This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 45 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Sir Ralph cut the bell? A) He wanted to plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok. B) He wanted to see the Abbot of Aberbrothok. C) He wanted to bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok. D) He wanted to befriend the Abbot of Aberbrothok. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to plague the Abbot of Aberbrothok. 2. At the beginning of the poem, what is the conflict the speaker goes through? A) Whether to keep walking or stop to take rest. B) Whether to go forward or turn back. C) Which road to take. D) Where to eat breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which road to take. 3. Read the text and answer the question below.The frog eggs float on the top of the pond. Inside the eggs there are black dots. Each dot is a tiny tadpole! The eggs hatch in three weeks. What's inside each dot? A) Inside each dot a tiny puppy. B) Inside each dot a tiny tadpole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inside each dot a tiny tadpole. 4. What are the four main genres of literature>? A) Fiction, nonfiction, drama, Animal Farm. B) Fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry. C) Fiction, nonfiction, drama. D) Fiction, nonfiction, drama, genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry. 5. What is the term for the overall feeling the reader experiences in a piece of literature? A) Mood. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 6. Why do modern audiences find it difficult to rejoice in Portia's victory? A) Shylock is converted to Christianity. B) Shylock loses his religion and livelihood. C) The court's verdict is too severe. D) The Duke's bias is revealed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shylock loses his religion and livelihood. 7. Thabo Mbeki was sworn in as ..... A) Prime Minister. B) Second Deputy President. C) President. D) First Deputy President. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First Deputy President. 8. Who give harness bells a shake? A) The cow. B) The speaker's horse. C) The chicken. D) The horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker's horse. 9. Pozzo is a character in A) Endgame. B) Waiting for GodotClear selectionBackNext. C) Look Back in Anger. D) Mother Courage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waiting for GodotClear selectionBackNext. 10. In which play of Shakespeare Portia is a Character? A) Othello. B) Merchant of Venice. C) King Lear. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Merchant of Venice. 11. Which essay should address setting, characters, conflicts, and point of view? A) Paper 1-Commentary. B) Paper 2-Comparison. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 12. Ampu was a ..... camel. A) Fat. B) Thin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fat. 13. When the poet opened the door he saw A) His friends. B) His pets. C) No one. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No one. 14. Why did Swami pretend to have a headache? A) He had a test and was not ready for it. B) His bag was too heavy. C) He did not want to go to school. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He did not want to go to school. 15. What does Afro-Asian literature mirror aside from customs and traditions? A) Aspirations. B) Philosophy of life. C) Political realms. D) Hope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Philosophy of life. 16. Where did Tommy find the book? A) On the roadside. B) In a public library. C) In a library. D) In his house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In his house. 17. Who developed the theory of Psychoanalysis? A) Karl Marx. B) Virginia Woolf. C) Sigmund Freud. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sigmund Freud. 18. Answer the questions with True / False. A butterfly begins as a tiny egg. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 19. What evidence from the text supports the narrator's thinking for returning Anil's money? A) I went back to the bazaar and sat down in the shelter of the clock tower. B) It was a simple matter to steal and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else. C) My spirits rose. But when I took the note, I saw it was still wet from the night's rain. D) In my short career as a thief, I had made a study of men's faces when they had lost their goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was a simple matter to steal and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else. 20. Who is the father of English Grammar? A) Lindley Murray. B) George Orwell. C) T.S. Eliot. D) John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lindley Murray. 21. ..... Sun rises in the east. A) A. B) An. C) The. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The. 22. The novels of Thomas Hardy take place at A) Wessex. B) Lake district. C) London. D) Ohinamo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wessex. 23. The tonga-driver used to keep the little red monkey tied to A) A chain. B) To a peg. C) A feeding-trough. D) To the tonga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A feeding-trough. 24. The past verb of say is ..... A) Sad. B) Saying. C) Says. D) Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Said. 25. Abu Ali looked for his missing ..... behind the rocks and trees. A) Money. B) Duck. C) Donkey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Donkey. 26. What is the importance of river Kaveri in the district of Coorg? A) Kaveri is important because it is the largest river of the area. It is full of Mahaseer, a large freshwater fish. The river is used for fishing, river rafting, canoeing and other water sports. B) Kaveri is important because it is the only river of the area. It is full of salmon, a large freshwater fish. The river is used for fishing, river rafting, canoeing and other water sports. C) Kaveri is important because it is the only river of the area. It is full of Mahaseer, a large freshwater fish. The river is used for fishing, river rafting, canoeing and other water sports. D) Kaveri is important because it is the only river of the area. It is full of kayla, a large freshwater fish. The river is used for fishing, river rafting, canoeing and other water sports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kaveri is important because it is the only river of the area. It is full of Mahaseer, a large freshwater fish. The river is used for fishing, river rafting, canoeing and other water sports. 27. The strawberry is ..... in colour. A) White. B) Pink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pink. 28. Complete the following sentences using appropriate determiners. They were bored because there was ..... to do. A) A little. B) Little. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little. 29. What is the outcome for Shylock at the end of the trial? A) He is forgiven and redeemed. B) He is stripped of his religion and livelihood. C) He is rewarded for his actions. D) He is shown mercy and compassion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is stripped of his religion and livelihood. 30. What is the unfitting word pair? A) Portia-Bassanio. B) Oberon-Titania. C) Hamlet-Ophelia. D) Helena-Lysander. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helena-Lysander. 31. Where was the old man sitting? A) On the street. B) By the side of the road. C) Outside his house. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the side of the road. 32. Who is the famous person shown in the photo? A) Ted Hughes. B) Sid Chaplin. C) Alan Sillitoe. D) John Lewis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alan Sillitoe. 33. "Lexicon" is more popularly known as ..... A) Vocabulary. B) Grammar. C) Phrase. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vocabulary. 34. What literary device is used when there is a hint or clue about what will happen later in the story? A) Flashback. B) Foreshadowing. C) Metaphor. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing. 35. Madhobi was a ..... A) Grain. B) Fruit. C) Leaf. D) Flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flower. 36. Poetry is the other way of using language. Perhaps in some hypothetical beginning of things, it was the only way of using language or simply was language tout court, the prose being the derivative and younger rival. Both poetry and language are fashionably thought to have belonged to ritual in early agricultural societies; and poetry, in particular, it has been claimed, arose at first in the form of magical spells recited to ensure a good harvest. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. ....is happiness the poem A) Child. B) Father. C) Mother. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Child. 38. The poem " Kubla Khan " come to Coleridge in an A) Daydream. B) Recurring dream. C) Opium dream. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opium dream. 39. How many persons do we get in the story? A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 40. 'I remember an Apple a day keeps the Doctor away' who said to whom A) Ajit said to grand pa. B) Grandpa said to Ajit. C) Peter said to Heidi. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ajit said to grand pa. 41. Beowulf is written by? A) William Langland. B) Geoffery Chaucer. C) William Cooper. D) Matthew Arnold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Langland. 42. What punctuation do we use to show dialogue? A) ?. B) He said. C) << >>. D) " ". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) " ". 43. How old was Anne frank when she died? A) 19. B) 13. C) 16. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 16. 44. ..... days make a week. A) Eight. B) Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven. 45. We have to wear them all ..... A) Week. B) Year. C) Nights. D) Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Week. 46. What trait is revealed about Mr. Sir as the story progresses? A) Lack of empathy and toughness. B) Ambition and cunning. C) Determination and resilience. D) Shyness and fearfulness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lack of empathy and toughness. 47. English king who broke with the Catholic Church over divorce rules. A) Henry VIII. B) Louis XIV. C) Peter the Great. D) Charles I. E) Oliver Cromwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry VIII. 48. Read the sentences below and write (True / False).2.When you hear the fire alarm ring, you should run quickly and push your friends. ( ) A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 49. It was ..... (This means it was raining very heavily.) (Choose the best answer.) A) So sunny, I had to wear sun glasses. B) Raining cats and dogs. C) So foggy, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. D) So windy, I almost blew away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raining cats and dogs. 50. What was the age of Mrs. Dev? A) Late 30s. B) Late 50s. C) Late 40s. D) Late 20s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Late 30s. 51. A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest.One day, a farmer's young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said " it is getting dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest." So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to the wolves, " please eat my own son instead." Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away.Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had offered her own son" s life to save her nephew.They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Instead of eating the woman's baby the wolves were playing with him. What separated between one village to another a long time ago in the New Territories? A) Another village. B) Mountains. C) Forests. D) Hills. E) Towers and logs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forests. 52. What does the sea's licking of its paws symbolize? A) Playfulness. B) Hunger. C) Cleanliness. D) Fatigue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleanliness. 53. Which age among the following witnessed the World Wars II? A) The Age of Revival. B) The Augustan Age. C) The Modern Age. D) The Romantic Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Modern Age. 54. Lencho cultivated A) Barley. B) Wheat. C) Corn. D) Paddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corn. 55. What name does Anne frank give to her diary? A) Kitty. B) Anne Jr. C) Margot. D) Little cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kitty. 56. Why did the little girl call the bird, Birdie in the poem? A) Out of anger. B) Out of joy. C) Out of love and affection. D) Out of irritation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of love and affection. 57. What is phonology? A) The study and classification of speech sounds. B) It is the classification of the sounds within the system of a particular language or languages. C) Replacing one with the other in a word makes a minimal pair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the classification of the sounds within the system of a particular language or languages. 58. The nightingale was ..... A) Naive. B) Smart. C) Intelligent. D) Kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Naive. 59. Fell me in three parts ..... Here fell means? A) End. B) Cut. C) Fix. D) Destroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cut. 60. A myth explains the actions of ..... or ..... A) Gods, people. B) Animals, people. C) Gods, heroes. D) Men, women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gods, heroes. ← 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