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Most Asked Questions and Answers Regarding English Literature

1. Who wrote "Pride and Prejudice"?

Ans. Jane Austen

2. Which play is known as Shakespeare's tragedy about the Moor of Venice?

Ans. Othello

3. What is the primary theme of George Orwell's "1984"?

Ans. Totalitarianism and oppressive government control

4. Which Brontë sister wrote "Jane Eyre"?

Ans. Charlotte Brontë

5. What is the setting of Charles Dickens's "A Tale of Two Cities"?

Ans. London and Paris during the French Revolution

6. Who is the tragic hero in "Macbeth" by Shakespeare?

Ans. Macbeth

7. Which novel begins with the line "Call me Ishmael"?

Ans. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

8. What is the main conflict in "Pride and Prejudice"?

Ans. The conflict between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy regarding social class and personal pride

9. Who wrote "To the Lighthouse"?

Ans. Virginia Woolf

10. What is the name of the monster in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"?

Ans. The creature or Frankenstein's monster (it is often mistakenly referred to as "Frankenstein", which is actually the name of the creator, Dr. Victor Frankenstein)

11. Who wrote "The Waste Land"?

Ans. T.S. Eliot

12. What is the significance of the green light in "The Great Gatsby"?

Ans. It symbolizes Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future, particularly his desire for Daisy Buchanan

13. Who are the main characters in "Wuthering Heights"?

Ans. Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw

14. What is the central theme of "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky?

Ans. The theme of guilt and redemption

15. Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?

Ans. J.D. Salinger

16. What is the plot of "The Odyssey" by Homer?

Ans. The epic tale of Odysseus's 10-year journey home after the Trojan War

17. Who wrote "Beloved" and what is it about?

Ans. Toni Morrison; it's about an escaped slave named Sethe who is haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter

18. What is the primary conflict in "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding?

Ans. The conflict between civilization and savagery among a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island

19. Who wrote "1984" and what is its main theme?

Ans. George Orwell; the main theme is the dangers of totalitarianism

20. What is the significance of the title "Brave New World"?

Ans. The title is an allusion to Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" and it reflects the novel's exploration of a dystopian future