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WorksheetsBritish literature
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 18mins
Which performance is usually written by playwright?
play
opera
ballet
dance performance
The two masks associated with drama represent
happiness and sadness
comedy and tragedy
enjoyment and suffering
"A composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play." It is a definition of...
song
poem
novel
drama
The term "drama" comes from (language)
(a)
Who is the best-known English playwright of all the time?
(a)
W. Shakespeare lived in the 16th and the 17th century.
True
False
Which one of Shakespeare's work is not a play?
Hamlet
Richard III.
Venus and Adonis
Romeo and Juliet
Othello, Macbeth and Hamlet are all tragedies.
True
False
Fill in the blank: The definition of a (a) is a collection of words that express an emotion or idea, sometimes with specific rhythm.
The earliest poetry was probably transmitted...
orally
in written form
trough cave paintings
trough sing language
The earliest surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, may have been composed as early as the 7th century.
True
False
Which author is the English sonnet named after? (he wrote around 154 sonnets)
W. Shakespeare
P. Sydney
M. Drayton
S. Daniel
It was in the Victorian era (1832-1900) that the novel became the leading literary genre in English.
True
False
Who were the most significant novelists in 19th century?
Jane Austen
Charles Dickens
Brontë sisters
Robert L. Stevenson
Arthur C. Doyle
Oliver Twist was written by...
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë
Jane Austen
Robert L. Stevenson
Jane Eyre was written by ...
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë
Jane Austen
Robert L. Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde was written by...
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë
Jane Austen
Robert L. Stevenson
Pride and Prejudice was written by ...
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë
Jane Austen
Robert L. Stevenson
Withering Heights was written by ...
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Brontë
Emily Brontë
Jane Austen
Robert L. Stevenson
The character of Sherlock Holmes (by A. C. Doyle) first appeared in a novel called A Study in Scarlet.
True
False
Ch. Dickens was born into a (a) family.
Ch. Dickens's first novel, for which he became famous at the time, was called...
David Copperfield
Oliver Twist
The Pickwick Papers
Christmas Carol
The Pickwick Papers is...
humorous novel
based on short stories published in magazines
storytelling from journeys
detective story
Which Dickens novel is autobiographical? (The author focuses on the life of a little boy and later man. It shows bourgeois ruthlessness and greed, but also human kindness.)
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Jane Austen was the representative of ________ novel.
detective
domestic
horror
mystery
Which of these novels is not from J. Austen?
Love and Friendship
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
War and Peace
What was your favorite part of the quiz?
drama
poetry
19th century novels
