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Are you a classic literature whiz?
Are you a classic literature whiz?
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1
Which of the following i NOT a place visited by Guilliver in Jonathan Swift's iconic tale?
China
Japan
Brobdingnag
Lilliput
2
Led Zeppelin's "Ramble on" makes reference to which epic tale about a mythical land?
The Lord of the Rings
The Odyssey
The Chrinicle of Narnia
Alice in Wonderland
3
In Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables" the protagonist Jean Valjean was imprisioned for this crime..
Theft
Assault
Murder
Kidnapping
4
In "One Hundred Years of Solitude" the mythical town of Macondo is referred to as "the city of"
Prosperity
Dreams
Gold
Mirrors
5
Which of these things did Huckleberry Finn NOT do in Mark Twain's classic?
Fake his own death
Get kidnapped
Dress up as a girl
Free his foster family's slave
6
In Oscar Wilde's "The picture of Dorian Gray" who kills the title character?
Gray's inspiration, Henry Wotton
Dorian Gray himself
Gray's portrait, Basil Hallward
Gray's ex-fiancé's brother, James Vane
7
The teen film "10 things I hate about you" is an interpretation of this play by Shakespeare...
The taming of the shrew
Much ado about nothing
Romeo&Juliet
A midsummer night's dream
8
John Steinbeck's "The grapes of warth" centers on a family of tenant farmers during...
The civil rights movement
The gold rush
The civil war
The great depression
9
Is George Orwell's "1984" the superstate that houses what is now Great Britain is called...
Mordor
Oceania
Pangea
Atlantis
10
Which Shakespeare classic inspired Disney's "The lion king"?
King Lear
Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
11
In the "Scarlet Letter" Hester Prynne was forced to wear this character...
L for liar
W for whore
S for sinner
A for adulterer
12
Which story did Edgar Allan Poe NOT write?
The cask of amontillado
The tell-tale heart
The masque of the red death
The turn of the screw
13
What is the Great Gatsby's first name?
Robert
Tom
Nick
Jay
14
The plot of Hemingway's "The old man and the sea" centers on the struggle between a fisherman
And a giant tuna
And a giant shark
And a giant whale
And a giant marlin
15
The popular tv series "Lost" was inspired in part by which classic novel?
Treause island
The lord of the flies
The adventures of Tintin
Paradice lost
16
In Herman Melville's "Moby Dick", Ishmael is the sole survivor aboard which ship?
The African queen
HMS beagle
HMS bounty
Pequod
17
To whom does the title of the novel "Frankestein" refer?
The doctor
The monster
The author
The narrator
18
Many of Willian Faulkner's novels are set in the fictional equivalent of his home country state
Mississippi
Texas
Geaorgia
California
19
What is the name of Mr. Darcy's estate in Jane Austen's "Pride and prejudice"?
Thornfield hall
Pemberley
Norland park
Sandrigham house
20
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." is the opening line of Dicken's novel
Nicholas Nickleby
Great Expectations
A tale of two cities
Oliver Twist