Art, Literature, Music and Famous People of English-Speaking Countries

Who wrote the novel „Pride and Prejudice”?

Jane Austen

Which writer created the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?

Mark Twain

Which author wrote „The Hobbit” and „The Lord of the Rings”?

J.R.R. Tolkien

Put these English-language writers in chronological order by birth year, from the earliest born to the latest born.

William Shakespeare → Jane Austen → Charles Dickens → J.R.R. Tolkien

Arrange these works by their first publication date, from the earliest to the latest.

„Oliver Twist” → „The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” → „The Picture of Dorian Gray” → „The Hobbit”

Arrange these writers by year of birth, from the earliest born to the latest born.

Edgar Allan Poe → Charles Dickens → Mark Twain → Oscar Wilde

Match each author with his or her work: William Shakespeare

„Hamlet”

Match each author with his or her work: Charles Dickens

„Great Expectations”

Match each author with his or her work: Mary Shelley

„Frankenstein”

Match each author with his or her work: Oscar Wilde

„The Importance of Being Earnest”

Match each writer with his country of birth: Oscar Wilde

Ireland

Match each writer with his country of birth: Mark Twain

United States

Match each writer with his country of birth: Charles Dickens

England

Match each writer with his country of birth: Robert Burns

Scotland

Edgar Allan Poe wrote the poem „The Raven”.

True

Charles Dickens wrote the play „Romeo and Juliet”.

False

Who wrote the novel „Great Expectations”?

Charles Dickens

Which American author wrote the short story „The Tell-Tale Heart”?

Edgar Allan Poe

Which Irish-born writer wrote the play „The Importance of Being Earnest”?

Oscar Wilde

Arrange these English-language authors by birth year, from the earliest to the latest.

William Shakespeare → Jane Austen → Charles Dickens → Mark Twain → J.R.R. Tolkien

Arrange these works by the year of first publication, from the earliest to the latest.

„Pride and Prejudice” → „Oliver Twist” → „The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” → „The Hobbit”

Arrange these people by birth year, from the earliest to the latest.

Isaac Newton → Charles Darwin → Alexander Graham Bell → Stephen Hawking

Match each author with a work they wrote: Jane Austen

„Emma”

Match each author with a work they wrote: Mark Twain

„Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

Match each author with a work they wrote: J.R.R. Tolkien

„The Lord of the Rings”

Match each author with a work they wrote: William Shakespeare

„Hamlet”

Match each author with a work they wrote: Charles Dickens

„A Christmas Carol”

Match each artist or composer with the country where they were born: Pablo Picasso

Spain

Match each artist or composer with the country where they were born: Ludwig van Beethoven

Germany

Match each artist or composer with the country where they were born: Claude Monet

France

Match each artist or composer with the country where they were born: Vincent van Gogh

Netherlands

The Beatles were a band that came from Liverpool.

True

Charles Darwin published „On the Origin of Species” in 1959.

False

Which writer created the detective Sherlock Holmes?

Arthur Conan Doyle

Which painter is best known for the series of paintings „Sunflowers”?

Vincent van Gogh

Arrange these English-language writers by the year of their birth, from the earliest to the latest.

William Shakespeare → Jane Austen → Charles Dickens → Oscar Wilde → J.R.R. Tolkien

Match each author with their famous work: Mark Twain

„Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”

Match each author with their famous work: Edgar Allan Poe

„The Raven”

Match each author with their famous work: Oscar Wilde

„The Picture of Dorian Gray”

Match each author with their famous work: J.R.R. Tolkien

„The Lord of the Rings”

Match each author with their famous work: Jane Austen

„Emma”

Match each famous person with their country of origin: Oscar Wilde

Ireland

Match each famous person with their country of origin: Mark Twain

the USA

Match each famous person with their country of origin: Charles Dickens

England

Match each famous person with their country of origin: Robert Burns

Scotland

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer.

True

Jane Austen wrote the novel „Jane Eyre”.

False

Which composer, born in Germany, spent much of his career in London and wrote „Water Music”?

George Frideric Handel

Arrange these people by the century in which they were born, from the earliest to the latest.

William Shakespeare → Jane Austen → Charles Dickens → J.R.R. Tolkien

Match each museum or gallery with the city where it is located: The British Museum

London

Match each museum or gallery with the city where it is located: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York

Match each museum or gallery with the city where it is located: The National Gallery of Australia

Canberra

Match each museum or gallery with the city where it is located: The Art Institute

Chicago

Which English playwright wrote „Hamlet” and „Macbeth”?

William Shakespeare

Which English poet wrote the epic poem „Paradise Lost”?

John Milton

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon.

True

Which British artist painted the landscape „The Hay Wain” (1821)?

John Constable

Arrange these English-language works by their first publication or first performance date, from the earliest to the latest.

„Hamlet” by William Shakespeare → „Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe → „Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley → „The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Which British composer wrote the oratorio „Messiah”?

George Frideric Handel

Which American artist is famous for his paintings of Campbell's soup cans?

Andy Warhol

Arrange these people by year of birth, from the earliest born to the latest born.

William Shakespeare → Jane Austen → Charles Dickens → Virginia Woolf

Arrange these works by the year of their first publication, from the earliest to the latest.

„Frankenstein” → „Oliver Twist” → „Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” → „Animal Farm”

Match each writer with the work he or she wrote: J. K. Rowling

„Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”

Match each writer with the work he or she wrote: Harper Lee

„To Kill a Mockingbird”

Match each writer with the work he or she wrote: George Orwell

„Nineteen Eighty-Four”

Match each writer with the work he or she wrote: F. Scott Fitzgerald

„The Great Gatsby”

Match each writer with the work he or she wrote: Mary Shelley

„Frankenstein”

Which English poet wrote „The Canterbury Tales”?

Geoffrey Chaucer

Which English author wrote the novel „Robinson Crusoe”?

Daniel Defoe

Arrange these composers by year of birth, from the earliest born to the latest born.

Henry Purcell → George Frideric Handel → Edward Elgar → Benjamin Britten

Match each Shakespeare play with its main character: „Hamlet”

Prince of Denmark

Match each Shakespeare play with its main character: „Othello”

Moorish general

Match each Shakespeare play with its main character: „Macbeth”

Scottish nobleman

Match each Shakespeare play with its main character: „Romeo and Juliet”

Young lovers of Verona

Match each author with the work they wrote: Mary Shelley

„Frankenstein”

Match each author with the work they wrote: Lewis Carroll

„Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”

Match each author with the work they wrote: Robert Louis Stevenson

„Treasure Island”

Match each author with the work they wrote: Emily Brontë

„Wuthering Heights”

William Shakespeare was born in the 16th century.

True

Geoffrey Chaucer wrote „Paradise Lost”.

False

Which American poet wrote the collection „Leaves of Grass”?

Walt Whitman

Arrange these events from the earliest to the latest.

Shakespeare's „Hamlet” is written (around 1600) → Handel's „Messiah” is first performed (1742) → Jane Austen's „Emma” is published (1815) → The Beatles release „Abbey Road” (1969)

Which American painter is best known for „American Gothic” (1930), showing a farmer with a pitchfork standing next to a woman?

Grant Wood