Monthly Archives: May, 2011

Literature


Select the best answer to each question. 1. Who wrote this line? “Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise”. a. Robert Browning b. William Shakespeare c. Rudyard Kipling d. Edgar Allan Poe 2. What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of ‘Treasure Island’? a. English b. Welsh c. Irish d. Scottish 3. …

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Word Analogy


Select the best answer to the question. 1. GNASH is related to TEETH as LISTEN is related to ____________. a. hear b. ears c. resolve d. dissuade 2. BREAD is related to BUTTER as POTATOES is related to ____________. a. gravy b. steak c. margarine d. lamb 3. PORCINE is related to PIG as BOVINE …

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Sentence Completion


Choose the best answer for each item. 1. More than one friendly whale has nudged a boat with such _________ that passengers have been knocked overboard. a. enthusiasm b. animosity c. lethargy d. serenity 2. Readers were so bored with the verbose and redundant style of the Victorian novelists that they welcomed the change to …

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LET English Reviewer: Literary Works and Authors


Hey guys! Check out if you can answer the following questions for literary works and authors. Correction key and explanation are available at the end of the quiz. Enjoy! 1. Identify the author of this literary work: MEN WITHOUT WOMEN a. Ernest Hemingway b. Benjamin Disraeli c. Louis-Ferdinand Celine d. E.M. Forster 2. PILGRIMS PROGRESS …

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inspirational qoute


People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. Norman Vincent Peale

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