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19. British Literature

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sentence about Charles Dickens is not true?

a)

He wrote social novels.

b)

His books had happy endings.

c)

He wrote about poor people in the 19th century.

d)

He wrote detective stories.

2.

Which titles of Charles Dickens´s books are corrects?

a)

David Copperfield

b)

Great Experiments

c)

A Christmas Carol

d)

The Pickwick Tea

3.

Which title of Charles Dickens´books is correct?

a)

Martin Nickleby

b)

Nicolas Chuzzlewit

c)

Little Dorrit

d)

The Old Curiosity Carol

4.

Which two detectives were created by Agatha Christie?

a)

Sherlock Holmes

b)

Hercule Poirot

c)

Miss Marple

d)

Auguste Dupin

e)

Dr. Watson

5.

Tick two true sentences about Agatha Christie.

a)

Her play The Mousetrap was not successful.

b)

She wrote detective stories.

c)

She wrote Death on the Nile.

d)

She died in the Orient Express.

6.

Which sentence about J. R. R. Tolkien is not true:

a)

He wrote The Silmarillion.

b)

He invented the imaginary world of Middle-Earth.

c)

He was a university professor.

d)

He lived in New Zealand.

7.

Which title of a comedy by Oscar Wilde is not correct?

a)

The Importance of Being Philip

b)

Lady Windermere´s Fan

c)

A Woman of No Importance

d)

An Ideal Husband

8.

Which sentence about Oscar Wilde is not true?

a)

He was put in prison for his homosexuality.

b)

He was born in Dublin.

c)

He wrote about social and political problems.

d)

He died in France.

9.

The main characters of The Nightingale and the Rose are:

a)

student and nightingale

b)

student and his girlfriend called Rose

c)

student and his mother

d)

2 nightingales

10.

A funny story by Oscar Wilde about about an American family who moves to a British castle:

a)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

b)

The Happy Prince

c)

The Canterbury Tales

d)

The Canterville Ghost

11.

Which sentence about The Picture of Dorian Gray is not true?

a)

Dorian is jealous of his picture.

b)

At the beginning of the book Dorian is a handsome boy.

c)

Changes of his character always reflect in his face.

d)

Dorian kills the painter.

12.

Tick all the true sentences about Oscar Wilde´s fairy-tales:

a)

They show sympathy for the poor and unhappy.

b)

They are sophisticated.

c)

They have happy ending.

d)

They are not typical fairy-tales.

13.

Who is in the picture?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Agatha Christie

d)

J.R. R. Tolkien