This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Literary Studies > Literary Studies – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Studies Quiz 1 (33 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Facts and statistics about people, places and things A) Encyclopedia. B) Dictionary. C) Textbook. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encyclopedia. 2. What was the author doing when the story begins? A) Reading a book. B) Sitting in a garden. C) Cooking dinner. D) Writing a letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading a book. 3. The Guide is novel by A) R. A. Narayana. B) Mulk Raj Anand. C) Dickens. D) Thomas Hardy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) R. A. Narayana. 4. Dialogue and directions for actors, scenes, and acts A) Mystery. B) Poetry. C) Novel. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play. 5. Chronologically, traditional plot consists of: A) Exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, resolution. B) Exposition, raising action, falling action, climax, resolution. C) Exposition, resolution, raising action, climax, falling action. D) Exposition, falling action, raising action, climax, resolution. E) Exposition, raising action, resolution, climax, falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, resolution. 6. Who is Shylock in the play 'The Merchant of Venice'? A) A priest. B) A rich Jewish moneylender. C) Friend of Antonio. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rich Jewish moneylender. 7. Story about a person's life written by someone else A) Historical fiction. B) Journal. C) Biography. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biography. 8. Who wrote the novel 'Kanthapura'? A) Mulk Raj Anand. B) King Rao. C) Shashi Tharoor. D) R. K. Narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Rao. 9. Why did the author decide to read the book by Matheolus? A) It was a mystery novel. B) It was a bestseller. C) It discussed respect for women. D) It was recommended by a friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It discussed respect for women. 10. What type of novel 'Kanthapura' is? A) Historical. B) Psychological. C) Social Political. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social Political. 11. What is a literary canon? A) An extremely popular literary work. B) A literary work with more than ten main characters. C) A historically forgotten literary work. D) A literary work that is considered as having high aesthetic and intellectual values. E) A socially marginalized literary work. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A literary work that is considered as having high aesthetic and intellectual values. 12. Story passed from generation to generation A) Fairy tale. B) Fable. C) Legend. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folktale. 13. Omniscient narrator is: A) A narrator who knows the thoughts, feelings, and whereabouts of every character in the story. B) A third person narrator. C) A narrator who has a limited knowledge regarding certain characters in the story. D) An unreliable narrator. E) A narrator who is not involved in the story he/she narrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A narrator who knows the thoughts, feelings, and whereabouts of every character in the story. 14. What made the author doubt her own judgment about women? A) The opinions of famous men. B) Her own experiences. C) The teachings of philosophers. D) The advice of her mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The opinions of famous men. 15. What does "theme" mean in literature? A) The implications of setting. B) The sequence of event in a story. C) The content of characters dialogues. D) An interpretation. E) The topic(s) found in literary works. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) The topic(s) found in literary works. 16. Character is one of crucial aspects that needs to be taken into account in interpreting prose-fiction. What are the things that CANNOT be gained from analyzing a character? A) The understanding of the values that have been internalized by her/him. B) The understanding of her/his motivations. C) The understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. D) The understanding of the nature of her/his relationships with other characters. E) The understanding of her/his actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The understanding of the second law of thermodynamics. 17. Story about a person's life written by that person A) Blog. B) Autobiography. C) Biography. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autobiography. 18. How did the author feel about the book by Matheolus after reading it? A) Inspired. B) Confused. C) Disgusted. D) Amused. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disgusted. 19. Story about unexplained happenings A) Poetry. B) Science. C) Fable. D) Mystery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mystery. 20. What did the author lament about in her reflections? A) Her gender. B) Her physical appearance. C) Her lack of intelligence. D) Her social status. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her gender. 21. Who is eponymous character in the play 'The Merchant of Venice'? A) Bassanio. B) Shylock. C) Antonio. D) Portia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antonio. 22. Personal journal on the internet A) Journal. B) Textbook. C) Blog. D) Newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blog. 23. Who saves Antonio in the end? A) Portia. B) Bassanio. C) Nesrrisa. D) Jessica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portia. 24. What kind of play 'The Merchant of Venice' is? A) Romantic comedy. B) Tragedy. C) Comedy. D) Tragic comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romantic comedy. 25. Which one of the following answers that is NOT a type of prose-fiction? A) Short Story. B) Novel. C) Novels. D) Novelese. E) Novella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novelese. 26. Who wrote Sherlock Holmes? A) Austen. B) Poe. C) Doyle. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doyle. 27. Who wrote the play 'The Merchant of Venice'? A) Christopher Marlowe. B) William Shakespeare. C) Dryden. D) John Webster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare. 28. Who lent money to Antonio? A) Shylock. B) Solanius. C) Gratian. D) Bassanio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shylock. 29. Who is hero of the novel 'Kanthapura'? A) Range Gowda. B) Rangamma. C) Big khan. D) Murthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Murthy. 30. Facts about what's happening in the world A) Fable. B) Blog. C) Newspaper. D) Magazine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Newspaper. 31. The Wasteland is the poem by A) T.S. Eliot. B) Coleridge. C) Wordsworth. D) John Keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T.S. Eliot. 32. Bassanio wanted to marry? A) Portia. B) Lady Macbeth. C) Nerissa. D) Jessica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portia. 33. In poetry, narrator is called: A) Interlocutor. B) Author. 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