The Ultimate High School - Literature Trivia
An IQ test for the average high school student.
- 1.
What famous prize did the novel "The Good Earth" win?
- A.
A Peabody
- B.
A Hugo Award
- C.
Academy Award
- D.
Pulitzer Prize
Correct Answer
D. Pulitzer Prize -
- 2.
What is the O'Hara family plantation called in "Gone with the Wind"?
- A.
Dublin Downs
- B.
Tara
- C.
White Oaks
- D.
Twelve Oaks
Correct Answer
B. Tara -
- 3.
What large southern city burns in "Gone with the Wind"?
- A.
Montgomery
- B.
Natchez
- C.
Atlanta
- D.
Miami
Correct Answer
C. Atlanta -
- 4.
"Gone with the Wind" ends with what words?
- A.
I Will Never Go Hungry Again
- B.
The South Shall Rise Again
- C.
Tomorrow Is Another Day
- D.
Four Score And Seven Years Ago
Correct Answer
C. Tomorrow Is Another Day -
- 5.
In what era is F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" set?
- A.
The Stone Age
- B.
The Cold War Era
- C.
Post-World War II
- D.
The Jazz Age
Correct Answer
D. The Jazz Age -
- 6.
Who wrote "Lord of the Flies"?
- A.
William Golding
- B.
Daniel Defoe
- C.
H.G. Wells
- D.
Aldous Huxley
Correct Answer
A. William Golding -
- 7.
In "Nineteen Eighty-Four", what figure watches everyone?
- A.
The Media Figurehead
- B.
The President
- C.
Big Brother
- D.
CIA Chief
Correct Answer
C. Big Brother -
- 8.
What word means cell division?
- A.
Mitosis
- B.
Split
- C.
Nihilism
- D.
Bituminous
Correct Answer
A. Mitosis -
- 9.
What word means to contradict?
- A.
Notarize
- B.
Fight
- C.
Belie
- D.
Bellicose
Correct Answer
C. Belie -
- 10.
Which one of these words means not part of a denomination?
- A.
Nonsectarian
- B.
Belie
- C.
Secularize
- D.
Sectarian
Correct Answer
A. Nonsectarian -
- 11.
Which word can be defined as rapid transformation?
- A.
Metamorphosis
- B.
Deleterious
- C.
Bowdlerize
- D.
Bellicose
Correct Answer
A. Metamorphosis -
- 12.
Which word means harmful?
- A.
Mitosis
- B.
Orthography
- C.
Paradigm
- D.
Deleterious
Correct Answer
D. Deleterious -
- 13.
Which of these words means correct spelling?
- A.
Orthography
- B.
Bellicose
- C.
Dissident
- D.
Polymer
Correct Answer
A. Orthography -
- 14.
What word means to travel around the Earth?
- A.
Circumnavigate
- B.
Paradigm
- C.
Orthography
- D.
Mitosis
Correct Answer
A. Circumnavigate -
- 15.
Which word means sudden perception of the essential nature?
- A.
Extraordinary
- B.
Paradigm
- C.
Miracle
- D.
Epiphany
Correct Answer
D. Epiphany -
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