The Ultimate High School - Literature Trivia

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    What word means to travel around the Earth?

    • Circumnavigate
    • Paradigm
    • Orthography
    • Mitosis
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Explore classic American and British literature in 'The Ultimate High School - Literature Trivia'. Test your knowledge on Pulitzer winners, iconic characters, and historical settings. Perfect for high school students enhancing their literary understanding.

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  • 2. 

    Which word can be defined as rapid transformation?

    • Metamorphosis

    • Deleterious

    • Bowdlerize

    • Bellicose

    Correct Answer
    A. Metamorphosis
  • 3. 

    Which word means harmful?

    • Mitosis

    • Orthography

    • Paradigm

    • Deleterious

    Correct Answer
    A. Deleterious
  • 4. 

    What word means cell division?

    • Mitosis

    • Split

    • Nihilism

    • Bituminous

    Correct Answer
    A. Mitosis
  • 5. 

    Which of these words means correct spelling?

    • Orthography

    • Bellicose

    • Dissident

    • Polymer

    Correct Answer
    A. Orthography
  • 6. 

    What large southern city burns in "Gone with the Wind"?

    • Montgomery

    • Natchez

    • Atlanta

    • Miami

    Correct Answer
    A. Atlanta
  • 7. 

    In what era is F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" set?

    • The Stone Age

    • The Cold War Era

    • Post-World War II

    • The Jazz Age

    Correct Answer
    A. The Jazz Age
  • 8. 

    In "Nineteen Eighty-Four", what figure watches everyone?

    • The Media Figurehead

    • The President

    • Big Brother

    • CIA Chief

    Correct Answer
    A. Big Brother
  • 9. 

    Which word means sudden perception of the essential nature?

    • Extraordinary

    • Paradigm

    • Miracle

    • Epiphany

    Correct Answer
    A. Epiphany
  • 10. 

    Who wrote "Lord of the Flies"?

    • William Golding

    • Daniel Defoe

    • H.G. Wells

    • Aldous Huxley

    Correct Answer
    A. William Golding
  • 11. 

    What famous prize did the novel "The Good Earth" win?

    • A Peabody

    • A Hugo Award

    • Academy Award

    • Pulitzer Prize

    Correct Answer
    A. Pulitzer Prize
  • 12. 

    Which one of these words means not part of a denomination?

    • Nonsectarian

    • Belie

    • Secularize

    • Sectarian

    Correct Answer
    A. Nonsectarian
  • 13. 

    What is the O'Hara family plantation called in "Gone with the Wind"?

    • Dublin Downs

    • Tara

    • White Oaks

    • Twelve Oaks

    Correct Answer
    A. Tara
  • 14. 

    "Gone with the Wind" ends with what words?

    • I Will Never Go Hungry Again

    • The South Shall Rise Again

    • Tomorrow Is Another Day

    • Four Score And Seven Years Ago

    Correct Answer
    A. Tomorrow Is Another Day
  • 15. 

    What word means to contradict?

    • Notarize

    • Fight

    • Belie

    • Bellicose

    Correct Answer
    A. Belie

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