Famous Authors MCQs 2026
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- Q1medium
Who is the author of "The Scarlet Letter"
💡 Explanation:Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter," published in 1850.
- Q2medium
Who is the author of "The Raven" (poem)
💡 Explanation:Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Raven," published in 1845.
- Q3medium
Who wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart"
💡 Explanation:Edgar Allan Poe wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart," published in 1843.
- Q4hard
Who is the author of "Billy Budd"
💡 Explanation:Herman Melville wrote "Billy Budd," published posthumously in 1924.
- Q5hard
Who wrote "Doctor Faustus"
💡 Explanation:Christopher Marlowe wrote "Doctor Faustus," published in 1604.
- Q6hard
Who is the author of "The Alchemist"
💡 Explanation:Ben Jonson wrote "The Alchemist," published in 1610.
- Q7hard
Who wrote "The God of Small Things"
💡 Explanation:Arundhati Roy wrote "The God of Small Things," published in 1997, winning the Booker Prize.
- Q8easy
Who wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird"
💡 Explanation:Harper Lee wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird," published in 1960, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
- Q9easy
Who is the author of "The Great Gatsby"
💡 Explanation:F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby," published in 1925, a classic of American literature.
- Q10medium
Who wrote "The Kite Runner"
💡 Explanation:Khaled Hosseini wrote "The Kite Runner," published in 2003.
- Q11medium
Who is the author of "Les Misérables"
💡 Explanation:Victor Hugo wrote "Les Misérables," published in 1862.
- Q12medium
Who wrote "The Old Man and the Sea"
💡 Explanation:Ernest Hemingway wrote "The Old Man and the Sea," published in 1952, winning the Nobel Prize.
- Q13hard
Who is the author of "Madame Bovary"
💡 Explanation:Gustave Flaubert wrote "Madame Bovary," published in 1857.
- Q14medium
Who wrote "Moby-Dick"
💡 Explanation:Herman Melville wrote "Moby-Dick," published in 1851, a novel about the pursuit of the white whale.
- Q15hard
Who wrote "The Heart of Darkness"
💡 Explanation:Joseph Conrad wrote "Heart of Darkness," published in 1899.
- Q16easy
Who is the author of "Pride and Prejudice"
💡 Explanation:Jane Austen wrote "Pride and Prejudice," published in 1813, a classic of English literature.
- Q17hard
Who is the author of "A Passage to India"
💡 Explanation:E.M. Forster wrote "A Passage to India," published in 1924.
- Q18hard
Who wrote "The Stranger"
💡 Explanation:Albert Camus wrote "The Stranger," published in 1942.
- Q19hard
Who is the author of "My Name Is Red"
💡 Explanation:Orhan Pamuk wrote "My Name Is Red," published in 1998, winning the Nobel Prize.
- Q20hard
Who is the author of "Midnight's Children"
💡 Explanation:Salman Rushdie wrote "Midnight's Children," published in 1981, winning the Booker Prize.
- Q21medium
Who is the author of "A Thousand Splendid Suns"
💡 Explanation:Khaled Hosseini wrote "A Thousand Splendid Suns," published in 2007.
- Q22hard
Who wrote "The Waste Land" (poem)
💡 Explanation:T.S. Eliot wrote "The Waste Land," published in 1922.
- Q23hard
Who is the author of "The Hollow Men" (poem)
💡 Explanation:T.S. Eliot wrote "The Hollow Men," published in 1925.
- Q24hard
Who is the author of "The Professor's House"
💡 Explanation:Willa Cather wrote "The Professor's House," published in 1925.
- Q25hard
Who is the author of "The Second Coming" (poem)
💡 Explanation:W.B. Yeats wrote "The Second Coming," published in 1920.
- Q26hard
Who is the author of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
💡 Explanation:Mark Twain wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," published in 1889.
- Q27hard
Who wrote "The Custom of the Country"
💡 Explanation:Edith Wharton wrote "The Custom of the Country," published in 1913.
- Q28hard
Who is the author of "My Ántonia"
💡 Explanation:Willa Cather wrote "My Ántonia," published in 1918.
- Q29easy
Who is the author of "The Road Not Taken" (poem)
💡 Explanation:Robert Frost wrote "The Road Not Taken," published in 1916.
- Q30hard
Who wrote "The Jew of Malta"
💡 Explanation:Christopher Marlowe wrote "The Jew of Malta," published in 1590.
- Q31hard
Who is the author of "Volpone"
💡 Explanation:Ben Jonson wrote "Volpone," published in 1606.
- Q32medium
Who is the author of "A Farewell to Arms"
💡 Explanation:Ernest Hemingway wrote "A Farewell to Arms," published in 1929.
- Q33easy
Who is the author of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
💡 Explanation:Mark Twain wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," published in 1876.
- Q34hard
Who is the author of "The Bell Jar"
💡 Explanation:Sylvia Plath wrote "The Bell Jar," published in 1963.
- Q35hard
Who wrote "Life on the Mississippi"
💡 Explanation:Mark Twain wrote "Life on the Mississippi," published in 1883.
- Q36hard
Who wrote "The Sun Also Rises"
💡 Explanation:Ernest Hemingway wrote "The Sun Also Rises," published in 1926.
- Q37medium
Who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (poem)
💡 Explanation:Robert Frost wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," published in 1923.
- Q38hard
Who is the author of "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets"
💡 Explanation:Stephen Crane wrote "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets," published in 1893.
- Q39hard
Who wrote "The Open Boat"
💡 Explanation:Stephen Crane wrote "The Open Boat," published in 1897.
- Q40medium
Who is the author of "The Gift of the Magi" (short story)
💡 Explanation:O. Henry wrote "The Gift of the Magi," published in 1905.
- Q41medium
Who is the author of "The Chronicles of Narnia"
💡 Explanation:C.S. Lewis wrote "The Chronicles of Narnia," published between 1950-1956.
- Q42medium
Who is the author of "King Lear"
💡 Explanation:William Shakespeare wrote "King Lear," believed to be written in 1605-1606.
- Q43medium
Who wrote "Macbeth"
💡 Explanation:William Shakespeare wrote "Macbeth," believed to be written in 1606.
- Q44hard
Who is the author of "The Portrait of a Lady"
💡 Explanation:Henry James wrote "The Portrait of a Lady," published in 1881.
- Q45hard
Who is the author of "The Duchess of Malfi"
💡 Explanation:John Webster wrote "The Duchess of Malfi," published in 1623.
- Q46medium
Who is the author of "Frankenstein"
💡 Explanation:Mary Shelley wrote "Frankenstein," published in 1818, often considered the first science fiction novel.
- Q47hard
Who is the author of "The Sound and the Fury"
💡 Explanation:William Faulkner wrote "The Sound and the Fury," published in 1929.
- Q48medium
Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"
💡 Explanation:John Steinbeck wrote "The Grapes of Wrath," published in 1939, winning the Pulitzer Prize.
- Q49hard
Who wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
💡 Explanation:Gabriel García Márquez wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude," published in 1967, a masterpiece of magical realism.
- Q50medium
Who is the author of "Anna Karenina"
💡 Explanation:Leo Tolstoy wrote "Anna Karenina," published in 1878, a classic of Russian literature.
- Q51hard
Who wrote "The Faerie Queene"
💡 Explanation:Edmund Spenser wrote "The Faerie Queene," published in 1590-1596.
- Q52easy
Who is the author of "The Tempest"
💡 Explanation:William Shakespeare wrote "The Tempest," believed to be written in 1610-1611.
- Q53hard
Who is the author of "The Name of the Rose"
💡 Explanation:Umberto Eco wrote "The Name of the Rose," published in 1980.
- Q54medium
Who wrote "The Divine Comedy"
💡 Explanation:Dante Alighieri wrote "The Divine Comedy," completed in 1321.
- Q55medium
Who wrote "Brave New World"
💡 Explanation:Aldous Huxley wrote "Brave New World," published in 1932.
- Q56hard
Who is the author of "The Decameron"
💡 Explanation:Giovanni Boccaccio wrote "The Decameron," completed in 1353.
- Q57hard
Who is the author of "Paradise Lost"
💡 Explanation:John Milton wrote "Paradise Lost," published in 1667.
- Q58easy
Who is the author of "The Lord of the Rings"
💡 Explanation:J.R.R. Tolkien wrote "The Lord of the Rings," published in 1954-1955.
- Q59easy
Who wrote "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
💡 Explanation:J.K. Rowling wrote "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," published in 1997.
- Q60hard
Who is the author of "The Age of Innocence"
💡 Explanation:Edith Wharton wrote "The Age of Innocence," published in 1920, winning the Pulitzer Prize.
- Q61hard
Who is the author of "The Plague"
💡 Explanation:Albert Camus wrote "The Plague," published in 1947.
- Q62hard
Who wrote "The Metamorphosis"
💡 Explanation:Franz Kafka wrote "The Metamorphosis," published in 1915.
- Q63hard
Who is the author of "Siddhartha"
💡 Explanation:Hermann Hesse wrote "Siddhartha," published in 1922.