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Famous Novels And Short Stories Quiz

How often do you read novels and short stories? Are you a bibliophile? Here, we have an amazing and interesting quiz based on famous novels and short stories to check how sharp...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 78 | Last updated: Jun 10, 2023

Sample Question
Match the story with their writer

The little Mermaid

Hans Christian Anderson

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

Oliver Twist

Choice 3

Charles Dickens

Match 3

Stuart Little

E.B. White

Winnie the Pooh

A.A. Milne

Grade 10 English, Literature: Quiz 3, Quarter 3

This Grade 10 English Literature quiz focuses on character analysis, plot understanding, and vocabulary from a specific narrative context.

Questions: 5 | Attempts: 681 | Last updated: Nov 05, 2024

Sample Question
Now Luis is wondering whether he should have stayed in and done his full time. Jorge Cintrón of Jorge Cintrón & Son, Auto Parts and Salvage, has decided that Luis should wash and polish every hubcap in the yard. The hill he is sitting on is only the latest couple of hundred wheel covers that have come in. Luis grunts and stands up on top of his silver mountain. He yells at no one, “Someday, son, all this will be yours,” and sweeps his arms like the Pope blessing a crowd over the piles of car sandwiches and mounds of metal parts that cover this acre of land outside the city. He is the “Son” of Jorge Cintrón & Son, and so far his father has had more than one reason to wish it was plain Jorge Cintrón on the sign. According to the plot, this paragraph is in the

Falling actions

Exposition

Conclusion

Climax

MERCY COLLEGE LIBRARY -QUIZ ON BOOKS AND AUTHORS

This quiz at Mercy College Library tests knowledge on famous books and their authors, including works by Shakespeare, Miller, and Crichton.

Questions: 32 | Attempts: 133 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

Sample Question
The Author of the book " Merchant of Venice" ?

William Shekespeare

Patric White

Ajin Luoffler

How Big Of A Literature Fan Are You? Take This Test

Many lovers of good literature consider it an intellectual form of art. In literary pieces, language is used skillfully to establish a message. Specifically, the literary language...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 271 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
Which of these is not a kind of literature?

Drama

Poetry

Prose

Music

Literature Quiz For Kids

Select the correct choice for each of the following questions and score a perfect!

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 253 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
The book "The Mysterious Rider" was authored by whom?

Zane Grey

Catherine Marshall

James A. Michener

Irving Wallace

Literature Definition Quiz

How much do you really know about literature? Take this quiz and find out now!

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 227 | Last updated: Mar 18, 2022

Sample Question
What is famous author Allison's full name?

Dorothy Allison

Henry Allison

E. M. Allison

Saul Allison

General Knowledge On Literature

What writer wrote, "some animals are more equal than others"?

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Who wrote "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"?

What biblical character lost his strength when he broke his Nazarite Vow?

What did Sherlock Holmes do after retiring from his detective practice?

What publisher established a prestigious award before his death?

Who said "genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration"?

What traveler compiled a widely read book about his travels?

What writer moved around the country working odd jobs while writing short stories and plays?

What writer worked for British Naval Intelligence and used his experiences in his writing?

Who was Dick Tracy's girlfriend?

What author became famous for his six-volume biography of Lincoln?

Who wrote, "the report of my death was an exaggeration"?

In which of these plays is there a successful overthrow of a king?

Who wrote the famous "Unsafe At Any Speed"?