19. British Literature

Which sentence about Charles Dickens is not true?

• He wrote social novels.

• His books had happy endings.

• He wrote about poor people in the 19th century.

• He wrote detective stories.

Which titles of Charles Dickens´s books are corrects?

• David Copperfield

• Great Experiments

• A Christmas Carol

• The Pickwick Tea

Which title of Charles Dickens´books is correct?

• Martin Nickleby

• Nicolas Chuzzlewit

• Little Dorrit

• The Old Curiosity Carol

Which two detectives were created by Agatha Christie?

• Sherlock Holmes

• Hercule Poirot

• Miss Marple

• Auguste Dupin

• Dr. Watson

Tick two true sentences about Agatha Christie.

• Her play The Mousetrap was not successful.

• She wrote detective stories.

• She wrote Death on the Nile.

• She died in the Orient Express.

Which sentence about J. R. R. Tolkien is not true:

• He wrote The Silmarillion.

• He invented the imaginary world of Middle-Earth.

• He was a university professor.

• He lived in New Zealand.

Which title of a comedy by Oscar Wilde is not correct?

• The Importance of Being Philip

• Lady Windermere´s Fan

• A Woman of No Importance

• An Ideal Husband

Which sentence about Oscar Wilde is not true?

• He was put in prison for his homosexuality.

• He was born in Dublin.

• He wrote about social and political problems.

• He died in France.

The main characters of The Nightingale and the Rose are:

• student and nightingale

• student and his girlfriend called Rose

• student and his mother

• 2 nightingales

A funny story by Oscar Wilde about about an American family who moves to a British castle:

• The Picture of Dorian Gray

• The Happy Prince

• The Canterbury Tales

• The Canterville Ghost