This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > English Literature (1) – Quiz 141 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 141 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the father of Indian English literature? A) Chaucer. B) Spenser. C) Shakespeare. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaucer. 2. An Inspector Calls Which character said this? "I only told her tonight because I knew everything was coming out-it was simply bound to come out tonight" A) Eric. B) Sheila. C) Arthur Birling. D) Sybil Birling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheila. 3. Who was the Romeo's adviser and councillor? A) Fear Lawrence. B) Friar Lawrence. C) Friar Lawrence. D) Fiare Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friar Lawrence. 4. What do yellow wood symbolise? A) Winter Season. B) Autumn Season. C) Monsoon Season. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Autumn Season. 5. How did MAtilda look on the day of the ball? A) Elegant. B) Gracious. C) Joyful. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. How many tales appear in the version of The Canterbury Tales that we can read today? A) 120. B) 24. C) 16. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24. 7. How were the peaches A) They had the blush of an innocent girl. B) Rotten. C) Enormous, succulent and appetizing. D) Out of season, yet cheap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They had the blush of an innocent girl. 8. When did the period called Renaissance take place? A) 13th century. B) 16th century. C) 19th century. D) 15th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16th century. 9. What does Victor do when Mr. Bueller asks if anyone knows French? A) Sits quietly waiting for someone to answer. B) Acts like. he knows French. C) Tells Mr. Bueller that he doesn't know any French. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acts like. he knows French. 10. What does the child emphasize about the railings in the second stanza? A) They are for decoration. B) They are meant to keep the child in. C) They are meant to keep the monsters out. D) They are unnecessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are meant to keep the monsters out. 11. The short introduction section at the beginning of a play that provides background information of the story is called A) Epilogue. B) Prologue. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prologue. 12. Cindererella's stepmother was ..... of her beauty. A) Proud. B) Happy. C) Sad. D) Jealous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jealous. 13. Which are the two institutes opened under Jawaharlal Nehru's governance A) Harrow school. B) IIT. C) IIT and AIIMS. D) IIT AND AIMS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) IIT and AIIMS. 14. A mother turtle visits ..... A) Her friend. B) The beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The beach. 15. WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY "YOU MAR OUR LABOUR ''? A) YOU SPOIL OUR WORK. B) YOU DO OUR WORK. C) YOU CAN DO OTHER WORKS. D) YOU CANNOT DO OUR WORK. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) YOU SPOIL OUR WORK. 16. Read the first stanza of the poem. Based on lines 5 and 6, what can you conclude about the speaker's values? A) The speaker values curiosity and creativity. B) The speaker values patience and honesty. C) The speaker values good looks and political debates. D) The speaker values the opinions of other people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker values patience and honesty. 17. ..... was impressed about Hauwa's performance and took Hauwa out for shopping. A) Mr. Joe. B) Mr. Johnson. C) Mr. Fred. D) Mr. Felix. E) Mr. Frank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mr. Johnson. 18. Who says that you can go around the world in eighty days? A) Mr. Philease Fogg says that you can go round the world in eighty days. B) Mr. Stuart says that no one can go round the world in eighty days unnoticed. C) Mr. Ralph says that anyone can go easily round the world in eighty days. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Philease Fogg says that you can go round the world in eighty days. 19. 'Le concert, c'est moi' was coined by ..... A) Franz Liszt. B) Frederic Chopin. C) Johannes Sebastian. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Franz Liszt. 20. What word is being personified in the following sentence? "The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest." A) Forest. B) Whispered. C) Wind. D) Dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. ← 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