Classic Literature and Authors

1. Who wrote 'Hamlet'?

• A. Christopher Marlowe
• B. William Shakespeare ✓
• C. John Milton
• D. Ben Jonson

💡 William Shakespeare wrote 'Hamlet' around 1600.

2. Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?

• A. Christopher Marlowe
• B. William Shakespeare ✓
• C. John Milton
• D. Ben Jonson

💡 William Shakespeare wrote 'Romeo and Juliet' in the late 16th century.

3. Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?

• A. Charles Dickens
• B. Jane Austen ✓
• C. Emily Bronte
• D. Mark Twain

💡 Jane Austen published 'Pride and Prejudice' in 1813.

4. Who wrote 'Wuthering Heights'?

• A. Charlotte Bronte
• B. Emily Bronte ✓
• C. Anne Bronte
• D. Jane Austen

💡 Emily Bronte published 'Wuthering Heights' in 1847, her only novel.

5. Who wrote 'Brave New World'?

• A. George Orwell
• B. Aldous Huxley ✓
• C. Ray Bradbury
• D. H.G. Wells

💡 Aldous Huxley published 'Brave New World' in 1932.

6. Who wrote 'Don Quixote'?

• A. Miguel de Cervantes ✓
• B. Federico Garcia Lorca
• C. Pablo Neruda
• D. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

💡 Miguel de Cervantes published 'Don Quixote' in the early 17th century.

7. Who wrote 'War and Peace'?

• A. Fyodor Dostoevsky
• B. Leo Tolstoy ✓
• C. Anton Chekhov
• D. Ivan Turgenev

💡 Leo Tolstoy wrote the epic novel 'War and Peace', published in the 1860s.

8. Who wrote 'The Odyssey'?

• A. Homer ✓
• B. Virgil
• C. Sophocles
• D. Euripides

💡 The ancient Greek poet Homer is traditionally credited with composing 'The Odyssey'.

9. Who wrote 'Great Expectations'?

• A. William Thackeray
• B. Charles Dickens ✓
• C. Thomas Hardy
• D. George Eliot

💡 Charles Dickens published 'Great Expectations' in serialized form in 1860-61.

10. Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?

• A. Mary Shelley ✓
• B. Bram Stoker
• C. Emily Bronte
• D. Jane Austen

💡 Mary Shelley published 'Frankenstein' in 1818.

11. Who wrote 'Moby-Dick'?

• A. Herman Melville ✓
• B. Mark Twain
• C. Nathaniel Hawthorne
• D. Edgar Allan Poe

💡 Herman Melville published 'Moby-Dick' in 1851.

12. Who wrote 'The Divine Comedy'?

• A. Dante Alighieri ✓
• B. Geoffrey Chaucer
• C. Homer
• D. Virgil

💡 Dante Alighieri wrote 'The Divine Comedy' in the early 14th century.

13. Who wrote 'The Scarlet Letter'?

• A. Nathaniel Hawthorne ✓
• B. Herman Melville
• C. Mark Twain
• D. Edgar Allan Poe

💡 Nathaniel Hawthorne published 'The Scarlet Letter' in 1850.

14. Who wrote 'Crime and Punishment'?

• A. Leo Tolstoy
• B. Fyodor Dostoevsky ✓
• C. Anton Chekhov
• D. Ivan Turgenev

💡 Fyodor Dostoevsky published 'Crime and Punishment' in 1866.

15. Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'?

• A. Ernest Hemingway
• B. F. Scott Fitzgerald ✓
• C. William Faulkner
• D. John Steinbeck

💡 F. Scott Fitzgerald published 'The Great Gatsby' in 1925.

16. Who wrote 'Jane Eyre'?

• A. Emily Bronte
• B. Charlotte Bronte ✓
• C. Anne Bronte
• D. Jane Austen

💡 Charlotte Bronte published 'Jane Eyre' in 1847.

17. Who wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?

• A. Geoffrey Chaucer ✓
• B. William Shakespeare
• C. John Milton
• D. Dante Alighieri

💡 Geoffrey Chaucer wrote 'The Canterbury Tales' in the late 14th century.

18. Who wrote 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

• A. Harper Lee ✓
• B. Truman Capote
• C. John Steinbeck
• D. William Faulkner

💡 Harper Lee published 'To Kill a Mockingbird' in 1960.

19. Who wrote 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?

• A. Mark Twain ✓
• B. Nathaniel Hawthorne
• C. Herman Melville
• D. Edgar Allan Poe

💡 Mark Twain published 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' in 1884.

20. Who wrote '1984'?

• A. Aldous Huxley
• B. George Orwell ✓
• C. Ray Bradbury
• D. H.G. Wells

💡 George Orwell published '1984' in 1949, a dystopian classic.