This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 153 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 153 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The hotel front desk clerk ..... you special price room rates if you don't ask. A) Wouldn't offer. B) Won't offer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Won't offer. 2. If he ..... my email, he will send the information we need. A) Gets. B) Got. C) Will get. D) Would get. E) Would have got. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gets. 3. A character whose weaknesses lead to their downfall is called a ..... A) Tragic hero. B) Super hero. C) Antagonist. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic hero. 4. How did the mother distract the child from the toy? A) By dragging him away. B) By showing him the mustard field. C) By showing him flying beetles. D) By buying him an ice-cream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By showing him the mustard field. 5. Pre/post modifiers A) Non verbal communication. B) A group of words joined by similarities. C) Placing two or more things side by side. D) A word or group of words that limits or describes the word it comes before or after. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A word or group of words that limits or describes the word it comes before or after. 6. Biographical criticism is the theory that literature can be best understood as a product of the individual author's life story and a response to the particular events of the author's life at the time of composition. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Nokomis explained the rainbow as A) The flowers that were going to their parent. B) The heaven of flowers. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The heaven of flowers. 8. Who wrote the book Discovery of India? A) Vikram Seth. B) Rabindranath Tagore. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Jawaharlal Nehru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jawaharlal Nehru. 9. Peter Shaffer's which work was about famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? A) "Amadeus". B) "Top Girls". C) "Otherwise Engaged". D) "Jumpers". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Amadeus". 10. Which choice below best describes what a "bildungsroman" is? A) A type of German pastry. B) A building in Rome. C) A coming-of-age story. D) A type of Roman sculpture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A coming-of-age story. 11. The frog lived in ..... A) Bingle Book. B) Bangle Bog. C) Dingle Book. D) Spring Bog. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bingle Book. 12. Which are the spring months A) March April may June. B) March April. C) May June July. D) March April may. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) March April may June. 13. Storytelling is an art that has the power to ..... A) Present issues in a complex manner. B) Make complex issues from simple situations. C) Shorten a long story into bits and pieces. D) Break down complex matters into simple easily comprehensible situations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Break down complex matters into simple easily comprehensible situations. 14. What figure of speech is found in the following sentence?The calm sea is a silver mirror A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 15. In 'The BFG', what does BFG stand for? A) Bad Frightening Giant. B) Boring Fat Guy. C) Big Friendly Giant. D) Beautiful Fairy Godmother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Big Friendly Giant. 16. WHO IS THE POET OF THE POEM " REFUGEE BLUES" ? A) ROBERT FROST. B) WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. C) WH AUDEN. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WH AUDEN. 17. Was Raggedy-Ann harmed? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 18. Notorious means ..... A) Decent. B) Exemplary. C) Wellknown for something bad. D) A sudden movement of fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wellknown for something bad. 19. Read the text and answer the question below.The frog eggs float on the top of the pond. Inside the eggs there are black dots. Each dot is a tiny tadpole! The eggs hatch in three weeks. What is inside the eggs? A) Black dots. B) Candies and chocolates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black dots. 20. What is the effect of the poet's use of caesura in the poem? A) It creates pauses for emphasis and reflection. B) It speeds up the pace of the poem. C) It creates a sense of uncertainty and confusion. D) It adds musicality to the poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It creates pauses for emphasis and reflection. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books