This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It is rather difficult to date the Old English manuscripts ..... A) Because there are very many variations in subject and style of the works. B) Because most of them are written in runes and are accessible to the modern reader mostly trough translations and paraphrases. C) Because written many years before hey were copied, these books give little solid evidence for dating them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because written many years before hey were copied, these books give little solid evidence for dating them. 2. Guru Nayak was A) Left for the dead and pushed into a river. B) Left with monks. A knife has passed through him once. C) Left for the dead and pushed into a well. A knife has passed through him once. D) Left with farmers and pushed into a well. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Left for the dead and pushed into a well. A knife has passed through him once. 3. Every night the frog croaked from dawn to dusk. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. Who is the MAIN character in the story? A) Betty Hilcher. B) Merton Johnson. C) Jake Hibbertson. D) Brad Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Merton Johnson. 5. Which narrative verse form was introduced in England in the thirteenth century? A) Epic poetry. B) Romance. C) Ballad. D) Sonnet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romance. 6. "Once upon a time, in Anand, a sleepy little town in Gujarat, pulled in a train from Mumbai, carrying a foreign educated, nattily dressed young man. Unknown to him, a unique and revolutionary experiment was brewing in this town. A band of tenacious dairy farmers were struggling against the exploitative practices followed by the local trade. Bored in this small town, he pitched in, little knowing that he was actually sowing the seeds of a cooperative movement." What kind of cooperative movement is being talked about here? A) Revolution movement. B) Milk cooperative movement known as 'Amul' for dairy farmers. C) Grain cooperative movement for farmers. D) Farmer's movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Milk cooperative movement known as 'Amul' for dairy farmers. 7. He went on board and sailed for London on second of September 1652 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which literature period started after the Industrial revolution? A) Augustan. B) Victorian. C) Romantic. D) Metaphysical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantic. 9. It is where the camera is throughout the story. A) Point of view. B) Plot. C) Theme. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 10. What literary device is used when an object, person, or situation represents something else? A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Irony. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 11. Who wrote the book 'My India'? A) A P J Abdul Kalam. B) Not in the alley. C) Rabindranath Tagore. D) Vikram Seth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A P J Abdul Kalam. 12. When we simply see Einstein's iconic face on a T-shirt, book cover, or advertisement, we immediately know that whoever put that image there was trying to say something related to extreme intelligence. A) Simile. B) Symbol. C) Synesthesia. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbol. 13. A poem written in an elaborate style to address or celebrate an object or event is called a/an ..... A) Ballad. B) Epic. C) Dirge. D) Ode. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ode. 14. Who was Aladdin? A) King. B) Beggar. C) Monk. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King. 15. The second stanza shows that the persona A) Does not want to stay mad at his foe. B) Cannot help becoming angrier. C) Gets pleasure from hating his foe. D) Has a forgiving nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gets pleasure from hating his foe. 16. The girl ..... going to the beach with a cousin. A) Is relaxing. B) Will be. C) She has. D) She always was. E) Have been. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Will be. 17. Who wrote Rajmohan's Wife, the first Indian novel written in English A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. C) King Rao. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. 18. Who was the Host in the Canterbury Tales? A) Arnab Goswami. B) Monsoon. C) Belly Day. D) Kate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Belly Day. 19. Who wrote Kim? A) Kipling. B) Tagore. C) Lawrence. D) Narayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kipling. 20. Andy: ..... the new Walt Disney movie yet? Rully:Yes, i have. I watched it yesterday. A) Has you watched. B) Were you watched. C) Have you watched. D) Do you watch. E) Did you watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have you watched. 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