This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Regions > British Literature > British Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books British Literature Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The theatres in the Renaissance period were frequented by A) The middle class. B) The great noble families. C) The people of all ranks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The people of all ranks. 2. John Locke also believed that the government had an obligation to the people it governed, to protect their natural rights. If the government failed to do this, then the people had the right to A) Move to another country. B) Refuse to vote in the next election. C) Overthrow the government. D) Refuse to pay taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overthrow the government. 3. Exhibiting unstable behavior A) Flighty. B) Burly. C) Maudlin. D) Motley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flighty. 4. ..... was the first to defeat the vikings A) Edward. B) Bede. C) Alfred. D) Danish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alfred. 5. Poetry used meter, rhyme, and ..... A) Imagery. B) Rhythm. C) Alliteration. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 6. How do we know that something is a change to English rather than slang? A) It last beyond a generation. B) Only one generation uses it. C) We vote on it. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It last beyond a generation. 7. What is the Hero's Journey in British literature? A) The Hero's Journey is a narrative pattern commonly found in British literature that follows a hero's adventure from their ordinary world to a special world, where they face challenges, receive guidance, and ultimately return transformed. B) The Hero's Journey is a narrative pattern commonly found in Russian literature that follows a hero's adventure from their ordinary world to a special world, where they face challenges, receive guidance, and ultimately return transformed. C) The Hero's Journey is a narrative pattern commonly found in French literature that follows a hero's adventure from their ordinary world to a special world, where they face challenges, receive guidance, and ultimately return transformed. D) The Hero's Journey is a narrative pattern commonly found in American literature that follows a hero's adventure from their ordinary world to a special world, where they face challenges, receive guidance, and ultimately return transformed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hero's Journey is a narrative pattern commonly found in British literature that follows a hero's adventure from their ordinary world to a special world, where they face challenges, receive guidance, and ultimately return transformed. 8. The following is NOT a form of poetry. A) Dramatic. B) Narrative. C) Prose. D) Lyric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prose. 9. A group of four lines or a four-line stanza pattern used in poetry. A) Quatrain. B) Refrain. C) Rhythm. D) Free verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quatrain. 10. In which play do you find the following quote:"The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven" A) Henry IV. B) Two Gentlemen of Verona. C) Julius Caesar. D) The Merchant of Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Merchant of Venice. 11. Who is writer of Pride and Prejudice? A) Emily Bronte. B) Daphne du Maurier. C) Charllote Bronte. D) Jane Austen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jane Austen. 12. Which Japanese author wrote the novel "Norwegian Wood" ? A) Haruki Murakami. B) Yukio Mishima. C) Natsume cornerstone. D) Kenzaburo Oe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haruki Murakami. 13. Material that introduces the characters, the main conflict, and necessary background for a literary work A) Exposition. B) Idyll. C) Irony. D) Medieval romance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 14. After much fighting amongst Scottish clans ..... gained the crown and ruled for 18 years. A) Edward. B) Vikings. C) Alfred. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth. 15. 2 feet A) Dimeter. B) Monometer. C) Trimeter. D) Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dimeter. 16. A court poet or official state poet. A) Poet Laureate. B) Protagonist. C) Byronic Hero. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet Laureate. 17. Critical socialism is the trend of which period? A) Victorian period. B) 20th century period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victorian period. 18. The original mystery and horror story set in the Middle Ages in a castle with dark rooms, squeaking doors, mysterious stairways, underground passages, and trapdoors-all used to create and uncanny atmosphere. A) Gothic Novel. B) Psychological Novel. C) Novel of Manners. D) Novel of Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gothic Novel. 19. At least 3 philosophers (over 200 years) did some tweaking and speaking about the idea of the government and the people sharing a "social contract" ; which three philosophers shared this same idea? A) Hobbes, Locke and Montesquieu. B) Locke, Hobbes and Voltaire. C) Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. D) Rousseau, Voltaire and Montesquieu. E) Both A and C can be viewed as correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Both A and C can be viewed as correct. 20. The author presents the characters in action with no comment, allowing the reader to come to his own conclusions about them. A) Objective Point of View. B) Omniscient Point of View. C) Objective Point of View. D) Refrain. 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