Literature Quiz 31: Books and Authors Quiz 3

Books and Authors Quiz 3

Here is a quiz on some of the famous authors. The link between them is that all were born in the month of July. So check whether you are familiar with these authors.

Literature Quiz 31: Books and Authors Quiz 3

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1. Widely recognized as a classic in children's literature, "Stuart Little" was the first children's book by this famous author. Who is the author?

Roald Dahl
E B White
Katherine Applegate
A A Milne

2. Who is the author cum illustrator of the children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"?

Beatrix Potter
C S Lewis
Lewis Carrol
Enid Blyton

3. Emily Jane Bronte was an English novelist who is best known for her only novel. Do you know the only novel written by her?

Jane Eyer
Agnes Grey
Wuthering Heights
Pride and Prejudice

4. J K Rowling, the author of the popular Harry Potter series, also writes crime fiction under a pen name. What is her pen name?

Robert Goddard
Robert Anton Wilson
Robert Stone
Robert Galbraith

5. The best known works of this famous novelist are "The Trial" and "The Metamorphosis". Who is he?

Franz Kafka
Gustave Flaubert
Albert Camus
Friedrich Nietzsche

6. Well known for his dystopian social science fiction novel, "Brave New World", he has been nominated for the Nobel prize in Literature nine times. Who is he?

George Orwell
Lois Lowry
Ray Bradbury
Aldous Huxley

7. This Indian born British novelist is best known for his 1848 novel, "Vanity Fair". It was published with a subtitle "A Novel without a Hero". Who is the author?

William Makepeace Thackeray
Rudyard Kipling
George Orwell
E M Forster

8. This book written and illustrated by Brian Selznick was the first novel to win the Caldecott Medal for the "most distinguished American picture for children". Name the book

Wonderstruck
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Marvels
The School Story

9. This Indian author's book "The Calcutta Chromosome" had won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for 1997. In 2010 he was a joint winner, along with Margaret Atwood, of the Israeli Dan David Prize. Who is he?

Vikram Seth
Salman Rushdie
Amitav Ghosh
Shashi Tharoor

10. Jhumpa Lahiri is an American author whose debut collection of short stories won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000 and O. Henry Award for short story in 1999. Do you know the title of the book?

The Namesake
Interpreter of Maladies
Uaccustomed Earth
The Lowland

11. This Indian-born Canadian writer is the recipient of many awards. All his three novels, "Such a Long Journye", "A Fine Balance" and "Family Matters", were short listed for Booker Prize. Who is he?

Vikram Seth
Vikram Chandra
Rohinton Mistry
Nirad C Chaudhuri

12. He is a well known British hunter and author who hunted a number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India. He has written "Man-Eaters of Kumaon"," Jungle Lore" and many other books on his hunting experiences. Who is he?

Kenneth Anderson
Jim Corbett
Rudyard Kipling
Valimik Thapar

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