This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > English Literature (1) – Quiz 208 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 208 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hauwa ran away because..... A) She likes running. B) She is afraid of something. C) She don't want to get married. D) She want to go to a big city. E) She want meet her friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She don't want to get married. 2. ..... is a genre of prose fiction which depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero, belonging to the lower class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society A) Picaresque novel. B) Epistolary novel. C) Gothic novel. D) Sentimental novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picaresque novel. 3. What resolution did Sun-Sun make which shows that he was becoming a changed man? A) He would stop gambling. B) He would work hard and become rich again. C) He would win back his wife. D) He would no longer allow people to make a fool out of him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He would no longer allow people to make a fool out of him. 4. A commentary is A) An independent analysis of the WHAT and HOW of a passage. B) Both of these. C) An independent answer to one of three questions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An independent analysis of the WHAT and HOW of a passage. 5. How does the poet create humor in the poem without making fun of the child? A) Through the use of misspellings and misunderstandings. B) By emphasizing the child's innocence and curiosity. C) By contrasting the child's perspective with the reader's knowledge. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Miss Riko ..... us English since 2004. A) Was teaching. B) Taught. C) Is going to teach. D) Has taught. E) Was going to teach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Has taught. 7. The snow in the rose garden groaned A) Assonance. B) Consonance. C) Alliteration. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assonance. 8. Originally the argument in the bus broke out between A) The Pekingese party and the bus conductor. B) The girl and the boy. C) The seal skin lady and the passenger. D) The two ladies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Pekingese party and the bus conductor. 9. Sue went out to play with the little ..... A) Boy. B) Girl. C) Baby. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boy. 10. Edgar Allen Poe was one of first writers to introduce ..... A) The genre of detective fiction to literature. B) The genre of fiction to literature. C) The genre of drama to literature. D) The genre of non-fiction to literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The genre of detective fiction to literature. 11. In Memoriam is a philosophic elegy inspired by the death of Tennyson's dear friend ..... A) Arthur Henry Clough. B) Arthur Henry Hallam. C) Arthur Henry Williams. D) John Milton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthur Henry Hallam. 12. What are the poetic devices sued in the poem "SNOWING BY THE WOODS EVENING" ? A) No poetic device. B) Alliteration, Rhyming words and Imagery. C) Alliteration and Imagery. D) Rhyming words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration, Rhyming words and Imagery. 13. Why does the man accept the child's offer? A) It made him a free man. B) It made him a noble man. C) It made him selfless. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It made him a free man. 14. What is the main difference (in poetry) between internal rhyme and end rhyme? A) Internal rhyme occurs within a line of poetry, while end rhyme occurs at the end of two or more lines. B) Internal rhyme is used in modern poetry, while end rhyme is used in traditional poetry. C) Internal rhyme is a rhyme scheme, while end rhyme is a type of meter. D) Internal rhyme is used in free verse, while end rhyme is used in blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internal rhyme occurs within a line of poetry, while end rhyme occurs at the end of two or more lines. 15. This author wrote a book called The Satanic Verses, that was banned. Identify the author. A) Khalil Jubran. B) Paulo Coelho. C) Khaled Hosseini. D) Salman Rushdie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Salman Rushdie. 16. Which year Isaac Newton was born? A) 1246. B) 1642. C) 1624. D) 1264. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1642. 17. The character that is extremely isolated and mistreated by society in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is? A) Victor. B) William. C) The Monster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Monster. 18. That you were Romeo You were throwing pebbles And my dad said Stay away from JulietThe figurative language for the song lyrics above is ..... A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. E) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 19. "For learning there is no age bar" . Choose the explanation that does NOT match this phrase. A) There is no age for learning. B) A person can gain education and knowledge at any age. C) It is too late to learn if a person is elderly. D) Learning is indefinite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is too late to learn if a person is elderly. 20. During homeroom, what makes Victor think that this may be his lucky year. A) Teresa is in his class. B) All of his friends are in the same homeroom. C) He has an easy class schedule. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teresa is in his class. ← 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