Paper : MID TERM.

Course Title: Victorian Novel

Class: BS ENG SEM 7. Total marks: 20

Choose the correct option. (0.5 marks each)

1. To which of the following is Oscar Wilde associated :

A. Art for art’s sake B. Art for life’s sake

C. Both A AND B. D. None of above

2. Which one of the following description best suites Lord Henry’s character:

A. Brilliant orator B. Master planner

C. Psychological manipulator. D. All of above

3. Which of the following transformation does Dorian Gray undergo :

A. Poverty to prosperity. B. Ignorance to intellectuality

C. Strength to weakness. D. Naivety to evilness

4. Which of the following is a potentially harmless man :

A. Basil. B. Lord Henry. C. Dorian Gray. D. All of above

5. According to Oscar Wilde , an artist is the creator of the :

A. Beautiful. B. Remarkable. C. Wonderful. D. Timeless

6. Lord Henry’s love for the actress in actuality is the love for :

A. Art. B. Beauty. C. Human being. D. Money

7. Sibyl Vane performed the dramas of :

 A. Ibsen. B. Marlow. C. Shakespeare. D. Wilde

8. Who among the following got accidentally killed :

A. Sibyl Vane. B. Sibyl Vane’s brother

C. Basil Hallward. D. Lord Henry

9. Oscar Wilde wrote ——- novels :

A. 5. B. 10. C. 15. D. None of above

10. Dorian Gray attacks the portrait with a :

A. Knife. B. Gun. C. Axe. D. Chemical

Question NO 2: Write short answers of the following (1. Mark each) ANY 5

1. Briefly describe Sibyl’s performance on the day Lord Henry and Basil see her .

2. What does Sibyl’s brother promise before going abroad and why?

3. What book does Lord Henry give to Dorian and what opinion does he have about the book by
the end of the novel?

4. What kind of a man Basil Hallward is ?

5. How does Sibyl die and why?

6. What does the end of the novel suggest?

Question NO 3 : Write detailed answers of the following. ( attempt any 1 of the following) 10
marks.

1. “ Picture of Dorian Gray” is a novel based on Wilde’s theory of aestheticism. Prove this
proposition with your arguments supported by evidence from the text.

2. Discuss Dorian’s character as a counterpart to Dr. Faustus. What are Faustian elements of his
character and how does his Faustian excesses kill him?