Question 1

Who wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes?&#10;A)george orwell&#10;B)arthur conan doyle&#10;C)henry james&#10;D)william faulkner

Accepted Answer

Arthur Conan Doyle is the author of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection of short stories featuring the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Dr. John Watson.

Question 2

Who is the protagonist of the novel 1984?&#10;A)george orwell&#10;B)tom jones&#10;C)tom tulliver&#10;D)winston smith

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Winston Smith is the protagonist of George Orwell's novel "1984." He is the character through whom the reader experiences the dystopian world of Oceania.

Question 3

Identify the popular novel in which the character Charles Bingley appears?&#10;A)1984&#10;B)hard times&#10;C)things fall apart&#10;D)pride and prejudice

Accepted Answer

Charles Bingley is a character in "Pride and Prejudice," a novel by Jane Austen.

Question 4

Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?&#10;A)jane austen&#10;B)mary ann evans&#10;C)agatha christie&#10;D)charlotte bronte

Accepted Answer

Jane Austen is the author of "Pride and Prejudice," which was published in 1813.

Question 5

Who wrote the novel 1984?&#10;A)william faulkner&#10;B)james joyce&#10;C)george orwell&#10;D)john osborne

Accepted Answer

George Orwell is the author of the novel "1984," which is a dystopian novel published in 1949 that explores the themes of totalitarianism, surveillance, and individualism.

Question 6

Identify the novel in which the characters Isma, Eamonn, Parvaiz, Aneeka and Karamat appear?&#10;A)1984&#10;B)midnight's children&#10;C)pride and prejudice&#10;D)home fire

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These characters appear in "Home Fire" by Kamila Shamsie, a contemporary novel that reimagines Sophocles' tragedy "Antigone" within the context of a British Muslim family's complex dynamics and political tensions.

Question 7

Who wrote the novel Things Fall Apart?&#10;A)saul bellow&#10;B)chinua achebe&#10;C)ngugi wa thiong'o&#10;D)chimamanda ngozi adichie

Accepted Answer

Chinua Achebe is the author of "Things Fall Apart," a seminal work in African literature that was first published in 1958.

Question 8

Who wrote the novel Home Fire?&#10;A)langston hughes&#10;B)saul bellow&#10;C)kamila shamsie&#10;D)alice walker

Accepted Answer

Kamila Shamsie is the author of the novel "Home Fire," which is a contemporary reimagining of Sophocles' Antigone. The novel explores themes of love, politics, and family loyalty.

Question 9

Which society is portrayed in the novel Things Fall Apart?&#10;A)fulani&#10;B)yoruba&#10;C)negrito&#10;D)igbo

Accepted Answer

The novel "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe portrays Igbo society in Nigeria before and during the arrival of colonialism.

Question 10

Who wrote the essay Shakespeare in the Bush?&#10;A)laura bohannan&#10;B)chinua achebe&#10;C)harold bloom&#10;D)dr johnson

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Laura Bohannan is the author of the essay "Shakespeare in the Bush," in which she recounts her experience of sharing the story of Shakespeare's Hamlet with the Tiv people of West Africa.

Question 11

Who is the director of the film Rashomon?&#10;A)kim ki-duk&#10;B)akira kurosawa&#10;C)yasujiro ozu&#10;D)satyajit ray

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Question 12

As I Grew Older is a poem by ____.&#10;A)emily dickinson&#10;B)walt whitman&#10;C)langston hughes&#10;D)thomas hardy

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Question 13

Who wrote the poem Everyone Sang?&#10;A)wilfred owen&#10;B)thomas hardy&#10;C)siegfried sassoon&#10;D)walt whitman

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Question 14

Who wrote the poem Because I could not stop for Death?&#10;A)emily dickinson&#10;B)elizabeth barret browning&#10;C)rabindranath tagore&#10;D)t s eliot

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The answer of Who wrote the poem Because I could...

Question 15

Who wrote the poem The Oak?&#10;A)matthew arnold&#10;B)p b shelley&#10;C)william wordsworth&#10;D)alfred lord tennyson

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The answer of Who wrote the poem The Oak?&#10;A)matthew arnold&#10;B)p...

Question 16

Who wrote the poem, The Destruction of Sennacherib?&#10;A)william wordsworth&#10;B)lord byron&#10;C)william blake&#10;D)thomas gray

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Question 17

Who wrote the poem, The Daffodils?&#10;A)p b shelley&#10;B)william wordsworth&#10;C)lord byron&#10;D)s t coleridge

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The answer of Who wrote the poem, The Daffodils?&#10;A)p b...

Question 18

Identify the poem from which the following line is taken. I wandered lonely as a cloud&#10;A)the destruction of sennacherib&#10;B)the oak&#10;C)rime of the ancient mariner&#10;D)the daffodils

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The answer of Identify the poem from which the following...

Question 19

Identify the poet who wrote the following lines. The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality&#10;A)siegfried sassoon&#10;B)william wordsworth&#10;C)emily dickinson&#10;D)alfred lord tennyson

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Question 20

Who wrote the poem The Voice?&#10;A)thomas hardy&#10;B)robert frost&#10;C)emily dickinson&#10;D)alfred lord tennyson

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Question 21

Who wrote the sonnet Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?&#10;A)thomas wyatt&#10;B)earl of surrey&#10;C)william shakespeare&#10;D)philip sidney

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The answer of Who wrote the sonnet Shall I Compare...

Question 22

Who authored the collection of poetry, A Shropshire Lad?&#10;A)robert frost&#10;B)earl of surrey&#10;C)thomas hardy&#10;D)a e housman

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Question 23

Who wrote the poem Birches?&#10;A)robert frost&#10;B)walt whitman&#10;C)emily dickinson&#10;D)t s eliot

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The answer of Who wrote the poem Birches?&#10;A)robert frost&#10;B)walt whitman&#10;C)emily...

Question 24

Who wrote the book Politically Correct Bedtime Stories?&#10;A)italo calvino&#10;B)james finn garner&#10;C)marcel proust&#10;D)julian barnes

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Question 25

Polonius and Ophelia are characters in which famous Shakespeare play?&#10;A)king lear&#10;B)othello&#10;C)hamlet&#10;D)macbeth

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Deck 2: Literature Trivia: Authors, Novels, and Poems