Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of these fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen starts with a woman who longs to have a child and is given a magic seed by a witch?
- From which Hans Christian Andersens fairy tale are the characters Kai and Gerda?
- What unforgettable character from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is believed to be based on Hans Christian Andersens personality and appearance?
- Which of these fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen ends with the death of a poor girl in the streets?
- In the harbor of Copenhagen there is a statue of this enchanting character created by Hans Christian Andersen.
- Name the headstrong and sharp-tongued woman whose feisty spirit is tamed by Petruccio in Shakespeares comedy The Taming of the Shrew?
- What Shakespearean character, who is the epitome of honesty and loyalty, is disinherited by her father, King Lear?
- What Shakespearean heroine elopes with a man of a different race and later becomes an innocent victim of his wrath?
- What Shakespearean character is resented by her son for marrying her husbands brother, Claudius?
- Having survived a shipwreck, this character from the comedy Twelfth Night poses as a boy, named Cesario, and enters the service of Duke Orsino.
- In a sleepwalking scene, depicted in one of the most popular Shakespearean tragedies, this Queen of Scotland, suffering from a guilty conscience, cries Out, damned spot!
- How does young Juliet Capulet die in Shakespeares tragedy Romeo and Juliet?
- In Shakespeares history play Richard III, this lady asked Richard, Did you not kill my husband? and got the following reply: Your beauty which did haunt me in my sleep could make me undertake the death of all the world.
- What Shakespearean tragic heroine is advised by her father to lock herself from Hamlets resort?
- Which Shakespearean heroine is not correctly matched with the play in which she appears?
- In Calla Bryn Sturgis, in the book Wolves of the Calla, the ka-tet meet a priest who, together with most of the townsfolk, asks them to protect them against the Wolves. What is the priests name?
- The priest in the novel Wolves of the Calla has appeared previously in which Stephen King novel?
- The crystal ball in the novel Wolves of the Calla is used by Roland and his ka-tet to travel to 1977 to a borough of New York. Which Borough did they travel to?
- In the novel Wolves of the Calla, Roland and the ka-tet team travelled to New York to protect what?
- Susannah begins to undergo yet another change of character in Wolves of the Calla. What is this characters name?
- When the priest first appeared near Calla Bryn Sturgis in the book Wolves of the Calla, he was found by a religious group. What is their name?
- Why are the Wolves such a problem to the people of Calla Bryn Sturgis in the novel Wolves of the Calla?
- The Wolves in the novel The Wolves of the Calla have an arsenal of weapons, including hand-grenades called what?
- This type of poem is usually a long poem that tells the story of a significant event or a significant persons life.
- This type of poem consists of 14 lines with this rhyme pattern: abba cddc effe gg
- Which word means a set of two lines in a poem?
- This type of poem is one that is relatively short and tells a story.
- In this type of poem, the first letters of each line help give the meaning of the poem.
- This is a type of Japanese poem that is made of three parts; the first has five syllables, the second seven and the third have five.
- This is a type of Chinese poetry .