16 Quiz Questions on UK Literature

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Complete these author names ... [T----- --rdy, R----rd ---ling, J--es ---ce, Al---- H---ey, G----- O----l]

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I am famous as a writer of childrens fantasy stories with unexpected endings and unsentimental dark humour. I died in 1990 and grew up near a confectionery factory. Who am I ? [----- ----]

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Which writer of crime and mystery novels disappeared triggered a public outcry and massive manhunt after disappearing for 11 days in 1926 after finding that their partner had been unfaithful.

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The phrase coined to describe a British cultural movement of the 1950s was ... ?

Playground Pomp
Subtext realism
Indirect Expletive
Kitchen Sink Realism

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Who released Midnight's Children in 1981 but went on to write a much more controversial book.

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Which English author wrote The Sandman, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book ?

Neil Raymond
Neil Strauss
Neil Gaiman
Neil Sherwood

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Eric Arthur Blair wrote under the name ... ?

Anthony Burgess
George Orwell
Ted Hughes
Aldous Huxley

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The sequel of Helen Fielding's Bridget Joness Diary was titled - Bridget Jones: [--- E--- of ------]

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Nothin To Be Done, is the opening line and an often repeated line in ... ? [------- for G----]

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The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiography of ... ? [-. -. --------]

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On Human Bondage is considered to be the masterpiece work of author ... ? [W. S------- M------]

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The Colour of Magic released in 1983 was the first of which series of books ?

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In 1954 Kingsley Amis released his academic satire ... ?

Lucky Jim
My Old World
Terrys Place
Running Away

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Who was known as the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway Firth and the Bard of Ayrshire ? [------ -----]

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I am a novel released in 2003 that is written in the first person perspective of a 15 year old boy with autism. What is my title ? [--- -----us I-----nt of the --- in the Ni------e]

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In 1998 Giles Foden published a book about the rise and reign of Ugandan President Idi Amin titled ... ?


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