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