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Literary Classics and a Couple Other Good Books

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of Sherlock Holmes?

a)

Edgar Allen Poe

b)

lan Fleming

c)

H G Wells

d)

Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle

2.

Which of these ARE NOT the work of Oscar Wilde?

a)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

b)

The Raven

c)

Of Mice And Men

d)

The Canterville Ghost

e)

The Importance of Being Earnest

3.

Oberon is married to..

a)

Desdemona

b)

Titania

c)

Ariel

d)

Verona

4.

Who is generally considered to be the father of the modern horror genre?

a)

Bram Stoker

b)

Edgar Allen Poe

c)

Stephen King

d)

Oscar Wilde

5.

If Sherlock Holmes had a nemesis it would be___.

a)

Marchand

b)

McTair

c)

Moriarty

d)

Morant

6.

Jules Vern is considered to be the Father of Science Fiction. Which of these books did he NOT write.

a)

From Earth to the Moon

b)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

c)

Journey to the Center of the Earth

d)

The Island of Doctor Moreau

e)

The Mysterious Island

7.

What defeated the Martians at the end of ‘War of the Worlds’?

a)

The humans were able to turn the Martians’ weapons against them

b)

An airborne virus that the Martians had no natural immunity to

c)

The humans used a new super weapon

d)

A combination of all three of the above

8.

What was the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine?

a)

The Iron Shark

b)

The Dreadnaught

c)

The Northwind

d)

None of these

9.

Which of the following is not a Charles Dickens character?

a)

Jacob Marley

b)

David Copperfield

c)

Allen Quatermain

d)

Nicholas Nickleby

e)

The Artful Dodger

10.

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ is the classic opening line of this novel

a)

Great Expectations

b)

Pride and Prejudice

c)

A Tale of Two Cities

d)

Wuthering Heights

11.

Most of this book is set on a ship named the Pequod

a)

Treasure Island

b)

Moby Dick

c)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

d)

The Sea Wolf

12.

Edmond Danté is the main character in Alexandre Dumas’ timeless tale of betrayal and revenge.

a)

The Man in the Iron Mask

b)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

c)

The Three Musketeers

d)

The Count of Monte Cristo

13.

How many voyages did Sinbad make?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

16

d)

17

14.

Lemuel Gulliver’s last voyage took him to the island of the Houyhnhnms. What kind of animal were they?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

’Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp’ is one of the only stories in The Arabian Nights that is not set in the Arabia or Persia. Where is it set?

a)

Japan/Africa

b)

Ceylon/Africa

c)

India/China

d)

China/Africa

16.

Which of these is NOT one of Hans Christen Andersen’s stories?

a)

The Traveling Companion

b)

The Snow Queen

c)

The Little Match Girl

d)

The Little Mermaid

e)

The Silver Chair

17.

Who was warned about the ‘Ides of March’?

a)

MacBeth

b)

Mark Anthony

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Othello

18.

In John Steinbeck’s ‘The Pearl’, how did Coyotito die?

a)

He was shot by a stray bullet

b)

He ate a poisonous leaf

c)

He was stung by a scorpion

d)

He was bitten by a snake

19.

Who is the author of ‘Don Quixote?

a)

Miguel de Cierva

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Manuel de Cierva

d)

Manuel de Cervantes

20.

Which of the following books is set in the Great Depression?

a)
b)
c)
d)