English literature - Quiz
  • 1. English literature is a vast and rich tradition that spans centuries and includes a wide range of genres, styles, and voices. From the epic poems of Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales to the plays of William Shakespeare and the novels of Jane Austen, English literature offers a window into the cultural, social, and political history of England and the world. Its diverse and enduring works explore themes of love, betrayal, heroism, identity, and more, resonating with readers across time and place. Whether delving into the lyrical beauty of Romantic poetry or the dark depths of modernist fiction, English literature continues to captivate and inspire readers of all ages.

    Who wrote the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Emily Brontë
B) Jane Austen
C) George Orwell
D) Charles Dickens
  • 2. Which Brontë sister wrote the novel 'Jane Eyre'?
A) Elizabeth Gaskell
B) Charlotte Brontë
C) Emily Brontë
D) Anne Brontë
  • 3. What is the poetic form consisting of fourteen lines with a specific rhyme scheme called?
A) Sonnet
B) Haiku
C) Limerick
D) Epic
  • 4. Who is the author of the play 'Macbeth'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Oscar Wilde
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) Christopher Marlowe
  • 5. Which of the following is not a Shakespearean comedy?
A) A Midsummer Night's Dream
B) The Taming of the Shrew
C) Twelfth Night
D) Hamlet
  • 6. Who wrote the novel 'Great Expectations'?
A) Thomas Hardy
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Mark Twain
D) Charles Dickens
  • 7. In which novel would you find the characters Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim?
A) Oliver Twist
B) Moby-Dick
C) A Christmas Carol
D) Wuthering Heights
  • 8. Which novel features the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
A) The Great Gatsby
B) To Kill a Mockingbird
C) Lord of the Flies
D) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • 9. Who is the author of the novel '1984'?
A) George Orwell
B) J.D. Salinger
C) Aldous Huxley
D) Ray Bradbury
  • 10. What is the full title of the famous novel 'Moby-Dick'?
A) Moby-Dick; or, The Octopus
B) Moby-Dick; or, The Fish
C) Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
D) Moby-Dick; or, The Shark
  • 11. Who wrote the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?
A) Anton Chekhov
B) Arthur Miller
C) Tennessee Williams
D) Henrik Ibsen
  • 12. What is the sequel to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
A) The Wizard of Oz
B) Peter Pan
C) The Wind in the Willows
D) Through the Looking-Glass
  • 13. Which author wrote the novel 'Lord of the Flies'?
A) William Golding
B) J.R.R. Tolkien
C) Philip Pullman
D) C.S. Lewis
  • 14. Who is the author of the novel 'Wuthering Heights'?
A) Thomas Hardy
B) Emily Brontë
C) Charles Dickens
D) Charlotte Brontë
  • 15. Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) Harper Lee
C) J.D. Salinger
D) John Steinbeck
  • 16. Which character narrates 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) Atticus Finch
B) Holden Caulfield
C) Jay Gatsby
D) Scout Finch
  • 17. What is the full title of the novel commonly known as 'Frankenstein'?
A) Frankenstein; or, The Monster
B) Frankenstein; or, The Experiment
C) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
D) Frankenstein; or, The Creation
  • 18. In 'The Great Gatsby', where does Jay Gatsby live?
A) East Egg
B) West Egg
C) Long Island
D) Manhattan
  • 19. Which classic novel is based on the experiences of the March sisters?
A) Jane Eyre
B) Sense and Sensibility
C) Pride and Prejudice
D) Little Women
  • 20. Who wrote the novel 'Dracula'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Mary Shelley
C) H.P. Lovecraft
D) Bram Stoker
  • 21. Which literary character is known for his famous pipe and deerstalker hat?
A) Sherlock Holmes
B) Miss Marple
C) Hercule Poirot
D) Dr. Jekyll
  • 22. Who wrote the novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?
A) Albert Camus
B) Edgar Allan Poe
C) Oscar Wilde
D) Voltaire
  • 23. What is the opening line of Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities'?
A) Call me Ishmael
B) Happy families are all alike
C) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
D) In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit
  • 24. Who is the protagonist of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy?
A) Gandalf
B) Bilbo Baggins
C) Aragorn
D) Frodo Baggins
  • 25. What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'?
A) The Modern Prometheus
B) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
C) The Man Who Was Thursday
D) The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • 26. Which novel is considered a satire of Stalinism and the Soviet Union?
A) 1984
B) Animal Farm
C) Fahrenheit 451
D) Brave New World
  • 27. Who is the author of 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series?
A) Philip Pullman
B) J.K. Rowling
C) C.S. Lewis
D) Roald Dahl
  • 28. Who wrote the poem 'The Road Not Taken'?
A) Langston Hughes
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Robert Frost
D) William Wordsworth
  • 29. Which novel starts with the line 'Call me Ishmael'?
A) To Kill a Mockingbird
B) Moby Dick
C) The Great Gatsby
D) 1984
  • 30. Who is the protagonist in George Orwell's novel '1984'?
A) Winston Smith
B) Holden Caulfield
C) Atticus Finch
D) John Proctor
  • 31. Which author wrote the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Harper Lee
C) J.D. Salinger
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • 32. Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
A) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
B) John Milton
C) Percy Bysshe Shelley
D) William Blake
  • 33. In which novel do we follow the adventures of the young wizard Harry Potter?
A) Divergent
B) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
C) The Hunger Games
D) Twilight
  • 34. Who wrote the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'?
A) John Steinbeck
B) J.K. Rowling
C) Herman Melville
D) Harper Lee
  • 35. Which novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald features the character Jay Gatsby?
A) The Great Gatsby
B) The Beautiful and Damned
C) This Side of Paradise
D) Tender is the Night
  • 36. Who wrote the play 'Death of a Salesman'?
A) Arthur Miller
B) Eugene O'Neill
C) Tennessee Williams
D) August Wilson
  • 37. Who wrote the poem 'The Raven'?
A) John Milton
B) Emily Bronte
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Walt Whitman
  • 38. In 'The Great Gatsby', what symbolizes the American Dream?
A) Red rose
B) Silver key
C) Golden coin
D) Green light
  • 39. Which author wrote 'Moby Dick'?
A) Ralph Waldo Emerson
B) Nathaniel Hawthorne
C) Herman Melville
D) Henry David Thoreau
  • 40. Who wrote the novel 'Little Women'?
A) Emily Dickinson
B) Jane Austen
C) Louisa May Alcott
D) Charlotte Bronte
  • 41. Who wrote the satire 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Henry Fielding
B) Daniel Defoe
C) Samuel Richardson
D) Jonathan Swift
  • 42. Which author is known for writing 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'?
A) Homer
B) Sophocles
C) Euripides
D) Aeschylus
  • 43. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', who is the protagonist?
A) Atticus Finch
B) Boo Radley
C) Tom Robinson
D) Scout Finch
  • 44. What is the title of Harper Lee's second novel, published in 2015?
A) Go Set a Watchman
B) Mockingjay
C) Brave New World
D) To Kill a Mockingbird
  • 45. Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?
A) Bram Stoker
B) Mary Shelley
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) H.P. Lovecraft
  • 46. Which author is famous for writing 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) John Milton
B) Homer
C) Joseph Conrad
D) Geoffrey Chaucer
  • 47. In which country was author Oscar Wilde born?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Ireland
D) England
  • 48. Who is the author of 'Les Misérables'?
A) Alexandre Dumas
B) Albert Camus
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Victor Hugo
  • 49. What is the title of the first Sherlock Holmes novel?
A) The Hound of the Baskervilles
B) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
C) The Sign of the Four
D) A Study in Scarlet
  • 50. In 'The Great Gatsby', what is the real name of the character Jay Gatsby?
A) Tom Buchanan
B) James Gatz
C) John Green
D) Nick Carraway
  • 51. Who is the author of the novel 'Brave New World'?
A) Philip K. Dick
B) Aldous Huxley
C) George Orwell
D) Ray Bradbury
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