quiz based on english literature grammar and language

1. QUIZ TIME

2. Rules
◦Each correct answer will fetch 5 points
◦There will be no negative marking

3. IDIOMS

4. QUESTION
B To be quick
D To never stop
A
To Dance
C To stop wasting time in waiting
To kick one’s heels

5. Correct Answer
D: To stop time in wasting

6. QUESTION
B To make people happy
D To stay away
A To make peace with
C To go away
To mend one’s fences

7. Correct Answer
A:To make peace with

8. QUESTION
B To go down
D To look great
A To be angry
C To be sad
To be down in dumps

9. Correct Answer
C: To look sad

10. QUESTION
B
If one more thing happens, it will
happen very late
D Every thing is delayed
A
Many things have happened close
together in time.
C Great things are happening
One thing after another lately

11. Correct Answer
◦A: Many things have happened close together in time.

12. QUESTION
B To check if there is any rain
D To watch weather news
A to refuse an offer or invitation politely
C To get umbrellas out
To take a rain check.

13. Correct Answer
A: To refuse an invitation politely

14. POETS
&
AUTHORS

15. QUESTION
B Jonathan
D James Joyce
A Jane Austen
C J.K Rowling
Who is the author of Harry Potter series?

16. Correct Answer
C: J.K. Rowling

17. QUESTION
B Sherlock Homes
D
A Tom Sawyer
C Charles Dickens
Which character was created by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle?
Lemuel Gulliver

18. Correct Answer
B: Sherlock Holmes

19. QUESTION
B William Shakespeare
D Charles Darwin
A Rudyard Kipling
C George Bernard Shaw
Who wrote the book Comedy of errors?

20. Correct Answer
◦B: William Shakespeare

21. QUESTION
B Conan Doyle
D Charles Dickens
A Geoffrey Chaucer
C H.G.Wells
Name the author of the book Invisible Man.

22. Correct Answer
C: H.G. Wells

23. QUESTION
B
Rudyard Kipling
D Paulo Coelho
A J.K. Rowling
C Charles Dickens
Who wrote the very famous Jungle Book?

24. Correct Answer
◦B: Rudyard Kipling

25. LITERARY DEVICES

26. QUESTION
B
D
A
C
“Purple puppies like playing on the
playground." This is an example of
Personification Alliteration
Anaphora Motif

27. Correct Answer:
B: Alliteration

28. QUESTION
B
D
A
C
Which of the following is an example of metaphor?
The glasses smiled at me Cute cats chase toys
Snow is like the sun My life is a dream

29. Correct Answer
D: My life is a dream

30. QUESTION
B
D
A
C
Which of the following is an example of simile?
Hiss, slurp, hush, scream--MOM! Hopping hens shop for shoes
My hand is as cold as snow The shirt said, "Wear Me!"

31. Correct Answer
◦C: My hand is as cold as snow

32. QUESTION
B I feel time flies when we have fun.
D
A I am going through a lot of emotions right
now.
C
Which of the following is an example of personification?
My mother looked liked a sunflower
today.
I love this dress!

33. Correct Answer
B:I feel time flies when we have fun.

34. QUESTION
B We have a team of thirty typists.
D My brother is a drummist.
A The group sang sweetly.
C I like eating tacos.
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?

35. Correct Answer
B: We have a team of thirty typists.

36. SPELLINGS

37. QUESTION
B minescule
D minniscule
A minnascul
C minuscule
Which is the correct spelling?

38. Correct Answer
C: Minuscule

39. QUESTION
B Bourgeoisie
D Bourgeoisy
A
C bourgeousie
Which of the following words is correctly spelt?
Bourgeousy

40. Correct Answer
B: Bourgeoisie

41. QUESTION
B laison
D leason
A liason
C liasion
Which of the words is correctly spelt?

42. Correct Answer
◦C: Liasion

43. QUESTION
B Missellaneus
D Misellaneous
A Miscellaneous
C
Choose the correct spelling
Miscelaneous

44. Correct Answer
A: Miscellaneous

45. QUESTION
B
D hierarchical
A bureaucracy
C prerogative
which of the following words is misspelt?
entrepreneur

46. Correct Answer
D: hierarchical

47. RAPID FIRE

48. QUESTION
That lawn was a perfect green carpet after getting
mowed this morning.
Name the literary device.

49. Correct Answer
Metaphor

50. QUESTION
Let the _______out of the bag.
Complete the idiom.

51. Correct Answer
Cat

52. QUESTION
Complete the given proverb.
An eye for an eye, _______________________.

53. Correct Answer
A tooth for a tooth

54. QUESTION
Unjumble the letters to identify the word.
o t i n a o p o m o e a

55. Correct Answer
Onomatopoeia

56. QUESTION
Name the poet of the poem ‘Lake Isle of Innisfree’

57. Correct Answer
William Butler Yeats

58. THE END