English Literature Practice Questions

Who is the author of the epic poem Paradise Lost?

Which novel by Emily Brontë features the character Heathcliff?

Who wrote the play Hamlet?

Which novel by Charles Dickens tells the story of an orphan named Pip?

Who is the author of the novel Jane Eyre?

Which play by Oscar Wilde satirizes Victorian society?

Who wrote the poem The Raven?

Which novel by Mary Shelley features a scientist who creates a monster?

Who is the author of the novel Brave New World?

Which play by Tennessee Williams tells the story of a faded Southern belle named Blanche DuBois?

Who wrote the poem Ode to a Nightingale?

Which novel by Harper Lee explores themes of racial injustice and the loss of innocence?

Who is the author of the play Macbeth?

Which novel by Mark Twain features the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?

Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?

Which play by Samuel Beckett features two characters waiting for someone named Godot?

Who is the author of the novel The Catcher in the Rye?

Which novel by Virginia Woolf follows a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway?

Who wrote the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?

Which novel by Joseph Conrad explores themes of imperialism and colonialism?

Who is the author of the play Othello?

Which novel by George Orwell depicts a society where language is controlled by the government?

Who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies?

Which play by Arthur Miller tells the story of a salesman named Willy Loman?