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50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration

1. What literary form does an ode belong to?
A) Drama
B) Poetry
C) Novel
D) Essay

2. Who is considered one of the greatest writers of odes in the English language?
A) William Shakespeare
B) John Donne
C) John Keats
D) Geoffrey Chaucer

3. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of an ode?
A) Lamentation
B) Formal structure
C) Short length
D) Prose style

4. Which famous poem by John Keats is often considered one of the greatest odes in English literature?
A) “Ode to a Nightingale”
B) “The Waste Land”
C) “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
D) “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

5. In an ode, what is often the subject of celebration?
A) Death
B) Nature
C) Sadness
D) Tragedy

6. Which of the following poets wrote the odes “To Autumn” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

7. Who is the author of the famous ode “Ode to Joy”?
A) William Wordsworth
B) John Keats
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Friedrich Schiller

8. The term “ode” is derived from which language?
A) Greek
B) Latin
C) French50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
D) German

9. Which of the following poets wrote the ode “Ode on Intimations of Immortality”?
A) William Wordsworth
B) John Milton
C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D) Lord Byron

10. Which emotion is most commonly associated with odes?
A) Sadness
B) Joy
C) Anger
D) Fear

11. Who is the author of the famous ode “To a Nightingale”?
A) William Wordsworth50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
B) John Keats
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Lord Byron

12. In what form is the ode “Ode to Joy” composed?
A) Sonnet
B) Villanelle50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
C) Free verse
D) Strophic

13. “Pindaric Ode” refers to odes that follow the style of which ancient Greek poet?
A) Sappho
B) Homer
C) Pindar
D) Sophocles

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14. Who wrote the famous odes “Ode to the West Wind” and “Ode to a Skylark”?
A) John Keats
B) William Wordsworth
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Lord Byron

15. What is a common theme found in many odes?
A) Mourning
B) Celebration
C) Satire
D) Tragedy

16. Which of the following poets wrote “Ode on Indolence”?
A) John Keats
B) William Wordsworth
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Lord Byron

17. Which historical figure inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
B) William Shakespeare
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Jesus Christ

18. What is the meter typically used in odes?
A) Iambic pentameter
B) Trochaic tetrameter
C) Anapestic hexameter50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
D) Dactylic pentameter

19. Which of the following is NOT a common theme in odes?
A) Nature
B) Love
C) Joy
D) Despair

20. Who wrote the famous odes “Ode to Psyche” and “Ode to a Nightingale”?
A) John Keats
B) William Wordsworth
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Lord Byron

21. Which of the following is a famous ode by Pablo Neruda?
A) “Ode to Joy”
B) “Ode to a Nightingale”
C) “Ode to Autumn”
D) “Ode to My Socks”

22. Who wrote the ode “Ode to the Confederate Dead”?
A) Walt Whitman
B) Langston Hughes
C) Allen Tate
D) Gwendolyn Brooks

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23. Which of the following is NOT a common poetic device used in odes?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Irony50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
D) Personification

24. Who wrote the ode “Ode to a Nightingale”?
A) William Wordsworth
B) Percy Bysshe Shelley
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

25. What is the primary purpose of an ode?
A) To lament loss or death
B) To celebrate or praise something
C) To criticize society
D) To entertain readers

26. Which poet wrote the odes “Ode to the Confederate Dead” and “Ode to the Union Dead”?
A) Robert Frost
B) Langston Hughes
C) Allen Tate
D) Gwendolyn Brooks

27. Which poet wrote the ode “To Autumn”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

28. Who wrote the ode “Ode on Melancholy”?
A) John Keats
B) William Wordsworth
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Lord Byron

29. Which of the following is NOT an essential characteristic of an ode?
A) Celebration
B) Reflection
C) Consolation
D) Lamentation

30. Who is the author of the odes “Ode to the Confederate Dead” and “Ode to the Union Dead”?
A) Allen Tate
B) Robert Frost
C) Langston Hughes
D) Gwendolyn Brooks

31. Who wrote the ode “To a Skylark”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

32. Which poet wrote the odes “Ode to the West Wind” and “Ode to the Skylark”?
A) John Keats
B) Percy Bysshe Shelley
C) William Wordsworth
D) Lord Byron

33. Which poet wrote the odes “Ode to a Nightingale” and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

34. Who wrote the ode “Ode to the Confederate Dead”?
A) Allen Tate
B) Robert Frost
C) Langston Hughes
D) Gwendolyn Brooks

35. In which ode does the speaker famously say, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty”?
A) “Ode to Joy”
B) “Ode to a Nightingale”
C) “Ode to Autumn”
D) “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

36. Who wrote the ode “To Psyche”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

37. Who wrote the ode “Ode to Duty”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

38. Which poet wrote the ode “Ode to Joy”?
A) William Wordsworth
B) John Keats
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Friedrich Schiller

39. Who is the author of the ode “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

40. What is the tone typically found in odes?
A) Melancholic
B) Joyful
C) Satirical50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
D) Ironic

41. Which poet wrote the ode “Ode to Duty”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

42. Who wrote the ode “Ode to Autumn”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

43. Which poet wrote the ode “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

44. Who wrote the ode “Ode to the Confederate Dead”?
A) Allen Tate
B) Robert Frost
C) Langston Hughes
D) Gwendolyn Brooks

45. Which of the following is a well-known modern ode collection by Pablo Neruda?
A) “Odes to Common Things”
B) “Ode to a Nightingale”
C) “Ode to Joy”
D) “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

46. Who is the author of the ode “Ode to Joy”?
A) William Wordsworth
B) John Keats
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) Friedrich Schiller

47. Which poet wrote the ode “Ode to Autumn”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

48. What is the main subject of the ode “Ode to a Grecian Urn”?
A) The passing of time
B) The beauty of nature
C) The glory of war
D) The power of love

49. Which poet wrote the ode “Ode to Duty”?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats
D) Lord Byron

50. Which of the following is NOT a well-known ode poet?
A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
B) William Wordsworth
C) John Milton
D) Lord Byron

Answer

1. B) Poetry
2. C) John Keats
3. B) Formal structure
4. A) “Ode to a Nightingale”
5. B) Nature
6. C) John Keats
7. D) Friedrich Schiller
8. A) Greek
9. A) William Wordsworth
10. B) Joy
11. B) John Keats
12. D) Strophic
13. C) Pindar
14. C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
15. B) Celebration
16. A) John Keats
17. B) William Shakespeare
18. A) Iambic pentameter
19. D) Despair
20. A) John Keats
21. D) “Ode to My Socks”
22. C) Allen Tate
23. C) Irony
24. C) John Keats
25. B) To celebrate or praise something
26. C) Allen Tate
27. C) John Keats
28. A) John Keats
29. D) Lamentation
30. C) Langston Hughes
31. A) Percy Bysshe Shelley
32. B) Percy Bysshe Shelley
33. C) John Keats
34. A) Allen Tate
35. D) “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
36. C) John Keats
37. B) William Wordsworth50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
38. D) Friedrich Schiller
39. C) John Keats
40. B) Joyful50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
41. B) William Wordsworth50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
42. C) John Keats
43. C) John Keats
44. A) Allen Tate50+ MCQs on Odes with Answers for UGC NET / SET Prepration
45. A) “Odes to Common Things”
46. D) Friedrich Schiller
47. C) John Keats
48. A) The passing of time
49. B) William Wordsworth
50. C) John Milton