Put your reading memory to the test with 550+ literature trivia questions. Guess the books, recall their authors and characters, then reveal and check the answers.
You remember the story, but can you name its author or the character who said that familiar line? Explore over 550 literature trivia questions and answers collected from quizzes on This Quiz. Test your knowledge of books, writers, fictional characters, plots and memorable quotes.
From classic novels to fantasy favorites, this collection challenges you to recall more than a title on a bookshelf. You may recognize a book from its plot, connect a character to the right story or discover how much you remember about an author’s work.
Reveal the answer options first, then show the correct answer when you are ready. You can check each question directly on this page. If a particular book or topic catches your interest, follow the link beneath the question to try its full quiz.
Literature trivia questions and answers
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- A boy raised in Afghanistan grows up to become a novelist and a dark secret buried deep in his heart.
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- Words In the dust
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Caravans
- The Kite RunnerCorrect answer
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- Alejo Carpentier’s “The Lost Steps”Correct answer
- Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World”
- H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Quest of Iranon”
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- Fiodor Dostoyevsky’s “The Eternal Husband”
- Ivan Turgenev’s “On the Eve”
- Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina”Correct answer
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- The Alchemist
- Eleven MinutesCorrect answer
- The Spy
- The Hippie
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- Gold Fame Citrus
- An American Dream
- The Grapes of WrathCorrect answer
- The Yearling
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- Truman Capote.
- Ernest Hemingway.Correct answer
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- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayCorrect answer
- The Fisherman by Larry Huntsperger
- The Fisherman by John Langan
- An Iceland Fisherman by Pierre Loti
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- Stendhal, The Red and the BlackCorrect answer
- Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
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- Duma keyCorrect answer
- The Dark Tower
- The Shinning
- From a Buick 8
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- Change his physical appearance according to his will.Correct answer
- To transform himself into an animal while preserving human thought.
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- E. M. Forster’s “A Passage to India”Correct answer
- George F. Atkinson’s “Curry and Rice”
- Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim”
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- José Saramago’s “The Stone Raft”
- Marguerite Yourcenar’s “Memoirs of Hadrian”Correct answer
- Richard Ali’s “City of Memories”
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- Isabel Allende’s “The House of the Spirits”
- Miguel Ángel Asturias’s “Men of Maize”
- Carlos Fuentes’s “The Death of Artemio Cruz”Correct answer
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- Stepan Arkadyevich Oblonsky.
- Konstantin Dmitrievich Lyovin.
- Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky.Correct answer
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- H. G. Wells’s “The War of the Worlds”
- Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation”
- Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous with Rama”Correct answer
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- Shutter IslandCorrect answer
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Straw Men
- Every Dead Thing
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- The Girl on the TrainCorrect answer
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Mystery of the Blue Train
- The Polar Express
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- Jane Austen.
- Mary Shelley.
- Virginia Woolf.Correct answer
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- Fyodor Dostoievsky, The Brothers KaramazovCorrect answer
- Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
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- Grandpa
- UncleCorrect answer
- Cousin
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- A planet.
- A star.
- An asteroid.Correct answer
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- 8
- 12Correct answer
- 16
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- TransfigurationCorrect answer
- Charms
- Wand Work
- Performing the accio spell
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- 2nd day
- 4th dayCorrect answer
- 5th day
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- Francis Scott Fitzgerald, The Love of the Last Tycoon”
- Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the WindCorrect answer
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- The Lovely BonesCorrect answer
- Blueprints of the Afterlife
- The Ghost Bride
- Dead Girl Walking
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- Oh! It’s me
- Great! Arigato
- Oh! GreatCorrect answer
- Oh! Kawai
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- The Order of the PhoenixCorrect answer
- The Order of Hogwarts
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- The Shining, Stephen King.
- A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess.Correct answer
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- Crime and punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky.
- The five people you meet in heaven, Mitch Albom.Correct answer
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- Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the OperaCorrect answer
- Thomas Mann, Doktor Faustus
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- A Christmas Memory
- To Kill a MockingbirdCorrect answer
- The Keepers of the House
- The story of my Life
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- The man in High CastleCorrect answer
- His Majesty's Dragon
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- Making History
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- All You ZombiesCorrect answer
- Woman on the edge of Time
- The Man Who Folded Himself
- Replay
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- Thomas Mann, ‘The Magic Mountain’Correct answer
- Ernst Jünger, ‘The Adventurous Heart’
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- Bible
- QuranCorrect answer
- Bhagavad Gita
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- Romeo friend of Mercutio.Correct answer
- Edgardo father of Mercutio.
- Mercurí mother of Mercutio.
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- Leo TolstoyCorrect answer
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Alexander Pushkin
- Vladimir Nabokov
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- TrueCorrect answer
- False
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- Mario Vargas LlosaCorrect answer
- Octavio Paz
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Pablo Neruda
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- Short story.Correct answer
- Magical realism.
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- Quran
- Bhagavad GitaCorrect answer
- Bible
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- Bhagavad Gita
- QuranCorrect answer
- Bible
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- Quran
- BibleCorrect answer
- Bhagavad Gita
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- Franz Kafka, ‘The Metamorphosis’Correct answer
- Robert Musil, ‘The Man Without Qualities’
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- Les Miserables, Victor Hugo.
- Journey to the center of the earth, Jules Verne.Correct answer
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- XIV
- XV
- XVICorrect answer
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- The Montague feast
- The Capulet partyCorrect answer
- The Prince’s banquet
- The Nurse’s gathering
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- The mysterious island, Julio Verne.
- The three musketeers, Alejandro Dumas.Correct answer
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- The portrait of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde.Correct answer
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson.
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About this literature question collection
What topics do these literature trivia questions cover?
The collection includes questions about books, authors, fictional characters, plots and quotations. It draws on quizzes covering classic literature, fantasy and other well-known works.
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Are the questions arranged from easy to hard?
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