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A
The Rainbow
B
Ulysses
C
Sons and Lovers
D
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Explanation

'Ulysses' is a novel by James Joyce. D.H. Lawrence wrote 'The Rainbow', 'Sons and Lovers', and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.

A
a poem by Wordsworth
B
a short story by Somerset Maugham
C
a novel by D. H . Lawrence
D
a verse by Coleridge

Explanation

'The Rainbow' is a novel by British author D.H. Lawrence, published in 1915.

A
A Passage to India
B
Lord Jim
C
Rainbow
D
Ulysses

Explanation

D.H. Lawrence wrote 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'. He also wrote 'The Rainbow'. 'Lord Jim' is by Conrad, 'Ulysses' by Joyce, 'A Passage to India' by Forster.

A
William Somerset Maugham
B
Thomas Hardy
C
Charles Dickens
D
D.H. Lawrence

Explanation

'Lady Chatterley's Lover' is the last novel by English author D.H. Lawrence, infamous for its explicit descriptions of sex.

A
Ben Jonson
B
W. Shakespeare
C
Christopher Marlowe
D
John Webster

Explanation

'Doctor Faustus' is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on the German story of Faust.

A
Nirod Chaudhuri
B
Jhumpa Lehri
C
Anita Desai
D
Vikram Seth

Explanation

'A Suitable Boy' is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. It is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume.

A
Jane Eyre
B
Ramona
C
Emma
D
Rebecca

Explanation

Jane Austen wrote 'Emma'. 'Jane Eyre' is by Charlotte Bronte, 'Ramona' by Helen Hunt Jackson, 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier.

A
Poet
B
Critic
C
Novelist
D
Scientist

Explanation

Emily Bronte was a novelist (and poet), best known for her only novel, 'Wuthering Heights', a classic of English literature.

A
Geofray Chaucer
B
John Wyclif
C
Boccaccio
D
Thomas Barth

Explanation

'The Canterbury Tales' is a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer.

A
Leo Tolstoy
B
James Joyce
C
E . M . Forster
D
Gustave Flaubert

Explanation

'Madame Bovary' is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856.