Classic Literature Trivia Questions
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Which author wrote the first published version of 'Berenice' in 1835, considered one of his most horrifying tales?
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edgar allan poe
Which title literary character is hanged for the murder of a sadistic master-at-arms named Claggart?
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billy budd
In which 1667 Milton poem do Adam and Eve confront God about their eviction, reminiscent of a talk show confrontation?
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paradise lost
Which character is followed by detective Fix in 'Around the World in Eighty Days,' under the suspicion that he is a bank robber?
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phileas fogg
In which novel by Upton Sinclair is the story of a Lithuanian immigrant family working in the meat-packing industry depicted?
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jungle
Which poet, whose name could be interpreted as 'So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, / So deep in luve am I; / And I will luve thee still, my dear, / Till a' the seas gang dry,' is known for writing love poetry?
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robert burns
Which author wrote a sea tale in 1850 called 'White-Jacket' and followed it with a story about a white object?
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herman melville
Who is the title character of Thomas Love Peacock's 1822 novel that also features Robin Hood?
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maid marian
In which Shakespearean drama does the character Trinculo appear as a jester in a 'stormy' setting?
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tempest
Who wrote the famous line 'There was an old man with a beard, who said 'It is just as I feared''?
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edward lear
In which 1862 novel does ex-convict Jean Valjean steal silverware from the Bishop of Digne?
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les misérables
What 1837 novel by Charles Dickens is both picaresque and has a title that sounds like its adventurous nature?
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pickwick papers
In which 1840s novel does Little Nell's grandfather lose his store to the evil Daniel Quilp?
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old curiosity shop
In which Russian novel are the father and one of the title siblings rivals for a woman named Grushenka?
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brothers karamazov
In which 1860 novel do Miss Havisham's clocks remain stopped?
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great expectations
In which Bronte novel is Cathy described as 'the queen of the country-side' at fifteen, having no peer?
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wuthering heights
Which novel by Voltaire begins in the noble castle of Baron Thunder-Ten-Tronckh in Westphalia?
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candide
Who authored the book that covers the life of Amory Blaine, who is part of the Lost Generation, in 'This Side of Paradise'?
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f. scott fitzgerald
According to Edgar Allan Poe's essay 'The Philosophy of Composition', which poem did he describe as his best-known work?
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raven
In which Old English poem does part of the action take place in Hrothgar's great hall Heorot?
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beowulf
In 1846, which sisters published a collection of poems using the pen names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell?
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brontë sisters
What is the first name of the characters 'Lapham' by William Dean Howells and 'Marner' by George Eliot?
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silas
In Albert Payson Terhune's 1919 story, 'Lad' is what type of animal?
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dog
What is the title of Emily Bronte's only novel, published just one year before her tragic death?
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wuthering heights
Which author's 'Northanger Abbey' features the character Catherine Morland, a country parson's daughter?
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jane austen
In the epic poem 'Beowulf', who is the monster that devours Hondscio, one of Beowulf's men?
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grendel
Who is the boar that becomes the dictator of all the animals in George Orwell's 'Animal Farm'?
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napoleon
Who is the author of 'Vanity Fair' whose middle name was Makepeace?
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william makepeace thackeray
What is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling in the novel by Emily Bront�?
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wuthering heights
Which title character was described by Dickens as being 'born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk' and as a 'posthumous child'?
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david copperfield
Which author wrote 14 books about Oz and also some short stories?
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l. frank baum
Who is the physician that Miss Mary Morstan marries in several Sherlock Holmes stories?
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dr. watson
Which novel contains the line: 'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face -- forever'?
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1984
In which Dickens novel does the character Jack Dawkins, also known as the Artful Dodger, appear?
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oliver twist
In the poem by Robert Burns, 'Gin a body meet a body', what is the body coming through?
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rye
Which author is known for creating the fictional town of Middlemarch?
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george eliot
Which 1844 Dumas novel tells the story of the adventures of Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan?
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three musketeers
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