English Literature – Quiz 4 Related Post English Intermediate Level – Quiz 1 English B.A Level – Quiz 1 English Literature – Quiz 10 English Literature – Quiz 9 English Literature – Quiz 8 1. Willing suspension of Disbelief was coined by: Mathew Arnold T.S Eliot S.T Coleridge William Wordsworth 2. A loose term for the Augustan Age is known as: The Age of reason The Age of Wisdom The Age of Intellectualism The Age of Light 3. A major element in the postcolonial agenda is: To write the history of different ethnics in an objective manner. To have discourse analysis of any text available. To allow the voice of imperialism to reach the third world countries To challenge the established Euro-centric norms of literary and artistic values. 4. A Passage to India is written by Rudyard Kipling Eugene ONeill E.M Forster Margaret Atwood 5. A reference to historical fact, figure or incident is called Illusion Satire allusion Anarchism 6. A sequence of repeated consonantal sounds in a stretch of Linguistic is called: Alliteration Anachronism Allegory Simile 7. A short story differs from a novel in: The treatment of characters The magnitude or length Short stories have flat characters whereas novels have both round and flat characters Novel may also have poetry in it but short story never allows it. 8. A short story may bring out all of the following EXCEPT: The psychological insight of the writer. The socio cultural sensibility of the writers age. A short story may include some incident from the real life. The scope of short story is vast and may include anything. 9. A Tale of a Tub by Swift is a satire on Social system Familial values Political System Religion 10. A variant of Historical novel in contemporary times is called: Non fiction novel Documentary fiction Graphic novel Historical Discourse 11. A witty swift reply, often mildly insulting is called: Satire Repartee Repast Invective 12. According to Abidurehman Hussain, _________________ was the book which provided foundational to Edward Saids entire career. Lord Jim Heart of Darkness Things Fall Apart Portrait of Artist as a Young Man 13. Age of Sensibility is also called: Age of Milton Age of Fielding Age of Pope Age of Johnson 14. Aldous Huxley died in 1950 1955 1963 1966 15. All are true about a short story EXCEPT: Short story themes can be diverse. It may have dialogues. It is shorter than both a novella and a novel. Short story is in haiku form 16. All are true for prose EXCEPT: Prose does not have alliteration. Prose may make use of rhyme. Prose may use simile, metaphor or anecdote. Prose can be expository, narrative or expressive. 17. All of the below statements are true for Graveyard poets EXCEPT: They wrote Poems set in graveyards. They wrote meditative Poems. They were a group of poets who shall meet in the graveyard once a month and discuss serious poetic themes. Thomas Gray is a member of Graveyard Poets. 18. All of the following are true about Gullivers Travels EXCEPT: It is a work not to be read by children. It is a parody on the travel narratives. It holds good for both children story books as well as a literary novel. It is a satire on human nature. 19. All of the following is true for short stories EXCEPT: Edger Allan Poe is called originator of the short story. Short stories are also present in Biblical scriptures. A short story may be a story of character. Short story is synonymous with novel. 20. All of the following texts can help to understand the postcolonialism EXCEPT: Things Fall Apart Midnights Children The Faerie Queen Twilight in Delhi Loading … Question 1 of 20
