550+ Literature Trivia Questions and Answers

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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.

550+ Literature Trivia Questions and Answers

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  1. "If you look the right way, you can see the whole world is a garden."
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    • The truth about forever by Sarah Dessen
    • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson
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  2. If you seek perfection you will never be happy.
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    • Anna Karenina, León Tolstói.
    • Pride and prejudice, Jane Austen.
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  3. "If you want to know what a man looks like, look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
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    • The godfather, Mario Puzo.
    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J. K. Rowling
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  4. In 18th century France, two aristocrats and former lovers embark in a series of plots to seduce virtuous women. The story unfolds in epistolary form.
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    • Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s “Dangerous Liaisons”
    • Samuel Richardson’s “Clarissa”
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s “Julie, or the New Heloise”
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  5. In order they taught, who were the six Defence Against the Dark Arts professors who taught Harry at Hogwarts?
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    • Quirrell, Lockhart, Lupin, Moody, Umbridge, Snape
    • Quirrell, Lockhart, Lupin, Moody, Umbridge, Slughorn
    • Quirrell, Lockhart, Lupin, Umbridge, Moody, Snape
    • Quirrell, Lockhart, Moody, Lupin, Snape, Umbridge
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  6. In Prisoner of Azkaban, Trelawney refuses to sit at a table with 9 other characters because she would be the 10th and the first one to get up after that would die.
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    • 5
    • False
    • 9
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  7. In the novel Charlotte's web, what is the name of the spider friend pig Charlotte?
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    • Piglet
    • Wilbur
    • Snowball
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  8. In the novel Pride and Prejudice, what is the name of Elizabeth Bennet's older sister?
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    • Mary
    • Jane
    • Catherine
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  9. In the novel The Great Gatsby, who is young millionaire Jay Gatsby obsessed with?
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    • Myrtle Wilson.
    • Rachel Dawes.
    • Daisy Buchanan.
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  10. In the play The Count of Monte Cristo, where was Edmond Dantès being held prisoner?
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    • In the castle of If.
    • At the Fort of Saint Nicholas.
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  11. In the plot, Julieta is daughter of the Capuletos, and protagonist of the play: True or false?
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    • True
    • False, is the daughter of the Montesco
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  12. In what century was Dante Alighieri born?
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    • XII
    • XIII
    • XIV
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  13. In what century was Victor Hugo born?
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    • XX
    • XIX
    • XVIII
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  14. In what century was William Shakespeare born?
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    • XV
    • XVI
    • XVII
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  15. In what European city did Anne Frank write her poignant diary while she was hiding from the Nazis?
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    • Berlin
    • Warsaw
    • Amsterdam
    • Prague
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  16. In what genre did Emily Dickinson excel?
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    • Gothic novel.
    • Poetry.
    • Romance novel.
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  17. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
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    • 1950
    • 1960
    • 1922
    • 1935
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  18. In which battle of the Second Magic War do Alastor Moody and Hedwig lose their lives and George Weasley their ear?
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    • Battle of Hogwarts.
    • Battle of Little Whinging.
    • Battle of Astronomy Tower.
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  19. In which city does the story take place?
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    • Florence
    • Rome
    • Verona
    • Venice
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  20. In which country does the story take place?
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    • Italy
    • Portugal
    • Spain
    • France
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  21. In which country might you attend a Kabuki performance?
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    • Yugoslavia
    • Java
    • Japan
    • Yemen
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  22. In which magazine, in the year 1787, that William Wordsworth made his debut as a writer by publishing a sonnet?
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    • The Rambler
    • The Tatler
    • The European Magazine
    • New Poetry
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  23. In William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Juliet's last name was...
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    • Capulet
    • Montesco
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  24. "Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds will have gardens beneath which rivers will flow that is a great Attainment."
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    • Quran
    • Bible
    • Bhagavad Gita
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  25. Is Forrest Gump (1994) the adaptation of a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  26. Is Gravity (2013) based on a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  27. Is it true that Dionysus is the god of the wind: True or false?
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    • True
    • False
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  28. Is Life Is Beautiful (1997) based on a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  29. Is Minority Report (2002) the adaptation of a story?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  30. Is Pan's Labyrinth (2006) based on a novel?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  31. Is Schindler's list (1993) based on a novel?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  32. Is The Conjuring (2013) based on a novel?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  33. Is The Empire of the Sun (1984) the adaptation of a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  34. Is The English Patient (1996) adapted from a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  35. Is The Last Samurai (2003) based on a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  36. Is the Princess Bride (1987) based on a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  37. Is the Silence of the Lambs (1991) the adaptation of a book?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  38. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
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    • Jane Austen, ‘Pride and Prejudice’
    • Charlotte Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’
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  39. "It is not the eyes that are blind, it is the heart."
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    • Bhagavad Gita
    • Bible
    • Quran
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  40. “It is on the nights of December, when the thermometer is at zero, when we think more about the sun.” On which work do we find this phrase?
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    • Les Misérables, Victor Hugo.
    • The count of Montecristo, Alejandro Dumas.
    • The Old curiosity shop, Charles Dickens.
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  41. “It was a bright, cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
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    • Christopher Isherwood, ‘Mr. Norris Changes Trains’
    • George Orwell, ‘1984’
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  42. “It was a pleasure to burn.”
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    • H.G. Wells, ‘The Invisible Man’
    • Ray Bradbury, ‘Fahrenheit 451’
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  43. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”.
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    • Victor Hugo, Hernani
    • Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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  44. "It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person"
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    • The book thief by Markus Zusak
    • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
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  45. J.K Rowling created Quidditch after a...
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    • Vivid dream
    • Fight with her boyfriend
    • Sectumsempra
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  46. Jaws (1975) is the adaptation of a novel?
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    • Yes
    • No
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  47. Jean Valjean, Fantine and Cosette.
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    • Les Miserables, Victor Hugo.
    • The count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas.
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  48. Jesus was crucified in between:
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    • Two prophets.
    • Two shepherds.
    • Two thieves.
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  49. John Milton, English poet and essayist, especially known for his epic poem:
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    • The Fairy Queen.
    • Lost Paradise.
    • The Mists of Avalon.
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  50. John Montague, an investigator of the supernatural, rents a big old house and invites other people as his guests to experience paranormal activity inside.
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    • William Hope Hodgson’s “The House on the Borderland”
    • Steven A. LaChance’s “The Uninvited”
    • Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House”
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