This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A person who delights in an art or science in an amateurish or superficial way; a superficial amateur A) Dilettante. B) Harangue. C) Boon. D) Bureaucracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dilettante. 2. Which writer was serious, reserved, and sensible? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Addison. 3. How does the monster find out what he looks like? A) Felix and Agatha tell him. B) He finds drawings of himself. C) He sees his reflection in water. D) He looks in a mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He sees his reflection in water. 4. The American Revolution was motivated by the Enlightened idea A) Of a distinct class system. B) That all men are created equal. C) Of the rightful rule of the monarch. D) That government needs a central authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That all men are created equal. 5. How many periods in the history of British literature? A) 5. B) 6. C) 7. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 6. ..... a pattern of end rhymes in a stanza. A) Rhyme scheme. B) Rhythm scheme. C) Alliteration. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme scheme. 7. The use of precise concrete images, free verse, and suggestion rather than complete statement A) Imagism. B) Imagery. C) Free verse. D) Medieval romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagism. 8. A natural leaning or tendency A) Ardor. B) Proclivity. C) Paucity. D) Obsequy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proclivity. 9. Flashy, gaudy, ostentatious, and tawdry are ..... ? ..... of garish. A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonyms. 10. To release, to disentangle A) Venial. B) Poignant. C) Surfeit. D) Extricate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extricate. 11. The pattern in a line of poetry, consisting of one accented syllable and one or two unaccented syllables A) Foot. B) Free verse. C) Idyll. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foot. 12. A meter in which the first, second, and fourth lines have six syllables and the third line has eight syllables A) Common meter. B) Long meter. C) Short meter. D) Abnormal meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short meter. 13. English belongs to the Indo European family of languages, which includes ..... and most other European languages. A) Roman, British, French. B) French, Dutch, German. C) French, Spanish, German. D) British, Spanish, German. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) French, Spanish, German. 14. Dlactyl foot A) ( u u / ). B) ( / u ). C) ( u / ). D) ( / u u ). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ( / u u ). 15. In what language was Beowulf written? A) Old English. B) Latin. C) Renaissance English. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Old English. 16. A long, noisy, or scolding speech A) Harangue. B) Boon. C) Antics. D) Dilettante. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harangue. 17. Very moving, touching A) Poignant. B) Satiate. C) Cumulative. D) Pundit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poignant. 18. Events that advance and complicate the action in a play A) Exposition. B) Rising action. C) Turning point. D) Catastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rising action. 19. Benefit, blessing, bonus, donation, fortune, gain, grant, and present are ..... ? ..... of boon. A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonyms. 20. Noun:an expression of protest, not a rant exactly, but often lengthy A) Expostulation. B) Discreet. C) Valitantly. D) Eminent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expostulation. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books