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High School English: 101
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A quick quiz on famous novels and basic grammar studied in high school classes (9th grade and up)
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1
Which brothers published a collection of fairy tales that became world famous in 1812?
Henry and William James
Brothers Grimm
Wright Brothers
Marx Brothers
2
A poem that may not follow any rhythm, rhyme, or pattern is called...
Sonnet
Limerick
Free Verse
Haiku
3
Which of these novels was NOT banned from public schools in the U.S. at one time or another?
Pride and Prejudice
Bridge to Teribithia
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
To Kill a Mockingbird
4
Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" chronicles a family's journey to what US state?
California
Oklahoma
Texas
Washington
5
A collection of literary works chosen by a compiler is called an...
Selection
Assembly
Anthology
Compilation
6
"Traffic slowed to a crawl." Is an example of what type of figurative language?
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
7
True or False: Novels can be both fictional and nonfictional.
False
True
8
What is the definition of theme?
Moral of the story
The resolution of the story
Meaning behind the story
Events of the story
9
Which body part did Capt. Ahab lose in Melville's novel "Moby Dick"?
Leg
Ear
Arm
Eye
10
Which of these sentences
DOES NOT
use a semicolon(;) correctly?
They couldn't pay for the expenses; Food, clothes, or water.
My cat is cute; he loves to cuddle.
Some people write with a computer; others write with a pen.
Because cows smell; they offend me.
11
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" is a literary example of...
Tragedy
Satire
Transformation
Comedy
12
Identify the verb as transitive or intransitive in this sentence: Gordon rode his bike all day.
Intransitive
Transitive
13
In the sentence, "Please give me a cookie.", the article, a cookie, is...
Definite
Indefinite article
14
Which one of these plays did Shakespeare NOT write?
Othello
MacBeth
The Alchemist
Romeo and Juliet
15
In what time period was the book "The Great Gatsby" set in?
1900s
1920s
1910s
1930s
