Literature trivia — 10 questions
Here are 10 questions from the “Literature” quiz (757 questions in all), with their answer choices. Try to answer before opening “See the answer”. The selection changes every week.
What animals does Lennie dream of tending in "Of Mice and Men"?
- Rabbits
- Pigs
- Chickens
- Horses
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Rabbits — Lennie dreams of tending rabbits on the little farm the pair hope to own.
Which German writer created Oskar, the boy who refuses to grow, in "The Tin Drum"?
- Siegfried Lenz
- Thomas Mann
- Günter Grass
- Heinrich Böll
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Günter Grass — Published in 1959, it was made into a film; Grass won the Nobel Prize in 1999.
In which city is Albert Camus's "The Plague" set?
- Marseille
- Tunis
- Algiers
- Oran
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Oran — The 1947 novel is often read as an allegory of the German occupation of France.
Who wrote "The Notebook" (1996)?
- Nora Roberts
- Nicholas Sparks
- Robert James Waller
- Danielle Steel
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Nicholas Sparks — Sparks's first published novel, it was adapted for the screen in 2004.
In The Man in the Iron Mask, what kills D'Artagnan?
- A fever
- A cannonball
- A sword thrust
- A musket ball
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A cannonball — Struck full in the chest, he still sees the white flag hoisted on the main bastion.
Who wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839)?
- Herman Melville
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Washington Irving
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Edgar Allan Poe — Poe published the story in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
In "The Lord of the Rings," what is Shelob, who guards the pass of Cirith Ungol?
- A wraith
- A dragon
- A giant spider
- A troll
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A giant spider — Gollum leads the hobbits to her, hoping to recover the Ring from what she leaves.
Which Ahmadou Kourouma novel won the Prix Renaudot in 2000?
- Allah Is Not Obliged
- Monnew
- Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
- The Suns of Independence
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Allah Is Not Obliged — Its narrator, Birahima, is a child soldier caught up in the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
In "To Kill a Mockingbird," what is the nickname of the young narrator Jean Louise Finch?
- Jem
- Boo
- Dill
- Scout
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Scout — Scout grows up in Maycomb with her brother Jem and their father, Atticus.
What is the name of the student murderer in "Crime and Punishment"?
- Karamazov
- Raskolnikov
- Onegin
- Oblomov
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Raskolnikov — Rodion Raskolnikov kills an old pawnbroker in St. Petersburg.
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