Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- The protagonist of what movie is programmed to buy the novel The Catcher in the Rye whenever he sees it?
- Holden Caulfields dream to be a catcher in the rye and to guard children playing in a rye field on the edge of a cliff is based on his mishearing of the poem Comin Through the Rye. What poet, known in Scotland as The Bard, wrote that poem?
- In the novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden drops by to see his former English teacher, Mr. Antolini, who offers him advice and a place to sleep. Holden is upset when he wakes up in the middle of the night to find Mr. Antolini doing which of the following?
- At one point in the novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden and his sister Phoebe seem to exchange roles as the catcher and the fallen. What is the Catchers symbol that Holden gives Phoebe?
- Mark David Chapman was found with a copy of The Catcher in the Rye on the night he shot this person.
- What was written on Allies left-handed baseball glove, one of the most significant symbols in the novel The Catcher in the Rye?
- J. D. Salingers novel The Catcher in the Rye opens in the week before this major holiday.
- In this Academy Award-winning movie, Woody Allens character says that he only has books with the word death or dying in them. Diane Keatons character holds a copy of The Catcher in the Rye and asks, What about this one?.
- Who was Nero Wolfes right-hand man?
- Where was fictional detective Nero Wolfe born?
- What color shirt did Nero Wolfe invariably wear?
- What was the name of Nero Wolfes fictional chef who lived in the basement of Wolfes brownstone and also served as majordomo and butler?
- Who was the newspaperman who helped fictional detective Nero Wolfe on occasion, and was one of the regular poker players.
- Which of the following was not one of the regular gang of fictional detectives Nero Wolfe regularly used?
- What was Nero Wolfes hobby, which he engaged in for four hours each day?
- Who was the love interest of Nero Wolfes right-hand man?
- What was the name of Nero Wolfes nemesis?
- What beverage did detective Nero Wolfe consume copious amounts of?
- Who was the cigar-chomping fictional police inspector who had a love-hate relationship with Nero Wolfe?
- Which short story is listed with the WRONG author?
- What is the essential element of a short story?
- Which term refers to a prose fiction work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel?
- Which story is listed with the CORRECT author?
- Which short story ids listed with the WRONG author?
- Which story is listed with the WRONG author?
- What is The Western Star from Agatha Christies short story The Adventure of The Western Star?
- Who is the murderer in Agatha Christies The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor?
- How does Mr Bleibner die in Agatha Christies short story The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb?
- What does Miss Violet Marsh have to do in order to inherit her Uncle Andrews possessions in Agatha Christies story The Case of the Missing Will?
- Who killed the French Deputy Paul Deroulard in Agatha Christies short story The Chocolate Box?