a. Elizabeth Bennet
b. Jane Bennet
c. Lydia Bennet
d. Mary Bennet
2. Who wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost?
a. William Shakespeare
b. Geoffrey Chaucer
c. William Blake
d. John Milton
3. What is the name of the protagonist in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby?
a. Jay Gatsby
b. Tom Buchanan
c. Nick Carraway
d. Daisy Buchanan
4. Which literary device is used in the following line from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?"
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Personification
d. Allusion
5. What is the name of the novel by George Orwell that depicts a dystopian society ruled by a totalitarian government?
a. Animal Farm
b. 1984
c. The Lord of the Flies
d. Brave New World
6. Who is the narrator of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights?
a. Heathcliff
b. Catherine Earnshaw
c. Nelly Dean
d. Edgar Linton
7. Which of the following is not a major work by Charles Dickens?
a. A Tale of Two Cities
b. Oliver Twist
c. Moby-Dick
d. David Copperfield
8. What is the title of the play by Tennessee Williams that explores the themes of greed and self-destruction?
a. A Streetcar Named Desire
b. Death of a Salesman
c. The Glass Menagerie
d. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
9. Which author wrote the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, a magical realism masterpiece?
a. Gabriel García Márquez
b. Isabel Allende
c. Mario Vargas Llosa
d. Jorge Luis Borges
10. What is the name of the poem by Maya Angelou that begins with the line "I rise"?
a. "Still I Rise"
b. "Phenomenal Woman"
c. "On the Pulse of Morning"
d. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"