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1 - Who was the author of the famous storybook 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

a) Rudyard Kipling b) John Keats c) Lewis Carroll d) H. G. Wells ANSWER - Lewis Carroll

2 - How many lines does a sonnet have?

a) 10 b) 12 c)14 d) they vary ANSWER - 14

3 - Who wrote 'Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise'?

a) Browning b) Marx c) Shakespeare d) Kipling ANSWER - Shakespeare

4 - Name the book which opens with the line 'All children, except one grew up'?

a) The Railway Children b) Winnie the Poo c) Jungle Book d) Peter Pan ANSWER - Peter Pan

5 - Which is the first Harry Potter book?

a) HP and the Goblet of Fire b) HP and the Philospher's Stone c) HP and the Chamber of Secrets ANSWER - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

6 - In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written?

a) fourteenth b) fifteenth c) sixteenth d) seventeenth ANSWER - 14th Century

7 - What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of 'Treasure Island'?

a) Scottish b) Welsh c) English d) Irish e) French ANSWER - Scottish

8 - 'Jane Eyre' was written by which Bronte sister?

a) Anne b) Charlotte c)Emily ANSWER - Charlotte

9 - What is the book 'Lord of the Flies' about?

a) a road trip around the USA b) a swarm of killer flies c) schoolboys on a desert island schoolboys on a desert island

10 - In the book' The Lord of the Rings', who or what is Bilbo?

a) dwarf b) wizard c) troll c) hobbit d) man e) castle ANSWER - hobbit

11 - The following taboo phrases were used by which writer?

"I fart at thee", "shit on your head', "dirty bastard"

a) Ben Johnson b) William Shakespeare c) Henry James d) Ernest Hemingway ANSWER - Ben Johnson

12 - Who wrote the crime novel "Ten Little Niggers"?

a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle b) Irvine Welsh c) Agatha Christie d) Emile Zola ANSWER - Agatha Christie