A. Complete the following quiz on English literature history:
This is basic stuff. Make sure to get EVERY answer right...
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
2 - How many lines does a sonnet have?
a) 10 b) 12 c)14 d) they vary
3 - Who said 'A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.' ?
a) Browning b) Marx c) Shakespeare d) Kipling
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
5 - Which is the first Harry Potter book?
a) HP and the Goblet of Fire b) HP and the Philosopher's Stone c) HP and the Chamber of Secrets
6 - In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written?
a) fourteenth b) fifteenth c) sixteenth d) seventeenth
7 - What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of 'Treasure Island'?
a) Scottish b) Welsh c) English d) Irish e) French
8 - 'Jane Eyre' was written by which Bronte sister?
a) Anne b) Charlotte c)Emily
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
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
11 - The following taboo phrases were used by which writer?
"I fart at thee", "shit on your head', "dirty bastard"
a) Ben Jonson b) William Shakespeare c) Henry James d) Ernest Hemingway
12 - Who wrote the crime novel "Death On The Nile"?
a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle b) Irvine Welsh c) Agatha Christie d) Emile Zola
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
2 - How many lines does a sonnet have?
a) 10 b) 12 c)14 d) they vary
3 - Who said 'A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.' ?
a) Browning b) Marx c) Shakespeare d) Kipling
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
5 - Which is the first Harry Potter book?
a) HP and the Goblet of Fire b) HP and the Philosopher's Stone c) HP and the Chamber of Secrets
6 - In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written?
a) fourteenth b) fifteenth c) sixteenth d) seventeenth
7 - What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of 'Treasure Island'?
a) Scottish b) Welsh c) English d) Irish e) French
8 - 'Jane Eyre' was written by which Bronte sister?
a) Anne b) Charlotte c)Emily
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
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
11 - The following taboo phrases were used by which writer?
"I fart at thee", "shit on your head', "dirty bastard"
a) Ben Jonson b) William Shakespeare c) Henry James d) Ernest Hemingway
12 - Who wrote the crime novel "Death On The Nile"?
a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle b) Irvine Welsh c) Agatha Christie d) Emile Zola
B. American literature history
1. Follow the links below (three authors, two texts for each author), and then read and understand the texts (might not be that easy in itself...)
2. Take (and save!) notes on biographies
3. Try to categorize the different texts (not the biographies, the other texts). What type of texts are they? Describe them in as much detail as you can. Include basic facts (when written, published etc.). Save these notes as well!
2. Take (and save!) notes on biographies
3. Try to categorize the different texts (not the biographies, the other texts). What type of texts are they? Describe them in as much detail as you can. Include basic facts (when written, published etc.). Save these notes as well!
Cotton Mather:
Biography
The Education of Children
James Fenimore Cooper:
Biography
The Last of the Mohicans (Read chapter 1)
Edgar Allan Poe:
Biography
Annabel Lee
Biography
The Education of Children
James Fenimore Cooper:
Biography
The Last of the Mohicans (Read chapter 1)
Edgar Allan Poe:
Biography
Annabel Lee
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