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World Literature: Great Books & Their Authors

SheelonLiteratureLanguage ArtsEnglishGrades 9-12Published Aug 5, 2026

From Don Quixote to Things Fall Apart, match the world's most celebrated novels with the writers and countries that produced them.

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  1. Who wrote 'Don Quixote', often called the first modern novel?

    Multiple Choice · 20s

    AMiguel de Cervantes
    BGabriel Garcia Marquez
    CVictor Hugo
    DDante Alighieri
  2. 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' was written by which Colombian author?

    Multiple Choice · 20s

    AIsabel Allende
    BPablo Neruda
    CJorge Luis Borges
    DGabriel Garcia Marquez
  3. The novel 'Things Fall Apart' is set in which country?

    Multiple Choice · 20s

    AKenya
    BNigeria
    CGhana
    DSouth Africa
  4. Leo Tolstoy, author of 'War and Peace', was Russian.True / False · 20s
  5. Which Japanese work, written around the year 1000, is often called the world's first novel?Multiple Choice · 20s
  6. 'Pride and Prejudice' was written by which English novelist?Multiple Choice · 20s
  7. Which Italian poet wrote 'The Divine Comedy'? (last name is enough)Type Answer · 30s
  8. 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad' are attributed to the Greek poet Homer.True / False · 20s
  9. Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis' opens with Gregor Samsa waking up transformed into...Multiple Choice · 20s
  10. Which Chilean poet won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971?Multiple Choice · 20s
  11. 'Crime and Punishment', a novel about guilt and conscience, was written by...Multiple Choice · 20s
  12. Which Indian writer, the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote 'Gitanjali'? (last name)Type Answer · 30s

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