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