Classic Books Trivia

Don Quixote was written in which language?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which Shakespearean classic inspired Disney’s The Lion King?

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

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

To whom does the title of the novel Frankenstein refer?

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

What is the Great Gatsby’s first name?

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

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

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

The movie Clueless is a modern adaptation of which novel?

Test Question: Who wrote the Odyssey?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is Aaron Davis' Favorite Classic Novel?

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

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