Literature Trivia Questions
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What literary character is associated with the horse named Rocinante?
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don quixote
In 'Alice in Wonderland,' what is the group made up of 12 animals, including Bill the Lizard, at the trial of the Knave of Hearts?
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jury
Who wrote the first novel 'Treasure Island'?
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robert louis stevenson
Which author published 'The Torrents of Spring' in the same year as 'The Sun Also Rises'?
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ernest hemingway
Which character in a fairy tale said, 'Today I bake, tomorrow brew; next day I'll have the queen's child too'?
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rumpelstiltskin
Who wrote 'Brave New World' and was also the great-nephew of the poet Matthew Arnold?
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aldous huxley
What adjective describes the garden in the title of a 1911 book by Frances Hodgson Burnett?
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secret
Who wrote, 'We need the tonic of wildness' in 'Walden'?
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henry david thoreau
Who did Keir Dullea portray in the one-man show 'The Other Side of Paradise'?
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f. scott fitzgerald
By what name is Caroline Meeber better known in a Theodore Dreiser novel?
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sister carrie
Who is the Chinese sleuth featured in Earl Derr Biggers' 1925 novel 'The House Without a Key'?
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charlie chan
Which American author wrote several anonymous reviews praising the genius of his own work 'Leaves of Grass'?
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walt whitman
In John Bunyan's 'The Pilgrim's Progress', what does the celestial city symbolize?
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heaven
In which Aldous Huxley novel is time measured using the invention of the Model T Ford?
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brave new world
What is the nickname of the young pickpocket Jack Dawkins in 'Oliver Twist'?
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artful dodger
Which playwright authored 'The Irrational Knot' and 'Pygmalion'?
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george bernard shaw
In which country is the 1930s setting of 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'?
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scotland
What is the term for two lines of rhyming verse that are self-contained in both meaning and structure?
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couplet
Who wrote the futuristic novel 'The Last Man' and is also known for 'Frankenstein'?
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mary shelley
Who won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for the work 'New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes'?
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frost
Who is the red-headed heroine featured in several books written by Astrid Lindgren?
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pippi longstocking
Which author created the character Stephen Dedalus, who appears in both their first novel and the novel 'Ulysses'?
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james joyce
Who is the Irish author known for his first and most understandable novel, 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'?
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james joyce
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