- 1. In which year was Margaret Atwood born?
A) 1950
B) 1939
C) 1965
D) 1980
- 2. Which of the following novels by Margaret Atwood is often cited as a dystopian masterpiece?
A) Oryx and Crake
B) Cat's Eye
C) Alias Grace
D) The Handmaid's Tale
- 3. Which prestigious literary award did Margaret Atwood win for her novel 'The Blind Assassin'?
A) National Book Award
B) Booker Prize
C) Nobel Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize
- 4. In which Canadian city was Margaret Atwood born?
A) Montreal
B) Toronto
C) Vancouver
D) Ottawa
- 5. What is the title of Margaret Atwood's collection of poems published in 1966?
A) You Are Happy
B) Eating Fire
C) Morning in the Burned House
D) The Circle Game
- 6. Margaret Atwood wrote a retelling of which famous Shakespeare play?
A) Hamlet
B) Romeo and Juliet
C) The Tempest
D) Macbeth
- 7. Which Margaret Atwood novel features the character Grace Marks, an Irish-Canadian housemaid who becomes a murderess?
A) The Handmaid's Tale
B) The Blind Assassin
C) Alias Grace
D) Oryx and Crake
- 8. Margaret Atwood served as the president of which international literary organization from 1984 to 1986?
A) The Society of Authors
B) The Royal Society of Literature
C) The Authors Guild
D) PEN International
- 9. Margaret Atwood was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize in which year?
A) 2008
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 2016
- 10. What is the title of the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale', published in 2019?
A) Alias Grace
B) MaddAddam
C) The Testaments
D) Oryx and Crake
- 11. Margaret Atwood published a retelling of 'The Odyssey' from the perspective of which female character?
A) Circe
B) Calypso
C) Helen
D) Penelope
- 12. In Margaret Atwood's novel 'MaddAddam', what is the name of the genetically engineered species of humanoids?
A) Crakers
B) God's Gardeners
C) Skirtflappers
D) Painballers
- 13. In Margaret Atwood's novel 'Cat's Eye', the protagonist, Elaine Risley, is famous for her work in which artistic field?
A) Sculpture
B) Dance
C) Poetry
D) Painting
- 14. Which Margaret Atwood novel is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
A) MaddAddam
B) The Year of the Flood
C) Stone Mattress
D) Hag-Seed
- 15. What is the title of Margaret Atwood's collection of essays on science fiction and speculative fiction?
A) On Writing
B) Playing in the Dark
C) The Situation and the Story
D) In Other Worlds
- 16. Margaret Atwood was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in which year?
A) 1998
B) 2012
C) 2003
D) 2017
- 17. In which Margaret Atwood novel do genetically modified creatures play a central role in the story?
A) The Heart Goes Last
B) Alias Grace
C) Oryx and Crake
D) The Blind Assassin
- 18. In which year did Margaret Atwood publish 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
A) 1979
B) 1985
C) 1994
D) 2002
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