Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- What creatures does the Mariner watch swimming in the sea beyond the shadow of the ship in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
- What does the Mariner do that begins to lift the curse in the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
- What happens after the Mariner from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner awakes after a blessed sleep?
- In the English poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which dead crew member helped the Mariner pull on a rope after the crew rose from the dead?
- In the beginning of Part 6 of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, who is having a conversation with whom?
- Where does the wind blow the ship after the conversation in the beginning of Part 6 of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is over?
- Who was in the boat that rowed nearer the Mariners ship in the harbor at the end of the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
- At the end of the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the man who the Mariner told his story to does what?
- What Shakespeare historical play was being performed at the Globe Theatre in 1613 when a fire broke out from a misguided theatrical cannon shot?
- Sporting a male pseudonym, what female French novelist maintained a romantic relationship with Frederic Chopin from 1837-1847?
- Known as the “Sage of Concord”, what American Transcendentalist owned the land where Henry David Thoreau built his cabin near Walden Pond in Massachusetts?
- What best-selling American author, born Howard Allen O’Brien, created the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt?
- Based on Audrey Niffenegger’s novel, this 2009 movie starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams chronicles a romance over time between Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire.
- With characters such as Fiver, Bigwig, and General Woundwort, what Richard Adams heroic fantasy novel follows the story of a small group of rabbits?
- Often coming in at number one on 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century lists, what is the name of the James Joyce book that depicts a day in the life of Leopold Bloom?
- This Jacquelyn Mitchard’s novel, which was the first book chosen for Oprah’s Book Club in 1996, was made into a 1999 Michele Pfeiffer and Treat Williams movie.
- Which 19th century epistolary novel by Wilkie Collins is considered to be the first modern detective novel in the English language?
- Which anti-war science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut follows the journeys through time of American soldier, Billy Pilgrim, mostly set in Dresden, Germany?
- What is the slang term used for romance novels in literature?
- This small publishing company is noted for its defence for freedom of speech. Can you name the publishing company that took on the United States Postal Service for the right to publish Lady Chatterleys Lover?
- In 1972 Kathleen Woodiwiss published a historical romance that took a historical romantic couple actually into the bedroom. Can you name the book that begins the saga of the Birmingham Family?
- With what book did Erica Jong debut in 1973 that introduced the character Isadora Zelda White Strollerman Wing and Isadoras search for emotional and sexual fulfilment?
- What is the name of the mythical land that is the basis of Piers Anthonys most famous fantasy book series?
- What was the title of Piers Anthonys famous horror novel written in 1990?
- Which one of these fantasy books by Piers Anthony is not part of a series?
- Who did Piers Anthony collaborate with to write the Kelvin of Rudd series?
- Which of these is not a book from the Apprentice Adept series by Piers Anthony?
- Piers Anthonys fantasy land of Xanth looks strikingly similar to what southern state of the USA?
- What is Piers Anthonys real last name?
- Apart from writing a bestselling horror fiction, he also worked as an acting and business manager of Irvings Lyceum Theatre, London. Who is he?