Quiz Bowl Literature

Shakespearean play that includes the Fairy king Oberon, Queen Titania, and Puck

Author of "Juneteenth" and "The Invisible Man"

Author of "War and Peace"

This author wrote Oedipus Rex

Author of such classic poems as "Ode to the West Wind" and "Ozymandias

Author of Anna Karenina

Tragic Shakespearean revenge play whose characters include Gertrude, Claudius, and Polonius.

Author of such works as "Les Miserable" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

Novels tells of the adventures of a sailor, Ishmael, and the commander of the ship Pequod, named Ahab.

Novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez about the Buendia family matriarch who dies the size of a fetus at age 120

French historical novel that focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his pursuit of redemption.

Author of the macabre whose works include characters such as Montresor and Prince Prospero

Author of the tragedy "Antigone"

Author who is considered most celebrated figure in Spanish literature. Wrote "Don Quixote"

This author's father wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner." Most famous for his novel "The Great Gatsby."

Dystopian novel where citizens are controlled by The Party and monitored by the Thought Police. Room 101=worst fear

British novelist best known for his debut novel "Lord of the Flies

Novella by Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891 and published in 1924; considered a masterpiece.

Author of "Something Happened," "Closing Time," and "Catch-22

One of the most widely read French authors, famous for "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers"

Author of Ulysses

Scottish author best known for "Treasure Island" and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

This book's main character, Robert Jordan, is a dynamiter assigned to blow up a bridge in Segovia.

This novel ends in (Meursault) assertion that a large hateful crowd at his execution will end his loneliness

This author wrote about a poor Spanish nobleman who read extensively about heroic knights in the book Don Quixote.

Author of "East of Eden," "The Grapes of Wrath," and "Of Mice and Men"

Chilean poet who wrote several odes, including "Ode to Tomatoes" and "Ode to my Socks"

This author wrote ancient epic poems, such as The Illiad and The Odyssey.

Author of Faust, who makes a pact with the Devil & exchanges his soul for unlimited knowledge & worldly pleasures

This play is divided into 3 acts: "Daily Life," "Love and Marriage," and "Death."

This author wrote about Raskolnikov, who murders a pawn dealer & her sister. Later falls in love w/ prostitute Sonya

Russian author who wrote "The Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment"

This novel begins at the boarding school Pency Prep and tells of the sarcastic and judgmental Holden Caufield.

Author known for horror and mystery. Wrote "The Haunting of Hill House," "The Possibility of Evil," and "The Lottery"

This dystopian novel tells of a world genetically modified through Bokanovsky's Process.

This novel's characters include Sethe, a former slave, who tried to kill her children to keep them safe from her master.

Author of "Wuthering Heights"

This book tells of 5 unmarried sisters who attend a ball to meet the wealthy Charles Bingley.

Novel by Hemingway: 1st person account of Frederic Henry who serves as lieutenant in ambulance corps of Italian army

Novella about Charles Marlow who travels up the Congo and has an obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz

Author of "Song of Solomon," "The Bluest Eye," and "Beloved"

Author of epic poem Aeneid.

Wrote such poems as "Success is Counted Sweetest," and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."

Chilean author best known for works "City of the Beasts" and "the House of the Spirits"

This author was born Katherine O'Flaherty and wrote such works as "The Awakening" and "The Story of an Hour"