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Famous Authors and Their Books

13 questions ยท Multiple choice, True/False, Fill in the blank
  1. Which novel by George Orwell tells the story of Winston Smith living under the surveillance of Big Brother?

    • 1984
    • Animal Farm
    • Brave New World
    • Fahrenheit 451
  2. George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is most widely interpreted as an allegory of which historical event?

    • The Russian Revolution
    • The French Revolution
    • The American Civil War
    • The Spanish Civil War
  3. In which J.R.R. Tolkien novel does Bilbo Baggins set out with thirteen dwarves to reclaim treasure from the dragon Smaug?

    • The Hobbit
    • The Lord of the Rings
    • The Silmarillion
    • The Two Towers
  4. Under which pen name did J.K. Rowling publish her crime novels featuring the detective Cormoran Strike?

    • Robert Galbraith
    • Richard Bachman
    • Currer Bell
    • Lewis Carroll
  5. Which Belgian detective, famous for his 'little grey cells', was created by Agatha Christie?

    • Hercule Poirot
    • Sherlock Holmes
    • Miss Marple
    • Sam Spade
  6. Agatha Christie also created which elderly amateur sleuth living in the village of St. Mary Mead?

    • Miss Marple
    • Lord Peter Wimsey
    • Nancy Drew
    • Nero Wolfe
  7. Ernest Hemingway's novella about an aging Cuban fisherman battling a giant marlin is titled what?

    • The Old Man and the Sea
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls
    • A Farewell to Arms
    • The Sun Also Rises
  8. Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is largely narrated by a young girl with which nickname?

    • Scout
    • Boo
    • Dill
    • Jem
  9. The line 'It is a truth universally acknowledged...' opens which Jane Austen novel?

    • Pride and Prejudice
    • Emma
    • Sense and Sensibility
    • Persuasion
  10. Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'.

    • True
    • False
  11. The novel 'War and Peace' was written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

    • True
    • False
  12. Jane Austen's novel about the well-meaning matchmaker Emma Woodhouse is simply titled ___.

  13. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, the mysterious millionaire who throws lavish parties on Long Island is named Jay ___.