MCQs- life and works of Robert Browning

1. In which year was Robert Browning born?

A. 1812

B. 1822

C. 1832

D. 1842

 

2. Which of the following works by Robert Browning is considered his masterpiece?

A. "My Last Duchess"

B. "Porphyria's Lover"

C. "The Ring and the Book"

D. "Fra Lippo Lippi"

 

3. Robert Browning was married to which famous poet, after eloping?

A. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Christina Rossetti

D. Sylvia Plath

 

4. In "My Last Duchess," what is the narrator's relationship to the Duchess?

A. She is his wife.

B. She is his sister.

C. She is his mistress.

D. She is his daughter.

 

5. In "Porphyria's Lover," what does the narrator do to Porphyria?

A. He murders her.

B. He proposes to her.

C. He kisses her.

D. He writes a poem for her.

 

6. What is the name of the speaker in "My Last Duchess"?

A. The Duke of Ferrara

B. The Earl of Rochester

C. The King of Spain

D. The Prince of Wales

 

7. Which of the following works by Robert Browning is written in the form of a play?

A. "The Ring and the Book"

B. "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"

C. "Pippa Passes"

D. "Andrea del Sarto"

 

8. Which of the following poems by Robert Browning was inspired by the life of an Italian Renaissance painter?

A. "My Last Duchess"

B. "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"

C. "Andrea del Sarto"

D. "Porphyria's Lover"

 

9. In "The Ring and the Book," what is the central story that is told in each of the twelve books?

A. The story of a murder trial and its aftermath

B. The story of a man's search for a lost love

C. The story of a soldier's experience in war

D. The story of a family's struggle in poverty

 

10. Which of the following works by Robert Browning was published on the day of death?

A. "Men and Women"

B. "Asolando"

C. "The Ring and the Book"

D. "Dramatis Personae"

 

11. Which of the following literary movements is Robert Browning associated with?

A. Romanticism

B. Realism

C. Modernism

D. Victorian poetry

 

12. Which of the following poems by Robert Browning features a narrator who murders his lover?"

A. "My Last Duchess"

B. "Porphyria's Lover"

C. "Andrea del Sarto"

D. "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"

 

13. Which of the following is a key theme in Robert Browning's poem "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church"?

A. Death and mortality

B. Love and romance

C. Social injustice

D. Nature and the environment

 

14. Which of the following is a collection of poetry by Robert Browning that includes the poems "Fra Lippo Lippi" and "Andrea del Sarto"?

A. "Men and Women"

B. "Dramatis Personae"

C. "Sordello"

D. "The Ring and the Book"

 

15. What is the name of the narrator in Robert Browning's poem "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister"?

A. Brother Lawrence

B. Brother Sebastian

C. Brother Francis

D. Brother Jerome

 

16. Which of the following is a key feature of Robert Browning's dramatic monologues?

A. They are written in free verse

B. They are typically autobiographical in nature

C. They explore complex psychological and moral issues

D. They are set in a single location or scene

 

17. Which of the following is a famous quote by Robert Browning?

A. "To be great is to be misunderstood"

B. "Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds"

C. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"

D. "The best is yet to be"

 

18. Browning’s poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" is best classified as a:

A. Epic

B. Dramatic monologue

C. Children’s narrative poem

D. Satirical ballad

 

19. In "A Grammarian’s Funeral," the mourners bury the scholar:

A. In a grand cathedral

B. On a mountain peak

C. By the sea

D. In his hometown

 

20. Which poem reflects Browning’s optimism with the line "God’s in His heaven, All’s right with the world!"?

A. Pippa Passes

B. Rabbi Ben Ezra

C. The Last Ride Together

D. Saul

 

21. "Caliban upon Setebos" is a dramatic monologue spoken by:

A. A Renaissance duke

B. Shakespeare’s monster from The Tempest

C. A biblical prophet

D. A Greek philosopher

 

22. Browning’s "Meeting at Night" and "Parting at Morning" are originally:

A. Two sections of one poem

B. Sonnets

C. Political satires

D. Translations from Italian

 

23. Which Browning poem explores an artist’s struggle with faith and creativity?

A. Fra Lippo Lippi

B. My Last Duchess

C. The Lost Leader

D. A Toccata of Galuppi’s

 

24. "The Lost Leader" criticizes:

A. Napoleon

B. William Wordsworth

C. John Keats

D. The Duke of Wellington

 

25. In "A Toccata of Galuppi’s," the speaker reflects on:

A. Military victory

B. Transience of life

C. Religious ecstasy

D. A failed marriage

 

26. The poem "Evelyn Hope" deals with:

A. A man mourning a young girl’s death

B. A political revolution

C. An artist’s muse

D. A shipwreck

 

27. Which poem uses the metaphor of a "faultless painter" to explore artistic compromise?

A. Andrea del Sarto

B. Pictor Ignotus

C. The Guardian Angel

D. Old Pictures in Florence

 

28. "The Laboratory" is spoken by:

A. A scientist

B. A jealous woman poisoning her rival

C. A dying soldier

D. A Renaissance alchemist

 

29. Browning’s "Rabbi Ben Ezra" famously declares:

A. "Grow old along with me!"

B. "Love is best!"

C. "Knowledge is power!"

D. "All’s fair in love and war!"

 

30. Robert Browning was died in the year

A. 1889

B. 1899

C. 1898

D. 1888

 

31. Robert Browning is often referred to as:

A. The Romantic Paradox

B. Victorian Donne

C. Plowman Poet

D. The Bard of Avon

 

32. Which poet greatly influenced Browning’s early life and work?

A) William Wordsworth

B) John Keats

C) Percy Bysshe Shelley

D) Alfred Lord Tennyson

 

33. Browning’s first published work, which was successful, was titled:

A. Sordello

B. Pauline

C. Men and Women

D. The Ring and the Book

 

34. In The Pied Piper of Hamelin, what happens when the mayor refuses to pay the piper?

A. The rats return to the town

B. The piper curses the town with famine

C. The piper lures away the town’s children

D. The piper destroys the town with a storm

 

35. The Ring and the Book is based on:

A) A medieval legend about a cursed ring

B) A 17th-century Italian murder trial

C) The life of Robert Browning’s son

D) A Greek myth about Orpheus

 

36. Rabbi Ben Ezra opens with:

A) “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”

B) “Beautiful Evelyn Hope is dead!”

C) “But do not let us quarrel anymore.”

D) “Who will hear Sordello’s story?”

 

37. Caliban Upon Setebos is inspired by a character from:

A) Paradise Lost

B) The Tempest

C) King Lear

D) Doctor Faustus

 

38. The Last Ride Together is about:

A) A knight’s quest for the Dark Tower

B) A rejected lover’s final request for a ride

C) A poet’s nostalgia for England

D) A monk’s resentment toward a rival

 

39. Robert Browning's first play was:

A) Pippa Passes (1841)

B) King Victor and King Charles (1842)

C) A Blot in the 'Scutcheon (1843)

D) Strafford: A Tragedy (1837)

 

40. Browning died in Venice, But he was buried in?

A) Florence, Italy

B) Westminster Abbey

C) Highgate Cemetery

D) France

 

Answers: Robert Browning
1. A	2. C	3. A	4. A	5. A	6. A	7. C	8. C	9. A	10. B
11. D	12. B	13. A	14. B	15. A	16. C	17. D	18. C	19. B	20. A
21. B	22. A	23. A	24. B	25. B	26. A	27. A	28. B	29. A	30. A
31. B	32. C	33. B	34. C	35. B	36. A	37. B	38. B	39. D	40. B

SET-II

41. ‘The Barretts of Wimpole Street’ is a 1930 play by Rudolf Besier, is based on the romance between Robert Browning and …………..

A. Elizabet Barret Browning

B. Christina Rossetti

C. Dorothy

D. Emily Bronte

Answer: A. Elizabet Barret Browning