This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 39 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did James want to learn the magic spells? A) To become a great magician. B) To save his villagers. C) To become rich. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To save his villagers. 2. Which road did the writer choose? A) The one which was less travelled. B) The one that was more travelled. C) He did not choose any path. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The one which was less travelled. 3. Who is the author of Sons and Lovers A) D.H. Lawrence. B) Jane Austen. C) Thomas Hardy. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D.H. Lawrence. 4. A work of fiction that contains more than 50, 000 words falls under which category A) Novella. B) Novel. C) Encyclopedia. D) Prose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Novel. 5. Legends describe..... A) Battles and fights that are possible to happen. B) How things came into existence. C) Why things happen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battles and fights that are possible to happen. 6. The social background of Anglo-Saxon literature is ..... A) English poetry had been so heavily influenced by French model. B) The state was supreme to the church. C) Social and political unrest. D) Art and architecture were mainly influenced by religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social and political unrest. 7. (1) the Non-dramatic Poets, that is, poets whodid not write for the stage. The center of this group is Edmund Spenser, whose Shepherd'sCalendar (1579) marked the appearance of the first national poet since Chaucer's death in1400. His most famous work is The Faery Queen. Associated with Spenser are the minorpoets, Thomas Sackville, Michael Drayton, George Chapman, and Philip Sidney. Chapman isnoted for his completion of Marlowe's poem, Hero and Leander, and for his translation ofHomer's Iliad and Odyssey. Sidney, besides his poetry, wrote his prose romance Arcadia, andThe Defense of Poesie, one of our earliest critical essays. A) Elizabeth Era. B) Shakespeare Era. C) The resume of Spenser. D) All choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All choices are correct. 8. What disability did Manjula have? A) She had three legs. B) She had 1 finger on each toes. C) She had two fingers on her hand. D) She had no face. E) She had 5 fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had two fingers on her hand. 9. ..... means meeting that happens by chance. A) Gallant. B) Encounter. C) Lingered. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encounter. 10. Who wrote The Tatler and The Spectator along with Richard Steele? A) Jonathan Swift. B) Joseph Addison. C) Samuel Johnson. D) Daniel Defoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph Addison. 11. Hold your horses, Stacey. We have to ask our teacher BEFORE we go to the bathroom. A) Wait a minute / moment. B) Let's hurry up!. C) Hold the reigns of a horse. D) Let's go!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wait a minute / moment. 12. Which word means 'wayfarers' A) Travellers. B) Low hills. C) Ideas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travellers. 13. Who said "O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo" ? A) Juliet. B) Othello. C) McBeth. D) Giulia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juliet. 14. What was the time when they were finally done packing? A) 12:50. B) 11:50. C) 11:30. D) 10:30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12:50. 15. It is the Muslim dynasty that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century. A) Bharat Dynasty. B) Indian Dynasty. C) Aramaic Dynasty. D) Mughal Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mughal Dynasty. 16. What is the classic work of the Old English Period? A) Song of a husbandman. B) The Pardoner's Tale. C) Beowulf. D) Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 17. Rhyme of a poem consists of word which have the same ..... A) Melody. B) Sound. C) Message. D) Tone. E) Idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sound. 18. What is another name for Junius Manuscript? A) Normal Manuscript. B) Roman Manuscript. C) Vercelli Book. D) Caedmon Manuscript. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caedmon Manuscript. 19. These are the reasons why we should learn literature except for? A) It makes us sober and gentle. B) It teaches us how to live this world. C) Through literature we discover other people. D) It improves our thinking skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through literature we discover other people. 20. Read the description and guess the character. "This boy didn't have a usual family. But he had true friends among animals. He was strong and brave. He was not afraid of wild animals. He could fight even with tigers." A) Tom Sawyer. B) Harry Potter. C) Oliver Twist. D) Maugly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maugly. 21. WHAT DID THE OTHER ATHLETES AS THEY HEARD THE CRY OF THE FALLEN YOUNGEST ONE? A) THEY LAUGHED AT HIM. B) THEY BECAME HAPPY BECAUSE ONE OPPONENT IS REDUCED. C) THEY TURNED ROUND AND CAME BACK FOR HIM. D) THEY JUST IGNORED HIM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) THEY TURNED ROUND AND CAME BACK FOR HIM. 22. The people ..... called yesterday want to buy the house. A) Which. B) Whom. C) Whose. D) Who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who. 23. SHE SANG SWEETLY IN THE CONCERT. IDENTIFY THE ADJECTIVE. A) SANG. B) SWEETLY. C) CONCERT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SWEETLY. 24. Who was Tommy's best friend? A) Uriah. B) David. C) Johnny. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Johnny. 25. Whose offer did he accept? A) King. B) Old man. C) Young maiden. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non of the above. 26. Rhetoric is a form of effective persuasive writing and reading. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. What is the definition of essay? A) A short piece of writing about a particular subject. B) Words or phrases that are repeated. C) Something concrete-a person, place, object, or activity-that represents an abstract idea. D) Relating to everyone in the world, or to everyone in a particular group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A short piece of writing about a particular subject. 28. Because I love you, i will never leave you yang merupakan cause adalah..... A) Because. B) I love you. C) I will never leave you. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I love you. 29. Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards ..... A) Perfection. B) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perfection. 30. Which road did the traveler take? A) The one less traveled by. B) The one which bent in the undergrowth. C) The fair one. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The one less traveled by. 31. What does "he's in hot water" really mean? A) His bath water was too hot. B) The water is boiling. C) He is in big trouble!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is in big trouble!. 32. Kate and Hauwa were admitted to ..... A) Blooms High School. B) Prince College Lagos. C) Queen's College Lagos. D) King's College Lagos. E) St. Paul's Grammar school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen's College Lagos. 33. Wave after wavelet goes Coldly over your toesAnd sinks onto your souls what kind of imagery is this A) Gustatory imagery. B) Olfactory imagery. C) Auditory imagery. D) Tactile imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tactile imagery. 34. Why is Stanley Yelnats sent to a juvenile detention camp? A) He wanted to go on an adventure. B) It was a mistake. C) He committed a crime. D) He needed to learn discipline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He committed a crime. 35. Which of the following words can be used instead of will in the first conditional A) Should. B) May, might, can or could. C) Should, might or could. D) Should, Were or Had. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May, might, can or could. 36. The young packer in the store was standing idly by, leaning against one of the take out trolleys. This means he was ..... A) Not working. B) Hustling. C) Busy. D) Working hard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not working. 37. Who was King Arthur's mother? A) Nimue. B) Lada Igrane. C) The Lady of The Lake. D) Morgana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lada Igrane. 38. What is a definition of a utopia? A) A society where everyone lives in peace and harmony, and all are equal. B) A society that runs on a class system and the government is ruled by a king or queen. C) A society where there are no laws due to the absence of or nonrecognition of governmental authority. D) A society where all citizens live in harmony by devoting themselves to and following a single leader, whom they worship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A society where everyone lives in peace and harmony, and all are equal. 39. Who is the best packer? A) Steve. B) John. C) Harris. D) Jerome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jerome. 40. In which year did the movie based on Nicholas Sparks' 'The Notebook' get released? A) 2008. B) 2002. C) 2004. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2004. 41. What phrase is used to describe a device used to introduce a story within a story? A) Inside Job. B) Method Acting. C) Framing Device. D) Deus Ex Machina. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Framing Device. 42. What is the settings of the poem? A) An autumn day. B) A rainy day. C) Simmer. D) A winter day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An autumn day. 43. A poetic technique in which the initial consonant sound of words are repeated in close succession is called ..... A) Assonance. B) Metaphor. C) Metonymy. D) Imagery. E) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Alliteration. 44. Choose the image below which is describing about 'complex'. A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 45. The new minister had to be A) Boring. B) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intelligent. 46. Sir Walter Scott's novels explore values in a world of rapid changes, and create exciting plots and characters. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. Show you understand the detail of the text be using quotations and indirect references to support your views or argument. This is AO A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 48. 'Seeking the bubble repuatation' Identify the poetic device from the given line. A) Alliteration. B) Metaphor. C) Visual Imagery. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 49. Who was the person got the magic liquid because Puck got mistake? A) Oberon. B) Bottom. C) Demetrius. D) Lysander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lysander. 50. Who is the author of the lesson 'The sound of music' A) Yashwant Kumar. B) Ruskin bond. C) Deborah Cowley. D) Phoebe Cary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deborah Cowley. 51. Toni:Have you done your job?Ruby:Not yet. It's too difficultToni:If you don't mind, ..... A) I shall hand it over. B) I will ask your supervisor. C) I can lend you my paper. D) I will tell about it to your supervisor. E) I will help you complete it. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) I will help you complete it. 52. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, (stanza 4, line 1) A) Keep your good qualities intact. B) Keep a calm and composed state of mind. C) Becoming so rigid about one's opinions and thoughts that you cannot take suggestions. D) Men give you respect and regard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Keep your good qualities intact. 53. Select the incorrect optionThe Lighthouse is divided into three sections. A) The window. B) The clock. C) The lighthouse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The clock. 54. Who is Rabindranath Tagore A) Nobel Laureate. B) Film Maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nobel Laureate. 55. The inventor of roller skates was from ..... A) England. B) Japan. C) Belgium. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belgium. 56. What has Dr. Hanumappa Sudarshan done for India? A) He Was India's 11th President. B) He And Dr. Kalam Made A Low-Cost Coronary Stent. C) He And Dr. Kalam Conducted The Nuclear Tests Of Pokhran-II. D) He Transferred Tribal Village Into A Self-Driving Unit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He Transferred Tribal Village Into A Self-Driving Unit. 57. During lunch, we ate pizza and salad.The function of prepositional phrase in the sentence is used as ..... A) Adverb Prepositional Phrase. B) Adjective Prepositional phrase. C) They tend. D) Noun. E) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adverb Prepositional Phrase. 58. The tone of the poem is A) Option 5. B) D. exciting. C) C. sorrowful. D) B. admonishing. E) A. frightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. admonishing. 59. What does Yellow woods mean? A) Falling leaves. B) Forest with yellow leaves in the autumn season. C) Wood yellow in color. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forest with yellow leaves in the autumn season. 60. To protect or conceal A) Richly illustrated. B) Contrast. C) Veiled. D) Deceitful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Veiled. ← 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