Literature trivia questions
1103 multiple-choice Literature trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- Which of these best describes the plot line of the novel Turnabout by Thorne Smith?
- In the novel The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith, what happens to the middle-aged man, his wife, and his mistress?
- The protagonist of which Thorne Smith novel has the ability to turn statues into living people?
- In the novel The Bishops Jaegers by Thorne Smith, what are the jaegers?
- Which of these is the most accurate description of plot line of Thorne Smiths novel Passionate Witch?
- In Night life of the Gods by Thorne Smith what object is responsible for the transformations that occur throughout the story?
- In which novel by Thorne Smith do all the main characters end up in court before a totally befuddled judge?
- The main character of which novel by Thorne Smith is turned into a skeleton?
- From what Shakespeare play did Aldous Huxley derive the title of his famous novel, Brave New World?
- The popular Globe Theatre was owned by actors in what famous playing company of the Elizabethan age?
- Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. What other famous author died on the same day?
- What character from the play Hamlet made famous the line, Something is rotten in the state of Denmark!?
- Which Shakespeare comedy contains the following lesser known characters: Quince, Snug, Snout, Flute, Bottom, and Starveling?
- The drama, My Own Private Idaho, starring Keanu Reeves and the late River Phoenix, is adapted from this Shakespeare play.
- For what role did Laurence Olivier win a Best Actor Oscar in 1948?
- The famous Wedding March is incorporated in the music that German composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote in 1842 for what Shakespeare play?
- What English poet wrote the poem In the Bleak Midwinter in which Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow?
- What American Modernist poet wrote the poem The Snow Man, which opens with the lines, One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;?
- Name the play by William Shakespeare in which the character Sir Andrew Aguecheek appears.
- In which play by William Shakespeare is the character King Claudius introduced?
- Shylock is a character depicted in this Shakespearean play.
- Angelo is a character from this famous play by William Shakespeare.
- Iago is the antagonist of which play by William Shakespeare?