Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- This French writers grandmother was an Afro-Caribbean slave who married a white nobleman.
- She wrote her only best-seller novel bedridden, with a broken ankle only for her amusement, keeping it secret from her friends. Who is she?
- What was the name of the only brother of the sister authors Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte?
- According to many scholars, Miguel Cervantes penned the first modern novel. What is its title?
- Which of the following Irish writers did not receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in the 20th century?
- Ernest Hemingway fictionalized his experiences of World War I in this book which tells the story of an American soldier, Lt. Fredric Henry, who falls in love with a British nurse, named Catherine Barkley.
- What white whale does Captain Ahab seek in Herman Melvilles novel Moby Dick?
- English Baron George Bulwer-Lytton liked to use the words the last in the titles of his books. Which of the following books was not written by him?
- Who penned the childrens story The Old Man of Lochnager?
- In the opening scene of The Drawing of the Three Roland is attacked by a strange creature. What type of creature of our world did it resemble?
- In the book The Drawing of the Three, during his battle with the creature on the beach Roland suffers a loss. What is it?
- The first door described in the book The Drawing of the Three leads Roland to Eddie Dean, a heroin addict in the process of smuggling some drugs. What is the label on this first door?
- The second door in the novel The Drawing of the Three leads to Odetta Holmes, a black woman who is involved with the civil rights movement. She has a split personality that leads to some interesting confrontations with her new companions. What is the label on the second door?
- In the novel The Drawing of the Three, Roland doesnt find another companion through the third door. Instead he finds an adversary named Jack Mort who is closely linked to some of Rolands companions. What was the label on the third door?
- Rolands encounter with Jack Mort in The Drawing of the Three caused the characters of Odetta Holmes and Detta Walker to merge together. What was the name of the woman who was formed from this fusion?
- In the novel The Drawing of the Three, Roland tells his companions they are all essential members of his group, but uses a special word meaning one made from many or sharing the same destiny. What is that word?
- What is the first name of Mary Shelleys character Frankenstein, who creates a humanoid creature by stitching together pieces of human corpses?
- This fictional scientific genius, who travels in a submarine, was featured in the novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island.
- Which author wrote a novella, centered around a good-natured doctor who transforms into a cruel and remorseless person after drinking a potion?
- What Jules Verne novel features Thomas Roch, a genius inventor, who created a powerful weapon?
- H. G. Wells sci-fi novel The Island of Doctor Moreau focuses on experiments involving which of the following?
- Which of these stories is not part of the childrens series The Mad Scientists Club?
- Which of these literary characters has a condition called dextrocardia (heart on the right side of the chest)?
- What character, depicted by English writer H. G. Wells, discovers a formula capable of rendering a human being invisible?
- In Don DeLillos novel, White Noise, professor Jack Gladney finds out that his wife participates in an experimental study of a new psychoactive drug, called Dylar. Which of the following does this medication treat?
- Who does Dr. Faustus summon, after he sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge, in the play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus?
- In what year did Ernest Hemingway die?
- For which book did Ernest Hemingway win a Pulitzer Prize in 1953?
- Mariel Hemingway is famous for playing the role of Tracy in what 1979 Woody Allen film?
- In the book Wizard and Glass, the gunslingers and Oy disembark from the monorail train at which station?