Question 1

Who wrote the novel Shamela?

Accepted Answer

A) daniel defoe 
B) samuel richardson 
C) henry fielding 
D) laurence sterne 
A) daniel defoe 
B) samuel richardson 
C) henry fielding 
D) laurence sterne C

Question 2

Who wrote the play The School for Scandal?

Accepted Answer

A) william shakespeare 
B) john fletcher 
C) john webster 
D) r b sheridan 
A) william shakespeare 
B) john fletcher 
C) john webster 
D) r b sheridan D

Question 3

Who wrote the novel Tom Jones?

Accepted Answer

A) daniel defoe 
B) henry fielding 
C) charles dickens 
D) samuel richardson 
A) daniel defoe 
B) henry fielding 
C) charles dickens 
D) samuel richardson B

Question 4

Who wrote the essay Of Marriage?

Accepted Answer

A) joseph addison 
B) jonathan swift 
C) francis bacon 
D) daniel defoe 
A) joseph addison 
B) jonathan swift 
C) francis bacon 
D) daniel defoe

Question 5

Who wrote the novel Gulliver's Travels?

Accepted Answer

A) jonathan swift 
B) daniel defoe 
C) henry fielding 
D) samuel richardson 
A) jonathan swift 
B) daniel defoe 
C) henry fielding 
D) samuel richardson

Question 6

Who wrote the novel Joseph Andrews?

Accepted Answer

A) charles dickens 
B) samuel richardson 
C) jonathan swift 
D) henry fielding 
A) charles dickens 
B) samuel richardson 
C) jonathan swift 
D) henry fielding

Question 7

Who wrote the essay Of Truth?

Accepted Answer

A) joseph addison 
B) francis bacon 
C) richard steele 
D) william hazlitt 
A) joseph addison 
B) francis bacon 
C) richard steele 
D) william hazlitt

Question 8

Who wrote the novel Colonel Jack?

Accepted Answer

A) jane austen 
B) daniel defoe 
C) charles dickens 
D) william makepeace thackeray 
A) jane austen 
B) daniel defoe 
C) charles dickens 
D) william makepeace thackeray

Question 9

Robinson Crusoe was published in ____

Accepted Answer

A) 1752 
B) 1737 
C) 1715 
D) 1719 
A) 1752 
B) 1737 
C) 1715 
D) 1719

Question 10

Who wrote the essay Sir Roger at Church?

Accepted Answer

A) joseph addison 
B) jonathan swift 
C) francis bacon 
D) richard steele 
A) joseph addison 
B) jonathan swift 
C) francis bacon 
D) richard steele

Question 11

The word malapropism came from the name of a character in _____

Accepted Answer

A) the duchess of malfi 
B) the way of the world 
C) the rivals 
D) hamlet 
A) the duchess of malfi 
B) the way of the world 
C) the rivals 
D) hamlet

Question 12

Who wrote the novel The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great?

Accepted Answer

A) henry fielding 
B) samuel richardson 
C) william makepeace thackeray 
D) laurence sterne 
A) henry fielding 
B) samuel richardson 
C) william makepeace thackeray 
D) laurence sterne

Question 13

Who wrote the novel A Journey from This World to the Next?

Accepted Answer

A) charles dickens 
B) tobias smollett 
C) henry fielding 
D) laurence sterne 
A) charles dickens 
B) tobias smollett 
C) henry fielding 
D) laurence sterne

Question 14

Joseph Andrews was published in ____

Accepted Answer

A) 1742 
B) 1843 
C) 1858 
D) 1750 
A) 1742 
B) 1843 
C) 1858 
D) 1750

Question 15

Who wrote the book The Battle of the Books?

Accepted Answer

A) daniel defoe 
B) francis bacon 
C) jonathan swift 
D) charles dickens 
A) daniel defoe 
B) francis bacon 
C) jonathan swift 
D) charles dickens

Question 16

Find the odd one out.

Accepted Answer

A) cariola 
B) grisolan 
C) horatio 
D) daniel de bosola 
A) cariola 
B) grisolan 
C) horatio 
D) daniel de bosola

Question 17

The White Devil was written by ____

Accepted Answer

A) william shakespeare 
B) john webster 
C) thomas kyd 
D) john fletcher 
A) william shakespeare 
B) john webster 
C) thomas kyd 
D) john fletcher

Question 18

When was the play The Rivals first performed?

Accepted Answer

A) 1775 
B) 1776 
C) 1774 
D) 1777 
A) 1775 
B) 1776 
C) 1774 
D) 1777

Question 19

Who wrote the novel Amelia?

Accepted Answer

A) henry fielding 
B) samuel richardson 
C) laurence sterne 
D) tobias smollett 
A) henry fielding 
B) samuel richardson 
C) laurence sterne 
D) tobias smollett

Question 20

Who wrote the novel The Journal of the Plague Year?

Accepted Answer

A) emily bronte 
B) charlotte bronte 
C) jane austen 
D) daniel defoe 
A) emily bronte 
B) charlotte bronte 
C) jane austen 
D) daniel defoe

Who wrote the novel Shamela?

Who wrote the play The School for Scandal?

Who wrote the novel Tom Jones?

Who wrote the essay Of Marriage?

Who wrote the novel Gulliver's Travels?

Who wrote the novel Joseph Andrews?

Who wrote the essay Of Truth?

Who wrote the novel Colonel Jack?

Robinson Crusoe was published in ____

Who wrote the essay Sir Roger at Church?

The word malapropism came from the name of a character in _____

Who wrote the novel The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great?

Who wrote the novel A Journey from This World to the Next?

Joseph Andrews was published in ____

Who wrote the book The Battle of the Books?

Find the odd one out.

The White Devil was written by ____

When was the play The Rivals first performed?

Who wrote the novel Amelia?

Who wrote the novel The Journal of the Plague Year?

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Exam 4: Literary Trivia: Authors and Works

Who wrote the novel Shamela?

Who wrote the play The School for Scandal?

Who wrote the novel Tom Jones?

Who wrote the essay Of Marriage?

Who wrote the novel Gulliver's Travels?

Who wrote the novel Joseph Andrews?

Who wrote the essay Of Truth?

Who wrote the novel Colonel Jack?

Robinson Crusoe was published in ____

Who wrote the essay Sir Roger at Church?

The word malapropism came from the name of a character in _____

Who wrote the novel The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great?

Who wrote the novel A Journey from This World to the Next?

Joseph Andrews was published in ____

Who wrote the book The Battle of the Books?

Find the odd one out.

The White Devil was written by ____

When was the play The Rivals first performed?

Who wrote the novel Amelia?

Who wrote the novel The Journal of the Plague Year?

Chaucer and Shakespeare

English Literature: Paradise Lost, Mac Flecknoe, and Other Works and Authors

Trivia Shakespeares Hamlet

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