- 1. In which year was Margaret Atwood born?
A) 1980
B) 1965
C) 1950
D) 1939
- 2. Which of the following novels by Margaret Atwood is often cited as a dystopian masterpiece?
A) Alias Grace
B) Oryx and Crake
C) Cat's Eye
D) The Handmaid's Tale
- 3. Which prestigious literary award did Margaret Atwood win for her novel 'The Blind Assassin'?
A) Pulitzer Prize
B) Booker Prize
C) Nobel Prize
D) National Book Award
- 4. In which Canadian city was Margaret Atwood born?
A) Ottawa
B) Toronto
C) Montreal
D) Vancouver
- 5. What is the title of Margaret Atwood's collection of poems published in 1966?
A) Morning in the Burned House
B) The Circle Game
C) Eating Fire
D) You Are Happy
- 6. Margaret Atwood wrote a retelling of which famous Shakespeare play?
A) The Tempest
B) Hamlet
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Macbeth
- 7. Which Margaret Atwood novel features the character Grace Marks, an Irish-Canadian housemaid who becomes a murderess?
A) Alias Grace
B) Oryx and Crake
C) The Blind Assassin
D) The Handmaid's Tale
- 8. Margaret Atwood served as the president of which international literary organization from 1984 to 1986?
A) PEN International
B) The Authors Guild
C) The Royal Society of Literature
D) The Society of Authors
- 9. Margaret Atwood was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize in which year?
A) 2016
B) 2008
C) 2000
D) 1995
- 10. What is the title of the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale', published in 2019?
A) MaddAddam
B) Oryx and Crake
C) Alias Grace
D) The Testaments
- 11. Margaret Atwood published a retelling of 'The Odyssey' from the perspective of which female character?
A) Calypso
B) Penelope
C) Helen
D) Circe
- 12. In Margaret Atwood's novel 'MaddAddam', what is the name of the genetically engineered species of humanoids?
A) God's Gardeners
B) Painballers
C) Skirtflappers
D) Crakers
- 13. In Margaret Atwood's novel 'Cat's Eye', the protagonist, Elaine Risley, is famous for her work in which artistic field?
A) Poetry
B) Dance
C) Sculpture
D) Painting
- 14. Which Margaret Atwood novel is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
A) Stone Mattress
B) MaddAddam
C) Hag-Seed
D) The Year of the Flood
- 15. What is the title of Margaret Atwood's collection of essays on science fiction and speculative fiction?
A) The Situation and the Story
B) Playing in the Dark
C) On Writing
D) In Other Worlds
- 16. Margaret Atwood was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in which year?
A) 2017
B) 1998
C) 2012
D) 2003
- 17. In which Margaret Atwood novel do genetically modified creatures play a central role in the story?
A) Alias Grace
B) The Heart Goes Last
C) Oryx and Crake
D) The Blind Assassin
- 18. In which year did Margaret Atwood publish 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
A) 2002
B) 1985
C) 1979
D) 1994
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