English Literature Mcqs
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor ?

A. No difference. simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.
B. A simile is more descriptive.
C. A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesn’t.
D. A simile must use animals in the comparison.

What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form ?

A. Personification
B. Hyperboles
C. Alliteration
D. Onomatopoeia

Which is not a poetry form ?

A. Epic
B. Tale
C. Ballad
D. Sonnet

Who wrote “The Hound of the Baskervilles ?”

A. Agatha christie
B. H ryder-haggard
C. P d james
D. Arthur conan doyle

____________is a late 20th century play written by a woman ?

A. Queen cristina
B. Top girls
C. Camille
D. The homecoimg

Who wrote “Ten Little Niggers ?”

A. Sir arthur conan doyle
B. Irvine welsh
C. Agatha christie
D. None of above

Which of the following is not a work of John Keats ?

A. Endymion
B. To some ladies
C. To hope
D. None of above

How has Stephen Dunn been described in ’the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry ?

A. A poet of middleness
B. Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness
C. One of the leading prairie poets
D. Has some distinction as a critic