Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- When he was twelve, Jules Verne crept onto a ship that was bound for India, and was caught and whipped by his father. What famous phrase did Jules Verne say after that?
- What language did Jules Verne study at the boarding school at the Saint Donatien College, where he was sent at the age of nine?
- What did Jules Verne study in Paris after completing his studies at the Lyceum?
- With what great French writer did Jules Verne establish a close friendship?
- This novel by Jules Verne, often called his lost novel, was written in 1863 and published for the first time in 1994. It tells the story of a young man who lives in a highly technologically advanced world.
- What was the reason for Jules Vernes permanent limp with his left leg?
- Jules Vernes publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel suggested that Verne make what kind of major changes in all of his works?
- Which of these inventions did Jules Verne predict in his novels written in the 19th century?
- What novel by Jules Verne was used as a base for a 2008 3-D science fiction movie directed by Eric Brevig?
- What do the initials T. S. stand for in the name of the famous poet T. S. Eliot?
- T. S. Eliot was the last of 6 children surviving. How old were his parents when he was born?
- T. S. Eliots father, who came from a prominent New England family, was on the Board of Directors of Washington University. He was also a Chairman at Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St. Louis, a successful business man and a chemist. He married Eliots mother in 1868. What was her occupation?
- T. S. Eliot attended this prestigious Ivy League college, editing its literary magazine with Pulitzer- winning poet Conrad Aiken.
- While a doctoral student, T. S. Eliot studied Buddhism and Indic philology, learning Sanskrit and Pāli to read the religious texts. What languages did Eliot study/learn in prep school and college?
- In April 1915, T. S. Eliot met Vivienne Haigh-Wood, a governess in Cambridge. They were married on 26 June 1915. Where were they married?
- After leaving college in Oxford, T. S. Eliot took a teaching job at Highgate School. There he taught this future British Poet Laureate, documentarian of Metro-land, and self-described poet and hack.
- While a student at Harvard, T. S. Eliot befriended this Spanish-born philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist who wrote in Reason in Common Sense, Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it.
- What famous poem by T. S. Eliot was considered offensive and upsetting because of its opening lines describing the dusky sky as a patient etherised upon a table.?
- First published in 1915, this poem by T. S. Eliot portrays upper class society as quite empty and lonely. Its epigraph is from Marlowes The Jew of Malta- ...but that was in another country, / And besides, the wench is dead.
- In 1920, T. S. Eliot published the collection Poems. It included the poem Gerontion. What famous phrase, often used to describe espionage and counter-intelligence, comes from this poem?
- In his book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Al Franken refers to this radio talk show host as a Big Fat Idiot.
- In his book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Franken writes that these two words are Bill OReillys answer to any intelligent liberal comment.
- Al Franken is critical of this veteran news journalist, famous as managing editor of the Fox News Channel.
- Who is Al Franken talking about when he says, He had us all supporting him and united after 9/11 and then he created a war in Iraq and he will never really have Mission Accomplished?
- Why did Al Franken choose to run as a Democrat according to Franken himself?
- What is the name of the church that Rayford Steele, Chloe Steele, Buck Williams and Bruce Barnes are members of in the second novel in the Left Behind series?
- Who coined the name Tribulation Force for the group portrayed in the second book of the series Left Behind?
- Hattie Durham becomes romantically involved with which character in Tribulation Force?
- One of the most interesting characters introduced in Tribulation Force is Rabinnacal Scholar Tsion (pronounced Zee-own) Ben-Judah, who made a startling announcement to the whole world that put him and his family in jeopardy. What was his announcement?
- What stunning announcement does Hattie make near the end of Tribulation Force?