This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After converting the Norse to Christianity, many Old Norse and ..... words entered the English Language. A) Danish. B) German. C) Roman. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danish. 2. Who was the philosopher who said "Man is free the instant he wants to be" ? A) Thomas Hobbs. B) John Locke. C) Baron de Montesquieu. D) Voltaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voltaire. 3. Robert Burns is known as ..... ? A) The first Scottish poet. B) The first great Scottish poet. C) Scotland's national poet. D) The most famous writer ever. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scotland's national poet. 4. Which social issues are often explored in British literature? A) Romantic relationships, environmentalism, and technological advancements. B) Class divisions, gender roles, colonialism, and social inequality. C) Political corruption, religious conflicts, and economic instability. D) Racial discrimination, mental health, and generational conflicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Class divisions, gender roles, colonialism, and social inequality. 5. One accented syllable A) Monosyllabic. B) Dactyl. C) Iamb. D) Trochee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monosyllabic. 6. What was the earliest literature found in The Anglo-Saxon period? A) Beowulf. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) The Canterbury Tales. D) Utopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 7. The philosopher who believed that all men are born as "blank slates" or "Tabula Rasa" , was A) John Locke. B) Thomas Hobbs. C) Voltaire. D) Baron de Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Locke. 8. Known for the beginnings of the English language and very little written material. One of the main poems of the time is Beowulf. A) The Modernist Movement. B) Elizabethan Era. C) Victorian Era. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old English. 9. Which work was NOT written by Shakespeare? A) Comedy of errors. B) Richard III. C) The winter's tale. D) Paradise Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradise Lost. 10. A request or favor; a blessing A) Boon. B) Bureaucracy. C) Dilettante. D) Harangue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boon. 11. People lived in tribes. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo Saxon Period. 12. Which British author is associated with the Romantic movement? A) Jane Austen. B) Charles Dickens. C) William Wordsworth. D) J.K. Rowling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Wordsworth. 13. An assonance is ..... A) Same vowel sound repeats within a group of words. B) Same consonant sound repeats within a group of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Same vowel sound repeats within a group of words. 14. What great hero is believed to have held off the Germanic invasion of Britain? A) King Arthur. B) Charlemagne. C) Robin Hood. D) Edward, the black prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Arthur. 15. In this excerpt from How do I love thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the rhyme scheme is:How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of being and ideal grace.I love thee to the level of every day'sMost quiet need, by sun and candle-light.I love thee freely, as men strive for right.I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. A) BABIES. B) ABCD. C) ABBCCCDD. D) THE FATHER. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) THE FATHER. 16. Poems which are usually written to teach or to state an informative lesson. A) Ballad. B) Didactic poem. C) Elegy. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Didactic poem. 17. Who was knighted? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Richard Steele. 18. Why was Latin mixed with English? A) It was the language of the church and the Bible was written in it. B) The Romans conquered the Anglo-Saxons and forced them to learn Latin. C) We do not know why it was mixed with English. D) The Celtic tribes spoke Latin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It was the language of the church and the Bible was written in it. 19. Films were purely visual up to ..... A) 1910s. B) 1920s. C) 1930s. D) 1940s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1920s. 20. A meter in which the first and third lines contain eight syllables and the second and fourth lines contain six syllables A) Common meter. B) Long meter. C) Short meter. D) Abnormal meter. 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