GATE 2024 XH2 (English) – Question 36

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Dorothea Brooke, Edward Casaubon, Hetty Sorel, Stephen Guest are all characters created by _______ .

George Eliot
Charlotte Bronte
Jane Austen
Walter Scott

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Correct answer: (A) George Eliot

Explanation

Dorothea Brooke and Casaubon are from Middlemarch, and Hetty Sorel and Stephen Guest are from The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede. All are by George Eliot.