Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- How does this thought by Mark Twain end: Man is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--?
- What is the correct ending of the following thought by Mark Twain: Everybody talks about the weather, but...?
- How does this thought by Mark Twain end: To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and...?
- Three authors were said to have influenced Agatha Christie. Which of these is not one of them?
- In 1979, this actress played the part of Agatha Christie in the film Agatha.
- What was the occupation of Agatha Christies second husband?
- Which detective novel by Agatha Christie introduced Miss Marple to readers?
- What romantic period author created the Byronic hero, Heathcliff?
- Who wrote the play, The Jew of Malta?
- Name the Faulknerian character from As I Lay Dying who states the following: My mother is a fish.
- Which modern author created the character Ari Ben Canaan?
- Which Shakespearean tragic hero had a run in with cannibals?
- Which Faulknerian character confuses his mother with a horse?
- Which of these is an innocent and ignorant protagonist created by Dostoevsky?
- Which philosopher-writer created a character who later renames himself to Prometheus?
- In which of William Shakespeares tragedies does a minor character disappear in Act III with no explanation given?
- Which author created a series about a teenager who discovers he is a wizard and goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?
- Which of the following movies is a remake of a 1954 Japanese movie?
- Which of these is not one of the seven dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first American animated feature film?
- The author of the autobiographical account Seven Pillars of Wisdom is popularly known by this name.
- The movie The Seven Year Itch contains the iconic scene, in which Marilyn Monroe has her dress blown up by a passing train. What line does she deliver when this happens?
- What book in the popular Harry Potter series contains a chapter titled The Seven Potters?
- Jean-Jacques Annauds movie Seven Years in Tibet is based on the experiences of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer, who befriends the Tibetan spiritual leader, known as the Dalai Lama. The word lama is generally translated as guro or teacher. What does the word dalai mean in Mongolian?
- This 1990s song, which is supposed to describe apocalyptic events, ends with the line one day all 7 will die.
- In the crime thriller Se7en, that deals with a series of murders inspired by the seven deadly sins, Joe Doe, the murderer, admits that he, himself, is guilty of this sin.
- What bands 7th studio album was titled Seventh Son of a Seventh Son?
- In the Seinfeld episode The Seven, this character revealed that he wanted to name his first child Seven.
- Fannie Flag wrote this 1991 Academy Award-nominated movie, starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Tandy, which was based on her best selling-novel written 4 years earlier.
- Based on a Pulitzer prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham this 2002 movie featured Nicole Kidman and Julianne Moore.
- This film directed by Taylor Hackford was based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman and featured Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron.