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British Literature # 1

Can you answer these questions about English literature?
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Which fictional detective lodged at 221b Baker Street, London?
Sherlock Holmes
Which Shakespeare work is known by actors as ‘The Scottish Play’?
Macbeth
Who won the Booker Prize for his 1981 novel Midnight’s Children?
Salman Rushdie
Which fictional world was the setting for 41 Terry Pratchett books?
Discworld
Who wrote poems ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ & ‘To the Skylark’?
William Wordsworth
Which novel begins ‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again’?
Rebecca
Which natural product is Winnie the Pooh’s favourite food?
Honey
Elinor & Marianne Dashwood are characters in which 1811 novel?
Sense and Sensibility
Poets Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke both died in which war?
World War One
Brick Lane was the debut novel of which Pakistani-born writer?
Monica Ali
How are Julian, Dick, Anne, George & Timmy collectively known?
The Famous Five
Which pen name was used by writer Mary Ann Evans?
George Eliot
Whose final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood was left unfinished?
Charles Dickens
Which position was held by Ted Hughes from 1984 to 1998?
Poet Laureate
What kind of animals are Hazel & Fiver in the novel Watership Down?
Rabbits
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