English Literature Mcqs

The author of The Bluest Eyes (1970) is__________?

A. Chinua Achebe
B. Toni Morrison
C. Ahmed Sulman Rushdie
D. Sylvia Plath

Shame (1983) is written by__________?

A. Chinua Achebe
B. Toni Morrison
C. Ahmed Salman Rushdie
D. None of these

In Chaucer’s Legend of Good Women, how many legends are there?

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. None of these

Period in English Literature from 1901 to 1910 is called___________?

A. The Pre-Raphaelites
B. The Post Modern
C. The Edwardian Period
D. The Georgian Period

The Edwardian era or Edwardian period of British history spanned the reign of King Edward VII, 1901 to 1910, and is sometimes expanded to the start of the First World War.

The meaning a word within a language?

A. Sense
B. Common Sense
C. Essence
D. Sense

The term Implicature might refer to_________?

A. Text Structure
B. Double meaning
C. Conversational structure
D. None of these

Who called Chaucer the father of English literature?A. M ArnaldB
B. John Dryden
C. Dr johson
D. T  S Eliot

 

Altruist describes:

A. One who is lover of beauty.
B. One who never stops.
C. A lover of mankind.
D. A person who hates mankind

Novel Animal Farm was written by___________?

A. Shakespeare
B. William Hudson
C. George Orwell
D. None of these