Literature Quiz

Which of the following are works by George Bernard Shaw?

• The Rainbow

• Sons and Lovers

• Man and Superman

• Major Barbara

• Pygmalion

What characterizes The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot?

• Fragmented poetic form

• Commentary on postwar disillusionment

• Optimistic tone

• Use of allusions

• Pastoral imagery

Who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest?

• Satire of Victorian society

• Thomas Hardy

• Comedy of manners

• G.B. Shaw

• Oscar Wilde

What themes are often explored by E.M. Forster?

• Colonialism

• Class division

• Absurdism

• Dystopia

• Personal connection

What literary forms did John Milton contribute to?

• Romantic lyrics

• Political prose

• Religious verse

• Detective novels

• Epic poetry

Which characteristics apply to Edmund Blunden's poetry?

• War themes

• Psychological realism

• Nature imagery

• Georgian poet

• Satirical tone

Who are considered major women writers of the Renaissance and Victorian period?

• Jane Austen

• Sylvia Plath

• Charlotte Brontë

• Mary Shelley

• George Eliot

Which elements define Neoclassical literature?

• Order and reason

• Satirical tone

• Classical influences

• Spontaneity

• Subjective emotion

Which features are common in Ulysses by James Joyce?

• Omniscient narrator

• One-day time frame

• Allusions to Homeric epic

• Fairy tale setting

• Interior monologue

Who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?

• John Bunyan

• Allegorical work

• Religious themes

• John Milton

• Samuel Pepys