of the D’Urbervilles?
    Ans: A Pure woman is the sub-title of Tess of the D’Urbervilles.

2017

1. How many daughters did the Bennet family have?
   Ans: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet had five daughters.
2. What kind of a woman is Lady Catherine de Bourgh?
   Ans: Lady Catherine de Bourgh is a proud and arrogant kind of woman.
3. What kind of novel is A Tale of Two Cities?
   Ans: “A Tale of Two Cities” is a historical novel.
4. What is the significance of Madame Defarge’s knitting in Dickens’ novel?
   Ans: Madame Defarge’s knitting is symbolic of maintaining a register of the names of people who are to be punished for oppressing the masses.
5. What happened in Paris on July 14, 1789?
   Ans: On July 14, 1789, the revolutionaries attacked the Bastille.
6. Why was Jane imprisoned in the red-room?
   Ans: Jane fights John like a wild cat. She scratches and bites him. He screams. As a result Mrs. Reed sends Jane to be locked in the red-room.
7. What kind of lady was Mrs. Reed?
   Ans: Mrs. Reed was a cruel woman.
8. What happened to the letter of Tess which was written before their marriage?
   Ans: Angel did not come across the letter because it was unintentionally slipped under both the door and the carpet.
9. Why did Tess murder Alec?
   Ans: As Alec has deceived her and torn her life to pieces, she killed him.
10. What is the Chateau?
    Ans: The Chateau is the home of Monseigneur the Marquis and scene of his assassination.
11. Why was Tess hanged to death?
    Ans: Tess was hanged to death for murdering Alec.
12. What is the name of Darcy’s estate?
    Ans: The name of Darcy’s estate is Pemberley.

2018

1. Why is Jane afraid of the red room?
   Ans: When Jane locked in the red rom, she is struck with the impression that her Uncle Reed’s ghost is in the room and she imagines that he has come to take revenge on his wife for breaking her promise. So, Jane is afraid of the red room.
2. How was Prince killed?
   Ans: When Tess and Abraham have fallen fast asleep, their carriage has collided with the local mail cart and the collision has killed Prince.
3. Why does Mr. Bennet Favour Lizzy?
   Ans: Mr. Bennet thinks Lizzy is a smarter than the rest of his daughters.
4. Where did Tess fall in love with Angel?
   Ans: Tess fell in love with Angel at Talbothay’s Dairy.
5. Who is Brocklehurst?
   Ans: Mr. Brocklehusrt is the stingy manager of Lowood School.
6. What is the significance of the lion and the jackal?
   Ans: Mr. Stryver is the lion and Sydney Carton is the jackal. Sydney renders his services to Stryver and Stryver takes all the credit of success. Sydney is Stryver’s ally. Thus their nicknames are very significant as they sum up their character and relationship aptly and meaningfully.
7. Why does Miss Bingley get jealous?
   Ans: Miss Bingley gets jealous because Darcy is interested in Elizabeth and ignores her.
8. Who is Joan Durbeyfield?
   Ans: Joan Durbeyfield is the mother of Tess.
9. Who is Helen Burns?
   Ans: Helen Burns is Jane’s close friend at the Lowood School.
10. What is the relationship between Tess and Sorrow?
    Ans: Tess is the mother of Sorrow.
11. How did Jane save Mr. Rochester’s life?
    Ans: Jane saved Rochester’s life by dousing his bed with water and Mr. Rochester takes her hand and thanks her for saving his life.
12. Who destroyed Mr. Manette’s shoemaking tools?
    Ans: Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross destroyed Mr. Manette’s shoemaking tools.

2019

1. What was the original title of the novel Pride and prejudice?
   Ans: See 2016 (a) num.
2. Who was the King of France at the time of French Revolution?
   Ans: Louis XIV was the King of France at the time of French Revolution.
3. What happened in Paris on 14 July 1789?
   Ans: See 2017 (e) num.
4. What is Sorrow?
   Ans: See 2016 (h) num.
5. Why did Tess murder Alec?
   Ans: See 2017 (i) num.
6. What is ‘Netherfield Park”?
   Ans: See 2014(a) num.
7. What kind of lady was Mrs. Reed?
   Ans: See 2015 (j) num.
8. What does the Red-room symbolize?
   Ans: The Red-room symbolizes Jane must overcome in her struggles to find freedom and happiness. 
9. Name the two cities mentioned in “A Tale of Two Cities”.
   Ans: London and Paris.
10. Why did Wickham agree to marry Lydia?
    Ans: Wickham agreed to marry Lydia for so little and deduce that Mr. Gardiner paid Wickham’s debts and bribed him to marry Lydia.
11. Who is Edward Rochester?
    Ans: Edward Rochester is the owner of Thornfield manor and Jane’s lover.
12. Why was Tess hanged to death?
    Ans: Tess was hanged to death as a punishment for murdering Alec.

2020

1. How many daughters did the Bennet family have?
   Ans: The Bennet family had five daughters.
2. What kind of novel is A Tale of Two Cities?
   Ans: A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel.
3. Why does Miss Bingley get jealous?
   Ans: Miss Bingley gets jealous because Darcy is interested in Elizabeth and ignores her.
4. Who is Lucie Manette?
   Ans: Lucie Manette is the wife of Charles Darnay
5. What is Thornfield?
   Ans: Thornfield is the manor of Mr. Rochester.
6. Who is Liza Lu?
   Ans: Liza Lu is Tess’s sister.
7. What is the full name of Rochester?
   Ans: The full name of Rochester is Edward Rochester.
8. What is the sub-title of the novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles?
   Ans: A Pure Woman.
9. How old is Jane?
   Ans: Jane is twenty-two years old.
10. Who is Sydney Carton?
    Ans: Sydney Carton is an assistant of Stryver.
11. What is the name of the house the Reed family lived?
    Ans: Gateshead Hall.
12. What is Prince?
    Ans: Prince is the name of the old horse belonged to the Durbeyfield family.

2021

1. Where do the Bennets live?
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2. What are the two cities mentioned in the novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’?
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3. What was the Pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte?
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4. In which country did Angel become immigrant?
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5. Write down the 1st ironical line of the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’.
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6. What is guillotine?
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7. Who was Jane’s student at Thornfield?
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8. Who baptized Sorrow?
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9. What is a novel?
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10. Who are the two persons look alike in the novel ‘A Tale of Two Cities’?
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11. In which school did Jane receive education?
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12. Where did Tess first see Angel?
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2022

1. How does Jane Austen present the personality of Mrs. Bennet?
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2. What is the significance of Madame Defarge’s Knitting?
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3. How did Jane save Mr. Rochester’s life?
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4. Who is Georgiana Darcy?
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5. Why did Tess murder Alec?
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6. Who was Alexandre Manette in A Tale of Two Cities?
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7. What is Sydney Carton’s opinion of himself?
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8. What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
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9. How did Jane become rich?
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10. Where was Tess employed as a milkmaid?
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11. Who is Richard Mason in the novel ‘Jane Eyre”?
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12. What happened to Prince in Tess of the D’Urbervilles?
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