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English Literature MCQ For English Teacher
1-A Kind of verse without observing the stick laws of form is known as
A-free verse
B-heteronym
C-hierogram
D-none
2-The four main narrative genres of literature are comedy, romance, tragedy and ——-?
A-irony
B-prose
C-Poetry
D-autobiography
3-Identify the instance a woman killed with kindness.
A-Paradox
B-Irony
C-Conceit
D-Oxymoron
4-The one single word, which shows its grammatical relation to or three words.
A-Zeugma
B-Apostrophe
C-Invocation
D-Chaismus
5- —–Is written is any grouping of lines in a separate unit is a poem.
A-Stanza
B-Triplet
C-Couplet
D-Rhetoric
6-The one which is related to verse or we can say it is a rule of versification.
A-Meter
B-Rhyme
C-Stanza
D-Rhetoric
7- ——is used to make a direct address to the object.
A-Apostrophe
B-Rhetoric
C-Invocation
D-Chiasmus
8-Sweetness of sound or voice, pleasing, sound, harmony is known as
A-euphony
B-free verse
C-euphuism
D-none
9-Introductory remarks to a book especially written by a person other than the author of the book in which it appears Is
A-forward
B-humorous
C-Imagery
D-none
10-An explanatory note or citation set at the foot of a page or table is known as
A-footnote
B-format
C-foreward
D-grub street
11-An unintelligible speech, meaningless sound, inarticulate chatter is known as
A-gibberish
B-gibbet
C-Corrigendum
D-none
12-A literary type, such as epic, lyric tragedy, and comedy is to
A-genre
B-ellipsis
C-grub street
D-none
13-The removal of errors from the text of a book is known as
A-Emendation
B-epigram
C-ego
D-none
14-The omission in a sentence of one or more words which ould be needed to express the sense completely is known as
A-ellipsis
B-epiram
C-ego
D-None
15-The dropping out or leaving of a vowel or syllable in pronunciation while speaking is known as
A-elision
B-emendation
C-empathy
D-none
16-A glaring blunder in the use of words is known as
A-howler
B-Idyll
C-Modest
D-None
17-A distinguishable part of a poem that produces, pictures in words is known as
A-imagery
B-imitation
C-imagism
D-none
18-An ambiguous ord or phrase with to meanings one usually absurd or indecent is known as
A-double entendre
B-double-decker
C-dramatic monologue
D-none
19-Intended to teach, having the manner and purpose of a teacher is known as
A-didactic
B-Conceit
C-preacher
D-double-decker
20-A song sung at the burial or in commemoration of the death is known as
A-dirge
B-dramatic monologue
C-empathy
D-none
21-A character in drama or fiction to whom others confide their secrets is known as
A-confidant
B-confident
C-configuration
D-none
22-A fanciful image or starting comparison in literature is known as
A-consonance
B-conceit
C-corrigendum
D-conflict
23-A play which has been read rather than performed as The Otho the Great by Keats is known as
A-Closet drama
B-College
C-Circumlocution
D-none
24-One that is grammatically or logically complete is known as
A-closed couplet
B-Collate
C-closet drama
D-None
25-Young people using unconventional dress, manners, and behaviors as a way of social protest is
A-Beatnik
B-Classical
C-analogy
D-Collate
26-The descent from the sublime to the ridiculous in writing or speech is known as
A-bathos
B-beatnik
C-bibliolatry
D-belles-letters
27-A statement that is accepted as true without proof is
A-axiom
B-Avant-cadre
C-belles-letter
D-Canon
27-A style of decoration derived from the Moors and Arabs is
A-arabesque
B-Aphorism
C-archaism
D-Archetype
28-The original patterns from which copies are made is
A-antithesis
B-attic salt
C-archetype
D-none of these
29-A poem in which the author retracts something said in a former poem
A-palinode
B-Paradox
C-parody
D-Parlance
30-A word sentence or verse which reads the same backward
A-parlance
B-paradox
C-palindrome
D-pageant
31-The art of deciphering ancient writing, inscription, and manuscripts is known as
A-paleography
B-panegyric
C-orthography
D-topography
32-An imposing outdoor procession or spectacular performance is called as
A-pageant
B-purple patch
C-pathos
D-pantheism
33-Paean stands for
A-A Greek song of joy or victory
B-Latin song of mourning
C-epitaphs
D-Inscription of tombs
35-The effect of flight and shade in nature, the use of contrast in music and literature is
A-chiaroscuro
B-conceit
C-corrigendum
D-none
36-A phrase applied to ideas, through and expression which is harmony with the spirit of the age is
A-climatic option
B-conflict
C-college
D-Critique
38-The science or study of being a branch of thought concerned with the nature of existence is known as
A-ontology
B-anthology
C-syllogism
D-nostalgia
39-To write a word correctly the system of spelling is known as
A-orthography
B-topography
C-parlance
D-oxymoron
40-What do you mean by neologism?
A-the coming of new words
B-physician
C-the new logics
D-A new diction
41-A short novel, especially one of poor literary quality is known as
A-novelette
B-monody
C-nova
D-novella
42-Love of a purely spiritual character is known as
A-platonic love
B-sensuous love
C-romantic love
D-divine love
43-Needless repetition of the same thing in different words without making one’s meaning clear or more powerful
A-tautology
B-ontology
C-topology
D-typography
44-What do you call a thing which has the appearance of truth?
A-Verisimilitude
B-Vulnerable
C-opera
D-Versatility
45-Sobriquet means
A-nick-name
B-Pen-name
C-Assumed name
D-none
46-A romantic piece of music that is not regular in form
A-Rhapsody
B-Satire
C-Sonnet
D-Parody
47-Standing by itself is known as
A-ampersand
B-Amphiboly
C-allusion
D-None
48-A kind of repetition in which the last word or sentence are repeated is known as
A-anadiplosis
B-apologne
C-ambivolence
D-none
49-Discovery and reversal of fortune is known as
A-affective
B-anagnorisis
C-anagram
D-allonym
50-A new word formed by rearranging the letters Is known as
A-anagram
B-anti-hero
C-archetype
D-none
51-Nostalgia means
A-love for the past
B-hanging for days of the past
C-abhorrence for the past
D-adherence for future
52-What will you name the art of deciphering ancient inscriptions and manuscripts?
A-Paleography
B-Premises
C-Impressionism
D-Ontology
53-To use someone else’s thought ideas and writings as one’s own is called
A-Plagiarism
B-Pantheism
C-Parlance
D-Paean
54-Exaggeration is related to
A-Chauvinism
B-Climax
C-Epitaph
D-Classical
55-The rhythm in poetry and prose produced by stressed and unstressed verse
A-Cadence
B-Classical
C-Cacophony
D-None
56-A polite and elegant literature is termed as
A-Belles-letters
B-Burbetta
C-Anapaest
D-Collate
57- ——Is termed as adherence to the classical principles and Greek and Latin in taste in art and literature scholarship.
A-classicism
B-Diction
C-Decadence
D-Couplet
58-An error in chronology, placing an event in its wrong historical time is known as
A-Anachronism
B-Caetence
C-Canon
D-Affective
59-A phrase or statement yielding sense in more than one ay is known as
A-Amphiboly
B-Auadiplosis
C-acronym
D-buskin
60-A confusion between the poem and its result is known as
A-affective fallacy
B-Allusion
C-anagram
D-anagnorisis
61-A quotation placed before a book or chapter as a motto is called
A-epigraph
B-explication
C-ellipsis
D-empathy
62-The ridiculous misuse of the words in speech or writing by replacing one word for another similar sound but different meaning.
A-Malapropism
B-Monody
C-Motif
D-Monument
63-Analogue is known as
A-A word or thing which is similar to another
B-the worship of books
C-the destroyer of books
D-None
64-The last book of the New Testament containing the revelation made of St. John on the Island of Patmos is knon as
A-Apocalypse
B-Causerie
C-Canon
D-Analogy
65-Usually a one-act play given at the beginning of a program before the main play is called
A-Curtain raiser
B-Connotation
C-Couplet
D-Cowleyan ode
66-An attack by mouth upon some person or work and a bitter and violent criticism refers to
A-diatribe
B-decandadcne
C-dramatics
D-None
67-A piece of satire either in prose or verse mainly personal attack is known as
A-lampoon
B-lay
C-magnum
D-None
68-Early works produced by the authors or artist when they were young is known as
A-juvenilia
B-mystic
C-litotes
D-None
70-A style considered characteristics of newspaper writing is known as
A-jorkalere
B-lyric
C-Ode
D-None
71-A doleful complaint a pessimistic lamentation in the old testament is said to be
A-jeremiad
B-juveniles
D-margnin
D-none
72-A literary man a writer of literary work is
A-literateur
B-literature
C-Litotes
D-None
73-A humorous poem with five lines the first two rhyming is the last is known as
A-limerick
B-lyric
C-free verse
D-none
74-A character of two or more letters joined together and each in one piece is know as
A- ligature
B-irony
C-mime
D-interpolation
75-Each separate sheet of paper in a book consisting of two pages is known as
A-leaf
B-Litotes
C-motif
D-none
76-A kind of poetry which flourished in England and America at the beginning of the 20th century is said to be
A-imagism
B-imagery
C-lay
D-ligature
77-Almost the whole of modern English poetry is dominated by
A-iambic pentameter
B-Iambic hexameter
C-iambic heptameter
D-None
78-Poetry is classified as epic narrative or dramatic on the basis of
A-manner of imitation
B-medium of imitation
C-objects of imitation
D-function of imitation
79-In Italy Futurism gave rise to —– literature.
A-facist
B-Socialist
C-moderinist
D-None
80-Threnody is a
A-marriage song
B-death song
C-victory song
D-birthday song
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