This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 34 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Do you have a ..... (sharp) blade than this? A) Sharply. B) More sharp. C) Sharper. D) Sharpest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sharper. 2. A long narrative poem which deals with heroic deeds is A) Lyric. B) Epic. C) Elegy. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 3. Read "The Merchant of Venice " chapter 6 and answer the following questions:What did Bassanio do when he took the money from Shylock? A) He decided to have a party that night. B) He went shopping. C) He gave to his friend Antonio. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He decided to have a party that night. 4. Who wrote the poem, 'The Evening Star'? A) Alfred Lord Tennyson. B) Anton Chekhov. C) William Shakespeare. D) William Blake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Blake. 5. Indefinite article example A) A. B) The. C) They. D) We. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 6. What does start suddenly? A) Thunder. B) Jumping. C) Rain. D) Run. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 7. What is simile and one example? A) Simile is repetition of the first sound of words in one sentence like "Peter Pan picked up the pickles" . B) Simile is comparing a human quality to describe something non-living like "The car danced across the icy road.". C) Simile is in which you use 'like' or 'as' to compare something like "She is as soft as a blanket" or She is like a blanket" . D) Simile are noises in words like "boom!". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile is in which you use 'like' or 'as' to compare something like "She is as soft as a blanket" or She is like a blanket" . 8. What does the night mail coach bring to the Scottish people? A) Cheques and postal orders. B) Letters and postcards. C) Bills and invitations. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. The colour of the underbelly of the crocodile A) Not mentioned. B) Pink. C) Grey. D) Yellowy white. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellowy white. 10. Read "The Merchant of Venice " chapter 6 and answer the following questions:Read the following sentences and choose the correct answer:Shylock's daughter is ..... A) Jessica. B) Portia. C) Nerissa. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jessica. 11. Who is the only character we experience in the second section? A) James. B) Mrs. McNab, the housekeeper. C) Mrs. Ramsay. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mrs. McNab, the housekeeper. 12. Question 4:What did old Behrman think when he decided to draw an evergreen leaf? A) He wants to return her faith in love of life to the young painter Jonsi. B) He thinks that Jonsi needs to live for the young girl. C) He wants to leave a masterpiece for life. D) He thought he was old and would die, so he sacrificed himself to save Jonzi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to return her faith in love of life to the young painter Jonsi. 13. WHOM DID ALONSO ASKED FOR TO BOATSWAIN AS IT IS HIS FIRST DIALOGUE? A) MARINERS. B) GONZALO. C) MASTER. D) FERDINAND. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MASTER. 14. What is the definition of Elegy? A) A formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme. B) A grammatical situation involving the words 'if' and 'were', setting up a hypothetical situation. C) The repetition of vowel sounds. D) A simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.4.c. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme. 15. The vines were not lying on the ..... A) Tree. B) Ground. C) Pond. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ground. 16. What is the name of the 3 girls in the poem "THE LAUGHING SONG" ? A) Mary, Susan and Emily. B) Marina, Susan and Emily. C) Ellie, Mary and Susan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mary, Susan and Emily. 17. Select the option in which the word "storing" is used correctly. A) My mom is going to storing noodles in the pantry. B) She storing the door. C) The horse storing in the race. D) Storing today a new haircut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My mom is going to storing noodles in the pantry. 18. There are several ways to tell a fictional narrative, except ..... A) Mime. B) Drama. C) Movie. D) Comic. E) News report. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) News report. 19. Spenser celebrated his wedding in ..... A) Prothalamion. B) Amoretti. C) Epithalamion. D) Faerie Queene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epithalamion. 20. Log house was large enough to hold ..... men. A) 20. B) 02. C) 10. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20. 21. What is the meaning of dismay? A) Amazing event. B) Sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sadness. 22. Resolution in a narrative text means ..... A) The problem in the story is solved. B) The opening of the story to introduce the characters. C) A lesson that can be learned from the story. D) The story is ended. E) The problem in the story is developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The problem in the story is solved. 23. The poet will grind autumn leaves to cover the: A) Cloud. B) Mountain. C) Sun. D) Sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 24. Agatha Christie created plots for her stories in her bathroom while eating apples A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 25. Paul:Andin has just missed the train to Bandung. Mia:He ..... at the stationery at least five hours before the departure. A) Should be going. B) Shouldn't be. C) Should have been. D) Should be. E) Shouldn't have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Should have been. 26. What is considered to be the largest dairy development program? A) Operation Water. B) Operation Milk. C) Operation Dairy. D) Operation Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Operation Flood. 27. Who is the author of the novel 'For whom the bell tolls?' A) Aatwood. B) Rushdie. C) Khushwant Singh. D) Hemingway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hemingway. 28. He wanted to go to the Lake Isle of Innisfree to find A) Peace. B) Happiness. C) Noise. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peace. 29. With reference to the poem, After Blenheim, who fought the Great Battle? A) English and Dutch. B) English and French. C) English and Austrians. D) French and Portuguese. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) English and French. 30. "Lest your cooties adhere" means? A) The virus will stick to the food. B) The person's hands are clean. C) The speaker wants to share the food. D) The speaker will not get sick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The virus will stick to the food. 31. Meaning of the word 'throttles' A) Disturbs. B) Talks. C) Teases. D) Strangles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strangles. 32. Church Literature was written in ..... A) Latin. B) French. C) English. D) English and French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin. 33. FROM WHERE DOES THE ATHLETES COME TO PARTICIPATE? A) FROM FEW COUNTRIES. B) FROM RICH COUNTRIES. C) FROM POOR COUNTRIES. D) FROM SO MANY COUNTRIES. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FROM SO MANY COUNTRIES. 34. What does Mandela mean when he says, "an extraordinary human disaster" ? A) An unavoidable natural disaster. B) The calamity caused by god. C) Great disaster created by human beings. D) All of the given options are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great disaster created by human beings. 35. The ..... is referred to as "pearl on a string" . FILL IN THE BLANK. A) Bride. B) Queen. C) Princess. D) Girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bride. 36. My sister is crying because I left her at home alone yang merupakan cause adalah..... A) My sister is crying. B) Because. C) I left her at home alone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I left her at home alone. 37. Dreadful from-..... A) Awake. B) Loud noise. C) Pretty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loud noise. 38. Love of liberty by praising the worth of an individual (theme) A) "A Man's a Man for a' That". B) "London, 1802". C) "A Dirge". D) "The Battle of Blenheim". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "A Man's a Man for a' That". 39. What is the opposite of wet? A) Dry. B) Hot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry. 40. Or walk with kings-nor lose the common touch; (stanza 4, line 2) A) Becoming so rigid about one's opinions and thoughts that you cannot take suggestions. B) Men give you respect and regard. C) Game based on luck in which you have equal chances of winning or losing. D) Modesty and a down to earth attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modesty and a down to earth attitude. 41. Who is the author of the poem "First Day At School" ? A) Robert Frost. B) Maya Angelou. C) William Wordsworth. D) Roger McGough. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roger McGough. 42. The Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic cultural group comprised of the Angles, Saxons and the Beatles. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 43. United Kingdom means only England A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 44. Exeter Book was donated to Exeter Cathedral in which year? A) 1070. B) 1073. C) 1071. D) 1072. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1072. 45. ..... is a fiction story including elements that are impossible. A) Poetry. B) Fantasy. C) Biography . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fantasy. 46. Although he was a poet and an essayist, Swift was best known as a ..... A) Pamphleteer. B) Satirist. C) Clergyman. D) Balladeer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satirist. 47. ..... is the information that the author gives thereader about the characters themselves. A) Characterization. B) Plot. C) Point of view. D) Theme. E) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterization. 48. Why does Sammy continue down the hill in his cart? A) He wants to win the cart race. B) He wants Pamela to see him. C) He does not want to be late for school. D) He loves to show off his pretty cart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants Pamela to see him. 49. What is meant by "earning my keep" ? A) Performing sufficient work or help in exchange for money. B) Getting a good salary. C) Keeping what I earn. D) Earning things to keep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Performing sufficient work or help in exchange for money. 50. Whose priest was Gandhiji? A) Truth and God. B) Lies and Demon. C) Trees and Nature. D) Truth and Non-violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Truth and Non-violence. 51. We should become more resolute. What is the meaning of the word 'resolute'? A) Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. B) Positively motivated. C) Encouraging someone. D) Having doubts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. 52. Word which has below as the meaning.Pursue in order to catch up with A) Chase. B) Halted. C) Rollicked. D) Calmbered. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chase. 53. The elements in a literary work used to evoke mentalimages, not only of the visual sense, but of sensationand emotion as well. A) Idiom. B) Imagery. C) Slang. D) Symbol. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imagery. 54. Why is Old English difficult for contemporary people to read? A) Because works written in Old English have radically different approaches to description. B) Because it's essentially a foreign language. C) Because it's difficult to find examples of work written in Old English. D) Because works written in Old English have radically different approaches to dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it's essentially a foreign language. 55. The old lay's bag were? A) Heavy. B) Four. C) Classy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heavy. 56. The best season to visit Coorg is: A) September to March. B) April to June. C) July to August. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) September to March. 57. Shakespeare belonged to the Elizabethan Era? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. Who was the editor of the anthology " India in Song:Eastern Themes in English Verse by British and Indian Poets in 1920" ? A) My name is Ezekiel. B) Theodore Douglas Dunn. C) R. Parthasarathy. D) E.V. Rie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theodore Douglas Dunn. 59. What genre dominated the Romantic Age? A) Mystery. B) Novel. C) Hymns. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poetry. 60. In the poem 'Queen Mab', P.B. Shelley states that poetry can reform the world. A) False. B) True. 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