One of the most important works of English literature, and possibly the oldest surviving long poem in Old English, is
The Christian Bible
Beowulf
Gospel of Thomas
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) are
the historical analysis of the Peasants´ Revolt in England in 1381
the detailed description of the Western Schism of the Catholic Church
the tales of pilgrims travelling to the grave of Thomas Beckett in Canterbury
The famous tragedy by William Shakespeare about Moorish general and his beautiful wife, about racism, love, jealousy, betrayal and revenge is
Othello
Hamlet
The Taming of the Shrew
The author of the well-known Gulliver´s Travels, satire on human nature, is Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman
James Joyce
Walter Scott
Jonathan Swift
Daniel Defoe put his belief in the power and resilience of the human race into the most popular of his novels
Captain Singleton
Robinson Crusoe
Colonel Jack
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824), the author of the best-known poem Childe Harold´s Pilgrimage, is leading figure in the
romanticism
rationalism
critical realism
Which Scottish novelist with his famous titles such as Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, built the foundation of the modern historical novel?
Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
John Galsworthy
English literature of 19th century reflected class conflicts due to
the extensive plague in Europe
the industrial revolution
overpopulation in London
Which novel of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably the most autobiographical of his novels?
Little Dorrit
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
What is the name of the well-known female protagonist of the Charlotte Brontë´s most important work?
Hermione Granger
Scarlett O´Hara
Jane Eyre
A playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), a representative of English decadence and symbolism, wrote the only one novel
Wuthering Heights
Gone With the Wind
The Picture of Dorian Grey
In the famous Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) are stories about the adventures of an abandoned boy raised by wolves. His name is
Tarzan
Mowgli
Judy
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) gave the world crucial works in the field of
detective fiction
historical novel
satire
Treasure Island, an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, is a tale of
castaways and unique nature´s treasures
buccaneers and buried gold
gold diggers and their hard life
Which Irish writer in the modernist avant-garde is the author of the well-known novel Ulysses and the collection of stories The Dubliners?
James Joyce
Samuel Beckett
Austin Clarke
The popular play Look Back in Anger by English playwright John Osborne about a love triangle is based
on the unhappy marriage of his parents
on author´s unhappy marriage to actress
on the real event in his neighbourhood
Which English novelist (author of The Quiet American) is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century?
Charles Dickens
Dick Francis
Graham Greene
Eliza Doolittle a fictional character in the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is
an actress
a duchess
a flower girl
English literature
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