1. Who is the author of The Handmaid's Tale?
a) Alice Munro
b) Margaret Atwood
c) Carol Shields
d) Anne Hébert
Answer: b) Margaret Atwood
Explanation: The dystopian novel critiques patriarchal control and explores themes of gender, power, and resistance.
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2. Alice Munro is best known for her work in which literary form?
a) Novels
b) Plays
c) Short stories
d) Essays
Answer: c) Short stories
Explanation: Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 for her mastery of the contemporary short story.
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3. Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient is set during which historical period?
a) World War I
b) World War II
c) The Cold War
d) The Great Depression
Answer: b) World War II
Explanation: The novel intertwines love and war in a narrative involving four characters in an Italian villa.
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4. Which Canadian novel features a protagonist named Elaine Risley and explores feminism and memory?
a) Cat's Eye
b) The Stone Angel
c) Fall on Your Knees
d) Lives of Girls and Women
Answer: a) Cat's Eye
Explanation: Margaret Atwood’s novel traces the psychological development of a female artist through memories of childhood.
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5. Who wrote *The Stone Angel*, a key text in Canadian literature?
a) Margaret Laurence
b) Margaret Atwood
c) Lucy Maud Montgomery
d) Sheila Watson
Answer: a) Margaret Laurence
Explanation: The novel centers on Hagar Shipley, a proud and aging woman reflecting on her life, offering insight into gender and generational conflict.
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6. What is a central theme in Surfacing by Margaret Atwood?
a) Urban decay
b) National identity and environmental consciousness
c) Multiculturalism
d) Indigenous rights
Answer: b) National identity and environmental consciousness
Explanation: The novel uses symbolism and psychological depth to explore identity, nature, and cultural colonization.
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7. *Anne of Green Gables* was written by:
a) Margaret Laurence
b) Alice Munro
c) Lucy Maud Montgomery
d) Carol Shields
Answer: c) Lucy Maud Montgomery
Explanation: A classic coming-of-age story about an imaginative orphan girl in Prince Edward Island, loved worldwide.
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8. Which Canadian author wrote *Obasan*, a novel about Japanese-Canadian internment during World War II?
a) Joy Kogawa
b) Hiromi Goto
c) Dionne Brand
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: a) Joy Kogawa
Explanation: Obasan explores memory, silence, and trauma in the context of racial injustice in Canada.
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9. Who is the author of In the Skin of a Lion, a novel about immigrant laborers in Toronto?
a) Michael Ondaatje
b) M.G. Vassanji
c) Rohinton Mistry
d) Alistair MacLeod
Answer: a) Michael Ondaatje
Explanation: The novel highlights marginalized voices in Canadian history, especially immigrants and the working class.
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10. What is the main theme of *The Diviners* by Margaret Laurence?
a) Science and rationality
b) Quest for artistic and female identity
c) Political revolution
d) Humor in rural life
Answer: b) Quest for artistic and female identity
Explanation: The novel follows Morag Gunn’s personal and creative journey, making it a significant feminist and Canadian Bildungsroman.
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