Quiz on Literature

Who was the author of the famous storybook ' Alice's Adventure in Wonderland'?

• Rudyard Kipling

• John Keats

• Lewis Carroll

• H G Wells

In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written?

• 13th - 14th

• 14th - 15th

• 15th - 16th

• 16th - 17th

Who is often referred to as the ' Bard of Avon'?

• John Milton

• William Shakespeare

• Charles Dickens

• Jane Austen

Where is the head office of Sahitya academy located

• Lucknow

• Kolkata

• New Delhi

• Tamilnadu

Who wrote the ' Panchatantra'?

• Chanakya

• Vishnu Sharma

• Kalidasa

• Narayan Pandit

Which is the first Harry Potter book?

• HP and Goblet of Fire

• HP and Philosopher's Stone

• HP and Chamber of Secrets

• HP and the God of Small Things

Which of the following is not a literary device used for aesthetic effect in Poetry?

• Assonance

• Rhyme

• Grammar

• Onomatopoeia

What is the study of poetry's meter and form called?

• Prosody

• Potology

• Scansion

• RheumRheumatology

Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?

• Sonnet form

• Iambic pentameter

• Alliterative verse

• Dactylic hexameter

Which of the following is not a poet?

• William Shakespeare

• Terry Saylor

• Emily Dickinson

• Elizabeth B Browning