Literary Staircase

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare is written during the ____________ era.

• Romantic

• Modernist

• Renaissance

• Elizabethan

The injustices of the transatlantic ____________ are exposed through Aphra Behn’s graphic and emotive account of the cruel realities of life in English colonial settlements.

• Opium trade

• Slave trade

• Cotton trade

• Spice trade

Robinson Crusoe was published in the _____________century.

• 16th

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

In The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy sheds light on the cruelty of the oppressive _______ system, which disadvantages the lower class regardless of how bright they are.

• Caste

• Religious

• Political

• Military

The quote: “Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?" is from the following play by William Shakespeare.

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• Macbeth

• Romeo and Juliet

• The Merchant of Venice

Alphra Behn’s novel, _________________ , tells the story of two black lovers in freedom and in slavery.

• Mansfield's Park

• Coremantiena

• The Royal Slave

• The Tempest

The quote: "Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity" by Alpra Behn is from one of her published ….

• Plays

• Poems

• Short stories

• Novels

Which one of the following is NOT a way that can keep you intellectually curious.

• Acknowledging that I don't have the knowledge.

• Being unafraid to ask questions.

• Exploring what interests most people.

• Familiarising yourself with diverse topics.

The quote: “Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself” is taken from a book by ….

• Daniel Defoe

• Daniel Silva

• Danielle Henderson

• Daniel Boyle

Who is the author of the book ‘Are you there, Singapore?’

• Alvin Pang

• Robert Yeo

• Pooja Nansi

• Arundhati Roy