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Authors of Literary Classics Trivia Quiz

Match the classic literary work with the author to win big!

A multiple-choice quiz by highstrung. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
highstrung

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
267

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
7304

Last 3 plays: Guest 76 (10/10), heatherpipe (8/10), briarwoodrose (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Crime and Punishment? Hint

Ivan Turgenev

Vladimir Nabokov

Leo Tolstoy

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Question 2 of 10

2. Heart of Darkness? Hint

Kurt Vonnegut

Joseph Conrad

James Joyce

Robert Lewis Stevenson

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Question 3 of 10

3. Don Quixote? Hint

Miguel Cervantes

John Milton

Niccolo Machiavelli

AlexisTocqueville

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Question 4 of 10

4. Madame Bovary? Hint

Victor Hugo

Jean-Paul Sartre

Alexandre Dumas

Gustave Flaubert

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Question 5 of 10

5. A Passage to India? Hint

Anthony Burgess

Henry James

E.M. Forster

Aldous Huxley

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Question 6 of 10

6. Metamorphoses? (and it is NOT Kafka...) Hint

Euripides

Ovid

Virgil

Dante

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Question 7 of 10

7. Pride and Prejudice? Hint

Charlotte Bronte

Edith Wharton

Emily Bronte

Jane Austen

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Question 8 of 10

8. Hard Times? Hint

Daniel Defoe

Charles Dickens

Arthur C. Doyle

Ian Fleming

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Wealth of Nations? Hint

Adam Smith

Charles Darwin

Karl Marx

John Locke

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Question 10 of 10

10. Canterbury Tales? Hint

Jonathan Swift

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Charles Dickens

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Mar 18 2025 : Guest 76: 10/10
Mar 18 2025 : heatherpipe: 8/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Crime and Punishment?

Answer: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

2. Heart of Darkness?

Answer: Joseph Conrad

3. Don Quixote?

Answer: Miguel Cervantes

4. Madame Bovary?

Answer: Gustave Flaubert

5. A Passage to India?

Answer: E.M. Forster

6. Metamorphoses? (and it is NOT Kafka...)

Answer: Ovid

7. Pride and Prejudice?

Answer: Jane Austen

8. Hard Times?

Answer: Charles Dickens

9. The Wealth of Nations?

Answer: Adam Smith

10. Canterbury Tales?

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

Source: Author highstrung

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Referenced Topics

Literature Jane Austen Charles Dickens India Literature Before 1900 Pride and Prejudice The Classics Literary Classics Geoffrey Chaucer Fyodor Dostoyevsky Jane Austen Joseph Conrad Charles Dickens

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