Literature Test: Would You Pass
If you are literature buff, you will find this quiz
- 1.The slogans "War Is Peace", "Freedom Is Slavery" and "Ignorance Is Strength" are from which novel?
- A.
Catch-22
- B.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
- C.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
- D.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
- 2.Who wrote under the pen name of George Eliot?
- A.
Eleanor Lavish
- B.
Edgar Allan Poe
- C.
James Percival
- D.
Mary Ann Evans
- 3.Which story is not in James Joyce's "Dubliners"?
- A.
The Sisters
- B.
Araby
- C.
Paper Pills
- D.
The Dead
- 4.Which work by William Faulkner is about the Compson family?
- A.
The Sound And The Fury
- B.
Absalom, Absalom!
- C.
Light In August
- D.
The Unvanquished
- 5.Which of the following is not a novel by Toni Morrison?
- A.
Infants Of The Spring
- B.
Jazz
- C.
Song Of Solomon
- D.
Beloved
- 6.In "Robinson Crusoe", how did Friday come to be Crusoe's servant and companion?
- A.
Friday Was Already On The Island
- B.
Robinson Saved Him From Cannibals
- C.
He Washed Up On The Island
- D.
He Survived The Shipwreck
- 7.In Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick", who is the voice of reason?
- A.
Starbuck
- B.
Flask
- C.
Stubb
- D.
Ahab
- 8.What is the syllabic pattern of the haiku?
- A.
A,A,B,B,A,A,B
- B.
5,7,5
- C.
4,4,7,7,4
- D.
3,5,7
- 9.She wrote "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe"?
- A.
Jupiter Jones?
- B.
Carson McCullers?
- C.
Helga Mustovski?
- D.
Ramona Quinby?
- 10.Which Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. book uses the phrase "so it goes" repeatedly after any character's death?
- A.
Breakfast Of Champions
- B.
Deadeye Dick
- C.
Slaughterhouse-Five
- D.
Cat's Cradle
- 11.John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" was continued in what sequel?
- A.
Paradise Found
- B.
The Inferno
- C.
Paradise Regained
- D.
Before The Fall
- 12.Which writer of science fiction is credited with the invention of the telecommunications satellite?
- A.
Ben Bova
- B.
Frank Herbert
- C.
Robert A. Heinlein
- D.
Arthur C. Clarke
- 13.In Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women", how does her youngest sister Amy get revenge on Jo?
- A.
Burns Jo's Hair While She Is Asleep
- B.
Doesn't Get Revenge
- C.
Throws Jo's Manuscript In The Fire
- D.
Throws Pillows At Jo
- 14.Who was the author of "Auntie Mame"?
- A.
Robert Cormier
- B.
Patrick Dennis
- C.
Steven King
- D.
Erica Jong
- 15.Which of the following towns from Stephen King's novel "The Stand" is a real place?
- A.
Ogunquit, Maine
- B.
Shoyo, Arkansas
- C.
Arnette, Texas
- D.
May, Oklahoma
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