Cool Quiz On Literature - 2
Some tough but interesting quiz on literature
- 1.
In the Richard Laymon novel "Darkness Tell Us", what is the name of the spirit contacted with the ouija board?
- A.
Butler
- B.
Amy
- C.
Simon
- D.
Reed
Correct Answer
A. Butler -
- 2.
Which town did not appear in any H.P. Lovecraft works?
- A.
Dunwich
- B.
Arkham
- C.
West Bedford
- D.
Innsmouth
Correct Answer
C. West Bedford -
- 3.
In "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", what is the name of Mr. Toad's horse?
- A.
Widowmaker
- B.
Philippe
- C.
Cyril Proudbottom
- D.
Samson
Correct Answer
C. Cyril Proudbottom -
- 4.
Who was the last captain of the U.S.S. Caine?
- A.
De Vreiss
- B.
Maryk
- C.
Keefer
- D.
Keith
Correct Answer
D. Keith -
- 5.
Who wrote the non-fiction account "A Night to Remember"?
- A.
Walter Lord
- B.
James Cameron
- C.
Lord Byron
- D.
Paula Parisi
Correct Answer
A. Walter Lord -
- 6.
When was Ernest Hemingway born?
- A.
January 5, 1860
- B.
June 25, 1829
- C.
July 21, 1899
- D.
April 4, 1833
Correct Answer
C. July 21, 1899 -
- 7.
Which of these is not a character in Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow"?
- A.
Roger Mexico
- B.
Pirate Prentice
- C.
Slothrop
- D.
Oedipa Maas
Correct Answer
D. Oedipa Maas -
- 8.
Who is considered the first professional female writer in English?
- A.
Aphra Behn
- B.
George Elliot
- C.
Jane Austen
- D.
The Wife Of Bath
Correct Answer
A. Aphra Behn -
- 9.
Which of the following Irish writers did not win the Nobel Prize?
- A.
Sean O'Casey
- B.
Seamus Heaney
- C.
George Bernard Shaw
- D.
Samuel Beckett
Correct Answer
A. Sean O'Casey -
- 10.
What famous novel begins with the line "Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes"?
- A.
Napoleon By Abel Gance
- B.
The Leopard By Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
- C.
War And Peace By Leo Tolstoy
- D.
Middlemarch By George Eliot
Correct Answer
C. War And Peace By Leo Tolstoy -
- 11.
What is credited with being the longest novel written in English?
- A.
Our Mutual Friend
- B.
Middlemarch
- C.
Moby Dick
- D.
Clarissa
Correct Answer
D. Clarissa -
- 12.
Which short story begins with "None of them knew the color of the sky"?
- A.
The Open Boat
- B.
The Painted Bird
- C.
Dead Souls
- D.
Notes From Underground
Correct Answer
A. The Open Boat -
- 13.
Who wrote the Law of Storms?
- A.
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
- B.
Howard Wilson Hawk
- C.
William Herschel
- D.
Heinrich Hess
Correct Answer
A. Heinrich Wilhelm Dove -
- 14.
Where in New York did "The Great Gatsby" live?
- A.
West Brooklyn
- B.
East Egg
- C.
West Egg
- D.
Staten Island
Correct Answer
C. West Egg -
- 15.
Who wrote the epic poem, "Drake"?
- A.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- B.
Alfred Noyes
- C.
William Wordsworth
- D.
Lord Byron
Correct Answer
B. Alfred Noyes -
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