This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Name one Shakespearean hero and their play. A) Macbeth. B) Othello. C) Romeo. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romeo. 2. One of the most formal and most complex types of lyrical poetry. It has a fixed purpose and deals with one dignified theme. It may be written according to a variety of forms. A) Ode. B) Lyric. C) Metaphor. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ode. 3. Not essential; not constituting a vital part A) Gregarious. B) Extraneous. C) Ostentatious. D) Jaundiced. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extraneous. 4. The Canterbury Tales A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medieval Period. 5. What was Confucious's book called? A) The Dialects. B) Confucianism. C) Moral Virtues. D) The Analects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Analects. 6. One source of Elizabethan drama was A) The lives of ordinary Londoners. B) The Elizabethan court. C) Latin and Greek dramas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latin and Greek dramas. 7. What author was buried at Westminster Abbey? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Johnson. 8. Which sentence about J. R. R. Tolkien is not true: A) He wrote The Silmarillion. B) He invented the imaginary world of Middle-Earth. C) He was a university professor. D) He lived in New Zealand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He lived in New Zealand. 9. What is meant by popular literature? A) A work that is imitated by many people. B) Famous works. C) A work that is currently top. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A work that is imitated by many people. 10. ..... is a repeated line in a group of lines A) Repetition. B) Meter. C) Feet. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refrain. 11. The arrangement of events in a story or play; the sequence of related action. A) Plot. B) Octave. C) Lyric. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 12. Works out though characters and incidents some central problem dealing with a special social, political, economic, or moral issue or problem and often strongly advocates a specific solution. A) Novel of Purpose / Problem Novel. B) Historical Novel. C) Gothic Novel. D) Psychological Novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novel of Purpose / Problem Novel. 13. The root word ..... ? ..... means to carry. A) PORT. B) SENS, SENT. C) TANG, TACT, TING. D) US, UT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PORT. 14. In what year was the first The Lord of The Rings film released? A) 1978. B) 1976. C) 1955. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1978. 15. Which of the following is not effective imagery? A) Meandering trails in a dense, yellow forest. B) Flowers, bright and blue, on a hill. C) Small waves lapping on a white, sandy beach. D) Scary houses that really frighten people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scary houses that really frighten people. 16. Who was the primary writer for the 'London Gazette'? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Richard Steele. 17. Why is Early Modern English still somewhat readable? A) A lot more books were produced by the printing press. B) Shakespeare became so popular in the teachingof English that he was used as a standard ofspelling and grammar. C) The King James Bible was translated into thislanguage and many protestant denominationused it and still use it. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 18. The Black Plague A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medieval Period. 19. One who makes an ostentatious display of knowledge; one who gives undue attention to trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs A) Pedant. B) Vendetta. C) Harangue. D) Dilettante. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pedant. 20. Poetry of the mid-eighteenth century used the ..... of spoken language for rhyme. A) Sounds. B) Songs. C) Cadence. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cadence. ← 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