Classic Books Trivia

Which of her own characters did Agatha Christie call “a detestable, bombastic, tiresome, egocentric little creep”?

To whom does the title of the novel Frankenstein refer?

In the Odyssey, Circe turns Odysseus' crew into what type of animal?

Mark Twain’s characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn reside in which state?

In which state does Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird take place?

What is Aaron Davis' Favorite Classic Novel?

What is the Great Gatsby’s first name?

What is the name of Mr. Darcy’s estate in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice?

Which Shakespearean classic inspired Disney’s The Lion King?

Don Quixote was written in which language?

What E.B. White book tells the story of a dad who raids a music store to give his mute son a voice?

Test Question: Who wrote the Odyssey?

What Victor Hugo novel boasts a brain-numbing 823-word sentence, peppered with 51 semicolons, and 93 commas?

Which novel explores a dystopian future where books are burned as contraband?

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, who are the two families which are at war with each other?

What Daniel Defoe title character was based on real-life sailor Alexander Selkirk?

What book by Lois Lowry finds 12-year-old Jonas rebelling against a futuristic society?

In what book do two friends use a rope to swing into an imaginary kingdom?

Whose castle does British solicitor Jonathan Harker find himself a prisoner in?

Despite her appearance in only one story, who is the most notable female in Sherlock Holmes?

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….” starts the lengthy opening line to this novel by Charles Dickens

What 1869 novel ends: "Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this?"

Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights recounts the tragic romance between which two lovers?

What poet wrote the following lines: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I…I took the one less traveled by”?

The movie Clueless is a modern adaptation of which novel?

How does Mary Poppins arrive at the Banks home on Cherry Tree Lane in London?

What William Golding novel tells of Ralph and Piggy's attempts to organize a gang of kids after a plane crash?