This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > English Literature (1) – Quiz 115 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 115 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Or walk with kings-nor lose the common touch; (stanza 4, line 2) A) Becoming so rigid about one's opinions and thoughts that you cannot take suggestions. B) Men give you respect and regard. C) Game based on luck in which you have equal chances of winning or losing. D) Modesty and a down to earth attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modesty and a down to earth attitude. 2. Who is the author of the poem "First Day At School" ? A) Roger McGough. B) Robert Frost. C) William Wordsworth. D) Maya Angelou. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roger McGough. 3. The Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic cultural group comprised of the Angles, Saxons and the Beatles. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. United Kingdom means only England A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Exeter Book was donated to Exeter Cathedral in which year? A) 1072. B) 1073. C) 1070. D) 1071. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1072. 6. ..... is a fiction story including elements that are impossible. A) Poetry. B) Fantasy. C) Biography . D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fantasy. 7. Although he was a poet and an essayist, Swift was best known as a ..... A) Pamphleteer. B) Satirist. C) Clergyman. D) Balladeer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Satirist. 8. ..... is the information that the author gives thereader about the characters themselves. A) Character. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Characterization. E) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 9. Why does Sammy continue down the hill in his cart? A) He wants to win the cart race. B) He loves to show off his pretty cart. C) He wants Pamela to see him. D) He does not want to be late for school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He wants Pamela to see him. 10. What is meant by "earning my keep" ? A) Earning things to keep. B) Keeping what I earn. C) Getting a good salary. D) Performing sufficient work or help in exchange for money. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Performing sufficient work or help in exchange for money. 11. Whose priest was Gandhiji? A) Truth and God. B) Lies and Demon. C) Trees and Nature. D) Truth and Non-violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Truth and Non-violence. 12. We should become more resolute. What is the meaning of the word 'resolute'? A) Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. B) Positively motivated. C) Encouraging someone. D) Having doubts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering. 13. The poet describes the evening as being full of A) Pigeon's wings. B) Linnet's wings. C) Insect's wings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linnet's wings. 14. Word which has below as the meaning.Pursue in order to catch up with A) Chase. B) Calmbered. C) Rollicked. D) Halted. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chase. 15. The elements in a literary work used to evoke mentalimages, not only of the visual sense, but of sensationand emotion as well. A) Personification. B) Symbol. C) Slang. D) Imagery. E) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 16. Why is Old English difficult for contemporary people to read? A) Because works written in Old English have radically different approaches to description. B) Because it's essentially a foreign language. C) Because it's difficult to find examples of work written in Old English. D) Because works written in Old English have radically different approaches to dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it's essentially a foreign language. 17. The old lay's bag were? A) Heavy. B) Four. C) Classy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heavy. 18. The best season to visit Coorg is: A) September to March. B) April to June. C) July to August. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) September to March. 19. Shakespeare belonged to the Elizabethan Era? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Who was the editor of the anthology " India in Song:Eastern Themes in English Verse by British and Indian Poets in 1920" ? A) E.V. Rie. B) Theodore Douglas Dunn. C) My name is Ezekiel. D) R. Parthasarathy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theodore Douglas Dunn. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 8English Literature (1) Quiz 9English Literature (1) Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books