English Language

Literary Analysis

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Analyze classic and modernist novels, autobiographies, plays, and graphic novels across various genres. This topic tests your familiarity with prominent authors, literary movements, and thematic elements. Questions appear regularly in the English language sections of SSC, banking, and teaching competency exams.

Classic and modernist novelsAutobiographies and biographiesPoetic language and farcesThematic literary elements

Literary Analysis Questions

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

The novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis _________.

  1. warned Americans in the 1920s that excessive buying on credit could lead to an economic crisis.

  2. described what the United States would look like if communists led a successful revolution in the 1950s.

  3. imagined a fascist takeover in the United States in the 1930s.

  4. addressed the danger of nuclear war in the 1960s.

  5. woke Californians up in the 1970s to the dangers of a devastating earthquake.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis imagined a fascist takeover in the United States in the 1930s.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

Matches the artist and the cultural product he or she created:
X) John Steinbeck                      1) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Y) Frank Capra                         2) The Good Earth
Z) Margaret Mitchell                3) The Grapes of Wrath
                                                  4) Gone With the Wind
                                                  5) Waiting for Lefty

  1. X-2, Y-4, Z-5

  2. X-3, Y-2, Z-4

  3. X-5, Y-2, Z-1

  4. X-3, Y-4, Z-1

  5. X-3, Y-1, Z-4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

John Steinbeck wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath' (X-3), Frank Capra directed 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' (Y-1), and Margaret Mitchell wrote 'Gone With the Wind' (Z-4).

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel, chronicles the lives of ________.

  1. Mexican migrant farm workers.

  2. displaced Dust Bowl farmers.

  3. Southern sharecroppers.

  4. coal miners from West Virginia.

  5. unemployed autoworkers from Michigan.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Depression-era novel, chronicles the lives of  displaced Dust Bowl farmers.

Multiple choice great depression between the two world wars - the russian revolution and the great depression history russian revolution the russian revolution

Identify the correct statement about the novel "It Can't Happen Here" written by Sinclair Lewis.

  1. It warned Americans in the 1920s that excessive buying on credit could lead to an economic crisis.

  2. It described what the United States would look like if communists led a successful revolution in the 1950s.

  3. It imagined a fascist takeover in the Europe in the 1930s.

  4. It addressed the danger of nuclear war in the 1960s.

  5. It woke Californians up in the 1970s to the dangers of a devastating earthquake.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Multiple choice zoology why classification? history of classification of organisms introduction to classification of living organisms living world and classification

Which of the following book was written by Theophrastus?

  1. 'Enquiry into Plants'

  2. 'On the Causes of Plants'

  3. 'Historia Plantarum'

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Theophrastus is considered father of botany. He was the Greek philosopher and the first to attempt to classify plants of the basis of their morphological features. On the basis of their height, girth and branches, the plants were classified as tree, shrubs, sub-shrubs and herbs. He considered the trees as most advanced plant and classified around 500 plant species of plants which are mentioned in his book Historia Plantarum. Enquiry into Plants and On the Causes of Plants were also penned by him. 

Thus, the correct answer is option D. 

Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

A/An ____________ is a book about a person's life written by someone else.

  1. Biography

  2. Autobiography

  3. Epilogue

  4. Novel
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct answer is Option A.
A biography is the description of a real person's life. The biography includes the personal life experiences of the person. Majority of biographies are written about people who are or were famous.
Option B is incorrect as an autobiography is the type of biography which tells the life story of the author. It is the written record of the author's life.
Option C is incorrect as an epilogue comes at the end of a text and it provides a comment or reflection on what has occurred in the text.
Option D is incorrect as a novel is a long narrative work of fiction with some realism.

Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

Which of the following is not true of a biography?

  1. It is an informational text

  2. It may be fictional

  3. It may be based on false events

  4. It is written by someone else
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Option A - The content given in a biography is very informative for the readers. Thus option A is incorrect.

Option B - A biography can be based on a real-life story as well as fiction. Thus option B is incorrect.
Option D - Yes, a biography about someone can be written by someone else as well. Thus option D is incorrect.
Option C - All the information in a biography is bound to be true. Thus option C is the correct answer.

Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

From which kind of text is the following most likely taken?
"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on anyone of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me." 

  1. Historical biography

  2. Fictional biography

  3. Autobiography

  4. Travelogue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The quote is from Nelson Mandela's autobiography, 'Long Walk to Freedom'. It reflects his personal experience and perspective on the struggle against apartheid.

Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

On which of the following options would you write an autobiography?

  1. Yourself

  2. Your mother

  3. A famous politician

  4. A struggling writer
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is Option A.
An autobiography is the type of biography which tells the life story of the author. It is the written record of the author's life. So in an autobiography you will only write about your life experiences.
Options B, C and D are incorrect as if you write about the life experiences of someone else, it will be called a biography of that concerned person.
Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

You wish to write a fictional autobiography of Queen Elizabeth I. 
Which of the following would be least relevant to include in this autobiography?

  1. Where Elizabeth was born

  2. Who Elizabeth's parents were

  3. What you think Elizabeth looked like

  4. How Elizabeth became queen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is Option C.
A fictional biography is a genre wherein the author writes an account of a person's life where that person is actually a fictional character. The biography will be based on the source text where the character is described and additional imaginative information cannot be included here. So, in this context, 'What you think Elizabeth looked like' is the least relevant to include in this biography.
Options A, B and D are incorrect as these facts are relevant enough to to be included in the biography as they can be obtained from the source text.
Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

A biography of a famous king who ruled in the past is called a ____________ biography.

  1. Literary

  2. Fictional

  3. Historical

  4. Reference
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is Option C.
A historical biography is a reconstruction of a human life and a representation of a historical individual.
Options A, B and D are incorrect as they do not adhere to the format of biography mentioned in the context.
Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

You are a mountain climber. You want to tell the world about the challenges you have faced while climbing mountains. Which of the following would you write your experiences in?

  1. Fictional biography

  2. Historical biography

  3. Autobiography

  4. Epilogue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is Option C.
An autobiography is the type of biography which tells the life story of the author. It is the written record of the author's life.
So, if you want to tell about your challenges to the world, it would be your autobiography.
Options A, B and D are incorrect as they do not adhere to the format of writing mentioned in the given context.
Multiple choice biography and autobiography writing english

The following is an excerpt from 'Anne Frank The Diary Of A Young Girl':
Mr. Bolkestein, the Cabinet Minister, speaking on the Dutch broadcast from London, said that after the war a collection would be made of diaries and letters dealing with the war. Of course, everyone pounced on my diary.
Which kind of text is this? 

  1. Fiction novel

  2. Fictional biography

  3. Autobiography

  4. Travelogue
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This excerpt is from 'The Diary of a Young Girl', which is a personal record of Anne Frank's life, making it an autobiography.

Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

Name the book written by Charlotte Beredt about dreams of Jews.

  1. Fearfull Dreams

  2. Thired Reich of Dreams

  3. Dreams of Death

  4. Dreams of Reich
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Charlotte Beradt, was a Berlin-based journalist. She secretly recorded people’s dreams in her diary and later published them in a book called the Third Reich of Dreams. She describes how Jews themselves began believing in the Nazi stereotypes. They dream of their hooked noses, black hair and eyes, Jewish looks and body movements.