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LITERATURE QUIZ
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This literature was known as the longest epic poem ever written.
Sanskrit
Vedas
Mahabharata
Ramayana
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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women are merely players" is a line in the play:
Les Miserables
Macbeth
As You Like It
Merchant of Venice
3
Captain John Smith wrote the famous story of the Indian maiden called as:
Moana
Pocahontas
Mulan
Elsa
4
This play has the protagonist selling his soul to the devil in exchange of power and knowledge.
Everyman
Song to Celia
The Faerie Queen
Doctor Faustus
5
It is the earliest English poetry, which blends Christianity and Paganism.
The Battle of Maldon
The Wanderer
Beowulf
Dream of the Rood
6
Who wrote the "Telephone Converstation"?
Yasunari Kawabata
Wole Soyinka
Rabindranath Tagore
Po Chu-I
7
The preeminent poet of the Tagalog language whose well-known protagonist is Florante.
Jose Rizal
Teodoro M. Locsin
Huseng Sisiw
Francisco Baltazar
8
According to Ernest Hemingway, all American literature comes from one great book, which is:
Moby-Dick
Rip Van Winkle
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
9
Who said this line? "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
King Lear
Romeo
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
10
It is the oldest collection of Chinese poetry and is considered as a model of poetic expression
Four Noble Truths
The Book of Songs
The Parables of Ancient Philosophers
Analects of Confucious
11
He is the father of epic poetry because of his literary pieces The Iliad and the Odyssey.
Socrates
Hesiod
Plato
Homer
12
Who wrote the fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings"?
J.K. Rowling
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
T.S. Eliot
13
He is hailed as the Father of the English Essay.
Alexander Pope
Francis Bacon
Henry Fielding
Thomas Gray
14
All are examples of Afro-Asian Literature EXCEPT:
Doctrina Christiana
Two Brothers
Ramayana
Shakuntala
15
What figure of speech is exemplified:"The wind stood up and gave a shout."
onomatopoeia
allusion
personification
metaphor
16
This Japanese literature consists of five lines of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables.
renga
tanka
haiku
hokku
17
It is a long narrative poem idealizing knight errantry
Medieval Romance
Lyric Poetry
Heroic Poetry
Ballads
18
Rudyard Kipling stirred the emotions of empire lovers through his children's tales. One is:
The Jungle Book
Tom Sawyer
Tarzan
Alice Through a Looking Glass
19
Which of the following is the first tragedy play of William Shakespeare?
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
20
Wuthering Heights is a personal story of the characters' private lives that was written by:
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Bronte
Emily Bronte
Anne Bronte
21
It is an extended metaphor where objects, persons and actions express hidden meanings.
paradox
hyperbole
allegory
oxymoron
22
It is Geoffrey Chaucer's frame narrative which showcases the stories told by 29 pilgrims.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Le Morte d'Arthur
The Canterbury Tales
Arabian Nights
23
One of the well-known literary pieces that Jonathan Swift wrote is:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Gulliver's Travels
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Animal Farm
24
It is considered as the world's first true novel which was written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Haike
The Tale of Rashomon
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Rensei
25
This means "a story within a story".
novella
story tableau
play
frame tale
26
What social issue does this line indicate? ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT?
gender discrimination
racial discrimination
colonial mentality
human rights violation
27
This literature is a collection of Indian beast fables originally written in Sanskrit.
Panchatantra
Mrcchakatika
Bhagavad Gita
Sakuntala
28
The given line is from one of Charles Dicken's literary piece: "Marley was dead: to begin with"
Tale of Two Cities
A Christmas Carol
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
29
This literary piece is defined as the "hymns of supreme sacred knowledge".
Koran
Bible
8 Fold Path
Rigveda
30
It is an epic poem that tells about the fall of angels, creation of Adam and Eve and temptation
Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained
Divina Comedia
Angels and Demons