This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Overview > English Literature (1) – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books English Literature (1) Quiz 64 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Chaucer belonged to which century? A) 13th century. B) 14th century. C) 15th century. D) 16th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14th century. 2. Recognise how writers use techniques to achieve specific effects for the reader. AO A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 3. What did Mrs. Man think about cat? A) She thought it was ugly. B) She thought he was cute. C) She thought he was beautiful. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She thought he was beautiful. 4. The father of English literature, and was born in circa 1340 in London? A) John Milton. B) William Shakespeare. C) Geoffrey Chaucer. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geoffrey Chaucer. 5. Which of the following is not a work of Rabindranath Tagore? A) Chain of Pearls. B) Accept it. C) The Village Song. D) Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Village Song. 6. Choose the correct meaning for 'Precious' A) Silly. B) Costly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Costly. 7. Times of lament are no more and the simplicity of rural life A) "The Tables Turned". B) "Ode on a Grecian Urn". C) "My Native Land". D) "The Deserted Village". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "The Deserted Village". 8. When was the Queen Victoria come to the throne? A) 1837. B) 1838. C) 1839. D) 1836. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1837. 9. Who is the writer of "Gita Rahasya" ? A) Mulk Raj Anand. B) Prem Chand. C) B.G. Tilak. D) Shivananda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B.G. Tilak. 10. ..... is the Indian word for hunting. A) Hunt. B) Hunter. C) Pastime. D) Clearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hunt. 11. Meaning of 'Rode' A) To sit on a horse or an vehicle and go from one place to another. B) To move at a speed that is faster than a walk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To sit on a horse or an vehicle and go from one place to another. 12. When did Swaminathan realised that his evenings were more precious than ever? A) A week before the match. B) A month before the match. C) Two days before the match. D) Ranchi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A week before the match. 13. The ..... goes round to see the little children. A) Sun. B) Birds. C) Bees. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun. 14. What does the title Fahrenheit 451 refer to? A) The temperature of the utopian world the novel is set in. B) The name of the city in which the story takes place. C) The temperature at which books catch fire. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The temperature at which books catch fire. 15. The opposite of tiny is A) Huge. B) Little. C) More. D) Small. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Huge. 16. What did the persona do when he was angry with his friends? A) HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS ABOUT IT. B) HE TOLD HIS MOTHER ABOUT IT. C) HE TOLD HIS FATHER ABOUT IT. D) HE TOLD HIS SIBLINGS ABOUT IT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS ABOUT IT. 17. Which one is correct simple present tense? A) He eats banana every morning. B) He ate banana yesterday. C) He have eaten the banana since 1 minute ago. D) He eat banana every day. E) He always like banana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He eats banana every morning. 18. Upon seeing his completed portrait, what does Dorian wish? A) That he could take the painting home with him. B) That the painting would grow old while he remained eternally young. C) That the painting would bear the marks of his sins. D) That he looked as beautiful as the man in the painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That the painting would grow old while he remained eternally young. 19. Which of the following line is not an example of a simile? A) Springs like abeam. B) Sways like a flower. C) Lightly we bear her along. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lightly we bear her along. 20. The point of highest tension in a story is called A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Climax. D) Falling action. E) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. ← 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