This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > English Literature (1) – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The literary term that is used to refer to the weakness in the personality of the hero of a tragedy is A) Prejudice. B) Tragic flaw. C) Soliloquy. D) Antagonism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragic flaw. 2. Anne described the Secret Annexe as ..... and ..... A) Damp, lopsided. B) Dry, lopsided. C) Damp, uncomfortable. D) Dry, uncomfortable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damp, lopsided. 3. Which paper analyzes a poem or prose extract? A) Paper 1. B) Paper 2. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper 1. 4. A synonym for book is ..... A) Magazine. B) Passage. C) Article. D) Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Novel. 5. The narrator received a notice from the municipality to ..... his road engine. A) Buy. B) Sell. C) Give. D) Attend to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attend to. 6. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem The Lion and Albert? A) Father. B) ABBC. C) ABBA. D) ABCB. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ABCB. 7. Who wrote book Number the Stars A) Lois Lowry. B) Doris Gates. C) Patricia Giff. D) Robert Beatty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lois Lowry. 8. Read the description and guess the character. "A redheaded pure-blood wizard, the sixth son of Arthur and Molly. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was sorted into Gryffindor house." A) Draco Malfoy. B) Ron Weasley. C) Harry Potter. D) Dean Thomas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ron Weasley. 9. What is an Italian stanza form made popular by Dante? A) Simile. B) Third rime. C) Sestet. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third rime. 10. Who finally provided a solution to the king's problem? A) The leatherman's old chief. B) The leatherman. C) The cobler. D) The minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The leatherman's old chief. 11. Person vs. Self, is what type of conflict? A) External. B) Internal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal. 12. Analysis of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales:Discuss the portrayal of the Pardoner in The Canterbury Tales. A) The Pardoner is portrayed as a generous and selfless person. B) The Pardoner is portrayed as a corrupt and hypocritical figure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pardoner is portrayed as a corrupt and hypocritical figure. 13. Main Idea (a) A) A what a piece of writing is MOSTLY ABOUT. B) Gives the MAIN IDEA and IMPORTANT DETAILS of a passage. C) More generally state TOPIC concerning a passage's MAIN IDEA. D) A CLASSIFICATION of LITERATURE, such as fiction, drama, poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A what a piece of writing is MOSTLY ABOUT. 14. The phrase "ruffle Teacher's feathers" is an example of A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 15. What did Meg do to earn money? A) Works for a terrible old lady. B) Washes cups and plates. C) Teaches spoiled children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teaches spoiled children. 16. What is the moral of this poem? A) Be firm and strong and never be defeated by any obstacle. B) Pray to the wind. C) Don't be weak. D) Request the wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be firm and strong and never be defeated by any obstacle. 17. English theaters were closed in the following year A) 1620. B) 1650. C) 1642. D) 1599. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1642. 18. ..... the papers this morning? A) Has you read. B) Do you read. C) Have you read. D) Are you reading. E) Had you read. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have you read. 19. Which work is considered one of the finest elegies in the English language? A) Lycidas. B) Paradise Lost. C) The Pilgrim's Progress. D) Some Gospel Truths Opened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lycidas. 20. What effect does the howling of the sea create? A) Fear and terror. B) Joy and happiness. C) Sadness and grief. D) Excitement and curiosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear and terror. ← 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