Literature Trivia Questions
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Who is the lawless and idle friend of Tom Sawyer known for never having to wash or wear clean clothes and who could swear wonderfully in 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'?
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huckleberry finn
Which fictional character was inspired by the marooned Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk?
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robinson crusoe
Which 19th-century British author is credited with popularizing the turkey as a Christmas dinner choice?
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charles dickens
What book begins with the line 'Marley was dead: to begin with'?
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christmas carol
Who is the author of the fable that teaches the moral, 'A hero is brave in deeds as well as words'?
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aesop
On which plateau of central Spain did Don Quixote roam?
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la mancha
Which author wrote two '60s bestsellers, including 'You Only Live Twice' in 1964 and 'The Man With The Golden Gun' in 1965?
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ian fleming
In the first scene of which Shakespearean play does Bernardo say, 'Tis' now struck twelve,' followed by the appearance of a ghost?
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hamlet
Who is the author whose first book of stories appeared in 1904, three years after he finished serving time for embezzling?
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o. henry
What color does Robert Frost describe as 'Nature's first green' in his poetry?
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gold
Who is the author of 'How to Win Friends & Influence People'?
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dale carnegie
Who wrote the 1993 novel 'Gai-Jin' set in 19th century Japan?
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james clavell
What is the most famous adventure novel written by Swiss author Johann Wyss?
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swiss family robinson
In which Aldous Huxley novel does the character John, who quotes Shakespeare and is referred to as a 'savage,' live on a New Mexico reservation?
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brave new world
Which biblical hero did Milton write about in relation to his own blindness?
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samson
Who is the playwright known for his first two produced plays, 'The Zoo Story' and 'The Death of Bessie Smith'?
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edward albee
Who authored the 1990 book 'A Life on the Road'?
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charles kuralt
Which author wrote the 'House of Earth' trilogy that includes 'A House Divided' and 'The Good Earth'?
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pearl s. buck
Which author known for 'The Bell Jar' stated, 'Dying is an art...I do it exceptionally well'?
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sylvia plath
Which author, along with her husband, moved to a cottage in Kent in 1936 following a high-profile kidnapping trial?
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anne morrow lindbergh
What is the name of the Dublin theatre that was formed from the Irish Literary Theatre founded by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory?
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abbey
Which author wrote a part in his book that is referred to as 'Lilliput in reverse,' containing some of his fiercest assaults upon the behavior of his countrymen?
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jonathan swift
Which author of 'Kidnapped' wrote about a real journey he made in 'Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes'?
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robert louis stevenson
Who is visited by the ghost of his father, who tells him, 'I am thy father's spirit, doomed for a certain term to walk the night'?
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hamlet
In which country are the novels 'Sister Carrie,' 'McTeague,' and 'Native Son' set?
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united states
Which character famously asks, 'Do you believe in fairies?...if you believe, clap your hands!'?
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peter pan
Which author featured many Dublin locales he personally frequented in his book 'Ulysses'?
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james joyce
What title creature does Jody name Gabilan Mountains in a work by John Steinbeck?
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red pony
Who is the author of the 1990 novel 'Any Woman's Blues' and the book 'Fear Of Flying'?
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erica jong
In 'The Grapes of Wrath', poverty and drought force the Joad family to leave which state?
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oklahoma
Which author wrote the collection 'Dubliners' that concludes with the renowned short story 'The Dead'?
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james joyce
In 1876, which character's adventures were chronicled, who then went 'Abroad' in 1894 and became a 'Detective' in 1896?
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tom sawyer
Who is the author of 'The Bostonians' and the grandson of one of the first millionaires in the U.S.?
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henry james
Which author wrote the 1901 adventure novel 'Kim' featuring a teenage orphan named Kimball involved in espionage?
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rudyard kipling
In which Shakespearean tragedy does Donalbain flee to Ireland after the murder of his father, King Duncan?
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macbeth
Who has a second daughter named Regan, who is married to the Duke of Cornwall?
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king lear
Which British author wrote the bestsellers 'Chances', 'Lucky', and 'Lady Boss', all featuring the character Lucky Santangelo?
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jackie collins
Which Russian author based 'The Gulag Archipelago' on his own prison experience?
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aleksandr solzhenitsyn
Which author is quoted in the O. Henry story 'The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball'?
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omar khayyam
Which character, created by James Barrie, has a statue in Kensington Gardens, London?
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peter pan
What is the title of the novel in which Jo is the first to wake up on Christmas morning?
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little women
According to the title of the following, what are the people waiting for in 'THOSE WHO STAND & WAIT'?
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robert e. lee
Which lord protector, whom John Milton served as secretary for foreign languages, is praised in one of his sonnets?
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oliver cromwell
Who co-wrote 'The American Woman's Home' with Catharine Beecher?
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harriet beecher stowe
In Rupert Brooke's poem, what country does he describe as being forever a corner of a foreign field?
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england
What is the title of the 1667 epic poem by John Milton that originally consisted of 10 books?
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paradise lost
What historical novel features the character Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus?
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i, claudius
In 1964, Diana Rigg played Cordelia in which Shakespearean tragedy?
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king lear
Which author of 'Speed-the-Plow' has also translated Chekhov's plays?
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david mamet
Which author wrote the novel containing the quote 'There was something vampiric about rock music'?
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anne rice
What is the name of the Shakespeare play that inspired Robert Browning's poem 'Caliban Upon Setebos'?
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tempest
Who did Jean Passepartout begin working for at 11:29 a.m., Wednesday, October 2?
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phileas fogg
Which American author used the pseudonyms Diedrich Knickerbocker and Geoffrey Crayon?
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washington irving
Who is the author of 'O Pioneers!' featuring the high-spirited heroine Alexandra Bergson?
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willa cather
Which British poet famously wrote a poem about a strange occurrence in the German city of Hamelin?
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robert browning
In 'The Merchant of Venice', what does Portia say 'the quality of' is 'not strained'?
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mercy
Who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for his novel 'The Caine Mutiny'?
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herman wouk
Which author wrote the novellas 'Hearts in Atlantis', 'The Body', and 'Apt Pupil'?
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stephen king
Who is the author of the first novel titled 'Interview with the Vampire'?
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anne rice
Who is the author of the novels 'Marjorie Morningstar' and 'The Caine Mutiny'?
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herman wouk