World Literature

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Who is considered the father of English literature?

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer

  2. William Shakespeare

  3. John Milton

  4. Alexander Pope


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Geoffrey Chaucer is widely regarded as the father of English literature due to his significant contributions to the development of the English language and literature in the 14th century.

Which novel by Charles Dickens is set during the French Revolution?

  1. A Tale of Two Cities

  2. Great Expectations

  3. Oliver Twist

  4. David Copperfield


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel by Charles Dickens set in London and Paris during the French Revolution.

What is the name of the protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel (\text{''Crime and Punishment''})?

  1. Raskolnikov

  2. Sonia

  3. Porfiry Petrovich

  4. Svidrigailov


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Raskolnikov is the main protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel (\text{''Crime and Punishment''}).

Which work by Dante Alighieri is considered one of the greatest works of Italian literature?

  1. The Divine Comedy

  2. The New Life

  3. Convivio

  4. De Monarchia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Italian literature and a masterpiece of world literature.

Who is the author of the novel (\text{''To Kill a Mockingbird''})?

  1. Harper Lee

  2. Mark Twain

  3. Ernest Hemingway

  4. F. Scott Fitzgerald


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Harper Lee is the author of the novel (\text{''To Kill a Mockingbird''}), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.

Which novel by Jane Austen is set in the Regency Era of England?

  1. Pride and Prejudice

  2. Sense and Sensibility

  3. Emma

  4. Mansfield Park


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen set in the Regency Era of England.

What is the name of the protagonist in Leo Tolstoy's novel (\text{''Anna Karenina''})?

  1. Anna Karenina

  2. Alexei Karenin

  3. Konstantin Levin

  4. Dolly Oblonsky


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anna Karenina is the main protagonist in Leo Tolstoy's novel (\text{''Anna Karenina''}).

Which work by Miguel de Cervantes is considered the first modern novel?

  1. Don Quixote

  2. Novelas ejemplares

  3. La Galatea

  4. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha, commonly known as Don Quixote, is a novel by Miguel de Cervantes, widely regarded as the first modern novel.

Who is the author of the novel (\text{''The Great Gatsby''})?

  1. F. Scott Fitzgerald

  2. Ernest Hemingway

  3. William Faulkner

  4. John Steinbeck


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

F. Scott Fitzgerald is the author of the novel (\text{''The Great Gatsby''}).

Which novel by Victor Hugo is set during the June Rebellion in Paris?

  1. Les Misérables

  2. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

  3. Toilers of the Sea

  4. Ninety-Three


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Les Misérables is a novel by Victor Hugo set during the June Rebellion in Paris.

What is the name of the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's novel (\text{''The Catcher in the Rye''})?

  1. Holden Caulfield

  2. Phoebe Caulfield

  3. D.B. Caulfield

  4. Sally Hayes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Holden Caulfield is the main protagonist in J.D. Salinger's novel (\text{''The Catcher in the Rye''}).

Which work by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is considered one of the greatest works of German literature?

  1. Faust

  2. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

  3. The Sorrows of Young Werther

  4. Elective Affinities


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Faust is a tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, widely regarded as one of the greatest works of German literature.

Who is the author of the novel (\text{''1984''})?

  1. George Orwell

  2. Aldous Huxley

  3. Ray Bradbury

  4. Kurt Vonnegut


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

George Orwell is the author of the novel (\text{''1984''}).

Which novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky explores the themes of existentialism and nihilism?

  1. Notes from Underground

  2. The Brothers Karamazov

  3. The Idiot

  4. The Possessed


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Notes from Underground is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores the themes of existentialism and nihilism.

What is the name of the protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's novel (\text{''The Old Man and the Sea''})?

  1. Santiago

  2. Manolin

  3. The Old Man

  4. The Sea


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Santiago is the main protagonist in Ernest Hemingway's novel (\text{''The Old Man and the Sea''}).

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