This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > English Literature (1) – Quiz 89 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 89 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chukk-Chukk looked ..... and happy again. A) Colourful. B) Lovely. C) Bright. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bright. 2. An over-exaggeration. For example:I was standing in line forever. A) Personification. B) Cliche. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 3. The next door garden was adorned with ..... A) Sand. B) Toys. C) Flowers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flowers. 4. Teacher:That girl is careless! She hasn't passed up a single test all year. I'm fed up!Headmaster:Why don't you ask her mother to come and see you?What does the headmaster do? A) Suggesting something. B) Inviting someone. C) Inviting someone. D) Directing a way. E) Persuading someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suggesting something. 5. The major poetic codices of the Old English period are: A) The Beowulf manuscript; the Junius or Bodlean manuscript; Genesis and Exodus. B) The Beowulf manuscript; the Junius or Bodlean manuscript; the Vercelli manuscript and the Exeter manuscript. C) The Junius or Bodlean manuscript; the Exeter manuscript; the Vercelli manuscript and the Dream of the Rood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Beowulf manuscript; the Junius or Bodlean manuscript; the Vercelli manuscript and the Exeter manuscript. 6. The house made of bricks was ..... A) Strong. B) Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong. 7. How many lines of poem is called sonnet? A) 10. B) 12. C) 13. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14. 8. Describe Aunt Petunia's actions when Hagrid entered the room. A) Crouching, terrified, behind Dudley. B) Crying, scared, behind Uncle Vernon. C) Crouching, terrified. D) Crouching, terrified, behind Uncle Vernon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crouching, terrified, behind Uncle Vernon. 9. Who do critics consider the most important figure of the English Renaissance? A) William Shakespeare. B) Alexander Pope. C) Flight johnson. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare. 10. ISRO was founded by? A) Dr Homi J Bhabha. B) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. C) Dr. Das Kothari. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. 11. Who did King Duncan intend to become the next king? A) Macbeth. B) Banquo. C) Macduff. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Malcolm. 12. What is a meaning of transparent. A) Money paid as a punishment. B) See-through. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) See-through. 13. What does 'ashen face' signify? A) To show poet's fears. B) To tell aging is painful. C) Pale and lifeless face of poet's mother. D) To show old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pale and lifeless face of poet's mother. 14. X:Why didn't you come to school yesterday?Y: ..... I missed the school bus. A) I got up so late that. B) I got up such late that. C) I got up so late but. D) I got up so late because. E) I got up very late that. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I got up so late that. 15. Haris:Does Arif invite you to his birthday party next Sunday? Hafiz:Yupz. If I come, I ..... you. A) Will make. B) Will invite. C) Will see. D) Will accept. E) Will register. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Will see. 16. Who praised Spenser in the words, "no man was ever born with a greater genius or more knowledge to support it" ? A) Francis Bacon. B) Flight johnson. C) John Dryden. D) Matthew Arnold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Dryden. 17. Who introduced Sonnet form to England A) Petrarch. B) Wyatt. C) Spenser. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wyatt. 18. This author perfected the historical novel, but s/he always wanted to be known as a poet. A) Sir Walter Scott. B) Mary Shelley. C) Charles Lamb. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sir Walter Scott. 19. The Garo tribe is matriarchal. What does that mean? A) After marriage, the wife goes to live with her husband and his family. B) After marriage, the husband and wife live separately in a house of their own. C) After marriage, the husband goes to live with his wife and her family. D) After marriage, the husband and wife do not live together for some time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After marriage, the husband goes to live with his wife and her family. 20. Meaning of adorned A) Walking. B) Decorated. C) Running. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decorated. ← 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