This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 24 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who conquered Celtic Britain? A) The Romans. B) The French from Normandy. C) The Germans. D) The Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Romans. 2. What does the monster want Victor to do to heal his loneliness? A) CorrectCreate a female monster to be his companion. B) Accept him into his family. C) Work to make him appear less hideous. D) Destroy him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CorrectCreate a female monster to be his companion. 3. Lessening the importance of an event or moment A) Overstatement. B) Understatement. C) Exaggeration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Understatement. 4. For William Wordsworth a poet from the Romanticism, a teacher is nothing like a poet, as there are no sensory experiences involved, nor emotion or memory. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. Composed, phlegmatic, stoical, and unemotional are ..... ? ..... of maudlin. A) Synonyms. B) Antonyms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonyms. 6. Which language was mixed into Old English to form Middle English? A) French. B) Celtic. C) Latin. D) Old Norse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French. 7. Britain was cut off from the European continent by the melt at the end of the ..... A) Battle of Hastings. B) Ice Age. C) Renaissance. D) Prehistoric History. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice Age. 8. Metaphorical, compound words or phrases that refer to persons, places, or things. characteristic of Anglo-Saxon poetry A) Theory. B) Gleeman. C) Imagery. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theory. 9. Who earned a Master's degree? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joseph Addison. 10. What is known as the British Epic? A) Beowulf. B) The Iliad. C) The Odyssey. D) Canterbury Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Beowulf. 11. Relating to the middle class A) Vicissitude. B) Arcane. C) Bourgeois. D) Tyro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bourgeois. 12. The use of words which appeal to the senses A) Imagery. B) Imagism. C) Kenning. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 13. In the Silent Film Era, it was difficult to make book adaptations A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 14. An excessive amount A) Goad. B) Surfeit. C) Cumulative. D) Vituperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surfeit. 15. How did the French Revolution influence Romantic literature? A) The French Revolution influenced Romantic literature by inspiring a focus on individualism, emotion, and the power of the imagination. B) The French Revolution had no influence on Romantic literature. C) The French Revolution led to a decline in Romantic literature. D) Romantic literature existed before the French Revolution and was not influenced by it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The French Revolution influenced Romantic literature by inspiring a focus on individualism, emotion, and the power of the imagination. 16. A short tale or anecdote told to teach a lesson A) Exemplum. B) Madrigal. C) Kenning. D) Imagism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exemplum. 17. The most popular literary genre in the Renaissance Period was A) Drama. B) Prose. C) Criticism. D) Sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 18. William Blake was a A) Famous novelist. B) Romantic poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romantic poet. 19. Proper behavior, appropriateness A) Pundit. B) Propriety. C) Poignant. D) Venial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Propriety. 20. Who is Walter Scott for the British Literature? A) The father of historical novel. B) The father of epic novels. C) The father of fantasy. D) The father of a play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The father of historical novel. ← 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