Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- This expression means an audible pause that breaks up a line of poetry.
- This type of poem is typified by a great poem by Omar Khayyam
- In which book by Mark Twain does the following phrase appear: Lead us into temptation?
- I wish I owned half of that dog. Why? somebody asked. Because I would kill my half is a conversation from what book by Mark Twain?
- What Mark Twain book is the following quote from: Tom lost his temper. I notice a person most always does that’s got laid out in an argument. He told us to shut up.?
- From which Mark Twain book does the following line come: “I never felt so filled with a blessed peace as I did yesterday - when I learned that Michangelo was dead.?
- What book by Mark Twain is the following excerpt from: If man could be crossed with a cat - it would improve man - but it would deteriorate the cat.?
- The difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat only has nine lives. Which book by Mark Twain is this quote from?
- What book does the following quote come from: You dont know me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, but that aint no matter. ?
- I came in with Halleys Comet...it will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I dont go out with it. is a quote from what book by Mark Twain?
- What Mark Twain book is the following line from: All right, then, Ill go to hell!?
- What book by Mark Twain does this quote come from: In mans heaven...it shall contain each and every thing that is repulsive to a man, and not a single thing he likes....it pays no compliment to the intellect...in fact never even mentions it. ?
- Which poet wrote the poems The Germ, Listen, A Word to Husbands, and Very Like a Whale?
- Which of the following poems was not written by C. Day Lewis?
- Gwendolyn Brooks wrote all of the following poems except one. Can you find the odd one out?
- All of these poems were written by Allen Ginsberg except one. Which one was written by poet James Dickey?
- This poet wrote the poems Moss Gathering and My Papas Waltz in 1948 and Elegy for Jane in 1953.
- Which of these poems was not written by Robert Lowell?
- Which poet wrote the poems Still I Rise, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and Remembrance?
- Which 20th century poet wrote the phrase Candy is Dandy, But Liquor is Quicker?
- John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in this city.
- Which of the following books by John Steinbeck won a Pulitzer prize?
- Name the sequel to John Steinbecks 1945 book Cannery Row.
- What was John Steinbecks first published novel?
- In 1960 John Steinbeck set off on a trip around America, which he described in a book. What name did Steinbeck give to the vehicle he used during the trip?
- Upon its publishing in 1939 this book by John Steinbeck was banned from public schools and libraries in a lot of places in America.
- During World War II John Steinbeck worked as a war correspondent for this newspaper.
- George Milton and Lennie Small were characters in which book by John Steinbeck?
- Which of the following women was not married to John Steinbeck?
- What prize did John Steinbeck receive in 1962?