This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature > British Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who did not finish school? A) Joseph Addison. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Richard Steele. 2. Used to explain scientific theories to the general public A) Familiar essay. B) Formal essay. C) Pastoral elegy. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal essay. 3. How does the monster feel about his own appearance? A) He wishes his neighbors looked more like him. B) He cannot stop looking at himself. C) He is surprised and pleased. D) He is shocked by how ugly he is. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is shocked by how ugly he is. 4. How does the monster learn to communicate? A) He learns from the old man whose hut he lives in. B) He listens to his neighbors and tries to mimic them. C) He threatens people who could teach him. D) He teaches himself to read Victor's diaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He listens to his neighbors and tries to mimic them. 5. What is an archetypal character in British literature? A) Archetypal character. B) Stereotypical character. C) Unique character. D) Atypical character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Archetypal character. 6. What is the name of the protagonist in Chinua Achebe's novel "Things Fall Apart" ? A) Okonkwo. B) Nuts. C) Obierika. D) Ekvefi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Okonkwo. 7. ..... is the division of stressed and unstressed syllables. A) Repetition. B) Meter. C) Feet. D) Refrain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feet. 8. The philosopher who believed that all people are born free and equal with the rights to life, liberty and property was A) John Locke. B) Thomas Hobbes. C) Galileo Galilei. D) Baron de Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Locke. 9. Which country is part of the British Isles but not part of the United Kingdom? A) Northern Ireland. B) Ireland. C) Wales. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ireland. 10. Colour was introduced in films in the A) 1910s. B) 1920s. C) 1930s. D) 1940s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1940s. 11. Why does the monster avoid humans? A) Because they seem to be afraid of him. B) Because he can only commit crimes when no one is looking. C) Because he cannot control his hunger for them. D) Because he is terrified of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they seem to be afraid of him. 12. The false idea that the spirit of God dwells in nature and that to commune with nature is to commune with God. A) Pantheism. B) Oxford movement. C) Deism. D) An example. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pantheism. 13. The notable writers of this period are Swift, Addison, Steele, Pope, etc. A) Anglo-Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance Period. D) Restoration Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Restoration Period. 14. A type of autobiography that usually focuses on a single time period or historical event. A) Speaker. B) Oxymoron. C) Memoir. D) Stanza. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memoir. 15. They invaded England in the Pre-Historic Age. A) The Normans. B) The Celts. C) The Jutes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Celts. 16. Below, which one is not written by Shakespeare? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) The Faerie Queen. C) A Midsummer Night's Dream. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Faerie Queen. 17. Who lived in Britain BEFORE the Romans conquered it? A) Celtic peoples. B) The Angles. C) The Saxons. D) The English. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celtic peoples. 18. Iamb foot A) ( u u / ). B) ( / u ). C) ( u / ). D) ( / u u ). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ( u / ). 19. "January, 1795" addresses what issue? A) Voting rights for women. B) Education. C) Rich v poor. D) Taxation without representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rich v poor. 20. Which sentence about The Picture of Dorian Gray is not true? A) Dorian is jealous of his picture. B) At the beginning of the book Dorian is a handsome boy. C) Changes of his character always reflect in his face. D) Dorian kills the painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Changes of his character always reflect in his face. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions QuizzesBritish Literature Quiz 1British 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