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English Language and Literature

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an example of

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Allusion

2.

Also called the Middle Ages

a)

Renaissance

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Medieval Era

d)

Modernist Period

3.

What type of French was spoken in England?

a)

Anglo-Norman

b)

Norman

c)

Burgundian

d)

Anglo-Normand

4.
The Germanic tribes, the ---, the Saxons, and the Jutes invaded Great Britain.
a)
Angles
b)
Triangles
c)
Americans
d)
Apache
5.

A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Humanism

c)

Arts

d)

Patronage

6.

Who is she?

a)

Jane Auden

b)

Jane Austen

c)

Jane Austin Powers

d)

Jane Austin

7.

Who wrote Sherlock Holmes?

a)

Poe

b)

King

c)

Austen

d)

Doyle

8.

Which of these books did Wilde write?

a)

Pride and Prejudice

b)

The Raven

c)

The picture of Florian Gray

d)

The Canterville post

e)

The importance of being earnest

9.

In 'A midsummer night's dream', Titania is married to...

a)

Puck

b)

Oberon

c)

Theseus

d)

Mr. Moncrieff

10.

Who's the eldest?

a)

Jane Bennet

b)

Elizabeth Bennet

11.

What's the original name of 'The sleeping beauty'?

a)

Rapunzel, the sleepwalker

b)

Little briar-rose

c)

Little sleeping-cap

12.

What is the definition of a simile?

a)

A comparison of two or more things by using "like" or "as"

b)

A related thing stands for the thing itself

c)

A stated or implied comparison without using "like" or "as"

d)

A recurring or emerging idea in a text