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Literature & Books Quiz Worksheet

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Set 1 · Mixed
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Choose the best answer for each question. The answer key is on the last page.

  1. Who wrote Peter Pan?
    A. A.A. Milne B. J.M. Barrie C. E.B. White D. Roald Dahl
  2. Which novel follows the characters Toru Watanabe and Naoko?
    A. Kafka on the Shore B. Norwegian Wood C. 1Q84 D. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki
  3. Who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia series?
    A. J.R.R. Tolkien B. C.S. Lewis C. Roald Dahl D. Philip Pullman
  4. Which novel features the character Esther Greenwood?
    A. Beloved B. The Bell Jar C. Mrs Dalloway D. The Color Purple
  5. Who wrote the novel The Palace of Illusions?
    A. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni B. Arundhati Roy C. Anita Desai D. Jhumpa Lahiri
  6. Which author wrote Charlotte's Web?
    A. Beverly Cleary B. E.B. White C. Judy Blume D. Shel Silverstein
  7. Which folklorist published the best-known English version of 'The Three Little Pigs' in 1890?
    A. Joseph Jacobs B. Hans Christian Andersen C. Lewis Carroll D. Aesop
  8. Which novel features the character Jean Valjean?
    A. The Count of Monte Cristo B. Les Misérables C. The Three Musketeers D. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
  9. Who wrote The White Tiger?
    A. Chetan Bhagat B. Aravind Adiga C. Amish Tripathi D. R.K. Narayan
  10. Who is the author of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?
    A. J.R.R. Tolkien B. C.S. Lewis C. J.K. Rowling D. Rick Riordan
  11. Which detective was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
    A. Hercule Poirot B. Miss Marple C. Sherlock Holmes D. Philip Marlowe
  12. Which Indian author wrote the book Wings of Fire?
    A. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam B. R. K. Narayan C. Ruskin Bond D. Chetan Bhagat
  13. Who wrote The Sound and the Fury?
    A. William Faulkner B. John Steinbeck C. Ernest Hemingway D. Harper Lee
  14. Which novel features the characters Ivan, Dmitri, and Alyosha?
    A. Crime and Punishment B. The Idiot C. The Brothers Karamazov D. Dead Souls
  15. Which book features the character Long John Silver?
    A. Treasure Island B. Robinson Crusoe C. Gulliver's Travels D. Kidnapped
  16. Which novel features the character Meursault?
    A. The Plague B. The Stranger C. Nausea D. No Exit
  17. Which novel features the symbologist Robert Langdon?
    A. Angels & Demons B. Inferno C. The Da Vinci Code D. All of the above
  18. Which Indian poet wrote the national song Vande Mataram?
    A. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay B. Rabindranath Tagore C. Sarojini Naidu D. Subramania Bharati
  19. Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame?
    A. Alexandre Dumas B. Victor Hugo C. Honoré de Balzac D. Gustave Flaubert
  20. In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, what animal does Alice follow into Wonderland?
    A. Fox B. White Rabbit C. Cat D. Deer
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Answer key – Literature & Books (Set 1)

  1. B. J.M. Barrie – J.M. Barrie, a Scottish writer, created Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, first in a 1904 play and later the novel Peter and Wendy (1911). Barrie gave the rights to Great Ormond Street Hospital for children in London, which still benefits from them.
  2. B. Norwegian Wood – Toru Watanabe, a university student in 1960s Tokyo, and Naoko, a fragile young woman, are the main characters of Norwegian Wood. Toru is torn between Naoko and the lively Midori. The story is a nostalgic look at love, loss and growing up.
  3. B. C.S. Lewis – C.S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, a seven-book fantasy series published from 1950 to 1956, beginning with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Lewis was a close friend of J.R.R. Tolkien; both belonged to an Oxford writers' group called the Inklings.
  4. B. The Bell Jar – Esther Greenwood, a talented college student on a summer internship at a New York magazine, is the narrator of The Bell Jar. The 'bell jar' symbolises the feeling of being trapped and cut off from the world. The novel is praised for its honest portrayal of mental illness.
  5. A. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni wrote The Palace of Illusions (2008), which retells the Mahabharata from the point of view of Draupadi, also called Panchaali. Divakaruni, born in Kolkata, lives in the USA and teaches creative writing.
  6. B. E.B. White – E.B. White wrote Charlotte's Web, inspired by a real spider in his barn in Maine. He also wrote Stuart Little and co-wrote The Elements of Style, a famous guide to English writing. He received a special Pulitzer Prize in 1978.
  7. A. Joseph Jacobs – Joseph Jacobs, an Australian-born folklorist, published the best-known English version of 'The Three Little Pigs' in English Fairy Tales (1890). The story is a traditional folk tale, so it has no single author. Jacobs also published 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.
  8. B. Les Misérables – Jean Valjean, a former convict who spent 19 years in prison for stealing bread and later becomes a good man, is the hero of Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo. The novel became one of the world's most famous musicals, first staged in London in 1985.
  9. B. Aravind Adiga – Aravind Adiga wrote The White Tiger (2008), his debut novel, which won the Booker Prize that year. Born in Chennai, Adiga was a journalist before becoming a novelist. A Netflix film adaptation was released in 2021.
  10. C. J.K. Rowling – J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, published in 1997. Twelve publishers rejected it before Bloomsbury accepted it. In the USA it was renamed 'Sorcerer's Stone'. The seven-book series has sold over 600 million copies, making it the best-selling book series ever.
  11. C. Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a Scottish doctor, created Sherlock Holmes, who first appeared in A Study in Scarlet (1887). Holmes lives at 221B Baker Street, London, with his friend Dr. Watson. Doyle once killed off Holmes, but public demand forced him to bring the detective back.
  12. A. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam wrote Wings of Fire (1999), his autobiography, with Arun Tiwari. It tells his journey from a poor boy in Rameswaram selling newspapers to a top missile scientist. Known as the 'Missile Man of India', he was India's President from 2002 to 2007.
  13. A. William Faulkner – William Faulkner wrote The Sound and the Fury (1929), known for its 'stream of consciousness' style. The first section is narrated by Benjy, a man with an intellectual disability, making it challenging to read. Faulkner won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.
  14. C. The Brothers Karamazov – Ivan, Dmitri and Alyosha are the three Karamazov brothers in Dostoevsky's novel: Dmitri is passionate, Ivan is an intellectual sceptic, and Alyosha is a kind novice monk. Their half-brother, Smerdyakov, also plays a key role.
  15. A. Treasure Island – Long John Silver, the one-legged pirate cook with a parrot named Captain Flint, appears in Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. The book shaped popular images of pirates, including treasure maps marked with an X and the 'black spot'.
  16. B. The Stranger – Meursault, an emotionally detached Frenchman in Algiers, is the narrator of The Stranger. The novel's famous opening is 'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.' He is tried for murder, and his lack of grief at his mother's funeral is used against him.
  17. D. All of the above – Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor of symbology, appears in all of these Dan Brown novels: Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003) and Inferno (2013), as well as The Lost Symbol, Origin and The Secret of Secrets. Tom Hanks played him in the films.
  18. A. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote 'Vande Mataram', which appears in his 1882 novel Anandamath. The song became a rallying cry of the freedom movement. In 1950 India adopted it as its national song, with Rabindranath Tagore's 'Jana Gana Mana' as the national anthem.
  19. B. Victor Hugo – Victor Hugo wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), originally titled 'Notre-Dame de Paris'. Hugo wrote it partly to save the Gothic cathedral, then neglected. The book renewed interest in its restoration. Disney made an animated version in 1996.
  20. B. White Rabbit – Alice follows the White Rabbit, who is wearing a waistcoat and checking a pocket watch, down a rabbit hole into Wonderland. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician) wrote the book in 1865 for a girl named Alice Liddell. 'Down the rabbit hole' is now a common phrase.