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Literature & Drama Quiz

Literature & Drama · Easy

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Literature and drama have entertained, educated, and inspired people for thousands of years through stories, poems, plays, and unforgettable characters. Exploring this topic reveal...

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All 20 questions in this Literature & Drama quiz
  1. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?

    • A. Mark Twain
    • B. William Shakespeare
    • C. Jane Austen
    • D. Charles Dickens
  2. Who wrote the 1865 children's classic 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

    • A. C.S. Lewis
    • B. Roald Dahl
    • C. Lewis Carroll
    • D. J.M. Barrie
  3. Who wrote the play 'Hamlet'?

    • A. Dickens
    • B. Orwell
    • C. Twain
    • D. Shakespeare
  4. Which semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott follows the lives of the four March sisters?

    • A. Jane Eyre
    • B. Little Women
    • C. The Secret Garden
    • D. Anne of Green Gables
  5. Which famous 19th-century American author wrote the macabre narrative poem "The Raven"?

    • A. Walt Whitman
    • B. Robert Frost
    • C. Emily Dickinson
    • D. Edgar Allan Poe
  6. In literature, what is a story where animals act like humans called?

    • A. Epic
    • B. Drama
    • C. Haiku
    • D. Fable
  7. Which Agatha Christie novel features her famous detective Hercule Poirot solving a murder on a luxury train?

    • A. Death on the Nile
    • B. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
    • C. Murder on the Orient Express
    • D. The ABC Murders
  8. In George Orwell's 'Animal Farm,' which animal represents the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin?

    • A. Old Major
    • B. Snowball
    • C. Napoleon
    • D. Squealer
  9. Who wrote 'The Hobbit'?

    • A. J.K. Rowling
    • B. J.R.R. Tolkien
    • C. C.S. Lewis
    • D. George R.R. Martin
  10. In Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' which character is the moral backbone of the story, defending a black man in a racially charged trial?

    • A. Jem Finch
    • B. Atticus Finch
    • C. Boo Radley
    • D. Tom Robinson
  11. Which legendary ancient Greek poet is traditionally credited with authoring the epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?

    • A. Sophocles
    • B. Homer
    • C. Euripides
    • D. Virgil
  12. Which Shakespearean play is set in the Kingdom of Denmark and follows a prince seeking revenge for his father's murder?

    • A. Macbeth
    • B. Othello
    • C. Hamlet
    • D. King Lear
  13. Who wrote 'Hamlet'?

    • A. Austen
    • B. Dickens
    • C. Shakespeare
    • D. Twain
  14. What is the term for a three-line Japanese poem?

    • A. Sonnet
    • B. Limerick
    • C. Ode
    • D. Haiku
  15. Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?

    • A. Jane Austen
    • B. Charles Dickens
    • C. Mark Twain
    • D. William Shakespeare
  16. What was the real name of the acclaimed American author who wrote under the pseudonym Mark Twain?

    • A. Charles Dickens
    • B. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
    • C. Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • D. Herman Melville
  17. Who wrote the 'Harry Potter' series?

    • A. J.K. Rowling
    • B. C.S. Lewis
    • C. Roald Dahl
    • D. Tolkien
  18. In George Orwell's dystopian novel '1984,' what is the name of the omniscient leader of Oceania who represents state surveillance?

    • A. The Commander
    • B. Big Brother
    • C. The Grand Inquisitor
    • D. Chancellor Adam Sutler
  19. In Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice,' which character initially snubs Elizabeth Bennet at a ball, only to later fall in love with her?

    • A. Charles Bingley
    • B. George Wickham
    • C. Fitzwilliam Darcy
    • D. Mr. Collins
  20. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby,' who is the mysterious millionaire known for throwing lavish parties in West Egg?

    • A. Nick Carraway
    • B. Tom Buchanan
    • C. Jay Gatsby
    • D. Meyer Wolfsheim