English Literature (1) Quiz 79 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which class of people in England agitated against corn law?

Correct Answer: C) Middle class.

2. Literature is a term used to describe written or spoken material

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. Daniel Defoe is known as

Correct Answer: D) The Father of the English Novel.

4. What does imagery in a text often involve?

Correct Answer: B) Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

5. 'Adam' as used in the poem is an example of

Correct Answer: D) Allusion.

6. Why does Mill-wheel worry about Jody going alone in the Jungle?

Correct Answer: B) Jody might be bitten by a snake.

7. What is the overall theme of the poem?

Correct Answer: D) Nostalgia for the past.

8. Silver and his men got into ..... boats.

Correct Answer: C) 2.

9. What was the name of the shopkeeper to whom Mrs. Dev addressed to?

Correct Answer: A) Shamji.

10. At what time Swami thought that he needs to do something drastic?

Correct Answer: D) 4:15 p.m.

11. I saw ten thousand at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance, Here sprightly dance means .....

Correct Answer: D) Lively dance.

12. The first person to use the term "utopia, "

Correct Answer: B) Thomas More.

13. Which poet is considered a national hero in Greece?

Correct Answer: B) Byron.

14. How did Gortsby know that the young man was in a bad mood?

Correct Answer: A) He spoke to Gortsby with a resentment in his voice.

15. What do humans do that animals don't?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

16. 'There is no food in my village, ' said James to the tall man in the sparkling coat.From which lesson the above sentence have been taken?

Correct Answer: B) The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

17. What is the definition of catastrophe?

Correct Answer: A) A sudden event causing damage or suffering.

18. Poetry Who wrote Climbing My Grandfather?

Correct Answer: A) Andrew Waterhouse.

19. Fiction takes steps in the form of a story, to convey the point, the author's perspective, or justto entertain.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. Who were the founders of critical realism and social novels in England?

Correct Answer: C) Charles Dickens, William M.Thackeray.