1. What is Haruki Murakami’s nationality?
(a) Japanese
(b) American
(c) British
(d) French
2. In which city does Haruki Murakami live?
(a) Tokyo
(b) Osaka
(c) Kyoto
(d) Sapporo
3. In “The Elephant Vanishes,” what is the significance of the disappearing elephants?
(a) They represent the fragility of reality.
(b) They symbolize the protagonist’s loneliness.
(c) They are a supernatural phenomenon.
(d) They have no particular significance.
1. In which country was Jorge Luis Borges born?
(a) Argentina
(b) Brazil
(c) Uruguay
(d) Chile
2. What is the name of the famous library Borges often references in his works?
(a) The Library of Congress
(b) The British Library
(c) The Bibliothèque Nationale de France
(d) The Library of Babel
3. Which of Borges’ stories explores the concept of infinite parallel universes?
(a) “The Aleph”
(b) “The Garden of Forking Paths”
(c) “The Lottery in Babylon”
(d) “The Circular Ruins”
1. Salman Rushdie is known primarily as a:
(a) Poet
(b) Playwright
(c) Novelist
(d) Essayist
2. Rushdie’s most controversial novel, which led to a fatwa being issued against him, is:
(a) Midnight’s Children
(b) Shame
(c) The Satanic Verses
(d) The Ground Beneath Her Feet
3. Salman Rushdie was born in:
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) England
(d) The United States
1. What nationality was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
(a) American
(b) Scottish
(c) English
(d) Irish
2. What profession did Conan Doyle initially pursue before becoming a writer?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Doctor
(c) Teacher
(d) Engineer
3. Who is the most famous character created by Conan Doyle?
(a) Professor Moriarty
(b) Sherlock Holmes
(c) Dr. Watson
(d) Irene Adler
1. What is the name of the boy who wins a golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory?
(a) Augustus Gloop
(b) Charlie Bucket
(c) Mike Teavee
(d) Violet Beauregarde
2. What is the name of the giant who befriends Sophie in “The BFG”?
(a) The Jolly Giant
(b) The Big Friendly Giant
(c) The Giant of the Green Hills
(d) The Gentle Giant
3. In “Matilda,” what is Matilda’s special power?
(a) Telekinesis
(b) Superhuman strength
(c) Flight
(d) Invisibility
1. Edgar Allan Poe is primarily known for his works in which genre?
(a) Science Fiction
(b) Romance
(c) Gothic Horror
(d) Comedy
2. Poe’s most famous poem is:
(a) “Annabel Lee”
(b) “The Tell-Tale Heart”
(c) “The Raven”
(d) “The Cask of Amontillado”
3. In which city was Edgar Allan Poe born?
(a) Boston
(b) Baltimore
(c) New York City
(d) Philadelphia
1. What is the name of Agatha Christie’s most famous detective, a Belgian with a love for eggs and a peculiar sense of style?
(a) Sherlock Holmes
(b) Hercule Poirot
(c) Miss Marple
(d) Philip Marlowe
2. In which novel does a group of strangers find themselves trapped on an island with a mysterious killer?
(a) And Then There Were None
(b) Murder on the Orient Express
(c) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
(d) Death on the Nile
3. Who is the elderly spinster detective known for her sharp wit and keen observations?
(a) Hercule Poirot
(b) Miss Marple
(c) Tommy and Tuppence
(d) Parker Pyne
1. In which country was Albert Camus born?
(a) France
(b) Algeria
(c) Italy
(d) Spain
2. What is the central theme of Camus’ novel “The Stranger”?
(a) The search for meaning in a meaningless world
(b) The importance of religion in daily life
(c) The power of love to overcome adversity
(d) The dangers of political extremism
3. Camus is often associated with which philosophical concept?
(a) Existentialism
(b) Idealism
(c) Utilitarianism
(d) Absurdism
1. Jean Rhys was born under the name:
(a) Edith Wharton
(b) Gertrude Stein
(c) Marguerite Taine
(d) Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams
2. Jean Rhys was born in:
(a) France
(b) England
(c) Dominica
(d) Jamaica
3. Rhys’s most famous novel is:
(a) Wide Sargasso Sea
(b) After Dark
(c) Good Morning, Midnight
(d) Quartet
1. In what year was Zora Neale Hurston born?
(a) 1891
(b) 1901
(c) 1895
(d) 1905
2. Zora Neale Hurston was a member of which literary movement?
(a) Harlem Renaissance
(b) Beat Generation
(c) Modernism
(d) Romanticism
3. Which of the following is NOT a famous work by Zora Neale Hurston?
(a) Their Eyes Were Watching God
(b) The Awakening
(c) Sweat
(d) Jonah’s Gourd Vine