Bacon’s Of Ambition, Exam Based Questions

Bacon’s

Of Ambition

1. What is the central theme of Bacon’s Of Ambition? (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Love

B) Knowledge

C) Ambition

D) Revenge

Ans: C) Ambition

2. According to Bacon, ambition is like a: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Fire

B) Poison

C) Vulture

D) Furnace

Ans: A) Fire

3. Which of the following best describes Bacon’s attitude toward ambition? (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Completely negative

B) Completely positive

C) Neutral

D) Balanced and cautious

Ans: D) Balanced and cautious

4. Bacon compares ambitious men to: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Serpents

B) Birds

C) Vines

D) Crooked plants

Ans: D) Crooked plants

5. According to Bacon, ambitious men must be: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Destroyed

B) Rewarded

C) Watched

D) Respected

Ans: C) Watched

6. Ambitious men are more fit to be: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Commanded

B) Followed

C) Praised

D) Left alone

Ans: A) Commanded

7. Monarchs benefit more from: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Honest men

B) Wise men

C) Ambitious men

D) Humble men

Ans: C) Ambitious men

8. Ambition is a kind of: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Virtue

B) Disease

C) Wisdom

D) Folly

Ans: B) Disease

9. Ambitious men are compared to: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Torches

B) Great wheels

C) Stately steeples

D) Deep rivers

Ans: C) Stately steeples

10. Ambition is a good servant but a bad: (PGTRB, NET, CUET)

A) Partner

B) Ruler

C) Master

D) Tool

Ans: C) Master

11. Match the essay "Of Ambition" with its author. (UGC‑NET Dec 2021)

A) “The Tory Fox‑Hunter”

B) “What I Believe”

C) “The Death of the Moth”

D) “Of Ambition”

Ans: D) “Of Ambition” — Francis Bacon