- 1. Literature encompasses written works that express ideas, emotions, and experiences through language. It serves as a reflection of society, culture, and human nature, providing insights into the human condition. Through various genres such as poetry, prose, drama, and fiction, literature allows individuals to explore different perspectives, challenge their beliefs, and understand the complexities of the world. It has the power to evoke empathy, provoke thought, and inspire change. Literature captures the beauty of language, the depth of emotions, and the richness of imagination, making it a timeless and invaluable aspect of human expression.
Who wrote the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Emily Brontë
B) Charles Dickens
C) Jane Austen
D) Mark Twain
- 2. Which Shakespeare play features the line 'To be, or not to be, that is the question'?
A) Hamlet
B) Othello
C) Macbeth
D) Romeo and Juliet
- 3. Who is the author of 'The Great Gatsby'?
A) John Steinbeck
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 4. What is the setting of 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville?
A) Whaling ship
B) Western town
C) Medieval castle
D) Space station
- 5. Who wrote the poem 'The Raven'?
A) Robert Frost
B) Edgar Allan Poe
C) Sylvia Plath
D) Emily Dickinson
- 6. Which dystopian novel features a society divided into districts controlled by the Capitol?
A) Brave New World
B) The Hunger Games
C) Fahrenheit 451
D) 1984
- 7. What is the title of the novel that follows the life of Huckleberry Finn?
A) Robinson Crusoe
B) Oliver Twist
C) Treasure Island
D) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- 8. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Anton Chekhov
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) Tennessee Williams
- 9. Which author wrote 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
A) Roald Dahl
B) C.S. Lewis
C) J.K. Rowling
D) Lewis Carroll
- 10. Who is the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A) John Steinbeck
B) Harper Lee
C) Emily Brontë
D) Mark Twain
- 11. Which Russian author wrote 'Crime and Punishment'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Anton Chekhov
D) Nikolai Gogol
- 12. What is the title of the famous poem by Robert Frost that begins with 'Whose woods these are I think I know'?
A) Fire and Ice
B) The Road Not Taken
C) Acquainted with the Night
D) Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- 13. Which classic novel features the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?
A) Wuthering Heights
B) Pride and Prejudice
C) Great Expectations
D) Jane Eyre
- 14. Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
A) Dante Alighieri
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) John Milton
D) Homer
- 15. The novel 'Frankenstein' was written by which author?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Bram Stoker
C) H.G. Wells
D) Jules Verne
- 16. What is the final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series?
A) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
B) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
C) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
D) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 17. Who is the author of 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) J.D. Salinger
C) Sylvia Plath
D) Ernest Hemingway
- 18. Which Shakespeare play features the characters Rosalind and Orlando?
A) As You Like It
B) Twelfth Night
C) The Merchant of Venice
D) A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 19. Who wrote the novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?
A) Charlotte Brontë
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Emily Brontë
D) Oscar Wilde
- 20. What is the title of the dystopian novel that portrays a society where books are banned?
A) Brave New World
B) Fahrenheit 451
C) Lord of the Flies
D) Animal Farm
- 21. Which American poet penned the line 'I sing the body electric'?
A) Robert Frost
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Langston Hughes
D) Walt Whitman
- 22. Who is the author of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy?
A) George R.R. Martin
B) J.R.R. Tolkien
C) C.S. Lewis
D) Philip K. Dick
- 23. The novel 'Wuthering Heights' was written by which author?
A) Jane Austen
B) George Eliot
C) Charlotte Brontë
D) Emily Brontë
- 24. Who is the author of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
A) Pablo Neruda
B) Jorge Luis Borges
C) Isabel Allende
D) Gabriel García Márquez
- 25. What is the title of the novel about the adventures of a young orphaned girl written by Lucy Maud Montgomery?
A) Anne of Green Gables
B) Heidi
C) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
D) Little Women
- 26. In the novel 'The Count of Monte Cristo', who is the main character seeking revenge?
A) Jean Valjean
B) Dr. Jekyll
C) Edmond Dantès
D) Captain Ahab
- 27. Who is the author of 'The War of the Worlds'?
A) Philip K. Dick
B) Jules Verne
C) Arthur C. Clarke
D) H.G. Wells
- 28. Which author wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) Emily Bronte
B) John Milton
C) Geoffrey Chaucer
D) Aldous Huxley
- 29. In 'Lord of the Flies', who is the leader of the boys stranded on the deserted island?
A) Simon
B) Piggy
C) Jack
D) Ralph
- 30. In which novel does the character Scarlett O'Hara appear?
A) Gone with the Wind
B) Jane Eyre
C) Little Women
D) Pride and Prejudice
- 31. Who is the author of 'Moby-Dick'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Herman Hesse
C) Herman Melville
D) Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 32. Which dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley envisions a future society where emotions are controlled and individuality is suppressed?
A) Fahrenheit 451
B) 1984
C) Brave New World
D) The Handmaid's Tale
- 33. Which Charles Dickens novel features the character Ebenezer Scrooge?
A) A Christmas Carol
B) Oliver Twist
C) David Copperfield
D) Great Expectations
- 34. What is the last name of the sisters in Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'?
A) Smith
B) Johnson
C) Jones
D) March
- 35. Which novel follows the story of Jean Valjean?
A) Great Expectations
B) Les Misérables
C) Crime and Punishment
D) Anna Karenina
- 36. Which dystopian novel by George Orwell explores themes of government surveillance and totalitarianism?
A) The Handmaid's Tale
B) 1984
C) Brave New World
D) Fahrenheit 451
- 37. What is the pseudonym of the author Samuel Clemens?
A) Herman Melville
B) Edgar Allan Poe
C) Nathaniel Hawthorne
D) Mark Twain
- 38. Who wrote the book '1984'?
A) Ray Bradbury
B) George Orwell
C) Aldous Huxley
D) George Bernard Shaw
- 39. Who is the author of 'The Call of the Wild'?
A) Jack London
B) Herman Melville
C) Stephen Crane
D) Edgar Rice Burroughs
- 40. In 'The Great Gatsby', who is the narrator of the story?
A) Jay Gatsby
B) Tom Buchanan
C) Daisy Buchanan
D) Nick Carraway
- 41. What literary device is often described as 'the way a story is told'?
A) Theme
B) Narrative
C) Metaphor
D) Simile
- 42. Who is the author of the novel 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Gustave Flaubert
B) Alexandre Dumas
C) Victor Hugo
D) Émile Zola
- 43. Which classic novel follows the lives of the March sisters and is written by Louisa May Alcott?
A) Wuthering Heights
B) Sense and Sensibility
C) Little Women
D) Jane Eyre
- 44. Which Shakespeare play is known as the 'Scottish play'?
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) Macbeth
C) Othello
D) Hamlet
- 45. In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', who is the King of the Fairies?
A) Puck
B) Titania
C) Demetrius
D) Oberon
- 46. Which novel features the character Holden Caulfield?
A) The Great Gatsby
B) Lord of the Flies
C) The Catcher in the Rye
D) Brave New World
- 47. Which author is known for the 'Hunger Games' trilogy?
A) Suzanne Collins
B) Veronica Roth
C) J.K. Rowling
D) George R.R. Martin
- 48. Who wrote the play 'A Doll's House'?
A) Henrik Ibsen
B) Anton Chekhov
C) August Strindberg
D) Eugene O'Neill
- 49. Who wrote 'The Scarlet Letter'?
A) Nathaniel Hawthorne
B) Edgar Allan Poe
C) Emily Dickinson
D) Herman Melville
- 50. Which Greek epic poem is attributed to Homer and tells the story of the Trojan War?
A) Iliad
B) Metamorphoses
C) Odyssey
D) Aeneid
- 51. What is the name of the ship in Herman Melville's novel 'Moby Dick'?
A) Pequod
B) Bounty
C) Endeavour
D) Nautilus
- 52. What is the title of the novel about a dystopian future society divided into factions based on virtues?
A) The Maze Runner
B) Ready Player One
C) Divergent
D) The Giver
- 53. What is the title of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald set during the Roaring Twenties?
A) The Beautiful and Damned
B) The Great Gatsby
C) This Side of Paradise
D) Tender Is the Night
- 54. 'The Road Not Taken' is a poem by which poet?
A) Robert Frost
B) Emily Dickinson
C) Sylvia Plath
D) Langston Hughes
- 55. Who wrote the epic poem 'The Iliad'?
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Apollonius of Rhodes
D) Homer
- 56. Who wrote the play 'Death of a Salesman'?
A) Tennessee Williams
B) Eugene O'Neill
C) Arthur Miller
D) Harold Pinter
- 57. Which Nobel Prize-winning author wrote 'Beloved' and 'Song of Solomon'?
A) Toni Morrison
B) Zora Neale Hurston
C) Maya Angelou
D) Alice Walker
- 58. In 'The Divine Comedy', what is the name of the main character who journeys through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven?
A) Milton
B) Dante
C) Virgil
D) Homer
- 59. Who wrote the novella 'Heart of Darkness'?
A) Joseph Conrad
B) Franz Kafka
C) Ernest Hemingway
D) James Joyce
- 60. Who wrote the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?
A) Tennessee Williams
B) Arthur Miller
C) Lorraine Hansberry
D) Samuel Beckett
- 61. What is the subtitle of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'?
A) Monster's Legacy
B) The Undying Creature
C) The Modern Prometheus
D) Victor's Creation
- 62. Which author created the detective character Sherlock Holmes?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Agatha Christie
C) Raymond Chandler
D) Arthur Conan Doyle
- 63. Who is the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) Scout Finch
B) Atticus Finch
C) Jay Gatsby
D) Holden Caulfield
- 64. Which Russian author wrote 'War and Peace'?
A) Fyodor Dostoevsky
B) Anton Chekhov
C) Anna Akhmatova
D) Leo Tolstoy
- 65. What is the primary setting of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A) Maycomb, Alabama
B) Los Angeles, California
C) New York City, New York
D) Chicago, Illinois
- 66. Who is the author of the children's book 'Charlotte's Web'?
A) Dr. Seuss
B) E.B. White
C) P.D. Eastman
D) Margaret Wise Brown
- 67. In 'Romeo and Juliet', what family does Juliet belong to?
A) Capulet
B) Thorn
C) Montague
D) Verona
- 68. In 'The Great Gatsby', what is Jay Gatsby's real name?
A) James Gatz
B) George Buchanon
C) John Wilson
D) Tom Carraway
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