Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Who wrote the epic poem The Rape of the Lock in 1714?
- What poem was written by William Blake in 1794?
- In what year did William Wordsworth write the poem Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood?
- Which of these poems was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
- Ironically, the essay Areopagitica, which dealt with censorship, was banned in England. Who wrote this essay?
- In 1931 the Province of Hunan, China banned this book.
- This famous anti-war novel by Erik Marie Remarque was banned in Nazi Germany.
- Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature but many of her works were banned in her native country. What is her native country?
- Who wrote the novel Dr. Zhivago which was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988?
- Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, a book which was banned in most of the southern United States?
- In Seinfeld, Jerry was accused of having this book overdue at the New York Public Library for over 15 years. It was banned in the USA from the 1930s until the 1950s.
- This book, which was in part the basis for the play Pippin, was banned in the USA for obscenity.
- Who wrote the novel The Satanic Verses which was banned in Bangladesh, Iran, Singapore and Indonesia?
- Many communities in California banned this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and labeled it communist propaganda.
- This book by D. H. Lawrence was banned in the USA, the UK and Australia.
- During the missile crisis of the 1960s, this book was banned in the USA and the UK.
- When the Nazis came to power they banned this short novel by Franz Kafka.
- This work was banned in Lebanon for showing Jews, Zionism, and Israel in a favorable light.
- This 18th century erotic novel is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history.
- Which of these poems was written by Lord George Gordon Byron?
- In what year did Edgar Allan Poe write the poem The City in the Sea?
- Who is the author of the poems Meeting at Midnight and Parting in Morning?
- Which poet wrote the poem beginning with the words-Success is counted sweetest...?
- Which of these poems was written by Lord Alfred Tennyson?
- Who wrote the poem Break, Break, Break?
- Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805. What was his nationality?
- What kind of literary works did Hans Christian Andersen enjoy reading when he was a child?
- What was the name of Hans Christian Andersens first story which was published in 1822?
- Which of these statements is true about the childhood of Hans Christian Andersen?
- What present did Hans Christian Andersen receive from King Frederick VI in 1833?