This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature > British Literature – Quiz 29 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 29 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writing style that tries to depict the random flow of thoughts, emotions, memories, and associations running through a character's mind. A) Carpe Diem. B) Personification. C) Stream of consciousness. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stream of consciousness. 2. Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh:A New English Version. At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.When the sun was setting, they dug a well, they filled their waterskins with fresh water, Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop, he poured out flour as an offering and said, "Mountain, bring me a favorable dream." Which characteristic of an epic hero is most reflected in this excerpt? A) The ability to persuade others through speech. B) The ability to act as a strong warrior and leader. C) The courage to embark on a challenging journey. D) The courage to undertake life-threatening risks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The courage to embark on a challenging journey. 3. What author earned a living as a reporter? A) James Boswell. B) Sir Richard Steele. C) Daniel Defoe. D) Samuel Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Boswell. 4. The similarity of sound between two words A) Rhyme. B) Rhythm. C) Lyric. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyme. 5. As per of the meter of British poetry, the most common is ..... just like in "If music be the food of love play on." A) Pyrrhic, dimeter. B) Spondaic, pentameter. C) Iambic, tetrameter. D) Iambic, pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iambic, pentameter. 6. Read the sentence. To the best of our knowledge, he decided that his major would be acting. Which does the sentence contain? A) A conjunction. B) A gerund. C) An infinitive. D) A participle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gerund. 7. A brief picture, sketch, or scene; short works describing pleasant scenes of country or domestic life. A) Idyll. B) Epic. C) Lyric. D) Madrigal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Idyll. 8. Which literary genre is characterized by humor, light-heartedness, and typically has a happy ending? A) Horror. B) Comedy. C) Tragedy. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy. 9. Who is the author of Harry Potter books? A) Defoe. B) Rowling. C) Peter Barry. D) Agatha Christy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rowling. 10. Epic poetry inspired the retainers and thanes. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anglo Saxon Period. 11. A retelling of a work in one's own words. A paraphrase of poetry is usually a line-by-line translation of poetry into prose. A) Paraphrase. B) Paradox. C) Parallelism. D) Pastoral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paraphrase. 12. During the Middle Ages, peasants and serfs were required to serve their knight. Their Knight was required to serve their lord and then their lord was required to serve the king. What is this political form known as? A) Feudalism. B) Socialism. C) Democracy. D) Anti socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feudalism. 13. Invaders crossed the ..... to invade Britain after the Romans left. A) Baltic sea. B) Atlantic ocean. C) North sea. D) North atlantic sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North sea. 14. Modern English begins with this period. A) Anglo Saxon Period. B) Medieval Period. C) Renaissance. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 15. Social, psychological, and religious debates in modern plays are the features of drama in A) Victorian period. B) 20th century period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20th century period. 16. Which type of poem consists of 14 lines and follows a specific rhyme scheme, often used by Shakespeare to express love and emotions? A) Haiku. B) Sonnet. C) Limerick. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnet. 17. Who is considered the pioneer of the Romantic movement in literature? A) William Shakespeare. B) Edgar Allan Poe. C) William Wordsworth. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Wordsworth. 18. The use of clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the plot. A) Alliteration. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Foreshadowing. D) Protagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 19. Why can Yamba forgive her captors? A) They ultimately made her life better by bringing her to a better country. B) They didn't know what they were doing was wrong. C) They introduced her to religion. D) She has experienced the forgiveness of God. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She has experienced the forgiveness of God. 20. Name two Elizabethan sonneteers. A) John Keats(2) John Lyly. B) Shelly(2) Wordsworth. C) Wyatt(2) Surrey. D) Vaughan(2) Carew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wyatt(2) Surrey. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRegions 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books