Amazing Quiz On Literature
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- 1.
What color was Anna Karenina's bag in the Tolstoy novel of the same name?
- A.
Blue
- B.
White
- C.
Red
- D.
Black
Correct Answer
C. Red -
- 2.
Who is the cripple in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"?
- A.
Thomas
- B.
Laura
- C.
Amanda
- D.
Jim
Correct Answer
B. Laura -
- 3.
What character plays a demon in Stephen King's "The Stand"?
- A.
Nick Andros
- B.
Randall Flagg
- C.
Larry Underwood
- D.
Stu Redman
Correct Answer
B. Randall Flagg -
- 4.
Who was Edgar Allan Poe's wife?
- A.
Mary E. Freeman
- B.
Eliza Shelby
- C.
Gena Calegari
- D.
Virginia Clemm
Correct Answer
D. Virginia Clemm -
- 5.
What radio show made the writer Garrison Keillor famous?
- A.
Lake Wobegon Days
- B.
Homeside Chat With Garrison Keller
- C.
Amateur Hour
- D.
A Prairie Home Companion
Correct Answer
D. A Prairie Home Companion -
- 6.
What is the name of the heroine in the Henry James novel "The Portrait of a Lady"?
- A.
Helena Bonham Carter
- B.
Isabel Archer
- C.
Madame Merle
- D.
Denise Wickersham
Correct Answer
B. Isabel Archer -
- 7.
Who wrote the book "The Right Stuff"?
- A.
Tom Wolfe
- B.
John Glenn
- C.
Carl Sagan
- D.
Alan Shepard
Correct Answer
A. Tom Wolfe -
- 8.
Who was the protagonist of John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"?
- A.
Christian
- B.
Pilgrim
- C.
Capt. John Smith
- D.
Evangelist
Correct Answer
A. Christian -
- 9.
What philosophical treatise did Thomas Hobbes write in 1651?
- A.
Leviathan
- B.
Gulliver's Travels
- C.
The Decameron
- D.
Mere Christianity
Correct Answer
A. Leviathan -
- 10.
What is Giovanni Boccaccio's famous collection of stories called?
- A.
The Chronicles Of Narnia
- B.
The Decameron
- C.
The Plague
- D.
Bienvenue Al Paradiso
Correct Answer
B. The Decameron -
- 11.
Who created the character of Holly Golightly?
- A.
Grace Metalious
- B.
Norman Mailer
- C.
Truman Capote
- D.
Jacqueline Susann
Correct Answer
C. Truman Capote -
- 12.
Who was Andromeda going to marry before they were both killed?
- A.
Orion
- B.
Lycaon
- C.
Pegasus
- D.
Perseus
Correct Answer
D. Perseus -
- 13.
In what year was Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" published?
- A.
1932
- B.
1803
- C.
1845
- D.
1867
Correct Answer
C. 1845 -
- 14.
Who said the line "Lady as you are mine, I am yours"?
- A.
Romeo
- B.
Solinus
- C.
Claudio
- D.
Hamlet
Correct Answer
C. Claudio -
- 15.
For which novel did Cormac McCarthy receive the National Book Award?
- A.
The Crossing
- B.
All The Pretty Horses
- C.
Suttree
- D.
Blood Meridian
Correct Answer
B. All The Pretty Horses -
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