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1. What was Sylvia Plath's profession? (a) Teacher (b) Doctor (c) Poet and Novelist (d) Actress 2. Which of the following is NOT a work by Sylvia Plath? (a) The Bell Jar (b) Ariel (c) The Awakening (d) Daddy 3. Sylvia Plath is known for her poetry that often explores themes of: (a) Love and Romance (b) Nature and Beauty (c) Mental Health and Suffering (d) Adventure and Travel

1. In which year was Daphne du Maurier born? (a) 1890 (b) 1907 (c) 1920 (d) 1935 2. What is the name of the Gothic mansion featured in her most famous novel "Rebecca"? (a) Thornfield Hall (b) Wuthering Heights (c) Manderley (d) Pemberley 3. In which English county is Manderley, the setting of "Rebecca," located? (a) Cornwall (b) Devon (c) Dorset (d) Somerset

Portrait of Joseph Bonaparte (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Joseph Bonaparte Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. What was Joseph Bonaparte’s original name? a) Giuseppe Garibaldi b) Jozef Korzeniowski c) Giuseppe Buonaparte d) Joseph Cambon 2. When was Joseph Bonaparte born? a) 7 January 1768 b) 14 May 1762 c) 2 July 1759 d) 20 December 1754 3. Where was Joseph Bonaparte born? a) Austerlitz b) Corte c) Mantua d) Trafalgar 4. Where did Joseph Bonaparte study law? a) Paris b) Milan c) Berlin d) Pisa 5. Where did Joseph Bonaparte conclude a convention with USA in 1800? a) New York ... Read more

1. When was Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India? a) 1940-1944 b) 1947-1964 c) 1965-1968 d) 1977-1980 2. When was Jawaharlal Nehru born? a) 29 February 1896 b) 23 April 1897 c) 26 August 1900 d) 14 November 1889 3. Where was Jawaharlal Nehru born? a) Bangalore b) Hyderabad c) Allahabad d) Darjeeling

1. In which country was James Joyce born? (a) England (b) Ireland (c) France (d) Italy 2. What is the name of James Joyce's most famous novel? (a) Dubliners (b) Finnegans Wake (c) Ulysses (d) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3. The protagonist of "Ulysses" is named: (a) Stephen Dedalus (b) Leopold Bloom (c) Buck Mulligan (d) Molly Bloom

1. What is the central theme of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man? (a) The importance of education and social mobility (b) The struggles of African Americans to find their identity in a racist society (c) The power of love and forgiveness (d) The dangers of political extremism 2. Who is the narrator of Invisible Man? (a) A young, unnamed man (b) A white man pretending to be black (c) A ghost haunting the novel's setting (d) A robot designed to simulate human experience 3. What is the significance of the narrator's invisibility in the novel? (a) It is a literal condition ... Read more

1. What is the title of Chinua Achebe's most famous novel? (a) Things Fall Apart (b) No Longer at Ease (c) Arrow of God (d) A Man of the People 2. In Things Fall Apart, what is the name of the protagonist? (a) Okonkwo (b) Nwoye (c) Obierika (d) Ikemefuna 3. What is the main theme of Things Fall Apart? (a) The dangers of colonialism (b) The importance of family (c) The power of tradition (d) The inevitability of change

1. What was George Eliot's real name? (a) Mary Ann Evans (b) Charlotte Brontë (c) Jane Austen (d) Emily Dickinson 2. In which century did George Eliot live? (a) 17th century (b) 18th century (c) 19th century (d) 20th century 3. Which of the following is NOT a novel by George Eliot? (a) Middlemarch (b) Adam Bede (c) Jane Eyre (d) Silas Marner

1. What nationality was Alexandre Dumas? (a) French (b) Italian (c) Spanish (d) English 2. Which of these is NOT a famous novel by Alexandre Dumas? (a) The Three Musketeers (b) The Count of Monte Cristo (c) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (d) The Man in the Iron Mask 3. Who was the main protagonist of "The Three Musketeers"? (a) D'Artagnan (b) Athos (c) Porthos (d) Aramis

1. What is the title of J.D. Salinger's most famous novel? (a) The Great Gatsby (b) To Kill a Mockingbird (c) The Catcher in the Rye (d) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2. Who is the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye? (a) Holden Caulfield (b) Nick Carraway (c) Scout Finch (d) Atticus Finch 3. What is Holden Caulfield's age at the beginning of the novel? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 20