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1.

The author of the first picaresque novel:

a)

Thomas Nashe

b)

Geoffrey ChauсerG

c)

Sir Thomas Malory

d)

Samuel Richardson

2.

>“Two Gentlemen of Verona” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest....

a)

tragedies

b)

chronicles

c)

comedies

d)

sonnets

3.

The ideas of abolition of private property were first expressed in:

a)

“Utopia”

b)

Gulliver’s Travels”

c)

“Robinson Crusoe”

d)

“Amelia”

4.

… is considered to be the father of English poetry:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

King Alfred the Great

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Henry Surrey

5.

The most popular form of literature during the Renaissance:

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Pamphlet

d)

Sonnet

6.

The most prominent pamphlet – writer during the Bourgeois revolution of 1640-1649:

a)

John Milton

b)

Daniel Defoe

c)

Samuel Richardson

d)

Tobias Smollet

7.

The poem “Beowulf” is composed in:

a)

Latin

b)

Anglo – Saxon

c)

French

d)

Norman – French

8.

Celtic legends are called:

a)

Sagas

b)

Epics

c)

Poems

d)

Romances

9.

William Shakespeare introduces the character of “an ideal king” in:

a)

“Henry V”

b)

“Henry IV” (Part I)

c)

Henry IV” (Part II)

d)

Henry VIII”

10.

The greatest hero of Celtic legends was:

a)

Cuchulainn

b)

Archilles

c)

Conchobar

d)

Hercules

11.

First romances were brought to England from:

a)

Italy

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Spain

d)

France

12.

The third period of William Shakespeare’s creative life was devoted to:

a)

Tragedies

b)

Sonnets

c)

Comedies

d)

Chronicles

13.

Jonathan Swift was born in:

a)

1667

b)

1650

c)

1669

d)

1655

14.

The 1st poet who introduced blank verse into English poetry was:

a)

Sir Tomas Wyatt

b)

Henry Surrey

c)

Edmund Spenser

d)

William Shakespeare

15.

Point out which of the 4 voyages is described in the 1st part of “Gulliver Travels”

a)

To Lilliput

b)

To Laputa

c)

To the country of the Houyhnhnm

d)

Daniel Defoe

16.

The son of a wine merchant, a page, a squire, a Custom controlle:

a)

Geoffrey Chaucer

b)

Jonathan Swift

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Daniel Defoe

17.

They were the predecessors of Shakespeare:

a)

Philip Sydney, Edmund Spenser

b)

Alexander Pope, Venerable bede

c)

Jeoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Malory

d)

Venerable bede, Thomas Malory

18.

They work by Geoffrey Chaucer describing in pilgrimage:

a)

Alexander Pope, Venerable Bede

b)

“The Romance of the Rose”

c)

Jeoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Malory

d)

Venerable bede, Thomas Malory

19.

The author of “The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling”:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Henry Fielding    

c)

Tobias Smollett

d)

Edmund Spencer

20.

Late American Romanists (19 century):

a)

Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain        

b)

Theodore Dreiser, Jack London

c)

Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin

d)

Alexander Pope, Venerable bede

21.

The genre of writers during 1st period of the Renaissance: Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard:

a)

Romanists

b)

Classicists

c)

Satirists

d)

Poets humanists

22.

'"Gulliver’s Travels” is Swift’s greatest:

a)

Sonnet

b)

Ballad

c)

Comedy

d)

Novel

23.

The Anglo – Saxon epic “Beowulf” - Petruchio, Hortensio, Bianca:

a)

VII-VIII

b)

X-XI

c)

V-VI

d)

VIII-X

24.

In what Shakespeare’s play are there – Petruchio, Hortensio, Bianca:

a)

The taming of the shrew”

b)

“Othello”

c)

“Macbeth”

d)

“Twelfth Night

25.

The sonnet is a poem of … lines divided into … ???

a)

14 lines, 2 quatrains and 2 terzets

b)

12 lines, 2 quatreins and 2 couplets

c)

16 lines, 3 quatrains and 2 couplets

d)

18 lines, 2 quatrains and 4 terzets

26.

“Two Gentlemen of Verona” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest....

a)

tragedies

b)

chronicles

c)

comedies

d)

sonnets

27.

The 1st man who collected the romances of King Arthur and arranged them in a series of stories in prose was:

a)

Thomas Wyatt

b)

Thomas Malory

c)

Philip Sydney

d)

Thomas More

28.

The literature of the Norman Period dates to … centuries:

a)

XI-XIII

b)

XIV-XV

c)

VII-XI

d)

V-VII

29.

The most popular form of literature during the Renaissance:

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Pamphlet

d)

Sonnet

30.

Romances spread over England during:

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The anglo- Norman period

c)

The Enlightenment

d)

The Early Middle Ages

31.

The poem “Beowulf” is composed in:

a)

Latin

b)

Anglo- Saxon

c)

French

d)

Norman – French

32.

Who is the author of “Utopia”:

a)

Thomas More

b)

Bede

c)

Thomas Kyd

d)

Geoffrey Chaucer

33.

What trend was the way of speaking the truth and exploding worn – out conventions for American writers of the late 19th century:

a)

Sentimentalism

b)

Realism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Classicism

34.

>“Robin Hood” refers to …:

a)

Ballads

b)

Romances

c)

Sagas

d)

Epic

35.

William Shakespeare was born in:

a)

1564

b)

1654

c)

1616

d)

1650

36.

>“The Raven” is the best – known poem written by:

a)

Edgar Ellan Poe

b)

Mark Twain

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Henry Longfellow

37.

The work by Geoffrey Chaucer Describing in pilgrimage:

a)

The Romance of the Rose”

b)

The Canterbury Tales”

c)

The Parliament of Fouls”

d)

Samson Agonistes”

38.

One of the famous classicists who believed that each thing in the world was the harmony with other things:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Henry Fielding

d)

Edmund Spenser

39.

The Venerable Bede is the author of the 1st famous work known as:

a)

The History of the English Church”

b)

The History of England”

c)

The History of the English Literature”

d)

Samson Agonistes”

40.

A story about people who have never existed as animals who behave like human beings:

a)

Fable

b)

Myth

c)

Verse

d)

Pathos

41.

The most common rhyme scheme in sonnets is –ABBA ABBA CDDC, written by …

a)

Sir Thomas Wyatt

b)

Edmund Spenser

c)

Philip Sidney

d)

Christopher Marlowe

42.

What writer have been arrested in 1895 for homosexuality:

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Jack London

43.

Jonathan Swift was educated at:

a)

Trinity College, Dublin

b)

High school, London

c)

University, Dublin

d)

Yale school, Dresden

44.

The greatest writer of Enlightenment:

a)

J. Swift

b)

D. Defoe

c)

J. Milton

d)

Th. Kyd

45.

Mark Twain’s fascinating tale “The Mysterious Stranger”, was published in:

a)

1925

b)

1916

c)

1920

d)

1917

46.

The author who developed the genre of satirical comedies:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Ben Johnson

c)

Christopher Marlowe

d)

Thomas Nashe

47.

Mark Twain’s first novel is:

a)

The Golden Age”

b)

A Tramp abroad”

c)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

d)

Paradise Lost”

48.

The creator of the sonnet form consisting of three quatrains and a couplet, the poet who, the father of modern English periodicals:

a)

Henry Surrey

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Edmund Spenser

d)

W. Shakespeare

49.

The “Golden” comedy by W. Shakespeare with Duke Orsino, Countess Olivin as main characters:

a)

Twelfth Night”

b)

Much Ado About Nothing”

c)

The Taming pf the Shrew”

d)

As You Like It”

50.

Who was the first English classicist:

a)

Alexander Pope

b)

Venerable Bede

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Sir Thomas More

51.

“Paradise Lost” is one of Milton’s greatest...

a)

Epic poem

b)

Tragedies

c)

Epic

d)

Sonnets

52.

The famous poets of the 1st period of the Renaissance

a)

King Alfred the Great

b)

D. Defoe, J. Swift

c)

Thomas more, Thomas Malory

d)

W. Shakespeare, G. Chaucer

53.

… is considered to be the father of Anglo – Saxon prose:

a)

Venerable Bede

b)

King Alfred the Great

c)

Alexander Pope

d)

Henry Howard

54.

Who is the author of “Utopia”:

a)

Thomas More

b)

Bede

c)

Thomas Kyd

d)

Geoffrey Chaucer

55.

“Pericles”, “The winter’s Tale” are Shakespeare’s greatest

a)

Romances

b)

Comedies

c)

Sonnets

d)

Tragedies

56.

The poem “Beowulf” is composed in:

a)

Latin

b)

Anglo- Saxon

c)

French

d)

Norman – French

57.

Celtic Legends are called:

a)

Sagas

b)

Tragedies

c)

Poems

d)

Romances

58.

What trend was the way of speaking the truth and exploding worn – out conventions for American writers of the late 19th century:

a)

Sentimentalism

b)

Realism

c)

Romanticism

d)

Classicism

59.

The greatest hero of Celtic legends was:

a)

Cuchulainn

b)

Archilles

c)

Conchobar

d)

Hercules

60.

“The Raven” is the best – known poem written by:

a)

Edgar Ellan Poe

b)

Mark Twain

c)

Walt Whitman

d)

Henry Longfellow

61.

>“The Canterbury Tales” by Geoffrey Chaucer was written in:

a)

Middle English

b)

Roman

c)

Latin

d)

London Dialect

62.

The Anglo – Saxon poem “Beowulf” was composed by:

a)

An unknown author

b)

The Venerable Bede

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Alfred the Great

63.

Robin Hood” refers to …:

a)

Ballads

b)

Romances

c)

Sagas

d)

Epic

64.

William Shakespeare was born in:

a)

1564

b)

1654

c)

1616

d)

1655

65.

The most important representative of the early period of the Renaissance in English was:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

Jonathan Swift

d)

Daniel Defoe

66.

Which of the following works by John Milton is autobiographical

a)

Paradise Lost”

b)

Samson Agonistes”

c)

Paradise Regained”

d)

The Romance of the Rose”

67.

The work by Geoffrey Chaucer Describing in pilgrimage:

a)

The Romance of the Rose”

b)

The Canterbury Tales”

c)

The Parliament of Fouls”

d)

Samson Agonistes”

68.

One of the famous classicists who believed that each thing in the world was the harmony with other things:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Henry Fielding

d)

Edmund Spenser

69.

The Venerable Bede is the author of the 1st famous work known as:

a)

The History of the English Church”

b)

The History of England”

c)

The History of the English Literature”

d)

Samson Agonistes”

70.

Poetry Describing the deeds and adventures of a great hero and verbally transmitted from poet to poet is called:

a)

Epic

b)

Lyrical poem

c)

Sonnet

d)

Verse

71.

Guess the name of the poet according to the following information:A shepherd / VII century / “The Paraphrase”:

a)

Caedmon

b)

William Langland

c)

Cynewulf

d)

Alfred the Great

72.

The Anglo – Saxon epic “Beowulf” dates back to … centuries:

a)

VII-VII

b)

X-XI

c)

V-VI

d)

VIII-X

73.

The First work written in Anglo – Saxon prose was:

a)

"The History of the English Church”

b)

The Canterbury

c)

"Anglo- Saxon Chronicle”

d)

Paraphrase

74.

The classical model of the sonnet is a poem of … lines divided into …???

a)

14 lines, 2 quatrains and 2 terzets

b)

12 lines, 2 quatrains and 2 couplets

c)

16 lines, 3 quatrains and 2 couplets

d)

14 lines, 3 quatrains and 2 couplets

75.

First romances were brought to England from:

a)

Italy

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Spain

d)

France

76.

The author of the novels “The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders”, “The Life of Captain Singleton”

a)

Daniel Defoe

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Jonathan Swift

d)

Tobias Smollett

77.

Alexander Pope dates back to … century:

a)

XVIII

b)

VII

c)

XV

d)

XVI

78.

A story about people who have never existed as animals who behave like human beings:

a)

Fable

b)

Myth

c)

Verse

d)

Pathos

79.

The so – called “Great Elizabethan Age” dates to … centuries:

a)

The end of 16 – beginning of the 17

b)

Middle of the 15

c)

The end of the 17

d)

The end of the 17 – middle of the 18

80.

The author of the first picaresque novel:

a)

Thomas Nashe;

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer;

c)

Sir Thomas Malory;

d)

Sir Thomas more;

81.

The ideas of abolition of private property were first expressed in:

a)

Utopia

b)

Gulliver’s Travels

c)

Robinson Crusoe”

d)

Amelia

82.

The most popular form of literature during the Renaissance:

a)

Poetry

b)

Prose

c)

Pamphlet

d)

Sonnet

83.

The most prominent pamphlet – writer during the Bourgeois revolution of 1640-1649:

a)

John Milton

b)

Daniel Defoe

c)

Samuel Richardson

d)

Tobias Smollet

84.

Celtic legends are called:

a)

Sagas

b)

Epics

c)

Romances

d)

Poems

85.

The greatest hero of Celtic legends was:

a)

Italy

b)

Scandinavia

c)

Spain

d)

France

86.

Jonathan Swift was born in:

a)

1667

b)

1650

c)

1669

d)

1655

87.

Walt Whitman’s years of life:

a)

1819-1892

b)

1819-1895

c)

1820-1890

d)

1821-1895

88.

By... Twain had become a licensed riverboat pilot:

a)

April 1859

b)

March 1858

c)

June 1860

d)

May 1855

89.

“The Merchant of Venice” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest...:

a)

Comedies

b)

Chronicles

c)

Tragedies

d)

Sonnets

90.

An epic poem central characters of which are Satan, God, Angels...:

a)

Beowulf

b)

The Canterbury Tales

c)

Paradise Lost

d)

The History of the English Church”

91.

Mark Twain’s novel represents his first major use memories of his childhood:

a)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

b)

The Golden Age”

c)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

d)

Paradise Lost”

92.

The founder of the early realistic novel, the founder of the first English newspaper, the father of modern English periodicals:

a)

Daniel Defoe

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Jonathan Swift

d)

G. G. Bairon

93.

One of the famous Renaissance poets whose major work is the allegorical poem known as “The Faerie Queene”; who created a sonnet form of his own:

a)

Edmund Spenser

b)

Henry Surrey

c)

Sir Philip Sidney

d)

Thomas Wyatt

94.

Poets who composed romances were called:

a)

Minstrels

b)

Warriors

c)

Scribes

d)

Bards

95.

One of the best novels by Henry Fielding is:

a)

Amelia

b)

Elene

c)

A history of the Lady Roxana”

d)

Journal to Stella”

96.

Whose real name was Samuel Clemens:

a)

Mark Twain

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Ernest Hemingway

d)

Sir Thomas More

97.

“George and Mabel” is written by

a)

Somerset Maugham

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

John Steinbeck

d)

Jane Austen

98.

A story about people who have never existed ar animals who behave like human beings:

a)

Fable

b)

Myth

c)

Verse

d)

Pathos

99.

The author of “Pamela”:

a)

Samuel Richardson

b)

Jonathan Swift

c)

Henry Fielding

d)

Daniel Defoe

100.

The most common rhyme scheme in sonnets is – ABBA ABBA CDDC, written by …:

a)

Sir Thomas Wyatt

b)

Edmund Spenser

c)

Philip Sidney

d)

Christopher Marlowe

101.

In what Shakespeare’s play this expression have been said: “Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan...”:

a)

Macbeth

b)

King Lear”

c)

Othello’

d)

Romeo and Juliet

102.

What writer have been arrested in 1895 for homosexuality:

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

John Steinbeck

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Jack London

103.

A Farewell Swift was educated at:

a)

20

b)

19

c)

21

d)

23

104.

Jonathan Swift was educated at:

a)

Trinity College, Dublin

b)

High school, London

c)

University, Dublin

d)

Yale school, Dresden

105.

Walt Whitman’s years of life:

a)

1819-1892

b)

1819-1895

c)

1820-1890

d)

1821-1895

106.

The greatest writer of Enlightenment:

a)

J. Swift

b)

D. Defoe

c)

J. Milton

d)

Th. Kyd

107.

By... Twain had become a licensed riverboat pilot:

a)

April 1859

b)

March 1858

c)

June 1860

d)

May 1855

108.

Mark Twain’s fascinating tale “The Mysterious Stranger”, was published in:

a)

1925

b)

1916

c)

1920

d)

1917

109.

The Merchant of Venice” is one of Shakespeare’s greatest...:

a)

Comedies

b)

Chronicles

c)

Tragedies

d)

Sonnets

110.

The author who developed the genre of satirical comedies:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Ben Johnson

c)

Christopher Marlowe

d)

Thomas Nashe

111.

Mark Twain’s first novel is:

a)

The Golden Age”

b)

A Tramp abroad”

c)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

d)

Paradise Lost”

112.

Mark Twain’s novel represents his first major use memories of his childhood:

a)

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”

b)

“The Golden Age”

c)

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

d)

“Paradise Lost”

113.

The creator of the sonnet form consisting of three quatrains and a couplet, the poet who, the father of modern English periodicals:

a)

Henry Surrey

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Edmund Spenser

d)

W. Shakespeare

114.

The founder of the early realistic novel, the founder of the first English newspaper, the father of modern English periodicals:

a)

Daniel Defoe

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Jonathan Swift

d)

G. G. Bairon

115.

The “Golden” comedy by W. Shakespeare with Duke Orsino, Countess Olivin as main characters:

a)

Twelfth Night

b)

Much Ado About Nothing

c)

The Taming pf the Shrew

d)

As You Like It

116.

One of the famous Renaissance poets whose major work is the allegorical poem known as “The Faerie Queene”; who created a sonnet form of his own:

a)

Edmund Spenser

b)

Henry Surrey

c)

Sir Philip Sidney

d)

Thomas Wyatt

117.

The Robin Hood ballads date back to … centuries:

a)

XIV-XV

b)

XI-XII

c)

XII

d)

XIII

118.

Through events in the Mark Twain’s book … he satirizes reverent attitude of some British Authors toward the legendary Knights of the Round table:

a)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”

b)

Life on the Mississippi”

c)

The Prince and the Pauper”

d)

The Taming pf the Shrew

119.

One of the best novels by Henry Fielding is:

a)

Amelia

b)

Elene

c)

A history of the Lady Roxana

d)

Life on the Mississippi”

120.

The poem “Paraphrase” was written by:

a)

Caedmon

b)

The Venerable Bede

c)

Cynewulf

d)

Thomas Nashe

121.

Mark Twain’s novel … describes a walking tour of Germany, Switzerland and Italy:

a)

A Tramp Abroad

b)

Life on the Mississippi

c)

The Golden Age

d)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

122.

Jonathan Swift was born in:

a)

1667

b)

1650

c)

1669

d)

1655

123.

Mark Twain first began publishing under his pen name in:

a)

February 1863

b)

September 1865

c)

December 1862

d)

October 1859

124.

Who was the first English classicist:

a)

Alexander Pope

b)

Venerable Bede

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Sir Thomas More

125.

One of the famous classicists who believed that each thing in the world was the harmony with other things:

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Henry Fielding

d)

Edmund Spenser

126.

Poetry Describing the deeds and adventures of a great hero and verbally transmitted from poet to poet is called:

a)

Epic

b)

Lyrical poem

c)

Sonnet

d)

Verse

127.

The Anglo – Saxon epic “Beowulf” dates back to … centuries:

a)

VIII-VII

b)

X-XI

c)

V-VI

d)

VIII-X

128.

The sonnet is a poem of … lines divided into … ???

a)

14 lines, 2 quatrains and 2 terzets

b)

12 lines, 2 quatreins and 2 couplets

c)

16 lines, 3 quatrains and 2 couplets

d)

18 lines, 2 quatrains and 4 terzets

129.

Alexander Pope dates back to … century:

a)

XVIII

b)

VII

c)

XV

d)

XVI

130.

The so – called “Great Elizabethan Age” dates to … centuries:

a)

The end of 16 – beginning of the 17

b)

Middle of the 15

c)

The end of the 17

d)

The end of the 17 – middle of the 18

131.

… is considered to be the father of Anglo – Saxon prose:

a)

Venerable Bede

b)

King Alfred the Great

c)

Alexander Pope

d)

Henry Howard

132.

 “Pericles”, “The winter’s Tale” are Shakespeare’s greatest

a)

Romances

b)

Comedies

c)

Sonnets

d)

Tragedies

133.

The 1st poet who introduced blank verse into English poetry was:

a)

Sir Tomas Wyatt

b)

Henry Surrey

c)

Edmund Spenser

d)

William Shakespeare

134.

Point out which of the 4 voyages is described in the 1st part of “Gulliver Travels”

a)

To Lilliput

b)

To Laputa

c)

To the country of the Houyhnhnm

d)

Daniel Defoe

135.

They were the predecessors of Shakespeare:

a)

Philip Sydney, Edmund Spenser

b)

Alexander Pope, Venerable bede

c)

Jeoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Malory

d)

Venerable bede, Thomas Malory

136.

The author of “The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling”:

a)

Henry Fielding

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Tobias Smollett

d)

Edmund Spencer

137.

The genre of writers during 1st period of the Renaissance: Sir Thomas Wyatt, Henry Howard:

a)

Romanists

b)

Classicists

c)

Satirists

d)

Comedians

138.

In what Shakespeare’s play are there – Petruchio, Hortensio, Bianca:

a)

The taming of the shrew

b)

Othello

c)

Macbeth

d)

Amelia

139.

The 1st man who collected the romances of King Arthur and arranged them in a series of stories in prose was:

a)

Thomas Wyatt

b)

Thomas Malory

c)

Philip Sydney

d)

Thomas More

140.

The literature of the Norman Period dates to … centuries:

a)

XI-XIII

b)

XIV-XV

c)

VII-XI

d)

V-VII

141.

Romances spread over England during

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The anglo- Norman period

c)

The Enlightenment

d)

The Early Middle Ages

142.

Which two cities are the settings for Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities?

a)

Paris and London

b)

France and England

c)

Edinburgh and Prague

d)

Helsinki

143.

Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist of which Jane Austen novel?

a)

Pride and Prejudice

b)

Sense and Sensibility

c)

Mansfield Park

d)

Emma

144.

Which three sisters wrote classic novels including Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights?

a)

The Bronte sisters

b)

The Boleyn sisters

c)

The Gilbert sisters

d)

The Moulite sisters

145.

Geoffrey Chaucer was crucial to expanding the use of Middle English in his literature. What were the two dominant literary languages of his time?

a)

Latin and French

b)

Spanish and English

c)

Latin and English

d)

French and English

146.

Virginia Woolf is famous for pioneering the use of stream of…………………. with her narration.

a)

consciousness

b)

individuality

c)

sensations

d)

environment

147.

Geoffrey Chaucer was the first writer to be buried in Poets’ Corner in what location in London?

a)

Westminster Abbey

b)

Leicester Square

c)

Canary Wharf

d)

Covent Garden

148.

What pen name did Mary Anne Evans write her novels under?

a)

George Eliot

b)

George Ellot

c)

Eliot Anne

d)

George Evans

149.

Mary Shelley conceived of the ideas for Frankenstein while famously spending a summer with which lord?

a)

Lord Byron

b)

Lord of the rings

c)

Lord Farquaad

d)

Lord Taylor

150.

Which country banned Alice in Wonderland?

a)

China

b)

Spain

c)

Japan

d)

Russia

151.

What term is used to describe totalitarian and authoritarian social practices?

a)

Orwellian

b)

Shakespearian

c)

Chaucerian

d)

Landorian

152.

Sherlock Holmes never said:

a)

Elementary, my dear Watson’

b)

I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson

c)

Elementary

d)

Excellent!" I cried.

153.

Who is often called the ‘father of science fiction’.

a)

H.G. Wells

b)

Robert Louis Stevenson

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Conan Doyle

154.

Originally Shakespeare’s plays only included ………. in their productions.

a)

men

b)

women

c)

children

d)

old people

155.

How many children did Shakespeare have?

a)

three

b)

five

c)

one

d)

two

156.

Charles Dickens believed that sleeping…………. would improve his writing

a)

sleeping north

b)

sleeping south

c)

sleeping west

d)

sleeping east

157.

Mary Shelley’s inspiration for Frankenstein came from……….

a)

a nightmare

b)

a daydream

c)

an inspiration

d)

a dream

158.

Zadie Smith’s best selling book White Teeth is now?

a)

a TV series

b)

a film

c)

a book

d)

a TV programme

e)

a movie

159.

Enid Blyton wrote more than……………books?

a)

700

b)

500

c)

600

d)

800

160.

How many rejections had Malorie Blackman before she was accepted?

a)

over 80 rejections

b)

over 90 rejections

c)

over 70 rejections

d)

over 50 rejections

161.

What villain’s name does Tom Riddle’s name rearrange to?

a)

Voldemort

b)

Lord

c)

Mot Elddir

d)

Volmort

162.

The first Harry Potter book is:

a)

Philosopher’s Stone

b)

Chamber of Secrets

c)

Prisoner of Azkaban

d)

Goblet of Fire

163.

Which one of Jojo Moyes many books was made into a film starring Emilia Clarke as Lou Clark caring for a quadriplegic man?

a)

Me Before You

b)

The Last Letter from Your Lover

c)

The Nice Guys

d)

The Jungle Book

164.

Benjamin Zephaniah is an amazing novellist, but also a poet – what is his style of poetry called?

a)

Dub-poetry

b)

Lyric poetry, and

c)

Narrative poetry

d)

Dramatic poetry

165.

Which of these works is not by Charlotte Bronte listed?

a)

The Hunting of the Snark

b)

Villette

c)

Jane Eyre

d)

The Professor

166.

Which of these works is not by Lewis Carroll listed?

a)

To Kill A Mockingbird

b)

Alice in Wonderland

c)

Through the Looking Glass

d)

Jabberwocky

167.

Which of these works is not by Geoffrey Chaucer listed?

a)

A Farewell to Arms

b)

The Canterbury Tales

c)

The Book of the Duchess

d)

The Legend of Good Women

168.

Which of these works is not by Charles Dickens listed?

a)

The Mill on the Floss

b)

Oliver Twist

c)

Great Expectations

d)

David Copperfield

169.

Which of these works is not by Virginia Woolf listed?

a)

The Legend of Good Women

b)

Mrs Dalloway

c)

The Voyage Out

d)

The Lighthouse

170.

Which of these works is not by Jane Austen listed?

a)

The Waves

b)

Pride and Prejudice

c)

Sense and Sensibility

d)

Mansfield Park

171.

Which of these works is not by George Eliot listed?

a)

Adventures of Tom Sawyer

b)

Middlemarch

c)

Adam Bede

172.

Which of these works is not by Robert Louis Stevenson listed?

a)

Fahrenheit 451

b)

Treasure Island

c)

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

d)

Kidnapped

173.

Which of these works is not by Mary Shelley listed?

a)

Call of the Wild

b)

Frankenstein

c)

The Modern Prometheus

d)

Mathilda

174.

Which of these works is not by H.G. Wells listed?

a)

Invisible Man

b)

The War of the Worlds

c)

The Island of Doctor Moreau

d)

The Time Machine

175.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are two characters of which Children’s book?

a)

Alice in Wonderland

b)

Harry Potter

c)

Oliver Twist

d)

Through the looking-glass

176.

The abbreviated form of which book is NEB?

a)

New English Bible

b)

New English Books

c)

New English Business

d)

Novel English Bible

177.

Who invented the character, Robinson Crusoe?

a)

Daniel Defoe

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Jack London

178.

Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies are Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet and __________?

a)

King Lear

b)

King John

c)

Henry V

d)

The Merchant of Venice

179.

By what name was Shakespeare’s mother known before her marriage?

a)

Mary Arden

b)

Anne Arden

c)

Susanna Arden

d)

Hamnet Arden

180.

In which Charles Dickens’ novel we find the characters Bently Drummle, Joe Gargary, and Herbert Pocket?

a)

Great Expectations

b)

The Pickwick Papers

c)

Dombey and Son

d)

David Copperfield

181.

Mention the exact number of sonnets written by William Shakespeare?

a)

154

b)

164

c)

144

d)

158

182.

Name the only play written by Shakespeare in which there is no song.

a)

The Comedy Of Errors

b)

As You Like It

c)

Measure for Measure

d)

The Merchant of Venice

183.

Name the female novelist who has authored ‘Sense and Sensibility’?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Doris Lessing

c)

Toni Morrison

d)

Virginia Woolf

184.

Which novel of William Peter Blatty written in 1971? It has been adopted in which epic Horror Film?

a)

The Exorcist

b)

Elsewhere

c)

Crazy

d)

Legion

185.

In which novel of Roald Dahl, the character Willy Wonka can be found?

a)

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

b)

James and the Giant Peach

c)

Matilda

d)

The Witches

186.

Name the book that became the best-seller in 1794 in America?

a)

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

b)

The Way to Wealth

c)

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

d)

Quotations of Benjamin Franklin

187.

“Rites of Passage” is a novel written by?

a)

William Golding

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Ben Jonson

d)

Benjamin Franklin

188.

Who is the author of ‘The Alchemist’ (play)?

a)

Ben Jonson

b)

Paulo Coelho

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Mark Twain

189.

What was the name of the first novelist to have his works serialized?

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Mark Twain

d)

Ben Jonson

190.

In all the plays written by Shakespeare, only one contains the name of an animal. Name the animal.

a)

Shrew

b)

Shrek

c)

Shrell

d)

Charol

191.

Name the pioneering novel which was typed on a Typewriter?

a)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

b)

Tom Sawyer

c)

The adventure

d)

Huckleberry Finn

192.

‘The War of The World’s’ is a famous work of which author?

a)

H.G. Wells

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Ben Jonson

d)

Mark Twain

193.

Mention the year in which the first free library of Britain opened?

a)

1852

b)

1998

c)

2000

d)

1752

194.

(The Mousetrap) is an interesting play. Who wrote this play?

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Charlotte Bronte

c)

Jane Austen

d)

Doris Lessing

195.

Utilitarianism is written by a philosopher of the 19th century. What is his name?

a)

John Stuart Mill

b)

Stuart

c)

Mill

d)

Joseph Mill

196.

Who is the author of the popular novel “Three Men in a Boat”?

a)

Jerome K Jerome

b)

Jeremy K Jeremy

c)

Jimmy K Jimmy

d)

John K John

197.

‘A Brief History of Time’ is a famous book written in 1988. Who is its author?

a)

Stephen Hawking

b)

John Stuart Mill

c)

Stephen Hall

d)

Toni Morrison

198.

Name the Shakespearean character who had spoken the maximum number of lines?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Ophelia

c)

Laertes

d)

Polonius

199.

Who is the poet of The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner?

a)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

b)

Samuel Jackson

c)

Taylor Swift

d)

Sam Jackson

200.

Who is the author of “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”?

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Rosalind Hicks

c)

Stephen Hawking

d)

Charlotte Bronte

201.

In which book of Agatha Christi did the demise of Poirot take place?

a)

Curtain

b)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

c)

The Big Four

d)

The Murder on the Links

202.

Scientists have borrowed the term ‘Quark’ from a book written by a famous author. What is the name of that author?

a)

James Joyce

b)

Oskar Wild

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Mark Twain

203.

Who was the authoress of “Pride and Prejudice”?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Agatha Christie

c)

Rosalind Hicks

d)

Charlotte Bronte

204.

“Ozymandias” and “Ode to the West Wind” are two widely read poems of which poet?

a)

Shelley

b)

Dickens

c)

Chaucer

d)

Bronte

205.

Who ended his writing career with ‘The Last Tycoon’?

a)

F Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Oskar Wild

c)

Charles Dickens

d)

Mark Twain

206.

What is the name of the third part in ‘The Lord of the Rings Trilogy’?

a)

The Return Of The King

b)

The Fellowship of the Ring

c)

The Two Towers

d)

The King

207.

In ‘A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream’ by William Shakespeare, who did the fairies worship as their queen?

a)

Titania

b)

Juliet

c)

Gertrude

d)

Ophelia

208.

Who is the author of Lord Of The Flies?

a)

William Golding

b)

King William

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

William Smith

209.

‘The English Roses’ is a children’s story written in 2003. Who is the author of this book?

a)

Madonna

b)

Agatha Christie

c)

Charlotte Bronte

d)

Britney Spears

210.

Name the play with which Shakespeare’s started his career as a playwright.

a)

Titus Andronicus

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Hamlet

d)

Richard II

211.

Who was the founder of the pioneering public library in London city?

a)

Robert Ford

b)

Robert Pattinson

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

F Scott Fitzgerald

212.

Elmer Gantry is a critique of ‘Evangelism’. Who wrote the book?

a)

Sinclair Lewis

b)

King William

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

William Smith

213.

West Side Story,’ a musical is based on a tragedy by Shakespeare. Which tragedy is it?

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Hamlet

c)

Henry V

d)

Macbeth

214.

Who is the author of “The Napoleon of Netting Hill”?

a)

G.K. Chesterton

b)

Robert Pattinson

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

F Scott Fitzgerald

215.

Name the person from Britain who wrote 30 books. A million copies of 28 books were sold in Britain out of these 30 books.

a)

Alistair Maclean

b)

Alan Ayckbourn

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

F Scott Fitzgerald

216.

Name the British dramatist who wrote, “The Norman Conquests” – a trilogy?

a)

Alan Ayckbourn

b)

Mary Shelley

c)

F Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Thomas Nashe

217.

Who wrote Frankenstein?

a)

Mary Shelley

b)

F Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Thomas Nashe

d)

Alistair Maclean

218.

The three witches play a central role in which Shakespearean tragedy?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Hamlet

d)

Henry V

219.

What was the name of the fifth novel in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series which was released in the June of 2003?

a)

Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix

b)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

c)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

d)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

220.

Whose lover has been referred to by D. H. Lawrence in one of his books?

a)

Lady Chatterley

b)

Lady Gaga

c)

Lady Diana

d)

Lady Bird

221.

Who is the author of “The White Company”?

a)

Arthur Conan Doyle

b)

Lewis Carroll

c)

Mary Shelley

d)

F Scott Fitzgerald

222.

What is the name the novel by George Orwell where we find the character ‘Napoleon’?

a)

Animal Farm (the chief pig)

b)

Nineteen Eighty-Four

c)

The Road to Wigan Pier

d)

Big Brother

223.

Which play is Shakespeare’s ‘swan song’?

a)

The Tempest

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Hamlet

d)

Henry V

224.

Who became the best-selling author in the 2000s in Britain?

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Madonna

c)

Emma Watson

d)

Agatha Christie

225.

The character of Mustardseed was found in which Shakespearean play?

a)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

b)

The Tempest

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Hamlet

226.

What term do novelists use for writing a novel that will be published under the name of someone else who is not the author?

a)

Ghosting

b)

Mysterious

c)

Author

d)

Person

227.

The Series Of Harry Potter Books was written by whom?

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Rudyard Kipling

c)

Sylvia Plath

d)

Tiffany Atkinson

228.

Alfred Jingle is a character from which Charles Dickens’ novel?

a)

Pickwick Papers

b)

A Tale of Two Cities

c)

Oliver Twist

d)

Great Expectations

229.

Who is the author of ‘Kidnapped’?

a)

Robert Louis Stevenson

b)

T. S. Eliot

c)

John Keats

d)

Lord Byron

230.

Early Old English period:

a)

450-700

b)

700-1066

c)

1066-1350

d)

1350-1475

231.

The greatest and oldest known Anglo-Saxon epic narrative poem of the 7th or 8th century?

a)

Beowulf

b)

Battle of Maldon

c)

The Wanderer

d)

The Seafarer

232.

Who wrote “The history of English Church”?

a)

The Venerable Bede

b)

Alfred the Great

c)

Sir Thomas Malory

d)

Caedmon

233.

When was born Sir Thomas Wyatt?

a)

1503

b)

1504

c)

1506

d)

1505

234.

Who is author of “Tamburlaine the Great”?

a)

Christopher Marlowe

b)

Thomas Kid

c)

Thomas Nashe

d)

George Peele

235.

Elizabeth I (1533–1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from……?

a)

1558

b)

1559

c)

1555

d)

1557

236.

Who is the author of “Gulliver’s Travels”?

a)

J. Swift

b)

Daniel Defoe

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Thomas Nashe

237.

Gulliver’s Travels is a?

a)

fable

b)

saga

c)

sonnet

d)

comedy

238.

“Paradise lost” an epic poem by….

a)

John Milton

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Daniel Defoe

d)

Jonathan Swift

239.

When was born John Milton?

a)

1608

b)

1610

c)

1605

d)

1609

240.

Who wrote “Don Quixote in England”?

a)

Henry Fielding

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Daniel Defoe

d)

Jonathan Swift

241.

Who is the author of “The Jungle Book” with such unforgettable characters as Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera?

a)

Rudyard Kipling

b)

Henry Fielding

c)

Alexander Pope

d)

Daniel Defoe

242.

When was born John Galsworthy?

a)

1867

b)

1866

c)

1869

d)

1868