
English Authors

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Known as the Bard of Avon. He is renowned for his use of iambic pentameter and dramatic plays.
William Shakespeare
William Sydney Porter
William Faulkner
William Wordsworth
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One of the most celebrated authors who wrote "As I lay dying" and The sound and the fury", also wrote the poem "A rose for Emily"
William Shakespeare
William Sydney Porter
William Faulkner
William Wordsworth
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
He is the Father of Romantic Poetry. He is celebrated for his focus on nature and use of common language to express profound emotions.
William Shakespeare
William Sydney Porter
William Faulkner
William Wordsworth
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Known for his pen name O. Henry. He also wrote The Gift of the Magi
William Shakespeare
William Sydney Porter
William Faulkner
William Wordsworth
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An Irish poet recognized for his symbolic and often mystical poetry, influenced by Irish mythology and occultism
William Shakespeare
William Sydney Porter
William Blake
William Butler Yeats
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
He wrote A Poison Tree
William Shakespeare
William Sydney Porter
William Blake
William Butler Yeats
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Known for his depiction of rural New England life and his use of traditional verse forms to explore complex social and philosophical themes
Robert Frost
Robert Browning
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Greene
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