Literature Quiz
Literature, the following questions will test your ability to think laterally
- 1.Who wrote a novel called "Metamorphosis" about a man who turned into a cockroach?
- A.
Franz Kafka
- B.
Aesop
- C.
Voltaire
- D.
Edgar Allan Poe
- 2.What kind of mythological creature was Pan?
- A.
Satyr
- B.
Goat
- C.
Centaur
- D.
Human
- 3.What is the name of Stephen King's first novel?
- A.
Carrie
- B.
Firestarter
- C.
The Dead Zone
- D.
The Stand
- 4.What other name has Anne Rice written under?
- A.
Ann Rambling
- B.
Sandy Lestat
- C.
A.N. Roquelaure
- D.
Anna Bond
- 5.Lord Byron and William Blake wrote primarily in what genre of poetry?
- A.
Renaissance
- B.
Romantic
- C.
Modernist
- D.
Victorian
- 6.Which two stories were written by Washington Irving?
- A.
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And "The Lone Wolf"
- B.
Rip Van Winkle And "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow"
- C.
Rip Van Winkle And "A New England Nun"
- D.
North Star And "Rip Van Winkle"
- 7.Who wrote the book "Cosmos"?
- A.
Tom Wolfe
- B.
Albert Einstein
- C.
John Glenn
- D.
Carl Sagan
- 8.What sort of animals are featured in "Watership Down"?
- A.
Fish
- B.
Seagulls
- C.
Rabbits
- D.
Geese
- 9.Which novel centers around a portrait that ages while its subject remains young and handsome?
- A.
A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
- B.
Chronicle Of A Death Foretold
- C.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
- D.
Dubliners
- 10.Which Ernest Hemingway novel tells the story of a soldier falling in love with his nurse?
- A.
A Farewell To Arms
- B.
To Have And Have Not
- C.
The Sun Also Rises
- D.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
- 11.Who was the Trojan War between?
- A.
Greece And Rome
- B.
Rome And Macedonia
- C.
Rome And Carthage
- D.
Greece And Troy
- 12.What kind of creature is a "minotaur"?
- A.
Half Lion And Half Man
- B.
Half Man And Half Bull
- C.
Half Dog And Half Cat
- D.
Half Man And Half Woman
- 13.Which "Winnie-the-Pooh" character has the catch phrase "T.T.F.N., ta ta for now"?
- A.
Rabbit
- B.
Piglet
- C.
Tigger
- D.
Christopher Robin
- 14.Which author wrote "Walden"?
- A.
Walt Whitman
- B.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- C.
Robert Frost
- D.
Henry David Thoreau
- 15.Which son of Helios died by driving his father's chariot?
- A.
Romulus
- B.
Simion
- C.
Phaethon
- D.
Negus
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