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Literature Test (English)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of writing tells a story?

a)

Argument

b)

Narrative

c)

Expository

d)

Persuasive

2.

Does a narrative story have a beginning, a middle and an end?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

A couplet is formed by?

a)

Two rhyming lines of poetry

b)

Five alternate rhyming lines of poetry

c)

Four rhyming lines of poetry

d)

Five rhyming lines of poetry

4.

Known as the Father of English literature, __________ is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages

a)

George Orwell

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Geoffrey Chaucer

5.

“Here comes the princess; now heaven walks on earth”, illustrates the use of?

a)

Contrast

b)

Metaphor

c)

Metonym

d)

Meiosis

6.

Joseph turned around, ” Be careful you don’t slip”, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head describe a little arc and strike the ground.

As he ran towards her, she turned on her side. Her whole body shuddered violently for a second and then relaxed. He stood over her for an instant before he ran to the spring and filled his hands with water. But when he came back to her, he let the water fall to the ground for he saw the position of her neck, and the gray that was stealing into her cheeks. ” It was too simple, too easy, too quick “, he said. Joseph’s companion has just ______?

a)

Died

b)

Arrived

c)

Collapsed

d)

Relaxed

7.

“It is cruel to be kind” is an example of an?

a)

Anti-climax

b)

Anecdote

c)

Internal rhyme

d)

Oxymoron

8.

Who is the author of "The Chronicles of Narnia"?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

C.S. Louis

c)

C.S. Lewis

d)

George Orwell

9.

"The Great Gatsby" was adressed to children.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

"Titanic" is one of the examples of a non-fictional narrative.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

 What is the definition of a fictional narrative?

a)

A fake story in which characters solve a problem

b)

A real story about a character that solves a problem

c)

A real story involving a fake character

d)

A fake story specifically about animals

12.

“All is fair in love and war” is an example of?

a)

Rhyme

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Rhythm

d)

Alliteration

13.

The short story as a literary form is like the?

a)

Play

b)

Poetry

c)

Tragedy

d)

Novel

14.

Which author wrote Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Sir Walter Scott

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Charlotte Bronte

15.

Which of the following are recurrent motifs in the works written by the Brontë sisters?

a)

Nature and Light

b)

Comedy and Romance

c)

Darkness and Mystery

d)

Science and Experiments

16.

How did the critics and public receive Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights when it was first published?

a)

It was not taken seriously because it was written by a woman.

b)

It was disliked by critics and the public because of its darkness and cruelty.

c)

It was liked by the public, but critics rejected it as a feminist novel.

d)

It was acclaimed as a considerable success.

17.

As revealed by this composition's full title, North Africans in 'Othello' are referred to as?

a)

Arabians

b)

Algerians

c)

Southerners

d)

Moors

18.

Which of the following would provide the best glimpse into the social conditions of Victorian England?

a)

A George Eliot poem

b)

A Robert Browning poem

c)

A Gerald Manley Hopkins composition

d)

A Charles Dickens novel

19.

Which of the following epic poems was written in Old English?

a)

Beowulf

b)

Paradise Lost

c)

The Epic of Gilgamesh

d)

The Illiad

20.

Social satire in Britain's upper classes is a topic addressed most notably by _____, in compositions such as The Importance of Being Earnest.

a)

W.B. Yeats

b)

George Bernard Shaw

c)

Joseph Conrad

d)

Oscar Wilde