This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is rather difficult to date the Old English manuscripts ..... A) Because there are very many variations in subject and style of the works. B) Because most of them are written in runes and are accessible to the modern reader mostly trough translations and paraphrases. C) Because written many years before hey were copied, these books give little solid evidence for dating them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because written many years before hey were copied, these books give little solid evidence for dating them. 2. Every night the frog croaked from dawn to dusk. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 3. Which narrative verse form was introduced in England in the thirteenth century? A) Epic poetry. B) Romance. C) Ballad. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romance. 4. "Once upon a time, in Anand, a sleepy little town in Gujarat, pulled in a train from Mumbai, carrying a foreign educated, nattily dressed young man. Unknown to him, a unique and revolutionary experiment was brewing in this town. A band of tenacious dairy farmers were struggling against the exploitative practices followed by the local trade. Bored in this small town, he pitched in, little knowing that he was actually sowing the seeds of a cooperative movement." What kind of cooperative movement is being talked about here? A) Grain cooperative movement for farmers. B) Milk cooperative movement known as 'Amul' for dairy farmers. C) Revolution movement. D) Farmer's movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milk cooperative movement known as 'Amul' for dairy farmers. 5. He went on board and sailed for London on second of September 1652 A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. Which literature period started after the Industrial revolution? A) Augustan. B) Victorian. C) Metaphysical. D) Romantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romantic. 7. It is where the camera is throughout the story. A) Setting. B) Plot. C) Point of view. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 8. What literary device is used when an object, person, or situation represents something else? A) Symbolism. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbolism. 9. Who wrote the book 'My India'? A) A P J Abdul Kalam. B) Not in the alley. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Vikram Seth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A P J Abdul Kalam. 10. When we simply see Einstein's iconic face on a T-shirt, book cover, or advertisement, we immediately know that whoever put that image there was trying to say something related to extreme intelligence. A) Symbol. B) Synesthesia. C) Synecdoche. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 11. A poem written in an elaborate style to address or celebrate an object or event is called a/an ..... A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Dirge. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. 12. Who was Aladdin? A) King. B) Beggar. C) Monk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King. 13. The second stanza shows that the persona A) Has a forgiving nature. B) Cannot help becoming angrier. C) Gets pleasure from hating his foe. D) Does not want to stay mad at his foe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gets pleasure from hating his foe. 14. The girl ..... going to the beach with a cousin. A) Have been. B) Is relaxing. C) She has. D) She always was. E) Will be. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Will be. 15. Who wrote Rajmohan's Wife, the first Indian novel written in English A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. C) King Rao. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. 16. Who was the Host in the Canterbury Tales? A) Arnab Goswami. B) Monsoon. C) Belly Day. D) Kate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belly Day. 17. Andy: ..... the new Walt Disney movie yet? Rully:Yes, i have. I watched it yesterday. A) Do you watch. B) Has you watched. C) Did you watch. D) Were you watched. E) Have you watched. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Have you watched. 18. How many prose tales are there in The Canterbury Tales? A) 06. B) 02. C) 04. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 02. 19. When did Mary Howitt married? A) 15 April 1821. B) 16 April 1821. C) 18 April 1821. D) 17 April 1821. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16 April 1821. 20. What was the Secret Annex? A) Germany's invasion of Poland. B) A Nazis prison camp. C) The name of Otto Frank's business. D) The Frank family's hiding place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Frank family's hiding place. 21. CARL MADE A FUNNY FACE, SO WE HAD TO ..... THE PHOTO. A) MISTAKE. B) RETAKE. C) TAKE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RETAKE. 22. WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY THE WORD " SPECTATORS" ? A) THE VIEWERS. B) PEOPLE WHO ENCOURAGE OTHERS. C) THE PEOPLE WHO CLAPS FOR THE ATHLETES. D) THE PEOPLE WHO ORGANIZE THE OLYMPICS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) THE VIEWERS. 23. "My God!" he whispered. "What was it? What in heavens name, was it?" "It's dead, whatever it is" a. What does 'it' refer to? A) A bear. B) Jack Stapleton. C) The hound. D) A fercious dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The hound. 24. What did Jim use to cut the ropes of the sail? A) Axe. B) Sword. C) Scissors. D) Knife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knife. 25. Authors use ..... to suggest what may happen next in the story. A) Similes. B) Cats. C) Foreshadowing. D) Forward showing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 26. Choose the correct noun:Mountain A) Common Noun. B) Proper Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Common Noun. 27. Tamburlaine The Great was a play written by ..... A) William Congreve. B) William Shakespeare. C) Flight johnson. D) John Lyly. E) Christopher Marlowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Christopher Marlowe. 28. During which period did William Shakespeare write most of his plays? A) Victorian era. B) Renaissance era. C) Elizabethan era. D) Baroque was. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renaissance era. 29. They meet in an old house, ..... basement has been converted into a chapel. A) Whose. B) That. C) Whom. D) Which. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whose. 30. How often did the boy change his name A) Every week. B) Never. C) Every year. D) Every month. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Every month. 31. To whom did the little boy call to help? A) Dog. B) Little girl. C) Cat. D) Old woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little girl. 32. How did the group travel to Sreemangal? A) By train. B) By bus. C) By car. D) By boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By train. 33. Who called Shakespeare "an upstart crow" ? A) Johnson. B) Greene. C) Lily. D) Marlowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lily. 34. What fruits do the fruitmen sell in the poem? A) Citron, pomegranate and apple. B) Pomegranate, Plum and Oranges. C) Citron, pomegranate and plum. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Citron, pomegranate and plum. 35. Which genre does the story deep water belong to? A) An autobiographical account. B) A biographical account. C) A narrative. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An autobiographical account. 36. The Vendor of sweets was written by ..... A) P.K NARAYAN. B) SRI K V JAGAN. C) R. K. JAMES. D) RK NARAYAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) RK NARAYAN. 37. Which city is mentioned as the destination of the night mail coach? A) Cranston. B) Edinburgh. C) Glasgow. D) Aberdeen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glasgow. 38. Time and place is called A) The decor. B) The setting. C) The set. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The setting. 39. How do modern audiences perceive Shylock's fate? A) They sympathize with him as a victim. B) They believe he deserves a harsher punishment. C) They find it just and satisfying. D) They are indifferent to his fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They sympathize with him as a victim. 40. When does School of Excellence celebrates her anniversary? A) On January 1st. B) On February 1st. C) On June 1st. D) On May 10th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On February 1st. 41. Which details most clearly indicate a narrative poem? A) It rhymes and has a regular rhythm. B) It features characters, plot, and setting. C) It focuses on thoughts and feelings. D) It is addressed to a specific audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It features characters, plot, and setting. 42. Birbal did not go to the court the next day because he A) Wanted to make Emperor Akbar realise his mistake. B) Was burning some twigs to warm his house. C) Was warming himself beside a small fire in the open. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wanted to make Emperor Akbar realise his mistake. 43. Choose the correct answer. Turtles rush because ..... chase them. A) Dogs. B) Butterflies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dogs. 44. Priyanka did not want to let go of her A) Unwanted package. B) Prized package. C) Small package. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prized package. 45. What does the speaker describe the day A) Pleasant. B) Windy. C) Frosty. D) Cyclone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frosty. 46. The chirping crickets filled the empty night air A) Simile. B) Imagery. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 47. Father of English literature A) John Keats. B) Geoffrey Chaucer. C) Thomas More. D) John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geoffrey Chaucer. 48. What was the narrator's first complaint to mrs butler? A) Copying work. B) Taking rubber/eraser. C) Calling rude names. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copying work. 49. If you can meet with triumph and disasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;Identify the figure of speech in the above lines. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 50. In a literary work, a question that does not require an answer is described as A) Question tag. B) Rhetorics. C) Synecdoche. D) Rhetorical question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhetorical question. 51. For which AO is it important to develop a personal response? A) AO1. B) AO2. C) Yes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AO1. 52. What is the definition of colloquialism? A) A word or phrase used in scientific research. B) A word or phrase used in formal writing. C) A word or phrase used in religious texts. D) A word or phrase used in ordinary conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word or phrase used in ordinary conversation. 53. Who wrote the poem " Our Casuarina Tree" ? A) Pipe Dutt. B) Manmohan Ghose. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Not in the alley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pipe Dutt. 54. The sunshine says that he never A) Sleeps. B) Keeps. C) Sleeves. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sleeps. 55. What year was the Newberry medal first awarded? A) 1922. B) 1926. C) 1889. D) 1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1922. 56. Which place of Africa is this story about A) Kenya. B) Tanzania. C) Morocco. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kenya. 57. Recognise how writers use language, structure and form to express ideas, settings, characters and events. AO A) 1. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 58. The Turtle and the Swans is the ..... A) Real. B) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 59. Read "The Merchant of Venice " chapter 6 and answer the following questions:Read the following sentences and choose the correct answer:Jessica ran away and took Shylock's ..... A) Clothes. B) Money and jewels. C) Servants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Money and jewels. 60. Where does the stone gentleman sits? A) On a stone chair, in the marketplace. B) On a stone chair, in the mall. C) On a wooden chair, in the marketplace. D) On a wooden chair, in the mall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a stone chair, in the marketplace. Next →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesEnglish Literature (1) Quiz 2English Literature (1) Quiz 3English Literature (1) Quiz 4English Literature (1) Quiz 5English Literature (1) Quiz 6English Literature (1) Quiz 7English Literature (1) Quiz 8English Literature (1) Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books