This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 36 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 36 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of dystopia? A) A society in which there is peace and harmony amongst all citizens. B) A society that is governed by a single leader, whom citizens worship and and blindly follow him/her/them. C) A democratic society in which officials are elected and run the government, who strictly enforce laws. D) A place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible. 2. The walnuts were not ..... A) Dirty. B) Fine. C) Heavy. D) Sour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heavy. 3. Riya wanted this balloon ..... A) Yellow. B) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow. 4. What type of conflict is present:" Teacher Emily is getting mad because the computer is not working" A) Person vs. Supernatural. B) Person vs. Technology. C) Person vs. Person. D) Person vs. Society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Person vs. Technology. 5. Ronny:You look terrible today. What is wrong?Vina:I had lots of things to do last night.Ronny:Do you mind my helping?Vina:It will loose my burden. Thank you.Ronny:When can I start?Vina:Right now! From the dialogue above, Ronny ..... A) Refuses Vina's suggestion. B) Accepts Vina's Suggestion. C) Offers Vina a favor. D) Asks for Vina's help. E) Needs Vina's help. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Offers Vina a favor. 6. Who is the author of Excuse me is this India? A) Anushka Ravi Kumar. B) Anushka Ravi Raj. C) Anushka Ravi Shankar. D) Anushka Sharma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anushka Ravi Shankar. 7. When was born Christopher Marlowe? A) On February 22, 1964, in Canterbury UK. B) On February 16, 1964, in Canterbury UK. C) On February 06, 1964, in Canterbury UK. D) On February 26, 1964, in Canterbury UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) On February 26, 1964, in Canterbury UK. 8. Lily Briscoe is: A) Mr. Ramsay's wife. B) Mr. Ramsay's friend. C) James Ramsay's sister. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Ramsay's friend. 9. Complete the line from the poem "This is the place ..... " A) That I love the best. B) Where I live. C) At my home. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That I love the best. 10. Which phrase is used to describe a theatre movement that seeks to challenge bourgeois values? A) Theatre of the Absurd. B) Inside Job. C) Framing Device. D) Epic Theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epic Theatre. 11. Tharp and Heezen's mapping provided evidence for the theory of ..... A) The ocean floor. B) Continental drift. C) Echo sounding. D) Evolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continental drift. 12. Meaning of embarrassment A) To not feel awkward or ashamed. B) To feel awkward or ashamed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To feel awkward or ashamed. 13. What had cured Sting? A) His father and his milk round. B) Jim and stef's telephone. C) The rude nurse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His father and his milk round. 14. E:Who said so? " I would like to see you before I die, but I don't want to spoil your pleasure" A) Antonio. B) Bassanio. C) Graziano. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio. 15. Contains language that creates an elevated tone. It is free of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and contractions. It often contains polysyllabic words, sophisticated syntax, and elegant word choice. A) Formal Diction. B) Informal Diction. C) Neutral Diction. D) Abstract Diction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formal Diction. 16. Why author's grandmother was distressed? A) Due to music lessons. B) Due to English lessons. C) Due to no teaching of gods and scriptures. D) Because of nobody listened to her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to no teaching of gods and scriptures. 17. Who is the wing blossemed liberated thing A) Mosquito. B) Fly. C) Butterfly. D) Bee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Butterfly. 18. Romantics favored ..... instead of reason and science. A) Sentiment and idealistic passion. B) Epics. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) Tales of chivalry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentiment and idealistic passion. 19. What does the sea do on quiet days in May or June? A) It barks loudly. B) It hunts for bones. C) It lies on the sandy shores. D) It chases seagulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It lies on the sandy shores. 20. Which are to the lighthouse's central themes? A) Life and travel; immortality of art; love and marriage. B) Life and work; immortality of art; love and marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life and work; immortality of art; love and marriage. 21. What did Tomkin promise to make the stool? A) His Prime Minister. B) His Major. C) HIs best friend. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His Prime Minister. 22. What did Sun-Sun mean when he said "a horse must never be too proud to carry its own grass" ? A) You must not be too proud to ask for assistance. B) A horse carrying grass is an embarrassment. C) You achieve more when you ask for help. D) Do not be ashamed of the things you have to do in order to survive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Do not be ashamed of the things you have to do in order to survive. 23. What happened when the persona did not deal with his feeling with his foe? A) He get really angry. B) He was sad. C) He forgot about his feeling. D) He was embrassed about it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He get really angry. 24. Who is the author of the Indian novel The Guide A) King Rao. B) R.K.Narayan. C) Mulk Raj Anand. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) R.K.Narayan. 25. "All hands on deck!" A) Symbolism. B) Synesthesia. C) Metonymy. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synecdoche. 26. The shop was full of shoes in different ..... A) Sizes. B) Colours. C) Sizes and colours. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sizes and colours. 27. What is the generic of Narrative Text A) Orientation-Complication-Resolution-Re-Orientation/Coda. B) Orientation-Event-Re Orientation. C) Goal-materials/equipment-steps. D) Identification-Description. E) Orientation-Resolution-Complication-Re-Orientation/Coda. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orientation-Complication-Resolution-Re-Orientation/Coda. 28. How many rice fields did Nandi and her father have? A) 7. B) 2. C) 9. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 29. What does the child think a "lessin" is? A) A punishment. B) A game. C) A secret. D) A lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A lesson. 30. What is the title of Roald Dahl's first children's book? A) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. B) The Gremlins. C) James and the Giant Peach. D) Matilda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Gremlins. 31. Who was in front of the big dog? A) Little girl. B) Old man. C) Old woman. D) Little boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Little girl. 32. If I tell the truth, ..... hurt? A) Will he get. B) Will he gets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will he get. 33. Did Ram Bharosa got the umbrella? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. MALALA FOUGHT FOR ..... FROM GROUP ..... A) NONE OF THE FOLLOWING. B) GIRL HAS A RIGHT VOTE, TALIBAN. C) BOYS EDUCATION, TALIBAN. D) GIRLS EDUCATION, TALIBAN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GIRLS EDUCATION, TALIBAN. 35. What was the year that this play was written and the year it was performed? A) 1606; 1607. B) 1606; 1623. C) 1607; 1623. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1606; 1607. 36. IronyA pilot with a fear of heights is ..... A) Verbal irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 37. Which paper should be 1200-1500 words long? A) Paper 1 Commentary. B) Paper 2 Comparison. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 38. Quite unused to such applause, Sang till dawn without a pause.' Who sang? A) The herons. B) The nightingale. C) The ducks. D) The frog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nightingale. 39. WHO DOES PARTICIPATE IN PARALYMPICS? A) VERY TALENTED AND HEALTHY ATHLETES. B) VERY SKILLED AND HEALTHY ATHLETES. C) ATHLETES WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED. D) ATHLETES WHO HAVE NO SKILLS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ATHLETES WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED. 40. Read "The Merchant of Venice " chapter 5" and answer the following questions:Read the following sentences and choose True or FalseShylock took care of his servants and gave them plenty of food. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 41. Which sound device is used in the line "Letters with holiday snaps to enlarge in" ? A) Assonance. B) Alliteration. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 42. Where was drama born? A) In pagoda. B) In church. C) At school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In church. 43. Marta:It's very hot here ..... Sinta:Sure. No problem A) Would you mind if I turn on the fan?. B) May you leave now?. C) Could you close the door?. D) May I leave now?. E) Would you turn off the fan?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Would you mind if I turn on the fan?. 44. "he climbed our stairs like a lord with a monopoly" C. Personification A) Simile. B) Irony. C) Personification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 45. Synonym of the word 'anxiously' A) Sorrowfully. B) Apprehensively. C) Nonchalantly. D) Firmly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apprehensively. 46. Themes covered 'Chivalric romance' include ..... A) Adventures of knights. B) Courtly love. C) Heroic qualities of knights. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 47. What is something necessary for The first part of a book review? A) The summary of the book. B) The evaluation. C) The title and writer. D) The recommendation. E) The number of page and its cover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The title and writer. 48. Choose the correct opposite for 'high' A) Low. B) Up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low. 49. What is the meaning of creatures? A) Door. B) Animals, living things. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animals, living things. 50. What does "it's raining cats and dogs" really mean? A) Pets are falling from the sky. B) I see cats and dogs outside. C) It's raining hard today!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's raining hard today!. 51. What is the kitten doing on the wall A) Withering. B) Playing. C) Singing. D) Sporting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sporting. 52. Meaning of the word hangnail A) A piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail. B) A piece of torn cloth at the tip of a fingernail. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail. 53. What's the translation of " plot" A) Outcome. B) History. C) Action. D) Intrigue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intrigue. 54. This genre focuses on the love between a man and a woman. It has two main elements:a central love story and an emotionally satisfying optimistic ending. A) Horror. B) Historical. C) Romance. D) . Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romance. 55. Where did Hauwa drop the letter she wrote to her parents before leaving? A) On the kitchen shelf. B) On the floor. C) On the wooden stool. D) On her bed. E) On the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the wooden stool. 56. Mighty man', 'smithy stands' and 'flaming forge' are examples of which literary term? A) Simile. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 57. What do you mean by the word "naught" A) Nothing. B) Knot. C) Naughty. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing. 58. What does the child want to eat at the fair? A) Pastry. B) Burfi. C) Jalebi. D) Ladoo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Burfi. 59. Choose the correct answer. Sea turtles like the ..... water. A) Cold. B) Warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warm. 60. What is NOT a characteristic of Middle English? A) Religiosity. B) Travel literature. C) Chivalric romance. D) Heterogeneousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heterogeneousness. ← 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