LET Reviewer major in English (Literature) | Questions with 100%
Verified Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: Who wrote this line? "Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be
wise".
Answer:
William Shakespeare
Question: What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of
'Treasure Island'?
Answer:
Scottish
Question: Which Bronte writer authored "Jane Eyre"?
Answer:
Charlotte
Question: In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
written?
Answer:
14th
Question: The following taboo phrases were used by which writer? "I fart
at thee", "shit on your head', "dirty bastard"
Answer:
Ben Johnson
Question: In the book' The Lord of the Rings', who or what is Bilbo
Baggins?
Answer:
hobbit
Question: Name the book which opens with the line 'All children, except
one grew up'?
Answer:
Peter Pan
, Question: How many lines does a sonnet have?
Answer:
14
Question: Who was the author of the famous storybook 'Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland'?
Answer:
Lewis Carroll
Question: "Cabbages and Kings" (1904) is either a novel or a collection
of related short stories written by O. Henry. In it, he coined the
phrase "banana republic." On what was his title based?
Answer:
Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
Question: Two versions of Robert A. Heinlein's novel "Stranger in a
Strange Land" have been published: the edited version first
published in 1961 and the original full-length (60,000 words
longer) published posthumously in 1991. From what does the
title derive?
Answer:
The Old Testament Book of Exodus
Question: Southern American poet, novelist and literary critic Robert
Penn Warren wrote "All the King's Men" in 1946. The novel won
the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. On what is the book's title
based?
Answer:
A verse in the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty"
Question: Which novel, eventually published in 1945, was rejected by a
New York publisher stating 'it is impossible to sell animal
stories in the USA'?
Answer:
Animal Farm
Question: 14. Which writer of spy fiction, and creator of Smiley, was
rejected with the words 'you are welcome to **** - he hasn't
got any future'?
Answer:
John le Carré
Verified Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: Who wrote this line? "Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be
wise".
Answer:
William Shakespeare
Question: What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of
'Treasure Island'?
Answer:
Scottish
Question: Which Bronte writer authored "Jane Eyre"?
Answer:
Charlotte
Question: In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
written?
Answer:
14th
Question: The following taboo phrases were used by which writer? "I fart
at thee", "shit on your head', "dirty bastard"
Answer:
Ben Johnson
Question: In the book' The Lord of the Rings', who or what is Bilbo
Baggins?
Answer:
hobbit
Question: Name the book which opens with the line 'All children, except
one grew up'?
Answer:
Peter Pan
, Question: How many lines does a sonnet have?
Answer:
14
Question: Who was the author of the famous storybook 'Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland'?
Answer:
Lewis Carroll
Question: "Cabbages and Kings" (1904) is either a novel or a collection
of related short stories written by O. Henry. In it, he coined the
phrase "banana republic." On what was his title based?
Answer:
Lewis Carroll's poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
Question: Two versions of Robert A. Heinlein's novel "Stranger in a
Strange Land" have been published: the edited version first
published in 1961 and the original full-length (60,000 words
longer) published posthumously in 1991. From what does the
title derive?
Answer:
The Old Testament Book of Exodus
Question: Southern American poet, novelist and literary critic Robert
Penn Warren wrote "All the King's Men" in 1946. The novel won
the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. On what is the book's title
based?
Answer:
A verse in the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty"
Question: Which novel, eventually published in 1945, was rejected by a
New York publisher stating 'it is impossible to sell animal
stories in the USA'?
Answer:
Animal Farm
Question: 14. Which writer of spy fiction, and creator of Smiley, was
rejected with the words 'you are welcome to **** - he hasn't
got any future'?
Answer:
John le Carré
