Pre-war Flashcards

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D.H. Lawrence is known for his novel ‘Women in ______’.

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Love

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Which author is famous for the ‘Hollow Men’ poem?

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T.S. Eliot

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What luminary of British modernism wrote ‘Mrs. Dalloway’?

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Virginia Woolf

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Multiple Choice: Which of the following works was written by E.M. Forster? A) A Passage to India B) The Great Gatsby C) Brave New World

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A) A Passage to India

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5
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Who wrote ‘To the Lighthouse’?

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Virginia Woolf

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6
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‘The Good Soldier’

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Ford Madox Ford

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7
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‘Brave New World’?

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Aldous Huxley

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8
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‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’?

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TS Elliot

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9
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‘Sons and Lovers’

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D.H. Lawrence

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10
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Who is the author of ‘The Old Wives’ Tale’?

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Arnold Bennett

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11
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The Secret Agent

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Joseph Conrad

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What novel by Virginia Woolf explores the life of a writer and his wife?

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Mrs. Dalloway

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13
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‘Pygmalion’

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George Bernard Shaw (1913)

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14
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The Return of the Soldier’ is a novel by ______.

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Rebecca West

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15
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Who is considered the father of post-war British literature?

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Sir William Golding

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The author of ‘Lord of the Flies’ is _______.

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William Golding

17
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The Catcher in the Rye’?

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J.D. Salinger

18
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The Remains of the Day’?

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Kazuo Ishiguro

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Which novel is considered a key work of post-war British fiction and critiques class structure?

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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe

20
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Fill in the blank: The author known for the phrase ‘There is no such thing as society’ is ______.

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Margaret Thatcher

21
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The Bell Jar’?

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Sylvia Plath

22
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Atonement

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Ian McEwan

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Who is the author of ‘The God of Small Things’?

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Arundhati Roy

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Which novel by Julian Barnes explores themes of memory and history?

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The Sense of an Ending

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Who wrote the play 'Look Back in Anger'?
John Osborne
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The author famous for 'The History Man' is ______.
Malcolm Bradbury
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Who wrote 'To the Lighthouse'?
Virginia Woolf
28
Which member of the Bloomsbury Group was a prominent economist?
John Maynard Keynes
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Who illustrated the children's book 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'?
Beatrix Potter
30
E.M. Forster?
A Passage to India Howard’s End
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Who was the sister of Virginia Woolf and a member of the Bloomsbury Group?
Vanessa Bell
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Who is known for the essay collection 'Three Guineas'?
Virginia Woolf
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Which member of the Bloomsbury Group was a philosopher and critic?
Lytton Strachey
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Who wrote the biography 'Eminent Victorians'?
Lytton Strachey
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What type of painting style is associated with Vanessa Bell?
Post-Impressionism