- 1. The history of literature is a rich tapestry of human creativity, spanning thousands of years and encompassing a wide range of genres and styles. From the ancient epics of Homer and Virgil to the modernist experiments of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, literature has served as a mirror to society, reflecting its values, beliefs, and aspirations. Throughout history, writers have used literature to explore the complexities of the human experience, to challenge prevailing norms, and to inspire readers to think critically about the world around them. By studying the history of literature, we gain insight into the cultural, social, and political forces that have shaped our world, and we come to appreciate the enduring power of language to move, provoke, and inspire.
Who is considered the father of English literature?
A) Shakespeare
B) Dickens
C) Chaucer
D) Milton
- 2. Which ancient epic poem tells the story of the Trojan War?
A) The Iliad
B) Beowulf
C) The Aeneid
D) The Odyssey
- 3. Which author wrote the classic novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Charles Dickens
B) Leo Tolstoy
C) Jane Austen
D) Emily Brontë
- 4. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Tolstoy
B) Fitzgerald
C) Homer
D) Shakespeare
- 5. Which literary movement was characterized by disillusionment and skepticism?
A) Transcendentalism
B) Realism
C) Romanticism
D) Modernism
- 6. Which author wrote the novella 'A Christmas Carol'?
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Mark Twain
C) Virginia Woolf
D) Charles Dickens
- 7. What novel by Mary Shelley features a scientist who creates a living creature in a scientific experiment?
A) Dracula
B) Frankenstein
C) Moby-Dick
D) The Picture of Dorian Gray
- 8. Which author wrote the poem 'The Raven'?
A) Emily Dickinson
B) Robert Frost
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Walt Whitman
- 9. Who is known for writing the novel '1984'?
A) Ray Bradbury
B) George Orwell
C) Kurt Vonnegut
D) Aldous Huxley
- 10. Which playwright wrote 'Death of a Salesman'?
A) Arthur Miller
B) Tennessee Williams
C) Eugene O'Neill
D) Anton Chekhov
- 11. Which American author wrote 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) J.D. Salinger
C) John Steinbeck
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 12. Who is the author of 'Little Women'?
A) Louisa May Alcott
B) Charlotte Brontë
C) Virginia Woolf
D) Emily Dickinson
- 13. Which famous poet wrote 'The Waste Land'?
A) Sylvia Plath
B) W.B. Yeats
C) Robert Frost
D) T.S. Eliot
- 14. Who wrote the classic novel 'Wuthering Heights'?
A) Jane Austen
B) Emily Brontë
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Charles Dickens
- 15. What is the name of the epic poem that is often regarded as the national epic of Wales?
A) Inferno
B) Mabinogion
C) The Faerie Queene
D) The Canterbury Tales
- 16. Which author is known for creating the detective Sherlock Holmes?
A) Arthur Conan Doyle
B) Agatha Christie
C) Raymond Chandler
D) Dashiell Hammett
- 17. Who wrote the novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?
A) Virginia Woolf
B) Albert Camus
C) Franz Kafka
D) Oscar Wilde
- 18. What is the title of the novel that centers around the character Holden Caulfield?
A) Lord of the Flies
B) Of Mice and Men
C) Brave New World
D) The Catcher in the Rye
- 19. Which author's work includes the books 'Slaughterhouse-Five' and 'Cat's Cradle'?
A) Kurt Vonnegut
B) Aldous Huxley
C) Ray Bradbury
D) Philip K. Dick
- 20. Who is the author of the children's book 'Where the Wild Things Are'?
A) Maurice Sendak
B) Dr. Seuss
C) Shel Silverstein
D) Roald Dahl
- 21. Which Shakespearean play is about the titular Danish prince seeking revenge?
A) Hamlet
B) Macbeth
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Othello
- 22. Which poet wrote 'Leaves of Grass'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Robert Frost
D) Walt Whitman
- 23. Which author is known for the novel 'Jane Eyre'?
A) Charlotte Brontë
B) Louisa May Alcott
C) Emily Brontë
D) Virginia Woolf
- 24. Which author wrote 'Purgatorio', 'Inferno', and 'Paradiso'?
A) Dante Alighieri
B) Homer
C) John Milton
D) Virgil
- 25. What play by Tennessee Williams features the characters Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski?
A) Sweet Bird of Youth
B) The Glass Menagerie
C) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
D) A Streetcar Named Desire
- 26. The Brontë sisters wrote under which pseudonyms?
A) Hawthorne, Poe, and Irving
B) Brontë, Wilder, and Austen
C) Gaskell, Eliot, and Richardson
D) Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
- 27. Who wrote the play 'A Doll's House'?
A) Jean-Paul Sartre
B) Anton Chekhov
C) Henrik Ibsen
D) August Strindberg
- 28. Jules Verne is known for popularizing which genre of literature?
A) Mystery
B) Science Fiction
C) Romance
D) Historical Fiction
- 29. Which of these is a work by the poet William Wordsworth?
A) The Canterbury Tales
B) War and Peace
C) Death of a Salesman
D) The Prelude
- 30. What fantasy book series did J.R.R. Tolkien write?
A) Harry Potter
B) Wheel of Time
C) The Lord of the Rings
D) Chronicles of Narnia
- 31. What novel features the character Jay Gatsby and is set in the Jazz Age?
A) Catch-22
B) The Catcher in the Rye
C) Lord of the Flies
D) The Great Gatsby
- 32. Which writer is known for 'The Great Gatsby'?
A) J.D. Salinger
B) John Steinbeck
C) Mark Twain
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 33. Which Greek poet wrote the epic poems 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'?
A) Plato
B) Virgil
C) Homer
D) Sophocles
- 34. What novel tells the story of a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island?
A) The Great Gatsby
B) The Catcher in the Rye
C) Lord of the Flies
D) Animal Farm
- 35. Which author wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A) Harper Lee
B) John Steinbeck
C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) Ernest Hemingway
- 36. What dystopian novel is set in a society where emotions are suppressed?
A) 1984
B) Fahrenheit 451
C) The Handmaid's Tale
D) Brave New World
- 37. Which Shakespearean play depicts the tragic downfall of the title character due to jealousy?
A) Othello
B) Hamlet
C) Macbeth
D) King Lear
- 38. Which of the following is a work by Plato?
A) Inferno
B) The Republic
C) Ulysses
D) The Prince
- 39. Who wrote the novel 'Don Quixote'?
A) Dostoevsky
B) Homer
C) Swift
D) Cervantes
- 40. Which Russian author wrote 'War and Peace'?
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) Vladimir Nabokov
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Anton Chekhov
- 41. Which author is known for the novel 'Moby Dick'?
A) Herman Melville
B) Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Mark Twain
D) Charles Dickens
- 42. Which of these is a book written by George Orwell?
A) Brave New World
B) 1984
C) The Catcher in the Rye
D) Fahrenheit 451
- 43. Emily Dickinson is known for her poetry in which literary movement?
A) Transcendentalism
B) Naturalism
C) Victorian
D) American Romanticism
- 44. Who is known for the novel 'Frankenstein'?
A) Agatha Christie
B) Mary Shelley
C) Daphne du Maurier
D) Charlotte Brontë
- 45. Which French author wrote 'Les Miserables'?
A) Victor Hugo
B) Gustave Flaubert
C) Albert Camus
D) Honore de Balzac
- 46. Which ancient Greek playwright is known for works like 'Oedipus Rex' and 'Antigone'?
A) Sophocles
B) Aristophanes
C) Sappho
D) Euripides
- 47. Who wrote the play 'The Glass Menagerie'?
A) Anton Chekhov
B) Eugene O'Neill
C) Tennessee Williams
D) Arthur Miller
- 48. Who wrote the novel 'Crime and Punishment'?
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) Anton Chekhov
C) Ivan Turgenev
D) Leo Tolstoy
- 49. What war serves as the backdrop for Ernest Hemingway's novel 'A Farewell to Arms'?
A) American Civil War
B) World War II
C) Vietnam War
D) World War I
- 50. Which author wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Jack London
C) John Updike
D) James Joyce
- 51. Which author wrote 'Brave New World'?
A) George Orwell
B) Jules Verne
C) Ray Bradbury
D) Aldous Huxley
- 52. Virginia Woolf is associated with which literary group of the early 20th century?
A) Lost Generation
B) Beat Generation
C) Bloomsbury Group
D) Harlem Renaissance
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