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25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. When was John Updike born?
a) 1922
b) 1932
c) 1942
d) 1952

2. In which state was John Updike born?
a) Pennsylvania
b) New York
c) Massachusetts
d) Connecticut

3. Which of the following novels by John Updike won both the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award?
a) “Rabbit, Run”
b) “The Centaur”
c) “Couples”
d) “Rabbit is Rich”

4. What was the title of the first novel in John Updike’s “Rabbit” series?
a) “Rabbit Redux”
b) “Rabbit, Run”
c) “Rabbit Remembered”25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
d) “Rabbit at Rest”

5. In which literary magazine did Updike publish many of his early short stories?
a) The New Yorker
b) Harper’s Magazine
c) The Atlantic Monthly25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
d) Esquire

6. Which of Updike’s novels features the character Henry Bech, a Jewish-American writer?
a) “Bech: A Book”
b) “The Witches of Eastwick”
c) “Terrorist”
d) “Marry Me”

7. John Updike was awarded which prestigious literary honor in 1982?
a) Nobel Prize in Literature
b) Man Booker Prize
c) National Book Award
d) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

8. Updike’s novel “The Witches of Eastwick” explores themes related to:
a) The supernatural
b) Feminism
c) Small-town life
d) Political intrigue25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET

9. Which of the following novels by John Updike is set in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Brewer?
a) “Rabbit, Run”
b) “The Centaur”
c) “Of the Farm”
d) “The Coup”

10. What is the title of John Updike’s memoir, published in 1989?
a) “Self-Consciousness”
b) “Rabbit Remembered”
c) “S.”
d) “A Month of Sundays”

11. Which of the following Updike novels is narrated by the character Piet Hanema?
a) “The Coup”
b) “Rabbit at Rest”25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
c) “The Centaur”
d) “Terrorist”

12. What literary genre is Updike’s “Rabbit” series primarily associated with?
a) Science fiction
b) Mystery
c) Realism
d) Romance25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET

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13. In addition to his novels and short stories, Updike also wrote extensively in which other genre?
a) Poetry
b) Biography
c) Drama
d) Philosophy

14. Which of Updike’s novels explores the life of Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom?
a) “Couples”
b) “Rabbit is Rich”
c) “Toward the End of Time”
d) “The Centaur”

15. Updike’s writing often addresses themes of:
a) Historical events
b) Existential angst
c) Domestic life and relationships
d) Technological innovation

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16. What was the title of Updike’s first published novel?
a) “The Centaur”
b) “The Poorhouse Fair”
c) “Rabbit, Run”
d) “Of the Farm”

17. Which Updike novel follows the character Piet Hanema, a dictator in an African country?
a) “The Coup”
b) “The Witches of Eastwick”
c) “Marry Me”25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
d) “S.”

18. In which year did Updike receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel “Rabbit is Rich”?
a) 1971
b) 1982
c) 1991
d) 2001

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19. Which of the following Updike novels tells the story of an Episcopal clergyman named Thomas Marshfield?
a) “The Centaur”
b) “A Month of Sundays”
c) “Roger’s Version”
d) “In the Beauty of the Lilies”

20. Updike’s novel “Couples” is set in the fictional town of:
a) Tarbox
b) Brewer
c) Eastwick
d) Shillington

21. Which of the following Updike novels is a sequel to “The Witches of Eastwick”?
a) “S.”
b) “The Widows of Eastwick”
c) “Terrorist”
d) “Seek My Face”

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22. In which year was John Updike elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters?
a) 196425+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
b) 1974
c) 1984
d) 1994

23. Updike’s novel “Terrorist” follows the story of a young man named:
a) Rabbit Angstrom
b) Ahmad Mulloy
c) Piet Hanema
d) Henry Bech

24. Which of Updike’s novels explores themes of adultery and suburban ennui?
a) “Rabbit, Run”
b) “The Witches of Eastwick”
c) “Couples”
d) “Terrorist”

25. Updike served as a staff writer for which publication during the 1950s and 1960s?
a) The New York Times
b) The New Yorker
c) The Washington Post
d) Time magazine

Answers

1. a) 1922
2. a) Pennsylvania
3. a) “Rabbit, Run”
4. b) “Rabbit, Run”
5. a) The New Yorker
6. a) “Bech: A Book”
7. a) Nobel Prize in Literature
8. a) The supernatural
9. a) “Rabbit, Run”
10. a) “Self-Consciousness”
11. a) “The Coup”
12. c) Realism25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
13. a) Poetry
14. b) “Rabbit is Rich”25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
15. c) Domestic life and relationships
16. b) “The Poorhouse Fair”
17. a) “The Coup”
18. c) 199125+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
19. b) “A Month of Sundays”25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
20. a) Tarbox25+ MCQs on John Updike with Answers for UGC NET
21. b) “The Widows of Eastwick”
22. b) 1974
23. b) Ahmad Mulloy
24. c) “Couples”
25. b) The New Yorker