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WorksheetsLiterature Test (English)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
What type of writing tells a story?
Argument
Narrative
Expository
Persuasive
Does a narrative story have a beginning, a middle and an end?
True
False
A couplet is formed by?
Two rhyming lines of poetry
Five alternate rhyming lines of poetry
Four rhyming lines of poetry
Five rhyming lines of poetry
Known as the Father of English literature, __________ is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages
George Orwell
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Geoffrey Chaucer
“Here comes the princess; now heaven walks on earth”, illustrates the use of?
Contrast
Metaphor
Metonym
Meiosis
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 ______?
Died
Arrived
Collapsed
Relaxed
“It is cruel to be kind” is an example of an?
Anti-climax
Anecdote
Internal rhyme
Oxymoron
Who is the author of "The Chronicles of Narnia"?
William Shakespeare
C.S. Louis
C.S. Lewis
George Orwell
"The Great Gatsby" was adressed to children.
True
False
"Titanic" is one of the examples of a non-fictional narrative.
True
False
What is the definition of a fictional narrative?
A fake story in which characters solve a problem
A real story about a character that solves a problem
A real story involving a fake character
A fake story specifically about animals
“All is fair in love and war” is an example of?
Rhyme
Hyperbole
Rhythm
Alliteration
The short story as a literary form is like the?
Play
Poetry
Tragedy
Novel
Which author wrote Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park?
Jane Austen
Sir Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Bronte
Which of the following are recurrent motifs in the works written by the Brontë sisters?
Nature and Light
Comedy and Romance
Darkness and Mystery
Science and Experiments
How did the critics and public receive Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights when it was first published?
It was not taken seriously because it was written by a woman.
It was disliked by critics and the public because of its darkness and cruelty.
It was liked by the public, but critics rejected it as a feminist novel.
It was acclaimed as a considerable success.
As revealed by this composition's full title, North Africans in 'Othello' are referred to as?
Arabians
Algerians
Southerners
Moors
Which of the following would provide the best glimpse into the social conditions of Victorian England?
A George Eliot poem
A Robert Browning poem
A Gerald Manley Hopkins composition
A Charles Dickens novel
Which of the following epic poems was written in Old English?
Beowulf
Paradise Lost
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Illiad
Social satire in Britain's upper classes is a topic addressed most notably by _____, in compositions such as The Importance of Being Earnest.
W.B. Yeats
George Bernard Shaw
Joseph Conrad
Oscar Wilde
