This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Groups of trees is called ..... A) Twigs. B) Grove. C) Linen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grove. 2. What is the significance of the child's emphasis on distance from home? A) It highlights the child's homesickness. B) It emphasizes the child's unfamiliarity with the school environment. C) It suggests the child's desire to return home. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. What sound does the sea make during stormy nights? A) Singing. B) Barking. C) Howling. D) Whistling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Howling. 4. The sky had ..... when ting and her mother arrived. A) Sleepy. B) Lightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lightened. 5. Which is a list of common prepositions? A) Against, Beside, In, Over, Up. B) Chicken, Cat, Dog, Elephant. C) Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Lexus. D) Desk, Chair, Table, Seat. E) How, school, rendy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Against, Beside, In, Over, Up. 6. She ..... beautiful girl A) Do. B) Is. C) Does. D) Am. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is. 7. Ruby's mother was standing at the ..... gate. A) College. B) House. C) Room. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) School. 8. -Choose the correct answer: ..... She is a female dog. A) Collie. B) White Fang. C) The bull dog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collie. 9. Who is the founder of English realism? A) Robin Hood. B) William Shakespeare. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geoffrey Chaucer. 10. If you ..... study hard, you will not pass the test. A) Don't. B) Has not. C) Have not. D) Doesn't. E) Didn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Don't. 11. Analysis:StructureWho is the speaker in this poem, and to whom is he or she speaking? A) A husband is speaking to his wife. B) A father is speaking to his son. C) A poet is speaking to nature. D) A poet is speaking to nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A father is speaking to his son. 12. Who is the hero of Raja Rao's Kanthapura? A) Moorthy. B) Naidu. C) Reddy. D) Laxman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moorthy. 13. Where did Jody allow his thoughts to drift back to? A) His father. B) The Doe. C) The Fawn. D) His mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Fawn. 14. Chaucer belonged to which century? A) 13th century. B) 14th century. C) 16th century. D) 15th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14th century. 15. Recognise how writers use techniques to achieve specific effects for the reader. AO A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 16. What did Mrs. Man think about cat? A) She thought it was ugly. B) She thought he was cute. C) She thought he was beautiful. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She thought he was beautiful. 17. The father of English literature, and was born in circa 1340 in London? A) John Milton. B) Geoffrey Chaucer. C) Charles Dickens. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geoffrey Chaucer. 18. Which of the following is not a work of Rabindranath Tagore? A) Hero. B) Chain of Pearls. C) The Village Song. D) Accept it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Village Song. 19. Choose the correct meaning for 'Precious' A) Costly. B) Silly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Costly. 20. Times of lament are no more and the simplicity of rural life A) "The Tables Turned". B) "Ode on a Grecian Urn". C) "My Native Land". D) "The Deserted Village". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Deserted Village". 21. When was the Queen Victoria come to the throne? A) 1837. B) 1838. C) 1836. D) 1839. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1837. 22. Who is the writer of "Gita Rahasya" ? A) Mulk Raj Anand. B) Prem Chand. C) B.G. Tilak. D) Shivananda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B.G. Tilak. 23. ..... is the Indian word for hunting. A) Hunter. B) Clearing. C) Pastime. D) Hunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hunt. 24. Meaning of 'Rode' A) To sit on a horse or an vehicle and go from one place to another. B) To move at a speed that is faster than a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To sit on a horse or an vehicle and go from one place to another. 25. When did Swaminathan realised that his evenings were more precious than ever? A) Two days before the match. B) Ranchi. C) A month before the match. D) A week before the match. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A week before the match. 26. The ..... goes round to see the little children. A) Sun. B) Birds. C) Bees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 27. What does the title Fahrenheit 451 refer to? A) The temperature of the utopian world the novel is set in. B) The name of the city in which the story takes place. C) The temperature at which books catch fire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The temperature at which books catch fire. 28. The opposite of tiny is A) Huge. B) Little. C) More. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huge. 29. What did the persona do when he was angry with his friends? A) HE TOLD HIS SIBLINGS ABOUT IT. B) HE TOLD HIS FATHER ABOUT IT. C) HE TOLD HIS MOTHER ABOUT IT. D) HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS ABOUT IT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS ABOUT IT. 30. Which one is correct simple present tense? A) He eat banana every day. B) He eats banana every morning. C) He ate banana yesterday. D) He have eaten the banana since 1 minute ago. E) He always like banana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He eats banana every morning. 31. Upon seeing his completed portrait, what does Dorian wish? A) That he could take the painting home with him. B) That the painting would grow old while he remained eternally young. C) That the painting would bear the marks of his sins. D) That he looked as beautiful as the man in the painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the painting would grow old while he remained eternally young. 32. Which of the following line is not an example of a simile? A) Springs like abeam. B) Sways like a flower. C) Lightly we bear her along. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lightly we bear her along. 33. The point of highest tension in a story is called A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. E) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 34. Which phrase is used to describe a character in a play speaking directly to the audience? A) Fourth Wall. B) Method Acting. C) Inside Job. D) Metatheatrics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fourth Wall. 35. What was the box with fool's head? A) Silver box. B) Bronze box. C) Lead box. D) Gold box. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silver box. 36. Who was the author of "Utopia" ? A) W. Shakespeare. B) Thomas More. C) Edmund Spencer. D) Geoffrey Chaucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas More. 37. Why did Rami choose to stay with his father? A) To keep his company. B) He was alone. C) Everyone else left him. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. She walks before us. The object of preposition above is ..... A) Noun. B) Noun Phrase. C) Adverb. D) Adjective. E) Object Pronoun. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Object Pronoun. 39. Here below are the methods of characterization, except ..... A) Characterization through dialogue. B) Characterization by author. C) Characterization through appearance. D) Characterization through telling. E) Characterization through action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization through telling. 40. Who wrote the chapter Faraway Places? A) William Shakespeare. B) William Wordsworth. C) Ruskin Bond. D) R.L. Stevenson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ruskin Bond. 41. Why is it important to have a well-crafted 'conclusion' in an essay? A) To confuse the reader. B) To introduce new ideas and arguments. C) To leave the essay open-ended. D) To summarize the main points and provide closure to the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To summarize the main points and provide closure to the essay. 42. The king's daughter ..... A) Was god fearing. B) Didn't care for the nature. C) Thought she knew more than her father. D) Cared for the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cared for the environment. 43. What is the definition of 'comprehension' in the context of literature? A) Understanding and interpreting the meaning of a text. B) Memorizing the text word for word. C) Reading the text backwards. D) Ignoring the text completely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding and interpreting the meaning of a text. 44. The ..... of birds was in great danger; A) King. B) Queen. C) Prince. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King. 45. Who is the poet of 'An Elementary school classroom in a slum? A) Stephen spender. B) Stephen spencer. C) Pablo Neruda. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stephen spender. 46. Which stanza describes the sea's calmness? A) Stanza 1. B) Stanza 2. C) Stanza 3. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stanza 3. 47. The students ..... their essays by the end of next week A) Is going to writing. B) Will write. C) Is going to write. D) Will have written. E) Will written. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Will have written. 48. "Poets are the unacknowledged legislators" . Who said this? A) Keats. B) Shelley. C) Wordsworth. D) Hopkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shelley. 49. What selection is the character Friday from? A) The Tatler. B) Robinson Crusoe. C) The Spectator. D) Gulliver's Travels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robinson Crusoe. 50. In which state of India is Coorg situated? A) Tamilnadu. B) Karnataka. C) Bangalore. D) Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karnataka. 51. How did the big dog hold the little girl? A) Using her frock. B) Using her shoes. C) Using her belt. D) Using her hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using her belt. 52. The suffix '-ful' in the phrase "Qaysha is helpful" shows that A) Qaysha does not help others. B) Qaysha is always helping others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Qaysha is always helping others. 53. Mr. Craig.....can help you. A) , which office is upstairs,. B) , who office is upstairs,. C) , whose office is upstairs,. D) , that office is upstairs,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) , whose office is upstairs,. 54. Which thought was almost revolting? A) That Khushwant Singh was given a room of his own. B) That grandmother was dead. C) That grandmother being young and pretty. D) That grandmother used to play as a child. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That grandmother being young and pretty. 55. Which is the longest work of Chaucer? A) Prologue. B) The Canterbury Tales. C) The Handmaid's Tale. D) A Tale of Two Cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Canterbury Tales. 56. Full Name of Chaucer A) Geoffrey Chaucer. B) Geoffrey Chauer. C) Geffrey Cahucer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geoffrey Chaucer. 57. What makes Charlie Chaplin the greatest comedian of all time? A) His acting skills and the portrayal of everyday life in his movies. B) His music and dialogues. C) His movies. D) His portrayal of the wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His acting skills and the portrayal of everyday life in his movies. 58. Antipodes mean..... A) The people who are not rich. B) The people who are opposite side of the globe. C) The people who are warriors. D) The people who are enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The people who are opposite side of the globe. 59. Who killed Ophelia's father? A) Polonius. B) Horacio. C) Hamlet. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 60. 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