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English Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following is a not a form of irony?

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Paradoxical Irony

d)

Dramatic Irony

2.

the repetition of consonant sounds which occur anywhere in the words of a textual line is called?

a)

End rhyme

b)

Assonance

c)

Denotation

d)

Consonance

3.

splash, fizz, honk, buzz are the examples of?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Anaphora

d)

Metaphor

4.

________creates a vivid but exaggerated picture

a)

Metaphors

b)

Conceits

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Alliteration

5.

Personification is

a)

the main character is what the story is about

b)

the person in the story is telling the story

c)

giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects

d)

None of the above

6.

Alliteration is

a)

how well a person can read, write, and speak

b)

repeating first sounds of words in a series

c)

speaking clearly or using the right words in writing

d)

sounds in the words that are spelled like they sound

7.

When an actor speaks their thoughts out loud to the audience; used to help the audience understand what an actor is thinking?

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Repetition

c)

Theme

d)

Metaphor

8.

An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of words.

a)

idiom

b)

irony

c)

paradox

d)

flashback

9.

A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph

a)

. speaker

b)

Rhythm

c)

Stanza

d)

onomatopoeia

10.

Words that may not literally mean what they say

a)

figurative language

b)

alliteration

c)

Contrast

d)

denotative meaning

11.

which of these is an example of metaphor?

a)

life is like a box of chocolates

b)

all the world's a stage

c)

hand me the salt, would you?

d)

all of the above

12.

Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next one is called

a)

oral tradition

b)

narrative

c)

dialect

d)

characterization

13.

Direct speech between characters in a literary work

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

dialogue

d)

Style

14.

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Onomatopoeia

15.

Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory

a)

Alliteration

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

. Hyperbole

16.

The tone of an elegy is

a)

humorous

b)

Praising

c)

Mournful

d)

Angry

17.

“O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!”

The above line is the example of

a)

Metaphor

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Irony

18.

Symbolism is when something in the text ________________something else.

a)

makes

b)

mimics

c)

represents

d)

follows

19.

A word that has a secondary meaning in addition to its dictionary meaning.

a)

connotation

b)

denotation

c)

allegory

d)

simile

20.

Love is a battlefield is an example of what?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

anagram

d)

conflict

21.

When a sentence or phrase means something in addition to its literal meaning.

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Situational Irony

d)

Fehlbergian Irony

22.

Writing in a way to appeal to the senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, sound.

a)

Imagery

b)

Symbolism

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

23.

What literary device is present in the line below?

“The sweet students suddenly screamed when they learned they learned they had to leave at 11:50 am.”

a)

Simile

b)

Alliteration

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

24.

The fire station burned down.

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Situational Irony

d)

Fehlbergian Irony

25.

A concrete object that stands in for an abstract idea.

a)

symbol

b)

simile

c)

mood

d)

theme

26.

A poem of 14 lines is ?

a)

An ode

b)

An elegy

c)

A lyric

d)

A sonnet

27.

"She sells sea shells on the sea-shore" . Identify the literary device in this expression

a)

Litote

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Alliteration

d)

None of the above

28.

" The sea- wave rose in anger and slapped the sailor on the face."

Identify the literary device used for sea-wave

a)

Irony

b)

Personification

c)

Symbolism

d)

None of the above.

29.

"My beloved is a red rose". Is the literary device in this expression a

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

None of the above

30.

In which of these expressions the literary device of Onomotopoeia is used where sounds reinforce the meaning?

a)

The battle of the brave

b)

The insanity of the sane

c)

The gurgling of water and the pitter-patter of the rain

d)

None of the above

31.

Which of the given literary devices is used in the following expression of Alexander Pope- ' rudely great", " darkly wise"

a)

Simile

b)

Paradox

c)

Oxymoron

d)

None of the above

32.

Which of these expressions is an example of a simile

a)

She wore a big smile

b)

He laughed a hearty laugh

c)

He roared like a lion

d)

They slipped on the muddy ground

33.

What is a paradox?

a)

A self contradictory statement with a deep meaning

b)

A satirical statement

c)

An understatement or an overstatement

d)

None of the above

34.

A dramatic monologue was introduced by

a)

Robert Frost

b)

William Blake

c)

Robert Browning

d)

William Wordsworth

35.

An epic is ?

a)

A play

b)

A novel

c)

A short story

d)

A long heroic poem with many characters and plots

36.

A ballad is..

a)

A literary device

b)

A letter

c)

A story told in verse

d)

An essay

37.

What does white symbolize in these lines- "There was white all over the courtyard of the house, white sheets, white faces, men dressed in white and women dressed in white too. The head of the family was gone forever."

a)

Celebration

b)

Anger

c)

Jealousy

d)

Mourning and grief.

38.

A lyrical poem that pays a tribute to a thing or a person and is elevated and noble in tone is called

a)

Dirge

b)

Comedy

c)

Tragedy

d)

Ode

39.

"Her tears brought flood in the city" . Identify the literary device in this expression

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Irony

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Transferred epithet

40.

) What will be the rhyme scheme of this poem-" The night has a thousand eyes,

And the day but one;

Yet the light of the bright world dies

With the dying sun.


The mind has a thousand eyes,

And the heart but one:

Yet the light of a whole life dies

When love is done."

a)

a b a b , a b a b

b)

a a b b, a a b b

c)

a b b a, a b b a

41.

A refrain is

a)

A tragic flaw

b)

Comedy

c)

Lyric

d)

A line in a poem that gets repeated after each stanza

42.

A quatrain is

a)

An introduction to a play

b)

A footnote

c)

A stanza of 4 lines in a sonnet

d)

None of the above

43.

"Life is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing."

Identify the literary device used in the above speech.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Paradox

d)

None of the above

44.

" They never come to my help when I need it the most. They are indeed my true friends." Is the use of the phrase "true friends' by the writer

a)

An example of oxymoron

b)

An example of a simile

c)

An example of a Verbal irony

d)

None of the above

45.

Which sound is alliterated in the following expression-

" The fight for freedom fell flat!"

a)

T

b)

G

c)

F

d)

E

46.

An octave is

a)

A stanzaic division of Shakespearean sonnet

b)

The first stanza of 8 lines in Petrarchan sonnet

c)

A paragraph of 6 lines

d)

None of the above

47.

The rhyme scheme of an octave in a sonnet is

a)

a b b b, a b b b

b)

a b a b , a b a b

c)

a b b a, a b b a

d)

None of the above

48.

A soliloquy is

a)

A poem

b)

An essay

c)

A solo speech made to oneself in a play

d)

None of the above

49.

"The bride totally unaware of the incident is waiting happily and eagerly to tie the wedding knot on her big day. The groom meanwhile is fighting for his life in the ICU having met with a severe accident on his way to the wedding venue. " This is an example of

a)

Exaggeration

b)

Repetition

c)

Situational irony

d)

None of the above

50.

" The delicious waters of the running stream , the gently blowing fragrant wind bringing the distant flowers in forests to the villagers, the moon-lit star studded sky at night are nature's gifts to cherish." The writer has used which literary device in the above passage

a)

Satire

b)

Repetition

c)

Imagery

d)

Personification