Amazing Quiz On Literature - 2
Can you answer all these questions about literature?
- 1.
Which of these rivers in the Underworld is known as the "River of Fire"?
- A.
Styx
- B.
Lethe
- C.
Acheron
- D.
Phlegethon
Correct Answer
D. Phlegethon -
- 2.
What mortal was crippled after boasting of an affair with an Olympian?
- A.
Semele
- B.
Thetis
- C.
Phaedra
- D.
Anchises
Correct Answer
D. Anchises -
- 3.
Which Charles Dickens novel ends with the chapter "Knitting Done"?
- A.
A Tale Of Two Cities
- B.
A Christmas Carol
- C.
Great Expectations
- D.
Oliver Twist
Correct Answer
A. A Tale Of Two Cities -
- 4.
Whose endorsement helped to establish the State Science Institute in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"?
- A.
Simon Pritchett
- B.
Hugh Akston
- C.
Floyd Ferris
- D.
Robert Stadler
Correct Answer
D. Robert Stadler -
- 5.
How many Lisbon sisters were featured in "The Virgin Suicides"?
- A.
Five
- B.
Six
- C.
Two
- D.
Seven
Correct Answer
A. Five -
- 6.
Who was the first Lisbon sister to die in "The Virgin Suicides"?
- A.
Mary
- B.
Therese
- C.
Cecilia
- D.
Lux
Correct Answer
C. Cecilia -
- 7.
All of the following writers won Nobel Prizes except?
- A.
Jose Saramago
- B.
Nadine Gordimer
- C.
James Baldwin
- D.
Toni Morrison
Correct Answer
C. James Baldwin -
- 8.
Who wrote the play "Miss Julie"?
- A.
Henrik Ibsen
- B.
August Strindberg
- C.
Max Frisch
- D.
Anton Chekhov
Correct Answer
B. August Strindberg -
- 9.
What publication uses the motto "All the news that fits"?
- A.
USA Today
- B.
Rolling Stone
- C.
Time Magazine
- D.
New York Times
Correct Answer
B. Rolling Stone -
- 10.
Who wrote the novel "The Hotel New Hampshire"?
- A.
Alexandre Dumas
- B.
John Irving
- C.
Ernest Hemingway
- D.
Henry James
Correct Answer
B. John Irving -
- 11.
Who wrote the novel "Psycho"?
- A.
Alfred Hitchcock
- B.
Cecil B. DeMille
- C.
Roger Corman
- D.
Robert Bloch
Correct Answer
D. Robert Bloch -
- 12.
In the Dewey Decimal System, what number represents 10343?
- A.
100
- B.
600
- C.
700
- D.
500
Correct Answer
C. 700 -
- 13.
What famous Bronte wrote "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"?
- A.
Bramwell
- B.
Charlotte Bronte
- C.
Anne Bronte
- D.
Emily Bronte
Correct Answer
C. Anne Bronte -
- 14.
Who authored "The Gospel According to the Son"?
- A.
Toni Morrison
- B.
Thomas Pynchon
- C.
Norman Mailer
- D.
Kurt Vonnegut
Correct Answer
C. Norman Mailer -
- 15.
Who wrote the book "Fowl Tips"?
- A.
Julia Childs
- B.
Yogi Berra
- C.
Colonel Saunders
- D.
Wade Boggs
Correct Answer
D. Wade Boggs -
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