ENG401 Quiz 1

Q1. Choose the correct option. ________ is a branch of linguistics that deals with the relationship of language and literature.

1. Stylistics
2. Phonetics
3. Syntax
4. Morphology

Correct answer: Stylistics

Q2. Figures of speech, such as ________, simile, metaphor, are words or phrases that depart from straightforward literal language.

1. Assonance
2. Consonant
3. Vowels
4. Alliteration

Correct answer: Alliteration

Q3. Who defined literature in these words: "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree."

1. S. T. Coleridge
2. T. S. Eliot
3. Ezra Pound
4. George Arnold

Correct answer: Ezra Pound

Q4. ________ (for example, romance, crime, or science fiction) may become excluded from consideration as "literature."

1. Short story
2. Genre fiction
3. Poetry
4. Novel

Correct answer: Genre fiction

Q5. Choose the correct option: ‘Peripheral’ is the antonym of:

1. Concrete
2. Central
3. Astute
4. Axial

Correct answer: Central

Q6. Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option. Verbs that end in 'ing' are known as_______.

1. gerunds
2. adverbs
3. participles
4. infinitives

Correct answer: gerunds

Q7. Literature is the expression of thoughts in _____________.

1. flowery style
2. sanguine diction
3. beautiful words
4. common language

Correct answer: beautiful words

Q8. Choose the correct option. ---------------- is considered the pre-eminent representative of Metaphysical Poets.

1. William Wordsworth
2. John Donne
3. John Keats
4. Robert Browning

Correct answer: John Donne

Q9. On a broader level, literature includes ______________.

1. technical writing
2. All of the above
3. scientific writing
4. creative writing

Correct answer: All of the above

Q10. Criticism means _________.

1. to conclude the works of others
2. to undermine the works of others
3. to rectify the works of others
4. to criticize the works of others

Correct answer: to rectify the works of others