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11 Books and Literature

Literature is a group of works of art made up of words. Most are written,

but some are passed on by word of mouth. Literature usually means works
of poetry and prose that are especially well written.

Check for yourself how much aware you are about world literature ?

1. Who was the author of the famous storybook ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ ?

a) Rudyard Kipling b) John Keats c) Lewis Carroll d) H. G. Wells
2. Who wrote the famous novel ‘Anandmath’ ?

a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

c) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee d) Bhagat Singh
3. Who wrote ‘Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise’ ?

a) Browning b) Marx c) Shakespeare d) Kipling
4. ‘The Autography of an Unknown Indian’ is written by :

a) Vikram Seth b) V.S. Naipaul
c) Nirad C. Chaudhury d) None

5. In the book ‘The Lord of the Rings’, who or what is Bilbo ?

a) Dwarf b) Hobbit c) Wizard d) Troll
6. What was the nationality of Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of ‘Treasure Island’ ?

a) Scottish b) Welsh c) Irish d) French

7. Who wrote the crime novel ‘Ten Little Niggers’ ?
a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle b) Irvine Welsh

c) Agatha Christie d) Emile Zola
8. Who is the author of the book ‘Shadow Lines’ ?

a) Vikram Seth b) R. K. Narayan
c) Rohington Mistry d) Amitav Gosh

9. Who wrote the famous 1855 poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ ?

a) Lord Alfred Tennyson b) Christopher Marlowe
c) Johannes Gutenberg d) René Descartes

10. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ written ?
a) 14th b) 15th c) 16th d) 17th

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