This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who wrote 'The God of Small Things? A) Anita Desai. B) Arundathi Roy. C) Kiran Desai. D) Meet Lahiri. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arundathi Roy. 2. Credited with writing the novel of manners and the first novel to include an entire family. A) Jane Austen. B) Robert Burns. C) Sir Walter Scott. D) Jonathan Swift. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jane Austen. 3. What is the reasons why for 600 years no good and remarkable piece of literature was written? A) No writers. B) No pen. C) No printing press. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No printing press. 4. True or falseThere were pale ones with bumps and soft, leafy greens. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. 'A dark and ominous cloud crept over the village of Umunede, and thunder rumbled intermittently. The great and aged Oba Oduma laid in his deathbed, his chest heaving slowly as he took his last breaths on earth.' The passage illustrates a literary technique known as A) Horror. B) Ghost story. C) Myth. D) Pathetic fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathetic fallacy. 6. Ruby's mother was waiting for ..... A) Edge. B) Ruby. C) Reshma. D) Nasima. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruby. 7. An Anansi story is a an example of a A) Comedy. B) Proverb. C) Cartoon. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People talk. 8. In which parish was Mountain Top located? A) Portland. B) Manchester. C) St. Catherine. D) Clarendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portland. 9. A merchant and a writer who set up the first printing press in England in 1476. A) William Caxton. B) William Langland. C) William Shakespeare. D) William of Occam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Caxton. 10. How many roads were there in the yellow wood? A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) None of these above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two. 11. Who is the writer of " A House Mr. Biswas A) Salman Rushdie. B) V.S. Naipaul. C) Vikram Seth. D) Narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) V.S. Naipaul. 12. What lesson does Gawain learn at the end of the narrative? A) He should have yielded to the lady's charms. B) He is not a worthy knight. C) Full integrity is unattainable. D) He was disloyal and will never be forgiven. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full integrity is unattainable. 13. What is the main theme explored in the trial scene? A) Mercy. B) Justice. C) Revenge. D) Forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Justice. 14. Name the visionary scientist/ teacher ..... He was born in AD 476 in Kusumapura-He was an astronomer and mathematician-He was the first to suggest the approximation of pi.-India's first satellite was named after him. A) Bhaskaracharya. B) Aryabhata. C) Srinivas Ramanujan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryabhata. 15. When did the Black Death start in England? A) 1348-9. B) 1350-1. C) 1349-50. D) 1352-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1348-9. 16. The Father of Modern Theatre A) John Wycliffe. B) Lindley Murray. C) Arthur Miller. D) Henrik Ibsen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henrik Ibsen. 17. Sammy loves telling the children ..... stories. A) Fairy tale. B) 'duppy'. C) Adventure. D) Christmas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 'duppy'. 18. What was the first novel ever written? A) The history of Tom Jones. B) Emma. C) The tale of Genjii. D) Alice in Wonderland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tale of Genjii. 19. The Nobel Prize was first awarded in A) 1972. B) 1901. C) 1958. D) 1976. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1901. 20. Understanding of medieval English literary devices:What is the purpose of using allegory in medieval English literature? A) To entertain the readers with humorous stories. B) To provide historical facts about medieval England. C) To convey moral, spiritual, or political messages through symbolic characters, events, or settings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To convey moral, spiritual, or political messages through symbolic characters, events, or settings. 21. Kajol is writing about his new ..... A) Enemy. B) Friend. C) Foe. D) Relative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friend. 22. This genre focuses on action and adventure as its main themes. Most of the time, the conflict for this genre is the man vs. nature conflict. A) Historical. B) Horror. C) Adventure. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adventure. 23. What did Beth give her Marmee for Christmas? A) A bottle of cologne. B) Handkerchiefs. C) A pair of shoes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Handkerchiefs. 24. Wuthering heights was written by ..... A) Charles Babbage. B) Emily Bronte. C) Hindley. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emily Bronte. 25. MAQBOOL IS AN ADAPTATION OF A) Merchant of Venice. B) Hamlet. C) Macbeth. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 26. How do we know that Kojo is poor? A) Kojo and his mother live in a mud-walled house with an open fire for cooking. B) Kojo and his mother live in Ghana. C) Kojo and his mother live in Accra. D) Kojo and his mother only eat eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kojo and his mother live in a mud-walled house with an open fire for cooking. 27. What is the study of language as it pertains to social classes, ethnic groups, and genders? A) Psycholinguistics. B) Sociolinguistics. C) Linguistics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sociolinguistics. 28. Where are the red pandas found? A) Mont Kalmjar. B) Desert Evening. C) Goals. D) Mount everest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goals. 29. "There was nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl." Which word in this quote indicates the couple's poverty? A) Shabby. B) Nothing. C) Flop. D) Howl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shabby. 30. Whom did James meet on his way? A) Villagers. B) Eagle. C) Sorcerers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sorcerers. 31. In French, a novella is A) A news. B) A short story. C) Un roman long. D) Un roman court. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Un roman court. 32. The Eiffel tower is very famous. Many people come to see it every year.We can also say ..... A) The Eiffel tower is such famous that many people come to see it every year. B) The Eiffel tower is such a famous tower that many people come to see it every year. C) The Eiffel tower is so famous for many people coming to see it every year. D) The Eiffel tower is a such famous that many people come to see it every year. E) The Eiffel tower is very famous that many people come to see it every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Eiffel tower is such a famous tower that many people come to see it every year. 33. Choose the correct meaning for 'blazing' A) Burning. B) Cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning. 34. When writing a news report you should start from the most important part A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. What is the definition of chronological order? A) In the same order as time progresses. B) In the reverse order of time progression. C) In a random order unrelated to time. D) In an order determined by personal preference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the same order as time progresses. 36. A concern or a purpose regarding a subject in a literary work is also known as a A) Figurative meaning. B) Literal meaning. C) Theme. D) Sub-theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 37. How does Shylock view the law in the trial scene? A) He believes it is just and fair. B) He believes it should be upheld above all else. C) He believes it is biased against him. D) He believes it should be ignored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He believes it should be upheld above all else. 38. The hall in the Super Robots Plaza is of ..... shaped. A) Circular. B) Triangular. C) Rectangular. D) Dome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dome. 39. The metal band sounded salty like sweat. A) Metaphor. B) Synecdoche. C) Metonymy. D) Synesthesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synesthesia. 40. Who wrote king lear? A) Milton. B) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shakespeare. 41. Most forms use capital letters because ..... A) They have different types of order. B) They are easier to write. C) They can be used by many people. D) They have no difference. E) They are easier to read. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) They are easier to read. 42. Who is Kajol's new friend? A) Mira. B) Mina. C) Sum. D) Ismail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sum. 43. What languages does evelyn know? A) Spanish, english, german. B) Japanese, chinese, english. C) Japanese, english, french. D) Tamil, english, japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Japanese, english, french. 44. Ruby spent the whole ..... in the garden. A) Week. B) Day. C) Month. D) Year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Day. 45. Who is the writer of Pride & Prejidice? A) Jane Austen. B) William Shakespeare. C) Fanny Burney. D) Virginia Woolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jane Austen. 46. Where was Higgin's labratory? A) London street. B) Wimole Street. C) Wimpole street. D) Threedneedle street. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wimpole street. 47. Who told Sue about Fraid? A) Mother. B) Bear. C) Monkey. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother. 48. What is the number after 79? A) 80. B) 81. C) 60. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 80. 49. Meaning of the word 'tenderly'. A) In a gentle and loving manner. B) In a cruel manner. C) In a bad manner. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a gentle and loving manner. 50. In what city do the Franks hide? A) Poland. B) Amsterdam. C) Germany. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amsterdam. 51. Selaginella lepidophylla is a species of desert plant in the spikemoss family (Selaginellaceae). S. lepidophylla is noted for its ability to survive almost complete desiccation; during dry weather in its native habitat, its stems curl into a tight ball and uncurl only when exposed to moisture. The outer stems of Selaginella lepidophylla bend into circular rings in a relatively short period of desiccation, whereas inner stems curl slowly into spirals due to the hydro-actuated strain gradient along their length. It is native to the Chihuahuan Desert.Common names for this plant are resurrection plant, resurrection moss, and stone flower, doradilla, dinosaur plant. It is called a resurrection plant because this plant can be revived with only a little water. After Selaginella lepidophylla gets wet, it turns green.This plant can also be used as a herbal medicine. An infusion (tea) is made by steeping a tablespoon of dried material in hot water and the tea is used as an antimicrobial in cases of colds and sore throat. Doradilla and stone flower are the example of Selaginella lepidophylla used for tea.The word "desiccation" in line three has closest meaning to ..... A) Dry up. B) Dormant. C) Wet condition. D) Warm-up. E) Dessert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry up. 52. These forms are used by businesses or companies as aconvenient way of taking orders from customers, so that the customer should write down the order by themselves.It contain information about exactly the things that want to be bought. What kind of form is it? A) Purchase form. B) Order form. C) Feedback form. D) Reservation form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Order form. 53. The symbol of anger A) Secret garden. B) Mangosteen garden. C) Apple tree. D) Lemon tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apple tree. 54. Something inside Sonika's stomach growled. Why? A) Her stomach was upset. B) It was the hungry beast wanting food. C) It was the angry beast inside her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was the hungry beast wanting food. 55. Read Chapter 14 and answer the following questions:F:Choose the correct answer:-Bassanio offered Shylock ..... dollars. A) 10, 000. B) 60, 000. C) 20, 000. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60, 000. 56. "Literature always anticipates life. it does not copy it but moulds it to its purpose" was said by A) Aristotle. B) Ezra pound. C) Coleridge. D) Oscar Wilde. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oscar Wilde. 57. What is the main difference between fiction and non-fiction? A) Fiction uses imagination whereas non-fiction does not. B) Fiction is special. C) No difference. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fiction uses imagination whereas non-fiction does not. 58. WORD MEANING-SHUTTERS A) PARCHED. B) SPECIAL. C) LOGIC. D) ROLL BLIND. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ROLL BLIND. 59. Why would Nandi guard the Kaafal Tree? A) Because she loves to sit under the tree. B) Because she enjoyed the shade of the tree. C) Because the naughty boys would pluck the kaafal berries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the naughty boys would pluck the kaafal berries. 60. Monday Tuesday ..... Thursday A) Sunday. B) Wednesday. C) Friday. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wednesday. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesEnglish Literature (1) Quiz 1English 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books