This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > British Literature > British Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Alliteration and kenning were important in the poetry. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo Saxon Period. 2. The reasons why the work The Lord of the Rings is so popular, except: A) Sales techniques. B) He. C) Extrinsic elements of the story. D) Writing techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extrinsic elements of the story. 3. Beneficial, healthful, profitable, and wholesome are ..... ? ..... of baneful A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonyms. 4. The following are the writers of Victorian Period except? A) Daylan Thomas. B) George Eliot. C) Thomas Hardy. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daylan Thomas. 5. "Let loyalty and truth be paramount with you. If you have faults, shrink not from correcting them" A) Always be loyal and truthful.Do not be afraid to admit your mistakes, correct them. B) It is better to be truthful and sincere than to exhibit proper behavior but not mean it. C) When someone does good to you, do good to them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Always be loyal and truthful.Do not be afraid to admit your mistakes, correct them. 6. Emerging, coming into existence A) Indefeasible. B) Trenchant. C) Tyro. D) Nascent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nascent. 7. In which century Chaucer lived in? A) 14th Century. B) 16th Century. C) 15th Century. D) 13th Century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14th Century. 8. ..... is a speech by a single character. A) Epilogue. B) Dialogue. C) Prologue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 9. The Roman Emperor Julius Caesar visited Britain in A) 43 AD. B) 65 BC. C) 55 BC. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 55 BC. 10. During the Iron Age, ..... composed hymns and poems, and compiled historical records, served as judges, and conducted religious ceremonies in oak groves. A) Priests. B) Monks. C) Politicizing. D) Druids. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Druids. 11. An informal and more personal essay than those written in the eighteenth century A) Pastoral elegy. B) Formal essay. C) Irony. D) Familiar essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Familiar essay. 12. Why causes the monster to act uncivilized and violent towards society? A) Because Victor rejects his fatherly duties of teaching it how the world functions with speech and actions towards other members of society. B) Because it's a monster, it doesn't have the same consciousness as a human. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Victor rejects his fatherly duties of teaching it how the world functions with speech and actions towards other members of society. 13. ..... tell tales of great heroes. A) Prose. B) Narrative. C) Epic. D) Poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic. 14. What is NOT true? A) Ivanhoe is a romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte. B) Jane Austin combined romantic and realistic features. C) Charles Dickens wrote about human misery. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ivanhoe is a romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte. 15. "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a famous novel by which French author? A) Gustave Flaubert. B) Victor Hugo. C) Alexandre Dumas. D) Emile Zola. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alexandre Dumas. 16. When a person says the opposite of what is meant is an example of what kind of irony? A) Verbal irony. B) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verbal irony. 17. Which best describes Lady Catherine de Bourgh? A) A sensible, down-to-earth woman; Lizzy likes her a great deal. B) A titled and cultured person but without any money or land; she is not bitter. Jane's role model. C) A wealthy woman, a widow; she is pompous, meddlesome, and annoyingly superior. D) Darcy's housekeeper who is pompous, meddlesome, and annoyingly superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A wealthy woman, a widow; she is pompous, meddlesome, and annoyingly superior. 18. Oscar Wilde wrote many novels and plays. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. "The Kite Runner" is a novel by which Afghan-American author? A) Khalil Hosseini. B) Khaled Hosseini. C) Kahlil Hosseini. D) Khaled Hosseini. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Khaled Hosseini. 20. Jane Eyre(1847) of Charlotte Bronte is the successful novel of which period? A) Victorian period. B) 20th century period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victorian period. 21. The prefix ..... ? ..... means good, well. A) For-. B) Eu-. C) Apo-. D) Retro-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eu-. 22. What author wrote 'A Dictionary of the English Language'? A) Joseph Addison. B) Samuel Johnson. C) Sir Richard Steele. D) Daniel Defoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Samuel Johnson. 23. Fault-finding, verbally abusive A) Pundit. B) Exhilaration. C) Vituperative. D) Propriety. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vituperative. 24. What is the significance of nature in Romantic literature? A) Nature is a source of inspiration and a way to explore emotions in Romantic literature. B) Romantic literature does not explore emotions through nature. C) Nature is only used as a backdrop in Romantic literature. D) Nature has no significance in Romantic literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature is a source of inspiration and a way to explore emotions in Romantic literature. 25. Which sentence contains a gerund? A) During the night, the temperature plummeted twenty degrees. B) To navigate the winding road safely, we concentrated intensely. C) On the first torrid day of summer, we always enjoy swimming. D) The contemptible birds singing in the yard annoyed us all night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the first torrid day of summer, we always enjoy swimming. 26. What were his teachings about? A) How to live a moral and ethical life. B) Maths. C) Chinese religion. D) How to be the best Emperor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How to live a moral and ethical life. 27. Which of the following is NOT written by Munshi Premchand? A) Guide. B) Ahead. C) Mansrovar. D) Hollow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guide. 28. One of the most important themes of renaissance literature is A) Love the meaning of live. B) Nature and its beauty. C) Technology. D) Being famous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love the meaning of live. 29. Argument, conflict, fight, grudge, hostility, revenge, rivalry, and strife are ..... ? ..... of vendetta. A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonyms. 30. Name one example of an archetypal character in British literature. A) Villain. B) Tragic hero. C) Sidekick. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragic hero. 31. "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of the powerful feelings" is a definition of poetry by ..... A) Wordsworth. B) Shelley. C) Byron. D) Coleridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wordsworth. 32. Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality or between expectation and fulfillment A) Verbal irony. B) Irony of situation. C) Satire. D) Dramatic irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irony of situation. 33. A hero who is usually in conflict with an opponent called an antagonist. A) Scop. B) Protagonist. C) Georgians. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protagonist. 34. The root word ..... ? ..... means to touch. A) PLAC. B) US, UT. C) SENS, SENT. D) TANG, TACT, TING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) TANG, TACT, TING. 35. Rhyme involving only one syllable. A) End Rhyme. B) Masculine Rhyme. C) Feminine Rhyme. D) Approximate Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Masculine Rhyme. 36. After Lydia disappears, the deepest worry of the Bennet family is that her marriage will ruin their ..... A) Health. B) Reputation. C) Relationships. D) Finances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reputation. 37. Capricious, erratic, fickle, impulsive, unreliable, and whimsical are ..... ? ..... of flighty. A) Antonyms. B) Synonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synonyms. 38. A fourteen-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes. A) Sonnet. B) Satire. C) Stanza. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 39. It is considered as the great age of novel. A) Modern Period. B) Contemporary Period. C) Romantic Period. D) Victorian Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Victorian Period. 40. Who is Called as " Father of Poetry" ? A) Edmund Spenser. B) John Keats. C) William Wordsworth. D) Geoffrey Chaucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geoffrey Chaucer. 41. Resulting from accumulation, increasing A) Impunity. B) Trite. C) Goad. D) Cumulative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulative. 42. Which literary movement emphasized the importance of nature and emotions in British literature? A) Romanticism. B) Realism. C) Enlightenment. D) Gothic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romanticism. 43. To admit or be admitted into a group or college A) Sine qua non. B) Exculpate. C) Matriculate. D) Trenchant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matriculate. 44. A dramatic allegory in which the vices and virtues waged for the possession of the human soul. A) Medieval Romance. B) Miracle Play. C) Morality Play. D) Mystery Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Morality Play. 45. ..... is the study of word origins A) Biology. B) Etomology. C) Speakology. D) Wordology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Etomology. 46. Writing style that tries to depict the random flow of thoughts, emotions, memories, and associations running through a character's mind. A) Personification. B) Assonance. C) Stream of consciousness. D) Carpe Diem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stream of consciousness. 47. Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh:A New English Version. At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.When the sun was setting, they dug a well, they filled their waterskins with fresh water, Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop, he poured out flour as an offering and said, "Mountain, bring me a favorable dream." Which characteristic of an epic hero is most reflected in this excerpt? A) The ability to persuade others through speech. B) The ability to act as a strong warrior and leader. C) The courage to embark on a challenging journey. D) The courage to undertake life-threatening risks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The courage to embark on a challenging journey. 48. What author earned a living as a reporter? A) Sir Richard Steele. B) Daniel Defoe. C) Samuel Johnson. D) James Boswell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Boswell. 49. The similarity of sound between two words A) Lyric. B) Simile. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme. 50. As per of the meter of British poetry, the most common is ..... just like in "If music be the food of love play on." A) Spondaic, pentameter. B) Iambic, pentameter. C) Iambic, tetrameter. D) Pyrrhic, dimeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic, pentameter. 51. Read the sentence. To the best of our knowledge, he decided that his major would be acting. Which does the sentence contain? A) A gerund. B) A conjunction. C) A participle. D) An infinitive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gerund. 52. A brief picture, sketch, or scene; short works describing pleasant scenes of country or domestic life. A) Lyric. B) Madrigal. C) Epic. D) Idyll. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idyll. 53. Which literary genre is characterized by humor, light-heartedness, and typically has a happy ending? A) Comedy. B) Drama. C) Tragedy. D) Horror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 54. Epic poetry inspired the retainers and thanes. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo Saxon Period. 55. A retelling of a work in one's own words. A paraphrase of poetry is usually a line-by-line translation of poetry into prose. A) Paraphrase. B) Paradox. C) Parallelism. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraphrase. 56. During the Middle Ages, peasants and serfs were required to serve their knight. Their Knight was required to serve their lord and then their lord was required to serve the king. What is this political form known as? A) Anti socialism. B) Feudalism. C) Socialism. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feudalism. 57. Invaders crossed the ..... to invade Britain after the Romans left. A) North atlantic sea. B) Baltic sea. C) Atlantic ocean. D) North sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North sea. 58. Modern English begins with this period. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 59. Social, psychological, and religious debates in modern plays are the features of drama in A) Victorian period. B) 20th century period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20th century period. 60. Which type of poem consists of 14 lines and follows a specific rhyme scheme, often used by Shakespeare to express love and emotions? A) Sonnet. B) Haiku. C) Epic. D) Limerick. 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