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