This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 57 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How can you describe the night? A) A very dark night. B) A bright night. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A very dark night. 2. Emily Bronte died because of ..... A) Hunger. B) Tuberculosis. C) Car accident. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuberculosis. 3. The name of the dismissed bus driver was ..... A) Joseph. B) James. C) John. D) Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph. 4. Who is regarded as the father of English Poetry? A) Chaucer. B) Spenser. C) Wordsworth. D) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chaucer. 5. Uncle Shams came ..... month early for the wedding. A) 1 month. B) 3 months. C) 6 months. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 month. 6. 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. How could the wolves catch Ah Tim? A) He was afraid. B) He was stumbled by a stone. C) He ran slowly. D) The woman cried. E) The wolves were good runners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was stumbled by a stone. 7. WORD MEANING-PENSIVE A) JOYFUL. B) EXITED. C) TWINKLE. D) THOUGHTFUL. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) THOUGHTFUL. 8. What is the meaning of the word 'skeptical'? A) Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations. B) Happy about something. C) Confident about something. D) Worried about something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations. 9. And John Updike wins with his fourth and final novel in a series. What was it? A) Rabbit at Rest. B) Rabbit Redux. C) Rabbit Run. D) Rabbit is Rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rabbit at Rest. 10. POET OF 'MALALA' POEM A) KENN NESBITT. B) ROAN MENDRIQ. C) LOUISA MAY ALCOTT. D) RUSKIN BOND. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ROAN MENDRIQ. 11. Were the old man, old woman, little boy, little girl and big dog able to pull up the enormous turnip? A) Yes. B) No. C) Somewhat. D) Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 12. Priyanka was a little girl who was A) Seven year old. B) Eight year old. C) Nine year old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seven year old. 13. What was the colour of the plastic phone? A) Red. B) Pink. C) Blue. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pink. 14. Permanence in world of change satisfied through art A) "The Tables Turned". B) "Ode on a Grecian Urn". C) "My Native Land". D) "The Deserted Village". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Ode on a Grecian Urn". 15. Hunter of birds A) Flower. B) Fowler. C) Folwer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fowler. 16. Identify the writer. A) Bharti Mukherjee. B) Sudha Murty. C) Bharti Mukherjee. D) Chitra Banerjee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sudha Murty. 17. The ..... home was beyond the mango grove A) Little girl. B) Little boy's. C) Road. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little boy's. 18. .Milton left his dog in the river and didn't rescue him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. What is the name of Shakespeares's theatre? A) The Globe. B) The Plaza. C) The Origin. D) The Stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe. 20. HOW DID THE YOUNG ATHLETE CRY AS HE GOT FALL? A) HE CRIED IN PAIN. B) HE DID WEEP INSIDE. C) HE CRIED HOPELESSLY. D) HE CRIED TO CALL BACK HIS FRIENDS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HE CRIED HOPELESSLY. ← 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