1. Tusitala is a word in Samoan language which means "writer of stories.

Who did the Samoan

people referred to as "tusitala"?
RL Stevenson AAAAA

RL Stine

HG Wels

Rudyard Kipling

2. By what pen name Mary Anne Evans became famous?

Mark Twain

George Eliot BBBBB

James Herriot

Ellery Queen

3. Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell were the pseudonyms adopted by the Bronte sisters. Which one of
the following is NOT among the Bronte sisters?
Emily

Charlotte BBBBB

Anne

Maria

4. Who created Rip Van Winkle, the fictional character who slept for so many years that when he
woke up his clothes had grown out of fashion?
Victor Hugo

Jonathan Swift

Washington Irving CCCCC

Alexander Dumas

5. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature but said no to the Nobel Prize. Who is he?
 Ernest Hemingway

George Bernardshaw

Jean-Paul Sartre CCCCC

Pablo Neruda

6. Endymion is a poem first published in 1818 which begins with the line "A thing of beauty is a joy
for ever". Who wrote it?
William Wordsworth

John Keats BBBBB

PB Shelley

John Milton

7. Five Weeks in a Balloon is the first novel by a very famous adventure story writer. Can you name
him?
Jules Verne AAAAA

RL Stevenson

Walter Scott

Alexander Dumas

8. This English novel was first published as a 19-volume monthly serial from 1847 to 1848, carrying
the subtitle Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Life and was later published as a single volume in
1848 with the subtitle "A Novel without a Hero". What was its title?
Emma

Vanity Fair BBBBB

Pilgrim's Progress

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

9. The Foundation series is a science fiction series of books which won the one-time Hugo Award for
"Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Name the famous science fiction writer
 HG Wels

Carl Sagan

Isaac Asimov CCCCC

Jules Verne

10. What was the title of the first novel of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in which he introduced the
fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes?
The Hound of Baskervilles

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes BBBBB

The Sign of the Four

A Study in Scarlet