Amazing Trivia On Literature
Test your literature knowledge with this quiz
- 1.
In literature, where would you find "W.A.S.T.E."?
- A.
Christie's "The Mousetrap"
- B.
Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
- C.
Pynchon's "Crying Of Lot 49"
- D.
Golding's "Lord Of The Flies"
Correct Answer
C. Pynchon's "Crying Of Lot 49" -
- 2.
Which author wrote "All Creatures Great and Small"?
- A.
Lord Byron
- B.
Charles Dickens
- C.
Lord Tennyson
- D.
James Herriot
Correct Answer
D. James Herriot -
- 3.
Who is seen as the "citadel of the family" in John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"?
- A.
Ma Joad
- B.
Pa Joad
- C.
Rosasharn
- D.
Tom Joad
Correct Answer
A. Ma Joad -
- 4.
In Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", how does Lolita's mother Charlotte die?
- A.
She Is Killed By Humbert Humbert
- B.
She Is Hit By A Car
- C.
She Is Killed By Lolita After Lolita Finds Out That She Has Married Humbert Humbert
- D.
She Dies After A Bout With An Abdominal Problem
Correct Answer
B. She Is Hit By A Car -
- 5.
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know", were the words of which famous romantic poet?
- A.
Lord Byron
- B.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
- C.
John Keats
- D.
Robert Browning
Correct Answer
C. John Keats -
- 6.
What was the setting for Kate Chopin's novel, "The Awakening"?
- A.
West Virginia
- B.
Texas
- C.
Oklahoma
- D.
Louisiana
Correct Answer
D. Louisiana -
- 7.
Which William Burroughs book begins with the line, "I can feel the heat closing in"?
- A.
Nova Express
- B.
Naked Lunch
- C.
Junky
- D.
Queer
Correct Answer
B. Naked Lunch -
- 8.
Which female poet wrote a novel that has been compared to "Catcher in the Rye"?
- A.
Margaret Atwood
- B.
Sylvia Plath
- C.
Marge Piercy
- D.
Anne Sexton
Correct Answer
B. Sylvia Plath -
- 9.
Who wrote the trilogy of "Sexus", "Nexus" and "Plexus"?
- A.
Oscar Wilde
- B.
Anais Nin
- C.
Charles Bukowski
- D.
Henry Miller
Correct Answer
D. Henry Miller -
- 10.
Who won the National Book Award for "All the Pretty Horses"?
- A.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- B.
Cormac McCarthy
- C.
John Irving
- D.
Tom Robbins
Correct Answer
B. Cormac McCarthy -
- 11.
What is M.C. Escher's full name?
- A.
Hirsh Pauly Giger
- B.
Anthony Joseph Gallant
- C.
Maurits Cornelous Escher
- D.
Murray Christophe Escher
Correct Answer
C. Maurits Cornelous Escher -
- 12.
Which book records road trips taken by Dean Moriarty and Sal Paradise?
- A.
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold
- B.
The Rum Diary
- C.
On The Road
- D.
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Correct Answer
C. On The Road -
- 13.
Who was the rat living under the Wilbur's trough in the book, "Charlotte's Web"?
- A.
Bernard
- B.
Templeton
- C.
Clifford
- D.
Oscar
Correct Answer
B. Templeton -
- 14.
What screenplay did Marilyn Monroe's husband, Arthur Miller, write for her?
- A.
Some Like It Hot
- B.
The Misfits
- C.
Bus Stop
- D.
Niagara
Correct Answer
B. The Misfits -
- 15.
Who submitted John Kennedy Toole's "A Confederacy of Dunces" for publication?
- A.
His Mother
- B.
His Best Friend
- C.
His English Professor
- D.
He Did It Himself
Correct Answer
A. His Mother -
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