- 1. In which year was Margaret Atwood born?
A) 1965
B) 1950
C) 1980
D) 1939
- 2. Which of the following novels by Margaret Atwood is often cited as a dystopian masterpiece?
A) Oryx and Crake
B) Cat's Eye
C) The Handmaid's Tale
D) Alias Grace
- 3. Which prestigious literary award did Margaret Atwood win for her novel 'The Blind Assassin'?
A) National Book Award
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) Booker Prize
D) Nobel Prize
- 4. In which Canadian city was Margaret Atwood born?
A) Vancouver
B) Ottawa
C) Toronto
D) Montreal
- 5. What is the title of Margaret Atwood's collection of poems published in 1966?
A) Morning in the Burned House
B) The Circle Game
C) You Are Happy
D) Eating Fire
- 6. Margaret Atwood wrote a retelling of which famous Shakespeare play?
A) Hamlet
B) Macbeth
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) The Tempest
- 7. Which Margaret Atwood novel features the character Grace Marks, an Irish-Canadian housemaid who becomes a murderess?
A) The Blind Assassin
B) Alias Grace
C) Oryx and Crake
D) The Handmaid's Tale
- 8. Margaret Atwood was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize in which year?
A) 2016
B) 2008
C) 1995
D) 2000
- 9. What is the title of the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale', published in 2019?
A) The Testaments
B) Alias Grace
C) MaddAddam
D) Oryx and Crake
- 10. In which Margaret Atwood novel do genetically modified creatures play a central role in the story?
A) The Heart Goes Last
B) Oryx and Crake
C) The Blind Assassin
D) Alias Grace
- 11. In which year did Margaret Atwood publish 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
A) 1985
B) 1994
C) 1979
D) 2002
- 12. Margaret Atwood served as the president of which international literary organization from 1984 to 1986?
A) The Authors Guild
B) The Royal Society of Literature
C) PEN International
D) The Society of Authors
- 13. Margaret Atwood was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize in which year?
A) 2017
B) 2012
C) 2003
D) 1998
- 14. What is the title of Margaret Atwood's collection of essays on science fiction and speculative fiction?
A) Playing in the Dark
B) The Situation and the Story
C) On Writing
D) In Other Worlds
- 15. Margaret Atwood published a retelling of 'The Odyssey' from the perspective of which female character?
A) Calypso
B) Circe
C) Helen
D) Penelope
- 16. In Margaret Atwood's novel 'Cat's Eye', the protagonist, Elaine Risley, is famous for her work in which artistic field?
A) Sculpture
B) Dance
C) Poetry
D) Painting
- 17. Which Margaret Atwood novel is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
A) Hag-Seed
B) The Year of the Flood
C) MaddAddam
D) Stone Mattress
- 18. In Margaret Atwood's novel 'MaddAddam', what is the name of the genetically engineered species of humanoids?
A) God's Gardeners
B) Crakers
C) Skirtflappers
D) Painballers
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