Who wrote following lines: "_________ I am involved in mankind: and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." ?
Correct answer: A. John Donne
- A. John Donne
- B. John Milton
- C. Earnest Hemingway
- D. Lawrence
Explanation
These lines come from John Donne’s prose work Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, specifically Meditation XVII. The familiar phrase “for whom the bell tolls” later became the title of Hemingway’s novel.
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