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