Nobel Prize for Literature

Who was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

• Chinua Achebe

• Nelson Mandela

• Desmond Tutu

• Wole Soyinka

What impact did Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Nobel Prize winning novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' have on the literary world?

• It caused a decline in the literary world.

• It had no impact on the literary world.

• It only impacted a small niche of the literary world.

• It had a significant impact on the literary world.

Explain the significance of the following excerpt from Toni Morrison's Nobel Prize winning novel 'Beloved': 'Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.'

• The significance is about the struggle to find a good book to read

• The significance is about the process of gaining freedom and then taking ownership of that freedom.

• The significance is about the importance of eating healthy food

• The significance is about the process of learning a new language

Identify the Nobel Prize winning author known for his existentialist philosophy and novels such as 'The Stranger' and 'The Plague'.

• Fyodor Dostoevsky

• Ernest Hemingway

• Leo Tolstoy

• Albert Camus

How did the Nobel Prize winning novel 'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway contribute to the author's literary legacy?

• Being adapted into a successful film

• Becoming a bestseller in the 1930s

• Receiving critical acclaim from other authors

• Earning him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954

Interpret the meaning of the following passage from Alice Munro's Nobel Prize winning short story collection 'Dear Life': 'The constant happiness is curiosity.'

• Being constantly curious and interested in the world around us can lead to a sense of happiness.

• The passage suggests that happiness is found in ignorance.

• Curiosity only leads to dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

• Happiness comes from never questioning anything.

Name the Nobel Prize winning author known for his epic novel 'The Tin Drum' which explores the horrors of World War II.

• Leo Tolstoy

• Günter Grass

• J.K. Rowling

• Ernest Hemingway

Discuss the impact of the Nobel Prize winning novel 'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro on the themes of memory and regret.

• The novel focuses on the themes of love and happiness

• The novel is not related to the Nobel Prize

• The novel 'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro delves into the themes of memory and regret through the protagonist's introspection and reflection on his past actions.

• The novel has no impact on the themes of memory and regret

Explain the significance of the following excerpt from Doris Lessing's Nobel Prize winning novel 'The Golden Notebook': 'That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.'

• Learning involves gaining a new understanding of something familiar.

• Learning is about forgetting everything you know

• Learning has no impact on one's understanding

• Learning only involves memorizing new information

Identify the Nobel Prize winning author known for his magical realism and novels such as 'Love in the Time of Cholera' and 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold'.

• Isabel Allende

• Mario Vargas Llosa

• Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• Pablo Neruda