This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 68 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many animals did the old man have altogether? A) 3. B) 4. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 2. Swami went to his seat with a ..... A) Bleeding heart. B) Tenderly. C) Smile. D) Disappointment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bleeding heart. 3. What is the main principle of Mr. Gradgrind's philosophy in Hard Times? A) Love. B) Fact. C) Patriotism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fact. 4. What do the people in Scotland do while waiting for the night mail? A) Dream of terrifying monsters. B) Have friendly tea in local cafes. C) Continue working and sleeping. D) Anticipate receiving letters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anticipate receiving letters. 5. Which period is marked by the dominance of French and Classical influences on poetry and drama? A) Restoration Period. B) Augustan Age. C) Age of Johnson. D) Victorian Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restoration Period. 6. What is the effect of the repetitive rhymes in the final stanza? A) They create tension and suspense. B) They emphasize the calmness and tranquility. C) They depict chaos and confusion. D) They represent the sea's power and force. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They emphasize the calmness and tranquility. 7. A whole new worldWith new horizons to pursueI'll chase them anywhereThere's time to spareLet me share this whole new world with you What is "them" refer to? A) New world. B) New horizons. C) Aladdin and his magic lamp. D) Aladdin and his magic carpet. E) The princess. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New horizons. 8. When Robert Frost was born? A) 12 May 1934. B) 26 March 1874. C) 1 January 1765. D) 8 September 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26 March 1874. 9. Gullivers Travells is an autobiography by Jonathan Swift. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 10. What is the meaning of " TACTILE SENSE" ? A) Sense of touch. B) Sense of sight. C) Sense of smelling. D) Sense of hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sense of touch. 11. How is the last stanza different from the rest of the poem? A) The speaker tells about things that do not really exist. B) The speaker tells what he sees from a different tree. C) The speaker tells about the land beyond the sea. D) The speaker tells what he sees from the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The speaker tells about things that do not really exist. 12. The skulls were a common sight because they were found ..... A) In the playground. B) In the field. C) In the cottage. D) In the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the field. 13. What kind of teeth did the captain had? A) Yellow teeth. B) Dirty teeth. C) A set of dirty and yellow teeth. D) Both a & b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A set of dirty and yellow teeth. 14. Betty's hair is as yellow as the sun. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Rhyme. D) Hyperbole. E) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Simile. 15. What is considered gain by the youth? A) Revenge. B) Settlement. C) Peace. D) War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revenge. 16. What does the sea gnaw on in the first stanza? A) Fish. B) Stones. C) Bones. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stones. 17. What is the meaning of "Smouldering" ? A) Burning slowly without flame. B) Burning with flame. C) Burning slowly with flame. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning slowly without flame. 18. The mention of ....., as the curtain comes down on Tess, forces a comparison with Tragedy. A) Aeschylus. B) Odysseus. C) Gomer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aeschylus. 19. What is the meaning of "smothered" ? A) Put out. B) Suffocated. C) Produce. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffocated. 20. What is the synonym of the word bidding? A) Requesting. B) Praising. C) Violently. D) Gloomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Requesting. 21. What is the alternate name for stage 2 A) Whining schoolboy. B) Puking baby. C) The Lover. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whining schoolboy. 22. Nerissa thought that the ring was given to ..... A) A lady. B) The judge. C) Beggar. D) A man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A lady. 23. Julius Caesar Came to British islands for the first time in which year? A) 55 BC. B) Disappointed. C) 53 Bc. D) 50 BC. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 55 BC. 24. Ju never thought of the gifts she received as being old because ..... A) She had no other. B) She was home less. C) It was the first time the old things entered to her life so it's brand new for her. D) Its because Ali Ikka gave her. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was the first time the old things entered to her life so it's brand new for her. 25. What phrase is used to describe a piece of theatre that uses the absurd to criticize society? A) Framing Device. B) Epic Theatre. C) Inside Job. D) Theatre of the Absurd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theatre of the Absurd. 26. What trait of Harvey makes him a crucial member of the team? A) Curiosity and inquisitiveness. B) Bravery and determination. C) Cleverness and resourcefulness. D) Observational skills and attention to detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cleverness and resourcefulness. 27. A deliberate use of exaggeration for the purpose of humour/emphasis is A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 28. "Sweet Creature" Who is referred to? A) Fly. B) Spider. C) Wasp. D) Butterfly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fly. 29. (A Bug for Dee)Dee watched the ..... A) Bird. B) Bug. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bug. 30. When did jawaharlal nehru return to India A) 1919. B) 1889. C) 1912. D) 1916. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1912. 31. How many wishes does the Monkey's Paw grant and to how many people? A) It grants five wishes to two people. B) It grants three wishes to three people. C) It grants one wish to three people. D) It grants three wishes to four people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It grants three wishes to three people. 32. What realization did Mandela have of his boyhood freedom? A) It is just an illusion. B) Freedom was meant for kids. C) He was born free. D) He had no realizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is just an illusion. 33. What did the girl see when she was walking down the road? A) Butterfly. B) Toad. C) Bug. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toad. 34. A type of poetry that expresses high praise for a person, animal or object of art is called ..... A) Ballad. B) Sonnet. C) Elegy. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. 35. Read the sentences below and write (True / False).Fire alarms make a very loud noise. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. What was the name of Sonika's brother? A) Bhondu. B) Rahul. C) Rajesh. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rahul. 37. Which one is not the expression of declining an offer? A) No, thanks. I'll be alright soon. B) Thanks, but I can do it myself. C) It's okay. I'll handle it myself. D) Thanks. I'm very much obliged. E) No, it's okay. Thanks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thanks. I'm very much obliged. 38. What is the odd item among these words? A) Sonnet. B) Lullaby. C) Ballad. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 39. The days crept by slowly, sorrowfully A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 40. Is considered one of the oldest surviving poems in the English language A) Seafarer. B) Beowulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 41. What ideals replaced the heroic code in courtly love? A) Adventure and feats of courage. B) Glory of the tribal king. C) Honour of the hero. D) Elaborate manners and rituals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elaborate manners and rituals. 42. A tribe that has a less population. A) Saxons. B) Britons. C) Angles. D) Jutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jutes. 43. What does 'Terribly Transient Feet' mean in the poem? A) Her feet represent the mother, who changed with time while the sea remained the same. B) Temporary situation. C) Age is temporary. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her feet represent the mother, who changed with time while the sea remained the same. 44. How many things are on the checklist? A) 4. B) 8. C) 7. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8. 45. A figure of speech that plays with words that sound similar but have different meanings is called A) Sarcasm. B) Synecdoche. C) Too. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Too. 46. What caused the animals to finally rebel against Mr. Jones? A) Mr. Jones forgot to take the harnesses off the animals. B) Mr. Jones did not emotionally support the animals or take care of their manes. C) Mr. Jones forgot to feed the animals for a long period. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Jones forgot to feed the animals for a long period. 47. What is the meaning of fearsome? A) Wonderful. B) Frightening. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frightening. 48. Who wrote the book 'Ivanhoe'? A) Sir Walter Scott. B) O'Henry. C) R L Stevenson. D) Earnest Hemingway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Walter Scott. 49. About ..... ? ..... o'clock in the evening, being then within aleague of the island, I found the point of the rocks whichoccasioned this disaster stretching out, as is describedbefore, to the southward, and casting off the current moresoutherly, had, of course, made another eddy to the north; A) 5. B) 7. C) 4. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 50. Who was the friend of Hamlet? A) Claudius. B) Gertrude. C) Horatio. D) Helena. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio. 51. A reflection on the death of Lucy A) "The Tables Turned". B) "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal". C) "Lines Written in Early Spring". D) "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal". 52. Why did Matilda throw away the letter? A) She had nothing to wear. B) She had no jewellery. C) She had no bag. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 53. She was riding ..... along that old silk road. A) Horse. B) Camel. C) As. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Camel. 54. Anil went to the docks in a- A) Chopper. B) Bus. C) Car. D) Bike. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Car. 55. They laugh because they see funny things yang merupakan cause adalah..... A) They laugh. B) Because. C) They see funny things. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They see funny things. 56. Why was the writer startled when the old beggar man spoke to him? A) The old beggar man said that he was a king. B) The old beggar man asked for a gold coin. C) The old beggar man spoke in English with the writer. D) The old beggar man spoke rudely with the writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The old beggar man spoke in English with the writer. 57. The professor ..... her students to write the questions on the board. A) Gotten. B) Get. C) Gets. D) Getting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gets. 58. The term 'antagonist' means 'opponent', 'competitor' or 'rival'. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 59. Who is the poet of the poem Ode to a butterfly A) Thomas Wentworth Higginson. B) Thomas wentwoth Higginson. C) Steven Robertson. D) Oscar Wilde. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Wentworth Higginson. 60. Read "The Merchant of Venice " chapter 7" and answer the following questions:Choose the correct answer:In Belmont Portia and the prince of Morocco stood in front of the boxes. Each Box had some writing on it to help the suitors to choose. How many boxes are there? A) Six boxes. B) Two boxes. C) Three boxes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three boxes. ← 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