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Do you know english literature?
1. Do you know English literature?
DO YOU KNOW ENGLISHLITERATURE?
LET’S SEE…
2. What was the first name of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple?
WHAT WAS THE FIRST NAME OFAGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS
MARPLE?
Jane
3. How are the sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy described in the title of an 1868 novel?
HOW ARE THE SISTERS MEG, JO,BETH AND AMY DESCRIBED IN
THE TITLE OF AN 1868 NOVEL?
4. Who is the wizard in The Hobbit?
WHO IS THE WIZARD IN THEHOBBIT?
Gandalf
5. Which Ray Bradbury novel opens “It was a pleasure to burn”?
WHICH RAY BRADBURYNOVEL OPENS “IT WAS A
PLEASURE TO BURN”?
Fahrenheit 451
6. Who wrote the Twilight series of novels?
WHO WROTE THE TWILIGHTSERIES OF NOVELS?
Stephenie Meyer
7. Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi?
WHO WROTE THE BOOKERPRIZE WINNING NOVEL THE
LIFE OF PI?
Yann Martel
8. In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters?
IN WHICH GEORGE BERNARDSHAW PLAY ARE PROFESSOR
HENRY HIGGINS AND ELIZA
DOOLITTLE CENTRAL
CHARACTERS?
Pygmalion
9. In which famous novel does Edward Fairfax Rochester play a significant role?
IN WHICH FAMOUS NOVEL DOESEDWARD FAIRFAX ROCHESTER
PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE?
Jane Eyre
10. Which John Steinbeck novel revolves around the characters Lenny and George?
WHICH JOHN STEINBECKNOVEL REVOLVES AROUND
THE CHARACTERS LENNY
AND GEORGE?
Of Mice and Men
11. Who is the youngest recipient of a Nielsen Book Platinum Award, for selling one million copies, for her book PS I Love You?
WHO IS THE YOUNGESTRECIPIENT OF A NIELSEN
BOOK PLATINUM AWARD, FOR
SELLING ONE MILLION
COPIES, FOR HER BOOK PS I
LOVE YOU?
Cecelia Ahern
12. Who wrote the book The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
WHO WROTE THE BOOK THESTRANGE CASE OF DR
JEKYLL AND MR HYDE?
Robert Louis
Stevenson
13. Who wrote the science fiction novel Brave New World?
WHO WROTE THE SCIENCEFICTION NOVEL BRAVE NEW
WORLD?
Aldous Huxley
14. Name the beautiful young man who becomes the subject of a portrait by society painter, Basil Hallward?
NAME THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MANWHO BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A
PORTRAIT BY SOCIETY PAINTER,
BASIL HALLWARD?
Dorian Gray
15. Whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
WHOSE REAL NAME WASSAMUEL LANGHORNE
CLEMENS?
Mark Twain
16. What was the street address of Sherlock Holmes?
WHAT WAS THE STREETADDRESS OF SHERLOCK
HOLMES?
221B Baker Street
17. Anne Elliot is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel?
ANNE ELLIOT IS THEHEROINE OF WHICH JANE
AUSTEN NOVEL?
Persuasion
18. In literature which 1719 book has gained wide acceptance as 'the first English novel'?
IN LITERATURE WHICH 1719 BOOKHAS GAINED WIDE ACCEPTANCE AS
'THE FIRST ENGLISH NOVEL'?
Robinson
Crusoe
19. Who wrote the seminal 1936 self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People?
WHO WROTE THE SEMINAL 1936SELF-HELP BOOK HOW TO WIN
FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE
PEOPLE?
Dale Carnegie
20. Who was the youngest of the three Brontë writing sisters?
WHO WAS THE YOUNGEST OFTHE THREE BRONTË WRITING
SISTERS?
Anne Brontë
21. What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson?
WHAT WAS THE PEN-NAME OFCHARLES LUTWIDGE
DODGSON?
Lewis Carroll
22. Stanley Kubrick successfully requested the UK ban of his own film based on what Anthony Burgess book?
STANLEY KUBRICK SUCCESSFULLYREQUESTED THE UK BAN OF HIS OWN FILM
BASED ON WHAT ANTHONY BURGESS BOOK?
A Clockwork Orange
23. Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher?
WHICH PIONEERING AMERICANPOET AND STORY-TELLER
WROTE THE FALL OF THE HOUSE
OF USHER?
Edgar Allen Poe
24. What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?
WHAT WERE THE RESPECTIVEFAMILY NAMES OF SHAKESPEARE'S
ROMEO AND JULIET?
Montague and Capulet
25. Which literary character has a landlady called Mrs. Hudson?
WHICH LITERARY CHARACTERHAS A LANDLADY CALLED MRS.
HUDSON?
Sherlock Holmes.
26. Which Dubliner wrote “Dracua”?
WHICH DUBLINER WROTE“DRACUA”?
Abraham
Bram Stoker
27. Whose treasure was buried in Treasure Island?
WHOSE TREASURE WAS BURIEDIN TREASURE ISLAND?
Captain
Flint’s
28. In which book would you find a Heffalump?
IN WHICH BOOK WOULD YOUFIND A HEFFALUMP?
Winnie-the-Pooh
29. What did Professor Challenger bring back from the “Lost World” to prove that it existed?
WHAT DID PROFESSOR CHALLENGERBRING BACK FROM THE “LOST
WORLD” TO PROVE THAT IT
EXISTED?
A small
pterodactyl.
30. In Washington Irving’s story published in 1819, which war did Rip van Winkle sleep through?
IN WASHINGTON IRVING’S STORYPUBLISHED IN 1819, WHICH WAR DID
RIP VAN WINKLE SLEEP THROUGH?
the American war
of Independence.
31. What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'?
WHAT FAMOUS 1818 NOVEL HADTHE SUB-TITLE 'THE MODERN
PROMETHEUS'?
Frankenstein
32. Which novel opens with this sentence “You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name “The adventures of Tom Sawyer”, but that ain’t no matter’.
WHICH NOVEL OPENS WITH THISSENTENCE “YOU DON’T KNOW
ABOUT ME, WITHOUT YOU HAVE
READ A BOOK BY THE NAME “THE
ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER”, BUT
THAT AIN’T NO MATTER’.
The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn.
33. Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..."?
WHICH NOVEL BEGINS "IT IS A TRUTHUNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT
A SINGLE MAN IN POSSESSION OF A
GOOD FORTUNE MUST BE IN WANT OF
A WIFE..."?
Pride and Prejudice
34. "Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what novel?
"READER, I MARRIED HIM," APPEARSIN THE CONCLUSION OF WHAT
NOVEL?
Jane Eyre