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A
T. S. Eliot
B
Plato
C
John Milton
D
Ernest Hemingway

Explanation

'A Farewell to Arms' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I, reflecting his own experiences.

A
P. B. Shelley
B
George Bernard Show
C
Verginia Woolf
D
S. T. Coleridge

Explanation

George Bernard Shaw is considered the greatest modern English dramatist, known for his plays addressing social issues with wit and satire.

A
Thomas More
B
George Orwell
C
Boris Pasternak
D
Charles Dickens

Explanation

'Animal Farm' is an allegorical novella by George Orwell that satirizes the events of the Russian Revolution and the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.

A
Vikram Seth
B
Jane Austen
C
Arundhuti Roy
D
E. M. Forster

Explanation

'The God of Small Things' is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy, winning the Booker Prize in 1997 for its story about fraternal twins.

A
T. S. Eliot
B
P. B. Shelley
C
Rudyard Kipling
D
O' Henry

Explanation

'The Jungle Book' is a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, featuring the boy Mowgli and various animal characters in the Indian jungle.

A
Shakespeare
B
Gunnar Myrdal
C
Humayun Kabir
D
Bertrand Russel

Explanation

'Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations' is a major study of economic development in South and Southeast Asia by Gunnar Myrdal.

A
P. B. Shelley
B
Henry Miller
C
H. G. Wells
D
Alex Haley

Explanation

'Roots: The Saga of an American Family' is a novel by Alex Haley, depicting the history of an African-American family from slavery to freedom.

A
H. Melvile
B
George Orwell
C
Charles Dickens
D
Ernest Hemingway

Explanation

'The Old Man and the Sea' is a novella by Ernest Hemingway about an aging fisherman's struggle with a giant marlin, winning the Pulitzer Prize.

A
historical poem
B
figurative story
C
song of lamentation
D
short story

Explanation

An elegy is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead, expressing grief or sorrow, such as Thomas Gray's famous elegy.

A
A porse of special nature
B
A sacred poem of reputed poet
C
A poem of fourteen lines
D
A criticism of a poet

Explanation

A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, traditionally associated with love and Shakespeare or Petrarch.