Match List I with List II
| LIST I |
LIST II |
| A Ernest Hemingway |
I Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life |
| B William Faulkner |
II Light in August |
| C Herman Melville |
III The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson |
| D Mark Twain |
IV Across The River And Into The Trees |
Correct Answer :
A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
Solution :
The correct option is A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III.
To understand why this match is correct, let's look at each author in List I and match them with their respective work in List II:
A. Ernest Hemingway matches with IV. Across the River and into the Trees
Ernest Hemingway is a celebrated American novelist and short-story writer. His novel Across the River and into the Trees, published in 1950, tells the story of Richard Cantwell, a war-weary U.S. Army Colonel spending his final days in Venice.
B. William Faulkner matches with II. Light in August
William Faulkner is a Nobel Prize-winning American writer known for his works set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. Light in August, published in 1932, is one of his most famous novels, centering on themes of race, religion, and identity in the American South.
C. Herman Melville matches with I. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
Herman Melville, best known for his novel Moby-Dick, began his literary career with adventure novels. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, published in 1846, was his debut book. It is a travel narrative based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island of Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific.
D. Mark Twain matches with III. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson
Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) is one of America's greatest humorists and writers. The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, published in 1894, is a novel that revolves around a murder, identity switches, and the early use of fingerprinting to solve a crime.
Combining these individual matches leads directly to the correct option:
A matches with IV
B matches with II
C matches with I
D matches with III
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