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LITERARY QUIZ

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Authority forgets a dying king is an example of

a)

personification

b)

Apostrophe

c)

Hylperbole

d)

Metaphor

2.

"Every experience is worth life's journey". which is the figure of speech used here?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Assonance

d)

Alliteration

3.

What is the meaning of idiom 'black sheep'?

a)

Person who considered bad or worthless by other people.

b)

Person who mishaves

c)

Person who sells woolen clothes

d)

Person who make fun of others

4.
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
a)
Fiction is real; nonfiction is not real
b)
both are fake
c)
both are real
d)
Fiction is not real; nonfiction is real
5.
The purpose of poetry is...
a)
to tell stories about life and how people feel.
b)
to create an emotional response for the reader.
c)
to rhyme.
d)
to be happy.
6.
Plays are usually written in __________ form?
a)
dialogue
b)
script
c)
rap
d)
prose
7.

Who among the following wrote "Lucy Gray"?

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

c)

P B Shelley

d)

John Keats

8.

Who among the following is a romantic poet?

a)

William Wordsworth

b)

Coleridge

c)

Browning

d)

Arnold

9.

Identify the Novelist

a)

Kamala Markandaya

b)

Anita Desai

c)

Kamala Das

d)

Arundhati Roy

10.

The phrase 'Religion of the Blood'is associated with

a)

Virginia Woolf

b)

D. H. Lawrence

c)

E. M. Foster

d)

All of the above

11.

Words spelled the way they sound

a)

Onomatoepoia

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Onamatapia

d)

Onamotopoeia

12.

Who is the author of the book "Wings of Fire"?

(a)