A. hope
B. hopes
C. to hope
D. hoping
✅ Correct Answer: A. hope
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__ the bad weather, the outdoor party was rescheduled.
A. Because of
B. In order to
C. Despite
D. In spite of
✅ Correct Answer: D. In spite of
__ losing the first match, our team has won the World Cup.
A. Because of
B. In order to
C. Despite
D. In spite of
✅ Correct Answer: C. Despite
Everyone at the party __ amazed by his performance.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. was
✅ Correct Answer: D. was
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater was written by:
A. Charles Lamb
B. John Ruskin
C. Maria Edgeworth
D. Thomas Carlyle
E. Thomas De Quincey
✅ Answer: E. Thomas De Quincey
“Elia” was the pseudonym Charles Lamb used for publishing in:
A. London Magazine
B. The New York Times
C. The Mirror
D. The Spectator
E. The Sun
✅ Answer: A. London Magazine
Tennyson created a medieval world in the poem:
A. In Memoriam
B. The Lady of Shalott
C. The Lotus Eaters
D. Tithonus
E. Ulysses
✅ Answer: B. The Lady of Shalott
Arthur Hugh Clough inspired Matthew Arnold’s work:
A. The Buried Life
B. Dover Beach
C. Culture and Anarchy
D. The Scholar-Gipsy
E. Essays on Criticism
✅ Answer: D. The Scholar-Gipsy
Which of the following is John Ruskin’s attack on the Philistines?
A. Modern Painters
B. The Stones of Venice
C. The Seven Lamps of Architecture
D. Praeterita
✅ Answer: A. Modern Painters
Dickens’ novels combine __ and melodrama:
A. Journalism
B. Philosophy
C. Satire
D. Science
E. Religion
✅ Answer: A. Journalism