Category: Literature

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

1. In which country was Herman Hesse born?
(a) Germany
(b) Switzerland
(c) France
(d) Austria

2. What was the name of Herman Hesse’s most famous novel?
(a) The Glass Bead Game
(b) Steppenwolf
(c) Siddhartha
(d) Demian

3. In which year did Herman Hesse win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
(a) 1936
(b) 1946
(c) 1956
(d) 1966

1. In the novel “The Secret Garden” where was Mary Lennox Born?
(a) England
(b) India
(c) France
(d) America

2. What is the name of the manor where Mary Lennox lives?
(a) Willow Creek Manor
(b) Thornfield Hall
(c) Misselthwaite Manor
(d) Highbury House

3. Who is the grumpy gardener at Misselthwaite Manor?
(a) Ben Weatherstaff
(b) Mr. Rochester
(c) John Thornton
(d) Mr. Bennet

1. Who is the main protagonist of The Iliad?
(a) Achilles
(b) Odysseus
(c) Hector
(d) Agamemnon

2. What is the central conflict of The Iliad?
(a) A love triangle between Helen, Paris, and Menelaus
(b) A war between Troy and Sparta
(c) A journey to the underworld
(d) A quest for immortality

3. What is the Achilles’ heel?
(a) A physical weakness
(b) A magical artifact
(c) A psychological flaw
(d) A strategic advantage