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