Here's a 100 question literary quiz to pass the time with. It’s mostly a compilation of questions from the past year or two, and there may be a little overlap in some of the questions (i.e. clues), if you are sharp.
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Scroll down to the bottom for the answers. Mark yourself generously, allowing yourself bonus marks for related knowledge, panache, or anything else! No pass mark, just for fun.
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Here goes:
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A. Who wrote...
1. For Whom the Bell Tolls?
2. The Secret History?
3. Three Men in a Boat?
4. Mrs Dalloway?
5. The War of The Worlds, and The Time Machine?
6. The Girl with the Pearl Earring?
7. Crime and Punishment?
8. The Kite Runner, and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
9. The Pursuit of Love, and Love in a Cold Climate?
10. The Count of Monte Cristo?
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B1. People
11. What was the name of the young boy who was Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Tigger, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo and Eeyore's friend in AA Milne's story?
12. What is the name of the eponymous young hero of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s famous children’s tale?
13. What was the name of the factory owner in Roses Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
15. What are the surnames of Mark Twain's two friends, Tom and Huck?
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B2. Animals:
16. What type of bird shows Mary the entrance to the Secret Garden in Frances Hodgson Burnett's story?
17. The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, concerns the affairs of Toad, Mole, Badger and Ratty, but which one of them lives in the Wild Wood?
18. Name three of the guests at the Mad Hatter's tea party in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland?
19. What was the name of EB White's eponymous mouse, who gets adopted by a family in New York?
20. What type of animal was Richard Parker in Yann Martel’s The Life of Pi?
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C1. Royalty. What is:
21. The Roald Dahl story in which the Queen plays a part, about Sophie and her unusual friend who is prone to frobscottle and whizzpoppers?
22. The Alan Bennett book about Queen Elizabeth and a mobile library?
23. The name of Walter Tevis' book focussed on chess, also a Netflix series?
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C2. Elizabeth my dear. Name the author of:
24. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont?
25. The Enchanted April?
26. The literary vampire story The Historian?
27. North and South, and Mary Barton (sometimes know just as Mrs __)?
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C3. And characters
28. In Little Women which of the March sister's is poorly?
29. In George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, which was made into the musical My Fair Lady, the name of the flower seller protege of Prof. Henry Higgins?
30. What is the name of the second eldest daughter of the main family in Pride and Preiudice?
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D1. In which novel would you find:
31. Scout, Jem, Boo and Atticus?
32. Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan?
33. Nelly Dean, Joseph, Mr Lockwood and Catherine Earnshaw?
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D2. Books with days of the week in:
34. Sweet _____ by John Steinbeck
35. ____'s with Morrie by Mitch Albom
36. ____ or ____ by Virginia Woolf
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D3. Mealtimes:
37. The tiger who came to ___ by Judith Kerr
38. A Moveable ___ by Ernest Hemingway
39. ____ at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
40. Naked ___ by William S Burroughs
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E. Match the eponymous character/book to their author (options below):
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Books
41. Martin Chuzzlewit
42. Agnes Grey
43. Oblomov
44. Mary Barton
45. Uncle Vanya
46. Peter Pan
47. Hedda Gabler
48. Adam Bede
49. Pudd'nhead Wilson
50. Pere Goriot
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Authors
George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Anton Chekhov, Honore de Balzac, Elizabeth Gaskell, Henrik Ibsen, JM Barrie, Mark Twain, Ivan Goncharov, Anne Bronte
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F1. Compass points. Name the novel:
51. Erich Maria Remarque's First World War story
52. Elizabeth Gaskell's clash of cultures
53. John Steinbeck's epic of the Salinas Valley
54. Richard Flanagan's Booker Prize winning story.
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F2. Initials
True or false, these writers full names are:
55. J(oanne) K(rum) Rowling
56. J(erome) D(amascus) Salinger
57. P(elham) G(renville) Wodehouse
58. E(ric) M(ountjoy) Forster
59. C(live) S(taples) Lewis
60. J(ohn) R(euel) R(ivendell) Tolkien
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G1. Opening lines. Name the novel:
61. "It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.”
62. "Call me Ishmael."
63. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.”
64. "All happy families are alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
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G2. Middle lines. Name the novel:
65. "The ships hung in the air in much the same way as bricks don't."
66. "Four legs good, two legs bad."
67. "All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost."
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G3. Closing lines. Name the novel:
68. "After all, tomorrow is another day."
69. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
70. "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."
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H1. Match the dog to the book / book series (options below):
71. Toto
72. Dogmatix
73. Montmorency
74. Timmy
75. Snowy
Options: The Famous Five, Three Men in a Boat, Asterix, The Wizard of Oz, Tintin.
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H2. Shakespeare quotes - which play? (Options below)
76. "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them.”
77. "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?"
78. "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?"
79. "Lord, what fools these mortals be.”
80. "Cry 'God for Harry, England and St George!"
Options: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth
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I. Insert the missing colour...
81. The Colour XX - by Alice Walker
82. XX Teeth - by Zadie Smith
83. XX Tiger - by Aravind Adiga
84. The XX Wallpaper - by Charlotte Gilman Perkins
85. The XX Mile - by Stephen King
86. The XX Letter - by Nathanial Hawthorne
87. A Clockwork XX - by Anthony Burgess
88. Half of a XX Sun - by Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie
89. The XX Spyglass - by Phllip Pullman
90. A Study in XX - by Arthur Conan Doyle
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J. Who wrote:
91. Far from the Madding Crowd
92. The Bell Jar
93. Bonjour Tristesse
94. Don Quixote
95. Things Fall Apart
96. Norwegian Wood
97. The God of Small Things
99. Anne of Green Gables
100. Middlemarch
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ANSWERS
A1. Who wrote...
1. Ernest Hemingway
2. Donna Tartt
3. Jerome K Jerome
4. Virginia Woolf
5. HG Wells
6. Tracy Chevalier
7. Fyodor Dostoevsky
8. Khaled Hosseini
9. Nancy Mitford
10. Alexandre Dumas
B1. People
11. Christopher Robin
12. The Little Prince
13. Willy Wonka
14. Shere Khan
15. Sawyer and Finn
B2. Animals:
16. A robin
17. Badger
18. Any three from … Alice, the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and the Dormouse
19. Stuart Little
20. A Tiger
C1. Royalty. What is:
21. The BFG
22. The Uncommon Reader
23. The Queen’s Gambit
C2. Elizabeth my dear. Name the author of:
24. Elizabeth Taylor
25. Elizabeth von Arnim
26. Elizabeth Kostova
27. Elizabeth Gaskell
C3. And characters
28. Beth
29. Eliza
30. Elizabeth
D1. In which novel would you find:
32. The Three Musketeers
33. Wuthering Heights
D2. Books with days of the week in:
34. Sweet THURSDAY
35. TUESDAYS with Morrie
36. MONDAY or TUESDAY
D3. Mealtimes:
37. The tiger who came to TEA
38. A Moveable FEAST
39. BREAKFAST at Tiffany's
40. Naked LUNCH
E. Match the eponymous character/book to their author (options below):
Books
41. Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens
42. Agnes Grey - Anne Brontë
43. Oblomov - Ivan Goncharov
44. Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell
45. Uncle Vanya - Anton Chekhov
46. Peter Pan - JM Barrie
47. Hedda Gabler - Henrik Ibsen
48. Adam Bede - George Eliot
49. Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain
50. Pete Goriot - Honore de Balzac
F1. Compass points. Name the novel:
51. All Quiet on the WESTern Front
52. NORTH and SOUTH
53. EAST of Eden
54. The Narrow Road to the Deep NORTH
F2. Initials
True or false, these writers full names are:
55. False (JK Rowling)
56. False (JD Salinger)
57. True (PG Wodehouse)
58. False (EM Forster)
59. True (CS Lewis)
60. False (JRR Tolkien)
G1. Opening lines. Name the novel:
61. Matilda by Roald Dahl
62. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
63. Ulysses by James Joyce
64. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
G2. Middle lines. Name the novel:
65. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
66. Animal Farm by George Orwell
67. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
G3. Closing lines. Name the novel:
68. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
69. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
70. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
H1. Match the dog to the book / book series (options below):
71. Toto - The Wizard of Oz
72. Dogmatix - Asterix
73. Montmorency - Three Men in a Boat
74. Timmy - The Famous Five
75. Snowy - Tintin
H2. Shakespeare quotes - which play? (Options below)
76. Othello - "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them.”
77. Macbeth - "Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand?"
78. Romeo and Juliet - "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?"
79. A Midsummer Night’s Dream- "Lord, what fools these mortals be.”
80. Henry V - "Cry 'God for Harry, England and St George!"
I. Insert the missing colour...
81. The Colour PURPLE - by Alice Walker
82. WHITE Teeth - by Zadie Smith
83. WHITE Tiger - by Aravind Adiga
84. The YELLOW Wallpaper - by Charlotte Gilman Perkins
85. The GREEN Mile - by Stephen King
86. The SCARLET Letter - by Nathanial Hawthorne
87. A Clockwork ORANGE - by Anthony Burgess
88. Half of a YELLOW Sun - by Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie
79. The AMBER Spyglass - by Phllip Pullman
80. A Study in SCARLET - by Arthur Conan Doyle
J. Who wrote:
91. Thomas Hardy
92. Sylvia Plath
93. Francoise Sagan
94. Cervantes
95. Chinua Achebe
96. Haruki Murakami
97. Arundhati Roy
98. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
99. LM Montgomery
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