This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > English Literature (1) – Quiz 130 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 130 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did James want to learn the magic spells? A) To become a great magician. B) To save his villagers. C) To become rich. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To save his villagers. 2. Which road did the writer choose? A) The one which was less travelled. B) The one that was more travelled. C) He did not choose any path. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The one which was less travelled. 3. Who is the author of Sons and Lovers A) Thomas Hardy. B) Charles Dickens. C) D.H. Lawrence. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) D.H. Lawrence. 4. A work of fiction that contains more than 50, 000 words falls under which category A) Encyclopedia. B) Prose. C) Novella. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novel. 5. Legends describe..... A) Battles and fights that are possible to happen. B) How things came into existence. C) Why things happen. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Battles and fights that are possible to happen. 6. The social background of Anglo-Saxon literature is ..... A) English poetry had been so heavily influenced by French model. B) The state was supreme to the church. C) Social and political unrest. D) Art and architecture were mainly influenced by religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social and political unrest. 7. (1) the Non-dramatic Poets, that is, poets whodid not write for the stage. The center of this group is Edmund Spenser, whose Shepherd'sCalendar (1579) marked the appearance of the first national poet since Chaucer's death in1400. His most famous work is The Faery Queen. Associated with Spenser are the minorpoets, Thomas Sackville, Michael Drayton, George Chapman, and Philip Sidney. Chapman isnoted for his completion of Marlowe's poem, Hero and Leander, and for his translation ofHomer's Iliad and Odyssey. Sidney, besides his poetry, wrote his prose romance Arcadia, andThe Defense of Poesie, one of our earliest critical essays. A) Elizabeth Era. B) Shakespeare Era. C) The resume of Spenser. D) All choices are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All choices are correct. 8. What disability did Manjula have? A) She had three legs. B) She had 1 finger on each toes. C) She had two fingers on her hand. D) She had no face. E) She had 5 fingers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She had two fingers on her hand. 9. ..... means meeting that happens by chance. A) Gallant. B) Encounter. C) Lingered. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encounter. 10. Who wrote The Tatler and The Spectator along with Richard Steele? A) Jonathan Swift. B) Joseph Addison. C) Samuel Johnson. D) Daniel Defoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph Addison. 11. Hold your horses, Stacey. We have to ask our teacher BEFORE we go to the bathroom. A) Let's go!. B) Wait a minute / moment. C) Let's hurry up!. D) Hold the reigns of a horse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wait a minute / moment. 12. Which word means 'wayfarers' A) Travellers. B) Low hills. C) Ideas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travellers. 13. Who said "O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo" ? A) Giulia. B) Othello. C) McBeth. D) Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Juliet. 14. What was the time when they were finally done packing? A) 12:50. B) 10:30. C) 11:30. D) 11:50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12:50. 15. It is the Muslim dynasty that ruled most of northern India from the early 16th to the mid-18th century. A) Mughal Dynasty. B) Aramaic Dynasty. C) Indian Dynasty. D) Bharat Dynasty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mughal Dynasty. 16. What is the classic work of the Old English Period? A) Song of a husbandman. B) The Pardoner's Tale. C) Beowulf. D) Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beowulf. 17. Rhyme of a poem consists of word which have the same ..... A) Sound. B) Melody. C) Idea. D) Message. E) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sound. 18. What is another name for Junius Manuscript? A) Normal Manuscript. B) Caedmon Manuscript. C) Vercelli Book. D) Roman Manuscript. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caedmon Manuscript. 19. These are the reasons why we should learn literature except for? A) It makes us sober and gentle. B) It teaches us how to live this world. C) Through literature we discover other people. D) It improves our thinking skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through literature we discover other people. 20. Read the description and guess the character. "This boy didn't have a usual family. But he had true friends among animals. He was strong and brave. He was not afraid of wild animals. He could fight even with tigers." A) Oliver Twist. B) Tom Sawyer. C) Harry Potter. D) Maugly. 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