Literature (10 Questions)

Questions

  1. Who wrote the novel “Pride and Prejudice”?
  2. Which poet penned the lines “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by”?
  3. What genre of literature typically features elements of magic, supernatural creatures, and fantastical settings?
  4. Who is the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
  5. Which ancient Greek epic poem tells the story of the Trojan War and the fall of Troy?
  6. What is the title of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the American South during the 1930s?
  7. What is the name of the protagonist in George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”?
  8. Which Shakespearean play features the characters Tybalt and Mercutio?
  9. What literary movement, characterised by disillusionment and a rejection of traditional values, emerged after World War I?
  10. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter,” what does the scarlet letter ‘A’ symbolise?

Answers

  1. Jane Austen
  2. Robert Frost
  3. Fantasy
  4. Toni Morrison
  5. The Iliad
  6. To Kill a Mockingbird
  7. Winston Smith
  8. Romeo and Juliet
  9. Modernism
  10. Adultery or sin

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