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1
Whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote many popular classic books?
George Orwell
E. E. Cummings
Edgar Allen Poe
Mark Twain
2
Who is Huckleberry Finn's best friend?
Pap Finn
The dauphin
Aunt Sally
Tom Sawyer
3
Katniss won the ______th Hunger Games after volunteering.
74
50
12
65
4
How many Harry Potter books are there?
5
8
7
6
5
Who wrote the children's book
Charlotte's Web
?
Dan Brown
E. B. White
Samuel Beckett
Charles Lamb
6
Which American author wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby", published in 1922?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Edgar Allen Poe
Charles Dickens
Mark Twain
7
Which "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" character was noted for his smile?
The White Rabbit
The Snark
The Dormouse
The Cheshire Cat
8
In Washington Irving's legend, the Headless Horseman haunts what town?
Sleepy Hollow
Haddonfield
Salem
New York
9
Who is the author of The Fault in Our Stars?
John Green
John Steinbeck
Nicholas Sparks
Stephanie Meyers
10
Theodor Geisel is the real name of which author?
John Steinbeck
J. R. R. Tolkein
J.K. Rowling
Dr. Seuss
11
Which of these is the correct order of the first three books in the Divergent series?
Defiant, Insurgent, Allegiant
Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant
Insurgent, Allegiant, Defiant
Allegiant, Divergent, Insurgent
12
"Sasha ran across the field, and she frolicked in the flowers" is what type of sentence?
Simple
Complex
Compound-complex
Compound
13
What Edgar Allen Poe poem is the basis for the Baltimore football team's name?
The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Black Cat
The Dragon
14
Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?
Ernist Hemingway
Charles Dickens
Bob Dylan
Walt Whitman
15
In the children's books about a 25 foot tall red dog, what is the name of the dog?
Peter
Clifford
Courage
Patrick
16
Which book by George Orwell recently became very popular again after the presidential election?
1962
1948
1984
1994
17
Who wrote many short stories and poems including 'The Raven' and 'The Cask of Amontillado'?
Edgar Allen Poe
Sylvia Plath
Emily Dickens
John Keats
18
Which Shakespearean play is the quote 'to be or not to be, that is the question' taken from?
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
Richard III
19
Which of the following novels is a popular classic written by Jane Austen?
Beowulf
The Catcher in the Rye
The Color Purple
Pride and Prejudice
20
Which one is NOT a name of one of the three Brontë sisters?
Anne
Emily
Ruth
Charlotte
21
English is the ________ most spoken language in the world.
4th
2nd
3rd
1st
22
"I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of a _________.
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Allusion
23
Who does Romeo fall in love with in Shakespeare's popular play?
Rosaline
Cordelia
Juliet
Charlotte
24
Edward Cullen is a ___________?
Zombie
Ghost
Wizard
Vampire
25
Which novel tells the travels of George and Lennie during the Depression Era?
The Grapes of Wrath
Catch 22
The Catcher in the Rye
Of Mice and Men
26
The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning is:
Imagery
Alliteration
Onomatopeoia
Simile
27
What is the most commonly used letter in the alphabet?
A
E
S
T
28
What is the name of the lion in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"?
Tigger
Louis
Aslan
Claude
29
Which of the following is a verb in its infinitive form?
Will run
Ran
Running
To run
30
What item did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will?
His beloved hair brush
His prized pen
His favorite shirt
His second best bed
31
The dot on top of the letter 'i' is called a ____________.
Bead
Aglet
Firkin
Tittle
32
Which Dickens character declares, "Bah, Humbug!"?
Miss Havisham
Pip
Oliver Twist
Scrooge
33
Dr. Watson is the companion of which fictional detective?
Sherlock Holmes
Miss Marple
Hercule Poirot
August Dupin
