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Famous Authors and Their Books

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of a British author, screenwriter, film producer, best known for writing the Harry Potter fantasy series?

a)

Kate Atkinson

b)

Holly Smale

c)

Philippa Gregory

d)

Joanne Rowling

2.

What is the name of an author famous for his short stories about detective Sherlock Holmes?

a)

John Dickson Carr

b)

Agatha Christie

c)

Arthur Conan Doyle

d)

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

3.

The author who wrote The Hobbit and the epic trilogy Lord of the Rings.

a)

Joanne Rowling

b)

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

c)

Holly Smale

d)

Kate Atkinson

4.

What is the name of the French author famed for science fiction novels such as 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?

a)

Jules Verne

b)

Michel Jean Pierre Verne

c)

Stefan Wul

d)

Maurice Renard

5.

What is the name of Spanish writer, author of 'Don Quixote', one of the world's greatest literary masterpieces?

a)

Miguel de Unamuno

b)

Lope de Vega

c)

Francisco de Quevedo

d)

Miguel de Cervantes

6.

What are the names of German authors Brothers Grimm famous for their fairy tales and stories like Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood?

a)

Hans and Heinrich

b)

Karl and Otto

c)

Jacob and Wilhelm

d)

Albert and Helmut

7.

What is the name of the German poet, novelist and playwright, known for his drama 'Faust'?

a)

Friedrich Schiller

b)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

c)

Wilhelm Müller

d)

Heinrich Heine

8.

Choose the name of famous Finnish cartoonist and children's author.

a)

Petri Hiltunen

b)

Wäinö Aaltonen

c)

Jean Sibelius

d)

Mauri Kunnas

9.

Who wrote 'Malgudi Days'?

a)

RK Narayan

b)

Tulsi Das

10.

Panchatantra was written by

a)

Vishnu Sharma

b)

Kalidas

11.

Who was called the nightingale of India?

a)

Sarojini Naidu

b)

Sudha Murthy

12.

Panchatantra means

a)

5 stories

b)

5 chapters

13.

Panchatantra was written originally in

a)

Hindi language

b)

Sanskrit language

c)

English language

14.

The creator of limerick poetry, this poet wrote short often inappropriate poems of five lines

a)

Edward Lear

b)

Rhoald Dahl

c)

Langston Huhes

d)

Robert Bisch

15.

This poet wrote mostly in free verse. One of his most well known poems is "Fog".

a)

Carl Sandburg

b)

John Keats

c)

George Orwell

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

16.

This poet wrote the narrative poem, "The Highwayman". He published his first book of poetry when he was 21 years old. He became a teacher at Princeton University

a)

John Keats

b)

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

c)

Alfred Noyes

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois