Kerala PSC HSA English Rank File Series – 6 Solved Model Question Paper

19. 'The Merchant of Venice' by Shakespeare is modelled upon Marlowe's ...................
Answer: The Jew of Malta (1594)

• Both the plays - The merchant of Venice and The Jew of Malta - are set in Italy and the main characters are Jews.
• Shylock in Shakespeare's play and Barabas in Marlow's play are selfish, greedy Jews.
• Both the Jews have got beautiful daughters ( Jessica and Abigail) who want to be rescued by gentle christians.
• Comparing the two, shakespeare's presentation of Jew- Shylock - is freer from the popular prejudices than Marlowe's.

20. Whom does Wordsworth addressed towards the end of the poem 'Tintern Abbey'?
Answer: His sister Dorothy Wordsworth.

• The full title of the poem is Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798.
• It is a first person monologue in blank verse.
• As the title suggests, it is a revisit to the hills after five years.
• The poem involves panthiest elements.
• The poem was included in the collection of poems titled Lyrical Ballads
• In the last part of the poem, the poet remembers his earlier visit to Tintern Abbey with his sister Dorothy.

21. Mephistophiles is a character in ......................... by Marlowe.
Answer: Doctor Faustus- 1604

• The complete title of the play is The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.
• In the play, a man - Doctor Faustus - sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.
• First English play on the Faust legend.
• Doctor Faustus signs a contract with Lucifer, the king of devils and his assistant Mephistophiles becomes the slave of Faustus.
• It has successfully combined the Renaissance spirit and the religious theatrical traditions of Elizabethan England.
  

22. ..................... is called the Father of English Novels.
Answer: Henry Fielding

• Sir Walter Scott called Henry Fielding as the Father of English Novels
• Though Daniel Defoe and Samuel Richardson are also considered for the title, it is Fielding who has succeeded in presenting realistic portrayal of characters.
• Tom Jones, Amelia are important works of Fielding.