British Literature

"Paradise Lost" written by Milton is about...

• angels

• God

• the devil

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"Robinson Crusoe" was written by...

• Jane Austen

• Daniel Defoe

• Joanathan Swift

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The creator of the character "Sherlock Holmes" is...

• H.G.Wells

• Arthur Conan Doyle

• Oscar Wilde

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This expression first appeared in a dystopia by George Orwell entitled...

• Animal Farm

• 1984

• The Hobbit

Beowulf is about...

• a king fighting dragons

• a warrior fighting monsters

• a sailor fighting mermaids

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The Time Machine, Invisible Man and The War of Worlds were written by H.G.Wells. They were...

• adventure books

• travels books

• science fiction books

The book who gave origin to this film was...

• The Island of Dr. Moureau

• The Dubliners

• Pygmalion

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Choose the titles which are examples of gothic horror/fiction

• Frankenstein

• Dracula

• Oliver Twist

• Wuthering Heights

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British Literature is better understood by the historical periods it went through, and the authors who gained more importance. Match the following:

• J.K. Rowling

• The Elizabethan Era

• William Shakespeare

• The Romantic Era

• Robert Louis Stevenson

• The Victorian Era

• Virginia Woolf

• The Modernist Movement

• Jane Austen

• Current Voices

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Author of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, among others; from the Victorian Era and the Industrial Revolution.

• Charles Dickens

• Lewis Carroll

• Bram Stoker

• Robert Louis Stevenson

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