Literature Trivia Questions
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Which character from Shakespeare's play goes to the Capulets' party to see Rosaline, whom he loves temporarily?
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romeo
Which author considered naming his 1865 book 'Alice Among the Goblins'?
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lewis carroll
In which city is the British Library, which holds the manuscript of 'Beowulf', located?
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london
What is the title of the 1949 novel by George Orwell that is set 35 years in the future?
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1984
Which author is listed as the co-author with Ellis Weiner of the book 'Mayflower Manners'?
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sydney biddle barrows
Who is the mother of Rose Lane, the biographer of Henry Ford, known for writing 'Little House on the Prairie'?
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laura ingalls wilder
Who wrote the 1995 novel 'Memnoch the Devil', in which the vampire Lestat takes a journey through Hell?
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anne rice
What is the pen name used by Eric Blair for his 1949 book '1984'?
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george orwell
What is the title of Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, which may have been written to cater to James I's fascination with witchcraft?
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macbeth
Who wrote the Miss Jane Marple novel 'Sleeping Murder', which was published posthumously in 1976?
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agatha christie
What author of 'You Only Live Twice' is the subject of the biography titled 'You Only Live Once'?
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ian fleming
Which 19th-century author is the subject of Cornelia Meigs' book 'Invincible Louisa'?
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louisa may alcott
Which Edgar Allan Poe poem has all its stanzas ending with the words 'nothing more,' 'evermore,' or 'nevermore'?
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raven
Which author wrote 'From the Earth to the Moon' and 'To the Center of the Earth' as part of his 'Voyages Extraordinaires' series?
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jules verne
In which novel by Charles Dickens does the protagonist send a turkey to the Cratchits near the end of the story?
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christmas carol
Which poet had his works, mainly written in the Scottish dialect, first published on July 31, 1786, in Kilmarnock?
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robert burns
Who reworked his aborted 1940s comic book 'Mike Danger' into a novel and created the character Mike Hammer?
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mickey spillane
Who is the author that features Captain Hastings and Hercule Poirot in 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles'?
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agatha christie
Who wrote the poem containing the line 'My little horse must think it queer to stop without a farmhouse near'?
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robert frost
Which 'Scrupulous' author released a book about the fashion industry titled 'Spring Collection' in 1996?
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judith krantz
In the 'Aeneid', who did Virgil say he feared even when they bring gifts?
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greeks
Which author, who wrote 'The Carpetbaggers', became a millionaire at the age of 20?
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harold robbins
In Eugene O'Neill's play 'Marco Millions', who marries a fat, commonplace Venetian?
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marco polo
Which character writes about finding money that the robbers hid and receiving six thousand dollars each?
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huckleberry finn
Who published the collection of tales titled 'Nightmares & Dreamscapes' in 1993?
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stephen king
Which author wrote the novel 'Shadows on the Rock' about French colonists in Quebec and also authored 'O Pioneers!'?
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willa cather
Which playwright wrote the comedy 'The Good Doctor' which starred Marsha Mason and was based on stories by Chekhov?
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neil simon
Which Shakespearean character is described with the phrase, 'The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, burned on the water'?
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cleopatra
Which author completed the novel 'The Great Gatsby' shortly after arriving in France in 1924?
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f. scott fitzgerald
Which author wrote the play 'Murder on the Nile,' much of which takes place by the temple of Abu Simbel?
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agatha christie
Which Washington humorist authored the books 'I Am Not a Crook' and 'While Reagan Slept'?
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art buchwald
Which author was inspired by Josiah Henson's story to write the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?
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harriet beecher stowe
Who is the Dr. Seuss character known for stealing Christmas?
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grinch
Which fictional detective is featured in the 'Passport to Romance' trilogy, encompassing Numbers 72, 73, and 74 in her 'Files' series written by Carolyn Keene?
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nancy drew
Which author used the word 'beamish,' meaning radiant, in his poem 'Jabberwocky'?
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lewis carroll
Who ignored the warning 'Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden'?
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peter rabbit
Who was the dean of Dublin's St. Patrick's Cathedral when he wrote 'Gulliver's Travels'?
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jonathan swift
In which 1844 novel is the motto of the four comrades 'All for One and One for All'?
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three musketeers
Which novel contains the line, 'Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there un-dead'?
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dracula
Which Danish author published 'The Improviser' as his first novel in the same year as his first book of fairy tales?
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hans christian andersen
Which author inspired TV miniseries with both his books 'Roots' and 'Queen'?
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alex haley
In Maxwell Anderson's 1948 play 'Anne of the Thousand Days,' which queen is referred to as Anne?
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anne boleyn
Who is the author of 'Riders of the Purple Sage' and was a native of Zanesville, Ohio?
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zane grey
In which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel does George Wilson kill the title character?
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great gatsby
Who is the author that published the first Rabbit novel, 'Rabbit, Run', in 1960?
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john updike
Whose father, Murray C. Faulkner, was the business manager of the University of Mississippi?
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william faulkner
In which city is Michael Connelly's novel 'Angels Flight' set?
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los angeles
In a poem by Poe, what bird was perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above the chamber door?
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raven
Who taught English at Maine's Hampden Academy in the early '70s before becoming a master of horror?
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stephen king
In the Sherlock Holmes story 'The Speckled Band,' what type of lethal reptile does the title refer to?
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snake
Which author transitioned from writing horror to fantasy in his 1987 novel 'The Eyes of the Dragon'?
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stephen king
In the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who is Nick Carraway's wealthy and mysterious neighbor?
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great gatsby
What is the full title of the Shakespeare play that includes "Prince of Denmark"?
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hamlet
Who is the British author of the classic novels 'Oliver Twist' and 'A Tale of Two Cities'?
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charles dickens
Which author wrote the novel titled 'Oliver Twist', subtitled 'The Parish Boy's Progress'?
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charles dickens
Which title team of Alexandre Dumas, including D'Artagnan, is known for the motto 'All for one, one for all'?
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three musketeers
In which country are the three novels of Pearl Buck's 'House of Earth' trilogy set?
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china
Which Dubliner wrote 'The Lair of the White Worm' and 'Dracula'?
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bram stoker
In which country is the home located that Lassie returns to in the 1940 novel 'Lassie Come Home'?
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england
Which author may have been inspired to write 'Billy Budd' by an incident on a warship involving his cousin who was an officer?
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herman melville