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