The Life and Works of English Authors Quiz Quiz Questions

1. Which of these characters is not in Alice in Wonderland?

A Mad Hatter B Cheshire Cat C Dormouse D Peter Rabbit

2. Which of these was not written by Virginia Woolf?

A Ulysses B To the Lighthouse C Mrs. Dalloway D The Waves

3. What was the name of Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner?

A Jacob Marley B Little Dorrit C Bob Marley D Bob Cratchit

4. Who was the 19th-century author of novels about England’s social woes?

A William Shakespeare B Charlotte Brontë C Mark Twain D Charles Dickens

5. Who is the author of Utopia?

A Thomas Hardy B Thomas More C Marianne Moore D Thomas Mann

6. Who wrote Tess of the D’Urbervilles?

A Thomas Mann B Thomas Carlyle C Thomas Hardy D Thomas Tryon

7. Which of these English writers was born in France?

A W. Somerset Maugham B Martin Amis C W.H. Auden D George Orwell

8. In what year did Charles Dickens die?

A 1860 B 1875 C 1865 D 1870