1. Walter Scott became lame when he was only:
(A) Eighteen years old
(B) Fourteen years old
(C) Eighteen months old
(D) Fourteen months old
2. What was Scott’s Rokeby?
(A) A novel in verse
(B) A satirical poem
(C) A long prose work
(D) A play
3. In the second and more successful phase of his literary career, Scott produced a number of novels, numbering about:
(A) 18
(B) 27
(C) 20
(D) 25
4. Scott’s most widespread novels are about which of the following?
(A) London Life
(B) Ireland
(C) Scotland
(D) England
5. Most of the novels of Walter Scott are ___ .
(A) Romances
(B) Historical
(C) Narrative Verse
(D) None of these
6. The most successful of his novels is:
(A) Kenilworth
(B) The Monastery
(C) Guy Mannering
(D) Waverley
7. The Lay of the Last Minstrel written by Sir Walter Scott is a ______ .
(A) A Ballad
(B) A Narrative Poem
(C) A series of Sonnets
(D) A series of Lyrics
8. Scott was a great favourite of George IV who made him a Baronet in:
(A) 1910
(B) 1820
(C) 1838
(D) 1822
9. Within ______ literary Age Walter Scott lived and wrote.
(A) The Age of Wordsworth
(B) The Age of Pope
(C) The Age of Dryden
(D) The Age of Tennyson
10. The ideas/themes of Scott’s historical novels cover a period of nearly:
(A) Six Centuries
(B) Eight Centuries
(C) Seven Centuries
(D) Four Centuries
11. Walter Scott was basically:
(A) A poet
(B) A dramatist
(C) An essayist
(D) A novelist
12. John Gibbon Lockhart, the renowned novelist and poet was:
(A) Scott’s cousin
(B) Scott’s son-in-law
(C) Scott’s friend
(D) Scott’s nephew
13. Marmion is _______.
(A) A poetical story
(B) A novelet
(C) A ballad
(D) An ode
14. The Lady of the Lake presents:
(A) A galaxy of characters
(B) A series of songs
(C) A series of exciting incidents
(D) A series of buffoonery
15. There are total _______ number of plays did Scott write?
(A) Two
(B) Four
(C) Three
(D) Five
16. The Lord of the Isles is a powerful:
(A) A dramatic work in verse
(B) Adaptation of an old ballad
(C) Historical poem
(D) A series of adventures in verse
17. The Bride of Lammermoor is rightly famous for its:
(A) Sustained tragic intensity
(B) Enchanting romance
(C) Gothic atmosphere
(D) Poetical quality
18. Scott wrote his Lay of the Last Minstrel on the model of which of the following?
(A) Cowper’s John Gilpin
(B) Coleridge’s Christabel
(C) La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Keats
(D) Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge
19. Who is the writer of the Biography of Walter Scott?
(A) Leigh Hunt
(B) Charles Lamb
(C) Lockhart
(D) Southey
20. Where was Walter Scott born?
(A) Berwickshire
(B) Cambridge
(C) Edinburgh
(D) None of these
