This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 140 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 140 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Read the sentences below and write (True / False).2.When you hear the fire alarm ring, you should run quickly and push your friends. ( ) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. It was ..... (This means it was raining very heavily.) (Choose the best answer.) A) So sunny, I had to wear sun glasses. B) Raining cats and dogs. C) So foggy, I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. D) So windy, I almost blew away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raining cats and dogs. 3. What was the age of Mrs. Dev? A) Late 30s. B) Late 20s. C) Late 40s. D) Late 50s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Late 30s. 4. A long time ago, very few people lived in the New Territories. There were only a few villages. If the people wanted to go from one village to another, they often had to pass through wild and unsafe forest.One day, a farmer's young wife went to the next village to visit her own mother and brother. She brought along her baby son. When it was time for her to leave, her brother said " it is getting dark. Let my son, Ah Tim go with you though the forest." So Ah Tim led the way and the young woman followed behind, carrying her baby. When they were in the forest, suddenly they saw a group of wolves. They began to run to avoid the danger, but Ah Tim kicked against a stone and fell down. At once the wolves caught him. The young woman cried to the wolves, " please eat my own son instead." Then, she put her baby son on the ground in front of the wolves and took her nephew away.Everyone understood that this was because the woman was very good and kind. She had offered her own son" s life to save her nephew.They ran back to the house and called for help. All men in the village fetched thick sticks and went back with her into the forest. When they got there, they saw something very strange. Instead of eating the woman's baby the wolves were playing with him. What separated between one village to another a long time ago in the New Territories? A) Another village. B) Mountains. C) Forests. D) Hills. E) Towers and logs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forests. 5. What does the sea's licking of its paws symbolize? A) Hunger. B) Cleanliness. C) Playfulness. D) Fatigue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cleanliness. 6. Which age among the following witnessed the World Wars II? A) The Romantic Age. B) The Modern Age. C) The Age of Revival. D) The Augustan Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Modern Age. 7. Lencho cultivated A) Wheat. B) Paddy. C) Barley. D) Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corn. 8. What name does Anne frank give to her diary? A) Anne Jr. B) Margot. C) Kitty. D) Little cat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kitty. 9. Why did the little girl call the bird, Birdie in the poem? A) Out of anger. B) Out of joy. C) Out of love and affection. D) Out of irritation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Out of love and affection. 10. What is phonology? A) The study and classification of speech sounds. B) It is the classification of the sounds within the system of a particular language or languages. C) Replacing one with the other in a word makes a minimal pair. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the classification of the sounds within the system of a particular language or languages. 11. The nightingale was ..... A) Smart. B) Kind. C) Naive. D) Intelligent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Naive. 12. Fell me in three parts ..... Here fell means? A) Destroy. B) End. C) Cut. D) Fix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cut. 13. A myth explains the actions of ..... or ..... A) Animals, people. B) Gods, heroes. C) Men, women. D) Gods, people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gods, heroes. 14. Which word is finite verb? " We saw a clown standing on his head trying to do a daring stunt." A) Standing. B) Trying. C) Do. D) Daring. E) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Saw. 15. What is your name? A) Richa. B) Rahul. C) Reena. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Richa. 16. What does the duke assure Shylock before giving his punishment? A) Shylock will see the difference of their spirit. B) Shylock will be shown mercy. C) Shylock will be banished from Venice. D) Shylock's life will be spared. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shylock will see the difference of their spirit. 17. What literary device is used when a writer gives human qualities to non-human objects or animals? A) Objectification. B) Personification. C) Animalization. D) Dehumanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 18. "Her eyes are a deep ocean." This is an example of a: A) Simile. B) Poem. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 19. In the text, it states, "I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve." What inference can be made about the narrator based on this statement? A) He values education and knows it will take him far. B) He is a better thief and will continue making his life that way. C) He does not value his relationship with Anil. D) Anil feel obligated to teach the narrator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He values education and knows it will take him far. 20. Which age is known as Golden Age of English literature? A) Victorian age. B) Romantic age. C) Augustan age. D) Elizabethan Age. 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