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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Robinson Crusoe’s parents wanted him to become :- |
| A. | A doctor |
| B. | A teacher |
| C. | A lawyer |
| D. | A sailor |
| Answer» C. A lawyer | |
| 2. |
Crusoe is able to survive on the island for :- |
| A. | 25 years |
| B. | 28 years |
| C. | 30 years |
| D. | 32 years |
| Answer» B. 28 years | |
| 3. |
Crusoe saves Friday on his :- |
| A. | 20th year on the island |
| B. | 23rd year on the island |
| C. | 25th year on the island |
| D. | 30th year on the island |
| Answer» C. 25th year on the island | |
| 4. |
Crusoe teaches Friday to eat:- |
| A. | Fruits |
| B. | Cooked food |
| C. | Animal flesh |
| D. | Sea food |
| Answer» C. Animal flesh | |
| 5. |
Crusoe is a man at peace with :- |
| A. | Himself |
| B. | Those around him |
| C. | Cannibals |
| D. | Nature |
| Answer» D. Nature | |
| 6. |
The novel Robinson Crusoe is set in the :- |
| A. | 16th century |
| B. | 17th century |
| C. | 18th century |
| D. | 19th century |
| Answer» B. 17th century | |
| 7. |
The English mutineers who landed on Crusoe’s island are just as dangerous to him as :- |
| A. | Any wild animal |
| B. | Any shark |
| C. | Any native |
| D. | Any cannibal |
| Answer» D. Any cannibal | |
| 8. |
Crusoe was born in |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | City of York |
| C. | London |
| D. | New York |
| Answer» B. City of York | |
| 9. |
Crusoe's father wanted him to be |
| A. | a soldier |
| B. | a businessman |
| C. | a lawyer |
| D. | a teacher |
| Answer» C. a lawyer | |
| 10. |
What according to Crusoe pushed him on? |
| A. | his friends |
| B. | his parents |
| C. | his hobby |
| D. | his ill fate |
| Answer» D. his ill fate | |
| 11. |
Crusoe made an oven out of |
| A. | clay |
| B. | wood |
| C. | stones |
| D. | iron |
| Answer» A. clay | |
| 12. |
Crusoe was born in the year |
| A. | 1632 |
| B. | 1633 |
| C. | 1634 |
| D. | 1635 |
| Answer» A. 1632 | |
| 13. |
Crusoe was rescued by |
| A. | a pirate ship |
| B. | a Spanish ship |
| C. | a Turkish ship |
| D. | a Portuguese ship |
| Answer» D. a Portuguese ship | |
| 14. |
Robinson Crusoe serves as a slave for two years in |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | Morocco |
| C. | America |
| D. | Spain |
| Answer» B. Morocco | |
| 15. |
Crusoe named the savage Friday to commemorate the day |
| A. | he saved the savage’s life |
| B. | he found footprints |
| C. | he landed on the island |
| D. | he left the island |
| Answer» A. he saved the savage’s life | |
| 16. |
The cross that Crusoe erects on the island serves as a |
| A. | religious icon |
| B. | compass |
| C. | calendar |
| D. | scarecrow |
| Answer» C. calendar | |
| 17. |
In the first entry of his journal Crusoe called the island |
| A. | island of hope |
| B. | island of fear |
| C. | horrid island |
| D. | island of despair |
| Answer» B. island of fear | |
| 18. |
When Crusoe revisited the island he was pleased to see how the ________ established a successful colony with the English mutineers. |
| A. | Spaniards |
| B. | Portuguese captain |
| C. | Cannibals |
| D. | Caribbean natives |
| Answer» D. Caribbean natives | |
| 19. |
Crusoe’s father wishes his son to go into which profession? |
| A. | Law |
| B. | Medicine |
| C. | Business |
| D. | Farming |
| Answer» A. Law | |
| 20. |
How does Crusoe impress the natives on the African coast? |
| A. | Showing them his watch |
| B. | Killing a leopard |
| C. | Giving them run |
| D. | Sailing the boat in circles |
| Answer» D. Sailing the boat in circles | |
| 21. |
In Europe Crusoe encounters ravenous wolves in which country? |
| A. | England |
| B. | Africa |
| C. | Spain |
| D. | Belgium |
| Answer» B. Africa | |
| 22. |
Crusoe names the servant Friday in honour of what? |
| A. | Good Friday |
| B. | The day on which the native life was saved |
| C. | The last work day before the weekend |
| D. | The day on which Crusoe life was saved |
| Answer» C. The last work day before the weekend | |
| 23. |
When Crusoe departs on his second voyage, with whom does he leave some of his money? |
| A. | A London merchant |
| B. | His sister |
| C. | A widow friend |
| D. | His father |
| Answer» B. His sister | |
| 24. |
According to Crusoe’s father, peace of mind and prosperity attended upon a _______ in life |
| A. | upper station |
| B. | lower station |
| C. | middle station |
| D. | upper-middle station |
| Answer» C. middle station | |
| 25. |
Without asking God’s blessing, nor of his father’s consent, Crusoe boarded a ship bound for London on |
| A. | September 1, 1651 |
| B. | September 1, 1659 |
| C. | September 30, 1651 |
| D. | September 30, 1659 |
| Answer» B. September 1, 1659 | |
| 26. |
Crusoe was kept as a slave by the Turkish Captain for |
| A. | a year |
| B. | two years |
| C. | four years |
| D. | five years |
| Answer» B. two years | |
| 27. |
How did Crusoe mark the one year anniversary of his shipwreck on the Island of Despair? |
| A. | He grew both barley and rice on the island |
| B. | He devised a method of making pots from clay |
| C. | He spent a day in prayer and fasting |
| D. | He built a boat and tried to get off the island |
| Answer» A. He grew both barley and rice on the island | |
| 28. |
What does Crusoe see on the island that fills him with fear? |
| A. | A terrible lion |
| B. | A dead shark |
| C. | Wild wolves |
| D. | A human footprint |
| Answer» D. A human footprint | |
| 29. |
Crusoe left the island after 28 years on |
| A. | June 11, 1687 |
| B. | June 11, 1688 |
| C. | December 19, 1686 |
| D. | December 19, 1687 |
| Answer» C. December 19, 1686 | |
| 30. |
Crusoe’s father wanted him to be a |
| A. | Doctor |
| B. | Lawyer |
| C. | Sailor |
| D. | Teacher |
| Answer» B. Lawyer | |
| 31. |
Robinson Crusoe celebrated his first anniversary in the island on |
| A. | September 30, 1661 |
| B. | September 30, 1662 |
| C. | September 30, 1660 |
| D. | September 30,1663 |
| Answer» A. September 30, 1661 | |
| 32. |
The first ship Robinson Crusoe boarded was going to |
| A. | Brazil |
| B. | London |
| C. | Guinea |
| D. | America |
| Answer» D. America | |
| 33. |
Den Wild Zee is a |
| A. | French phraseology |
| B. | Spanish phraseology |
| C. | Dutch phraseology |
| D. | English phraseology |
| Answer» C. Dutch phraseology | |
| 34. |
How many canoes did Friday see on the seashore? |
| A. | Three |
| B. | Four |
| C. | Five |
| D. | Six |
| Answer» C. Five | |
| 35. |
What did Crusoe give to the widow? |
| A. | One hundred pounds |
| B. | Two hundred pounds |
| C. | Three hundred pounds |
| D. | Four hundred pounds |
| Answer» B. Two hundred pounds | |
| 36. |
Nelly tells Lockwood that she has lived at Thrushcross Grange for :- |
| A. | 12 years |
| B. | 15 years |
| C. | 18 years |
| D. | 20 years |
| Answer» C. 18 years | |
| 37. |
Catherine was engaged to Edgar for :- |
| A. | 6 months |
| B. | 1 year |
| C. | 2 years |
| D. | 3 years |
| Answer» D. 3 years | |
| 38. |
Wuthering Heights opens in :- |
| A. | 1800 |
| B. | 1801 |
| C. | 1802 |
| D. | 1803 |
| Answer» B. 1801 | |
| 39. |
The diary that Lockwood found in the room at Wuthering Heights was:- |
| A. | 20 years old |
| B. | 22 years old |
| C. | 24 years old |
| D. | 25 years old |
| Answer» D. 25 years old | |
| 40. |
Mr Earnshaw brought Heathcliff from :- |
| A. | New York |
| B. | Liverpool |
| C. | Edinburgh |
| D. | London |
| Answer» B. Liverpool | |
| 41. |
Linton is the son of :- |
| A. | Isabella and Heathcliff |
| B. | Catherine and Heathcliff |
| C. | Hindley and Frances |
| D. | Linton and Catherine |
| Answer» A. Isabella and Heathcliff | |
| 42. |
Catherine gives birth to a daughter :- |
| A. | 4 weeks prematurely |
| B. | 6 weeks prematurely |
| C. | 1 month prematurely |
| D. | 2 months prematurely |
| Answer» D. 2 months prematurely | |
| 43. |
Heathcliff told Nelly that Catherine’s ghost had tormented him every night for the last :- |
| A. | 15 years |
| B. | 16 years |
| C. | 17 years |
| D. | 18 years |
| Answer» D. 18 years | |
| 44. |
Where did Heathcliff live? |
| A. | Thushcross Grange |
| B. | Lowood |
| C. | Wuthering Heights |
| D. | The Chase |
| Answer» C. Wuthering Heights | |
| 45. |
Who is the narrator of Wuthering Heights? |
| A. | Lockwood |
| B. | Nelly Dean |
| C. | Both a & b |
| D. | Only a |
| Answer» C. Both a & b | |
| 46. |
What is inscribed above the entrance of Wuthering Heights? |
| A. | "Hindley Earnshaw 1729" |
| B. | "1623" |
| C. | "Abandon all Hope, ye who enter here" |
| D. | "Hareton Earnshaw 1500" |
| Answer» D. "Hareton Earnshaw 1500" | |
| 47. |
Over the course of the novel, which characters claimed to see Catherine's ghost? |
| A. | Heathcliff, Hareton, young Catherine and Joseph |
| B. | Edgar Linton and Heathcliff |
| C. | Joseph and Nelly Dean |
| D. | Lockwood and Heathcliff |
| Answer» D. Lockwood and Heathcliff | |
| 48. |
To which Shakespearan hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing? |
| A. | Hamlet |
| B. | Othello |
| C. | King Lear |
| D. | Romeo |
| Answer» C. King Lear | |
| 49. |
Whom does Catherine Earnshaw marry? |
| A. | Edgar Linton |
| B. | Hareton |
| C. | Heathcliff |
| D. | Hindley |
| Answer» A. Edgar Linton | |
| 50. |
What is the name of Mr. Earnshaw’s adopted son? |
| A. | Hindley |
| B. | Edgar |
| C. | Heathcliff |
| D. | Hareton |
| Answer» C. Heathcliff | |
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