Short literature quiz

Check your knowledge in British Literature 
1. Jane Austen wrote : 
a) David Copperfield
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) Wuthering Heights


2. David Copperfield is about :
a) a magician and his strive for stardom
b) a warrior who fights for freedom of his country 
c) a poor boy who was brought up by a foster father and how it impacted his later life 


3. Did Jane Austen ever get married? 
a) no, she stayed single
b) yes,  twice
c) she got married only once but happily 


4. Who portrayed Jane Austen in the film adaptation 'Becoming Jane" in 2007 ?
a) Scarlet Johanson
b) Sienna Miller
c) Anne Hathaway


5. John Donne was :
a) a poet
b) a novelist
c)a playwright


6. The title of  a famous novel by Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights means :
a) Duma i uprzedzenie
b) Wichrowe wzgórze
c) Wielkie nadzieje 


7. Wuthering Heights is about :
a) love and rejection 
b) pride and determination 
c) strugle for rights 







8. Shakespeare was born and raised in 
a) Stradford -upon - Avon 
b) Belfast
c) London 


9. Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is about:
a) love and dedication
b) a woman who betrayes her family and is forced to leave the country 
c) a stingy man who is visited by three ghosts who want him to be a better man 


10. Geoffrey Chaucer - an English author, poet, sometimes called the father of English Literature lived : 
a) 1564- 1616
b) 1894- 1952
c) 1343- 1400


11. Mr Darcy , one of the two central characters in Pride and Prejudice is famous for being:
a) reserved and proud
b) affectionate and tender
c) stingy and greedy 





12.The book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens was adapted into a movie in 2005.  The director of the movie was:
a) Steven Spielberg
b) Roman Polański
c) Quentin Tarantino