12. Choose the correct letter.

Who from modern Scots authors was said the next: «I write because I love it, I enjoy it, I've spent most of my life trying to do it better, and I can make a living from it: beats a day job. »

a) JK Rowling

b) Ian Banks

c) Dame Muriel Spark

d) Ian Rankin

13. Choose the correct letters.

Who were named in 2008 by Times Newspaper «the 50 greatest British writers since 1945»?

a) Dame Muriel Spark

b) Ian Rankin

c) JK Rowling

d) Ian Banks

14. By whom was spearheaded the idea for a world city of literature? Write down the answer.

15. Chose the correct letter.

Dame Muriel Spark is the author «The Comforters», «Robinson» «Memento Mori» « The Takeover».

a) False

b) Hardly ever

c) True

d) Impossible

16. Chose the incorrect statement.

a) Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990.

b) Spark began writing seriously after the war, under her married name, beginning with poetry and literary criticism.

c) Ian Banks was a signatory to the Declaration of Calton Hill, which calls for Scottish independence.

d) Ian Rankin is best known by his several pieces of literary criticism.

17. Chose the correct letter.

Who did receive Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the City Chambers in Edinburgh from the Lord Provost?

a) JK Rowling

b) Ian Rankin

c) Ian Banks

d) Dame Muriel Spark

18. Chose the correct letter.

Who did prefer firmly to reject Catholicism and probable Christianity in general to become an outspoken agnostic?

a) Conan Doyle

b) Robert Burns

c) Dame Muriel Spark

d) Ian Banks

19. Description of which book do you read here: He has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He`s never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All this boy knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Write down the answer.

20. Chose the correct letter.

Who from the authors did survive a childhood bout of polio that would leave him in his right leg for the rest of his life?

a) Walter Scott

b) Conan Doyle

c) Kenneth Grahame

d) Robert Burns

21. Chose the correct letter.

Whose both books («Reluctant Dragon» and «The Wind in the Willows») were later adapted into Disney films?

a) J. M. Barrie

b) Kenneth Grahame

c) John Buchan

d) RM Ballantyne

22. Match writers with their wide-spread works:

1. J. M. Barrie	a) «The Thirty-Nine Steps»
2. John Buchan	b) «The Wind in the Willows»
3. RM Ballantyne	c) «Peter Pan»
4. Kenneth Grahame	d) «The Coral Island»

23. Choose the correct letter.

Who was made a baronet by George V in 1913, and a member of the Order of Merit in 1922?

a) Kenneth Grahame

b) J. M. Barrie

c) John Buchan

d) Ian Banks