This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which philosopher added the 3rd branch of government? A) Thomas Hobbs. B) John Locke. C) Baron de Montesquieu. D) Voltaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baron de Montesquieu. 2. Which British literary movement focused on the representation of working-class life? A) Angry Young Men. B) Dadaism. C) Transcendentalism. D) Bloomsbury Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry Young Men. 3. For which novel Hillary Mantel won the Booker Prize? A) Bring up the Bodies. B) Who will cry when you die. C) White Tiger. D) Henry IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bring up the Bodies. 4. ..... is a group of lines in the poem. A) Cadence. B) Stanza. C) Paragraph. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stanza. 5. A type of extended prose fiction. It has characters, a plot, a theme, and a setting. A) Novel. B) Neoclassicism. C) Octave. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel. 6. A group of poets in the second half of the eighteenth century who turned away from the formality of Alexander Pope and began writing poetry characterized by warmth of expression, a sense of mystery, a delight in wonder, a love for nature, an interest in the past, and a concern for simple country folk. A) Pre-Romantics. B) English Renaissance. C) Metaphysical Poets. D) Georgians. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pre-Romantics. 7. Who joined the military and then quit? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Richard Steele. 8. Shakespeare A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 9. 4 line stanza A) Quatrain. B) Octave. C) Sestet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 10. The final outcome of a comedy play; the resolution or tying up of all the loose ends A) Denouement. B) Rising action. C) Turning point. D) Catastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denouement. 11. Who supposedly drew the sword from the stone? A) Grendel. B) Beowulf. C) King Arthur. D) Charlemagne. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Arthur. 12. In Shakespearean drama, which character or force opposes the protagonist? A) Supporter. B) Villain. C) Adversary. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 13. George Gordon Byron died of..... A) Fever. B) Flue. C) Flea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fever. 14. Not capable of being undone or voided A) Sine Qua Non. B) Indefeasible. C) Arcane. D) Bourgeois. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indefeasible. 15. Below were the social background of The Period of Revolution and Restoration, except: A) William I was executed in 1749;. B) The clash between the King and Parliament. C) The Civil War between 1642-1649. D) The compromise with the feudal remnants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William I was executed in 1749;. 16. ..... of the Celtic church illuminated manuscripts of literary texts preserving the Histories of the West A) Mean. B) Monasteries. C) Vikings. D) Priests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monasteries. 17. A story in which the characters, setting, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts. A) Soliloquy. B) Allegory. C) Memoir. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allegory. 18. Dealt with social customs and manners of a particular time and place; perfected by Jane Austen. A) Novel of Manners. B) Historical Novel. C) Novel of Purpose. D) Psychological Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel of Manners. 19. Sociable; fond of the company of others A) Meticulous. B) Gregarious. C) Insipid. D) Jaundiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gregarious. 20. The ..... is the beat of the poem. A) Sound. B) Music. C) Rhyme. D) Rhythm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhythm. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesBritish Literature Quiz 1British Literature Quiz 2British Literature Quiz 3British Literature Quiz 4British Literature Quiz 5British Literature Quiz 6British Literature Quiz 7British Literature Quiz 8British Literature Quiz 9British Literature Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books