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Reading Trivia

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the author of the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'?

a)

Thomas Hardy

b)

Emile Zola

c)

George Orwell

d)

Walter Scott

2.

The author of Around the World in Eighty Days is

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Richard

c)

V.S.Naipaul

d)

Jules Verne

3.

The Book 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' was written by

a)

Louis Fisher

b)

Harper Lee

c)

S.E. Hinton

d)

Marcus Zusac

4.

__________ is a well known Science Fiction writer.

a)

Dr. Henry Cloud

b)

H.G. Wells

c)

Dale Carnegie

d)

Kenneth C. Davis

5.

The well-known graphic novel, 'Maus' is written by

a)

R.L. Stevenson

b)

Dr. John Townsend

c)

Art Spiegelman

d)

Harper Lee

6.

Which of the following short stories is not written by Saki

a)

The Interlopers

b)

The Retrieved Reformation

c)

Sredni Vashtar

d)

Gabriel Ernest

7.

“Asian Drama” by Gunnar Karl Mydral is a book on which of the following subjects?

a)

Theatre Movements in Asia

b)

Economics

c)

International Politics

d)

Look East Policy of India

8.

Alex and Brett Harris are teenagers who have written on the amazing things teenagers can do in their book

a)

The War of Art

b)

Boundaries

c)

Do Hard Things

d)

The Teen's Guide to World Domination

9.

Mike and his dog are the main characters in Robert Cormier book titled

a)

The Moustache

b)

The Call of the Wild

c)

Animal Farm

d)

Where the Red Fern Grows

10.

Elie Wiesel in his book, __________ transforms the Holocaust from a historical event to a religious experience.

a)

The 100 Pages

b)

Night

c)

Everything is Illuminated

d)

The Reader

11.

How often do you take up reading as a leisure activity?

a)

Always

b)

Sometimes

c)

Never

12.

This story is set in the later half of the U.S. Civil War.

a)

Little Women

b)

The War of Art

c)

Don't Know Much About History

d)

Smile

13.

'We are Displaced' is a book on refugee girls by

a)

Sir William Golding

b)

Malala Yousafzai

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

W. H. Auden

14.

This book is not written by Agatha Christie

a)

Death on the Nile

b)

Cards on the Table

c)

Dumb Witness

d)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

15.

This book does not have animal characters

a)

Animal Farm

b)

Charlotte's Web

c)

The Wind in the Willows

d)

Spaced Out

16.

" I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live." is a quote from

a)

J.D. Salinger

b)

Jonathan Safran Foer

c)

Greg Mckeown

d)

E.B. White

17.

" It is a far, far better thing that I do , than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” is from the novel

a)

A Tale of Two Cities

b)

The Little Prince

c)

The Lost World

d)

Frankenstein

18.

"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?" is written by Jane Austen in her book

a)

Emma

b)

Sense and Sensibility

c)

Persuasion

d)

Pride and Prejudice

19.

Victor Hugo said "Not being heard....

a)

is reason for silence

b)

is no reason for silence

c)

is no rationale for silence

d)

is rationale for silence

20.

“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.” is a famous line in the novel

a)

Middlemarch

b)

Pride and Prejudice

c)

A Tale of Two Cities

d)

Northanger Abbey

21.

"I am not afraid of storms , for I am learning how to sail my ship." is a famous line by

a)

George Eliot

b)

Louisa May Alcott

c)

Thomas Hardy

d)

Oscar Wilde