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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
7290

Last 3 plays: jasa9092 (7/10), Guest 174 (9/10), Guest 46 (10/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Crime and Punishment? Hint

Ivan Turgenev

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Leo Tolstoy

Vladimir Nabokov

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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

AlexisTocqueville

Niccolo Machiavelli

Miguel Cervantes

John Milton

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Question 4 of 10

4. Madame Bovary? Hint

Victor Hugo

Gustave Flaubert

Alexandre Dumas

Jean-Paul Sartre

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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

Dante

Virgil

Ovid

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Question 7 of 10

7. Pride and Prejudice? Hint

Edith Wharton

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Austen

Emily Bronte

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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

Karl Marx

John Locke

Charles Darwin

Adam Smith

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Question 10 of 10

10. Canterbury Tales? Hint

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Charles Dickens

Jonathan Swift

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Most Recent Scores

Today : jasa9092: 7/10
Dec 17 2024 : Guest 174: 9/10
Dec 16 2024 : Guest 46: 10/10
Dec 08 2024 : Zippy826: 10/10
Dec 04 2024 : Guest 71: 10/10
Dec 02 2024 : Brooklyn1447: 10/10
Nov 28 2024 : Guest 185: 9/10
Nov 03 2024 : rayvendragon: 7/10
Nov 01 2024 : burnsbaron: 9/10

Score Distribution

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

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