This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 50 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If he ..... my email, he will send the information we need. A) Would get. B) Gets. C) Got. D) Would have got. E) Will get. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gets. 2. A character whose weaknesses lead to their downfall is called a ..... A) Super hero. B) Antagonist. C) Protagonist. D) Tragic hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tragic hero. 3. How did the mother distract the child from the toy? A) By showing him the mustard field. B) By buying him an ice-cream. C) By dragging him away. D) By showing him flying beetles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By showing him the mustard field. 4. Pre/post modifiers A) Non verbal communication. B) A word or group of words that limits or describes the word it comes before or after. C) A group of words joined by similarities. D) Placing two or more things side by side. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word or group of words that limits or describes the word it comes before or after. 5. Biographical criticism is the theory that literature can be best understood as a product of the individual author's life story and a response to the particular events of the author's life at the time of composition. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Nokomis explained the rainbow as A) The flowers that were going to their parent. B) The heaven of flowers. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The heaven of flowers. 7. Who wrote the book Discovery of India? A) Vikram Seth. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru. 8. Peter Shaffer's which work was about famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? A) "Amadeus". B) "Jumpers". C) "Top Girls". D) "Otherwise Engaged". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Amadeus". 9. Which choice below best describes what a "bildungsroman" is? A) A type of Roman sculpture. B) A coming-of-age story. C) A type of German pastry. D) A building in Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A coming-of-age story. 10. The frog lived in ..... A) Bangle Bog. B) Bingle Book. C) Dingle Book. D) Spring Bog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bingle Book. 11. Which are the spring months A) March April. B) May June July. C) March April may June. D) March April may. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) March April may June. 12. Storytelling is an art that has the power to ..... A) Present issues in a complex manner. B) Make complex issues from simple situations. C) Shorten a long story into bits and pieces. D) Break down complex matters into simple easily comprehensible situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break down complex matters into simple easily comprehensible situations. 13. What figure of speech is found in the following sentence?The calm sea is a silver mirror A) Onomatopoeia. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. In 'The BFG', what does BFG stand for? A) Big Friendly Giant. B) Beautiful Fairy Godmother. C) Boring Fat Guy. D) Bad Frightening Giant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Big Friendly Giant. 15. WHO IS THE POET OF THE POEM " REFUGEE BLUES" ? A) ROBERT FROST. B) WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. C) WH AUDEN. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WH AUDEN. 16. Was Raggedy-Ann harmed? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 17. Notorious means ..... A) Exemplary. B) Decent. C) A sudden movement of fear. D) Wellknown for something bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wellknown for something bad. 18. What is the effect of the poet's use of caesura in the poem? A) It creates pauses for emphasis and reflection. B) It speeds up the pace of the poem. C) It creates a sense of uncertainty and confusion. D) It adds musicality to the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It creates pauses for emphasis and reflection. 19. Tell the spelling A) Disappointed. B) Disappointed. C) Disappointed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disappointed. 20. Complete the Similes as good as A) Plastic. B) Gold. C) Pillow. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gold. 21. In stanza 4, the word outstretched means A) Slept. B) Dead. C) Sat. D) Relaxed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dead. 22. The framing device for the collection of stories is a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury, Kent.* The 30 pilgrims who undertake the journey gather at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, across the Thames from London.* They agree to engage in a storytelling contest as they travel, and Harry Bailly, host of the Tabard, serves as master of ceremonies for the contest A) Canterbury Tales. B) Decameron. C) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canterbury Tales. 23. Who was very angry at Sue? A) The boy. B) Father. C) Monkey. D) Mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mother. 24. What is the meaning of the suffix-er in teacher and swimmer? A) Can be done. B) Without. C) Full of. D) One who. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One who. 25. One software package ..... was Teleport Pro, an offline browser program made by Tennyson Maxwell Information Systems. A) Available on Found stone's server. B) Which available on Found stone's server. C) Is available on Found stone's server. D) Was available on Found stone's server. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Available on Found stone's server. 26. What kind of stories did the boys listen to on the hunt? A) Duppy stories. B) Slavery stories. C) Anan stories. D) Hunt stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anan stories. 27. Who was very much interested to go to a restaurant? A) Dad. B) Mum. C) Devi. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Devi. 28. Where does the persona, in the Paper Boats, get the Shiuli flowers from? A) From the villager's garden. B) From the boat. C) His own garden. D) His friend's garden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His own garden. 29. Who wrote "She walks in beauty" ? A) W. Shakespeare. B) Lord Byron. C) Lord Tennyson. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Byron. 30. Malala is an..... A) Teacher. B) Activist. C) Lawyer. D) Freedom fighter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Activist. 31. You should learn all the facts so that (a) can make good arguments later. A) We. B) They. C) A you. D) He. E) She. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A you. 32. True or False:Foreshadow means to hint at a future event A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 33. How does the poet describe the sound made by the night mail coach? A) Snorting noisily. B) Creaking slowly. C) Roaring loudly. D) Whispering gently. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snorting noisily. 34. On reaching home, Priyanka found her grandmother A) Sleeping. B) Knitting. C) Drinking tea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinking tea. 35. A robber came and plucked all the ..... leaves. A) Silver. B) Gold. C) Bronze. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gold. 36. What is the meaning of CORONARY STENT? A) A very small tube placed inside the body to prevent an infection. B) A thick tube placed inside the body to prevent a blockage. C) A very small tube placed inside the body to prevent a blockage. D) A thick tube placed inside the body to prevent an infection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A very small tube placed inside the body to prevent a blockage. 37. Where is the origin of Blank Verse? A) England. B) Italy. C) Germany. D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy. 38. Neetu has one dog/dogs.Choose the correct answer. A) Dog. B) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dog. 39. Choose which of these writers belong to:the Renaissance period A) Eugene O'Neill. B) William Shakespeare. C) Walt Whitman. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare. 40. What is the meaning of the word 'intoning'? A) To speak continuously. B) To be familiar with something. C) To say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice. D) To say or recite with a high pitch of voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice. 41. When did The Gunpowder Plot happen? A) 5 August 1605. B) 5 November 1605. C) 5 August 1905. D) 5 October 1605. E) 5 November 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 November 1605. 42. What did the Indians gave name to the white flowers that were seen on the surface of the lakes? A) Wah-be-gwan-nee (WHITE FLOWERS). B) Su-be-nao-wah (WHITE FLOWERS). C) Si-bi-nao-ki (WHITE FLOWERS). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wah-be-gwan-nee (WHITE FLOWERS). 43. The theme of "Fireworks" explores the transient nature of: A) Life and death. B) Beauty and joy. C) Love and relationships. D) Success and failure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beauty and joy. 44. What are the correct Elements of Fiction? A) Author-Place-Story-Themes-Characters-Style-Language. B) Writer-Setting-Plot-Themes-Characters-Style-English. C) Author-Setting-Plot-Topics-Characteristics-Style-Language. D) Author-Setting-Plot-Themes-Characters-Style-Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author-Setting-Plot-Themes-Characters-Style-Language. 45. Why did Friday get his name? A) He was rescued on a Friday. B) He met Crusoe on a Friday. C) He likes Friday. D) His parents named him so. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was rescued on a Friday. 46. The movie "Jaws", which is about a shark attacking people, is an example of ..... conflict. A) Character vs. self. B) Character vs. society. C) Character vs. character. D) Character vs. nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character vs. nature. 47. It is the author's underlying meaning or main idea thathe is trying to convey ..... A) Plot. B) Character. C) Conflict. D) Theme. E) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. 48. What was the name of the magazine? A) Kashi Yatre. B) Karmaveer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karmaveer. 49. What is the name of the author'Deep water'? A) William o Douglas. B) William Shakespeare. C) William Kevin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William o Douglas. 50. The worshipper of nature A) John Keats. B) John Milton. C) William Wordsworth. D) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Wordsworth. 51. Whose work is "Strange Meeting" ? A) Ted Hughes. B) Margaret Drabble. C) Iris Murdoch. D) Susan Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Susan Hill. 52. What is a 'claim' and how is it used in writing? A) A claim is a type of insurance payment. It is used in writing to provide financial support for the author. B) A claim is a type of conclusion. It is used in writing to introduce a new topic. C) A claim is a type of evidence. It is used in writing to confuse the reader. D) A claim is a statement that asserts something to be true. It is used in writing to present an argument or point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A claim is a statement that asserts something to be true. It is used in writing to present an argument or point of view. 53. Who wrote the famous novel, 'Black Beauty'? A) Anna Sewell. B) Charles Dickens. C) Ted Hughes. D) George Orwell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anna Sewell. 54. Which is the first of The Canterbury Tales? A) The Knight's tale. B) The Friar's tale. C) The Cook's tale. D) The Merchant's tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Knight's tale. 55. Busy as a bee is the example of A) Hyperbole. B) Euphemism. C) Metaphore. D) Simile. E) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Simile. 56. The foot type used in the following verses is ( ).The sun is not a bed when I, At night upon my pillow lie. A) Anapestic Trimeter. B) Trochaic Pentameter. C) Iambic Tetrameter. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iambic Tetrameter. 57. Who said it?" You hop faster than anyone." A) Bear. B) Bunny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bear. 58. Who is the author of The Harry Potter Series? (Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and more) A) JA Rowling. B) AK Rowling. C) JL Rowling. D) JK Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) JK Rowling. 59. What is the mother country of William Shakespeare? A) France. B) Britain. C) German. D) U.S.A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Britain. 60. How was Lizzie treated by her parents at home? A) Lizzie's parents were very protective of her. B) Lizzie's parents treated her with pity. C) Lizzie was treated just like any other normal child at home. D) Lizzie was kept away from other children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lizzie was treated just like any other normal child at home. ← 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