This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Regions > European > European Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books European Literature Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Having a pleasant smell, fragrant A) They go out. B) Redolent. C) Immemorial. D) Allayed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Redolent. 2. Which is known as the Carolingian cycle? A) Matter of Rome. B) Matter of Britain. C) Matter of Germany. D) Matter of France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Matter of France. 3. Which of the following is an example of a predicate? A) Khadija. B) Is going to school. C) Metro Middle School. D) The desk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is going to school. 4. The name of Don Quixote's squire is ..... A) Rocinante. B) Sancho Panza. C) Miguel de Cervantes. D) Dulcinea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sancho Panza. 5. Literary work written by Emile Zola that talks about the extreme alcoholism and poverty A) Myth of Sisyphus. B) Paradise lost. C) The Judgement. D) The Stunner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Stunner. 6. What did Don Quixote think the windmills were? A) Sheep. B) Giants. C) Horses. D) Galley slaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Giants. 7. What happens to Don Quixote in his final moments? A) He regains his sanity and renounces his knightly ambitions. B) He battles windmills. C) He attacks flocks of sheep. D) He becomes a king. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He regains his sanity and renounces his knightly ambitions. 8. Which of the following is an example of a possessive pronoun? A) Hello. B) Study. C) January. D) Ours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ours. 9. Which of the following is NOT a character from "A Case of Identity?" A) Sherlock Holmes. B) Miss Mary Sutherland. C) Sylvette. D) Mr. Windibank. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sylvette. 10. Which of the following is an example of a preposition? A) Cold. B) Below. C) Floor. D) Jaden. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Below. 11. A young bird that has just grown feathers needed for flying; a young, inexperienced person A) Fledgling. B) Bravo. C) Stratagem. D) August. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fledgling. 12. Who is the author of The Romancers? A) Hans Christian Andersen. B) Miguel de Cervantes. C) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. D) Edmond Rostand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edmond Rostand. 13. Who is this author? A) Lord Byron. B) Franz Kafka. C) Albert Camus. D) John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Byron. 14. The introduction of impossible or unrealistic events into a narrative that is otherwise realistic. A) Faction. B) Magical Realism. C) Reader Involvement. D) Maximalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magical Realism. 15. What does work symbolize in Metamorphosis? A) The importance of hard work and productivity. B) The transformation of the individual into a mere cog in the economic system. C) The value of individualism and creativity. D) The struggles of the working class against capitalist exploitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The transformation of the individual into a mere cog in the economic system. 16. Miguel de Cervantes is from what country? A) France. B) Norway. C) Spain. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 17. This literary work is under Victorian period and is about a woman who faces conflicts about her desire A) Jane Eyre. B) Macbeth. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Frankenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jane Eyre. 18. What lesson does the novel teach about human nature in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" ? A) Good always triumphs over evil. B) Human beings are inherently good. C) Human beings are inherently evil. D) Good and evil both reside in the heart of every human being. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good and evil both reside in the heart of every human being. 19. What is the profession of the main character in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" ? A) Businessman. B) Lawyer. C) Scientist. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lawyer. 20. Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless. A) Platitude. B) Keenly. C) Teetotaler. D) Vacuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vacuous. 21. Move or swing back and forth at a regular speed. A) Keenly. B) Cumbrous. C) Axiom. D) Oscillate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oscillate. 22. At the beginning of the novel, what did Don Quixote spend most of his time doing? A) Traveling to other countries. B) Reading books about knights. C) Spending time with family. D) Eating food in his castle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reading books about knights. 23. True or False:Don Quixote won in the battle against the windmills. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. Which period of European literature saw masterful works like Beowulf, The Song of Roland, and The Canterbury Tales? A) Romantic Movement. B) Age of Enlightenment. C) Medieval Period. D) Victorian Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medieval Period. 25. The acknowledgment of previous literary words within another literary work A) Intertextuality. B) Metafiction. C) Temporal distortion. D) Pastiche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intertextuality. 26. Paradise lost by John Milton is all about ..... A) Story of Adam and Eve. B) Story of Romeo and Juliet. C) Myth of Sisyphus. D) Myth of Paradise. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Story of Adam and Eve. 27. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is from what country? A) United Kingdom. B) France. C) Spain. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Kingdom. 28. Who is the author of Don Quixote? A) Miguel de Cervantes. B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. C) Hans Christian Andersen. D) Edmond Rostand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miguel de Cervantes. 29. Who were the torchbearers of Enlightenment literature and philosophy? A) William Shakespeare and John Milton. B) Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. C) Mary Shelley and Lord Byron. D) Charlotte and Emily Bronte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 30. Who is don quixote's most trusted friend? A) John Smith. B) Harry Potter. C) Sancho Panza. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sancho Panza. 31. The fact that the fathers say mean things to each other when the children are present is an example of what type of irony? A) Dramatic irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal irony. 32. Which of the following is an example of a personal pronoun? A) My. B) Below. C) Pants. D) Glasses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My. 33. One of the famous writers during the Age of enlightenment who wrote book of political theory. A) Voltaire. B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. C) Shakespeare. D) John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voltaire. 34. What is the term used to describe the loss of the self to be a cog in the economic machine? A) Dehumanization. B) Absurdity. C) Alienation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dehumanization. 35. Edmond Rostand is from what country? A) France. B) Italy. C) Germany. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 36. Which of the following is an example of a prepositional phrase? A) New Years Day. B) On the ground. C) Is running. D) Will sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the ground. 37. Don Quixote has been translated into more than ..... languages. A) 90. B) 150. C) 50. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 38. Which of the following is an example of an interjection? A) Warm. B) Yay!. C) Jacob. D) Chair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yay!. 39. This is a heroic poem under the medieval period that has an unknown author. It is also considered as the first literary work in European literature. A) Macbeth. B) Beowulf. C) Canterbury Tales. D) Paradise lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beowulf. 40. The fact that the fathers use the abduction plan idea of their children in their own scheme, is an example of what type of irony? A) Dramatic irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 41. Describe the relationship of Bergamin and Pasquinot. A) They act like friends but are really enemies. B) They are brothers. C) They act like enemies but are really friends. D) One is the father of Sylvette, and the other is her step-father. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They act like enemies but are really friends. 42. Literary work under realism period and is about the relationship of the author to his father A) Don juan by Lord Byron. B) Don juan by Geoffrey Saucer. C) The Judgement by Franz Kafka. D) The Judgement by John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Judgement by Franz Kafka. 43. Which author has received world-wide fame for his fairy tales? A) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. B) Edmond Rostand. C) Miguel de Cervantes. D) Hans Christian Andersen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hans Christian Andersen. 44. Which of the following is an example of a conjunction? A) Hello. B) Above. C) Blue. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) And. 45. Who won "The Leaping Match?" A) The flea. B) The grasshopper. C) The frog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The frog. 46. What is Don Quixote's goal in his adventures? A) To find a treasure. B) To become a farmer. C) To defend the honor of Dulcinea. D) To become a king. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To defend the honor of Dulcinea. 47. Who wrote "A Case of Identity?" A) Miguel de Cervantes. B) Hans Christian Andersen. C) Edmond Rostand. D) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 48. Which of the following is NOT a theme of "A Case of Identity?" A) Honesty. B) Selfishness. C) Deception. D) Greed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Honesty. 49. Who is the Father of Modern Realistic Drama? A) Edgar Allan Poe. B) Henrik Ibsen. C) Leo Tolstoy. D) Anton Chekhov. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henrik Ibsen. 50. It is an intellectual and cultural movement that empowered individual human dignity. Problems were solved not by religion but by reason. A) Socialism. B) Humanism. C) Chartism. D) Sansculotte. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanism. 51. Who is the main character in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" ? A) Mr. Hyde. B) Dr. Henry. C) Gabriel. D) Sir Danvers Carew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gabriel. 52. What are the combined approaches in transrealism? A) Fantasy and realism. B) Impressionism and symbolism. C) Experimentation and modernism. D) Metaphysical and formalistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy and realism. 53. At the beginning of "The Leaping Match, " for what reason does the flea bow to those around him? A) He desires to impress those of royal lineage. B) He had come from a respectful Egyptian community. C) He was personally familiar with the ways of kings and queens as he was of noble blood. D) He wanted to diminish others' opinions of the grasshopper and the frog. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was personally familiar with the ways of kings and queens as he was of noble blood. 54. Which literary period sought to replicate the true nature of reality in a way that novelists had never attempted? A) Realism. B) Naturalism. C) Victorian Period. D) Romantic Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realism. 55. Who wrote "Don Quixote", one of the most famous Spanish books of all time? A) Miguel de Cervantes. B) Pablo Neruda. C) Gabriel Garcia Marquez. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Miguel de Cervantes. 56. Which of the following is an example of an indefinite pronoun? A) All. B) Her. C) I. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All. 57. The use of nonlinear timelines and narrative techniques ina story A) Intertextuality. B) Pastiche. C) Temporal distortion. D) Metafiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Temporal distortion. 58. Hans Christian Andersen is from what country? A) Denmark. B) Switzerland. C) Spain. D) United Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denmark. 59. True or False:Miguel de Cervantes received a lot of money for the success of his novel. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 60. Who is Kafka's alter ego in "The Metamorphosis" ? A) Franz. B) Gregory. C) The father. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregory. Next →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesEuropean Literature Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books