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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

ENGLISH LITERATURE QUIZ (13)




1- Which novel is not written by Jane Austen? 

A- Emma b- the chimes c- Persuation d- Mansfield Park e- none these


2- Shaw wrote more than: 


a- 30 plays b- 40 plays c- 50 plays d- 60 plays e- none of these


3- Shaw died at the age of: 


a- 75 b- 85 c- 95 d- 105 e- none of these


4- Jack Worthing is a character created by: 


a- Shaw b- Dickens c- Browning d- Hardy e- none of these


5- Adam Bede is a: 


a- Play b- Novel c- short storey d- Poem e- none of these


6- Dickens sprang to fame with a publication of: 


a- Hard Times b- David Copperfield c- pickwick papers d- Great Expectations e- none of these


7- Who served as an Irish senator for two terms? 


A- Wilde b- Shaw c- Ibsen d- Yeats e- none of these


8- John Bull’s Other Island is written by: 


a- Shaw b- Wilde c- Hemingway d- Beckett e- none of these


9- Lilliputians symbolize excessive human: 


a- Jealousy b- confidence c- pride d- Ego e- none of these


10- Houyhnhnms represent life governed by sense and: 


a- moderation b- patience c- understanding d- compromise e-none of these


11- Cordelia’s chief characteristic is her: 


a- beauty b- devotion c- sympathy d- kindness e- none of these


12- Henry Higgins is a character in: 


a- Pygmalian b- saint joan c- major Barbara d- candida e-none of these


13- Eliot worked for Faber and Faber as a/an: 


a- assistant b- director c- writer d- editor e- none of these


14- Wordsworth was appointed as poet Laureate in: 


a- 1843 b-1844 c-1845 d-1846 e- none of these


15- Hemingway was a great fan of: 


a- Cricket b- baseball c- softball d- football e- none of these


16- Jude the Obscure is a: 


a- comedy b- tragedy c- tragic-comedy d- black comedy e- none of these


17- Eliot was influenced by: 


a- Ezra Pound b- shaw c- Hardy d- Wilde e- none of these


18- Who became the poet Laureate of England and Ireland during the reign of Queen Victoria? 


A- Tennyson b- Browning c- Hardy d- Lawrence e- none of these


19- Hemingway also worked as a: 


a- Carpenter b- Painter c- surgeon d- Driver e- none of these


20- “Tales from Shakespeare” is written by: 


a- Shakespeare b- Lamb c- Lawrence d- Mary anne evans e- none of these