This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 161 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 161 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Madame Zeroni do to help him out? A) Put a spell on him. B) Curse him. C) Give him a pig. D) Make him carry her up a mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give him a pig. 2. There is no ....., you have to work hard for it, said the old man to the boy. A) Shortcut. B) Magic formula. C) Other way. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magic formula. 3. I spoke to the man ..... wife had been admitted to the hospital A) Whom. B) Who. C) Which. D) Whose. E) Why. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whose. 4. How often should you read? A) 2x per week. B) Once a month. C) Every day. D) Never. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every day. 5. Paper 1 is A) Drama. B) Unseen. C) Poetry and Prose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry and Prose. 6. What was the narrator's third complaint to mrs butler? A) Copying work. B) Taking rubber/eraser. C) Calling rude names. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calling rude names. 7. Ruby was in the ..... A) Garden. B) House. C) Field. D) Cinema. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Garden. 8. If you can bear to hear the truth you've spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for foolsWhat does the word 'knaves' mean in the above lines? A) People who lie to others. B) People who pretend to be somebody else in order to deceive others. C) People who steal from others. D) People who make fun of others. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People who lie to others. 9. What is Beowulf's funeral like? A) He is cremated on a funeral pyre. B) His corpse is laid on a ship. C) His retainers tear off his arms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is cremated on a funeral pyre. 10. 'Tintern Abbey' exalts A) Solitude. B) Materialism. C) Tyranny. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solitude. 11. The writer doubted his decision of taking the first road? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. They (try) ..... their best on the exam last week. A) Tried. B) Tryed. C) Trade. D) Trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tried. 13. What did the persona do to pretend that he was not angry? A) HE SMILED. B) HE CRIED. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE SMILED. 14. What was the first fiction novel to be published in English? A) Robinson Crusoe. B) Brave New World. C) Alice in Wonderland. D) 100 Years of Solitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robinson Crusoe. 15. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet when Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt. Mercutio says, "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch. Marry, 'tis enough. Where is my page?-Go, villain, fetch a surgeon." A) Hyperbole. B) Understatement. C) Metaphor. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 16. Which of these plays is not a tragedy? A) A Mid-summer Night's Dream. B) King Lear. C) Macbeth. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Mid-summer Night's Dream. 17. "Before the Match " is an extract from which novel? A) Swami and boys. B) Swami and Friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swami and Friends. 18. Who is the Nigerian writer who popularized the novel "Things Fall Apart" ? A) Amos Tutuola. B) Leonard Kibera. C) Es'kia Mphahlele. D) Chinua Achebe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chinua Achebe. 19. When did the Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana team at cricket? A) 1888. B) 1890. C) 1889. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1889. 20. Pramudya went to Bogor by motorcycle last night. Now, he gets a pain on his back. He ..... to Bogor by public transportation. A) Should go. B) Should have driven. C) Should drive. D) Should walk. E) Should have went. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Should have went. ← 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