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