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1.Shakespeare was born in … .
A) London
B) Stratford-on-Avon
C) Oxford
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2.Who said "To be or not to be, that is the question”?
A) Othello
B) Romeo
C) Hamlet
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3.Terry Pratchett
A)an English novelist
B)the second most-read writer in the UK
C) an English author of fantasy novels
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4.”The Bromeliad” of Pratchett Terry
A)«Угонщики» (Truckers, 1989), B)«Землекопы» (Diggers, 1990) C)«Крылья» (Wings, 1990).
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5.Robert Louis Stevenson,
А) a Scottish author
В)а Аmerican author
c) a British author
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6. Who was the author of the famous storybook 'Alice' Adventures in Wonderland '?
А)Kipling
b) Dickens
c) Carrol
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7.His real name was Samuel Clemens.
А) J. London
B) O’ Henry
C) M. Twain
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8.One of the greatest authors of "ghost” stories is … .
А) M. Twain
B) J.D. Salinger
C) E. Poe
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9.The novel "Jane Eyre” was written by … Bronte.
А) Charlotte
B) Emily
C) Anne
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10.The words "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” belong to
А) Hamlet
B) King Lear
C) Othello
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11. Christie has written lots of … stories.
А) adventure
B) fantastic
C) detective
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12. Who wrote 'Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise'?
a)Shakespeare
b) Thomas Gray
c)Kipling
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13. Name the book which opens with the line 'All children, except one grew up'?
a)Winnie the Poo
b)Peter Pen
c)Jungle book
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14.Sherlock Holmes is the character of the books written by … .
А) A. Christie
B) A. Conan Doyle
C) G. Chesterton
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15. Which is the first Harry Potter book?
a)H.P. and Philosopher Stone
b)HP and the Goblet of fire
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16. In the book' The Lord of the Rings', who or what is Bilbo?
a)wizard
b)troll
c)hobbit
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17. Who wrote the crime novel "Ten Little Niggers"?
a)C.Doyle
b)H.James
c)A.Christie
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18.Miss Marple is the character of the books written by … .
А) A. Christie
B) A. Conan Doyle
C) G. Chesterton
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19.Robin Hood lived in … Forest .
A) Black
B) Dark
C) Sherwood
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20 . ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’ is a quotation from?
(A) Milton
(B) William Shakespeare
(C) T. S. Eliot
(D) Ruskin
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21. How many lines does a sonnet have?
A.10
B.12
C.14
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22. What was the cause of William's death in “Sons and Lovers” by D.H.Lawrence?
(A) An accident
(B) An overdose of morphia
(C) Suicide
(D) Pneumonia
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23. Which poem of Coleridge is an opium dream?
(A) Kubla Khan
(B) Christabel
(C) The Ancient Mariner
(D) Ode on the Year.
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24.The novel shows the events of the Civil War in the USA.
А) "Gone with the Wind”
B) "American Tragedy”
C) "Farewell to Arms”
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25. “The better part of valour is discretion” occurs in Shakespeare s-?
(A) Hamlet
(B) Twelfth Night
(C) The Tempest
(D) Henry IV, Pt I
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