English Literature quiz
The following incomplete statements are followed by four options. Choose the most appropriate option.
1: A type of literature, characterized by its particular subject or style is called_________.
(A) Genitive
(B) Genre
(C) Genome
(D) Genius
2: __________ was known as Madam Eglantine.
(A) Wife of Bath
(B) Prioress
(C) Both A and B
(D) None of these
3: ___________ is the saint Julian of his country.
(A) Parson
(B) Plowman
(C) Franklin
(D) Squire
4: Characters are mentioned in Chaucer’s Prologue.
(A) 30
(B) 27
(C) 28
(D) 29
5: The enthusiastic addiction to the study of the writers of Greek and Roman antiquity led to____________.
(A) Petrarchism
(B) Communism
(C) Socialism
(D) Humanism
6: By the middle of the 14th century _______was the native language of all classes.
(A) Latin
(B) English
(C) Greek
(D) French
7: Among Chaucer’s characters who had lost well curled as if they’d laid in press.
(A) Parson
(B) Wife of Bath
(C) Knight
(D) Squire
8: Milton took his degree of MA in English literature from:
(A) Oxford
(B) Italy
(C) Cambridge
(D) Washington
9: Narcissism means:
(A) Middle class
(B) interest in one’s own self
(C) poor family
(D) Aristocratic family
10:The paradise lost was completed in:
(A) 1663
(B) 1665
(C) 1664
(D) 1756
11: ___________ is the representative of the fickle minded friends.
(A) Betty
(B) Clarissa
(C) Belinda
(D) None of these
12: Spirits in the Rape of the Lock are called________.
(A) Supernatural machinary
(B) spirits
(C) Ghosts
(D) None of these
13: In lilliput Gullivers finds.
(A) Political intrigues
(B) Comradeship
(C) Honesty
(D) None of these
14: Which of the following work is not of Milton?
(A) The paradise Lost
(B) The paradise Regained
(C) lliad
(D) Samson Agonistes
15: Neologism means
(A) A new meaning of a word
(B) Neo natal
(C) Neo classical
(D) Neon
16: The Paradise Lost is written in:
(A) Regular
(B) Balled meter
(C) Blank verse
(D) None of these
17: The poem “Go and Catch a falling star” by John Donne throws light on__________of life.
(A) Gnomes
(B) Sylph
(C) Salamander
(D) Spirits
18: Milton was born in_______.
(A) America
(B) Italy
(C) Wales
(D) London
19: Love affair was the chief ________ of the ladies of the upper class in 18th century:
(A) Passion
(B) Obsession
(C) Adventure
(D) Occupation
20: According to Bacon “by pains men reach to greater_________.
(A) Posts
(B) Fear
(C) Pains
(D) Realief
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