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WorksheetsHistory of Literature (English-speaking world)
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Where is the long poem Beowulf set?
In England
In Scotland
In France
In Scandinavia
What is true about Middle English literature?
There was little written in English during this time
Shakespeare belongs to this era
Canterbury Tales is an example of Middle English literature
During this time, most texts in England were written in French or Latin
From which play by William Shakespeare does the famous quote "To be or not to be - that is the question" originate?
(a)
Except for Shakespeare, what literary factor had a huge impact on the development of early modern English?
Beowulf
Jane Austen
The King James Bible
All of them
Which books are clearly influenced by the Enlightenment (Age of Reason)?
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Which book is NOT a novel written by Jane Austen?
Pride and Prejudice
Emma
David Copperfield
Mansfield Park
Who is NOT a Brontë sister?
Charlotte Brontë
Anne Brontë
Emily Brontë
Jane Brontë
What was the goal of Charles Dickens' writing?
To become rich and famous
To be the most original and skilled author of his time
To revolutionize society by making people feel compassion for the poor
To make his family proud
What is the name of Mary Shelley's novel about a young scientist who creates a sapient creature from human body parts?
(a)
Which authors are associated with the "stream of consciousness" style of writing?
Virginia Woolf
George Orwell
Ernest Hemingway
James Joyce
What is Animal Farm by George Orwell an allegory of?
Imperalist United Kingdom
Stalinist Soviet Union
Nazi Germany
Apartheid South Africa
How can Ernest Hemingway's style of writing best be described?
Economical and understated
Imaginative and rich
Fun and witty
Emotional and intense
Whose novels and novellas take place in the US during the Depression?
Ernest Hemingway's
Toni Morrison's
John Steinbeck's
George Orwell's
Where did Chinua Achebe, the writer of Things Fall Apart originate from?
(a)
Which novel pictures a fundamentalist Christian state where fertile women are forced to bear the children of the ruling class?
The Robber Bride
1984
The Handmaid's Tale
The Edible Woman
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