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1
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" was originally published in what language?
Norweigian
English
Swedish
Danish
2
Who is the heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"?
Agnes Grey
Emily Shelby
Hester Prynne
Anne Hutchinson
3
In which play is Shakespeare's famous line "To be or not to be; that is the question" found?
As You Like It
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
The Taming of the Shrew
4
What famous author wrote great literary works such as "Of Mice and Men," "Sea of Cortez," and "Cannery Row"?
Ed Ricketts
John Steinbeck
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Bronte
5
"Don Quixote" was written in what language?
Italian
Old English
Spanish
Greek
6
Who wrote "Old Man and The Sea" and is considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century?
Ernest Hemingway
James Joyce
John Steinbeck
Virginia Woolf
7
Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" recounts the romance between which two lovers?
Isabella and Hindley
Catherine and Heathcliff
Anne and Gordon
Eleanor and Christian
8
In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," Alice shrinks to a small size and swims through a river of ______
Blood
Honey
Syrup
Her own tears
9
Which country is "Aesop's Fables" believed to originate in?
Greece
Spain
Italy
France
10
Chronologically, this novel comes first in C. S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia."
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Magician's Nephew
11
In the original novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," what color were Dorothy's shoes?
Silver
Red
Emerald
Gold
12
Who are the 3 protagonists in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"?
Lemony, Kit, and Jacques
Count Olaf, Esmé, and Carmelita
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny
Isadora, Quigley, and Duncan
13
Who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"?
Judy Blume
Roald Dahl
Shel Silverstein
A. A. Milne
14
What is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
15
Who wrote "The Iliad"?
Virgil
Homer
Euripides
Beowulf
16
What is special about the protagonists in James Patterson's "Maximum Ride" series?
They have wings
They have horse bodies
They have fins
They have tails
17
Rick Riordan has written __ book series rooted in a different culture's mythology
3
2
1
4
18
Beowulf faces a monster called Grendel
False
True
19
In Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," Oliver famously asks for more _____ when he says "Please, Sir, I want some more"?
Bread
Cheese
Gruel
Soup
20
Approximately how many books has Stephen King written?
70
60
80
90
21
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
36
41
39
37
22
Who is the hero of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series?
Arthur Dent
Paul Atreides
Rick Deckard
Winston Smith
23
Who wrote "Da Vinci Code"?
Leonardo da Vinci
Dan Brown
Raymond Chandler
Agatha Christie
24
Mark Twain's characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn reside in _______
Alabama
Missouri
Mississippi
Tennessee
25
"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" is a ________ to "The Hunger Games" trilogy.
Sequel
Prequel
26
Where does "Beautiful Creatures" take place?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Indiana
27
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was written by ______________
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
John Keats
John Milton
William Shakespeare
28
Which book holds the record of being the most stolen book from public libraries?
Guinness Book of World Records
Moby Dick
The Bible
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
29
How many tributes are put into the Hunger Games arena?
24
30
18
12
30
Which American classic was published in Swedish with the translated title “A Man Without Scruples”?
Grapes of Wrath
Little Women
The Sound and the Fury
The Great Gatsby
31
E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" was originally fan fiction for which book series?
The Outlander Series
Harry Potter
The Twilight Saga
The Left Behind Series
32
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
142
154
127
109
33
Sherlock Holmes is the narrator in his stories
False
True
34
In George Orwell's "Animal Farm," what was the name of the pig leader?
Napoleon
Squealer
Boxer
Snowball
35
In Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," who was the loyal, reasonable first mate?
Starbuck
Stubb
Ishmael
Elijah
36
To whom are Charlie's letters addressed in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"?
Sam
Friend
Patrick
His brother
37
In Christopher Paolini's "Eragon" series, what is the mark of a dragon rider?
Pointed ears
Speaks the ancient language
Eldunarí
Gedwey ignasia
38
Where does Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" get its name?
It's the temperature at which book paper catches fire
He chose a random number
It sounded cool
451 is a significant number to him
39
How many colors are used to identify gifted children in "The Darkest Minds"?
3
4
2
5
40
According to the legends, which knight loved King Arthur's wife, Queen Guinevere?
Sir Percival
Sir Balin
Sir Galahad
Sir Lancelot
41
What is Hagrid's famous line in "The Philosopher's Stone"?
Love, Harry. Love.
Yer a wizard Harry
She really needs to sort out her priorities
It's LeviOsa, not leviosA
42
In Erin Morgenstern's "The Night Circus," the two star-crossed lovers are rival _______
Trapeze Artists
Tightrope Walkers
Magicians
Acrobats
43
Who wrote "Crime and Punishment"?
Ivan Turgenev
Leo Tolstoy
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Alexander Pushkin
44
Which family is famous for collecting many fairy tales such as "Briar Rose" and "Little Red Riding Hood"?
Mann brothers
Grimm brothers
Brontë sisters
Percy and Mary Shelley
45
In Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series, at what age does the child of the prophecy fulfill it?
15
20
16
18
46
What author became famous for his six-volume biography of Lincoln?
Benjamin Thomas
Stephen Oates
Carl Sandburg
Michael Burlingame
47
"The Lunar Chronicles" include an re-telling of which fairy-tale?
Rapunzel
Cinderella
Snow White
Aurora
48
In Kristin Cashore's "The Graceling" what color does a Graceling's eye turn?
Green
Gold
It depends
Blue
49
What is the name of the college of magic that Quentin Coldwater attends in Lev Grossman's "Magicians" trilogy?
Pembroke
Osthorne
Brasenose
Brakebills
50
In "The Magic Tree House" series, how do Jack and Annie travel around the world (and sometimes through time)?
By burning a book
By reading a book aloud
By touching a picture in a book
By asking the tree house nicely