Books & Literature Trivia Quiz

Question 1

Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Accepted Answer

Jane Austen

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Charlotte Brontë

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George Eliot

Answer

Emily Brontë

Question 2

Which Shakespeare play contains the line 'To be, or not to be, that is the question'?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

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Macbeth

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Othello

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King Lear

Question 3

Who wrote 'Don Quixote', often called the first modern novel?

Accepted Answer

Miguel de Cervantes

Answer

Gabriel García Márquez

Answer

Pablo Neruda

Answer

Federico García Lorca

Question 4

In which country was the Harry Potter series set primarily?

Accepted Answer

England

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Scotland

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Ireland

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Wales

Question 5

Who wrote '1984', the dystopian novel about Big Brother?

Accepted Answer

George Orwell

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Aldous Huxley

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Ray Bradbury

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H.G. Wells

Question 6

Which novel begins with the line: 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?

Accepted Answer

A Tale of Two Cities

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Oliver Twist

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Great Expectations

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Bleak House

Question 7

What is the name of the whale in Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick'?

Accepted Answer

Moby-Dick

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The White Shark

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The Great White

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The Leviathan

Question 8

Who wrote 'The Alchemist', the bestselling Brazilian novel about following your dreams?

Accepted Answer

Paulo Coelho

Answer

Jorge Amado

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Machado de Assis

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José Saramago

Question 9

In which Shakespeare play do the characters Romeo and Juliet appear?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Much Ado About Nothing

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Twelfth Night

Question 10

Which author created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes?

Accepted Answer

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Agatha Christie

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G.K. Chesterton

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Raymond Chandler

Question 11

Which novel by George Orwell features a dystopian farm where 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'?

Accepted Answer

Animal Farm

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Down and Out in Paris and London

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Homage to Catalonia

Answer

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Question 12

What nationality was author Leo Tolstoy, who wrote 'War and Peace'?

Accepted Answer

Russian

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German

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Polish

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French

Question 13

What is the name of the main character in 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

Accepted Answer

Jay Gatsby

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Tom Buchanan

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Nick Carraway

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Jordan Baker

Question 14

Which children's classic features a girl called Alice who falls down a rabbit hole?

Accepted Answer

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Through the Looking Glass

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The Wizard of Oz

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Peter Pan

Question 15

Which famous novel was written in diary format and begins on 3 May with a journey to Transylvania?

Accepted Answer

Dracula

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Frankenstein

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Question 16

Who wrote the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy?

Accepted Answer

J.R.R. Tolkien

Answer

C.S. Lewis

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J.K. Rowling

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Terry Pratchett

Question 17

In which city is the story of 'Les Misérables' primarily set?

Accepted Answer

Paris

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Lyon

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Marseille

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Bordeaux

Question 18

Who wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', the iconic novel of magical realism?

Accepted Answer

Gabriel García Márquez

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Mario Vargas Llosa

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Isabel Allende

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Carlos Fuentes

Question 19

What is the name of the orphan boy in Charles Dickens' novel who asks for more food?

Accepted Answer

Oliver Twist

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David Copperfield

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Pip Pirrip

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Nicholas Nickleby

Question 20

Which American author wrote the semi-autobiographical novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

Accepted Answer

Harper Lee

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Truman Capote

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John Steinbeck

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F. Scott Fitzgerald