Famous Writers and Poets
12 Questions
0 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

Who is known for writing 'Gitanjali'?

  • Matsuo Bashō
  • Chinua Achebe
  • Rabindranath Tagore (correct)
  • Nadine Gordimer
  • Which poet's hut became known as the Bashō Hut?

  • Charles Dickens
  • Jonathan Swift
  • Matsuo Bashō (correct)
  • John Keats
  • Who is acclaimed for unsentimental depictions of Africa?

  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Nadine Gordimer
  • Chinua Achebe (correct)
  • Which writer is known for their controlled and unsentimental technique?

    <p>Nadine Gordimer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Gulliver's Travels' is a satire on?

    <p>Human folly and stupidity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' was written by?

    <p>Thomas Gray</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is known as the 'Father of English literature'?

    <p>Geoffrey Chaucer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which American author refined the short story genre and invented detective fiction?

    <p>Edgar Allan Poe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is known for combining sound and sense in his poems through rhyme and imagery?

    <p>Robert Frost</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote 'All of American literature comes from one great book: Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?

    <p>Mark Twain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which author is associated with the novel 'The Old Man and the Sea'?

    <p>Ernest Hemingway</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which poet dramatized death and the grave, exploring dark and hidden parts of the mind?

    <p>Emily Dickinson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More Like This

    Unleash Your Inner Poet
    3 questions
    Punjabi Literature Quiz
    3 questions

    Punjabi Literature Quiz

    EnrapturedPeridot avatar
    EnrapturedPeridot
    Dhirendra Verma: Indian Poet and Writer
    5 questions
    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Browser