Classic Literature Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 32
Who is the author of 'The Sketch Book' where Rip Van Winkle's tale appears?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
washington irving
Who is the author of 'Joseph Andrews' that wrote a preface to his sister Sarah's novel, 'The Adventures of David Simple'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
henry fielding
Which 17th-century playwright's romantic troubles inspired him to write 'The School for Husbands' and 'The School for Wives'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
molière
In which Somerset Maugham novel does the 18-year-old Philip Carey move to Heidelberg?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
of human bondage
Who is the author of 'The Mansion', the third novel in the Snopes trilogy featuring Flem Snopes' stepdaughter Linda?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
william faulkner
In which novel does the character Bill Sikes, known as a violent roughneck, appear?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
oliver twist
In which Sir Walter Scott novel does Wamba, a courageous jester, endanger his life to save his master Cedric?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
ivanhoe
Which author may have published 'The Vicar Of Wakefield' to avoid being imprisoned for debt?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
oliver goldsmith
What Evelyn Waugh novel is subtitled 'The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
brideshead revisited
What 1906 novel is set in Packingtown, the nickname for Chicago's Union Stockyards?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
jungle
What 1897 H.G. Wells novel begins with its title character completely wrapped up from head to foot?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
invisible man
In which Boris Pasternak novel does Chapter 2, part 4 reveal that Lara was only a little over sixteen but well developed?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
doctor zhivago
Who is the author of the 1820s novel 'The Prairie', in which Paul Hover is a bee hunter who eventually becomes a congressman?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
james fenimore cooper
In which well-loved novel does Laurie's wealthy grandfather give Beth her own piano?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
little women
In 'Through the Looking-Glass,' which character did Alice find puzzling because she couldn't tell if he was wearing a cravat or a belt?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
humpty dumpty
In an 1818 novel, who pursues his creation to the North Pole where they both die?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
frankenstein
In the title of a 1927 Willa Cather novel, who does 'Death Comes for'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
archbishop
Which novel begins with the line, 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
1984
Which author had his 'End of the Chapter' trilogy published posthumously, concluding his 'Forsyte Saga'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
john galsworthy
What is both the setting and the title of Charles Dickens' novel featuring Little Nell?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
old curiosity shop
What classic animal tale was created by Walter Farley in 1941?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
black stallion
Which playwright's character in 'Candida' claims, 'I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
george bernard shaw
In which novel does the character Quilp say, 'What a pretty little Nell!'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
old curiosity shop
Who is the author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress' where Apollyon is described as a 'foul fiend'?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
john bunyan
What is the title of Charles Dickens' last complete novel, which refers to a shared pal?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
our mutual friend
In which parish does Dr. Primrose serve as vicar in an Oliver Goldsmith work?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
wakefield
What is the name of the lengthy work by Eugene O'Neill that is partly based on the Oresteia of Aeschylus?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
mourning becomes electra
Who is the author of the eccentric novel 'Tristram Shandy,' which contains blank pages and single-sentence chapters?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
laurence sterne
Who is the author of the famous story in which the professional gambler John Oakhurst is cast out of Poker Flat?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
bret harte
What is the title of Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel about a dull country doctor and his shallow wife?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
madame bovary
Which Daniel Defoe work about a lusty 17th century wench has often been banned from U.S. mails?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
moll flanders
In which Ray Bradbury novel do 'firemen' burn books instead of putting out fires?
Very Hard
Click to reveal answer
fahrenheit 451
Page 1 of 1