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ENGLISH IV LITERARY
TEST
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FOR EACH OF
THE FOLLOWING:
1. The focus of our literary study this
year was
a. Italy
b. Spain
c. Britain
d. Belgium
2. A short story
a. Is shorter than a novel.
b. Is longer than a novel.
c. Rhymes throughout.
d. Has neither a plot nor characters.
3. A novel
a. Is completely true.
b. Is not completely true.
c. Has no author.
d. Has no ending.
4. A romantic poem
a. Is necessarily set in South America.
b. Cannot rhyme.
c. Shows a connection between two
otherwise dissimilar organizations.
d. Expresses feelings about someone.
5. A narrative poem
a. Sounds the same backward.
b. Tells a story.
c. Is not technically a poem.
d. Is also known as a soldier’s poem.
6. A play
a. Has never been performed in Russia.
b. Is always a comedy.
c. Usually stars Kevin Bacon.
d. Is written to be performed live.
7. A type of Japanese poetry is
a. Tuba.
b. Wadi.
c. Panda.
d. Tanka.
8. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
a. William Shakespeare
b. Jane Austen
c. Charles Dickens
d. Geoffrey Chaucer
9. Jonathan Swift wrote that children
should be
a. Seen and not heard.
b. Ignored and disregarded.
c. Salted and peppered.
d. Beggars and paupers.
10. Much Ado About Nothing is an example of what?
a. A lyric poem
b. A social essay
c. An epitaph
d. A play
11. Sherlock Holmes
a. Was a real person.
b. Is a fictional character.
c. Was actually a dark wizard.
d. Played a violin duet with Itzhak
Perlman.
12. Which of the following is not a character
created by Agatha Christie?
a. Beak, the Wonder Penguin
b. Miss Marple
c. Hercule Poirot
d. Parker Pyne
13. Which story did not have a snake
prominent in it?
a. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
b. The Dinner Party
c. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
d. Witness for the Prosecution
14. Which of the following was not from
Scotland?
a. Robert Burns
b. Arthur Conan Doyle
c. Walter Scott
d. Ken Watanabe
15. Which of the following is not a type
of Shakespeare play?
a. History
b. Pity
c. Comedy
d. Tragedy
16. An epitaph is normally found where?
a. In a text message
b. At the beginning of a play
c. On a headstone
d. Inside a fortune cookie
17. Which of the following was not a
sibling of two of the others in Pride and
Prejudice?
a. Miss Jane Bennett
b. Miss Elizabeth Bennett
c. Miss Mary Bennett
d. Mrs. Bennett
18. In A Tale of Two Cities what did Sydney Carton lose?
a. The love of Lucie
b. The respect of Mr. Lorry
c. His luggage on the plane
d. His head
19. Which of the following is a
historical novel?
a. A Tale of Two Cities
b. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
c. Both a & b
d. Both b & a
20. Which of the following is a
hysterical novel?
a. A Tale of Two Cities
b. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
c. Both a & b
d. Both b & a
21. What is the setting for Pride and Prejudice?
a. England about 200 years ago
b. India about 50 years ago
c. New York in the near future
d. Present day France
22. Which of the following is not a novel
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
a. The White Company
b. Sir Nigel
c. The Lost World
d. The Case of the Howling Dog
23. Jane Austen’s books are known as
a. Tales of courtship.
b. Romantic guides.
c. Girl stories.
d. Novels of manners.
24. The earliest known example of British
literature is
a. The Canterbury Tales
b. Beowulf
c. Ivanhoe
d. Pride and Prejudice
25. Which of the following authors knew nothing about the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars?
a. C. S. Forester (Captain Horatio Hornblower)
b. Patrick O’Brian (Master and Commander)
c. Captain James Cook (First Voyage Round the World)
d. Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
BONUS: Who
wrote the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mallard”? (You must spell his/her name correctly in order to get credit.)
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