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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) Emily Brontë
C) Jane Austen
D) George Orwell
  • 2. Which Brontë sister wrote the novel 'Jane Eyre'?
A) Charlotte Brontë
B) Anne Brontë
C) Emily Brontë
D) Elizabeth Gaskell
  • 3. What is the poetic form consisting of fourteen lines with a specific rhyme scheme called?
A) Sonnet
B) Epic
C) Haiku
D) Limerick
  • 4. Who is the author of the play 'Macbeth'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Oscar Wilde
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) Christopher Marlowe
  • 5. Which of the following is not a Shakespearean comedy?
A) A Midsummer Night's Dream
B) Hamlet
C) Twelfth Night
D) The Taming of the Shrew
  • 6. Who wrote the novel 'Great Expectations'?
A) Mark Twain
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Thomas Hardy
D) Charles Dickens
  • 7. In which novel would you find the characters Ebenezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim?
A) Moby-Dick
B) A Christmas Carol
C) Oliver Twist
D) Wuthering Heights
  • 8. Which novel features the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
A) To Kill a Mockingbird
B) Lord of the Flies
C) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
D) The Great Gatsby
  • 9. Who is the author of the novel '1984'?
A) J.D. Salinger
B) Ray Bradbury
C) George Orwell
D) Aldous Huxley
  • 10. What is the full title of the famous novel 'Moby-Dick'?
A) Moby-Dick; or, The Octopus
B) Moby-Dick; or, The Shark
C) Moby-Dick; or, The Fish
D) Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
  • 11. Who wrote the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire'?
A) Anton Chekhov
B) Tennessee Williams
C) Arthur Miller
D) Henrik Ibsen
  • 12. What is the sequel to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
A) The Wind in the Willows
B) Peter Pan
C) Through the Looking-Glass
D) The Wizard of Oz
  • 13. Which author wrote the novel 'Lord of the Flies'?
A) William Golding
B) C.S. Lewis
C) Philip Pullman
D) J.R.R. Tolkien
  • 14. Who is the author of the novel 'Wuthering Heights'?
A) Thomas Hardy
B) Charlotte Brontë
C) Emily Brontë
D) Charles Dickens
  • 15. Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A) Harper Lee
B) John Steinbeck
C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
D) J.D. Salinger
  • 16. Which character narrates 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) Scout Finch
B) Holden Caulfield
C) Atticus Finch
D) Jay Gatsby
  • 17. What is the full title of the novel commonly known as 'Frankenstein'?
A) Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
B) Frankenstein; or, The Experiment
C) Frankenstein; or, The Monster
D) Frankenstein; or, The Creation
  • 18. In 'The Great Gatsby', where does Jay Gatsby live?
A) Long Island
B) West Egg
C) Manhattan
D) East Egg
  • 19. Which classic novel is based on the experiences of the March sisters?
A) Jane Eyre
B) Little Women
C) Pride and Prejudice
D) Sense and Sensibility
  • 20. Who wrote the novel 'Dracula'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Mary Shelley
C) H.P. Lovecraft
D) Bram Stoker
  • 21. Which literary character is known for his famous pipe and deerstalker hat?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Miss Marple
C) Sherlock Holmes
D) Dr. Jekyll
  • 22. Who is the author of 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series?
A) C.S. Lewis
B) Roald Dahl
C) J.K. Rowling
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) Happy families are all alike
C) In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit
D) Call me Ishmael
  • 24. In which country was author Oscar Wilde born?
A) England
B) Ireland
C) Italy
D) France
  • 25. Who wrote the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'?
A) J.K. Rowling
B) John Steinbeck
C) Herman Melville
D) Harper Lee
  • 26. Which author is known for writing 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'?
A) Homer
B) Sophocles
C) Aeschylus
D) Euripides
  • 27. Who is the author of 'Les Misérables'?
A) Albert Camus
B) Victor Hugo
C) Alexandre Dumas
D) Gustave Flaubert
  • 28. Who is the protagonist of 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy?
A) Frodo Baggins
B) Aragorn
C) Bilbo Baggins
D) Gandalf
  • 29. Who wrote the epic poem 'Paradise Lost'?
A) John Milton
B) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C) William Blake
D) Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • 30. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', who is the protagonist?
A) Atticus Finch
B) Scout Finch
C) Boo Radley
D) Tom Robinson
  • 31. What is the title of Harper Lee's second novel, published in 2015?
A) Go Set a Watchman
B) To Kill a Mockingbird
C) Brave New World
D) Mockingjay
  • 32. What is the title of the first Sherlock Holmes novel?
A) A Study in Scarlet
B) The Hound of the Baskervilles
C) The Sign of the Four
D) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  • 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) To Kill a Mockingbird
B) 1984
C) Moby Dick
D) The Great Gatsby
  • 35. Which author wrote 'Moby Dick'?
A) Herman Melville
B) Nathaniel Hawthorne
C) Henry David Thoreau
D) Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • 36. In 'The Great Gatsby', what symbolizes the American Dream?
A) Red rose
B) Green light
C) Silver key
D) Golden coin
  • 37. Who wrote the play 'Death of a Salesman'?
A) August Wilson
B) Eugene O'Neill
C) Tennessee Williams
D) Arthur Miller
  • 38. Who is the author of the novel 'Brave New World'?
A) Aldous Huxley
B) George Orwell
C) Ray Bradbury
D) Philip K. Dick
  • 39. Which novel is considered a satire of Stalinism and the Soviet Union?
A) Brave New World
B) Animal Farm
C) 1984
D) Fahrenheit 451
  • 40. Which author is famous for writing 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) John Milton
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) Homer
D) Joseph Conrad
  • 41. In 'The Great Gatsby', what is the real name of the character Jay Gatsby?
A) John Green
B) Tom Buchanan
C) Nick Carraway
D) James Gatz
  • 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 Modern Prometheus
D) The Man Who Was Thursday
  • 43. Who wrote the novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'?
A) Voltaire
B) Albert Camus
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Oscar Wilde
  • 44. Who wrote the poem 'The Road Not Taken'?
A) William Wordsworth
B) Robert Frost
C) Langston Hughes
D) Emily Dickinson
  • 45. Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?
A) Bram Stoker
B) Mary Shelley
C) H.P. Lovecraft
D) Edgar Allan Poe
  • 46. Who wrote the poem 'The Raven'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Emily Bronte
C) Walt Whitman
D) John Milton
  • 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) Charlotte Bronte
B) Jane Austen
C) Louisa May Alcott
D) Emily Dickinson
  • 49. In which novel do we follow the adventures of the young wizard Harry Potter?
A) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
B) Twilight
C) The Hunger Games
D) Divergent
  • 50. Which author wrote the novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) J.D. Salinger
D) Harper Lee
  • 51. Who wrote the satire 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Henry Fielding
B) Jonathan Swift
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Samuel Richardson
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