Shakespeare Will Give You a Side-Eye if You Fail This Literature Trivia
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Who is the father in "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
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Atticus Finch
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What name completes the opening line of "Moby Dick", "Call me ..."?
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Ishmael
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What author wrote "The Kitchen God's Wife", "The Joy Luck Club" and "The Hundred Secret Senses"?
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Amy Tan
4.
How many Bronte sisters were there, and which were the most famous?
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Three, Emily And Charlotte
5.
What is the correct last line of Robert Frost's poem, "Stopping By The Woods on a Snowy Evening"?
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And Miles To Go Before I Sleep
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Who is the object of Heathcliff's affection in Charlotte Bronte's classic novel "Wuthering Heights"?
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Catherine Earnshaw
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Who wrote "The Crucible"?
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Arthur Miller
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Who is the evil creature that Beowulf defeats in the epic poem "Beowulf"?
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Grendel
9.
With whom was Gatsby obsessed with in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby"?
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Daisy
10.
In "Pinocchio", what are all the bad boys on Pleasure Island changed into?
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Donkeys
11.
What was the name of Geppetto's cat in "Pinocchio"?
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Figaro
12.
Which Stephen King novel has a car as one of the main characters?
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Christine
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Which town in Maine does author Stephen King call home?
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Bangor
14.
Who wrote long-running play "The Mousetrap"?
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Agatha Christie
15.
Who was the father of Heracles?
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Zeus
16.
Who told King Shahryar a story every night, thereby keeping him from killing her?
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Scheherazade
17.
"A Doll's House" was written by what author?
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Henrik Ibsen
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The great epic poem "Paradise Lost" was composed of 12 cantos and was completed in 1667 by what blind author?
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John Milton
19.
Who wrote "Moll Flanders"?
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Daniel Defoe
20.
Who was the Greek goddess of forests, hills and hunting?
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Artemis
21.
What famous poet from the 1800's was expelled from West Point at age twenty-one?
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Edgar Allan Poe
22.
What 60's musician was also a credible poet?
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Jim Morrison
23.
Which Stephen King novel is about a young girl with pyrokinetic powers?
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Firestarter
24.
In which Stephen King novel does a gypsy put a curse on a lawyer?
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Thinner
25.
What four-part TV miniseries is based on a Stephen King novel?
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The Stand
26.
What novel introduced the noun "Droogies"?
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A Clockwork Orange
27.
Who wrote a novel called "Metamorphosis" about a man who turned into a cockroach?
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Franz Kafka
28.
What kind of mythological creature was Pan?
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Satyr
29.
What is the name of Stephen King's first novel?
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Carrie
30.
What other name has Anne Rice written under?
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A.N. Roquelaure
31.
Lord Byron and William Blake wrote primarily in what genre of poetry?
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Romantic
32.
Which two stories were written by Washington Irving?
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Rip Van Winkle And "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow"
33.
Who wrote the book "Cosmos"?
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Carl Sagan
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What sort of animals are featured in "Watership Down"?
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Rabbits
35.
Which novel centers around a portrait that ages while its subject remains young and handsome?
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The Picture Of Dorian Gray
36.
Which Ernest Hemingway novel tells the story of a soldier falling in love with his nurse?
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A Farewell To Arms
37.
Who was the Trojan War between?
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Greece And Troy
38.
What kind of creature is a "minotaur"?
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Half Man And Half Bull
39.
Which "Winnie-the-Pooh" character has the catch phrase "T.T.F.N., ta ta for now"?
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Tigger
40.
Which author wrote "Walden"?
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Henry David Thoreau
41.
Which son of Helios died by driving his father's chariot?
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Phaethon
42.
In the "Harry Potter" series, who owns the wand shop?
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Mr. Ollivander
43.
What position does Harry Potter play on the Quidditch team in the books by J.K. Rowling?
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Seeker
44.
In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" who is a Hogwarts employee and a Voldemort servant?
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Professor Quirrell
45.
Which Hogwarts professor finally got to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts in Harry's sixth year?
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Snape
46.
What is a "muggle"?
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A Non Wizard
47.
Who was Harry Potter's crush?
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Cho Chang
48.
In "Hamlet", what was the name of the person whose skull Hamlet discovered?
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Yorick
49.
Which Triwizard Tournament dragon did Harry Potter face in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"?
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Hungarian Horntail
50.
Which Greek god guided the arrow that struck and slew Achilles?
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Apollo
51.
According to the "Harry Potter" books, what is the spell you should use to unlock a door?
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Alohomora!
52.
In "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" who or what was the monster in the chamber?
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A Basilisk
53.
What color are Harry Potter's eyes?
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A Brilliant Shade Of Green
54.
In the first "Harry Potter" book, what does Harry do accidentally when his aunt cuts his hair?
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Makes It Grow Back
55.
Who was the faithful wife of Odysseus?
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Penelope
56.
Which of the following is a character from Archie comics?
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Jughead
57.
The fifth book in the series was called "Harry Potter and the" what?
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Order Of The Phoenix
58.
What are the names of Harry Potter's foster parents and their son?
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Petunia, Vernon And Dudley
59.
Which author's theatrical works have led to the employment of more actors than any other author's?
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William Shakespeare
60.
Who wrote the book "In Cold Blood"?
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Truman Capote
61.
Who wrote "Rip Van Winkle"?
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Washington Irving
62.
Who wrote "Through the Looking-Glass"?
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Lewis Carroll
63.
Whose tombstone reportedly reads "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia"?
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W. C. Fields
64.
According to legend, who was King Arthur's wife?
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Guinevere
65.
Which play starts with a ghost on the battlements?
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Hamlet
66.
Who observes, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"?
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Puck
67.
"No man of ____ (what) shall harm Macbeth"?
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Woman Born
68.
What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
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Omega
69.
In the "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling, how many balls are used in the game of Quidditch?
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Four
70.
What well-known horror writer purchased the van that hit him?
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Stephen King
71.
What is the last word in the title of the famous book, "To Kill A..."?
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Mockingbird
72.
In the "Iliad", what was in the Trojan Horse?
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Soldiers
73.
The 1925 book titled, "The Great Gatsby", was written by?
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
74.
The 1951 book titled, "The Catcher in the Rye", was written by?
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J. D. Salinger
75.
Who wrote the 1929 book "The Sound and the Fury"?
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William Faulkner
76.
The 1926 book titled, "The Sun Also Rises", was written by?
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Ernest Hemingway
77.
Who wrote the 1940 book "Native Son"?
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Richard Wright
78.
The 1957 book titled, "On the Road", was written by?
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Jack Kerouac
79.
The 1929 book titled, "A Farewell to Arms", was written by?
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Ernest Hemingway
80.
The 1956 book titled, "Lord of the Rings", was written by?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
81.
The 1952 book titled, "The Old Man and the Sea", was written by?
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Ernest Hemingway
82.
The 1938 book titled "Rebecca" was written by whom?
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Daphne Du Maurier
83.
The 1908 book titled "A Room With a View" was written by whom?
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E. M. Forster
84.
Who wrote the 1910 book "Howards End"?
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E. M. Forster
85.
The 1937 book "The Hobbit" was written by whom?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
86.
The 1926 book "Winnie the Pooh" was written by whom?
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A. A. Milne
87.
The 1960 book titled, "Rabbit, Run", was written by?
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John Updike
88.
The 1962 book titled, "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", was written by?
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Muriel Spark
89.
The 1900 book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" was written by whom?
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L. Frank Baum
90.
The 1969 book titled, "Portnoy's Complaint" was written by whom?
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Philip Roth
91.
The 1915 book titled, "Of Human Bondage", was written by whom?
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W. Somerset Maugham
92.
The 1986 book titled "Lonesome Dove" was written by whom?
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Larry McMurtry
93.
Who wrote the 1976 book "Roots"?
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Alex Haley
94.
Who wrote the 1988 book "The Satanic Verses"?
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Salman Rushdie
95.
Who wrote the 1902 book "The Hound of the Baskervilles"?
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A. Conan Doyle
96.
"The Godfather" was written in 1969 by what author?
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Mario Puzo
97.
The 1969 book titled, "The Bluest Eye" was written by?
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Toni Morrison
98.
The 1914 book titled, "Tarzan of the Apes", was written by?
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
99.
The 1986 book titled, "The Prince of Tides" was written by?
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Pat Conroy
100.
The 1969 book titled, "The French Lieutenant's Woman" was written by?
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John Fowles
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