This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 72 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. ..... You go home ..... Stay at the park! It's up to you. A) Both/and. B) Not only. C) Either/or. D) But also. E) Neither/nor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either/or. 2. How long did Anne Frank and her family hide from the Nazis? A) 2 months. B) 25 months. C) 5 years. D) 1 year. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25 months. 3. The film also known as a movie or a motion picture is a series of moving images shown on a screen, usually with sound, that make up a story. Films are similar to novels or short stories that tell a story including the same genres such as romantic, historical, thriller, adventure, horror, and science fiction. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Which point of view (POV) was used in the epic poem Beowulf? A) First person POV. B) Second person POV. C) Third person POV. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third person POV. 5. Choose correct meaning for 'Royal' A) Court. B) Kingly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kingly. 6. "The Song of Beowulf" -the earliest literature, the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Read "The Merchant of Venice " chapter 8" and answer the following questions:Choose the best phrase to complete the sentences:Shylock ran through ..... A) The streets shouting; my daughter, my money, my jewels. B) In Venice followed Shylock and shouted like him. C) Pay his debt on time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The streets shouting; my daughter, my money, my jewels. 8. Give one word for foolish A) Silly. B) Mad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silly. 9. From stanza 1, who is the persona angry with at first? A) A foe. B) A tree. C) Himself. D) A friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A friend. 10. Shelly's father is a ..... A) Doctor. B) Fisherman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fisherman. 11. What is the definition of Truism? A) The attribution of human characteristics to animals or inanimate objects. B) Unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern. C) A simple story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson tagsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.4.c. D) An obvious truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An obvious truth. 12. Bayu:If I ..... the university, I will choose engineering major.Sukron:That's good. I will work If I have graduated from this school A) Escape. B) Enter. C) Walk. D) Roll. E) Leave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enter. 13. Frost uses the image of two diverging roads to symbolize ..... A) Sorrow and regret. B) Life's choice. C) The love of nature. D) The spirit of independence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Life's choice. 14. What's name of the monster that was killed by Beowulf? A) Grettel. B) Hrothgar. C) Danes. D) Grendel. E) Hansel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grendel. 15. What is the purpose of 'comprehension' in literature analysis? A) To provide unnecessary details that have no relevance to the text. B) To distract readers from the main plot and characters. C) To help readers understand the deeper meaning and themes of the text. D) To confuse readers and make the text harder to understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To help readers understand the deeper meaning and themes of the text. 16. The monkey threw ..... at Jalan A) Wigs. B) Twigs. C) Digs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twigs. 17. From which tribe does lulu belong from A) Bushbuck. B) Kikuyu. C) Gikuyu. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bushbuck. 18. What is Mandela referring to as "resilience that defies the imagination" ? A) A calming feeling of relief from hardships. B) A great ability to remain unchanged by suffering. C) A state of being deeply affected by something. D) A sign of human feeling (goodness, kindness, pity, justice, etc.). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A great ability to remain unchanged by suffering. 19. Who is our national father? A) Jawaharlal Nehru. B) Gandhiji. C) Rahul Gandhi. D) Narendra Modi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gandhiji. 20. Choose the correct noun:Sara A) Common Noun. B) Proper Noun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proper Noun. 21. The 98 year old woman won the lottery, and the next day she died. Which Literary Device defines this statement above? A) Rhyme. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irony. 22. What does Portia recommend to Shylock as an alternative to justice or revenge? A) Mercy. B) Punishment. C) Pity. D) Compensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercy. 23. Choose a word that is quite opposite of the word 'love'. A) Praise. B) Loathe. C) Like. D) Admire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loathe. 24. Meaning of situations A) During very good times. B) During very bad times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During very bad times. 25. She is very ill. She ..... here for two weeks. A) Has not be. B) Has not being. C) Has not been. D) Have not been. E) Is not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Has not been. 26. Mood is the author's attitude towards his or her subject while Tone is how the poem makes the readers feel A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 27. "Had the company been fair in giving bonuses, the employees would not have gone on strike." A) The employees were quite dissatisfied. B) The employees are still going on strike. C) The employees were not given bonuses at all. D) The company has given the employees fair bonuses. E) The company has lost many employees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The employees were quite dissatisfied. 28. When the action, character are influenced by the time, place and setting, therefore the setting is know as a ..... setting A) Integral. B) Illuminating. C) Backdrop. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Integral. 29. Read Chapter 14 and answer the following questions:F:Choose the correct answer:-Shylock demanded a pound of ..... flesh A) Antonio's. B) Bassanio's. C) Graziano's. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio's. 30. Who was born in the 1832? A) Kipling. B) Carroll. C) Bronte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carroll. 31. Synonym for the word-nonchalantly A) Angrily. B) Calmly. C) Strongly. D) Bravely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calmly. 32. Who's the author of "The story of cricket" ? A) Vasantha Surya. B) Shirley bauer. C) Ramachandra guha. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ramachandra guha. 33. What didn't happen in that village for ages? A) It didn't snow. B) It didn't rain. C) It didn't have any winter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It didn't rain. 34. T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were prominent figures in which literary movement? A) T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were prominent figures in the modernist literary movement. B) T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were prominent figures in the realist literary movement. C) T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were prominent figures in the postmodern literary movement. D) T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were prominent figures in the romantic literary movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf were prominent figures in the modernist literary movement. 35. Who won The Battle of Hastings? A) William The Conquerer. B) William Rufus. C) William Congreve. D) William Shakespeare. E) William The Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William The Conquerer. 36. What is the moral value found in the poem? A) Do not let others know about our feeling. B) Be ashamed of our mistake. C) Discuss and talk about our feelings. D) Dont forgive others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discuss and talk about our feelings. 37. The alphabets of which language did Avva want to learn? A) Kannada. B) Cart. C) Malayalam. D) Tamil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kannada. 38. What is a country's greatest wealth? A) Its minerals. B) Its people. C) Its flora and fauna. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its people. 39. Lulu was extraordinarily ..... in her habits A) Clean. B) Dirty. C) Angry. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clean. 40. The poem, 'The Patriot' is a harsh and critical satire on ..... A) Religious intolerance. B) Public hero worship. C) Heroic martyrdom. D) People's fickle minded attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People's fickle minded attitude. 41. What did Hari Singh do with the money? A) He changed its place. B) He did nothing. C) He stole it and ran with it. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He stole it and ran with it. 42. "Give me your English book, please" what does this sentence express? A) Request. B) Order. C) Instruction. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Request. 43. How is the religion revealed to the Red Indians? A) Dreams of sachems and visions of old men. B) Visions of sachems and dreams of old men. C) Visions of sachems and dreams of old women. D) Law carved on stone tablets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visions of sachems and dreams of old men. 44. What did School of Excellence celebrate recently? A) Excel Independence Day. B) Excel Environmental Day. C) Excel Islamic Day. D) Excel Sports Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Excel Environmental Day. 45. Palanquin is a structure formally used in ..... FILL IN THE BLANK. A) North India. B) South India. C) East India. D) West India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) East India. 46. The author of "The Christmas Carol" is ..... A) Scrooge. B) Ms. Moore. C) Charles Dickens. D) Marley Jacobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Dickens. 47. How old was Margie when she learned the punch code? A) 11 years old. B) 5 years old. C) 6 years old. D) 8 years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6 years old. 48. What should be done to make friends with Wind? A) Fight with the wind. B) Build strong roads. C) Make the heart steadfast. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make the heart steadfast. 49. Nikolai Gogol was a ..... writer of ..... origin. A) Indian, French. B) Russian, Ukrainian. C) Russian, European. D) Indian, Russian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russian, Ukrainian. 50. How many sister/s did Peter have? A) 7. B) 1. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 51. What kind of stories are the Coorg people always ready to tell? A) Tales of suspense. B) Tales of love. C) Tales of horror. D) Tales of valour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tales of valour. 52. If the weather is fine, we ..... on a picnic. A) Will not go. B) Went. C) Would go. D) Go. E) Will go. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Will go. 53. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil. It will be the 20th year of the World Cup. Brazil was chosen in October of 2007 to host the 2014 competition. Earlier in the year, South America had been chosen as the continent for the contest. Brazil was the only country to put in a bid. This is the second time Brazil will host the World Cup. The country hosted it in 1950. It is the first World Cup to be held in South America since 1978, when Argentina hosted. No other South American country has hosted the World Cup more than once. The summary of this passage is: A) Early in 2007, South America was chosen as the continent for the 20th World Cup. Brazil was the only country that put in a bid. Brazil hosted the World Cup before in 1950. B) The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. It is the second time Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup. Brazil is the only South American country to host the World Cup twice. C) The 20th World Cup will take place in 2014. In 2007, it was decided that the competition would be held in South America. It is the first World Cup in South America since 1978. D) In October 2007, Brazil was chosen to host the 20th World Cup. Brazil has already hosted the World Cup before. 1978 was the last time a South American country hosted the World Cup. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. It is the second time Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup. Brazil is the only South American country to host the World Cup twice. 54. Who went to the wall A) Alice. B) Lewis Carroll. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alice. 55. In what country was Anne born? A) Amsterdam. B) Poland. C) Germany. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany. 56. Why did Bobbie, Phillips and Peter went up to the canal bridge A) To catch fish. B) To dance. C) To play. D) To talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To catch fish. 57. One short sleep refers to A) Death. B) Birth. C) To run. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death. 58. Who has been called the last of the great Victorians? A) Herbert George Wells. B) Thomas Hardy. C) Thomas Gelbert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Hardy. 59. The meaning of leap is A) Lying. B) Skip. C) Jump very low. D) Jump very high. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jump very high. 60. Clear instructionUniformityInformation can be re-exterminated laterSimple tasksWithout instructionThe wrong statement is ..... A) 4. B) 2. C) 5. D) 3. E) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. ← 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