This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 155 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 155 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose which of these writers belong to:the Renaissance period A) William Shakespeare. B) Walt Whitman. C) Eugene O'Neill. D) Herman Melville. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare. 2. What is the meaning of the word 'intoning'? A) To speak continuously. B) To be familiar with something. C) To say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice. D) To say or recite with a high pitch of voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice. 3. When did The Gunpowder Plot happen? A) 5 August 1605. B) 5 August 1905. C) 5 November 1905. D) 5 November 1605. E) 5 October 1605. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5 November 1605. 4. What did the Indians gave name to the white flowers that were seen on the surface of the lakes? A) Wah-be-gwan-nee (WHITE FLOWERS). B) Su-be-nao-wah (WHITE FLOWERS). C) Si-bi-nao-ki (WHITE FLOWERS). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wah-be-gwan-nee (WHITE FLOWERS). 5. The theme of "Fireworks" explores the transient nature of: A) Life and death. B) Beauty and joy. C) Love and relationships. D) Success and failure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beauty and joy. 6. What are the correct Elements of Fiction? A) Author-Place-Story-Themes-Characters-Style-Language. B) Author-Setting-Plot-Themes-Characters-Style-Language. C) Writer-Setting-Plot-Themes-Characters-Style-English. D) Author-Setting-Plot-Topics-Characteristics-Style-Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author-Setting-Plot-Themes-Characters-Style-Language. 7. Why did Friday get his name? A) He likes Friday. B) He was rescued on a Friday. C) He met Crusoe on a Friday. D) His parents named him so. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was rescued on a Friday. 8. The movie "Jaws", which is about a shark attacking people, is an example of ..... conflict. A) Character vs. character. B) Character vs. nature. C) Character vs. society. D) Character vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character vs. nature. 9. It is the author's underlying meaning or main idea thathe is trying to convey ..... A) Plot. B) Theme. C) Conflict. D) Character. E) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 10. What was the name of the magazine? A) Kashi Yatre. B) Karmaveer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karmaveer. 11. What is the name of the author'Deep water'? A) William o Douglas. B) William Shakespeare. C) William Kevin. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William o Douglas. 12. The worshipper of nature A) John Milton. B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge. C) John Keats. D) William Wordsworth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Wordsworth. 13. Whose work is "Strange Meeting" ? A) Ted Hughes. B) Iris Murdoch. C) Susan Hill. D) Margaret Drabble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Susan Hill. 14. What is a 'claim' and how is it used in writing? A) A claim is a type of evidence. It is used in writing to confuse the reader. B) A claim is a type of insurance payment. It is used in writing to provide financial support for the author. C) A claim is a statement that asserts something to be true. It is used in writing to present an argument or point of view. D) A claim is a type of conclusion. It is used in writing to introduce a new topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A claim is a statement that asserts something to be true. It is used in writing to present an argument or point of view. 15. Who wrote the famous novel, 'Black Beauty'? A) Charles Dickens. B) Anna Sewell. C) George Orwell. D) Ted Hughes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anna Sewell. 16. Which is the first of The Canterbury Tales? A) The Knight's tale. B) The Cook's tale. C) The Friar's tale. D) The Merchant's tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Knight's tale. 17. Busy as a bee is the example of A) Metaphore. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. E) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 18. The foot type used in the following verses is ( ).The sun is not a bed when I, At night upon my pillow lie. A) Iambic Tetrameter. B) Anapestic Trimeter. C) Trochaic Pentameter. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic Tetrameter. 19. Who said it?" You hop faster than anyone." A) Bear. B) Bunny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bear. 20. Who is the author of The Harry Potter Series? (Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone and more) A) AK Rowling. B) JL Rowling. C) JK Rowling. D) JA Rowling. 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