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AUTHORS - A-Z (Listed by surname)
AUTHORS - A-Z
(Listed by surname)
AUSTEN, Jane
Questions
Q1. Jane Austen was born in which English county?
a) Dorset
b) Hampshire
c) Wiltshire
Q2. What was the name of Jane Austen's only sister?
a) Camilla
b) Caroline
c) Cassandra
Q3. What is the title of Jane Austen's first published novel?
a) Northanger Abbey
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) Sense and Sensibility
Q4. Which two novels by Jane Austen were published after her death?
a) Persuasion & Northanger Abbey
b) Mansfield Park & Emma
c) Northanger Abbey & Emma
Q5. Which one of the following is the title of an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?
a) The Walkers
b) The Watsons
c) The Waltons
Q6. The character of Elizabeth Bennet is found in which Jane Austen novel?
a) Pride and Prejudice
b) Sense and Sensibility
c) Emma
Q7. In which cathedral is Jane Austen buried?
a) Bath
b) Canterbury
c) Winchester
Q8. In which Jane Austen novel does the character of Captain Frederick Wentworth appear?
a) Persuasion
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) Sense and Sensibility
Q9. Which of Jane Austen's novels is a Gothic parody?
a) Emma
b) Mansfield Park
c) Northanger Abbey
AUSTEN, Jane
Answers
Q1. Jane Austen was born in which English county?
a) Dorset
b) Hampshire
c) Wiltshire
Q2. What was the name of Jane Austen's only sister?
a) Camilla
b) Caroline
c) Cassandra
Q3. What is the title of Jane Austen's first published novel?
a) Northanger Abbey
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) Sense and Sensibility
Q4. Which two novels by Jane Austen were published after her death?
a) Persuasion & Northanger Abbey
b) Mansfield Park & Emma
c) Northanger Abbey & Emma
Q5. Which one of the following is the title of an unfinished novel by Jane Austen?
a) The Walkers
b) The Watsons
c) The Waltons
Q6. The character of Elizabeth Bennet is found in which Jane Austen novel?
a) Pride and Prejudice
b) Sense and Sensibility
c) Emma
Q7. In which cathedral is Jane Austen buried?
a) Bath
b) Canterbury
c) Winchester
Q8. In which Jane Austen novel does the character of Captain Frederick Wentworth appear?
a) Persuasion
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) Sense and Sensibility
Q9. Which of Jane Austen's novels is a Gothic parody?
a) Emma
b) Mansfield Park
c) Northanger Abbey
BRONTE, Anne
Questions
Q1. Where was the author Anne Bronte born?
a) Thornton
b) Haworth
c) Scarborough
Q2. Which of the following is the title of a novel by the author Anne Bronte?
a) The Tenant of Wildfell Manor
b) The Tenant of Wildfell House
c) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Q3. Which of the following is the title of a novel by the author Anne Bronte?
a) Agatha Graham
b) Agnes Grey
c) Anna Green
Q4. The author Anne Bronte wrote under which pen name?
a) Arthur Bell
b) Adam Bell
c) Acton Bell
Q5. What was the author Anne Bronte employed as?
a) an artist
b) a governess
c) a housekeeper
BRONTE, Anne
Answers
Q1. Where was the author Anne Bronte born?
a) Thornton
b) Haworth
c) Scarborough
Q2. Which of the following is the title of a novel by the author Anne Bronte?
a) The Tenant of Wildfell Manor
b) The Tenant of Wildfell House
c) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Q3. Which of the following is the title of a novel by the author Anne Bronte?
a) Agatha Graham
b) Agnes Grey
c) Anna Green
Q4. The author Anne Bronte wrote under which pen name?
a) Arthur Bell
b) Adam Bell
c) Acton Bell
Q5. What was the author Anne Bronte employed as?
a) an artist
b) a governess
c) a housekeeper
DICKENS, Charles
Questions
Q1. Where was the author Charles Dickens born?
a) Plymouth
b) Portsmouth
c) Poole
Q2. When was the author Charles Dickens born?
a) 1812
b) 1822
c) 1832
Q3. Where was the author Charles Dickens sent to work at the age of twelve?
a) a coal mine
b) a blacking factory
c) a shipyard
Q4. In which Dickens novel does the character of Little Nell appear?
a) Great Expectations
b) Bleak House
c) The Old Curiosity Shop
Q5. In which Dickens novel does the character of Uriah Heep appear?
a) David Copperfield
b) A Tale of Two Cities
c) Nicholas Nickleby
Q6. In which Dickens novel does the character Miss Havisham appear?
a) Oliver Twist
b) Great Expectations
c) A Christmas Carol
DICKENS, Charles
Answers
Q1. Where was the author Charles Dickens born?
a) Plymouth
b) Portsmouth
c) Poole
Q2. When was the author Charles Dickens born?
a) 1812
b) 1822
c) 1832
Q3. Where was the author Charles Dickens sent to work at the age of twelve?
a) a coal mine
b) a blacking factory
c) a shipyard
Q4. In which Dickens novel does the character of Little Nell appear?
a) Great Expectations
b) Bleak House
c) The Old Curiosity Shop
Q5. In which Dickens novel does the character of Uriah Heep appear?
a) David Copperfield
b) A Tale of Two Cities
c) Nicholas Nickleby
6. In which Dickens novel does the character Miss Havisham appear?
a) Oliver Twist
b) Great Expectations
c) A Christmas Carol
ELIOT, George
Questions
Q1. George Eliot was the pen name for which female author?
a) Maria Edgeworth
b) Mary Ann Evans
c) Elizabeth Gaskell
Q2. The author George Eliot was born on which date?
a) 22nd of November 1819
b) 22nd of November 1829
c) 22nd of November 1839
Q3. George Eliot was born in which English county?
a) Worcestershire
b) Staffordshire
c) Warwickshire
Q4. George Eliot had her first short story published by which literary magazine?
a) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
b) The Edinburgh Review
c) The Quarterly Magazine
Q5. What is the title of George Eliot's first full-length novel?
a) Middlemarch
b) Adam Bede
c) The Mill On the Floss
ELIOT, George
Answers
Q1. George Eliot was the pen name for which female author?
a) Maria Edgeworth
b) Mary Ann Evans
c) Elizabeth Gaskell
Q2. The author George Eliot was born on which date?
a) 22nd of November 1819
b) 22nd of November 1829
c) 22nd of November 1839
Q3. George Eliot was born in which English county?
a) Worcestershire
b) Staffordshire
c) Warwickshire
George Eliot had her first short story published by which literary magazine?
a) Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
b) The Edinburgh Review
c) The Quarterly Magazine
Q5. What is the title of George Eliot's first full-length novel?
a) Middlemarch
b) Adam Bede
c) The Mill On the Floss
GRAMMAR
PARTS OF SPEECH
Questions
Q1. What is a noun?
a) a describing word
b) a name of a person, place or object
c) a doing word
Q2. What is a verb?
a) a doing or action word
b) a joining word
c) a word that shows how an action is performed
Q3. What is an adjective?
a) the name of a person, place or thing
b) a doing or action word
c) a describing word
Q4. What is a conjunction?
a) a word that tells you how an action is done
b) a joining word
c) a doing or action word
Q5. What is an adverb?
a) a word that tells you how an action is done
b) a person, place or object
c) a describing word
PARTS OF SPEECH
Answers
Q1. What is a noun?
a) a describing word
b) a name of a person, place or object
c) a doing word
Q2. What is a verb?
a) a doing or action word
b) a joining word
c) a word that shows how an action is performed
Q3. What is an adjective?
a) the name of a person, place or thing
b) a doing or action word
c) a describing word
Q4. What is a conjunction?
a) a word that tells you how an action is done
b) a joining word
c) a doing or action word
Q5. What is an adverb?
a) a word that tells you how an action is done
b) a person, place or object
c) a describing word
IDENTIFYING PARTS OF SPEECH IN A SENTENCE
Questions
Q1. Which word is the verb in the following sentence?
James walked slowly down the long road.
a) down
b) walked
c) long
Q2. Which word is the conjunction in the following sentence?
Sarah was late for school because she had missed the bus.
a) because
b) late
c) school
Q3. Which word is the noun in the following sentence?
The cat is running very quickly.
a) running
b) quickly
c) cat
Q4. Which word is the adverb in the following sentence?
Tony wrote his name very neatly.
a) name
b) wrote
c) neatly
Q5. Which word is the adjective in the following sentence?
The black cat slept by the fire.
a) black
b) slept
c) fire
Q6. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Simon sliced the brown bread THINLY.
a) a noun
b) a verb
c) an adverb
Q7. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Amy is wearing a RED sweater.
a) a verb
b) an adjective
c) a conjunction
Q8. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Rosa PICKED the book up off the floor.
a) a noun
b) a verb
c) an adverb
Q9. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Elaine dropped the CUP and it smashed.
a) an adverb
b) a conjunction
c) a noun
Q10. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Angela likes tea BUT she hates coffee.
a) a conjunction
b) a verb
c) an adverb
IDENTIFYING PARTS OF SPEECH IN A SENTENCE
Answers
Q1. Which word is the verb in the following sentence?
James walked slowly down the long road.
a) down
b) walked
c) long
Q2. Which word is the conjunction in the following sentence?
Sarah was late for school because she had missed the bus.
a) because
b) late
c) school
Q3. Which word is the noun in the following sentence?
The cat is running very quickly.
a) running
b) quickly
c) cat
Q4. Which word is the adverb in the following sentence?
Tony wrote his name very neatly.
a) name
b) wrote
c) neatly
Q5. Which word is the adjective in the following sentence?
The black cat slept by the fire.
a) black
b) slept
c) fire
Q6. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Simon sliced the brown bread THINLY.
a) a noun
b) a verb
c) an adverb
Q7. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Amy is wearing a RED sweater.
a) a verb
b) an adjective
c) a conjunction
Q8. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Rosa PICKED the book up off the floor.
a) a noun
b) a verb
c) an adverb
Q9. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Elaine dropped the CUP and it smashed.
a) an adverb
b) a conjunction
c) a noun
Q10. What part of speech is the word in capital letters in the following sentence?
Angela likes tea BUT she hates coffee.
a) a conjunction
b) a verb
c) an adverb
NOUN TYPES
Questions
Q1. What is a proper noun?
a) the name for a group of people or objects
b) the name of something you cannot see or touch
c) the name of a specific person, animal, place or thing
Q2. What is a concrete noun?
a) the name of a specific person, animal, place or thing
b) the name for a group of people or objects
c) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
Q3. What is an abstract noun?
a) something you cannot see, hear, smell, taste or touch: an idea, feeling or situation
b) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
c) the name of a specific person, animal, place or thing
Q4. What is a collective noun?
a) the name for a group of people, animal or objects
b) something you cannot see, hear, smell, taste or touch: an idea, feeling or situation
c) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
Q5. What is a compound noun?
a) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
b) a noun formed by adding two nouns together or by adding a noun to another part of speech
c) the name for a group of people, animal or objects
NOUN TYPES
Answers
Q1. What is a proper noun?
a) the name for a group of people or objects
b) the name of something you cannot see or touch
c) the name of a specific person, animal, place or thing
Q2. What is a concrete noun?
a) the name of a specific person, animal, place or thing
b) the name for a group of people or objects
c) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
Q3. What is an abstract noun?
a) something you cannot see, hear, smell, taste or touch: an idea, feeling or situation
b) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
c) the name of a specific person, animal, place or thing
Q4. What is a collective noun?
a) the name for a group of people, animal or objects
b) something you cannot see, hear, smell, taste or touch: an idea, feeling or situation
c) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
Q5. What is a compound noun?
a) the name of something you can see, hear, smell, taste or touch
b) a noun formed by adding two nouns together or by adding a noun to another part of speech
c) the name for a group of people, animal or objects
IDENTIFYING NOUN TYPES
Questions
Q1. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
Eric is visiting his cousin in LONDON.
a) an abstract noun
b) a proper noun
c) a compound noun
Q2. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
The FLOCK of sheep were grazing in the field.
a) a common noun
b) an abstract noun
c) a collective noun
Q3. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
Jenny is cleaning the BATHROOM.
a) a compound noun
b) a proper noun
c) an abstract noun
Q4. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
Polly and Ryan have fallen in LOVE.
a) a proper noun
b) an abstract noun
c) a compound noun
Q5. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
The black CAT sat on the sofa.
a) a concrete noun
b) a compound noun
c) an abstract noun
IDENTIFYING NOUN TYPES
Answers
Q1. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
Eric is visiting his cousin in LONDON.
a) an abstract noun
b) a proper noun
c) a compound noun
Q2. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
The FLOCK of sheep were grazing in the field.
a) a common noun
b) an abstract noun
c) a collective noun
Q3. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
Jenny is cleaning the BATHROOM.
a) a compound noun
b) a proper noun
c) an abstract noun
Q4. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
Polly and Ryan have fallen in LOVE.
a) a proper noun
b) an abstract noun
c) a compound noun
Q5. What type of noun is the word written in capital letters in the sentence?
The black CAT sat on the sofa.
a) a concrete noun
b) a compound noun
c) an abstract noun
SENTENCE TYPES
Questions
Q1. What is a declarative sentence?
a) a sentence that asks a question
b) a sentence that gives a command or instruction
c) a sentence that states a fact
Q2. What is an interrogative sentence?
a) a sentence that gives a command or instruction
b) a sentence that asks a question
c) a sentence that states a fact
Q3. What is an imperative sentence?
a) a sentence that asks a question
b) a sentence that states a fact
c) a sentence that gives a command or an instruction
Q4. What is an exclamatory sentence?
a) a sentence that shows strong feeling
b) a sentence that asks a question
c) a sentence that states a fact
SENTENCE TYPES
Answers
Q1. What is a declarative sentence?
a) a sentence that asks a question
b) a sentence that gives a command or instruction
c) a sentence that states a fact
Q2. What is an interrogative sentence?
a) a sentence that gives a command or instruction
b) a sentence that asks a question
c) a sentence that states a fact
Q3. What is an imperative sentence?
a) a sentence that asks a question
b) a sentence that states a fact
c) a sentence that gives a command or an instruction
Q4. What is an exclamatory sentence?
a) a sentence that shows strong feeling
b) a sentence that asks a question
c) a sentence that states a fact
IDENTIFYING SENTENCE TYPES
Questions
Q1. Which of the following is an interrogative sentence?
a) That's wonderful!
b) What are you doing tomorrow?
c) Carol has brown eyes.
Q2. Which of the following is an imperative sentence?
a) What's the date today?
b) My mother is a teacher.
c) Shut that door.
Q3. Which of the following is a declarative sentence?
a) Put your clothes away.
b) I live in England.
c) What time is it?
Q4. Which of the following is an exclamatory sentence?
a) Sarah can speak French.
b) When are you going to call me?
c) That's really unfair!
Q5. What type of sentence is this?
Where are you going?
a) an interrogative sentence
b) an exclamatory sentence
c) a declarative sentence
d) an imperative sentence
Q6. What type of sentence is this?
I can speak Spanish.
a) an interrogative sentence
b) an exclamatory sentence
c) a declarative sentence
d) an imperative sentence
IDENTIFYING SENTENCE TYPES
Answers
Q1. Which of the following is an interrogative sentence?
a) That's wonderful!
b) What are you doing tomorrow?
c) Carol has brown eyes.
Q2. Which of the following is an imperative sentence?
a) What's the date today?
b) My mother is a teacher.
c) Shut that door.
Q3. Which of the following is a declarative sentence?
a) Put your clothes away.
b) I live in England.
c) What time is it?
Q4. Which of the following is an exclamatory sentence?
a) Sarah can speak French.
b) When are you going to call me?
c) That's really unfair!
Q5. What type of sentence is this?
Where are you going?
a) an interrogative sentence
b) an exclamatory sentence
c) a declarative sentence
d) an imperative sentence
Q6. What type of sentence is this?
I can speak Spanish.
a) an interrogative sentence
b) an exclamatory sentence
c) a declarative sentence
d) an imperative sentence
LITERATURE
LITERARY DEVICES
Questions
Q1. What is a simile?
a) when two things are compared using "like" or "as"
b) when the "s" sound is repeated in a series of words
c) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
Q2. What is a metaphor?
a) when the same consonant is repeated at the beginning of several words that are close together
b) when a word sounds like the noise the word refers to
c) an expression where a person or object is described by comparing it to something that has similar qualities
Q3. What is personification?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when something non-human is given human qualities or attributes
c) when the "s" sound is repeated in a series of words
Q4. What is a cliche?
a) an informal word, phrase or expression
b) a word or expression that is used in place of an offensive or embarrassing one
c) an expression that is overused and has lost its original meaning or effect
Q5. What is onomatopoeia?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when a word sounds like the noise the word refers to
c) an informal word or expression
Q6. What is sibilance?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when the "s" sound is repeated in a series of words
c) an informal word or expression
Q7. What is juxtaposition?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when two words close together have the same vowel sound but begin with different consonant sounds
c) giving human emotions and behaviours to animals or inanimate objects
Q8. What is alliteration?
a) when several words close together begin with the same consonant sound
b) a word or expression that is used in place of an offensive or embarrassing one
c) when two words close together have the same vowel sound but begin with different consonant sounds
Q9. What is a euphemism?
a) an informal word, phrase or expression
b) a question that is asked but with no answer expected
c) a word or expression that is used in place of an offensive or embarrassing one
Q10. What is an oxymoron?
a) an expression where the words appear to contradict each other or have opposite meanings
b) the use of words in a humorous or sarcastic way to suggest the opposite of what the writer really means
c) a question that is asked but with no answer expected
LITERARY DEVICES
Answers
Q1. What is a simile?
a) when two things are compared using "like" or "as"
b) when the "s" sound is repeated in a series of words
c) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
Q2. What is a metaphor?
a) when the same consonant is repeated at the beginning of several words that are close together
b) when a word sounds like the noise the word refers to
c) an expression where a person or object is described by comparing it to something that has similar qualities
Q3.. What is personification?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when something non-human is given human qualities or attributes
c) when the "s" sound is repeated in a series of words
Q4. What is a cliche?
a) an informal word, phrase or expression
b) a word or expression that is used in place of an offensive or embarrassing one
c) an expression that is overused and has lost its original meaning or effect
Q5. What is onomatopoeia?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when a word sounds like the noise the word refers to
c) an informal word or expression
Q6. What is sibilance?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when the "s" sound is repeated in a series of words
c) an informal word or expression
Q7. What is juxtaposition?
a) when two ideas are placed side by side to show contrast
b) when two words close together have the same vowel sound but begin with different consonant sounds
c) giving human emotions and behaviours to animals or inanimate objects
Q8. What is alliteration?
a) when several words close together begin with the same consonant sound
b) a word or expression that is used in place of an offensive or embarrassing one
c) when two words close together have the same vowel sound but begin with different consonant sounds
Q9. What is a euphemism?
a) an informal word, phrase or expression
b) a question that is asked but with no answer expected
c) a word or expression that is used in place of an offensive or embarrassing one
Q10. What is an oxymoron?
a) an expression where the words appear to contradict each other or have opposite meanings
b) the use of words in a humorous or sarcastic way to suggest the opposite of what the writer really means
c) a question that is asked but with no answer expected