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