UK History MCQs

UK Novelists and Novels MCQs with Answers

Who wrote the novel “1984,” a dystopian masterpiece?
a) George Eliot
b) George Orwell
c) Charles Dickens
d) Jane Austen
Answer: b) George Orwell

The author of “Pride and Prejudice,” a classic romance novel, is:
a) Emily Brontë
b) Charlotte Brontë
c) Jane Austen
d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: c) Jane Austen

“Wuthering Heights,” a novel known for its intense and passionate love story, was written by:
a) Jane Eyre
b) George Eliot
c) Emily Brontë
d) Virginia Woolf
Answer: c) Emily Brontë

The author of “Oliver Twist,” a novel depicting social issues in Victorian England, is:
a) Jane Austen
b) Charles Dickens
c) George Eliot
d) Thomas Hardy
Answer: b) Charles Dickens

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” a novel addressing racial injustice, was written by:
a) Harper Lee
b) J.K. Rowling
c) Agatha Christie
d) Mark Twain
Answer: a) Harper Lee

Who authored the fantasy series “Harry Potter”?
a) Agatha Christie
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) J.K. Rowling
d) George R.R. Martin
Answer: c) J.K. Rowling

The novel “Dracula,” featuring the iconic vampire character, was written by:
a) Mary Shelley
b) Bram Stoker
c) Edgar Allan Poe
d) H.G. Wells
Answer: b) Bram Stoker

“Middlemarch,” a novel known for its exploration of social reform, was penned by:
a) George Eliot
b) Jane Austen
c) Emily Brontë
d) Charlotte Brontë
Answer: a) George Eliot

The author of the detective novel “Murder on the Orient Express” is:
a) Agatha Christie
b) Arthur Conan Doyle
c) P.D. James
d) Raymond Chandler
Answer: a) Agatha Christie

Frankenstein,” a novel exploring themes of science and ethics, was written by:
a) Mary Shelley
b) Emily Dickinson
c) Louisa May Alcott
d) Jane Austen
Answer: a) Mary Shelley

The author of the novel “Brave New World,” envisioning a futuristic dystopia, is:
a) George Orwell
b) Aldous Huxley
c) Ray Bradbury
d) Isaac Asimov
Answer: b) Aldous Huxley

“Gone with the Wind,” a historical romance novel, was written by:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Harper Lee
c) Margaret Mitchell
d) Louisa May Alcott
Answer: c) Margaret Mitchell

The author of the novel “The Lord of the Rings” is:
a) C.S. Lewis
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) George R.R. Martin
d) Ursula K. Le Guin
Answer: b) J.R.R. Tolkien

Great Expectations,” a novel following the life of Pip, was written by:
a) Charles Dickens
b) Jane Austen
c) George Eliot
d) Charlotte Brontë
Answer: a) Charles Dickens

Who authored the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?
a) Oscar Wilde
b) Thomas Hardy
c) Henry James
d) Robert Louis Stevenson
Answer: a) Oscar Wilde

“Moby-Dick,” a novel centered around a sea captain’s obsession, was written by:
a) Mark Twain
b) Herman Melville
c) Nathaniel Hawthorne
d) Jack London
Answer: b) Herman Melville

The author of “Jane Eyre,” a novel featuring a strong-willed heroine, is:
a) Emily Brontë
b) Jane Austen
c) Charlotte Brontë
d) George Eliot
Answer: c) Charlotte Brontë

“The Chronicles of Narnia” series was written by:
a) C.S. Lewis
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) Roald Dahl
d) Enid Blyton
Answer: a) C.S. Lewis

The novel “Far from the Madding Crowd” was penned by:
a) George Eliot
b) Jane Austen
c) Thomas Hardy
d) Emily Brontë
Answer: c) Thomas Hardy

“The Hound of the Baskervilles,” a Sherlock Holmes mystery, was written by:
a) Agatha Christie
b) Arthur Conan Doyle
c) Raymond Chandler
d) Daphne du Maurier
Answer: b) Arthur Conan Doyle

The author of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is:
a) Louisa May Alcott
b) Virginia Woolf
c) Lewis Carroll
d) Beatrix Potter
Answer: c) Lewis Carroll

“Lord of the Flies,” a novel exploring the descent into savagery, was written by:
a) William Golding
b) J.D. Salinger
c) Kurt Vonnegut
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: a) William Golding

The author of the novel “The Catcher in the Rye” is:
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) J.D. Salinger
d) John Steinbeck
Answer: c) J.D. Salinger

“The Hobbit,” a prelude to “The Lord of the Rings,” was written by:
a) C.S. Lewis
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) George R.R. Martin
d) Ursula K. Le Guin
Answer: b) J.R.R. Tolkien

The author of “Frankenstein” married the poet:
a) William Wordsworth
b) Percy Bysshe Shelley
c) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
d) John Keats
Answer: b) Percy Bysshe Shelley

Who wrote the novel “Rebecca,” a Gothic mystery?
a) Jane Austen
b) Charlotte Brontë
c) Daphne du Maurier
d) Agatha Christie
Answer: c) Daphne du Maurier

The novel “Sense and Sensibility,” exploring contrasting personalities, was written by:
a) Jane Austen
b) Emily Brontë
c) Charlotte Brontë
d) Louisa May Alcott
Answer: a) Jane Austen

The author of “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” a magical realism novel, is:
a) Gabriel García Márquez
b) Julio Cortázar
c) Pablo Neruda
d) Mario Vargas Llosa
Answer: a) Gabriel García Márquez

Brideshead Revisited,” a novel exploring themes of religion and nostalgia, was written by:
a) Evelyn Waugh
b) Graham Greene
c) Aldous Huxley
d) Anthony Burgess
Answer: a) Evelyn Waugh

The author of “A Clockwork Orange,” a dystopian novella, is:
a) Anthony Burgess
b) George Orwell
c) Aldous Huxley
d) Ray Bradbury
Answer: a) Anthony Burgess

Who wrote the novel “Middlesex,” exploring themes of gender and identity?
a) Jeffrey Eugenides
b) Zadie Smith
c) Jonathan Franzen
d) Donna Tartt
Answer: a) Jeffrey Eugenides

The author of “1984,” a dystopian masterpiece, is:
a) George Orwell
b) George Eliot
c) Charles Dickens
d) Jane Austen
Answer: a) George Orwell

“The Wind in the Willows,” a children’s novel, was written by:
a) A.A. Milne
b) Beatrix Potter
c) Roald Dahl
d) Kenneth Grahame
Answer: d) Kenneth Grahame

The author of “War and Peace,” an epic historical novel, is:
a) Leo Tolstoy
b) Fyodor Dostoevsky
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Ivan Turgenev
Answer: a) Leo Tolstoy

Who wrote the novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” depicting the struggles of the Great Depression?
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) John Steinbeck
d) Mark Twain
Answer: c) John Steinbeck

The author of “A Passage to India,” exploring cultural tensions, is:
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Arundhati Roy
c) E.M. Forster
d) Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer: c) E.M. Forster

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” a dystopian novel, was written by:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Zadie Smith
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

The author of “The Great Gatsby,” depicting the excesses of the Jazz Age, is:
a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) John Steinbeck
d) Mark Twain
Answer: a) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Who wrote the novel “The Road,” set in a post-apocalyptic world?
a) Cormac McCarthy
b) David Foster Wallace
c) Jonathan Franzen
d) J.K. Rowling
Answer: a) Cormac McCarthy

The author of “Brave New World,” envisioning a futuristic dystopia, is:
a) George Orwell
b) Aldous Huxley
c) Ray Bradbury
d) Isaac Asimov
Answer: b) Aldous Huxley

“Beloved,” a novel exploring the legacy of slavery, was written by:
a) Toni Morrison
b) Maya Angelou
c) Alice Walker
d) Zora Neale Hurston
Answer: a) Toni Morrison

The author of “The Lord of the Rings” is:
a) C.S. Lewis
b) J.R.R. Tolkien
c) George R.R. Martin
d) Ursula K. Le Guin
Answer: b) J.R.R. Tolkien

Who wrote the novel “Crime and Punishment,” exploring the psyche of a troubled man?
a) Leo Tolstoy
b) Fyodor Dostoevsky
c) Anton Chekhov
d) Ivan Turgenev
Answer: b) Fyodor Dostoevsky

The author of “The Scarlet Letter,” a novel set in Puritan New England, is:
a) Nathaniel Hawthorne
b) Mark Twain
c) Herman Melville
d) Edgar Allan Poe
Answer: a) Nathaniel Hawthorne

“A Room of One’s Own,” an essay exploring women’s writing, was written by:
a) Virginia Woolf
b) George Eliot
c) Jane Austen
d) Emily Dickinson
Answer: a) Virginia Woolf

The author of “Heart of Darkness,” exploring colonialism’s impact, is:
a) Joseph Conrad
b) Henry James
c) H.G. Wells
d) D.H. Lawrence
Answer: a) Joseph Conrad

Who wrote the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”?
a) Toni Morrison
b) Zora Neale Hurston
c) Maya Angelou
d) Alice Walker
Answer: b) Zora Neale Hurston

The author of “Lord Jim,” exploring themes of redemption, is:
a) Joseph Conrad
b) Henry James
c) H.G. Wells
d) D.H. Lawrence
Answer: a) Joseph Conrad

Who wrote the novel “The Stranger,” known for its existential themes?
a) Albert Camus
b) Franz Kafka
c) Jean-Paul Sartre
d) Friedrich Nietzsche
Answer: a) Albert Camus

The author of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a dystopian novel, is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Zadie Smith
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Kazuo Ishiguro
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

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