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General Literature Quiz
Enjoy this 40 question quiz about centuries of literature!
For the purpose of this quiz, 'literature' only refers to written works
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Last updated: May 28, 2020
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1.
What is the family name of the founder of Macondo?
Marquez
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Buendia
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Quixote
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Maconda
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2.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
The Bell Jar
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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Down and out in Paris and London
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A Tale of Two Cities
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3.
Fahrenheit ___
351
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911
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471
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451
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4.
Protagonist in 'The Hunger Games'
Katniss Everdeen
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Primrose Everdeen
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John Snow
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Seneca Crane
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5.
What is Oliver's last name?
Twist
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Oliverson
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Wirl
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Dickens
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6.
Severus ____
Snake
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Snape
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Malfoy
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Slytherin
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7.
Little girl who discovers life of the nutcracker in Alexandre Dumas' edition
May
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Mary
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Clara
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Elizabeth
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8.
Character who finds an insane woman in her fiance's attic
Jane Eyre
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Mrs Crowley
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Emily Bronte
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Feyre Archeron
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9.
"It was a bright cold day in April and ________"
Her life was over
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The clocks were striking thirteen
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The snow began to fall in sheets
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The birds sung sweetly
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10.
"13 men on a dead man's chest. Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!"
20'000 Leagues Under the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea
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Moby Dick
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Treasure Island
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11.
Considered the oldest piece of literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh
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Beowulf
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The Canterbury Tales
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The Arabian Nights
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12.
Who killed Achilles?
Helen
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Paris
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Troy
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Athena
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13.
How many circles of hell are in Dante's 'Inferno'?
9
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7
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6
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8
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14.
Which of the following is NOT a circle of hell?
Heresy
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Treachery
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Violence
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Jealousy
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15.
Who is the protagonist in 'The Alchemist'?
José Arcadio
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Othello
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Narcissus
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Santiago
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16.
Who wrote 'David Copperfield'?
Oscar Wilde
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Marc Antony
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Mark Twain
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Charles Dickens
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17.
Who is 'the Shrew' in 'Taming of the Shrew'?
Valencia
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Katherine
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Bianca
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Elizabeth
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18.
How many daughters does 'King Lear' have?
2
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4
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1
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3
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19.
Who was responsible for the murder on the orient express?
Everyone
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Mr Mcqueen
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No one
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Mary
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20.
According to Douglas Adams, what is widely regarded as 'a bad move'?
3 part series; 'Where God Went Wrong', 'Some More of God's Greatest Mistakes", and 'Who is this God Person Anyway"
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The destruction of Earth for a hyperspace bypass
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Marvin the manically depressed robot
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The creation of the universe
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21.
Who went on an adventure to Wonderland?
John
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Alice
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Dorothy
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Lucy
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22.
Who are the two immortal protagonists from 'Good Omens'?
Gabriel and Beelzebub
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Aziraphale and Crowley
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Jehovah and Lucifer
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Angel and snake
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23.
Who wrote 'One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich'?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Leo Tolstoy
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Fyodoor Dostoyevsky
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Alexander Pushkin
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24.
Who's party was the result of extreme thought and trial?
Mrs Roshill
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Mr Darcy
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Mr Green
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Mrs Dalloway
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25.
Who was the wild companion of King Gilgamesh?
Utnapishtim
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Enkidu
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Ishtar
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Shamat
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26.
Which patriarch dies after years of being tied to a chestnut tree?
Long John Silver
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The Alchemist
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José Arcadio
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Winston Smith
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27.
Name one character who lived in Slaughterhouse Five
Maxwell O'Hare
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Guy Montag
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Jonathan Heller
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Billy Pilgrim
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28.
Which classic novel features Meg, Amy, Beth, and Jo
Little Women
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Pride and Prejudice
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Wuthering Heights
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29.
Which 20th century novel begins with the story of Narcissus, a lake, and a mysterious character?
The Picture of Dorian Grey
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The Alchemist
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His Dark Materials
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Apocalypse Now
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30.
2001 post-apocalyptic novel featuring a historian and a wild, scar-faced women
A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Mortal Engines
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Bustown
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Frostblood
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31.
Which is the sequel to the above novel?
A Court of Mist and Fury
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Predator's Gold
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Fireblood
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Fever Crumb
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32.
Which debut novel focused on the final months of Icelander, Agnes Magnusdottir, and the people she lives with?
Animal Farm
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The Good People
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Love in the Time of Cholera
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Burial Rites
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33.
The answer to life, the universe, and everything is?
Eleanor
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Love
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Reading
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42
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34.
Which American horror short story features the relationship between the protagonist and a man he does not realise is actually dead?
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
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The Dunwich Horror
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Cool Air
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The Mountains of Madness
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35.
What did the Ghost of Christmas Future vaguely resemble?
Stock standard ghost
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A formless, ethereal woman
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Death
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A jolly, gigantic man
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36.
Which Stephen King novel features an author who was saved from an auto wreck by a psychotic fan?
Carrie
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Mr Mercedes
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Misery
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Pet Sematary
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37.
Which children's book series features a boy who's father is Poseidon?
Harry Potter
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Percy Jackson
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The Kane Chronicles
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His Dark Materials
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38.
Which award winning novel features a teenage boy who interacts with a humanoid yew tree, and struggles to accept the imminent mortality of his mother?
A Monster Calls
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Five Feet Apart
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A Darkling Plain
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Blue Fish
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39.
Who famously collected an archive of verbal fairytales?
H.P Lovecraft
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Hans Christian Anderson
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Sylvia Plath
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The Brothers Grimm
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40.
Which John Green novel features a maths obsessed teenager who has dated 17 women of the same name?
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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Looking for Alaska
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Let It Snow
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An Abundance of Katherines
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