Test Your Intelligence On Literature
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- 1.
What Bronte wrote "Wuthering Heights"?
- A.
Charlotte
- B.
Emily
- C.
Bramwell
- D.
Anne
Correct Answer
B. Emily -
- 2.
Which of the following title characters refers to himself as a shepherd?
- A.
Henry VI
- B.
Othello
- C.
Henry VIII
- D.
Julius Caesar
Correct Answer
A. Henry VI -
- 3.
The skin that Hercules had to capture was sacred to whom?
- A.
Dionysus
- B.
Artemis
- C.
Apollo
- D.
Demeter
Correct Answer
B. Artemis -
- 4.
Where did John Frost defend "A Bridge Too Far"?
- A.
Eindhoven
- B.
Arnhem
- C.
Aachen
- D.
Nijmegen
Correct Answer
B. Arnhem -
- 5.
Which of these is associated with Ixion?
- A.
Flaming Wheel
- B.
Water And Grapes
- C.
A Huge Boulder
- D.
Eagle And Liver
Correct Answer
A. Flaming Wheel -
- 6.
Which of these are associated with Tantalus?
- A.
A Huge Boulder
- B.
Water And Grapes
- C.
An Eagle And Liver
- D.
A Flaming Wheel
Correct Answer
B. Water And Grapes -
- 7.
What is associated with Prometheus?
- A.
A Flaming Wheel
- B.
Water And Grapes
- C.
An Eagle And Liver
- D.
A Huge Boulder
Correct Answer
C. An Eagle And Liver -
- 8.
What is associated with Sisyphus?
- A.
Water And Grapes
- B.
A Huge Boulder
- C.
An Eagle And Liver
- D.
A Flaming Wheel
Correct Answer
B. A Huge Boulder -
- 9.
Which of these four writers was born in Argentina?
- A.
Pablo Neruda
- B.
Mario Benedetti
- C.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- D.
Jorge Luis Borges
Correct Answer
D. Jorge Luis Borges -
- 10.
Who wrote "The Virgin Suicides"?
- A.
Jeffrey Eugenides
- B.
Paul Sisson
- C.
Trip Fontaine
- D.
Maya Angelou
Correct Answer
A. Jeffrey Eugenides -
- 11.
Where did Marcel Proust write most of his memoir, "Remembrance of Things Past"?
- A.
At His Mother's House
- B.
In Bed
- C.
At A Cafe
- D.
In A Bookstore
Correct Answer
B. In Bed -
- 12.
Which well-known Russian author was also a doctor?
- A.
Nikolai Gogol
- B.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- C.
Leo Tolstoy
- D.
Anton Chekhov
Correct Answer
D. Anton Chekhov -
- 13.
The 20th century German, Walter Benjamin, was best known as a?
- A.
Novelist
- B.
Poet And Essayist
- C.
Dramatist
- D.
Critic And Essayist
Correct Answer
D. Critic And Essayist -
- 14.
Who is not one of the Three Musketeers from the novel by Dumas?
- A.
Archimedes
- B.
Aramis
- C.
Porthos
- D.
Athos
Correct Answer
A. Archimedes -
- 15.
Who wrote the children's novel "Black Beauty"?
- A.
Anna Sewell
- B.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
- C.
Mark Twain
- D.
J. D. Lang
Correct Answer
A. Anna Sewell -
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