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British literature

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which performance is usually written by playwright?

a)

play

b)

opera

c)

ballet

d)

dance performance

2.

The two masks associated with drama represent

a)

happiness and sadness

b)

comedy and tragedy

c)

enjoyment and suffering

3.

"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...

a)

song

b)

poem

c)

novel

d)

drama

4.

The term "drama" comes from (language)

(a)  

5.

Who is the best-known English playwright of all the time?

(a)  

6.

W. Shakespeare lived in the 16th and the 17th century.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which one of Shakespeare's work is not a play?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Richard III.

c)

Venus and Adonis

d)

Romeo and Juliet

8.

Othello, Macbeth and Hamlet are all tragedies.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Fill in the blank: The definition of a (a)   is a collection of words that express an emotion or idea, sometimes with specific rhythm.

10.

The earliest poetry was probably transmitted...

a)

orally

b)

in written form

c)

trough cave paintings

d)

trough sing language

11.

The earliest surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, may have been composed as early as the 7th century.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which author is the English sonnet named after? (he wrote around 154 sonnets)

a)

W. Shakespeare

b)

P. Sydney

c)

M. Drayton

d)

S. Daniel

13.

It was in the Victorian era (1832-1900) that the novel became the leading literary genre in English.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Who were the most significant novelists in 19th century?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Brontë sisters

d)

Robert L. Stevenson

e)

Arthur C. Doyle

15.

Oliver Twist was written by...

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Charlotte Brontë

c)

Emily Brontë

d)

Jane Austen

e)

Robert L. Stevenson

16.

Jane Eyre was written by ...

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Charlotte Brontë

c)

Emily Brontë

d)

Jane Austen

e)

Robert L. Stevenson

17.

Strange Case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde was written by...

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Charlotte Brontë

c)

Emily Brontë

d)

Jane Austen

e)

Robert L. Stevenson

18.

Pride and Prejudice was written by ...

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Charlotte Brontë

c)

Emily Brontë

d)

Jane Austen

e)

Robert L. Stevenson

19.

Withering Heights was written by ...

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Charlotte Brontë

c)

Emily Brontë

d)

Jane Austen

e)

Robert L. Stevenson

20.

The character of Sherlock Holmes (by A. C. Doyle) first appeared in a novel called A Study in Scarlet.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Ch. Dickens was born into a (a)   family.

22.

Ch. Dickens's first novel, for which he became famous at the time, was called...

a)

David Copperfield

b)

Oliver Twist

c)

The Pickwick Papers

d)

Christmas Carol

23.

The Pickwick Papers is...

a)

humorous novel

b)

based on short stories published in magazines

c)

storytelling from journeys

d)

detective story

24.

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.)

a)

Oliver Twist

b)

David Copperfield

25.

Jane Austen was the representative of ________ novel.

a)

detective

b)

domestic

c)

horror

d)

mystery

26.

Which of these novels is not from J. Austen?

a)

Love and Friendship

b)

Pride and Prejudice

c)

Sense and Sensibility

d)

War and Peace

27.

What was your favorite part of the quiz?

a)

drama

b)

poetry

c)

19th century novels