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literature 81-168

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 43mins

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Class
Date
1.

Who wrote “ Pygmalion”?

a)

Bernard Shaw

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

Herbert Wells

d)

Ch. Dickens

e)

S. Maugham

2.

“Man of property” is written by-----

a)

Galsworthy

b)

S. Maugham

c)

Thackeray

d)

Oscar Wild    

e)

S. Maugham

3.

“What a pity that in life we only get lessons when they are no use to us”

a)

Oscar Wild

b)

R. Kipling

c)

S. Maugham

d)

Ch. Dickens

e)

Shakespeare

4.

“Much ado about nothing”

a)

W. Shakespeare

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

R.  Kipling

e)

Defoe

5.

“My heart’s in the Highlands”

a)

Robert Burns

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

W. Blake

d)

G. Byron

e)

Shakespeare

6.

“The Tyger”

a)

W. Blake

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

G. Byron

d)

Robert Burns

e)

Shakespeare

7.

“The Moon & Sixpence”

a)

S. Maugham

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Oscar Wild

d)

Galsworthy

e)

G. Byron

8.

“Romeo & Juliet”

a)

Shakespeare

b)

G. Byron

c)

Oscar Wild

d)

S. Maugham

e)

Robert Burns

9.

“ Titus Andronicus”

a)

Shakespeare’s history

b)

Shakespeare’s comedy’s 

c)

Shakespeare’s tragedy’s

d)

Shakespeare’s sonnets

e)

Shakespeare’s biography

10.

“ Don Juan” was written by---

a)

Byron

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

W. Blake

d)

Shakespeare

e)

R. Burns

11.

Charles Dickens was born in----

a)

1812

b)

1845

c)

1846

d)

1844

e)

1889

12.

“The picture of Dorian Gray” was written by----

a)

Oscar Wild

b)

D. Defoe

c)

Thackeray

d)

S. Maugham

e)

Charles Dickens

13.

Renaissance lasted between -----

a)

14-17 centuries

b)

17-18 centuries

c)

11-12 centuries

d)

10-20 centuries

e)

7-8 centuries  

14.

Who gave the most vivid description of the 14thcentury England in literature?

a)

G. Chaucer 

b)

W. Shakespeare 

c)

Oscar Wild 

d)

S. Maugham 

e)

Charles Dickens 

15.

“The Canterbury Tales” was written by ----

a)

G. Chaucer

b)

W. Shakespeare

c)

Oscar Wild

d)

Charles Dickens

e)

D. Defoe

16.

Who wrote “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?

a)

W. Shakespeare

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

G. Chaucer

d)

Thackeray

e)

D. Defoe

17.

“There is no darkness but ignorance”

a)

W. Shakespeare  

b)

G. Chaucer

c)

Thackeray

d)

G. Byron

e)

D. Defoe

18.

“Dombey & Son” was written by ----

a)

Ch. Dickens

b)

Thackeray

c)

D. Defoe

d)

Shakespeare

e)

Chaucer

19.

Daniel Defoe wrote---

a)

Robinson Crusoe

b)

Dumbly & Son

c)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

d)

The picture of Dorian Gray

e)

Don Juan

20.

Jane Austen was born in -----

a)

1775 in Hampshire Village of Stevenson

b)

1774 in London

c)

1776 in Oxford

d)

1777 in Paris

e)

1800 in Italy

21.

“ Ivanhoe” written by Walter Scott takes us back to----

a)

The 12th century

b)

The 13th century

c)

The 15th century

d)

The 16th century

e)

The 20th century

22.

Walter Scott was both ---

a)

Romantic & realistic

b)

Pessimistic & optimistic

c)

Religious & not religious

d)

Passive & active

e)

Pragmatic & romantic

23.

Bernard Shaw maintained that art should serve ----

a)

Social purpose

b)

Art

c)

Religious purposes

d)

critical realism

e)

A first writer of Romanticism

24.

The epic “Beowulf “ consists of ---

a)

Two parts

b)

Three parts

c)

Four Parts

d)

Five Parts

e)

six parts

25.

The manuscript of “Beowulf “ is kept in ----

a)

The British Museum 

b)

The Trafalgar Square 

c)

The Tower of London 

d)

Westminster Abbey 

e)

London Bridge 

26.

G. Chaucer was-----

a)

The last of the middle ages & the first of Renaissance

b)

The first of critical realism 

c)

The last of Romanticism 

d)

The first of the middle ages 

e)

The first of Enlightenment 

27.

Symbolism & Mysticism is typical for ----

a)

Blake’s poetry

b)

Robert Burn’s poetry

c)

Shakespeare’s sonnets

d)

Keats’s poetry

e)

Byron’s poetry

28.

Hamlet is -----

a)

The most staged , discussed, & read of all Shakespeare’s tragedies 

b)

The most staged of all Blake’s verses 

c)

The most staged of all Burn’s poems 

d)

The most discussed of all Byron’s poems 

e)

The most discussed of all Dickens’s novels

29.

Gulliver’s Travel is written by---

a)

Jonathan Swift

b)

S. Maugham

c)

Jane Austen

d)

Walter Scott

e)

Chaucer

30.

Chaucer wrote his famous----

a)

Canterbury Tales

b)

Liza of Lambeth

c)

The Picture of Dorian Gray

d)

Gulliver’s Travel

e)

Robinson Crusoe

31.

The 17th & 18th centuries are known in the history of European culture as the period of----

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Romanticism

c)

Critical realism

d)

Renaissance

e)

The middle ages

32.

Robert Burns was born ---

a)

In the 17th century in Scotland

b)

In the 18th century in London  

c)

In the 19th century in Wales

d)

In the 20th century in Italy 

e)

In the 11th century in England

33.

Robert Burns is considered the ---

a)

National poet of Scotland

b)

National poet of Italy

c)

National poet of Wales

d)

National poet of England

e)

National poet of Sweden

34.

Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is written by---

a)

Byron

b)

Walter Scott

c)

Daniel Defoe

d)

Maugham

e)

Oscar Wild

35.

Shakespeare is the writer of ---

a)

Renaissance

b)

Enlightenment

c)

The middle ages

d)

Critical realism

e)

Romanticism

36.

Maugham is the writer of ----

a)

Critical realism

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Romanticism

d)

Renaissance

e)

The middle ages

37.

Byron is the writer of ---

a)

Romanticism

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Critical realism

d)

Renaissance

e)

The middle ages

38.

Chaucer is the writer of ---

a)

The middle ages & the first of Renaissance 

b)

Romanticism

c)

Critical realism 

d)

Enlightenment

e)

Renaissance

39.

Jane Austen is the writer of ---

a)

Romanticism

b)

Critical realism

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Renaissance

e)

The middle ages

40.

Jane Austen doesn’t write about ---

a)

Social & political issues

b)

The moral & psychological behavior of people

c)

Personal happiness

d)

Religious topics

e)

Human nature

41.

William Blake’s poetry wasn’t recognized immediately because of its ----

a)

Mysticism

b)

Being vulgar

c)

Criticism

d)

Romanticism

e)

Immorality

42.

Robinson Crusoe’s most characteristic trait is ----

a)

A ship’s surgeon 

b)

A ship’s cook

c)

A ship’s captain

d)

A sailor

e)

A peasant

43.

The comedies of Shakespeare are written in the bright spirit of---

a)

The Renaissance

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Romanticism

d)

Critical realism 

e)

The middle ages 

44.

Romeo & Juliet is -----

a)

Shakespeare’s first tragedy 

b)

Shakespeare’s last tragedy 

c)

Chaucer’s story

d)

Thackeray’s navel 

e)

Shakespeare’s first comedy 

45.

The most vivid description of the 14th century England in literature is given by---

a)

Chaucer

b)

Thackeray

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Jane Austen

e)

William Blake

46.

“The founder of realism” is called—

a)

Chaucer

b)

Thackeray

c)

William Blake

d)

Jane Austen

e)

Shakespeare

47.

The man of property represents a typical ---

a)

Bourgeois

b)

Working people

c)

Peasant

d)

Religious people

e)

Trump

48.

William Blake is the first ------ poet

a)

Romantic

b)

Practical

c)

Critical

d)

Religious

e)

Pragmatic

49.

Whose words are these “Don’t use big words. They mean so little”?

a)

Oscar Wild

b)

Shakespeare

c)

William Blake

d)

Chaucer

e)

Thackeray

50.

Whose words are these“ All’s well that ends well”

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

Chaucer

d)

Thackeray

e)

Jane Austen

51.

Whose words are these ” Brevity is the soul of wit”?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

Thackeray

d)

Chaucer

e)

William Blake

52.

Who was against the theory of “ Art for art’s sake”

a)

Bernard Shaw

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Thackeray

e)

Chaucer

53.

Who said “Art should serve social purposes”?

a)

Bernard Shaw

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

Chaucer

d)

Shakespeare

e)

Thackeray

54.

The invisible man is written by ----

a)

Herbert Wells

b)

Bernard Shaw

c)

Thackeray

d)

Shakespeare

e)

Oscar Wild

55.

“To err is human, to forgive divine” whose words are these?

a)

Alexander Pope

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Oscar Wild

d)

Bernard Shaw

e)

Herbert Wells

56.

“That glisters is not gold” whose words are these?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Oscar Wild

d)

Herbert Wells

e)

Thackeray

57.

“Much ado about nothing” whose words are these?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

Thackeray

d)

Oscar Wild

e)

Bernard Shaw

58.

“The murder of Roger Acrid” is written by----

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Herbert Wells

c)

Bernard Shaw

d)

Shakespeare

e)

hackeray

59.

Alexander Pope is the poet of ----

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Romanticism

c)

Critical realism

d)

The middle ages

e)

Renaissance

60.

The Enlightenment defended the interest of ----

a)

Common people ( craftsmen, tradesmen, peasants)

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Religious people

d)

Politicians

e)

Parliament

61.

Romanticism appeared as a reaction against---

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Renaissance

c)

Critical realism

d)

The middle ages

e)

Romanticism

62.

Whose words are these“All’s well that ends well”

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Oscar Wild

c)

Chaucer

d)

Thackeray

e)

Jane Austen

63.

“The Moon and Sixpence” is written by

a)

S.Maugham

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

64.

“The murder of Roger Ackroyd” is written by

a)

A.Christie

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

65.

“The man of property” is written by

a)

Galsworthy

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

66.

“The seven seas” is written by

a)

Kipling

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

67.

“Desperate remedies” is written by

a)

Hardy

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

68.

“The mill on the Floss” is written by

a)

G. Eliot

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

69.

“Shirley” is written by

a)

Ch. Bronte

b)

Oscar Wilde

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

70.

“Selfish Giant” is written by

a)

Oscar Wilde

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Ch. Dickens

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

71.

“A Christmas Carol” is written by

a)

Ch. Dickens

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

72.

“The Lady of the Lake” is written by

a)

Walter Scott

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

73.

“Songs for the Luddites” is written by

a)

G. Byron

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

74.

“The Dunciad” is written by

a)

A. Pope  

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

Shakespeare

75.

“The Tempest” is written by

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

76.

“Sonnets” were written by

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

77.

“Utopia” is written by

a)

Thomas More  

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

78.

“Ulysses” is written by

a)

James Joyce  

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Oscar Wilde

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

79.

“The Importance of being Ernest” is written by

a)

Oscar Wilde  

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

80.

“The Happy Prince” is written by

a)

Oscar Wilde  

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

81.

“The Jungle Books” is written by

a)

R. Kipling  

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

82.

“Vanity Fair” is written by

a)

W. Thackeray  

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

83.

“Little Dorrit” is written by

a)

Ch. Dickens    

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

84.

“The Time Machine” is written by

a)

H. Wells    

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

85.

“Absent in the spring” is written by

a)

A. Christie    

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

86.

“The Lord of the Rings” is written by

a)

J. Tolkien    

b)

Ch. Bronte

c)

Maugham

d)

Chaucer

e)

A. Pope

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