Summer Literature Quiz

Which book did Charles Dickens NOT write?

How many books are currently held in the British Library?

Which famous actor has NOT played the role of Macbeth (on stage or screen)?

What's a 'stool pigeon'?

'Let me not to the marriage of true minds...' Which Shakespeare sonnet starts in this way?

Shakespeare's works provide the first recorded use of over 1,700 words in the English language.

Which technique/ feature is NOT specific to poetry?

How many plays did Shakespeare [supposedly] write?

Which play did Arthur Miller NOT write?

Near the end of Act Two, which character proclaims that "the truth is holy"?

Which of these terms is NOT a real literary technique?

What is the name of the song that Catherine and Rodolpho dance to?

Which of the following Romantic poets brought a bear into Trinity College when he was an undergraduate?

Which Shakespeare play is the Disney film The Lion King based on?

Which character does Eddie describe as being "like a chorus girl"?

What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Which offstage character are we told was an informant, who "snitched"?

What are the first names of the two officers who come looking for the cousins in Act Two?

Which poem is NOT in the Edexcel Literature anthology?

How many words are in Shakespeare's Macbeth?

What is Ms Thomas' favourite Shakespeare play?

Which word did Shakespeare NOT introduce to the written English language?

Which character is described as "a square-built peasant of thirty-two, suspicious, tender and quiet-voiced."

What is the name of the actor who plays Eddie in the Young Vic production we've been watching?