English Literature
Guess the Book/Play
PYP Questions
MYP Questions
100

Who was Wilfred Owen?

Poet

100
A tragedy written by William Shakespeare, in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War fought for the control of the Island of Cyprus. It follows the story of a general who falls for the plan of a malicious villain.

Othello

100

Which Key Concept has been used extensively by the students as they express their viewpoints?

· Form

· Function

· Perspective

Perspective

100

What is the main theme of Wordsworth’s poetry?

  • Nature
  • War
  • Romance

Nature

200

What inspired George Orwell to write ‘Animal Farm’?

  • Communist Russia
  • 9/11
  • WW1
  • Communist Russia
200
A novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981. It tells the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the...

Chronicles of a death foretold

200

Which character is being described as passive?

· The Emperor

· Cinderella

· Aladdin

Cinderella

200

In which country did Haiku originate?

  • USA
  • Japan
  • India

Japan

300

Name any one of the prominent works by William Wordsworth.

  • "Strange Meeting"
  • "I wandered as lonely as a cloud"
  • Hyperion

A:  "I wandered as lonely as a cloud"

300

A tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families.

Romeo and Julliet

300

Which of the stories displayed is not set in a palace?

· The Pied Piper of Hamelin

· The Emperor’s New Clothes

· Cinderella

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

300

Who inspired Sarojini Naidu?

  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore
  • Indira Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore

400

"Dulce et Decorum est" is a poem by __________

  • Wilfred Own
  • Robert Frost
  • William Wordsworth

Wilfred Owen

400

Which aspects of the society was covered by George Orwell in his writing piece?

  • War
  • Nature
  • Totalitarianism

A: Totalitarianism

400

The Magic Lamp is a part of which story?

· Cinderella

· Aladdin

· The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Aladdin

400

What genre of literature is Haiku?


Poetry

500

What was the first poem of Robert frost?

  • Fire and Ice
  • The road not taken
  • My Butterfly

My Butterfly, November 8 ,1895

500

How did Shakespeare greet his audience at the beginning of each play?

· To be or not to be

· Not my circus, not my monkeys.

· Good morrow, sweet lord!

Answer: Good morrow, sweet lord!

500

Which of these stories has not been displayed by PYP?

· The Pied Piper of Hamelin

· Cinderella

· Snow White

· Snow White

500

Who helped Robert Frost promote and publish his work?

· Lord Byron

· Ezra Pound

· William Blake

Ezra Pound

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