English Novel MCQs

Name the writer Who is the author of the for the stage in collaboration with Stevenson?
(a) Kipling
(b) William Henley
(c) Shaw
(d) Wells

Henley is chiefly a contemporary of
(a) Carlyle
(b) Kipling
(c) Ruskin
(d) Chesterton
Question’s Answer: Kipling

William Ernest Henley, a contemporary of Kipling, has the temperament of
(a) Traditionalism
(b) Imperialism
(c) Socialism
(d) Realism
Question’s Answer: Imperialism

Henley’s collection of poems A Book of Verses was published in which year?
(a) 1886
(b) 1888
(c) 1887
(d) 1889
Question’s Answer: 1888

Which writers led the life of an invalid?
(a) Kipling
(b) Kingsley Amis
(c) Carlyle
(d) William Henley
Question’s Answer: William Henley

Rudyard Kipling was born in
(a) 1860
(b) 1857
(c) 1870
(d) 1865
Question’s Answer: 1865

Rudyard Kipling was born in
(a) England
(b) India
(c) America
(d) Scotland
Question’s Answer: India

Kipling’s first published volume, which had been in verse was
(a) Ballad of East and West
(b) Barrack-Room Ballads
(c) Departmental Ditties
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Departmental Ditties

Life’s Handicap and Many Inventions- these volumes of short stories were written by
(a) Stevenson
(b) Hardy
(c) Meredith
(d) Kipling
Question’s Answer: Kipling

Kipling is a writer of
(a) Willie Winkie
(b) The White Stocking
(c) The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
(d) Wandering Willie’s Tale
Question’s Answer: Willie Winkie

The Brushwood Boy is a novelette written by
(a) Oscar Wilde
(b) Chesterton
(c) Conrad
(d) Kipling
Question’s Answer: Kipling

Kipling was essentially the poet
(a) Soldiers
(b) Sailors
(c) Fighters
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Question’s Answer: Both (a) and (b)

“The Barrack Room Ballads”. “The Seven Seas”. “The Five Nations” – these poems have been written by
(a) Hopkins
(b) Francis Thompson
(c) Kipling
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Kipling

Besides being a novelist, Kipling was also a/an
(a) Dramatist
(b) Poet
(c) Essayist
(d) Journalist
Question’s Answer: Poet

Kipling, in his mastery of rhythm,comes close to
(a) Swinburne
(b) Rossetti
(c) Morris
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Swinburne

‘But there is neither East nor West, When two strongmen stand face to face,
Though they came from the end of the earth’. These lines occur in the poem of
(a) Morris
(b) Kipling
(c) Amold
(d) Swinburne
Question’s Answer: Kipling

Which poem was proudly written by Kipling to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897?
(a) “Recessional”
(b) “Fuzzy Wuzzy”
(c) “Gunga Din”
(d) “The Mary Gloster”
Question’s Answer: “Recessional”

Which writers has been a considerable traveller?
(a) Arnold Bennett
(b) HG. Wells
(c) G.K. Chesterton
(d) Rudyard Kipling
Question’s Answer: Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book has been written by
(a) Gissing
(b) George Moore
(c) Stevenson
(d) Rudyard Kipling
Question’s Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Which work of Kipling contains the stories of the British in India?
(a) Plain Tales from the Hills
(b) Puck of Pook’s Hill
(c) The Jungle Book
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Plain Tales from the Hills

Kim is a well-known novel in English written by
(a) Stevenson
(b) Kipling
(c) Anthony Trollope
(d) Samuel Butler
Question’s Answer: Kipling

The Imperialistic note is prominent in the works of
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Galsworthy
(c) G.B. Shaw
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Rudyard Kipling

The only romance Kipling wrote is
(a) The Friend
(b) Captains Courageous
(c) The Devil and the Deep Sea
(d) The Naulakha
Question’s Answer: The Naulakha

The novel The Man Who Was Thursday has been written by
(a) Joseph Conrad
(b) Rudyard Kipling
(c) G.K. Chesterton
(d) H.G.Wells
Question’s Answer: G.K. Chesterton

Heretics, Orthodoxy and What’s Wrong with the World?- these are Chesterton’s’
(a) Essays
(b) Poems
(c) Philosophical works
(d) Criticisms

Rudyard Kipling received the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year
(a) 1907
(b) 1906
(c) 1905
(d) 1908
Question’s Answer: 1907

Kipling tried his hand on a Gothic tale of mystery and”” horror in
(a) Captains Courageous
(b) The Tomb of His Ancestors
(c) The Mark of the Beast
(d) The Man Who Was Thursday
Question’s Answer: The Mark of the Beast

The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a novel written by
(a) George Moore
(b) William Henley
(c) Kipling
(d) G.K. Chesterton
Question’s Answer: G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton’s The Father Brown Stories is a collection of
(a) stories
(b) Love stories
(c) Historical stories
(d) Religious stories
Question’s Answer: stories

Philosophical works Chesterton’s full name is
(a) George Kingsley Chesterton
(b) George Keith Chesterton
(c) Gilbert Keith Chesterton
(d) Gilbert Kent Chesterton
Question’s Answer: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

In his novels of character, H.G. Wells portrays
(a) Lower class
(b) Middle class
(c) Upper class
(d) Lower middle class
Question’s Answer: Lower middle class

The novels like Kipps and The History of Mr. Polly have been written by
(a) Joseph Conrad
(b) H.G. Wells
(c) Kipling
(d) Arnold Bennett
Question’s Answer: H.G. Wells

The book An Experiment Autobiography has been written by
(a) H.G. Wells
(b) Hardy
(c) Bennett
(d) Shaw
Question’s Answer: H.G. Wells

In which novel of H.G. Wells there is a reference of a young woman who rebels against the social evils?
(a) Tono Bungay
(b) Ann Veronica
(c) The World of William Clissold
(d) Kipps
Question’s Answer: Ann Veronica

The Invisible Man is a well known work of
(a) Arnold Bennett
(b) Butler
(c) H.G. Wells
(d) Gissing
Question’s Answer: H.G. Wells

The Time Machine is a well-known novel written by
(a) Hardy
(b) Meredith
(c) Stevenson
(d) H.G. Wells
Question’s Answer: H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells formed a novel technique of
(a) Technical exploration
(b) Historical inclination
(c) Scientific romance
(d) All
Question’s Answer: Scientific romance

H.G. Wells was born in
(a) 1864
(b) 1870
(c) 1868
(d) 1866
Question’s Answer: 1866

H.G. Wells’ First and Last Things is a work of
(a) History
(b) Philosophy
(c) Polity
(d) Sociology
Question’s Answer: Philosophy

Tono Bungay is a famous novel of
(a) Stevenson
(b) H.G. Wells
(c) Kipling
(d) Oscar Wilde
Question’s Answer: H.G. Wells

The voluminous book Outline of History has been written by
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) Samuel Butler
(c) James M. Barrie
(d) H.G. Wells
Question’s Answer: H.G. Wells

Wells’ The New Machiavelli portrays the struggle between
(a) Life and death
(b) Political ambition
(c) Love and hatred
(d) Politics and philosophy and love
Question’s Answer: Political ambition

My Days and Dreams is an autobiography of
(a) Mary Arnold
(b) Edward Carpenter
(c) H.G. Wells
(d) E.F. Benson
Question’s Answer: H.G. Wells

Wells’ well-known novel The Time Machine was published ill
(a) 1890
(b) 1898
(c) 1895
(a) 1900
Question’s Answer: 1895

Mr. Hoopdriver is a character in Wells’ novel
(a) The Wheels of Chance
(b) Kipps
(c) Mr. Lewisham
(d) The Time Machine
Question’s Answer: The Wheels of Chance

Which work of H.G. Wells presents a realistic portrayal of English society in the dark days of the First World War?
(a) The Time Machine
(b) The Wheels of Chance
(c) Mr. Britling sees it Through
(d) Tono Bungay
Question’s Answer: Mr. Britling sees it Through

In H.G. Wells’ Tono Bungay, Tono Bungay’ is the name of a
(a) Person
(b) Medicine
(c) Village
(d) Town
Question’s Answer: Medicine

Conrad’s novels deal with the adventure and romance of
(a) Mountain life
(b) Social life
(c) Jungle life
(d) Sea life
Question’s Answer: Sea life

Which writer was strongly influenced by the literature of France?
(a) Wells
(b) Conrad
(c) Kipling
(d) Oscar Wilde
Question’s Answer: Conrad

In Wells’ The History of Mr. Polly,Polly is a
(a) Teacher
(b) Doctor
(c) Banker
(d) Shopkeeper
Question’s Answer: Shopkeeper

Which work of H.G. Wells reminds us of Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels?
(a) The Sea Lady
(b) The Food of the Gods
(c) The Day of the Comet
(d) The Island of Dr. Moreau
Question’s Answer: The Food of the Gods

Which work of Wells centres round certain developments of modern journalism?
(a) The First Man in the Moon
(b) The Day of the Comet
(c) The Wonderful Visit
(d) The Invisible Man
Question’s Answer: The Wonderful Visit

Conrad’s main concern was with
(a) Plot
(b) Characters
(c) Story
(d) Effect of events on the persons involved
Question’s Answer: Effect of events on the persons involved

Mr. Kurtz is a: character in Conrad’s
(a) Lord Jim
(b) Under Western Eyes
(c) Nostromo
(d) Heart of Darkness
Question’s Answer: Heart of Darkness

Which novel of Conrad has its setting in Tsarist Russia?
(a) Typhoon
(b) Under Western Eyes
(c) Heart of Darkness
(d) Lord Jim
Question’s Answer: Under Western Eyes

The Nigger of the Narcissus Lord Jim, a well-known novel has been written by
(a) H.G. Wells
(b) Bennett
(c) Conrad
(d) Stevenson
Question’s Answer: Conrad

In which novel of Conrad, there appears a French officer?
(a) Almayer’s Folly
(b) Lord Jim
(c) The Nigger of the Narcissus
(d) The Secret Agent
Question’s Answer: Lord Jim

Which writer was bom of Polish parents in the Ukraine?
(a) Kipling
(b) Bennett
(c) Stevenson
(d) Conrad
Question’s Answer: Conrad

Under Western Eyes, a novel dealing with life in the Ukraine under the Tsar’s domination, has been written by
(a) Bennett
(b) Kipling
(c) Conrad
(d) Barric
Question’s Answer: Conrad

Conrad’s first novel Almayer’s Folly was published in
(a) 1890
(b) 1894
(c) 1892
(d) 1896
Question’s Answer: 1894

In which work of Conrad, the extravagant loyalty of man to man has been shown?
(a) Lord Jim
(b) Typhoon
(c) Youth
(d) The Nigger of the Narcissus

Which novelists was born in the year of Sepoy Mutiny?
(a) H.G. Wells
(b) Joseph Conrad
(c) Bennett
(d) Galsworthy
Question’s Answer: Joseph Conrad

Which novel of Conrad has a Malayan background?
(a) The Nigger of the Narcissus
(b) Lord Jim
(c) An Outcast of the Islands
(d) Heart of Darkness
Question’s Answer: An Outcast of the Islands

Which novelist was a seafarer for twenty years?
(a) Rudyard Kipling
(b) H.G. Wells
(c) Joseph Conrad
(d) G.B. Shaw
Question’s Answer: Joseph Conrad

Which writer was known for his passion for the sea?
(a) Galsworthy
(b) Conrad
(c) H.G. Wells
(d) Kipling
Question’s Answer: Conrad

In which novel of Conrad, there is a scene of a ship, laden with pilgrims, sinking?
(a) The Nigger of the Narcissus
(b) An Outcast of the Islands
(d) Lord Jim
Question’s Answer: Lord Jim

In which of Conrad’s novel, the sea plays no part?
(a) Under Western Eyes
(b) An Outcast of the Islands
(c) Typhoon
(d) Jim
Question’s Answer: Under Western Eyes

Which novel of Conrad is a vast study of a South American country ‘Costaguana”?
(a) Under Western Eyes
(b) The Nigger of the Narcissus
(c) Nostromo
(d) Almayer’s Folly
Question’s Answer: Nostromo

Korzeniowski’ is the surname of
(a) Wells
(b) Kipling
(c) Galsworthy
(d) Conrad
Question’s Answer: Conrad

‘French is the only modern language fit for literature.’ Who said this?
(a) Shaw
(b) Galsworthy
(c) Conrad
(d) Kipling
Question’s Answer: Conrad

Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea.
These lines echo the philosophy of which writer?
(a) J.M. Barrie
(b) Conrad
(c) H.G. Wells
(d) Chesterton
Question’s Answer: Conrad

Which work of Conrad verges on melodrama?
(a) Victory
(b) Typhoon
(c) Under Western Eyes
(d) The Nigger of the Narcissus
Question’s Answer: Victory

Truth about an Author is an autobiography of
(a) Stevenson
(b) Butler
(c) Bennett
(d) Conrad
Question’s Answer: Bennett

Clayhanger, a well known novel of Bennett, has been written in
(a) 1910
(b) 1909
(c) 1908
(d) 1911
Question’s Answer: 1910

Which of Conrad’s novels is considered to be the best?
(a) Victory
(b) Almayer’s Folly
(c) Under Western Eyes
(d) The Nigger of the Narcissus
Question’s Answer: The Nigger of the Narcissus

The Mirror of the Sea is Conrad’s
(a) Autobiography
(b) Short story
(c) Essay
(d) Novel
Question’s Answer: Autobiography

The Secret Agent is a famous novel by
(a) H.G. Wells
(b) Samuel Butler
(c) Arnold Bennett
(d) Joseph Conrad
Question’s Answer: Joseph Conrad

The Old Wives’ Tale is a work of
(a) Lawrence
(b) Arnold Bennett
(c) Samuel Butler
(d) Thomas Hardy
Question’s Answer: Arnold Bennett

Bennett has a fascination towards reading the French models particularly
(a) Zola
(b) Maupassant
(c) Bergson
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Maupassant

Bennett is known mainly for his
(a) Criticisms
(b) Short stories
(c) Novels
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Question’s Answer: Criticisms

Which author was greatly influenced by French culture?
(a) Joseph Conrad
(b) John Galsworthy
(c) J.M. Barrie
(d) Arnold Bennett
Question’s Answer: Arnold Bennett

Arnold Bennett was born in the year
(a) 1861
(b) 1863
(0) 1911
(d) 1865
Question’s Answer: 1911

Bennett’s first popular book Anna of the Five Towns was published in
(a) 1900
(b) 1895
(c) 1905
(d) 1910
Question’s Answer: 1900

Mrs. Baines, a character of Bennett appears in
(a) Old Wives’ Tale
(b) Clayhanger
(c) Anna of the Five Towns
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Old Wives’ Tale

Which is Arnold Bennett’s first novel?
(a) Clayhanger
(b) The Pretty Lady
(c) Anna of the Five Towns
(d) A Man from the North
Question’s Answer: A Man from the North