English Language

Literary Analysis

4,495 Questions

Analyze classic and modernist novels, autobiographies, plays, and graphic novels across various genres. This topic tests your familiarity with prominent authors, literary movements, and thematic elements. Questions appear regularly in the English language sections of SSC, banking, and teaching competency exams.

Classic and modernist novelsAutobiographies and biographiesPoetic language and farcesThematic literary elements

Literary Analysis Questions

Multiple choice

Which travel writer is known for his exploration of identity and his relationship with his African heritage?

  1. Pico Iyer

  2. Paul Theroux

  3. Bruce Chatwin

  4. Chinua Achebe
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is known for his exploration of identity and his relationship with his African heritage in his works.

Multiple choice

Which graphic novel series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where the sun has been blocked out?

  1. The Walking Dead

  2. Y: The Last Man

  3. Watchmen

  4. The Sandman
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Y: The Last Man is a graphic novel series written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Pia Guerra. It tells the story of a world where all the men have died except for one.

Multiple choice

Which graphic novel series is set in a world where all the animals have been turned into humans?

  1. The Walking Dead

  2. Y: The Last Man

  3. Watchmen

  4. Beasts of Burden
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Beasts of Burden is a graphic novel series written by Evan Dorkin and illustrated by Jill Thompson. It tells the story of a group of animals who have been turned into humans and who are trying to find their way back to their original forms.

Multiple choice

In Amitav Ghosh's novel \"Sea of Poppies\", what is the economic activity of the protagonist?

  1. Sailor

  2. Merchant

  3. Farmer

  4. Fisherman
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The protagonist of \"Sea of Poppies\", Deeti, is a young woman who works as a merchant on a ship that travels between India and China.

Multiple choice

Which opera is based on the novel (\"Les Misérables\") by Victor Hugo?

  1. Les Misérables

  2. The Phantom of the Opera

  3. Cats

  4. Chicago
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The opera (\"Les Misérables\") was composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg and is based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.

Multiple choice

Which iconic novel by Jane Austen was adapted into the 1995 film starring Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd?

  1. Pride and Prejudice

  2. Emma

  3. Sense and Sensibility

  4. Mansfield Park
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
Correct answer
Explanation

Clueless is a modern adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma, set in Beverly Hills, California.

Multiple choice

Which classic novel by Charles Dickens was adapted into the 2012 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis?

  1. Great Expectations

  2. Oliver Twist

  3. A Tale of Two Cities

  4. David Copperfield
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
Correct answer
Explanation

Lincoln is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, which in turn draws heavily from Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities.

Multiple choice

What is the original play by William Shakespeare that inspired the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes?

  1. Hamlet

  2. Macbeth

  3. Romeo and Juliet

  4. Othello
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Romeo + Juliet is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, set in Verona Beach, California.

Multiple choice

Which novel by Harper Lee was adapted into the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird?

  1. The Great Gatsby

  2. Gone with the Wind

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird

  4. The Catcher in the Rye
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To Kill a Mockingbird is a faithful adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name.

Multiple choice

What is the original novel by Margaret Mitchell that inspired the 1939 film Gone with the Wind?

  1. Gone with the Wind

  2. The Great Gatsby

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird

  4. Pride and Prejudice
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Gone with the Wind is a classic film based on Margaret Mitchell's novel of the same name.

Multiple choice

Which novel by Charles Dickens was adapted into the 2019 film Little Women?

  1. Great Expectations

  2. Oliver Twist

  3. A Tale of Two Cities

  4. Little Women
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Little Women is a coming-of-age drama film based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name.

Multiple choice

What is the original novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that inspired the 2013 film The Great Gatsby?

  1. The Great Gatsby

  2. Tender Is the Night

  3. This Side of Paradise

  4. The Beautiful and Damned
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Great Gatsby is a romantic drama film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name.

Multiple choice

Which novel by Jane Austen was adapted into the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet?

  1. Pride and Prejudice

  2. Emma

  3. Sense and Sensibility

  4. Mansfield Park
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Sense and Sensibility is a romantic drama film based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name.

Multiple choice

What is the original novel by J.D. Salinger that inspired the 2010 film Catcher in the Rye?

  1. The Catcher in the Rye

  2. Franny and Zooey

  3. Nine Stories

  4. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Catcher in the Rye is a coming-of-age drama film based on J.D. Salinger's novel of the same name.

Multiple choice

Which novel by Ernest Hemingway was adapted into the 1957 film The Old Man and the Sea?

  1. The Old Man and the Sea

  2. A Farewell to Arms

  3. For Whom the Bell Tolls

  4. The Sun Also Rises
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Old Man and the Sea is a drama film based on Ernest Hemingway's novel of the same name.