This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 62 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 62 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ian and Anna are..... A) Twins. B) Friends. C) Cousins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Twins. 2. A narrative device used in the passage is A) Fantasy. B) Mystery. C) Flashback. D) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing. 3. Which age is known as the Golden Age of England A) The Stuart Age. B) The Caroline Age. C) The Age of Elizabeth. D) The Victorian Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Age of Elizabeth. 4. Where did the goat brothers live? A) Goat City. B) Animal City. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goat City. 5. Who is the author of the novel 'The plague'? A) Kafka. B) Marquez. C) Camus. D) Ruskin Bond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Camus. 6. It is what happens in a story. A) Plot. B) Setting. C) Characters. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 7. Callisto lived in A) Germany. B) Greece. C) Egypt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greece. 8. Shrek struggling against all humans who think he is bad because they assume he is horrid and mean is an example of ..... conflict. A) Character vs. self. B) Character vs. nature. C) Character vs. character. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character vs. society. 9. The meaning of this word means a thing that blocks one's way. A) Help. B) Advantage. C) Aid. D) Obstacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obstacle. 10. A baby antelope is called A) Fawn. B) Lulu. C) Kikuyu. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fawn. 11. Journalists and Media Personnels are A) Job associated with English B. B) Jobs associated with Maths. C) Jobs associated with English Language. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Job associated with English B. 12. Why is Shylock considered to be blinded by spite? A) He seeks revenge against Antonio. B) He refuses to accept the Duke's offer. C) He refuses to show mercy. D) He denies Portia's wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He seeks revenge against Antonio. 13. When I arrived at the Jakarta Convention Center, the venue for the 2013 Indonesia Fashion Week, dresses displayed at the front welcomed me. It was ..... a fantastic display that I spent almost half an hour enjoying it. A) So. B) Such as. C) Such. D) Very. E) So as. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Such. 14. Which of these is the correct sequence? A) Old man, old woman, little girl, little boy, cat and big dog. B) Old man, old woman, little boy, little girl, cat and big dog. C) Old woman, old man, little boy, little girl, big dog and cat. D) Old man, old woman, little boy, little girl, big dog and cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old man, old woman, little boy, little girl, big dog and cat. 15. Sylvia Plath married which English poet? A) Shakespeare. B) Wordsworth. C) Larkin. D) Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hughes. 16. What does Kento like to do? A) Kento likes to talk all the time. B) Kento likes to eat all the time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kento likes to talk all the time. 17. Why is his father proud of Jody? A) Jody kept his head high and did what was needed. B) Jody ran for help. C) Jody avoided the situation. D) Jody wanted to bring the fawn home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jody kept his head high and did what was needed. 18. Where does Beowulf's second fight take place? A) Into Heorot. B) In a funeral mound. C) In an underwater cave. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an underwater cave. 19. How does the sea resemble a dog when the night wind roars? A) It jumps and dances. B) It bounds to its feet and shakes. C) It hides and trembles. D) It hunts for bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It bounds to its feet and shakes. 20. Why was cat the odd one out in the forest full of animals. A) Because cat did not do much work. B) Because the cat lazed around all day and played his violin at night. C) All of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of these. 21. Which subject does Mahbub Alam teach? A) English. B) Science. C) Bangla. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English. 22. What was the child's garden in "the Selffish Giant" ? A) The sea garden. B) His parents' garden. C) The Giant's garden. D) Paradise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradise. 23. Which of the following is most clearly used to convey meaning in the "Song" ? A) The development of a conflict and plot. B) A focus on a single moment in time. C) The repetition of words and phrases. D) A focus on details of characters' lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The repetition of words and phrases. 24. Modernist stories include ..... A) Different narrators. B) Interior monologues. C) Stream of consciousness. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 25. Hauwa ran away because..... A) She want meet her friend. B) She want to go to a big city. C) She don't want to get married. D) She is afraid of something. E) She likes running. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She don't want to get married. 26. ..... is a genre of prose fiction which depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero, belonging to the lower class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society A) Sentimental novel. B) Gothic novel. C) Picaresque novel. D) Epistolary novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Picaresque novel. 27. What resolution did Sun-Sun make which shows that he was becoming a changed man? A) He would stop gambling. B) He would work hard and become rich again. C) He would win back his wife. D) He would no longer allow people to make a fool out of him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He would no longer allow people to make a fool out of him. 28. How does the poet create humor in the poem without making fun of the child? A) Through the use of misspellings and misunderstandings. B) By emphasizing the child's innocence and curiosity. C) By contrasting the child's perspective with the reader's knowledge. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Miss Riko ..... us English since 2004. A) Is going to teach. B) Taught. C) Was teaching. D) Was going to teach. E) Has taught. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Has taught. 30. The snow in the rose garden groaned A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 31. Originally the argument in the bus broke out between A) The Pekingese party and the bus conductor. B) The girl and the boy. C) The seal skin lady and the passenger. D) The two ladies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pekingese party and the bus conductor. 32. Edgar Allen Poe was one of first writers to introduce ..... A) The genre of drama to literature. B) The genre of detective fiction to literature. C) The genre of non-fiction to literature. D) The genre of fiction to literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The genre of detective fiction to literature. 33. What are the poetic devices sued in the poem "SNOWING BY THE WOODS EVENING" ? A) No poetic device. B) Alliteration, Rhyming words and Imagery. C) Alliteration and Imagery. D) Rhyming words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration, Rhyming words and Imagery. 34. Why does the man accept the child's offer? A) It made him a free man. B) It made him a noble man. C) It made him selfless. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It made him a free man. 35. What is the main difference (in poetry) between internal rhyme and end rhyme? A) Internal rhyme is used in free verse, while end rhyme is used in blank verse. B) Internal rhyme is used in modern poetry, while end rhyme is used in traditional poetry. C) Internal rhyme occurs within a line of poetry, while end rhyme occurs at the end of two or more lines. D) Internal rhyme is a rhyme scheme, while end rhyme is a type of meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal rhyme occurs within a line of poetry, while end rhyme occurs at the end of two or more lines. 36. This author wrote a book called The Satanic Verses, that was banned. Identify the author. A) Salman Rushdie. B) Paulo Coelho. C) Khalil Jubran. D) Khaled Hosseini. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Salman Rushdie. 37. Which year Isaac Newton was born? A) 1264. B) 1642. C) 1246. D) 1624. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1642. 38. The character that is extremely isolated and mistreated by society in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is? A) Victor. B) William. C) The Monster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Monster. 39. That you were Romeo You were throwing pebbles And my dad said Stay away from JulietThe figurative language for the song lyrics above is ..... A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 40. "For learning there is no age bar" . Choose the explanation that does NOT match this phrase. A) There is no age for learning. B) A person can gain education and knowledge at any age. C) It is too late to learn if a person is elderly. D) Learning is indefinite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is too late to learn if a person is elderly. 41. During homeroom, what makes Victor think that this may be his lucky year. A) Teresa is in his class. B) All of his friends are in the same homeroom. C) He has an easy class schedule. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teresa is in his class. 42. What role does the woman in the POEM play? A) Recipient of admiration. B) Supporter of the speaker. C) Fighter for the love of the speaker. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recipient of admiration. 43. ..... means awareness. A) Rapturous. B) Aspiring. C) Perception. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perception. 44. What is the consequence if Shylock sheds one drop of Christian blood? A) His wealth and lands will be confiscated. B) He will be sentenced to death. C) He will be forgiven. D) Antonio will be set free. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His wealth and lands will be confiscated. 45. Who was the love of Troilus? A) It's training. B) Portia. C) Cressida. D) Jessida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cressida. 46. Was the hunt successful? A) I don't know. B) Yes. C) Maybe. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 47. What does "And into my garden stole" tell us about the enemy? A) HE SNEAKED INTO THE PERSONA'S GARDEN. B) HE SNEAKED INTO THE PERSONA'S HOME. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE SNEAKED INTO THE PERSONA'S GARDEN. 48. Scrooge's nephew came to the office to ..... A) Ask for a job. B) Ask for money. C) Invite Scrooge to a pub. D) Invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner. 49. ..... is Sammy's favourite television show. A) 'The Three-Footed Horse'. B) 'The Black Heart Man'. C) 'Six Million Dollar Man'. D) 'The Rolling Calf'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'Six Million Dollar Man'. 50. It is ..... to start a new lesson now. A) To late. B) Enough late. C) Very late. D) Enough early. E) Too late. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Too late. 51. Choose a word that belongs to the "uck" sound A) Duck. B) Yum. C) Flood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duck. 52. Why didn't the young packer want to get into a conversation with Miss Maud at the supermarket? A) The other packers would tease him. B) Miss Maud was troublesome. C) His supervisor had told him not to talk to the customers. D) He had work to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The other packers would tease him. 53. ..... is an Indian author of British descent. A) Pavlova. B) Ruskin Bond. C) Ravindranath Tagore. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ruskin Bond. 54. A story that teaches a moral or lesson; usually has characters that are animals A) George orwell. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Novel. E) Moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 55. Our Scientists is written on ..... A) 1985. B) 1987. C) 1988. D) 1986. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1986. 56. What does the choice of road symbolise? A) Choice and decision making in life. B) That the poet was confused which road was more travelled by. C) That the Poet felt that both the roads are the same. D) None of the given. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Choice and decision making in life. 57. How many times Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned A) 5. B) 6. C) 9. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9. 58. What figure of speech is used in the following statement:" ..... If they had moved softly before, now they went like cats" A) Simile. B) Setting. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 59. Complete the following sentences using appropriate determiners. We invited ..... friends over to our house for a barbecue. A) Few. B) A few. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A few. 60. Who was trying to speak to the chief but was not heard? A) Johnny. B) Tommy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Johnny. ← 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