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Writers from 21st Century and Others: Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Mark Twain, O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), Pearl S. Buck, R. K Narayan, Robert Frost, Rudyard Kipling, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Toni Morrison, Victor Hugo, Virginia Woolf, Voltaire, Walt Whitman, William Butler Yeats, William Faulkner, William Gerald Golding, William Somerset Maugham, Sigmund Freud, Winston Churchill, Wystan Hugh Auden, Dylan Thomas, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie. 
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১.

Find the Odd man out-

ক
ক) Charles Dickens
খ
খ) James Joyce
গ
গ) Jane Austen
ঘ
ঘ) W.B. Yeats

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) W.B. Yeats

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) W.B. Yeats

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

All other three writers in the options are novelists, except W.B Yeats. He was Irish poet, dramatist, and prose writer, one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century.

W.B Yeats:
- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939):
- He was a poet, dramatist and critic, famous for his use of symbolism and mysticism.
-The Resurrection (1913)
-The Wild Swans at Coole (1919)
-The Cat and the Moon (1926)
-The Tower (1928)
-The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman

২.

Who is known as the Founder of psychoanalysis?

ক
ক) Bertrand Russell
খ
খ) Sigmund Freud
গ
গ) Leo Tolstoy
ঘ
ঘ) Fyodor Dostoevsky

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Sigmund Freud

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Sigmund Freud

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Sigmund Freud: (1856 – 1939):
- Freud is famous for inventing and developing the technique of psychoanalysis; for articulating the psychoanalytic theory of motivation, mental illness.
- Psychologist known for his theory of psycho-analysis.

Best Works:
- Interpretation of Dreams
- Psychopathology in everyday life.
- Studies on Hysteria

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman

৩.

Which one is written by Winston Churchill?

ক
ক) The Second World War
খ
খ) History of the Second world war
গ
গ) Far from the Madding Crowd
ঘ
ঘ) Lesson from the First World War

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) The Second World War

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) The Second World War

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

Winston Churchill,
- in full Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, (born November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England—died January 24, 1965, London),
- British statesman, orator, and author who as prime minister (1940–45, 1951–55) rallied the British people during World War II and led his country from the brink of defeat to victory.
- He was awarded Nobel Prize for depicting the history of world war II in a mesmerizing tone.
- The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 was awarded to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values."-

The Second World War:
Winston Churchill's monumental The Second World War, is a six volume account of the struggle between the Allied Powers in Europe against Germany and the Axis. Told by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Source: https://www.nobelprize.org/ & Britannia.com

৪.

The name of the first Novel written by Virginia Woolf is-

ক
ক) The Waves
খ
খ) To the Lighthouse
গ
গ) Jacob's room
ঘ
ঘ) The Voyage out

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) The Voyage out

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) The Voyage out

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

The Voyage out:
The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the US in 1920 by Doran.
Plot in Short:
- Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage.
- The mismatched jumble of passengers provides Woolf with an opportunity to satirise Edwardian life.
- The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs Dalloway.

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941),
- She was a British Author.
- She was a feminist:

Best Works:
-The Voyage Out (1915)
-Mrs. Dalloway (1925)
-To the Lighthouse (1927)
-The Waves (1931)
-Flush (1933)
-The Years (1937)

Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman

৫.

Perl S. Buck was awarded Nobel prize for her novel-

ক
ক) Kite Runner
খ
খ) The Good Earth
গ
গ) One Hundred Years of Solitude
ঘ
ঘ) East Wind: West Wind

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) The Good Earth

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) The Good Earth

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Pearl S. Buck:
- She was an American novelist and writer.
- She was awarded the Nobel prize in 1938 for her rich and truly epic description of peasant life in China in her novel , "The Good Earth."
- Pearl S. Buck was the first American woman to win the Nobel prize for literature.

Best Works:
- Dragon Seed
- East Wind, West Wind
- The Eternal Wonder
- The Good Earth”

The Good Earth
- It is a historical fiction novel by American author Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century.

Source: Britannica.com

৬.

"Beloved" by Toni Morrison is-------

ক
ক) Novel
খ
খ) Poem
গ
গ) Short Story
ঘ
ঘ) Essay

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Novel

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Novel

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

- Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction for the critically acclaimed novel Beloved (1987).
- This American novelist received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.

Best Works:
- Song of Solomon
- The Bluest Eye
- Sula
- Home
- A Mercy
- Jazz,
- The Bluest Eye (got Nobel prize in 1993),

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica

৭.

William Somerset Maugham Wrote________

ক
ক) The Sacred Flame
খ
খ) Of Human Bondage
গ
গ) The Luncheon
ঘ
ঘ) All of the above

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) All of the above

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) All of the above

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

Willam Somerset Maugham:(1874 – 1965):
- He is a novelist, playwright, and Short story writer.
- He wrote all of the above.

Famous Novels:
- Of Human Bondage
- The Sacred Flames
- The Razor's Edge
- Cakes and Ale
- The Musician
- The Moon and Sixpence,
- Lady Frederick.

Short Stories:
- The Ant and the Grasshopper
- The Luncheon.

Source: Britannica.com

৮.

"The Financial Expert'' is novel written by__________

ক
ক) Joseph Conrad
খ
খ) R.K Narayan
গ
গ) Pearl S. Buck
ঘ
ঘ) Wole Soyinka

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) R.K Narayan

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) R.K Narayan

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

The Financial Expert
- The Novel is written by R.K. Narayan.
- It was first published in 1952.
- The main character of the Novel is: Margayya.
- R K Narayan-এর লেখা বেশিরভাগ কাহিনীর মতই এই উপন্যাসটিও Malgudi নামক একটি স্থানে ঘটে।
- এই কাহিনীর মূল থিম হল অর্থের প্রতি মূল চরিত্রের লোভ এবং এটাকে ঘিরে তার উত্থান ও পতন।

R.K. Narayan:
- In full, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan, original name Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanswami.
- One of the finest Indian authors (novelist) of his generation writing in English.

Famous works:
- The Dark Room,
- The Financial Expert,
- The Guide,
- A Tiger for Malgudi,
- Swami and Friends.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

৯.

Who is the only Author to refuse the Nobel Prize in Literature?

ক
ক) Leo Tolstoy
খ
খ) Fyodor Dostoevsky
গ
গ) Jean-Paul Sartre
ঘ
ঘ) Wole Soyinka

সঠিক উত্তর: গ

গ) Jean-Paul Sartre

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: গ

গ) Jean-Paul Sartre

গ

ব্যাখ্যা

Jean-Paul Sartre :
- The 59-year-old author Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Which he was awarded in October 1964. He said he always refused official distinctions and did not want to be “institutionalised”.
- Sartre is the only person to refuse the Nobel Prize in literature and is known to have voluntarily declined the award.
- He was a French novelist, playwright, and exponent of Existentialism—a philosophy acclaiming the freedom of the individual human being.

Best Works:
- No Exit
- Nausea
- Saint Genet
- Actor and Martyr
- The Psychology of Imagination
- Being and Nothingness.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica and https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1964/sartre/documentary/